Scroll, swipe, like. Scroll, tweet, post. The repetitive nature of social media can be relaxing for some, but for others, notably athletes, it can be an unwelcome distraction. NBA commissioner Adam Silver is one of those that believes social media is doing more harm than good.
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EMILY SCHMALL and KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press
i Lanka's state minister of defense said Tuesday that the Easter attack on churches, hotels and other sites was "carried out in retaliation" for the shooting massacre at two New Zealand mosques last month, as the Islamic State group sought to claim responsibility for the attack.
The former head of the Utah Department of Veterans Affairs is pushing for the U.S. census to include a question about veterans next year. Terry Schow, a Vietnam veteran, wants the 2020 census to ask about veteran status so the state can have a more accurate count of people with military service
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday proposed eliminating the student loan debts of tens of millions of Americans and making all public colleges tuition-free.
If "123456" is your password, it may be time for a change. That was the unsurprising conclusion of a survey revealing the internet's most vulnerable passwords, which also warned that codes using names, sports teams and swear words are more popular than you might think.
President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani insisted there was "nothing wrong" with the president's 2016 campaign taking information from the Russians, as House Democrats pledged stepped-up investigations into campaign misconduct and possible crimes of obstruction detailed in special counsel Robert Mueller's report.
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BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press
Sri Lankan officials failed to heed warnings from intelligence agencies about the threat of an attack by a domestic radical Muslim group that officials blame for Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 200 people, the country's health minister said Monday.
The latest FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention is bringing fans to Salt Lake City. Thousands of fans, some dressed as movie or TV characters, began filling the Salt Palace Convention Center. A woman named Sandy from Idaho Falls made the trip to Salt Lake City for FanX. Dressed in a steampunk costume, Sandy says this is […]
The problem was that the Crown of Thorns, revered as having been worn by Jesus Christ during his crucifixion, and the tabernacle, containing the Eucharist or holy sacrament, were locked inside a safe in the church's treasury that no one knew how to open.
Notre Dame has housed three beehives on the first floor on a roof over the sacristy, just beneath the rose window, since 2013. Each hive has about 60,000 bees and they are alive and buzzing, having survived the devastating fire that ripped through the cathedral on Monday, the beekeeper Nicolas Geant confirmed to CNN.
Endings are a rarity in the franchise movie-making business; especially when one's popularity has only multiplied as the movies of Marvel have. But Marvel Studios, which has never shied away from a little rule-breaking, is taking a sledgehammer to that old "don't leave money on the table" maxim, and audiences will finally be able to see how they do it when "Avengers: Endgame" opens nationwide on April 25.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia later this month, the Kremlin said Thursday, in a meeting that offers President Vladimir Putin an opportunity to emerge as a broker in the long-running nuclear standoff and raise Russia's profile in regional affairs.
The Justice Department on Thursday is expected to release a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian election interference and the Trump campaign, opening up months, if not years, of fights over what the document means in a deeply divided country.
"I can think of two great reasons to be here in Salt Lake City. One is great hiking, the other is great Democrats," Sen. Elizabeth Warren said to a crowd in Salt Lake City during her campaign trail ahead of the 2020 election. Topics included Medicare for all, climate change, and the regional topic of public lands.
Sol Pais, the armed 18-year-old from Florida who made threats and was "infatuated" with Columbine, has been found dead, a law enforcement official told CNN.
