AMERICAN FORK, Utah — A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a truck Friday evening. The truck’s driver was taken into custody for allegedly driving under the influence.
Jason Hughes, 32, died in the crash. He leaves behind five children, ages 3 to 11 years old. He was a diesel mechanic for the Utah Department of Transportation.
“It’s hard to think about how young my kids are,” said Brandi Hughes, who was married to Jason for 12 years. Read More...
WASHINGTON — Manuel Oliver, the father of a 17-year-old victim of the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting, was arrested Thursday on Capitol Hill after he appeared to shout at a Republican lawmaker who was speaking at a hearing on gun regulations.
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, D-Fla., a 26-year-old freshman who is also a survivor of gun violence, tweeted a video of officers detaining a man he identified as Oliver.
Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, said afterward that some people “were disruptive during the hearing. Read More...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog will have his work cut out for him when he addresses Congress on Wednesday in a speech seen as an attempt at salvaging the decadeslong bipartisan tradition of staunch support for Israel that in recent years has shown signs of weakening.
Dismayed by the policies of successive governments led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Democrats are increasingly venting frustrations with what they see as antidemocratic and discriminatory actions, including an effort to weaken the country’s judiciary and to dramatically expand settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Read More...
