Michigan to no longer allow ‘gay panic,’ ‘trans panic’ legal defenses in murder cases
July 24 (UPI) -- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed a bill banning "gay panic" or "trans panic" legal defenses.
Those now-banned defense procedures had allowed defendants...
Utah drug trafficking ringleader sentenced to 20 years in prison
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 24, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) -- Joe Robert Rael, of Salt Lake City was sentenced to 20 years in prison...
Salt Lake City wins bid for 2034 Winter Olympics
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 24, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) -- Salt Lake City has won the bid to host the 2034 Winter Olympic games....
‘Hydrothermal explosion’ reported near Yellowstone’s Old Faithful
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, July 23, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) -- Officials reported one of the attractions at Yellowstone blew up Tuesday, stressing it was not...
Movie review: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ a rewarding mockery of fan service
LOS ANGELES, July 23 (UPI) -- Deadpool is such an irreverent, profane character whose constant comments about being in a movie allow Deadpool & Wolverine, in...
Man pleads guilty to 2021 shooting, robbery at WVC salon
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 23, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) -- Defendant Derrick Lamone Scott has pleaded guilty to four felonies connected to a 2021...
Convicted romance scammer who cost victims $2.4M sentenced to 28 months in prison
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 23, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) -- Clinton Chukudi Uchendu, 26, of Dunwoody, Georgia, has been sentenced to over two years...
North Korea dismisses Trump’s claims of friendship with leader Kim Jong Un
SEOUL, July 23 (UPI) -- North Korean state media commented on the U.S. presidential race on Tuesday, dismissing the likelihood of dialogue no matter which...
Utah firefighters deployed to fight Oregon fire
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, July 23, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) -- Thirty-four firefighters from nine Utah fire departments gathered this weekend to deploy to the...
Secret Service director resigns; House launches task force on Trump shooting
July 23 (UPI) -- Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday as a bipartisan House Task Force was announced to seek answers regarding the attempted...
Utah woman dies, man injured in Idaho motorcycle crash
SPENCER, Idaho, July 22, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) -- A female passenger on a motorcycle died when the male driver lost control of the vehicle...
One dead, 4 hospitalized after motorhome-semi collision in Grand County
July 22, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) -- A motorhome passenger is dead and the driver was hospitalized after the Leisure Travel Vans motorhome struck a...
Secret Service director: Trump shooting ‘most significant operational failure’ in decades
July 22 (UPI) -- Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle on Monday was on Capitol Hill to face lawmakers as some have called for her resignation...
Israeli PM Netanyahu travels to Washington to meet with Biden, Congress
July 22 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will arrive in Washington on Monday for talks with the Biden administration and address a joint session of...