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Another shiny monolith reminiscent of the one featured in “2001: A Space Odyssey” has appeared, this one on top of Pine Mountain in California. Dozen of hikers have trekked up to the top of the mountain in Atascadero, northwest of Los Angeles, to take pictures with the 10-foot shiny monolith, the Atascadero News reported. “The object was welded together at each corner, with rivets attaching the side panels to a likely steel frame inside. The top of the monument did not show any weld marks, and it appears to be hollow at the top, and possibly bottom,” the paper wrote,...

Late last month, a 2001 Odyssey-like monolith appeared in the Utah desert. Not long after, another identical-looking structure appeared in Romania. They've both since vanished (men were photographed dismantling the Utah monolith). Now, yet another monolith has been discovered, this time in California.

Four men were spotted removing the mysterious metal monolith when it disappeared from a remote section of Utah, an eyewitness claims. The three-sided stainless-steel structure first spotted by wildlife officials counting sheep in southeastern Utah on Nov. 18 was taken down late Friday by a team of four men who worked in pairs and shoved it to the ground, the New York Times reported. Ross Bernards, a 34-year-old photographer from Colorado, told the newspaper he drove six hours earlier that night to get a glimpse of the peculiar structure that prompted worldwide speculation over how it got there, since it...

A mystery metal monolith identical to one which recently disappeared from a desert in the US has been discovered in Europe.

It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, buried in the desert: His dealer says yes. His son says maybe. His artist buddies, like Ed Ruscha, say, no way the sculptor created this tall, silvery object.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A mysterious silver monolith that was placed in the Utah desert has disappeared less than 10 days after it was spotted by wildlife biologists performing a helicopter survey of bighorn sheep, federal officials and witnesses said.

Republican Burgess Owens proved victorious over his challenger, Democrat Rep. Ben McAdams, in Utah’s Fourth Congressional District for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

A giant, metal mystery slab has captured the attention of millions, as people speculate over how such a structure came to be in a remote part of southern Utah.

2020: Another Oddity. Wildlife officials in Utah were in a remote area counting sheep from a helicopter when they discovered a shiny metal monolith that looks straight out of a Stanley Kubrick film. It is estimated to be about 10 to 12 feet high, and its glistening surface is in sharp contrast to the large red rocks that surround it. Wednesday’s discovery appears to have been firmly planted in the soil, and not dropped from above. On Instagram, Utah’s highway patrol shared a picture of the bizarre finding with a caption reading: “Counting big horn sheep with DWR this week....

General rule of thumb for when you stumble upon something weird: Don’t touch it. Especially if it’s a big-ass metal structure of unknown (though, okay, likely human) origin. But that’s exactly what the folks on a sheep-counting expedition (truly) in a remote area of southern Utah did over the weekend. As reported by local NBC affiliate KSL TV, a helicopter crew from the Utah Department Of Public Safety was assisting Division Of Wildlife officers on a mission to count bighorn sheep last week when a biologist spotted a large metal structure on the ground and told them to circle back....

A new study from WalletHub shows that Utah, one of the most religious states in the nation, is the most charitable state in the U.S., with residents there giving the highest share of their income to charity.The personal finance website released its list of the “Most Charitable States for 2021” on Monday.Overall, Utah was ranked as the most charitable state in the U.S. as it was the state with the highest share of its population that donated money and also was tied with Minnesota for the highest volunteer rate.Utah was also identified as the state where residents donated the highest...

Utah's only Democrat in Congress, Rep. Ben McAdams, is conceding Monday to Republican Burgess Owens, a former NFL player, author and frequent Fox News guest making his first run for public office in a race that had been too close to call since Election Day on Nov. 3. McAdams, 45, who returned to Washington, D.C., Monday, left a voicemail with Owens and is scheduled to hold an online news conference on his concession at 3:30 p.m. Mountain time. Owens, 69 and the second Black Republican elected to Congress from Utah, is also in the nation's capital, meeting with other newly...

Starting tomorrow no store in New Mexico no matter how large will be limited to only 75 customers at a time.... Citizens protesting today at the private residence of Utah Governor Republican Gary Herbert over his coronavirus lockdown orders... Police making arrests in two British cities this weekend going after people opposing the coronavirus lockdown... Police in London breaking up a baptism where 30 people gathered in violation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's lockdown... An open air mass celebrated in Nantes, France today to protest government coronavirus restrictions on indoor worship... France's leading opposition politician, Marine Le Pen of the...

Newsdump Alert: Justice Department Report Says FBI Wanted To Arrest Jeffrey Epstein In 2007 But Was Vetoed By US Attorney in Miami Ahead Of Plea Deal With Feds.. More On This: Victim's Lawyers See 350-Page Justice Department Report As White Wash Of Justice Department Handling.. Let's start asking if the conditions of the 1876 Presidential Election can be replicated in the 21st Century... Me And Jeffrey Toobin (Warning: Disturbing Content Psychological Nudity) Man I wish I could have been as comfortable with the opposite sex as Dr. Hook was in that song performed as a hit in 1978. Back then...

President Donald Trump and Utah Sen. Mike Lee both congratulated Burgess Owens on Twitter after the latest vote totals released Friday show him with a solid lead in his race for Congress just a few days before counting ends. Owens, the former NFL safety and frequent Fox News contributor, leads Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams by 2,095 votes after Friday's update — no more votes are expected to be released this weekend. While it's unclear exactly how many votes remain to be counted in the district, Owens' margin will be difficult to overcome for the incumbent congressman.

Republican Burgess Owens proved victorious over his challenger, Democrat Rep. Ben McAdams, in Utah’s Fourth Congressional District for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. As of Friday night, with 99 percent of precincts reporting, the Salt Lake Tribune considered Owens’ 2,095-vote lead over McAdams to be “insurmountable.” The Tribune also noted that Owens had 47.50 percent of the vote on Friday compared to McAdams’ 46.93 percent. “If Owens’ lead holds as those and any remaining ballots in Utah County are counted ahead of the final canvass next week, he will be one of two new members in Utah’s...

An emergency summit meeting of governors from six northeastern states this weekend to coordinate coronavirus restriction.... Bars and restaurants restricted to take out only, gyms closed, indoor and outdoor social gatherings limited to no more than six people from two households, churches limited to 25 people for indoor services, customers at grocery stores and pharmacies limited in numbers. All those measures in effect for at least two weeks in Oregon... When the mayor of St. George, Utah cancelled the Veterans Parade this year... Philadelphia looking at imposing new coronavirus restrictions... A highly contentious issue voted on in Montgomery County Pennsylvania......

Republican Burgess Owens saw his lead over Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams jump Friday to 2,095 votes after new election results were released by Utah County and Salt Lake County in the 4th Congressional District race. Owens, a former NFL player, author and frequent Fox News guest, is now ahead of McAdams, Utah's only Democrat in Congress, 47.5% to 46.93% in the district that includes portions of Salt Lake, Utah, Juab and Sanpete counties.

Provo-based Utah Valley Hospital is implementing new precautions after several conspiracy theorists attempted to sneak into the intensive care unit, reports NBC affiliate KSL-TV. Hospital administrator Kyle Hansen told the Provo City Council this week that five people questioning if the ICU was actually as full as the hospital claimed attempted to get inside, some with video cameras. It seems no one has successfully snuck in thus far. However, the conspiracy theorists have prompted the hospital to take extra precautions, said Mr. Hansen. "You really can only get in if you're here for an appointment yourself or you have to...

Republican Burgess Owens' lead over Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams grew slightly to 695 votes Monday in the latest election results released in the 4th Congressional District race as ballots continue to be counted. Owens is now ahead of McAdams, 47.65% to 48.33%, after Salt Lake, Juab and Sanpete counties updated results from Tuesday's largely by-mail election. The total number of ballots counted in the district that includes portions of those counties as well as Utah County now exceeds 324,000.