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EU awards top rights prize to International Criminal Court days after Trump sanctions
Lorne Cook and Mike Corder, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 22 - 7:27 a.m. | Save Story
The International Criminal Court and its embattled staff have won the European Union's top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize, an official said Thursday.
Iran says 7 oil tankers attacked in the Strait of Hormuz as fears grow of a return to war
Melanie Lidman, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 22 - 6:40 a.m. | Save Story
Iran's government says seven oil tankers have caught fire or been damaged in the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions over the prospect of a return to all-out war.
Utah lawmakers paid for a study on mail-in voting security. Here's what researchers found
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted Oct. 22 - 6:23 a.m. | Save Story
A study paid for by the Utah Legislature found "no evidence of significant or widespread fraud" in Utah elections and no increase in fraud when states use mail-in voting.
Lawmakers say US briefing showed Russia targeting Democrats with misinformation
Jonathan Landay, Reuters | Posted Oct. 21 - 8:50 p.m. | Save Story
The top Democratic lawmakers on the congressional intelligence committees on Wednesday said they received an intelligence briefing that Russia has been waging a misinformation campaign against Democrats running in next month's midterm elections.
North Korea's Kim Yo Jong warns South Korea, says border loudspeakers to be ready within days
Kyu-seok Shim, Reuters | Posted Oct. 21 - 8:42 p.m. | Save Story
North Korea will place anti-South Korea loudspeakers on standby along the entire border within days and has put unspecified new countermeasures on alert, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea's leader, said on Thursday.
Some websites go dark as operators address an AI-detected flaw in a web programming language
Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 21 - 6:47 p.m. | Save Story
An AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language led governments and other organizations in Europe and the U.S. to take their websites offline temporarily Wednesday.
Residents cited after physical altercation over data center discussion in Utah County meeting
VideoKSL Staff | Updated Oct. 21 - 5:54 p.m. | Save Story
A tense meeting in Utah County over a change in data center plan policy ended in an altercation between protesters and law enforcement.
Russia frees retired US schoolteacher in goodwill gesture as Putin meets Witkoff
Lucy Papachristou, Reuters | Updated Oct. 21 - 5:18 p.m. | Save Story
Russia freed Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired U.S. schoolteacher in custody since 2022, from prison on Wednesday and took him to St. Petersburg to fly back home.
Trump awards Utahn Nick Shirley $10K check under new anti-fraud reward program
Lauren Irwin, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 21 - 4:16 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump on Tuesday cut a $10,000 check to Utahn Nick Shirley for his help uncovering fraud in Minnesota childcare centers under a new fraud reward program.
New Utah Supreme Court justice signed Proposition 4 repeal petition
VideoBridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Updated Oct. 21 - 2:58 p.m. | Save Story
A new member of the Utah Supreme Court previously supported an effort to overturn the state's anti-gerrymandering initiative Proposition 4.
Australian politician who was hit by car has lost both legs
Rod McGuirk and Charlotte Graham-McLay, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 21 - 12:56 p.m. | Save Story
Australian federal lawmaker Helen Haines had had both legs amputated after she was rammed repeatedly by a driver on Monday outside her electorate office, her husband says.
US is a big reason for the world losing ground in the fight against climate change, UN report says
Seth Borenstein, Associated Press | Posted Oct. 21 - 11:05 a.m. | Save Story
Humanity is losing more ground in its fight against climate change, as the world will still warm this century by another 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit from now, the United Nations now projects.
Supreme Court won't allow Trump administration restrictions on transgender inmates
Andrew Chung, Reuters | Updated Oct. 21 - 10:07 a.m. | Save Story
The Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a bid by President Donald Trump's administration to immediately restrict gender-affirming care for transgender inmates in federal prisons.
Trump, in North Carolina, says Republicans will defy midterm odds
Jacob Bogage, Reuters | Updated Oct. 21 - 9:01 a.m. | Save Story
With his approval rating at record lows, President Donald Trump attempted to defy political gravity in a pep rally in North Carolina on Tuesday.
Putin agrees to resume trilateral talks on Ukraine war with Kyiv and Washington, Kremlin says
Associated Press | Updated Oct. 21 - 8:46 a.m. | Save Story
President Vladimir Putin has agreed to resume trilateral negotiations with Washington and Kyiv to end the war in Ukraine, according to a Kremlin official.
South Korean officials free a shark trapped for a month in Busan canal
Kim Tong-hyung, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 21 - 7:29 a.m. | Save Story
After failed attempts in recent weeks, South Korean officials on Wednesday finally freed a large gray shark that had been trapped for over a month in a canal in the port city of Busan.
Salt Lake County mayor calls for closing the aging Oxbow Jail in budget proposal
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted Oct. 20 - 7:04 p.m. | Save Story
Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson is proposing to close the county's aging Oxbow Jail while bonding for around $575 million to cover additional capacity and renovations at the Salt Lake County Metro Jail.
Trump, Vance announce $25M whistleblower program to encourage reports of alleged fraud
Darlene Superville, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 20 - 5:20 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have announced a $25 million program to encourage the public to blow the whistle on suspected fraud in the federal government.
