(Salt Lake City, UT) — A wildlife protection organization is urging Governor Spencer Cox to veto a bill that would open the door to cougar hunting year-round in Utah. The nonprofit Western Wildlife Conservancy and other wildlife conservation groups are calling on Cox to veto the bill. If Cox signs […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — This winter is one of the wettest on record in Utah. Data released Wednesday shows the meteorological winter of 2022-23 is the ninth wettest since 1895. The state collected, on average, five-point-eight inches of moisture in December, January, and February. That’s more than double the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Republican Party Chair Carson Jorgensen is bowing out. Jorgensen said earlier this month he won’t run for a second term as leader of the state’s dominant political party when his term is up next month. The sheep rancher from Sanpete County said it’s time […]
Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office (NEW YORK) — A deceptive photo lineup helped imprison a man for over 18 years for a fatal shooting he did not commit, according to the Brooklyn district attorney. On Thursday, he walked free after a judge vacated the conviction and dismissed the indictment. Sheldon Thomas, […]
Piccell/Getty Images (ROCHESTER, N.Y.) — A third person has died in the days after a trampling at a concert over the weekend, police announced Thursday. Nine people were trampled Sunday at the Rochester, New York, concert, leaving three dead and six others with injuries, according to the Rochester Police Department. […]
The Kane County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a recent rise in gift card scams. In a press release they shared, “citizens are receiving calls about a family member being involved in an accident and needing money in the form of gift cards to help pay medical expenses. Other […]
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal regulators are looking into a previously unreported incident involving Norfolk Southern potentially mishandling a conductor’s concern on a train carrying hazardous material just weeks after a similar defect precipitated the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. According to a complaint obtained by […]
Philipp Hülsmann/picture alliance via Getty Images (TACOMA, Wash.) — Former Seattle Supersonics star and NBA great Shawn Kemp has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a drive-by shooting at a mall, police say. The incident occurred at approximately 1:58 p.m. Wednesday when officers from the Tacoma Police Department in […]
kali9/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Three Los Angeles Police Department officers were shot Wednesday night in a “violent encounter,” police said. The three men, all senior officers in the Metropolitan Division K-9 unit, are now in stable condition after being shot by a parolee at large, LAPD Assistant Chief Al […]
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (NEW YORK) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a special investigation into a fatal crash in California last month involving a Tesla that will look at the vehicle’s advanced driver assistance system, the agency confirmed to ABC News. A 2014 Tesla […]
