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FILE - In this March 25, 2020, file photo semi-automatic handguns are displayed at shop in New Castle, Pa. The number of people stopped from buying guns though the U.S. background check system hit an all-time high of more than 300,000 last year amid a surge of firearm sales, according to new records obtained by the group Everytown for Gun Safety.  The FBI numbers provided to The Associated Press show the background checks blocked nearly twice as many gun sales in 2020 as in the year before.  (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Police Pushback Doesn’t Stop Conservative Gun Law Rollback

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The latest push to loosen gun laws in states across the U.S. has put police officers at odds with Republican lawmakers who usually trumpet support for law enforcement. In states like Texas, Tennessee and Louisiana, police opposed pushes to drop requirements for people to get […]

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Modern Family’ medicine: Bowen, sister help injured woman

Modern Family’ medicine: Bowen, sister help injured woman

MOAB, Utah (AP) — A woman who fainted and hit her head on a rock after stopping to rest in Utah’s Arches National Park woke up to hear a familiar voice and wondered if she might be watching television. Minnie John of Oradell, New Jersey, then questioned whether she might […]

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Smoke shrouds the Utah State Capitol and downtown skyline Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Salt Lake City. Smoke from wildfires out west have created hazy conditions throughout the region. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Wildfire smoke continues to flow into Colorado, Utah

DENVER (AP) — Smoke from wildfires burning in California and other parts of the U.S. West continued to flow into parts of Colorado and Utah on Sunday. Sunday, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ranked the air quality in many areas of the state as unhealthy. Conditions in […]

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FILE - In this June 20, 2019, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington as a storm rolls in. The Supreme Court seems inclined to say that hundreds of millions of dollars in coronavirus relief money tied up by a court case should benefit Alaska Natives, rather than be spread more broadly among Native American tribes.The justices were hearing arguments April 19, 2021, in a case involving the massive pandemic relief package passed last year and signed into law by then-President Donald Trump.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

After Crazy Year, Some Re-Examining the Bar Exam

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-In March 2020, certain circumstances arbitrarily determined how Utah law graduates were admitted to the bar. The Utah Supreme Court permitted law students, such as Chase Wilde, and other graduates, to practice without taking this exam. This concept is widely known as “diploma privilege.” All this process […]

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Smoke shrouds the Utah State Capitol and downtown skyline Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Salt Lake City. Smoke from wildfires out west have created hazy conditions throughout the region. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Denver Among Cities With Worst Air Quality Because of Fires

DENVER (AP) — As huge plums of wildfire smoke from California moved east, Denver’s air quality ranked among the worst in the world Saturday afternoon. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued an air quality health advisory until Sunday, warning that people — especially those with respiratory illnesses like asthma or COPD […]

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Investigation Stalls Into Racist Graffiti Found in Logan

Investigation Stalls Into Racist Graffiti Found in Logan

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Three weeks after graffiti laden with Nazi symbols, codes and slogans appeared in a Logan High School parking lot, the local police investigation appears to have stalled. “The case is still open, but at this point, there’s not new information coming in,” Logan City Police Department’s […]

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In this June 17, 2020 photo, the parents of Lopine "Chynna" Toilolo, Sefu Toilolo, left, and Terri Toilolo, stand before the media, at the Weber County Sheriff's Office in Ogden, Utah. Andy Dane Oketang Dennis was arrested for the murder of "Chynna" Toilolo, whose body was found near the Ogden River. (Ben Dorger/Standard-Examiner via AP)

Man Pleads Guilty in Slaying After Domestic Violence Charge

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Sefu Toilolo says he’s glad his daughter’s killer has pleaded guilty, but now her family “is hoping for the max” when the Pleasant View man is sentenced. “It hurts so much for us, what he did to my daughter,” Toilolo told the Standard-Examiner. “All she did […]

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California Man Dies Rescuing Child in Lake Powell

California Man Dies Rescuing Child in Lake Powell

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — A California man drowned after rescuing his child who was struggling to swim in Lake Powell on the Arizona–Utah border. The National Park Service says the family rented a ski boat, toured the lake and stopped in a cove near Warm Creek Bay on Thursday. Two children went swimming without […]

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Smoke shrouds the Utah State Capitol and downtown skyline Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Salt Lake City. Smoke from wildfires out west have created hazy conditions throughout the region. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Wildfire smoke from out-of-state fires darkens Utah skies

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Smoke filled the skies of Utah Friday as a cold front swept wildfire smoke into the state. The front moving in from the west picked up smoke from fires in California and Oregon, including the growing Dixie Fire that leveled a small California town earlier this week, National Weather Service […]

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Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt Is New Tabernacle Choir President

Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt Is New Tabernacle Choir President

SALT LAKE CITY-Per Friday news, former Utah Gov. Michael O. Leavitt has been named as the new president of The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. Leavitt will be joined by his wife, Jacalyn, in fulfilling this new role. Leavitt replaces Ron Jarrett, who has served as president of the choir […]

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