HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A movement to put jailhouse informants under a more powerful microscope before they testify is gaining traction around the country, a byproduct of new DNA testing technology that has exonerated dozens of people wrongly locked up based on informants’ lies. Several states have moved to toughen […]
RIVERDALE, Utah (AP) — A report on a 2017 plane crash that killed four people says the pilot lost control before the aircraft went down on the median of Interstate 15 shortly after takeoff. The National Transportation Safety Board factual report released this month doesn’t conclude what caused the July […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah police department has concluded that its officers acted within law and policy after an investigation into a recent officer-involved shooting. The Standard-Examiner reported Wednesday that Ogden Police Chief Randy Watt presented investigation findings to city council Tuesday after four officers shot and killed 26-year-old Jovany Mercado […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters who forget to sign the envelope on their early ballots will have a chance after Election Day to fix their mistake. The Arizona Republic reports the state Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has agreed to a new policy to require officials to notify voters about missing signatures […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The father of a Utah woman who was killed four years ago with her young son says he didn’t like the idea of the plea deal given to his daughter’s boyfriend but knew it was the only way to find the bodies. Jesse Quijano said […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new state prison originally expected to be completed by the end of 2020 will be smaller, more expensive and open later. The Salt Lake Tribune reports state officials said Friday that the prison being built in western Salt Lake City is expected to cost about 20% […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — During the first few weeks Ron and Katherine Barrett spent in their new apartment on 300 East in downtown Salt Lake City, they slept with a canopy over their bed. Katherine, once used to law enforcement officers waking her multiple times each night as the […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — When Cam Newton left the shotgun and began creeping toward the line of scrimmage, Buccaneers cornerback Vernon Hargreaves knew exactly what was coming. The Bucs sniffed out a fourth-and-1 play from the 2-yard line with Hargreaves shoving Christian McCaffrey out of bounds with 1:22 left to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. government has sold drilling rights to about 40 square miles (104 square kilometers) of land near the Utah-Colorado border considered archaeologically sensitive to an energy firm. Environmentalists and tribal organizations are protesting a decision announced Wednesday to allow Ayres Energy LLC to develop […]
PHOENIX (AP) — A tip pointing to a remote Arizona community led to the end of a more than two-week-long manhunt for a couple who overpowered their guards and escaped a prison transport van that was bringing them across the country to face charges in a man’s killing, federal authorities […]
