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Two Killed in Firefighting Helicopter Crash Near Utah Wildfire

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Reis Thebault
The aircraft was responding to the Widemouth 2 fire, which has burned more than 100,000 acres since starting last month.

© Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News, via Associated Press

A Sikorsky Skycrane at the Widemouth 2 fire east of Fillmore, Utah, on Tuesday, before it crashed on Friday.
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Family of Five Found Dead After Storms Flooded Utah Canyon

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Von: Sejal Govindarao
A Provo fire captain, his wife and their three sons were found dead over the weekend near a campground in southern Utah. They were likely flood victims, the authorities said.

© Provo Fire and Rescue

Provo Fire and Rescue Captain Spencer Long was found dead along with four members of his family near Sunglow Campground in Utah.
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The University Where Kirk Died Ponders How to Remember His Killing

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jack Healy
Utah Valley University doesn’t want to be known as the place where Charlie Kirk was assassinated, and even a discussion of memorializing that day has provoked division.

© Kim Raff for The New York Times

The site where Charlie Kirk killed last year at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, a few days after the shooting. Today, the flag and grass are gone.
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Suspect Interacted With Charlie Kirk’s Group Before Killing, Prosecutors Say

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Von: Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Jack Healy
In a hearing, prosecutors used videos to trace the steps of the man they accuse of assassinating Mr. Kirk, while defense lawyers tried to poke holes in DNA evidence.

© Pool photo by Trent Nelson

Sgt. David Hull, a Utah law enforcement officer who was one of the lead investigators into Charlie Kirk’s killing, during a hearing in Provo, Utah, on Tuesday.
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Utah Moves to Close Teen Treatment Center Accused of Abusing Girls

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Von: Michael Levenson
Paris Hilton helped lead a campaign to shut down the Provo Canyon School, where she said she was beaten and spat on when she was 17.

© Hannah Schoenbaum/Associated Press

Paris Hilton, the celebrity socialite, outside a Provo Canyon School building in Springville, Utah, last month. She has described being beaten at the school when she was a teenager.
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Judge Appointed Last Year Is Overseeing Hearing in Killing of Charlie Kirk

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Von: Madaleine Rubin
Judge Tony Graf previously served as a prosecutor in Utah, including in the county where Mr. Kirk was shot and killed last year.

© Pool photo by Trent Nelson

Judge Tony Graf at court in Provo, Utah, in April.
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Here’s the latest.

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jack Healy · Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Robert Draper
A judge will determine whether there is enough evidence to go to trial. Mr. Kirk’s widow and parents are expected to be in court.

© Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

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New Videos of Charlie Kirk’s Killing Emerge in Court, but Few Can Watch

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jack Healy · Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Robert Draper
On Day 1 of what is expected to be a weeklong hearing, prosecutors played videos of the shooting for a judge, but they were graphic and kept from public view. Erika Kirk and Donald Trump Jr. were in court.

© Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

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Man Charged With Murder in Wife’s Fatal 2006 Fall Kills Himself in Custody

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Von: John S.W. MacDonald
David Vander Meer had claimed his wife’s death in Zion National Park had been an accident. The case was reopened in 2022, and on Monday, he was arrested in Las Vegas after being charged with murder.

© Nikki Boliaux for The New York Times

The view from the summit of the Angels Landing Trail in Zion National Park, where Bernadette Vander Meer died in 2006.
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Utah Senate President Loses Republican Primary After Data Center Backlash

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jack Healy
The upset of J. Stuart Adams represented one of the strongest examples of how the data center issue has affected elections.

© Niki Chan Wylie for The New York Times

J. Stuart Adams, president of the Utah State Senate, in Salt Lake City in 2020.
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Moderate Democrat Wins Primary in Utah for Newly Blue Salt Lake City Seat

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Kellen Browning
Ben McAdams, a former representative who had to distance himself from more conservative positions he once held, will be favored to win a blue seat created by court-ordered redistricting.

© Hannah Schoenbaum/Associated Press

Former representative Ben McAdams is running to represent Utah’s new Democratic-leaning congressional district.
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In Utah House Race, Progressives Assail Democrat Who Backed Abortion Restrictions

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Von: Kellen Browning
Ben McAdams, a moderate former congressman, faces a handful of left-wing opponents in a rare opportunity for a Democrat to win in a Republican state.

© Hannah Schoenbaum/Associated Press

Ben McAdams, a moderate Democrat and former congressman, is contending with a field of multiple progressive candidates in Salt Lake City’s new, heavily liberal congressional district.
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ICE Spent $700 Million on 7 Warehouses. Now It Wants to Get Rid of Them.

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Von: Hamed Aleaziz
Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to sell or give away most of the 11 warehouses it bought to detain migrants, reversing course on a signature initiative.

© Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times

The warehouse that ICE recently purchased for $87 million in Hamburg, Pa.
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How Extreme Athletes Accept That They’re ‘Going to Lose a Lot’ of Friends

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Von: Kurt Streeter and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
Often considered thrill seekers looking for the next adrenaline hit, participants say they’re actually drawn to control and a sense of time slowing down.

© Austin Johnson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

The aftermath of a crash involving a skydiving aircraft in Butler, Mo., on Sunday.
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Attempted BASE Jump in Utah Kills 2, Including Acclaimed Extreme Athlete

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Von: Madaleine Rubin
Andrew Lewis, 39, best known for performing in the halftime show of a Super Bowl, was killed in the accident.

© Sakchai Lalit/Associated Press

Andrew Lewis on a slackline in Bangkok in 2014. He participated in several extreme sports and ran an adventure sports business.
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A Bystander at a ‘No Kings’ March Was Killed. Did the Shooter Commit a Crime?

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Von: Kurt Streeter
A gunman believed he was defending the crowd, then killed an innocent protester. The legal case is complicated.

© Kim Raff for The New York Times

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How Utahns Took on Mr. Wonderful and a Data Center on the Great Salt Lake

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Von: Jack Healy
Kevin O’Leary of “Shark Tank” fame hopes to build a sprawling data center on the parched shores of the Great Salt Lake. It has become a burning issue in Utah’s looming primaries.

© Kim Raff for The New York Times

Bar H Ranch in the Hansel Valley sold its land and water rights to the developers of the proposed Stratos data center in Box Elder County, Utah.
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Hannah Neeleman’s Ballerina Farm Store Draws Crowds in Utah

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Von: Vivian Yee
Tourists are flocking to Midway, Utah. The Ballerina Farm Store, from the influencer whose brand revolves around motherhood and farm life, is a reason.

© Kim Raff for The New York Times

A group of friends filmed themselves before downing turmeric ginger shots outside the Ballerina Farm Store in Midway, Utah.
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Tyler Robinson, Man Accused of Killing Charlie Kirk, Wants to Ban Cameras From Court

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
Lawyers for the man, Tyler Robinson, have argued that filming the court hearings threatens his right to a fair trial.

© Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times

Mourners at a memorial outside the headquarters for Turning Point USA, the conservative group Charlie Kirk founded, in September.
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