Men’s Basketball Scenic West PRICE, Utah-Hagen Wright and Wyatt Lowell had 22 points apiece and the No. 19 Snow Badgers overpowered USU-Eastern Utah 87-73 in Scenic West men’s basketball play Thursday. The Badgers shot 59 percent from the field (34-58) as Snow improved to 14-4 and 5-3 in Scenic West […]
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (MANITOBA, Canada) — Four people, including two adults, a teen and an infant, have been found frozen to death about 40 feet from the U.S.-Canada border while being smuggled into North Dakota, according to U.S. and Canadian authorities. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and law […]
Mario Tama/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — Opening statements in the joint federal trial of three former police officers accused of civil rights violations in the death of George Floyd are expected to begin next week after a jury was seated on Thursday. Fired Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng, 28, […]
Alicia Llop/Getty Images (MIAMI) — A first-class passenger who allegedly refused to wear a mask disrupted a London-bound American Airlines flight Wednesday night and prompted the pilot to turn back to Miami so the customer could be booted off the aircraft, police and airline officials said. American Airlines Flight 38, […]
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Belarus fabricated a bomb scare aboard a Ryanair passenger plane last year to force it to land so it could arrest dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, federal prosecutors in New York said Thursday as they charged four Belarusian officials with conspiracy to commit aircraft piracy. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Robot umpires have been given a promotion and will be just one step from the major leagues this season. Major League Baseball is expanding its automated strike zone experiment to Triple-A, the highest level of the minor leagues. MLB’s website posted a hiring notice seeking seasonal […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education has opened a civil-rights investigation into how LGBTQ students are disciplined at Brigham Young University, a private religious school. The Salt Lake Tribune reports it comes after the school said it would still enforce a ban on same-sex dating even […]
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 […]
