US state curbs social media use for minors
- 24-Mar-2023
Utah Governor Spencer Cox on Thursday signed two laws intended to restrict social media use by minors, becoming the first US state to require parental permission for anyone under 18 to use such platforms as Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox […]
Utah company halts Lego firearm case sales after cease-and-desist
- 15-Jul-2021
A Utah company has stopped selling a kit that encases Glock handguns in Lego blocks after the Danish toymaker sent it a cease-and-desist letter at the urging of gun control activists. Marketing the “Block19” as a “a childhood dream come to life”, Culper Precision introduced it on Instagram, saying: “We wanted the second amendment to simply […]
U.S. finds first case of coronavirus in wild animal, a Utah mink
- 15-Dec-2020
Several animals from different wildlife species were sampled and all tested negative
Space oddity? Monolith in Utah desert mystifies helicopter crew
- 25-Nov-2020
As a Utah helicopter crew buzzed over the southeastern part of the state looking for bighorn sheep last week, sitting beneath them in the middle of the desert was a bright shiny monolith, the stuff of sci-fi sagas.
Three killed as small plane crashes into residential area in US
- 27-Jul-2020
At least three people including a nine-month-old baby girl have died when a small plane crashed into a backyard in a residential neighbourhood in Utah.
Man sues Gwyneth Paltrow for alleged ‘hit and run’
- 31-Jan-2019
Terry Sanderson, 72, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Paltrow in Utah state court over the alleged “hit and run ski crash” at the Deer Valley Resort in Park City
Utah becomes first US state to allow ‘free-range parenting’
- 09-May-2018
LOS ANGELES: Utah has become the first US state to allow children to roam free and take part in unsupervised activities under a “Free Range Parenting” law that went into effect on Tuesday. The state’s governor in March signed a bill that protects parents from being prosecuted for child neglect if they allow their kids […]
WATCH: Jeep filmed driving up vertical rock in unbelievable stunt
- 29-Jan-2018
An astonishing moment a jeep slowly crawls up an enormous near-vertical rock is going viral and creating an internet stir. In this incredible video the 4×4 seems to defy the laws of gravity as it effortlessly drives up at a 90-degree angle. The jeep is seen scaling the wall in Sand Hollow State Park, Utah. […]
US state declares pornography public health crisis
- 21-Apr-2016
LOS ANGELES: Utah became the first US state Tuesday to formally declare pornography a public health crisis, in a move backed by Republicans, seeking to shield its citizens from an "epidemic" of addictive sexual content.
Teens stream ice cream robbery, get arrested
- 15-Jul-2015
UTAH: Police in Utah have scooped up two 16-year-old boys who stole tubs of ice cream from a truck while broadcasting their escapade live online, a blunder that led to their capture, authorities said.