WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney marched Sunday in the nation’s capital in a protest against police mistreatment of minorities, making him the first Republican senator known to do so. Romney, who represents Utah, posted a tweet showing him wearing a mask as he walked with Black Lives Matter […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah logged its largest single-day increase in the number of COVID-19 cases Friday, with many of those coming in connection with an outbreak at a meatpacking plant in northern Utah. Health officials are investigating the “ongoing outbreak” at the unnamed facility and expect to see […]
Body camera footage shows Salt Lake City police officers fired at least 20 shots at a man as he ran away. Twenty-two-year-old Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal was shot and killed May 23 after police who were responding to a call of a gun threat chased him when he ran from a motel. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dozens of doctors, nurses and other health care workers and students knelt in support of anti-police brutality protests in Salt Lake City on Friday. About 100 people in Utah joined healthcare professionals around the country using the label White Coats for Black Lives to honor […]
When the National Women’s Soccer League was devising plans for a summer tournament later this month in Utah, it reached out to the players in the league who are moms. There are just a handful of mothers who play professionally in the NWSL. But when the league asks players to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has suspended defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley for using a racial slur in a 2013 text message. Utes athletic director Mark Harlan says in a statement that he was made aware of a social media post that referenced the text message. Utah will have an […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah gubernatorial candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. is self-quarantining after a campaign staffer tested positive for COVID-19. The campaign said Friday that the former U.S.-Russia ambassador has postponed his in-person public events until he can be tested. His running mate Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi has not […]
KAYSVILLE, Utah (Deseret News) — The Kaysville City Council has unanimously censured Mayor Katie Witt after she was heavily criticized for her support of a concert protesting coronavirus-related restrictions. The Deseret News reported that the council made the decision Thursday following her support of the concert and personal attacks against […]
A Republican lawmaker in Utah says he’ll support police reform legislation championed by the NAACP. State NAACP chapter president Jeanetta Williams said Friday that Utah was among the first states to publicly respond to a call from the group’s national headquarters for branches to pursue reform legislation. Their priorities include […]
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) — Missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have long knocked on doors, shaken hands or walked up to strangers to spread their gospel. Now, the coronavirus pandemic has forced them to do their outreach online, in Facebook groups and through video calls. […]
