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.

Historic office of the Utah Boy Scouts has closed

An historic location of the Boy Scouts of America in Salt Lake City is closing its doors.
7 years ago

Endangered woman missing in Logan

Police in Logan City, Utah, have issued a silver alert for a woman missing since 9 a.m. on Friday, November 22.
7 years ago

Scooter Braun breaks his silence on his Taylor Swift battle

NEW YORK (AP) — Music manager Scooter Braun has broken his silence regarding his public beef with Taylor Swift, who has called Braun out since she discovered he owned her master recordings. Braun wrote a lengthy post on Instagram Friday, saying his family has received “numerous death threats” since Swift called on her legion of […]
7 years ago

WSJ: Biles reacts to allegations regarding Nassar investigation

Olympic gymnast Simone Biles reacts to a Wall Street Journal report accusing USA Gymnastics of ignoring the possibility that she'd been sexually abused by Larry Nassar.
7 years ago

Tesla’s Cybertruck is the butt of every internet joke

Social media is abuzz with jokes about Tesla's Cybertruck.
7 years ago

Utah might end two popular scholarships that give millions to low income students

The Utah State Board of Regents wants to redistribute money from the Regent's and New Century Scholarships to support a needs-based scholarship instead.
7 years ago

OPINION: Minor League baseball should stay

KSL Newsradio's Dave Noriega offers his opinion on a lawsuit filed by minor league baseball to raise player pay to minimum wage and, in response, the actions that major league baseball is threatening.
7 years ago

Glitch in Medicare drug plan finder could cost consumers

A glitch in a prescription plan finder for Medicare recipients might steer consumers to coverage that costs more than they need to pay.
7 years ago

Garrett’s indefinite suspension for helmet attack upheld

The NFL has upheld an indefinite suspension of Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, for hitting Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph on the head with a helmet.
7 years ago

Snowboarding visionary Jake Burton Carpenter dies at 65

Jake Burton Carpenter has died of complications stemming from a relapse of testicular cancer. Carpenter is widely known as the inventor of the snowboard. He was 65 years old.
7 years ago

Disney Plus blames past hacks for user accounts sold online

Disney says that account passwords being sold on the dark web came from previous breaches at other companies, and that there is no evidence showing a security breach at its new streaming service.
7 years ago

AP-NORC/USAFacts Poll: Facts missing from American democracy

A poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Opinion Research and USAFacts indicates that those surveyed are broadly skeptical that facts underly decisions made by the media, policymakers, political candidates, and American voters.
7 years ago

Attorney: Navy retaliating against SEAL helped by Trump

An attorney for Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher says Navy leaders are trying to remove Gallagher from the elite force in retaliation for President Trump's decision last week to restore his rank.
7 years ago

Latino American war vet files $1M claim for immigration arrest

A Latino American war veteran, wrongfully detained by immigration agents in Michigan, has filed a lawsuit against the United States for his three days in custody.
7 years ago

The man whose duvet nearly killed him: How this medical mystery was solved

It took three months for doctors in the UK to determine that a patient was suffering from a disease he got -- from his duvet.
7 years ago

Father of child with a rare condition targeted by hateful sign

A father who'd placed signs around town, asking for help for his sick son, is wondering who could respond to his request with hateful comments.
7 years ago

US angers Palestinians with reversal on Israeli settlements

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday said it no longer considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be a violation of international law, reversing four decades of American policy and further undermining the Palestinians’ effort to gain statehood. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. is repudiating the 1978 State […]
7 years ago

Diplomat says of Trump Ukraine call: ‘I remember it vividly’

A transcript of closed-door testimony was released on Monday, containing a first-hand account from State Department official David Holmes recalling a telephone call between President Trump and Ambassador Gordon Sondland in Kyiv.
7 years ago

Iowa jury awards $1.4M to man who got vasectomy, not circumcision

A jury in Iowa has awarded $1.4 million to a man who was expecting a circumcision but received a vasectomy instead.
7 years ago

Trump backing off banning vaping flavors popular with teens

Despite efforts by the First Lady and Ivanka Trump, President Trump reverses course on a ban on vaping flavors popular with teens.
7 years ago

From an extradition bill to a political crisis: A guide to the Hong Kong protests

(CNN) — Hong Kong has been rocked by pro-democracy, anti-government protests for more than five months now, with escalating violence and anger on all sides. What began as peaceful mass marches has exploded into the city’s biggest political crisis in modern times. It’s also become a geopolitical mess with worldwide implications. Companies, brands, politicians and […]
7 years ago

Big drug bust made by Salt Lake City Police this week

Salt Lake City Police made a substantial drug bust this week after 47-year-old Isidro Cano was reported for selling narcotics out of a hotel room.
7 years ago

Pope Francis says today’s ‘culture of hate’ reminds him of the days of Hitler

(CNN) — Pope Francis said some of the things he’s heard targeting Jews and the LGBTQ community remind him of the days of Adolf Hitler. The pope made the remarks Friday while speaking to members of the International Association of Penal Law, which is meeting this week in Rome. “I confess that when I hear […]
7 years ago

Missionaries in Bolivia transferred to other missions

Continuing political strife prompted the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to transfer 63 missionaries from the Bolivia Cochabamba Mission.
7 years ago