(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers voted against a bill that would have prevented counting mail-in ballots arriving after Election Day, following a controversy in the June Republican primary. The proposal aimed to address concerns raised by Colby Jenkins, who narrowly lost the 2nd Congressional District race, alleging late […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is banning its 14th book from the state’s public schools. “Living Dead Girl” by Elizabeth Scott was banned outright after three school districts removed it from their shelves. The book, aimed at young adults, follows the story of a girl kidnapped and forced to […]
Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office (GREEN LAKE, Wis.) — Ryan Borgwardt, the husband and father of three who authorities said faked his own death at a Wisconsin lake and fled the country, is speaking to police but isn’t revealing where he is, the local sheriff said. When authorities reached Borgwardt on Nov. […]
Moses Stewart and Diane Hawkins grieve over the slaying of their son Yusuf Hawkins; Nicole Bengiveno/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images (BROOKLYN, N.Y.) — When Yusuf Hawkins, a Black 16-year-old, was shot and killed in Brooklyn in 1989 as he went to purchase a car, the crime set off […]
Paras Griffin/Getty Images (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — The Illinois Supreme Court has thrown out former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction for lying about a 2019 hate crime. Smollett was found guilty in 2021 for faking a racist and homophobic attack and lying to the police. His lawyers said this violated his Fifth […]
Diego Cervo/EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — E-cigarettes in kid-friendly flavors are driving retail sales and contain more addictive nicotine than ever, according to a new report from the nonprofit CDC Foundation and advocacy group Truth Initiative. The report showed a 47% increase in e-cigarette sales at U.S. retail outlets between 2019 and […]
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The woman who accused Pete Hegseth of sexual assault in 2017 told police at the time that he took her phone and blocked her from leaving his hotel room on the night of the incident, according to a 22-page police report obtained by ABC […]
Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images (SEATTLE) — Two people were killed by falling trees in Washington state as a powerful storm hammered the Pacific Northwest. In Bellevue, a tree fell into a home, hitting and killing a woman while she was in the shower Tuesday night, Bellevue fire officials said. In Lynwood, […]
Moscow, Idaho (Shunyu Fan/Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) – The judge overseeing Bryan Kohberger’s murder case has ruled the death penalty will remain on the table as the case moves forward, rejecting a request from Kohberger’s defense attorneys. In June 2023, prosecutors announced they intended to seek the death penalty against […]
CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, one of his first orders of business will be to decide about the fate of TikTok in the United States — and some of his cabinet appointees appear to be split on the issue. Sources familiar with […]
