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Behind the Headlines: Parkland students have their Utah rally canceled by venue, Honduras woman loses her asylum appeal and how much time are judges taking on search warrants

Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Vicky Chavez, a Honduran woman who has been living in a Utah church with her two daughters after her appeal to have her asylum case reconsidered was denied said she will remain living at the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, July 9, 2018. Chavez and her daughters, ages 6 and 4 months, have been staying in a classroom that was converted to a living space since Jan. 30.

Student survivors of the Parkland, Fla. school shooting lose the venue for their Utah rally. Vicky Chavez, a woman from Honduras who came to the U.S. seeking asylum, loses an appeal to have her case reconsidered by the courts. She says she’ll keep trying, while she and her daughters remain sheltered at the local church that has housed them since January. And how quickly are Utah judges signing off on search warrants for law enforcement?

At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporter Jessica Miller, Washington bureau chief Thomas Burr and editor Jennifer Napier-Pearce join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the week’s top stories.

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