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Cox approves bill cutting income tax for sixth straight year

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL  |  Posted March 24 - 10:33 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utahns can expect to pay less in income taxes next year after Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill cutting the state's income tax rate for the sixth straight year.

Utah volunteers help with Hawaii flood response

Shelby Lofton, KSL  |  Posted March 24 - 10:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

Three Red Cross volunteers from Sandy, Salt Lake City and Layton were deployed to Hawaii over the weekend to assist with shelter operations and damage assessments.

NASA to spend $20B on moon base, cancel orbiting lunar station

Joey Roulette, Reuters  |  Updated March 24 - 9:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

NASA is cancelling plans to deploy a space ​station in lunar orbit and will instead use its components to construct a $20 billion base on the moon's surface ‌over the next seven years.

New wildfire burns 50 acres near Vernal

Curtis Booker, KSL  |  Posted March 24 - 8:39 p.m.  |  Save Story

Smoke is visible as a new wildfire burns 50 acres near Vernal on Tuesday evening.

Salt Lake City initiates process to rename street honoring Cesar Chavez

Carter Williams, KSL  |  Posted March 24 - 8:35 p.m.  |  Save Story

Salt Lake City will rename 500 South that honors Cesar Chavez, following a report last week that detailed accusations and evidence of sexual assault.

Vandals cause $40K in damage at Iron County farm; reward offered

Arianne Brown, KSL  |  Posted March 24 - 8:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

A hay and grain farm in Beryl, Iron County, was vandalized by what could be an animal activist group over the weekend, causing $40,000 in damage, police say.

Trump votes by mail as he dubs mail-in voting 'cheating'

Reuters  |  Posted March 24 - 7:37 p.m.  |  Save Story

President Donald Trump took advantage of mail-in voting this week in a special ​election in Florida, even as he criticized mail-in ballots as "cheating" in his push for national legislation to enact new regulations on voting.

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Vescovo Buonarroti Art, LLC  |  Posted March 24 - 7:00 p.m.  |  Save Story

"Putting on Christ" by author Steven Anthony Bishop seeks to inspire those who are diligent truth seekers. And now interested readers can get an e-book version for free.

Fire truck in LaGuardia crash lacked equipment needed to trigger warning system, NTSB says

Michael R. Sisak, Josh Funk and John Seewer, Associated Press  |  Posted March 24 - 6:35 p.m.  |  Save Story

Federal investigators said on Tuesday that a runway warning system didn't sound an alarm before an Air Canada jet and a fire truck collided at New York's LaGuardia Airport.

'I wasn't thinking of the consequences,' man convicted of killing girlfriend tells parole board

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Posted March 24 - 6:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

A man convicted of killing his girlfriend in 2016 went before the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole on Tuesday to seek parole.

America 250 Coca-Cola bottles begin production in Utah

Tyrese Boone, KSL  |  Posted March 24 - 5:36 p.m.  |  Save Story

Swire Coca-Cola USA has started producing commemorative bottles in Utah to celebrate the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States.

Trump cites progress with Iran; US proposes plan to end war

Ariba Shahid, Rami Ayyub and Alexander Cornwell, Reuters  |  Updated March 24 - 5:33 p.m.  |  Save Story

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the U.S. was making progress in its efforts to end the war ​with Iran, including earning an Iranian concession and sending Iran a settlement proposal.

Granite School District students organize masquerade prom for Magna senior center members

Logan Stefanich, KSL  |  Posted March 24 - 5:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Magna Kennecott Senior Center on Tuesday was treated to a blast from the past through a prom masquerade, organized by students from Brockbank STEM Junior High School.

Historic Tower Theatre to be partially deconstructed — but it'll help restore its 1920s design

Carter Williams, KSL  |  Posted March 24 - 4:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

Work to deconstruct the facade of a historic Tower Theatre in Salt Lake City is expected to begin this spring, all in an effort to restore its original, nearly century-old design.

Meta ordered to pay $375M in New Mexico trial over child exploitation, user safety claims

Diana Novak Jones, Reuters  |  Posted March 24 - 4:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

A New Mexico jury on Tuesday found Meta Platforms violated state law by misleading users about the safety of Facebook, Instagram ​and WhatsApp and enabling child sexual exploitation.

Have You Seen This? Just a bunch of monkeys belly-flopping into the river

Grant Olsen for KSL  |  Posted March 24 - 3:30 p.m.  |  Save Story

Check out these fearless floppers in this video from the Sunshine State.

St. George man sentenced for murdering his wife has 'shocking lack of remorse,' judge says

Emily Ashcraft, KSL  |  Posted March 24 - 3:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

Niki Ahlquist Sampson's children spoke Monday about the effects of her murder on their family before a judge ordered the maximum prison sentence for the woman's husband.

Loss to Arizona exposes primary difference between Utah State and power programs

Mark Greenwood for KSL  |  Posted March 24 - 2:35 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah State's loss to Arizona showed the biggest thing stopping the Aggies from competing at a higher level is interior size

Ogden man sentenced to 4 months in jail for unlawful sexual conduct with 16-year-old

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Posted March 24 - 2:30 p.m.  |  Save Story

An Ogden man was sentenced to 120 days in jail for unlawful sexual conduct with a 16-year-old.

Now a true pop star, Miley Cyrus returns to 'Hannah Montana' roots to fete anniversary special

Liam Mcewan, Associated Press  |  Updated March 24 - 2:00 p.m.  |  Save Story

Miley Cyrus went back to her "Hannah Montana" blonde mane and to her roots as Miley Stewart, the tween with a big secret.

Holladay man, 77, charged with having 700,000 files of child sex abuse material

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Posted March 24 - 1:30 p.m.  |  Save Story

A 77-year-old Holladay man who investigators say is a "prolific collector" of child sex abuse material was charged Tuesday with 15 felonies.

US citizen imprisoned in Afghanistan is freed after more than a year

Jennifer Hansler, CNN  |  Updated March 24 - 12:45 p.m.  |  Save Story

A U.S. citizen imprisoned in Afghanistan for more than a year has been released, two U.S. officials said, weeks after the Trump administration declared the country a state sponsor of wrongful detention.

Are you buying watered down fuel as gas prices surge?

Matt Gephardt and Sloan Schrage, KSL  |  Posted March 24 - 12:00 p.m.  |  Save Story

On Monday, the AAA average for regular gas in Utah reached $3.94 a gallon. That's nearly $1.20 higher, per gallon, than they were just one month ago.