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18-year-old drowns at Sand Hollow State Park
Sicily Stanton, KSL.com | Posted May 4 - 8:46 p.m. | Save Story
An 18-year-old man drowned Saturday at Sand Hollow State Park, according to authorities.
Utah County family gifted SUV after father died saving kids from crash
Lauren Steinbrecher, KSL-TV | Posted May 4 - 6:27 p.m. | Save Story
A Utah County family received a heartwarming surprise Friday despite experiencing tragedy. After losing their father when he tried to save his children following a crash, the community came together to give the family one less thing to worry about.
Person hit, killed by FrontRunner train
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Updated May 4 - 4:19 p.m. | Save Story
A person was hit and killed by a FrontRunner train in a suspected suicide on Saturday, the Utah Transit Authority said.
US congressman Cuellar indicted on conspiracy, bribery charges
Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters | Posted May 4 - 1:27 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Texas, was indicted on Friday on federal charges of conspiracy, bribery and money laundering, a complaint filed in federal court said.
Body cameras capture sudden struggle in Tooele with alleged Proud Boys fugitive
Andrew Adams, KSL-TV | Posted May 4 - 11:49 a.m. | Save Story
During a recent search for a fugitive inside a home on East Bench, police said they suddenly found themselves in a potentially dangerous struggle with someone else. It was a wanted fugitive from out-of-state they had no idea was in town.
Judge says Phil Lyman's running mate is not eligible, rejects request for restraining order
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Updated May 3 - 6:16 p.m. | Save Story
A judge on Friday denied a request for a temporary restraining order and said Phil Lyman's running mate is ineligible to serve as lieutenant governor.
Former Trump aide Hope Hicks testifies he told her to deny Stormy Daniels affair
Jack Queen, Brendan Pierson and Andy Sullivan, Reuters | Updated May 3 - 6:13 p.m. | Save Story
Hope Hicks, a former top aide to Donald Trump, testified on Friday that he told her in the final days of the 2016 presidential election to deny that he had a sexual relationship with porn star Stormy Daniels.
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.
Charm, shovel, pick from Chad Daybell's property shown to jurors
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com | Updated May 3 - 2:52 p.m. | Save Story
A detective and an FBI agent testified Friday about searching for Lori Daybell's two missing children, including searches at Chad Daybell's backyard where their bodies were found.
'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.
UHP: Road worker holding stop sign injured in auto-pedestrian collision near Brian Head
Jeff Richards, St. George News | Posted May 3 - 11:02 a.m. | Save Story
A road construction worker was injured when he was hit by a vehicle near Brian Head on Thursday.
Protester arrested outside University of Utah commencement ceremonies
Larry D. Curtis and Andrew Adams, KSL-TV | Updated May 3 - 10:47 a.m. | Save Story
At least one person was arrested at the University of Utah campus from a small group of a few dozen protesters gathered while graduation ceremonies were about to start.
'Brave men': Utah police memorialize 2 officers who died in the line of duty
Sky Mundell, KSL.com | Posted May 2 - 9:09 p.m. | Save Story
Utah police officers and others gathered Thursday to add two new names to the memorial dedicated to law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.
Over 12,000 medications gathered in Utah as part of Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Eliza Pace, KSL-TV | Posted May 2 - 5:11 p.m. | Save Story
The 26th annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day resulted in over 12,000 pounds of prescription drugs turned in.
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.
Fugitive flees from southern Utah police at 135 mph, gets caught with drugs
Pat Reavy, KSL.com | Posted May 2 - 3:02 p.m. | Save Story
A South Dakota man already wanted in another state on drug-related charges was recently arrested in Utah after allegedly trying to flee from officers and possessing more drugs.
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.
