Republican Celeste Maloy has won a Utah special election to replace her former boss, U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart, in a race that will put a woman back among Utah’s five-member congressional delegation for the first time since 2019. Maloy beat state Sen. Kathleen Riebe, who as minority whip is the Utah Senate’s second-ranking Democrat. Stewart resigned in September after…
DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa teen convicted in the 2021 beating death of a high school Spanish teacher was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with a possibility of parole in 25 years. A judge sentenced Jeremy Goodale for his role in killing Nohema Graber, a 66-year-old teacher at Fairfield High School. Goodale, 18,…
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit western Texas on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck about 23 miles west-southwest of Mentone, Texas, around 4:27 a.m. local time. “You probably were just rudely awakened by an earthquake. USGS is reporting a M5.2 south of Carlsbad, NM, which occurred at 3:27am. We felt it here…
First Look Border battle: Court backs Biden administration’s asylum limit The U.S. 9th Circuit Court has temporarily upheld a rule restricting southern border asylum. Despite objections from migrant rights groups, the rule, aiming to control migration post-Title 42, remains in effect for now. | View caption Hide caption | An appeals court Thursday allowed a…
Santa Fe, New Mexico This four-bedroom adobe home stands on 78 private acres in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, abutting the Santa Fe National Forest. The 1982 Pueblo-style house features antique carved-wood doors; extensive tilework; a curved staircase; a great room with viga ceilings, stone-clad kiva fireplace, and Saltillo tile floors; a gourmet kitchen; and…
Mexico is reeling from a pair of shocking journalist deaths. The director of a local news site in Acapulco, Nelson Matus, was shot to death in his car in what was reportedly the third assassination attempt against him. Matus’ death came just one week after the body of Luis Martin Sanchez, a reporter for Mexican…
Rolls of razor wire Texas installed along the U.S. side of the Rio Grande have ensnared several migrants, including a pregnant woman “in obvious pain” while having a miscarriage and a father trying to free his child “stuck on a trap” of razor wire–covered barrels in the water, a Texas state trooper wrote in July…