Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The national board of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) voted Thursday to go on strike, summoning its 160,000 members to hit the picket lines, union officials said. The national board voted unanimously to proceed with a strike, said […]
YinYang/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it has launched a civil investigation into the Fulton County, Georgia, jail system following a series of reports of inmate abuse and neglect, including the Sept. 13, 2022, death of LaShawn Thompson, who died in a bed bug-infested […]
(St. George, UT) — Deputy Washington County Attorney Eric Gentry will soon be moving to the 5th District Court bench. On Wednesday, Governor Spencer Cox named Gentry as his choice to replace retiring Judge Michael Westfall. The state Senate will need to confirm Gentry’s nomination. Gentry has served in the […]
(Cedar City, UT) — The State Bank of Southern Utah is donating more than 50-thousand dollars to three Cedar City nonprofit agencies. The new member-matching grant program is providing the Cedar City Housing Authority, Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Utah, and NeighborWork Mountain Country Home Solutions each with 17-thousand-500 dollars. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Republican Bruce Hough will be among the candidates hoping to replace Second District Congressman Chris Stewart later this year. The lieutenant governor’s office confirmed yesterday that the former state Republican chairman has gathered enough signatures to make the primary ballot. He joins G-O-P candidates Celeste […]
Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb, FILE (NEW YORK) — Gabby Douglas is returning to competitive gymnastics, with an eye for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Douglas, 27, announced on Instagram Thursday that she is returning to the sport she “absolutely love[s] doing.” “I know i have a huge task ahead of […]
Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The biggest names in professional sports slowed their pace for an evening to walk the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles for the 2023 ESPY Awards, which celebrated an impressive year of athletic achievements with a dash of Hollywood […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) — Convicted Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter Robert Bowers is eligible for the death penalty, a federal jury decided Thursday. The trial will now move forward into a final phase in which the jury will hear evidence before deciding if Bowers should be sentenced to death or […]
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was stabbed in prison after a comment he allegedly made while watching the women’s Wimbledon tennis tournament with other inmates, according to sources familiar with the case. Nassar, who was convicted of sexually assaulting U.S. gymnastics team members, […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Severe storms spawned multiple tornadoes across northern Illinois on Wednesday evening that knocked down trees, ripped off roofs and disrupted hundreds of flights in the Chicago area. There were at least five reported tornadoes in the Prairie State — two in Cook County and one […]
