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Month: March 2020

Harvey Weinstein moved to Rikers Island prison

Harvey Weinstein moved to Rikers Island prison

DougSchneiderPhoto/iStock(NEW YORK) — Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein who was convicted of sexual assault and rape last month is being moved from Bellevue Hospital Center in New York to Rikers Island correctional facility, according to his spokesman. Weinstein, 67, had a procedure Wednesday night to insert a stent in his […]

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Disturbing video shows man scream for help as police officers make aggressive arrest

Disturbing video shows man scream for help as police officers make aggressive arrest

william87/iStock(NEW YORK) — Police are investigating an arrest that was captured by a bystander in a pair of videos in Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday night that showed a man apparently getting assaulted by several police officers and arrested for allegedly smoking weed in a park. “I never thought it […]

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NASA to reveal name of 2020 Mars rover following nationwide student contest

NASA to reveal name of 2020 Mars rover following nationwide student contest

LaserLens/iStock(WASHINGTON) — NASA will reveal the name of the 2020 Mars rover Thursday afternoon, ending their seven-month-long “Name the Rover” essay contest. More than 20,000 students took part in the contest nationwide. The students who entered, from kindergarten up to grade 12, came up with suitable names for the rover […]

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Income tax could pay for more than education under new plan

Income tax could pay for more than education under new plan

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Income tax money can only be used for education in Utah, but lawmakers are now introducing a complex proposal to change that in hopes of shoring up the state’s shrinking sales-tax base. The Deseret News reports the plan announced Wednesday would allow income tax to […]

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Utah doctor letters could be used to buy medical marijuana

Utah doctor letters could be used to buy medical marijuana

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah patients could use letters from physicians to make purchases from marijuana pharmacies through the end of the year under an anticipated legislative proposal. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the measure would be used to alleviate problems with the state’s new online portal to help […]

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Man who served as concentration camp guard in Nazi Germany ordered to be removed from US

Man who served as concentration camp guard in Nazi Germany ordered to be removed from US

Kuzma/iStock(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — A Tennessee resident who formerly served as a concentration camp guard in Nazi Germany has been ordered to be removed from the United States following a two-day trial in Memphis. Friedrich Karl Berger, according to the Justice Department, was ordered removed after admitting he served as an […]

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Snow Softball Team Heads to Las Vegas

Snow Softball Team Heads to Las Vegas

EPHRAIM, Utah- After sweeping Utah State Eastern in a four-game series last weekend, the Snow College women’s softball team will head to Las Vegas to take on Southern Nevada in a Scenic West Conference four-game series, beginning Friday, March 6-7. The Lady Badgers defeated USUE last weekend, 11-4, 6-2, 8-3, and […]

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Threat of tornadoes, large hail, flash flooding continues in South

Threat of tornadoes, large hail, flash flooding continues in South

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The National Weather Service determined that the strongest tornado in Tennessee during Monday night’s storm was in Putnam County and was rated as a violent EF-4 tornado with top winds of 175 mph. That was the strongest tornado in central Tennessee since 2009. As of Thursday […]

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One dead, multiple others shot near skate park in California

One dead, multiple others shot near skate park in California

kali9/iStock(TULARE, Calif.) — One person is dead and five others are injured following a shooting at a party near a skate park in Tulare County, California, late Wednesday night. A 23-year-old male is dead and his name has not been released. Five others were shot, including a 7-year-old girl who […]

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Man complaining of breathing difficulties while being arrested by cops dies

Man complaining of breathing difficulties while being arrested by cops dies

dlewis33/iStock(ST. PAUL, Minn.) — A man who complained that he had shortness of breath and then lost consciousness while in the middle of being arrested has died. The incident happened at approximately 1 p.m. on March 3 in St. Paul, Minnesota, when police officers with the High Plains Fugitive Task […]

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