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SALT LAKE CITY — The showdown between big tech companies and the state of Utah has officially begun, as Gov. Spencer Cox signed the nation's first major social media regulations into law on Thursday. Passed by the Legislature earlier this month, SB152 and HB311 are touted by lawmakers as necessary to counter the alleged harms social media platforms enact on teenagers. But the bills have drawn

MADISON – Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell and his staff have added another commitment for the 2024 class. Thomas Heiberger, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound outside linebacker from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, announced his commitment Sunday on Twitter. UW offered Heiberger last month during the team’s junior day. New assistant Matt Mitchell was the primary recruiter for Heiberger. Other teams that offered

Video from a busy road outside the Covenant School showed students fleeing across traffic in search of safety as one eyewitness reported, “The teacher was a hero.” Amid the chaos in Nashville, Tennessee Monday when a murderer took the lives of six victims, including three children, small decisions may have meant a big difference in averting even more tragedy. While officers rushed toward the

When Joy Domingo-Kameenui spent two weeks in her native Hawaii as part of MIT class 1.091 (Traveling Research Environmental eXperiences), she was surprised to learn about the number of invasive and endangered species. “I knew about Hawaiian ecology from middle and high school but wasn’t fully aware to the extent of how invasive species and diseases have resulted in many of Hawaii’s endemic