iStock/ChiccoDodiFC (NEW YORK) — More than 60,000 law enforcement officers were assaulted in the line of duty in 2020, including more than 40 who were killed, according to the FBI. The total of 60,105 was an increase of 4,071 from 2019, with FBI drawing on reports from some 9,895 law […]
iStock/koto_feja (NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 726,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.9 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday, University of Utah junior linebacker Devin Lloyd earned a place on four mid-season All-American lists. Lloyd was so honored by The Athletic, The Associated Press, CBS Sports and ESPN. Lloyd ranks sixth nationally with 10.2 tackles per game. He is coming off of a performance last Saturday […]
iStock/Motortion (NEW YORK) — A freshman at the University of Kentucky died from alcohol toxicity Monday night after he was found unresponsive at his fraternity house, officials said. University police officers were called to FarmHouse Fraternity at about 6:22 p.m. Monday where Thomas Lofton Hazlewood, an 18-year-old fraternity member, was […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says a Utah laboratory will examine DNA evidence from a string of killings committed during the 1970s and 1980s. Bottoms tweeted that city investigators were traveling to Salt Lake City to provide the evidence to a private lab. At least 29 Black […]
iStock/CatEyePerspective (NEW YORK) — The second day of jury selection in the high-profile murder case of Ahmaud Arbery commenced Tuesday, with prosecutors and lawyers finding it tough to impanel an impartial jury. “I guess I would call it murder,” one potential juror vented on the three white Georgia men accused […]
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — The family of Elijah McClain has reached a settlement with the city of Aurora over his violent arrest and subsequent death, city officials said. “The city of Aurora and the family of Elijah McClain reached a settlement agreement in principle over the summer to resolve the […]
iStock/MattGush (ATLANTA) — Police are taking DNA evidence from decades-old unsolved child murder cases to a private lab in Utah in the hopes of finding “concrete answers for the families,” Atlanta’s mayor said. From 1979 to 1981, at least 29 Black people, mostly kids and adolescents, were killed in the […]
iStock/Juliana Vilas Boas (NEW YORK) — The NYPD’s oversight agency has recommended the department discipline 65 officers who are accused of misconduct during last year’s anti-racism protests. The New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board received over 750 complaints concerning alleged NYPD officer conduct following the Black Lives Matter demonstrations […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Flags in Utah will be lowered to half-staff to honor former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Governor Cox ordered flags on all state facilities to be lowered through sunset on Friday. It also encouraged private citizens and businesses to join in the salute to Powell. […]
