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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has granted Utah's request to delay the implementation of a ruling ordering state officials to recognize more than 1,000 gay marriages that were allowed immediately after the state's same-sex marriage ban was overturned. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision yesterday afternoon, prolonging the uncertainty for the gay and lesbian couples who married in December. The order was set to take effect Monday.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The attorney for a Brigham Young University student accused of assaulting over a dozen women as he jogged by says the validity of the case revolves around just how fast the 23-year-old could possibly run. Nathan Fletcher appeared holding his wife's hand in Utah court yesterday, with his parents close behind. Attorney John Allan says Fletcher was kicked out of school and banished from campus, but the evidence against him doesn't add up.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Indicted businessman Jeremy Johnson has told state investigators that he funneled $50,000 of his own money in campaign contributions to U.S. Sen. Mike Lee's successful 2010 Senate campaign, violating federal election law. Court documents released Wednesday show Johnson said he was heeding a request from former Attorney General John Swallow when he wrote checks to other people who then donated to Lee's campaign. Lee's office in a statement said neither he nor his staffers knew of any such contributions.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. railroads forced to turn over details of their crude oil shipments are asking states to sign agreements not to disclose the information. Some states are refusing, saying the information should be public. Federal officials last month ordered railroads to make the disclosures following a string of fiery tank car accidents in North Dakota, Alabama, Virginia and Quebec, where 47 people died. The information due tomorrow includes route details, and train frequency and emergency response information for trains hauling 1 million gallons or more of crude.
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