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School, police investigating possible racism, bullying

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —The Alpine School District is investigating possible racism and bullying on a school bus after a video surfaced on social media. The video shows middle school children gathering around a black student while the bus is moving, per reports.  It shows students surrounding a student, with […]

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Q&A: Dakota Johnson makes her producing debut at Sundance

Q&A: Dakota Johnson makes her producing debut at Sundance

Dakota Johnson is having a big year. Not only is she part of one of the season’s big awards contenders in “The Lost Daughter,” but she’s also just debuted her company’s first two films at the Sundance Film Festival, “AM I OK?” and “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” which she produced and stars […]

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‘Aftershock’ puts human face to maternal health crisis in US

‘Aftershock’ puts human face to maternal health crisis in US

It was 2017 when filmmaker Paula Eiselt started seeing articles about rising maternal mortality rates in the United States. She’d had traumatic experiences giving birth to her four children, but didn’t realize that the problems were widespread and disproportionately affecting Black women. Tonya Lewis Lee, in her travels and conversations […]

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Is Temporarily Moving Missionaries Out of Ukraine

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Is Temporarily Moving Missionaries Out of Ukraine

SALT LAKE CITY-Late Monday afternoon, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints confirmed its decision to temporarily move missionaries out of Ukraine: “Due to ongoing uncertainty in Ukraine, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is temporarily reassigning full-time missionaries assigned to both the Ukraine Dnipro and Ukraine […]

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At Sundance, documentaries resurrect lost eras of music

At Sundance, documentaries resurrect lost eras of music

NEW YORK (AP) — Can a music scene still develop the way grunge did in 1990′s Seattle or hip-hop did in the Bronx in the 1970s? Or has the digital makeover of music made such geographical-based explosions obsolete? It’s a question that hovers over the Sundance Film Festival documentary “Meet Me […]

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Utah Lt. Governor Deirdre Henderson contracts COVID-19

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Lieutenant Governor Deirdre Henderson has contracted COVID-19 for the second time and plans to cancel all public appearances scheduled for this week, her office announced in a statement on Sunday. Henderson’s announcement marks the second time the 47-year-old Republican has publicly disclosed a positive […]

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Pres. Nelson Speaks of Europe’s Potential

Pres. Nelson Speaks of Europe’s Potential

SALT LAKE CITY-Sunday, President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, called upon European Latter-day Saints to “lead out” in the gathering of Israel. Pres. Nelson, who presided at this meeting virtually, called upon European Saints to “pray and watch for opportunities” to share their […]

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Teen’s Utah sledding injury points to winter sport’s hazards

CEDAR HILLS, Utah (AP) — A teenager was seriously injured in a Utah sledding accident just as health officials were giving out helmets and warning of the sport’s potential hazard’s at a nearby safety event. The accident — at a popular sledding site known as “the Bowl” in American Fork […]

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Yellowstone visits hit record high in 2021, straining staff

Yellowstone visits hit record high in 2021, straining staff

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — A record number of visitors flocked to Yellowstone National Park last year despite fewer hotel rooms and campsites being available because of the coronavirus pandemic and construction projects. About 4.86 million visits were tallied in 2021, breaking the prior record set in 2016. It’s […]

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Avalanche deaths persist despite improved forecasting

Avalanche deaths persist despite improved forecasting

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — When Knox Williams first started warning people about avalanches in Colorado from his small office in Fort Collins, there was only one way to receive the information: People had to call an avalanche hotline on a landline and listen to his recording of the forecast. […]

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