Venezuelan socialists claim victory as opposition cries foul
Caracas, Venezuela • Pro-government candidates have swept to an unforeseen victory in Venezuelan gubernatorial races according to official results that have quickly been challenged by the country’s...
View ArticleLetter: Enough of the 'thoughts and prayers'
Our thoughts and prayers are with you . . .How often have we heard that expression? It is a heartfelt phrase that seems to be getting used with more and more frequency. There is a popular axiom that...
View ArticleJazz point guard Dante Exum will have surgery on injured shoulder
Like his teammates, Dante Exum will be in Los Angeles on Oct. 24.But while the Utah Jazz prepare to play the Clippers at Staples Center, Exum will be going under the knife.The team announced Monday...
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Forget the handmade wreaths — now Martha Stewart hangs with Snoop Dogg and...
Here are some of the things Martha Stewart has done on her new show with Snoop Dogg: She has worn a blinged-out cheese grater on a chain around her neck. She has drunk out of what can only be described...
View ArticleErin Alberty: When is a natural wonder too secret to write about?
Leprechaun Canyon was a quiet place the first few times I visited.The whispers of my friends and family echoed off the towering orange walls. No one else was there. There was no official parking or...
View ArticleDid President Obama know a bill — sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch — would strip...
Washington • In his last year in office, President Barack Obama signed a bill that stripped the Drug Enforcement Administration of its most powerful tool for combating drug companies suspected of...
View ArticleKragthorpe: 'Carrington is still open' will haunt the Utes throughout this...
Now that he actually has seen his receiver, thanks to the modern blessing and curse of videotape, the image of Darren Carrington II standing alone in the back of the end zone will stick with Utah...
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Margaret Sullivan: Trump's threats against the press may be toothless, but...
As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump vowed to change the libel laws to make it easier to win big lawsuits against news organizations. It never happened.After the election, he pressured the FBI...
View ArticleLetter: It's about gun safety, not politics
To all of the representatives and senators, leaders and citizens of Utah and beyond, something must be done about gun control in this country. It is not an issue of left or right, it’s about the safety...
View ArticleRoadwork on Nebo Loop to begin once fall colors fade
The U.S. Forest Service is waiting until the fall leaf viewing season is mostly done to begin rebuilding a portion of the beautiful Nebo Loop road that starts in Payson and ends near Nephi.Construction...
View ArticleVatican court convicts ex-hospital chief in housing scandal
Vatican City • A Vatican court on Saturday convicted the former president of the pope’s children’s hospital of diverting some $500,000 in donations to renovate a cardinal’s flat and gave him a one-year...
View ArticleJohn Stockton, Karl Malone and their flip phones hung out together at the LSU...
John Stockton and Karl Malone were dialed in throughout their Utah Jazz careers together, amassing a combined 24 All Star selections and two MVP awards. The duo rarely, if ever, phoned it in on the...
View ArticlePope Francis adds 35 saints to church, nearly all martyrs
Vatican City • Pope Francis, who often laments current persecutions of Christians, has given the Catholic Church 35 new saints, nearly all of them martyrs, from past centuries.The latest saints were...
View ArticlePope Francis demands response to hunger, climate, migration
Rome • Pope Francis demanded Monday that world governments collectively commit to end rising world hunger by resolving the conflicts and climate change-related disasters that force people to leave...
View ArticleLetter: Protecting the Dreamers takes an act of Congress
The solution to immigration issues is not through executive orders.In 2012, President Obama’s executive order implementing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was his way to appropriate...
View ArticleLighter winds help crews gain on California wildfires
Santa Rosa, Calif. • Firefighters kept gaining on the California wildfires Monday with help from lighter winds that made it easier to attack the flames that have killed at least 40 people and destroyed...
View ArticleFed by Trump’s rhetoric, right wing tosses out conspiracy theories and...
The Oct. 1 New York Times Magazine ran a troubling story about how right-wing media and anti-immigrant forces turned an unfortunate incident involving three children into a fictional gang rape that has...
View ArticleLetter: Climate change is upon us
In response to Richard Gladwell (Public Forum, Oct. 6), Trump loves the uneducated. Climate change predicts more frequent and more intense weather events as both the atmosphere and sea water continue...
View ArticleTy Detmer goes on a tirade to motivate BYU’s punchless offense
Provo • Ty Detmer has apparently seen enough poor production and sloppy execution from BYU’s offense this season.The usually “calm, cool and collected” second-year offensive coordinator went off on the...
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Anne Applebaum: If Russia can create fake 'Black Lives Matter' accounts, who...
Send a spy to spread rumors on the other side of the front line. Drop leaflets into enemy territory. Debilitate the enemy using its own people, in their own language — Lord Haw-Haw, Tokyo Rose — over...
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