Utah sues Snapchat, claiming app facilitates drug sales, sexual exploitation, trafficking

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Utah Attorney General Derek Brown, and the Utah Department of Commerce’s Margaret Busse filed a lawsuit against Snap, Inc. The lawsuit alleges that the company, known for Snapchat and Bitmoji, uses...

Utah files lawsuit against Snapchat, alleging harm to children

SALT LAKE CITY — The state of Utah is filing another lawsuit against a social media company. This time, the target is Snapchat’s parent company, Snap Inc. It’s the state’s fourth lawsuit aimed at protecting kids; the first two were against TikTok,...

Monster Energy Team Claims Total Of 21 Medals (Seven Gold, Eight Silver, Six Bronze) At The Inaugural X Games Salt Lake City 2025

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Standouts included 29-year-old Jordan Godwin from Cardiff, Wales, claiming the gold medal in BMX Street after already earning bronze at X Games Osaka the previous weekend. The team swept the entire BMX Dirt podium on Saturday...

Utah influencer with terminal cancer announces his death on social media

AMERICAN FORK, Utah (KUTV) — A 30-year-old Utah man announced his death in a pre-recorded video on social media after fighting colon cancer for five years. Tanner Martin, of American Fork, lived with a terminal illness and told the world about...

Utah sues Snapchat for 'deceptive,' addictive features, saying the app harms children

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah has accused the owner of the social media platform Snapchat of using "deceptive," addictive features to attract children to the app and not doing enough to protect young users' well-being and privacy. The state made the...

Utah County Krishna Temple struck by gunfire, 30 shell casings recovered

SPANISH FORK, Utah (KUTV) — New surveillance video from the Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork shows the moments a car pulls up outside the temple, and opens fire. Temple leaders are calling it a hate crime, and they're asking for the public's help in...

Utah Sues Snap, Inc. alleging misuse of AI technology and misrepresentations of platform safety

By Aidan Mortensen | KOAL News In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, a joint filing from the Utah Office of the Attorney General and Commerce’s Division of Consumer Protection takes aim against Snapchat and its parent company, Snap, Inc. The lawsuit,...

Designed to exploit: Utah sues Snapchat for hooking kids and hiding dangers

Utah has entered into another legal battle against social media, this time going after Snap Inc., the owner of the social media platform Snapchat, which is predominantly more popular among younger generations. “This, of all the cases, this one...

Former coach Ron McBride, receiver Roy Jefferson named to Utah football's Ring of Honor

SALT LAKE CITY — A year after former Utah quarterback Alex Smith was named Utah's first-ever selection to its Ring of Honor, the program released its two latest recipients Monday afternoon. Former head coach Ron McBride, who coached the team from...

Utah files lawsuit against Snapchat, alleging company made app addictive

SALT LAKE CITY — The state of Utah has filed a lawsuit against the company that owns the social media app Snapchat, accusing it of crafting addictive features and also enabling illicit activities. "If you’ve got a kid going to Pornhub, you kind of...

Hour 2 - Socialism is a Religion

Hour 2 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show delivers a hard-hitting analysis of the political and economic challenges facing New York City and the broader implications for urban America. This hour centers on the rise of Democratic mayoral...

Colorado attorney general talks Trump orders, immigration, opioid crisis during Western Slope visit

On Thursday, community members from across Garfield County gathered in Glenwood Springs’ Morgridge Commons center to hear Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser address some of the Western Slope’s most pressing challenges. Weiser, currently in his...

Jake Retzlaff’s Transfer From BYU is About to Bring Dynamic Shift in Big 12, Says Utah Insider

College football just got its latest big story. Players are still making moves across programs, and BYU is dealing with an extremely major blow. The Cougars will be losing their starting quarterback, Jake Retzlaff, two months before the season...

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Mother sentenced to prison 15 years after her children's deaths

FARMINGTON — A mom who admitted to killing her two children — James Warhola, 8, and Jean Marie Warhola, 7 — said at her sentencing on Monday that she thought her husband and his friends would kill her and have sex with her children and she was...

'Lethal selfishness': Man sent to prison for murder of 2 Eagle Mountain children in tragic crash

PROVO — Brooke Jackson said her son and his friend, both 3 years old, often raced across the barn at Cedar Valley Stables in Eagle Mountain. "Ready, set, fast," they would say each time. She said it didn't matter to the boys who won, but that they...

Man sent to prison for murder of 2 Eagle Mountain children in tragic crash

Brooke Jackson said her son and his friend, both 3 years old, often raced across the barn at Cedar Valley Stables in Eagle Mountain. “Ready, set, fast,” they would say each time. She said it didn’t matter to the boys who won, but that they both...

Utah files lawsuit against Snapchat alleging misrepresentation of the internet platform's safety

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah has fired another salvo in its war on social media by filing suit against the internet platform Snapchat. Filed in state court on June 30, the lawsuit alleged that Snapchat is designed to steal time and attention away from...

Vernal man suspected of sexual abuse in Utah arrested in Texas after threatening Christian youth camp

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man accused of sexually abusing a woman in March and released by a judge due to an arrest “error,” was recently arrested in Texas for allegedly threatening a Christian camp where he was formerly employed. On April 4, the...

Warhola sentenced to 2010 murders of her two young children

SALT LAKE CITY — Sun Cha Warhola, a Layton mom convicted of killing her two young children in 2010, was sentenced in court Monday. Warhola, 58, took a plea deal after she was accused of strangling and killing her two children, James, 8, and Jean...