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U.S. gasoline slips below $4 a gallon for first time since April
Nicole Jao, Reuters | Updated June 15 - 8:13 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. average retail gasoline prices dipped below $4 a gallon for the first time since mid-April, as optimism grew that a preliminary deal between the U.S. and Iran would lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Market Street Grill to close its iconic downtown location after 46 years
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted June 15 - 2:21 p.m. | Save Story
Market Street Grill says it'll shut its downtown location at the end of June, while maintaining other locations.
A rare first edition of 'Wuthering Heights' complete with spelling mistakes is up for auction
Jill Lawless, Associated Press | Posted June 15 - 11:49 a.m. | Save Story
A rare first-edition copy of " Wuthering Heights," complete with spelling mistakes, is up for auction for the first time in more than a century, as Emily Brontë's tragic, tempestuous romance gains new fans through a big-screen adaptation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Utah and federal government join forces to manage public lands
Eva Terry, Deseret News | Posted June 14 - 5:00 p.m. | Save Story
Utah and the federal government have signed a long-term agreement to jointly manage the San Rafael Swell, ending more than a century of sole federal oversight.
Apple's big Siri update is here. Now the real challenge begins
Lisa Eadicicco, CNN | Posted June 14 - 1:04 p.m. | Save Story
Siri is finally getting the big AI upgrade Wall Street has been waiting for. But it's just the beginning.
Pending home sales down nationwide amid record costs
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted June 14 - 9:33 a.m. | Save Story
U.S. pending home sales dropped for a fourth straight week as the typical cost reached a record high, according a new Redfin analysis.
China 'strongly dissatisfied' with Pentagon move against top Chinese tech firms
Greg Torode, Reuters | Posted June 14 - 9:25 a.m. | Save Story
China is "strongly dissatisfied" with a U.S. move to add several large Chinese companies to a Pentagon list it says are aiding China's military, the commerce ministry said Saturday.
These 2 new restaurant chains are expanding to the Beehive State
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted June 14 - 9:05 a.m. | Save Story
Utah's food scene is set to welcome two new players in Chicken Salad Chick and Jeff's Bagel Run, with each opening stores around the state.
Big names poised to join Utah Housing Corporation board of trustees
Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Posted June 14 - 8:02 a.m. | Save Story
The head of the parent company of Zions Bank and a former Utah Senate president are among the nominees set to join the Utah Housing Corporation's board of trustees.
Zuckerberg says Meta made 'mistakes' in AI workforce shift
Katie Paul, Reuters | Posted June 13 - 9:36 p.m. | Save Story
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees that the social media giant made mistakes in its AI transformation of its workforce, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.
Too sick to work, but can they prove it? New Medicaid rule worries patients
Ali Swenson, Associated Press | Updated June 13 - 10:41 a.m. | Save Story
Health analysts have sounded the alarm about the Republican Trump administration's newest Medicaid guidance.
