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Advocates speak out as wild horse populations continue to decline in the West
David Louis for St. George News | Posted May 3 - 7:59 p.m. | Save Story
The Bureau of Land Management has released its plan to gather and remove approximately 20,000 wild horses and burros and treat 1,400 horses with fertility control in 2024.
8 tons of ground beef sold at Walmart locations recalled for possible E. coli
Samantha Delouya, CNN | Posted May 3 - 7:32 p.m. | Save Story
More than 16,000 pounds of raw ground beef products were recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday on concerns the meat may be contaminated with E. coli.
Romney, other US lawmakers seek to overturn EV mandate
Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News | Posted May 3 - 6:16 p.m. | Save Story
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, joined a bipartisan and bicameral group of colleagues to block President Joe Biden's electric vehicle mandates.
Maui sues cell carriers over wildfire warning alerts that were never received during service outages
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press | Updated May 3 - 5:43 p.m. | Save Story
Maui County is suing major cellular carriers for failing to properly inform police of widespread service outages during the height of last summer's deadly wildfire. The county is suing Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA, Spectrum Mobile and AT&T.
Biden expands health insurance access for 'Dreamer' immigrants
Ted Hesson, Reuters | Posted May 3 - 4:59 p.m. | Save Story
President Joe Biden's administration will allow certain immigrants illegally brought to the U.S. as children access to federally run health insurance, the White House said on Friday, addressing a sensitive issue ahead of the November elections.
'This case is turning into a hamster wheel': Family of slain Idaho student frustrated at pace of murder trial
Jim Sciutto, Eric Levenson and Jean Casarez, CNN | Posted May 3 - 11:29 a.m. | Save Story
The family of slain University of Idaho student Kaylee Goncalves on Thursday expressed their frustration at the pace of the murder trial for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing their daughter and three other students.
Major US newspapers sue Microsoft, OpenAI over alleged copyright violations
Art Raymond, Deseret News | Posted May 3 - 9:37 a.m. | Save Story
A group of eight U.S. newspaper publishers filed a lawsuit in New York federal court on Tuesday, claiming Microsoft and artificial intelligence developer OpenAI broke copyright law by using the newspapers' online content to develop AI tools.
Sony Pictures and private equity firm interested in buying Paramount for $26B
Matt Ott and Paul Harloff, Associated Press | Posted May 3 - 6:56 a.m. | Save Story
Sony Pictures and Apollo Global Management have expressed interest in buying Paramount Global for $26 billion, a source says.
IRS acts to address wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and other filers
Fatima Hussein, Associated Press | Updated May 2 - 9:33 p.m. | Save Story
The IRS says it's taken steps to address a wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and others filers. And the agency is more closely examining the returns of larger numbers of wealthy people and major companies.
From T-ball to bee ball: Beekeeper Matt Hilton revels in 'surreal' experience after his MLB heroics
Don Riddell and Ben Church, CNN | Posted May 2 - 8:48 p.m. | Save Story
Beekeeper Matt Hilton said the last few days have been "crazy" after becoming the latest star of Major League Baseball.
Man says his emotional support alligator has gone missing
Associated Press | Updated May 2 - 6:28 p.m. | Save Story
A Pennsylvania man says his emotional support alligator named Wally has gone missing amid the coastal marshes of Georgia. Joie Henney's alligator has attracted thousands of social media followers over the years.
Fresh chaos, arrests on US college campuses as police flatten camp at UCLA
Lisa Richwine and Omar Younis, Reuters | Updated May 2 - 4:56 p.m. | Save Story
Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges on Thursday, including taking down an encampment at UCLA in a jarring scene that underscored the heightened chaos that has erupted at universities this week.
Trump cites Biden classified records probe as he seeks to toss documents case
Andrew Goudsward, Reuters | Updated May 2 - 4:03 p.m. | Save Story
Donald Trump cited President Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents after leaving the vice presidency as he seeks to have criminal charges related to his own retention of sensitive records tossed out, court filings showed on Thursday.
Trump lawyer suggests hush money payment was extortion
Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan, Reuters | Updated May 2 - 3:48 p.m. | Save Story
A lawyer for Donald Trump sought on Thursday to portray the hush money payment at the center of his criminal trial as extortion, questioning a lawyer involved in the deal about his cash-for-dirt negotiations with other celebrities.
Pennsylvania nurse who gave patients lethal or possibly lethal insulin doses gets life in prison
Bruce Shipkowski, Associated Press | Posted May 2 - 2:41 p.m. | Save Story
A Pennsylvania nurse who administered lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to numerous patients has pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and other charges and been sentenced to life in prison.
Doctors say new 'BEAR' procedure could be future of ACL reconstruction
Emma Benson, KSL-TV | Posted May 2 - 2:31 p.m. | Save Story
Meggan Mosyjowski suffered an ACL injury earlier this year while skiing and needed surgery. But as she discussed options with her doctor, she learned about a new procedure.
Senators want limits on the government's use of facial recognition technology for airport screening
Rebecca Santana, Associated Press | Updated May 2 - 1:37 p.m. | Save Story
A bipartisan group of senators wants restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration. The lawmakers say they're concerned about travelers' privacy and civil liberties.
Romney says there's no comparison to his past dog story and South Dakota governor shooting her puppy
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted May 2 - 1:14 p.m. | Save Story
Sen. Mitt Romney said there's no comparison between Kristi Noem killing her "less than worthless" puppy and the controversy over the Romney family dog.
