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Inside resilience training aimed at helping first responders manage stress, burnout
Emma Benson, KSL | Posted June 27 - 12:03 p.m. | Save Story
For those men and women serving as first responders, the job can take a toll.
Pleasant View OKs expansion of residential rehabilitation home; neighbors mull legal action
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted June 27 - 8:33 a.m. | Save Story
Pleasant View officials approved a proposal allowing a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation home to expand, and some neighbors are considering legal action.
The man who set a Virginia city council member on fire gets 40 years in prison
The Associated Press | Posted June 27 - 7:44 a.m. | Save Story
A man who set a Virginia council member on fire last year in an alleged jealous rage was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday.
Utah shop owners who stole $500K in donations get less than 3 years in prison
Cassidy Wixom, KSL | Posted June 26 - 10:30 p.m. | Save Story
A Utah couple accused of stealing more than half a million dollars in donations meant for Ukraine through their ammunition shop were sentenced to less than three years in prison.
Sandy couple's wildfire mitigation efforts pay off when flames threaten backyard
Annette Campbell, KSL | Posted June 26 - 10:00 p.m. | Save Story
Years of preparation helped one Sandy couple protect their home after a fire broke out just steps from their backyard.
Juab County evacuations ordered after 2 new fires merge into 20,000-acre blaze
Joe Wirthlin, KSL | Updated June 26 - 9:26 p.m. | Save Story
The Juab County Sheriff's Office announced Friday night that evacuations were ordered for residents of Eureka, Mammoth and Silver City due to wildfires.
Salt Lake SWAT detective cleared in shooting during warrant service
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted June 26 - 7:00 p.m. | Save Story
A Salt Lake officer was legally justified in shooting a man holding a gun while the SWAT team was serving a high-risk search warrant.
Man killed in Logan after fleeing police
Payton Davis, KSL | Posted June 26 - 5:26 p.m. | Save Story
A man died in Logan on Friday morning after fleeing police in a vehicle, hitting a tree after police shot at him.
UHP investigates road rage involving 2 semis; 1 driver arrested
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted June 26 - 5:00 p.m. | Save Story
A road rage confrontation between two semi drivers resulted in one man being arrested in southern Utah.
Logan man caught during police sting given 1 year in jail for minor solicitation
Cassidy Wixom, KSL | Posted June 26 - 4:00 p.m. | Save Story
A Logan man was sentenced to a year in jail after police caught him attempting to solicit minors on a chat app.
Mistrial declared after jury deadlocks in arson trial over deadly 2025 Palisades Fire in Los Angeles
Jaimie Ding and Christopher Weber, Associated Press | Updated June 26 - 2:31 p.m. | Save Story
A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday in the arson case against the man accused of sparking the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles after the jury said it could not agree on a verdict.
DNA testing leads to charges in 2025 sexual assault investigation
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted June 26 - 2:04 p.m. | Save Story
Charges have been filed in a case involving a woman attacked by a stranger while walking along a trail in West Valley last year.
Utah County Attorney's Office found in contempt in Robinson case, but death penalty still on table
Pat Reavy, KSL | Updated June 26 - 12:56 p.m. | Save Story
The Utah County Attorney's Office was found Friday to be in contempt of court for violating the judge's pre-trial publicity order, but the death penalty remains.
Venezuelans take search for the missing into their own hands as earthquake death toll climbs
Juan Pablo Arraez, Regina Garcia Cano and Megan Janetsky, Associated Press | Updated June 26 - 12:38 p.m. | Save Story
Venezuelans took the search for missing loved ones into their own hands Friday in the aftermath of back-to-back earthquakes as the death toll climbed to at least 920.
Convicted rapist Nicholas Rossi dies in prison
Pat Reavy, KSL | Updated June 26 - 12:15 p.m. | Save Story
The man convicted of raping two women, who fled the country, faked his death and assumed a new identity to avoid prosecution, has died.
Former Trump adviser John Bolton pleads guilty to mishandling classified documents
Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Reuters | Posted June 26 - 11:03 a.m. | Save Story
John Bolton, a former national security adviser for President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to mishandling classified information.
1 dead after crash in Salt Lake City Friday
Joe Wirthlin, KSL | Posted June 26 - 9:59 a.m. | Save Story
A person is dead following a crash on 5600 West, between California Avenue and 1730 South.
Small aircraft crashes into Beijing's tallest building, eyewitnesses say
Maxim Shemetov, Reuters | Posted June 26 - 9:24 a.m. | Save Story
An aircraft about the size of a car crashed into the CITIC Tower on Friday, two bystanders told Reuters, as police closed off roads around the building and stopped passersby from filming.
