No more free rides: Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell working on finishing his...
Life might be different now if Donovan Mitchell only had listened to his mother.From his years at Connecticut boarding schools to his tenure at Louisville, he heard a consistent refrain from Nicole...
View ArticleCollege basketball season grows closer as Pac-12 media days kick off Wednesday
Rolling from interview to interview, facing question after question for an entire day is sort of like hitting the gym, Larry Krystkowiak quipped.“It’s kind of like working out,” Utah’s men’s basketball...
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Boy pleads guilty to attempted aggravated murder for shooting Deserae Turner...
Logan • A 17-year-old boy pleaded guilty Tuesday to shooting 14-year-old Deserae Turner in the back of the head in February, leaving the girl with lifelong injuries.Colter Danny Peterson pleaded guilty...
View ArticleHit the hills for one last chance to see Utah’s autumn best
Leaf peepers, get thee to the hills. Utah’s fall color display still is looking great, but it’s on its way out.As of Monday, slopes were aglow in East Canyon, behind Midway, and the Alpine Scenic Loop...
View ArticlePope Francis enters Rohingya Muslim minefield with Myanmar-Bangladesh trip
Vatican City • Pope Francis will wade into the religious and political minefield of Myanmar’s crackdown on Rohingya Muslims and the effects of their exodus to Bangladesh when he visits both countries...
View ArticleMother questioned by child welfare officials after 3-year-old boy was left at...
The mother of a 3-year-old boy left behind in a corn maze apparently has some explaining to do to state child protective services officials.West Jordan police Sgt. Joe Monson said that the child was...
View ArticleWanna be on HBO? ‘Westworld’ is looking for Utahns to be extras
The Emmy-winning HBO series “Westworld” is returning to Utah to film its second season, and Utahns have a chance to be part of the show.The series, through Bill Dance Casting, is looking for extras...
View ArticleMan accused of starting Brian Head fire pleads not guilty, requests trial date
A Taylorsville man charged with accidentally starting the 71,000-acre Brian Head Fire — which destroyed 13 residences and cost about $34 million to fight — has entered not guilty pleas and requested a...
View ArticleErin Alberty: My car crashed down a mountain. Don’t let this happen to you.
I drove for almost 23 years without a single wreck.Twenty-three years!Maybe a driving record like that is like a fault line where tension ratchets up over centuries of calm and then unleashes a...
View ArticleLetter: Jesus would not sign a brief supporting bakers who don’t want to make...
The backing by the LDS Church, the Utah senators in Congress and a majority of the Utah state senators of a Colorado cake baker’s refusal to bake a cake for a gay couple on religious grounds would be...
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Utah congressional front-runner John Curtis says he supports Trump agenda,...
Provo Mayor John Curtis finds places where he can support Donald Trump by focusing on the president’s agenda and ignoring his “distractions,” he said during an online debate Tuesday in the special...
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Will ‘Negro’ name stick to Utah canyon?
Little is known about William Grandstaff other than the color of his skin and the derogatory nickname Moab locals once gave him.Even the spelling of his last name is in dispute 136 years after the...
View ArticleEugene Robinson: Our democracy could be sunk by a president adrift
Washington - The truth can no longer be ignored: Donald Trump is dangerously unfit to be president and could lead the nation to unthinkable disaster. So what are we going to do about it?The White House...
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Commentary: A jobs competition Trump can’t win
The Labor Department’s September jobs report with a decline of 33,000 was the first drop in more than 5 years, with the hurricanes primarily responsible for many of the jobs lost. Regardless of whether...
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Former California high school two-sport prospect Jaylon Johnson spurned USC...
Utah freshman cornerback Jaylon Johnson always seemingly has been fast enough, quick enough, strong enough and tenacious enough to lock up an opponent one-on-one. It didn’t matter if that was on the...
View ArticleLetter: Social Security and Medicare are not entitlements
In response to David Spackman’s letter to the editor (Sept. 16): When are he and other right wingers like himself going to realize that Social Security and Medicare are not entitlements? They have...
View ArticleLetter: Socialism is not a dirty word
Dana Milbank’s Sept. 15 Tribune commentary titled, “Democrats have become socialists,” uses the word socialist like a sledge hammer and the ultimate pariah.This is a common name-calling technique used...
View ArticleUtah judge sends former Mormon bishop to prison for sexually abusing boys in...
A former Mormon bishop from Mapleton has been sentenced to prison for sexually abusing two boys in 2014, when they were members of his congregation.Erik Hughes, 51, was charged in July in 4th District...
View ArticleBig names continue to speak out against Harvey Weinstein
Meryl Streep, Judi Dench, Glenn Close and other celebrities are speaking out about high-powered film producer Harvey Weinstein following an explosive New York Times report that detailed sexual...
View ArticleUtah’s favorite Halloween candy isn’t chocolate, somehow
Utah’s favorite Halloween candy isn’t chocolate, candy corn or even saltwater taffy.It’s Jolly Rancher hard candies, according to the bulk candy dealer Candystore.com.Utah residents and companies...
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