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‘An extremely cruel way to kill a person’: Man gets life without parole for...
As he apologized for lighting a house fire last year that killed his estranged husband, Craig Crawford said he knew he had taken “something wonderful” from the world.The death of John Williams, a...
View ArticleMormon church helping victims of flood-ravaged West African nation
The Mormon church’s humanitarian aid program, though heavily invested in flood relief efforts under way in Texas, has not forgotten the victims of a deadly mudslide in the West African nation of Sierra...
View Article‘Remember, we only shoot black people,’ Georgia police officer told a woman —...
A Georgia police officer has been accused of making racist statements to a woman during a traffic stop, telling her that the police officers “only shoot black people.”Dash cam video shows the Cobb...
View ArticleU.S. shutters Russia's San Francisco consulate in retaliation
Washington • The United States is retaliating against Russia by forcing closure of its consulate in San Francisco and scaling back its diplomatic presence in Washington and New York.The State...
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Dana Milbank: Financial clouds swirling over Capitol
Washington • Hurricane Harvey has devastated Texas. Now board your windows, evacuate the low ground and watch the damage it is poised to unleash on the nation’s finances.Harvey makes landfall in...
View ArticleFestival celebrates Brazilian food, music and culture in Salt Lake City
Celebrate Brazil’s food, music and culture on Saturday, Sept. 9, during the 13th annual Utah Brazilian Festival. The celebration takes place from 1 to 7 p.m. at The Gateway, 100 S. 400 West, Salt Lake...
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First comes love, then comes marriage — and deciding what name to use
Tradition — and the law — used to dictate that women changed their name upon marriage. Today, Utah women and men are making choices together about what name to use in their families — and often what...
View ArticleYours truly inducted into a high school hall of fame? Pigs really do fly
Back when the United States was preparing to invade Iraq, Charles Barkley uttered the following astute observation:“You know the world is off tilt when the best rapper is a white guy [Eminem], the best...
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Scott D. Pierce: It's not worth buying a ticket to ‘Marvel's Inhumans’
The premiere of ABC’s “Marvel’s Inhumans” starts screening in IMAX theaters Friday, and there are two very good reasons not to spend money on it.First, the theatrical version is a 75-minute cut-down of...
View ArticleLakers fined $500K by NBA for tampering involving Paul George
New York • New Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka’s contact with Paul George’s agent violated the NBA’s anti-tampering rule and has resulted in Los Angeles being fined $500,000.The league said Thursday...
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FBI arrests person of interest in eastern Utah reservation homicide
A person of interest in the homicide of 20-year-old Sukakee Manyhides last week was arrested Wednesday, the FBI said.Drew Black, 30, was arrested without incident in Salt Lake County, FBI spokeswoman...
View ArticleUHP increasing DUI patrols for Labor Day weekend
The Utah Highway Patrol is increasing patrols — specifically targeting drunken drivers — over Labor Day weekend.There have been an average of 28 alcohol-related crashes during Labor Day weekend over...
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Audio of fatal 2014 shooting in Salt Lake courthouse: Four gunshots then an...
There is a boing sound — the kind you might make by striking a narrow tube with a microphone on the end of it — some rustling and then someone saying, ”Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!”Then there is the sound...
View ArticleVoting by mail helped nearly double turnout in Salt Lake County primary,...
In Utah’s 3rd Congressional District, where Provo Mayor John Curtis won the Republican nomination, only two of the seven counties did not vote by mail. And turnout there was far lower in those two than...
View ArticleGroups seek ban on high-dose opioids citing overdose danger
Chicago • Safety advocates and state health officials are formally calling on the Food and Drug Administration to ban high-dose opioid painkillers to prevent accidental overdose deaths among patients...
View ArticleBYU football: Cougars brace to face SEC powerhouse LSU
Provo • When BYU announced in 2010 that it was leaving the Mountain West Conference and forging a path as an independent in football, athletic director Tom Holmoe said the Cougars would try to play the...
View ArticleRecounts coming in Salt Lake City, Sandy council races
After two weeks awaiting final election results, four city council candidates in Sandy and Salt Lake City will have their misery prolonged through a recount.Dea Theodore finished just nine votes ahead...
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‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ remains magical, 40 years later
Looking back 40 years, it’s clear now that Steven Spielberg’s 1977 science-fiction thriller “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” — hitting theaters this week in a remastered edition — is the Rosetta...
View ArticleProsecutors: New charges could be coming in drug-ring case
Prosecutors say at least one more person could face charges in what authorities call a multimillion-dollar opioid-drug ring based out of a suburban Salt Lake City basement.Special Assistant U.S....
View ArticleUtah-funded Naloxone kits are reversing prescription opioid overdoses — 46 to...
Police and health workers saved more than 50 lives with the anti-overdose drug Naloxone in just six months — a small number compared to the yearly death toll of prescription overdoses in Utah.Between...
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