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Paris Hilton leads protest calling for closure of Utah school
Socialite and reality TV star organized demonstration near Provo Canyon school after saying she suffered abuse at boarding school
Socialite and reality TV star Paris Hilton has been speaking out about abuse she said she suffered at a boarding school in Utah, and on Friday took her push nearly to the school’s front doors.
Hilton organized a protest in a park near Provo Canyon school, along with several hundreds of others who shared stories of abuse they said they suffered there or at similar schools for troubled youth. She is calling for the closure of the school.
Continue reading...Winds fuel wildfires in California as blazes rage across US west
Region sees amber skies while Washington state faces more acres burned in a day than typically burn in a year
Large, fast-moving fires raged on across the American west on Wednesday, destroying hundreds of homes in the Pacific north-west and sending a dense plume of smoke that turned skies amber across parts of the region.
Related: California, Oregon and Washington battle dozens of fires – live updates
Continue reading...Baby driver: Utah police stop five-year-old on way to California in parents’ car
Boy, 5, told officers he was driving to California to buy Lamborghini sports car – with $3 in his pocket
Utah state troopers pulled over a five-year-old boy driving his parents’ car down the highway. The precocious youngster told the officers he was on his way to California to buy himself a Lamborghini – with $3 in his pocket.
Troopers in Ogden, outside Salt Lake City, initially thought the car was being driven by an impaired driver. But when they found the boy driving, he told police he left home after an argument, in which his mother refused to buy him the luxury sports car.
Continue reading...Utah senate unanimously moves to decriminalize polygamy
Sponsor says bill would help otherwise law-abiding polygamists gain access to critical services, but critics say polygamy is harmful
The Utah state senate voted unanimously on Tuesday to effectively decriminalize polygamy among consenting adults, reducing penalties for a practice with deep religious roots in the predominantly Mormon state.
The bill, which would treat the offense of plural marriage as a simple infraction on par with a parking ticket, now moves to the Utah house of representatives, where it is likely to face greater resistance.
Continue reading...Court rules against woman charged after stepchildren saw her topless
Utah judge refuses to overturn lewdness measure in case of Tilli Buchanan, who removed her top while hanging drywall
A judge refused to overturn part of Utah’s lewdness law on Tuesday in a blow to a woman who is fighting criminal charges after her stepchildren saw her topless in her own home.
Judge Kara Pettit sided with prosecutors who argued that lewdness is commonly understood to include women’s breasts in American society, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. Judges should not second-guess what lawmakers have decided is lewd conduct, she wrote.
Continue reading...Topless bans are just laws that treat female bodies like sex objects | Arwa Mahdawi
A Utah woman is being taken to court for bearing her breasts in her home – an explicit example of a double standard
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Continue reading...At least four Chinese-speaking tourists killed in Utah bus crash
A bus carrying 30 tourists lost control about seven miles from Bryce Canyon National Park
At least four people have been killed and up to 15 others critically injured when a bus transporting Chinese-speaking tourists crashed near Bryce Canyon national park in the western US state of Utah, local authorities said.
The Utah highway patrol said the crash took place Friday morning about seven miles from the park entrance, forcing the road to be shut as ambulances and rescue vehicles rushed to the site.
Continue reading...Gwyneth Paltrow sued over collision on ski slopes
Actor says $3.1m lawsuit filed in Utah alleging she injured another skier in a 2016 crash is ‘without merit’
Actor Gwyneth Paltrow has been accused in a lawsuit of breaking a man’s ribs and leaving him with a concussion when she smashed into him while skiing at a Utah ski resort in 2016.
Terry Sanderson, 72, claimed during a news conference in Salt Lake City that he heard a “hysterical scream” and was then struck between his shoulder blades on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort on 26 February 2016. He remembers being thrown forward and losing control of his body before losing consciousness. An acquaintance, Craig Ramon, who witnessed the event, claimed he saw Paltrow hit him squarely in the back.
Continue reading...Mayor of Utah city killed in ‘insider attack’ in Afghanistan
The mayor of a Utah city was killed during an attack in Afghanistan while he was serving with the state's National Guard, the town's temporary mayor Brent Chugg confirmed to CBS Salt Lake City affiliate KUTV. North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor died Saturday in an apparent "insider attack" in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
Ap Fact Check: Romney oversimplifies Western water shortage
Mitt Romney took up the question of water shortage this week in Utah, one of the driest states in the country, during a debate as he runs for a U.S. Senate seat in his adopted home state against Democrat Jenny Wilson. But federal water managers say he oversimplified a complex issue when he said Utah's unused water allotment goes to California.
Find out where your 3rd Congressional District candidates stand on…
Voters in Utah's reliably red 3rd Congressional District face a choice this November between two opponents who remain split on a number of issues, from public lands to the president and reproductive health rights. Incumbent Republican Rep. John Curtis, the former Provo mayor , is eager to earn a full term in Congress and says his record, with four bills passed through the House in his 10 months in office, speaks for itself.
History Repeating
On the eve of Christine Blasey Ford testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee about a Supreme Court nominee allegedly assaulting her when they were in high school, Anita Hill warned an audience at the University of Utah's Cleone Peterson Eccles Alumni House not to discount the role power plays in our understanding of sexual harassment and abuse allegations. "Access to equal justice was what was at stake in 1991, and it's what at stake now," Hill said on Wednesday.
Anita Hill says #MeToo movement can create lasting change
26, 2018, in Salt Lake City. Hill has been back in the spotlight since Christine Blasey Ford accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of ... .
GOP senators defend Kavanaugh as exasperation mounts: ‘We’re in the Twilight Zone,’ Graham says
Supreme Court nominee is denying the sexual harassment allegations forcefully and his supporters are branding the new stories as purely political. Peter Doocy reports for 'Special Report.' Shortly after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a forceful defense of embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on the Senate floor, top Judiciary Committee Republicans on Monday sounded notes of both exasperation and defiance in the face of what they have characterized as last-minute "smears."
Food aid matters to thousands of Utah households
More than 10 percent of Utahns are struggling with food insecurity , or limited or uncertain access to enough food. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program makes a difference for thousands of Utah households, ensuring they have money for food and room in their budget to afford rent and other basic needs.
Nearly three decades after Anita Hill came forward, Sen. Orrin Hatch…
Washington a Sen. Orrin Hatch said the woman's story accusing the Supreme Court nominee of sexual misconduct was "too contrived." He believed she was lying after being coaxed by liberal special interests to derail the confirmation and was yearning for the spotlight.
Shireen Ghorbani cares about Utah problems; Chris Stewart is a corporate shill
Stewart invariably supports the greedy agenda of his campaign donors, the corporate and wealthy elite, at our expense. By contrast, Ghorbani supports the genuine needs of the majority of Utahns - families, working people, farmers, seniors and more.
AP analysis shows modest premium hikes as ‘Obamacare’ stabilizes
Millions of people covered under the Affordable Care Act will see only modest premium increases next year, and some will get price cuts. That's the conclusion from an exclusive analysis of the besieged but resilient program, which still sparks deep divisions heading into this year's midterm elections.
Voter turnout hits around 29 percent for Utah primary, better than 2016
Voter turnout was up for this year's primary election over 2016, especially among Republicans, but it's going to be tough for that trend to continue through the November general election. "Generally, we don't see as high of a turnout during a midterm year as we would a presidential year so we don't get really caught up in trying to compare one to the other," state Elections Director Justin Lee said.