Howard Stephenson: Protecting taxpayers from out-of-control medication costs
As the debate over repeal and replace of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, winds its way through the halls of Congress, one thing is clear: Health care costs are out of control...
View ArticleHistorian: At $35M, original printer's manuscript of Book of Mormon a bargain
The original printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon now belongs to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and at $35 million, acquiring it was a bargain.At least, that’s what historian...
View ArticleScott D. Pierce: Oh no! Maybe CBS’ new ‘Star Trek’ stinks
Well, fellow Trekkers, I was planning a big cover story about “Star Trek: Discovery” this weekend, along with a review of the new series.That’s not going to happen. Because CBS won’t screen the show...
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Utah documentary tells intimate, gritty story of opiate crisis
In a dark bedroom, Maddy is tying off her arm, getting ready to shoot heroin with her girlfriend, Page. Through the camera’s eye, we watch these intimate, gritty scenes in Jenny Mackenzie’s new...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Ute basketball recruiting is riding momentum, creating a good...
In the past six months, my analysis of the University of Utah’s basketball recruiting has revolved around the players the Ute staff barely missed signing and those who came to the school and...
View ArticleCatherine Rampell: Republicans' brave new strategy for fixing health care:...
Republicans have unveiled their brave new strategy for fixing the U.S. health care system: Make someone else deal with it.Of all the god-awful Obamacare-repeal-and-replace plans that Republicans have...
View ArticleKim Jong Un fires off insults at Trump and hints at weapons test
Seoul, South Korea • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lobbed a string of insults at President Donald Trump on Friday, calling him a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” and hinting at a frightening new...
View ArticlePrep football: Pick 6 — Six games to watch in Week 6
American Fork at Lone Peak, 7 p.m.The Cavemen get a chance at revenge for their 66-19 loss to the Knights in the Class 5A state semifinals last year at Rice-Eccles Stadium. And it’s all about the...
View ArticleProsecutors chime in on ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio's pardon
Phoenix • Prosecutors in former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s criminal case say past court decisions back up their claim that President Donald Trump’s pardon nullifies the lawman’s conviction.But the U.S....
View ArticleUtah forecast: Valley rain and mountain snow
Valley rain — and yes, mountain snow — is expected to continue through the weekend in northern Utah.The National Weather Service predicts light rain will continue in the Salt Lake valley through the...
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Utah writer lyrically explores the trauma of the Vietnam War
Paisley Rekdal kept obsessing over the twisted sculpture made from wrecked plane parts, spoils of war stacked as high as a house.The Salt Lake City poet, temporarily living in Hanoi on a writing...
View ArticleScorpions still pack a sting more than 50 years later
Mention the Scorpions to casual music fans, and their mental inventory likely will have the German hard-rockers filed away as just another ’80s band.The thing is, the Scorpions were churning out...
View ArticleObama-era campus assault guidance scrapped, DeVos says rules were ‘unfairly...
Washington • The Trump administration on Friday scrapped Obama-era guidance on investigating campus sexual assault, replacing it with new interim instructions allowing universities to decide which...
View ArticleNo freedom or hope for migrants in Hungary transit camps
Belgrade, Serbia • When they set off from violence-plagued Afghanistan nearly two years ago, 17-year-old Hamad Ahmadi and his family believed Europe would give them a chance for a new life. They didn’t...
View ArticleAlleged victims can testify in one another’s sexual assault trials, judge...
A judge has ruled that six of the seven women who have accused former Utah State University football star Torrey Green of sexual assault will be allowed to testify at one another’s trials.Green is...
View ArticleUnited Utah hopeful Jim Bennett qualifies for 3rd District debate in race to...
After concerns that the first poll deviated from the “prescribed approach,” the Utah Debate Commission ran a second survey — and with this one the new United Utah Party’s Jim Bennett has narrowly...
View ArticleNews roundup: Some Trump aides are already looking for the exit
Some Trump aides are already looking for the exit. Michelle Obama tells SLC crowd she cringes at the culture of fear under Trump. Audit: WGU should repay $700m in financial aid.Happy Friday. A...
View ArticleThe blacksmith, the taxidermist and the violin-maker: These Utahns are...
They work with their hands, heating and shaping metal into tools, fashioning wood into beautiful acoustic instruments, or tinkering with tiny cogs to restore an antique timepiece to working order.Their...
View ArticleCops: 8-year-old girl helps drive drunken Pennsylvania man
Darlington, Pa. • Police say a drunken Pennsylvania man had an 8-year-old girl drive him around until someone saw the car moving recklessly and called 911.WPXI-TV reports the bizarre incident involving...
View ArticleRich Lowry: Sovereignty is not a dirty word
To listen to the commentary, Donald Trump used an inappropriate term at the U.N. — not just “Rocket Man,” but “sovereignty.”It wasn’t surprising that liberal analysts freaked out over his nickname for...
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