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Vice President Mike Pence speaks as Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, a Democrat of California, listens during the vice presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt
2020 US presidential election
Pence, Harris spar over COVID-19 in vice presidential debate
A Somali woman wearing a purple headscarf answers the phone in an office with American flags and East Africa map on the wall.
Migration
US-based Somali Bantu face deportation to a country they’ve never known
US members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, wearing protective masks, gather at Toncontin International airport before heading home, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, March 29, 2020.
Religion
Latter-day Saints calls missionaries home amid coronavirus 
Signs direct voters at a polling place in the state's presidential primary election in Greenfield, New Hampshire, Feb. 11, 2020.
MIT researchers sound alarm over voting app’s security flaws
North American beaver
Environment
‘Beaver Believers’ say dam-building creatures can make the American West lush again
Phytosaur fossil
Science
Rare fossils could face trouble outside new Bears Ears National Monument boundaries
Rugged mountain with long, slim peak. Brush in front
Justice
He can make national monuments, but many legal scholars say Trump can’t destroy them
US President Donald Trump displays an executive order
Environment
Trump cuts federal protection for two national monuments
Drilling in Wyoming
Environment
The US Department of the Interior’s new four-year strategic plan calls for maximizing fossil fuel extraction from public lands
Grand Escalante
Environment
US interior secretary recommends altering some national monuments for commercial use
screenshots of two advertisements of Facebook posts by John Curtis
Global Politics
Utah congressional candidate says Facebook ad to ‘build the wall’ was made in error
Woman sitting on grass in front of building with two young children in front of her
Justice
Why this DACA recipient won’t be extending her protected status, but says others should
Bears Ears National Monument
Global Politics
Interior secretary recommends scaling down Bears Ears National Monument
Sharlee Mullins Glenn speaks to demonstrators outside the Office of Homeland Security in West Valley City, Utah in May.
Global Politics
Trump’s policies have turned some Mormon women in Utah into political activists
A Friday night "Meet the Muslims" session at the Utah Islamic Center in Sandy, Utah. Members of the center started them after the election of Donald Trump.
Election 2016
Some Utah Muslims feel let down by Mormon neighbors who voted for Trump
Sonita Alizadeh sings inside of the recording studio at her high school in Utah.
Culture
Once a child laborer in Iran, now a high school student in Utah
Sonita Alizadeh is an Afghan rapper singing about women's rights. She's also junior at a high school in Utah. New to the country, Sonita misses her family, who live over 7,000 miles away.
Culture
Starting school in Utah, wishing home wasn’t 7,000 miles away
Born in Afghanistan, Sonita Alizadeh got a full scholarship to go to Wasatch Academy, a boarding school in the heart of Utah.
Culture
Afghan teen rapper goes from poverty in Afghanistan to eating sushi in the US
A photo of Pando in the fall at Fish Lake National Forest.
Science
Earth’s biggest living thing might be a tree with thousands of clones
A second-grader leads her class in a Chinese exercise at Santa Clara Elementary School in southern Utah.
Education
Utah bets big on foreign language learning, but not everyone is on board
Laura López with her husband and first child on her wedding day.
Justice
What is it like to wait for action on immigration? Ask an undocumented immigrant
A class of young Mormon missionaries
Belief
Mormon women are flocking to the mission, but inequalities remain
Global Politics
Privatizing pensions: solution to states’ financial woes?
Llareta
Environment
One woman traveled the world for 10 years to find the oldest living things on Earth
Lifestyle & Belief
Listeners respond: when women earn more than men
Former Special Forces Engineer Sargeant Layne Morris lost the vision in his right eye during a grenade attack in Afghanistan in 2002. He's now suing the former Guantanamo detainee who threw the grenade.
Conflict & Justice
An ex-US soldier sues his adversary in Afghanistan to keep him from reaping millions of dollars
Former Special Forces Engineer Sargeant Layne Morris lost the vision in his right eye during a grenade attack in Afghanistan in 2002. He's now suing the former Guantanamo detainee who threw the grenade.
Conflict & Justice
An ex-US soldier sues his adversary in Afghanistan to keep him from reaping millions of dollars
Utah Data Center
Environment
NSA has expensive problem with the power supply at its secretive Utah Data Center
Global Politics
Russian anti-gay laws have some calling for a 2014 Olympic boycott
The World’s Largest Known Organism In Trouble
Arts, Culture & Media
Utah band blends American folk music with Chinese instruments
Environment
Birds in Mexico use cigarette butts to keep parasites at bay
Environment
New U.S.-Mexico agreement promises to restore water to Colorado River delta
Arts, Culture & Media
Ahmed Gallab’s Sudanese roots infuse music of Sinkane
Global Politics
Latino Mormons’ history intertwined with Romney family
Global Politics
N.Y. strip club arguing it deserves same tax exemptions as other dance companies
Lifestyle & Belief
Polish Jewish community uses Mormon-produced archive to make family connections
Lifestyle & Belief
Romney sparks new interest in Mormons serving missions around the world
Global Politics
After Colorado shooting, fear prompts increase in firearms sales
Global Politics
Reports raise more questions about when Romney severed ties with Bain Capital
Business, Economics and Jobs
Baltimore set to sell ads on fire trucks
Turks suspicious after a dead ‘Israeli’ bird found in a field
Global Politics
Texas senator proposes national Juneteenth holiday to celebrate the end of slavery
Global Politics
Congressman proposes reduced funds for high-earning ex-presidents’ expenses
Global Politics
4 ways the face of America is changing, according to new Census data
Environment
Cryptozoologist explains his studies of mysterious creatures — like the Loch Ness Monster
Lifestyle & Belief
Romney’s religion shines light on Mormon food storage practices
Global Politics
Cain suspends campaign, hints at endorsement; could it be good news for Obama?
Environment
House committee approves bill granting wide exemptions to environmental laws
Global Politics
Good Samaritan from burning car video describes rescue
Global Politics
States struggle with Arizona’s immigration laws
Global Politics
Polygamy in America
Environment
President Obama’s green report card
Environment
Federal Court halts drilling near parks
Business, Economics and Jobs
The latest energy saving trend: the four-day work week