News roundup: Trump releases some JFK assassination documents, revealing wild...
Trump releases some JFK assassination documents, revealing wild mentions of strippers, plots against Cuba and the idea of CIA involvement. Trump’s 2016 campaign relied on tech firms, finds new...
View ArticleHow Congress plays by different rules on sexual harassment and misconduct
Washington • Briony Whitehouse was a 19-year-old intern in 2003 when she boarded an elevator in the Russell Senate Office Building with a Republican senator, who she said groped her until the doors...
View ArticleLetters from Harper Lee to friend sell for $12,500
Birmingham, Ala. • A batch of letters hand written by "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee has sold for more than $12,000.A statement from the Los Angeles-based Nate D. Sanders Auctions says 38...
View ArticlePick 6: Six prep football playoff games worth watching in Week 11
Riverton at Weber, 6 p.m.The region-champion Warriors will try for their first playoff win since 1999, when they won the Class 4A state title. Weber lost its season opener against American Fork before...
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Ballet West to kick off new season with highly requested ‘Carmina Burana’
In celebration of his 10th anniversary as Ballet West artistic director, Adam Sklute is gifting himself and the city a number of firsts. Kicking off the 2017-18 season on Friday, Nov. 3, is a...
View ArticleSmall brewers in Utah ‘want their voices to be heard’ as state prepares for...
Tired of being left out of important liquor law discussions, Utah’s small brewers have decided to hire a part-time executive director to help with — among other things — lobbying efforts that affect...
View ArticleTransgender at BYU: Living lives despite unclear policies
Provo • Cammie Vanderveur enrolled as an engineering major at Brigham Young University in the ’90s to have access to the Clyde Engineering Building.The building was open 24/7 and became part of a...
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Catherine Rampell: Republicans are propping up scammers and cheaters
Washington - Republicans claim to believe no company is too big to fail. The almighty market must be allowed to work its magic, and firms with defective business models should face the consequences.Yet...
View ArticleShakespeare’s weird sisters find new life in contemporary comedy
The backstage story of how the witches of “Macbeth” change the course of theater history serves as a rough plot outline of a new comedy by Utah writer L.L. West.Pygmalion Productions’ “The Weyward...
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Utah professor hopes robotic hives will help honeybees
Logan • As a beekeeper, Vladimir Kulyukin is worried about the plight of the honeybee. As a computer scientist, he hopes to help curb colony failures by creating robotic hives.The associate professor...
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Monson: Dark clouds of smoke are rising at BYU. Is there a fire?
Armageddon has come to BYU basketball. Armageddon Light. OK, so it’s not Armageddon at all. But it is explosive and it is serious and it is embarrassing, and, taken to the extreme, it raises suspicions...
View ArticleScott D. Pierce: Wait! You should watch Season 1 of ‘Stranger Things’ before...
If you watched Season 1 of “Stranger Things,” it was probably because someone told you to. The series didn’t get a big push from Netflix. It wasn’t pitched to TV critics. But when it debuted in July...
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Cops on hunt for violent ex-con after Layton shooting
Police throughout northern Utah on Friday were hunting for an “armed and dangerous” suspect in a Layton shooting that put a 32-year-old man in the hospital with multiple bullet wounds.Layton police Lt....
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Two of the ‘199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die’ are in Utah
When most people go on vacation, they go to see the sights. Sometimes that’s a historical place, a famous art museum or a natural wonder.For Loren Rhoads, it’s cemeteries.Since 2011, the writer has...
View ArticleTrump headed to Utah in December with plans to shrink Bears Ears and Grand...
Washington • President Donald Trump plans to visit Utah in December to announce that he will trim the boundaries of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, a move that is...
View ArticleMormon temple in Houston will remain closed until spring for...
The LDS Church’s Houston Temple, heavily damaged by floodwaters when Hurricane Harvey slammed eastern Texas in August, will remain closed until next spring.In a letter released Wednesday, the faith’s...
View ArticleUtah’s vulnerable defense hopes for a return to form at Oregon
While Utah’s offense goes in search of an identity this weekend at Oregon, the Utah defense will try to live up to its well-established identity.In recent weeks, the Utes’ vaunted defense has looked...
View ArticleMadrid eyes crackdown after Catalonia declares independence
Barcelona, Spain • In one of the most momentous days in recent Spanish history, lawmakers in the Catalan regional parliament voted to unilaterally declare independence on Friday, prompting the...
View ArticleDish of the Week: The Carmine Pizza in Cottonwood Heights
$14 lunch, $20 dinner • Carmine pizzaCarmine’s owner Carmine Delli Bovi installed a wood-fired oven at the front of his restaurant in Cottonwood Heights to fire up thin-crust pizzas for guests. His...
View ArticleMormon church shortens General Conference, elevates visibility of women’s...
The LDS Church’s general women’s session no longer will have to share the General Conference spotlight twice a year with the all-male priesthood gathering.Instead, each of those sessions will take...
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