David Ryder/Getty Images(SEATTLE) — In Washington state, where nine people have died of novel coronavirus over the past week, including residents at a nursing home, patients’ families are anxious and asking for answers. Vanessa Phelps visited her mother, a resident at the Life Care nursing home a week ago. After […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brigham Young University in Utah says “same-sex romantic behavior” isn’t allowed on campus even under recent changes to its strict code of conduct. The revision dropped a section that banned any behavior reflecting “homosexual feelings.” The university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day […]
Utah Highway Patrol received a call around 1:00 a.m. on Mar. 4 about a semi truck fire on westbound I-70 near mile marker 51 between Richfield and Salina. Upon arrival it was discovered that it was the trucks trailer that was on fire. Fortunately the driver was able to detach […]
tillsonburg/iStock(NEW YORK) — A man suspected of ambushing New York City police officers during a shooting rampage last month was arraigned Wednesday on a 52-count indictment that includes multiple charges of attempted murder. The suspect, 45-year-old Robert Williams, was arraigned in Bronx Supreme Court on 11 counts of first-degree attempted […]
Raghu_Ramaswamy/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department’s internal government watchdog released a report Wednesday identifying what it described as significant issues with how the FBI handled investigations of extremists based in the U.S. who either sought or successfully carried out attacks against Americans. The report from DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz scrutinized […]
Republican lawmakers may have reached a compromise with Utah educational groups on a possible change in the way the state funds public education. According to UtahPolicy.com the lawmakers’ plan would move programs for the disabled and children from the General Fund to the Education Fund, freeing up about $600 million […]
Wayne county has declared itself as a Second Amendment Sanctuary. Wayne county Commissioners passed an ordinance declaring that the enforcement of any new gun control measures passed by the federal or the state government will be prohibited. It also prohibits the use of any public funds to restrict the rights […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Amid apprehension about a possible outbreak of coronavirus, Utah lawmakers are distancing themselves from a political mainstay of handshaking while a major business conference scheduled for mid-March with Michelle Obama speaking has been canceled. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that signs posted around the capitol on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is poised to study the disproportionate violence inflicted against Native American women and girls after the Utah Legislature voted to create a task force. The Deseret News reports indigenous communities gathered at the Utah Capitol to celebrate Tuesday after the proposal passed the Senate […]
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A June 15 trial start has been scheduled for a Utah truck driver accused in the Nebraska crash death of a Wisconsin woman. Court records say Peterson Black, of Taylorsville, Utah, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to vehicular homicide while under the influence of alcohol. The […]
