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• 1 dead after car crash in SLC, traffic blocked near U of U

  28-07-2017 23:56
  
  One person is dead after a vehicle crash at 500 S. 1110 East in Salt Lake City, Friday afternoon, according to the Salt Lake City Fire Department.
  
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• Trump pushes out Priebus, names DHS' Kelly WH Chief of Staff

  28-07-2017 23:40
  
  President Donald Trump announced Friday he was appointing Homeland Security head John Kelly to be White House chief of staff, ending the tumultuous six-month tenure of Reince Priebus.
  
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• Draper fire leads to road closures on South Mountain

  28-07-2017 23:37
  
  A field fire on South Mountain in southeast Draper is causing road closures in the area.
  
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• Police release identity of man killed in head-on crash during high-speed chase

  28-07-2017 23:36
  Logan police on Thursday identified a man who was killed in a head-on crash that occurred during a high-speed chase near Sardine Canyon in Cache County.
  A Utah Highway Patrol trooper had started chasing 26-year-old Marcos Torres, of Brigham City, at ...
  
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• Santa Clara woman killed on cruise was celebrating anniversary

  28-07-2017 23:20
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Utah couple was celebrating their wedding anniversary aboard an Alaska cruise when the husband was found covered in blood next to his wife's lifeless body, a frenzy of violence that a neighbor called completely out of character.Dana Nicholls told the Associated Press on Friday that he has lived near Kristy and Kenneth Manzanares, both 39, for about 10 years and they appeared to be the perfect family.The Santa Clara couple, who have three daughters, booked the weeklong
  
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• Federal gun prosecutions up in Utah, nation, Justice Department says

  28-07-2017 23:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — Federal prosecutions for gun crimes have risen substantially nationwide, including in Utah, the past three months, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.The number of defendants charged with unlawful possession of a firearm increased nearly 23 percent in the second quarter of 2017 over the same period last year, going from 2,149 to 2,637.Utah saw a 29 percent jump during April, May and June, with 96 total cases compared to 74 at the same time last year, according to
  
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• APNewsBreak: Couple was celebrating anniversary on cruise

  28-07-2017 22:50
  
  A Utah couple was celebrating their wedding anniversary aboard an Alaska cruise when the husband was found covered in blood next to his wife's lifeless body, a frenzy of violence that a neighbor called completely out of character.
  
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• Utahns still split on new DUI law, but big majority want changes before it kicks in

  28-07-2017 22:24
  Utahns are evenly split over the state's new toughest-in-the-nation drunken driving law. But most support comes from non-drinking "very active" Mormons, while other religious categories overwhelmingly oppose it - even "somewhat active" Mormons.
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• 83-year-old self-taught painter gets 1st solo show in Riverton

  28-07-2017 22:01
  
  Told she didn't have talent as a youth and young adult, Woodine DeMille defied her early critics by taking up painting as a hobby, and now she is the solo featured artist at the Old Dome Meeting Hall in Riverton through Aug. 16.
  
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• Utah's RS2477 road lawsuits get a reprieve from high court

  28-07-2017 21:30
  In a pivotal ruling for Utah's legal battle to control thousands of routes crossing federal land, a divided Utah Supreme Court has held that these road claims have not run out of time under an obscure state law.
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• SLCPD: One robbery too many lands suspect behind bars

  28-07-2017 21:30
  It proved to be one robbery too many for a gun-toting ex-con, Salt Lake City police say.
  Detectives say the 32-year-old man, who has a past drug possession-related conviction, walked into a Maverik store at 310 S. 900 East at 5:44 a.m., a pistol in h...
  
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• Police: Man arrested after attempted kidnapping at Liberty Park

  28-07-2017 20:41
  
  A man was arrested Thursday night after police said he ran up to a 5-year-old girl and appeared to try and grab her at Liberty Park, police said.
  
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• A.M. notes: Senate Republicans fail to pass health care bill, Utah County sees ballot mistake, library flood in Sugar House

  28-07-2017 20:18
  Here’s a look at the news for July 28.Senate Republicans fail to pass health care billSenate Republicans failed to pass a "skinny" Obamacare repeal bill that would have allowed the House to discuss and debate on a larger repeal bill, according to BuzzFeed News.Arizona Sen. John McCain offered a surprising and deciding vote, declining to vote in favor of the bill, instead joining Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska in denying the bill, BuzzFeed reported.McCain said tha
  
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• Moscow escalates tensions with the U.S. as ex-Utah Gov. Huntsman awaits confirmation as ambassador to Russia

  28-07-2017 20:03
  Washington :Should he be confirmed, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman's role as U.S. ambassador to Russia could be even further hamstrung by actions Moscow took Friday to seize two U.S. properties in the country and limit the State Department's staff th... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• Rep. Chris Stewart proposes bill to crack down on government leaks

  28-07-2017 20:01
  SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, introduced legislation this week to crack down on rising government leaks of classified information.A patchwork of laws and presidential directives currently governs the unauthorized disclosure of national security information, making it difficult to prosecute people, Stewart said. His bill would create a single statute through which all leaks could be addressed."Leakers are not heroes. Leakers are criminals," the congressman said in a statement
  
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• American Fork man missing since Thursday believed endangered, police say

  28-07-2017 19:59
  AMERICAN FORK — Police in American Fork are searching for a 30-year-old man they are calling missing and endangered after he disappeared Thursday.Police say Paul Heiner Swenson, of American Fork, may have been experiencing a medical or other condition when he left home in a family vehicle about 3 p.m. Thursday, bound for an appointment in Salt Lake County.Swenson didn't reach his destination, police said. His family was able to determine he had been in the area of 4700 South and 900 East a
  
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• Federal judge orders Utah to turn over prescription drug database to DEA

  28-07-2017 19:54
  A federal judge ordered Utah officials this week to comply with a subpoena from the Drug Enforcement Administration to make a prescription drug database accessible for searches.
  In the order issued Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge David Nuffer
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• Southern Utah man detained pending trial in slaying of wife during Alaska cruise

  28-07-2017 19:53
  A federal judge in Alaska on Thursday ordered pre-trial detention for a southern Utah man charged in the beating death of his wife aboard an Alaskan cruise ship.
  U.S. District Magistrate Judge Kenneth McCoy also approved a motion by the U.S. Attorney...
  
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• Artificial intelligence is coming for your job (to make it easier)

  28-07-2017 19:49
  
  Studies show many entrepreneurs are intimidated by the prospect of using artificial intelligence, even though AI can streamline processes, clear up schedules and improve customer service. Here are five ways AI can make your job easier.
  
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• Police seek missing man after vehicle found 'under suspicious circumstances'

  28-07-2017 19:42
  
  Police are asking for the public’s help in locating an American Fork man who was last seen Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Police try to sort out 'convoluted' incidents after shooting, stabbing

  28-07-2017 19:40
  SALT LAKE CITY — Police are investigating after one man was shot and another was stabbed in two possibly related incidents on North Temple overnight Friday.Salt Lake police detective Richard Chipping called the situation "convoluted" as investigators try to sort out what happened.Police responded about 12:30 a.m. to reports of shots fired near 800 West and North Temple. There, Chipping said, they found a 28-year-old man who had been shot. The man was transported to a hospital in critical c
  
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• Concerts, fairs happening around Utah in August

  28-07-2017 19:29
  
  Here are some family events happening throughout the state for you to attend before school begins.
  
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• Repeat sex offender to serve 27 years in prison for distributing child porn

  28-07-2017 19:27
  SALT LAKE CITY — A previously convicted sex offender will spend more than 27 years behind bars for taking and sharing sexually explicit photos of children.A U.S. District judge sentenced Donald Ray Fritcher, of Salt Lake City, to 330 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography. Judge Dale Kimball also placed him on probation for life after he is released from prison. There is no parole in the federal criminal justice system.Fritcher, 36, admitted t
  
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• Hatch, Lee vote for failed 'skinny repeal' of Obamacare

  28-07-2017 19:18
  
  Utah Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee voted in favor of the so-called “skinny repeal” of Obamacare that failed in the U.S. Senate late Thursday.
  
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• Teen missing from Gunnison located in Cedar City

  28-07-2017 19:10
  GUNNISON — Police have located a 17-year-old girl who never made it home after work Thursday night.Lindsey Pearson was located safe about 150 miles away at an apartment on the campus of Southern Utah University in Cedar City on Friday afternoon, the Gunnison Valley Police Department said.Police said Pearson was with extended family but didn't provide additional details. It is believed a female drove Pearson to Cedar City, police said.Police spokesman Carl Wimmer said the disappearance was
  
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• Police in Gunnison searching for teen who disappeared after work

  28-07-2017 19:10
  GUNNISON — Police are searching for a 17-year-old girl who never made it home after work Thursday night.Lindsey Pearson got off work at 9 p.m. Thursday but didn't come home, Gunnison police said in a Facebook post Friday morning. The teen's bicycle was found at the high school football field.Pearson is 5 feet 8 inches tall, thin, with shoulder-length brown hair and hazel eyes, according to police. She was last seen wearing a white shirt with a teal swirl on it, jeans, and coral and teal co
  
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• Utah's Mike Lee says the Senate 'failed the American people' after Republican effort to gut Obamacare dies

  28-07-2017 19:01
  Washington :After the GOP-led Senate was unable to pass any legislation to gut Obamacare including a dramatic one-vote loss early Friday, Sen. Mike Lee said the chamber "failed the American people." Sen. Orrin Hatch regretted the Senate couldn't "ke...
  
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• After Republican effort to gut Obamacare dies, Utah's Mike Lee says the Senate 'failed the American people'

  28-07-2017 19:01
  Washington :After the GOP-led Senate was unable to pass any legislation to gut Obamacare including a dramatic one-vote loss early Friday, Sen. Mike Lee said the chamber "failed the American people." Sen. Orrin Hatch regretted the Senate couldn't "ke...
  
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• Confirmation expected for Utah man nominated to Federal Reserve Board

  28-07-2017 18:45
  WASHINGTON — Utah native Randal Quarles, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Federal Reserve Board, says he likes a predecessor's ideas for where regulators should prune banking rules.At his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday, Quarles said he agreed with recent recommendations of the man he'd replace as the head of bank oversight. The predecessor, Daniel Tarullo, only filled the role informally.Quarles, who was raised in Roy and graduated from Roy High School in 1975, was nominated
  
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• Police seek missing teenage girl in Gunnison

  28-07-2017 18:43
  
  A 17-year-old girl from Gunnison went missing after her work shift Thursday night, the Gunnison Valley police said.
  
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• Police looking for 74-year-old W. Bountiful man missing since Pioneer Day

  28-07-2017 18:17
  Police are asking the public to keep an eye out for a 74-year-old West Bountiful man missing since Pioneer Day.
  West Bountiful Assistant Brandon Erekson said that John Darrell Page was last seen at a Maverik convenience store, 1265 W. Parrish Lane, i... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• Kirby: With Dad recovering in bed, I'm tempted to give him a taste of his own medicine. Got some handcuffs?

  28-07-2017 17:52
  My 84-year-old father is doing well after last week's medical emergency. Transported by ambulance to Jordan Valley Medical Center, they cut off his badly infected toe and put him on a heavy antibiotic regimen.Every morning I drive him from ...
  
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• Sen. Mike Lee: Senate failed American people in rejecting 'skinny repeal' of Obamacare

  28-07-2017 17:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Senate failed the American people in rejecting the so-called "skinny repeal" of Obamacare, Sen. Mike Lee said Friday.Both he and fellow Republican Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch voted for the legislation that the Senate narrowly voted down late Thursday."Last night did not turn out the way I hoped, but the result is hardly surprising," Lee said in a statement. "The process on this bill has been terrible from the beginning, and the Senate as an institution failed the Americ
  
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• Hatch, Lee vote in favor of failed 'skinny repeal' of Obamacare

  28-07-2017 17:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee voted in favor of the so-called “skinny repeal” of Obamacare that failed in the U.S. Senate late Thursday.“It is deeply regrettable that the Senate was unable to come together to legislate, to focus on the art of the doable, and to keep our promise,” Hatch said in a statement Friday. “Our failure today takes us one step closer to what I’ve long warned of: a socialized health care system run by the fede
  
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• Man sentenced for punching officer at Elizabeth Smart event

  28-07-2017 17:06
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — An 80-year-old man convicted of battery for punching a police officer who stopped him from approaching kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart with a knife at an Indiana book signing has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.Claude Hudson told a judge on Thursday that he didn't think he should be locked up at all, according to the Tribune-Star.A jury convicted Hudson in June of felony battery. He has been representing himself and indicated he would appeal the sentence.Hudson
  
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• Employer: Utah woman killed on cruise was trusted adviser

  28-07-2017 17:00
  
  A Utah real estate agent killed on an Alaska cruise was remembered by her employer as a trusted adviser and valued sales associate.
  
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• 5 of the best new products debuting at Outdoor Retailer Show

  28-07-2017 16:42
  
  Outdoor Retailer Show kicked off Wednesday with all sorts of gear and gadgets perfect for outdoors and recreation. It was also the debut for many new products — from water filtration to portable solar panels — destined for shelves or online markets.
  
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• Utah forecast: Some thunderstorms, light rain, but generally drier this weekend

  28-07-2017 16:22
  After a week-long spell of thunderstorms and occasionally heavy rains, most of Utah anticipates a drying trend and hotter temperatures this weekend.
  The National Weather Service reported that monsoonal moisture was weakening Friday over northern and ...
  
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• Police probe shooting, stabbing in west Salt Lake City

  28-07-2017 16:22
  Two men -- one shot, the other stabbed -- were in area hospitals after an early Friday morning altercation in west Salt Lake City.
  Public safety dispatchers sent Salt Lake City police to the corner of 800 West and North Temple on a 12:18 a.m. 911 cal...
  
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• Gehrke: Gov. Gary Herbert's late to the game, but can still help clean up Pioneer Park

  28-07-2017 16:22
  Don't forget to register today for the 2018 Governor's Cup Tennis Tournament/Heroin Cleanup in Pioneer Park!All players will be tested for performance enhancing and performance diminishing drugs. A needle exchange program is available for both.
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• Arizona man dead, 2 women hurt in southern Utah rollover

  28-07-2017 16:22
  The Utah Highway Patrol has identified an Arizona man who died in southern Utah rollover crash that also injured to female passengers.
  Troopers say 32-year-old Tyler Charles, of Fredonia, Ariz., was driving onto an on-ramp to eastbound State Route 7 ...
  
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• Wasatch Front Ice Cream Tour — fifth stop: Farr Better Ice Cream

  28-07-2017 15:10
  OGDEN — Farr Better Ice Cream has been a landmark in Ogden for decades.The company’s original roots are in the ice industry in the late 1800s, but when refrigerators made ice harvesters and ice producers obsolete, Farr Better Ice switched gears. It became Farr Better Ice Cream in 1929, according to its website, when it started the first commercial ice cream manufacturing operation in Utah and began selling ice cream in a shop connected to its plant in Ogden.“Since the 1920s, Fa
  
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• 2 injured in S.L. shooting, possible stabbing

  28-07-2017 14:59
  
  Two men were injured in a shooting and possible stabbing in downtown Salt Lake City early Friday morning.
  
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• Family discovers dog is alive after thinking she was euthanized

  28-07-2017 06:43
  
  A family took their dog to the vet to be euthanized. Six months later, they saw her on a facebook rescue page, up for adoption.
  
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• Boisterous rally on Capitol is more about supporting public lands than decrying Utah politicians

  28-07-2017 06:01
  Hundreds of outdoor industry representatives and their supporters took to the streets Thursday for a rush-hour hike to the Utah Capitol, celebrating the crucial role public lands play in their livelihoods and urging the state's leaders to lay off wha... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• Boisterous Outdoor Retailer rally at Capitol is more about supporting public lands than decrying Utah politicians

  28-07-2017 06:01
  Hundreds of outdoor industry representatives and their supporters took to the streets Thursday for a rush-hour hike to the Utah Capitol, celebrating the crucial role public lands play in their livelihoods and urging the state's leaders to lay off wha... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
  
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• West Bountiful police searching for missing man

  28-07-2017 05:21
  
  Police in West Bountiful are searching for John Page, who was last seen Monday at the Maverik Gas Station at 1265 W. Parrish Lane in Centerville, according to a press release.
  
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• Public lands enthusiasts march, sing and chant at state Capitol

  28-07-2017 04:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — About 3,000 outdoor enthusiasts marched in a show of solidarity from the Salt Palace Convention Center to the state Capitol on Thursday afternoon, lauding Utah's landscapes but decrying its policies toward public lands."You only get one Earth, unless you have a spaceship and can go somewhere else," said Shaun Chapoose, a founding member of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition. "You better take care of what you got."The march and rally capped the second day of the Outdoor
  
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• Couple accused of trying to hide newborn's addiction face drug, child endangerment charges

  28-07-2017 04:26
  AMERICAN FORK — An Elk Ridge couple accused of giving their newborn baby drugs in the hospital to keep doctors from realizing she'd been born addicted are facing drug and child abuse charges.Colby Glen Wilde, 29, and his common-law wife, Lacey Dawn Christenson, 26, were charged in 4th District Court with distribution of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone, a second-degree felony, and child endangerment, a third-degree felony.According to charging documents, the couple feared that th
  
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• What is Medicaid and how would reforming it affect Utahns?

  28-07-2017 04:03
  
  Medicaid cuts and caps have been discussed as a part of the new health care reform. Here's how Utahns use Medicaid.
  
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