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This police camera video provided by The Moab Police Department shows Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito talking to a police officer after police pulled over the van she was traveling in with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, near the entrance to Arches National Park on Aug. 12, 2021. The couple was pulled over while they were having an emotional fight. Petito was reported missing by her family a month later and is now the subject of a nationwide search. (The Moab Police Department via AP)

Mother of man who killed Gabby Petito said in letter she would help son ‘dispose of a body’

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The mother of the man who killed Gabby Petito told her son in an undated letter that she would “dispose of a body” if needed because she loved him so much, according to copies of the note shared publicly for the first time this week by […]

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This photo provided by Bi-State Detention Center in Texarkana, Texas, shows Cesar Olalde. Authorities in east Texas have jailed Olalde on capital murder charges, Thursday, May 25, 2023 in the shootings of his parents, sister and brother.  (Bi-State Detention Center via AP)

East Texas teenager charged with murder in killings of parents and siblings

NASH, Texas (AP) — Authorities in east Texas have jailed an 18-year-old man on capital murder charges in the shootings of his parents, sister and brother. Police in the small town of Nash say officers responding to a report that a man had harmed his family and was threatening to […]

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FILE - Three girls embrace before they are removed from the home of Samuel Bateman, following his arrest in Colorado City, Ariz., on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022.  Federal documents released Friday, Dec. 2 show that Bateman, the leader of a small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border, had taken at least 20 wives, most of whom were minors, and punished followers who did not treat him as a prophet.  (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

Prosecutors widen child sex abuse case in polygamous sect, adding child pornography charges

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have widened their case against members of a small polygamous group that resides near the Utah-Arizona border, detailing its leader’s sexual encounters with children he took as wives in new charges filed earlier this month. A grand jury accuses Sam Bateman of child pornography […]

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FILE - Lizzie Chimiugak looks on at her home on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, in Toksook Bay, Alaska. Chimiugak, who turned 90 years old on Monday, is scheduled to be the first person counted in the 2020 U.S. Census on Tuesday. The share of seniors age 65 or older in the U.S. grew by more than a third, while the share of children declined, particularly among those under age 5, according to new figures from the 2020 census released Thursday, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Aging America: Baby boomers push nation’s median age higher as fewer children are born

The United States grew older, faster, last decade. The share of residents 65 or older grew by more than a third from 2010 to 2020 and at the fastest rate of any decade in 130 years, while the share of children declined, according to new figures from the most recent […]

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Man shooting air rifle near Utah day care is person of interest for wounding toddler

SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A man shooting birds in suburban Utah with a .22-caliber air rifle is a person of interest for wounding a toddler in the head outside a day care center this week, authorities said Wednesday. The child is recovering in a Salt Lake City hospital. The man is […]

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CDC investigating salmonella outbreak in 6 states linked to Papa Murphy’s cookie dough

SEATTLE (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with state and federal agencies, are investigating reports of 18 salmonella infections in at least half a dozen states that may have come from raw cookie dough sold at Papa Murphy’s. People have been sickened in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, […]

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Drag performers sue southern Utah city over permit denial

Drag performers sue southern Utah city over permit denial

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A Utah-based group that organizes drag performances is suing the small, conservative city of St. George for blocking an event marketed as a show for all ages. Southern Utah Drag Stars and its CEO Mitski Avalōx accuse St. George of “flagrant and ongoing violations of […]

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Oklahoma's Jayda Coleman during an NCAA softball game on Friday, May 19, 2023, in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/Garett Fisbeck)

No. 1 seed Oklahoma is chasing softball history and Clemson stands in the way at super regional

Oklahoma must go through one of the nation’s best players in Clemson’s Valerie Cagle to make softball history. The top-seeded Sooners are on a 46-game win streak heading into Friday’s super regional opener – one victory short of matching Arizona’s Division I record set during the 1996-97 season. Cagle, one […]

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Toddler shot by stray bullet at Utah day care while playing outside

Toddler shot by stray bullet at Utah day care while playing outside

SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A 2-year-old boy shot in the head by a stray bullet while playing outside at day care in Utah is in stable condition, the facility’s owner and authorities said Tuesday. Spanish Fork police believe the bullet came from a pellet or air gun shot from […]

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Mitt Romney faces new challenger in GOP primary for Utah Senate seat

Mitt Romney faces new challenger in GOP primary for Utah Senate seat

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs announced plans to run for U.S. Senate next year and challenge first-term Republican Mitt Romney in what could emerge as a competitive primary battle in the deeply conservative state. Romney, 76, has not yet announced whether he plans to seek reelection, but his […]

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