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A former studio engineer is charged with stealing unreleased Eminem music and selling it online
Todd Richmond, Associated Press | Posted March 19 - 10:02 p.m. | Save Story
Federal prosecutors in Michigan have charged a former Eminem studio engineer with stealing the rap star's unreleased music and selling it online.
Sen. Mike Lee calls for restrictions on judges' ability to block presidential orders
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted March 19 - 9:22 p.m. | Save Story
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is pushing to restrict the ability of judges to overrule presidential orders, arguing President Donald Trump's agenda should not be thwarted by individual judges issuing injunctions.
On Trump's orders, thousands of JFK assassination documents newly public
Steve Holland and Rich McKay, Reuters | Posted March 19 - 8:16 p.m. | Save Story
Thousands of pages of digital documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy are now available for historians, conspiracy theorists and the merely curious, following orders from President Donald Trump.
Navajo Nation leader says US military to restore scrubbed Code Talker articles
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Updated March 19 - 7:23 p.m. | Save Story
A Navajo Nation leader says the U.S. Department of Defense will restore online Code Talker articles that had been scrubbed to comply with anti-diversity, equity and inclusion directives.
Zelenskyy and Putin have agreed to a limited ceasefire, but implementation is work in progress
Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press | Posted March 19 - 6:58 p.m. | Save Story
Ukraine and Russia agreed in principle to a limited ceasefire after President Donald Trump spoke with the countries' leaders this week.
Trump, Zelenskyy pledge in phone call to work for end to war in Ukraine
Nandita Bose and Yuliia Dysa, Reuters | Posted March 19 - 5:34 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed on Wednesday to work together to end Russia's war with Ukraine, in what the White House described as a "fantastic" one-hour phone call.
Judge warns of consequences if Trump administration violated deportation order
Luc Cohen, Reuters | Updated March 19 - 2:16 p.m. | Save Story
A U.S. judge said the Trump administration could face consequences if he finds it violated his order temporarily blocking the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, even as he gave the government more time to elaborate on the expulsions.
Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients
Fatima Hussein, Associated Press | Updated March 19 - 11:33 a.m. | Save Story
In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures. That'll require millions of recipients and applicants to visit agency field offices.
US judge blocks Trump's transgender military ban
Brendan Pierson and Jack Queen, Reuters | Posted March 19 - 8:41 a.m. | Save Story
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the U.S. military from enforcing President Donald Trump's executive order barring transgender people from military service while a lawsuit by 20 current and would-be service members challenging the measure goes forward.
Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
Lindsay Whitehurst and Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press | Posted March 19 - 6:49 a.m. | Save Story
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution and blocked Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts to the agency.
Another raw pet food recall is tied to illness and death in cats
Jonel Aleccia, Associated Press | Posted March 18 - 10:09 p.m. | Save Story
A pet food company has recalled one lot of its raw chicken pet food after it was linked to bird flu infections detected in two cats and suspected in a third in New York City.
Washington's top prosecutor announces election fraud probe, though authority unclear
Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters | Posted March 18 - 10:04 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump's top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., on Monday announced a new push to investigate election fraud cases, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Trump's attack on judge
Andrew Chung and John Kruzel, Reuters | Posted March 18 - 10:04 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts rebuked President Donald Trump on Tuesday for urging the impeachment of a federal judge.
NASA astronauts 'Butch and Suni' return to Earth after drawn-out mission in space
Joey Roulette, Reuters | Updated March 18 - 9:35 p.m. | Save Story
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station.
Coast Guard Academy removes 'climate change' references from curriculum after Trump order
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted March 18 - 6:03 p.m. | Save Story
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued a memo last month to "eliminate all climate change activities ... to the maximum extent permitted by the law," prompting alarm from some alumni and others in the Coast Guard community.
Teens charged with murder in hit-and-run of bicyclist posted on social media
The Associated Press | Posted March 18 - 4:34 p.m. | Save Story
Police say a 13-year-old boy has been charged with murder in an apparently deliberate hit-and-run of a bicyclist heading to work in Albuquerque. The crime was recorded on video from inside the stolen car and posted on social media.
Appeals court rejects copyrights for AI-generated art lacking 'human' creator
Blake Brittain, Reuters | Updated March 18 - 4:33 p.m. | Save Story
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday affirmed that a work of art generated by artificial intelligence without human input cannot be copyrighted under U.S. law.
Putin agrees to 30-day halt on energy facility strikes, Ukraine signals support
Jeff Mason and Joseph Ax, Reuters | Updated March 18 - 2:54 p.m. | Save Story
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to President Donald Trump's proposal for a month-long halt to strikes against energy infrastructure in Ukraine, a limited ceasefire that Kyiv quickly said it would be willing to consider.
FDA staff return to crowded offices, broken equipment and missing chairs
Matthew Perrone, Associated Press | Posted March 18 - 2:07 p.m. | Save Story
Thousands of Food and Drug Administration employees are returning to the office to find overflowing parking lots, cramped workspaces and missing equipment.
Health agency removes surgeon general's gun violence advisory from its website
Jacqueline Howard and Deidre McPhillips, CNN | Updated March 18 - 11:39 a.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has removed the 2024 surgeon general's advisory on gun violence from its website.
Justice Department orders national security lawyers to review JFK documents
Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters | Updated March 18 - 9:34 a.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Justice Department is ordering some of its lawyers who handle sensitive national security matters to urgently review records from the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy that are due be released on Tuesday.
Conservatives criticize courts as Trump deports Tren de Aragua members to El Salvador
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted March 18 - 7:19 a.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump used wartime authority to deport nearly 240 alleged Latin American gang members to a mega-prison in El Salvador over the weekend. A federal judge unsuccessfully sought to block the administration's actions.
Harvard announces it will go tuition-free for students from families making $200K or less
Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN | Updated March 17 - 9:52 p.m. | Save Story
Harvard undergraduate tuition will be free for students from families making $200,000 or less, starting next fall, the university announced Monday.
Presidents have used autopens for decades. Now Trump objects to Biden's use of one
Darlene Superville, Associated Press | Updated March 17 - 7:32 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump is claiming that pardons recently issued by Joe Biden to lawmakers and staff on the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6 Capitol riot have no force because, he says, Biden signed them with an autopen.
Trump revokes Secret Service protection for Biden's children Hunter and Ashley Biden
Gram Slattery and Steve Holland, Reuters | Updated March 17 - 6:46 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump on Monday revoked secret service protection for former president Joe Biden's children Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden.
Devastating storm system moves out after tornadoes, winds and wildfires kill at least 41 people
Associated Press | Updated March 17 - 5:34 p.m. | Save Story
Tornadoes, dust storms and wildfires killed more than 40 people across seven states. Hundreds of homes and businesses in Southern and Midwestern states were destroyed.
Sen. John Curtis: Federal layoffs a 'stop-the-car moment' for America
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Posted March 17 - 5:10 p.m. | Save Story
Sen. John Curtis said the "disruption" caused by Trump's efforts to slash government might be uncomfortable, but the status quo of government spending is not sustainable.
Google expands Reddit partnership
Rishi Kant, Reuters | Posted March 17 - 1:59 p.m. | Save Story
Alphabet's Google on Monday expanded its partnership with Reddit amid concerns that the social media platform's user growth relies heavily on traffic from Google Search.
Trump nixes $17.75 minimum wage for federal contractors adopted by Biden
Daniel Wiessner, Reuters | Posted March 17 - 1:55 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order issued by his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, that required businesses that contract with the federal government to pay workers a minimum wage of $17.75 an hour.
A volcano near Alaska's largest city could erupt in the coming weeks or months, scientists say
The Associated Press | Updated March 17 - 9:54 a.m. | Save Story
A volcano near Alaska's largest city is showing new signs of unrest, with experts saying the likelihood of an eruption at Mount Spurr in the next few weeks or months has increased.
Utah ranks as the least federally dependent red state, according to new study
Caitlin Keith, Deseret News | Posted March 17 - 8:01 a.m. | Save Story
Utah ranks in the top five least federally dependent states, according to a new study, and the least federally dependent red state in the nation.
Trump to speak with Putin on Tuesday about ending war in Ukraine
Nathan Layne and Jeff Mason, Reuters | Posted March 17 - 7:33 a.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said he plans to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and discuss ending the war in Ukraine, after positive talks between U.S. and Russian officials in Moscow.
How much sleep do you really need? Experts say it depends
Devna Bose, Associated Press | Updated March 17 - 7:02 a.m. | Save Story
If you're getting the recommended amount of sleep every night but you're still waking up feeling tired, that can be a sign to get checked out by a professional.
Does Nazi-looted painting belong to Holocaust survivor's family or museum that later bought it?
Dennis Romboy, Deseret News | Posted March 16 - 6:25 p.m. | Save Story
An impressionist painting worth millions of dollars is at the heart of an ongoing legal battle between the family of a Holocaust survivor and a Spanish museum that bought it 25 years ago.
This psychological 'booster' could help people resist misinformation, new study finds
Julianna Bragg, CNN | Posted March 16 - 2:58 p.m. | Save Story
If you've ever been fooled by oversimplified or misleading claims online, there is more that you can do to protect yourself, a new study finds.
Trump and Putin expected to speak this week as US pushes for Russia-Ukraine ceasefire
Reuters | Posted March 16 - 11:34 a.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump is expected to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week on ways to end the three-year war in Ukraine, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff told CNN on Sunday.
Tornadoes, wildfires and dust sweep across US as massive storm leaves at least 35 dead
Jeff Roberson, Rebecca Reynolds and Julie Walker, Associated Press | Updated March 16 - 10:14 a.m. | Save Story
Violent tornadoes, high winds and blinding dust storms this weekend that decimated homes and other structures left at least 35 people dead across the U.S.
Houthis say they are ready to escalate after US strikes Yemen
Phil Stewart and Mohammed Ghobari, Reuters | Posted March 16 - 8:49 a.m. | Save Story
Yemen's Houthi movement said on Sunday it was ready to "meet escalation with escalation" after U.S. strikes targeting the Iran-aligned group over its threat to resume Red Sea shipping attacks.
'The missing piece of my life': DNA testing unites woman with family after decades-long search
Gabriela Fletcher, KSL.com | Posted March 16 - 7:10 a.m. | Save Story
After nearly 50 years, Kerri Robbins learned her biological father's identity by participating in AncestryDNA testing.
Judge temporarily blocks Trump's use of wartime powers to target Venezuelan gang members
James Oliphant, Timothy Gardner, and Rich McKay, Reuters | Posted March 15 - 9:44 p.m. | Save Story
A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked any deportations that would occur under President Donald Trump's invocation of a little-used wartime law to expedite the expulsion of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang.
US has most measles cases since 2019's record wave
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted March 15 - 8:22 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. now has more measles cases than were recorded in all of 2024, making the early tally of 2025 second only to the 2019 record tally in recent history.
California man wins $50 million in lawsuit over burns from Starbucks tea
The Associated Press | Posted March 15 - 5:46 p.m. | Save Story
A delivery driver has won $50 million in a lawsuit after being seriously burned when a Starbucks drink spilled in his lap at a California drive-thru.
Trump signs a bill funding the government for 6 months, avoiding a shutdown
Associated Press | Posted March 15 - 2:52 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September. His signature Saturday ends the threat of a partial government shutdown.
Ecuador pitches US military base and free trade deal to Trump allies, sources say
Gram Slattery and Alexandra Valencia, Reuters | Posted March 15 - 11:06 a.m. | Save Story
Ecuadorean officials have told Trump allies they are interested in hosting a U.S. military base in the South American country, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
Some student loan repayment plans have been suspended. Here's what borrowers should know
Cora Lewis, Associated Press | Posted March 15 - 11:00 a.m. | Save Story
The Trump administration's recent changes to student loans are causing frustration and confusion for some borrowers. The Education Department has taken down online and paper applications for income-driven repayment plans.
Trump administration weighs travel ban on dozens of countries, memo says
Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters | Posted March 15 - 10:55 a.m. | Save Story
The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, according to sources familiar with the matter and an internal memo seen by Reuters.
Appeals court allows Trump to enforce ban on DEI programs, for now
Daniel Wiessner, Reuters | Posted March 15 - 10:51 a.m. | Save Story
A U.S. appeals court on Friday said the Trump administration could temporarily implement a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies and businesses with government contracts, which had been blocked by a judge.
Monster storm across the US sparks threat of tornadoes in the South; at least 5 dead
Sean Murphy, Russ Bynum And Hallie Golden, Associated Press | Posted March 15 - 10:38 a.m. | Save Story
At least five people have been killed in a monster storm sweeping across much of the U.S. At least two people were killed in Missouri after a tornado struck the Bakersfield area.
Helicopter route permanently closed on route near Washington airport where 67 died in midair crash
John Seewer and Tara Copp, Associated Press | Posted March 14 - 9:21 p.m. | Save Story
The Federal Aviation Administration says helicopters will be permanently banned from flying near Washington, D.C.'s airport on the route where an airliner and an Army helicopter collided in midair.
Illinois votes on a new state flag design — and chooses the current one
John O'connor, Associated Press | Posted March 14 - 8:03 p.m. | Save Story
Some forward-looking Illinois lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner was chosen. And it's the current flag.
New Utah Sen. John Curtis enjoys mostly favorable ratings after first few months on the job
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted March 14 - 7:42 p.m. | Save Story
Just three months into his new job, Sen. John Curtis is enjoying mostly favorable ratings from Utah voters who say they approve of the job he is doing so far.
Photo gallery: Blood moon lunar eclipse from around the world
Isaac Hale, Deseret News | Posted March 14 - 6:31 p.m. | Save Story
On Thursday night and through the early morning hours of Friday, the first lunar eclipse since 2022 took place, one of three total lunar eclipse events lined up for 2025 and 2026.
Stuck NASA astronauts one step closer to home after SpaceX crew-swap launch
Joey Roulette, Reuters | Posted March 14 - 6:01 p.m. | Save Story
NASA and SpaceX on Friday launched a long-awaited crewed rocket that will let them bring home U.S. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, stuck on the International Space Station for nine months.
US Senate passes bill to avert shutdown; House Democrats turn on Schumer
Richard Cowan and Bo Erickson, Reuters | Updated March 14 - 5:39 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Senate on Friday passed a stopgap spending bill, averting a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff with the Trump administration.
Utah LG asks Trump to restore links to 'Women's History' graves in Arlington National Cemetery
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Posted March 14 - 5:32 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson asked Trump to restore "Women's History" links to graves after they were removed as part of an apparent push to root out diversity initiatives.
'Ted Lasso' is coming back
Alicia Rancilio, Associated Press | Posted March 14 - 4:29 p.m. | Save Story
It's been two years since we last heard from Ted Lasso but the show is officially set to return for a fourth season. Apple TV+ announced the beloved character's return on Friday.
Man dies after falling from chairlift at Montana ski resort
Matthew Brown, Associated Press | Posted March 14 - 10:07 a.m. | Save Story
A 37-year-old man has died after falling from a chairlift that was having a mechanical problem at a Montana ski area. The accident happened Monday just before noon at Red Lodge Mountain southeast of Billings.
How many eggs can you send? US asks countries to help lower soaring prices
Reuters | Posted March 14 - 9:08 a.m. | Save Story
The United States has reached out to Denmark and other European nations asking if they can export eggs as Americans face surging egg prices, the Nordic country's egg association said on Friday.
