Male cub of Grizzly 399 killed in vehicle collision

Grizzly 1058, a 5-year-old male cub of famed Grizzly 399, was hit by a vehicle and has died, Grand Teton National Park announced this week.

Utah exported more than $18B in goods last year. Here's how leaders are thinking about tariffs

Utah exported over $18 billion in goods in 2024, supporting 70,000 jobs, according to a new economic report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.

Why these Utah legislators traveled to Washington to address key Western issues

Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz and House Majority Assistant Whip Casey Snider were among a contingent of Utah lawmakers who were in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to discuss important issues to the state and elsewhere in the West.

New York man charged after nearly 70 live cats and two dozen dead kittens are found in his home

A suburban New York man has been charged with animal cruelty after authorities say they found nearly 100 cats in his home, including about two dozen dead kittens in a freezer.

Breaking with tradition, Senate panel backs Trump nominees despite Democratic boycott

Republicans on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed five nominees for diplomatic positions on Thursday despite a Democratic boycott, underscoring deep divisions between members of President Donald Trump's party and lawmakers from the minority.

Republicans advance bill to formally rename 'Gulf of America'

The House advanced a proposal to formally rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in all federal documents, marking the first of President Donald Trump's executive orders to be voted on by Congress.

Trump calls for 30-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire, warns of more sanctions

President Donald Trump called on Thursday for a 30-day unconditional ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, warning that Washington and its partners would impose further sanctions if the ceasefire is not respected.

Merz, Trump agree on need to resolve trade disputes, Germany says

Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on the need to quickly resolve trade disputes in their first phone call since Merz took office earlier this week, a German government spokesperson said.

Trump says China tariffs will come down from 145%

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he expects there to be substantive negotiations between the United States and China on trade this weekend and predicted that punitive U.S. tariffs on Beijing of 145% would likely come down.

US plans to spend billions to update air-traffic control system

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled a plan on Thursday to modernize the aging U.S. air traffic control system at a cost of tens of billions of dollars.

He was killed in a road-rage shooting. AI allowed him to deliver his own victim impact statement

In what's believed to be a first in U.S. courts, a family used artificial intelligence to create a video using a dead man's likeness to give him a voice in a victim impact statement.

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow revocation of migrants' legal status

President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to intervene in its bid to revoke the temporary legal status granted by his predecessor Joe Biden to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants living in the United States.

An alligator kills a Florida woman after tipping over her canoe, investigators say

An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, which investigators say appeared to be an accidental encounter.

New report shows NYC helicopter breaking apart in midair before crash that killed 6

Federal officials on Wednesday released images of a doomed New York City sightseeing helicopter as it broke apart in midair last month, killing six people.

What Trump's former secretary of state says about his tariff plans

Longtime public servant and former Congressman Mike Pompeo spoke about President Donald Trump's tariff plans at a trade summit in Utah on Wednesday.

More older Americans worry Social Security won't be there for them, a poll finds

An increasing share of older Americans — particularly Democrats — aren't confident the Social Security benefits will be available to them, a poll shows.

US weekly jobless claims fall more than expected

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, suggesting the labor market continued to chug along, though risks are mounting from tariffs.

Bill Gates to give away fortune by 2045, $200B for world's poorest

Bill Gates pledged on Thursday to give away almost his entire personal wealth in the next two decades and said the world's poorest would receive some $200 billion via his foundation.

Trump, Starmer hail limited US-UK trade deal, but 10% duties remain

U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday announced a limited bilateral trade agreement, the first of dozens of such deals Trump says he expects to land in coming weeks.