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USU Football Sets 34 School Records In 2018

USU Football Sets 34 School Records In 2018

LOGAN, Utah-Per a Monday report, Utah State’s athletic department confirms the Aggies’ football squad set 34 school records in 2018. Among the records for the 11-2 squad include 10 consecutive wins, a 10-1 start to the season, being ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 for four straight weeks, four […]

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Orrin Hatch ends 4-decade Senate run as unique GOP voice

Orrin Hatch ends 4-decade Senate run as unique GOP voice

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Orrin Hatch ended his tenure Thursday as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservatives in the United States. The departure of the vocal supporter of President Donald Trump ushers in another outsized […]

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DJ Art Laboe, 93, spins oldies to link inmates and family

DJ Art Laboe, 93, spins oldies to link inmates and family

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — It’s approaching 9 p.m. and Art Laboe adjusts the microphone as Sister Sledge’s “We Are Family” ends. “And now it’s time for you to call up for those goodnight dedications,” Laboe announces. “Hello?” a young girl says. “I want to dedicate this to my dad […]

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Republicans worry a primary challenge would hurt Trump

Republicans worry a primary challenge would hurt Trump

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump declared himself “the most popular president in the history of the Republican Party” on Wednesday. Yet his allies fear a primary challenge from a high-profile Republican could doom his re-election. The concern was outlined in a private email shared among Republican National Committee members […]

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Utah State Men’s Basketball Travels To Top 10 Nevada Wednesday

Utah State Men’s Basketball Travels To Top 10 Nevada Wednesday

RENO, Nev.-Wednesday, Utah State men’s basketball, currently sporting a 10-3 record, faces an extremely difficult challenge to commence Mountain West Conference play. First-year Aggies head coach Craig Smith leads his squad into the Lawlor Events Center of Reno, Nev. to face the #6 Nevada Wolf Pack, who are currently 13-0 […]

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Report: US fails in funding obligation to Native Americans

Report: US fails in funding obligation to Native Americans

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A new report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights finds that funding levels for Native American tribes are woefully inadequate despite the federal government’s responsibility to provide for education, public safety, health care and other services under treaties, laws and other acts. The report made […]

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Parents punished girl by waterboarding 3 times, charges say

Parents punished girl by waterboarding 3 times, charges say

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah couple used waterboarding as punishment for their 9-year-old daughter after she got out of bed to get a cup of water, prosecutors said in charges filed Wednesday. They took her into a bathroom with the cup, then bound her hands, covered her face […]

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Weber State’s Opeta, Toia Earn FCS STATS All-American Honors

Weber State’s Opeta, Toia Earn FCS STATS All-American Honors

OGDEN, Utah-Tuesday, Weber State football achieved more All-American honors as the Wildcats had two more players named to the FCS STATS All-American team. Those so honored were senior offensive tackle Iosua Opeta and linebacker LeGrand Toia. This is the third All-American team for Opeta, making him a consensus All-American. The […]

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Utah couple accused of waterboarding daughter as punishment

Utah couple accused of waterboarding daughter as punishment

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah couple is accused of waterboarding their 9-year-old daughter as a form of punishment. The Deseret News reports that the girl’s father and stepmother of Provo were booked into jail last week on suspicion of child abuse. According to a police affidavit, an investigation began […]

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AP FBS All-America team: Tide leads with 4 of 10 CFP players, Two Utes on Squad, One USU Aggie

AP FBS All-America team: Tide leads with 4 of 10 CFP players, Two Utes on Squad, One USU Aggie

The College Football Playoff semifinalists combined to place 10 players on The Associated Press All-America first team, including a high of four from No. 1 Alabama. There were also two Utah Utes and one Utah State Aggie on the roster. Utah punter Mitch Wishnowsky was the punter on the second […]

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