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Clarkson food truck...
Lindsay Aerts

World Famous Yum Yum Food Truck vandalized with Anti-Asian graffiti

A well-known food truck was vandalized over the weekend The World Famous Yum Yum Food Truck spray-painted with anti-Asian graffiti.
5 years ago
This image provided by Biogen on Monday, June 7, 2021 shows a vial and packaging for the drug Aduhe...
Colby Walker

FDA approves much-debated Alzheimer’s drug panned by experts

Government health officials have approved the first drug that they say may help slow Alzheimer’s disease.
5 years ago
This photo provided by Consumer Product Safety Commission shows Fisher-Price 4-in-1 Rock ‘n Glide...
KSL NewsRadio

Fisher-Price recalls baby soothers after 4 infant deaths

Fisher-Price says it is recalling a model of its baby soothers after the deaths of four infants who were placed on their backs unrestrained in the devices and later found on their stomachs.
5 years ago
World War II reenactors gather on Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, Sunday, June 6, 2...
SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press

Normandy commemorates D-Day with small crowds, but big heart

When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp the immensity of the task faced by Allied soldiers on June 6, 1944, landing on the Nazi-occupied Normandy shore.
5 years ago
mine-sniffing rat retires...
SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press

Mine-sniffing rat Magawa ends years of hard work in Cambodia

This mine sniffing rat, an African giant pouched rat, is the most successful rodent ever trained by a Belgian nonprofit to find land mines.
5 years ago
New England's success against COVID-19 could be a model...
PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press

New England’s success against COVID-19 could be a model

For Dr. Jeremy Faust, the moment he realized the pandemic no longer dominated his workday came over Memorial Day weekend
5 years ago
taylorsville shooting...
Mark Jackson

Man, 30, dead from shooting at a Taylorsville apartment complex

Unified Police say a man is dead after a shooting broke out at a Taylorsville apartment complex Friday evening.
5 years ago
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Mary Richards

Heart of Utah: Special needs cast makes Peter Pan soar

The Draper Historic Theater did something historic this spring – for the first time they had a show full of actors with special needs perform a production of Peter Pan.
5 years ago
FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, file photo, emergency crews work the scene of a fatal crash...
The Associated Press

US traffic deaths up 7% last year, highest number since 2007

The government's highway safety agency says U.S. traffic deaths rose 7% last year. That's the biggest increase in 13 years even though people drove fewer miles due to the coronavirus pandemic.
5 years ago
Utah man sentenced...
BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

Utah man sentenced to 30 years in death of wife on cruise

A Utah man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the beating death of his wife on an Alaska cruise. The federal judge handing down the sentence Thursday described the 2017 crime as violent and brutal.
5 years ago
Orem shooting...
Mark Jackson

Orem shooting leaves one dead, two wounded, suspect in custody

The Orem shooting happened at a church near the canal trail, the bodies were found in a car. A search continues for a suspect.
5 years ago
how to watch the tokyo olympics...
STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer

Yes. Tokyo Olympics are ‘a go’ despite opposition, pandemic

Will the Tokyo Olympics open despite rising opposition and the pandemic? The answer is almost certainly “yes.” This is largely because there are billions of dollars at stake for the International Olympic Committee.
5 years ago
Amazon logo Photo: Steven Senne/AP...
JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer

Pot users welcome: Amazon won’t test jobseekers for cannabis

Amazon says it will no longer test jobseekers for marijuana use. The e-commerce giant, which is the second-largest private employer in the U.S. behind Walmart, is making the change as several states legalize cannabis.
5 years ago
Ransomeware meat company...
ROD McGUIRK, AP

Ransomeware attack hits largest meat processing company, disrupts global production

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A ransomware attack on the world’s largest meat processing company is disrupting production around the world just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline. JBS SA of Brazil notified the U.S. of a ransom demand from a criminal organization likely based in Russia, White House principal deputy […]
5 years ago
FILE - Japan's Naomi Osaka returns the ball to Romania's Patricia Maria Tig during their first roun...
HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer

4-time Slam champ Osaka out of French Open, cites anxiety

Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open, citing anxiety. The four-time Grand Slam champion announced on Twitter that she was taking a break from competition and revealed she has “suffered long bouts of depression.”
5 years ago
President Joe Biden adjusts a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemet...
CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press

Biden honors war dead at Arlington, implores nation to heal

President Joe Biden honored America's war dead at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day by laying a wreath at the hallowed burial ground and extolling the sacrifices of the fallen for the pursuit of democracy, "the soul of America."
5 years ago
Veterans memorial day 2021...
PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press

Veterans return to Memorial Day traditions as pandemic eases

Veterans say wreath-laying ceremonies, barbecues and other familiar events are a welcome chance to reconnect with fellow service members.
5 years ago
Inexperienced hikers Denali...
JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press

Risky, impatient climbers bring danger to themselves and others on Denali

After no deaths in 2018 and 2019, at least two people have already died on the mountain in 2021. Two other people were seriously injured.
5 years ago
Indy 500...
DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer

Indianapolis 500 welcomes 135,000 fans in global benchmark

Most Indy 500 fans had no concerns about COVID-19. A year ago, no fans were allowed for the race that was delayed from May to August.
5 years ago
cartels hunting police...
MARK STEVENSON Associated Press

In Mexico, cartels are hunting down police at their homes

The notoriously violent Jalisco cartel has responded to Mexico's "hugs, not bullets" policy with a policy of its own
5 years ago
FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007. file photo, Music artist B.J. Thomas speaks after Gov. Bra...
Hillel Italie, Associated Press

‘Hooked on a Feeling’ singer B.J. Thomas dies at 78

B.J. Thomas, the Grammy-winning singer who enjoyed success on the pop, country and gospel charts with such hits as “I Just Can’t Help Believing,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” and “Hooked on a Feeling,” has died.
5 years ago
CDC mask guidelines for camp kids...
MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer

US agency loosens mask guidance for summer campers

In the first wave of guideline updates incorporating recent CDC decisions, fully vaccinated kids need not wear masks, indoors or outside.
5 years ago
The home where a shooting occurred just after midnight Saturday morning.  A 19-year-old male later ...
Mark Jackson

Man dead after overnight shooting in Salt Lake City

It happened at a house party near 2400 East 1700 South. Police Lt. Gary Trost says officers got the call just after midnight that there was a fight, and a 19-year-old man had been shot. 
5 years ago
FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2020, file photo, Idaho Gov. Brad Little gestures during a press conference ...
KEITH RIDLER Associated Press

Idaho governor nixes lieutenant governor’s mask-mandate ban

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has issued an executive order repealing a 24-hour-old mask-mandate prohibition put in place while he was out of the state by the lieutenant governor.
5 years ago