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WATCH: New video of Salt Lake City protest shooting appears to contradict police
FOX 13 Salt Lake City - Utah
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June 18, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY — Video of Saturday’s "No Kings" protest in Salt Lake City appears to show a suspect with his rifle aimed down and not running until a volunteer begins shooting. That’s different than what police described. Citing witnesses, a jail...
Senator Cruz criticizes WADA over handling of doping allegations
Austin News - Texas
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June 17, 2025
Sen. Cruz - Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | Official U.S. Senate headshotSen. Cruz - Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | Official U.S. Senate headshot In a Senate...
Why were there ‘peacekeepers’ at the ‘No Kings’ Salt Lake City protest — and other protests across the country?
Deseret News - Utah
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June 18, 2025
An innocent bystander was shot and killed at a “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday night. According to the Salt Lake City police, the bystander was mistakenly shot by a self-identified “peacekeeper” at the protest who was associated...
Proposed minimum wage hike would increase pay for hundreds of thousands of Utahns
KUTV - Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A new proposal in Congress could significantly impact hundreds of thousands of low-wage workers in Utah. The plan, introduced by Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Democratic Senator Peter Welch of Vermont, aims to...
University of Utah student detained by ICE after 'warning' during Colorado traffic stop
KMYU - Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A Colorado sheriff’s office has removed all their members from a group chat used by law enforcement after learning ICE agents listened in to detain a University of Utah student. Utah resident Carolina Dias Goncalves was...
Tariff uncertainty looms large as Outdoor Retailer returns to Utah
KSL - Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY — A collective giggle erupted in a Salt Palace Convention Center conference room when the T-word made its first appearance at this year's Outdoor Retailer. That T-word? Tariffs. Outdoor Retailer is back in Utah this week, and it was...
Utahns weigh in on Trump’s job as president so far
Deseret News - Utah
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June 18, 2025
President Donald Trump is nearing the five-month mark of his second term — a term marked so far by a frenetic pace of executive orders and action on issues related to culture as well as immigration and foreign policy. A major focus of the...
Moab student among 122 graduates from Utah Connections Academy
The Times Independent - Utah
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June 18, 2025
Utah Connections Academy celebrated 122 graduates during a live-streamed ceremony on May 22, recognizing students from across the state who completed their K-12 education through the tuition-free, online public school, according to a press...
Threats to lawmakers on rise, security officials tell senators after Minnesota shootings
The Daily Citizen - Arkansas
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Threats to members of Congress are on the rise, security officials told senators on Tuesday at an emergency briefing in the wake of the killing of a Minnesota state lawmaker in her home over the weekend. U.S. Capitol Police...
Threats to lawmakers on the rise, security officials tell senators
The Daily News - Michigan
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U.S. SEN. TINA SMITH, D-Minn., speaks during a confirmation hearing Jan. 29 at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file) WASHINGTON (AP) — Threats to members of Congress are on the rise, security officials told senators Tuesday...
Texas’ App-Store Age Verification Law, Explained
The Dispatch
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June 18, 2025
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the App Store Accountability Act in late May, the second-most populous state in the union doubled down on age verification as the way to limit minors’ unfettered access to harmful online content, even as a...
Can fun and guns mix at Utah events following deadly shootings?
FOX 13 Salt Lake City - Utah
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June 17, 2025
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — In light of this weekend's deadly shootings at the Salt Lake City protest march and WestFest, it's hard not to wonder whether events in Utah need tighter security. One of the organizers of WestFest told FOX 13 News that...
Musings: Political Murder, Protests, Military Attacks … and a Parade
Ark Valley Voice - Colorado
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June 17, 2025
The Father’s Day weekend, unfortunately, was more than the usual warm family celebrations of dads everywhere. It was escalating political violence at home, more war in the Mideast, and nationwide protests against fascist rule overshadowed the...
Understanding Utah gun laws after deadly Salt Lake City protest shooting
KSL NewsRadio - Utah
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June 17, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY — As investigators piece together the events that led to the deadly shooting at Saturday’s protest in Salt Lake City, they’re looking at the actions of two armed citizens. The first is a man in jail who carried a rifle but didn’t...
No charges filed yet in fatal Salt Lake City ‘No Kings’ protest shooting, prosecutors say
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said “any comment” on the active case “would be inappropriate.” (Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill at the district attorney’s office in Salt Lake City on...
Sports got the nation talking about Utah in a way nothing else did
Deseret News - Utah
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June 18, 2025
Who knows what this says about America’s pop culture or Utah, but sports have played a huge role in raising Utah’s national profile during the last 50 years. Sports got the nation talking about Utahns in a way nothing else did, and Utahns, with an...
Lee, Others Spread Baseless Claims About Political Affiliation of Minnesota Gunman
FactCheck.org
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June 17, 2025
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and others posted unfounded claims on social media about the political affiliation of the gunman arrested in the June 14 fatal shootings of a...
Questions remain about the Salt Lake City No Kings shooting. Here’s what to know
KUER - Utah
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June 17, 2025
The “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City was struck by violence when a man allegedly brandished a rifle near the crowd, prompting a volunteer for the event to fire three shots, hitting the man and a protester who later died, according to police...
Utah Arts Festival 2025 Feature Profile: 22nd Fear No Film set with 78 short films representing 15 countries
The Utah Review
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June 17, 2025
EDITOR’S NOTE: For preview coverage of the 49th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 19-22, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group profiles of artists, performers, entertainers and some newcomers to the event. Visitors will also see the...
Utah Arts Festival 2025 Feature Profile: 19 Utah films grace the 22nd edition of Fear No Film
The Utah Review
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June 17, 2025
EDITOR’S NOTE: For preview coverage of the 49th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 19-22, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group profiles of artists, performers, entertainers and some newcomers to the event. Visitors will also see the...