Utah and National Updates

Elections, Politics, & Government

emissions standards...
Kelli Pierce

Lawmakers, scientists ask president not to rollback emissions standards

A bipartisan group of Utah lawmakers joined scientists at the State Capitol to urge President Trump to keep current federal vehicle emissions standards.
7 years ago
utah national guard...
Kelli Pierce

Utah National Guardsmen back home after tour of duty in Afghanistan

Five members of the 4th Infantry Division of the Utah National Guard are back home after a tour of duty in Afghanistan that lasted 10 months.
7 years ago
FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2016, file photo a flag for Deutsche Bank flies outside the German bank's Ne...
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Deutsche Bank has tax returns sought in Congressional probe

President Donald Trump's longtime bank revealed Tuesday that it has tax records Congress is seeking in its investigation of the president's finances.
7 years ago
Drowsy Driving...
Kelli Pierce

Utahns expected to drive 51 billion miles per year by 2040

Utahns drive an estimated 32 billion miles a year on the state's roads and highways. But that's expected to raise by 2040
7 years ago
Photo: Todd Phillips...
KIRA HOFFELMEYER AND SIMONE SEIKALY

Utah wildfire officials want you to Spark Change through the fire season

The state agency responsible for educating Utahns about wildfire and fire suppression has some numbers to share with you through the 2019 fire season.
7 years ago
voting machine malfunction...
Ross Adams, WAPT/CNN

Malfunctioning Mississippi voting machine caught on video

Video of the malfunctioning voting machine appeared to show a man trying to vote for one candidate, but getting a vote for the opposing candidate instead.
7 years ago
FILE - In this June 21, 2019, file photo, a motorist enters Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Reg...
SUMMER BALLENTINE and MARGARET STAFFORD, Associated Press

Federal judge blocks Missouri’s 8-week abortion ban

A federal judge temporarily blocks a new Missouri ban on abortions from taking effect. The law would have banned abortions at or after eight weeks of pregnancy.
7 years ago
reopen businesses...
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kaysville mayor announce Congressional run to replace Bishop

Kaysville Mayor Katie Witt said Monday she wants to represent northern Utah in Congress in a bid to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop.
7 years ago
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President H...
NASSER KARIMI Associated Press

Iranian president: First lift sanctions, then let’s talk

Iran's president back-pedaled Tuesday on possible talks with Donald Trump, saying the U.S. president must first lift sanctions imposed on Tehran, otherwise, a meeting between the two would be a mere photo op.
7 years ago
Rob Porter...
Vicky Ward, CNN

House committee subpoenaing former White House staffer Rob Porter

A former chief of staff of Sen. Orrin Hatch, Rob Porter is also a former Trump White House senior staff member, but did not work on the Trump campaign.
7 years ago
FILE - In this July 15, 2019, file photo, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter speaks during closi...
SEAN MURPHY Associated Press

Oklahoma judge rules against drugmaker, orders $572M payment

An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state's opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million to clean up the problem. Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter says opioid overdoses killed 4,653 people in the state from 2007 to 2017.
7 years ago
dui fatal crashes...
Kelli Pierce

Utah highway patrol adds extra DUI enforcement for rivalry game, Labor Day

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Highway Patrol will add extra DUI patrols this week to catch drunk, distracted or drowsy drivers. This decision comes in the wake of the upcoming “Holy War” game between BYU and the University of Utah, as well as the Labor Day holiday. Overall fatal drunk driving crashes are down […]
7 years ago
congestion...
Mary Richards

Utah ranks 9th for overall highway conditions; 20th for congestion

Utah commuters spend as much as 13 hours every year just sitting in traffic congestion -- but a new report says it could be a lot worse. 
7 years ago
Madison ross, of new York, walks up a set of stairs at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Satl La...
Colby Walker

Salt Lake City welcomes UN conference

Thousands of visitors from all over the world will be in Salt Lake City this week as the UN holds its annual Civil Society Conference.
7 years ago
Photo's KSLTV...
Mary Richards

Salt Lake City mayoral candidates support dorm-style units throughout the city

SALT LAKE CITY — The two candidates for Salt Lake City mayor say they support the idea of dorm-style housing in the city for those who can’t afford to buy or rent. Zoning for these kinds of units is something that the Salt Lake Council has considered changing in the past, but both Erin Mendenhall and […]
7 years ago
The I HEART SLC statue has been moved outside the Salt Palace to greet attendees of the UN Civil So...
Kelli Pierce

I HEART SLC art piece supporting immigrants on display at this week’s UN conference

The United Nations is holding its Civil Society Conference in Salt Lake City this week, the first time it will be held in the United States outside of New York City. Delegates who go to the Salt Palace downtown will be greeted by an art installation celebrating the city and its immigrants.
7 years ago
UDOT major construction plans for the summer...
Associated Press

Utah DOT plans runaway ramp in area of recent truck crashes

Utah transportation officials plan to install a new type of runaway truck ramp above a highway junction after a third crash at the same location.
7 years ago
First-grade teacher Hillary Madrigal is photographed in her classroom Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in S...
Associated Press

Teacher shortage, protests complicate educator pay dynamics

A teacher shortage and a growing student population is leading to what some call a "wage war" in Utah. School districts are raising salaries to get and retain teachers.
7 years ago
FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2016, file photo U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is introd...
Associated Press

Supreme Court: Ginsburg treated for tumor on pancreas

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed radiation therapy for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas and there is no evidence of the disease remaining.
7 years ago
FILE - This July 9, 2017 file photo, shows a view of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in...
BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press

Plan would allow drilling, grazing near national monument in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new U.S. government management plan unveiled Friday clears the way for coal mining and oil and gas drilling on land that used to be off-limits as part of a sprawling national monument in Utah before President Donald Trump downsized the protected area two years ago. The plan released by […]
7 years ago
Ginsburg dead...
Jessica Gresko Associated Press

Supreme Court: Ginsburg treated for tumor on pancreas

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed radiation therapy for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas and there is no evidence of the disease remaining, the Supreme Court said Friday. The court said in a statement that a biopsy performed July 31 confirmed a localized malignant tumor. Ginsburg, 86, underwent a three-week course […]
7 years ago
utah tourism final monument plan...
Brady McCombs, Associated Press

APNewsBreak: US government unveils final Utah monument plan

The U.S. government's final plan for land in and around a Utah national monument includes a few more safeguards than were in a proposal issued last year.
7 years ago
Illinois schools vaping death vaping-related lung injury...
Don Babwin, Associated Press

Illinois patient’s death may be first in US tied to vaping

A patient who contracted a serious lung disease after vaping has died, which could make it the first death in the United States linked to e-cigarettes.
7 years ago
Demonstrators link hands as they gather at the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront in Hong Kong, Friday, Aug. ...
KELVIN CHAN Associated Press

Hong Kong protesters form human chains to call for democracy

Supporters of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement created human chains on both sides of the city's harbor Friday, inspired by a historic protest 30 years ago in the Baltic states against Soviet control.
7 years ago