PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland, Ore., man who authorities said tried to open an emergency exit door during a commercial flight from Salt Lake City to Portland made his first appearance in court Monday. The 31-year-old man has been charged with interfering with a flight crew and attendants for […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Monday, in honor of Valentine’s Day, Pres. Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, shared a message with the world. He spoke of the loss of his beloved first wife, Dantzel, when she passed away February 12, 2005. Pres. Nelson bore his testimony […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs on Monday announced a series of reforms for the tribal correctional facilities it oversees after reviewing the deaths of 16 inmates. The agency did not make public the report of its review, making it difficult to gauge what led to […]
DENVER (AP) — An environmental conservation group and two dozen outdoor recreation companies, including Patagonia, REI and The North Face, announced Monday they would boycott the Outdoor Retailer trade show if it’s moved from Denver back to Salt Lake City, accusing Utah’s leaders of trying to chip away at protections […]
The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live, a new study finds. A dramatic drying in 2021 — about as dry as 2002 and one of the driest […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Monday, Utah lawmakers advanced an amended proposal to limit transgender athletes from participating in youth sports, revisiting a heated debate that has raked through dozens of Republican-led statehouses since last year. The proposal would create a commission to determine which transgender athletes can participate in […]
BEIJING (AP) — There’s never been an instance of one nation sweeping the medals in an Olympic bobsled event. Germany has a chance to change that. The world’s sliding superpower grabbed three of the top four spots at the midpoint of the two-man competition at the Beijing Olympics on Monday, […]
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Austria won Olympic gold in the ski jumping team event on Monday, four years after failing to even earn a medal in the event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. “We missed the podium four years ago,” Austrian jumper Manuel Fettner said. “It’s much better now.” Fettner jumped 128 […]
BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. speedskating team had been waiting for someone, anyone, to win an Olympic medal. The sport that has delivered more medals than any other for the U.S. in the history of the Winter Games has been in a deep freeze. Erin Jackson provided a welcome thaw […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — West Valley City has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a 31-year-old man police shot and killed while handcuffed inside a police station. Susan Neese filed the lawsuit in September, saying her son, Michael Breinholt, was unnecessarily killed and that officers “threatened […]
