OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican elected officials across the U.S. are criticizing President Joe Biden over his energy policies and urging his administration to do more to ramp up domestic production as a way to help wean the nation and its allies off oil from Russia. The sanctions imposed on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Tuesday, the Utah House of Representatives approved new rules limiting where members of the press can film and interview lawmakers, following similar action taken by the Utah Senate two weeks ago. The rules extend pandemic-era restrictions on when journalists can report from the floors of state […]
GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — Leflore County, Miss. has approved contracts for a sculptor to make and install a bronze statue of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose 1955 lynching became a catalyst for the civil rights movement. County supervisors voted on the contracts Monday, about seven months after they initially […]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City FC signed 14-year-old midfielder Maximo Carrizo to a homegrown contract Monday, making him the youngest first-team signing in MLS history. Carrizo celebrated his 14th birthday on the same day he signed his contract, which runs through the 2027 season with an option for […]
Seeking to tighten the financial squeeze on Russia over its war against Ukraine, governors and lawmakers in numerous U.S. states were taking actions Monday to pull state investments from Russian companies while encouraging private entities to do the same. The effect of sanctions by U.S. states often pales in comparison […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to review a case involving a federal law that gives Native Americans preference in adoptions of Native children. Monday, the high court reported it would take the case that presents the most significant legal challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act since […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Friday, Utah lawmakers advanced a proposal requiring schools throughout the state to collect additional data on bullying, including bullied students’ race, gender, age and disability status. The proposal comes less than a year after a black fifth-grader from North Salt Lake City died by suicide […]
Some U.S. governors are taking matters into their own hands and imposing their own economic sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Sunday asked the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to remove Russian-sourced products from stores in the commonwealth. He said the board has already identified Russian-sourced […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ahmad Naweed Shirzad was working on a documentary north of Kabul, Afghanistan, last year with his coworkers when he learned the Taliban were taking power in provinces throughout the country. As he and his crew traveled to Kabul to seek safety, Shirzad said they were […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah governor Spencer Cox signed an executive order Saturday requiring the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to immediately remove all Russian-made and branded products from its shelves. The move by Gov. Spencer Cox was in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and mirrors moves […]
