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Month: March 2023

Cox Gives State Workers Time Off For Emergency Response Volunteering

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is giving state workers time off to help with emergency response as warming weather melts more of Utah’s record mountain snowpack. During his monthly news conference yesterday, Cox announced an executive order granting eight hours of leave for all employees of executive […]

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Third Buckskin Gulch Hiker Found Dead

Third Buckskin Gulch Hiker Found Dead

(Big Water, UT) — A third hiker reported missing has been found dead in Buckskin Gulch near the Utah-Arizona border. The Kane County Sheriff’s office received a call Monday about three hikers who were “overdue.” Deputies rescued one man who is currently being treated for injuries and hypothermia. A hiker […]

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Man allegedly threatens to kill police officers at St. Patrick’s Day parade

Man allegedly threatens to kill police officers at St. Patrick’s Day parade

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man was charged Friday with transmitting a threat after he allegedly threatened to kill police officers at a St. Patrick’s Day parade just outside of New York City. Ridon Kola’s alleged online threats were made toward officers and the mayor of Yonkers, New […]

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Elementary school closes as norovirus sickens 136 students and staff

Elementary school closes as norovirus sickens 136 students and staff

www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (LONG BEACH, Calif.) — California health officials have shut down an elementary school in Long Beach after at least 136 students and staff reported symptoms of norovirus as of Thursday, according to the city’s health department. “Despite stringent control measures, there has been evidence of ongoing transmission and, […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 3/17

Prep Sports Roundup: 3/17

Baseball Mustang Tournament @ Crimson Cliffs High School ST. GEORGE, Utah-Austin Park, Cooper Ford and Taylor Newton each drove in a pair of runs and the Juab Wasps routed Class 5-A Hillcrest 13-3 at the Mustang Tournament at Crimson Cliffs High School Friday. Landon Buchanan earned the win on the […]

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Despite Tucker Carlson’s claim, Capitol Police say they didn’t review Jan. 6 footage aired by Fox News

Despite Tucker Carlson’s claim, Capitol Police say they didn’t review Jan. 6 footage aired by Fox News

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A new court filing claims that most of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 surveillance footage aired last week by Fox News host Tucker Carlson, which he used to downplay the seriousness of the attack, was aired without the approval of the U.S. Capitol Police — […]

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Over 29,100 years ‘lost’ in prison in wrongful convictions, database finds

Over 29,100 years ‘lost’ in prison in wrongful convictions, database finds

WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sidney Holmes, who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 400 years, was exonerated after 34 years in prison. Lamar Johnson was wrongfully convicted of a shooting without physical evidence connecting him to the incident and sentenced to life in prison. Leon Benson has been freed […]

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Teen arrested in murder of transgender woman, second suspect remains at large

Teen arrested in murder of transgender woman, second suspect remains at large

amphotora/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a transgender woman as Houston police continue to search for a second suspect. Marisela Castro, 39, was found lying in the road outside a home shortly before 2 a.m. on July 29, 2022, according to […]

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Body camera footage released in fatal police shooting of anti-violence activist Najee Seabrooks

Body camera footage released in fatal police shooting of anti-violence activist Najee Seabrooks

New Jersey Attorney General’s Office (NEW YORK) — Hours of body camera footage was released Thursday in the fatal police shooting of Najee Seabrooks, a New Jersey anti-violence activist who called 911 during an apparent mental health crisis. Seabrooks, 31, of Paterson, was shot five hours after police responded to […]

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Irvo Otieno’s family, attorneys react to viewing police video for first time

Irvo Otieno’s family, attorneys react to viewing police video for first time

Courtesy of Ben Crump Law (NEW YORK) — The family of Irvo Otieno, a man who died in police custody earlier this month, reacted to the recent death of the Virginia man during a Thursday news conference. Three days after being arrested on March 3, Otieno was transported to Central […]

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