Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — The five Memphis police officers who were fired in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop on Jan. 7 have each been charged with murder and are in custody Thursday, according to Shelby County, Tennessee, jail records. Memphis police identified […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Sayfullo Saipov, an Uzbek native who drove a rented truck down a Manhattan bike path adjacent to the Hudson River in an ISIS-inspired terror attack that killed eight people, was convicted Thursday by a federal court jury of murder and attempted murder in […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Sayfullo Saipov, an Uzbek native who drove a rented truck down a Manhattan bike path adjacent to the Hudson River in an ISIS-inspired terror attack that killed eight people, was convicted Thursday by a federal court jury of murder and attempted murder in […]
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Child sex trafficking victims implicated for crimes against their abusers are speaking out amid an ongoing push for laws that change how such cases are treated in the criminal justice system. In 1995, Sara Kruzan was 17 when she was sentenced to life in […]
kali9/Getty Images (SYRACUSE, N.Y.) — Two men have been arrested in the slaying of 11-year-old Brexialee Torres-Ortiz, who was shot dead while walking home after buying milk near her home, authorities announced Thursday. Two of the three suspects believed to be involved in the Jan. 16 shooting, an 18-year-old man […]
(Panguitch, UT) — Garfield County is welcoming its first baby of the year, more than two weeks in. Garfield Memorial Hospital in Panguitch announced Johnny Louis Barnes was born on the 16th. Johnny was born to Karen and Jason Barns, weighing seven pounds and 13 ounces.
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A controversial eduction bill is one step closer to becoming law. The Utah Senate has passed the Republican-led bill by a 20-to-eight vote yesterday. It would provide raises for Utah teachers and allow taxpayer funds to be spent on private and home schooling through a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — There is apparently support in the legislature for a measure regulating when Utah kids can go trick-or-treating. A state Senate committee voted unanimously in favor of a resolution yesterday that recommends that Halloween be celebrated on the last Friday in October. The sponsor of the […]
(Juab County, UT) — One person is dead following a crash in Juab County last night. The Utah Highway Patrol says a semi rolled while traveling north on Interstate 15 about 18 miles southwest of Nephi. No other vehicles were involved and the crash is still under investigation.
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Illinois man has been arrested and charged for allegedly setting fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic, federal authorities said Wednesday. Tyler W. Massengill, 32, of Chillicoth, Illinois, is facing charges of malicious use of fire and an explosive to damage as […]
