Courtesy of Destiny Jackson (NEW YORK) — Once someone who said she felt she had no options, a teenager now has been accepted to more than 50 colleges for the upcoming academic year, according to her high school. Destiny Jackson, 18, ran away from an abusive home in Philadelphia when […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — An armed school employee in Utah held off an attempted kidnapping suspect at gunpoint until officers arrived, police said. It started when the man approached an 11-year-old girl at a school playground in Ogden and grabbed her. Police say he tried to pull her away until […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in her teenage involvement with the death of a police officer after the Utah Supreme Court overturned her original conviction. Fox13 reports Meagan Grunwald pleaded guilty to felony charges of manslaughter and assault on a police officer. […]
BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney faulted those on both extremes of the nation’s political divide as he accepted the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. Romney was honored on Wednesday for his decision to become the only Republican to vote to convict former President Donald Trump during […]
MarsBars/iStock (NEW YORK) — Despite offers of lottery winnings, amusement park tickets and even cold hard cash, unvaccinated Americans are leaving tens of millions of unused doses for COVID-19 sitting on the shelves. Federal officials told state governors that as of earlier this week up to 53 million doses were […]
EPHRAIM, Utah-Thursday, Snow College men’s basketball confirmed the signing of shooting guard/small forward Joseph Cottle of La Plata High School of La Plata, Md. We are excited to announce we have signed Joseph Cottle! @JosephCottle5 pic.twitter.com/DLc3qlhxkI — Snow Basketball (@SnowBasketball) May 27, 2021 The latest available stats on Cottle report […]
Blount County Sheriff’s Office (MARYVILLE, Tenn.) — A Tennessee woman was arrested this week after authorities say she drove her SUV through a COVID-19 vaccination tent, nearly hitting several people while yelling “no vaccine.” Virginia Christine Lewis Brown, 36, of Greenback, has been charged with seven felony counts of reckless […]
Philip Pacheco/Getty Images (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — The suspect in a mass shooting that killed nine at a San Jose, California, light rail yard was found dead with two semiautomatic handguns and 11 magazines with ammunition nearby, officials said Thursday. The guns are believed to be legally purchased and didn’t […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 25 points in his much-anticipated return from a sprained ankle and the Utah Jazz overcame Ja Morant’s franchise-record 47 points in a 141-129 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night, tying the first-round playoff series at a game apiece. Mitchell, who […]
Philip Pacheco/Getty Images (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — The suspect in a mass shooting that killed nine at a San Jose, California, light rail yard was found dead with two semiautomatic handguns and 11 magazines with ammunition nearby, officials said Thursday. The guns are believed to be legally purchased and didn’t […]
