How can UTA increase ridership? Run trains, buses more often, audit recommends

Midvale family sues neighbor accused of making racist comments toward 10-year-old child

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com  |  Posted April 17 - 9:08 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Midvale family has sued their neighbor, who they accuse of repeatedly using racial slurs toward their 10-year-old son that were documented in viral TikTok videos in December.

Get Gephardt: How to stay ahead of 2024 Olympics scams

Matt Gephardt, KSL-TV  |  Posted April 17 - 8:32 p.m.  |  Save Story

As Utahns know firsthand from 2002, the Olympics can be a bit chaotic with millions of people in an unfamiliar place. The situation is sure to entice opportunistic con artists with Olympic scams.

Woman wheels corpse into Brazil bank to sign for loan

Rodrigo Viga Gaier, Reuters  |  Posted April 17 - 8:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

A woman brought a 68-year-old man in a wheelchair into a bank branch and tried to get him to sign for a loan, but he had been dead for hours, Brazilian police said on Wednesday.

'A phenomenal achievement': Ogden's 25th Street places 3rd in Best Main Street contest

Tim Vandenack, KSL.com  |  Posted April 17 - 7:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

Ogden's 25th Street took third place in USA Today's readers poll of the Best Main Street in the country.

Las Vegas mother faces felonies after 11-year-old died from fentanyl in Salt Lake hotel

Pat Reavy, KSL.com  |  Posted April 17 - 7:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Las Vegas woman was charged Wednesday with three felonies after police say her 11-year-old son died in a Salt Lake hotel room of fentanyl toxicity in 2020.

Leaving Park City? Sundance Institute seeks proposals for future location of film festival

Collin Leonard, KSL.com  |  Updated April 17 - 6:22 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Sundance Institute announced Wednesday it is seeking "viable locations" to host the Sundance Film Festival in the future. The event has been in Park City for 40 years.

Driver killed in double-semitruck collision in Summit County

Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com  |  Posted April 17 - 6:10 p.m.  |  Save Story

One person was killed in a double-semitruck collision on I-80 in Summit County on Wednesday.

California university cancels Muslim valedictorian's speech, citing safety concerns

Steve Gorman, Julia Harte and Kanishka Singh, Reuters  |  Posted April 17 - 6:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

The University of Southern California, citing safety concerns and passions around the latest Middle East conflict, has canceled its valedictorian speech from a Muslim student who said she was being silenced by anti-Palestinian hatred for her views on human rights.

$10K reward offered in case of bald eagle shot in Utah

Carter Williams, KSL.com  |  Posted April 17 - 5:31 p.m.  |  Save Story

A conservation nonprofit group is offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to a conviction in the case of a bald eagle that died after it was illegally shot.

Utah proposes ban on international students in high school sports

Amy Donaldson, KSL Podcasts  |  Posted April 17 - 4:32 p.m.  |  Save Story

When Layton Christian beat Cottonwood for the 4A boys state basketball championship in February, three of the four top scorers for the Eagles in that title game were international students, including the tournament MVP – but a new rule under proposal now could have prevented that outcome.

Lori Daybell emptied daughter's bank account right after girl was last seen alive, officer says

Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com  |  Updated April 17 - 4:20 p.m.  |  Save Story

A detective testified Wednesday in the Chad Daybell murder trial that Daybell's wife emptied her daughter's bank account shortly after the girl was last seen alive and months before her body was discovered.

Salt Lake City Council allows homeless resource centers to expand capacity through summer

Ashley Fredde, KSL.com  |  Posted April 17 - 4:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Salt Lake City Council voted Tuesday to allow several homeless resource centers to continue to expand capacity beyond the base level until the end of October.

Boeing put under Senate scrutiny during back-to-back hearings on aircraft maker's safety culture

David Koenig, Associated Press  |  Updated April 17 - 3:39 p.m.  |  Save Story

An engineer at Boeing alleges the aircraft company is taking manufacturing shortcuts that could lead to jetliners breaking apart. The engineer, Sam Salehpour, testified before a Senate subcommittee on Wednesday about Boeing's 787 Dreamliner.

Have You Seen This? Escaped elephant wanders through streets in Montana

Linda Williams, KSL.com  |  Posted April 17 - 3:30 p.m.  |  Save Story

A circus elephant put on a real show when she escaped her pen and took a short stroll through town in Butte, Montana this week.

Senate dismisses 2 articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary, ends trial

Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press  |  Updated April 17 - 3:05 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Senate has dismissed all impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ending the House Republican push to remove the Cabinet secretary from office over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Investigation into deaths of elderly American Fork couple closed; cause 'undetermined'

Pat Reavy, KSL.com  |  Posted April 17 - 2:40 p.m.  |  Save Story

American Fork police have closed their investigation into the 2023 deaths of an elderly couple after the state medical examiner could not determine their causes of death.

Astronomers spot massive 'sleeping giant' black hole less than 2K light-years from Earth

Ashley Strickland, CNN  |  Posted April 17 - 2:33 p.m.  |  Save Story

Astronomers have spotted the most massive known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy after detecting an unusual wobble in space.

Lauri Markkanen is eager to win, and he'd like that to be with the Jazz

Ryan Miller, KSL.com  |  Posted April 17 - 2:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

Lauri Markkanen has continued playing near All-Star level this season, even as opposing teams loaded up on him. But how long is he willing to be patient as the front office rebuild?

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7 out of 10 American voters think COVID-19 came from a lab

Gitanjali Poonia, Deseret News  |  Posted April 17 - 1:54 p.m.  |  Save Story

Virologists and the intelligence community are split on the origins of COVID-19, at least in part because of a lack of information. There are still questions about whether we'll ever be sure about its origins.