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A pediatric surgeon and his colleagues at Vanderbilt University Medical Center had prepared for a mass casualty event, but the victims of Monday's shooting had already died by the time they arrived. (Image credit: John Amis/AP) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

After she and her fellow Democrats endured a bruising election last year, Gov. Kathy Hochul seems intent on giving judges more leeway when imposing bail. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Pistorius was sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison for in 2017, four years after he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp in their home, claiming he mistook her for an intruder. (Image credit: Themba Hadebe/AP) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Ogden Mayor Mike Caldwell, who had been quiet thus far about his plans this election cycle, won’t run for a fourth term as leader of the city. “It wasn’t tough,” he told the Standard-Examiner on Friday in announcing the decision. “It’s time for me to do new things.” The announcement comes as the 2023 mayoral campaign is already unfolding. Four hopefuls have so far stepped forward to run for the top spot in Ogden, including Taylor Knuth, Angel Castillo and Chris Barragan. Ben Nadolski, a member of the Ogden City Council, has said he plans to run and is scheduled to formally kick of his campaign at an event Friday evening. To read the full story, visit Standard.net. This article is published through the Utah News Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations in Utah that aim to inform readers across the state. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

At 56, the formerly juvenile funnyman has matured into a subtler, more nuanced comedy performer. It’s why the “Murder Mystery” films work so well. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Norwood is best known for developing the Multispectral Scanner System that flew on the first Landsat satellite. That was the first satellite launched to study and monitor Earth's landmasses. (Image credit: Virginia Norwood via NASA) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The doctrine, with origins in the 15th century, was invoked as a legal and religious standing by Europeans who "discovered" new lands and violently seized it from people who had been living there. (Image credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

There are several ways to protect your bank deposits, regardless of whether you are an individual or a business and regardless of what happens to your bank. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which was first created in the early 1930s at the low point of the Great Depression, has a perfect record of paying insured depositors. It is a government agency whose primary concern is preventing panics, not avoiding claims or forcing depositors to wait for their money. If you have more than $250,000 in your bank or credit union, you can multiply coverage by putting the money into different kinds of accounts. Checking and savings accounts are each insured to $250,000, even if one person owns both. So are joint accounts, CDs, trust accounts and payable-on-death accounts. Spread your money into four different kinds of accounts and you are covered up to $1 million. Let your bank or credit union help you divide up a large deposit into separate insured accounts. They want to help you so yo...

For a dad planning a family trip, Georgia seemed to have it all: skiing, hot springs, just the right dose of history, and huge dumplings (not to mention gelato). But would his family share his enthusiasm? source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Prosecutors said musician Pras Michel collected exorbitant sums of money from a billioniare desperate to win access to two separate U.S. presidents. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik/AP) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

A Democrat and Republican traded barbs in the halls of Congress after yet another school shooting. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The Food and Drug Administration appears poised to make available the COVID-19 vaccines that target omicron as a second booster for people with weak immune systems and those ages 65 and older. (Image credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The actress says she was near the Nashville school where a shooter opened fire, killing six. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Could Jen Shah return to the cast of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” after she’s released from prison? That is at least theoretically possible. And it’ll be more possible if her 6½-year sentence is reduced. After pleading guilty to federal charges related to a fraudulent telemarketing scheme that targeted elderly and vulnerable victims, Shah reported to prison in Bryan, Texas, in February. She was scheduled to be released in August 2029. But, according to a Federal Bureau of Prisons database, Shah is now scheduled to get out in August 2028 — but that turns out to be a projection based on credit for good behavior while she’s behind bars. So, no, her sentence has not been officially shortened. As of yet. Honestly, the 6½-year sentence seems kind of short, considering the lives Shah and her cohorts ruined — people who lost their savings while Shah lived “a life of luxury.” According to prosecutors, there were thousands of victims, and Shah was a “mastermind” of the operati...

A Utah soda and dessert chain has been cited for violating child labor laws — part of a continuing U.S. Department of Labor crackdown that also caught a Utah restaurant supply company with ties to a polygamous sect. Four locations of the Utah-based Sodalicious chain — in Midvale, Orem, Provo and South Jordan — were cited for employing 19 teens for more working hours than federal law permits, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division announced in a news release issued Wednesday. “The division determined that Sodalicious allowed 14- and 15-year-old employees to work past 7 p.m. when school was in session, after 9 p.m. during summer months, and more than 3 hours on a school day,” the division said in its release. The division said that it assessed Sodalicious with $13,946 in penalties to resolve the infractions. Under federal labor laws, the department said, children under 14 cannot work in nonagricultural settings. Children 14 and 15 cannot work more than three hours on a s...

Another mass shooting. More dead kids and educators. The place of learning and growing in the U.S. is a scary place where instead of the fire drills, they practice hiding to stay alive in the face of big weapons. It’s numbing, disheartening, discouraging and deadly. If it were a disease, we would have the CDC working on it. Ironically, it is a disease. The United States Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center has been studying mass attacks for a few years (2016-2020) and has come to some telling conclusions. The findings are predictable and disturbing. This study found that most attackers were males and gave someone in their orbit the feeling that their behavior might be concerning. Many of the attackers had a history of aggressive or intimidating behavior or of previous violent behavior in their recent past. Most used firearms and many were possessed illegally at the time of the attack. One quarter of them subscribed to hateful ideology or conspiratorial beliefs. Many had ...

Broadway’s slapstick comedy “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” is full of daring sequences. What does it take? Countless rehearsals (and bruises). source https://oto.oto-login.com/

A Maryland appeals court has reinstated Adnan Syed's murder conviction, months after his release. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

After lawmakers grilled TikTok’s chief executive last week, the app’s users argued that the platform should not be banned in the United States over national security concerns. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Public health professor Arline Geronimus explains how marginalized people suffer nearly constant stress, which damages their bodies at the cellular level. Her new book is Weathering. (Image credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The video shows Nashville officers confronting and shooting the attacker in the Covenant School. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Monday night’s loss was a bit of a weird one for the Utah Jazz. Their 117-103 defeat at the hands of the Kevin Durant-less Suns was their fourth straight, and one which dropped them to 25-40 overall on the season, and two games back of the final play-in spot as they hold on tenuously to a postseason run . Beyond that, it was a difficult result to accept because there were no egregious mistakes, no singular smoking gun they can point to and say, “ That is the reason we lost.” Then again, in some ways, that also makes the loss a bit easier to digest, knowing there were no leviathan errors in need of correction. “I feel for our guys tonight,” coach Will Hardy said afterward. Indeed, in a noteworthy sign of progress, he spent much of Monday night’s postgame session running down not the things that went wrong, but rattling off the components of the game he was happy with. There was effort on both ends. The offense did a good job moving the ball. The defense did a nice job protecting...

The maker of “Midsommar” may be known for horror, but he thought that film was comical. With his latest movie, “Beau Is Afraid,” the dark humor is more apparent. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Authorities released graphic body camera footage showing the fatal confrontation between police and the shooter at the private religious school. Three children and three adults died in the attack. (Image credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Adding to crises like the pandemic, recent stress in the banking system is a new threat to world growth, experts at the organization said. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Image credit: Libkos/AP) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

It can be a lifeline for patients who can't afford the time or costs of driving or flying commercially. It's an example of the unconventional tactics of abortion rights groups in a post-Roe America. (Image credit: Rose Conlon/Kansas News Service) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Anthony J. Broadwater spent 16 years in prison after being wrongly convicted in the assault in Syracuse, N.Y., which Ms. Sebold, a well-known novelist, described in her memoir “Lucky.” source https://oto.oto-login.com/

China’s global campaign to win friends and influence policy has blossomed in a surprising place: Utah, a deeply religious and conservative state with few obvious ties to the world’s most powerful communist country. An investigation by The Associated Press has found that China and its U.S.-based advocates spent years building relationships with the state’s officials and lawmakers. Those efforts have paid dividends at home and abroad, the AP found: Lawmakers delayed legislation Beijing didn’t like, nixed resolutions that conveyed displeasure with its actions and expressed support in ways that enhanced the Chinese government’s image. Its work in Utah is emblematic of a broader effort by Beijing to secure allies at the local level as its relations with the U.S. and its western allies have turned acrimonious. U.S. officials say local leaders are at risk of being manipulated by China and have deemed the influence campaign a threat to national security. Beijing’s success in Utah shows “how...

More than 8,000 gallons of an acrylic polymer solution were released late on Friday into a tributary of the Delaware River, a source of the city’s drinking water. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Our columnist reviews the day’s puzzle. Warning: contains spoilers! source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Protesters were required to wear numbered badges. The demonstration was against the proposed reclamation and construction of trash-processing facilities. (Image credit: Louise Delmotte/AP) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Friday night's tornado in the southern US killed 26 people and has displaced hundreds more. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The billionaire bought the social media company for $44 billion in October and took it private. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

President Biden approved a federal disaster declaration for Mississippi early on Sunday. State officials said that dozens of people remained injured. (Image credit: Will Newton/Getty Images) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Provo • Aidan Robbins understood what he was getting into when he elected to have hand surgery before spring camp. He wouldn’t be able to participate in team segments, or scrimmages. In his first offseason with BYU after transferring from UNLV, most of the live work that is critical to establishing yourself as a clear-cut starter, wouldn’t include him. So, three weeks into spring camp, it isn’t necessarily surprising Robbins’ limitations have left a clear opening for a younger stable of running backs to start jockeying for his carries. But just because it was expected, doesn’t make things any less interesting in an increasingly tight running back battle. Miles Davis, Hinckley Ropati and Sol-Jay Maivia-Peters have all emerged as serious contenders for carries in the 2023 offense. “They are getting a lot of reps. It has been fun to watch those guys,” offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick said. “Miles and Hinckley are much improved from a year ago. Sol-Jay is what you saw in the bowl ...

The payoff to Stormy Daniels that has a Manhattan grand jury weighing criminal charges against Mr. Trump can trace its lineage to political skulduggery in 1968 and 1980. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Xavier López, a Mexican children's comic better known by his stage name "Chabelo," hosted the Sunday variety show En Familia con Chabelo for an astonishing 48 years from 1967 to 2015. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said the detainees had reported mistreatment, but a Democratic lawmaker said their conditions were better than others. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The destructive tornado killed at least 23 people, leveled buildings and left thousands of customers without power. (Image credit: Rogelio V. Solis/AP) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

TILONIA, India — It’s the Harvard of rural India, minus wingtips or heels: a 50-year-old institution called Barefoot College that offers lessons for empowering people worldwide. Maybe even in America. Barefoot College does empowerment as well as any institution I’ve ever seen, and here’s what that looks like in the rural state of Rajasthan: An illiterate woman named Chota Devi who never attended a day of school is hunched over a circuit board, carefully using color-coded instructions to solder resistors and diodes into place. Chota, who has no idea how old she is, is a Dalit, those at the bottom of the caste system once known as untouchables, and from a particularly low-ranking group called the Valmiki who often cleaned human waste. But now Chota is learning how to be a solar power technician. Barefoot College trains illiterate, low-status villagers like her to make solar-powered lanterns and install solar lighting systems. After three to six months of training, they return to their...

For the first time this century, two No. 1 seeds didn't make it to NCAA women's basketball's Sweet 16. And teams who geared up with transfers are challenging historically dominant programs. (Image credit: Matthew Holst/Getty Images) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Decertification hearings for others investigated in his death are pending. Decertification prevents officers from going to work in the same jurisdiction. They can still get police jobs out of state. (Image credit: Memphis Police Department via AP) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

For the past few years, Utah has consistently experienced significant ongoing surpluses – money that will be collected in excess year after year – in income tax revenues. Despite this, budgeting in Utah has remained difficult. Why? Utah’s Constitution requires nearly all of income tax revenue to be spent on “education.” As has been anticipated for the past few decades, this arbitrary requirement – which is unique to Utah and not in place in any other state – is causing Utah to fall behind. Take a look at the individual income tax, for example. After years of Utah’s flat income tax – currently at a rate of 4.65% – being viewed as competitive, it is now just average. As people and jobs have continued to move out of high-tax states and into states with low and no income taxes, a growing movement of states have been reducing their income tax rates with a goal of phasing them out completely. Today, there are eight states – including Utah’s neighbors Nevada and Wyoming – that do not impo...

On the Easter table and, yes, on pizza, these smart, flavorful tweaks make the retro combination even better. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are set to announce a deal that would allow both countries to turn away more migrants at unofficial border crossings. (Image credit: Sebastien St-Jean/AFP via Getty Images) source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Have you been sitting on a business idea unsure about how to navigate the startup world? Here’s some encouragement—if college kids can do it, so can you. Thanks to the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah, students collaborate, innovate, and launch new business ideas nearly daily, earning the U its ranking as 5th overall for Undergraduate Entrepreneur Program and 2nd for public schools in 2023 by U.S. News & World Report. The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute manages Lassonde Studios — a 400-bed residential community combined with a 20,000 square foot main floor area where students from any major can meet to connect, dine, test ideas and build prototypes. The institute also offers an array of programs including startup support, workshops, business-model competitions, networking events, scholarships, and innovation programs to provide unmatched support for students on their entrepreneurial journeys. And with the recent addition of the U’s new Stena Center for Fi...