WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Sen. Mitt Romney declined again Monday to endorse President Donald Trump’s reelection, saying he would “stay quiet” about whom he’ll be supporting in November. Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, told reporters on Capitol Hill, “I’m not going to be describing who I’ll be voting for.” […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake City Council on Tuesday will consider calls to redirect a portion of its police budget to community services, such as transportation and affordable housing, amid national protests against police brutality. Protesters across the country have been pushing to “defund the police” over the death […]
ARMONK, N.Y. (AP)-IBM says it is getting out of the facial recognition business over concern about how it can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling. A letter to U.S. lawmakers Monday from new IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said the tech giant “has sunset its general purpose facial recognition […]
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The Pro Football Hall of Fame will reopen Wednesday after nearly a three-month closure caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The hall closed on March 16, but permission has been granted by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine for museums, science centers and zoos to open. “Since its grand opening in […]
HARVARD, Mass. (AP)-A former Green Beret and his son accused of smuggling ex-Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in a box are fighting their extradition to the country, arguing the offense is not a crime there. Michael and Peter Taylor are wanted in Japan on allegations that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Utah Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. has tested negative for COVID-19, several days after his campaign revealed one of its staffers had the coronavirus. Huntsman is one of four Republican gubernatorial candidates on the June primary ballot. Campaign manager Lisa Roskelley said Monday that […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s death was the breaking point for some Minneapolis civic leaders, who now say the only way to fix the city’s embattled police department is to take it apart. But it’s not clear how they would do that, and groups that have spent years shining a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Sen. Mitt Romney on Monday became the latest prominent Republican to cast doubt on his support for President Donald Trump’s reelection, saying he would “stay quiet” about whom he’ll be supporting in November. Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, told reporters on Capitol Hill that “I’m […]
NEW YORK (AP)-The NFL and the players’ union sent a planner to the 32 teams Monday outlining procedures for the full reopening of their practice facilities, which were closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a lengthy four-part memo to the clubs written by Commissioner Roger Goodell and approved by […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — An Afghan commando who fatally shot a Utah mayor serving in the National Guard in 2018 had planned the killing for weeks, according to an Army investigative report. U.S. Intelligence screeners failed to act swiftly enough on signs of the radicalization of the commando who was […]
