Utah State football: Aggies are living blowout to blowout this season
Logan • Utah State players and coaches alike stuck to one point in the final days leading up to the 2017 season: The team would have to find a way to win the close games, unlike the year before.And...
View ArticleImmigration officers nab long-sought ‘Most Wanted’ sex offender in Provo
A Mexican national convicted of sex offenses in the United States and on the run from federal immigration officials has been arrested in Utah.Jesus Guitron-Aguilera, who had been on the U.S....
View ArticleOfficials: Transgender teen's grisly death not a hate crime
Houston, Mo. • Some of Ally Lee Steinfeld’s burned remains were found in a bag in a rural southern Missouri chicken coop. Authorities say both of the transgender teen’s eyes had been gouged out and she...
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Two men will sentenced to probation for lying to West Valley City police in...
Two men acquitted of murder by a jury earlier this year will spend six years on probation for lying to police about a 2013 gang-related fatal shooting in West Valley City.Both 25-year-old Alejandro...
View ArticleU.S. Interior chief wants smaller monuments, but not in his home state
Billings, Mont. • U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has closely followed his boss’ playbook, encouraging mining and drilling on public lands and reducing the size of national monuments that President...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Now we have the answer to Larry Krystkowiak's question: 'Did you...
The books neatly stacked on a table of an administrator’s office in the University of Utah’s Burbidge Athletics Academic Center illustrate the nature of the industry in this era.“Cheated: The UNC...
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Margaret Sullivan: Jeff Sessions sounded like a free-speech champion at...
I knew if I waited long enough, I’d find something to agree with Attorney General Jeff Sessions about.It was never going to be about deporting young immigrants instead of putting them on a road to...
View ArticleLouisville places basketball coach Rick Pitino, AD on administrative leave
Louisville, Ky. • Louisville has placed coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich on administrative leave amid a federal bribery investigation.Interim university President Greg Postel said at...
View ArticleUtah woman sentenced to jail for driving under the influence during crash...
A Weber County woman who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence during a fatal rollover crash two years ago in Tooele County has been sentenced to jail time.Ann Margaret Fearn, 50, of Hooper,...
View Article"Don't be afraid!" Pope starts campaign to promote migrants
Vatican City • Pope Francis has launched a two-year campaign about the plight of migrants to counteract mounting anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. and Europe, urging the world: “Don’t be...
View ArticleAnn Cannon: What I hope to hear at Mormon General Conference — including a...
It’s definitely NOT MY JOB to tell speakers what to talk about in General Conference. Still. I won’t lie. There are things I’d like to hear when Mormons all over the world tune in to listen to their...
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Utah-based folk musician takes listeners on a tour of nation’s landscapes
Kate MacLeod may have grown up in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., but after moving to Salt Lake City in 1979 at age 18, she quickly developed a greater affinity for the country’s more...
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Mormon church adds $11M to famine relief in Africa, Middle East
The LDS Church is providing an additional $11 million in aid to eight famine-stricken nations in Africa and the Middle East.Gerald Causse, presiding bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
View ArticleJames Rogers retains Salt Lake City Council seat after opponent withdraws...
Salt Lake City Councilman James Rogers received 78 percent of the vote in last month’s primary election. In the general election, he’ll get 100 percent.That’s because his District 1 opponent, David...
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UTA now allows paying train and bus fares by smartphone
The Utah Transit Authority is now allowing riders to pay fares for TRAX, streetcars and bus with a new smartphone app, called UTA GoRide.“The nice thing is you can buy as many tickets as you want and...
View ArticleSaudi women will be allowed to drive, but hurdles remain
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • Women in Saudi Arabia will be able to get behind the wheel as of next summer, following a landmark royal decree allowing women to drive — but they are still likely to be told to...
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Commentary: Utah deserves term limits
Our founders framed the American governing system with an eye to mitigate the likelihood of one group, faction, class, party, or religion gaining and exerting dominance over another. By limiting what...
View ArticleAudit: Hispanics still treated differently in traffic stops
Phoenix • Nearly four years ago, a federal judge ordered a sweeping overhaul of then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office after concluding sheriff’s deputies had systematically racially profiled Hispanics in...
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Leonard Pitts: So black athletes have forgotten how to protest
Dear black people:I guess we’ve messed up again. Seems like we’re never going to learn how to properly protest, no matter how hard conservatives try to teach us.When there was violence in the streets...
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Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell was star of summer; now the real deal beckons
When Donovan Mitchell woke up Monday morning to attend Jazz media day, he took his phone, scrolled through his contacts and stopped at teammate Tony Bradley. He sent the proverbrial “I’m ready” text....
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