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Stock market: Wall Street hangs around its records after Dow briefly tops 40,000
Stan Choe, Associated Press | Updated May 16 - 2:38 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. stocks are drifting around their record levels after the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly topped the 40,000 level for the first time.
Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of chile consumption, had a heart defect, autopsy says
Steve Leblanc, Kathy Mccormack and Michael Casey, Associated Press | Posted May 16 - 12:13 p.m. | Save Story
An autopsy of a Massachusetts teen who died after participating in a spicy tortilla chip challenge says his death was caused by eating a large quantity of chile pepper extract. The results obtained by the Associated Press also note that 14-year-old Harris Wolobah had a congenital heart defect.
Netflix to stream NFL games on Christmas Day from this year
Harshita Mary Varghese and Aditya Soni, Reuters | Posted May 16 - 11:02 a.m. | Save Story
Netflix said on Wednesday it would stream two National Football League games on Christmas Day this year, doubling down on efforts to add more live programming on its streaming service.
Walmart lays off hundreds of employees and requires others to relocate
Associated Press | Posted May 15 - 9:49 p.m. | Save Story
Walmart on Tuesday announced layoffs affecting several hundred jobs at the retail giant's campus offices and said it will be requiring most remote workers and personnel in its Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto offices to relocate to office hubs in Bentonville, Arkansas; Hoboken, New Jersey; and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Billionaire Frank McCourt says he's putting together a consortium to buy TikTok
Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press | Posted May 15 - 2:07 p.m. | Save Story
Billionaire Frank McCourt says he's putting together a consortium to purchase TikTok's U.S. business.
Utah resort owner to run Zion concessions, marking 1st change in 5 decades
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted May 15 - 12:40 p.m. | Save Story
A Utah company with ties to several Utah resorts is set to take over Zion National Park concessions beginning next year.
Grocery shopping can be frustrating and stressful. Here are ways to stretch your dollars
Daniel Woodruff, KSL-TV | Posted May 15 - 10:02 a.m. | Save Story
High food prices are squeezing Utah families, and going to the grocery store can be a frustrating experience.
Consumer prices rise less than expected in April; core CPI slows
Reuters | Posted May 15 - 9:32 a.m. | Save Story
U.S. consumer prices increased less than expected in April, suggesting that inflation resumed its downward trend at the start of the second quarter in a boost to financial market expectations for a September interest rate cut.
Salt Lake City eyes major zoning changes to handle Smith Entertainment Group's request
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted May 14 - 9:05 p.m. | Save Story
Salt Lake City is reviewing zoning amendments as it continues its negotiations with Smith Entertainment Group over a proposed entertainment district around the Delta Center.
Historic Heber theater gets a new lease on life
Eric Cabrera, KSL NewsRadio | Posted May 14 - 8:04 p.m. | Save Story
The Ideal Playhouse Theater in Heber, which was once on the verge of closing, is now getting a fresh start.
Latino lawmakers, advocates press for work permits for certain undocumented immigrants
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted May 14 - 5:20 p.m. | Save Story
A coalition of Latino lawmakers, including Utah Rep. Angela Romero, is asking President Biden to expand work permit offerings to certain classes of undocumented immigrants.
8 dead, at least 40 injured as farmworkers' bus overturns; truck driver arrested
Associated Press | Updated May 14 - 3:20 p.m. | Save Story
The Florida Highway Patrol says a bus carrying farmworkers in central Florida has overturned, killing eight people and injuring another 40 passengers.
Biden sharply hikes US tariffs on Chinese imports, including chips, cars
Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters | Posted May 14 - 2:33 p.m. | Save Story
President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a bundle of steep tariff increases on an array of Chinese imports including electric vehicle batteries, computer chips and medical products.
Bumble gets stung for sneering at celibacy as an alternative to dating
David Hamilton, Associated Press | Posted May 14 - 1:22 p.m. | Save Story
The dating app Bumble got stung after running billboard ads that appeared to sneer at celibacy as an alternative to meeting people online. The company backtracked Monday, apologizing for its billboards.
Utah, 17 other states, sue over federal policy on transgender workers
Daniel Wiessner, Reuters | Posted May 14 - 11:39 a.m. | Save Story
A group of Republican-led states, including Utah, filed a lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing broad legal protections for transgender workers.
Amazon's self-driving robotaxi unit Zoox under investigation by US after 2 rear-end crashes
The Associated Press | Posted May 14 - 6:51 a.m. | Save Story
Amazon's self-driving robotaxi unit is being investigated by the U.S. government's highway safety agency after two of its vehicles braked suddenly and were rear-ended by motorcyclists.
Salt Lake City wants to make Main Street 'a place for people.' Here's what it could look like
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted May 14 - 6:15 a.m. | Save Story
A new 215-page study shows what the future of Main Street in downtown Salt Lake City could look like, and it's closer to what was envisioned 62 years ago.
Western Weber County wetlands focus of protection plan as inland port proposal moves forward
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted May 13 - 9:23 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Inland Port Authority officials have crafted plans to protect the wetlands of western Weber County in conjunction with a proposed inland port development project in the area.
