73-year-old survives five days in the wilderness after raft flips on Idaho river

'I love my country': Veterans, Gov. Cox focus on service, honoring military on Memorial Day

Tim Vandenack, KSL.com  |  Posted May 27 - 3:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

Gov. Spencer Cox and others at a Memorial Day service in Salt Lake City stressed the importance of service and honoring veterans who have died while serving.

Military labs do the detective work to identify soldiers decades after they died in World War II

Josh Funk, Associated Press  |  Updated May 27 - 5:55 p.m.  |  Save Story

Generations of American families have grown up not knowing exactly what happened to their loved ones who died while serving their country in World War II and other conflicts.

2024 summer movie preview

John Clyde for KSL.com  |  Posted May 27 - 5:16 p.m.  |  Save Story

A sneak peek at some of the biggest movies headed to the theater this summer.

77-year-old man seriously injured in Kane County crash; deputy's car struck while responding

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com  |  Posted May 27 - 4:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

A 77-year-old man on a trike motorcycle crashed into the guardrail while traveling north on state Route 89 several miles south of Mount Carmel Junction on Monday.

Utah Democrats name attorney Nathaniel Woodward as nominee for 2nd District House seat

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com  |  Posted May 27 - 4:16 p.m.  |  Save Story

Nathaniel Woodward, an attorney from Price, was picked as the Democratic nominee for Utah's 2nd Congressional District, the party announced Saturday.

Wrong-way collision closes westbound I-80 in Salt Lake County

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com  |  Posted May 27 - 4:14 p.m.  |  Save Story

Westbound I-80 is closed in Salt Lake County due to a wrong-way collision.

Sandy homeless shelter resident jailed on suspicion of killing roommate

Tim Vandenack, KSL.com  |  Updated May 27 - 3:22 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Sandy homeless shelter resident has been jailed on suspicion of murder in the death of her roommate inside the room they shared.

Netanyahu acknowledges 'tragic mistake' after Rafah strike kills dozens of Palestinians

Melanie Lidman, Tia Goldenberg and Samy Magdy, Associated Press  |  Updated May 27 - 3:14 p.m.  |  Save Story

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that a "tragic mistake" was made after an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed at least 45 people in a tent housing camp.

'I love my country': Veterans, Gov. Cox focus on service, honoring military on Memorial Day

Tim Vandenack, KSL.com  |  Posted May 27 - 3:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

Gov. Spencer Cox and others at a Memorial Day service in Salt Lake City stressed the importance of service and honoring veterans who have died while serving.

Have You Seen This? Man survives tree toppling without a scratch

Grant Olsen for KSL.com  |  Posted May 27 - 2:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

The following video is an example of being in the right place at the wrong time.

'End of an era': Motor-Vu Drive-In will soon be demolished to make way for housing

Tim Vandenack, KSL.com  |  Posted May 27 - 1:10 p.m.  |  Save Story

Trees are coming down around the shuttered Motor-Vu Drive-In in Riverdale, Weber County, to be replaced with a housing development, as the demolition process starts.

South Salt Lake police: Multiple people detained after shots fired at 'large gathering'

Tim Vandenack, KSL.com  |  Updated May 27 - 12:35 p.m.  |  Save Story

South Salt Lake police say multiple people have been detained in connection with "a large gathering" where shots were fired.

Biden honors fallen soldiers during Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery

Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters  |  Updated May 27 - 12:32 p.m.  |  Save Story

President Joe Biden honored fallen soldiers during the 156th observance of Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery outside the nation's capital on Monday.

Bill Walton, Hall of Fame player who became a star broadcaster, dies at 71

Tim Reynolds, Associated Press  |  Updated May 27 - 12:31 p.m.  |  Save Story

Bill Walton, who starred for John Wooden's UCLA Bruins before becoming a Hall of Famer for his NBA career and one of the biggest stars in basketball broadcasting, died Monday. He was 71.

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Remembering Ken Gardner, the 'Ute with a BYU heart'

Mike Sorensen, for the Deseret News  |  Posted May 27 - 12:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

The former University of Utah standout was part of one of the most prolific duos in Utah basketball history.

Georgia nonprofit sends scripture-inscribed dog tags to honor fallen Utah officer

Dennis Romboy, Deseret News  |  Posted May 27 - 12:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Georgia-based nonprofit that honors fallen soldiers and police officers sent scripture-inscribed dog tags and pendants to the colleagues and family of Santaquin Police Sgt. Bill Hooser, who was killed in the line of duty when he was hit by a semitruck.

'Topaz Stories' exhibit travels Utah showing human side of WWII internment

Emma Everett Johnson, KSL.com  |  Posted May 27 - 10:53 a.m.  |  Save Story

Stories are bridges. Or at least that's what Ruth Sasaki, editor of Topaz Stories and daughter of a WWII Japanese American internment camp survivor, thinks.

Here is each title won during 2024 Utah high school spring championship season

KSL.com Sports  |  Posted May 27 - 10:14 a.m.  |  Save Story

In addition to graduation and the other traditional spring sports, the Utah High School Activities Association added boys volleyball to the championship sports during a load spring season, making for a marathon May.

Scarlett Johansson's OpenAI feud rekindles Hollywood fear of artificial intelligence

Dawn Chmielewski and Anna Tong, Reuters  |  Updated May 27 - 9:37 a.m.  |  Save Story

OpenAI's apparent use of a voice with a likeness of Scarlett Johansson is fueling a backlash against artificial intelligence across Hollywood.

Older Americans often don't prepare for long-term care, from costs to emotional toll

Brian Arola, Associated Press  |  Updated May 27 - 9:05 a.m.  |  Save Story

Many Americans are unprepared for what can be an emotional, costly and guilt-inducing process of finding long-term care for a loved one.