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Mary Richards

Davis School District re-instates teacher in Ash Wednesday incident

The fourth-grade teacher who told her student to wipe off his Ash Cross from his forehead on Ash Wednesday is back to work and fourth-grader William McLeod says there are no hard feelings.
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Mary Richards

Church volunteers remain detained in Russia

Two volunteers for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Russia are going in their third week of being detained in the port town of Novorossiysk. A Church spokesman told KSL Newsradio Tuesday morning that there is no change in status for the two young men since their detaining on March 1st and their order to be deported a week later.
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GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press

‘Angels of the sky’ offer flights into flooded Nebraska city

Flooding from the Platte River and other waterways is so bad that just one highway lane into Fremont remains uncovered, authorities said Monday. Emergency responders have restricted access for safety reasons, leaving residents in the city of 26,000 stuck on an island in the middle of Nebraska farm country, about 40 miles northwest of Omaha.
8 years ago
Colby Walker

Utah Supreme Court considers new trial for officer’s death

PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court has heard arguments over the possibility of a new trial for a woman convicted as an accomplice in a police officer’s killing. The Daily Herald reports that no decision was reached when the court convened at Brigham Young University Monday to hear whether Meagan Grunwald should have […]
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Colby Walker

New Zealand leader vows to deny notoriety to mosque gunman

"He is a terrorist. He is a criminal. He is an extremist. But he will, when I speak, be nameless," Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday in an address to Parliament. "He may have sought notoriety, but we in New Zealand will give him nothing — not even his name."
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Colby Walker

Dairy Queen Free Cone Day

“We love that our tradition of Free Cone Day has become synonymous with the return of warmer weather and bringing people together,” said Maria Hokanson, Executive Vice President of Marketing at Dairy Queen. “We know the start of soft-serve season brings joy to our fans, and we can’t wait to help spread smiles.”
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Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN

Sugary drinks linked to higher risk of premature death, especially for women, study says

Compared with women who had sugary beverages less than once per month, those who had more than two servings a day -- defined as a standard glass, bottle or can -- had a 63% increased risk of premature death, according to a study published Monday in the journal Circulation. Men who did the same had a 29% increase in risk.
8 years ago
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Michael Nedelman, CNN

To help fight vaping, schools look to their own students

The US Food and Drug Administration announced in November that vaping had increased nearly 80% among high schoolers and 50% among middle schoolers since the year before.
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Associated Press

Kansas hopes to resurrect proof-of-citizenship voting law in Salt Lake Court

A federal appeals court will hear arguments Monday in Salt Lake City over the constitutionality of a struck-down Kansas statute that had required people to provide documents proving their U.S. citizenship before they could register to vote.
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Propane explosion destroys cabin near Heber City

Three times in the past month, mountain cabins in Utah have been destroyed by propane explosions. The latest incident happened yesterday near Heber City.
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Dan Bammes

UHP: I-70 fatality, chase in Millard County

UHP says there were five people in the car when the driver fell asleep. A male juvenile was ejected and died from his injuries. Another was critically injured.
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Mary Richards

Utah lawmakers talk about missed opportunities

SALT LAKE CITY — Leaders on Capitol Hill almost all said they wished they could have done something with tax reform this session, but it did feel too rushed at the end. The Governor hopes a special session this summer will be able to look at a new plan that includes a bigger tax cut […]
8 years ago
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JOSEF FEDERMAN and FARES AKRAM Associated Press

Israel-Gaza fighting ebbs, Gaza rockets reportedly a misfire

Cross-border fighting between Israel and Gaza's ruling Hamas group appeared to be winding down Friday, amid reports of an Egyptian-brokered truce and Israeli media saying a misfire was believed to be responsible for the rare Gaza rocket attack on Tel Aviv that triggered the exchange.
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Kelli Pierce

Federal judge rules Diesel Brothers violated Clean Air Act

Diesel Brothers was sued in federal court. They may also have to pay $100,000 to clean air programs in Utah if they do not appeal the ruling.
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Kelli Pierce

Snowstorm poses problems for school bus driver community

Being a bus driver today in northern Utah meant icy roads, clogged streets, cars and trucks cutting school buses off, and accidents between other drivers.
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Sao Paulo state authorities say eight people were killed in a school shooting in Brazil, including two student shooters

Sao Paulo state authorities say eight people were killed in a school shooting on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, including two student shooters.
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Mary Richards

Police identify victims in Sandy shooting that left one dead

One person is dead and another is in critical condition after a shooting, and Sandy police are looking for whoever is responsible.
8 years ago
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SAM OLUKOYA Associated Press

3-story building collapses in Nigeria with children inside

Frantic rescue efforts were underway in Nigeria on Wednesday after a three-story school building collapsed while classes were in session, with scores of children thought to be inside.
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ELIAS MESERET and YIDNEK KIRUBEL Associated Press

Ethiopia to send plane’s black box abroad, as grief grows

he black box from the Boeing jet that crashed and killed all 157 people on board will be sent overseas for analysis but no country has been chosen, an Ethiopian Airlines spokesman said Wednesday, as much of the world grounded or barred the plane model and grieving families arrived at the disaster site.
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Feds charge dozens in widespread US college admissions scam

A fast-moving college admissions scandal moved from bombshell indictments to guilty pleas in a matter of hours, yet the full fallout from the federal case against the rich and famous could take months or more to unfold.
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RAF CASERT and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press

EU plans for chaotic Brexit as UK readies for no-deal vote

Britain and the European Union braced Wednesday for a chaotic, cliff-edge Brexit after U.K. lawmakers rejected the two sides' agreed divorce deal. Britain's Parliament was set to hold votes aiming to try to rule out that disruptive option, or at least postpone it for now.
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Colby Walker

Information void in plane crash leads many to take action

In the days since an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed after taking off for Nairobi and killed all 157 people aboard, there have been many questions but not a lot of answers. That absence of information — fear of the unknown — has led dozens of countries to ground the Boeing 737 Max 8, the plane […]
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Kelli Pierce

House passes bill raising taxes on vaping 86 percent

The 86 percent tax on vaping and e-cigarettes would be similar to what the state currently puts on other non-traditional tobacco products.
8 years ago
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Christina Maxouris, CNN

NASA head says first person on Mars is ‘likely to be a woman’

Forget everything you've learned about men and Mars. Chances are the first person to land on the red planet will be a woman, the head of NASA said recently.
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