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Troopers identify 17-year-old killed in American Fork Canyon motorcycle crash

Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com  |  Updated May 13 - 7:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

Troopers have identified 17-year-old Noah Scribner as the victim of a fatal motorcycle crash that happened in American Fork Canyon on Monday afternoon.

Judge grants resentencing bid by Menendez brothers for 1989 shotgun murders

Lisa Richwine, Reuters  |  Posted May 13 - 6:59 p.m.  |  Save Story

Lyle and Erik Menendez, serving life sentences for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents in Beverly Hills, can be re-sentenced for their crime, a Los Angeles judge ruled on Tuesday.

Student loan borrowing trouble surged in first quarter, NY Federal Reserve says

Michael S. Derby, Reuters  |  Posted May 13 - 6:32 p.m.  |  Save Story

Student loan borrowers ran into trouble during the first quarter after the government lifted a long-running moratorium on debt repayment implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, a report says.

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Trump says US to lift Syria sanctions, secures $600B Saudi deal

Yousef Saba and Gram Slattery, Reuters  |  Updated May 13 - 6:26 p.m.  |  Save Story

President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. will lift long-standing sanctions on Syria, and secured a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia to invest in the United States.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie testifies 'Freak Offs' became her job

Jack Queen and Jonathan Stempel, Reuters  |  Posted May 13 - 6:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

Sean "Diddy" Combs' former girlfriend Casandra Ventura, the star prosecution witness at his sex trafficking trial, testified on Tuesday that the rapper and hip-hop mogul forced her into repeated drug-fueled sex parties he organized.

Video shows the moment Salt Lake City's air quality dipped from blowing dust

Carter Williams, KSL.com  |  Posted May 13 - 5:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

A camera at the University of Utah captured the exact moment a cold front swept through Salt Lake City late Monday, and also how it dropped the city's air quality to unhealthy levels.

Brian Santiago to succeed Tom Holmoe as BYU athletic director

Sean Walker, KSL.com  |  Posted May 13 - 5:18 p.m.  |  Save Story

BYU's national search for its next director of athletics ended in the same offices as Tom Holmoe, who will retire from the position this summer.

UDOT announces reopening dates for some of Utah's biggest mountain routes

Carter Williams, KSL.com  |  Posted May 13 - 4:36 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah's remaining picturesque seasonal routes are slated to reopen just in time for the Memorial Day weekend.

Have You Seen This? ESPN host explains Utah Mammoth's new logo better than Utah Mammoth

Sean Walker, KSL.com  |  Posted May 13 - 3:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

There was a lot of public relations speak when the Utah Hockey Club unveiled its new nickname, branding and logo to the Utah Mammoth last week. But ESPN's Scott Van Pelt explained it better than anyone.

2 years after landslide, repairs set to begin on huge hole in Draper mountainside

Dan Rascon, KSL-TV  |  Posted May 13 - 3:05 p.m.  |  Save Story

Two years ago a landslide swept two homes right off a hill in the Suncrest area. Construction to repair the slope will begin soon.

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Best side-by-side trails near Fillmore, Nephi and Cedar City

Prime Honda  |  Posted May 13 - 3:00 p.m.  |  Save Story

Whether you're a seasoned rider seeking a challenge or a beginner looking for a scenic ride, Utah has side-by-side trails for everyone.

FDA to remove ingestible fluoride prescription drugs for children from market

Sriparna Roy, Reuters  |  Updated May 13 - 2:40 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it will start removing prescription drug products for children that have concentrated ingestible fluoride from the market.

Sen. Lee: More should be done to cut waste, fraud and abuse from Medicaid

Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News  |  Posted May 13 - 2:13 p.m.  |  Save Story

While Republican leaders move forward with proposals to significantly reform Medicaid, some lawmakers are breaking from the party to demand more changes.

Appeals court affirms conviction for West Jordan man found guilty of murdering best friend

Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com  |  Posted May 13 - 1:05 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Utah Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that Spencer Greenway was rightfully convicted of depraved indifference murder after fatally stabbing a man he previously considered his best friend.

Utah entrepreneur 'The Bull' sentenced 8 years in prison for defrauding investors of $20M

Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com  |  Posted May 13 - 12:39 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Utah entrepreneur nicknamed "The Bull" was sentenced to eight years in prison for defrauding more than 500 investors of $20 million through illegal security investments.

KSL Investigates: The surprisingly common reasons schools list for secluding students

Courtney Johns, KSL-TV  |  Posted May 13 - 12:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

The KSL Investigators compiled statewide data from 2020-2024 to analyze the most common reasons schools provide for secluding students, to see if they met the safety standard.

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A Utah ranger shows why the West is still wild

Emma Pitts, Deseret News  |  Posted May 13 - 11:57 a.m.  |  Save Story

Fending off cougars and extricating a severed limb, Steve 'Tberry' Young's life is a testament that the Wild West is as gritty as ever.

Scammers make their links look official to lure in victims

Matt Gephardt, KSL-TV  |  Posted May 13 - 11:36 a.m.  |  Save Story

Text messages that appear to link to government websites can be a phishing scam, an FBI agent warns.

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Utah's largest medical school celebrates first graduating class

Noorda-COM  |  Posted May 13 - 11:30 a.m.  |  Save Story

These pioneering students didn't merely complete their medical education; they actively shaped a transformative educational model.

Salt Lake mom arrested, accused of abandoning her 2-year-old son

Pat Reavy, KSL.com  |  Posted May 13 - 11:08 a.m.  |  Save Story

A woman was arrested Monday after police say she left her 2-year-old son with an acquaintance in a Salt Lake parking lot and didn't go back to get him.

Patrick Kinahan: Inane NBA lottery system crushes Jazz

Patrick Kinahan for KSL.com  |  Posted May 13 - 10:33 a.m.  |  Save Story

Name one aspect of the NBA that does not demand some kind of overhaul – go ahead, we'll wait.

Man in life-threatening condition after being shot by Salt Lake police

Pat Reavy, KSL.com  |  Updated May 13 - 10:18 a.m.  |  Save Story

A Salt Lake police officer shot and critically injured a man late Monday night near 70 S. 600 West while looking for a driver who hit several parked vehicles.

As deportation debate sizzles, data sheds light on Utah's immigrant population

Tim Vandenack, KSL.com  |  Posted May 13 - 10:03 a.m.  |  Save Story

As the deportation debate sizzles, data compiled by Voices for Utah Children and the Immigration Research Initiative sheds light on Utah's immigrant population.

Rocky Mountain Power still investigating outages that left 14K customers without power

Carter Williams, KSL.com  |  Updated May 13 - 9:57 a.m.  |  Save Story

Rocky Mountain Power officials say they are investigating the causes of different power outages that left as many as 14,000 customers without power across the Wasatch Front at one point on Monday.

Judge rules on outstanding matters in Utah school choice legal battle — clearing way for appeals

Jason Swensen, Deseret News  |  Posted May 13 - 9:32 a.m.  |  Save Story

In the ongoing legal battle over the Utah Fits All Scholarship program, a judge Monday ruled on a pair of outstanding issues that were preventing the case from moving on to the expected appeals process.

Going full throttle: Utah family builds 'crazy' off-road beasts

Kathleen Clove, KSL.com  |  Posted May 13 - 9:01 a.m.  |  Save Story

Building the lightest and most capable off-road vehicles on the face of the earth? That's Utah-based Adrenalin Industries' specialty.

US House looks to hike work requirements for food aid

Leah Douglas, Reuters  |  Posted May 13 - 8:39 a.m.  |  Save Story

U.S. House lawmakers on Monday laid out a plan to increase work requirements for some recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food aid benefits.

Consumer prices rise moderately in April

Reuters  |  Posted May 13 - 8:21 a.m.  |  Save Story

Consumer prices rebounded moderately in April, but inflation is likely to pick up in the coming months as tariffs boost the cost of imported goods.

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5 reasons you should consider an independent, low-cost, same-day MRI

Taylormed Mri  |  Posted May 13 - 8:00 a.m.  |  Save Story

TaylorMed MRI makes getting an MRI simple, fast, and affordable, because no one should have to wait weeks — and jump through numerous insurance hoops — to get the imaging they require.

'Time is brain': Neurologist explains why Utah leads nation in stroke treatment time

Gabriela Fletcher, KSL.com  |  Posted May 13 - 7:58 a.m.  |  Save Story

Utah hospitals are ranked the fastest in the country to provide time-sensitive stroke treatment by the American Heart Association, providing better health outcomes for stroke patients.

Ogden police shoot man after they say he threatened officers with knives

Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com  |  Posted May 13 - 7:26 a.m.  |  Save Story

Ogden police shot and injured a man early Tuesday after they say he was threatening officers with knives.

A Bluffdale family was ready to leave for vacation in Hawaii. Then they awoke to flames

Mary Culbertson, KSL-TV  |  Posted May 13 - 7:00 a.m.  |  Save Story

A family went to sleep anticipating a vacation to Hawaii the next morning. They awoke hours later to a nightmarish scene.

Salt Lake City close to annexing more land after hitting unexpected snag

Carter Williams, KSL.com  |  Posted May 13 - 6:16 a.m.  |  Save Story

Utah's capital city is on the verge of growing its boundary after the Jordan River created an unexpected hurdle in a process years in the making.

17-year-old arrested in connection to weekend shooting in Kearns

Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com  |  Posted May 12 - 10:48 p.m.  |  Save Story

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to a weekend shooting in Kearns that injured another teenager. Police believe the shooting was gang-related.

Last-minute try hands Utah Warriors rare home loss to Seattle

Sean Walker, KSL.com  |  Posted May 12 - 10:35 p.m.  |  Save Story

Rhyno Herbst scored a try in the final minute to help Seattle stun the Warriors, 28-24 at Zions Bank Stadium.

Utah mom and daughter graduate from college together

Deanie Wimmer, KSL-TV  |  Posted May 12 - 10:24 p.m.  |  Save Story

Mother's Day is often a celebration of love, sacrifice, and inspiration, but for one Utah County family, it also marked an extraordinary academic milestone — graduating from college.

Troopers meet with teen drivers in rural areas ahead of Utah's 100 Deadliest Days

Andrew Adams, KSL-TV  |  Posted May 12 - 9:56 p.m.  |  Save Story

Just two weeks before the start of the 100 Deadliest Days on Utah roads, troopers were busy at schools in central Utah sharing a safety message to a key demographic: teen drivers.

Amazon signs up FedEx for residential deliveries

Christy Santhosh, Reuters  |  Updated May 12 - 9:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

Amazon has hired FedEx to handle some of its large package deliveries, the companies said on Monday, weeks after UPS said it was halting its less-profitable deliveries for the e-commerce retailer.

Conservation groups protest Maloy's public lands 'sell-off' ahead of geothermal hearing

Logan Stefanich, KSL.com  |  Posted May 12 - 9:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah Rep. Celeste Maloy and a House subcommittee held a hearing Monday to examine barriers to developing geothermal energy on federally managed lands.

US deputy attorney general tapped to serve as acting librarian of Congress

Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters  |  Updated May 12 - 8:45 p.m.  |  Save Story

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has been appointed to serve as the acting librarian of Congress, a U.S. Justice Department spokesman confirmed on Monday, after President Donald Trump recently fired Carla Hayden.

Boy struck by golf cart in St. George has died

Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com  |  Posted May 12 - 8:29 p.m.  |  Save Story

A 9-year-old boy who was hospitalized after being run over by a golf cart has since died from his injuries.

Man found dead at hot spring in Box Elder County

Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com  |  Posted May 12 - 7:56 p.m.  |  Save Story

County officials are investigating the death of a man whose body was found at Stinking Springs in Box Elder County.

'A lot of interest': Moves to pick leaders for Utah's newest city edging forward

Tim Vandenack, KSL.com  |  Posted May 12 - 7:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

Boosters behind Utah's newest city, to come into being in the Ogden Valley in January, are hosting meetings to drum up interest in helping lead the new locale.

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Why more grandparents are investing in co-owned vacation homes

Fraxioned  |  Posted May 12 - 7:00 p.m.  |  Save Story

When it comes to what kids remember most, research says nothing beats a good family vacation.

4 injured, 2 critically, after semitruck hauling crude oil crashes into Carbon County home

Carter Williams, KSL.com and Mike Anderson, KSL-TV  |  Updated May 12 - 6:52 p.m.  |  Save Story

Four people were injured, two critically, after a semitruck hauling crude oil crashed into a Carbon County home Monday morning.

Pentagon halting gender-related health care for transgender troops, memo says

Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali, Reuters  |  Updated May 12 - 6:41 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Pentagon is halting gender-related health care for transgender troops as it moves to implement President Donald Trump's plan to remove them from the U.S. military, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Monday.

Friends of Orem man killed by police call for justice as investigation continues

Pat Reavy, KSL.com  |  Posted May 12 - 6:18 p.m.  |  Save Story

The investigation into the fatal police shooting of an Orem man while officers were serving a search warrant continued Monday as friends of the victim called for justice.

US budget surplus surges to $258B in April, year-to-date deficit tops $1T

Ann Saphir, Reuters  |  Updated May 12 - 6:07 p.m.  |  Save Story

The U.S. government posted a $258 billion budget surplus for April, up 23%, or about $49 billion, from a year earlier, the Treasury Department said on Monday.

'Architect of Gavin's destruction': Judge hopes abused boy's stepmom never gets out of prison

Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com  |  Updated May 12 - 5:57 p.m.  |  Save Story

A judge said she hopes the stepmom of 12-year-old Gavin Peterson — the "architect of (his) destruction" — is never released from prison after abusing and neglecting him.

Lottery heartbreak: The Jazz fall to No. 5 in draft lottery

Ryan Miller, KSL.com  |  Posted May 12 - 5:33 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Jazz lost 65 games during the 2024-25 season — you can add another one to that tally following Monday's draft lottery.

Ridgeline High assistant coach killed in Wyoming crash

Carter Williams, KSL.com  |  Posted May 12 - 5:17 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Utah State University student who worked as an assistant coach at Ridgeline High School died after a crash in southwest Wyoming last week.

Have You Seen This? Hippo attacks zoo attendees with massive flatulence

Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com  |  Posted May 12 - 4:26 p.m.  |  Save Story

Dozens of tourists at a China zoo got more than they bargained for when they were observing a hippo.

Woman shot, killed by Duchesne County sheriff's deputy

Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com  |  Posted May 12 - 4:05 p.m.  |  Save Story

A woman was shot and killed by a Duchesne County sheriff's deputy after investigators say she pointed a gun at the deputy Saturday.

Washington woman fights stomach cancer, aims to live beyond 5-year mark

Jessi Bang, St. George News  |  Posted May 12 - 3:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Washington woman, fighting cancer for the second time, is determined to beat the odds, advocating for stomach cancer awareness and research with the goal of living well beyond the rare five-year survival mark.

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How a small Vegas apartment became a staycation-inspired escape

RC Willey  |  Posted May 12 - 3:00 p.m.  |  Save Story

RC Willey's Inspiration page is the best place to discover trending styles, see how others are styling their spaces, and shop for the perfect piece to complement your style.

Republicans float new tax breaks for tips, local taxes in Trump budget package

Bo Erickson, David Morgan and Andy Sullivan, Reuters  |  Updated May 12 - 2:13 p.m.  |  Save Story

Republicans in the U.S. Congress proposed new tax breaks for tipped income, overtime pay, private school tuition, seniors, and state and local taxes on Monday as they fleshed out a sweeping budget package that would also cut taxes and tighten healthcare benefits for the poor.

From flooded stages to camels: Tuacahn celebrates 30 years of entertainment in southern Utah

Jessi Bang, St. George News  |  Posted May 12 - 1:42 p.m.  |  Save Story

Tuacahn Center for the Arts is celebrating 30 years of bringing theater to life in southern Utah with unforgettable moments like flooded stages, live nativity scenes with real camels and school buses driving onstage with a singing cast.

Apple considers raising iPhone prices, WSJ reports

Reuters  |  Updated May 12 - 1:06 p.m.  |  Save Story

Apple is weighing price hikes for its upcoming fall iPhone lineup but is keen to avoid linking any increases to U.S. tariffs on imports from China, where most of its devices are assembled, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.