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Mentor at Millcreek youth treatment facility charged with sexual abuse
Pat Reavy, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 27 - 10:55 a.m.
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A West Valley man who police say was employed as a mentor at a youth treatment facility in Millcreek has been charged with inappropriately touching one of the residents.

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Photo gallery: Hollywood descends on Utah for Sundance 2023
Jordan Ormond, KSL.com | Updated Jan. 27 - 10:22 a.m. | Save Story
This year's Sundance Film Festival marks the first time in two years that the film industry is able to gather in person in Park City to celebrate the work of up-and-coming moviemakers. And that means KSL.com is back with our traditional stars of Sundance photo gallery.

Postseason drought: Are the Runnin' Utes bound for an NCAA Tournament bid?
Josh Furlong, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 27 - 10:22 a.m. | Save Story
As Friday morning, Utah ranks No. 40 in KenPom ratings and No. 45 in the official NET ratings, which helps seed the 68-team NCAA Tournament.

Bad omen for drivers: It's only January, but gas prices are already surging
Matt Egan, CNN | Posted Jan. 27 - 9:33 a.m. | Save Story
Normally, prices at the gas pump drift lower during the dead of winter as lousy weather keeps Americans off the roads. But something unusual is happening this year: Gas prices are rocketing higher.

Unique cowboy and skiing sport on display in Heber City
Jed Boal, KSL-TV | Posted Jan. 27 - 9:04 a.m. | Save Story
If you're looking for a wild, action-packed event for your family this weekend that combines Utah's cowboy culture and its ski culture, head up to Heber City.Â

Agents report finding child porn, bag of children's underwear in Utah man's home
Pat Reavy, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 27 - 8:41 a.m. | Save Story
A Utah man was arrested Thursday and accused of having hundreds of child pornography videos in his home as well as a bag of children's underwear.

4 people safe after explosion in Lehi home
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 27 - 8:20 a.m. | Save Story
An explosion in a Lehi home Friday morning caused major damage to a home. All four residents at the home got out with only minor injuries.

'Ball of fire': Utah man severely burned during backyard accident with gasoline
Ladd Egan, KSL-TV | Posted Jan. 27 - 8:03 a.m. | Save Story
A Utah man suffered severe burns to his hands and face while trying to start a fire in his backyard fire pit.

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Top 5 reasons to start meal planning
Beehive Meals | Posted Jan. 27 - 8:00 a.m. | Save Story
Planning your upcoming meals can reduce stress, save money and time, and even makes it simpler to choose healthy options for your family.

Empowering Latina moms to find a place in STEM
Sydnee Gonzalez, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 27 - 7:45 a.m. | Save Story
Nonprofit Club Ability is expanding its services to help moms get involved in STEM.

Colorado baker loses appeal over transgender birthday cake
Colleen Slevin, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 27 - 7:24 a.m. | Save Story
The Colorado baker who won a partial U.S. Supreme Court victory after refusing to make a gay couple's wedding cake because of his Christian faith has lost an appeal in his latest legal fight.

Grand jury probes faulty Goodyear recreational vehicle tires
Tom Krisher, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 27 - 7:10 a.m. | Save Story
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles is gathering evidence in a criminal investigation of Goodyear recreational vehicle tires that the government blames for crashes that killed eight people.

Utah drought takes toll on small towns, drying up springs, wells
Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 27 - 6:22 a.m. | Save Story
The town of Stockton in Tooele County is under a building moratorium because it is running out of water and needs $2.4 million from the Utah Legislature for a new well.

Runnin' Utes dominate Beavers to sweep program for first time in Pac-12 era
Josh Furlong, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 26 - 10:55 p.m. | Save Story
Utah had no players score in double figures in the first half to build up a 16-point lead, but added to the misery for Oregon State in the second half to pull away for a 63-44 win.

GM for Tabernacle Choir retires after 21 years
Carole Mikita, KSL-TV | Posted Jan. 26 - 10:52 p.m. | Save Story
When Scott Barrick looks back at his career as general manager for The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, he sometimes can't believe it happened.

Will Russian athletes compete at next year's Paris Olympics? Here's what the IOC is considering
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 26 - 9:53 p.m. | Save Story
Russian and Belarusian athletes may be closer to competing in the 2024 Summer Games in Paris despite International Olympic Committee sanctions against their countries over the war in Ukraine.

Hundreds turn Wasatch Front Regional Council meeting into anti-gondola protest
Kyle Dunphey, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 26 - 9:15 p.m. | Save Story
The Wasatch Front Regional Council on Thursday voted to release its transportation plan for public comment during an uncharacteristically charged meeting.

McDonald's, In-N-Out, and Chipotle are spending millions on minimum wage referendum
Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN | Posted Jan. 26 - 8:39 p.m. | Save Story
California voters will decide next year on a referendum that could overturn a landmark new state law setting worker conditions and minimum wages up to $22 an hour for fast-food employees in the nation's largest state.

Why Mitt Romney says US support of Ukraine is good for America
Dennis Romboy, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 26 - 8:03 p.m. | Save Story
Sen. Mitt Romney says if Americans say the United States should not spend money to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia, they should probably say the U.S. shouldn't spend money on its own national defense either.

Hikers survive 24-hour ordeal in Zion National Park; helicopter rescue successful
Stephanie DeGraw, St. George News | Posted Jan. 26 - 7:34 p.m. | Save Story
Two out-of-state hikers marooned in freezing temperatures for more than 24 hours were rescued from a remote part of Zion National Park via helicopter Saturday.
National Archives asks former US presidents, vice presidents to check for classified documents
Reuters | Posted Jan. 26 - 7:06 p.m. | Save Story
The National Archives asked former U.S. presidents and vice presidents on Thursday to re-check their personal records for any classified documents or other presidential records.

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Is your business missing out on additional stimulus funds that are still available?
Mellor & Associates | Posted Jan. 26 - 7:00 p.m. | Save Story
Your business could be missing out on tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars in refundable payroll tax credits and not even realize it.

Can frustrated BYU basketball snap skid against 'magic' of No. 22 Saint Mary's?
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 26 - 6:26 p.m. | Save Story
BYU welcomes No. 22 Saint Mary's to the Marriott Center on Saturday night (8 p.m. MT, ESPN2) for the final time as WCC mates.

Shot or shots fired outside Taylorsville High, police say
Pat Reavy and Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com | Updated Jan. 26 - 5:50 p.m. | Save Story
Three teenage boys are being questioned by police following a report of a shot or shots being fired in the parking lot at Taylorsville High School, prompting the lockdown of several schools on Thursday.

Utah Inland Port Authority has moved away from 'sketchy crap,' new director says
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 26 - 5:46 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Inland Port Authority officials on Thursday updated the state Legislature on their progress after a damning audit was published last year.

NASA marks 20 years since space shuttle Columbia disaster
Marcia Dunn, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 26 - 5:10 p.m. | Save Story
NASA is marking the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Columbia tragedy with somber ceremonies during its annual tribute to fallen astronauts.

Utah House votes to ban transgender surgeries and puberty blockers for kids
Katie McKellar, Deseret News | Updated Jan. 26 - 4:42 p.m. | Save Story
The full Utah House voted on Thursday to approve a bill that would ban sex reassignment surgeries for Utah minors, as well as place an indefinite moratorium on new treatments.

5 Memphis cops charged with murder in Tyre Nichols' death
Adrian Sainz and Rebecca Reynolds, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 26 - 4:31 p.m. | Save Story
Five fired Memphis police officers have been charged with second-degree murder and other crimes in the arrest and death of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who died three days after a confrontation with the officers during a traffic stop.

Have You Seen This? Food delivery interrupts basketball game, but it may be a stunt
Ryan Miller, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 26 - 3:24 p.m. | Save Story
Someone at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh had a hankering for two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun. Or so it seemed.

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Manti Te'o was ready to tell his story. This Utah filmmaker helped him do it
Lottie Johnson, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 26 - 3:06 p.m. | Save Story
Before agreeing to direct "Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist," a Netflix documentary that revisits the Manti Te'o catfishing saga, Tony Vainuku wanted to know how Te'o was doing and why he hadn't told his story.

What's behind northern Utah's 'brown clouds'? New study pinpoints a major source
Carter Williams, KSL.com and Adam Small, KSL NewsRadio | Posted Jan. 26 - 3:01 p.m. | Save Story
A new federal study offers a stronger look at the pollution sources during winter inversions, including a previously unreported chemical.
California authorities see no link between dance hall shooter and victims
Brendan O'Brien, Reuters | Posted Jan. 26 - 2:33 p.m. | Save Story
Los Angeles-area investigators have found no connection between the victims of a mass shooting at a Monterey Park, California, dance hall and the elderly man who carried out the massacre last weekend, authorities said.

1 year in prison ordered for man in scheme to steal millions from government
Kaitlyn Bancroft, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 26 - 1:57 p.m. | Save Story
A man involved in a scheme to fraudulently obtain a $99 million contract from the government was ordered to serve a year in federal prison and forfeit over $2 million from multiple banks accounts.

Utah Legislature gives final passage to school choice scholarships, teacher raises
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Updated Jan. 26 - 1:40 p.m. | Save Story
The Senate passed the Utah school choice bill Thursday, paving the way for private school vouchers and increases to teacher salaries.

Is the COVID pandemic over? What World Health Organization says
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 26 - 12:05 p.m. | Save Story
Is the COVID-19 pandemic about to be officially over?

Cab driver wanted for allegedly groping passenger
Pat Reavy, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 26 - 11:29 a.m. | Save Story
An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for a cab driver who allegedly touched a woman inappropriately while driving her to a Midvale hotel.

The 'adventurous' West: Jazz in the middle of extraordinarily deep playoff race
Ryan Miller, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 26 - 11:02 a.m. | Save Story
Jazz head coach Will Hardy summed it up this way: "The West is adventurous right now." Maybe more so than it's ever been.

Asteroid coming exceedingly close to Earth, but will miss
Marcia Dunn, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 26 - 10:35 a.m. | Save Story
An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will whip past Earth on Thursday night, one of the closest encounters ever recorded. NASA insists it will be a near miss.

This GOP Utah congressman was named to the House 'weaponization' committee
Dennis Romboy, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 26 - 10:06 a.m. | Save Story
A Utah congressman will serve on a House subcommittee Republicans created to investigate the Biden administration.

Utah woman is one of nearly 100 double-living organ donors in the world
Ashley Moser, KSL-TV | Posted Jan. 26 - 9:33 a.m. | Save Story
In January, Robin Vedaa became one of nearly 100 in the world who are double-living organ donors, donating not one but two organs while alive.

'Purely a political act': Venezuelans criticize Utah's move to halt humanitarian parole program
Sydnee Gonzalez, KSL.com | Updated Jan. 26 - 9:12 a.m. | Save Story
Utah's Venezuelan community says Utah's decision to sue to halt a humanitarian parole plan makes no sense since it has been successful and decreased border encounters.
US to test nuclear-powered spacecraft by 2027
Joey Roulette, Reuters | Posted Jan. 26 - 9:09 a.m. | Save Story
The United States plans to test a spacecraft engine powered by nuclear fission by 2027 as part of a long-term NASA effort to demonstrate more efficient methods of propelling astronauts to Mars in the future, the space agency's chief said on Tuesday.

Get Gephardt: Orem man's auto repairs take 13 months due to parts shortage
Matt Gephardt, KSL-TV | Posted Jan. 26 - 8:46 a.m. | Save Story
If your car needs minor repairs, be prepared to wait. That warning comes from a Utah County man who had to wait for more than a year for his car to get fixed.

Slain Enoch girl texted friend that dad was acting strange and she was worried
Pat Reavy, KSL.com | Updated Jan. 26 - 8:38 a.m. | Save Story
A warrant unsealed in Enoch says one of Michael Haight's daughters texted a friend the night before her family was found dead saying her father was acting strange and she was worried.

Common nail salon tool may cause DNA damage and mutations in human cells, research finds
Kristen Rogers, CNN | Posted Jan. 26 - 8:18 a.m. | Save Story
Radiation from nail dryers may damage DNA and cause cancer-causing mutations in human cells, a new study has found — and that might have you wondering whether your regular gel mani-pedi is worth the risk.

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Death of Stephen 'tWitch' Boss generates new discussions about suicide and depression
University of Utah Health | Posted Jan. 26 - 8:00 a.m. | Save Story
The husband, father of three, and multimedia personality was only 40-years-old when he took his own life.

Massive undertaking: 3 years of progress on 5-year Salt Lake Temple renovation
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 26 - 8:00 a.m. | Save Story
The Salt Lake Temple and Temple Square are now three years into construction on a five-year renovation project. Work on the plazas is scheduled to be completed in the fall.

'That was our last try': Man details plane crash rescue in perilous conditions
Alex Cabrero, KSL-TV | Posted Jan. 26 - 7:48 a.m. | Save Story
Luke Bowman was flying the DPS helicopter over the Wasatch-Cache National Forest as part of a team trying to get to the pilot of a small airplane that had crashed.

'This is unfair.' Victims' families ask judge to reconsider camera ban in Daybell trial
Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted Jan. 26 - 7:31 a.m. | Save Story
Family members of JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan and Tammy Daybell are asking a judge to reconsider allowing cameras in the upcoming trial of Chad and Lori Daybell.

Russia downplays West's move on tanks, strikes Ukraine again
The Associated Press | Posted Jan. 26 - 6:55 a.m. | Save Story
A Western decision to send battle tanks to Ukraine was hailed enthusiastically by many. Moscow first shrugged it off — and later launched another barrage of attacks.

Vacant at Viejas: Utah State can't surmount first-half defecit, fall to San Diego State
Jacob Nielson for KSL.com | Updated Jan. 26 - 12:42 a.m. | Save Story
The Aggies cut a 20-point first-half deficit to six, but stayed winless at Viejas Arena in Mountain West play.

'I guess we could have sent 3 people after him': Lillard scores 60 as Blazers beat Jazz
Ryan Miller, KSL.com | Updated Jan. 26 - 12:13 a.m. | Save Story
The former Weber State guard came up just short of his career high in win over Jazz.

1 person dead after semitruck rollover on I-15 in Juab County
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 25 - 10:49 p.m. | Save Story
One person is dead after a semitruck rolled while traveling north on I-15 Wednesday night in Juab County.
Meta to reinstate Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts
Katie Paul and Sheila Dang, Reuters | Posted Jan. 25 - 10:25 p.m. | Save Story
Meta Platforms said Wednesday it will reinstate former U.S. President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks, following a two-year suspension after the deadly Capitol Hill riot on January 6, 2021.

Lawyer: Admins were warned 3 times the day 6-year-old boy shot Virginia teacher
Denise Lavoie, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 25 - 10:04 p.m. | Save Story
Concerned teachers and employees warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before he shot and wounded a teacher, "but the administration could not be bothered," a lawyer for the teacher said Wednesday.

Earth's inner core may have stopped turning and could go into reverse, study suggests
Lianne Kolirin, CNN | Posted Jan. 25 - 9:37 p.m. | Save Story
The rotation of Earth's inner core may have paused and it could even go into reverse, new research suggests.

All aboard! Salt Lake's new emergency ski bus service starts this week
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 25 - 9:04 p.m. | Save Story
Salt Lake County officials on Wednesday began accepting reservations from people for the emergency ski bus service to resorts in Big and Little Cottonwood canyons.

Utahn who murdered weeks after being paroled sent back to prison for 25 years to life
Kaitlyn Bancroft, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 25 - 8:34 p.m. | Save Story
A Utah man was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years to life in prison after shooting and killing a man in 2020, just three weeks after he had been released from prison.

Traffic stop yields 155 pounds of marijuana, nearly 1,200 THC vape cartridges
Pat Reavy, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 25 - 8:03 p.m. | Save Story
A traffic stop in Tooele County resulted in Utah Highway Patrol troopers seizing a variety of marijuana and THC products.
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