This Cedar City teen’s pedicab company is transforming ride services to and...
Cedar City • There’s a new small business owner in town.Caleb Nelson can’t drive a car just yet, but the 14-year-old is already the owner of Romeo’s Rickshaws, a burgeoning pedicab service. The Cedar...
View Article‘Young Sheldon’ is very different from ‘Big Bang Theory’
“Young Sheldon” is a prequel to the most popular comedy on television — “The Big Bang Theory” — but it’s a very different show. Not just because it’s set in 1989, when Sheldon Cooper was a 9-year-old...
View ArticlePolice seeking driver in fatal Taylorsville hit-and-run
Police were looking Sunday for a driver who hit and killed a pedestrian in Taylorsville, then fled the scene.The victim was identified as 60-year-old Douglas Chavis, of Taylorsville, who was struck...
View ArticleUtah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium expansion study focusing on smart decisions and...
When the Utes play their next home football game against Stanford on Oct. 7, future renovations to Rice-Eccles Stadium figure to garner discussion among the homecoming crowd.That topic came up when...
View ArticleOgden wildfire won’t result in higher insurance rates, but it could trigger...
Ogden • Insurance rates aren’t expected to go up in an Ogden neighborhood where a wildfire destroyed three homes and caused the evacuations of hundreds.But authorities are warning residents to be on...
View ArticleCustom wheels enable Shriners patients with debilitating conditions to cruise...
Five patients at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Salt Lake City went for their first spin Sunday on new bikes created just for them.The adaptive bikes were custom fitted to each patient — some with...
View ArticleMargaret Sullivan: New laws may have chilling effect on dissent
What’s the state of free speech in America?Sanford Ungar, who teaches about it at Harvard and Georgetown, has a simple, depressing answer.“It’s a mess,” he says.It’s not just the problems on college...
View ArticleTitans score 21 straight points in 3rd, beat Seahawks 33-27
Nashville, Tenn. • Marcus Mariota threw for 225 yards and two touchdowns, and the Tennessee Titans scored 21 straight points in rallying to beat the Seattle Seahawks 33-27 Sunday.Pro Bowl running back...
View ArticleKushner used a private email account for some White House business
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner has used a private email account to conduct and discuss official White House business dozens of times, his lawyer confirmed...
View ArticleAlex Smith, Chiefs start quick, beat Chargers 24-10 to go 3-0
Carson, Calif. • Alex Smith threw two touchdown passes in the first 9 ½ minutes against what used to be his hometown team, Terrance Mitchell had two interceptions and rookie Kareem Hunt scored on a...
View ArticleTrump administration’s new travel ban targets 8 countries not compliant with...
The Trump administration announced new restrictions Sunday on visitors from eight countries — an expansion of the pre-existing travel ban that has spurred fierce legal debates over security,...
View ArticleMore than 200 NFL players use national anthem protests to show unity after...
President Donald Trump’s criticism of players who kneel during the national anthem sparked a mass increase in such protests around the National Football League Sunday, as more than 200 players sat,...
View ArticleOne killed, two injured in shooting at trailer park near Garden City
Deputies responding to calls about a suicidal man with a gun shooting into homes in the Garden City area found three people shot — one of them fatally, according to the Rich County Sheriff’s Office.The...
View ArticleRodgers burns Bengals deep in OT, Packers win 27-24
Green Bay, Wis. • Mason Crosby kicked a 27-yard field goal with 6:26 left in overtime set up by Aaron Rodgers’ 72-yard pass to Geronimo Allison, and the Green Bay Packers rallied to beat the Cincinnati...
View ArticleE.J. Dionne: Can we avoid a health care horror?
Washington • It is difficult to decide which is the worst aspect of the Republicans’ latest try at repealing Obamacare: the irresponsibility, the cruelty or the lies.There is only one reason the Senate...
View ArticleJennifer Rubin: McCain shows how pathetic his GOP colleagues are
At a rally for Sen. Luther Strange, R-Ala., on Friday night, President Donald Trump claimed Arizona Sen. John McCain’s decision to vote no on the Cassidy-Graham health-care bill was “an unexpected...
View ArticleGOP health bill in major peril as resistance hardens among key senators
Washington • The floundering Republican attempt to undo the Affordable Care Act met hardening resistance from key GOP senators Sunday that left it on the verge of collapse even as advocates vowed to...
View ArticleWashington Post Editorial: Don’t forget Puerto Rico
News this month has been dominated by the massive storms that have roared out of the Atlantic to threaten the United States. First came Hurricane Harvey, which brought devastation to Texas. Then...
View ArticleFederer beats Kyrgios as Europe wins first Laver Cup
Prague • Roger Federer rallied to beat Nick Kyrgios 4-6, 7-6 (6), 11-9 Sunday and clinch the new Laver Cup tournament for Europe on Sunday.The three-day competition at Prague’s O2 Arena pitted a team...
View ArticleAP source: Dwyane Wade, Bulls agree on buyout
Miami • Dwyane Wade signed with Chicago before last season in large part because the affinity for his hometown was still very strong.A year later, he’s about to be on the move.Wade and the Bulls agreed...
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