This is a special edition of The Closer, a series from Project Brazen and PRX that shares the inside story of the deals that changed the world. In this episode, ‘The deal that made the worldâs biggest airline,’ we reveal how a series of dramatic aviation deals brought about the shrinking legroom and extra charges…
This week in Utah news: Residents generally feel better about their finances and future than other Americans. The Ute Tribe alleges discrimination was behind a rejected bid to buy Tabby Mountain. And a Salt Lake City couple went from âliving in a homeless camp on a mountainside with a newborn babyâ to a home and steady work. At 9 a.m. on…
Every day, queer teens and young adults are challenged by the politicization of gender identity and sexual orientation and the rise in anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination. And the mental health consequences are alarming. A staggering 45 percent of LGBTQ+ youth 13 through 24 report to have seriously considered suicide, and 14 percent have tried to hurt themselves,…
This week in Utah news: Flood risks in Utah remain high as the weather cools. A Utah judge blocks an abortion clinic ban â for now. Zion National Park has too many people and too little management. And Pornhub, the nationâs busiest porn site, blocks Utahns ahead of a new age-verification law. At 9 a.m.…
TikTok is considered the worldâs most successful video app. But with concerns that U.S. data could be transmitted to Chinaâs government, President Biden banned TikTok from government phones. Should the Whitehouse go further? Those in support point to the ban on Huawei as an effective means of limiting Chinaâs influence. Those against say a ban…
This week in Utah news: How Salt Lake City tried to keep the Bees baseball team, and why it didnât work. With projections showing a 71-foot rebound coming, Lake Powell resumes the Grand Canyonâs experimental floods. And a Utah woman couldnât find a good list of dog-friendly places in Salt Lake City, so she started making one. At 9…
On April 3, 1973, an engineer named Martin Cooper stood nervously along a busy midtown Manhattan street, about to make a phone call. It was a call that would change life as we know it: The first cell phone call ever. The phone Cooper used that day â a prototype â was a bulky, 2-pound…
This week in Utah news: The stateâs newest ski resort is for the megarich only. Moms who are former members of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints say their kids have gone missing since Warren Jeffsâ latest revelation from prison. And an audit alleges former Cache County prosecutors misused public resources. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt…
NHPRâs Outside/In podcast presents this 1-hour radio special, The Race to Net Zero: will EVs get us there fast enough? Transitioning to electric vehicles is essential to meeting our climate goals. But there are so many barriers to overcome â from expanding EV charging infrastructure, to updating the power grid, to mining the metals that…
This week in Utah news: A coalition launches a formal bid to bring Major League Baseball to Salt Lake City. Utahâs secretive medical malpractice panels make it harder to sue health care workers. And the scientific (and not so scientific) reasons behind this yearâs whale of a snow year. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Andy…
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