Trump reports 'big progress' in tariff talks with Japanese officials

President Donald Trump said there was "big progress" when he made the surprise move on Wednesday to negotiate directly with Japanese officials about the barrage of tariffs he has imposed on global imports.

Powell says Fed remains in wait-and-see mode; markets processing policy shifts

U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the Fed would wait for more data on the economy's direction before changing interest rates.

Salt Lake County close to sale of Salt Palace land portion as downtown plans heat up

Salt Lake County leaders are close to deciding whether to sell a large portion of the Salt Palace Convention Center land that would likely be part of plans for a downtown entertainment district.

Explosion destroys Northrop Grumman building on remote 'Rocket Ranch'

Crews are investigating an explosion Wednesday morning at Northrop Grumman's rocket test facility in Promontory, a remote location in Box Elder County.

Spotify says it's back after an hourslong outage disrupts thousands of users

Spotify experienced a widespread outage Wednesday — with tens of thousands of users reporting problems with the popular music and audio streamer. But the platform said it was back up and running hours later.

Salt Lake swap meet serves ex-Redwood vendors; plans afoot for meet in Grantsville

A Salt Lake swap meet has expanded to serve vendors from the now-shuttered Redwood Swap Meet with separate plans afoot for a location in Grantsville.