(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s lieutenant governor is hoping her non-traditional path to a college degree will help inspire other adults seeking to complete their educations. Diedre Henderson recently completed the final projects necessary to get a bachelor’s degree in history from BYU. Henderson married her husband after her […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former doctor whose medical license was revoked in 2019 has been accused in Las Vegas of making a false terrorist threat against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Isaac Hearne was arrested last […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 807,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 61.5% of the population in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Rudy Gobert had 23 points and 21 rebounds to lead the Utah Jazz to a 112-102 victory over the Charlotte Hornets. Bojan Bogandovic added 23 points for the Jazz, who blew a 22-point lead but finished strong to snap a two-game home losing streak. Donovan […]
David Joles/Star Tribune via Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty to killing George Floyd in 2020 — when he dug his knee into the back of the Black man’s neck even though he was aware Floyd had lost consciousness and pulse. But in exchange […]
dszc/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ahead of Christmas, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released an interactive map that shows the average percent chance of seeing snow in towns across the country. NOAA defines the meaning of a “white Christmas” if there is at least 1 inch of snow […]
Sergio Flores/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Mayra Guillén, the sister of slain Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén, said the newly passed reforms to the way the military investigates sexual assault honor her sister “in the best way possible.” The House passed the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act on Dec. 7, and the […]
Boys Basketball Non-Region MT. PLEASANT, Utah-Max McKee led the way with 17 points as the South Summit Wildcats downed the North Sanpete Hawks 63-62 Monday in non-region boys basketball play. Tyrel Morley’s 17 points led the Hawks in defeat. NEPHI, Utah-Justin Christensen amassed 26 points and the Juab Wasps bested […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Monday, the University of Utah athletics department announced the jersey retirement ceremony for Wat Misaka will occur January 22 as the Utes host USC at the Huntsman Center. Misaka is noteworthy in basketball history as he became the first non-Caucasian player in the Basketball Association of America (the […]
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — A Milwaukee County judge on Monday ordered Darrell Brooks Jr., the man charged in the Waukesha, Wisconsin, Christmas parade attack that left six people dead, to make an in-person appearance in February 2022 for an unrelated case. Brooks, 39, is accused of trying to run over […]
