Race

OGDEN — Race can play a critical role in how witnesses identify criminal suspects.

Weber State professor Sheree Josephson recently published a study that shows eyewitnesses struggle when trying to identify a suspect of another race, and whites and blacks react differently when trying to identify suspects of their own race from a photo array, or lineup.

SEATONVILLE, Ill. -- Phillip Mol is pushing to change the name of a narrow, meandering creek that was given its official title about the time Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.

The brook is Negro Creek, one of 15 geographic places in Illinois with Negro in its name. Flowing into the Illinois River about 100 miles southwest of Chicago, the stream drifts along a peaceful, 11-mile path amid farms and small towns of Bureau County.

LOS ANGELES -- California and the Western United States are leading a nationwide surge in interracial marriage, according to a new study that paints a picture of a broadly diversifying nation, one where color lines are blurring and old taboos fading.

KAYSVILLE -- The city will host a Monster Mash and Dash on Saturday at Heritage Park, 150 N. Fairfield Road.

BERKELEY, Calif. -- What started as a satirical bake sale against race-based admissions turned into a massive rally on university diversity and affirmative action programs Tuesday as hundreds crowded Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley campus.

FARMINGTON -- City leaders have given the green light to plans to stage a bike race on city streets Sept. 17.