KSL TV, File By Graham Dudley, KSL.com | Updated - Aug. 22, 2020 at 1:33 p.m. | Posted - Aug. 22, 2020 at 1:02 p.m. SALT LAKE CITY — In its daily update of the state of COVID-19 in Utah, the Utah Health Department reported an additional 369 confirmed cases and two deaths from the…
A Justice Department investigation has found Yale University is illegally discriminating against Asian American and White applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law, officials said Thursday. Yale denied the allegation, calling it "meritless" and "hasty." The findings, detailed in a letter to the college's attorneys Thursday, mark the latest action by the Trump administration aimed…
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department notified two local bars and the Railyard commons area on Saturday that they were not allowed to operate for 24 hours because their violations of the latest Directed Health Measure “presented a risk to public health and contribute to the community spread of COVID-19.” LLCHD has…
The inspector general for the Justice Department announced Thursday that he was investigating use-of-force allegations against federal law enforcement officers in Portland, Oregon, as well as their response to protesters in Washington, D.C.Inspector General Michael Horowitz said he had opened the inquiry into the heavily criticized federal response to protests near government buildings in Portland…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…