boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Child sex trafficking victims implicated for crimes against their abusers are speaking out amid an ongoing push for laws that change how such cases are treated in the criminal justice system. In 1995, Sara Kruzan was 17 when she was sentenced to life in […]
kali9/Getty Images (SYRACUSE, N.Y.) — Two men have been arrested in the slaying of 11-year-old Brexialee Torres-Ortiz, who was shot dead while walking home after buying milk near her home, authorities announced Thursday. Two of the three suspects believed to be involved in the Jan. 16 shooting, an 18-year-old man […]
(Panguitch, UT) — Garfield County is welcoming its first baby of the year, more than two weeks in. Garfield Memorial Hospital in Panguitch announced Johnny Louis Barnes was born on the 16th. Johnny was born to Karen and Jason Barns, weighing seven pounds and 13 ounces.
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A controversial eduction bill is one step closer to becoming law. The Utah Senate has passed the Republican-led bill by a 20-to-eight vote yesterday. It would provide raises for Utah teachers and allow taxpayer funds to be spent on private and home schooling through a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — There is apparently support in the legislature for a measure regulating when Utah kids can go trick-or-treating. A state Senate committee voted unanimously in favor of a resolution yesterday that recommends that Halloween be celebrated on the last Friday in October. The sponsor of the […]
(Juab County, UT) — One person is dead following a crash in Juab County last night. The Utah Highway Patrol says a semi rolled while traveling north on Interstate 15 about 18 miles southwest of Nephi. No other vehicles were involved and the crash is still under investigation.
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Illinois man has been arrested and charged for allegedly setting fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic, federal authorities said Wednesday. Tyler W. Massengill, 32, of Chillicoth, Illinois, is facing charges of malicious use of fire and an explosive to damage as […]
mbbirdy/Getty Images (MONTEREY PARK, Calif.) — The suspect involved in the Monterey Park shooting had no known connection to any of the victims that were killed in the shooting, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Police also confirmed that a total of three firearms registered to the suspect […]
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jury deliberations resume Thursday in the trial of Sayfullo Saipov, the Uzbek native who took inspiration from the Islamic State group and drove a truck down the West Side Highway bike path, killing eight on Halloween 2017. The jury deliberated for an hour or […]
kali9/Getty Images (DUXBURY, Mass.) — A Massachusetts woman is facing charges in the deaths of her two young children and the injury of her baby, authorities said Wednesday. Police received a 911 call on Tuesday evening, just after 6 p.m. ET, from a man who said his wife had attempted […]
