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Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness By 91 Percent; Here's How

1:26pm December 11, 2015

by Kelly McEvers

Over the past decade, Utah's toughest cases of homeless people dropped to fewer than 200, from nearly 2,000. Utah's size and support from Mormon leaders are among the reasons for its success.

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A judge in Utah ordered that an infant girl be removed from the care of foster parents April Hoagland (left) and Beckie Peirce, seen in a screen shot from a Reuters video.

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Judge Changes Order Removing Baby Girl From Same-Sex Couple's Home

7:35pm November 13, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

The Utah judge had ruled Thursday that the 9-month-old child be placed with a heterosexual couple.

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Utah Judge Orders Foster Child Removed From Lesbian Couple's Care

8:26pm November 12, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

The judge reportedly told the couple that myriad studies have proved children are better off with heterosexual couples. State officials say they will try to get the order changed.

Amid Societal Shifts, What Will New Mormon Leader Appointments Mean?

2:36pm October 05, 2015

by NPR Staff

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will announce three new top leaders. Scholar Matthew Bowman discusses what the change could mean at a time when social issues challenge the faith.

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A member of a search and rescue team scans a stream after a flash flood in Colorado City, Ariz. Officials say the bodies of two people killed in flash flooding in southern Utah were recovered in Arizona about two and a half miles downstream.

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2 Separate Flash Floods In Utah Leave 16 Dead, 4 Missing

6:58am September 16, 2015

Two vehicles carrying 16 women and children were swept into a sudden rush of floodwater in southern Utah on Monday.

Investigators stand next to evidence markers in front of the house of Matthew Stewart, who was shot and injured by Ogden police during a drug raid, in Ogden, Utah, Jan. 5, 2012. One police officer was killed and five were wounded in the shootout that erup

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Why Utah Is The Only State Trying To Track And Limit SWAT-Style Tactics

8:07pm September 01, 2015

by Martin Kaste

For all the talk of police militarization, no reliable statistics exist on the number of raids by SWAT or other heavily armed tactical teams. There are no federal or state tallies — except in Utah.

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A statue of Mormon pioneer leader Brigham Young at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Temple in Salt Lake City.

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It's Pie And Beer (And Pioneer) Day In Utah!

2:58pm July 24, 2015

by Elizabeth Miller

Friday honors the arrival of Mormon settlers at Salt Lake Valley in 1847 while non-Mormons celebrate Pie and Beer Day. Thirty-seven other states also celebrate these unique holidays.

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Utah Brings Back Firing Squad Executions; Witnesses Recall The Last One

2:50pm April 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

A new law in Utah allows firing squad as a backup method of execution if lethal injection drugs aren't available. The last time an inmate died by firing squad in the U.S. was in Utah in 2010.

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Bill To Allow Execution By Firing Squad Advances In Utah

7:49pm February 13, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The Republican-controlled House has voted to revive the option, which was discontinued in 2004, if the state cannot obtain the drugs needed to perform an execution by lethal injection.

Lucky Accident With A State Trooper Helps A Mom Get To Her Sick Son

12:27pm December 09, 2014

After an officer pulled her over, an elderly woman on a road trip to see her ailing son accidentally backed into the cop's car. So police gave her a lift — to her son, four counties away.

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