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UTA selects new Executive Director
The Utah Transit Authority has announced that Carolyn Gonot as its new Executive Director. She comes to Utah after spending 22 years working in the bay area working with the Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority.5 years ago
Police continue looking for missing U of U student MacKenzie Lueck
SALT LAKE CITY — Police are still looking for a University of Utah student a week after she went missing. Friends and family have been handing out fliers and spreading the word online that they are worried about 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck. She missed midterms this week, and was supposed to fly back home to California […]5 years ago
Florida sheriff’s deputy detained a tortoise for blocking the road. He got away with a warning and a selfie
Florida law enforcement detained a slow-moving Florida native after the suspect refused to clear the road when asked.5 years ago
Blunt blades, GPS trackers and longer school hours: The hunt for an answer to Britain’s knife-crime crisis
Five years into a knife-crime crisis, Britain is still scrambling for solutions. Few weekends pass without reports of violence in the country, while flowers laid on London street corners serve as a near-daily reminder of its results.5 years ago
Beijing says it won’t allow Hong Kong to be brought up at G20
A top Chinese Foreign Ministry official said Beijing would "not allow" the Hong Kong protests to be brought up at the G20 meeting in Osaka beginning on Thursday.5 years ago
50 years later, the moon is still great for business
Hundreds of millions of people were riveted when Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. Naturally, marketers jumped at the chance to sell products from cars and televisions, to cereal and a once-obscure powdered drink called Tang.5 years ago
Bluffdale shooting suspect turns self in
Saratoga Springs Police have arrested the owner of a landscaping company who is accused of shooting a customer that filed a lawsuit against him last month.5 years ago
German firefighters rescue squirrel stuck in manhole cover
Firefighters, police and a veterinary clinic combined forces to rescue a red squirrel that had gotten its tiny head stuck in a manhole cover in the western German city of Dortmund.5 years ago
Judge allows Utah to gather evidence to defend abortion ban
A federal judge on Thursday agreed to let Utah state attorneys gather evidence as they defend a new abortion ban, a step that creates a record for future appeals amid optimism from anti-abortion advocates nationwide about new conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices.5 years ago
‘Jeopardy!’ champ Holzhauer a winner in TV ratings, too
No television series this season (football excluded) averaged more viewers per episode on the first night they aired. Not "The Big Bang Theory," not "NCIS," not even "Game of Thrones," although all those shows gain more viewers when time-shifting is figured in.5 years ago
Lost wallet? More cash means you’re likelier to get it back
People are more likely to return a lost wallet if it contains money — and the more cash, the better. That's the surprising conclusion from researchers who planted more than 17,000 "lost wallets" across 355 cities in 40 countries, and kept track of how often somebody contacted the supposed owners.5 years ago
Global airlines reroute flights after Iran downs US drone
Major airlines from around the world on Friday began rerouting their flights to avoid areas around the Strait of Hormuz following Iran's shooting down of a U.S. military surveillance drone there, as America warned commercial airliners could be mistakenly attacked.5 years ago
US prepped for strikes on Iran before approval was withdrawn
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States abruptly called off preparations for a military strike against Iran over the downing of a U.S. surveillance drone, a U.S. official said, while Iran claimed Friday it had issued several warnings before shooting down the drone over what it said was Iranian territory. The Trump administration offered no immediate […]5 years ago
Hidden fees are nickel-and-diming you out of your savings
According to a survey conducted by Consumer Reports, 85% of Americans have encountered unexpected or hidden fees in the last two years.5 years ago
Train derails near Nevada-Utah line; no injuries reported
A train carrying military munitions derailed in the high desert of northeast Nevada on Wednesday, closing an interstate for about an hour before emergency crews determined there was no danger. No injuries were reported.5 years ago
2 football players suspended for burning LGBTQ pride flag
Two high students in a Salt Lake City suburb have been suspended from the football team for posting a video of somebody burning an LGBTQ pride flag.5 years ago
Baby California condor spotted near Arizona-Utah line
A baby California condor has been spotted in far northern Arizona. The Peregrine Fund says one of its biologists confirmed the nestling last week at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.5 years ago
APNewsBreak: Texas says Rapid DNA supplier jeopardizes cases
With a name that sounds like futuristic fiction, Rapid DNA machines roughly the size of an office printer have helped solve rape cases in Kentucky,identified California wildfire victims and verified family connections of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.5 years ago
Iran Revolutionary Guard shoots down US drone amid tensions
Iran's Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. drone on Thursday amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over its collapsing nuclear deal with world powers, American and Iranian officials said, though they disputed the circumstances of the incident.5 years ago
‘Apollo 11’: 8 moments from the documentary to watch for
You might think that 50 years after humankind's first steps on the moon, the world would have seen all of the best footage from that historic event. But you haven't seen everything.5 years ago
Photographer recounts facing Dallas gunman
Waiting outside a federal courthouse, photographer Tom Fox took in Dallas' 8 a.m. bustle. People dressed for work got out of cars. A homeless man danced on a street pole. But when what initially sounded like a truck backfiring clarified into gunshots, the routine assignment for a veteran journalist morphed in a moment.5 years ago
New England newspaper owner fights to save local journalism
The Berkshire Eagle has an expanded investigative team. There's a new 12-page lifestyle section for the Eagle's Sunday editions. There's a new monthly magazine focusing on the area's culinary and natural charms. There is an advisory board that includes cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Pulitzer-winning writer Elizabeth Kolbert.5 years ago
Phoenix police chief promises change amid civil rights claim
Police Chief Jeri Williams promised change in her department after being booed by some of hundreds of people gathered to discuss a videotaped police encounter that has caused a national outcry.5 years ago
