MIDVALE, Utah (January 20, 2022) – The Utah High School Activities Association will feature a new wrinkle in its Boys’-and-Girls’ Basketball games, starting in the 2022-23 school year. In a meeting Thursday, the UHSAA Board-of-Trustees voted to add a 35-second shot clock for varsity high school basketball games for all […]
Courtesy Truitt Family (COBB COUNTY, Ga.) — The family of a Georgia teenager who was fatally shot by police in July 2020 has filed a lawsuit against Cobb County for $150 million over the teen’s death. “I am the proud mother of Vincent Demario Truitt,” his mother, Venethia Cook, said […]
amphotora/Getty Images (AURORA, Ill.) — Two officers with the Aurora Police Department in Illinois — both 51 years old — have died of COVID-19 within days of each other. Aurora police officer Brian Shields died of COVID-19 on Jan. 11. “Officer Shields served with dedication, loyalty, and honorable police service […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The Utah House is passing legislation to suspend Utah’s Test-to-Stay program for schools. In the program, schools that saw a certain number of COVID-19 cases among students were required to test everyone in order to keep in-person learning. Republicans and some health officials have said […]
Stephen Lam/ The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — An individual with two guns was “neutralized” near the San Francisco International Airport’s Bay Area Rapid Transit entrance, temporarily delaying BART service Thursday morning, officials said. When officers responded to the airport’s international terminal in front of the […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Late Wednesday, Utah head football coach Kyle Whittingham announced the hiring of former Utes All-American Luther Elliss as the squad’s defensive tackles coach. Elliss comes to Utah after spending the past five seasons as the defensive line coach at the University of Idaho. In the fall of 2021, […]
John Moore/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — About 4.6 million Black people in the U.S. — roughly 1 in 10 — are immigrants, and that figure could more than double to 9.5 million by 2060, according to a study by Pew Research Center. Pew based its calculations in the study, released […]
kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An 11-month-old girl has been shot in the face in the Bronx, prompting a search for the gunman and outcry from New York City’s new mayor. The baby is in the hospital in critical but stable condition, the New York City Police Department said. The […]
Cameron Spencer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Shaun White gears up to go for his fourth and final gold in Beijing, the Olympic halfpipe snowboarder said his training has become “more calculated” and that he’s got “some new moves” to debut in February. “I’m so honored to make the team; […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Garrison Mathews scored 23 points, including five 3-pointers, to send the Houston Rockets to a 116-111 victory over the scuffling Utah Jazz. Jae’sean Tate chipped in with 18 points and Eric Gordon scored 16. Kevin Porter Jr. had 15 points and eight assists, while Christian […]
