Four skiers killed in avalanche in Utah

The survivors dug for the four victims, but when they found them dead, they had to leave their bodies behind. The bodies have still not been recovered. Avalanches have also killed 3 people in Alaska and four in Colorado in the past week.

Nebraska and Utah voters remove 'slavery' as a possible criminal punishment

Residents of Utah and Nebraska stripped their constitutions of provisions that allowed slavery as a punishment for criminal convictions. Mississippi voters approved a state flag without the X-shaped design of the Confederate battle flag. Rhode Island dumped 'Plantations' from its name. And Alabama voters removed racist traces of segregation from its constitution.