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Woman locked in Salt Lake City Starbucks restroom sparks safety concerns
SALT LAKE CITY — Washington resident Alyssa Curran was visiting her daughter who goes to BYU. They stopped at the downtown Salt Lake City Starbucks on their way back to the airport. However, panic set in when Curran went to use the restroom and...
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Women’s Soccer finds win column at pivotal point of season
Jose Briseno – USU Eastern Assistant SID Photo courtesy of Dallin Grant The Utah State Eastern women’s soccer team played host to two conference foes in their second-to-last home weekend of the 2025 regular season. The Eagles welcomed the North...
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Utah football player sparks religious fury during rival BYU's pre-game Mormon prayer
By ISABEL BALDWIN, US ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Published: 17:56 EDT, 20 October 2025 | Updated: 17:56 EDT, 20 October 2025 Utah kicker Dillon Curtis fanned the flames of the Holy War ahead of the Utes' rivalry clash against Brigham Young University...
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More adults believe religion is gaining influence in American life, Pew Research Center finds
SALT LAKE CITY — A growing number of adults in the U.S. believe religion is gaining influence in American life, according to a Pew Research Center report released on Monday. According to the Pew Research Center, in February 2024, only 18% of...
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Driver on probation, without license, accused of DUI in church crash
SALT LAKE CITY — After a car crashed into a church building on Sunday night, the driver is now facing DUI and domestic violence property damage charges. Further, KSL obtained court documents that show the man had been a consistent threat to public...
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A Utah book festival lost funding due to DOGE cuts. Utah’s book community came together to fill in the gaps
To understand the challenges the Utah Humanities Book Festival faced this year, you have to go back to April 3. That was the day, according to Jodi Graham, the executive director of the nonprofit Utah Humanities, that the organization received an...
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Journalist Jelani Cobb on Race in Donald Trump’s America
From the vantage point of the newsroom, the first story is almost never the full story,” writes Jelani Cobb. “You hear stray wisps of information, almost always the most inflammatory strands of a much bigger, more complicated set of...
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Nicholas Rossi, who faked his death to avoid Utah rape charges, gets 5-to-life in prison
A Utah judge on Monday sentenced a man who appeared to fake his death and flee the United States to avoid arrest on rape charges to anywhere from five years to life in prison. Nicholas Rossi, 38, is “a serial abuser of women” and “the very...
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BYU women's soccer ties No. 21 Colorado in crucial Big 12 matchup at South Field
The game at South Field Monday night between BYU women's soccer and Colorado ended in a 2-2 tie after a hard-fought match. The result means that the Cougars remain in a tough battle in the Big 12 conference for one of the remaining spots in the...
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Bill would allow new roads in borderland wilderness areas for immigration enforcement
Earlier this month, Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah introduced new legislation to amend the Wilderness Act to allow for easier immigration enforcement on public lands in the United States' border regions. In his fact sheet for the legislation,...
The Pink Shift: More women under 40 battling breast cancer
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Researchers are monitoring a rise in breast cancer among women under 50, with some statistics showing that this age group is at a higher risk of dying from the disease than older women. Kym Clark examines what doctors...
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U.S. Soccer announces joint bid to host 2031 FIFA Women’s World Cup with these 3 countries — and a former Utah player was involved
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After fatal crash, loved ones keep Utah vlogger's travel spirit alive with book
MILLCREEK, Utah — Seven months on from a tragic crash that claimed the life of a popular Utah family vlogger, loved ones are keeping her memory alive by publishing a children’s book that captures her her love of travel. Elise Caffee may have been...
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US man arrested in Scotland and convicted of Utah rape faces life in prison
A Utah judge on Monday sentenced a man who appeared to fake his death and flee the United States to avoid arrest on rape charges to anywhere from five years to life in prison. Nicholas Rossi, 38, is “a serial abuser of women” and “the very...
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Religious Institutions Update: October 2025
Free Exercise Unemployment Compensation Tax Exemption Unconstitutionally Applied In Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wis. Labor & Indus. Rev. Comm'n, 145 S.Ct. 1583 (2025), the Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission determined that...
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Meet the new Miss Utah Teen Volunteer, Tatum Tatton
The Miss Utah Teen Volunteer pageant is a scholarship program that focuses on service. Contestants compete in categories including private interview, talent, fitness & wellnes, and evening gown as well as an on-stage question. In early October,m...
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Famous Utahns you've probably never heard of
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Think you could name all the famous Utahns born in the Beehive State? Some faces easily come to mind: The Osmonds, Butch Cassidy. But we'd guess there are some you've forgotten, or maybe didn't even know about in the first place. From scientists...
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Utah Film Center set to open 22nd Utah Queer Film Festival, with six feature-length documentaries, international slate of 40 short films
EDITOR’S NOTE: For a detailed rundown of the 2025 slate for the Utah Queer Film Festival, see this link. At a hostile, polarizing time like now, many people understandably demur from being unapologetic about expressing their authentic selves. And,...
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Purdue re-enters, SMU jumps in new women's volleyball Power 10 rankings
Here are my Week 8 Power 10 rankings, and things got tricky this week. 1. Nebraska (Prev. 1) Nebraska stays at No. 1 after dominating on the road against Michigan and Michigan State. The Huskers are 18-0 and have not dropped a single set in nine...
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US man arrested in Scotland and convicted of Utah rape gets at least 5 years in prison
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah judge on Monday sentenced a man who appeared to fake his death and flee the United States to avoid arrest on rape charges to anywhere from five years to life in prison. Nicholas Rossi, 38, is “a serial abuser of women” and...
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