U.S. Department of Justice

Stevoni Doyle, of Santaquin, said she wanted people with drug addiction to know there is always hope. Others pardoned include a nonprofit leader who supports at-risk youth, a social worker who fosters animals and a counselor and recovery coach.

The International Olympic Committee said Utah could remain the host of the 2034 Winter Games if they didn’t undermine the World Anti-Doping Agency.

The Utah Department of Corrections is under fire for discriminating against a transgender inmate who the U.S. Department of Justice said was driven to harm herself after she was repeatedly denied hormone therapy.

Philbert Shorty's family searched in vain for him for more than two years — not knowing that he was dead and that federal authorities had a suspect. While the details of Shorty's case are more gruesome than most, it's a story that has unfolded countless times across Indian Country.

A group of advocates is calling out New Mexico’s Democratic governor for disbanding a task force that crafted recommendations to address the high rate of killings and missing person cases in Native American communities.

“It is a perennial educational challenge to create school environments that value diversity, equity and inclusion. However, the degree of systemic racial harassment and discrimination described by students is extraordinary,” said one of the consultants who worked on the report.

All 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have reached an agreement in principle with Google to settle a lawsuit filed in 2021 over the tech giant’s alleged monopolistic control of the distribution of apps for the software that runs most of the world’s cellphones.

Former President Donald Trump has now been indicted for the third time.

"Our laws that protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the United States and they must be enforced," said Smith. "Violations of those laws put our country at risk."

An investigation by the Associated Press has found that China and its U.S.-based advocates spent years building relationships with Utah's officials and lawmakers. Efforts that have paid dividends at home and abroad.

The school year gets underway Monday and follows a two-year Department of Justice investigation over racial discrimination and harassment.

The latest Utah news from Friday evening, June 25, 2021.