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Month: January 2024

Florida prohibits DEI in public colleges amid ‘Stop WOKE’ legal battles

Florida prohibits DEI in public colleges amid ‘Stop WOKE’ legal battles

Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Florida Board of Education has passed regulations limiting the use of public funds for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs, activities and policies in the public college system. The board defines DEI as “any program, campus activity, or policy that classifies individuals on […]

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Boy, 9, in remission from leukemia killed after crawling beneath school bus to retrieve ball

Boy, 9, in remission from leukemia killed after crawling beneath school bus to retrieve ball

nazarethman/Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — Over a hundred people came together for a candlelight vigil after 9-year-old Elyas Amyr Marshall-Rodriguez was killed after crawling under an Orange County school bus earlier this week. Witnesses told affiliate ABC News’ Orlando affiliate WFTV that the 9-year-old boy got off the bus Tuesday […]

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Winter storm: More snow forecast as millions face dangerously cold temperatures

Winter storm: More snow forecast as millions face dangerously cold temperatures

ABC News (NEW YORK) — As dangerously low temperatures paralyze parts of the country from Chicago to Tennessee, the West and the Northeast are bracing for more snow. The latest More than 30 weather-related fatalities were confirmed nationwide this week, with deaths reported in 10 states including Oregon, New York, […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 1/17

Prep Sports Roundup: 1/17

Boys Basketball Region 12 NEPHI, Utah-Jessen Barton posted 13 points on 6-10 from the field and the Manti Templars clobbered Juab 64-39 in Region 12 boys basketball play Wednesday at The Pit. Daymon Wright’s 12 points led the Wasps in the loss. Manti improved to 13-4 and 6-1 in Region […]

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E. Jean Carroll defamation case live updates: ‘I would love it,’ Trump says to judge’s threat to toss him

E. Jean Carroll defamation case live updates: ‘I would love it,’ Trump says to judge’s threat to toss him

Former President Donald Trump speaks at his caucus night event at the Iowa Events Center, Jan. 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial this week in New York City to determine whether he will have to pay former […]

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Gilgo Beach: ‘Cutting edge’ DNA evidence helped link suspect to 4th victim, DA says

Gilgo Beach: ‘Cutting edge’ DNA evidence helped link suspect to 4th victim, DA says

Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Among the new evidence against alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is “cutting edge” DNA evidence, the district attorney told ABC News. Heuermann was charged Tuesday with the murder of a fourth woman, 25-year-old escort Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who disappeared in 2007. Heuermann had […]

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Utah Road Right Fight Bleeds Into Governor’s Race

Utah Road Right Fight Bleeds Into Governor’s Race

(Salt Lake City, UT) — State GOP Representative Phil Lyman is using Utah Road Rights to help launch into his 20-24 Gubernatorial bid. In a recent social media post the GOP lawmaker announced plans to propose a law in the senate that would strengthen legislation that dates back to 18-66 […]

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Ute Indian Tribe Calls On State Legislature To Improve Education

Ute Indian Tribe Calls On State Legislature To Improve Education

(Uintah Basin, UT) — The Ute Indian Tribe is calling on the state legislature to improve its public school system. This comes after data from the 2022 — 2023 school year shows that Ute students are falling further behind and dropping out more than nearly every demographic statewide. Lawmakers currently […]

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Winter storm: More snow forecast as millions under wind chill alerts

Winter storm: More snow forecast as millions under wind chill alerts

ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 105 million Americans remain on alert for dangerously low temperatures after an arctic blast swept across the U.S. At least nine weather-related fatalities were confirmed nationwide this week: six in Tennessee, two in New Jersey and one in Mississippi, according to authorities. On […]

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Former Gunnison Prison inmate pleads guilty to manslaughter

Former Gunnison Prison inmate pleads guilty to manslaughter

A Utah State inmate pleaded guilty in Sixth District Court in Manti on Wednesday to manslaughter in the death of a fellow inmate at the Central Utah Correctional Facility.  Cleo Cheney, 43, was incarcerated at the Gunnison prison with 62-year old Ted Davey.  Cheney had been in prison since 2018 […]

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