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Let's dance: 6th-seeded BYU, No. 9 Utah State learn NCAA Tournament fates

Sean Walker, KSL  |  Posted March 15 - 4:20 p.m.  |  Save Story

The sixth-seeded Cougars will be dancing in back-to-back seasons under second-year head coach Kevin Young.

Salt Lake man found not guilty of murder still sent to prison for road rage shooting

Emily Ashcraft, KSL  |  Posted March 15 - 4:05 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Salt Lake man found not guilty of murder earlier this year will still spend at least five years in prison for firing 11 shots during the road rage confrontation.

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BYU law professor speaks about obstacles to peace at the U.N.

Mariya Manzhos, Deseret News   |  Posted March 15 - 3:42 p.m.  |  Save Story

Brett Scharffs, BYU law professor, explained why human dignity and religious voices are key to peacemaking

Airline CEOs urge Congress to end standoff, pay airport security officers

David Shepardson, Reuters  |  Updated March 15 - 3:30 p.m.  |  Save Story

The CEOs of major airlines urged Congress Sunday to move quickly to ​end a 29-day partial government shutdown that has forced 50,000 airport security officers to work without pay.

Young kids missed pandemic's school disruptions, but their reading scores are still behind

Moriah Balingit, Associated Press  |  Updated March 15 - 2:00 p.m.  |  Save Story

When COVID-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today's youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in their early school years, researchers are beginning to see how the pandemic years have shaped their education.

How to avoid becoming a victim of car theft

Brian Carlson, KSL  |  Posted March 15 - 1:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

As the weather warms up and more people are out, police want you to know how to avoid car theft.

Syracuse woman fights medical billing error after getting charged twice for one visit

Sloan Schrage, KSL  |  Posted March 15 - 11:12 a.m.  |  Save Story

One trip to the emergency room, two identical bills. When a hospital insisted that a Syracuse woman pay again, she called in Get Gephardt to help her fight a medical billing error.

Pentagon identifies 6 airmen killed in plane crash in Iraq

Hanna Park, Aleena Fayaz, Emma Tucker, CNN  |  Posted March 15 - 10:32 a.m.  |  Save Story

A squadron operations chief who had recently earned her wings as a pilot, a major overseeing flight training for dozens of airmen, were among six U.S. Air Force airmen killed when an aircraft crashed in western Iraq Thursday.

After lots of clucking, Springville to allow more backyard chickens

Cassidy Wixom, KSL  |  Posted March 15 - 10:03 a.m.  |  Save Story

The issue that gets Springville residents most fired up isn't taxes or fees — it's backyard chickens.

Utah State back to winning ways in Mountain West Tournament title run

Mark Greenwood for KSL  |  Posted March 15 - 9:48 a.m.  |  Save Story

Utah State got back to winning fundamentals in the Mountain West Tournament

Oscars' top prize up for grabs as unease hangs over Hollywood

Lisa Richwine, Reuters  |  Posted March 15 - 9:35 a.m.  |  Save Story

Hollywood rolls out the red carpet for Sunday's Oscars, with an unusually open best-picture race that pits vampire hit "Sinners," the leader ​in nominations, against the darkly comic thriller "One Battle After Another."

Salt Lake construction underway for student housing at old OfficeMax site

Logan Stefanich, KSL  |  Posted March 15 - 9:02 a.m.  |  Save Story

Developers on Wednesday broke ground on a new off-campus student housing development in Salt Lake City for University of Utah students.

DNA from a tiny but mighty insect could help reveal the timeline for prehistoric humans

Ashley Strickland, CNN  |  Posted March 15 - 8:36 a.m.  |  Save Story

Mosquitoes haven't always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans.

NASA technology could help Utah water managers better understand snowpack

Mike Anderson, KSL  |  Posted March 15 - 8:01 a.m.  |  Save Story

Utah's new standard in measuring snowpack and managing water supply may be coming from technology developed through NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

12-year-old fighting cancer gets puppy, plenty of police support at lemonade stand

Arianne Brown, KSL  |  Posted March 15 - 7:08 a.m.  |  Save Story

Young Brooklyn Shorter, who is fighting cancer, was hoping to raise money at a lemonade stand to buy a puppy and was hoping a police officer would visit. Instead, many came by.

Without 3 starting gymnasts, Red Rocks fall to UCLA in final meet of regular season

Josh Furlong, KSL  |  Posted March 14 - 11:32 p.m.  |  Save Story

In a tight battle with rival UCLA on senior night, the Red Rocks couldn't hang with the Bruins in the end.

Real Salt Lake rallies by Austin to stretch unbeaten run to 3 straight

Sean Walker, KSL  |  Posted March 14 - 11:23 p.m.  |  Save Story

Late substitute Stijn Spierings scored the match-winner goal in the 88th minute as Real Salt Lake rallied to take all 3 points with a 2-1 win over Austin FC on Saturday night at America First Field.

Former restaurant owner who paid it forward during pandemic sees kindness returned

Mike Anderson, KSL  |  Posted March 14 - 10:44 p.m.  |  Save Story

Kayden Petersen-Craig has a stage four type of cancer known as a adenocarcinoma. As the owner of Cafe Villa Bella in Ogden during the pandemic, he offered free sack school lunches for kids.

The unlikely story of the election of the first American pope

Christopher Lamb, CNN  |  Updated March 14 - 10:19 p.m.  |  Save Story

The notion that no cardinal from the U.S. could ever be elected pope was ingrained into Catholic Church thinking, particularly in the Vatican. But that changed in the most recent conclave.

Utah lawmaker says immigration bills stalled partly due to Utah Compact's lingering influence

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Posted March 14 - 10:06 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah Sen. Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City, suspects some of the varied immigration bills that emerged during the session stalled due in part to the Utah Compact's lingering influence.

Aggie revenge tour capped off with another Mountain West championship

Shawn Harrison, Herald Journal  |  Posted March 14 - 9:14 p.m.  |  Save Story

It was a redemption tour of sorts when Utah State started the Mountain West Conference Tournament on Thursday at the Thomas & Mack Center.

'13 times stronger than morphine': The supplement soon banned from Utah convenience stores

Sarah Martin, KSL  |  Posted March 14 - 8:14 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Utah woman explained the effects of kratom after she said her brother died from using the supplement.

Double or nothing: BYU's Jane Hedengren wins 2nd national title with 3K gold

Sean Walker, KSL  |  Posted March 14 - 7:38 p.m.  |  Save Story

The BYU freshman cruised to a meet-record time of 8 minutes, 36.61 seconds in the 3,000 meters to claim her second individual championship at the NCAA indoor track and field championships.