Jason Marz/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant charged with lying to the bureau about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, was remanded to custody Monday, pending trial. Appearing in court Monday, Smirnov said very little except answering “yes” when asked if he understood […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An active-duty airman has died after authorities say he set himself on fire Sunday outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., in what he described as “an extreme act of protest” over the Israel-Hamas war. The man was identified by the Metropolitan Police Department as […]
John Lamparski via Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — The involuntary manslaughter trial for Alec Baldwin over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” in October 2021 has been set for July, according to New Mexico’s First Judicial District Court. Jury selection is set to […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Monday asked a judge to impose a gag order on former President Donald Trump, who is charged in New York with falsifying business records related to hush money he paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Trump […]
Google Maps Street View (NEW YORK) — A historic, billion-dollar donation to a medical school in New York City has provided students with free tuition moving forward. Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx received a $1 billion donation from Dr. Ruth Gottesman, former professor and chair of the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Medicaid has advised pharmacies to provide free medication to 17-thousand Medicaid members amid a cyber outage. The outage has caused issues with prescription information, and the medication will be given to high-risk patients who need it to survive. Officials say the outage is expected […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — About 850 Utah residents are set to receive approximately five-point-eight-million dollars in student loan forgiveness. The Biden administration says this is part of the Saving on a Valuable Education Plan effort. Money coming to Utahns is just a portion of the one-point-two-billion-dollars that is being […]
(Springdale, UT) — A southern Utah town is getting a boost to its beautification project. Officials approved a proposed downtown plaza in Springdale last week that will be located on Zion Park Boulevard near a rock shop and Best Western hotel. There used to be a home on the plot […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers say a new arena in downtown Salt Lake City would be on the table if the National Hockey League gave the city a franchise team. Senate legislators are considering a bill to create a sports and entertainment project area. SB272, the “Capital City […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — NORAD says the high-altitude balloon they intercepted over Utah was likely a “hobby balloon.” The “small balloon” was detected at an altitude of about 44-thousand feet Friday, but NORAD determined it didn’t present any sort of threat to national security. The balloon was described as […]
