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Salt Lake City eyes major zoning changes to handle Smith Entertainment Group's request

05/14/2024 9:05pm
Salt Lake City is reviewing zoning amendments as it continues its negotiations with Smith Entertainment Group over a proposed entertainment district around the Delta Center.

Historic Heber theater gets a new lease on life

05/14/2024 8:04pm
The Ideal Playhouse Theater in Heber, which was once on the verge of closing, is now getting a fresh start.

Latino lawmakers, advocates press for work permits for certain undocumented immigrants

05/14/2024 5:20pm
A coalition of Latino lawmakers, including Utah Rep. Angela Romero, is asking President Biden to expand work permit offerings to certain classes of undocumented immigrants.

Biden sharply hikes US tariffs on Chinese imports, including chips, cars

05/14/2024 2:33pm
President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a bundle of steep tariff increases on an array of Chinese imports including electric vehicle batteries, computer chips and medical products.

Bumble gets stung for sneering at celibacy as an alternative to dating

05/14/2024 1:22pm
The dating app Bumble got stung after running billboard ads that appeared to sneer at celibacy as an alternative to meeting people online. The company backtracked Monday, apologizing for its billboards.

Utah, 17 other states, sue over federal policy on transgender workers

05/14/2024 11:39am
A group of Republican-led states, including Utah, filed a lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing broad legal protections for transgender workers.

8 dead, at least 40 injured as farmworkers' bus overturns; truck driver arrested

05/14/2024 9:38am
The Florida Highway Patrol says a bus carrying farmworkers in central Florida has overturned, killing eight people and injuring another 40 passengers.

Amazon's self-driving robotaxi unit Zoox under investigation by US after 2 rear-end crashes

05/14/2024 6:51am
Amazon's self-driving robotaxi unit is being investigated by the U.S. government's highway safety agency after two of its vehicles braked suddenly and were rear-ended by motorcyclists.

Salt Lake City wants to make Main Street 'a place for people.' Here's what it could look like

05/14/2024 6:15am
A new 215-page study shows what the future of Main Street in downtown Salt Lake City could look like, and it's closer to what was envisioned 62 years ago.