SHAREis reportedly in talks to buy the retail chain J.C. Penney, which recently filed for bankruptcy amid the coronavirus pandemic.Next Up InA university spokesman said the students will also be referred to the Dean of Students for “potential noncriminal sanctions.”BYU drops ban on fan, says investigators scrutinized video and audio and reached out to 50 eyewitnesses, including Duke players and athletic department personnelUtah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney has remained neutral in the race between Lee and independent candidate Evan McMullin.How did money from a cryptocurrency company being...…SHAREis reportedly in talks to buy the retail chain J.C. Penney, which recently filed for bankruptcy amid the coronavirus pandemic.Next Up InA university spokesman said the students will also be referred to the Dean of Students for “potential noncriminal sanctions.”BYU drops ban on fan, says investigators scrutinized video and audio and reached out to 50 eyewitnesses, including Duke players and athletic department personnelUtah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney has remained neutral in the race between Lee and independent candidate Evan McMullin.How did money from a cryptocurrency company being...WW…

SHARESALT LAKE CITY — State lawmakers want answers in the wake of a report that a former University of Utah police officer saved explicit photos of slain student Lauren McCluskey on his personal cellphone and boasted about it to a fellow officer.And Rep. Andrew Stoddard, D-Sandy, has opened a “priority” bill file that would prevent law enforcement from downloading private images to a personal device and sharing them with anyone not involved in the investigation.“It’s a huge concern. It’s a breach of trust. It’s obviously something we need to address. Our laws haven’t caught up with our...…SHARESALT LAKE CITY — State lawmakers want answers in the wake of a report that a former University of Utah police officer saved explicit photos of slain student Lauren McCluskey on his personal cellphone and boasted about it to a fellow officer.And Rep. Andrew Stoddard, D-Sandy, has opened a “priority” bill file that would prevent law enforcement from downloading private images to a personal device and sharing them with anyone not involved in the investigation.“It’s a huge concern. It’s a breach of trust. It’s obviously something we need to address. Our laws haven’t caught up with our...WW…

SHAREstrongly opposes a plan other Republican lawmakers are backing to reject certification of the , attempting to further delay an official win for President-elect Joe Biden. Romney said such congressional power is reserved for “the most extreme and unusual circumstances,” and, “these are far from it.”On Saturday, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz issued a statement saying he and at least 11 other current and incoming Republican senators will reject the official certification of electors expected on Wednesday, “unless and until an emergency 10-day audit” of the results of the election can be...…SHAREstrongly opposes a plan other Republican lawmakers are backing to reject certification of the , attempting to further delay an official win for President-elect Joe Biden. Romney said such congressional power is reserved for “the most extreme and unusual circumstances,” and, “these are far from it.”On Saturday, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz issued a statement saying he and at least 11 other current and incoming Republican senators will reject the official certification of electors expected on Wednesday, “unless and until an emergency 10-day audit” of the results of the election can be...WW…

SHAREROY — A family is calling for action and demanding answers after their 4-year-old boy was left alone on a school bus for two hours earlier this month. Although the Weber School District has protocols in place to make sure something like that doesn’t happen, Miles Hulbert’s parents say those protocols weren’t followed.On that day, Miles got on the bus, was buckled in and headed off for preschool at Midland Elementary School.That afternoon, another bus brought him home.“I thought he was at school the entire time, but apparently he was not,” said Miles’ mother, Janel...…SHAREROY — A family is calling for action and demanding answers after their 4-year-old boy was left alone on a school bus for two hours earlier this month. Although the Weber School District has protocols in place to make sure something like that doesn’t happen, Miles Hulbert’s parents say those protocols weren’t followed.On that day, Miles got on the bus, was buckled in and headed off for preschool at Midland Elementary School.That afternoon, another bus brought him home.“I thought he was at school the entire time, but apparently he was not,” said Miles’ mother, Janel...WW…

SHAREREXBURG, Idaho — Remains uncovered at Chad Daybell’s rural home in Idaho Tuesday are those of his wife’s children last seen in September, Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7, and his sister, Tylee Ryan, 17, their families confirmed. “We are filled with unfathomable sadness that these two bright stars were stolen from us, and only hope that they died without pain or suffering,” the families said in a joint statement Wednesday. JJ’s grandparents Larry and Kay Woodcock, Tylee’s brother Colby Ryan, and his wife, Kelsee Ryan, asked for privacy while they process word of the children’s deaths. As they...…SHAREREXBURG, Idaho — Remains uncovered at Chad Daybell’s rural home in Idaho Tuesday are those of his wife’s children last seen in September, Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7, and his sister, Tylee Ryan, 17, their families confirmed. “We are filled with unfathomable sadness that these two bright stars were stolen from us, and only hope that they died without pain or suffering,” the families said in a joint statement Wednesday. JJ’s grandparents Larry and Kay Woodcock, Tylee’s brother Colby Ryan, and his wife, Kelsee Ryan, asked for privacy while they process word of the children’s deaths. As they...WW…

SHARECOTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — What started as a peaceful march against police brutality Sunday resulted in fights between some protesters and officers after Cottonwood Heights police tried to prevent the group from walking in the residential roads. After clashes that included both a few officers and protesters getting injured, eight or nine people were arrested. Firefighters treated those with injuries on the scene, Cottonwood Heights Police Lt. Dan Bartlett said. “They were in the road. We told them that they couldn’t be in the road, they need to stay on the sidewalk and observe all the...…SHARECOTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — What started as a peaceful march against police brutality Sunday resulted in fights between some protesters and officers after Cottonwood Heights police tried to prevent the group from walking in the residential roads. After clashes that included both a few officers and protesters getting injured, eight or nine people were arrested. Firefighters treated those with injuries on the scene, Cottonwood Heights Police Lt. Dan Bartlett said. “They were in the road. We told them that they couldn’t be in the road, they need to stay on the sidewalk and observe all the...WW…

SHAREA massive, 2,000 year-old image of a cat has been uncovered by archaeologists on a hillside in Peru, The reported on Monday.The new discovery is part of the Nazca Lines, a UNESCO World Heritage Site south of Lima, Peru, where hundreds of similar geoglyphs have previously been discovered, according to .The cat — which was discovered while archaeologists were remodeling at the site — is believed to be the oldest geoglyph that has been discovered at the site, and likely dates to 200 B.C. to 100 B.C., according to the .“The figure was barely visible and was about to disappear as a result...…SHAREA massive, 2,000 year-old image of a cat has been uncovered by archaeologists on a hillside in Peru, The reported on Monday.The new discovery is part of the Nazca Lines, a UNESCO World Heritage Site south of Lima, Peru, where hundreds of similar geoglyphs have previously been discovered, according to .The cat — which was discovered while archaeologists were remodeling at the site — is believed to be the oldest geoglyph that has been discovered at the site, and likely dates to 200 B.C. to 100 B.C., according to the .“The figure was barely visible and was about to disappear as a result...WW…

SHARESALT LAKE CITY — UPS drivers and other volunteers took to the streets to deliver something other than packages at various doorsteps across the state this week — flowers. Thousands and thousands of them, all courtesy of one of the largest greenhouses in the nation. Amid a slew of cancellations because of COVID-19, Milgro Nursery was left with hundreds of thousands of flowers with nowhere to go. Rather than let them die in the greenhouses, the family-owned company has been spooling out thousands of colorful flowers to the community in various forms. “These flowers have been growing in...…SHARESALT LAKE CITY — UPS drivers and other volunteers took to the streets to deliver something other than packages at various doorsteps across the state this week — flowers. Thousands and thousands of them, all courtesy of one of the largest greenhouses in the nation. Amid a slew of cancellations because of COVID-19, Milgro Nursery was left with hundreds of thousands of flowers with nowhere to go. Rather than let them die in the greenhouses, the family-owned company has been spooling out thousands of colorful flowers to the community in various forms. “These flowers have been growing in...WW…

SHAREPROVO — It’s a sweet story that doesn’t grow old, and the same might be said about the man telling it.Gail S. “Hal” Halvorsen needs no prodding to talk about something he’s been talking about for 72 years.Relaxing in the shade of an apple tree in the backyard of the house he built in 1974 when he retired from the U.S. Air Force and returned to Utah, he enthusiastically launches into a retelling of the time he was called on the carpet by his commanding officer in the summer of 1948.He had just returned to his airbase after flying a C-54 cargo plane to Berlin. Three years after the...…SHAREPROVO — It’s a sweet story that doesn’t grow old, and the same might be said about the man telling it.Gail S. “Hal” Halvorsen needs no prodding to talk about something he’s been talking about for 72 years.Relaxing in the shade of an apple tree in the backyard of the house he built in 1974 when he retired from the U.S. Air Force and returned to Utah, he enthusiastically launches into a retelling of the time he was called on the carpet by his commanding officer in the summer of 1948.He had just returned to his airbase after flying a C-54 cargo plane to Berlin. Three years after the...WW…

SHARESALT LAKE CITY — Burgess Owens, the Republican challenger in Utah’s 4th Congressional District, is leading Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams by a single percentage point in the latest Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll results released Monday.The poll found that 46% of likely voters in the 4th District would vote for Owens if the election were held today, compared to 45% for McAdams, Utah’s only Democratic member of Congress. Just 5% said they are not sure who’ll they vote for, and a total of 4% favor third-party candidates.Conducted Oct. 12-17 by independent pollster Scott...…SHARESALT LAKE CITY — Burgess Owens, the Republican challenger in Utah’s 4th Congressional District, is leading Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams by a single percentage point in the latest Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll results released Monday.The poll found that 46% of likely voters in the 4th District would vote for Owens if the election were held today, compared to 45% for McAdams, Utah’s only Democratic member of Congress. Just 5% said they are not sure who’ll they vote for, and a total of 4% favor third-party candidates.Conducted Oct. 12-17 by independent pollster Scott...WW…