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The Attorney General's office said in a statement on Monday that it planned to appeal Judge Derek Pullan's ruling that misconduct by police and prosecutors prejudiced the trial of Douglas Stewart Carter.

The city defended its officers' conduct in response to the lawsuit, saying they were kind and respectful and couldn't have predicted the subsequent tragedy.

Attorneys representing the family of a Black fifth grader in Utah who died by suicide alerted a northern Utah school district on Wednesday they plan to file a lawsuit seeking damages for their inadequate response to bullying.

In a court filing in Cochise County, Arizona, made public Wednesday, the children of the late Paul Adams asked an Arizona judge for permission to add Republican state Rep. Merrill F. Nelson and law firm Kirton McConkie as defendants in their lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints.

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Montana by Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics of Eugene Oregon. The main ingredients in fire retardant are inorganic fertilizers and salts that can be toxic to some fish, frogs, crustaceans and other aquatic species.

More than 60 judges on all levels of the court system are up for retention this November.

Records from a log of calls fielded by a law firm representing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a church official deposition show that Republican State Rep. Merrill F. Nelson took the initial call from a bishop reporting that church member Paul Adams had sexually abused his daughters.

Utah’s ruling marked the latest court development in a nationwide debate over how to navigate a flashpoint issue. Similar cases are underway in states such as Idaho, West Virginia and Indiana.

The preliminary injunction is effective immediately and will remain in effect until the lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood of Utah is settled.

The state argues the funds are meant to alleviate a range of issues communities in the Uinta Basin are facing.

The latest Utah news for Wednesday evening, April 20, 2022.

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