Sam Metz

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 16: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the first anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act in the East Room at the White House on August 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Inflation Reduction Act aims to curb inflation by reducing the federal government budget deficit, lowering prescription drug prices, and investing into clean domestic energy programs. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Finance

    Chinese EV battery makers are building huge factories in Morocco to cash in on U.S. electric vehicle subsidies

    By Sam Metz and The Associated Press
  • A factory employee works on a car assembly line at the Renault-Nissan Tanger Car Assembly Plant in MelloussaTech

    Africa’s car-making juggernaut prepares to capitalize on the global race to produce affordable EVs at scale

    By Sam Metz and The Associated Press
  • Ella BranhamEnvironment

    Staying on top of climate change science means letting yourself get bitten by mosquitoes: ‘They’re not very aggressive and they’re kind of picky eaters’

    By Sam Metz, Rick Bowmer, and others
  • This photo provided by KPCW.org shows Kouri Richins at the KPCW studio in Park City, Utah, April 12, 2023. Richins was arrested on Monday, May 8, in Utah and is accused in charging documents of poisoning her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl at their home in Kamas, a small mountain town near Park City. (KPCW.org via AP)Lifestyle

    She wrote a children’s book about grief after her husband died. Now police say she killed him with a lethal dose of fentanyl

    By Sam Metz and The Associated Press
  • Gwyneth Paltrow and Terry SandersonLifestyle

    ‘Thank you, dear’: A retired optometrist’s 7-year quest to make Gwyneth Paltrow pay ends with 2 weeks of legal fireworks and well wishes

    By Sam Metz and The Associated Press
  • PARK CITY, UTAH – MARCH 30: Actor Gwyneth Paltrow and attorney Steve Owens react as the verdict is read in her civil trial over a collision with another skier on March 30, 2023, in Park City, Utah. The jury found retired optometrist Terry Sanderson “100 percent” at fault in the mishap that occurred during a run at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah in 2016. Paltrow was awarded the $1 for which she had countersued. (Photo by Rick Bowmer-Pool/Getty Images)Lifestyle

    Jury sides with Gwyneth Paltrow in Utah ski collision trial that her attorneys described as ‘utter B.S.’

    By Sam Metz and The Associated Press
  • PARK CITY, UTAH – MARCH 28: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow listens in court during her civil trial over a collision with another skier at the Park City District Courthouse on March 28, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Retired optometrist Terry Sanderson is suing Paltrow for $300,000, claiming she recklessly crashed into him during a run at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah in 2016. Paltrow has countersued, claiming Sanderson was uphill of her and crashed into her back. (Photo by Jeffrey D. Allred-Pool/Getty Images)Lifestyle

    Gwyneth Paltrow’s trial hinges on the ‘skier code’—informal rules that dictate who has the right of way on the slopes

    By Christopher Weber, Sam Metz, and others
  • PARK CITY, UTAH – MARCH 24: Gwyneth Paltrow testifies during her trial on March 24, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Terry Sanderson is suing actress Gwyneth Paltrow for $300,000, claiming she recklessly crashed into him while the two were skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah in 2016. (Photo by Rick Bowmer-Pool/Getty Images)Lifestyle

    ‘A serious smack’: Man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over Utah ski crash says the collision sent him ‘flying’

    By Sam Metz and The Associated Press
  • Mountains frame the skyline of Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., on on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. Dallin H. Oaks, a member of the governing body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, told the Senate Finance Committee this week he opposes limiting tax deductions for charitable contributions to churches. “Private educational institutions, hospitals, social welfare agencies and innumerable other organizations” would be impacted according to Oaks. Photographer: George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    China’s global influence campaign finds an unlikely friend in Utah, and it may serve as a blueprint for ‘New York and elsewhere’

    By Alan Suderman, Sam Metz, and others
  • US actress Gwyneth enters the courtroom after lunch break, on March 23, 2023, in Park City, Utah where she is accused of injuring another skier, leaving him with a concussion and four broken ribs. – Terry Sanderson claims that the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer was cruising down the slopes so recklessly that they violently collided, leaving him on the ground as she and her entourage continued their descent down Deer Valley Resort, a skiers-only mountain known for its groomed runs, après-ski champagne yurts and posh clientele. (Photo by Jeff Swinger / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JEFF SWINGER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Lifestyle

    Gwyneth Paltrow testifies in Utah ski collision trial: ‘We came crashing down together’ and then ‘I was in shock’

    By Sam Metz and The Associated Press
  • Gwyneth PaltrowSuccess

    Gwyneth Paltrow uses man’s track record of divorces, anger problems, estrangement to question his claim their ski collision ruined his life

    By Sam Metz and The Associated Press
  • AActor Gwyneth Paltrow shields her face with a blue notebook as she exits a courtroom, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Park City, Utah, where she is accused in a lawsuit of crashing into a skier during a 2016 family ski vacation, leaving him with brain damage and four broken ribs. Terry Sanderson claims that the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer was cruising down the slopes so recklessly that they violently collided, leaving him on the ground as she and her entourage continued their descent down Deer Valley Resort, a skiers-only mountain known for its groomed runs, après-ski champagne yurts and posh clientele. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)Finance

    Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision lawsuit set to hear from doctors about injuries as celeb’s attorney calls case ‘utter B.S.’

    By Sam Metz and The Associated Press
  • Gwyneth PaltrowSuccess

    Gwyneth Paltrow ski-collision lawsuit gets nasty in court: ‘His memories of the case get better over the years. That’s all I’m gonna say.’

    By Sam Metz and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Gwyneth Paltrow arrives at the 26th annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in Los Angeles. Paltrow goes on trial starting Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in the Utah ski resort town of Park City where she is accused in a lawsuit of crashing into a skier during a 2016 family sky vacation. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)Finance

    Retired optometrist says ‘out of control’ Gwyneth Paltrow crashed into him at upscale Deer Valley ski resort. Now they’re going to trial

    By Sam Metz and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Olof Wood walks across reef-like structures called microbialites, exposed by receding waters at the Great Salt Lake, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, near Salt Lake City. Amid rising panic about the future of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is putting newfound emphasis on environmental stewardship. A high-ranking church official spoke to scientists and politicians at the University of Utah on Friday, March 17, 2023, about the church’s recent move to donate 20,000 acre-feet of water to help maintain the elevation of the Great Salt Lake and commitment to re-landscaping its temples and meetinghouses known for their neatly manicured grass. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer,File)Environment

    The Mormon Church is dipping its toe into environmentalism as Utah grapples with drought

    By Sam Metz and The Associated Press