NEW YORK (AP) — Government restrictions on religion have increased markedly in many places around the world, not only in authoritarian countries, but also in many of Europe’s democracies, according to a report surveying 198 countries that was released Monday. The report released by the Pew Research Center, covering developments […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Mitt Romney says he’s not sure if he will endorse President Donald Trump for a second term and that he may not support anyone during the 2020 campaign. The Republican Utah senator and former presidential contender spoke to reporters Friday during an annual gathering of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The wife of a man convicted of gunning down a University of Utah student from China has pleaded guilty to two counts of theft. The Deseret News reports prosecutors dropped other counts in exchange for the Monday plea from 25-year-old Kathleen Boutain, including criminal solicitation. She and […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Two recent deaths in which men plummeted in the Grand Canyon follow dozens of apparently accidental fatal falls since the national park was established 100 years ago. Michael Obritsch, of Santa Rosa, California, died April 3 after falling from the edge of the South Rim in Grand […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former U.S intelligence officer charged with trying to sell secrets to China is now pleading guilty after admitting that foreign agents targeted him for recruitment. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release that the 59-year-old Ron Rockwell Hansen of Syracuse, Utah, accepted […]
DEER VALLEY, Utah (AP) — Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya of Belarus captured her first major title with a win in the women’s aerials at the world championships. Ramanouskaya’s run on Wednesday night eclipsed runner-up Liubov Nikitina of Russia. China’s Xu Mengtao earned the bronze. Defending champion Ashley Caldwell of Ashburn, Virginia, took […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on a fatal shooting on the University of Utah campus (all times local): 12:15 p.m. Records show a man accused of killing a female University of Utah student on campus was a registered sex offender who spent nearly a decade in prison after […]
