United States

texas shooting...
Holly Yan, Harmeet Kaur and Melissa Alonso, CNN

What we know about the victims at Robb Elementary School

Here's what friends and relatives say they want people to remember about the people they lost.
2 years ago
The archbishop of San Antonio, Gustavo Garcia-Siller, comforts families outside the Civic Center fo...
ACACIA CORONADO and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press

Update: Texas gunman warned online he was going to shoot up school

Greg Abbott says the shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, used an AR-15 in the attack Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.
2 years ago
People react outside the Civic Center following a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School ...
ACACIA CORONADO and JIM VERTUNO

Gunman kills 19 children, 2 teachers in Texas school shooting

An 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary school barricaded himself in a classroom, “shooting anyone that was in his way."
2 years ago
baby feet pictured, utah fertility rates are dropping...
Aimee Cobabe

U.S. birth rate increases for first time in years

According to data from the CDC, the U.S. birth rate is on the rise for the first time since 2014.
2 years ago
minority health...
Simone Seikaly

UPDATE: CDC confirms two cases of monkeypox in Salt Lake County

Salt Lake County health officials said the people with probable cases of monkeypox became symptomatic after international travel earlier this month.
2 years ago
Josh fight...
Simone Seikaly

Pool noodle fight over the name Josh again attracts hundreds

The event started as an online joke when Josh Swain from Tucson, Arizona, sent out a tweet challenging anyone who shared his name to fight over it.
2 years ago
bear market explained...
STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA

A bear market is hitting Wall Street. Here’s what that means

A bear market is a term used by Wall Street when a market index has fallen 20% or more from a recent high.
2 years ago
formula bill...
Amie Schaeffer

Utah lawmakers react to passage of baby formula bill

All four Utah Representatives voted against passing a formula bill, saying they disapprove of federal spending as a solution.
2 years ago
bee day...
Katie Hunt, CNN

6 surprising things about bees on World Bee Day

In honor of World Bee Day on May 20, here are six surprising things you might not know about nature's hardest-working pollinators.
2 years ago
Biden Asia...
JOSH BOAK, AAMER MADHANI and MARI YAMAGUCHI

Biden in Asia: New friends, old tensions, storms at home

Among the issues: tighter relationships, rethinking national security aims, a new trade framework, and the availability of computer chips.
2 years ago
Biden South Korea...
Kevin Liptak, CNN

Biden arrives in So. Korea, concern growing over possible No. Korean missile test

President Biden's visit comes as provocations from North Korea have intensified and China continues flexing its economic and military might.
2 years ago
14 states over or undercounted in 2020 Census....
Waverly Golden and Kate Davis

2020 Census over or undercounted a total of 14 states, including Utah

In the 2020 Census, the US Census Bureau reports that Utah's population was overcounted by approximately 2.59%
2 years ago
infant formula...
MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer

FDA head: Baby formula factory could reopen by next week

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf faced congressional anger for not answering if his agency should have intervened earlier at the Michigan plant tied to a national formula shortage.
2 years ago
A 2020 photo of Thomas Lane, the former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday, May 18...
AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and MOHAMED IBRAHIM

Ex-cop pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd killing

Floyd, 46, died May 25, 2020, after Derek Chauvin pinned him to the ground with a knee on his neck. Lane helped to restrain Floyd.
2 years ago
Photos of the crash that followed the police chase....
Amie Schaeffer

Auto-related deaths spike nationally, Utah is no exception

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety called the spike in auto-related deaths a growing public health crisis.
2 years ago
Hands holding two small viles of vaccine....
LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer

FDA clears COVID booster shot for healthy kids ages 5 to 11

Pfizer's shot is the only COVID-19 vaccine available for children of any age in the U.S. Those ages 5 to 11 receive one-third of the dose given to everyone 12 and older. Pfizer found a booster revved up those kids' levels of virus-fighting antibodies -- including those able to fight omicron -- the same kind of jump adults get from an extra shot.
2 years ago
Image of Utah Sen. Mike Lee. Mike Lee has introduced the SCREEN Act to protect children from online...
Amanda Dickson

Sen. Mike Lee works on FORMULA Act to address baby formula crisis

To address the national shortage of baby formula, Sen. Lee proposed a bill that focuses on tarrifs, FDA regulations, and WIC requirements.
2 years ago
Shane Stant, the man who attacked Nancy Kerrigan...
Heather Kelly

A notorious ice skating hitman finds redemption through his sister’s eyes

In 1994, hitman Shane Stant hit U.S. Figure Skating Champion Nancy Kerrigan in her knee to prevent her from competing a championship/
2 years ago
earthquake Yellowstone...
Waverly Golden

4.2 magnitude earthquake reported near east entrance to Yellowstone

University of Utah Seismograph Stations registered the epicenter of the earthquake 23 miles northeast of the east entrance to Yellowstone. 
2 years ago
Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton says surveillance video footage of missing former Alabama ...
Theresa Waldrop and Christina Maxouris, CNN

Corrections officer who escaped with inmate has died, sheriff says

The pair were taken into custody after a chase in Evansville, Indiana. The corrections officer was hospitalized from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
2 years ago
Petito lawsuit...
Amanda Dickson

Skordas: The second Petito family lawsuit may be about punishment

Utah defense attorney Greg Skordas discusses a lawsuit filed by the parents of Gabby Petito against the estate of Brian Laundrie.
2 years ago
Romney infant baby formula...
Parija Kavilanz and Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business

Baby formula supply problem getting worse, some states nearly sold out

Between November 2021 and early April 2022, the out-of-stock rate jumped to 31%. Twenty-six states are now struggling with supply.
2 years ago
cyber security ring hackers...
Amie Schaeffer

New law designed to tackle how the U.S. government handles cybercrimes

The bipartisan Better Cybercrime Metrics Act is focused on improving how the federal government tracks, analyzes, and prosecutes cybercrime.
2 years ago
Allyson Jacobs stands for a portrait outside her workplace, Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in New York. Fo...
MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press

Motherhood deferred: US median age for giving birth hits 30

Over the past three decades, birthrates have declined for women in their 20s and jumped for women in their late 30s and early 40s.
2 years ago