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This photo provided by the Ogden City Police shows Charles Richard Jennings Jr. Police say Jennings, 35, walked into a Father's Day Catholic Mass at Saint James the Just Catholic Church in Ogden, Utah on Sunday and shot his 65-year-old father-in-law, James Evans, in the head in front of a congregation of 300 people.

With 2,085 lakes in Utah and more than 89,000 miles of streams and rivers, water is an essential natural resource in the state that must be preserved and protected.

The plans of a former Microsoft manager to create the "Starbucks of Pot" are worrying other activists who pushed for the legalization of marijuana in Washington state.

Utah's premier wine event is the annual Park City Food & Wine Classic, which this year takes place July 10-14.

It was painful to see Miss Utah bobbling her answer to a question: What does it say about society that 40 percent of women who are primary earners in a household make much less money than men do? I'll take a crack at it: Women are consistently undervalued.

Jeremy Johnson, 37, is charged with defrauding more than $275 million from 'unwitting' customers over five years in an online marketing scam Johnson, who has grabbed headlines for charitable acts including flying his own helicopter on rescue missions to earthquake-ravaged Haiti, has denied the charges The Utah businessman and his affiliates have ... (more)

A new poll shows that support for embattled Utah Attorney General John Swallow is "extremely low," hovering at only around 12 percent.

Authorities in Utah plan to offer details about a man accused of walking into a Catholic church and shooting another man in the back of the head during Mass in Ogden.

Self Storage and Ortho Development Corporation have signed on as sponsors of the Mount Everest expedition planned next year by Greg Paul, a veteran adventurer and climber who will attempt to reach the top of the world after undergoing his second total knee replacement.

Police are outside St. James Catholic Church in Ogden, Utah, Sunday June 16, 2013 after a man was shot in the back of the head during mass at the church.

The contest, in its second year, is designed to increase public awareness of the programs the utility offers that can lead to lower monthly power bills through wiser energy use.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is the early frontrunner for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination among Texas Republicans, a new poll from the Texas Tribune said.

In this Sunday Edition, Utah's immigrant youth speak out in favor of immigration reform and we'll get their take on the debate in Washington.

Rachel Halliburton dresses her brother Tyler while helping at home, Monday, June 10, 2013, in Saratoga Springs.

Two leaders of a Salt Lake City Boy Scout troop may lose their Scouting memberships after marching in uniform alongside Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts in the Utah Pride Parade June 2. They have been ordered to apologize, but refuse to do so.

Without much fanfare and virtually no press attention, the leaders of Utah Democratic Party have dumped "Jefferson-Jackson Day" as the official name of the party's annual fundraiser, largely because they can no longer honor the racist and genocidal legacy of Andrew Jackson.

Police say a gunman walked into a Catholic church and shot a man in the back of the head during Mass on Sunday in Ogden.

With Nevada enacting tougher penalties on cockfighting this month, Utah's looser laws may set the state up to become a haven for cockers and breeders to engage in the illegal sport, Humane Society directors said last week.

The air can get bad up and down the Wasatch Front during the dog days of summer, so in an effort to cut down on pollution from automobiles, the Utah Transit Authority and Zions Bank have teamed up on a new program called Ride Clear.

When Utah House Republicans gather Wednesday for an unprecedented meeting to consider whether to begin impeachment proceedings against Attorney General John Swallow, there may be few final decisions.