Alyssa Pointer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has declared a state of emergency in response to high inflation, blaming policies coming out of Washington, D.C. Kemp is temporarily suspending Georgia’s excise tax — taxes enforced on particular goods, services and activities — on motor and locomotive fuel, […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has given Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis one day to respond to former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’ request for an emergency stay regarding his election interference case in Georgia. Meadows on Monday requested […]
NASA (NEW YORK) — A NASA astronaut has broken the record for the longest space mission in U.S. history. Frank Rubio, 47, who has been aboard the International Space Station since September 2022 — more than 355 days — broke on Monday the previous record held by retired NASA astronaut Mark […]
Memphis Police Department/via Reuters (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Five former Memphis police officers have been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith, Emmitt Martin III and Desmond Mills Jr. were indicted on charges relating to the deprivation of rights […]
Chester County Prison via AP (PHILADELPHIA) — Police have been on the heels of a convicted murderer who escaped from a suburban Philadelphia prison in late August. Danelo Cavalcante, 34, was convicted of first-degree murder in August for fatally stabbing his former girlfriend in 2021. Days after being sentenced, he broke […]
AUGUSTA, Ga.-Tuesday, BYU junior punter Ryan Rekhow and Utah State senior punter Stephen Kotsanlee, were named among the Ray’s 8 performers during their performances last Saturday by the Ray Guy Award and the Augusta Sports Council. In the Cougars’ 41-16 win over Southern Utah, Rekhow averaged 45 yards per punt […]
Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The University of Alabama condemned the behavior of its fans heard shouting racist and homophobic slurs at three Texas Longhorn players during a Saturday night game after a video of the incident went viral on social media. The video shows Alabama fans behind the […]
(Weber County, UT) — An assault charge against former Utah Farm Bureau Federation president Ron Gibson has been dropped. Early last month, Gibson was arrested and booked into jail for allegedly back-handing an employee following an argument about pay. He took a leave of absence from his position following the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah State Representative Judy Weeks Rohner is currently in the hospital fighting COVID-19. She reportedly fell ill two weeks ago, and has been hospitalized for one week. While Rohner says the experience has been miserable, she says her health is improving. She will miss interim […]
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Police in Virginia announced the arrest of a man for the 1994 cold case murder of a 37-year-old woman. The Fairfax County Police Department said Stephan Smerk, 51, is the suspect in the murder of Robin Lawrence, who was found stabbed to death inside her […]
