Man Escapes Cougar: 'Dude, I Don't Feel Like Dying Today'
A runner managed to record his terrifying six-minute encounter with a protective mama mountain lion in Utah — and escape unscathed.
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Winds Up To 99 MPH Hit Utah, Skittering Semis And Shuttering Capitol
Intense winds flipped at least 45 semi trucks on their sides, causing havoc on Utah's highways Tuesday. Many schools are closed Wednesday.
CDC Study Finds Hispanics Hit Disproportionately Hard By Workplace Outbreaks
A study out Monday found that Hispanic and nonwhite workers made up 73% of cases associated with workplace outbreaks in certain industries, despite representing 24% of the workforce in those sectors.
Power Of The Past: Retelling Utah's Suffragette History To Empower Modern Women
Women in Utah became the first in America to vote under an equal suffrage law on Feb. 14, 1870. There are celebrations, but it means confronting the state's uncomfortable polygamy history, too.
Utah Bill Decriminalizing Polygamy Clears First Hurdle, Moves To State Senate
"Vigorous enforcement of the law during the mid-twentieth century did not deter the practice of plural marriage," Sen. Deidre Henderson said. She said it's time to end secrecy around the practice.
Trump Administration Finalizes Plans To Allow Development On Downsized Monuments
More than two years after Trump dramatically shrank the protected land in Utah, the Bureau of Land Management released the framework for the move, despite continuing challenges to its legality.
Utah Becomes Latest State To Ban Discredited LGBTQ 'Conversion Therapy'
A host of medical experts has rejected the practice — aimed at changing a patient's sexual orientation — as "futile and destructive." In Utah, the ban took effect with a regulatory change Tuesday.
Utah Woman Charged With Lewdness After Being Topless In Her Own Home
The case is the latest legal battle amid a broader "free the nipple" campaign that seeks to normalize the exposure of female nipples.
Arizona Official Arrested In Alleged 'Baby Mill' Adoption Fraud Scheme
Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen has been arrested for allegedly transporting dozens of women from the Marshall Islands to give birth for adoptions. Authorities accuse him of human smuggling.
Utah's 'Tandoori Taqueria' Brings Unexpected Indian Spice To Cowboy Country
Taco shops are easier to find in rural Utah than Indian restaurants. The Tandoori Taqueria fuses both cuisines and it's doing brisk business in the middle of cowboy country.