(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Attorney General Derek Brown is joining dozens of his colleagues in other states in issuing a warning letter to Meta. They say the social media giant needs to better police deceptive medical ads on Facebook and Instagram. Brown and the other AGs say Meta […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, a Salt Lake City man was arrested who investigators say was using Instagram for child pornography and to talk to underage girls. 27-year-old Tyler Lane Faust was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. This investigation […]
SEATTLE (AP) — Rachel Whalen remembers feeling gutted in high school when a former friend would mock her online postings, threaten to unfollow or unfriend her on social media and post inside jokes about her to others online. The cyberbullying was so distressing that Whalen said she contemplated suicide. Once […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Parking at a spot near the edge of an Arizona canyon where the Colorado River makes a sharp U-turn now comes at a cost. You can blame that mostly on social media. Countless posts have celebrated the wonder of Horseshoe Bend, where the bluish-green river takes […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Several hundred students at Brigham Young University chanted “If God forgives me, why can’t you?” during a protest Friday aimed at pushing college officials to be more compassionate with punishments for violators of rules banning things that are commonplace at other colleges — including drinking, premarital […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A strict set of rules at Brigham Young University’s Provo, Utah campus banning things that are commonplace at many campuses such as drinking, premarital sex, beards and piercings is under new scrutiny — this time from students who want administrators to be more compassionate with the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds is brushing the haters off his shoulders. The Grammy-winning rock singer posted a lengthy note on Instagram two weeks ago, calling out bands like Slipknot, the 1975 and Foster the People for taking shots at Imagine Dragons, a band that has dominated […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Per their official Instagram account, the Wasatch Waspettes’ drill team announced their pre-audition clinic April 9 and 11 at the Nest at Wasatch High School. This event will run from 3:00-4:00 pm and the cost is $10 (cash or check). There will be clinics on military, kicks, turns, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Teenage kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart has given birth to her third child. Smart announced the birth on her Instagram account on Monday with a picture of her holding new daughter Olivia as husband Matthew Gilmour looks on. In her post, Smart says “So happy to welcome Olivia […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jared Goff hit Cooper Kupp in stride with a 70-yard touchdown pass that was just as gloriously wide-open as Rams coach Sean McVay had predicted when they drew it up this week. While his teammates celebrated, Goff ran to the sideline and pointed at McVay, who accepted the […]
