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You may have heard winter officially begins Thursday with the arrival of the winter solstice. The winter solstice will officially occur at 7:58 a.m. on Dec. 21.

Santa Argyle of Ramona says she loves her holiday job and the joy it brings to children: "They put the love and the spirit of Christmas in me"

Two Utahns who were Justice O’Connor’s Supreme Court clerks will take part in her funeral rites in Washington, D.C., on Monday and Tuesday.

Two Utahns who were Justice O’Connor’s Supreme Court clerks will take part in her funeral rites in Washington, D.C., on Monday and Tuesday.

As curtain time draws near on a performance of the Synetic Theater’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” Paata Tsikurishvili mingles with many familiar faces in the crowd

Scientists studying how the first humans arrived in North America say ancient travelers may have followed “ice highways” across the Pacific.

NASA's historic donation: Ingenuity Mars Helicopter prototype now at Smithsonian Museum. Discover this aerospace marvel.

ROCKPORT — Eleanor Hoy’s world was filled with books and music and a love of nature.

Before President John F Kennedy took that fateful trip to Dallas in November 1963, the president and the first lady ordered 500 Christmas cards - cards that would never be sent.

Early risers may have Neanderthal ancestors, a new study published this week in the journal 'Genome Biology and Evolution' suggests.