Letter: In single-payer debate, do the research on health care around the world
I’m sure Craig Paulson is very informed, but there seems to be quite a few disconnects in his opinion piece (“Single-payer health care is not the answer,” Sept. 22).Among the three largest countries in...
View ArticleEugene Robinson: Sadly, the carnage will continue
Washington - We will never know why. We already know how, but we don’t care about that. And we know, beyond the slightest doubt, that it will happen again.There can be no rational motive for mass...
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Utahns recount harrowing night as shots rained down on Las Vegas country...
Jessie Wood was wading through the crowd of country music fans, headed for the bathroom, when she heard the pop-pop-pop late Sunday night. The 22-year-old Ogden resident had come to the three-day Route...
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Backers file paperwork to put Utah Medicaid expansion on 2018 ballot
Karina Brown’s mother died of an acute stroke in 2013 — uninsured and just a few months short of qualifying for health benefits under Medicare.A single mother with seven kids, she went without regular...
View ArticleUtah football: Utes confident they can exploit openings in Stanford defense
As tall a task as the Utah defense faces in stopping Stanford’s rushing attack and the nation’s leading rusher, Bryce Love, there’s also an intriguing matchup between the Stanford defense and the Utah...
View ArticleSalt Lake City music venues react to Las Vegas tragedy: 'We all have to band...
The Sunday night massacre at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas has personnel at some Salt Lake City-area music venues examining what, if anything, can be done to make their...
View ArticleMan once accused of human trafficking sentenced to jail for using false ID to...
A man once accused of human trafficking for allegedly smuggling a woman across the U.S.-Mexico border to Utah and forcing her into prostitution has been sentenced to jail time for using false documents...
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Top Democrat jokes that Republican tax-reform plan is ‘anti-Mormon’
The top Democrat in the Senate joked during an interview last week that the recent tax-reform proposal unveiled by Republicans — including Utah’s Sen. Orrin Hatch — is inherently “anti-Mormon.”“Let me...
View ArticleIf addiction is a disease, should relapse mean jail time?
Boston • Less than two weeks after a court ordered Julie Eldred to not use drugs while on probation, she tested positive for the powerful opioid fentanyl. The woman, who has severe substance use...
View ArticleChristianity may be declining in U.S., but presidents still turn to the Bible...
President Donald Trump departs from the habits of his predecessors in many ways, but not in this one: In his Monday speech after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, Trump used biblical...
View Article'Blade Runner 2049' tells a compelling story in a stunning visual frame
Fans of Ridley Scott’s landmark 1982 dystopian noir drama “Blade Runner” will be thrilled to find that director Denis Villeneuve has soaked his follow-up, “Blade Runner 2049,” in as much grime-and-neon...
View ArticleUtah program gives single moms path out of poverty and helps local employers...
Sandy • Kaydee Rasmussen said she had an ideal childhood but a traumatic event at age 26 led to a drug addiction that took over her life for a decade and put her in poverty.Now, Invest in You Too — a...
View ArticleConference-leading Utah defense faces its biggest test in Stanford
This might be tough to fathom, but Utah’s defense entered 2017 with added motivation to further heighten the characteristics it is already known for. Senior linebacker Kavika Luafatasaga said the Utes,...
View ArticlePoll: Americans want local leaders to fight global warming
Washington • Americans want their local officials to take on the challenge of battling global warming now that President Donald Trump is withdrawing the nation an international climate change...
View ArticleSociology professor: Rich men with extreme politics have the happiest marriages
People are being pickier about who they marry and waiting longer to tie the knot. And with half of marriages ending in divorce, it’s gotten a lot easier to exit unpleasant unions. So, the state of the...
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Petula Dvorak: Will hundreds of people killed and hurt matter?
Maybe this time will be different. Maybe the sheer number of people killed and injured at a country music festival in Las Vegas — at least 58 dead and more than 500 injured in the deadliest mass...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Not too soon to talk about gun violence
No, it is not too soon.Today, and yesterday, and the last time, and the next time, are all the time to talk about why, alone of all the nations on earth, the United States has to wake up morning after...
View ArticleAlexandra Petri: When white men turn into lone wolves
He became a wolf very suddenly.The change came upon him almost as soon as he lowered the gun. His words became unintelligible. He ceased to belong to anyone. He became that most dreaded of creatures:...
View ArticleIn Mesquite, Nev., neighbors are shocked that the Las Vegas shooter lived...
Mesquite, Nev. • It’s a quiet little oasis that’s quickly filling up with retirement homes — a place where you can relocate and never be noticed.Stephen Paddock, 64, moved into a Sun City neighborhood...
View ArticleSydney Kings Travis Leslie, Adam Thoesby savor return to Utah
After suiting up with the Utah Jazz for Las Vegas Summer League, Travis Leslie figured it would probably be awhile before he crossed paths with the organization again.So it was with a bit of surprise...
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