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Gabrielle Petito pictured with her boyfriend of two years, Brian Laundrie....
Morgan Wolfe, KSL TV

Boyfriend of missing woman breaks silence, releases statement through attorney

New developments in the search for a missing 22-year old woman who was traveling through Utah. Gabrielle Petito's boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, released a statement through his attorneys Tuesday.
3 years ago
Cast and Crew attend the "Hadestown" Reopening Night Celebration at Walter Kerr Theatre on Septembe...
MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer

Reopening of 3 powerhouse Broadway shows signals new dawn

“The Lion King,” “Hamilton” and “Wicked” all staked out Tuesday to reopen together in early May after then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo picked Sept. 14 for when Broadway could begin welcoming back audiences at full capacity.
3 years ago
FILE: Comedian/actor Norm Macdonald performs at The Orleans Hotel & Casino on July 9, 2011, in Las ...
DAVID BAUDER, AP Media Writer

Norm Macdonald, former ‘Saturday Night Live’ comic, dies

Comic Norm Macdonald, a former “Saturday Night Live” writer and performer who was “Weekend Update” host during the 1990s, has died.
3 years ago
Fire advances along the Western Divide Highway during the SQF Complex Fire on September 14, 2020 ne...
The Associated Press

Fires shut Sequoia National Park, could threaten huge trees

Sequoia National Park has been shut down and its namesake gigantic trees are potentially threatened as forest fires burn in steep and dangerous terrain in California’s Sierra Nevada.
3 years ago
Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on ...
MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer

Blinken pushes back on GOP criticism of Afghan withdrawal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pushed back against harsh Republican criticism of the Biden administration's handling of the military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
3 years ago
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FRANK BAJAK, Associated Press

Apple fixes security hole reportedly used to hack an iPhone

Apple released a critical software patch to fix a security vulnerability that researchers said could allow hackers to directly infect iPhones and other Apple devices without any user action.
3 years ago
President Joe Biden, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Jennifer Lynn Siebel Newsom wave to the crowd...
MICHAEL R. BLOOD & KATHLEEN RONAYNE, Associated Press

Biden makes push for California’s Newsom as recall nears end

The recall election that could remove California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is coming to an end.
3 years ago
A car speeds through a flooded street ahead of the Tropical Storm Nicholas on September 13, 2021 in...
JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press

Nicholas, now tropical storm, dumps rain along Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Nicholas hit the Texas coast as a hurricane, bringing the threat of up to 20 inches of rainfall to parts of the Gulf Coast.
3 years ago
A car speeds through a flooded street ahead of the Tropical Storm Nicholas on September 13, 2021 in...
JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press

Nicholas gets stronger, threatens to hit Texas as hurricane

Tropical Storm Nicholas gathered strength Monday and threatened to blow ashore in Texas as a hurricane that could bring up to 20 inches of rain to parts of the Gulf Coast, including the same area hit by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and storm-battered Louisiana.
3 years ago
Heavy fire and smoke hits Rancheria Road and State Route 155 as the French Fire continues to spread...
AAMER MADHANI & ALEXANDRA JAFFE, Associated Press

Biden to survey wildfire damage, make case for spending plan

President Joe Biden will promote his administration’s use of the Defense Production Act to aid in wildfire preparedness during a Western swing in which he’ll survey wildfire damage in Idaho and California.
3 years ago
Ray DeMonia died after he was unable to get a cardiac ICU bed in dozens of hospitals, his family sa...
Alta Spells, CNN

A heart patient died after he couldn’t get a cardiac ICU bed in 43 hospitals. Now his family is pleading for people to get vaccinated

Ray DeMonia wasn't seeking COVID-19 treatment when he arrived at an Alabama hospital with heart problems. But the 73-year-old became an indirect victim of COVID-19 patients filling hospitals and ICU beds.
3 years ago
Jahfari Harvey #12 of the Miami Hurricanes celebrates after sacking Chase Brice #7 of the Appalachi...
TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer

Lucky cat: Falling feline gets saved at Miami football game

The most notable catch in Saturday’s game between No. 22 Miami and Appalachian State didn’t even happen on the field. Wasn’t even a football. It was a cat.
3 years ago
FILE: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) leaves the U.S. Capitol following a vote on August 03, 2021 in Washin...
HOPE YEN, Associated Press

Manchin nixes Biden’s $3.5T budget plan, urges $1.5T instead

A Democratic senator vital to the fate of President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion plan for social and environmental spending says he won’t support even half that amount or the ambitious timetable envisioned for passing it.
3 years ago
Tropical Storm Nicholas is seen along the coast of northeastern Mexico and southern Texas in the Gu...
The Associated Press

Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens Gulf Coast with heavy rain

Tropical Storm Nicholas is strengthening just off the Gulf Coast and could make landfall in Texas as a hurricane as it brings heavy rain and floods to coastal areas from Mexico to storm-battered Louisiana.
3 years ago
The Federal Bureau of Investigation released the first of what is expected to be several documents ...
Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent

FBI releases first 9/11 document after Biden order

The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Saturday released the first of what is expected to be several documents related to its investigation of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and suspected Saudi government support for the hijackers, following an executive order by President Joe Biden.
3 years ago
Britney Spears (L) and Sam Asghari arrive at the premiere of Sony Pictures' "One Upon A Time...In H...
Associated Press

Britney Spears gets engaged with ‘lioness’ engraved ring

Britney Spears announced her engagement Sunday to her boyfriend Sam Asghari with an exuberant post displaying a diamond ring engraved with the word “lioness.”
3 years ago
(L-R) Former President Bill Clinton, former First Lady Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Oba...
ZEKE MILLER & ALEXANDRA JAFFE, Associated Press

Biden embraces message of unity on 9/11 anniversary

From an urban memorial to a remote field to the heart of of the nation's military might, President Joe Biden on Saturday paid tribute at three hallowed places of grief and remembrance to honor the lives lost two decades ago in the 9/11 terror attacks.
3 years ago
Members of NYPD, POPD, and FDNY hold a U.S. flag during the singing of the National Anthem at the a...
JENNIFER PELTZ & BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, Associated Press

US marks 20 years since 9/11, in shadow of Afghan war’s end

Americans are solemnly marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11, just weeks after the fraught end of the Afghanistan war that followed the terror attack.
3 years ago
Jennilee Miller pays respect to victim Todd Beamer at the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National M...
The Associated Press

The Latest: Flight 93 victims remembered for their spirit

The victims and heroes of Flight 93 are being commemorated at a ceremony at the site where the plane crashed in a Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Garna Mejia, KSL TV

Utah Marine recovering after being injured in Kabul airport attack

The community is rallying around a Utah Marine who was injured in the suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport on Aug. 26.
3 years ago
FILE (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Reporter

Judge loosens Apple’s grip on app store in Epic decision

A federal judge ordered Apple to dismantle part of the competitive barricade guarding its closely run app store, threatening one of the iPhone maker’s biggest moneymakers while potentially saving app developers billions of dollars that could encourage them to lower the prices paid by consumers.
3 years ago
President Joe Biden speaks about combatting the coronavirus pandemic in the State Dining Room of th...
BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated Press

Federal mandate takes vaccine decision off employers’ hands

Larger U.S. businesses won’t have to decide whether to require their employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 — it's now federal policy, although some important details remain to be worked out.
3 years ago
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland (C) speaks as Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco (L) and Ass...
MICHAEL BALSAMO & PAUL WEBER, Associated Press

Justice Dept. sues Texas over state’s new abortion law

The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.”
3 years ago
FILE: A temporary security fence topped with concertina razor wire surrounds the U.S. Capitol on Fe...
ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL BALSAMO & LISA MASCARO, Associated Press

Police planning to reinstall Capitol fence ahead of rally

Law enforcement concerned by the potential for violence at a rally in Washington, D.C., next week are planning to reinstall protective fencing that surrounded the U.S. Capitol for months after the Jan. 6 insurrection.
3 years ago

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