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Campus

BYU journalists release documentary short on Rosie Tapia cold case

By Josh Carter
May 16, 2019 12:00 AM
Journalists from BYU's School of Communications recently released a documentary short on the cold case of Rosie Tapia, a six-year-old who was abducted and murdered in August of 1995 in Salt Lake City. The film examines issues related to Rosie's abduction and murder, her family's thoughts and struggles over the years and the ethics of the growing popularity of true crime as TV entertainment.
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Nation

Police arrest man they say killed rapper Nipsey Hussle

By Associated Press
April 03, 2019 12:00 AM
This undated photo provided by the Los Angeles Police Department shows Eric Holder. Los Angeles police are seeking Holder, who they believe shot and killed rapper Nipsey Hussle Sunday, March 31, 2019. (Los Angeles Police Department via AP)
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Nation

Trump says Saudi king denies knowledge of missing journalist

By Associated Press
October 15, 2018 12:00 AM
President Donald Trump said Monday he had spoken with Saudi Arabia's king, who 'denies any knowledge' of what happened to the Saudi journalist who disappeared after entering the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago. Trump said he had dispatched Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the region.
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Nation

Things you should know today: 10/15/18

By Caitlyn Larsen Alldredge
October 15, 2018 12:00 AM
Prince Harry and Meghan expecting their 1st child in spring
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Nation

Border Patrol agent stands trial in cross-border shooting

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
March 19, 2018 12:00 AM
TUSCON — A federal trial is set to begin Tuesday for a U.S. Border Patrol agent who shot a Mexican national through the border fence in Nogales, Arizona, more than five years ago.
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State

HB84: Bill that would broaden felony murder rule passes in committee

By Jenna Alton
January 27, 2018 12:00 AM
Highway patrol vehicles park outside the Utah Capitol building. (Savannah Hopkinson)
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Nation

Man waits for shot at freedom 2 years after landmark ruling

By Associated Press
January 25, 2018 12:00 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A landmark ruling by the nation's highest court gave Henry Montgomery his first chance at freedom after nearly a half-century behind bars. Two years later, the 71-year-old Louisiana man is still waiting for a parole hearing that could set him free.
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Local

Technicalities and under-reporting obscure BYU campus crime reporting

By Stacie Faulk
March 08, 2016 12:00 AM
Differences in the way police report on- and off-campus crimes makes it unclear how many off-campus crimes involve students. (Jessica Olsen)
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Movies & Television

BYU students obsess over 'Making a Murderer'

By Calee Naylor
February 03, 2016 12:00 AM
The Netflix documentary series, 'Making a Murderer,' has become highly popular among BYU students.
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Local

Parliament of the World's Religions: Interfaith dialogue and derailing mass murder

By Kjersten Johnson
October 18, 2015 12:00 AM
(Left to right) Rita George-Tvrtković, Rana Lahham and Aneta Krzycka from Benedictine University described how interfaith dialogue has made their school more inclusive at the Parliament of the World's Religions. (Kjersten Johnson)
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Local

Police believe slain Utah girl, 12, was sexually assaulted

August 07, 2015 12:00 AM
In this aerial photo, investigators look for evidence in the field where the body of a 12-year-old girl found on Friday , July 17, 2015, in West Valley City, Utah. (Tom Smart/The Deseret News via AP) SALT LAKE TRIBUNE OUT; MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Sports

Ex-NFL player Aaron Hernandez convicted of murder, gets life

April 15, 2015 12:00 AM
Former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez listens as the guilty verdict is read during his murder trial, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Mass. Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Odin Lloyd in June 2013. He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole. (Dominick Reuter/Pool Photo via AP)
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Nation

Jodi Arias won't be sentenced to death after jury deadlocks

March 05, 2015 12:00 AM
PHOENIX - Convicted murderer Jodi Arias was spared the death penalty Thursday after jurors deadlocked on whether she should be executed or sent to prison for life for killing her lover in 2008.
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Nation

8 shot to death, including gunman, in Missouri rampage

February 27, 2015 12:00 AM
TYRONE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a man who may have been unhinged by the death of his ailing mother went on a house-to-house shooting rampage in a small town in the Missouri Ozarks, killing seven people before taking his own life.
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Local

Utah woman pleads guilty to killing her six newborns

By Ashley Robinson
February 12, 2015 12:00 AM
Megan Huntsman appears in the Utah 4th District Court on Thursday, Feb. 12. Huntsman, a Utah mother accused of killing six of her newborn babies and storing their bodies in her garage, pleaded guilty to murder. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)
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Nation

5,000 gather for funeral of three Muslim UNC students

February 12, 2015 12:00 AM
Nida Allam, a senior at North Carolina State University, rests her head on Asheen Allam, during a vigil for three people who were killed at a condominium near UNC-Chapel Hill on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Craig Stephen Hicks appeared in court Wednesday on charges of first-degree murder in the deaths Tuesday of Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha. (Al Drago, The News & Observer)
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Local

How new court rules made MacNeill's murder trial a national TV sensation

By Colin Holmes
September 23, 2014 12:00 AM
Martin MacNeill speaks with his attorney Randy Spencer, left, after he was found guilty of murder and obstruction of justice on Nov. 9, 2013. This image is a still shot taken from the video footage that was made possible by Utah's new court media rule. (Scott Sommerdorf)
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Local

Jury ends wait for Burmese immigrant family seeking justice

By Liesl Hansen
January 19, 2014 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY -- Reporters surrounded the doors to the 3rd District courtroom, the site of Esar Met’s murder trial. They waited for the trial's verdict trial as the jury more than five hours to deliberate.
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