Utahn Brian Steed to be deputy director of the Bureau of Land Management
Washington • Brian Steed, a Utahn who has served as Rep. Chris Stewart’s chief of staff, has been appointed the deputy director of the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees most of the public...
View ArticleAre you a cop who has lied on the job? Salt Lake County prosecutors want to...
Police officers in Salt Lake County soon will have to answer questions about their truthfulness, biases and disciplinary history before taking the witness stand.Starting next Monday, the prosecutor’s...
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Holly Richardson: Professor does magic for refugees. You can, too.
In September, 2015, a picture of a toddler in a red T-shirt, blue shorts and little sneakers went viral. The picture was of Aylan Kurdi and he was the 3-year-old found face-down on a beach in Turkey....
View ArticleScott D. Pierce: ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ gets crazier — and she‘s out for revenge
Things are about to get crazy on “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.”Sure, when the show debuted in 2015, Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) quit her job at a New York law firm and moved to California to win the heart of...
View ArticleTrump visits Vegas shooting victims: 'Amazing people'
Las Vegas • President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump met privately with victims of the Las Vegas shooting at a hospital Wednesday, praising them and the doctors who treated them as he...
View ArticleArrested drunk man claims he time traveled to Wyoming to warn of aliens
Casper, Wyo. • Police say a central Wyoming man they arrested for public intoxication claimed he had traveled back in time to warn of an alien invasion.Casper police say the man they encountered at...
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SLC officer was justified in fatally shooting bicyclist because he threatened...
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill has cleared a Salt Lake City police officer who fatally shot a man on Aug. 13, after the man allegedly pulled a knife and threatened to injure officers...
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Utah men’s basketball: Grad transfer Justin Bibbins aims to fit in during his...
One and done typically refers to a freshman planning on a short stay in college basketball. However graduate transfers with one final season of eligibility also join new programs each year. That easily...
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Leonard Pitts: ‘Thoughts and prayers’ for Las Vegas victims are not enough
There is, by now, a grim routine to all of this.That’s how frequently it happens, how unremarkable it has become in America for some lunatic with a gun to shoot up a public place: we have evolved a...
View ArticleWhy a bakery that makes granola with ‘love got a warning letter from the FDA
The ingredient list for Massachusetts-based Nashoba Brook Bakery’s granola was normal enough, save for one ingredient. Amid the oats and sweetener was “love.” The subject of nearly every rock-and-roll...
View ArticleDemocrats launch fresh push for gun control after Las Vegas shooting
Washington • It didn’t work after mass shootings at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, college campuses in Virginia and Oregon, a church in Charleston, South Carolina, or at a movie theater and high...
View ArticleSalt Lake survives first round of cuts for World Cup host cities
Salt Lake City has made the shortlist of potential 2026 FIFA World Cup host cities for the United Bid.The United Bid Committee released a list of 32 possible official host cities across the United...
View ArticleTillerson denies he weighed resigning or called Trump 'moron'
Washington • Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared Wednesday he never considered resigning as President Donald Trump’s top diplomat, disputing what he called “erroneous” reports that he wanted to...
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Jennifer Rubin: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump must go
The continued presence of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump in the West Wing constitutes both a legal liability and a political embarrassment for President Trump. The couple have not a single identifiable...
View ArticleUtah Rep. Rob Bishop calls for records on all Interior secretary travel —...
Washington • After the Interior Department’s inspector general opened an inquiry into Secretary Ryan Zinke’s use of taxpayer-funded charter and military planes, Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, is asking the...
View ArticleCedar City woman killed in massacre attended festival with 14-year-old daughter
Cedar City • Heather and Albert Alvarado were like two peas in a pod. They were a beautiful couple.That’s how two Cedar City firefighters remembered them Wednesday. Heather died of wounds suffered in...
View ArticleSome Republicans open to banning 'bump stocks' used in Vegas
Washington • Senior congressional Republicans said Wednesday they are open to considering legislation banning “bump stocks” like the shooter in Las Vegas apparently used to effectively convert...
View ArticleFire burns track hoe at construction site in Cottonwood Heights
A backhoe at a construction site hit a gas line and caught on fire on Wednesday afternoon near the corner of 3000 East and Cottonwood Parkway.Fire at DOT and Cottonwood Public Works Yard. Backhoe...
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Vegas killer's girlfriend says he left her in the dark
Las Vegas • The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman said Wednesday she had no idea of the massacre he was plotting when he sent her on a trip abroad to see her family.Marilou Danley issued the statement...
View ArticleLetter: Check out health care models in other nations
Anyone who wants to truly understand the issues regarding better, cheaper, fairer health care must read an insightful book called “The Healing of America,” by T.R. Reid.It was written in 2009 before...
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