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Platforms including Instagram and TikTok have introduced more controls for parents, such as messaging limits and time caps (stock image)

US state to require parental consent for social media

Utah has become the first US state to require social media sites to get parental consent for accounts used by under-18s, placing the burden on platforms like Instagram and TikTok to verify the age of their users.

US • 24 Mar 23

Courtesy of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

Utah animal bridge helps wildlife scale new heights

Wildlife officials in Utah have shared a video showing a wide range of animals using a specially built bridge in Parley's Canyon, designed to reduce accidents involving wildlife on a busy highway.

News Lens • 01 Dec 20

The police were called in Salt Lake City when a mother needed help with her autistic son

Police in US state of Utah shoot, wound autistic child

Police in Salt Lake City in the US shot and seriously wounded an autistic child whose mother had called 911 for help when her 13-year-old son started shouting in mental distress.

US • 09 Sep 20

The boy said he was off to California to buy a Lamborghini

Five-year-old boy pulled over while driving in US

A police officer in the western US state of Utah was stunned after stopping what he thought was an impaired driver on a highway only to find a five-year-old behind the wheel.

US • 06 May 20

The woman faces three charges of lewdness in front of children

Utah woman fights charge of going topless in own home

A Utah woman who stripped to her waist while working in her own home is fighting multiple counts of lewdness that could lead to a jail term and placement on a sex offender registry.

US • 23 Nov 19

Bison attacks woman in Utah months after attacking date

A US man who was gored by a bison at a park in June thought it safe to take his date back to the scene of the crime - only for her to also be attacked.

News Lens • 02 Oct 19

Mitt Romney and Donald Trump pictured in 2016

Romney says Trump presidency causing global dismay

Mitt Romney, the former Republican presidential candidate and incoming US senator from Utah, has sharply criticised US President Donald Trump and suggested he has caused dismay around the world.

World • 02 Jan 19

Duane Youd flew the Cessna into his house in the town of Payson, Utah

Man crashes plane into own house after fight with wife

A Utah man was killed when he crashed a stolen small plane into his own home hours after he was arrested and released from custody for a domestic dispute with his wife.

World • 14 Aug 18

Mr Trump's opponents say the areas are home to more than 100,000 archaeological sites

Trump cuts two conservation areas in Utah

US President Donald Trump has slashed the size of two Utah conservation areas, the first such large-scale reversal in more than 100 years.

News • 05 Dec 17

Utah moved to shield its citizens from an 'epidemic' of addictive sexual content

Utah declares pornography a public health crisis

Utah has become the first US state to formally declare pornography a public health crisis.

News • 20 Apr 16

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating

US military shipped live anthrax sample to labs

A US military facility in Utah mistakenly sent live anthrax bacteria to private laboratories in nine US states and a US military base in South Korea, the Pentagon has said.

News • 27 May 15

Utah's State Capitol in Salt Lake City, where politicians voted to bring back firing squads

Utah votes to bring back death by firing squad

Politicians in the US state of Utah have voted to bring back execution by firing squad if lethal injections are unavailable, which would make it the only state in the country to permit the practice.

News • 11 Mar 15

Animal rights activists have appealed the decision

Memorial for turkeys killed in truck crash blocked

The Utah Department of Transportation has denied a petition to erect a roadside memorial at the site where hundreds of turkeys were killed last month in a road accident.

News • 07 May 14

Utah temporarily became the 18th US state to legalise same-sex marriage

Obama administration backs Utah gay marriages

The Obama administration will recognise same-sex marriages performed in Utah and will provide federal benefits to the roughly 1,400 gay couples who were married there before the US Supreme Court halted such nuptials on Monday.

News • 11 Jan 14

Roughly 1,400 gay and lesbian couples have wed across the state since the ruling

Utah refuses to recognise same-sex marriages

The Utah governor’s office has said that for now the state will not recognise same-sex marriages that have been performed since a ban on gay unions was struck down.

News • 08 Jan 14

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