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Paris Hilton returns to Utah ‘troubled teen’ facility to support others who allege mistreatment
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (362+ words) This time Hilton was speaking in support of two families who filed lawsuits Monday alleging that their children were mistreated at Provo Canyon School, the same facility where Hilton spent almost a year in the late 1990s. The hotel heiress and…...
Utah woman who published a book on grief after husband’s death to be sentenced for his murder
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (720+ words) Kouri Richins was convicted in March of aggravated murder for lacing her husband’s cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl at their home near Park City in 2022. Prosecutors said Richins, a 35-year-old real estate agent with a house-flipping…...
Trump-endorsed effort to repeal Utah’s anti-gerrymandering law fails to make the ballot
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (334+ words) The GOP effort, endorsed by President Donald Trump, aimed to reverse a 2018 measure passed by Utah voters that established an independent redistricting commission and banned drawing districts that deliberately favor one political party over another. A state judge ruled that…...
Man accused of faking his death to avoid rape charges is found guilty of sexual assault in Utah
11+ mon, 6+ day ago (660+ words) An eight-person jury in Salt Lake County found Nicholas Rossi guilty of a 2008 rape after a three-day trial in which his accuser and her parents took the stand. Rossi, 38, declined to testify on his own behalf. He will be sentenced…...