(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Board of Higher Education is establishing a task force on campus safety. That’s after a unanimous vote last week to take a deeper look at the issue. This comes in the wake of the shooting death of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at Utah […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — President Oaks did not announce any new temples during The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ semiannual general conference this month. Oaks is the leader of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He spoke at the close of the two-day conference in place of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Lawmakers return to the Utah State Capitol this morning for a special session to approve a new congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. A judge has ordered the legislature to redraw boundaries in compliance with a 2018 citizen ballot initiative. The GOP-controlled redistricting […]
Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura enter a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office on August 25, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The judge overseeing the Maryland deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Monday denied the government’s request to delay proceedings […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rite Aid has shuttered all of its stores after more than six decades in business. The pharmacy chain made the announcement in a post on its website, stating, “All Rite Aid stores have now closed. We thank our loyal customers for their many […]
Police intervene the protesters, at least 56 demonstrators were arrested after blocking traffic to the Brooklyn Bridge to end the Israeli attacks and establish a ceasefire in Gaza, following the Yom Kippur 2025 gathering at Brooklyn Borough Hall hosted by Rabbis for Ceasefire in New York City, United States, on […]
In this screen grab from a video released by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, 31-year-old Thomas Brown is shown after his arrest. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz.) — A suspect has now been arrested after two teenagers were found fatally shot in May on an isolated hiking trail in Arizona, […]
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday he ordered another strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, killing four “male narcoterrorists,” in what appears to be the Trump administration’s fourth time using extraordinary lethal military force against a criminal enterprise. Hegseth […]
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sentenced to 50 months in prison for his conviction on two prostitution-related offenses. He gets credit for time served since his arrest. Combs has already spent 12 months at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Before the judge read the sentence, Combs tearfully apologized in […]
Ian Andre Roberts’ booking photo. Polk County Sheriff (DES MOINES, Iowa) — The Des Moines Public Schools board announced Friday it intends to pursue legal action against a consulting firm it says it hired in 2023 to conduct a search for a new superintendent, claiming the firm failed to “properly […]
