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Woman in critical condition from Salt Lake City collision
Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com | Posted April 4 - 9:14 p.m. | Save Story
A woman is in critical condition after her motorcycle was struck by a car in Salt Lake City Friday.
Watch live: Marathon Senate session under way over Trump's sweeping tax, budget steps
Richard Cowan and Bo Erickson, Reuters | Posted April 4 - 9:11 p.m. | Save Story
The Senate began an overnight "vote-a-rama" marathon on Friday aimed at eventually handing President Donald Trump legislation to extend tax cuts and achieve budget reductions in the face of Democratic opposition.

British police charge comedian Russell Brand with rape, sexual assault
Jill Lawless, Associated Press | Posted April 4 - 8:32 p.m. | Save Story
British police have charged comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault against four women.

Utah Medicaid now includes dental services for adults
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com | Posted April 4 - 8:04 p.m. | Save Story
The Utah Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that dental services will now be available for adults enrolled in the state's Medicaid program.

'By May, I'll be 100%': Taylor Hendricks gives recovery update during Jazz loss to Pacers
Ryan Miller, KSL.com | Posted April 4 - 7:45 p.m. | Save Story
"(The plan is) by May, I'll be 100%, but the way I'm feeling, I'll be ready way before then," Hendricks said on the Jazz broadcast during Utah's 140-112 loss to the Pacers Friday.

Nursing assistant sent to prison for sexual abuse of dementia patients
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted April 4 - 7:38 p.m. | Save Story
A Heber City nursing assistant was sentenced Wednesday to five years to life in prison for sexually abusing two elderly dementia patients in 2024.
IRS starts laying off 20,000 workers, eliminates civil rights office
Kanishka Singh, Ryan Patrick Jones, Ismail Shakil and Tim Reid, Reuters | Posted April 4 - 7:11 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service began making sweeping cuts to its workforce on Friday, and among the first to go will be employees of its civil rights office.

'How great is that?' Andy Reid marvels at Utah's sporting expansion at annual State of Sport Awards
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted April 4 - 7:05 p.m. | Save Story
Reid also honored BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe for his "phenomenal career" — even if he tried to convince his fellow BYU alum to stay in coaching and not athletic administrator.
Stocks slump again after China fires back in trade war with tariffs on US goods
Caroline Valetkevitch, Trevor Hunnicutt, Mei Mei Chu and Susan Heavey, Reuters | Updated April 4 - 6:34 p.m. | Save Story
Global stock markets plummeted further on Friday after China said it would strike back at U.S. President Donald Trump with additional tariffs of 34% on U.S. goods, escalating a trade war that has rattled investors and fed fears of a coming recession.

Utah signs off on $1.8B for downtown development zone after big last-second changes
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 4 - 6:07 p.m. | Save Story
A state committee has agreed on a $1.8 billion "reinvestment zone" where major downtown Salt Lake City changes will take place, but a last-second change caused a stir on Friday.

BYU, University of Utah both crack Forbes' Top 100 list of premiere colleges
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted April 4 - 6:02 p.m. | Save Story
Both BYU and the University of Utah have cracked Forbes' recent Top 100 list of schools "that produce successful, high-earning and influential graduates."

Rep. Burgess Owens pushes to rename congressional press gallery after Frederick Douglass
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted April 4 - 5:38 p.m. | Save Story
Several rooms located in the House press gallery at the U.S. Capitol could be renamed to honor abolitionist Frederick Douglass under an amendment by Utah Rep. Burgess Owens and other Republicans.

Salt Lake police to partner with downtown bars, restaurants to help prevent sexual abuse
Pat Reavy, KSL.com | Posted April 4 - 5:01 p.m. | Save Story
A new collaboration between Salt Lake police and downtown bars and restaurants is aimed at trying to recognize signs of possible sexual abuse and how to intervene.

Man found dead after fleeing police, barricading himself in a truck in Midvale
Mary Culbertson, KSL-TV and Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Updated April 4 - 4:40 p.m. | Save Story
An armed suspect who evaded officers during a traffic stop was found dead after barricading himself inside a dump truck in Midvale Friday morning, police said.

Police hope heart-shaped tattoo can help them identify body found in Brigham City
Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com | Updated April 4 - 4:36 p.m. | Save Story
Police are seeking to identify a body with a "distinct" arm tattoo that was found Wednesday in a trash bag by the side of the road outside Brigham City.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs faces expanded sex trafficking indictment
Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel, Reuters | Posted April 4 - 4:32 p.m. | Save Story
Sean 'Diddy' Combs was hit with an expanded federal indictment on Friday, charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts including racketeering and sex trafficking.

Review: 'A Minecraft Movie' is no cinematic masterpiece, but man, is it a good time
John Clyde for KSL.com | Posted April 4 - 4:01 p.m. | Save Story
The filmmakers of "A Minecraft Movie" weren't aiming for anything more than a good time, and that's exactly what they delivered and I'm so happy they did.

Teen hit by 2 vehicles on I-15 in Cedar City; UHP looking for driver who didn't stop
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Updated April 4 - 3:56 p.m. | Save Story
A 14-year-old girl was critically injured Friday when she was hit by two vehicles while walking on I-15 in Cedar City. The Utah Highway Patrol is searching for one vehicle that left the scene.

Have You Seen This? When tailgating isn't so fun
Grant Olsen for KSL.com | Posted April 4 - 3:36 p.m. | Save Story
Ouch! Nobody is safe with a tailgating truck on the loose.

He wrote the book on social media and kids. Here's what he said about Utah's online laws
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Posted April 4 - 3:13 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and several lawmakers celebrated a handful of bills addressing cellphone use in schools, app store age verification and digital privacy.

2 teen girls charged with murder in stabbing death of woman in southern Utah
Pat Reavy, KSL.com | Posted April 4 - 2:58 p.m. | Save Story
Two teenage girls, including the daughter of the victim, have been charged as adults with murder in the stabbing death of a woman inside a southern Utah vacation rental home.

New stadium, new eats: What's on the menu at Salt Lake Bees' new stadium
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 4 - 2:24 p.m. | Save Story
Salt Lake Bees baseball fans will have plenty of new food options when The Ballpark at America First Square opens next week.
Trump extends TikTok-sale deadline by 75 days, vows to work with China
David Shepardson and Dawn Chmielewski, Reuters | Posted April 4 - 2:20 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump on Friday extended by 75 days a deadline for Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell U.S. assets of popular short video app TikTok to a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban that was supposed to have taken effect in January under a 2024 law.
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