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10 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: October 25, 2026.
Colorado's governor declared disasters in 12 counties and Utah and New Mexico communities issued emergencies after storms fueled by a strong El Niño dropped historic rainfall on the Southwest.
WatchWith the midterms two weeks away, 60 Minutes reports that federal agents have seized ballots, the Justice Department has sued states that refused to hand over voter rolls, and a Republican election chief says she is under federal investigation.
A judge released Douglas Carter, 71, on bail pending a 2027 retrial for the 1985 killing of Eva Olesen. DNA from a doorknob and the murder knife excluded him.
WatchFourth District Judge Tony Graf found enough evidence to establish probable cause that Robinson, 23, shot Charlie Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus last September. Robinson pleaded not guilty within minutes of the ruling.
WatchMore than 30,000 firefighters are spread across 94 large blazes from Washington to Colorado, and three people working the fire lines have died since Friday.
A pair of executive orders cut roughly 3 million acres from the two Utah monuments, shrinking them to a fraction of their size as tribal nations say they were never consulted.
WatchProsecutors used a third day of preliminary hearings in Provo, Utah, to trace nearly every move the 23-year-old accused assassin allegedly made — as Erika Kirk watched from the gallery.
WatchProsecutors began laying out DNA and rifle evidence against Tyler Robinson on Monday, with Kirk's widow and parents in the courtroom for the first time as a five-day preliminary hearing gets underway.
WatchThe largest wildfire burning in the United States has forced the evacuation of the entire town of Eureka and damaged a ski resort as crews battle single-digit humidity and 45 mph winds.
Reanalyzing a faint 1979 tremor near the Utah-Idaho-Wyoming border, University of Utah researchers proved a rare class of 'continental mantle earthquakes' is rupturing rock that textbooks said should only slowly flow.