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Biden signs bill to study salt lakes in drought-hit US West

Biden signs bill to study salt lakes in drought-hit US West

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Scientists will get $25 million to study salt lake ecosystems in the drought-stricken U.S. West, as President Joe Biden signed legislation Tuesday allocating the funds in the face of unprecedented existential threats caused by the lack of water. The funding allows the United States Geological […]

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New Mexico allocates grants from $32M mine spill settlement

New Mexico allocates grants from $32M mine spill settlement

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Six entities impacted by the 2015 Gold King Mine spill will share roughly $4 million in grants from a settlement, according to the New Mexico Attorney General’s office. Outgoing Attorney General Hector Balderas announced earlier this month that nearly $4.3 million will be divided among multiple […]

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States banking big bucks as Fed attempts to fight inflation

States banking big bucks as Fed attempts to fight inflation

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State governments emerging from the coronavirus pandemic built historic cash surpluses as inflation in prices and wages drove up sales and income tax collections. Now many states are reaping another reward: banking millions of dollars off those surpluses as the Federal Reserve fights inflation with […]

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Ellsworth Air Force Base bomber set for Rose Bowl flyovers

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A bomber out of Ellsworth Air Force Base is scheduled to perform a Rose Bowl flyover next week. The Rapid City Journal reported Tuesday that the B-1B Lancer will fly over the Tournament of Roses parade and the Rose Bowl football game in Pasadena, California, on […]

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FILE - Demonstrators stand outside the House chamber before a vote is held on Senate Bill 1 during a special session Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Critics of religious freedom laws often argue they are used to discriminate against LGBTQ people and only protect a conservative Christian worldview. But following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in June, religious abortion-rights supporters are using these laws to protect access to abortion and defend their beliefs. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP, File)

State lawsuits defend abortion access with religious freedom

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cara Berg Raunick watched with bafflement as Indiana’s Republican legislators took less than two weeks to debate and pass an abortion ban that the governor signed quickly into law. The women’s health nurse practitioner from Indianapolis was struck by just how frequently faith was cited in the arguments as […]

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Heber City Police Department Shift Report: 12/27

Heber City Police Department Shift Report: 12/27

HEBER CITY, Utah-Tuesday, the Heber City Police Department released its shift report for December 26: Case #2212-1220/Citizen Assist: Complainant reported her ex-husband violated her protective order Case #2212-1233/Agency Assist: Officers assisted the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office and EMS on a possible overdose investigation Case #2212-1236/Citizen Dispute: Complainant requested police assistance […]

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FILE - Leola One Feather, left, of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, observes as John Willis photographs Native American artifacts on July 19, 2022, at the Founders Museum in Barre, Mass. Federal penalties have increased under a newly signed law Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, intended to protect the cultural patrimony of Native American tribes. (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo, File)

Law protects export of sacred Native American items from US

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal penalties have increased under a newly signed law intended to protect the cultural patrimony of Native American tribes, immediately making some crimes a felony and doubling the prison time for anyone convicted of multiple offenses. President Joe Biden signed the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony […]

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Heber City Police Department Shift Report: 12/23; 12/25

Heber City Police Department Shift Report: 12/23; 12/25

HEBER CITY, Utah-Monday, the Heber City Police Department released its shift report from December 23: #2212-1131/PD Traffic Accident: Traffic accident investigation at 800 S. Main, Heber City #2212-1133/Trespassing: Officers responded to assist an HCPD Animal Control officer on a neighbor dispute related to an animal problem #2212-1136/Fraud: Complainant said she […]

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Heber City Police Department Shift Report: 12/22

Heber City Police Department Shift Report: 12/22

HEBER CITY, Utah-Saturday, the Heber City Police Department released its shift report for December 22 #2212-1078/Civil Complaint: Complainant reported a civil dispute between him and an acquaintance over the possession of two snowmobiles #2212-1092/Keep the Peace: Officers responded on a Keep the Peace call at the Timpanogos Storage Unit complex, […]

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Sex-Abuse video victimizes child long after abuser is gone

Sex-Abuse video victimizes child long after abuser is gone

The video of a man raping his 9-year-old daughter was discovered in New Zealand in 2016 and triggered a global search for the little girl. Investigators contacted Interpol and the pursuit eventually included the FBI, the U.S. State Department and the Department of Homeland Security. Months later, investigators raided the […]

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