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FILE - In this May 31, 2009, file photo, Western Kentucky's Matt Rice celebrates after beating Miss...
Associated Press

Ex-Marine, professor, MLB draft pick among high court clerks

The newest clerks of the Supreme Court include persons from a range of backgrounds. Among the clerks is an MLB draft pick, a law professor, and a blind person.
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A British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero which was seized by the Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Fri...
Associated Press

Iran says its seizure of British ship a ‘reciprocal’ move

Iran said Saturday the country’s seizure of a British oil tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz was in response to Britain’s role in impounding an Iranian supertanker two weeks earlier.
7 years ago
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Matthew Brooks

UTA awards contract to study $1.2 billion extension plan

UTA has awarded a contract to study the feasibility and cost of extending TRAX to Lehi. The contract designates nearly a million dollars to plan for a project that will likely cost over a billion dollars.
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Kelli Pierce

UDOT makes safety upgrades after autonomous shuttle accident injures man in Salt Lake City

The Utah Department of Transportation says its has made some safety upgrades on autonomous shuttles after a passenger was hurt.
7 years ago
Berkeley councilman Rigel Robinson poses for photos inside the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center ...
Associated Press

Berkeley drops words like ‘manpower’ in push to be inclusive

There will be no manholes in Berkeley, California. City workers will drop into "maintenance holes" instead. The city council passed an ordinance to remove gendered words from city code.
7 years ago
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Simone Seikaly

Utah Rep. Ben McAdams Votes Against Bill That Increases Minimum Wage

Utah Congressman Ben McAdams is one of five Democratic lawmakers to votes against a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage.
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Simone Seikaly

9/11 first responder says Utah senator lied

John Feal is one of the men that ran toward the falling Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. And he doesn't mince words when he encounters anybody who he perceives is trying to keep money from fellow 9/11 first responders. That includes members of Utah's congressional delegation.
7 years ago
The search continues for two brothers believed missing near Strawberry Reservoir.  Photo courtesy o...
Mark Jackson

Search continues for two men missing from boat near Strawberry Reservoir

The search for two men resumes on Friday after a boat was discovered Thursday afternoon, motor still running just off the shore near Strawberry Reservoir. 
7 years ago
Rep. Rob Bishop listens to testimony as he meets in a field hearing at Union High School in Rooseve...
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rep. Bishop may change his mind about retiring and run again

U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop says he may change his mind about retiring and run again for his House seat. The longtime Republican congressman tells the Deseret News on Thursday that he's considering running for another term and plans to announce his decision at the end of July.
7 years ago
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Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson: Playing games with 9/11 first responders

Senators are playing games with the 9/11 first responders
7 years ago
In this May 1, 2019, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4)...
Associated Press

American warship destroys Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz

A U.S. warship on Thursday destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after it threatened the ship, President Donald Trump said.
7 years ago
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Associated Press

House OKs $15 minimum wage, setting marker for 2020 campaign

House Democrats approved legislation Thursday to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade, to $15 an hour.
7 years ago
President Donald Trump calls to the media as he waits to greet Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as h...
Associated Press

Trump says not happy with backers’ ‘send her back’ chant

President Donald Trump said Thursday he was unhappy with his supporters chanting "send her back" after he assailed a young Democratic congresswoman who he's suggested should leave the U.S.
7 years ago
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Colby Walker

Mike Lee responds to criticism after holding up passage of 9-11 first responder funding

“I do not want to stop the bill’s consideration and believe we can and should address the health needs of those first responders of the ‪9/11 attack,” Sen. Lee continued.
7 years ago
This picture shows the WowWee pinkfong Baby Shark family of singing plush toys. The viral song and ...
Associated Press

City hopes ‘Baby Shark’ song will drive homeless away

Officials in West Palm Beach are hoping a continuous loop of songs like "Baby Shark" and "Raining Tacos" will chase away homeless people from a city banquet hall.
7 years ago
Faceapp uses AI to project how a person will look decades in the future....
Kelli Pierce

Faceapp challenge could mean your photos are in the hands of the Russians

Social media is filled with pictures of people artificially aged through a popular app. There may be a problem with who is behind the app and what they can do with your data and your face.
7 years ago
In this photograph taken Sunday July 14, 2019, an Ebola victim is put to rest at the Muslim cemeter...
Associated Press

Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency

The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday.
7 years ago
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., walks to the House Chamber, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, on Capito...
Associated Press

House set to block maverick Dem’s Trump impeachment effort

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will prevent a maverick member of the Democratic majority from bringing as resolution aimed at the impeachment of Pres. Trump.
7 years ago
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Mark Jackson

Governor Herbert weighs in on Trump tweet debate

Gov. Gary Herbert says both sides are to blame for the ugliness out of Washington, D.C., following President Trump’s tweets about four congresswomen.
7 years ago
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KSL News Staff

Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson: Vicious circle of political rhetoric is exhausting

The U.S. is exhausted of the rhetoric coming from D.C. Time to move beyond the vicious circle.
7 years ago
FILE - In this May 20, 2013 file photo, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens talks ...
Ryan Meeks

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99

John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court's leading liberal, died Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after suffering a stroke Monday. He was 99.
7 years ago
FILE - This March 22, 2019 file photo shows Mount Rushmore in Keystone, S.D. A Nebraska woman has b...
Associated Press

Nebraska woman arrested, fined for climbing Mount Rushmore

A Nebraska woman has been fined $1,000 for climbing the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.
7 years ago
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

Longtime Navajo Nation lawmaker resigns, citing health

A longtime Navajo Nation lawmaker has resigned, citing health reasons. Nelson S. BeGaye made the announcement Monday in an emotional speech at the start of the Navajo Nation Council's weeklong summer session. He has served on the council since 2003.
7 years ago
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RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press

Trump abortion restrictions effective immediately

Taxpayer-funded family planning clinics must stop referring women for abortions immediately, the Trump administration said Monday, declaring it will begin enforcing a new regulation hailed by religious conservatives and denounced by medical organizations and women's rights groups.
7 years ago