Stray bullet hits toddler playing outside Utah day care center
A 2-year-old was shot in the head by a stray bullet while playing outside at day care in Utah, authorities said Tuesday.
Heather Armstrong, mommy blogger known as Dooce, dies at 47
Armstrong’s boyfriend, Pete Ashdown, told The Associated Press that he found her Tuesday night at their Salt Lake City home.
University of Utah athlete flees US amid rape charge, investigation
19-year-old diver Benjamin Smyth is wanted on rape, forcible sodomy and forcible sexual abuse charges.
Utah woman who wrote children's book about grief charged with husband's murder
A Utah woman who wrote a children’s book about dealing with grief after her husband died last year was charged with his murder by prosecutors who say the man died from a fentanyl overdose.
California man drives to Utah to kill brother, set house on fire, officials say
Video shows the suspect, Jeffrey Roberts, fire multiple rounds inside the house, striking his brother. Roberts was ultimately killed in a shootout with police.
Police: Utah toddler run over, killed by landscaping equipment
A 2-year-old girl wandered into the backyard and stepped behind a piece of equipment her father was operating, police said.
Park rangers: 70-year-old man fends off cougar attack with rock
The unidentified man told authorities that he was hiking through some trees when a cougar jumped out and knocked him to the ground.
Watch: Utah DOT uses dish soap to slide 5.3-million-pound bridge into place
While it's not known exactly why dish soap was the chosen lubricant as opposed to others, the UDOT said it was environmentally friendly, effective and cheap, and all of those factors sound like great reasons to use it.
Cloud seeding gaining traction amid Rocky Mountain drought
A technique to get clouds to produce more snow is being used more as the Rocky Mountain region struggles with a two-decade drought. Cloud seeding involves using planes and ground-based equipment to put silver iodide into clouds when weather conditions are right.
Utah trooper stops wrong-way driver with his patrol car
The wrong-way driver was in a truck pulling a trailer while going over 70 miles per hour on a busy interstate. The trooper veered into the truck's path, crashing into it. The trooper says he was on his way home when he saw cars pulling over, and that's when he realized what was happening. Both the trooper and the wrong-way driver suffered minor injuries.
Rare desert waterfalls still flowing a month after record snowfall awakened them
It's only the fourth time in 15 years the water has been strong enough to create the falls.
WATCH: Large sinkholes collapse street in Northern Utah
Over two dozen homes in one Northern Utah town have been evacuated after floodwaters created a large sinkhole and washed away portions of a road.
This new Post Malone-themed Raising Cane's is pink and tattooed
When Utah's biggest star asked for a Raising Cane's near his house, the chicken chain delivered in a big way.
Pilot crashes, flips plane after losing power 9,000 feet above Utah field
The pilot was treated and released from the scene following the crash landing.
Scary distracted driving incidents caught on camera
Traffic officials in Iowa are reminding drivers to remain focused on the road. Footage shows an example of what a distracted driver can get themselves into as you can clearly see a man making his way through a highway before ramming into a disabled semi-truck at 65 mph. By a miracle, both drivers walked away with minor injuries. A similar situation took place in Utah when another distracted driver ended up in a crash. Footage shared by the Utah Highway Patrol shows the vehicle crashing over an icy embankment. No injuries were caused by the crash. Traffic officials in Utah are using this as an example to encourage drivers to remove all distractions.
What did Gwyneth Paltrow whisper to Terry Sanderson after the ski trial verdict?
Paltrow looked to her attorneys with a pursed-lips smile when the judge read the jury's verdict.
Avalanche creates snow cloud at Utah resort
Footage shows a snow cloud enveloping a group of skiers at Sundance Resort after an avalanche at a nearby Utah mountain.
Trapped horse rescued after surviving below-freezing temps in snow
They believe a horse was pushed out of the barn by another horse and had sunk down deep in the snow.
Snowmobiler dies after getting buried in avalanche in Utah
The Utah County's Sheriff's Office said they found the body of a 38-year-old man in an avalanche in Pole Canyon near Cedar Fort Monday night.
Man suing Gwyneth Paltrow calls Utah ski collision 'serious smack'
Retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, 76, took the stand on Monday, saying he was rammed into from behind and sent “absolutely flying."


















