(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox declared June Pride Month yesterday in a slightly different way than during his first two years in office. Cox’s 2023 Pride Month declaration said, “The state of Utah values the uniqueness of all individuals within our communities and recognizes that everyone has […]
(Washington, DC) — Utah’s Republican U.S. senators split in yesterday’s vote on the debt ceiling bill. Mike Lee was one of 36 senators who voted against the bill while the 63 senators who voted for it included Mitt Romney. The measure suspends the debt ceiling until January of 2025, erasing […]
Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — North Carolina’s Fort Bragg, named after Confederate Army Gen. Braxton Bragg, was officially redesignated to Fort Liberty on Friday. The renaming ceremony Friday was part of a national campaign to change the names of nine U.S. Army installations, as recommended by the Department […]
OGDEN, Utah-Friday, Weber State football was ranked No. 11 in the HERO FCS Preseason Top 25 poll. The Wildcats are tied for 11th with Southeast Missouri State of the Big South/Ohio Valley Association. The Wildcats went 10-3 (6-2 in Big Sky Conference play) last season and return four All-Americans from […]
RapidEye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A settlement has been approved in the wrongful death suit filed by Matthew Hutchins and his son following the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the film set of Rust. The cinematographer died in October 2021 after allegedly being shot by a prop gun that […]
KGO-TV (NEW YORK) — Three people have been killed and three others injured in a Northern California crime spree, the motive for which authorities say remains under investigation. The suspect, whose name was not released, was taken into custody following the Thursday afternoon attacks. The spree began at about 3:11 […]
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (OXON HILL, Md.) — Dev Shah hoisted the coveted Scripps Cup after correctly spelling the word psammophile — an organism that prefers or thrives in sandy areas — to win the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday. “It felt good knowing that I accomplished something […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Payton Washington, one of two Texas cheerleaders shot in April after her friend accidentally opened the door of the wrong car, is speaking out for the first time since the attack that left her in critical condition. “My spleen was shattered. My stomach had two […]
The Great Plains Zoo (SIOUX FALLS, S.D.) — A zoo in South Dakota has welcomed a litter of critically endangered red wolf pups — a litter vital to the existence of the species with only an estimated two dozen left existing in the wild. The Great Plains Zoo in Sioux […]
georgeclerk/Getty Images (DAVENPORT, Iowa) — An elite task force with dogs trained to smell death is combing through a partially collapsed building in eastern Iowa as three people remain missing. Iowa Task Force 1, a Cedar Rapids-based urban search and rescue team trained and equipped by the Federal Emergency Management […]
