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Utah State’s ‘suspicious device’ actually wasn’t a surprising find at an ag college

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Utah State campus ‘safe’: Suspicious package detonated before nearby Turning Point USA event Utah State University evacuated a building because of a suspicious package Tuesday — hours before and about a half-mile away from where Turning Point USA is set to hold its first Utah event since foun...

Story here, with @courtneyltanner.bsky.social :

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A bomb squad officer leaves the scene at Utah State University shortly after a small explosion was heard on campus.
Police later said the suspicious package they responded to — and exploded — was not a bomb.

‘Absolute heroes’ — Worshippers sprang to save fellow Latter-day Saints after attack on Michigan church The latest about the fiery attack and shooting at a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse in Michigan.

Update on victims in LDS Michigan meetinghouse attack

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At least two dead, including a shooter, in attack on LDS church in Michigan There are “multiple victims” after a gunman attacked a Latter-day Saint church in Michigan Sunday morning, police officials said, and the Grand Blanc church was also on fire.

Law enforcement officials fear additional victims may have been trapped inside the burning church, according to the Detroit Free Press.

At least two dead, including a shooter, in attack on LDS church in Michigan There are “multiple victims” after a gunman attacked a Latter-day Saint church in Michigan Sunday morning, police officials said, and the Grand Blanc church was also on fire.

“We’re still in shock,” Becca Wilson Jones, a Latter-day Saint who attends church in neighboring Flint, told The Tribune. She said the two congregations are very close-knit.

“We personally know somebody who lost someone.”

Death toll rises to five in shooting and fiery attack on an LDS church in Michigan There are “multiple victims” after a gunman attacked a Latter-day Saint church in Michigan Sunday morning, police officials said, and the Grand Blanc church was also on fire.

Law enforcement officials also responded to several bomb threats Sunday evening, including some that were at churches, Michigan State Police Lt. Kim Vetter said. Those buildings had been cleared, she said.

Update: Five dead in shooting, fiery attack on LDS church in Michigan There are “multiple victims” after a gunman attacked a Latter-day Saint church in Michigan Sunday morning, police officials said, and the Grand Blanc church was also on fire.

“Extreme courage, brave, and that’s the type of community that we are," Grand Blanc Twp. Police Chief Renye said tonight.
It's been a while — if ever —since I cried after a news conference.
Much love to my LDS friends today.
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Utah National Guard generals not invited to Hegseth’s impromptu meeting of top military brass Utah National Guard generals have not been invited to an impromptu meeting called by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Top Utah National Guard leaders, including the state’s adjutant general, have not been invited to SecDef Pete Hegseth's impromptu meeting of the military’s senior brass next week, a guard official told me.

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Utah auditor says Senate president is — again — moving to remove her from her Capitol office Tina Cannon, the first woman elected as Utah’s state auditor, said Senate President Stuart Adams is moving — again — to evict her from her office in the Utah Capitol building.

“You don’t have to like me, you don’t have to agree with me,” Utah Auditor Tina Cannon said, “but you should offer respect to the office I hold.”

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Vice President JD Vance will travel to Utah to pay respect to Charlie Kirk Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance are flying to Utah to pay respects to the family of Charlie Kirk.

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance are traveling to Utah today to pay respects to the family of Charlie Kirk, a source familiar with the vice president’s plans told @sltrib.com.
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‘We Need to Terminate Treatment’: VA Mental Health Providers Say They Are Under Pressure to Limit Care Veterans Affairs mental health providers say they are being pressured to curtail therapy sessions for veterans. VA says they following evidence-based best practices.

Veterans Affairs officials insist there are no caps on mental health care, but providers in multiple states disagree. thewarhorse.org/va-mental-he...

Utah conservatives call for GOP Senate president to step down during Capitol rally Around 100 people rallied at the Utah Capitol on Sunday afternoon to call for Senate President Stuart Adams' resignation.

The leader of Utah's Senate pushed a bill that lowered the penalties for some 18-year-olds who have sex w/ 13-year-olds.

The leader of Utah's Senate also has a relative who was charged, at 18, w/ child rape and sodomy w/ a 13-year-old. The teen served a week in jail.

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Gov. Cox killed 2 investigations into Utah’s top military commander. Now the Army has demoted the general. After Gov. Spencer Cox quashed two investigations into Utah's top military commander, the Army has now demoted the former two-star general to lieutenant colonel.

Years after Gov. Spencer Cox quashed two investigations into Utah’s previous top military leader, an Army review board knocked the retired two-star general’s rank down to lieutenant colonel following a probe of the commander’s behavior while in uniform.
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Gov. Cox killed 2 investigations into Utah’s top military commander. Now the Army has demoted the general. After Gov. Spencer Cox quashed two investigations into Utah's top military commander, the Army has now demoted the former two-star general to lieutenant colonel.

Gov. Spencer Cox didn't listen to soldiers when he was told Utah's National Guard commander was a problem. But the Army did, and they've decided to demote the retired two-star down to a lieutenant colonel.
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YouTube video by The Salt Lake Tribune Utah’s Senate president prompted law change that helped a teen charged with child rape

An 18-year-old high schooler was facing potential prison time and having to register as a sex offender until help came from a powerful relative — Utah Republican Senate President J. Stuart Adams.
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Intermountain Medical Center power outage prompts ambulance diversions Intermountain Medical Center in Murray lost power Thursday afternoon, forcing the hospital to rely on backup generators and divert incoming ambulances to other facilities.

Officials at DHHS and DPS said they were on standby to assist Intermountain with emergency resources, but power returned before a state response was needed.

w/ @carmenreports.bsky.social, @emilyreanderson.bsky.social, @samuelsski27.bsky.social & @trent.photo
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Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee has long fixated on exerting power over D.C. Now, Trump is realizing it. Ahead of President Trump announcing that he would invoke emergency powers to militarize law enforcement in D.C., Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee has led a charge to grab power back from the capital city.

Mike Lee and Donald Trump have painted Washington, D.C. as a crime-ridden dystopia.

Crime in D.C. hit a 30-year low this year.

BTW, a spokesperson for the Senate Minority Caucus says Sen. Blouin is speaking for himself on this when I asked if it was a caucus position. #utpol #Utah

‘Do the right thing’: Utah Senate president who intervened in child rape case must resign, Democratic senator says Democratic state Sen. Nate Blouin is calling on Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams to resign after The Salt Lake Tribune first reported that Adams had initiated a change to Utah law that helped an ...

Democratic Sen. Nate Blouin has called for Senate President Stuart Adams to resign over his involvement in changing a law that helped an 18-year-old high schooler facing rape charges.

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‘Do the right thing’: Utah Senate president who intervened in child rape case must resign, Democratic senator says Democratic state Sen. Nate Blouin is calling on Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams to resign after The Salt Lake Tribune first reported that Adams had initiated a change to Utah law that helped an 18-year-old relative who was charged with child rape.

Democratic state Sen. Nate Blouin is calling on Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams to resign after The Tribune reported that Adams had initiated a change to Utah law that helped an 18-year-old relative who was charged with child rape.

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Utah’s Senate president prompted law change that helped a teen charged with child rape An 18-year-old high schooler was facing potential prison time and having to register as a sex offender until help came from a powerful ally — Senate President J. Stuart Adams.

Here’s the backstory on how Senate President Stuart Adams spurred a change to state law that helped a teen facing child rape charges.

It highlights issues around how the criminal justice system deals with such cases.

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Grateful for the opportunity to write with @oonahathaway.bsky.social & @azmatzahra.bsky.social + work with @yalelawjournal.bsky.social on "The Dangerous Rise of 'Dual-Use' Objects in War": www.yalelawjournal.org/article/the-.... More on data & methods here: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

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The Dangerous Rise of "Dual-Use" Objects in War

Coauthored with @mararevkin.bsky.social and @azmatzahra.bsky.social.

We show that the targeting of dual-use objects over the last several decades has placed civilians at great risk.

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Mike Lee pulls federal public land sale from ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ U.S. Sen. Mike Lee says he's pulled his controversial proposal to sell federal public lands to state and private buyers from congressional Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill.”

U.S. Sen. Mike Lee says he’s pulled from the “Big Beautiful Bill” his controversial proposal to sell federal public lands to states and private buyers for new housing developments.

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As Iran retaliates, are Utah National Guard members deployed to the Middle East in danger? As Iran retaliated after the U.S. bombing of several of its nuclear facilities, are Utah National Guard members deployed to the Middle East in danger?

As Iran retaliated after the U.S. bombing of several of its nuclear facilities, are Utah National Guard members deployed to the Middle East in danger?

As Iran retaliates, are Utah National Guard members deployed to the Middle East in danger? As Iran retaliated after the U.S. bombing of several of its nuclear facilities, are Utah National Guard members deployed to the Middle East in danger?

There was concern that Iran would retaliate against U.S. forces — including about 20 Utah National Guard members – deployed to the Middle East.

But Trump, after Iran's attack on Al Udeid in Qatar, says Iran has “gotten it all out of their ‘system.’”
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