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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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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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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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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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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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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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Utah Football Player Sparks Religious Outrage By Kicking Through BYU’s Mormon Prayer At Holy War
© Gabriel Mayberry-Imagn Images Say what you will about Ohio State and Michigan, USC and UCLA, or Alabama and Auburn, but there is no rivalry in college football more intense than the one between Utah and BYU. It is called the Holy War for a...
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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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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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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,...
US man who faked death and fled to UK gets at least 5 years for rape
An American who faked his own death and fled to Scotland to evade justice was sentenced Monday to five-years-to-life in prison for raping his ex-girlfriend 17 years ago. Nicholas Rossi, 38, who potentially could spend the rest of his days behind...
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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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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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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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Cedar City Welcomes Utah's Repertory Dance Theatre Tuesday
The 96th season for Cedar City Music Arts continues this week with a Tuesday night performance from Salt Lake City's Repertory Dance Theatre. The production is set for 7:30pm at the Heritage Theater. RDT was founded in 1966 in Salt Lake City,...
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Nicholas Alahverdian faces sentencing in Utah rape conviction
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Rhode Island man who appeared to fake his death and flee the United States to avoid rape charges is scheduled to be sentenced Monday on one of two rape convictions in Utah. Nicholas Alahverdian, 38, faces between five years...
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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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Utah State basketball teams host second annual Aggie Madness
The second annual Aggie Madness for the men’s and women’s basketball teams started off with the players introduced to the fans for them to see their new team for the season. With 12 women’s and five men’s transfers, both head coaches are looking...
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Fugitive Nicholas Rossi handed five years by Utah court
23:10, 20 Oct 2025Updated 23:11, 20 Oct 2025 Nicolas Rossi(Image: PA) Fugitive serial sex attacker Nicholas Rossi who faked his own death and fled to Scotland has been jailed for five-years to life. Rossi was sentenced over the first of two sex...
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A detailed rundown of the 2025 slate of the Utah Film Center’s Utah Queer Film Festival
EDITOR’S NOTE: For the curtain raiser of the 2025 Utah Queer Film Festival, see this link. The theme of fearless queerness permeates the slate of six feature-length documentaries and 40 short films in this year’s Utah Queer Film Festival slate. In...
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