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LGBT activists say new bills target transgender youth

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah | By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and DAVID CRARY (AP) - Republican legislators in more than a dozen states are promoting bills that focus on transgender young people at the urging of conservat... Read More...

US sends more firefighters to help battle Australia blazes

BOISE, Idaho | By KEITH RIDLER (AP) - The U.S. is planning to send at least 100 more firefighters to Australia to join 159 already there battling blazes that have killed 25 people and destroyed 2,000 homes... Read More...

Forest ecologist helps refashion Barbie dolls as scientists

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah | By LINDSAY WHITEHURST (AP) - After her daughter asked for a Barbie, University of Utah forest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni decided to re-fashion the iconic dolls as a scientist-explorer ... Read More...

Is your hamburger really a product of the USA?

SIOUX FALLS, SD. | Roz Brown, (Public News Service) - If you're someone who wants to know whether the beef or pork you're eating is a product of the USA, the new USMCA trade agreement won't be much help. B... Read More...

Holiday season help: stay on high alert for fraud

BOISE, Idaho | ERIC TEGETHOFF, (Public News Service) – The winter holidays are supposed to be a time of good cheer, but fraud watchers are warning people to stay vigilant so scammers don't ruin the season. Frau... Read More...

Some Conservatives Call for Ending Death Penalty

CHEYENNE, Wyo. | ERIC GALATAS, (Public News Service) – This past week more than 250 conservatives, from Wyoming and 43 other states – including Republican state Representative Jared Olsen of Cheyenne – signed a... Read More...

Clusters of illness linked to CBD vapes share 2nd connection

CARLSBAD, CA. | By HOLBROOK MOHR (AP) — Some of the people rushing to emergency rooms thought the CBD vape they inhaled would help like a gentle medicine. Others puffed it for fun. What the vapors delivered ... Read More...

Some states honoring indigenous people in exchange for Columbus

NATIONWIDE | By RUSSELL CONTRERAS (AP) — A handful of states are celebrating their first Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday as part of a trend to move away from a day honoring Christopher Columbus. ... Read More...

Research Shows You Have 2 Mins to Escape House Fire Once Alarm Sounds

NATIONWIDE - Today’s home fires burn faster than ever, making escape planning all the more critical to home fire safety. Studies show that in the past, people had approximately 17 minutes to escape a typical h... Read More...

US Nuclear, Uranium Mining Industries Hope for Bailout from Trump Administration

WASHINGTON, D.C. | By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, FELICIA FONSECA and MEAD GRUVER (AP) — A plea from uranium mining companies and nuclear power plant operators for tax breaks and other federal financial boosts is going b... Read More...