2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (594+ words) OGDEN — The events of Sept. 11, 2001, are a quarter century gone. Many young adults have grown up with no memory of the event with some college graduates not having even been born at the time. They’ll only know the world shaped…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (801+ words) A new Ipsos poll finds that about half of U.S. adults name the 9/11 attacks in an open-ended question about the most important historic occurrences in their lifetimes. That’s despite other momentous events that have happened since then, including the COVID-19 pandemic…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (870+ words) The struggling agency has been consolidating its operations with an emphasis on regional hubs in an effort to save billions of dollars. Some U.S. senators and election officials for months have been warning that the changes could delay the application of…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (383+ words) Facebook is on trial in New Mexico over privacy concerns that emerged during the 2016 election when a political consulting firm bought user data harvested from millions of profiles to generate targeted ads. Opening statements will begin Wednesday in state court…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1426+ words) “The desperation, the pain, and the anguish grew — from not knowing” their fate, she said. She was among the more than one million Venezuelans living in the United States who watched one of the worst disasters to hit the South…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1013+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to journalists as he arrives at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council in Ottawa, Canada, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP) The ban will take effect Sept. 29 and comes…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (500+ words) NASA announced Wednesday that Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover will no longer serve as active astronauts but will continue to support the moon exploration program as emeritus astronauts. Glover has taken a leadership job at his…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (582+ words) The intersection of 22nd Street and Porter Avenue in Ogden on Saturday, Sept, 5, 2026. (Ryan Comer, Standard-Examiner) When I went to the Ogden City Council meeting on Tuesday, I had a very specific goal. I wanted to learn what could have been…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (489+ words) Tax cuts can be great, especially when structured to move us toward a better overall tax code. But they are not free and often do not pay for themselves, largely because they come with lots of nonproductive handouts to special…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (602+ words) That’s where America is today. The fiscal warning could hardly be clearer. The government’s debt has now passed $40 trillion. The Congressional Budget Office projects a $1.9 trillion federal deficit for fiscal year 2026, with annual deficits rising to $3.1 trillion by 2036. Worse, borrowing…...