Allison Dinner/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Memphis, Tennessee, to attend Tyre Nichols’ funeral on Wednesday. Nichols family attorney Ben Crump said Nichols’ parents spoke with Harris on the phone for over 30 minutes. Harris and Nichols’ mother, RowVaughn Wells, “spoke exclusively, and […]
PROVO, Utah-Tuesday, BYU football announced its initial Big 12 schedule as well as its 2023 schedule in entirety. The Cougars’ first all-time game against a Big 12 opponent will be September 23 at Lawrence, Kan. against the Kansas Jayhawks. It is listed as follows: September 2: Sam Houston September 9: […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The ACLU of Utah is planning a court challenge to the recently passed ban on gender-affirming surgery and hormone therapy for transgender youth. The group announced yesterday that it plans to work with the National Center for Lesbian Rights to fight the new law. In […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new state flag in Utah is getting closer to reality. The Senate voted in favor of a bill yesterday that would replace the current flag with one representing the state’s historic tribal nations. It comes with a five-point star and five mountain peaks to […]
(Moab, UT) — The family of a Ugandan activist killed in Arches National Park is being awarded more than ten-and-a-half-million dollars in damages. That was the verdict of a federal judge in Utah yesterday in a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government, the largest in state history. Esther Nakajjigo […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers are making a big push to encourage water conservation and help restore and preserve the Great Salt Lake. Lawmakers have declared this week as “Water Week” in the House and the Senate and unveiled a series of bills yesterday. Proposals include forming a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that aims to help police thoroughly evaluate domestic violence situations is now in the Utah House. The state Senate unanimously approved the bill yesterday in front of the parents of Gabby Petito and Many Mayne. The proposed bill would require officers to conduct […]
Yiming Chen/Getty Images (PROVIDENCE, R.I.) — Many U.S. cities are attempting to establish a reparations program in an effort to rectify economic disparity borne of slavery, and Providence, Rhode Island, is among the places moving forward with a plan. But the city’s plan has drawn criticism over the extent to […]
File photo – mit4711/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Environmental Protection Agency has vetoed a controversial proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska. Pebble Limited Partnership, the company that would control the mine commonly known as Pebble Mine, argues it would bring economic opportunity to the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. […]
Garnell Whitfield Jr., whose 86-year-old mother was killed in the May 14, 2022, mass shooting at a Buffalo grocery story, speaks at a press conference on Oct. 6, 2022, urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign the Grieving Families Act. – ABC News (ALBANY, N.Y.) — New York Gov. […]
