Charges: Utah tire store employee sold customer’s Hummer for $1,000
A tire store employee in central Utah is accused of selling a customer's Hummer for $1,000 after a Washington man left it there for repairs in January.7 years ago
Amazon to employees: We’ll pay you to quit and haul packages
Amazon, which is racing to deliver packages faster, is turning to its employees with a proposition: Quit your job and we'll help you start a business delivering Amazon package.7 years ago
Sweden to reopen rape case against WikiLeaks’ Assange
Swedish prosecutors said Monday they are reopening a rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and will seek his extradition after he has served his 50-week prison term in Britain for jumping bail.7 years ago
Students kill classmate, injure 8 at school near Columbine
Two high school students shot and killed a classmate and injured eight others at a charter school in a Colorado community that marked the 20th anniversary of one of the nation's worst school shootings just weeks ago.7 years ago
Uber, Lyft drivers plan to strike in cities across the US
Drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft are planning to turn off their apps to protest what they say are declining wages at a time when both companies are raking in billions of dollars from investors.7 years ago
Iran threatens more enrichment if no new nuclear deal
Iran threatened Wednesday to resume higher enrichment of uranium in 60 days if world powers fail to negotiate new terms for its 2015 nuclear deal a year after President Donald Trump withdrew from the accord, raising tensions as a U.S. aircraft carrier and a bomber wing deploy to confront unspecified threats from Tehran.7 years ago
Proposed tobacco ban sparks fiery debate in Beverly Hills
A fiery debate is breaking out across Beverly Hills as people at tony hair salons, gas stations and stores weigh in on whether the city of the rich and famous should become the first in the U.S. to outlaw the sale of tobacco products everywhere except a few cigar lounges.7 years ago
Germany is opening its first electric highway for trucks
Trucks are guzzling ever more diesel, polluting towns and cities and fueling climate change. Germany thinks it may have found the answer by using overhead lines to power big rigs. A system that allows trucks to draw electric power from overhead cables went into operation on 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) of the autobahn on Tuesday, according to the German government.7 years ago
Listen louder than you sing: inside the Tabernacle Choir on Temple Square
"We aren't looking for a choir of 360 soloists. There's a four-month choir school that's all about voice work to turn those individual voices into a choir."7 years ago
French man arrives in Caribbean after crossing Atlantic in giant barrel
He surprised locals as he came ashore on the tiny Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius shortly after midnight last week, bringing a mammoth, 2,930-mile journey to a close. "Everything has an end ... finally, here I am at the end of this adventure," he wrote.7 years ago
Germany proposes $2,800 fine for parents skipping measles vaccination
German parents who fail to vaccinate their children against measles could face fines of up to €2,500 ($2,800), as part of draft legislation from the country's health minister. "I want to eradicate measles," Health Minister Jens Spahn told German newspaper Bild am Sonntag on Sunday,7 years ago
Trump awards medal to Tiger Woods, calls him ‘true legend’
President Donald Trump awarded golfer Tiger Woods the nation's highest civilian honor on Monday, describing the 43-year-old as a "true legend" who transformed golf and then fought through years of injury to return to the sport's summit.7 years ago
North Korea tests new missile — and Trump’s resolve
North Korea appears to have tested a new short-range missile — and President Donald Trump's resolve to keep it from doing more of the same in the future. The test early Saturday was quickly played down by Trump and his top advisers, who noted it was not the kind of long-range missile leader Kim Jong Un has refrained from launching since 2017.7 years ago
Restored steam locomotive rolls to anniversary event
It's longer than two city buses, weighs more than a Boeing 747 fully loaded with passengers and can pull 16 Statues of Liberty over a mountain. The Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive rolled out of a Union Pacific restoration shop in Cheyenne over the weekend for a big debut after five years of restoration. It then headed toward Utah as part of a yearlong tour to commemorate the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary.7 years ago
High School teacher makes a Gen Z dictionary
Slang can be hard across any generational gap. Baby boomers may have been confused to hear about an "airhead" in the 1980s or getting "tight" in the 1990s.7 years ago
First Presidency announces changes to civil marriage policy
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a policy update: couples who are married civilly can now be sealed in the temple immediately.7 years ago
Mary Poppins meets James Bond: Will Meghan and Harry hire a Norland nanny for the royal baby?
The depth and breadth of their training -- from sewing, cooking and first aid to skid-pan driving, self-defense and cyber-security -- means they are seen by some as a combination of Mary Poppins and James Bond. They finish it all off with an old-fashioned dose of British etiquette, courtesy of experts from Debrett's.7 years ago
Woman, 88, waved to students from her window for years. They gathered outside her home for one final goodbye
Tinney Davidson gave her neighborhood 12 years of warm hellos. And now that she is moving to an assisted living facility, they got together to give her the sweetest surprise goodbye.7 years ago
Michael Cohen heads to prison in Trump hush-money scheme
Michael Cohen, the former lawyer, media attack dog and all-around fixer for President Donald Trump, is scheduled to begin serving a three-year prison sentence Monday for crimes including campaign finance violations related to hush-money payments made on Trump's behalf.7 years ago
Experts hunt for reason why 41 died in Moscow plane fire
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian emergency workers have recovered 41 bodies and two flight recorders from the wreckage of a plane that caught fire during an emergency landing in Moscow, officials said Monday as they sought to discover the cause of the disaster. Transport Minister Yevgeny Dietrich gave the death toll and said six of the […]7 years ago
Cory Booker proposes national license for all gun owners
Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is proposing that all gun owners be licensed by the federal government, a process that would include an interview and safety training.7 years ago
US dispatches aircraft carrier over unspecified Iran threats
A statement from US national security adviser John Bolton reads, "In response to a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings, the United States is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the U. S. Central Command region to send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force. "7 years ago
House Democrat says Mueller, Judiciary Committee reach deal for special counsel to testify on May 15
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has reached a tentative agreement to testify before the House Judiciary Committee, according to committee member Rep. David N. Cicilline. "A tentative date has been set for May 15 and we hope the Special Counsel will appear," Cicilline, a Rhode Island Democrat, said on "Fox News Sunday." "We think the American people have a right to hear directly from him."7 years ago
