kali9/iStock (STOCKTON, Calif.) — The family of a Black man who was shot seven times in Stockton, California, last week is pushing for justice in what is now being investigated as a potential hate crime. Bobby Gayle, 45, a cement mason and father of five was seriously injured in the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox will not seek to renew his order declaring a state of emergency in Utah due to drought. The governor said yesterday that he will not seek to extend the order past the end of this month. State lawmakers declined to extend the emergency […]
(St. George, UT) — More COVID-19 cases were reported throughout Utah. Yesterday, the state counted over 43-hundred new cases from the holiday weekend, pushing the total over 524-thousand. School-age children made up 924 of those cases. About 31 new deaths related to the virus were added to the death toll, […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A coroner in Wyoming says slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito was strangled. The 22-year-old woman’s body was found last month near an undeveloped camping area in remote northern Wyoming along the border of Grand Teton National Park. Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue said in a […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Actor William Shatner was overcome with emotion after his “unbelievable” 10-minute trip to space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard. “Everybody in the world needs to do this,” Shatner told Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos after he touched down in Texas Wednesday. “To see the blue color […]
iStock (FORT HOOD, Texas) — A Fort Hood soldier assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division was found dead Saturday behind his barracks over the weekend, according to military officials. Officials have not released the victim’s ID or the cause of death. “More details will be released once all next of […]
Mario Tama/Getty Images (VAN HORN, Texas) — Actor William Shatner and his three crewmates on Blue Origin’s New Shepard have returned to Earth after a 10-minute trip to space. Shatner, 90, is the oldest person ever to go to space. The “Star Trek” star joined Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s vice […]
Mario Tama/Getty Images (VAN HORN, Texas) — Actor William Shatner and his three crewmates on Blue Origin’s New Shepard are just hours away from their suborbital space flight. The eleven-minute mission for Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight company was initially set for Tuesday but was delayed one day due to forecasted winds […]
DNY59/iStock (CHAPEL HILL, N.C.) — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill canceled classes and declared Tuesday a “Wellness Day” as officials investigate two suicide-related incidents from over the weekend. “We are in the middle of a mental health crisis, both on our campus and across our nation, and […]
DNY59/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department said a civilian nuclear engineer for the U.S. Navy and his wife, both accused of “espionage-related crimes,” pose a “serious risk” of flight, according to a detention memorandum filed in connection with their first court appearance Tuesday. Jonathan Toebbe, 42, and his wife, Diana […]
