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Police: DNA leads to arrest of Utah man in Mississippi rape

Police: DNA leads to arrest of Utah man in Mississippi rape

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say DNA from a 2014 rape in Mississippi was recently matched to that of a Utah man arrested on a drug charge this year. News outlets report 32-year-old Aaron Roy McMillian of American Fork, Utah, was arrested Friday on a rape charge and is […]

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State to stock prized fishery near Page with rainbow trout

State to stock prized fishery near Page with rainbow trout

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — A prized fishery below Glen Canyon Dam is getting more rainbow trout. The Arizona Game and Fish Department says it will stock trout this week below the Lees Ferry boat ramp where anglers can walk in to the Colorado River. That hasn’t been done since 1998. […]

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Redistricting commission ballot measure deadlocked

Redistricting commission ballot measure deadlocked

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah ballot measure that would create an independent redistricting commission is virtually deadlocked after the latest batch of election results. Results released by Tuesday evening showed the proposition was trailing by a razor thin margin with about 909,000 votes counted. The seven-person commission would […]

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Remains of mayor serving in Afghanistan returning to Utah

Remains of mayor serving in Afghanistan returning to Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The remains of a Utah mayor killed while serving in Afghanistan are returning to the state on Wednesday. Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor’s body will be transported from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to a National Guard base in Salt Lake City on Wednesday afternoon. […]

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Mom of Utah shooting victim: Gun owner should be prosecuted

Mom of Utah shooting victim: Gun owner should be prosecuted

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The mother of a University of Utah track athlete who was fatally shot by a sex offender parolee she had briefly dated says the person who loaned him the gun should be prosecuted. Jill McCluskey made the comment in a tweet Tuesday in which she said “it […]

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GOP Rep. Mia Love cuts into McAdams’ lead, no winner yet

GOP Rep. Mia Love cuts into McAdams’ lead, no winner yet

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Mia Love has cut into Democratic challenger Ben McAdams’ lead as vote-counting continues in the race that remains too close to call a week after Election Day. Results released Tuesday slice McAdams’ lead from just under 3 percentage points to a razor-thin […]

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Houston Man who protested youth interviews loses appeal

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man recently excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints after leading a campaign criticizing the church’s practice of allowing closed-door, one-on-one interviews of youth by lay leaders has lost his appeal. Sam Young said on his blog that he was told […]

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Family: Father, son killed in massive barn fire

Family: Father, son killed in massive barn fire

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Investigators say two people died in a large fire at Finch Family Farms in Provo. The Daily Herald reports authorities have not released the names of the people who died Monday morning, but family members at the scene identified the father and son who were killed. A family […]

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Utah lawmakers seek valuation of federal lands in state

Utah lawmakers seek valuation of federal lands in state

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers want to get a valuation of federal lands in the state so they can deliver a bill to the U.S government to show how much revenue the lands could generate if they were privately owned. The Legislative Management Committee is meeting Tuesday to […]

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Utah cancels partial Medicaid request after expansion passes

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials are asking the federal government to cancel their request for a limited Medicaid expansion with a work requirement after voters approved a full expansion. Utah Department of Health spokeswoman Kolbi Young says the state has asked federal Medicaid officials to indefinitely suspend consideration […]

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