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Month: February 2024

Teacher Liability Threatened By Proposed Bill

Teacher Liability Threatened By Proposed Bill

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A newly proposed state bill would hold teachers liable if they keep banned books available to their students. If found guilty, teachers would be charged with a misdemeanor if they keep materials specifically deemed “objectively sensitive” in their classrooms. The GOP backed bill would result […]

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Huge drug bust removes $280K worth of drugs from the streets

Huge drug bust removes $280K worth of drugs from the streets

One of the largest drug busts in Sanpete County in recent history has taken drugs with a street value of $280K off the street. Eight agencies, including local law enforcement, joined together to carry out the sting operation in Mt. Pleasant on Wednesday, January 24. Three individuals were arrested and […]

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Three teens shot, one fatally, in apparent targeted attack near their Chicago high school: Police

Three teens shot, one fatally, in apparent targeted attack near their Chicago high school: Police

avid_creative/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — One teenager was killed and two were injured in an apparent targeted shooting in broad daylight a few blocks from their Chicago school, according to police. The three teens were walking Wednesday afternoon when a car pulled up, and several people got out and fired shots […]

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New, dangerous storm brings a ‘significant threat to the safety of Californians’

New, dangerous storm brings a ‘significant threat to the safety of Californians’

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A powerful Pacific jet stream is bringing two dangerous storms fueled by an atmospheric river to the West Coast, the first of which struck Northern California on Wednesday and is pummeling Southern California on Thursday. This first storm brings a “significant threat to the safety […]

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Michael Strahan, athletes discuss mental health in the Black community

Michael Strahan, athletes discuss mental health in the Black community

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Often lost in the bright shine of athletic celebrity stardom are the deep human pains that can weigh on Black athletes in particular. Only one in three Black Americans with mental health illnesses obtain treatment, according to multiple studies including research from Psychiatric Services published […]

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Three dead, five in critical condition in Boise building collapse near airport

Three dead, five in critical condition in Boise building collapse near airport

Piccell/Getty Images (BOISE, Idaho) — Three people died and five were left in critical condition after a building under construction near the Boise, Idaho, airport collapsed Wednesday night, according to fire department officials. “Tonight, there was a catastrophic collapse of a metal structure at a construction site. First responders found […]

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Idaho college murders: Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers request change of venue, outside jury pool

Idaho college murders: Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers request change of venue, outside jury pool

In this June 27, 2023, file photo, Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for a hearing at the Latah County Courthouse in Moscow, Idaho. (August Frank-Pool/Getty Images) (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Arguing that a “fair and impartial jury cannot be found” in the area where four Idaho college students were killed in […]

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New Mexico officers will not be charged in fatal shooting while responding to wrong house

New Mexico officers will not be charged in fatal shooting while responding to wrong house

amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three New Mexico police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Robert Dotson while responding to the wrong home’s address will not be charged, according to a letter from the New Mexico Justice Department. The shooting took place on April 5, 2023, when Farmington police […]

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North Carolina police looking for woman who made distressed call to 911 before she vanished

North Carolina police looking for woman who made distressed call to 911 before she vanished

Greensboro Police Department (GREENSBORO, N.C.) — A 25-year-old mother made a distressed call to 911 before she vanished in Greensboro, North Carolina, and police are asking for the public’s help in locating her. Marissa Carmichael was last seen in the early hours of Sunday, Jan. 14 at the Exxon on […]

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Fulton County DA Fani Willis, prosecutor Nathan Wade subpoenaed to testify in upcoming misconduct hearing, per lawsuit

Fulton County DA Fani Willis, prosecutor Nathan Wade subpoenaed to testify in upcoming misconduct hearing, per lawsuit

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Nathan Wade, one of her top prosecutors in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 others, have been subpoenaed to testify at an upcoming evidentiary hearing set to examine allegations that they were […]

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