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Month: January 2023

Jan. 6 rioter who maced Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick sentenced to nearly 7 years

Jan. 6 rioter who maced Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick sentenced to nearly 7 years

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Jan. 6 rioter who attacked fallen Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with pepper spray was sentenced Friday to 6 years and 8 months in prison. Julian Khater, 33, of Somerset, New Jersey, pleaded guilty last year to assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon. According […]

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Tyre Nichols live updates: ‘This kidnapping charge — it is terrorism,’ attorney says

Tyre Nichols live updates: ‘This kidnapping charge — it is terrorism,’ attorney says

Scott Olson/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Tyre Nichols died at the age of 29 on Jan. 10, three days after a confrontation with police during a traffic stop arrest in Memphis, Tennessee. The five Memphis Police Department officers involved in his arrest — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, […]

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Who was Tyre Nichols, the man allegedly murdered by 5 Memphis police officers?

Who was Tyre Nichols, the man allegedly murdered by 5 Memphis police officers?

Deandre Nichols/Facebook (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Tyre Nichols, the man who died this month after an alleged beating by five police officers, was “damn near perfect,” his mother RowVaughn Wells said at a press conference on Monday. The 29-year-old Nichols had been living in Memphis, Tennessee, with his parents since the […]

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High Speed Chase Near Kanab

High Speed Chase Near Kanab

Two people are in custody after a high speed chase in Kane County. On Jan. 19, a trooper with the Utah Highway Patrol spotted a Volkswagen Jetta traveling over 90 mph westbound on Highway 89 towards Kanab. When the trooper pulled out behind them, they sped up to well over […]

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House Passes Substitute Bill Banning Transgender Youth Surgery, Hormone Treatment

House Passes Substitute Bill Banning Transgender Youth Surgery, Hormone Treatment

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Members of the Utah House are signaling their support for a permanent ban on gender-affirming surgery and hormone treatment for minors. The House passed a substitute bill yesterday banning both procedures. The substitute passed yesterday alters the original Senate bill by removing a four-year pause […]

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Utah Senate Passes School Voucher Bill

Utah Senate Passes School Voucher Bill

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that will give Utah teachers a raise while implementing a controversial school voucher program is heading to the governor’s desk. The state Senate passed House Bill 215 on a 20-to-8 vote yesterday. The bill was opposed by several state educators and lobbying groups […]

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Everytown launches campaign demanding colleges, universities divest from gun industry

Everytown launches campaign demanding colleges, universities divest from gun industry

Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Students Demand Action, a grassroots network of Everytown for Gun Safety, is launching a campaign calling on colleges and universities across the country to divest from the gun industry. Students at nearly 30 colleges and universities around the country have joined the campaign, called […]

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Investigators search for clues in case of murdered parents of ‘Baby Holly’

Investigators search for clues in case of murdered parents of ‘Baby Holly’

Olivia Osteen/ABC News (HOUSTON) — A final canvass was performed on the plot of land on the outskirts of Houston, Texas, where the remains of a murdered couple were found in January of 1981 which led to the disappearance of their daughter for more than 40 years. Two search dogs […]

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Tyre Nichols live updates: Memphis police prepare to release video of confrontation

Tyre Nichols live updates: Memphis police prepare to release video of confrontation

Scott Olson/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Tyre Nichols died at the age of 29 on Jan. 10, three days after a confrontation with police during a traffic stop arrest in Memphis, Tennessee. The five Memphis Police Department officers involved in his arrest — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, […]

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Memphis police chief ‘horrified’ at Tyre Nichols video, set to be released Friday

Memphis police chief ‘horrified’ at Tyre Nichols video, set to be released Friday

Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn appears on “Good Morning America,” on Jan. 27, 2023. – ABC News (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said video of the Jan. 7 traffic stop that allegedly led to Tyre Nichols’ death left her “horrified,” “disgusted,” “sad” and “confused.” “In my 36 […]

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