RIVERTON, Utah (AP) — A Utah prosecutor says a police officer who fatally shot a Riverton man holding a butter knife to his mother’s throat won’t face charges. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said Friday that Unified Police Department Officer Darrell Broadhead was justified in using deadly force […]
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Two Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers on both U.S. coasts are scrapping plans for a long-term cooperation agreement after an executive central to the deal resigned in the wake of an alleged drunk-driving crash. Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina, headquartered in Durham, N.C., and Portland, […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Running and reading go hand in hand in a northern Utah nonprofit aimed at helping refugees learn English while developing a love for athletics. Athletics United was launched three years ago as a running club and evolved to include two nights per week of tutoring, said […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — Two national parks and two national monuments in southeastern Utah will allow the use of electric bicycles on roads in areas where traditional bicycles are allowed. Park Service officials said the new policy takes effect Tuesday in Arches and Canyonlands national parks and in Hovenweep and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man serving prison time after posting a Facebook message threatening to kill “as many girls as I see” told a parole board he was extremely lonely after going to a sporting event and seeing people in happy relationships. Christopher W. Cleary told a Utah […]
BLUFF, Utah (AP) — All his children ran back into the house as Shaun Stephenson was getting ready to leave for the day. All but one, his 4-year-old daughter, who managed to sneak behind the rear tire of his truck. Stephenson started backing out and heard a bump. Jumping out, […]
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Heavy-lift helicopters are being used to drop water on a wildfire burning in a remote area of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and an adjacent national forest. Officials say the fire started July 25 by lightning has become more active recently […]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida and Utah have agreed to play a home-and-home series beginning in 2022. The schools announced the contract Friday. The Utes will make the trip to Gainesville to start the series, and Florida will travel to Utah the following year. It’s the latest step in Florida’s […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Nigel Bradham picked off Aaron Rodgers’ pass in the end zone with 20 seconds left, Jordan Howard gashed Green Bay for his second career three-touchdown game and the Philadelphia Eagles ended a two-game losing streak with a 34-27 victory over the Packers on Thursday night. […]
HOUSTON (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting six members of his ex-wife’s family, including four children, in an act of vengeance is guilty of capital murder, a jury in Houston decided Thursday. Jurors deliberated for eight hours over two days before rejecting Ronald Lee Haskell’s insanity defense. His […]
