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BYU football's portal trend focused on retaining top-15 team with targeted additions

Sean Walker, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 15 - 10:22 a.m.  |  Save Story

More than 4,000 FBS players have entered the NCAA transfer portal looking for a new home, but BYU's approach to college football's version of free agency has the Cougars focused on retention with only targeted additions.

How to cut down on pollution during an inversion

Shelby Lofton, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 15 - 9:17 a.m.  |  Save Story

That familiar and unwelcome layer of smog is back. So as air quality plummets in Utah, experts are providing solutions for cutting down on pollutants.

4 astronauts return to Earth after medical issue forces early ISS exit

Jackie Wattles, CNN  |  Updated Jan. 15 - 8:40 a.m.  |  Save Story

Four astronauts aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down early Thursday in the Pacific Ocean, ending a weeklong effort to get an unnamed crew member home to evaluate a medical issue.

Wilderness therapy group saves man's life after UTV crash in Emery County

Dan Rascon, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 15 - 8:20 a.m.  |  Save Story

A wilderness therapy group in central Utah are being hailed as heroes after jumping into action to save a couple trapped beneath their overturned UTV on Monday afternoon.

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American Lung Association encourages Utah residents to test their homes for radon this month

UtahRadon.org  |  Posted Jan. 15 - 8:00 a.m.  |  Save Story

Health experts warn that long-term radon exposure can lead to lung cancer, even in people who have never smoked.

Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to end protests in Minneapolis

Steve Karnowski, Alanna Durkin Richer, Hallie Golden and Aamer Madhani, Associated Press  |  Posted Jan. 15 - 7:45 a.m.  |  Save Story

President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis.

Actor Kiefer Sutherland arrested, accused of assaulting a ride-hail driver, police say

Jaimie Ding and Andrew Dalton, Associated Press  |  Updated Jan. 15 - 7:15 a.m.  |  Save Story

Actor Kiefer Sutherland was arrested for investigation of making criminal threats early Monday after Los Angeles police say he assaulted a ride-hail driver.

Senate narrowly blocks effort to rein in Trump's Venezuela war powers

Patricia Zengerle, Reuters  |  Updated Jan. 15 - 6:51 a.m.  |  Save Story

Senate Republicans blocked a resolution on Wednesday that would have barred President Donald Trump from further military action in Venezuela without Congress's authorization.

RSV vaccination push made a huge difference for Utah's kids, Intermountain Health says

Emily Ashcraft, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 15 - 6:15 a.m.  |  Save Story

Doctors at Intermountain Health are seeing a big difference in infant hospitalizations for RSV after pushing for Utahns to get vaccines in the last two years since they were approved in 2023.

Big 2nd half lifts No. 11 BYU past TCU for 4-0 start to Big 12 play

Sean Walker, KSL  |  Updated Jan. 15 - 1:20 a.m.  |  Save Story

AJ Dybantsa looked more like himself in the second half while battling an illness.

Utah State gets defensive in latest win over Nevada

Shawn Harrison, Herald Journal  |  Posted Jan. 15 - 12:52 a.m.  |  Save Story

Ten unanswered points midway through the second quarter proved to be the difference for the freshly ranked Aggies in a heavyweight Mountain West Conference bout late Wednesday night.

Utah women go cold in double-digit loss to No. 18 Baylor at home

Josh Furlong, KSL  |  Updated Jan. 14 - 10:42 p.m.  |  Save Story

No. 18 Baylor was ultimately too much, and Utah couldn't find a consistent rhythm on the offensive side of the ball, en route to a win on Utah's home court.

New mayor highlights future priorities and challenges in White City

Curtis Booker, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 14 - 10:31 p.m.  |  Save Story

White City voters elected a new mayor.

Recalled Super Greens diet supplement powder sickens 45 with salmonella

Jonel Aleccia, Associated Press  |  Updated Jan. 14 - 10:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

At least 45 people in nearly two dozen states, including Utah, have been sickened with salmonella tied to the Super Greens brand of diet supplement powder, federal health officials said Wednesday.

Man dies in Helper trailer fire

Curtis Booker, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 14 - 9:33 p.m.  |  Save Story

A man was found dead after a trailer fire on Wednesday in Helper.

Verizon resolves network outage issue that affected hundreds of thousands

David Shepardson and Harshita Mary Varghese, Reuters  |  Updated Jan. 14 - 9:13 p.m.  |  Save Story

Verizon Communications said late on Wednesday it had ​restored mobile phone service and planned to offer affected consumers credits for an outage that disrupted texts, calls and usage.

Inside Utah's new, 'one-of-a-kind' North Capitol building

Carter Williams, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 14 - 9:09 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah's brand new $320 million Capitol Hill complex opens to the public next week and will showcase Utah in a new way in 2026.

Utah 2034 Olympic leader will run portion of torch relay in Milan

Alex Cabrero, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 14 - 8:32 p.m.  |  Save Story

As the Olympic torch makes its way from the highest peaks of the Alps toward Milan, one of Utah's Olympic leaders is getting ready to carry the flame.

Trump signs bill allowing whole milk back in school meals

Leah Douglas, Reuters  |  Posted Jan. 14 - 7:44 p.m.  |  Save Story

Children could soon drink whole milk at school for the first time in nearly ​15 years after President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a law allowing it to be served alongside low- and fat-free alternatives.

Utah fentanyl and meth seizures in 2025 shatter records, DEA says

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 14 - 7:11 p.m.  |  Save Story

The DEA says a record amount of fentanyl and meth pills were seized in Utah last year.

Beyond plastic: 3 tools turning Utah garages into professional micro-factories

Brooke Nally for KSL  |  Posted Jan. 14 - 6:28 p.m.  |  Save Story

From custom off-road parts for Moab-bound Jeeps to industrial-strength prototypes designed in Silicon Slopes, Utahns are trading "hobbyist" gear for professional-grade hardware.

Part on UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky failed 4 times before on different planes, NTSB says

Josh Funk, Associated Press  |  Posted Jan. 14 - 5:44 p.m.  |  Save Story

Boeing warned plane owners in 2011 about a broken part that contributed to a plane crash that killed 15 last year, but at that point the planemaker didn't believe it threatened safety, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

Trump reiterates desire for Greenland following high-stakes meeting

Nandita Bose, Simon Lewis and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, Reuters  |  Updated Jan. 14 - 5:07 p.m.  |  Save Story

President Donald Trump reiterated on Wednesday that the U.S. needs Greenland and Denmark cannot be relied upon to protect the island, following a high-stakes meeting at the White House.