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Year: 2023

24-year-old reporter ‘senselessly’ gunned down while covering earlier shooting in Florida

24-year-old reporter ‘senselessly’ gunned down while covering earlier shooting in Florida

Kali9/Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — Three people, including a reporter and a 9-year-old girl, were shot and killed, and two others were shot and injured in a series of shootings in Orange County, Florida, officials said. Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons, 24, was shot and killed, and photojournalist Jesse […]

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Event To Honor Women Veterans To Be Held At State Capitol

Event To Honor Women Veterans To Be Held At State Capitol

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The state of Utah will honor women who are military veterans during an event next month at the State Capitol. The state Department of Veterans and Military Affairs will host the event on March 17th. There will be several speakers, including retired Army Major General […]

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Exercise Tracking Devices May Interfere With Pacemakers

Exercise Tracking Devices May Interfere With Pacemakers

(Salt Lake City, Utah) — Electronic exercise tracking devices may be problematic for certain heart patients. A recent study at the University of Utah found some smart watches, smart scales and smart rings may interfere with pacemakers or implantable defibrillators. The researchers discovered smart devices that send a slight electrical […]

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Bill To Legalize Psilocybin Held By Senate Committee

Bill To Legalize Psilocybin Held By Senate Committee

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah Senate bill that would have created a pilot program for the legal use of a psychedelic drug may not make it out of committee. Senate Bill 200 was held yesterday by the chamber’s Health and Human Services Committee. The bill would have allowed […]

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Bill To Eliminate Food Tax Passes House

Bill To Eliminate Food Tax Passes House

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would eliminate Utah’s sales tax on food is on its way to the state Senate. House Bill 101 was approved on a 57-15 vote yesterday. The bill would eliminate the tax on food, but only if Utah voters approve a constitutional amendment […]

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Cox Argues For Increased Immigration To Fill Open Jobs

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox says states should be allowed to sponsor immigrants from other countries to fill essential jobs. Cox and Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb co-authored an editorial in the Washington Post on Tuesday to lobby Congress for action on immigration visas. The two governors […]

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Senate Passes First-Time Homebuyer Bill

Senate Passes First-Time Homebuyer Bill

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill to help Utah’s first-time homebuyers is moving to the State House of Representatives after overwhelming approval by the Senate. Senators passed the measure on a 28-to-1 vote Wednesday afternoon. Senate President Stuart Adams’ bill would create a 50-million dollar program that would allow […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 2/23

Prep Sports Roundup: 2/23

Boys Basketball 3A State 1st Round @ Southern Utah University CEDAR CITY, Utah-Sherlock Padmore II posted 14 points and 9 rebounds and the No. 6 Summit Academy Bears upset No. 3 Emery 48-42 Thursday at the America First Event Center on the campus of Southern Utah University in the state […]

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Internal chaos plagues Bannon-fronted $FJB cryptocurrency, critics say

Internal chaos plagues Bannon-fronted $FJB cryptocurrency, critics say

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — When former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon and Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn took control of a MAGA-branded cryptocurrency in December 2021, the venture seemed poised for success. A white-hot crypto market had set the stage for high returns. And in an industry that relies on […]

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More than 2,500 flights canceled as winter storms slam large part of nation

More than 2,500 flights canceled as winter storms slam large part of nation

IronHeart/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — More than 2,500 commercial flights were cancelled and nearly 9,000 others were delayed as of Thursday morning, with snow, sleet and hail forecasted for a large swath of the country. About 800 of the scrubbed flights were within, into or out of the United States […]

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