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World Cup fever hits Sandy as fans rally behind the Stars and Stripes

Garna Mejia, KSL  |  Posted June 13 - 4:18 p.m.  |  Save Story

Fans gathered in Sandy to celebrate the U.S. opening its World Cup run on Friday, which began with a 4-1 victory over Paraguay.

Have You Seen This? Monkeys unleash a flurry of flying kicks

Grant Olsen for KSL  |  Posted June 13 - 3:30 p.m.  |  Save Story

Perhaps these monkeys are preparing for an MMA fight. You have to admit that their flying kicks are pretty impressive.

Parowan community rallies around girls killed, injured in ATV rollover, vehicle fire

Curtis Booker and Cassidy Wixom, KSL  |  Updated June 13 - 2:30 p.m.  |  Save Story

A 12-year-old girl was killed in an off-highway vehicle rollover and fire in Parowan Friday. A second girl is being treated for burns.

Looking back: Soccer's rise in U.S. since World Cup's last visit

Hayden Madson, Deseret News  |  Posted June 13 - 2:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

When the first World Cup was hosted in the U.S. over 30 years ago, international elites did not know what to expect as far as fan interaction and stadium attendance.

Ex-Army recruiter sentenced for sexual behavior toward teen student in his class

Emily Ashcraft, KSL  |  Posted June 13 - 1:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

Dale Allen Miller was sentenced on Tuesday to probation after admitting to attempted forcible sexual abuse of a teen in a course he taught as an Army recruiter.

'A beautiful location': New state cemetery for military veterans coming to Washington Terrace

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Posted June 13 - 12:15 p.m.  |  Save Story

A new state cemetery for military veterans, just the second in Utah, is coming to Washington Terrace, with work to start as soon as 2027.

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The 2026 Ford Maverick Hybrid AWD is the hero truck people need right now

Jason Bell  |  Posted June 13 - 11:30 a.m.  |  Save Story

Fuel-efficient, affordable and genuinely useful, the Maverick Hybrid might be the most sensible new truck you can buy

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Offended? Excited? Curious? What to know about the White House UFC fights

Aaron Shill, Deseret News  |  Posted June 13 - 11:17 a.m.  |  Save Story

UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn — the history, the backlash, the weather and "the claw."

Woman arrested, accused of child kidnapping in South Salt Lake Amber Alert

Cassidy Wixom, KSL  |  Posted June 13 - 11:13 a.m.  |  Save Story

A Utah woman has been arrested and accused of kidnapping a child, leading to an Amber Alert on Friday in South Salt Lake.

Too sick to work, but can they prove it? New Medicaid rule worries patients

Ali Swenson, Associated Press  |  Updated June 13 - 10:41 a.m.  |  Save Story

Health analysts have sounded the alarm about the Republican Trump administration's newest Medicaid guidance.

Utah County uses AI to find 25,000 more storm drains in fight against mosquitoes

Alex Cabrero, KSL  |  Posted June 13 - 10:01 a.m.  |  Save Story

A new artificial intelligence program is helping Utah County mosquito abatement crews find thousands of storm drains they didn't know existed.

Utah, Wyoming plead for hydrological truce before Colorado River deadline

Eva Terry, Deseret News  |  Posted June 13 - 9:19 a.m.  |  Save Story

With the final deadline on the Colorado River agreement now less than four months away, Utah and Wyoming are trying to get their neighbor states to renew negotiations.

Trump says US military strike killed leader of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang

Christian Martinez and Jasper Ward, Reuters  |  Posted June 13 - 8:50 a.m.  |  Save Story

President Donald Trump on Friday said U.S. forces carried out a ​strike that killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as Niño Guerrero, the leader of Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua.

Violent threats against lawmakers surged after Meta eased content moderation, report finds

Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News  |  Posted June 13 - 8:15 a.m.  |  Save Story

A new report shows violent threats against lawmakers have surged after content moderation tools were rolled back, and now Sen. John Curtis wants to do something about it.

Mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT encouraged daughter's suicide

Diana Novak Jones, Reuters  |  Updated June 13 - 7:48 a.m.  |  Save Story

A mother sued OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her daughter to ​commit suicide, the latest lawsuit to accuse OpenAI of failing to address dangerous conversations between users and ChatGPT.

Inside the $100K 'hardcore conservative' campaign to oust Utah's Senate president

Brigham Tomco, Deseret News  |  Posted June 13 - 7:06 a.m.  |  Save Story

A powerful incumbent politician in the state is under fire from both conservative and liberal groups in an election year where discontent has emerged among some Republican voters.

US opens its home World Cup with a dynamic 4-1 victory over Paraguay, sparked by Balogun's 2 goals

Greg Beacham, Associated Press  |  Updated June 12 - 10:44 p.m.  |  Save Story

Folarin Balogun fired his second goal into the top far corner of Paraguay's net and then led his American teammates to the corner of their home stadium, reveling in the frenzy created by their historic first half at their World Cup opener.

1 seriously injured in Salt Lake City apartment fire

Curtis Booker, KSL  |  Updated June 12 - 10:06 p.m.  |  Save Story

Crews responded to an apartment fire in Salt Lake City on Friday, where one person sustained serious injuries.

NCAA track and field: BYU struggles on final day of men's championships

Sean Walker, KSL  |  Posted June 12 - 10:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Cougars got just one team point on the final day of competition to finish 21st Friday at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

Justice Department clears Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros.

Dawn Chmielewski and Jody Godoy, Reuters  |  Posted June 12 - 10:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Justice Department's Antitrust Division said it cleared Paramount Skydance's planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying it ​was unlikely to harm the market.

Taylorsville police officer in court in connection with fatal shooting case

Tyrese Boone, KSL  |  Posted June 12 - 9:33 p.m.  |  Save Story

Taylorsville police officer Jimmy Jeremy Haas made his initial court appearance on Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of Henry Chavez Jr.

Woman accused of obstructing investigation into 2022 unsolved West Valley murder

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Posted June 12 - 9:12 p.m.  |  Save Story

A woman has been charged in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting in 2022 that claimed the life of an innocent bystander.

New UFO files describe spinning discs, glowing orbs and object shaped like a potato

Collin Binkley, Associated Press  |  Updated June 12 - 8:39 p.m.  |  Save Story

Seventy-two more files on UFOs were released on Friday, the third tranche to give the public full disclosure around what the government knows about alien life and mysterious objects in the sky.