WASHINGTON (AP) — One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room couldn't offer an ultrasound. The baby later died. Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press ..read more

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) - Happy Friday, Utah! As we round out the workweek, a weak system will brush the Beehive State. The bottom line? Today will bring quiet skies throughout most of the state with slightly warmer temperatures statewide. For most, this will just mean a few more clouds than today, however, in central and southern Utah, mainly near I-70, a few pop-up showers look to be possible during the afternoon. Temperatures will begin a warming trend as most will see a high about five degrees warmer than this afternoon. That will be good enough to see the Wasatch Front reach the low and mi ..read more

Republican impeachment efforts against President Biden and his Cabinet appear to have hit a brick wall after the Senate swiftly dismissed articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Senators dismissed a pair of impeachment articles Wednesday after less than three hours of procedural bickering, closing out the House GOP’s yearlong effort to oust Mayorkas with a whimper. And despite some Republican interest in plowing ahead with a push to impeach Biden, the road to do so appears increasingly closed off and many congressional Republicans say they’re ready to mo ..read more

FORT WORTH, Tex. (ABC4 Sports) - The #5 Utah gymnastics team led from start to finish and is moving on to the Final Four of the NCAA National Championships. The Utes turned in a score of 197.9375 and beat #4 Florida, #1 Oklahoma and #8 Alabama to advance to the finals Saturday. Utah, Florida, #2 LSU and #3 Cal will compete for the national title at 1:30 p.m. on ABC4. "We've been through a lot this year," said first year head coach Carly Dockendorf. "They've become such strong women, and their character showed tonight. It means a lot to them, their families and all of our fans that have been su ..read more

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) -- Approximately a year and a half ago, a massive star collapsed and exploded 2 billion light-years away from Earth creating the brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, according to a newly released study. The gamma-ray burst (GRB) blinded gamma-ray telescopes on Earth and shook the upper parts of our planet's atmosphere, researcher Tanmoy Laskar said ..read more

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) -- Now that Utah has a new NHL team on the way, professional hockey is shaping up to be front and center in Salt Lake City. What will its economic impact be ..read more

This is a developing story. ABC4 will update this post with more information as it becomes available. Update, 9:33 p.m.: A northbound Blue Line TRAX Train hit an individual at approximately 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Carl Atky with UTA confirmed. The man who was struck has been transported tot he hospital in critical condition. There were no injuries to anyone on the train, UTA said. Investigations are ongoing. ORIGNAL STORY: SOUTH SALT LAKE (ABC4) -- A person was hit by a train in South Salt Lake Thursday night. Just before 8:45 p.m., the Utah Transit Authority reported a "train vs person incident ..read more

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) -- A Texas man has been charged for national security crimes after he allegedly took photos of other airline passenger's tickets and attempted to take a flight from Salt Lake City, hiding in the aircraft's lavatory. In March, Wicliff Yves Fleurizard, 26, of Leander, Texas, boarded a Delta Air Lines flight from the Salt Lake City International Airport to Austin, Texas, the Department of Justice said ..read more

ALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) - Happy Thursday or happy Friday eve, Utah! Today will bring quiet skies across the state with temperatures similar to yesterday, but by tomorrow a warming trend will begin. Today will be a beautiful day across the Beehive State. We'll see mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies with daytime highs similar to what we had yesterday. That means for most outside of the high country, we'll see highs in the 50s and 60s. In southern Utah, we'll see a few spots reach the 70s while some in southernmost Utah like St. George reach the 80s. Tonight will bring partly cloudy skies with over ..read more

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) -- A man was arrested in Salt Lake City after police found him with large amounts of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and marijuana, as well as cash, knives, and a gun. Juan Rocha, 55, was arrested Wednesday evening on two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, one count of being a restricted person by firearm, one count of possession of a controlled substance/marijuana, one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, one count of driving on a denied license, and one count of expired registrat ..read more