Feds narrow criminal case against ex-UTA board member Diehl — again
Federal prosecutors have amended the criminal case brought against former Utah Transit Authority board member Terry Diehl for a second time — dropping a count of criminal tax evasion.Once charged with...
View ArticleFemale golfer denied trophy after winning boys tournament
Uxbridge, Mass. • A female high school student who had the best score at a boys' golf tournament in Massachusetts has been denied the trophy because she's a girl.Lunenburg High School student Emily...
View ArticleMotorcycles in the kitchen: Salt Lake County closes Murray eatery
Health inspectors shut down a Murray catering business Wednesday after discovering that the owner was living in the building and parking motorcycles in the kitchen.Main Events Catering, 167 W. 4500...
View ArticleTurnover-plagued Jazz fall under .500 with 97-88 loss at Phoenix
Phoenix • Before Wednesday night’s tipoff, Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder cautioned that beating the Phoenix Suns twice in the preseason meant little for the prospect of beating them in the regular...
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E.J. Dionne: Republicans aren’t ready to quit Trump
Washington •Yes, it’s a very big deal that Republicans Jeff Flake, Bob Corker, John McCain and George W. Bush are now ready to take on what Flake rightly calls President Trump’s “reckless, outrageous...
View ArticleParents of kids hit by a truck after trick-or-treating warn Utah drivers to...
“I was shaking so hard I forgot how my phone worked,” Ana Simmon said Wednesday morning, standing near 2100 South and 400 East, the spot where a truck had crashed into her family as they walked home...
View ArticleWith its driver fatally shot, a car plows through rush-hour traffic in Murray
A motorist was fatally shot Wednesday evening in Murray, prompting his car to zoom across State Street and hit several others during rush-hour traffic.At about 5:30 p.m., a man walked up to the...
View ArticleInterim Suns coach Jay Triano tackles tough job in wake of Earl Watson dismissal
It should be noted that Jay Triano has done this before.Triano took over as the interim head coach of the Phoenix Suns this weekend after Earl Watson was fired, partly because he has experience. In...
View ArticleBYU basketball: Childs dominates Blue-White Game, as expected
Provo • It didn’t take sophomore forward Yoeli Childs long to establish that he will be an integral part of the BYU men’s basketball team this season, and perhaps the most important part.Childs scored...
View Article‘She’s really, really a hard-working, nice person’: Grace Wiczek leads Park...
Orem • One thing you can bank on with Grace Wiczek: When she carries the name of Park City on her volleyball uniform, it’s not always just about how she and her fellow Miners play.Feelings run deep for...
View ArticleNHL roundup: Blues cool down streaking Flames
St. Louis • Jaden Schwartz and Alex Pietrangelo scored second-period power-play goals and Jake Allen made 23 saves to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Wednesday night.St. Louis...
View ArticleEx-judge 1st sentenced in US in FIFA scandal, gets 8 months
New York • A former judge who led Guatemala's soccer federation became the first person sentenced in the U.S. in the FIFA world soccer corruption scandal when a judge ordered him to serve eight months...
View ArticleSpringer’s 2-run homer gives Astros wild World Series Game 2 win
Los Angeles • George Springer screamed with excitement as he circled the bases after hitting a two-run homer off Brandon McCarthy in the 11th inning.Would it be enough? Was this the final plot twist in...
View ArticleNBA roundup: Nets stun Cavaliers, while Warriors rally late over Raptors
New York • Spencer Dinwiddie made the go-ahead 3-pointer with 43 seconds left while starting for the injured D'Angelo Russell, and the Brooklyn Nets overcame LeBron James' first triple-double of the...
View ArticleLDS Church Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé breaks in new Riverton Deseret...
LDS Church Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé dedicated Deseret Industries’ newest thrift store Wednesday night in Riverton.Caussé and other representatives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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‘They are, by all accounts, Americans’: most Utahns oppose deporting DACA...
Rep. Mia Love called the Obama-era program that protected certain young immigrants from deportation a “Band-Aid” on Tuesday night as she urged Congress to develop a more permanent solution that...
View ArticleLetter: Rich use fear to divide the public
The following is why we have such a political divide in this country.The wealthy, because they realize they don’t have the votes themselves to get more tax cuts and less regulation passed, know they...
View ArticleUtah ranks No. 2 in growth of residents who speak a language besides English...
During this decade, Utah sped along to the second-fastest growth rate for residents who speak a language other than English while at home, a shift driven by the children of immigrants.That population...
View ArticleLetter: Availability of assault rifles is the crux of the problem
In commenting on the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Bill O’Reilly, former Fox News commentator, said, “This is the price of freedom.” But Great Britain, Canada and Australia are every bit as free as we...
View ArticleLetter: Just say no to Vegas
Nobody goes to Vegas until they ban machine guns. This could work. Pass it on.Michael Vogel, Sandy
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