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SALT LAKE CITY — The showdown between big tech companies and the state of Utah has officially begun, as Gov. Spencer Cox signed the nation's first major social media regulations into law on Thursday. Passed by the Legislature earlier this month, SB152 and HB311 are touted by lawmakers as necessary to counter the alleged harms social media platforms enact on teenagers. But the bills have drawn

After the shooting at East High School on Wednesday, the Denver School Board and superintendent announced plans to bring back armed police officers at high schools in the district. Denver Public Schools has its own security force. When a student gunman opened fire Wednesday morning, injuring two administrators at East High School, there were two unarmed Denver Public Schools security officers

A shoplifter was sentenced for biting off a security guard’s ear prosecutors in Washington County, Oregon confirmed. The defendant, Ashlie Ruth Clark, 31, must spend five years and eight months behind bars after pleading guilty on Friday to assault in the second degree and attempted robbery in the first degree. She must also serve three years of post-prison supervision. Senior Judge John

SALT LAKE CITY — Children and teens in Utah would lose access to social media apps such as TikTok if they don’t have parental consent and face other restrictions under a first-in-the-nation law designed to shield young people from the addictive platforms. Two laws signed by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox Thursday prohibit kids under 18 from using social media between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6