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• Utah Hospital Bars Police From Patient-Care Areas After Nurse Is Handcuffed

  05-09-2017 23:49
  The police are conducting a criminal investigation into the detention of a nurse at the University of Utah Hospital that was captured on video.
  
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• Earthquake swarm continues to rattle southeastern Idaho

  05-09-2017 23:43
  BOISE, Idaho — More than 100 aftershocks have rattled southeastern Idaho since a 5.3 magnitude quake hit near the town of Soda Springs late last week, and experts say they could continue for another week or so.The 5.3 quake hit was the second in the series, and it hit about 6 p.m. Saturday. There were no reports of injuries or damage, though officials say 17,000 people reported feeling the 5.3 quake from as far away as Salt Lake City, Utah.Soda Springs resident JoAnna Ashley was in nearby
  
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• Utah Hospital Bars Police From Patient-Care Areas After Nurse’s Arrest

  05-09-2017 23:37
  The police are conducting a criminal investigation into the arrest of a nurse at the University of Utah Hospital that was captured on video and led to widespread condemnation.
  
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• User submitted: Photos show smoke, flames from Uintah Fire

  05-09-2017 23:30
  
  As a fire in Weber Canyon threatened homes, closed roads and forced evacuations, residents snapped photos of the large flames on the mountain and plumes of smoke filling the valley.
  
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• Detective in nurse arrest video fired from job at Gold Cross

  05-09-2017 23:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake police detective whose arrest of a University Hospital nurse sparked a worldwide outcry was fired Tuesday from his part-time position at Gold Cross Ambulance.Gold Cross officials said Jeff Payne's termination was effective immediately."Although Jeff was not working for Gold Cross Ambulance at the time of the incident, we take his inappropriate remarks regarding patient transports seriously," the company said in a statement. "We acknowledge those concerned indiv
  
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• 6 structures destroyed, evacuations ordered after fire erupts in Weber Canyon

  05-09-2017 22:58
  
  At least six structures, including multiple homes, have been destroyed and mandatory evacuations have been ordered after a brush fire erupted in Weber Canyon Tuesday morning, authorities said.
  
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• Report: An 'earthquake swarm' is shaking up Idaho

  05-09-2017 22:33
  Earthquakes are shaking Idaho.A 5.3-magnitude earthquake rattled towns in northern Utah and southern Idaho on Saturday night, starting at 5:56 p.m.The earthquake rocked Rexburg to Salt Lake City. A pair of aftershocks rocked the area, too, shaking at magnitudes of 3.1 and 3.2, the U.S. Geographical Survey explained.Some more aftershocks ran through the area until 6:44 p.m."A magnitude 5.3 is a decent-sized, moderate earthquake," said Jim Pechmann, seismologist at the University of Utah. "It's no
  
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• Study underscores need to 'bee' informed about species

  05-09-2017 22:10
  SALT LAKE CITY — Despite an intense public information campaign about the importance of pollinators, a new study says few people know little about bees beyond the honeybee and bumblebee.The Utah State University-led study, published online Tuesday in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, said 99 percent of people surveyed deemed bees "critical or very important," but only 14 percent were able to guess within 1,000 of the actual number of bee species in the United States.According to th
  
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• BYU, University of Utah unite on climate change

  05-09-2017 21:30
  PROVO — Students at BYU and the University of Utah working together during rivalry week?It was unheard of until Nick Huey started the Climate Campaign.Huey started the nonprofit group to advocate for climate change awareness. The BYU senior and campaign director said he wanted to unite students from campuses across Utah, starting with the University of Utah."This is the one thing we can unite on," he said. "We want to creatively say this is something we should care about so the public take
  
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• Have You Seen This? Moab's BASE jump waterslide

  05-09-2017 21:15
  
  I love waterslides, but I'm not sure I want a go on this one. Maybe I need some BASE jumping lessons first.
  
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• Man sought in Nevada kidnapping investigation may be headed to Utah

  05-09-2017 20:59
  HENDERSON, Nev. — Police say a California woman believed kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend has been found at a Las Vegas-area casino-hotel near the Arizona border, and her ex may be on his way to Utah.Santa Barbara County, California, sheriff's investigators say Joseph Hetzel dropped off Virginia Paris in front of the Railroad Pass Hotel and Casino in Henderson on Monday night and drove off.Authorities say security at the casino-hotel reported that Paris approached guards late Monday and told
  
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• 2nd chicken coop catches fire in Tooele County egg farm fire

  05-09-2017 20:35
  
  Two chicken coops at Fassio Egg Farms caught fire Tuesday morning, killing an estimated 120,000 to 150,000 chickens.
  
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• This is the best U.S. city to raise a family (Hint: It's not Salt Lake)

  05-09-2017 20:28
  Utah doesn’t actually have one of the best cities for families.A new WalletHub report ranked all of the best U.S. cities to raise a family, and Utah’s lone representative on that list ranked outside of the top 15, barely making the top 20.Salt Lake City finished at No. 19 on the list, ranking just ahead of Scottsdale, Arizona, Denver, Raleigh, N.C., and Gilbert, Arizona.No other Utah city made the list, which compared 150 of the most populated cities in the country.WalletHub reviewed
  
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• Rescinding DACA means ball's in Congress' court, advocates say

  05-09-2017 20:27
  SALT LAKE CITY — Dreamers, elected officials, immigration attorneys, business leaders and others called on Congress Tuesday to pass immigration reforms after the White House announced the rescission of protections for youths and young adults brought to the United States as children by unauthorized immigrant parents.The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, formed under executive order by President Barack Obama in 2012, has protected "dreamers" from deportation and enabled them to
  
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• 'Scared to death' nurse in Utah video: 'I stood my ground'

  05-09-2017 20:23
  
  The Utah nurse arrested when she refused to let police officers draw blood from an unconscious crash victim is considering legal action after the frightening encounter that lit up social media and provoked widespread outrage, CNN reports.
  
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• Rescinding DACA puts ball in Congress' court, advocates say

  05-09-2017 20:15
  SALT LAKE CITY — When she was 4 years old, Nidia Romero remembers riding in the car with her mother and being told to go to sleep.She didn't know her life was about to change forever."I just remember taking a nap in the car — falling asleep, (then) waking up — and we were in Texas," Romero recalled.Taken across the Mexico-U.S. border as a toddler, Romero, now herself a mother of five living in West Valley City, grew up calling the United States home. But it wasn't until the imp
  
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• Media file motion to stop court from closing hearing on former county recorder

  05-09-2017 19:58
  
  Utah journalists have filed a motion to prevent a state court from closing a hearing this week concerning former Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott.
  
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• This chart explains how the end of DACA will damage Utah's economy

  05-09-2017 19:55
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in a statement on Tuesday the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, an Obama-era plan that protected children who entered the U.S. as undocumented immigrants from deportation, according to CNN."Simply put, if we are to further our goal of strengthening the constitutional order and the rule of law in America, the Department of Justice cannot defend this type of overreach," Sessions said.https://twitter.com/axios/status/9050853845472952
  
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• Media file motion to stop court from closing hearing on former S.L. County recorder

  05-09-2017 19:47
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah journalists have filed a motion to prevent a state court from closing a hearing this week concerning former Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott.Citing unanswered questions about the former county recorder, how and when his health began declining, and how concerns about his health impacted his time as an elected official, the Deseret News, Salt Lake Tribune, KTVX Good 4Utah News and the Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists submitted the motion T
  
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• 120K-150K chickens die in Tooele County egg farm fire

  05-09-2017 19:20
  
  A building at Fassio Egg Farms in Erda, Tooele County, caught fire Tuesday morning.
  
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• 3 structures destroyed, evacuations ordered after fire erupts in Weber Canyon

  05-09-2017 19:13
  
  At least three structures have been destroyed, including one home, and evacuations have been ordered after a brush fire sparked in Weber Canyon Tuesday morning, authorities said.
  
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• Second chicken coop catches fire in Tooele County egg farm fire

  05-09-2017 19:10
  ERDA, Tooele County — Two chicken coops at Fassio Egg Farms caught fire Tuesday morning, killing an estimated 120,000 to 150,000 chickens.The first building to burn was one of the farm's largest chicken coops, according to Corby Larsen, vice president of operations at the farm.Firefighters were struggling with shifting winds and lack of water to put out the blaze, said North Tooele Fire Marshal John Stout. Water tanks at the farm didn't have enough water, he said, and the generator powerin
  
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• 300K chickens lost in Tooele County egg farm fire

  05-09-2017 19:10
  ERDA, Tooele County — More than 300,000 chickens died in a massive fire at the Fassio Egg Farms on Tuesday morning.A maintenance employee spotted flames inside a chicken coop around 7:30 a.m., according to Corby Larsen, vice president of operations at the farm.The fire quickly engulfed the first building, one of the farm's largest chicken coops, and spread to a second coop. Each one houses about 120,000 to 150,000 chickens, Larsen said."Unfortunately, if the fire gets in those, it moves ve
  
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• Power restored to thousands of Utah customers, Rocky Mountain Power says

  05-09-2017 17:54
  
  Rocky Mountain Power crews worked to restore service after outages knocked out power to more than 18,000 customers at one point Tuesday morning.
  
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• Multiple homes burning, more threatened as fire grows near Weber Canyon (+video)

  05-09-2017 17:10
  UINTAH, Weber County — Multiple homes are burning as winds push a fast-moving grass fire out of Weber Canyon, across highways and into neighborhoods.At least two homes and a garage were confirmed to have been lost to the fire, and agencies reported that more structures were being consumed as sustained 45 mph winds fanned the flames.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxPZynsniLg&feature=youtu.be"There are three (burned structures) confirmed. We keep hearing reports of other structures invo
  
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• At least 5 homes burned, more threatened as fire grows near Weber Canyon (+video)

  05-09-2017 17:10
  UINTAH, Weber County — Multiple homes are burning as winds push a fast-moving grass fire out of Weber Canyon, across highways and into neighborhoods.At least six structures have been lost in the fire, the Weber Fire District reported, as heavy winds fanned the flames across more than 500 acres. Five of those six structures are homes, said Weber County Fire Marshal Brandon Thueson.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxPZynsniLg&feature=youtu.beFire agencies had reported numerous structures
  
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• 5 homes burned, 900 evacuated in fire near Weber Canyon

  05-09-2017 17:10
  UINTAH, Weber County — Multiple houses were lost Tuesday as winds pushed a fast-moving grass fire out of Weber Canyon and into neighborhoods, forcing an estimated 900 people from their homes.At least six structures — five of which are believed to be homes — were consumed in the fire, Weber County Fire Marshal Brandon Thueson said. Information was not yet available about how many other buildings have been burned, but 300 homes were believed to be threatened."We know there are nu
  
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• Crews battle fire at egg farm in Tooele County

  05-09-2017 16:29
  
  Crews worked to put out a structure fire at the Fassio Egg Farm in Erda Tuesday morning.
  
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• Crews battling brush fire in Weber Canyon; US-89 closed

  05-09-2017 15:56
  
  Fire crews are battling a brush fire that sparked in Weber Canyon Tuesday morning.
  
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• Power out to thousands of customers in Utah, Rocky Mountain Power says

  05-09-2017 15:53
  
  Rocky Mountain Power reports more than 14,000 customers in Utah were without power Tuesday morning. Most of those were in Utah or Weber counties.
  
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• In our opinion: More work to do on gender pay gap in Utah

  05-09-2017 14:05
  When one individual is compensated for their work at a lower level than another individual based purely on their gender, race and ethnicity or for any other arbitrary reason, there is a problem.There is indisputable evidence that some level of discrimination exists in the employment world that results in women making less money than men, even in comparable jobs. But the evidence, as thoroughly parsed in a recent special report in the Deseret News, shows the gender pay gap is not as large as we m
  
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• Hyrum man killed in collision with tour bus

  05-09-2017 03:52
  WELLSVILLE, Cache County — A Hyrum man died Monday when the Jeep he was driving collided with a tour bus at an intersection south of town.Ty Hall, 21, was westbound on state Route 23 in a Jeep Wrangler when he pulled in front of an Arrow Stage Lines bus going north on state Route 91, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. Hall was not wearing a seat belt and died in the crash, the UHP said.The bus driver suffered an arm injury but none of the passengers were hurt in the accident that occurr
  
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• U. scientists seek answers to 'loneliest' diagnosis

  05-09-2017 03:35
  
  It is called the "loneliest" diagnosis because few have heard of the birth defect that kills hundreds of babies each year. Now, Utah families and researchers at the University of Utah are teaming up to find answers.
  
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• Man dies in S.R. 91 bus crash Monday

  05-09-2017 03:29
  
  A man is dead after a Monday morning crash in Cache County.
  
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• Homeless dogs, cats arrive in Utah from flood-ravaged southeast Texas

  05-09-2017 02:48
  SALT LAKE CITY — More than 100 dogs and cats arrived at Utah Dog Park from flood-ravaged southeast Texas on Monday to make room for pets displaced by Hurricane Harvey.The animals coming were already available for adoption at Austin Pets Alive, a no-kill shelter, prior to the storm or were surrendered by flood victims in the past week because they were too overwhelmed to take them back."None of these were animals that were actually displaced by the hurricane," said Temma Martin, Best Friend
  
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• The story behind Todd Hansen's 'Story Trek'

  05-09-2017 02:25
  PROVO — Todd Hansen is agreeable, accommodating, cooperative and gracious. But let’s not call him comfortable.He’s not asking the questions, he’s answering them. This is new territory for him. Like Tom Brady playing linebacker. Normally, it’s Hansen doing the encouraging, listening attentively, showing keen interest, probing for anecdotes. Now, the tables are turned. Tell us your story, the originator of the hit BYUtv series “The Story Trek,” is asked. I
  
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• The elephant solution: Kneaders Bakery helping fight cancer 1 cookie at a time

  05-09-2017 02:16
  
  Kneaders bakery is pretty well known for their baked goods. Now, they're using that as a way to give back and raise money for cancer research.
  
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• Cache County company takes autonomous driving way off the road

  05-09-2017 00:46
  MENDON, Cache County — Take a drive outside this quiet and tidy Cache Valley town and you might come across a scene, amid the hayfields and cow pastures, that looks straight out of a dystopian science fiction film.Giant, track-driven tractors roll through the foothills, SUVs and pickup trucks covered in techy-looking gadgets ply figure-eight test tracks while wee vehicles smaller than golf carts meander the parking lot of an innocuous, sheet metal-clad office structure.Thing is, all of the
  
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• Program's fate a worry to young immigrants in Utah

  05-09-2017 00:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — Young immigrants in Utah are worried about the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which has protected them from deportation and enabled them to work legally in the United States.The White House is expected to announce on Tuesday the future of the program created by executive order by President Barack Obama in June 2012.While campaigning for president, President Donald Trump vowed to end the program the first day of his presidency, denigrating it as
  
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