John Normile/Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Garnell Whitfield Jr., whose 86-year-old mother died in the Tops supermarket massacre last May, said he’s not interested in hearing what the gunman has to say when he plans to apologize to victims’ families on Wednesday. “Nothing he’s going to say to me is […]
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (HOUSTON, Texas) — The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations of federal rights violations following the deaths of two inmates at the Harris County Jail in Texas after a request by the sheriff’s office. “These investigations will be fair, thorough, and impartial, and will […]
David McNew/Getty Images (PARKLAND, Fla.) — Five years later, the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is still very much on the mind of English teacher Sarah Lerner. Lerner was teaching at the school on Feb. 14, 2018, when gunman Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people — 14 students and […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (EAST LANSING, Mich.) — Three Michigan State University students were killed and five more wounded in a mass shooting on the East Lansing campus Monday night. For several hours, terrified students sheltered in place following warnings of an active shooter at the university, before a suspect was […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Salt Lake City is getting a wrong-way driver detection system. The Utah Department of Transportation will install the new technology at 20 locations on highways across the state, primarily along I-15 in Salt Lake. The system uses lights to alert drivers they’re going the wrong […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are moving closer to eliminating the use of letter grades to assess public schools in the state. House Bill 308 unanimously passed the House Education Committee yesterday. Letter grades for schools have been criticized as unnecessary and ineffective by supporters of the bill, […]
(Washington, DC) — Governor Spencer Cox says a governor should be the Republican nominee for president in 2024. On NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday Cox said he’d choose a governor over a candidate from Congress “every day of the week.” Cox said governors tend to be more pragmatic due […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill to allow pregnant women to drive in HOV lanes even if no one else is in their vehicle isn’t going anywhere. The Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee rejected the measure in a 3-to-2 vote Monday morning. The House had approved […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A House committee has rejected a so-called “safe storage” law that would require gun owners to keep their firearms locked away from children and people who aren’t allowed to have guns. The House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee voted 7-to-4 Monday afternoon against Midvale […]
FILE photo – Manuel ROMARIS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When he first escaped from his vandalized enclosure at New York City’s Central Park Zoo, handlers of Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl, doubted he could survive on his own after spending most of his life in captivity. But 12 days after […]
