Homes are pictured in North Salt Lake on Aug. 28, 2023. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News It’s no secret that Utah is a great place to raise a family, recreate, start a business and lead a full life. Because of Utah’s unparalleled quality of life, our kids and grandkids want to...
Many in Utah are concerned about a vaping epidemic among young people in the state, driven by illegal, flavored, disposable e-cigarettes. Adobe.com Unknown to many, there is a vaping epidemic among young people here in Utah, driven by illegal, flavored, disposable e-cigarettes. With the potential that these products could even...
The state Capitol in Salt Lake City on Sept. 25, 2023. As Thanksgiving approaches, we should take time to be grateful even amid turmoil. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News International and national politics seem to have sunk to a scary level not endured since the frostiest days of the Cold...
Stephen LeFevre, director of strategic and foreign affairs for World Trade Center Utah, left, moderates a discussion on supply chain issues and the impact on local businesses with Troy Keller, international trade and commercial policy adviser for World Trade Center Utah, Jason Fowler, president and CEO of Air & Sea...
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is flanked by aides as she returns to the Senate Judiciary Committee following a more than two-month absence, in Washington on May 11, 2023. Feinstein died on Sept. 28 at age 90. J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the nation’s oldest sitting senator,...
The U.S. Capitol is seen on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, in Washington. Mariam Zuhaib, Associated Press In the closely divided U.S. House of Representatives, every vote matters — especially during this tumultuous time when the House has been in chaos, while facing a long list of critical issues. The House...
This photo, made by a U.S. Army automatic newsreel camera, shows the test explosion of the world’s first atomic bomb at Alamagordo, N.M., on July 16, 1945. The test, known as Trinity, of the plutonium bomb capped a $2 billion effort, unprecedented in those times. Associated Press The Radiation Exposure...