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News Tipoffs - Utah Editors Newsletter for Thursday May 09, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Hill's 775th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Holds International Knowledge Exchange With Poland and the United Kingdom
HILL AFB, Utah, May 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Donovan Potter 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Hill's 775th Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight hosted a 10-day international knowledge exchange here with EOD military members from Poland and the United Kingdom last month. The exchange directly supports strategic and operational objectives of strengthening partnerships in the critical European theater. Members from the three Nor  more

S.C. A.G. Alan Wilson Leads 24-State Coalition Urging Congress to Permanently Defund Terrorist-Embedded U.N. Agency
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 8 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: Attorney General Alan Wilson led a 24-state coalition in a letter to Congressional leadership, urging Congress to permanently cut all funding to the terrorist-embedded United Nations Relief and Works Agency ("UNRWA"). On October 7, 2023, dozens of UNRWA staff participated in the largest attack on the Jewish community since the Holocaust. UNRWA's ties to terrorism are not just the work of a  more

Utah A.G. Reyes Urges Congress to Defund Terrorist-Embedded U.N. Agency
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 9 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on May 8, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a letter to U.S. Congressional leaders, calling on the federal legislative branch to "stop funding United Nations Relief and Works Agency." The letter, which was led by the States of Iowa and South Carolina, issues its demand over the agency's continued and troubling ties to the terror organization Hamas. This letter, sent on May 7, follows a simila  more

Utah Gov. Cox Orders Flags to Be Lowered After the Passing of Santaquin Police Sgt. Bill Hooser
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 8 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox has issued an order for the flags of the United States of America and the great state of Utah to be flown at half-staff on all state facilities in recognition of the passing of Sgt. Bill Hooser of the Santaquin Police Department who died in the line of duty. Flags should be lowered to the half-staff position beginning immediately on Monday, May 6 and remain at  more

Utah U.S. Attorney: Uintah County Man Charged in Death Resulting Drug Crime
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release: A Utah man was ordered to remain in custody by a U.S. Magistrate Judge for his alleged involvement in a death resulting drug case from Uintah County, Utah. On April 17, 2024, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging the defendant with supplying fentanyl to a victim that killed her. According to court documents, Jerod Arthur Young, 48, of Fort Duchesne, Utah, i  more