Listen Live

 
 

Month: October 2021

LA passes 1 of the strictest COVID-19 vaccine mandates in US

LA passes 1 of the strictest COVID-19 vaccine mandates in US

PeopleImages/iStock (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles will soon require that people show proof of full vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test to enter many indoor establishments. It will be one of the strictest vaccine rules in the country when it goes into effect next month. The Los Angeles City […]

Read More

Body cam footage shows Minneapolis police allegedly ‘hunting’ anti-police brutality protesters

Body cam footage shows Minneapolis police allegedly ‘hunting’ anti-police brutality protesters

Minneapolis Police Department (Minneapolis, MINN.) — Newly released body camera footage shows Minneapolis police officers allegedly celebrating the “hunting” of anti-police brutality protesters just five days after the murder of George Floyd. In one video, a protester yells: “We’re unarmed! This is America. We can say what we want!” In […]

Read More

Texas high school shooting: 4 hurt, 18-year-old suspect in custody

Texas high school shooting: 4 hurt, 18-year-old suspect in custody

iStock/ChiccoDodiFC (ARLINGTON, Texas) — Four people were hurt in a shooting at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday morning, authorities said. The suspect, an 18-year-old student, fled the scene and was taken into custody hours later, authorities said. Two of the victims suffered gunshot wounds, police said. Three victims […]

Read More

Utah’s Gender Pay Gap Ranks 5th In The Nation

Utah’s Gender Pay Gap Ranks 5th In The Nation

(Ogden, UT) — Utah is being ranked as 5th in the nation when it comes to the gender wage gap by Utah State University. The USU study reports that on average, women in the state make 70-percent of what men make, which is lower than the national average of 82-percent. […]

Read More

Sen. Lee Questions Facebook Whistleblower About Ad Targeting During Hearing

Sen. Lee Questions Facebook Whistleblower About Ad Targeting During Hearing

(Washington, DC) — Republican Senator Mike Lee was focused on how Facebook approves advertisements on its platforms during a Senate hearing yesterday. Senator Lee talked with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen about how often the tech giant relies on artificial intelligence to approve ads, and then brought examples of fake ads […]

Read More

Man Accused Of Killing Passenger In Car Crash, Running From Scene

Man Accused Of Killing Passenger In Car Crash, Running From Scene

(Delta, UT) — A man faces several charges in Millard following a deadly car crash from Friday night. UHP says 30-year-old Miguel Garcia was traveling on Highway Six west of Delta when he lost control of the car, causing it to flip. The crash killed his passenger, 22-year-old Blanca Castaneda-Salazar. […]

Read More

Active shooter situation reported at Texas high school

Active shooter situation reported at Texas high school

iStock/ChiccoDodiFC (ARLINGTON, Texas) — Police are investigating an active shooter situation reported at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas, the school district said. An unknown suspect apparently shot multiple people before fleeing the scene, according to an internal police briefing. The number of victims was not immediately clear. First responders […]

Read More

COVID-19 live updates: More Americans died of COVID this year than all of 2020

COVID-19 live updates: More Americans died of COVID this year than all of 2020

AlxeyPnferov/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 705,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for […]

Read More

Amtrak train shooting that left one agent and one suspect dead result of marijuana bust, complaint shows

Amtrak train shooting that left one agent and one suspect dead result of marijuana bust, complaint shows

mixmotive/iStock (TUCSON, Ariz.) — One Drug Enforcement Administration agent was killed and two other officers were injured in a shooting on an Amtrak train that was stopped in Tucson, Arizona, authorities said. Agents boarded the train Monday morning to perform a routine check for illegal guns, money and drugs, after […]

Read More

DOJ reviewing decision to not charge agents involved in investigating Larry Nassar

DOJ reviewing decision to not charge agents involved in investigating Larry Nassar

YinYang/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said at a Senate hearing Tuesday that the Department of Justice is conducting a review into its decision to not bring charges against agents who failed to investigate allegations of sex abuse by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Less than three […]

Read More