iStock/Favor_of_God (NEW YORK) — Ten-year-old Ke’aundre James was on the bus headed to school when he “heard yelling and cussing in the front” — and spotted a man with a rifle. The gunman “was telling the bus driver, ‘Close the doors, take me to the next town over. Go, go, […]
iStock/MattGush (NEW YORK) — Dressed up in a Minnie Mouse costume for her son’s school Halloween party, Melissa Fox tried to put on a brave face for her 6-year-old boy and the world. Just hours earlier, on Oct. 27, 2004, police had made an arrest in the tragic murder of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 16-year-old Utah boy has been charged as an adult with stabbing a woman to death after she told him to stop using racial slurs. Court documents say Izaak Joseph Vijil was charged Thursday in the death of 34-year-old Melissa Wood in Murray on April […]
iStock/ littlehenrabi (NEW YORK) — South Carolina and Montana residents will be cut off from federal pandemic unemployment benefits next month, with Republican governors in each state claiming the payments have led to a workforce shortage. Economists say that’s not the case. “Employers are just angry that they are unable […]
PROVO, Utah-Friday, ahead of the region and state track championship meets, the BYU Invitational resumed after a one-year hiatus at Robison Track in Provo. This is a two-day meet that will conclude Saturday May 8. Through Day 1 of competition, Delta’s girls lead with 52 points. Lone Peak’s girls are […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a Utah man who was shot and killed by a police officer are suing the police department for his death. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the family of Bryan Peña-Valencia is claiming that Omar Flores, an officer with the Unified Police Department […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor says the state has no plans to renew a mask order for K-12 schools next fall. The decision comes after months of mounting pressure from parents calling for the mandate’s end. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox has previously defended his administration’s decision to mandate […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court has affirmed the right of transgender people to change their sex designation on birth certificates. Thursday’s ruling came as a bright spot for advocates amid a wave of legislation targeting transgender people around the country. Several states have passed bills banning […]
Kuzma/iStock (MINNEAPOLIS) — Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s death were indicted Friday on federal civil rights charges. The indictment alleges Chauvin, Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane deprived Floyd’s rights when they saw him lying on the ground “in clear […]
narvikk/iStock (NEW YORK) — Over 60 migrant children at two California holding centers have tested positive for COVID-19, sparking worry over the health of unaccompanied minors entering the U.S. from across the border. At the Long Beach Convention Center housing 728 migrant children, 55 of them have tested positive for […]
