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'We are not immune': Salt Lake County DA encourages community to report child abuse
Ashley Fredde, KSL.com | Posted April 15 - 7:05 p.m. | Save Story
The Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office and law enforcement encouraged the community to come forward and report instances of child abuse.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators block traffic into Chicago airport, causing headaches for travelers
Sophia Tareen, Associated Press | Posted April 15 - 4:01 p.m. | Save Story
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked a freeway leading to three Chicago O'Hare International Airport terminals, temporarily stopping vehicle traffic into one of the nation's busiest airports.
Jury selection under way in historic Trump criminal trial
Luc Cohen and Jack Queen, Reuters | Updated April 15 - 3:50 p.m. | Save Story
The judge in former President Donald Trump's trial dismissed dozens of potential New York City jurors on Monday who said they could not fairly decide whether the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for November's election illegally covered up a hush money payment to a porn star.
10 years after armed standoff, Bundy cattle are still grazing disputed rangeland
Ken Ritter, Associated Press | Posted April 15 - 2:14 p.m. | Save Story
Ten years later, Cliven Bundy and his family are still grazing cattle on disputed southern Nevada rangeland where armed protesters and federal agents stared each other down through rifle sights.
Rural Oregon city asks Supreme Court if homeless people can be fined for sleeping outside
Claire Rush, Associated Press | Posted April 15 - 9:14 a.m. | Save Story
The rural city of Grants Pass in southern Oregon has become the unlikely face of the nation's homelessness crisis as its case over anti-camping laws goes to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Amid a divided government, Rep. Celeste Maloy and Speaker Mike Johnson seek progress
Gitanjali Poonia, Deseret News | Posted April 14 - 10:17 p.m. | Save Story
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Celeste Maloy share something in common: a mutual experience of juggling newly bestowed responsibilities within the confines of an extremely divided government.
Librarians fear new penalties, even prison, as activists challenge books
Hillel Italie and Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press | Posted April 14 - 7:45 p.m. | Save Story
Across the country, book bans and attempted bans have soared to the highest levels in decades. Public and school-based libraries have been inundated with complaints from community members and conservative activists.
Utah immigrant advocates blast anti-illegal immigration talk as 'fearmongering,' 'dehumanizing'
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted April 14 - 7:03 p.m. | Save Story
Many Utah politicos have focused on illegal immigration and the harm they say it's causing, but immigrant advocates seek to offer a more nuanced view.
How businessman Jason Walton's loss launched him on a political mission
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted April 14 - 6:18 p.m. | Save Story
Three years ago, any and all convenient political narratives held by self-made millionaire Jason Walton were shattered at the news of his daughter's death by suicide.
GOPers in Salt Lake, Weber, Davis counties call for halt in use of ERIC to maintain voter lists
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Updated April 14 - 2:57 p.m. | Save Story
Republicans in the three Wasatch Front counties approved resolutions asking the Utah Lt. Governor's Office to stop using the ERIC system, which is under fire in other GOP-led states.
Big recreation measures pass the House to improve public access
Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News | Posted April 14 - 2:15 p.m. | Save Story
Four key pieces of legislation under the umbrella of the EXPLORE Act passed the House this week, helping to improve and expand access to public lands and waterways.
News organizations post open letter urging Biden and Trump to debate ahead of election
Hadas Gold, CNN | Posted April 14 - 1:07 p.m. | Save Story
A dozen of the nation's biggest news organizations posted an open letter Sunday, urging President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to participate in televised debates ahead of the 2024 election.
Fallout from Trump's bid to overturn election loss heads to Supreme Court
John Kruzel, Reuters | Updated April 14 - 10:47 a.m. | Save Story
The actions of Donald Trump and his supporters following his 2020 election loss are at the top of the U.S. Supreme Court's agenda in the next two weeks.
Booms, sirens in Israel after Iran launches over 200 missiles and drones in unprecedented attack
Josef Federman and Jon Gambrell, Associated Press | Updated April 13 - 9:00 p.m. | Save Story
Booms and air raid sirens have sounded across Israel after Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushes the Middle East closer to a regionwide war.
Young children undercounted in 2020 census. What about in Utah?
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 13 - 10:12 a.m. | Save Story
The Census Bureau says over 1 million children between the ages of 0 and 4 may have been undercounted during the 2020 census, but some Utah counties bucked the trend.
Washington Terrace, South Ogden bird advocates push for permission to keep backyard chickens
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted April 13 - 7:23 a.m. | Save Story
The backyard chicken issue has been debated previously in Washington Terrace and South Ogden, the only Weber County locales that don't allow them, advocates say. Now it's lurching forward again.
President's son Hunter Biden loses bid to dismiss gun charges
Tom Hals, Reuters | Posted April 12 - 10:16 p.m. | Save Story
A federal judge in Delaware on Friday declined to dismiss gun charges against Hunter Biden, one of the two criminal cases against Joe Biden's son as the Democratic U.S. president ramps up his campaign for reelection.
State calling for public input to close 'digital divide,' bring high-speed internet to all Utahns
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted April 12 - 8:18 p.m. | Save Story
The Department of Commerce accepted Utah's Digital Equity plan, which means communities now have the chance to provide input on gaps in internet access to take advantage of '"generational" funding to bring high-speed, reliable internet to the entire state.
