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Audit: Hospitals put Native Americans at risk with opioids

Audit: Hospitals put Native Americans at risk with opioids

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Government hospitals placed Native American patients at increased risk for opioid abuse and overdoses, failing to follow their own protocols for prescribing and dispensing the drugs, according to a federal audit released Monday. The report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of […]

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Former teacher convicted in sex, drugs cases seeks parole

Former teacher convicted in sex, drugs cases seeks parole

DRAPER, Utah (AP) — A former Utah high school dance teacher convicted of dealing drugs and having sex with juveniles is seeking parole. The Deseret News reports 30-year-old Sarah Lindsay Lewis was a dance and social studies teacher at Landmark High School in Spanish Fork before she was convicted in 2017 of […]

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Utah teen pleads guilty to shooting death of step-brother

Utah teen pleads guilty to shooting death of step-brother

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah teen says he did not know a gun was loaded when he shot and killed his stepbrother. The Deseret News reported Wednesday that the teenager plead guilty to second-degree manslaughter Wednesday. Authorities say 16-year-old Jerrad Jacobsen died from the gunshot at a home in the […]

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Pedestrian, 29, hit and killed on US 89 in Weber County

Pedestrian, 29, hit and killed on US 89 in Weber County

HARRISVILLE, Utah (AP) — A 29-year-old female pedestrian has been hit and killed by a vehicle while crossing U.S. Highway 89 in Weber County. Harrisville Police Chief Maxwell Jackson identified the victim as Brittany Zoller. Her hometown wasn’t immediately available. Jackson told the Deseret News she was crossing the highway Wednesday night […]

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