Olympic projection forecasts Germany, Norway atop medals table
Like many trying to forecast the results of next year's Winter Olympics, Simon Gleave has a major problem: Russia could be the subject to a doping ban.All calculations are muddied when it's not clear...
View ArticleFormer Russian gold medalist disqualified for life for Sochi doping
Geneva • In a landmark verdict that indicates Russia conspired to run a doping program at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, a cross-country skier who won a gold medal was disqualified by the IOC on...
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Want to go to Arches? You may soon need a reservation, under a new Park...
Arches National Park on Wednesday unveiled a proposal for a reservation system that it hopes will reduce the crush of visitors, but may irritate some who are unable to plan ahead.Park officials...
View ArticleUtah day care worker sentenced to prison for 2014 death of an 8-month-old boy...
Ogden • Before Christopher Penland stood in a crowded courtroom Wednesday to speak at the sentencing for the Roy day care worker convicted of killing his son, he had written down the things he had...
View ArticleSalt Lake's Nathan Chen is a rare American quad king
New York • Nathan Chen's skating career could have come to a very early end.When Chen was 3 years old growing up in Salt Lake City, he went to the rink with his siblings; Chen is the youngest of five....
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Michelle Quist Mumford: Things we can be thankful for, if we work at it
I’ve already heard it. Christmas music. Halloween is over and the advertising and media juggernaut has turned to Christmas.What happened to Thanksgiving? I know the holiday doesn’t include presents or...
View ArticleNFL grants Browns WR Josh Gordon conditional reinstatement
Cleveland • Suspended Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon has been conditionally reinstated by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.Gordon, who hasn't played since the 2014 season, met in New York on Wednesday...
View ArticleHollywood sex accusations now levied at Ratner, Hoffman
New York • Hollywood’s widening sexual harassment crisis has ensnared a prominent film director after six women — including actress Olivia Munn — accused Brett Ratner of sexual misconduct in a Los...
View ArticleSalt Lake City’s Tumbleweeds Film Festival, showcasing movies for children,...
Salt Lake City’s film event for younger viewers, the Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Children and Youth, is coming back next March with new venues and a variety of events.The Utah Film Center, which puts...
View ArticleUHP says buses used by some charter and private Utah schools fall short of...
A passenger vehicle could be a well-oiled machine in optimal working condition. But unless it checks a series of boxes outlined in state rules, that vehicle can’t be used as a school bus. It’s a...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: The best bad news about Medicaid in Utah
The scene Wednesday was very much like one where rescuers had rushed to a coal mine collapse or a crash involving a school bus.After quickly determining that maybe 20 people were already dead, they...
View ArticleTrump demands 'much tougher' immigration law after NY attack
Washington • Roused by the first major ISIS-inspired attack on U.S. soil since he took office, President Donald Trump urged swift repeal of an immigration program that brought the suspect to America...
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Commentary: A historic church will remove plaques honoring George Washington...
The plaques on the walls of Christ Church in Alexandria, Va., commemorate famous Americans who at one time called the Episcopal parish their own: George Washington and Robert E. Lee.As a church...
View ArticleGeorge F. Will: On tax reform, Republicans define victory down
Washington • Needing a victory to validate their majorities, congressional Republicans have chosen not to emulate Shakespeare’s Henry V before Agincourt. He advocated stiffening the sinews, summoning...
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E.J. Dionne: Trump, the GOP, and the autocrat's playbook
Washington • Democracies sometimes collapse suddenly. More typically, they waste away.One major cause of institutional decline involves politicians putting their own immediate interests ahead of their...
View ArticleAstros beat Dodgers 5-1 to win first World Series in franchise history
Los Angeles • As they woke from restless sleep on the first day of November, as they stared into their morning coffee, as they held their faces under their hotel-room showers, as they gazed out bus...
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Ricky Rubio’s 30-point performance leads Jazz past Blazers in OT
When the Utah Jazz traded for Ricky Rubio, most knew the Jazz were getting a playmaker, a passer and a defender.The Ricky Rubio that showed up in Wednesday night’s 112-103 overtime win over the...
View ArticleLast year’s Halloween rape scare better prepared University of Utah to...
Allegations of deficient handling of a reported rape last Halloween on the University of Utah campus likely informed the university’s emergency response to a fatal shooting near campus Monday...
View ArticleFrom raising taxes for schools to legalizing medical pot, Utah ballot...
Groups seeking to qualify five initiatives for next year’s ballot had a busy month — raising a combined $538,000 in October, according to new disclosure forms.They now have raised a grand total of...
View ArticleRSL legend Kyle Beckerman stuns soccer world, cuts off his dreadlocks
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...Kyle Beckerman pic.twitter.com/yTHXjwhnmM— Maddie Lee (@maddie_m_lee) November 1, 2017 Kyle Beckerman took off his hat and Joao Plata’s eyes widened.“Oh [expletive],”...
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