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US Education Department to lay off half its staff, CNN reports
Timothy Gardner, Tim Reid and Ryan Patrick Jones, Reuters | Posted March 11 - 7:32 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Department of Education is expected to cut approximately half of its 4,000 employees in sweeping layoffs set to begin on Tuesday evening, CNN reported, citing three people familiar with the plan.
US House Republicans pass stopgap bill to fund government
Richard Cowan, Katharine Jackson, David Morgan and Bo Erickson, Reuters | Updated March 11 - 7:30 p.m. | Save Story
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation, by a vote of 217-213, that would avert a weekend government shutdown.
Is renting rather than buying housing more appealing to the wealthy? What a new analysis says
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted March 11 - 6:04 p.m. | Save Story
More wealthy Americans have been choosing renting over home buying, a new analysis finds.
Judge to allow camera in Lori Vallow Daybell's Arizona trial; defense releases witness list
Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted March 11 - 5:18 p.m. | Save Story
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Justin Beresky decided during a Tuesday hearing and said one pool camera will be allowed to provide a livestream to media outlets with a possible 1- to 2-minute delay.
Safety board urges ban on some helicopter flights at Washington airport where 67 died in crash
Josh Funk, John Seewer and Nathan Ellgren, Associated Press | Posted March 11 - 4:22 p.m. | Save Story
Federal investigators looking for the cause of the January collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington that killed 67 people are recommending a ban on some helicopter flights.
Ukraine ready to accept ceasefire proposal, US to resume intelligence sharing
Daphne Psaledakis and Pesha Magid, Reuters | Posted March 11 - 2:47 p.m. | Save Story
The United States agreed on Tuesday to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine after talks where Kyiv said it would accept a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in its conflict with Russia, the countries said in a joint statement.
Ontario premier freezes plan to slap surcharge of electricity exports to US
David Ljunggren, Reuters | Updated March 11 - 1:50 p.m. | Save Story
The premier of the Canadian province of Ontario said he was suspending plans to impose a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to the United States and would fly to Washington this week for talks with the Trump administration.
Job openings rise, layoffs low before Trump policy shifts
Lucia Mutikani, Reuters | Posted March 11 - 11:39 a.m. | Save Story
Job openings increased in January, but demand for labor is likely to soften in the months ahead amid concerns that uncertainty over import tariffs and aggressive government spending cuts could cause a sharp slowdown in economic activity.
4 charged in death of 5-year-old boy in hyperbaric chamber explosion
Corey Williams, Associated Press | Posted March 11 - 10:17 a.m. | Save Story
Four people have been charged in the death of a 5-year-old boy who was killed inside a pressurized oxygen chamber at a medical facility in suburban Detroit.
Utahns' favorite and least favorite Trump executive orders
Emma Pitts, Deseret News | Posted March 11 - 9:04 a.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump did not ease into his second term; no one would describe his first days as lazy celebration. Trump has signed 83 executive orders since his first day in the White House on Jan. 20.
Girl Scouts sued over alleged heavy metals, pesticides in cookies
Jonathan Stempel, Reuters | Posted March 11 - 8:41 a.m. | Save Story
The Girl Scouts have been sued by consumers over the alleged presence of "heavy metals" and pesticides in its popular Thin Mints and other cookies.
Federal government no longer accepting orders for free COVID-19 tests
Jen Christensen, CNN | Posted March 11 - 8:12 a.m. | Save Story
The federal government program that provides free at-home COVID-19 tests says it is "not currently accepting orders," according to the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response website.
The potential dangers of sleep trackers, according to U. sleep experts
Sandee LaMotte, CNN | Posted March 11 - 8:07 a.m. | Save Story
Sleep experts in Utah say to not rely on sleep tracker data to determine if you're getting a good night's sleep.
Judge will not order Trump administration to restore canceled foreign aid contracts
Brendan Pierson, Reuters | Updated March 10 - 9:54 p.m. | Save Story
A federal judge on Monday declined to order President Donald Trump's administration to restore thousands of foreign aid contracts and grants that have been canceled since the president took office.
Olympic snowboarder on FBI's most-wanted list
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted March 10 - 8:34 p.m. | Save Story
At Utah's last Olympics in 2002, Ryan Wedding competed for his native Canada as a snowboarder. Now he's on the FBI's most wanted list.
'More than brick and mortar:' DC begins removing 'Black Lives Matter' plaza near White House
Ashraf Khalil and Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press | Updated March 10 - 6:35 p.m. | Save Story
Crews started work Monday to remove the large yellow "Black Lives Matter" painted on the street one block from the White House in Washington, D.C.
Prosecutor's office says case of a California judge charged in wife's death has ended in a mistrial
Amy Taxin, Associated Press | Posted March 10 - 3:31 p.m. | Save Story
The case of a Southern California judge charged with murder for fatally shooting his wife ended in a mistrial Monday after a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
US Supreme Court to review Colorado law barring conversion therapy for minors
John Fritze, CNN | Updated March 10 - 8:53 a.m. | Save Story
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would review a Colorado law that bars mental health professionals from practicing "conversion therapy" for minors, a discredited practice that attempts to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
