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Missing Washington Girl...
Madeleine Porter

Missing girl from Washington is found safe in Nevada

Nevada authorities confirmed they found a missing 15-year-old girl from Yakima, Washington, safe during a traffic stop near the town of Wells.
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President Trump pardon Utah man...
Curt Gresseth

Utah man talks about justice reform after his pardon from President Trump

A Utah man who received a pardon from President Trump says he continues to work with the White House to correct mandatory minimum sentencing requirements.
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Helen Thomason marks her ballot at the Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church in Tucker, Ga. du...
STEVE PEOPLES, BILL BARROW and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press

Georgia counting ballots in crucial Senate runoff elections

Georgia officials have started counting ballots as polls begin to close across the state in two critical races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate.
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Indiana county allows hippies...
The Associated Press

After 50 years, hippies welcome in an Indiana county

The 1971 law was intended to block huge gatherings like the 1969 Woodstock music festival in New York state.
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Pelosi resign...
ALAN FRAM Associated Press

Pelosi narrowly reelected speaker, faces difficult 2021

The new Congress convened Sunday and in its first vote reelected the California Democrat to the post. She's lead House Dems since 2003.
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Utah Jazz...
Simone Seikaly

ESPN: Clippers staff quarantined after positive COVID-19 test in Utah

Contract tracing helped officials locate where the virus potentially spread -- at a dinner in a hotel's presidential suite.
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Senators challenge Biden votes...
LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

Cruz leads 11 GOP senators challenging Biden win over Pres. Trump

The senators say they'll vote to reject electors from some states when Congress meets next week to certify the Electoral College results.
6 years ago
Will Mike Lee's COVID-19 diagnosis interfere with SCOTUS confirmation process? post-pandemic world...
Cami Mondeaux

Sen. Mike Lee honors Utah’s retiring governor during Senate floor speech

Sen. Mike Lee honored the governor's 11-year tenure Thursday during a Senate floor speech, amid tension regarding coronavirus relief.
6 years ago
cougar man 2020 top stories...
Becky Bruce

The top ten stories you clicked on in the year 2020

2020 has been quite a memorable year, and nothing quite catalogues the craziness like going back through the top stories on your website. 
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14 states over or undercounted in 2020 Census....
MIKE SCHNEIDER

Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan

The Census Bureau will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, a delay that could undermine President Donald Trump’s efforts.
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Missouri Senator...
MARY CLARE JALONICK

Missouri senator to contest Biden’s Electoral College win

A Republican senator says he'll object when Congress meets next week to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the election
6 years ago
For the first time, the dietary guidelines include recommendations for babies and toddlers.
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Ashley Strickland, Andrea Diaz and Sandee LaMotte, CNN

New US dietary guidelines include recs for babies and toddlers for first time

The federal government issued new dietary guidelines, which include recommendations for babies and toddlers for the first time.
6 years ago
Utah COVID-19 update...
Simone Seikaly

Colorado reports first confirmed case of COVID-19 variant in the US

The variant, B.1.1.7., is similar to that seen in the United Kingdom.
6 years ago
Equality Act...
LISA MASCARO and JILL COLVIN Associated Press

Senate GOP blocks Democratic push for Trump’s $2K checks

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has blocked Democrats' push to immediately bring President Trump's demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for a vote.
6 years ago
COVID-19 relief COVID-19 relief aid package...
Kelli Pierce

More money for businesses in new COVID-19 relief bill

The US Congress has set aside an additional $284.45 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program in the latest COVID-19 relief bill. That means Utah businesses could apply for a second loan. 
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Speaker.gov...
Lindsay Aerts and Simone Seikaly

Utah Congressional Votes: COVID-19 stimulus and defense spending

Utah Congressmen have voted on additional COVID-19 stimulus funding and the President's veto of defense spending.
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KIMBERLEE KRUESI, DENISE LAVOIE and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press

Nashville bomber to neighbor: The world is ‘never going to forget me’

The man accused of exploding a bomb in Nashville on Christmas told a neighbor days earlier the city and the world would never forget him.
6 years ago
Biden transfer of power national security...
ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press

Biden warns of Trump officials’ ‘roadblocks’ to transition

Biden says his team has faced "obstruction" from the "political leadership" at the Defense Department and the Office of Management and Budget
6 years ago
Utah Girl Scouts win a NASA Sponsored essay contest and are awarded a Space Science badge that is f...
LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press

Girl Scouts rebuke Boy Scouts in escalating recruitment war

Lawyers for the Girl Scouts say that the century-old organization is now directly competing with the Boy Scouts for female recruits and that it's not a fair fight.
6 years ago
bomber...
KIMBERLEE KRUESI, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

Authorities identify man suspected of igniting Nashville bomb

U.S. Attorney Don Cochran identified the suspect on Sunday as Anthony Quinn Warner. Investigators said they used DNA to determine the remains were Warner's.
6 years ago
Gingerbread monolith...
Associated Press

Gingerbread monolith delights San Francisco on Christmas Day

The three-sided tower, held together by icing and decorated with a few gumdrops, delighted the city when word spread about its existence.
6 years ago
FBI nashville home person interest...
KIMBERLEE KRUESI, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

FBI at home of possible person of interest in Nashville bomb

Investigators are scouring hundreds of tips and leads in the Nashville blast that pulverized city streets and damaged dozens of buildings.
6 years ago
Nashville explosion person of interest...
KIMBERLEE KRUESI, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

Officials: Person of interest ID’d in Nashville explosion

Two law enforcement officials have told The Associated Press that federal investigators are searching a home associated with that person.
6 years ago
Widespread outages continue in Tennessee following blast...
KIMBERLEE KRUESI, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

Widespread outages continue in Tennessee following blast

weeping communications outages continued to plague large swaths of Tennessee on Saturday after a recreational vehicle exploded early Christmas morning in sleepy downtown Nashville.
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