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U.S. Nuclear Lab Partners with Utilities to Produce Hydrogen

BOISE, ID. | By KEITH RIDLER (AP) — The U.S. government's primary nuclear lab is partnering with three energy utilities to find an economical way to use nuclear energy to produce hydrogen that can be stored and... Read More...

U.S. to Commemorate 9/11 as its Aftermath Extends and Evolves

NEW YORK | By JENNIFER PELTZ (AP) — Americans are commemorating 9/11 with mournful ceremonies, volunteering, appeals to "never forget" and rising attention to the terror attacks' extended toll on responders. ... Read More...

Utah Rescue Task Force Deploys to East Coast for Dorian

SALT LAKE CITY, UT. (AP) — A 45-member Utah task force equipped with inflatable rescue boats has deployed to the East Coast to help victims of Hurricane Dorian. The federal funded emergency disaster team fle... Read More...

LDS Church Leaders Change Rules Against Guns in Church

SALT LAKE CITY, UT. | By BRADY McCOMBS (AP) — Most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints already knew they were discouraged from taking their guns to church on Sunday, but the church is mak... Read More...

Teacher Shortage, Protests Complicate Educator Pay Dynamics

SALT LAKE CITY, UT. | By MORGAN SMITH and SALLY HO (AP) — First-grade teacher Hillary Madrigal jumped to a nearby school district last year, lured by higher salaries that would allow her to quit her second job ... Read More...

Million-dollar Opioid Drug Ring Started Small According To Second In Command

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who prosecutors call the second-in-command of a multimillion-dollar online opioid drug ring said Thursday the operation started small, when he needed cash for student loans so he let... Read More...

EPA Reverses Approval For Poison Traps Used By Ranchers

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday reversed its preliminary decision allowing continued use of deadly sodium cyanide traps, blamed for injuring people and pets as well as their ... Read More...

Trial Opens For Utah Man Accused In Major Opioid Ring

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Stacks of potentially deadly fentanyl-laced pills sealed inside plastic tubs were displayed Monday on a table in a Salt Lake City courtroom, a haul that prosecutors say amounted to a tiny ... Read More...

Alleged Online Opioid Drug Kingpin To Stand Trial In Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As America's opioid crisis spiraled into a fentanyl epidemic, prosecutors say one young Utah man made himself a drug kingpin by creating counterfeit prescription painkillers laced with the... Read More...

Governors Weigh Health Care Plans as They Await Court Ruling

SALT LAKE CITY, UT. By BRADY McCOMBS (AP) — As they gather at a conference in Utah, governors from around the U.S. are starting to think about what they will do if an appeals court upholds a lower court ruling ... Read More...