2 men killed in Colorado Walmart shooting, police say
Thornton, Colo. • Two men were killed and a woman was injured in a shooting inside a suburban Denver Walmart on Wednesday night, forcing customers to either hide in the store or frantically run for the...
View ArticleUtah Republicans to drop lawsuit over SB54 law on picking candidates; right...
Utah Republican Party Chairman Rob Anderson said Wednesday he is ending the party’s expensive, divisive lawsuit challenging the state’s new election law, SB54.That brought howls from the party’s right...
View ArticleFormer Jazzman Gordon Hayward reveals emotions after broken ankle
It was the same play Gordon Hayward had run many times before with the Utah Jazz, and in practice with the Boston Celtics.But on an alley-oop gone terribly wrong, the broken leg he suffered in the...
View ArticleEx-Carbon County emergency services director sentenced to prison for stealing...
The former emergency services director for Carbon County will serve prison time and must pay thousands in restitution after he pleaded guilty to stealing U.S. Homeland Security grant money for personal...
View ArticleBYU holds off Westminster College in Marriott Center exhibition
Provo • Is BYU going to struggle this season, or is Westminster College that good?From afar, that was the big question from a glance at the final score Wednesday night — a 76-62 BYU win — after the...
View ArticleUtah rolls past Montana Tech in its first, and only, exhibition game of season
Despite an abundance of fresh faces sporting Utah uniforms this season, returning players carried the bulk of the load in just about every aspect of the team’s lone exhibition game on Wednesday...
View ArticlePedestrian dies after TRAX train hits him
A TRAX train struck and killed a man in Murray on Wednesday afternoon.The man was crossing tracks on the Murray Central platform about 3 p.m. when a train struck him, according to Utah Transit...
View ArticleStill shaken by their classmate’s death, University of Utah students hold...
As the sun set Wednesday evening, students at the University of Utah gathered around a small table that held a framed photo of ChenWei Guo, small paper notes and a vase of yellow flowers.Tealight...
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Kragthorpe: New acquisitions provide a needed boost for Jazz at home
Barely a minute into Wednesday’s fourth quarter, Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell checked back into the game for Rodney Hood, who pointed to his jersey as if to ask, “Me?”Yeah, you. This was not Hood’s...
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Donovan Mitchell savors first chance to match up with friend, rival Damian...
It was the first quarter when Donovan Mitchell’s friendship with Damian Lillard started showing signs of strain.That was when Mitchell start hitting shots as Lillard was guarding him, finishing the...
View ArticleAstros' Hinch: Backstop bust to Series-winning skipper
Los Angeles • About a dozen years ago, A.J. Hinch figured out his future in baseball wasn't behind the plate."When you don't hit a slider consistently, you're not going to play very long," he recalled...
View ArticleDodgers’ title drought reaches 30 years with Game 7 loss
Los Angeles • Even Clayton Kershaw couldn't save the Dodgers in Game 7 of the World Series.The three-time NL Cy Young Award winner tossed four scoreless innings of relief when starter Yu Darvish fell...
View ArticleOn Astros team full of great stories, MVP George Springer might be the best
Los Angeles • Let George Springer stand for all the champion Houston Astros who beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-1, in Game 7 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night. Springer...
View ArticleWoman killed in rollover near Tooele
One woman died after crashing north of Tooele on Wednesday afternoon. The woman was driving on State Route 36 at 12:40 p.m. when her car hit the highway median, according to Utah Highway Patrol Sgt....
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Police arrest man suspected of killing 3 at Colorado Walmart
Thorton, Colo. • A man suspected of fatally shooting two men and a woman inside a suburban Denver Walmart was arrested 14 hours later following a brief car chase Thursday that ended at a congested...
View ArticleLetter: Trump has liberated us from obligation to lead
Phew! At last, relief from the centuries-old obligation to lead.Thanks to President Donald Trump, the first “orange” president (I, too, am “orange,” though a few years older than the president, but...
View ArticleLetter: A Legislature that doesn't reflect the will of the people
I had a discussion with my state senator the other day about what it would take to repeal a law. This law (UC 34-40-106) prohibits cities/towns and counties from raising the minimum wage. He told me to...
View ArticleLetter: From budget vote to Alaska drilling, a blatant disdain for America
Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee recently voted to approve a Republican budget resolution increasing the deficit by $1.5-2.4 trillion in order to provide massive tax cuts for the ultra-rich and for...
View ArticleLetter: Imagine Bears Ears under responsible tourism model
Imagine an alternative to monument designation or protracted litigation that could’ve avoided reigniting Sage Brush Rebellion-type angst among owners of property within Bears Ears National Monument’s...
View ArticleLetter: Kudos to Biskupski for confronting climate change
While recently visiting Providence, R.I., I noticed a local newspaper article indicating that now most Americans (57 percent) want their local officials to take the lead in battling climate change, and...
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