'Positive Coaching' boosting high school sports experience for Jordan District student-athletes

Bear attacks worker, ransacks meat section in Japan supermarket rampage

Junko Ogura and Chris Lau, CNN  |  Posted Dec. 3 - 9:03 a.m.  |  Save Story

A bear that ran amok in a supermarket in northern Japan has been caught two days after it attacked a worker, the latest in a surge of encounters between bears and people in the country.

Utah's EVject aiming to make EV charging safer

Art Raymond, Deseret News  |  Posted Dec. 3 - 8:41 a.m.  |  Save Story

Electric vehicle adoption in the U.S., despite some recent softening of the market, continues to rise, and as of the end of last year, there were 3.3 million EVs on the road, up from 2 million in 2022.

Firefighters extinguish 'suspicious' blaze at vacant Salt Lake commercial building

Collin Leonard, KSL.com  |  Posted Dec. 3 - 8:24 a.m.  |  Save Story

A vacant commercial building near the Redwood Road and North Temple intersection caught fire Tuesday morning. Crews extinguished the fire but called its origin suspicious.

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20 years of online student success stories: Sailor Mylroie

Utah Online School  |  Posted Dec. 3 - 8:00 a.m.  |  Save Story

Utah Online School will soon be celebrating its 20th anniversary. Today it continues to provide nurturing, comprehensive, and flexible options for students K-12, tuition-free.

Live artillery shell discovered behind Grantsville home

Shara Park, KSL-TV  |  Posted Dec. 3 - 7:38 a.m.  |  Save Story

A community in Grantsville was put on alert Sunday when a live World War II-era artillery shell was discovered on a family's property.

Idaho's 'abortion trafficking' law mostly can be enforced as lawsuit proceeds, court rules

The Associated Press  |  Posted Dec. 3 - 7:18 a.m.  |  Save Story

A federal appeals court has ruled that most of Idaho's law that makes it illegal to help minors get an abortion without their parents' consent can take effect while a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality continues.

GM adds over 132,000 heavy duty pickups to recall for tailgates that can open unexpectedly

The Associated Press  |  Posted Dec. 3 - 6:53 a.m.  |  Save Story

General Motors is adding over 132,000 heavy-duty pickups in the U.S. to a previous recall for tailgate release switches that can short circuit and open the gates while the trucks are in park.

Children can have arthritis, and these Utah teens want to spread the word

Ivy Farguheson, KSL.com  |  Posted Dec. 3 - 6:21 a.m.  |  Save Story

Gabby and Sophia Rond are among the nearly 30,000 children in Utah diagnosed with arthritis. The sisters have found that it is important to educate everyone about their disease.

4 injured after small plane lands on I-15 in Payson

Ashley Imlay, KSL.com  |  Updated Dec. 3 - 6:09 a.m.  |  Save Story

Four people were injured after a small plane made an emergency landing on I-15 in Payson Monday, leading to a chain-reaction crash on the freeway.

Missed chances haunt Utah Hockey Club in frustrating loss to Dallas

Ryan Miller, KSL.com  |  Posted Dec. 2 - 11:26 p.m.  |  Save Story

Dallas beat Utah 2-1 on Monday in a game that the Hockey Club felt like it controlled.

Washington County law enforcement assists in human trafficking sting; 3 arrested

Cody Blowers, St. George News  |  Posted Dec. 2 - 10:46 p.m.  |  Save Story

As part of a sting operation targeting individuals involved in the purchase of commercial sex and human trafficking, three men were arrested in November and now face multiple charges.

Florida woman sentenced to life for zipping boyfriend into suitcase, suffocating him

Curt Anderson, Associated Press  |  Updated Dec. 2 - 10:16 p.m.  |  Save Story

A 47-year-old Florida woman has been sentenced to life in prison for zipping her boyfriend into a suitcase and leaving him to die of suffocation amid a history of domestic and alcohol abuse.

Salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers in Utah, at least 18 other states

Lois M. Collins, Deseret News  |  Posted Dec. 2 - 9:50 p.m.  |  Save Story

At least 68 people in 19 states have salmonella believed linked to bulk American whole cucumbers, which are being recalled.

Weather permitting, UPS, FedEx poised for on-time US holiday gift deliveries

Lisa Baertlein, Reuters  |  Updated Dec. 2 - 9:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

The weak demand bedeviling package delivery companies like United Parcel Service and FedEx promises to be great news for online U.S. shoppers who want quick, on-time holiday gift delivery.

Arrest made in Utah petroglyph defacement case, feds say

Carter Williams, KSL.com  |  Posted Dec. 2 - 9:13 p.m.  |  Save Story

A woman was arrested in connection with a land vandalism case near the Utah-Arizona border, which left damage to a petroglyph panel believed to be thousands of years old.

Governor's Mansion continues legacy with students decorating one of its Christmas trees

Caitlin Keith, Deseret News  |  Posted Dec. 2 - 8:52 p.m.  |  Save Story

For the 24 schoolchildren who found themselves dancing in the ballroom of the Governor's Mansion, with the governor himself, Monday turned out to be a school day unlike any other.

Woman driving drunk and killed Utah man's bride still in her wedding dress gets 25 years

Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press  |  Updated Dec. 2 - 8:10 p.m.  |  Save Story

A woman who admitted to drinking and who was driving well over twice the speed limit when she smashed into a golf cart, killing a bride who had just got married to a Utah man, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Will Utah's senators vote to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director?

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com  |  Posted Dec. 2 - 7:35 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Sen.-elect John Curtis both say they will carefully vet President-elect Donald Trump's pick of Kash Patel to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Lee expressed support for the pick on social media.

Rep. Celeste Maloy says Utah's congressional delegation 'punches above its weight'

Gitanjali Poonia, Deseret News  |  Posted Dec. 2 - 7:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah's federal delegation is laying the groundwork ahead of the next congressional session in January and that means new committee assignments.