The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. But even by python standards, this one was colossal. Scientists caught a female python in the Florida Everglades that was more than 17 feet long, weighed 140 pounds and contained 73 developing eggs.
Nearly 200 million miles away, on an asteroid, the size of a few city blocks, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) says it successfully dropped a small bomb Friday morning in the hopes to
On Saturday Gionni Paul was defending a pass during a Salt Lake Stallions game when he got pinned. It broke two bones in his forearm. Sunday he had surgery, and Tuesday he learned the league had folded.
Evelyn Morgas lost her 40-year-old daughter to a stroke in 2015, but she said she feels like she's hugging her again every time she embraces the Utah man who received her daughter's lungs.
A 67-year-old man died after falling over the edge of the Grand Canyon, bringing the number to three deaths at the popular tourist destination in the past eight days.
(CNN) — EU regulators have accused BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen of breaching antitrust rules by acting together to restrict the development of emissions technology. The European Commission said Friday that the German automakers had limited the development and roll-out of technology to reduce harmful emissions from diesel and gasoline cars between 2006 and 2014. Margrethe […]
If you flip on your tv you'll once again be able to see KSL on DirecTV. In an email sent from VP and General Manager Tanya Vea late Thursday was to the point saying that a deal was reached and thanking the staff and viewers for their patience.
A 14-year-old boy told police in Newport, Kentucky, on Wednesday that he escaped two kidnappers in the Cincinnati area and ran across a bridge. He said his name was Timmothy Pitzen.
Joe Ingles has the green light to fire away from 3-point range — and he did so effectively Wednesday night. Ingles lifted a short-handed Utah Jazz team with 27 points, tying a career high, and knocked down six 3s in a 118-97 win over the Phoenix Suns.
"Social norms are changing. I understand that, and I've heard what these women are saying," Former VP Joe Biden wrote on Twitter. "Politics to me has always been about making connections, but I will be more mindful about respecting personal space in the future. That's my responsibility and I will meet it."
Police say a man got past security without a ticket at Salt Lake City International Airport over the weekend and then started assaulting a man in one of the concourses.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee has approved subpoenas for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report on his Russia investigation. The committee voted 24-17 to give Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., permission to issue subpoenas to the Justice Department for the final report, exhibits and any underlying evidence or materials prepared for Mueller’s investigation. […]
Utah's only Democrat in Congress is crossing party lines to vote on an anti-abortion bill. Rep. Ben McAdams (D-UT) is one of only 2 Democrats so far to try and help force a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act joining Daniel Lipinski of Illinois as House Republicans try to utilize a seldom-used procedure to force the US House to vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
House Republicans are utilizing a seldom-used procedure that forces a vote on a measure once 218 lawmakers, a majority, sign a petition. Aides say all 197 Republicans are expected to sign in support of a bill that would protect infants that survive an attempted abortion. Republicans seem likely to fall well short of the 21 Democrats needed to succeed. By Tuesday evening, the petition had more than 190 signatures, including two Democrats including Ben McAdams of Utah.
"Not any longer."
And with that, a triumphant Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to close the book Tuesday on a divisive Republican debate, convincing President Donald Trump to shelve plans to replace the Affordable Care Act until after the 2020 election.
An international team of scientists has discovered a fossil graveyard containing what it describes as "extraordinary evidence" that an asteroid that hit the Earth 65 million years ago was responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.
The Trump administration granted a Utah request for a more limited Medicaid expansion where its program lowers the eligibility requirements to those who earn up to 100% of the poverty level, or about $12,500 for an individual and $25,750 for a family of four. Under Obamacare's Medicaid expansion provision, states have extended health insurance to those making up to 138% of the poverty level.
As Utah rolled out its partial Medicaid expansion Monday, health care advocates said they're worried the scaled-back version of a voter-approved law will leave thousands of people behind.
