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Running and reading combined in refugee support group

Running and reading combined in refugee support group

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Running and reading go hand in hand in a northern Utah nonprofit aimed at helping refugees learn English while developing a love for athletics. Athletics United was launched three years ago as a running club and evolved to include two nights per week of tutoring, said […]

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Teacher who sexually abused 3 students granted parole

Teacher who sexually abused 3 students granted parole

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Utah high school English teacher who has been in prison for the last four years for sexually abusing three students has been granted parole. Utah Board of Pardons and Parole spokesman Dennis Moxon said Tuesday that 39-year-old Brianne Altice will be released Sept. […]

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Venezuelan asylum seeker Antonio Ortega shows a political website in South Jordan on Thursday, April 18, 2019 he helped organize to offer Venezuelans another choice for public office.  Ortega has a work permit and has a job at QFloors while he works on asylum.

Venezuelan man starts new life in Utah, seeks asylum

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — The first time Antonio Ortega saw Utah’s Wasatch Mountains, he said he understood what Brigham Young felt when he pronounced, “This is the place.” Fleeing danger in Venezuela, Ortega arrived in the U.S. in 2014 seeking political asylum after standing up against growing corruption in […]

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‘Queer Eye’ star France bridges divides on TV, in real life

‘Queer Eye’ star France bridges divides on TV, in real life

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Netflix show “Queer Eye ” caught on by doing something unusual: creating reality TV that touches on some of the country’s deepest divides with persistent optimism. Alongside sleek new haircuts and rehabbed wardrobes, the makeover program starring five gay men tackles the contrast between urban […]

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