What teachers are worried about as students start the new school year.
One Cottonwood Heights neighborhood has over 87,000 lit holiday lights all thanks to the generosity of a few neighbors.
Utah loves its pickleball and new data from Apple backs that up. The study shows that Utah leads the nation in people playing the sport.
As the special election to replace Congressman Chris Stewart draws nearer, GOP candidates Celeste Maloy and Bruce Hough ended their series of debates on Tuesday with a televised debate on KSL.
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This week, we saw Sen. Charles Schumer ask the FDA to investigate Prime Energy drinks, a brand favored by social media influencers and YouTube stars like Logan Paul.
The neon-colored drinks contain 200 milligrams of caffeine. That is about the equivalent of six Cokes, two Red Bulls or Rockstars, and two or three cups of coffee.
All in one 12-ounce drink.
Prime Energy drinks aren't even the worst though, in terms of caffeine. Celsuis Heat has 300 mg of caffeine. So does Bang and Rockstar Xdurance.
"Those are very high doses," said Tiana Barker, a registered dietitian with Intermountain Health. "Way more than the recommended, especially for adolescents."
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Seven out of 10 teenagers aren't getting enough sleep.
"Teenagers need more sleep than the typical adult does," explained Dr. Dixie Harris, a specialist in sleep medicine, pulmonary disease and critical care with Intermountain Healthcare. "The recommendation from the National Sleep Foundation is 8-10 hours."
What percentage of teenagers would you guess get the recommended amount of sleep? 25%? 50%?
"Seventy percent of teenagers do not get that amount of sleep," Harris said.
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Despite a low unemployment rate, Americans are still feeling the pinch of inflation, cost of living and general fiscal pain. It leads to the question: "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" That's what former President Ronald Reagan famously asked during a presidential debate in 1980.
Let's broaden that question beyond one presidency. In light of the inflationary struggles the world has experienced in the last year, are we better off now than we were 40 years ago? In the 1980s?
"Yes, as a society, I believe we are," said Shane Stewart, a certified financial planner with DMBA. "When you take all things into consideration and look at what an average family could afford in 1985, that family is better off today than they would have been back then."
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s it a crime to post threatening language on social media? It can be, but the Supreme Court today defined the state of mind that must be present when a person posts a "true threat".
The case is called Counterman v. Colorado. Counterman sent hundreds of Facebook messages to a local singer. She never responded. In fact, she blocked him, and he just opened new accounts and kept sending her messages.
The messages started to get violent, including "Staying in cyber life is going to kill you," and "You're not being good for human relations. Die."
"It's a really interesting opinion," KSL Legal Analyst Greg Skordas said. "As I look at Colorado's stalking statute that was at issue in this case, it's really similar to Utah's."
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Trust in science is down in America. In 2022, the General Social Survey by the University of Chicago showed that only 39% of U.S. adults said they had "a great deal of confidence in the scientific community."
That's down from 48% in 2018 and 2021.
Dr. Daniel Horns is the Dean of the College of Science at Utah Valley University. He talks with Amanda Dickson about why we losing our trust in science.
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We've heard a lot about the increased anxiety in teenagers in America. It's especially pertinent among teenage girls. But anxiety in children is still a big trend we're seeing nationwide.
"Recent numbers from the CDC show that three in five teenage girls have felt hopeless, one of those serious enough to have suicidal thoughts," said Dr. Tamara Sheffield, senior medical director of Preventive Medicine at Intermountain Health.
That is a 60% increase from the prior year.
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