Rossi continues stout weekend, wins IndyCar pole at The Glen
Watkins Glen, N.Y. • Alexander Rossi has won the IndyCar pole at Watkins Glen International.Rossi bested the Fast Six with a track-record time of 1 minute, 22.4639 seconds to edge Scott Dixon...
View ArticleAstros return to Houston for 1st game since Harvey
Houston • Baseball returned to Houston on Saturday with the Astros giving the flood-ravaged city a few hours of entertainment at the end of a terrible and trying week.The Astros beat the New York Mets...
View ArticleUpbeat Trump pitches in at shelter for Harvey victims
Houston • President Donald Trump cupped a boy’s face in his hands and then gave him a high-five. He snapped on latex gloves to hand out boxed lunches of hot dogs and potato chips. And he loaded relief...
View ArticleOne dead, one injured in Ogden Canyon motorcycle crash
A woman is dead and a man seriously injured after the motorcycle they were riding crashed in Ogden Canyon Saturday afternoon.The crash happened about 1:45 p.m. near 600 Ogden Canyon, between the...
View ArticleOne dead in North Salt Lake motorcycle crash
A motorcyclist died Saturday after he crashed on Highway 89 in North Salt Lake.The 65-year-old man crashed at about noon near 2900 South Highway 89, according to North Salt Lake Sgt. Mitch Gwilliam.No...
View ArticleNo. 11 Michigan gets kicks in 33-17 win over No. 17 Florida
Arlington, Texas • Quinn Nordin became the first Michigan kicker to make two 50-yard field goals in the same game, one of them in a quick go-ahead spurt after halftime, and the 11th-ranked Wolverines...
View ArticleSalt Lake City police, other departments endure growing wave of public...
Members of the Salt Lake City Police Department’s internal affairs unit had about 300 new emails and 150 voicemails when they arrived at the office Friday morning.The barrage of angry correspondence...
View Article‘The Lord has extended his hand again’ — hundreds gather, canonize new...
Boise • Almost 600 people collected at Eagle Island State Park near Boise on Saturday afternoon, their picnic blankets spread on the grass and camping chairs dotted between white plastic seats in rows...
View ArticlePrep volleyball: State rankings for Sept. 3
Note: All records are from best of five matches.Class 6A1. Lone Peak (2-0) • Four-set win on road against Park City set up Knights for region opener with Pleasant Grove on Tuesday.2. Pleasant Grove...
View ArticleYou’re not imagining it — SLC feels tremors of Idaho earthquake
If you felt the earth move under your feet about 6 p.m. Saturday, you weren’t imagining things.A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit about 17 miles east of Soda Springs, Idaho, just before 6 p.m. MDT, sending...
View ArticleLive: BYU vs. LSU in New Orleans
The BYU football team, coming off a home win over Portland State in its season opener, plays against nationally-ranked LSU in the Superdome in New Orleans. Follow the buildup to tonight’s kickoff with...
View ArticleNew road safety law morphs into tool for Operation Rio Grande drug arrests
A new law, HB161, is officially titled “Pedestrian Safety Amendments.” Supporters testified during the legislative session that its true aim is to make streets safer — by banning exchange of money or...
View ArticleCommentary: Congress must end the Cadillac tax on health insurance before...
There’s nothing worse than being tricked. That’s exactly what the so-called “Cadillac tax” is: a deceptively named trick that will utterly destroy what is left of America’s private employer-based...
View ArticleNorth Korea may have conducted a 6th nuclear test after showcasing possible...
Seoul, South Korea • South Korea’s military said Sunday that North Korea is believed to have conducted its sixth nuclear test after it detected a strong earthquake, hours after Pyongyang claimed that...
View ArticlePolice investigating after body is found in Ogden River
Police are investigating after rafters on the Ogden River discovered a submerged body Saturday evening.Ogden police Lt. Clint Christensen said police were alerted about 5 p.m. to the discovery of the...
View ArticleNo. 4 USC rallies past Western Michigan 49-31 with big 4th quarter
Los Angeles • Ronald Jones II ran 37 yards for the tiebreaking touchdown with 6:57 to play, and No. 4 Southern California rallied from a second-half deficit for a 49-31 victory over Western Michigan on...
View ArticlePrep football: State rankings after Week 3
Class 6A1. Bingham (3-0) • Ryan Wood throws a pair of touchdowns and Miners thump Herriman 34-0.2. East (2-1) • Leopards regroup after Bingham loss and beat Saguaro (Ariz.) 35-14 in Scottsdale.3. Lone...
View ArticleNew Orleans the big winner in relocated BYU-LSU clash
New Orleans • The New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau donated $25,000 to the relief efforts in Houston on Saturday after the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff was moved from Houston to New Orleans last...
View ArticleKevin Harvick takes pole for Southern 500 at Darlington
Darlington, S.C. • Kevin Harvick accomplished his first goal at Darlington Raceway — winning the pole. The next one is to win the Southern 500.Harvick held off defending Darlington champion Martin...
View ArticleLetter: Afghan soldiers need 16 years of training?
Unlike Iraq, Afghanistan has few resources to sell, except poppies for drugs. A little Agent Orange would do the trick to shut down their whole drug-selling operation.Iraq is a whole different dynamic...
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