News Clips | June 12-14, 2021

Utah’s 2021 fire season could cost hundreds of millions to fight and burn a record amount of land if predictions hold.

Not yet half over, the month of June is already shaping up to be a record-setting month for higher education philanthropy. Just within the past two weeks, four institutions have announced receiving either record gifts or what they described as “transformational” donations, totaling almost three-quarters of a billion dollars.

Damned if this alleged “small market” doesn’t have a place-to-be vibe these days, something almost cosmo and maybe even nibbling at chic. There’s so much swirling around this second pinnacle in the 42-year history of the eccentrically named “Utah Jazz” that the themes do cram the skull.

Australian researchers are giddy over the confirmation of the largest dinosaur that ever roamed their country, a two-story plant-eating sauropod the length of a basketball court that lived over 98 million years ago.

The governing body of the state Republican Party is on the record this weekend to prohibit the teaching of Critical Race Theory in Utah schools.

Latest dispute dates back to decades of broken pledges in a tug of war that began under Brigham Young.

With safer, cleaner, cheaper alternatives, nuclear power may not make the most sense for Utah.

Federal law enforcement officials report computer network ransomware attacks are on the rise in Utah as recent cybercriminal "double-extortion" schemes are earning headlines for multimillion-dollar payouts.

On Sunday, Israel’s parliament (Knesset) voted in favor of a new government, ending Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year reign as prime minister.

Utah is leading the country in the number of 12- to 15-year-olds rushing to get their COVID-19 vaccination shots, but the age group above them is comparatively not as enthusiastic.

As the pandemic clouds lift, the percentage of Americans leaving employers for new opportunities is at its highest level in more than two decades.