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A broad sell-off of technology stocks pushed the three major U.S. stock indexes lower on Monday, with the Nasdaq Composite posting its third consecutive loss of more than 1 percent for the first time in three years just days after hitting a record high. from Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2OpbgVb

The man accused of shooting five people to death last month at a newspaper office in Annapolis, Maryland, entered a plea of not guilty on Monday to all 23 felony charges against him, including five counts of first-degree murder. from Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2v0S5Jf

A gauge of global equity markets fell on Monday, pulled down by a sell-off in U.S. technology heavyweights, while the dollar slipped against the euro ahead of several central bank monetary policy meetings later this week. from Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2OuqM1P

T-Mobile US named Nokia to supply it with $3.5 billion in next-generation 5G network gear, the firms said on Monday, marking the world's largest 5G deal so far and concrete evidence of a new wireless upgrade cycle taking root. from Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2vgstY8

Counting began in Zimbabwe on Monday in the first election since the removal of former president Robert Mugabe, a watershed vote that could pull a pariah state back into the international fold and spark an economic revival. from Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2LE38Cv

The Republican president also tells reporters he will "leave room for negotiation" on border security. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2NXDZ2m

The US network hires an outside lawyer to investigate women's claims of harassment by its CEO. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2ApIY9R

Chris Pratt says that James Gunn "is a good man" despite his "inappropriate jokes from years ago". from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2NTUVXy

Employer confirms driver has been sacked after his anti-social behaviour is caught on dashcam. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2AkvFYi

Paul Manafort will face 18 charges relating to bank fraud when he attends court on Tuesday. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2vfDkS2

The programme secretly targets people who exhibit odd behaviour such as excessive sweating. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2LA1QbI

Two Americans, a Swiss and a Dutch citizen died after being struck by a car on Sunday. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2NXAkBJ

"If they want to meet, we'll meet," the US president says. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2K5AV1L

US officials have not denied the meeting, which a Taliban official said was "very important". from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2Al8xJu

‘You’ what? The Rudi Giuliani tweet that sparked Twitter hilarity from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2K9faOx

US military programs and agencies will be stopped from using code that could compromise their work from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2mUxHFb

At 10,000 sq ft, Ark Two is one of Canada's largest nuclear fallout shelters. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2M1xLh7

Rochelle Ihm disappeared in 1986 and hasn't been seen since. Her sister refuses to give up hope. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2K5G5KU

The announcement comes at a time when the US and China are butting heads in a tit-for-tat trade war. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2KcnOvC

Firefighters battled steep and often inaccessible terrain Monday to try and contain the nearly 120,000 acre Goose Creek Fire in Box Elder County, officials said. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2Lyx4Qi

The Unified Police Department board should have the ability to appoint and remove its chief operating officer, according to a new state audit. But Unified police officials say the elected Salt Lake County sheriff is the CEO under state law. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2ArfloI

New 911 audio released Monday documents the tense moments following a fatal shooting from June, in which a woman was killed after police say she broke into a West Jordan home. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2LHxLHi

Police are setting up kennels at a northern Utah police station for stray animals after a split with the local Humane Society left the city of Logan without an animal shelter. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2NWpGuI

Investigators have been warning Utahns not to fall for a sophisticated email ruse that displays the recipient’s correct usernames and passwords before demanding money in exchange for not releasing embarrassing videos. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2Amkb6A

On Monday, patients and doctors from the Huntsman Cancer Institute took the day to raise awareness about sarcoma, an incredibly rare, staggeringly brutal cancer. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2vn9iM3

Smoke from wildfires to the west of the Wasatch Front has been wafting over the state and polluting the air we breathe, according to state air quality officials. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2mWqDrx

A man police asked the public for help identifying in connection with a lewdness investigation reported last week was arrested Monday, police said. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2OvDHki

After a false start last month, the Utah Inland Port Authority board had its first meeting Monday morning, where board members were sworn in and the board's leadership was elected. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2OrIFhU

An Idaho Falls man who killed his best friend in a fatal car crash will spend time on probation. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2vjvirj

A southern Utah man who claimed he had been kidnapped in an apparent effort to collect ransom money has been charged. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2uZA7GU

Police say the discovery of a man's body inside his North Salt Lake home earlier this month has turned into a homicide investigation. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2ApPiyp

The University of Utah will open up fall camp Wednesday, heralding the start of the 2018 season. And with the start comes the ever-changing two-deep depth chart for each position. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2NZgjdZ

A deepfake is an image, audio clip or video, created using artificial intelligence software, that seems real — but isn't. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2Avpr7Y

A small group of people searching for a missing Draper teen told him it was “a miracle†they found him Sunday evening, the teen recalled Monday. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2LMg3Sa

One of President Donald Trump's strongest supporters, Sen. Orrin Hatch, says he has repeatedly encouraged him to use Twitter for good rather than as a "cudgel for division." from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2LPJLph

The golden trout is an incredibly rare species that can be found in remote parts of Utah. The trick is both finding — and catching — one of these beautiful creatures in the vast expanse of the Uinta Mountains. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2K8Myoo

Police said they may never know why a man crossed a highway center line and collided with a pickup truck waiting to make a left-hand turn Friday morning. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2LNnJmR

Rick Cheshire's 1966 Chevy II Nova boasts over 1000 horsepower. The Farmington resident rebuilt the car — which tops out around 170 mph — from the ground up. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2LZnSAC

Start your week off right by focusing on all the small acts of kindness happening in the community. from KSL / Utah / Local Stories https://ift.tt/2LKsIVr

Sao Paulo • Neymar’s decision to use a sponsored advertisement to admit he sometimes over-reacted to fouls at the World Cup has backfired, with Brazilian marketing experts saying it had made the Paris Saint-Germain striker’s image even worse. Under the title “A New Man Every Day,” Sunday’s video was backed by personal care products maker Gillette and broadcast on several Brazilian TV networks. “You may think I exaggerate. And sometimes I do exaggerate. But the truth is I suffer on the pitch,” Neymar said in the advert, referring to the constant fouls he received at the World Cup. “I took long to accept your criticism. I took long to look at myself in the mirror and become a new man.” Brazil was knocked out by Belgium in the World Cup quarterfinals earlier this month. Marketing specialists said the advertisement damaged the 26-year-old player’s brand as much as his histrionics in Russia did. “The whole market waited 15 days since the end of the World Cup to hear from him,” Amir S...

Englewood, Colo. • The Denver Broncos don’t put their full pads on until Tuesday but they’re already a banged-up bunch. Newly signed receiver Corey “Philly” Brown is in concussion protocol after hitting his head in the weight room and when the Broncos put on shoulder pads for the first time Monday several players hobbled off. “Football is played in pads, so to put the pads on and watch the guys bang a little bit is always fun,” coach Vance Joseph said. “For the running game, and obviously stopping the run, the pads are critical.” Left tackle Garett Bolles and inside linebacker Brandon Marshall were among the casualties Monday. “Garett Bolles took a shot to the chin. He’s being evaluated for a head injury,” Joseph said, adding that Marshall “had a minor wrist injury. He’s OK.” Cornerback Marcos Rios sat out with a sore hip and tight end Jeff Heuerman sat out with a sore knee, which Joseph said was strictly precautionary. The Broncos are also dealing with second-year wide receiver...

Florham Park, N.J. • Sam Darnold is signed, sealed and back under center. The New York Jets inked the rookie quarterback to a fully guaranteed four-year, $30.25 million deal Monday, ending the contract holdout of the NFL’s No. 3 overall draft pick. Darnold missed the first three days of training camp practice while his representatives and the team worked out the details. There wouldn’t be a fourth straight absence. “What’s up Jets fans?” Darnold said in a video posted by the team. “Man, it’s a pleasure to be signed now. I’m very excited. Very special moment. Let’s do it. Jet up!” Just a few minutes after the Jets announced the signing — which includes a bonus of about $20 million — on social media, Darnold made his way out to the practice field with his teammates greeting him with a “Rudy”-like slow-clap. “We were just messing around with him,” defensive end Leonard Williams said with a smile. “We gave him a little slow-clap and I think it was just more of a welcoming him back an...

Akron, Ohio • LeBron James stood on a stage near one of the streets he walked as a troubled kid and looked out at thousands of faces. He felt connected to every one of them. While his 3-year-old daughter, Zhuri, played at his feet, James watched as his mother, Gloria, raised a flag in front of a school that is perhaps his greatest triumph. His incredible life. Full circle. Before leaving for Los Angeles, James gave his hometown quite a gift. James, who ended his second stint with Cleveland earlier this month by signing with the Los Angeles Lakers, on Monday opened his I Promise School, a year-around learning center devoted to some of the city’s most challenged youngsters — ones just like him. For James, who recalled missing 82 days of school as a fourth grader while he and his mom “looked for stability,” the opening culminated years of planning by his family foundation. “This means everything,” James told The Associated Press in an interview before the public event. “I think thi...

Some evacuations were underway Monday afternoon in Summit County as fast-shifting winds pushed around a wildfire near Wanship. The fire had burned 287 acres in the Toll Gate Canyon area north of Interstate 80 between Park City and Coalville, Summit County officials said Monday night. “There have been shifting winds all afternoon, and the fire’s been all over the place,” said Summit County spokeswoman Krachel Murdock. Four homes were evacuated on Forest Meadow Road and the High West Distillery at Blue Sky Ranch also has been evacuated, Murdock said. But 400 homes — including about 200 vacation homes — are in the area of the fire, and residents are not being allowed in, Murdock said. Traffic into Tollgate Canyon was blocked at Interstate 80 exit 150 Monday afternoon, but the road reopened about 8 p.m., county officials announced. The fire was about 10 percent contained on Monday night. from The Salt Lake Tribune https://ift.tt/2M3Easm

Vatican City • The largest U.S. association of Roman Catholic nuns urged its members Monday to report any sexual abuse of religious sisters by clergy and demanded that church authorities “take action to end a culture of silence, hold abusers accountable and provide support to those abused.” The Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which represents about 80 percent of Catholic sisters in the U.S., issued a statement Monday in response to an Associated Press report about several sisters coming forward recently to denounce assaults by priests and bishops. The LCWR said it didn’t have data on incidents in the U.S. but thanked the sisters for speaking out. “We understand that reporting abuse requires courage and fortitude. However, bringing this horrific practice to light may be the only way that sexual abuse by those in positions of trust in the church community will be put to an end,” the association’s statement said. The conference has about 1,300 members in 300 orders. LCWR s...

Atlanta • The MLS All-Star Game will feature one of the world’s most storied clubs. Unfortunately for the more than 70,000 fans expected at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Cristiano Ronaldo is not along for the ride. After Portugal’s elimination from the World Cup and his transfer from Real Madrid, the five-time FIFA Player of the Year took time off rather than accompany Juventus on its American preseason tour, which includes Wednesday night’s game against top players from Major League Soccer. The decision will surely be a disappointment to the big crowd that had hoped Ronaldo would make his unofficial debut with Italy’s reigning Serie A champions while touring the United States. Juventus acquired the 33-year-old from Real Madrid on July 10 in a deal the Serie A champion said was worth 112 million euros ($131.5 million) — the largest for a player older than 30. Also sitting out the U.S. tour, which includes three other exhibitions, is Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain. He is coming off a ...

Last year, Utah’s backlog of legal immigrants who are awaiting approval of U.S. citizenship applications grew faster than in any other state. So Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski and Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams joined a group of 45 mayors and county executives nationally to ask federal officials Monday to “take aggressive steps to reduce the waiting time” — which now takes up to 20 months. “This alarming backlog means that many in our community who started the naturalization process many months ago hoping to vote in the midterm elections will not be able to do so,” said Mayra Cedano, civic engagement program manager for Comunidades Unidas (Communities United). That Utah Latino organization is a member of the National Partnership for New Americans, which spearheaded the effort to ask mayors to write to federal officials. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wrote the letter sent Monday, and 44 others signed it, including McAdams and Biskupski. The letter listed some of the worst in...

Bonneville Golf Course proved to be difficult Monday for the golfers in the 112th Women’s State Amateur, with only Xena Motes managing to match the par of 72 in the first round. Only six players broke 80 on the 6,263-yard layout, while anyone shooting 81 or better remained in decent shape to qualify for match play. After Tuesday's second round, the starting field of 53 will be reduced to 16. Four-time champion Kelsey Chugg is in excellent position to advance, standing fifth with a 76 after being 5 over through 14 holes. Motes, a former Ogden High School and Weber State golfer, made three birdies and three bogeys. She threatened to break par for the day, but bogeyed the par-4 No. 18. Bingham High School's Tess Blair, the Class 6A state tournament medalist, posted a 73 that included three birdies and four bogeys. Kerstin Fotu and Jessica Sloot are third at 74. The large group tied for 12th at 81 includes Carly Dehlin, winner of the recent Women's Stroke Play Championship,...

Fast on the heels of its competitor Bird, Lime dropped 250 dockless e-scooters on city streets Friday — and city officials say more businesses may be coming. The “scooter wars” have officially come to Salt Lake City as part of a breathless boom of innovation that’s infiltrating cities across the country at a rapid pace. “It’s very fair to say that this wasn’t here a year ago, and it seems like it’s come out of nowhere,” said Gabriel Scheer, Lime’s director of strategic development. “And now there are two very sort of big companies jockeying very quickly to get live in lots of cities and change how people get around cities.” Bird landed in Salt Lake City at the end of June , with no notice to the city and without a business license. The company removed its bikes from the streets shortly after, when city officials issued Bird a warning for its lack of compliance with business regulation rules. After that, the city scrambled to draft a temporary operating agreement to regulate the new ...

Members of the public were pleasantly surprised Monday when the newly-elected chairman of the Utah Inland Port Authority, Derek Miller, opened the board’s inaugural meeting up for comment. Representatives from the Wasatch Clean Air Coalition, Westside Coalition, Heal Utah and Breathe Utah each took a turn at the microphone, introducing themselves and their organizations, thanking Miller for the unexpected opportunity to speak and expressing general encouragement that the development of an international trading hub in Salt Lake City be environmentally conscious. “It’s our goal to continue to attend these meetings,” Westside Coalition member Richard Holman said. “I have to say, I’m encouraged by the openness and transparency that you have put on record.” But inland port board member and state Rep. Francis Gibson, R-Mapleton, suggested that environmental advocacy groups agree on a single designee for future meetings. The House Majority whip, Gibson said he might not be willing to enter...

She just wanted to use the restroom before a celebrity meet-and-greet at Saturday’s LoveLoud Festival. But Bobbee Trans Mooremon had a hard time finding a gender-inclusive one. The transgender woman, who is disabled and uses a walker, was told by a festival staffer to go to a nearby men’s restroom. Mooremon, who was volunteering with the nonprofit QueerMeals, had been told all of the facilities at the University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium would be gender-inclusive for the event created to raise awareness of — and support for — at-risk LGBTQ youths . So Mooremon went inside. But as she was washing her hands, Mooremon said a man wearing LoveLoud volunteer credentials told her she was in the wrong restroom. He told her, if she wanted a gender-inclusive restroom, there were two in the general population area of the concert venue. This one was for men. “I felt very frustrated and very unsafe,” Mooremon said Monday. “It was a big event for LGBTQ people, and this concert was supposed ...

Federal air marshals have for years been quietly monitoring small numbers of U.S. air passengers and reporting on in-flight behavior considered suspicious, even if those individuals have no known terrorism links, the Transportation Security Administration said on Sunday. Under a sensitive, previously undisclosed program called "Quiet Skies," the TSA has since 2010 tasked marshals to identify passengers who raise flags because of travel histories or other factors and conduct secret observations of their actions - including behavior as common as sweating heavily or using the restroom repeatedly - as they fly between U.S. destinations. The Boston Globe first revealed the existence of the Quiet Skies program on Sunday. In response to questions, TSA spokesman James Gregory offered more details of the program’s origins and goals, comparing it to other law enforcement activities that ask officers to closely monitor individuals or areas vulnerable to crime. "We are no differe...

Draper • When you ask Donovan Mitchell about his summer, the first thing he tells you about is his Delta SkyMiles total. And why not? It’s the perfect mathematical summation of Mitchell’s whirlwind summer , one that has seen the Jazz guard travel all over the world to meet his teammates, work with sponsors, and see the world while he can. It began with a trip to New York, going back home to be with family for a couple of days immediately after the season. Then Mitchell flew to Greece, then the Philippines, where he was surprised to find his popularity had extended all over the world. “They know me. They know my story, they know my stats. They know like everything,” Mitchell said. “It’s pretty cool to see the people who I’m reaching around the entire world. “ In between, Mitchell stopped in Serbia to meet teammate Ekpe Udoh to watch the EuroLeague Final Four. The passion of the European fans blew Mitchell away. “The drums, the screaming and the yelling, security was in riot gear, ...

Logan • Police are setting up kennels at a northern Utah police station for stray animals after a split with the local Humane Society left the city of Logan without an animal shelter. The rift that started over impounding and boarding fees has grown increasingly fraught, and Police Chief Gary Jensen told the Herald Journal newspaper the shelter has changed its locks. "If you call us and you have a vicious dog, will we come and get it? Yeah," Jensen said. "I'm not quite sure what we'll do with it. Maybe we kill it." Cache Humane Society Executive Director Stacey Frisk has denied purposely locking city officers out of the shelter, and said she's worried about animals being kept in police-station kennels. "I just have no idea what the standard of care is," she said. The split in the decade-long arrangement began after the humane society asked for a "modest" rate increase to help pay for the transition to becoming a no-kill shelter...

Minneapolis • Two Minneapolis police officers who shot and killed a black man were justified in using deadly force, a prosecutor announced Monday, saying the man was fleeing police and had turned toward them with a loaded gun before he was shot. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Thurman Blevins had refused commands to stop and show his hands, and was clearly a danger to the officers and community. "The decision to use deadly force against Mr. Blevins under those circumstances was authorized," Freeman said. Freeman's decision came after the city released the officers' body-camera video late Sunday night. The announcement came by news release after he was shouted down at a news conference by community members where he had planned to detail the case. Officers Justin Schmidt and Ryan Kelly were responding to a 911 call of a man firing a gun into the air June 23 on the city's north side. The video released Sunday shows them pulling their cruiser up and Bl...

New York • CBS faces major challenges if CEO Les Moonves is sidelined while the CBS board investigates sexual harassment allegations against him. According to multiple reports, the board is meeting today to consider the scope of its inquiry. Some directors have also suggested suspending Moonves while the probe is underway, these reports state. On Friday a New Yorker article quoted six women spanning three decades accusing Moonves of sexual harassing them. CBS issued a statement even before the article was published saying it took the allegations seriously and would begin an investigation. If its CEO is suspended or departs altogether, CBS would lose its head honcho amid rapid change in the entertainment industry and a corporate battle with media mogul Shari Redstone, who controls both CBS and its corporate sibling Viacom. Moonves joined CBS in 1995 as president of CBS Entertainment and quickly climbed the ranks, becoming CEO of CBS Television in 1998 and CEO of the newly created ...

Redding, Calif. • The number of people ordered to flee from two Northern California wildfires swelled Monday to 15,000 as the flames rolled toward several small lake towns, and firefighters were hopeful that the state’s largest and deadliest blaze of the year was slowing down after days of explosive growth. The twin fires in Mendocino and Lake counties flared up late Sunday, forcing the new evacuations from the 4,700-resident town of Lakeport and other communities near Clear Lake, about 120 miles north of San Francisco. The blazes have destroyed six homes and threaten 10,000 others. So far, the flames have blackened 87 square miles, with minimal containment. Those fires were among 17 burning across the state, where fire crews were stretched to the limit. At midday Monday, Lake County Sheriff's Lt. Corey Paulich put the number of people under evacuation orders at 14,000, up from a previous estimate of 10,000. Another 1,000 people have been displaced in neighboring Mendocino Coun...

Imagine 106 fatal accidents in two years along one short stretch of freeway — and the public howl that might result to demand improvements. Actually, that occurred the past two years around Parleys Summit on Interstate 80, but the fatalities were wildlife: 98 deer, three moose, two raccoons, two elk and a cougar all struck and killed by vehicles. The continuing roadkill there in recent years did spur a public call for improvements — and the Utah Department of Transportation is responding by building its first-ever bridge just for wildlife, a different kind of pedestrian. But that construction will cause some traffic headaches for motorists this week, with nighttime closures between Parleys Summit and Lambs Canyon to place beams for the new $5 million bridge. Westbound traffic will close from Tuesday at 8 p.m. until Wednesday at 6 a.m. Eastbound traffic will close the next night, from Wednesday at 8 p.m. until Thursday at 6 a.m. The closures could add 90 minutes for drivers betwee...