Tribune Editorial: Police should work with prosecutors
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill is asking police officers who testify in court about their history of “truthfulness, biases and disciplinary history.” Officers will now have to complete a...
View ArticleUtes know their offense must play better than it did against Stanford
Getting beat out for the starting job hit Utes senior quarterback Troy Williams hard, but an unspectacular performance in the team’s first loss of the season on Saturday may have hit him...
View ArticleYouth movement carries Syracuse to new heights in girls’ soccer
Syracuse • It’s been a season of firsts for the Syracuse High girls’ soccer team. After dwelling in or near the basement of Regions 1 and 2 for the majority of their history, the Titans enter the 2017...
View ArticleLetter: Imagine a re-enactment of Nauvoo
Imagine for a moment, citizens of Wellsville, that certain communities back East annually hosted re-enactments of the driving of Mormons from Missouri and Nauvoo, claiming thereby to commemorate the...
View ArticleFilm producer Harvey Weinstein ousted from company he co-founded
New York • Harvey Weinstein has been fired from The Weinstein Co., effective immediately, following new information revealed regarding his conduct, the company's board of directors announced...
View ArticleU.S., Turkey announce travel restrictions amid deteriorating alliance
Istanbul • The increasingly strained alliance between Turkey and the United States took a sharp downward turn on Sunday when both governments abruptly announced they were canceling most visitor visas...
View ArticleMargaret Sullivan: When it comes to the media, Clinton is right to be critical
We’ll never know how Hillary Clinton would have performed as president.But now we know what kind of media critic she’d be: a tough one.In “What Happened,” her book about the 2016 campaign, Clinton lets...
View ArticleLetter: The goal of scholarship is the truth, not ‘respect’ for a church
How unfortunate that professor Bob Goldberg touts as praiseworthy an apparent goal of the University of Utah’s Mormon studies program: “fostering ... respect” for “The Church of Jesus Christ of...
View ArticleTrump administration releases hard-line immigration principles, threatening...
Washington • The Trump administration released a list of hard-line immigration principles late Sunday that could threaten to derail a deal in Congress to allow of hundreds of thousands of younger...
View ArticleDove apologizes for Facebook soap ad that many call racist
New York • Dove is facing heat for a body wash ad showing a black woman taking off her shirt to reveal a white woman, with many social media users calling it racist.Dove has removed the post from its...
View ArticleLetter: Kathie Allen would be good for all of Utah
I am proud of Utah. While so much of the country is divided into blue and red, we have a unique combination of strong morality, religious commitment, fiscal responsibility, and also great compassion...
View ArticleHugh Hewitt: Trump's baked-in support from religious voters
President Donald Trump’s enduring support among evangelical Christians and Mass-attending Catholics befuddles many of his critics. “How could a Christian accept [some presidential action or...
View ArticleJennifer Rubin: Yes, things could get worse
Conventional wisdom proclaims that the Republicans will pass something on tax reform; the generals (Jim Mattis at the Defense Department, Chief of Staff John F. Kelly and H.R. McMaster at the National...
View ArticleLetter: Shifting to a cruelty-free diet
We are a nation of special observances. There is even a World Day for Farm Animals, observed on Oct. 2 (Gandhi’s birthday). Apparently it’s intended to memorialize the tens of billions of animals...
View ArticleJerry Jones: Cowboys players who kneel during anthem won’t play
Arlington, Texas • Dallas owner Jerry Jones says the NFL can’t leave the impression that it tolerates players disrespecting the flag and that any of his Cowboys making such displays won’t play.Jones...
View ArticleE.J. Dionne: The mainstreaming of right-wing extremism
Washington • “Some people say I’m extreme,” an Indiana tea party leader told The New York Times at the height of the movement’s rebellion in 2010, “but they said the John Birch Society was extreme,...
View ArticleTexans star J.J. Watt breaks left leg against Chiefs
Houston • Houston Texans star J.J. Watt broke his left leg Sunday night against the Kansas City Chiefs.The team announced that he sustained a tibial plateau fracture.The defensive end was injured while...
View ArticleRed Sox beat Astros 10-3, avoid elimination in ALDS Game 3
Boston • Hanley Ramirez waved a “Believe in Boston” flag during pregame introductions, drawing cheers from a Fenway Park crowd fearful of a second straight postseason sweep.Then he gave the Red Sox...
View ArticleFlacco, Ravens beat Raiders without Carr 30-17
Oakland, Calif. • Mike Wallace got excited as soon as he saw the script, knowing he’d have an early chance to deliver the big passing play that has been missing too often this season for...
View ArticleSeahawks preserve NFC West supremacy in 16-10 win over Rams
Los Angeles • The Seattle Seahawks watched enough film to know Jared Goff and Todd Gurley have made remarkable strides under new Rams coach Sean McVay.Earl Thomas, Sheldon Richardson and the veteran...
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