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Year: 2024

Judge allows Trump to appeal Fani Willis disqualification ruling

Judge allows Trump to appeal Fani Willis disqualification ruling

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee on Wednesday cleared the way for former President Donald Trump to appeal the judge’s ruling that ultimately kept Fulton County DA Fani Willis on the election interference case. McAfee granted the joint request from Trump and some of his codefendants […]

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2 teens arrested, charged in Utah abduction-turned-murder

2 teens arrested, charged in Utah abduction-turned-murder

Taylorsville Police Department (NEW YORK) – Two teenage boys have been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old man whose body was found in a remote desert area in Utah County, according to police. The 15-year-old and a 17-year-old have been booked into the Salt Lake […]

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UFC settles wage suppression allegations for $335 million before trial

UFC settles wage suppression allegations for $335 million before trial

Raf Willems/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — TKO, the parent company of Ultimate Fighting Championship, will pay $335 million to settle a class action lawsuit over wage suppression, according to a company filing Wednesday. “On March 13, 2024, TKO reached an agreement to settle all claims asserted in both class action […]

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State Files Lawsuit Against Elan Solar

State Files Lawsuit Against Elan Solar

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Division of Consumer Protections has filed a lawsuit against solar panel company Elan Solar. The lawsuit filed to Salt Lake City’s Third District Court claims that the company deceived its customers. The company allegedly does not have a license to install solar panels […]

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Governor Cox Signs Bill Making Book Banning Easier

Governor Cox Signs Bill Making Book Banning Easier

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox has signed a bill into law making it easier to ban books. The bill was one of 72 signed. It now takes less than ten-percent of Utah Schools, including charters, to trigger a statewide book ban. The ban can be appealed if the […]

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Utah Unemployment Benefits Filings Drop

Utah Unemployment Benefits Filings Drop

(Washington, DC) — The U.S. Department of Labor says initial filings for unemployment benefits in Utah dropped last week. New jobless claims fell to 1,144 in the week ending March 9th. That statistic is down from the 1,235 filings the week before. Oregon saw the largest percentage increase in weekly […]

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Third white Mississippi officer sentenced to 17.5 years after pleading guilty in torture of 2 Black men

Third white Mississippi officer sentenced to 17.5 years after pleading guilty in torture of 2 Black men

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy Daniel Opdyke was sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison during a hearing in federal court in Jackson, Mississippi on Wednesday for his role in torture of two Black men, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Opdyke is the […]

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Daniel Penny to stand trial in October for NYC subway chokehold death

Daniel Penny to stand trial in October for NYC subway chokehold death

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Daniel Penny, the man who choked a homeless man to death last May on a New York City subway car, will stand trial beginning Oct. 8, a judge determined Wednesday. The trial will take between four and six weeks, according to Judge Max […]

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About 184 law enforcement officers die by suicide each year: Report

About 184 law enforcement officers die by suicide each year: Report

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 1,200 of the nation’s public safety personnel died by suicide over a seven-year period, according to a report released by a nonprofit organization that tracks law enforcement suicides. From 2016 to 2022, there were 1,287 public safety personnel — identified in the […]

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US no longer in top 20 of world’s happiest countries and is now behind Kuwait, Lithuania, UAE

US no longer in top 20 of world’s happiest countries and is now behind Kuwait, Lithuania, UAE

ABC News The United States has fallen eight spots and is no longer in the top 20 happiest countries in the world, falling behind countries like Canada, Israel, Kuwait, Lithuania and the United Arab Emirates, according to the 2024 World Happiness Report released by Gallup and its partners. The new […]

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