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Forget Disneyland. The top leaders of Utah’s winning Olympic bid team are going to the Louvre
PARIS — Fraser Bullock was all smiles Thursday morning as he strolled around the French capital’s oldest park. A day earlier, the 2034 Winter Games were awarded to Utah, a moment he’d been working toward since wrapping up the state’s last Olympics, in 2002. He and the rest of the Utah delegation that traveled to Paris for Wednesday’s vote by members of the International Olympic Committee were ready to enjoy the city.
Where is Susan Powell? Her disappearance, young sons' horrific deaths haunt family
A special encore “20/20” airing Friday, July 26, at 9 p.m. ET, which originally aired in 2020, revisits the case of missing Utah mom Susan Powell. The show looks at the continued hunt for Susan’s body and the heartbreaking details surrounding the murders of her two sons at the hands of her husband, Josh, who died by suicide after killing the boys. Chuck and Judy Cox have spent the past eight years in agony while trying to find some semblance of justice after their son-in-law, Josh Powell, murdered their two young grandsons. When it finally seemed like they were on the verge of finding some closure earlier this year, the coronavirus pandemic brought everything to a halt. “I don't know anything else I could have done and they're still dead. My daughter's still missing, and now the children are dead,” said Chuck Cox. “I had them safe... They were in my care.”
Utah Supreme Court overturns death sentence for man convicted of murder in rape cover-up
Utah’s Supreme Court overturned a death sentence Thursday for a man convicted of murdering a woman to stop her from testifying against him in a rape case. Justices said Douglas Lovell had ineffective attorneys at his sentencing hearing, but upheld his conviction and sent the case back to a lower court for resentencing. The Utah Attorney General’s Office — the prosecutors in the case — did not have an immediate answer Thursday as to whether Lovell could again receive a death sentence, spokesperson Alex Curcio said.
Grant money to allow for expanded genetic sequencing of Utah children
More than 7,000 genetic diseases have been identified, but not enough cures have been created. That means many children with these debilitating illnesses are going without a diagnosis. That's about to change. Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital and the University of Utah Department of Pediatrics announced Friday they will be upgrading...
IOC pushes Utah officials, US Olympic leaders to persuade FBI to drop WADA probe as part of 2034 Games deal
A deal among the International Olympic Committee, Utah officials and U.S. Olympic leaders was struck to help Salt Lake City receive the Winter Olympics in 2034.
"Ballerina Farm" bombshells dim Utah influencer's sheen
A new profile of the famed Utah "tradwife" influencer Hannah Neeleman is raising eyebrows with its portrayal of the misogyny Neeleman has experienced while becoming "Ballerina Farm."Driving the news: The Times of London obtained unprecedented access to Neeleman's Summit County ranch for a recent story that depicts a pattern of sexism in the family, from pressures to marry young to the health effects of parenting eight kids in rural isolation.Why it matters: The profile is calling into question claims that the tradwife trend celebrates women's choice by elevating those who elect to fill traditional gender roles, centering motherhood and domestic...
WHAT ARE THESE Amazing Ponds in Utah??
People say there's nothing more disconcerting than looking out of a plane window and seeing something "unexpected." And what they're usually talking about is an engine being on fire or an alien space ship dangling in the clouds. But sometimes you look out and you see something out in the...
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