WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is rejecting a challenge to federal regulation of gun silencers, just days after a gunman used one in a shooting rampage that killed 12 people in Virginia. The justices did not comment Monday in turning away appeals from two Kansas men who were convicted of violating federal law […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Seven Utah lawyers are violating rules of conduct because they are polygamists, according to a new complaint filed with the Utah Bar Association. The complaint was filed by a woman named Melissa Ellis who used to belong to a northern Utah polygamous group. She believes […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers have sent the governor legislation that would ban abortions because of a Down syndrome diagnosis, the latest in a series of restrictions on the procedure to clear the predominantly Republican Legislature. The House on Wednesday approved by a 75-11 vote a bill that […]
CRAIG, Colo. (AP) — A new superintendent is taking over at Dinosaur National Monument. The Craig Daily Press reports that Paul Scolari will begin work on March 31. Scolari has worked for the National Park Service for 24 years, most recently as the chief of resource management and planning for a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah legislative proposal that would ban most abortions after 18 weeks of gestation has narrowly passed out of a House committee. The judiciary committee voted 7-5 on Wednesday to send the measure to the full House. The vote comes one day after the bill’s […]
PROVO, Utah-Thursday, BYU head football coach Kalani Sitake announced the hiring of Eric Mateos as the Cougars’ new offensive line coach. Mateos comes to Provo after spending two seasons in the Sun Belt Conference at Texas State as the Bobcats’ offensive line coach. Prior to this, Mateos was at LSU […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Attorneys general from West Virginia and 10 other states are asking the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to further tighten the manufacture of opioids. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office says the DEA’s preliminary quotas for 2019 don’t reflect the federal agency’s position that demand shouldn’t […]
INDEPENDENCE, Minn.-Monday, the Utah men’s golf team concluded its first tournament of the fall season by placing 10th at the Gopher Invitational at the Windsong Farm Golf Club of Independence, Minn. Winning the team title was Oklahoma, as the Sooners scored an 847 (-5). The individual winner was Arkansas’ William […]
