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Astronomers at the Telescope Array Project in Utah, United States, observe the second largest cosmic ray ever detected, the so-called "Amaterasu particle", with an energy of 244 EeV.
2023-11-24

Utah adopts a new flag after the governor officializes it. It will come into official use in March of 2024.
2023-03-21

Four skiers are killed and four others are injured in an avalanche in Millcreek Canyon, Utah, United States.
2021-02-6

A fossil from a new species of "tyrannosaur" named "Moros intrepidus" is discovered in the U.S. state of Utah. Scientists are using the find to better understand how "Tyrannosaurus rex" evolved during the Cretaceous period.
2019-02-21

The death of an elderly Utah woman with a Zika virus infection in late June is the first reported Zika-related death in the continental United States. The woman had traveled to an area where Zika is spreading. The exact cause of death has not been determined; the lady had an underlying medical condition.
2016-07-8

Scott N. Johansen, a Utah Juvenile Court judge, reverses his original order to remove a foster child from same sex-parents. The state Division of Child and Family Services and foster parents all filed motions asking for the reconsideration and promising an appeal. The new decision eliminates the phrase, "It is not in the best interest of children to be raised by same-sex couples" and strikes an order for the child to be placed with a non-same-sex couple.
2015-11-14

The death toll rises to 16 from this week's flash flood along the Utah – Arizona border in the United States.
2015-09-16

American actor Emile Hirsch takes a plea for 15 days in jail for an assault on a Paramount Pictures executive at the Sundance Resort in Utah.
2015-08-17

The U.S. state of Utah reinstates the use of execution by firing squad for situations where lethal injection is not possible.
2015-03-23

Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the U.S. state of Utah, and gay couples begin receiving marriage licenses, after a federal judge strikes down a provision of the Utah Constitution.
2013-12-20