James C Hooper/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man has been arrested in connection with the attempted rape of a woman sunbathing in Central Park last month, police said. Jermaine Longmire has been charged with attempted rape and sex abuse by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, police said Wednesday. NYPD […]
Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — The 74-year-old woman who was pushed into an approaching train at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station has died and a man has been arrested in connection with her death, according to BART police. The woman hit her head […]
KABC (NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.) — A New Zealand tourist was killed during a robbery at a California mall after the suspects struck her with their vehicle as they fled the scene, police said. The incident unfolded Tuesday afternoon at Fashion Island, an outdoor shopping mall in Newport Beach, police said. […]
George Bridges/MCT/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (KOKOMO, Ind.) — A former Indianapolis Colts player has been arrested after his teenage son, who had been missing for two weeks, was found at the family’s home in Kokomo, Indiana. Bryson Muir, 14, was found “safe and well” and is now in […]
seng kui Lim/500px/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — A lawsuit filed against Northwestern University’s law school claims that its hiring practices give preference to less-qualified women and applicants of color, taking away opportunities from better qualified white men. The lawsuit, which was filed in Federal District Court in Chicago, alleges that faculty […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Heat alerts have been issued for 21 states from Washington to Florida on Wednesday, with more than 90 million on alert for extreme weather. Several wildfires also exploded in the West on Tuesday due to dry conditions and ongoing heat. The dangerous heat is just […]
(Washington, DC) — A Texas law that forces adult entertainment websites to verify the age of its users will go before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case has possible implications for Utah which has a similar law. Opponents to the law say it violates free speech. Texas passed its legislation […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Rocky Mountain Power wants customers to know why it is proposing an electricity rate increase of 30 percent over the next two years. RMP says the cost of fuel for its power plants has increased and the rates to purchase wholesale power have also gone […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Highway Patrol will put extra resources into DUI enforcement this month. The Fourth of July and Pioneer Day are right around the corner, and drunk driving tends to increase around holidays. U-H-P officials say there will be more than 280 additional DUI shifts […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah homeowners are seeing home insurance rates increase by at least 19 percent this year. A new study from S&P shows that Utah is third in line behind Texas and Arizona for these higher homeowner costs. Utah insurance commissioner Jon Pike says the cost of […]
