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Video of the Day: 'Mormon crickets' invade Nevada

May 21, 2024 12:00 AM
(TikTok/@tmcwgrl)
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Double taps, tourist traps: How to find hiking spots in the era of gatekeeping

April 10, 2024 12:00 AM
BYU student Brenden Lundberg and his family stopped at Horseshoe Bend in Page, Arizona during a road trip. Lundberg, who had seen Horseshoe Bend on Instagram, was surprised to discover crowds of people at the site. (Brenden Lundberg)
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Video of the Day: Activist arrested for climbing Las Vegas Sphere

February 15, 2024 12:00 AM
24-year-old Maison Deschamps climbed the 366-foot Las Vegas Sphere on Wednesday, Feb. 7. Deschamps climbs skyscrapers to show his support of abortion bans. He climbed the Sphere to raise money for a pregnant woman. Deschamps was arrested for the climb and faces a series of charges.
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Burning Man Exodus in Photos

September 08, 2023 12:00 AM
After heavy rains turned the dry lakebed to thick mud, attendees of the Burning Man festival in northwest Nevada made their way out of Black Rock City Sept. 3. A team of Daily Universe student journalists witnessed the beginning of the mass exodus by more than 70,000 people.
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Legacy of decades-long atomic bomb testing lingers

July 20, 2023 12:00 AM
U.S. congressmen introduced expansions to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act in May 2023 as advocates point to the lingering effects of atomic testing in Nevada.
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Video of the Day: Snow flurries in Las Vegas

February 23, 2023 12:00 AM
(@MEXANARCHO via Twitter)
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Raid on Area 51

September 25, 2019 12:00 AM
Deep in the desert is a notorious military base known as Area 51. Two million people said they would storm the base this past weekend on a Facebook page started back in July. The reality was quite a bit smaller -- about 1,500 showed up.
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Rural Nevada not equipped for big 'storm Area 51' turnout

July 29, 2019 12:00 AM
Grace Capati looks at a UFO display outside of the Little A'Le'Inn, in Rachel, Nev., the closest town to Area 51. The U.S. Air Force has warned people against participating in an internet joke suggesting a large crowd of people 'storm Area 51,' the top-secret Cold War test site in the Nevada desert. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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BYU freshman qualifies for 2020 Olympic trials

March 04, 2019 12:00 AM
BYU swimmer Brynn Sproul stands next to the newly-constructed swimming facility. (Emma Wiles)
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BYU nonprofit gives specialized medical care to Native American reservations

February 20, 2019 12:00 AM
From left: Western Reperfusion volunteers Dalton Braathen, Jordan Jones, Carson Bateman and Joelle Andersen present the diagram describing peripheral artery disease to the Native Americans on the Moapa Valley Reservation screening in December. (Jordan Jones)
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BYU basketball falls to No. 7 Nevada

November 07, 2018 12:00 AM
In an exciting season opener, the Cougars competed with the highly-touted No. 7 Nevada Wolf Pack for the game's first 30 minutes before slipping behind in the second half and ultimately falling 86-70.
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Former BYU football star Kyle Van Noy reveling in Super Bowl win

February 10, 2017 12:00 AM
Kyle Van Noy celebrates after winning Super Bowl LI. (AP Photo)
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Snapshots of US Mormon civic engagement

January 24, 2017 12:00 AM
Editor’s note: This story pairs with another titled “Mormon civic engagement driven by calls to action.”
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Family members serve in same missions, create unique bond

September 28, 2016 12:00 AM
From left: Carlos Velasquez, Pearla Velasquez, Malia Johnson and Lorena Velasquez. Johnson was thrilled as a missionary to meet a family her father had taught and baptized years earlier in Molina, Paraguay. Her father had lost contact with them and was able to get in touch again because of her missionary service. (Malia Johnson)
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Trump notches another win as Rubio bids to elbow past Cruz

February 24, 2016 12:00 AM
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Plymouth State University, in Plymouth, N.H. (Associated Press)
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Government will consider Google computer to be car's driver

February 10, 2016 12:00 AM
Google's new self-driving car gives a demonstration at the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. The federal government's highway safety agency agrees with Google: computers that will control the cars of the future can be considered their driver. The redefinition of 'driver' is an important break for Google. (Associated Press)
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After years of cuts, school districts face teacher shortages

September 24, 2015 12:00 AM
LOS ANGELES — When a new school year began at the Sierra Sands Unified District 150 miles north of Los Angeles in August, students in four classes were greeted by a substitute.
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