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A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration from sending asylum seekers to Mexico to wait for their immigration hearings in the US.
A Geneva Rock expansion plan the Point of the Mountain went before the Draper City Planning Commission. Dozens of people crowded into the meeting to air their concerns.
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MARY CLARE JALONICK and HANNAH FINGERHUT, Associated Press
Americans have widespread concerns about election security and integrity, with few saying they have high confidence that votes in the 2020 presidential election will be counted accurately.
Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the House has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is considered a frontrunner in the Democratic presidential race, will be in the state the day before Super Tuesday, when Utah will hold its primary election.
Here's a look at some of the Democratic presidential candidates' claims Tuesday night in Charleston, South Carolina, and how they compare with reality.
The future of a popular skating rink in Cedar City may be on thin ice if rink managers cannot secure funding for a new facility and agree to terms with city leaders.
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STEVE PEOPLES, MEG KINNARD and BILL BARROW, Associated Press
Democratic rivals to Bernie Sanders are preparing to try to knock him off his front-runner perch in a debate Tuesday night before a critical South Carolina primary that could dramatically reshape the race.
A KSL investigation found that surgical smoke being generated in Utah operating rooms contained the same cancer-causing smoke as cigarettes. That investigation conducted in spring 2019 has now led to proposed legislation.
A U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld Trump administration rules that bar health care providers in the federal family planning program for low-income women from referring patients for abortions.
Bernie Sanders has joined fellow progressive Elizabeth Warren in proposing that a “wealth tax” can finance universal child care from infancy through age 3 for every American family, then provide universal pre-kindergarten programs after that.
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MARYCLAIRE DALE and JOCELYN NOVECK, Associated Press
He was promised crowds -- big ones -- by his charismatic but increasingly nationalistic counterpart, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who greeted President Donald Trump upon arrival with a hug.
Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg plunged over $400 million of his personal fortune into his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, an astronomical sum that's led many of his rivals to charge he's trying to buy the crown.
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ASHRAF KHALIL, MARK SHERMAN and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press
Roger Stone, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison on his convictions for witness tampering and lying to Congress.
Roger Stone sentencing: The longtime showman, political strategist and friend of Donald Trump's whom a jury found guilty of lying to Congress and threatening a witness regarding his efforts for the President's 2016 campaign, will be sentenced Thursday.
