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Italy to ban veils in schools, limit foreign students per class, Meloni says
Gianluca Semeraro, Reuters | Updated Sept. 20 - 7:02 p.m. | Save Story
Italy is preparing to ban face coverings in schools and to cap the number of foreign students per class, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday as she played up her right-wing credentials at a youth event organized by her party.
France vows response after Iran closes language centre in Tehran
John Irish, Reuters | Posted Sept. 20 - 5:25 p.m. | Save Story
France will summon Iran's ambassador and take appropriate measures in response after Iranian authorities sealed a French language center affiliated with its embassy in Tehran.
'It just stinks': Utah senator calls out Russian oligarch who paid for Trump Jr's wedding party
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Posted Sept. 20 - 10:44 a.m. | Save Story
Sen. John Curtis said a wedding after-party for President Donald Trump's son that was financed by a Russian oligarch was "corruption."
Israel's president pardons a combat medic whose shooting of a Palestinian attacker caused debate
Cara Anna, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 19 - 9:40 p.m. | Save Story
Israel's president on Saturday pardoned the combat medic who shot dead at close range a badly wounded Palestinian attacker who had stabbed a soldier in the occupied West Bank, a case that divided the country a decade ago.
White House turns away CNN, MS NOW, Politico reporters after Trump's ban
Waylon Cunningham, Reuters | Posted Sept. 19 - 7:44 p.m. | Save Story
The White House on Saturday denied access to journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, following through with President Donald Trump's announcement to ban them.
Trump has a deal to build US military presence in Greenland while leaving island in Denmark's hands
Aamer Madhani and Ben Finley, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 18 - 7:56 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump announced Friday he has a deal with Denmark to bolster the U.S. military presence in Greenland after months of threatening to take the island by force from the NATO ally — an agreement that also keeps the Arctic territory in Denmark's hands.
Utah economic office can't tell if $249M was properly spent, audit finds
VideoBridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Updated Sept. 18 - 7:18 p.m. | Save Story
A Utah legislative audit says inadequate oversight at the Governor's Office of Economic Development put $249 million in taxpayer funds at risk of being misused.
'Seeing is believing': Utah senators tour Great Salt Lake as they look at ways to protect it
VideoBridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Updated Sept. 18 - 7:11 p.m. | Save Story
Several top Republican state senators took an airboat tour of the Great Salt Lake Thursday morning as they plan future legislation to protect the lake.
Does Utah need to plan for extinction risks due to AI? Not just yet, AI czar says
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted Sept. 18 - 7:11 p.m. | Save Story
The head of Utah's artificial intelligence office said AI advancements could be potentially dangerous, but said they have "not manifested in a way that's a real extinction level risk."
All 50 states sign up for Trump's Medicaid most-favored-nation plan
Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters | Updated Sept. 18 - 2:52 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump plans to announce on Friday that all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico signed on to participate in his most-favored-nation drug pricing scheme for Medicaid.
Trump says he is banning media outlets CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House
Jacob Bogage and David Shepardson, Reuters | Updated Sept. 18 - 2:22 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said on Friday he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House in his latest move to crack down on the independent press.
The Senate is one step closer to rewriting the rules for college sports
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 18 - 12:41 p.m. | Save Story
The Senate is inching closer to passage of the highly anticipated Protect College Sports Act after it passed the chamber on Thursday in a 77-22 vote.
Trump administration begins building border wall in Texas' Big Bend region
Rebecca Santana, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 18 - 11:10 a.m. | Save Story
The Trump administration has started building the border wall through a west Texas section of the Big Bend region.
Vineyard fills latest City Council vacancy
Cassidy Wixom, KSL | Posted Sept. 18 - 9:44 a.m. | Save Story
The Vineyard City Council approved its newest member to fill the vacancy left by Councilman Ezra Nair, who resigned last month to work for Provo.
Weber County sales tax taking effect Oct. 1 expected to generate $13.1M a year
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted Sept. 17 - 10:29 p.m. | Save Story
A 0.2 percentage point sales tax hike taking effect on Oct. 1 in Weber County will generate an extra $13.1 million a year.
Utah politicians differ on future of power plants after Trump administration repeals emission rules
Leah Bowers, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 17 - 8:02 p.m. | Save Story
The Trump administration is scrapping Biden-era emissions rules for power plants, saying the rollback will save the industry $310 billion, but it left Utah politicians divided.
Former Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, a 'workhorse' who shaped water policy, dies at 84
Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 17 - 6:28 p.m. | Save Story
Former Sen. Jon Kyl, who represented Arizona in both chambers of Congress over nearly three decades, has died at 84. He had dementia. A family friend says Kyl died Wednesday night.
UN-backed experts cite possible US war crimes in Iran strikes
Jamey Keaten, Associated Press | Updated Sept. 17 - 5:28 p.m. | Save Story
U.N.-commissioned human rights experts say they have found "reasonable grounds" to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran.
