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PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 18:  In this photo illustration U.S. Treasury checks are piled at the U.S. ...
Tami Luhby, CNN

Social Security recipients get 5.9% increase, but rising prices will offset the boost

Social Security recipients will receive an annual cost of living adjustment of 5.9% next year, the largest increase since 1982, the Social Security Administration announced Wednesday.
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Paul Nelson

Indigenous leaders react to restoration of Bears Ears’ boundaries

Tears of joy, prayers and sacred songs… all part of how tribal leaders in southern Utah reacted at President Biden’s restoration of the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument.
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Becky Bruce

Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante announcement likely to draw both praise and ire

The Obama administration established Bears Ears, but President Trump reduced its size using the same executive power in 2017. 
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Becky Bruce

Judge hears arguments for change of venue in Daybell trial

ST. ANTHONY, Idaho — A change of venue hearing for Chad Daybell will continue Wednesday for a second day.  Daybell and his wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, face charges, including conspiracy to commit murder and other crimes, related to the murder of Lori’s children, JJ Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, and Chad Daybell’s first wife, […]
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Colby Walker

Apple to return “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” to TV

Apple will allow Charlie Brown and the gang return to the television airwaves by airing "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" on TV this October.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - APRIL 19, 2018:  The U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., is the sea...
Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter

Supreme Court’s new term could see landmark rulings on abortion, guns and vouchers

For the first time in more than a year, the Supreme Court will convene in its crimson velvet-lined majestic chamber Monday to begin a new term and hear some of the most divisive issues of the day
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Colby Walker

US raises concern as China flies warplanes south of Taiwan

The Chinese military flew 16 warplanes over waters south of Taiwan on Sunday as the United States expressed concern about what it called China’s “provocative military action” near the self-governing island that China claims.
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Mary Richards

Multicultural choir to perform live at Semiannual General Conference

The multicultural choir performing at general conference this weekend represents six continents, 39 countries, and at least 35 languages.
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Heather Kelly

Utahns may need an attitude adjustment, Utah ranks among most rude in US

A set of new surveys put Utah in the top 10 rudest states in the country.
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FILE - In this June 17, 2021 file photo, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, and Chairman of t...
ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press

Pentagon leaders to face Congress on Afghan pullout decision

Top Pentagon leaders are set to appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee amid sharp criticism of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and the failure to anticipate the Taliban’s rapid takeover of the country.
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HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press

North Korea launches missile as diplomat decries US policy

North Korea fired a short-range missile into the sea at nearly the same moment its U.N. diplomat was decrying the U.S.’s “hostile policy” against it.
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In this photo provided by North Port Police Department, law enforcement officials conduct a search ...
Madeline Holcombe, Alison Kosik and Sarah Jorgensen, CNN

Attorney: Police ask for personal items of Petito’s fiancé for DNA matching

Laundrie's parents told authorities on Sept. 17 that he left their home days earlier and was headed to the Carlton Reserve.
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TOM HAYS Associated Press

R&B superstar R. Kelly convicted in sex trafficking trial

Kelly was accused of running a Chicago-based criminal enterprise that recruited his accusers for unwanted sex and mental torment.
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LINDSAY WHITEHURST, TERRY TANG and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press

Petito case renews call to spotlight missing people of color

Families of missing people of color, in some cases desperate for information, say the burden falls on their shoulders to generate interest.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., takes questions as he speaks to reporters after a wee...
LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press

House OKs debt and funding plan, inviting clash with GOP

The House has approved legislation to fund the government, suspend its borrowing limit and provide federal disaster and refugee aid.
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Police officers stand in front of United Nations headquarters in New York, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. ...
EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press

World leaders return to UN and face many escalating crises

World leaders will be back at the United Nations for the first time in two years with a formidable agenda of escalating crises to tackle.
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People attend a rally near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. The rally was ...
COLLEEN LONG, MICHAEL BALSAMO, NATHAN ELLGREN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press

In edgy Washington, police outnumber Jan. 6 protesters

Law enforcement was present in large numbers at the Capitol Saturday over concerns that a rally in support of the jailed protestors would turn violent. It didn't.
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Aya Elamroussi, CNN

Gabby Petito’s family and police urge her fiancé to come forward with any information about her disappearance

    (CNN) — Investigators searching for Gabby Petito believe her fiancé and those around him are withholding critical information related to her disappearance and are refusing to come forward, police said Thursday night. “I believe Brian has the information,” said Police Chief Todd Garrison of North Port, Florida, referring to the fiancé, Brian Laundrie. “I believe […]
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Mary Richards

Moab police say they talked to missing NY woman and boyfriend

New developments have arisen in case of missing 22-year-old Gabrielle Petito from New York woman who was last seen traveling through Utah with her boyfriend.
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President Joe Biden listens as California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks about recent wildfires, at Sacra...
MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press

Stay or go? Californians to decide fate of Gov. Gavin Newsom

The recall election that could remove California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is coming to an end. Voting concludes Tuesday
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Colby Walker

Oldest American WWII veteran Lawrence Brooks turns 112

The oldest living World War II veteran in the United States has celebrated another birthday in the Big Easy: Lawrence Brooks turned 112 on Sunday.
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Former President George W. Bush speaks during a memorial for the passengers and crew of United Flig...
ZEKE MILLER Associated Press

Bush warns of domestic extremism, appeals to ‘nation I know’

Former President George W. Bush appealed to Americans for a return to the spirit of cooperation that emerged almost instantaneously after the 9/11 attacks 20 years ago.
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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2011 file photo, US soldiers sit beneath an American flag just raised to c...
Dan Bammes

Remembering 9/11 with a day of service in Utah

Many communities in Utah are sponsoring a day of service Saturday to remember the 9/11 terror attacks on the 20th anniversary of the national tragedy.
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Curt Gresseth

Romney reflects on Sept. 11, a turning point in America’s history

Mitt Romney reflects on the 9/11 terrorists attacks, how they brought out the best in America, and how they affected plans for the 2002 Olympics.
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