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Utah man who stabbed Muslim multiple times indicted for hate crime by federal grand jury

Peter Larsen, 48, of Orem, Utah, was indicted by a federal grand jury "for the federal hate crime of willfully causing bodily injury to a victim because of his actual or perceived religion."

ILLUSTRATIVE: POLICE ARREST suspect thought to have allowed illegal immigrants through border, November 30, 2025.
 Utah State Police officer stands guard behind tape during a crime scene investigation by FBI and state forensic agents at an apartment complex in Washington, Utah, U.S., September 12, 2025; Illustrative.

Prosecutors file attempted aggravated murder charges in stabbing of Muslim man in Utah

 Utah State Police officer stands guard behind tape during a crime scene investigation by FBI and state forensic agents at an apartment complex in Washington, Utah, U.S., September 12, 2025; Illustrative.

Muslim man stabbed multiple times in Utah hate crime, police say

Charlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah. Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was speaking at his "American Comeback Tour" when he was shot in the neck and killed.

Charlie Kirk assassination prosecutors unveil video showing accused sniper in shooting position


Antisemitism flares and ‘Reichstag’ mentions soar online in wake of Charlie Kirk assassination

“Charlie Kirk was assassinated by jews,” tweeted an account called Greatest Noticer, whose username is an apparent allusion to a neo-Nazi watchword.

President Donald Trump mourned conservative activist Charlie Kirk and vowed to retaliate in a video address after Kirk's assassination, September 10, 2025.

University of Utah, Ariel University sign academic cooperation deal

The deal included research and student exchanges in medicine, AI, and data science.

 University of Utah president Dr. Taylor Randall and Ariel University president Prof. Ehud Grossman at the after signing a five-year memorandum of understanding

Politically neutral: Utah bans LGBTQ+, Trump flags from schools and gov't buildings

The law wll also prohibit flags with political slogans and affiliations like US President Donald Trump’s slogan “Make America Great Again,” according to the Associated Press.

Ann Skinner (L) and her wife Sheila Belka wait for the beginning of the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 8, 2014. A Utah federal judge overturned the state's ban on gay marriage last December, promoting a cascade of similar rulings in more than a dozen other states. An appeal of the r

Mia Love, first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, dies at 49

She was elected to the city council in Saratoga Springs, Utah, in 2003 and then was elected mayor in 2009 as a proponent of smaller government during the recession of the late 2000s.

 Mia Love, who was the Republican candidate for the 4th congressional district, talks to the press from the party headquarters as results came in for the 2012 US presidential election in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 6, 2012.

Utah’s online weddings doesn't solve the Israel Rabbinate problem - opinion

Israel has become a world leader in Zoom weddings performed by the State of Utah. Out of all applicants, 5,316 are Israeli, comprising one-third of applications from outside the United States.

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A chill in the air at Sundance

An exclusive dispatch for the Post from the famed indie film festival.

 PRO-ISRAEL demonstrators on Main Street in Park City.

Department of Education reaches resolution with Utah school district over reports of antisemitism

In addition to dozens of active “shared ancestry” cases predating Oct. 7, OCR has opened more than 80 such cases since the start of the war.

 The southern side of the Capitol Building of the State of Utah as seen looking north. January 15th, 2022.

Hiker discovers monolith that looks like UFO in Wales hillside

Monoliths have been found in the past in Utah, Romania, and Belgium.

 A Welsh flag flies at half mast at Cardiff Castle, following the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, in Cardiff, Wales, Britain, September 16, 2022.

Utah is investigating a cidery that declared ‘No Zionists Allowed’

"We are pleased to announce we are banning all zionists forever from our establishments," the businesses announced in an Instagram post.

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Sundance Film Festival takes on a Jewish theme

Several Sundance panels focused on Jewish and Israeli issues, as well as events held in response to the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the Israel-Gaza war.

 KIERAN CULKIN and Jesse Eisenberg at Sundance for the screening of their film ‘A Real Pain’, about Jewish cousins on a heritage tour of Poland after the death of their beloved Holocaust-survivor grandmother.