Sean Higgins
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It’s official: Utah is getting a professional ice hockey team. But is this a hockey place?
There’s a treasure trove of hard-to-find literature housed in the last place you’d expect. Interested in seeing a 16th century edition of Shakespeare’s plays? Look no further than Moon’s Rare Books—at a strip mall in Provo, Utah.
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Between 1995 and 2001, Stéphane Breitweiser stole 239 works of art from more than 100 museums around Europe. He never sold a single one. -
“There is pain here,” “But there is also a lot of nobility.” From the book “The Forbidden Memory” by Augusto Góngora. -
On September 19, 1961, Betty and Barney Hill claimed they were abducted by “beings that were somehow not human.” -
Growing up in Northern Utah, the scholar Erin Stiles often heard stories from her Mormon friends about visits from spiritual beings. In a new book, she explores just how common these experiences happen to be. -
If you were born in post-9/11 America, the idea of a plane getting hijacked is terrifying. But once upon a time hijackers seemed more interested in the thrill than instilling fear. And one of them even became a kind of folk hero. -
A new plan to protect Great Salt Lake was recently released. This one has the endorsement of Utah’s most powerful political leaders. But does it have what it will take to save the lake? -
Roads are such a common feature of the landscape that you can forget that they aren’t natural at all — that is, unless you’re an animal trying to cross one. -
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In 2021, unmarked graves were discovered at several residential boarding schools in Canada. Then, investigations began. -
Upstate New York, 1830: self-proclaimed prophets are creating new faiths. Joseph Smith was one such man, and it was his new religion that would endure.
Utah’s Republican conventions have always been rancorous and incredibly contentious. But according to one longtime observer, this year’s meeting was as nasty as it’s ever been.
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