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Venezuela plans amnesty law for prisoners, vows to convert major prison center

Reuters  |  Posted Jan. 30 - 9:36 p.m.  |  Save Story

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez on Friday proposed an "amnesty law" for prisoners, adding the Helicoide detention center would be converted into a hub for sports and social services.

Baby long-necked dinosaurs were a 'perfect snack' for predators

Will Dunham, Reuters  |  Updated Jan. 30 - 8:36 p.m.  |  Save Story

New research shows Brachiosaurus and other sauropod babies appear to have been regular dinner fare for meat-eating dinosaurs 150 million years ago.

Disney's Iger plans to step down as CEO before contract expires, WSJ reports

Arsheeya Bajwa, Reuters  |  Updated Jan. 30 - 8:05 p.m.  |  Save Story

Walt Disney's Bob Iger has told associates he plans to step ​down as CEO before his contract expires on Dec. 31, The Wall Street ⁠Journal reported on Friday, citing internal sources.

Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office teams up with UDOT for traction sticker program

Brian Carlson, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 30 - 7:41 p.m.  |  Save Story

Snow has been sparse this year, but safety is still top priority for the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, as it enforces the new traction sticker program for the Cottonwood canyons.

Utahns demonstrate, walk out of school, shut their businesses to protest immigration crackdown

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Updated Jan. 30 - 7:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

Students walked out of school, people demonstrated and some businesses shut their doors Friday as part of national protesting against the federal immigration crackdown.

What's at stake as Utah, 6 other states seek new Colorado River deal

Carter Williams, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 30 - 7:13 p.m.  |  Save Story

Gov. Spencer Cox said he remains hopeful that Utah and other Colorado River states can reach an agreement on how to share the river. Failing to do so would be troublesome, officials said.

Velvet-rope security lines and grandpa's heirlooms: Inside the rush to sell gold and silver

Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN  |  Posted Jan. 30 - 6:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

In San Francisco, Seth Chandler's business has lines out the door. It's not unusual for twenty-odd people to be penned in by a velvet rope, monitored by two security guards.

Senate approves spending deal, but short government shutdown likely

Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Nolan D. McCaskill, Reuters  |  Updated Jan. 30 - 6:15 p.m.  |  Save Story

The government is headed toward a partial shutdown ​on Friday with the House of Representatives out of town, despite the Senate approving a funding deal.

Skiing accident at Park City Mountain leaves Florida woman dead

Curtis Booker, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 30 - 6:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

A woman visiting Utah from Florida sustained fatal injuries in a skiing incident in Park City on Tuesday, resort officials say.

Could Election Day become an official state holiday in Utah?

Caitlin Keith, Deseret News  |  Posted Jan. 30 - 5:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah could soon have another state holiday, but with the purpose of encouraging all Utahns to vote.

Emmy-winning comic actor Catherine O'Hara of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'Home Alone' dies at 71

Andrew Dalton and Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press  |  Updated Jan. 30 - 5:33 p.m.  |  Save Story

Catherine O'Hara, the Emmy-winning actor known for her roles on "SCTV," "Schitt's Creek," and the two "Home Alone" films, died Friday at her Los Angeles home after a brief illness at the age of 71.

Legislature approves bill adding justices to Utah Supreme Court, lower courts

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 30 - 5:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

Lawmakers gave final approval to a bill expanding Utah's Supreme Court, appellate court and district courts Friday, sending the bill to Gov. Spencer Cox for his signature.

Driver charged with automobile homicide in Sanpete County crash

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Updated Jan. 30 - 4:44 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Mt. Pleasant man was charged Thursday with using a "handheld device" while driving and causing a fatal crash in September in Sanpete County.

Luigi Mangione will not face death penalty after judge dismisses murder charge

Jack Queen and Jonathan Stempel, Reuters  |  Updated Jan. 30 - 4:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty after a judge on Friday dismissed murder and weapons charges against him in a major blow to federal prosecutors.

The Justice Department says it has opened a federal civil rights probe into the killing of Alex Pretti

Michael Biesecker, Rebecca Santana and Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press  |  Updated Jan. 30 - 4:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Justice Department announced on Friday it opened a federal civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, with the Department of Homeland Security saying the FBI will lead the probe.

Utah to set a new record-low snowpack mark; officials monitor potential water impacts

Carter Williams, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 30 - 3:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah's statewide snowpack is on track to be the lowest early-February total yet.

Trump's Justice Department releases final cache of Jeffrey Epstein files

Andrew Goudsward, Reuters  |  Updated Jan. 30 - 2:33 p.m.  |  Save Story

The U.S. Justice Department on Friday published a new and final cache of millions of documents related to the late ​convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, under a law passed in November that required the release of all Epstein-related records.

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What Utah support for physician-assisted suicide looks like — and how that could change

Jennifer Graham, Deseret News  |  Posted Jan. 30 - 2:27 p.m.  |  Save Story

Religious belief corresponds with less support for physician-assisted suicide, but it didn't prevent what's happening in Canada.

Prosecutors won't show Charlie Kirk video at next hearing if defense agrees to stipulation

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 30 - 2:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

If Tyler Robinson agrees that thousands witnessed Charlie Kirk's killing and a prosecutor's child is not a material witness, the state won't introduce video of the killing at the next hearing.

Salt Lake Bees announce 2026 game times, making a big change to Sundays

Carter Williams, KSL  |  Posted Jan. 30 - 1:37 p.m.  |  Save Story

Sundays are about to look drastically different for Salt Lake Bees fans.

Can Interior Secretary Doug Burgum make the Colorado River states finally agree?

Eva Terry, Deseret News  |  Posted Jan. 30 - 1:28 p.m.  |  Save Story

For the last two years, Colorado River states have been locked in a bitter stalemate over their future river allocations. But their countless hours of negotiating will need to reach a binding agreement on long-term water allocation by Feb. 14.

3 officers found legally justified in shooting, killing man armed with knife in May

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Updated Jan. 30 - 12:51 p.m.  |  Save Story

Three Unified police officers were legally justified in shooting and killing a West Jordan man armed with a knife in Midvale in May, the district attorney's announced Friday.

NASA delays first Artemis moonshot with astronauts because of extreme cold at the launch site

Marcia Dunn, Associated Press  |  Updated Jan. 30 - 12:48 p.m.  |  Save Story

NASA has delayed astronauts' upcoming trip to the moon because of near-freezing temperatures expected at the launch site.