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• Lawsuit accuses Utah agencies of segregating, isolating disabled adults in care facilities

  15-01-2018 23:19
  SALT LAKE CITY — By making options to transition into community living virtually impossible to access, state agencies are segregating and isolating disabled Utahns in institutions, according to a federal lawsuit.
  The lawsuit — filed by Utah's Disability Law Center in conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr. Day — alleges that while other states are moving toward deinstitutionalizing the care of their developmentally and intellectually disabled citizens, Utah is falling decades b
  
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• Police: Man tracked kids to adoptive parents, tried to take them back at gunpoint

  15-01-2018 22:49
  GRANTSVILLE — Police have arrested a man who they say tracked his three children to their adoptive parents's home and tried to take the kids back at gunpoint in a harrowing encounter Sunday night, then led police on a chase in the family's stolen car.
  Police say Tyler Nuckolls, 27, armed himself with a pistol and hid out in the Grantsville home of his three children's adoptive parents Sunday night, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in 3rd District Court.
  According to the affida
  
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• Demonstration of democracy: Crowd gathers to celebrate MLK's legacy

  15-01-2018 21:15
  SALT LAKE CITY — "Show them what democracy looks like. This is what democracy looks like," a crowd chanted during a march and rally Monday to celebrate the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  Holli Yoho, a local mother, is showing her children one of the privileges of democracy early on by bringing them to Westminster College's annual march.
  "My kids talked about it for like an entire year. It's so great because it's an easy way to get involved in an issue that we feel strongly a
  
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• Photos: Doll-making project ‘sews’ the seeds of volunteerism

  15-01-2018 21:07
  Rosie Holland laughs while her mom, Charity Holland, helps with Rosie's doll during a Playworks Utah day of service event at Liberty Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday. The dolls will be donated to Primary Children's Hospital. Playworks is a leading national nonprofit leveraging the power of play to transform children's social and emotional health. Playworks aims to change school culture by leveraging the power of safe, fun and healthy play. It also aims
  
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• Kearns man offers forgiveness to bus driver who struck, killed his wife

  15-01-2018 20:16
  
  The husband of a woman struck and killed by a bus driver in Kearns on Thursday said his heart "breaks for" the driver in what he called a tragic accident.
  
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• Boyd Matheson: Boyd Matheson: President Russell M. Nelson and the heart of leadership

  15-01-2018 19:05
  Much will be written in the coming days about President Russell M. Nelson as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints look to him for prophetic leadership in a caustic, chaotic and often confusing world. President Nelson understands that authentic leadership begins with the heart — and not just the organ that beats. Leadership emanates, in part, within two facets of the heart — abundance and forgiveness. An abundance mentality enables a leader to focus on what matte
  
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• Family discovers hidden room after sinkhole opens in Idaho garage

  15-01-2018 18:06
  
  An Idaho family got more than they bargained for when a giant hole opened up in the floor of their garage.
  
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• Romney: Trump's comments 'antithetical to American values'

  15-01-2018 17:30
  
  Mitt Romney took a swipe at President Donald Trump on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, condemning his "s***hole countries" remark.
  
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• Op-ed: Organ donations — a New Year's resolution that worked!

  15-01-2018 17:20
  Finally, a New Year's resolution that worked.
  In past years, the people of Utah were challenged to make a New Year's resolution to help save lives and sign up on the Utah Donor Registry. Well, people listened, they made their resolutions and phenomenal things happened.
  In 2017, the Utah Donor Registry reached a new level of over 1,655,000 people, with about 77 percent of licensed drivers in Utah signed up. Compared with the rest of the nation, Utah has one of the highest rates of participation o
  
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• 19-year-old accidentally shot by teen in Eagle Mountain

  15-01-2018 17:06
  
  A 17-year-old boy accidentally shot a 19-year-old woman in Eagle Mountain Sunday night after a jammed gun unexpectedly fired when he moved it.
  
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• In our opinion: America should not overlook the religious foundation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

  15-01-2018 14:05
  Some events in the past year have demonstrated that Martin Luther King Jr. Day has more to teach than many 21st century Americans might have previously thought.
  More than a century and a half after the end of the Civil War, arguments rose over whether it's proper for governments to maintain public statues to the memories of Confederate leaders, most notably Robert E. Lee. When a white nationalist rally in Charlottsville, Va., turned deadly, and when many accused the president of reacting imprope
  
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• Utah family opens restaurant after 20 years in a refugee camp

  15-01-2018 07:28
  
  SANDY—No one ever said starting over was easy. But for the Sharma family, a new start meant a wealth of new opportunities.
  
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• 'It’s been a very traumatizing evening': 3 Grantsville children safe after car theft

  15-01-2018 07:08
  
  A Utah family is recovering from a scare Sunday evening after a man stole their car and nearly took three children inside the car with him, officials report.
  
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• Search teams called for stranded hiker in Logan Canyon

  15-01-2018 05:16
  LOGAN — Cache County Sheriff's Search and Rescue members prepared to spend Sunday night on the chilly cliffs of Logan Canyon after a hiker became stranded and a rescue was deemed too dangerous at the time.
  A Life Flight helicopter dropped a sleeping bag, food, water and supplies to start a fire to Utah State University student Max Susman, 19. Members of the search and rescue team were going to hike in to stay the night with Susman, who went hiking about noon and left his car parked near th
  
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• Chillin' on an unseasonably warm January day

  15-01-2018 03:46
  William Mussack skateboards with his dog, Archer, in Salt Lake City on an unseasonably warm Sunday. According to KSL meteorologist Dan Guthrie, temperatures will continue to sit well above average for the next few days. A storm system will pass through Utah late Tuesday into Wednesday, but with temperatures as warm as they are, it will only bring rain to the valleys. Another storm is expected to move into the area Friday, bringing with it cooler temperatures and snow, or at least a mix of rain a
  
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• Mine closures slated for Tooele County

  15-01-2018 02:02
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining's Abandoned Mine Reclamation program plans to close more than 90 mine openings on public land on Dutch Mountain near Gold Hill in southwestern Tooele County.
  Staff members are seeking public input to identify areas of concern or issues to consider during the planning phase of the project. The public may submit comments until Feb. 16 to [email protected] or request a public meeting.
  The division is coordinating with the Bureau of
  
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• Ogden crossing guard brightens kids' days one high-five at a time

  15-01-2018 01:50
  OGDEN — Each morning before school, crossing guard "Big John" Lewis braves the sometimes biting cold to help kids make it safely to Wasatch Elementary before the morning bell rings.
  "There's nothing I could think of that could take its place. It's a thankful job to have. Even though it's cold, that's fine. The kids laugh, and they warm your heart," Lewis said.
  It's no surprise that he has been nominated for America's Favorite Crossing Guard, a competition held by nonprofit Safe Kids Worldw
  
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• Overstock's new subdivisions going big on blockchain

  15-01-2018 01:36
  SALT LAKE CITY — While 2017 may well be looked back on as the year bitcoin and its crypto-coin brethren became legit, it's also shown that a bet made in 2014 by Midvale-based Overstock.com on cryptocurrency and its underlying blockchain technology was both prescient and profitable.
  Medici Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of Overstock, announced its lead position last week in a $2.2 million seed-funding round for mobile online voting platform Voatz (sounds like "votes") that's working to
  
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• NYT: Friend says Romney will run for Senate

  15-01-2018 01:24
  
  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney texted a friend that he will seek the open Senate seat from Utah this year, according to a New York Times report published Sunday.
  
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• Opioid prescriptions down at Salt Lake VA hospital since 2012

  15-01-2018 01:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — The proportion of patients prescribed opioids at the Veterans Medical Center in Salt Lake City has dropped significantly since 2012, according to data released this week by the federal government.
  Of all patients who receive a prescription from the George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center in 2017, 13 percent were prescribed opioids, compared to 22 percent in 2012, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs reported Thursday.
  The federal agency said in a release that, with the releas
  
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• Man arrested after 60-mile, 100 mph freeway pursuit

  15-01-2018 00:20
  
  A man is in police custody after he led Utah Highway Patrols troopers on a pursuit that spanned nearly 60 miles Sunday morning.
  
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• Troopers snare driver involved in high-speed pursuit

  15-01-2018 00:15
  SCIPIO, Juab County — The Utah Highway Patrol said the driver of a stolen Dodge spotted in Provo Sunday morning led troopers on a chase in which the fleeing vehicle topped speeds of 100 mph before crashing 60 miles away in Scipio.
  Troopers said the driver then attempted to escape on foot but was quickly apprehended. The driver complained of unspecified medical issues and was taken to a local hospital, but troopers said he would be booked into jail once he was medically cleared.
  During the
  
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