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Month: February 2024

Military helicopter crashes in Mississippi during routine training flight

Military helicopter crashes in Mississippi during routine training flight

Kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A military helicopter crashed in northeast Mississippi on Friday afternoon during a routine training flight, according to the Mississippi National Guard. The AH-64 Apache crashed in Prentiss County around 2 p.m. Possible casualties have not been confirmed, the Mississippi National Guard said in a statement. […]

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Alabama women describe heartbreak over IVF treatments stopping following court ruling on embryos

Alabama women describe heartbreak over IVF treatments stopping following court ruling on embryos

Carlos Duarte/Getty Images (BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Since last year, Jasmine York, 34, and her husband have been trying to have a baby. The couple, both nurses, began freezing embryos before they got married in March 2023. York had her first embryo transfer in August 2023, but the transfer failed, she […]

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American couple missing in Caribbean after fugitives allegedly steal their yacht: Police

American couple missing in Caribbean after fugitives allegedly steal their yacht: Police

Courtesy Suellen Desmarais (NEW YORK) — An American couple has gone missing in the Caribbean after three escaped prisoners allegedly used their yacht to island hop before getting recaptured by authorities, according to investigators. Ralph Hendry and his wife Kathy Brandel disappeared from their yacht, Simplicity, which was docked in […]

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Spring Weather Predictions Are Out

Spring Weather Predictions Are Out

(Salt Lake City, UT) — This February looks to be one of Utah’s wettest on record. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center recently issued its three-month outlook for this spring. That report shows much of the state has a greater probability of above-normal temperatures. All Utah is showing equal […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 2/23

Prep Sports Roundup: 2/23

Boys Basketball 3A Semifinals @ SVC RICHFIELD, Utah-Logan Woolstenhlume posted 27 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists on 7-10 from the field as the No. 1 South Summit Wildcats bested No. 5 Richfield 68-56 at the Sevier Valley Center Friday in the 3A state semifinals. South Summit shot 64 percent […]

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Rural County Leaders Meet In Salt Lake City To Advocate For Expanded Public Transit

Rural County Leaders Meet In Salt Lake City To Advocate For Expanded Public Transit

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Leaders from rural counties across the state came together in Salt lake City to advocate local congress to invest in public transit. Many cited the growth of towns in Utah and the need for transportation options that don’t require a car. A member of Cedar […]

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Governor Cox Comments On Utah LGBTQ+ Rights In Utah

Governor Cox Comments On Utah LGBTQ+ Rights In Utah

(Washington, D.C.) — Governor Cox spoke to LGBTQ-plus issues while at a Disagree Better event at George Washington University in DC. Cox called gender-affirming care genital-mutilation when asked about the state ban. A spokesperson for the Governor told the Salt Lake Tribune that Cox was dissatisfied with his response and […]

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Suspect in University of Colorado dorm murders had AK-47-style assault rifle when arrested: Prosecutors

Suspect in University of Colorado dorm murders had AK-47-style assault rifle when arrested: Prosecutors

Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A student at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs who is accused of gunning down two people in a dorm room had an AK-47-style assault rifle and a handgun in his car when he was arrested, according to prosecutors. Nicholas Jordan was arrested […]

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Black farmer looks to rethink stigma of picking cotton

Black farmer looks to rethink stigma of picking cotton

Kelli Merrick/500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Old images of African Americans picking cotton remind many of the oppression suffered by generations of Black slaves before the Emancipation Proclamation. For Black Americans in particular, their history with this famous crop, that helps clothe the world, is complicated. Now Julius Tillery, a […]

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NY’s Nassau County announces ban on trans women from competing in women’s sports in county-run facilities

NY’s Nassau County announces ban on trans women from competing in women’s sports in county-run facilities

AdShooter/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announced Thursday that he will use an executive order to ban transgender athletes from competing in events aligning with their gender identity in county-run facilities. The executive order states that sports leagues, organizations, teams and other entities in the […]

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