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Activist and journalist Gloria Steinem has died at 92. She crossed paths with early Latter-day Saint feminists like Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
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Yuki Iwamura/AP, fileWest Valley City, home to an ICE field office and the state’s largest Hispanic and Latino population, had the most arrests of any Utah city this fiscal year. -
Seth Perlman/AP, fileThe organizational overhaul under President Donald Trump intends to trim costs and concentrate resources in Western states. Forest Service Associate Chief Chris French said that work being done at the research centers would continue at other sites.
Can even the best technology outshine what your body can do already? Mary Roach’s latest book explores prosthetic limbs, lab-grown organs and some truly bizarre ideas about the human body. Could a butt be used as a lung? Could a finger replace another digit lost to cancer? Roach joins RadioWest to explore just how far medical science can go.
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A Salt Lake City artist’s mother grew up near the Nevada Test Site. After her death, a surprising finding in her remains helped inspire new research into downwinders and the lasting effects of radiation exposure. -
The federal government recently finalized a new river plan to help keep it from plunging further, causing concerns and uncertainty among those who rely on its water. Even farmers not facing cuts are struggling to plan what to plant and how much due to the uncertainty. -
The court filing Friday comes after a federal judge in Boston handed down a new decision blocking President Donald Trump's order for two weeks. The whipsawing legal battle unfolding days before the first states begin sending out mail ballots could have major ramifications for the midterms. -
Gov. Cox nominated a district judge and private-sector attorney to the Utah Supreme Court, with both emphasizing their originalist judicial philosophies and limits on judicial power. -
U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani put a new 14-day hold on the plan following a fresh round of lawsuits just days before mail ballots begin to go out. The case could be headed back to the Supreme Court, which sided with Trump earlier this week -
“It felt like you were suffocating,” said one Wayne County resident. When smoke from the Widemouth 2 fire overlapped with a heat wave this summer, it left some Utahns without air conditioning in a tough spot. -
More than three quarters of all wildfires in the U.S. are caused by human behavior including accidents, negligence and arson. -
Law enforcement agencies that collaborate with ICE can request reimbursement and bonuses, thanks to funding from the Big Beautiful Bill. At least two in Utah have signed on. -
The latest legal development in the fight over mail-in voting has left Utah election officials weighing their options as a new Postal Service rule could upend ballots ahead of November’s midterm elections.
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