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Year: 2023

Group Files Referendum Over New Utah Flag

Group Files Referendum Over New Utah Flag

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Eight Utahns want voters to decide whether the state should have a new flag. They filed a petition with the lieutenant governor’s office on Monday to put the issue on the ballot next year. To make that happen, they need to gather more than 134-thousand […]

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Masks To Be Optional At Cedar City, St. George, Hospitals

Masks To Be Optional At Cedar City, St. George, Hospitals

(Cedar City, UT) — Hospitals in Cedar City and St. George are ending their nearly three-year-long mask requirement. Along with all other units of Intermountain Health, Cedar City Hospital and St. George Regional Hospital will no longer require people to wear masks, beginning one week from today, March 15th. Signs […]

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After Tyre Nichols’ death, Memphis passes police reforms

After Tyre Nichols’ death, Memphis passes police reforms

Frederic Genest / EyeEm/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — The Memphis City Council passed new police reform policies two months after the death of Tyre Nichols, who died several days after a traffic stop with Memphis police that turned violent. Body camera footage captured officers striking and beating Nichols repeatedly. His […]

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Suspect in random fatal stabbing of Los Angeles teen surrenders after standoff

Suspect in random fatal stabbing of Los Angeles teen surrenders after standoff

Los Angeles Police Department (LOS ANGELES) — A man has surrendered to police after he allegedly fatally stabbed a 17-year-old at random while he was waiting to be picked up by his mother outside a restaurant in Southern California. The same suspect may be responsible for a separate stabbing that […]

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Justice Department to review Memphis Police Department following Tyre Nichols’ death

Justice Department to review Memphis Police Department following Tyre Nichols’ death

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Wednesday confirmed it has launched a review into the Memphis Police Department’s use-of-force and de-escalation policies, along with a separate review of specialized police units deployed in cities across the country following the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died […]

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FBI investigating ‘suspicious death’ of woman on Carnival cruise ship

FBI investigating ‘suspicious death’ of woman on Carnival cruise ship

Carnival Cruises (NEW YORK) — The FBI is investigating a “suspicious death” of a female passenger aboard a Carnival cruise ship while it was en route to the Bahamas. The incident occurred on Carnival’s Sunshine during its Feb. 27 voyage from the United States to Nassau, Bahamas, when medical staff […]

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Hiker collapses and dies on rugged desert trail with no shade

Hiker collapses and dies on rugged desert trail with no shade

Big Bend National Park / National Park Service (NEW YORK) — A 64-year-old woman collapsed and died while hiking on an exposed and rugged desert trail in Texas, officials say. The incident occurred at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Monday when Big Bend National Park’s Communications Center received a call requesting […]

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Four dead in small plane crash over central Florida, officials say

Four dead in small plane crash over central Florida, officials say

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (WINTER HAVEN, Fla.) — Four people have died after two planes crashed over Lake Hartridge in Winter Haven, Florida, on Tuesday, law enforcement officials said. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has identified Faith Irene Baker, 24, a pilot and flight instructor with Sunrise Aviation; Zachary Jean Mace, […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 3/7/23

Scoreboard roundup — 3/7/23

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING INTERLEAGUE Pittsburgh 7, Toronto 2 Detroit 16, St. Louis 3 Tampa Bay 7, Philadelphia 3 Chi White Sox 5, Milwaukee 2 LA Angels 5, San Diego 4 Chi Cubs 9, Texas 6 Oakland […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 3/7

Prep Sports Roundup: 3/7

Baseball Non-Region GUNNISON, Utah-Easton Newman pitched three innings, posted seven strikeouts and drove in a run as the Gunnison Valley Bulldogs downed Millard 7-2 Tuesday in non-region baseball play. Treyden Terry had four strikeouts in the loss for the Eagles. RICHFIELD, Utah-Troy Madsen drove in five runs and the Manti […]

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