What if the federal government captures in real time the contents of every telephone call, email and text message and all the fiber-optic data generated by every person and entity in the United States 24/7? What if this mass surveillance was never authorized by any federal law and tramples the ...
A Cedar Hills man has been convicted by a federal jury for recording himself sexually abusing a minor, the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah announced in a media release on Wednesday. Brent Richard Johnson, 51, was convicted Wednesday after the jury returned a guilty verdict on the ...
Two Utah County families are one step closer to having their longtime dream of affordable, stable and spacious housing becoming a reality. On Wednesday, walls were raised on a new multifamily home just west of John Hancock Charter School in Pleasant Grove. The construction is part of a ...
Utah Department of Natural Resources data shows the number of hunting and fishing license suspensions have been trending downward in recent years — but wildlife officials say that’s not because they’re being lenient. Instead, DNR Sgt. Devin Christensen said it’s because state wildlife ...
With his execution approaching, attorneys for death row inmate Ralph Menzies made what could be one of their final pleas for mercy on Wednesday, telling the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole that their client is already dying from a terminal illness. The board, Menzies’ attorneys said, should ...
A new report from the Department of Energy concludes that, yes, the climate is changing and humans contribute to it — but no, it's not necessarily the impending catastrophe we've been warned about. In another era, an agency charting this kind of middle course would be unremarkable. Today, it ...
