Former Digital Content Producer

Colby Walker

Colby Walker is a former digital content producer with KSL NewsRadio.

Survivors return to Auschwitz 75 years after liberation

Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp are gathering for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by the Soviet army.
7 years ago

Eilish, who gives voice to troubled youth, tops the Grammys

Grammy night has proven historic for 18-year-old Billie Eilish. The singer-songwriter from Los Angeles swept all of the major awards for the do-it-yourself album she made with her brother in a bedroom of a home where they grew up.
7 years ago

Voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy reproduced by 3-D printing a vocal tract

Scientists have revealed what the voice of a mummified Egyptian priest who lived 3,000 years ago would have sounded like by 3-D printing his vocal tract.
7 years ago

$35 million dollar 100 Thieves esports facility becomes biggest in country

Gaming and lifestyle company 100 Thieves has built the biggest esports facility in the United States. Located in Culver City, Los Angeles, the 15,000-square-foot compound is filled with video game training rooms, podcasting studios and even an old fashioned arcade.
7 years ago

Russian Auschwitz survivor: Only coincidence that I lived

A Russian man who was arrested by the Nazis as a teenager and sent to the Auschwitz death camp is still amazed 75 years later that he survived the ordeal.
7 years ago

Trial highlights: Conspiracy theories and fidget spinners

Democrats argued that President Donald Trump sought a phony investigation of a political rival and pursued a discredited conspiracy theory about Ukraine, while restless senators played with a toy passed out by a colleague Thursday during Trump's impeachment trial.
7 years ago

China building a hospital to treat virus, expands lockdowns

China is swiftly building a hospital dedicated to treating patients infected by a new virus that has killed 26 people, sickened hundreds and prompted lockdowns of at least 13 cities on the eve of the country's most important holiday.
7 years ago

Taylor Swift documentary shakes Sundance

The normally private Taylor Swift has premiered a revealingly intimate documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. In it, the pop star discloses a past eating disorder, chronicles her inner battle over speaking out about politics and says her 2017 sexual assault court case was a dramatic turning point in her life.
7 years ago

Trump, a late convert to cause, to join anti-abortion rally

As he heads into the 2020 election, Donald Trump will become the first sitting president to address the March for Life when he takes the stage Friday at the annual anti-abortion gathering in the nation's capital.
7 years ago

‘NewsHour’ host and debate moderator Jim Lehrer dies at 85

A longtime host of the nightly PBS “NewsHour” whose serious, sober demeanor made him the choice to moderate 11 presidential debates, has died. Jim Lehrer was 85.
7 years ago

Impeachment trial not ready for broadcast prime time

ABC, CBS and NBC stuck to entertainment programming Wednesday night instead of showing President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate. Since it was the first night that House managers were outlining the case against Trump, it's likely that judgment by TV executives will carry through for the rest of the trial.
7 years ago

Layton Temple Groundbreaking announced

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced that the groundbreaking for their new Layton temple will be
7 years ago

Rollover crash leads to I-15 shutdown and nightmare Salt Lake traffic

Salt Lake area traffic ground to a halt after all lanes of Interstate 15 in Salt Lake County were closed in Midvale due to a series of crashes.
7 years ago

Justin Trudeau finds himself deep in doughnut drama after photo takes off online

Justin Trudeau is being criticized for buying about $200 of "elitest doughnuts" before attending a cabinet meeting.
7 years ago

3 American firefighters killed in Australia after plane crashes

Three American crew members have died when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia.
7 years ago

China shuts down more cities in bid to contain deadly virus

China has decided to lock down three cities that are home to more than 18 million people in an unprecedented effort to try to contain a deadly new viral illness that has sickened hundreds and spread to other cities and countries in the Lunar New Year travel rush.
7 years ago

What is the ‘Doomsday Clock’ and why it’s bad when we’re close to midnight

The Doomsday Clock is being reset Thursday, letting humanity know if we've inched any closer to the complete and total annihilation of the earth (well, at least metaphorically).
7 years ago

Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77

Terry Jones, a member of the Monty Python troupe that revolutionized British comedy, has died at 77. Jones family says he died Tuesday evening at his home in London after “after a long, extremely brave but always good-humored battle with a rare form of dementia.”
7 years ago

A homeless veteran with no known family was treated to a burial with full honors in Florida

For over 10 years John Meade Jr. sat on the same bench and was known around town as the "friendly homeless man." After he died, local police discovered he served in the US Army and made sure he was buried with full military honors.
7 years ago

First fires, then floods. Now Australians need to watch out for deadly funnel-web spiders, experts say

Australia has already dealt with extreme fires, flooding and hail this year. Now experts are warning people to watch out for deadly funnel-web spiders due to "perfect conditions" for the arachnid to thrive.
7 years ago

$3M-plus bail for 3 Utah drug suspects arrested in Nevada

Three drug-trafficking suspects from Utah have been jailed in Nevada on bail set at more than $3 million each.
7 years ago

So-called conversion therapy banned in conservative Utah

The discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ children is now banned in Utah, making it the 19th state to prohibit it.
7 years ago

After tweaks, Trump trial format will be similar to Clinton

After some last-minute changes, the rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial largely follow the ones used during the trial of President Bill Clinton.
7 years ago

Roberts admonishes House prosecution, White House defense

Chief Justice John Roberts drew little attention to himself while presiding at his first impeachment trial. But just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, as tempers on the Senate floor had started to wear thin, he reminded everyone who was in charge.
7 years ago