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'Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' Season 5 Cast - 5 Women Returning, 1 Won't Be Back

The cast of the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City is going to look a little different when the show returns for a fifth season.

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Monica Garcia AXED From RHOSLC Cast -- After She Was Exposed For Running Troll Account!

Oh, s**t! Just like Vanderpump Rules, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City will be moving forward without its most scandalous cast member!

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Bravo Offered Jen Shah A Spinoff From RHOSLC Before She Reported To Prison -- And She Turned It Down?!

Jen Shah may be spending the next half-decade behind bars after pleading guilty to committing wire fraud as part of a telemarketing scheme, but before she reported to Bryan Federal Prison Camp in Texas last February, she had a VERY interesting offer on the table!

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Monica Garcia Exposed For Running Gossip Account About RHOSLC Co-Stars In Jaw-Dropping Season Finale!

Move over, Jen Shah! The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City has a brand-new villain taking your crown!

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Andy Cohen Responds to Jen Shah's Instagram Post From Prison After Shocking 'RHOSLC' Finale

Andy Cohen is speaking out.

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Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 4 Finale: Why Everyone Is Talking About the Explosive Episode

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season 4 finale had to deliver—and deliver it did.Fans of the Housewives franchise are . The scene of the cast on the beach is receiving comparisons to Big Little Lies. It's clear that, like before it, the RHOSLC finale seemed to transcend the usual , captivating social media through memes and reactions.

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Heather Gay Finally Reveals How She Got That Infamous Black Eye During 'RHOSLC' Season Four Finale

SPOILER ALERT – Do not read ahead if you haven’t watched the latest episode of RHOSLC!

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Paramore’s Hayley Williams Shares Health Updates After Cancelling Multiple Shows: ‘Touring Is Different At 34 Than It Was At 16’

Hayley Williams is ready to dominate the stage again.

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Hayley Williams Shares Health Update After Cancelling Four Paramore Concerts

Hayley Williams is giving fans an update about her health.

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Utah woman sues Starbucks, claims cleaning tablets were found in drink

POLAND - 2023/02/07: American multinational chain Starbucks Coffee store seen in Gdansk. (Photo by Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah woman is suing Starbucks and Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc.

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Utah district bans Bible in elementary, middle school 'due to vulgarity or violence'

FILE - Christian woman reading the Holy Bible. (Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)SALT LAKE CITY - The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children.And the Book of Mormon could be next.The 72,000-student Davis School District north of Salt Lake City removed the Bible from its elementary and middle schools while keeping it in high schools after a committee reviewed the scripture in response to a parental complaint.

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Texas prison housing Elizabeth Holmes, 'Housewives' star Jen Shah offers business classes

Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., left, arrives at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Bryan, Texas, US, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Photographer: Sergio Flores/Bloomberg via Getty Images BRYAN, Texas - The federal Texas prison where Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will spend the next 11 years offers business classes, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Bryan, Texas, about 100 miles outside of Houston, offers various educational programs for inmates, including "Administrative Assistant, Small Business, Medical Transcription and Coding, Accounting Technology" certificate programs, according to an employee handbook.All inmates at FPC Bryan, which houses mostly white-collar criminals, are required to have a job for at least three months and can take a test to determine which job is the best fit for them. Detainees also have daily chores, such as mopping and making their beds, the handbook states.INMATES HOPE TO BEFRIEND THERANOS FOUNDER ELIZABETH HOLMES AHEAD OF HER ARRIVAL AT TEXAS PRISONEmployees cannot, however, conduct a business without "staff authorization" at the prison.‘REAL HOUSEWIVES’ STAR JEN SHAH TO SERVE PRISON TIME: CELEBRITY LAWYER ON WHAT REALITY STARS FACE BEHIND BARSFPC also houses "Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jen Shah, who was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud in a telemarketing scheme targeting elderly victims.FILE IMAGES - Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes (L) and "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jen Shah are pictured.

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Mormon missionary killed, 3 others hurt in Brazil bus crash

Elder Izaak Orion Card, 20. (Credit: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) SALT LAKE CITY - A missionary with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was killed Friday in a bus crash in Brazil. Church leaders said 20-year-old Elder Izaak Orion Card, 20, of Anchorage, Alaska, lost his life in a rural area near the city of Tibagi.Card and three other missionaries were traveling in the early evening when their bus was hit by a semi-truck.RELATED: Missouri miracle? Photo shows nun’s body still intact nearly 4 years after deathThe other missioners were not serious hurt and are being cared for by local church members in Brazil. The church said Card had been serving as a full-time missionary since October 2022. "We send our love to Elder Card’s family and friends and the missionaries and members in the Brazil Curitiba Mission," the church said in an online statement.

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Stray bullet hits toddler playing outside Utah day care center

SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP - A 2-year-old was shot in the head by a stray bullet while playing outside at day care in Utah, authorities said Tuesday.The Spanish Fork Police Department said day care workers brought a toddler to a nearby hospital on Monday after they noticed the child stumbling and bleeding from the face. Following scans, doctors found a small caliber bullet lodged in the toddler’s head and transported the child to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, 52 miles (84 kilometers) north of Spanish Fork.Authorities said the child was in stable condition."Detectives are continuing to investigate where the bullet may have been shot from and why.

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TSA tests facial recognition technology at US airports to boost security

FILE - A Credential Authentication Technology (CAT-2) identity verification machine is demonstrated to a member of the media at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoint at Baltimore-Washington Airport (BWI) in Baltimore, Mar BALTIMORE - A passenger walks up to an airport security checkpoint, slips an ID card into a slot and looks into a camera atop a small screen. The screen flashes "Photo Complete" and the person walks through — all without having to hand over their identification to the TSA officer sitting behind the screen.It's all part of a pilot project by the Transportation Security Administration to assess the use of facial recognition technology at a number of airports across the country."What we are trying to do with this is aid the officers to actually determine that you are who you say who you are," said Jason Lim, identity management capabilities manager, during a demonstration of the technology to reporters at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.RELATED: Lyft rolls out feature to make airport pickups fasterThe effort comes at a time when the use of various forms of technology to enhance security and streamline procedures is only increasing.

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Heather Armstrong, mommy blogger known as Dooce, dies at 47

Heather Armstrong discusses her life as a professional blogger during an interview in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, July 18, 2008. Armstrong's website, which gets about 4 million hits a month, chronicles her daily life, much of it surrounding her NEW YORK (AP) - The pioneering mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, who laid bare her struggles as a parent and her battles with depression and alcoholism on her site Dooce.com and on social media, has died at 47.Armstrong’s boyfriend, Pete Ashdown, told The Associated Press that he found her Tuesday night at their Salt Lake City home.She had two children with her former husband and business partner, Jon Armstrong, began Dooce in 2001 and built it into a lucrative career.

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University of Utah athlete flees US amid rape charge, investigation

University of Utah (Credit: University of Utah) SALT LAKE CITY - An arrest warrant has been issued for a University of Utah student athlete at the center of a rape investigation, and he may no longer be in the U.S. 19-year-old Benjamin Smyth is wanted on a rape, forcible sodomy and forcible sexual abuse charges. Smyth was a member of the school's diving team and attended the school on a scholarship. In court documents obtained by FOX Television Stations, the Salt Lake County District attorney alleged the crimes happened in August 2022. RELATED: Utah woman who wrote children's book about grief charged with husband's murderCourt documents stated that a woman was reading a book in the common area of her dorm building, when a group of men, including Smyth, approached her. Smyth and the victim then exchanged contact information. The two then met up in the victim's dorm room, and after a playing a game and having a conversation, Smyth is accused of then sexually assaulting the victim.

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Utah woman who wrote children's book about grief charged with husband's murder

FILE - Inside of an independent bookstore featuring children's books. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)SALT LAKE CITY - After her husband died last year, she wrote a children’s book on grief.

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Avalanche temporarily strands more than 1,000 people at popular Utah ski area

Utah.The Utah Department of Transportation announced the closure of the main thoroughfare into and out of Snowbird and Alta after an avalanche blocked a large section of the state route.Video from along State Route 210 showed crews working to mitigate the threat of additional avalanches and clean up debris.State transportation crews estimated that the slide was at least 15 feet deep and 300 feet wide.Authorities reported the route was reopened late Friday, but UDOT was planning for additional closures into the weekend to continue avalanche mitigation.The Utah Avalanche Center had cautioned about the increased dangers in northern and central parts of the state due to recent snowfall.The center warned that mid- and higher elevations in the Provo region were subject to considerable avalanche danger.

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Utah's new social media law means kids need approval from parents

FILE - A 12-year-old boy looks at a smartphone screen on March 16, 2023 in Bath, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) SALT LAKE CITY - Children and teens in Utah would lose access to social media apps such as TikTok if they don’t have parental consent and face other restrictions under a first-in-the-nation law designed to shield young people from the addictive platforms.Two laws signed by Republican Gov.

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2 skiers killed in large Colorado avalanches only days apart

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Utah bank robber steals $1, demands to go to federal prison: report

(Photo by Rainer Binder/ullstein bild via Getty Images) A suspected bank robber in Utah demanded $1 from a bank teller Monday and waited for police officers to arrive because he wanted to be jailed in federal prison.Donald Matthew Santacroce, 65, was instead booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on a robbery charge, the Salt Lake City Police Department said. UTAH SUSPECT CHARGED WITH MURDER OF MISSING 19-YEAR-OLD MAN NEARLY A YEAR AFTER HIS DISAPPEARANCE"Please pardon me for doing this but this is a robbery. Please give me $1.

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Jen Shah reports to prison: 'Real Housewives' star to serve 6.5 years

NEW YORK - Jen Shah, the convicted cast member of "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" has reported to federal prison.She arrived at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Bryan, Texas. She is now in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, the agency confirmed in an email to FOX 5 News.The reality TV star was sentenced last month to 6.5 years in prison in connection with her fraud case.Shah pleaded guilty in July to one charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing.Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said she admitted she victimized 10 or more persons over the age of 55 as part of the plea.Get breaking news alerts in the free FOX5NY News app! | Sign up for FOX 5 email newslettersShah, 48, of Park City, Utah, had faced a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.Prosecutors said Shah used profits from the scam fraud to live in a mansion dubbed "Shah Ski Chalet" in the resort ski town of Park City, Utah.

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Jen Shah Ordered To Enter Mental Health Treatment Program After Prison

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Jen Shah ordered to receive mental health treatment in addition as part of 6.5-year prison sentence

Jen Shah has been ordered to take psychiatric medication and get mental health counseling after her release from prison, according to documents obtained by TMZ.The 49-year-old Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City star has a little more than a month to go before she is supposed to surrender to federal authorities and begin serving her sentence for conspiracy to commit wire fraud on February 17.On January 6, a judge sentenced the Real Housewives of Salt Lake star to 6.5 years behind bars at a federal penitentiary in Texas, but with good behavior, she could be out in about five-and-a-half years. Prison: Jen Shah, 49, Jen Shah has been ordered to take psychiatric medication and get mental health counseling after her release from prison, according to documents obtained by TMZAt her sentencing hearing, Jen entered 'sensitive' information about her mental health saying that, 'Longstanding untreated mental issues caused me to create my own fractured reality. With the proper medication I can now see what happened.'I wish I could have stood outside myself.

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Utah college student claims being drugged, sexually assaulted at fraternity house

University of Utah (Credit: University of Utah) SALT LAKE CITY - The Pi Kappa Alpa fraternity at the University of Utah is under investigation after a student claimed to have been drugged and sexually assault at the fraternity’s off-campus home. According to a campus alert that was sent Monday, campus police said they were notified of a sexual assault that occurred at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house on September 29. The victim, a student, reported going to the house with friends. "The victim remembers feeling sick, nauseous, and as if they had been drugged," police said in the alert.

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Utah officials secretly looked into high school athlete's gender

File: The Utah State Capitol building in January, 2021. (Photo by GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images) SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah high school athletics association secretly investigated a female athlete — without telling her or her parents — after receiving complaints from the parents of two girls she had defeated in competition questioning whether the girl was transgender.The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Utah High School Activities Association and the girl’s high school determined she indeed was female after poring through school records dating back to kindergarten.Association spokesman David Spatafore told lawmakers that the girl and her family weren’t told of the investigation to spare them embarrassment and "to keep the matter private," the Tribune reported Thursday.The revelation comes as at least 12 Republican-led states — including Utah — have passed laws banning transgender women or girls in sports.

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Deadline looms for drought-stricken states to cut water use by 15 percent

A man walks on a finger of exposed land at Lake Mead reservoir during the drought on July 9, 2022 in Boulder City, Nevada. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) SALT LAKE CITY - Banks along parts of the Colorado River where water once streamed are now just caked mud and rock as climate change makes the Western U.S.

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Police: Man steals excavator, illegally rips up ground at grocery store

SALT LAKE CITY - Authorities said they have arrested a man they believe stole an excavator from a construction site and drove it for nearly a mile before ripping up the ground at a local grocery store. Salt Lake City Police in Utah said the incident happened Saturday just after 12 p.m. local time.

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Woman hospitalized after suffering 15 spider bites, contracting flesh-eating bacteria

Susi Feltch-Malohifo’ou (Credit: Adrian Swensen) SALT LAKE CITY - A woman is fighting for her life after family members said she was bitten several times by a spider and later contracted a flesh-eating bacteria.Susi Feltch-Malohifo’ou of Utah recently went on a fishing trip to Mirror Lake in the Uinta mountains with family and friends."When she woke up Sunday morning she had a headache, a fever and was in some pain," her son, Adrian Swensen, told FOX Television Stations. "Those symptoms progressed to the point that we decided she needed to see her doctor."RELATED: Biden improves 'significantly' after getting BA.5 COVID variantSwensen said his mother tested negative for COVID-19 and the flu.

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Chris Stapleton surfaces more than a week after postponing shows because of COVID-19 diagnosis

Chris Stapleton surfaced at Universal Studios Hollywood this Thursday, over a week after he announced he was postponing some shows because he had COVID-19.The delayed concerts in Salt Lake City and Denver were supposed to take place last weekend, but will now occur this Friday through Sunday.Before his next run of gigs, Chris, 44, was spotted cutting a casual figure as he soaked up the sun at the theme park with a camera slung across his front. Back out:Chris Stapleton surfaced at Universal Studios Hollywood this Thursday, over a week after he announced he was postponing some shows because he had COVID-19The country star announced the show postponements last Tuesday, June 21, announcing that the concerts had been pushed back a week.'To all my friends in Salt Lake City and Denver, I am very sorry to let you all know that I have tested positive for Covid and will be unable to perform this weekend's shows,' he wrote in a message he posted to his Instagram page.

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Chris Stapleton postpones tour shows after testing positive for COVID-19

Chris Stapleton postponed three shows of his "All-American Road Show" tour after testing positive for COVID-19. Stapleton announced his coronavirus diagnosis via Instagram. "To all my friends in Salt Lake City and Denver, I am very sorry to let you all know that I have tested positive for Covid and will be unable to perform this weekend's shows," the country music star said.

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Chris Stapleton postpones tour dates after testing positive for COVID-19

Chris Stapleton has had to postpone his tour dates for this coming weekend because he has contracted the coronavirus.The 44-year-old country star made the announcement this Tuesday, announcing that the concerts had been pushed back a week.'To all my friends in Salt Lake City and Denver, I am very sorry to let you all know that I have tested positive for Covid and will be unable to perform this weekend's shows,' he wrote in a message he posted to his Instagram page. Uh oh:Chris Stapleton has had to postpone his tour dates for this coming weekend because he has contracted the coronavirus Making it work:The 44-year-old country star made the announcement this Tuesday, announcing that the concerts had been pushed back a weekHe was initially supposed to perform this Friday night at the USANA Amphitheatre in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Valley City.

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13-year-old Utah boy dies after being buried under sand dune in state park

FILE - Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Utah. (Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)SALT LAKE CITY - A 13-year-old Utah boy has died from his injuries a day after a sand dune he was digging in collapsed and buried him at a state park, officials said Monday.The boy had been digging a tunnel into the dune at southern Utah's Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park when it collapsed on him Saturday evening, park rangers said.A family member alerted authorities, and rangers arrived to dig the boy out from what they said was about 6 1/2 feet (2 meters) of sand.After rangers and Kane County Sheriff’s deputies rescued him, found he had a pulse, and administered CPR, the boy was transported to a St.

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Remains of Korean War veteran finally come home after being MIA for 71 years

veteran who went missing in action 71 years ago is finally coming back home to his final resting place. The remains of Cpl. David B. Milano were brought back to the United States by members of the Utah National Guard and arrived at the Salt Lake City International Airport on April 26. "Corporal Milano’s remains were returned to the United States as a result of a repatriation agreement between the U.S.

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'Magic mushrooms' for therapy? Veterans helping sway conservatives

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Matthew Butler spent 27 years in the Army, but it took a day in jail to convince him his post-traumatic stress disorder was out of control.The recently retired Green Beret had already tried antidepressants, therapy and a support dog. But his arrest for punching a hole in his father's wall after his family tried to stage an intervention in Utah made it clear none of it was working."I had a nice house, I had a great job, whatever, but I was unable to sleep, had frequent nightmares, crippling anxiety, avoiding crowds," he said.

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Justin Bieber boards private plane as he's seen for first time after wife Hailey's health scare

Justin Bieber was seen for the first time since his wife Hailey's terrifying health scare last week as he boarded a private plane out of Los Angeles and headed to the Salt Lake City leg of his Purpose World Tour on Sunday afternoon.The 28-year-old singer sported a vibrant red sweat suit with a massive yellow smiling face across the front from his Drew House brand as he stepped out of a black SUV and on to the tarmac.Justin appeared to be tense and slightly stressed during the trying times as he's reportedly 'still very worried' about Hailey following the incident where she was hospitalized for a 'small blood clot' in her brain which gave her 'stroke-like' symptoms. Stepping out: Justin Bieber looked tense as he was seen for the first time since his wife Hailey's terrifying health scare last week as he boarded a private plane out of Los Angeles and headed to the Salt Lake City leg of his Purpose World Tour on Sunday afternoonThe Sorry singer kept the hood of his sweatshirt over his head as he made his way to the private plane for the nearly two hour flight to Utah for his show at the Vivint Arena.

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Video captures Black Hawk helicopter crash near Utah ski slopes

SALT LAKE CITY - Two Black Hawk helicopters were involved in a training accident on Tuesday near a Utah ski resort, officials said — and multiple witnesses to the incident captured the scene on video. None of those aboard the helicopter nor the dozens of skiers nearby were injured, officials said.The accident, involving two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, was reported around 9:30 a.m. MST near Mineral Basin at Snowbird ski resort, located just outside of Salt Lake City.

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Gail Halvorsen, 'Candy Bomber' in Berlin Airlift, dies at age 101

US Air Force veteran Gail Halvorsen (M), known as "Candy Bomber", takes part in the celebration of 70 years of the Berlin Airlift. (Arne Dedert/picture alliance via Getty Images) U.S.

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Legal questions mount amid San Francisco rape kit DNA case

SAN FRANCISCO - Every day, DNA is routed through local, state and federal databases to identify suspected criminals. A technological breakthrough that’s allowed law enforcement to solve unprecedented numbers of crimes, its use has simultaneously garnered praise along with major privacy concerns.But this week’s revelation that the San Francisco police crime lab used a sexual assault victim’s DNA against her in an unrelated property crime case — and the allegation that it may be a common practice in California — has prompted a national outcry among law enforcement, legal experts, lawmakers and advocates.Police investigators allegedly used a sexual assault victim’s DNA, collected as part of a rape kit in 2016, to tie her to a burglary in late 2021, according to District Attorney Chesa Boudin.

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Fewer crashes in Utah after state lowered drunk driving limit to .05%, study finds

SALT LAKE CITY - Traffic deaths decreased in Utah after the state enacted the strictest drunken driving laws in the nation five years ago, new research published Friday by a U.S. government agency shows.The findings, which pertain to fatalities involving and not involving alcohol, provide initial validation for conservative lawmakers who passed the law over concerns from restaurant and tourism industry lobbyists.In the study published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, researchers wrote that, in the years after Utah changed the drunken driving threshold from .08% to .05% blood-alcohol content, the number of crashes and fatalities fell even though drivers logged more miles."Changing the law to .05% in Utah saved lives and motivated more drivers to take steps to avoid driving impaired," said Dr.

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McConnell rebukes RNC, calls Jan. 6 'violent insurrection'

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 21: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks from his office to the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol on June 21, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

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Freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury wins silver medal for Canada at Beijing Olympics

Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury has won the silver medal in the men’s moguls event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

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Arches National Park to require timed entry tickets in 2022

MOAB, UTAH - JANUARY 13: Double Arch at Arches National Park on January 13, 2021 in Moab, Utah. (Photo by Josh Brasted/Getty Images) SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah national park famed for its otherworldly sandstone arches will require visitors to get timed entry tickets during its high season next year, the second Utah park to implement such a system as visitation swells.Arches National Park officials said Friday they’re not trying to decrease the number of visitors during the six-month period, but rather spread them out over the course of the day.

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Thanksgiving Eve at Philadelphia International Airport with travel rebounding from last year

PHILADELPHIA - After so many people spent last Thanksgiving at home due to the pandemic, holiday travel is back in full swing.It’s an exciting time for travelers who missed holidays with family last year because of the pandemic. With more people vaccinated and travel open, people like Susan Phillips decided to fly home from Utah where she is a teacher.

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Utah football player killed in house party shooting, police say

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 28: Aaron Lowe #2 of the Utah Utes looks on before their game against the Washington Huskies at Husky Stadium on November 28, 2020 in Seattle, Washington.

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Unruly, growling passenger disrupts flight from LAX to Salt Lake City

LOS ANGELES - A passenger is giving an American Airlines flight crew praise for the way they handled a belligerent passenger on the flight from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City. The hostile behavior was documented by one of the passengers and was posted to social media.The flight typically lasts an hour and a half, but for passengers on American Airlines flight 1802, it likely seemed much longer. In the first video that was posted to Twitter by Dennis Busch, a man is seen growling, hissing, and chewing his face mask.

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School districts defy GOP leaders banning mask mandates

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - With the highly contagious delta variant fueling a surge in coronavirus cases just as students return to classrooms, major school districts in Arizona, Florida, Texas and beyond are increasingly defying Republican leaders who banned school mask mandates in several states.The showdowns have drawn in the White House and landed in courtrooms where judges have so far allowed school mask requirements in two states.Schools across the U.S.

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