All News

Photo courtesy of Deseret News...
Mark Jackson

West Valley City police investigating fatal stabbing

A man was fatally stabbed in West Valley City on Thursday night.  Police say that a man they believe to be in his 20's was stabbed at an apartment complex at 4000 S. Redwood Road, the West Valley City Police Department said. 
7 years ago
Embers fly from a tree as the Kincade Fire burns near Geyserville, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 24, 20...
TERENCE CHEA and JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press

Wind-whipped fires rage across California as lights go dark

Fast-growing fires throughout California forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes Thursday as dry winds and high heat fed both the flames and fears in a state still jittery from devastating wildfires in the last two years.
7 years ago
FILE...
Kelli Pierce

Governor Herbert answers questions on tax reform during KSL News Radio’s “Let Me Speak to the Governor”

Utah Governor Gary Herbert took questions from KSL News Radio listeners about medical marijuana, eminent domain, and the Inland Port during "Let Me Speak to the Governor." The topic most people wanted to know about was the upcoming tax reform bill.
7 years ago
Firefighters confer while battling the Kincade Fire near Geyserville, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 24,...
JOCELYN GECKER and NOAH BERGER,  Associated Press

Thousands ordered to leave as Northern California fire rages

Powerful winds are driving a fast-moving fire in Northern California's wine country. Two-thousand people were told to leave homes and businesses on Thursday.
7 years ago
Photo: Nate Edwards, BYU...
Mary Richards

New milk and cookies bar at BYU to celebrate “Stone Cold Sober” designation

Brigham Young University has been named the nation's number one "Stone Cold Sober" school for the 22nd year in a row, and the Y is celebrating in a tasty way.
7 years ago
Follow @walk_colb...
Colby Walker

Former Uintah High teacher arrested for having sex with a student

Rodd Adam Repsher, 33, was arrested on Wednesday for having, "repeated sexual contact with a student in 2016 while he was working as a health teacher at Uintah High School."
7 years ago
Photo: Getty Images...
Colby Walker

Oxford University students vote to stop clapping

Oxford's Student Council is asking students not to put their hands together and instead use British Sign Language clapping, otherwise known as ‘silent jazz hands’ to help include students "who have anxiety disorders, sensory sensitivity, and/or those who use hearing impairment aids" gain greater access to events.
7 years ago
Google Maps is adding real-time reporting features to the app....
Allen Kim, CNN

Google Maps will now allow drivers to report hazards, slowdowns and speed traps

Google Maps is about to get some new features that will help users report on incidents such as accidents and speed traps in an upcoming update.
7 years ago
arizona adoption scheme utah...
JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press

Suspension sought for politician in human trafficking case

The governing board in Arizona's most populous county took the first step Wednesday toward suspending an elected official accused of running a human smuggling scheme involving pregnant women from the Marshall Islands who were brought to the U.S. to give birth for adoptions.
7 years ago
FILE - In this June 29, 2018, file photo, wild horses kick up dust as they run at a watering hole o...
SCOTT SONNER Associated Press

Official: Solving wild horse problem will take $5B, 15 years

It will take $5 billion and 15 years to get an overpopulation of wild horses under control on federal lands across the West, the acting head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday, adding that several developments have made him more optimistic about his agency's ability to get the job done.
7 years ago
(Deseret News)...
Mark Jackson

South Jordan City: Water isn’t an immediate health issue

South Jordan City authorities are telling residents that water is not a source for resident health concerns.  This coming after some residents were complaining about getting rashes.  Crews tested 30 different elements at 20 sites over two days, according to a press release sent out Wednesday night.
7 years ago
This combination photo shows director Francis Ford Coppola at a screening of the 40th Anniversary o...
JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer

In Scorsese and Coppola, Marvel meets formidable foes

Marvel movies aren't cinema but "something else" says director Martin Scorsese.
7 years ago
Police escort the truck, that was found to contain a large number of dead bodies, as they move it f...
DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press

39 truck death victims in UK were all from China

All 39 people found dead in a container truck near an English port were Chinese citizens, British police confirmed Thursday as they pressed to investigate one of the country's deadliest cases of people smuggling.
7 years ago
In this Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 photo, college student, Sheida Assar, poses for a photo, in Chandler...
DAVE COLLINS Associated Press

Medical pot on campus: Colleges say no and face lawsuits

Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws as students who use medical pot challenge decades-old campus drug policies.
7 years ago
Embers fly from a tree as the Kincade Fire burns near Geyserville, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 24, 20...
JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press

Californians hit with 2nd round of sweeping blackouts

Dangerously windy weather sweeping through the state brought power outages to Northern California as the state's largest utility staged blackouts designed to prevent catastrophic wildfires.
7 years ago
Photo: Mary Richards | KSLNewsRadio...
Colby Walker

Electrical fire cancels class at Union Middle School

Classes at Union Middle School in Sandy have been canceled Thursday after a small electrical fire broke out in the school.
7 years ago
Follow @walk_colb...
Colby Walker

UPDATE: Missing USU student

Utah State University Police are looking for help finding missing 19-year-old USU student Baxter Franklin King.
7 years ago
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia Laura Cooper arrives at t...
Manu Raju and Jeremy Herb, CNN

Republicans storm impeachment inquiry deposition in House Intel hearing room

Roughly two-dozen House Republicans on Wednesday stormed a closed-door deposition in secure House Intelligence Committee spaces to rail against the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry, a political stunt ratcheting up the GOP complaints about the process that threw the deposition into doubt.
7 years ago
utah jazz 2019-2020 season...
Mary Richards

Utah Jazz ready to begin 2019-2020 season

Expectations for the new season are high after a summer of big moves for the Jazz. Coach Quin Snyder and forward Joe Ingles both signed contract extensions.
7 years ago
tai chi homeless...
Morgan Smith, Associated Press

Tai Chi classes for the homeless bring community, stability

Bernie and Marita Hart had one participant in their first class. Now, more than 50 people regularly attend tai chi five days a week downtown.
7 years ago
men's homeless resource center...
Mary Richards

Men’s homeless resource center set to overflow, even before it opens

Currently, there are about 400 men sleeping at the Road Home shelter. The new men's homeless resource center in South Salt Lake has 300 beds. 
7 years ago
Courtesy: Samsung...
Colby Walker

Rhode Island cop refuses to return TV delivered by mistake

The delivery crew mixed up two very similar street names. But when police went to sort it out, the man said he had a right to keep the misdelivered TV.
7 years ago
CNN...
CNN

House passes bill making animal cruelty a federal felony

House lawmakers have passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony.
7 years ago
E. Coli in Utah County...
Jack Guy, CNN

Washing your hands is the best way to stop the E. coli superbug

People failing to wash their hands after going to the toilet, rather than undercooked meat or other food, is behind the spread of antibiotic-resistant E. coli, according to new research.
7 years ago