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Utah infant in critical condition after submerged car rescue

Utah infant in critical condition after submerged car rescue

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An infant was in critical condition after police rescued the boy from a submerged car in a Utah pond, authorities said. Police responded around 11:15 p.m. Sunday to the executive course at Golf in the Round in South Salt Lake. Officers found a car upside […]

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High school student charged with sexual exploitation of girl

High school student charged with sexual exploitation of girl

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A high school student from Rhode Island has been charged with coercing a 10-year-old girl from Utah into undressing in front of a live online camera, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Akinola Akinlapa, 18, was arrested June 3 and charged with sexual exploitation of a child, possession […]

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Sen. Mitt Romney joins Black Lives Matter protest in DC

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney marched Sunday in a protest against police mistreatment of minorities in the nation’s capitol, making him the first Republican senator known to do so. Romney, who represents Utah, posted a tweet showing him wearing a mask as he walked with Black Lives Matter […]

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NWSL consulted players with kids in developing tournament

NWSL consulted players with kids in developing tournament

SANDY/HERRIMAN, Utah (AP)-When the National Women’s Soccer League was plotting its course for a summertime tournament, it reached out to a select group: moms. There are just a handful of mothers who play in the NWSL. But with the league asking players to travel to Utah and be sequestered for […]

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Live theater is changing in creative ways during pandemic

Live theater is changing in creative ways during pandemic

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — There are empty seats in the audience, which normally is not something a theater likes to see on opening night. But for this particular performance, the empty space is by design. Whole rows separate audience members from each other, and each of them are wearing […]

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Navajo Nation extends closings of tribal casinos into July; Reports 110 New Cases; 5 Deaths, From COVID-19

Navajo Nation extends closings of tribal casinos into July; Reports 110 New Cases; 5 Deaths, From COVID-19

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation’s gambling operation had hoped to reopen its casinos in mid-June but they’ll stay closed until at least early July because of the coronavirus outbreak. Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise officials said Friday that closures ordered to help curb spread of the virus will […]

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Gondola 1 of 3 options to ease congestion in mountain canyon

Gondola 1 of 3 options to ease congestion in mountain canyon

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Future visitors to Little Cottonwood Canyon may not just enjoy ski lifts at Alta and Snowbird resorts — it’s possible they could travel up the canyon by public gondola to reduce traffic congestion. Building a gondola is one of three final solutions to canyon congestion […]

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Footage shows cops shot at fleeing man over 20 times in Utah

Footage shows cops shot at fleeing man over 20 times in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Salt Lake City police officers fired at least 20 shots at a man as he ran away, body camera footage released Friday shows. Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal, 22, was shot and killed May 23 after police who were responding to a call of a gun threat chased him when […]

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Doctors demonstrate to honor George Floyd and decry racism

Doctors demonstrate to honor George Floyd and decry racism

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dozens of doctors, nurses and other health care workers and students knelt in support of anti-police brutality protests in Salt Lake City on Friday. About 100 people in Utah joined healthcare professionals around the country using the label White Coats for Black Lives to honor […]

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Utah suspends Morgan Scalley for texting racial slur in 2013

Utah suspends Morgan Scalley for texting racial slur in 2013

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has suspended defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley for using a racial slur in a 2013 text message. Utes athletic director Mark Harlan said in a statement Friday that he was made aware of a social media post that referenced the text message. Utah will have […]

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