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Utah could be one of the first states to greenlight a student taskforce that helps lawmakers write AI policy for the classroom.
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Caroline Ballard/KUERThe traditional West African food is made of rice, tomatoes, peppers, onions and lots of spices. It’s inspired some friendly, if passionate, rivalries over which country’s version of the dish is better. Those were on display at Afro Utah Fest’s first Jollof Rice Competition. -
Alex Hager/KJZZA federal plan for the Colorado River means big water cuts for Arizona. The Phoenix and Tucson areas will be hit hard. City leaders say they can keep taps flowing, but solutions will be expensive.
Can even the best technology outshine what your body can do already? Mary Roach’s latest book explores prosthetic limbs, lab-grown organs and some truly bizarre ideas about the human body. Could a butt be used as a lung? Could a finger replace another digit lost to cancer? Roach joins RadioWest to explore just how far medical science can go.
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From Spokane, Wash. to Pueblo County, Colo., fast-moving fires have again wreaked havoc in neighborhoods this summer. Now, a network of scientists, fire professionals and other experts have joined forces to seek research-based solutions to the problem. -
Salt Lake City’s beloved whale sculpture is getting a new paint job, and fans are celebrating what they say may be its latest miracle: a very rainy August. -
This is the third time the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow new restrictions on mail ballots in time for the midterms. Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson has said legally and logistically, it can't be done. -
West Valley City, home to an ICE field office and the state’s largest Hispanic and Latino population, had the most arrests of any Utah city this fiscal year. -
The organizational overhaul under President Donald Trump intends to trim costs and concentrate resources in Western states. Forest Service Associate Chief Chris French said that work being done at the research centers would continue at other sites. -
Activist and journalist Gloria Steinem has died at 92. She crossed paths with early Latter-day Saint feminists like Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. -
The environmental groups argue President Donald Trump's slashing of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments is illegal. -
High housing prices are squeezing Utahns, and residents who say “not in my backyard” to affordable housing development can get in the way of solutions. A new St. George project, however, shows one way it can be done. -
Back in March, the city council agreed to test three Flock cameras. But after hearing concerns from residents and Gov. Spencer Cox, they called it off.
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