FORT MYERS, Fla.-Per Tuesday news, Utah men’s basketball confirmed they will participate in the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-off Thanksgiving Week (November 21-23) at Suncoast Credit Union Arena on the campus of Southwestern State College of Fort Myers, Fla. The Utes will be joined by Georgia Tech, Marquette and […]
Natasha Moustache/Getty Images (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Jury selection has been rescheduled to Thursday in the trial of a former Kentucky police officer who was involved in the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor. Brett Hankison’s trial was initially scheduled to begin Aug. 31, 2021, but was delayed due to COVID-19 […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The Utah Department of Health is urging more people to get the COVID-19 vaccine after evaluating data in the state. UDOH officials say unvaccinated individuals in the state are more than two-times as likely to contract the virus than vaccinated Utahns. The unvaccinated are nearly […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — An environmental group is accusing the Bureau of Land Management of damaging a Utah site containing historic dinosaur tracks. The Center for Biological Diversity says the agency has driven over and destroyed up to 30-percent of the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite near Moab while trying […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are trying to make it more attractive for homeowners to ditch landscaping that wastes a lot of water. The House Natural Resources Committee voted to advance House Bill 121 yesterday. The bill by Representative Robert Spendlove would give incentives to homeowners who remove […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Two state lawmakers are hoping to push their colleagues into discussing a proposal to eliminate the state’s sales tax on food. Democratic Representative Rosemary Lesser and Republican Representative Judy Weeks Rohner plan to speak to reporters about the issue this morning. Governor Cox has already […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the first day of Black History Month, several historically Black colleges and universities were forced to temporarily cancel classes after receiving bomb threats, according to authorities and the schools. No bombs have been found and several universities have since given the “all clear” to […]
Stockton Police Department via Twitter (STOCKTON, Calif.) — Firefighters in Stockton, California, are mourning one of their own, 47-year-old Fire Captain Vidal “Max” Fortuna, who was gunned down while putting out a fire on Monday. The suspect, Robert Somerville, 67, was arrested Monday and booked into the San Joaquin County […]
Rich Polk/Getty Images for Paramount Network (NEW YORK) — Over the past decade, the Black Lives Matter movement has brought attention to racism and injustice in America through the stories of hundreds of Black men, women and children, but it all started with a hashtag that went viral in the […]
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (ALEXANDRIA, Va.) — The Kansas woman who allegedly “fantasized” about committing an attack against the United States was a “highly intelligent” mom and teacher who became increasingly radicalized when she lived overseas and sowed division in her family, a former friend of hers told ABC News. Allison […]
