Category: Utah

Utah Lawmakers Home Vandalized After Sponsoring Bill Banning Trans Surgeries for Minors

The home of a Utah lawmaker who authored a bill banning transgender surgeries for minors in his state has been vandalized. Utah state Sen. Mike Kennedy, a Republican from Lone Peak, shared photos of his home in a Facebook post on Friday, showing red spray paint on his garage door and driveway. Part of the…


IN-DEPTH: Survivors Alleging Satanic Ritual Abuse Raise Awareness Amid Media Claims of ‘Panic’

Survivors alleging satanic ritual abuse (SRA) and their advocates are continuing a decades-long fight to advance their cases as media companies push a narrative that the type of abuse they allege is largely the creation of a social panic. Last month, the South by Southwest film festival screened “Satan Wants You,” which “tells the untold…


Here’s Everything You Need to Plan a Road Trip Through the Beautiful Southwest

By Jenny Peters From The Orange County Register Santa Ana—When you’re from California, it’s easy to think that some of the world’s most beautiful and wild, rugged places are close to home. But the reality is that while the Golden State has plenty of incredible scenery to offer, both back in those “Wild West” days…


Utah Man Who Killed Family Vented His Anger in Suicide Note

SALT LAKE CITY—A Utah man who fatally shot his wife, her mother, and the couple’s five kids after he was investigated for child abuse left a suicide note saying he “would rather rot in hell” than continue enduring what he called controlling behavior by his wife, investigators wrote in a report released on Friday. The…


New CCP United Front Minister Signals Escalating Infiltration of Foreign Countries

News Analysis Beijing recently made Shi Taifeng the new minister of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) in a move that can be seen as part of an escalation of overseas influence peddling by the Chinese Communist regime, a China expert suggests. Shi also leads the China Overseas Friendship Association (COFA), which recruits wealthy and…


Utah Woman Killed by Huge Column of Falling Ice After Pushing Her Friend to Safety

A 41-year-old woman attempting to climb a frozen waterfall in Utah was killed by falling ice after she likely saved a fellow climber’s life by pushing her out of the way, authorities said. The accident involved a group of three climbers trying to scale Raven Falls in Duchesne County near Indian Canyon on April 2,…


Gwyneth Paltrow Whispers Four Words to Ski Case Plaintiff After Court Victory

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow whispered briefly to Terry Sanderson, the plaintiff in the ski collision case, after the court victory. After the verdict was read, Paltrow walked over to Sanderson, touched his shoulder, and told him, “I wish you well,” Sanders told reporters outside court. He responded, “Thank you dear.” Sanderson told Extra that Paltrow’s words…


Gwyneth Paltrow’s Ski Collision Trial Continues With Defense

PARK CITY, Utah—Gwyneth Paltrow’s attorneys are expected to continue relying mostly on experts to mount their defense on Wednesday, the seventh day of the trial over her 2016 ski collision with a 76-year-old retired optometrist. The judge presiding over the trial in Park City has made it clear that he wants Paltrow’s defense team to…


Who Was Uphill? Gwyneth Paltrow Trial Spotlights Skier Code

PARK CITY, Utah—Skiers have likely noticed signs at mountain resorts across the country saying, “Know the code.” They refer to universal rules of conduct that apply to people who partake in inherently risky snow sports that involve navigating down crowded slopes, often at high speeds. But whether they actually understand the code is another question….


Gwyneth Paltrow’s Experts to Testify in Utah Ski Crash Case

PARK CITY, Utah—Gwyneth Paltrow’s attorneys are expected to call a series of experts and read depositions from her two teenage children on Tuesday in the first full day of the movie star’s trial that they have to call witnesses to make their case. Due to the trial’s judge-imposed eight-day clock, Paltrow’s defense team is expected…