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Peter Samore

Patient: Without Ketamine, ‘I would welcome death at any point’

More clinics throughout Utah are providing Ketamine, an anesthetic used to medically induce sleep in patients for surgery, to fight depression.
8 years ago
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Dan Bammes

Sandy church now powered by sunshine

A Presbyterian church in Sandy was starting to show its age last year, and parishioners decided to add solar power when they fixed the roof.
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

Utah hospital chain creates generic drug making non-profit

SALT LAKE CITY – Intermountain Healthcare has formed its own non-profit to manufacture and market generic drugs in order to combat increasing drug prices and shortages. The new company, Civica Rx, won’t report to shareholders because it doesn’t have any. “There’s nobody that has equity in the company,” said new CEO Martin VanTrieste, retired from […]
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Jay Mcfarland (JayMac)

OPINION: How your kids are being targeted in online games

Do your kids play online video games like Fortnite, Grand Theft Auto or even Minecraft? Then they could be a target of online predators.
8 years ago
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Mary Richards

Amazon hiring event continues in Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY — Amazon holds another job fair Tuesday as they try to fill 1,500 new jobs. But will they have success finding enough workers in this booming economy? The hiring fair is going on at the Hilton Salt Lake, 255 South West Temple, from August 7 to August 16 9am-4pm each day. Some […]
8 years ago
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Lindsay Aerts

Investigators warn of new phishing scam

Investigators want you to be aware of a new cyber scam where "phishing" crooks already have your email password.
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Paul Nelson

Orem police say fake website was created to scam car buyers

Scammers have found a creative way to bilk their victims out of money, and they’re using a real mechanic in Orem as their fall guy.
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Josh Tilton

FBI Confidential: What it takes to combat cybercrime

In the past several years, the rate of cybercrime has grown exponentially, and the FBI says you may be a victim without even knowing it.
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Madisan Hinkhouse

FBI Confidential: Your files are never really “deleted”

You've probably heard that nothing you delete from a computer or a smartphone is ever really gone, but the FBI has ways of recovering that data as evidence in criminal cases. 
8 years ago
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Mary Richards

Utah lawmakers discuss need for laws about drones, air taxis

Utah lawmakers are gearing up for the possibility that commercial drones and even air taxis could both make life in the future much easier but complicate the state's laws.  
8 years ago
Becky Bruce

Amazon crashes on “Prime Day”

Apparently unable to cope with the onslaught of online shoppers looking for deals, Amazon.com appears to have crashed in the midst of its highly-anticipated "Prime Day." 
8 years ago
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Mary Richards

Indepth: The most distracting things behind the wheel

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A Utah Highway Patrol sting this week netted dozens of drivers texting behind the wheel on the freeway. Reporters rode with spotters in an unmarked van. Those troopers watched out the window into the other cars, and radioed ahead to troopers on the freeway. “Notice how slow they go when […]
8 years ago
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Brianna Bodily

Women presenters are more likely to be harassed online compared to men, according to BYU study

PROVO — Royce Kimmons, Assistant Professor of Education at BYU, said his interest in the research came from simple curiosity. “You hear stories from women all the time about being harassed online,” Kimmons said. “I think that often when someone has an anecdotal story about what happened to them it’s easy for people to brush […]
8 years ago
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Mary Richards

AAA, U of U study safety of car infotainment systems

If you use a system in your car to make calls or navigate while driving, a new study should make you pause. The University of Utah and the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety compared vehicle built-in systems with systems from Apple and Google. Researchers asked drivers to perform tasks using built-in infotainment systems as well […]
8 years ago
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Mary Richards

Week-long OWL Camp teaches kids about STEM, through Harry Potter

WEST JORDAN, Utah — The Salt Lake County Library is hosting its popular OWL Camp this week. It’s a STEM summer camp that uses the fandom of Harry Potter to get students more exposure to science. The line of kids stretched along the sidewalk before the Viridian Event Center at 8 in the morning Monday. […]
8 years ago
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Mary Richards

How tech salaries compare among Utah cities and to other states

Utah is a good place to be if you have a tech job. You’ll make more but have a lower cost of living than other states. If you have a graduate now looking for a job in tech, a new report shows where they will make more money in Utah. In the Provo area, which […]
8 years ago
Brianna Bodily

Utah politicians push different ‘solutions’ to end the separation of families at U.S. border

Outrage over the separation of families at the U.S./Mexico border continues to spread across the United States, as politicians look for answers.
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

Be on the lookout for cyanobacteria on Utah waters

While you’re enjoying Utah’s lakes, rivers and streams this summer, the Division of Water Quality wants you to look out for cyanobacteria.
8 years ago
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Dave Cawley and Peter Samore

Facebook to build new data center in Eagle Mountain

Governor Gary Herbert, along with other leaders, revealed Wednesday that Facebook is the Fortune 100 company behind plans for a new, 970,000-square-foot data center in Eagle Mountain.
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

Woman suffers ‘deep gash’ after drone hits her on SLC street

A wayward drone struck a woman in her face as she walked in downtown Salt Lake.
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Peter Samore

Conversant cars, roads likely in ‘The Future of Your Commute’

Memorial Day weekend marks the start of vacation driving season, and as you sit behind the wheel on a long trip, you may wonder how much “smarter” cars and roads may get in the future.
8 years ago
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Associated Press, Mary Richards and Becky Bruce

Crashed Tesla was on “Autopilot,” driver distracted with phone

Police continue to investigate whether the autopilot was engaged when a Tesla sedan with that semi-autonomous feature rear-ended a fire department truck at 60 mph on Friday evening, apparently without braking before impact. 
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Jay Mcfarland

Popular video game company guru drops in on JayMac

Fortnite, the wildly popular video game that gamers love and parents (might) lament is taking the world by storm -- and one of the brains behind it stopped by to chat about the phenomenon with KSL Newsradio.
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Emily Ashmead

KSL Crimewatch wins First Place in PR Daily’s “Safety Video”

The following article was originally written by PR Daily. Past episodes of KSL Crimewatch can be viewed at KSL.com/crimewatch. “Virtually every safety video one sees is aimed at delivering a safety message to employees. The Crimewatch series by Bonneville Salt Lake, which owns an AM and FM radio station and a TV station that broadcasts […]
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