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Market owner accused of trading cash for SNAP benefits

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 1:28 p.m.  |  Save Story

The co-owner of a Taylorsville store is accused of writing checks to people who used their SNAP cards at his store but didn't actually buy anything.

Questions abound as BYU prepares for Iowa State with injuries to top players

Jaxon Wynder, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 1:13 p.m.  |  Save Story

Kalani Sitake gives an injury update on multiple BYU players as well as his early thoughts on the Cyclones.

Trump administration to assign government lawyers to migrant kids' cases, worrying advocates

Gisela Salomon, Associated Press  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 1:10 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Trump administration is creating a team of attorneys to represent children who traveled alone to the United States in immigration proceedings, which critics say would deprive them of having lawyers who aren't employed by the government and could put them at greater risk of deportation.

Great Salt Lake, migratory birds receive a boost from Pineview Reservoir project

Carter Williams, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 12:54 p.m.  |  Save Story

One Utah reservoir's loss is turning into a gain for the Great Salt Lake's habitat after a rough summer.

Olympian cleared in vandalism case seeks watchdog probes of Trump's Reflecting Pool project

Andrew Goudsward, Reuters  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 12:29 p.m.  |  Save Story

Lawyers for a former U.S. Olympian accused and then cleared of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool demanded on Tuesday that two ​government watchdogs investigate the botched renovation of the Washington landmark by President Donald Trump's administration and the now-dismissed criminal case.

Speakers at Hispanic Heritage Month event laud 'American way,' opportunity in the U.S.

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 12:10 p.m.  |  Save Story

Speakers at a Hispanic Heritage Month event at the Utah Capitol variously lauded the "American way" and the opportunity they say have found in the United States.

'It wasn't an accident,' mother of daughter killed in DUI crash tells parole board

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 11:48 a.m.  |  Save Story

An intoxicated man who crashed while speeding away from police, killing his three passengers, went before the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole Tuesday.

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Church of Jesus Christ will soon prepare grounds for this Arizona temple

Amy Ortiz, Deseret News  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 11:36 a.m.  |  Save Story

Preliminary work to support the Yuma Arizona Temple will begin ahead of the temple's official groundbreaking.

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Brother Joseph Again: Exploring the visual image of Joseph Smith Jr. premieres in theaters Oct. 9

Purdie Distribution  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 11:30 a.m.  |  Save Story

Brother Joseph Again is a rigorous, faith-filled investigation into one of the most fascinating questions in church history: what did Joseph Smith really look like?

Cornell brings in ex-Justice official Sally Yates to review school's handling of sex assault claims

Associated Press  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 11:25 a.m.  |  Save Story

Cornell University trustees have announced that former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will review how the university handles sexual misconduct complaints.

Jurors find Lyft driver not guilty in kidnapping case

Emily Ashcraft, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 10:35 a.m.  |  Save Story

Jurors acquitted a rideshare driver of kidnapping after he spent just over six months in jail following a report that a 15-year-old jumped from his moving vehicle to escape after he turned the wrong way.

MLB scraps proposal to play a game in iconic national park

Dennis Romboy, Deseret News  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 10:15 a.m.  |  Save Story

Major League Baseball scrapped a proposal to build a stadium in Grand Teton National Park for a regular-season game amid backlash from local Wyoming leaders and residents.

Israeli documentary 'NAZA' opens in the US, reigniting debate over the war in Gaza

Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 9:50 a.m.  |  Save Story

The opening in U.S. theaters of the "NAZA" documentary, in which Israeli military insiders describe what they say was the reckless killing of civilians in Gaza, is likely to rekindle the searing debate over America's military support for Israel ahead of congressional elections.

US Marine arrested on suspicion of murder in Okinawa, sparking outrage in Japan

Junko Ogura and Laura Sharman, CNN  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 9:22 a.m.  |  Save Story

A U.S. Marine was arrested Sunday on suspicion of murder and robbery after a woman's body was discovered in a hotel room in Okinawa, prompting outrage across Japan, with the local governor saying the incident showed the U.S. efforts to maintain discipline among its troops were "completely ineffective."

'Like general conference every day': Downtown Salt Lake prepares for temple crowds

VideoShelby Lofton, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 9:10 a.m.  |  Save Story

Downtown Salt Lake City businesses are preparing for an expected surge of 22,000 daily visitors when the Salt Lake Temple reopens, bringing new opportunities for retailers and restaurants.

Emmy Awards to move to Prime Video in 2027 in 6-year deal between Amazon and the Television Academy

Andrew Dalton, Associated Press  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 8:42 a.m.  |  Save Story

The Emmy Awards are moving to Prime Video starting in 2027 in a six-year deal struck between Amazon and the Television Academy that ends a seven-decade run of broadcast networks airing the ceremony honoring the best in TV.

Morgan Scalley says it's 'not time to panic' about sluggish 2nd half play

Josh Furlong, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 8:32 a.m.  |  Save Story

For about 15 minutes of game time against Iowa State, Utah looked suboptimal.

Why Delta passed on Starlink, and why Elon Musk, Mike Lee and rival airlines won't let it go

Frizz Flake, Deseret News  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 8:31 a.m.  |  Save Story

The fight for better Wi-Fi at 30,000 feet landed on X this week, where Elon Musk said Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian would "lose his job" after the airline rejected Starlink in favor of Amazon's satellite service.

New York declares first US measles disaster emergency since 2025 surge

Dharna Bafna and Akash Sriram, Reuters  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 8:16 a.m.  |  Save Story

New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a statewide disaster emergency on Monday over ​a measles outbreak, the first such declaration by a U.S. state since cases began surging in 2025.

Poll shows top issues for voters heading into midterms

Lauren Irwin, Deseret News  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 8:04 a.m.  |  Save Story

With about five weeks until the 2026 midterm elections, voters overwhelmingly say inflation and the U.S. economy will drive their decisions at the polls.

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Two identical retirement savings, two totally different outcomes.

B.O.S.S. Retirement Solutions and Advisors  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 8:00 a.m.  |  Save Story

Once the paychecks stop, you need to turn those savings into income. And that's when taxes often become a much bigger part of the picture.

UK police arrest a 7th man in connection with a security incident at a US-run air base

Jill Lawless, Associated Press  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 7:49 a.m.  |  Save Story

British police on Tuesday arrested a 22-year-old man in London on suspicion of a terror offense over a security incident at a U.S.-run military air base in England that authorities have linked to Iran.

Scientist who hunts mysterious ghost particles in the Antarctic ice wins Nobel Prize for physics

Kostya Manenkov, Adithi Ramakrishnan and Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press  |  Posted Oct. 6 - 7:26 a.m.  |  Save Story

Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen has won the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that offer clues about how the universe evolved.