Bomb kills investigative journalist in Malta who reported on Panama Papers
Daphne Caruana Galizia, an investigative journalist and blogger from Malta who was known for her reporting on governmental corruption, was killed in a bomb explosion near her home on Monday, officials...
View ArticleUtah police officer accused of making fake 911 call involving his estranged wife
A Unified Police Department officer has been placed on leave after allegedly making a fake 911 call to report a possible burglary at a South Jordan home while knowing his estranged wife was inside.Lt....
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Provo Mayor John Curtis takes a big lead in newest poll
Provo Mayor John Curtis bagged another big lead — by a commanding 27 point margin — in the newest poll for the special election to fill Utah’s vacant congressional seat.The Republican candidate...
View ArticleSyracuse punches ticket to first girls' soccer state title game with win over...
Draper • The Syracuse Titans didn’t need to sift through the record books.When a postgame public address announcement rang out about them advancing to the state championship game, after a 4-1 win over...
View ArticleCommentary: Mormons and the Boy Scouts, once joined at the hip, are now...
It is a common stereotype, though one not far from the truth, that the average Mormon boy is an Eagle Scout.There are certainly a lot of them. Recent statistics suggest that The Church of Jesus Christ...
View ArticleGarrison Keillor: I look around and see the people in the obits are pals of mine
When I was 20, I dropped out of college and got a job with a morning newspaper whose city editor Mr. Walt Streightiff put me to work writing obituaries of ordinary men and women whose deaths were not...
View ArticleFor the first time ever, most Americans say a person can be good without God
For the first time, a majority of Americans (56 percent) say it is possible to be a good person without a religious belief.So says new Pew Research Center data drawn from two polls conducted among...
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Jazz open season Wednesday against a Nuggets team they'll have to beat to...
Last season, the Jazz did something for which they received no trophy or banner — nor did they expect any spoils.It’s not that winning the Northwest Division of the NBA, edging the Oklahoma City...
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Utes receiving corps must step up even more with Darren Carrington II hurt
Plain and simple, wide receiver Darren Carrington II adds an explosive and dangerous element to the Utes offense. That’s no secret, particularly after he racked up 409 yards receiving and four...
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Margaret Sullivan: From the pen of an 18-year-old Harvey Weinstein: An...
As credible allegations emerged over the past few weeks of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assaults, some observers marveled: It had been going on since the early 1980s.Weinstein, now 65, was...
View ArticleUtes leave door open for QB Tyler Huntley to start this weekend
Neither Utah quarterback Tyler Huntley nor coach Kyle Whittingham ruled anything out or ruled anything in for this weekend. Huntley returned to the practice field in full pads and took snaps with the...
View ArticlePac-12 football: Washington schools share each other’s misery after falling...
Stanford coach David Shaw likes to say there are no upsets in Pac-12 football, because of the conference’s depth.Yet more of an explanation is necessary for what happened last weekend, when each...
View Article‘Mormon Land’ — Former LDS bishop, stake president and temple architect...
She served a mission. She designed Mormon temples. She led LDS congregations. And now she is on the outs with the faith she loves because she insists on living as a transgender woman.Hear Laurie Lee...
View ArticleUtah State University student ordered to stand trial for allegedly raping...
Logan • Alison Berg paused before describing what happened in the early morning hours after a fraternity party in September 2015.“Can we take a short break?” she asked, during her testimony at a...
View ArticleSLC announces new police bodycam policy. Protesters show up anyway.
A mayoral executive order signed Tuesday says that Salt Lake City will release police body camera footage 10 business days after an officer uses force that injures or kills someone.Mayor Jackie...
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Paul Waldman: Trump's lie about Obama, fallen soldiers shows how he makes...
Every once in a while, a politician says something so outrageous that it produces not the feigned outrage that has become so familiar, but genuine outrage. That’s what President Donald Trump managed...
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Hughes questions whether University of Utah had a ‘Cinderella-slippered’ deal...
Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes chided University of Utah officials over a $12 million donation to the U. that auditors said was inappropriately used to purchase services from a company owned by the...
View ArticleInjuries, players’ preferences cause Ty Detmer to alter BYU’s offense
Provo • BYU ran most of its plays with its quarterbacks under center through spring camp last March, training camp last August and the bulk of its first three games. The pro-style attack that...
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Audit gives Utah Olympic facilities high marks, but says they need a $40M...
The Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation has successfully maintained and operated three venues from the 2002 Winter Games, say legislative auditors, who recommend investing nearly $40 million in public funds...
View ArticleA short-term health deal by senators _ with Trump's blessing
Washington • Republican and Democratic senators joined in announcing a plan Tuesday aimed at stabilizing America’s health insurance markets in the wake of President Donald Trump’s order to terminate...
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