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Video Gaming Becomes a Scholarship Sport at University of Utah
The University of Utah will become the first big-time sports school to offer scholarships for competitive video gaming, so far the most high-profile entry into collegiate esports. Backed by the Salt Lake City school’s video game development program, Utah’s first varsity esports team will play Riot Games’ popular League of Legends and compete in Riot’s collegiate league. More teams in other games will be announced this year.
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Utah cat beating, torture prompts $40K reward offer for info
A reward offered in the search for suspects in the gruesome beating and torture of a pet cat in Utah now stands at more than $40,000. The Humane Society of Utah says an anonymous donor contributed $10,000. The 6-year-old cat named Sage belonged to a family from Clearfield, north of Salt Lake City. Sage went missing March 5, was found Wednesday and died Thursday.
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Utah Woman Has Adopted 35 Children — Including 26 with Special Needs: ‘They’ll Always Feel Loved’
Christie Jameson sometimes wonders if the idea to adopt 35 children was planted when she was 12. “He was such a sweet, outgoing brother — everybody loved him,” Jameson, now 73, tells PEOPLE. Over three decades, the Jamesons adopted 35 children in all — 26 of them with special needs.
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Legislator will try yet again to do away with daylight saving time
(KUTV) It is that time of year again. Time to set our clocks back one hour, essentially falling off of daylight saving time. It is something that almost everyone has an opinion on. For Utah County legislator Norm Thurston he says it's the number one issue
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How Evan McMullin Could Win Utah And The Presidency
It’s unlikely, but far from impossible. By Benjamin Morris.
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Utah Cheerleaders Feel 'Body Shamed' After Male Classmate Complains That Their Skirts Led to 'Impure' Thoughts
Last week, when a male student at Timpview High School in Provo, Utah, complained to a school counselor that the uniforms worn by cheerleaders on game day were causing him to have “impure” thoughts in class, the conversation could have ended there. But it didn’t.
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Dead Horse Point near Moab, Utah
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Trans Tokenism — Chuck Schumer’s Ugly Bigotry Trumps Love
Go the the “races” page of the official Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee website. Tester and Schumer, who run the operation, list every state with a race this cycle from Arizona to Wisconsin– except one. By Howie Klein.
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Ice Age Hunting Camp, Replete With Bird Bones and Tobacco, Found in Utah Desert
In the dead-flat desert of northwestern Utah, archaeologists have uncovered a scene from a distant, and more verdant, time.
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Shocking new report: Four women accused same student of rape — but cops and Utah State did nothing
Rape culture continues to flourish on American college campuses. In the most recent account, four women who reported that they had been raped by the same man were ignored by the Utah State University’s Title IX office, and by the police detectives investigating the complaints in Logan, Utah.
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‘This Is Not a Game’: Utah Man Sues for Right to Marry His Computer
Chris Sevier wants to marry his computer. "This is not a game, OK, this is not some kind of funny scenario," Sevier said. Sevier made his intentions known and went to Utah County Clerk Bryan Thompson to ask for a marriage license. "In this day and age nothing surprises me anymore," Thompson said. "I've been in this office long enough, I've seen lots of different things, but I just said, 'No, I legally cannot do that.'" Sevier named Thompson, Utah Governor Gary Herbert, and Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes in the case filed in district court last week.
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In a moving, tearful speech, Utah's lieutenant governor apologized for past homophobia
At a Monday vigil in Salt Lake City for the victims of the Orlando shooting, Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox gave a moving, tearful speech apologizing to the LGBTQ community for treating them poorly in his early life, and expressing gratitude to them for helping him realize the error of his ways. It's an incredible speech full of empathy and humility, and it’s worth watching in full. The speech is not only a moving tribute to the Orlando victims — it's also a great example of how to...
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A sudden storm hits a canyon in Arches National Park, Utah
Photo by Patrik Oberlin.
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What Is Utah’s Anti-Porn Craze Really About?
One scholar doesn’t think it has much to do with actual public-health concerns.
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Musselman Arch, Canyonlands National Park and the Arching Milky Way
Photographer: David Lane Summary Author: David Lane Shown above is Musselman Arch in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, with the Milky Way arching overhead. It's a jarring 5 mi (8 km) drive on White Rim Road to the Arch...
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‘Fetal Anesthesia’ Law Is New Front in Abortion Battle
Abortion rights activists and a number of doctors say a new law in Utah requiring anesthesia for fetuses aborted 20 weeks or more into a pregnancy is not based on science.
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'You're a sinner': how a Mormon university shames rape victims
Rape survivors at Brigham Young University, considered the ‘Mormon Harvard’, face penalties under its strict honor code. Now they’re fighting back
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New monument to honor Paiutes slain in Circleville Massacre
A new memorial will mark a dark but rarely mentioned moment in Utah history when Mormon settlers slaughtered as many as 30 Paiute men, women and children in the small town of Circleville 150 years ago. By Dennis Romboy.
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Remote Utah Enclave Becomes New Battleground Over Reach of U.S. Control
Conservation groups say a new monument here in the red-rock deserts would protect 1.9 million acres of culturally significant land from new mining and drilling. By Jack Healy.
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Republican Lawmakers In Utah Just Voted To Repeal The Death Penalty
“Government shouldn’t be in the business of killing. It’s not our place."
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