The head of the U.S. Border Patrol condemned comments in a secret Facebook group that mocked migrant deaths. The hidden Facebook page is allegedly frequented by current border patrol officers.
Firefighters say this year's fire season could be a long one after fires popped up in Salt Lake City, Herriman, Beaver, and Tooele County over the weekend.
Four children have been infected with E. coli -- one fatally -- after visiting the county fair in San Diego.
The children infected ranged between ages 2 and 13, and their cases have been linked to contact with animals at the San Diego County Fair, the county said in a statement Friday.
Facebook says it will make advertisements for jobs, loans and credit card offers searchable for all U.S. users following a legal settlement designed to eliminate discrimination on its platform.
President Donald Trump became the first sitting American leader to step into North Korea on Sunday as the two made history at the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone. The made-for-television moment was unthinkable just two years ago, when the men were trading base insults and grim threats.
OPAL, Va. (AP) — Truck driver Lucson Francois was forced to hit the brakes just five minutes from his home in Pennsylvania. He’d reached the maximum number of hours in a day he’s allowed to be on duty. Francois couldn’t leave the truck unattended. So he parked and climbed into the sleeper berth in the […]
President Donald Trump shook hands with Kim Jong Un on Sunday and took 20 steps into North Korea, making history as the first sitting US leader to step into the country.
Environmentalists have removed more than 40 tons of plastic from the Pacific Ocean. It's estimated that 1.15 to 2.41 million tons of plastic enter the ocean each year.
A group of students from West High School will travel to Europe this fall to work with CERN, the international particle physics laboratory. Their teacher, Enrique Arce-Larreta says they’ll be testing a particle detector with electrons traveling near the speed of light. The question they hope to answer? “What is the thickness this plastic detector […]
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By SABRINA CASERTA and REBECCA GIBIAN Associated Press
BEAVER, Utah (AP) — Fire crews were working to contain a smoldering wildfire in a high-elevation area 5 miles (8 kilometers) east of the town of Beaver. The Central Utah Fire agency said Saturday that the wildfire was burning on steep, rocky terrain that presents difficulties to firefighters. No buildings are threatened by the fire. […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration has agreed to postpone implementing a rule allowing medical workers to decline performing abortions or other treatments on moral or religious grounds while the so-called “conscience” rule is challenged in a California court. The rule was supposed to take effect on July 22 but the U.S. Department of […]
Prosecutors in Flint, Michigan dropped the charges against eight people in connection with the water crisis. Residents responded with shock and outrage, insisting that prosecutors did not review all the evidence.
A church building in Odgen suffered $40,000 worth of damage due to a fire on Friday morning. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is still being investigated.
American tennis prodigy Cori "Coco" Gauff, 15, just became the youngest player in the Open era to advance through qualifying to reach Wimbledon's main draw where she will play compatriot Venus Williams.
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ELAINE KURTENBACH and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press
OSAKA, Japan (AP) — World leaders attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan that began Friday are clashing over the values that have served for decades as the foundation of their cooperation as they face calls to fend off threats to economic growth. “A free and open economy is the basis for peace and […]
