BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) — A former Utah State University football player convicted of sexually assaulting six women was sentenced Wednesday to 26 years to life in prison during a hearing in which the judge called his actions “horrendous” and told his victims he believed them. Torrey Green, 25, was […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers have sent the governor legislation that would ban abortions because of a Down syndrome diagnosis, the latest in a series of restrictions on the procedure to clear the predominantly Republican Legislature. The House on Wednesday approved by a 75-11 vote a bill that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities say the owners of a dog that bit off a 4-year-old boy’s hand have agreed to surrender their two huskies, which will live out their days with an animal-rescue group. Animal-control officials said Wednesday they dropped citations against the owners in exchange for […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Conservation groups are asking a federal judge to block the Trump administration from easing restrictions on energy companies that were meant to protect a struggling Western bird species. Attorneys for Western Watersheds Project, Prairie Hills Audubon Society and two other groups made the request Wednesday in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah family that says it has been inundated with hundreds of unwanted service providers repeatedly being sent to their home has a protective injunction against a Hawaii man, but police have yet to arrest him and won’t say if he’s a suspect. A Utah […]
PARK VALLEY, Utah (AP) — Police say Michelle Richan was stranded for a week in snow and mud in rural Utah — but she was prepared. Richan says she even had enough food and water in her SUV to last another week. The Deseret News reports Richan got stuck on March 19 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a 5-year-old Utah boy suffered critical injuries when he was accidentally strangled by a jump rope while playing on a backyard play set. KUTV reports the child was flown to a hospital Tuesday night after his neck got caught in a jump rope that was […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Police in a Salt Lake City suburb say a 70-year-old man has been arrested on charges accusing him of sexually abusing at least seven children in the 1980s and 1990s. A West Valley Police Department statement says David Allen Williams was arrested Wednesday on […]
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — A contractor has finished cleaning up contaminated soil at a former research reactor site at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Environmental officials with the U.S. Energy Department confirmed Tuesday that the work was done by Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos. Officials believe the polychlorinated biphenyl, or […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on a Colorado River drought plan (all times local): 3 p.m. A California irrigation district that has the largest entitlement to Colorado River water says it doesn’t support proposed federal legislation to implement a multi-state drought plan. The Imperial Irrigation District says language in […]
