Digital Content Producer

Simone Seikaly

Simone Seikaly is a veteran reporter, anchor and producer at KSL NewsRadio, but these days, she's best known as a digital content producer. You can reach her at sseikaly@ksl.com.

$3.7 million: Ford Mustang driven in the movie ‘Bullitt’ sells for record price

A 1968 Ford Mustang GT driven by Steve McQueen in the movie "Bullitt" just sold at auction for $3.7 million.
7 years ago

Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist of Rush, has died at 67

Originally Published: 10 JAN 20 16:53 ET Updated: 10 JAN 20 17:43 ET (CNN) — Neil Peart, whose virtuoso chops and artful lyrics propelled his band Rush to global stardom and sealed his place as one of the greatest drummers in rock music, has died. He was 67. Peart died in Santa Monica, California, on […]
7 years ago

VIDEO: Russian warship ‘aggressively approached’ US destroyer in Arabian Sea

A Russian warship "aggressively approached" a US Navy destroyer in the North Arabian Sea Thursday, ignoring warnings, the US Navy said Friday.
7 years ago

Women with transplanted uterus gives birth to ‘miracle’ baby

A Pennsylvania woman who gave birth to a boy she carried inside a transplanted womb says the experimental procedure delivered a "miracle."
7 years ago

Utah Governor emotionally recalls his time in office

It was a routine Governor's Budget Recommendation meeting, but Governor Gary Herbert's reaction to questions was anything but routine.
7 years ago

A sea lion named Mandalorian had to be euthanized after suffering pellet gun wounds

A California sea lion rescued in mid-December after it was found suffering from pellet gun wounds had to be euthanized because of its injuries.
7 years ago

US Army warns about fake text messages about military draft

Originally Published: 08 JAN 20 11:27 ET Updated: 08 JAN 20 14:00 ET (CNN) — The US Army is warning Americans about a wave of “fraudulent text messages” falsely telling Americans they have been drafted into military service. The fake texts instruct the recipient to report to the nearest Army recruiting branch “for immediate departure […]
7 years ago

Are young activists fair game for social sniping?

Are the young activists still entitled to age-appropriate protection from the harsher realities of public discourse?
7 years ago

Iran state TV: Tehran fires at Iraqi base housing US troops

Iran state TV says Tehran has launched "tens" of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraq's Ain Assad air base housing U.S. troops over America's killing of a top Iranian general.
7 years ago

U.S. to start collecting DNA from people detained at border

The U.S. government launches a pilot program to collect DNA from people in immigration custody and submit it to the FBI.
7 years ago

CES Gadget Show: Surveillance is in – and in a big way

The CES gadget show this year is all-in on surveillance technology — from the face scanner that will check in some attendees to the cameras-everywhere array of digital gadgets.
7 years ago

Groups demand answers after Iranians say they were detained

Civil rights groups and lawmakers want answers after reports that dozens of Iranian-Americans were questioned at the border as they returned to the U.S.
7 years ago

Deployed on short notice, US fast-response force heads to Mideast

Hundreds of U.S. soldiers deployed from Fort Bragg to Kuwait amid rising tensions after the U.S. killing of an Iranian general.
7 years ago

Pres. Trump: Aim of killing Iranian general was to ‘stop a war’

While President Donald Trump says he had a top Iranian military general killed "to stop a war," the Pentagon is bracing for Iranian retaliation.
7 years ago

Iran’s popular Gen. Soleimani became an icon by targeting U.S.

For Iranians, Gen. Qassem Soleimani was a popular figure of national resilience in the face of four decades of U.S. pressure. For the U.S. and Israel, he was a shadowy figure in command of Iran's proxy forces, responsible for fighters in Syria backing President Bashar Assad and for the deaths of American troops in Iraq. Soleimani was killed in a U.S. airstrike on Friday morning, he was 62 years old.
7 years ago

Simone Soars: Biles named 2019 AP Female Athlete of the Year

Gymnast Simone Biles is the 2019 AP Female Athlete of the Year. The reigning world and Olympic champion edged U.S. women's soccer star Megan Rapinoe for the honor in a vote among AP member sports editors and AP beat writers. The 22-year-old is the first gymnast to win the award twice and the first to do it in a non-Olympic year.
7 years ago

Eddie Murphy’s enduring mark on ‘SNL,’ the show he helped save from the brink

An analysis of Eddie Murphy's impact on Saturday Night Live ahead of his return as host of the program tonight.
7 years ago

Woman offers $7K reward, flies plane banner to find her dog

A San Francisco woman has hired a plane to fly a banner with her dog's information over the city in hopes of finding her stolen dog. Emilie Talermo is offering a $7,000 reward to recover her blue-eyed miniature Australian Shepherd stolen from outside a grocery store Saturday.
7 years ago

Half of America will be obese within 10 years, study says, unless we work together

Originally Published: 18 DEC 19 17:00 ET Updated: 18 DEC 19 17:26 ET (CNN) — If America does not collectively adopt healthier eating habits, over half of the nation will be obese within 10 years. Even worse, one in four Americans will be “severely obese” with a body mass index over 35, which means they […]
7 years ago

After 25 years, ‘The Far Side’ is back — with an online debut and new comics

After 25 years, cartoonist Gary Larson ;pjkawe;lkjf is returning to the world!
7 years ago

Utah among states where CDC has found a puppy disease

The CDC has identified several people in Utah who have acquired a germ typically found in puppies sold at Petland pet stores.
7 years ago

Why are Star Wars droids so loveable? It’s science!

Originally Published: 17 DEC 19 09:24 ET Updated: 17 DEC 19 10:39 ET (CNN) — In November 2014, a little orange and white ball named BB-8 rolled across the screen in the first “The Force Awakens” trailer, the next generation of plucky droids in the Star Wars universe. In the short scene, the unique droid […]
7 years ago

Teenagers critically injured in Richfield crash

The Utah Highway Patrol says four teenagers from Richfield High School were injured on their lunch hour when the driver of the Jeep drove off the side of the popular CC road.
7 years ago

This 5-year-old paid off the lunch balances for 123 students by selling cocoa and cookies

After she overheard a parent say she was having a hard time paying her child's student lunch debt, this 5-year-old collected enough money to pay off the negative lunch balances of 123 students at her in an elementary school in Vista, California school. Katelynn Hardee, a kindergartner at Breeze Hill Elementary School, overheard a parent say she was having difficulty paying for an after school program.
7 years ago