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Intoxicated Utah woman called police to report drunk driver

A Utah woman has been sentenced to jail time after calling 911 to report a possible drunk driver while she was intoxicated.
7 years ago
FILE - This Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, file photo shows the Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington. The T...
MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer

Treasury unveils plan to privatize Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

The Trump administration has unveiled its plan for ending government control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two giant mortgage finance companies that nearly collapsed in the financial crisis 11 years ago and were bailed out at a total cost to taxpayers of $187 billion.
7 years ago
In this Saturday, July 27, 2019, photo, provided by Alexei Abanin, Olga Misik, member of the small,...
FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press

Russian protesters aided by digital tools, self-organizing

It's a scene many Muscovites have grown used to seeing this summer as a new wave of anti-government demonstrations gripped the Russian capital: Two masked, heavily clad riot policemen drag away a shrieking teenager as the protesters around them try to free her.
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Nick Wyatt and Matthew Brooks

Gov. Herbert calls special session to address medical marijuana

The governor is calling for a special legislative session to further address the Utah Medical Cannabis Act. Lawmakers may institute changes that will make it easier for patients to get the drug.
7 years ago
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Associated Press featuring Heather Kelly

Utah woman arrested at Manila airport with newborn in bag

A Salt Lake City woman has been arrested for allegedly attempting to carry a 6-day-old baby out of the Philippines hidden inside a sling bag. She says she wanted the baby to receive a "name and a church blessing."
7 years ago
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Colby Walker

Plane crash in Morgan County

MORGAN COUNTY — An aircraft has crashed in Morgan County. According to Uinta County Fire and Ambulance Emergency Services was dispatched to calls of a possible downed aircraft south of Evanston early on Thursday morning. They were able to locate a downed Cessna 210 that was 3 miles west of Henefer, UT and not south of […]
7 years ago
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Kelli Pierce

Man dies after crashing into a semi truck in Draper, third crash in two days involving big rigs

DRAPER, Utah – The Utah Highway Patrol is investigating why a speeding sedan crashed into a stopped semi on I-15. It’s the third accident involving a car and a semi in the past week and the second fatal. The accident happened around 11:00 Wednesday when a semi that was having mechanical trouble stopped in the […]
7 years ago
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Kelli Pierce

Utah woman, 13 others suing Lyft after they say their drivers attacked them

A Utah woman named Kim is one of 14 women suing rideshare company Lyft, saying it does not do enough to protect riders from drivers who sexually assault passengers.
7 years ago
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

University of Utah to enforce strict ‘no smoking’ policy

The University of Utah has announced a hard enforcement of their campus-wide tobacco-free policy, including public events and football games.
7 years ago
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ANDREW TAYLOR and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press

Military base cuts affect schools, target ranges, more

The Pentagon will cut funding from military projects like schools, target ranges and maintenance facilities to pay for the construction of 175 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, diverting a total $3.6 billion to President Donald Trump's long-promised barrier.
7 years ago
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AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press

Iran poised for faster centrifuges as nuclear deal collapses

Iran was poised Thursday to begin work on advanced centrifuges that will enrich uranium faster as the 2015 nuclear deal unravels further and a last-minute French proposal offering a $15-billion line of credit to compensate Iran for not being able to sell its crude oil abroad because of U.S. sanctions looked increasingly unlikely.
7 years ago
Large waves crashed onto the beach of Tybee Island, Ga., Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 as Hurricane Dori...
MEG KINNARD Associated Press

A re-energized Hurricane Dorian rakes the Southeast US coast

Re-energized at 115 mph, Hurricane Dorian raked the Southeastern U.S. coast with howling, window-rattling winds and sideways rain Thursday, knocking out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses as it pushed northward toward North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks.
7 years ago
A longboarder who was riding on a road in Millcreek died after being hit by a vehicle on Saturday n...
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Utah officer to spend a week in jail after inmate sex claims

A former correctional officer at a Utah jail has been sentenced to a week behind bars following claims he had sex with inmates.
7 years ago
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GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press

Oregon death is 2nd linked to vaping, 1st tied to pot shop

Public health officials in Oregon said Wednesday that a person who recently died of a severe respiratory illness had used an electronic cigarette containing marijuana oil from a legal dispensary, the second death linked to vaping nationwide and the first tied to a vaping product bought at a pot shop.
7 years ago
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The Associated Press

Latter-day Saint mission president dies in the Philippines

Bradley Wayne Kirk died after having a stroke while serving as a mission president in the Philippines for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
7 years ago
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Mary Richards

Salt Lake School Board passes immigration resolution

The board passed a resolution saying the schools will do everything in their lawful power to make sure schools are not disrupted by immigration enforcement.
7 years ago
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Colby Walker

Search and rescue team from Utah heads to help Hurricane Dorian victims

Utah's national search and rescue response team, Utah Task Force 1, is heading out to help areas affected by Hurricane Dorian.
7 years ago
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Colby Walker

Green Ravine Fire burns more than 1,000-acres in Tooele Co.

The Green Ravine Fire started around 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon according to North Tooele Fire District spokesman Jon Smith and it quickly grew to the 1,000-acre blaze that is now burning east of Lake Point. Officials say it is still 0% contained.
7 years ago
Steve Irwin was known as the "Crocodile Hunter." He died on September 4, 2006....
Leah Asmelash, CNN

5 Steve Irwin quotes that are also just great life advice

The legendary television star and conservationist died on September 4, 2006. But his quotes still resonate, and, honestly, the man left us with some pretty great life advice. Here's a look at some of them.
7 years ago
Facebook is now offering facial-recognition features to all of its users, but says it will keep the...
Rachel Metz, CNN Business

Facebook rolls out face recognition to all users but says it will be off by default

Facebook is now offering facial-recognition features to all of its users, but says it will keep the capabilities turned off by default.
7 years ago
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CNN Wire

Michigan becomes first state to ban e-cigs

A new ban that goes into effect immediately targets e-cigarettes and will affect online and retail sales is set for the next six months while the state works on permanent legislation.
7 years ago
SpaceX to announce first private flight around the Moon Mon. Sept. 17...
Jack Guy, CNN

European satellite changed course to avoid SpaceX collision

In the first incident of its kind, a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite was forced to perform an evasive maneuver Monday to avoid hitting a SpaceX spacecraft.
7 years ago
A customer pushes a shopping cart Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, outside a Walmart store, in Walpole, Mass...
ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer

Walmart introduces new gun restrictions but will they help?

Walmart has won praise from gun control advocates for its decision to discontinue sales of certain gun ammunition and request that customers no longer openly carry firearms in its stores. But whether the moves will translate into fewer guns on the street remains an open question.
7 years ago
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LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press

Pentagon defers 127 building projects to fund border wall

Defense Secretary Mark Esper approved the use of $3.6 billion in funding from military construction projects to build 175 miles (282 kilometers) of President Donald Trump's wall along the Mexican border.
7 years ago