SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah first submitted a bid for a presidential debate in March of 2019. It won the honor to host the final 2024 presidential debate late last month. Here's a look behind the scenes at how the U. and state politicians worked across party lines, for years, to bring
LAS VEGAS — For better or for worse, a wave of couples saying "I do" in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve could set a record for the city's busiest wedding day ever. That's because 12/31/23 is known in the massive Las Vegas wedding industry as a "specialty date," thanks to the repeating 1-2-3 1-2-3
VENTURA, Calif. — A series of powerful storms in the Pacific Ocean are driving towering waves into the California coastline, triggering flooding and posing a significant risk to people and structures along the coast. Monstrous, 20-foot-plus waves on Thursday crashed over seawalls and swept away and injured several people, forced rescues and sent a damaging
WASHINGTON — For the second time this month the Biden administration is bypassing Congress to approve an emergency weapons sale to Israel as Israel continues to prosecute its war against Hamas in Gaza under increasing international criticism. The State Department said Friday that Secretary of State Antony Blinken had told Congress that he had made
WASHINGTON — When you buy eyedrops at a U.S. store, you might assume you're getting a product made in a clean, well-maintained factory that's passed muster with health regulators. But repeated recalls involving over-the-counter drops are drawing new attention to just how little U.S. officials know about the conditions at some manufacturing plants on the
CHILLICOTHE, Missouri — Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman who persuaded an online boyfriend to kill her mother after the mother had forced her to pretend for years that she was suffering from leukemia, muscular dystrophy and other serious illnesses, was released Thursday from prison on parole. Blanchard was released early in the day from
LOS ANGELES — Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died at 86. The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Smothers died Tuesday at home in
DENVER — Police said Tuesday they are investigating incidents directed at Colorado Supreme Court justices and providing extra patrols around their homes in Denver following the court's decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state's presidential primary ballot. The Denver Police Department declined in an email to provide details about its investigations, citing
ATLANTA — Zoo Atlanta just welcomed the cutest Christmas miracle: a baby rhino. The southern white rhinoceros — the first to be born at that zoo — arrived on Dec. 24. The calf, whose species is near threatened, is healthy and strong and receiving "appropriate maternal care" from its mother, park officials said Monday. This
SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. House of Representatives kicked off 2023 with a marathon round of 15 votes across four days before electing Republican Kevin McCarthy as House speaker. The record number of votes needed to select a speaker was emblematic of the unproductive year Congress would go on to have, in which lawmakers
