vmargineanu/iStock(COMMERCE, Texas) — Two people were killed and a third person was injured in a shooting at a residence hall at Texas A&M University-Commerce on Monday, authorities said. The surviving victim was taken to a hospital in unknown condition, the university police department said. The shooting took place at the […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Flags on the Navajo Nation will be lowered to honor a revered Navajo Code Talker who died in New Mexico last week. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez says all flags will fly at half-staff as a tribute to Joe Vandever Sr. from Monday through Thursday. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A major snowstorm that hit the Rockies overnight has closed schools and stretches of highways in Wyoming and Utah and caused lengthy flight delays at Salt Lake City’s airport. The National Weather Service says most areas of the Salt Lake City got seven to 11 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is reducing the number of its missionaries in Liberia because of supply concerns due to the country’s economic problems. The church announced Sunday that 23 young missionaries who were close to ending their assignments in the West […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Scholars at a Utah university are trying to unlock a mystery after discovering a nearly 70-year-old transcript of an interview with a notorious brothel owner that is written in a shorthand style that few people can read today. The Standard-Examiner reports the notes are from an interview […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he doesn’t want his platform to be used to “rip society apart” but that at some point the social media company must stand up for free speech. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Zuckerberg said during a speech Friday in Salt […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Rep. Ben McAdams has endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg. KUTV-TV reports that McAdams made the announcement Friday. McAdams says Bloomberg is the country’s best shot to restore fiscal responsibility in Washington. He praised Bloomberg’s collaborative approach to policy and said he would unite […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who was a passenger in a car that hit and killed a police officer in a Salt Lake City suburb has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and burglary. The Salt Lake Tribune reports 44-year-old Jeffrey Black entered his pleas Friday for his role in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two of the leading Republican candidates for Utah governor weighed in on President Donald Trump during a debate on Friday. Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox stood by his critiques of the president and former Russia Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. praised him for his approach on China. […]
jarun011/iStock(ATLANTA) — Top U.S. health officials pushed back on the notion that its new travel ban against Chinese nationals and withdrawal of embassy staff was spreading fear about coronavirus at a Monday news conference. “This is an aggressive action by the United States, but our goal is to slow this […]
