LOGAN, Utah (AP) — The public works director of a small northern Utah city is back to work following a stint on administrative leave after he was accused of pointing a gun at employees during a staff meeting. The Herald Journal newspaper in Logan reports that Mike Grunig returned to work Monday […]
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 […]
The company that has made billions selling the prescription painkiller OxyContin said Wednesday that it is considering legal options including bankruptcy, a move that could upend hundreds of lawsuits claiming it had a major role in causing the U.S. opioid drug crisis. “As the company has stated, it is exploring […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Kesha wants you to bring as much glitter as possible and sport the brightest colors of the rainbow when she visits Utah in June to headline the LOVELOUD Festival, the LGBTQ+ event founded by Imagine Dragons’ frontman Dan Reynolds. And if you’re “skeptical or don’t understand […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In a story March 11 about a man being arrested on suspicion of mail theft, The Associated Press erroneously reported the suspect’s employer. Hector Armando Cortes worked for a contractor called OnTrac Logistics, not the U.S. Postal Service. A corrected version of the story is […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Pac-12 player of the year award often goes to the highest scorer or the best player on the best team. Washington’s Matisse Thybulle took home the honor by being a disruptive defensive force for the Pac-12 regular-season champions. Thybulle was named Pac-12 men’s basketball player […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A teenager who authorities accused of trying to blow up a homemade backpack bomb at a southern Utah high school after watching Islamic State propaganda has taken a plea deal. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports that that the 17-year-old boy pleaded guilty Friday to one […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A nationwide push to ban LGBTQ conversion therapy for minors looked like it could succeed in conservative Utah after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said it wouldn’t stand in the way, but the effort ground to a halt this week. Conversion therapy […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Prengaman, an award-winning multiformat global news manager, has been appointed to lead The Associated Press’ West Region. As West News Director based in Phoenix, Prengaman will oversee a team of text, photo and video journalists responsible for general news, politics and enterprise in 13 western […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Almost no one knows the players and there’s virtually no history to look back on. But that’s not stopping gamblers from making — and bookmakers from taking — bets on America’s newest professional football league, the Alliance of American Football (AAF). With one weekend of […]
