Alexandra Black, 22, of New Palestine, Indiana, was killed Sunday after being attacked by the lion in an enclosure that was being cleaned at the Conservators Center she was working at in North Carolina.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren took the first major step toward launching a campaign for the 2020 presidential election on Monday, hoping her reputation as a populist fighter can help her navigate a packed Democratic field.
NEW YORK (AP) — Snoop Dogg, Sting and Christina Aguilera will welcome 2019 in a packed Times Square Monday along with revelers from around the world who come to see the traditional crystal ball drop, fireworks and a blizzard of confetti. Spectators are expected to start assembling in the early afternoon for the made-for-TV extravaganza. […]
“[This is] one of the worst films, if not THE worst film, I’ve seen this year, and I’m not saying that just because I saw it yesterday," says Steve Salles about Holmes and Watson.
A Seattle Social worker who's thriftiness bordered on the comical, even patching holes in his shoes with duct tape, died earlier this year, and left a surprising $11 Million to charities benefiting children.
The event Thursday caused power outages, briefly grounded flights at LaGuardia Airport and filled social media feeds with eerie photos, questions and jokes, to the point that the New York Police Department tweeted there was "no evidence of extraterrestrial activity."
Saturday night, just after midnight, the strictest DUI law in the country goes into effect for Utah. There are tools that can help people track their blood alcohol content, but, public safety officials say people shouldn’t rely too heavily on those.
"He was there at Pearl Harbor, when the battleships were still smoldering, he was there at Okinawa. He was there at Iwo Jima, where he said, 'I only got out of there by the grace of God.'"
Congress is closing out the week without a resolution in sight over the issue holding up an agreement — President Trump's demand for money to build a border wall with Mexico and Democrats' refusal to give him what he wants.
It’s going to be the strictest blood alcohol limit across the country, and it goes into effect in Utah just after the stroke of midnight Saturday night into Sunday morning.
HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection have ordered medical checks on every child in its custody after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of an immigrant child in the agency’s care this month. The death came during an ongoing dispute over border security and with a partial government shutdown […]
Playing on Christmas day is a rare occurrence for Utah. The Jazz played for just the seventh time on Dec. 25 after their previous game on the holiday came in 1997.
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By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and KEVIN FREKING , Associated Press
The federal government was expected to remain partially shut down well into Christmas as the standoff deepened Saturday over President Donald Trump's demand for funds to build a border wall with Mexico, though the Senate had already passed legislation ensuring that workers will receive back pay through the shutdown, and the House was likely to follow suit.
You could’ve flipped a coin to choose the big movie this week. With both Disney’s Mary Poppins, and DC’s Aquaman.
This week’s movie show tackled just that and had their listeners weigh in.
As Dr. Seuss neared the end of his life, the children's author told his wife that she would have to look after the Cat in the Hat, the Lorax, the Grinch and all the beloved characters he created.
It was a mission Audrey Geisel embraced for more than a quarter-century.
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By LISA MASCARO, MATTHEW DALY and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press
A partial federal shutdown took hold early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting his cherished Mexican border wall, a chaotic postscript for Republicans in the waning days of their two-year reign controlling government.
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By ZEKE MILLER and LOLITA BALDOR , Associated Press
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday after clashing with President Donald Trump over the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and after two years of deep disagreements over America's role in the world.
The Pentagon is developing plans to withdraw up to half of the 14,000 American troops serving in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Thursday, marking a sharp change in the Trump administration's policy aimed at forcing the Taliban to the peace table after more than 17 years of war.
With finals week finishing up around the country, BYU's Harold B. Lee Library wanted to help students as they crammed for tests with a virtual study buddy.
UTAH — Since last decade’s economic recession, new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show Utah’s population has grown faster than all 49 other states. In the last year, the Beehive State’s unique growth, which includes considerations of new births versus deaths, increased at the highest rate in the nation. Research from the University of […]
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By GREGORY KATZ and JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press
Thousands of passengers were delayed, diverted or stuck on planes Thursday as the only runway at Britain's Gatwick Airport remained closed into a second day after drones were spotted over the second-busiest airfield.
