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State Rep. Zooey Zephyr, right, speaks with colleague Rep. SJ Howell after House Speaker Matt Regier told her she could not work from the hallway just outside the main chamber of the House, April 27, 2023 in Helena, Mont. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson, File)
Montana House endorses transgender bathroom ban affecting fellow lawmakers
Montana’s House is has endorsed a ban on transgender people using bathrooms in public buildings that don’t align with their sex assigned at birth. The legislation follows adoptions of similar bans in other states and with more proposed elsewhere.
 
Bureau of Land Management land use for recreation in southern Utah near Kanab Needles Overlook run by the BLM near Canyonlands National Park south of Moab, Utah, March 29, 2024. (Donn Friedman/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
Supreme Court rejects Utah’s push to wrest control of public land from the federal government
The Supreme Court is turning back a push by Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government.
 
President Joe Biden speaks about the latest developments in New Orleans and Las Vegas during an event in the State Dining Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Biden’s final actions as president leave some transgender people feeling unsupported
Some transgender people worry President Joe Biden did not do enough to shield them from the torrent of Trump policies to come.
 
FILE - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sign sits at the headquarters in Washington, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Second Homeland Security agent in Utah charged with selling illicit drugs from evidence
A second Department of Homeland Security agent has been charged in federal court with using a confidential informant to sell illicit drugs that were seized as evidence.
 
FILE - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sign sits at the headquarters in Washington, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Homeland Security agent pleads not guilty to drug distribution conspiracy charge
A Department of Homeland Security agent who the FBI says conspired with another agent to sell an illicit drug known as “bath salts” has pleaded not guilty to a drug distribution conspiracy charge.
 
Mitt Romney smiles during a campaign event, June 20, 2018, in American Fork, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Mitt Romney’s Senate exit may create a vacuum of vocal, conservative Trump critics
Sen. Mitt Romney has given his final remarks after seeing the Republican Party for which he was once the standard bearer drastically transform under Donald Trump.
 
FILE - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sign sits at the headquarters in Washington, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
FBI says 2 Homeland Security agents in Utah sold illegal drugs for profit through informant
Federal authorities say that two Department of Homeland Security agents in Utah illegally sold drugs through an informant in a scheme that brought in up to $300,000.
 
BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff runs on a quarterback keeper, during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Provo. (AP Photo/Rick Egan)
BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff brings touchdowns and Jewish teachings to predominantly Mormon school
This year’s successful 9-1 football season for Brigham Young University, the Utah private school run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has an unexpected player at the helm: its first Jewish quarterback.
 
FILE - President Joe Biden talks with the U.S. Border Patrol and local officials, as he looks over the southern border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas, along the Rio Grande. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Judge strikes down Biden administration program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation
A federal judge has struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens.
 
U.S. Rep. John Curtis greets supporters during a election night party Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Provo, Utah. (AP Photo/Alex Goodlett)
Republican US Rep. John Curtis wins Mitt Romney’s open Senate seat in Utah
Republican U.S. Rep. John Curtis has won Mitt Romney’s open U.S. Senate seat in Utah. Curtis breezed to victory over Democrat Caroline Gleich, a mountaineer and environmental activist from Park City.
 
Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson listens as Gov. Spencer Cox talks to members of the media after the gubernatorial election was called for Cox outside of the Governor's Mansion in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP)
Utah’s Republican Gov. Spencer Cox wins reelection after unexpectedly endorsing Donald Trump
Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has won reelection. Cox defeated Democratic state Rep. Brian King. This will be Cox’s second term in the governor’s office.
 
FILE - Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, stands in protest on the House floor as demonstrators are arrested in the House gallery, April 24, 2023, at the state capitol in Helena, Mont. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)
Silenced transgender state lawmaker Zooey Zephyr wins reelection in Montana
Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr has won reelection in a race that will allow the transgender lawmaker to return to the House floor nearly two years after she was silenced and sanctioned for speaking out against her colleagues’ opposition to gender-affirming care.
 
Eep Bolaño listens as IAM District 751 president Jon Holden announces that the union voted to accept a new contract offer from Boeing, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at their union hall in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Boeing’s machinists strike is over but the troubled aerospace giant still faces many challenges
Factory workers at Boeing have voted to accept a contract offer and end their strike after more than seven weeks. That clears the way for the company to restart idled Pacific Northwest assembly lines.
 
Rosalis Estes, center, keeps her candle lit in the drizzle at a vigil for grizzly bear No. 399 in Jackson, Wyo., Saturday Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Amber Baesler)
Vigil held for Grizzly No. 399, the beloved Grand Teton bear who was killed by a vehicle
Nature lovers held a vigil for a famous female grizzly bear that delighted visitors for decades in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park after she was struck and killed by a vehicle.
 
FILE - A billboard lies atop a Waffle House restaurant after being knocked down by Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Fla., Oct. 14, 2018. (Carlos R. Munoz/Sarasota Herald-Tribune via AP, File)
How Waffle House helps Southerners — and FEMA — judge a storm’s severity
For some residents of storm-prone Southeastern states, the best indicator of a hurricane’s severity can be found at the local Waffle House.
 
This undated photo combo shows from left, Kobe Williams, and her twin sons Khazmir Williams and Khyzier Williams who were killed in their home in Thomson, Ga., by a falling tree during Hurricane Helene on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (Obie Lee Williams via AP)
Twin babies who died alongside their mother in Georgia are youngest-known Hurricane Helene victims
Month-old twin boys are the youngest known victims of Hurricane Helene. The twins died alongside their mother when a large tree fell through the roof of their home in Thomson, Georgia, last week.
 
A male tarantula looks for a mate on the plains near La Junta, Colo., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.(AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Spider lovers scurry to Colorado town in search of mating tarantulas and community
It’s tarantula mating season on the Colorado plains, when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of a mate. Hundreds of arachnophiles flock to the small town of La Junta each year to watch them emerge in droves.
 
Bud Stoddard, a regional church leader, holds a rendering of the temple planned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at a site near Las Vegas, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)
Mormon faith pushes ahead with global temple building boom despite cool reception in Las Vegas
A worldwide building boom of big, bright Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temples is meeting pushback in a place not known for moderation.
 
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach shakes hands with figure skater Annabelle Atkinson, 10, of Salt Lake City, as they talk at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 28. 2024. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)
Could a doping probe strip Salt Lake City of the 2034 Olympics? The IOC president says it’s unlikely
The International Olympic Committee president is hoping to ease worries that Salt Lake City could lose the 2034 Winter Olympics if organizers don’t fulfill an agreement to play peacemaker between anti-doping authorities.
 
Taylor Meehan, right, an attorney for the Utah Legislature, defends a proposed constitutional amendment before the Utah Supreme Court in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (Jeffrey D. Allred/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)
Utah Supreme Court crushes constitutional amendment deemed ‘counterfactual’ by lower court
Utah voters will not decide this November on a proposed constitutional amendment asking voters to cede power over ballot measures to lawmakers after the Utah Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision voiding the amendment.
 
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at his monthly news conference held at the Eccles Broadcast Center in Salt Lake City, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)
Utah governor says he’s optimistic Trump can unite the nation despite recent rhetoric
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has reaffirmed his support for Donald Trump even as the former president has continued to spread insults and inflammatory statements on the campaign trail.
 
CORRECTS ID: Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, left, Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson, all American citizens, attend a court verdict in Congo, Kinshasa, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, on charges of taking part in a coup attempt in May 2024. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi)
How 3 young Americans ended up in the middle of a coup attempt in Congo and facing the death penalty
A military court in Congo has convicted dozens of people, including three Americans, for a coup attempt. The court handed down death sentences to 37 defendants. The charges included terrorism, murder and illegal possession of weapons.
 
CORRECTS ID: Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, left, Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson, all American citizens, attend a court verdict in Congo, Kinshasa, Friday Sept. 13, 2024, on charges of taking part in a coup attempt in May 2024. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi)
Congo court sentences 3 Americans and 34 others to death on coup charges
A military court in Congo has convicted 37 people, including three Americans, on charges of taking part in a coup attempt and sentenced them to death.
 
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints greets his family prior to a photo during his 100th birthday celebration at the Little Theatre of the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Jeffrey D. Allred/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)
The Mormon church’s oldest-ever president has turned 100
Leaders of worldwide religions commonly stay at the helm well past retirement age, but it’s not often you find centenarians overseeing major faiths.
 
In this combination photo, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at the National Governors Association, July 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City, left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a town hall, Aug. 29, 2024, in La Crosse, Wis.. (AP Photo)
Arlington cemetery controversy shines spotlight on Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s sudden embrace of Trump
A few months ago, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox was one of the few prominent Republicans consistently keeping his distance from Donald Trump.
 
FILE - Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at the 2024 summer meeting of the National Governors Association Thursday, July 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Utah Gov. Cox faces scrutiny for using military cemetery photo with Trump in campaign email
Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox has came under fire for sending a campaign email that included a photo of him and Donald Trump at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony.
 
Bill Barnett, left, grandfather of Darin Taylor Hoover, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump place a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in honor of Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump campaign was warned not to take photos at Arlington before altercation, defense official says
A defense official says Donald Trump’s campaign was warned about not taking photographs before an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony earlier this week to honor service members killed in the Afghanistan War withdrawal.
 
Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three who wrote a children's book about coping with grief after her husband's death and was later accused of fatally poisoning him, looks on during a court hearing Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)
Utah mother and children’s book author Kouri Richins to stand trial in husband’s death, judge rules
A Utah mother of three who published a children’s book about grief after her husband’s death and was later accused of fatally poisoning him will stand trial.
 
Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three who wrote a children's book about coping with grief after her husband's death and was later accused of fatally poisoning him, looks on during a hearing Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)
Prosecutors make their case for why Utah children’s book author should face trial in husband’s death
An evidentiary hearing is underway for a Utah woman who wrote a children’s book about coping with grief after her husband’s death and was later accused of fatally poisoning him.
 
The Utah House of Representatives convenes in a special session to consider a constitutional amendment at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)
Utah lawmakers want voters to give them the power to change ballot measures once they’ve passed
Utah’s Republican-controlled Legislature will ask voters in November to relinquish some of their rights to lawmakers who want the ability to change state ballot measures after they’ve passed.
 
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