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100 skulls and mummified body parts found in a Pennsylvania grave robbery case
Mark Scolforo, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 10 - 4:34 p.m. | Save Story
A man is accused of stealing about 100 sets of human remains from an abandoned Philadelphia cemetery after police were led to a basement filled with body parts, which authorities say the man hoarded.
2 killed outside church remembered for examples, positive changes made in their lives
Emma Pitts, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 10 - 2:53 p.m. | Save Story
The son of one of the men killed by gunfire in a Salt Lake church parking lot on Wednesday said his dad exemplified Christ-like love.
Salt Lake man charged with stabbing bus passenger unprovoked
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Jan. 10 - 9:06 a.m. | Save Story
A Salt Lake man was charged Friday with stabbing another passenger on a Utah Transit Authority bus three times after the bus passed his stop.
DNC threatens legal action if Utah sends voter rolls to Justice Department
Lauren Irwin, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 9 - 9:02 p.m. | Save Story
The Democratic National Committee told Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson in a letter on Friday that if she provides the Department of Justice the voter information of Utahns, legal action will follow.
Judge blocks Trump from freezing $10B in child, family aid to five states
Jack Queen, Reuters | Updated Jan. 9 - 7:42 p.m. | Save Story
A judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from freezing access by five Democratic-led states to more than $10 billion of federal funds for child care and family assistance based on what it said were concerns about fraud.
Washington pipe bomb suspect pleads not guilty
Andrew Goudsward, Reuters | Posted Jan. 9 - 5:53 p.m. | Save Story
The man accused of planting pipe bombs in Washington the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack pleaded not guilty on Friday to two explosives-related charges.
Taylorsville man lured Herriman man to shop, then killed and buried him, charges say
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Jan. 9 - 4:34 p.m. | Save Story
A Taylorsville man was charged Friday with luring a Herriman man to his auto shop, then killing him and eventually burying his body in a shallow Tooele County grave.
New video emerges of Minnesota shooting, further inflaming tensions
Renee Hickman, Brad Brooks and Joseph Ax, Reuters | Posted Jan. 9 - 4:01 p.m. | Save Story
The White House on Friday reposted on social media a new video taken from the cellphone of the immigration officer who fatally shot a Minnesota woman in her car this week.
Mother killed 6-year-old, then took her own life in Canyonlands, police say
Pat Reavy, KSL | Updated Jan. 9 - 2:06 p.m. | Save Story
San Juan County sheriff's detectives the deaths of a 6-year-old boy and his mother in Canyonlands National Park was the result of a murder-suicide.
Judge sets jury selection in Luigi Mangione CEO killing trial for September
Jack Queen, Reuters | Updated Jan. 9 - 1:43 p.m. | Save Story
A federal judge on Friday said jury selection will begin in early September for the murder trial of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a health insurance executive outside a hotel in Manhattan.
Homeless man charged with attacking 4 outside Provo motel
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Jan. 9 - 1:35 p.m. | Save Story
Criminal charges were filed Thursday against a man who prosecutors say attacked four people outside a Provo motel, knocking two of them unconscious.
Swiss prosecutors order detention of owner of bar in deadly blaze
Emma Farge and Cecile Mantovani, Reuters | Posted Jan. 9 - 11:50 a.m. | Save Story
Swiss prosecutors said on Friday they had ordered one of the two owners of a ski resort bar where a fire on New Year's Day killed 40 people to be detained due to flight risk, with local media saying the order had been carried out.
South Ogden man shot 2 neighbors as they walked out of their house, police say
Tim Vandenack and Pat Reavy, KSL | Updated Jan. 9 - 10:09 a.m. | Save Story
Two people were shot in an incident in South Ogden, and the officers who first responded came under fire, prompting a large police presence before a neighbor was arrested.
Officer in fatal Minneapolis shooting had previously been dragged by car, Vance says
Ryan Patrick Jones, Reuters | Posted Jan. 9 - 9:47 a.m. | Save Story
The federal immigration officer who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis had previously been dragged by a vehicle and injured, Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday.
'Tragic situation': Woman falls off bridge, dies after stopping to assist with crash on I-84
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted Jan. 9 - 9:20 a.m. | Save Story
A woman is dead after falling off a bridge on I-84 in Morgan County Friday morning.
Man killed outside church had embraced faith and nonviolence, community leader says
Emma Pitts and Tad Walch, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 9 - 8:22 a.m. | Save Story
One of the men who was killed during an exchange of gunfire in a church parking lot of was a husband, father and poet who had chosen to reject violence, a local Tongan leader said.
Public's help sought by Herriman police in homicide investigation
Curtis Booker, KSL | Posted Jan. 8 - 10:01 p.m. | Save Story
Herriman police seeking tips from the public connected to the investigation into the shooting death of a 60-year-old man, whose remains were found last month in Tooele County.
Hundreds attend anti-ICE protest in Salt Lake City following death of Minneapolis woman
Curtis Booker and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Posted Jan. 8 - 9:33 p.m. | Save Story
Hundreds gathered at Pioneer Park in Salt Lake City on Thursday to protest the Minneapolis ICE shooting.
