SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State health officials say the number of hospitalizations in Utah due to the flu has more than doubled in less than three weeks. KSL-TV reports that more 850 people were hospitalized in Utah because of the flu as of Monday. The Utah Department of Health […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she has experienced sexual harassment. The 84-year-old told a crowd at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday that women her age are familiar with sexual harassment but didn’t have a name for it. When Ginsburg was a student […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 20-year-old Utah man has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to the brutal killing of his brother’s girlfriend in West Valley City. Police say Justin Cade VanCleave strangled and stabbed 33-year-old Amanda Rose Garcia more than 40 times […]
(Eds: APNewsNow.) OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A 22-year-old Utah man who admitted killing his newborn son has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Krystopher Cleary of Pleasant View offered an apology for “everything that has happened” during Monday’s sentencing in district court […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A fight in the Utah Legislature over what should be named the state fossil has been avoided with the introduction of an official state dinosaur. The Salt Lake Tribune reports state Sen. Curt Bramble will end his push to have the Utahraptor replace the Allosaurus […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City would be able to host the Winter Olympics again without losing money thanks to existing venues and the expertise of a team that put on the 2002 Winter Olympics in the city, an exploratory committee said Monday. The budget estimate unveiled at […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of two northern Utah residents who claim they were fired from their jobs at the Kellogg Co. in 2012 because their religious beliefs prevented them from working on Saturdays. Richard Tabura and Guadalupe Diaz argued in their appeal […]
A teen is in custody in Millard County after an investigation into a case of arson. The Millard County Sheriff’s Office and the Fillmore Fire Department responded to a fire Friday morning at the Pine Creek Inn, a motel at the south end of Fillmore. After getting the fire out, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The federal government says lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to drastically shrink two Utah national monuments should be tried in Utah rather than Washington, D.C. Court documents show the U.S. Department of Justice filed court documents last week arguing that strong local interest outweighs […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker wants to bar doctors from performing abortions sought because of a diagnosis of Down syndrome even though legislative lawyers warn that there’s a high probability that a court will find the law unconstitutional. Republican Rep. Karianne Lisonbee of Clearfield says the abortions […]
