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Utah railroad museum gets Western Pacific engine; Merci boxcar getting rehabbed
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted May 11 - 9:45 p.m. | Save Story
Utah State Railroad Museum officials added a Western Pacific engine to the collection while the dilapidated Merci boxcar is now in Wyoming for restoration efforts.
Utah eclipse glasses program calls for volunteers after overwhelming donation response
Lauren Steinbrecher, KSL-TV | Posted May 11 - 9:03 p.m. | Save Story
A Provo eclipse glasses donation program is asking for help to sort through hundreds of thousands of used glasses people have been sending in from all over the country.
St. George horseman completes one of the world's toughest endurance races
E. George Goold, St. George News | Posted May 11 - 7:40 p.m. | Save Story
The Gaucho Derby is a 500-kilometer horse race through some of the most rugged mountain terrain in the world, and it was conquered by a St. George local.
Bountiful softball coach retires after 50 years on the field
Deanie Wimmer, KSL-TV | Posted May 11 - 7:07 p.m. | Save Story
While the season is winding down for the Bountiful High School girls softball team, it is also the end of an era. Coach Butch Latey has coached his last game after more than 50 years.
Missed the dazzling northern lights show? You might get another chance Saturday night
Ray Sanchez, CNN | Posted May 11 - 6:25 p.m. | Save Story
A second chance to view the magnificent auroras produced by a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the sun will arrive Saturday evening in case you missed the previous night's spectacle.
Sun safety reminders for Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Emma Benson, KSL-TV | Posted May 11 - 5:39 p.m. | Save Story
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and Utah has one of the highest rates of melanoma, about twice the national average.
Trump says not considering Nikki Haley as running mate
Reuters | Posted May 11 - 4:52 p.m. | Save Story
Donald Trump said on Saturday that former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was not being considered to be his running mate in the November election, dismissing a report by news site Axios.
Rapper NBA Youngboy bound over for trial in Logan; bail set at $100K
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted May 11 - 4:09 p.m. | Save Story
Rapper YoungBoy, who has a mansion near Huntsville, waived a preliminary hearing in Logan on prescription fraud charges Thursday. A judge set bail at $100,000.
KSL Investigates: Utah schools put AI safety technology to the test
Shelby Lofton, KSL-TV | Posted May 11 - 4:09 p.m. | Save Story
From the Capitol to the classroom, Utahns see a need for enhanced school security. AI might be the solution.
Indoor air quality study finds 'concerning' levels of arsenic, uranium along Wasatch Front
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted May 11 - 3:31 p.m. | Save Story
You may think staying inside during an inversion is healthy, but a new Utah study found that indoor air quality can be significantly worse than outside.
Have You Seen This? Guard bird claims another victim
Grant Olsen for KSL.com | Posted May 11 - 2:59 p.m. | Save Story
There are plenty species out there that make good guard animals. Better add this bird to the list.
Rep. Burgess Owens grills Biden's education secretary over Title IX change
Gitanjali Poonia, Deseret News | Posted May 11 - 2:18 p.m. | Save Story
Rep. Burgess Owens questioned Education Secretary Miguel Cardona over the Education Department's move to outlaw gender-separated restrooms and their inaction regarding the nationwide movement of pro-Palestinian student protests on college campuses.
Scientists document remarkable sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet'
Will Dunham, Reuters | Posted May 11 - 1:16 p.m. | Save Story
The various species of whales inhabiting Earth's oceans employ different types of vocalizations to communicate. Sperm whales, the largest of the toothed whales, communicate using bursts of clicking noises, sounding a bit like Morse code.
Utah veterans from every war recognized for attending thousands of funerals
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted May 11 - 12:18 p.m. | Save Story
Honor guards across the state spend thousands of hours and travel hundreds of miles to perform military rites at the funerals of fallen Utah veterans, asking nothing in return.
Home mortgage rates tick down, but don't expect big relief any time soon
Art Raymond, Deseret News | Posted May 11 - 11:41 a.m. | Save Story
Average U.S. mortgage rates declined for the first time since late March, moving down from 7.22% this time last week to 7.09% for 30-year fixed-rate financing, according to a Thursday report from Freddie Mac.
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Inside Henry Ford's failed Brazilian utopia
Eléonore Hughes, Deseret News | Posted May 11 - 11:04 a.m. | Save Story
Nearly 100 years after its construction began, Fordlândia may look abandoned, but it's not.
Jazz go to draft lottery with no clear 'franchise-altering players' in sight
Ryan Miller, KSL.com | Posted May 11 - 10:52 a.m. | Save Story
By winning last year's lottery, the San Antonio Spurs seem to be set up for years to come with Victor Wembanyama. No player in this year's draft elicits that type of immediate hope.
See stunning Utah photos of the northern lights
Ashley Fredde, KSL.com | Posted May 11 - 10:47 a.m. | Save Story
People across Utah stayed up late to watch stunning views of the northern lights.
Olympic committee says AI will protect athletes from online abuse at Paris Games
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted May 11 - 10:21 a.m. | Save Story
The International Olympic Committee is promising to protect athletes and officials from online abuse during the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
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