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Charges for Cop Who Ordered K-9 to Attack Compliant Man

Jeffery Ryans says he was kneeling with his hands up during Salt Lake City incident

(Newser) - Jeffery Ryans says he was in his Salt Lake City backyard, smoking a cigarette, on April 24 when police officers approached and started shouting. The 36-year-old says he emptied his hands, put them up, and told cops how to get into the backyard. They entered, and Ryans says a K-9...

Cop Shoots 13-Year-Old Boy Suffering Mental Episode

Police said they were told he made threats with a weapon; mother disputes that

(Newser) - Salt Lake City police received a call about a boy having a "psychological episode" before an officer shot the boy multiple times. "No matter the circumstances, what happened on Friday night is a tragedy," Mayor Erin Mendenhall said Sunday, as the boy was listed in serious condition...

Roommate Armed With Bacteria, Needles 'Essentially Went Mad'

Janie Lynn Ridd injected friend with E.coli, insulin

(Newser) - A Utah woman had so much faith in her roommate that she made her the beneficiary of a $500,000 life insurance policy. In turn, the roommate knocked out the woman with sedatives and injected her with insulin and E.coli, reports the Deseret News . "She essentially went mad,...

Amid Call for 'No Mask Monday,' Kids Just Say No

Just 6 of 35K students in Utah's Washington County district played along

(Newser) - Almost 1,000 people attended a Friday protest outside the offices of the Washington County school district in Utah, calling for an end to the mask mandate in schools, from which sprung a new form of protest: No Mask Monday, per KTVX . But it hasn't found much of a...

Video Shows K9 Repeatedly Bite Compliant Black Man

Months later, Salt Lake City officer is placed on leave

(Newser) - K9s are off the job for now in Salt Lake City after police footage showed a dog repeatedly biting a Black man kneeling on the ground with his hands up. Lawyers for Jeffrey Ryans, 36, say the April 24 attack left him with leg gashes that looked like they were...

Cop in Sexual Extortion Case Learns His Fate

Officer Miguel Deras has been fired

(Newser) - A police officer accused of showing off explicit images of a University of Utah student while investigating an extortion case she filed before her 2018 death has lost his job, officials said Friday, per the AP . Officer Miguel Deras' employment with the Logan City Police Department ended effective immediately after...

Plane Crashes Into Backyard, Kills 3

A 9-month-old infant is among the dead

(Newser) - Three people, including a 9-month-old girl, are dead and multiple people injured after a small airplane crashed in a Salt Lake City suburb on Saturday afternoon, reports the AP . According to the Federal Aviation Administration, a Piper PA-32 with six people on board had taken off from South Valley Regional...

Mystery Salmonella Outbreak Hits 23 States

Health officials are struggling to find the source

(Newser) - A salmonella outbreak of no known origin has struck nearly two dozen states and hospitalized 31 people, USA Today reports. The CDC said on Friday that 212 cases have emerged in 23 states, with 8 new states listed since Tuesday. While bacterial outbreaks are often linked to a food source,...

Anti-Mask Crowd Packs Utah Hearing on Masks

It was adjourned in just over a minute

(Newser) - Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says it was "kind of a foolish action" for more than 100 Utah County residents to pack a room for a hearing on the state's mask mandate for schoolchildren.The Provo meeting was adjourned in just over a minute Wednesday after county commissioner Tanner...

Patient Waiting for COVID-19 Test Dies in Line

71-year-old was cold to the touch after waiting less than 45 minutes

(Newser) - A 71-year-old nursing home patient died while waiting in line at a drive-thru coronavirus test center in Utah on Sunday. A caretaker and driver from Mountain View Health Services in Ogden had taken the man to the North Ogden Clinic testing site, operated by Intermountain Healthcare, which gave the wait...

10 States Where Pride for Country Reigns Supreme

Here's where patriotism is still alive and well, despite pandemic and civil unrest

(Newser) - With the Fourth of July fast approaching, Americans are aware that the holiday will seem more low-key this year. Despite state reopenings, large celebrations are mostly still canceled to stop the spread of COVID-19, and as WalletHub notes, it may feel especially hard to muster up flag-waving spirit with renewed...

Man Killed His Tinder Date, Cops Say

Utah man charged with her murder

(Newser) - A man called 911 in the wee hours of Sunday with a horrifying claim: He said he had murdered someone inside his home in Layton, Utah. Officers arrived to find a woman with stab wounds to her torso; she died at the scene. Now the man who called 911 is...

Polygamy Effectively Decriminalized in Utah

As of Tuesday, it's no longer a felony

(Newser) - Polygamy is now effectively decriminalized in Utah. Lawmakers passed the bill reducing bigamy from a felony to a minor infraction in February, the governor signed it in March, and it took effect Tuesday. While bigamy had been a third-degree felony for decades in the state, the attorney general's office...

Man Forgot Keys After Robbing Couple, Went Back—and Killed Them

Police say suspect initially just took cash and some cellphones, then returned

(Newser) - A masked man forced a Utah couple from their beds early on April 18, demanded money, and left after taking cash and two cellphones. Then he realized he had forgotten his car keys. That's when, police say, suspect Albert Enoch Johnson re-entered Tony and Katherine Butterfield's West Jordan...

Utah Cop Pulls Over Driver Headed to Calif. He Was 5

Adrian's ride was a Dodge Journey

(Newser) - A 5-year-old hoping to make it to California came up short Monday when he was caught driving on a Utah interstate. Utah Highway Patrol trooper Rick Morgan noticed a car swerving so badly on Interstate 15 in Ogden that he expected to find a person needing medical attention, per CBS...

Every Utahn Is Getting a Mask
Every Utahn Is Getting a Mask
Apr 29, 2020 12:33 AM CDT

Every Utahn Is Getting a Mask

State announces initiative that will also keep locals employed

(Newser) - Every single member of Utah's population of more than 3 million will have a mask as the state wages its battle against the coronavirus. Gov. Gary Herbert announced the " A Mask for Every Utahn " initiative Tuesday, KPCW reports. Federal funding provided through the CARES act will be...

State Orders All Arrivals to Disclose Travel Plans

Utah is focusing on contact tracing to control outbreak

(Newser) - All adults entering Utah have been ordered to disclose their travel plans as part of the state's focus on "contact tracing" to control the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday that visitors will receive a text message with instructions, CNN reports. "We need to limit our...

Utah Hit With Strongest Earthquake Since 1992

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Salt Lake City, its suburbs

(Newser) - A 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook Salt Lake City and its suburbs early Wednesday, causing spooked residents to flee their homes, knocking out power for tens of thousands, and closing the city's airport. The epicenter was just southwest of Salt Lake City, and about 2.8 million in the...

Mom Slams 'Rape Culture' After Daughter's School Dance

11-year-old at middle school says principal made her dance with boy she didn't want to dance with

(Newser) - A mother in northern Utah is pushing for changes to a middle school policy she says is bound to create "another generation who feels that rape culture is completely normal." Alicia Hobson says her daughter Azlyn, a sixth grader at Laketown's Rich Middle School, came home angry...

Convict Comes Up With Weird Escape Plan, It Works

Somehow convinces another inmate to help him impersonate that inmate

(Newser) - A California man convicted of mail fraud escaped from a Utah jail Tuesday night by posing as a fellow inmate whose time had come to be released, authorities said Wednesday. Kaleb Wiewandt was allowed to leave the jail in Ogden, Utah, because staff thought he was inmate Matthew Belnap, said...

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