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The leader of a polygamous Utah sect may have came up with a simple but slippery way to escape law enforcement late last month: olive oil. Lyle Jeffs, the leader of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was initially being held in jail after federal authorities arrested him and 10 other church leaders over a food-stamp-fraud case earlier this year.
Several hundred protesters gather outside the Infinity Event Center where Donald Trump was to speak at a campaign rally in Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 18, 2016. Former Gov. Mitt Romney has been the spokesman for Republicans who reject Donald Trump, while Sen. Mike Lee is one of the more vocal critics of his campaign in Congress.
Democratic candidate for senate Misty Snow poses for a photograph Tuesday, June 28, 2016, in Salt Lake City. Primary voters in Utah and Colorado Tuesday selected transgender women, both named Misty, to run for spots in Congress next fall, reports Politico.
Republican Gov. Gary Herbert easily defeated Overstock.com executive Jonathan Johnson Tuesday to win a closely watched primary race that helped boost voter turnout to the highest level in two decades. After results came in, Herbert told reporters that he was grateful and that he believed voters felt he had a positive track record that he could build upon for the future.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor gave voice to what hundreds of thousands of people of color have experienced when being stopped and harassed by police. Earlier today, the Supreme Court made a terrible decision to allow evidence obtained by police who've made an unlawful stop be considered in an arrest resulting from that stop.