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Wildland fire town hall helps to prepare Salt Lake County residents

Andrew Adams, KSL  |  Posted June 15 - 12:33 p.m.  |  Save Story

With fire danger increasing, Unified Fire Authority firefighters and Salt Lake County emergency managers hosted their first-ever Wildland Fire Town Hall Thursday evening.

Filming of the final season of popular series 'The Chosen' has returned to Utah

Carole Mikita, KSL  |  Posted June 15 - 12:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

Filming of the final season of the popular series "The Chosen" has returned to Utah.

Utah AG, Gov. Cox back Big 12 in Texas Tech-Brendan Sorsby dispute

Mitch Harper, KSL  |  Posted June 15 - 12:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah officials are the latest state to publicly express support for the Big 12 Conference amid a dispute involving Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby.

Some people are making guns with 3D printers. A new law seeks to cancel their print jobs

David A. Lieb, Associated Press  |  Posted June 15 - 11:41 a.m.  |  Save Story

Legislation in two of the nation's most populous states could force 3D printers to come equipped with technology blocking them from making guns.

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60-year secret: How the adopted son of a BYU football legend found his birth parents

Dennis Romboy, Deseret News  |  Posted June 15 - 11:36 a.m.  |  Save Story

BYU football star Marion Probert died in a plane crash in 1965. His adopted son finally met his biological father, who didn't know he existed.

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Hidden dangers of ants and spiders in Utah homes: Why prevention matters more than you think

Preventive Pest Control  |  Posted June 15 - 11:30 a.m.  |  Save Story

The reality is that many pests live quietly in walls, crawl spaces and around a home's foundation, lurking just beneath the surface.

Gen Zers are more risk-averse. Experts say it's ruining their dating lives

Avni Trivedi, CNN  |  Posted June 15 - 11:06 a.m.  |  Save Story

Gen Z's fear of rejection, public embarrassment, and emotional instability—amplified by social media and a risk-averse culture—is making dating and relationships harder to pursue, despite a strong desire for connection and intimacy.

Man accused of assaulting young girl in exchange for ride

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Posted June 15 - 10:31 a.m.  |  Save Story

A man is facing felony charges for the alleged sexual assault of a young girl in exchange for a ride.

Man convicted of previous terroristic threat now arrested for alleged mass shooting threat

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Posted June 15 - 9:35 a.m.  |  Save Story

A man convicted in February of making a threat of terrorism is now accused of threatening to shoot members of a religious denomination at a school.

2 dead after BASE jumping incident in Grand County

Kennedy Camarena, KSL  |  Updated June 15 - 9:23 a.m.  |  Save Story

Two people died on Sunday after the Grand County Sheriff's Office said a BASE jump went wrong in a remote area of the Mineral Bottom area.

Tyra Banks sues Netflix over 'America's Next Top Model' documentary, alleging defamation

Associated Press  |  Posted June 15 - 9:02 a.m.  |  Save Story

Tyra Banks has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix and the directors of its docuseries "Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model," alleging that the producers stripped down hours of interview footage to construct a false narrative.

Surge in teens seeking and paying for summer service experience

Deanie Wimmer, KSL  |  Posted June 15 - 8:35 a.m.  |  Save Story

Thousands of teens are pursuing a nontraditional summer experience: They're working hard labor for strangers in another country, and actually paying for the opportunity.

Iran, US agree to halt war and reopen Hormuz, sending oil prices tumbling

Parisa Hafezi, Yomna Ehab and Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters  |  Posted June 15 - 8:15 a.m.  |  Save Story

The U.S. and Iran said they had agreed terms to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, news that brought relief to markets although the pact may hinge on an end ​to hostilities in Lebanon and defers talks on Tehran's nuclear program.

How a Utah company is aiding the fight against Ebola

Mallory Mailloux, Deseret News  |  Posted June 15 - 8:02 a.m.  |  Save Story

A Utah-based company is shipping test panels to Africa that can detect Ebola strains, including Bundibugyo.

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Visit Switzerland for $3,999 — including airfare out of SLC

Jensen McKay Tours  |  Posted June 15 - 8:00 a.m.  |  Save Story

Here's everything you need to know about the Jensen McKay Tours' Switzerland tour.

Fox to buy streaming pioneer Roku in a $22 billion deal

Michelle Chapman, Associated Press  |  Posted June 15 - 7:31 a.m.  |  Save Story

Fox Corp. has agreed to buy the streaming pioneer Roku in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $22 billion, including debt.

Utah author receives royalties after he finds uncashed check years after it expired

Matt Gephardt and Sloan Schrage, KSL  |  Posted June 15 - 7:01 a.m.  |  Save Story

When a Utah author found an uncashed check years after it expired, he asked if it could be reissued. He was told no — it had been cashed. So he decided to Get Gephardt.

Retail investors build big dreams on small slices of SpaceX

Suzanne McGee, Akash Sriram and Manya Saini, Reuters  |  Posted June 15 - 6:41 a.m.  |  Save Story

From the start, SpaceX and its underwriters had determined to ‌set aside as much as 30% of the shares sold to the public in the IPO for retail investors.

Adams says he'll run for Senate president again if he defeats 2 primary opponents

Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL  |  Posted June 15 - 6:20 a.m.  |  Save Story

After nearly eight years in one of the top positions in state government, Utah Senate President Stuart Adams confirmed he will seek to stay in that post for at least two more years.

Is the World Cup bigger than the Olympics? Here's what Utahns say about the impacts

Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News  |  Posted June 14 - 10:30 p.m.  |  Save Story

Fans around the world are expected to tune in for the 2026 World Cup football matches that begin this week and continue for more than a month in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Nearly three dozen injured, historic monastery on fire as Ukraine faces major Russian attacks

Jekaterina Golubkova, Reuters  |  Updated June 14 - 9:45 p.m.  |  Save Story

Twenty people were injured and the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, a symbol of Ukrainian spiritual and cultural history, caught fire following a major Russian ​air attack on the Ukrainian capital.

Mother-daughter duo from Cedar City navigate loss while changing laws in Utah farming

Arianne Brown, KSL  |  Posted June 14 - 9:15 p.m.  |  Save Story

Symbria and Sara Patterson run Red Acre Farms in Cedar City. Together, they have navigated family and personal tragedies to become a power duo changing how small farms in Utah succeed.

Flesh-eating screwworm just got scarier

Lois M. Collins, Deseret News  |  Posted June 14 - 8:35 p.m.  |  Save Story

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said that seven cases of New World screwworm have been confirmed in the past week.