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Jeff Caplan

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: Hands off the garlic!

Asparagus and garlic may go together nicely, but a couple of committees involved in these food types are mixing like oil and water.

2 years ago

Amanda Dickson

Opinion: My personal memory of our former senior Senator, Orrin Hatch

KSL NewsRadio host Amanda Dickson recalls a favorite memory, a phone call from Sen. Orrin Hatch asking about the health of her newborn son.

2 years ago

A man walks in the rain. Incoming weather will bring rain and snow...

Martha Harris and Samantha Herrera

Winter storm hits Utah with wind, rain, and snow

The weather in Utah will see a few changes in the next few hours, according to the National Weather Service.

2 years ago

Stock photo of an egg being peeled. Photo credit: Canva...

Simone Seikaly

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: The secret to easy hard boiled eggs

After 700 tests, a researcher has found the perfect combination to assure an easily peeled hard-boiled egg. Hint: it's all about temperature.

2 years ago

Trucker uses CB radio. CW McCall sang trucker songs....

Jeff Caplan

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: Whatever happened to CB radios?

CW McCall sang a trucker song that at one point, nearly every American could sing word-for-word. But why was a trucker song so popular?

2 years ago

Jeff Caplan

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: The worst concert cancellation ever

Concert cancellations are always a possibility. But the way an artist cancels can be a delicate art, and some are better at it than others.

2 years ago

Jeff Caplan

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: Burger vending machines

Food vending machines already exist in other parts of the world. With the current labor shortages, maybe U.S. restaurants should take note.

2 years ago

Jeff Caplan

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: Queen of Basketball

Lucy Harris was a female basketball player and could have been the first woman to play for Jazz. A documentary about her life won an Oscar on Sunday.

2 years ago

Jeff Caplan

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: The Okta Hack, was it Putin or a punk?

A hacker claimed to have broken into a computer system called Okta. Security experts say it could be a Russian operation, but Bloomberg isn't so sure.

2 years ago

Jeff Caplan

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: Autonomous Airplanes

Autonomous airplanes might be in your future. Startups have raised billions to create autonomous airplanes that may eventually carry passengers.

2 years ago

Jeff Caplan

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: What? No Pasta? Stai scherzando!

Supply chain issues and shortages of durum wheat (out of Canada and Ukraine) may force you to choose another kind of pasta.

2 years ago

Jeff Caplan

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: Frenzied farmers and headless tractors

Farmers can now buy a new piece of farming equipment; an autonomous tractor. Famers won't be lazying about though, there'll still be work.

2 years ago

Supporters of Ukraine hold up a sign to protest the Russian invasion....

Jeff Caplan

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: Bravery in Russia

A staff member from a Russian TV station interrupted an anchor on air. Marina Ovsyannikova held up an anti-war sign and shouted behind the anchor.

2 years ago

Gas pump is pictured, us inflation has eased...

Samantha Herrera

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: If you value your privacy, don’t use GasBuddy

People searching for lower gas prices might use an app like GasBuddy, but the app gathers users' data and not anonymously.

2 years ago

Inflation rates are up, and it might affect things at home....

Jeff Caplan

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: Inflation deflation

The new year-to-year inflation rate is approaching 8 percent. Wages and life at home might be affected by the rising rate.

2 years ago

The International Space Station hosts astronauts and cosmonauts alike....

Jeff Caplan

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: Astronauts and cosmonauts in a tin can

Tensions from the invasion of Ukraine reached those involved in space programs, but it's hard to tell if it reached astronauts and cosmonauts.

2 years ago

Jeff Caplan

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: Gas lines remind me of the 70s

Price hikes on gas are causing longer gas lines. The long wait is reminiscent of the gas lines of the 1970s.

2 years ago

Simone Seikaly

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: No more McDonald’s for Putin

McDonald's is one of the latest companies to duck out of Russia, albeit temporarily, to protest Russian aggression in Ukraine.

2 years ago

Simone Seikaly

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: Eating organic food during inflation

You might think that food grown organically is experiencing the same rate of inflation as non-organic food. But it isn't!

2 years ago

A Utah Highway Patrol trooper enforces the speed limit in a construction zone on I-80 near 1700 Eas...

Jeff Caplan

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: Speeding ticket excuses that won’t work

Editor’s note: This is an editorial piece. An editorial, like a news article, is based on fact but also shares opinions. The opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and are not associated with our newsroom. SALT LAKE CITY — It’s well documented Utah has had a problem with speeding lately. More drivers […]