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Month: March 2020

Storms move across US, warm spring temperatures in Midwest and Northeast

Storms move across US, warm spring temperatures in Midwest and Northeast

ABC News(NEW YORK) — An active storm pattern is moving across the country with several systems that will bring heavy rain, strong thunderstorms, mountain snow and even a threat for flash flooding to southern California. On Monday morning, we are watching three storm systems, one of which has already brought […]

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Good Samaritan shot, killed chasing suspect who held woman at gunpoint

Good Samaritan shot, killed chasing suspect who held woman at gunpoint

ABC News/KTRK(HOUSTON) — A father of two young boys was shot and killed Sunday when he acted as a Good Samaritan and tried to save a woman who had a gun pulled on her in a mall parking lot but ended up being shot by the assailant himself. The incident […]

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NY AG orders Jim Bakker to stop promoting alleged coronavirus cure

NY AG orders Jim Bakker to stop promoting alleged coronavirus cure

Michael Tran/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — New York’s attorney general has ordered a prominent televangelist to stop peddling an alleged coronavirus elixir on his show. Attorney General Letitia James’s office sent a cease-and-desist order to Jim Bakker Tuesday ordering him to stop promoting “Silver Solution” as a remedy for the coronavirus. During […]

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Washington state legislature approves bill to get more free meals into schools

Washington state legislature approves bill to get more free meals into schools

SDI Productions/iStock(OLYMPIA, Wash.) — Washington state students will soon have more access to free meals at school. Last week, the state’s senate passed legislation known as the “Hunger-Free Schools,” which would give schools federal funding for breakfast and lunch programs if it has a high percentage of students that meet […]

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Porn warning labels proposal passes Utah Senate

Porn warning labels proposal passes Utah Senate

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A slimmed-down version of a measure to require warning labels on pornography in Utah has passed the state Senate. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the proposal approved Friday would now mandate a one-sentence warning label for online or print material deemed legally obscene. A relatively […]

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Mormon students protest BYU stance on same-sex behavior

Mormon students protest BYU stance on same-sex behavior

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several hundred Brigham Young University students protested Friday afternoon outside church headquarters in Salt Lake City to show their displeasure with a letter this week that clarified that “same-sex romantic behavior” is not allowed on campus. The letter dashed the hopes of many LGBTQ students […]

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Utah lawmakers pass new rules affecting abortion providers

Utah lawmakers pass new rules affecting abortion providers

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Abortion clinics would be required to cremate or bury fetal remains and women would have to get an ultrasound before the procedure under proposals approved by lawmakers in Utah this week, over objections that the new rules would erode access to abortion. The Legislature passed […]

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Utah confirms first known case of new coronavirus in state

Utah confirms first known case of new coronavirus in state

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —  State and local health officials say that the first known case of the new coronavirus has arrived in Utah.  The officials say the person who has the virus is a man from Davis County who is older than 60 and believed to have been exposed […]

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Mormon church investment fund had nearly $38 billion

Mormon church investment fund had nearly $38 billion

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A filing shows The Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints’ largest investment fund had nearly $38 billion at the end of 2019. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the fund submitted the filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 14. A former […]

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Prosecutor clears 4 Utah officers of wrongdoing in shooting

Prosecutor clears 4 Utah officers of wrongdoing in shooting

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A prosecutor has concluded that four Ogden police officers were justified in shooting and killing a man last August. Weber County Attorney Chris Allred cleared the officers of wrongdoing for shooting 26-year-old Jovany Mercado, of Ogden, who died at the scene. The Ogden Standard-Examiner reports it […]

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