How Utah hopes these traffic light additions can improve pedestrian safety

Vance accuses Denmark of not keeping Greenland safe from Russia, China

Tom Little and Leonhard Foeger, Reuters  |  Posted March 28 - 6:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Friday accused Denmark of not doing a good job keeping Greenland safe and suggested the United States would better protect the semi-autonomous Danish territory that President Donald Trump has pressed to take over.

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Trump asks US Supreme Court to intervene in deportations fight

John Kruzel and Andrew Chung, Reuters  |  Posted March 28 - 5:31 p.m.  |  Save Story

President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to lift a temporary order blocking him from using a 1798 law to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members as part of his two-month-old administration's hardline approach to immigration.

Massive quake rocks Myanmar and Thailand, hundreds feared dead

David Rising and Jintamas Saksornchai, Associated Press  |  Updated March 28 - 4:55 p.m.  |  Save Story

A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday, destroying buildings, a bridge and a dam. At least 144 people were killed in Myanmar.

Tuition is set to rise at all 8 of Utah's public higher education institutions

Logan Stefanich, KSL.com  |  Posted March 28 - 4:37 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Utah System of Higher Education on Friday approved tuition increases for the coming academic year at all state public colleges and universities.

Magna father charged with murder in death of 5-week-old son

Pat Reavy, KSL.com  |  Posted March 28 - 4:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Magna man was charged Friday with murder and accused of causing fatal injuries to his 5-week-old baby boy.

HB267 referendum effort says it has 130K signatures, support from Fraternal Order of Police

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com  |  Posted March 28 - 3:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

A coalition working to put a referendum on the ballot to undo the Legislature's bill to strip public unions of collective bargaining rights says it has collected nearly 130,000 signatures.

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4 local boredom-buster tours you do not want to miss

Southwest Adventure Tours  |  Posted March 28 - 3:00 p.m.  |  Save Story

Check out four of the many tours available with a reputable and professional company that pays great attention to the details, while you can just relax and enjoy.

Here are the hottest neighborhoods for homebuyers in the country

Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News  |  Posted March 28 - 2:47 p.m.  |  Save Story

Don't look for any Utah addresses in a new Top 10 list of the country's hottest neighborhoods for homebuyers.

Wall Street tumbles as fresh data fuels inflation fear

Pranav Kashyap and Johann M Cherian, Reuters  |  Updated March 28 - 2:29 p.m.  |  Save Story

Wall Street's primary indexes fell sharply on Friday as data underscored underlying price pressures, stoking fears of what the Trump administration's tariff maneuvers could do.

Report: Miller family nearing deal to purchase RSL, Royals

Caleb Turner, KSL.com  |  Posted March 28 - 2:28 p.m.  |  Save Story

Sportico reported Friday that the Miller family — former longtime owners of the Utah Jazz — are in advanced talks with Blitzer to buy control stakes in RSL and the Utah Royals.

Labor trafficking charges against Rubicon dismissed without prejudice

Pat Reavy, KSL.com  |  Posted March 28 - 2:24 p.m.  |  Save Story

Labor trafficking charges against a Davis County general contracting company have been dismissed, but without prejudice meaning the charges could potentially be filed again.

Musk's X back up after brief outage hits US users, Downdetector shows

Jaspreet Singh, Reuters  |  Posted March 28 - 2:08 p.m.  |  Save Story

Social media platform X on Friday recovered after a short outage that impacted thousands of users in the U.S., according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

8-year-old boy dead, woman critically injured in unspecified incident in Saratoga Springs

Logan Stefanich, KSL.com  |  Updated March 28 - 2:06 p.m.  |  Save Story

An 8-year-old boy is dead and a 43-year-old woman is in "extremely" critical condition after an incident in a residential area of Saratoga Springs Friday.

Utah is first state to ban fluoride in water, restrict flags on public buildings

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com  |  Updated March 28 - 12:54 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah became the first state in the nation to restrict all but a few approved flags in government buildings and to prohibit fluoride from being added to public water systems.

Utah women's basketball star Gianna Kneepkens enters the transfer portal

Josh Furlong, KSL.com  |  Posted March 28 - 12:52 p.m.  |  Save Story

Gianna Kneepkens had a tough decision to make at the conclusion of this season.

Here's how much losing Sundance is going to cost Utah

Art Raymond, Deseret News  |  Posted March 28 - 12:40 p.m.  |  Save Story

After a 40-year-plus run, the vaunted Sundance Film Festival is leaving Utah and taking millions of dollars with it.

Arrest made in fatal West Jordan hit-and-run crash

Pat Reavy, KSL.com  |  Posted March 28 - 12:12 p.m.  |  Save Story

The owner of an SUV that police say hit and killed a motorcyclist earlier this week and then drove off has been arrested.

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A gift that keeps on giving: A wonderful smelling home, and now $200 off

Scented Vents  |  Posted March 28 - 11:30 a.m.  |  Save Story

The Scented Vents diffuser is a long-term and efficient alternative to candles and plugins, and is now on sale.

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Young adults flipping the script on the decline of religion

Mariya Manzhos, Deseret News  |  Posted March 28 - 11:03 a.m.  |  Save Story

The great awakening: Why younger generations are giving faith a chance.

Murray man shot in hand after allegedly trying to injure officers

Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com  |  Updated March 28 - 10:11 a.m.  |  Save Story

A man was shot in the hand by a police officer Thursday after Murray police say he refused to leave an apartment and tried to burn responding officers with aerosol spray and a lighter.

Their son loved to skateboard. Now, Utah family helps prevent suicide with skateboard benches

Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com  |  Posted March 28 - 10:08 a.m.  |  Save Story

There is a bench made out of skateboards at the Rusted Spoon in Box Elder County. But the bench is made for more than looks and sitting: It's a message to anyone nearby that they matter.

Mike Lee joins Vance's trip to Greenland amid Trump suggestions to take over

Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News  |  Updated March 28 - 9:55 a.m.  |  Save Story

Utah Sen. Mike Lee is traveling with Vice President JD Vance to Greenland on Friday, joining a small delegation amid suggestions from President Trump to acquire the territory.

US health department cutting 10,000 workers under Kennedy

Ahmed Aboulenein and Sriparna Roy, Reuters  |  Updated March 28 - 9:30 a.m.  |  Save Story

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will cut about 10,000 full-time jobs and close half of its regional offices, it said on Thursday, a major overhaul of the department under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.