SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah diver has been arrested and charged with raping a young woman in her dorm room during the first week of the school year last fall. Prosecutors have charged Ben Smyth, a Canadian diver in his second year at Utah, with sodomy, […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho prosecutors have spent the last four weeks painstakingly detailing their case against a woman accused of killing her two youngest children and a romantic rival in a bizarre doomsday-focused plot. On Thursday, they are expected to present their final arguments to the jury in the triple murder trial of Lori […]
DENVER (AP) — Nearly half of the U.S. West has emerged from drought this spring, but the welcome wet conditions haven’t entirely replenished the region, scientists said Tuesday. Hydrologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said deep snowpack across much of the West will bring short-term relief, but the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After her husband died last year Kouri Richins wrote a children’s book concerning grief. She has since been charged with murder. Monday, Richins was arrested, accused in charging documents of poisoning her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl at their home in Kamas. Prosecutors […]
Monday, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill into law to protect tribal cultures by codifying the federal Indian Child Welfare Act into state law, per an announcement from his office. The federal Indian Child Welfare Act, enacted in 1978, gives preference to Native American families in foster care […]
NEW YORK (AP) —Monday, rookie of the year Paolo Banchero of the Orlando Magic headlined the NBA All-Rookie team. Banchero was the only player to be selected as a first-teamer on all 100 ballots. He was joined on the first team by Walker Kessler of the Utah Jazz, Bennedict Mathurin […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — As schools across the country struggle to find teachers to hire, more governors are pushing for pay increases, bonuses and other perks for the beleaguered profession — with some vowing to beat out other states competing for educators. Already in 2023, governors in Georgia and Arkansas have pushed […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Steve Clark had five saves for the Houston Dynamo and Zac MacMatch saved four shots for Real Salt Lake as the two teams played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night. Real Salt Lake (3-5-2) improves to 5-0-6 in its last 11 match-ups with Houston (4-3-2). Real […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The popular television western “Yellowstone” with Kevin Costner will end this fall and be replaced almost immediately by a sequel. But like any good drama, there’s some mystery involved. The sequel, still untitled, will premiere December on the Paramount cable network, which also televises “Yellowstone,” Paramount said on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —Thursday, an adult entertainment industry group filed a lawsuit on challenging a new Utah law that requires porn websites to implement age verification mechanisms to block minors from accessing sexually explicit materials. The law, which took effect Wednesday, made Utah the second state to require adult websites to […]
