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Paul Nelson

Changes to the HOV lanes for hybrid vehicles in Utah, starting today

Hybrid vehicle owners are no longer allowed to drive in carpool lanes by themselves anymore, simply because they own a hybrid
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Paul Nelson

UDOT to review part of I-15 where trooper was hit this weekend

Is there something wrong with the stretch of I-15 where a UHP trooper was hit this weekend?
7 years ago
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Simone Seikaly

Utah State Sen. wants Utah out of Daylight Saving Time

legislative bill for the 2020 Legislative Session that would make daylight saving time the law in Utah, year round.
7 years ago
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Scott Sonner, Associated Press

Controversial wild horse plan headed to Senate floor

"It's a sweeping betrayal of America's wild herds," Suzanne Roy, executive director of the American Wild Horse Campaign, said following Thursday's vote.
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Associated Press

Prosecutor: No charges in shooting of knife-wielding man

A Utah prosecutor says a police officer who fatally shot a Riverton man holding a butter knife to his mother's throat won't face charges.
7 years ago
FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2018 file photo, U.S. special representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker attend...
Associated Press

Student journalist scores big scoop in Trump-Ukraine story

A student journalist is credited with making a connection between Ukraine and the Trump administration. This discovery struck at the center of Washington D.C.
7 years ago
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Associated Press

Ambulances struggle to find Utah patients without addresses

Some homes, businesses, and even government buildings lack an official address in some areas of southern Utah. Emergency services can't easily reach those who are in need if their location isn't on a map.
7 years ago
On July 19, 2022, a missing man's body was found in Canyonlands National Park. The incident is stil...
Associated Press

Southeastern Utah national parks to allow e-bikes on roads

Two national parks and two national monuments in southeastern Utah will allow the use of electric bicycles on roads in areas where traditional bicycles are allowed.
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Zoi Walker

doTERA Donates $17.7 million to Utah Valley University

Health and Wellness company doTERRA announces they will donate $17.7 million to Utah Valley University. The money is the second-largest donation in school history.
7 years ago
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SOFIA JEREMIAS The Deseret News

Ambulances struggle to find Utah patients without addresses

BLUFF, Utah (AP) — All his children ran back into the house as Shaun Stephenson was getting ready to leave for the day. All but one, his 4-year-old daughter, who managed to sneak behind the rear tire of his truck. Stephenson started backing out and heard a bump. Jumping out, he saw his toddler lying […]
7 years ago
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Sean Murphy, Associated Press

AP: Democrats in Trump country cautious about impeachment

All the holdouts hail from districts that President Trump won handily in 2016 and that the Republicans are targeting as they try to win back the House.
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John Wojcik

Romney slammed by President’s lawyer

SALT LAKE CITY  — President Trump’s personal lawyer says a Senator from Utah is ‘bitter.’ Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani didn’t mince words about U.S. Senator Mitt Romney when he joined Fox News Thursday night. Giuliani has come under the microscope during the ongoing whistleblower complaint against President Trump. In a recent tweet, […]
7 years ago
Activists rally for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursd...
ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press

How the White House and DOJ learned about the whistleblower

The White House and the Justice Department learned about a CIA officer's concerns about President Donald Trump around the same time the individual filed a whistleblower complaint that is now at the center of an impeachment inquiry, according to a U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter.
7 years ago
President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 2...
ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

Whistleblower accuses White House of Ukraine call cover-up

A whistleblower says White House officials took extraordinary steps to "lock down" information about President Donald Trump's phone call with the Ukranian president, even moving the transcript to a secret computer system.
7 years ago
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Colby Walker

Whistleblowers and presidential phone calls, what does it mean?

SALT LAKE CITY — The written complaint filed by a whistleblower that has started impeachment proceedings for the President of the United States wasted no time. In short order, the complaint cut right to what the author believes amounts to an “urgent concern” about improprieties they witnessed and heard about in the White House. Within […]
7 years ago
Killian Doughney, shown Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 in Tallahassee, Fla. is an independent voter in t...
MARC LEVY, NICHOLAS RICCARDI and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY Associated Press

Anxious and wary, voters buckle up for impeachment ride

EXTON, Pa. (AP) — Evie Burt has long thought Donald Trump deserved impeachment, even before the allegations that the president tried to squeeze a foreign leader for damaging information about a political opponent. But that doesn’t mean Burt, a 23-year-old independent in this wealthy Philadelphia suburb, is pleased with Democrats’ accelerated push to accomplish that. […]
7 years ago
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John Wojcik

Hearing held on conversion therapy

At the request of Utah Governor Gary Herbert, the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing held a public hearing Thursday on conversion therapy. They will soon be drafting rules which regulate the controversial practice.
7 years ago
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ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

Whistleblower: White House tried to ‘lock down’ call details

The secret whistleblower complaint at the center of Congress' impeachment inquiry alleges that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to "solicit interference from a foreign country" in next year's U.S. election. The White House then tried to "lock down" the information to cover it up, the complaint says.
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Colby Walker

READ: The complaint that started the impeachment inquiry

The House Intelligence Committee has released a redacted copy of a whistleblower complaint that triggered the impeachment probe into President Trump.
7 years ago
President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the InterContinental B...
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ukrainian leader bristles at release of Trump transcript

Ukraine's president says his comments in a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump shouldn't have been publicly released, and is playing down Ukraine's investigation of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
7 years ago
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, ...
AYA BATRAWY Associated Press

Analysis: After UN visit, Iran faces diminishing choices

Iran has long prided itself on its forceful defiance of the United States and Israel, a resistance that has defined the Shiite-led Islamic Republic for the 40 years since its revolution.
7 years ago
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Curt Gresseth

Dave & Dujanovic: Polls finds Warren locked in tie with Biden

Sen. Elizabeth Warren now leads former VP Joe Biden 27% to 25% among Democratic voters and independents who lean Democratic, according to the newest polls.
7 years ago
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Simone Seikaly

Hope Squads: kids help other kids prevent teen suicide

A teen suicide prevention program called Hope4Utah is helping kids, by training their peers in groups called Hope Squads to recognize warning signs.
7 years ago
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Jim Acosta and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN

WH accidentally sent Ukraine talking points to Democrats

The White House emailed House Democrats a list of talking points intended for Trump administration allies in response to the Ukraine scandal.
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