SEATTLE — Mayor Katie Wilson is proposing a two-year city budget that would put public safety at the center of Seattle’s spending plan, increase the Seattle Police Department’s budget by $68 million and fund 1,250 police officer positions, all without requesting new taxes. Wilson’s first proposed budget, presented as the city prepares to enter the … Read more
Evacuation orders were issued in La Verne after a dangerous lithium-ion fire broke out in the Metropolitan Water District Tuesday afternoon. The La Verne Police Department said the fire started around 11:40 a.m. at the facility located in the 3200 block of Wheeler Avenue. La Verne firefighters said upon arrival they heard a small explosion … Read more
Two University of Mississippi students died this week and packaged kratom was found during separate death investigations, law enforcement officials said Tuesday. Authorities said they have not confirmed that kratom or any other substance was a contributing factor in any of the deaths. Metro Narcotics of Lafayette County said Tuesday it has no information that … Read more
WASHINGTON — An overwhelmed U.S. postal worker in Utah threw 300 mail-in ballots into a parking lot trash shortly before the state’s June 23 primary election in which both Democrats and Republicans were on the ballot, Justice Department officials said Tuesday. The 34-year-old mailman told investigators he had no political agenda and also dropped other … Read more
A Venezuelan man who was shot by an immigration officer while delivering a DoorDash order in Austin, Texas, was taken from the hospital to a detention center with a bullet still in his back, his attorney said Monday. Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez was shot in the back by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer after … Read more
When President Donald Trump arrived at the United Nations on Tuesday and approached to speak to reporters, he noticed the presence of Kaitlan Collins. The CNN anchor and correspondent was there through a UN credential, despite the network’s presidential ban from the White House and the television group. “I’m surprised CNN is here covering me,” … Read more
Good day. The dispute over media access to the presidency has deepened, with major US television news outlets agreeing to suspend their video coverage of Donald Trump after the administration banned journalists from several outlets from entering the White House grounds. The president had abruptly announced his ban against CNN, MS Now and Politico, saying … Read more
A man places a photo of Nolan Xavier Wells in front of the podium before a news conference at McCormick Place in Chicago on July 22. Wells, an 18-year-old college student from Mississippi, was found dead after a boat trip with friends on the Fourth of July. Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle … Read more
SALT LAKE CITY — Two members of Utah’s all-Republican congressional delegation are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s decision to ban three media outlets from the White House. KSL reached out to all six members of Utah’s congressional delegation and the governor for comment on the media ban. Spokespeople for Gov. Spencer Cox, Sen. Mike … Read more
Mamdani says she told Trump she didn’t agree with ban on CNN, MSNOW and POLITICO Mamdani says she told Trump she didn’t agree with ban on CNN, MSNOW and POLITICO 0:28 During his meeting with President Donald Trump today, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani made it clear that he didn’t agree with the president’s … Read more