7 movie clowns who provoked laughs, tears, screams and a flinch or two
Clowns are supposed to be makers of mirth, messengers of merriment, producers of pratfalls, fabricators of frivolity.And, yet, as Stephen King’s “It” (the adaptation of which hits theaters this Friday)...
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Zac Posen, the comeback kid in fashion, featured in new documentary
Boy wonder, tyrant, genius: Zac Posen has been called that and more.The fashion designer, at 36, has experienced more ups and downs than his years might indicate and all are laid bare in a new...
View ArticleLetter: Today's authoritarians do it differently
President Trump is destroying the GOP by openly displaying that party’s willingness to promote plutocratic interests by authoritarian and demagogic means.The pardoning of “Sheriff Joe” signals Trump’s...
View ArticleLetter: Trump is exacerbating everything
The news media, not the fake news, are reporting that President Trump exacerbated tensions in his big speech in Phoenix. Me-versus-you exacerbation. Poor little Donald, the put-upon victim.Trump...
View ArticleLetter: Piling on against President Trump
Every Sunday for some time now I buy a Salt Lake Tribune just to read the Opinion section. Living in Tooele, it’s a way for me to get a feeling on how Salt Lake City people see things.I read a letter,...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Can Ty Detmer make the BYU offense productive? We’ll see
Provo • Long before LSU tormented BYU’s offense, Penn State’s defense stymied a Cougars quarterback who completed only 8 of 26 passes in a September game that BYU lost by four touchdowns.Owning a...
View ArticleUtah gymnastics: Coaches Farden, Marsden ink five-year contract extensions
Utah is keeping the faces of the Red Rocks around for a while.Utah athletic director Chris Hill announced Wednesday morning that gymnastic co-coaches Tom Farden and Megan Marsden both have signed...
View ArticlePope Francis’ Colombia agenda: peace, ecology and the way forward
Vatican City • Pope Francis’ efforts to consolidate Colombia’s peace process with a five-day visit produced a result even before the trip began: a cease-fire between the government and the country’s...
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Tiger muskie and 2 other fish species part of new plan to help curb chubs at...
Scofield Reservoir has been one of Utah’s best fishing waters over the years, except when Utah chubs take it over and outcompete game species such as trout and kokanee salmon for food.And, in recent...
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Gehrke: It’s 2017, but people in Utah still put on ‘redface’ for an...
Wellsville • Because Utah was not exactly a flashpoint of the Civil War, we have been insulated from the debate about whether to tear down the monuments to Confederate generals who fought to defend...
View ArticleDana Milbank: Apparently, it's illegal to laugh at Jeff Sessions
Washington - Did you hear the one about Jeff Sessions?I’d like to tell you, but I can’t. You see, it’s illegal to laugh at the attorney general, the man who on Tuesday morning announced that the...
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Former Daggett County sheriff, two officers, plead guilty in inmate-abuse case
Silver Summit • The former Daggett County sheriff and two of his officers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges accusing them of mistreating inmates at the county jail, abuse that included the use of...
View ArticleFor Steve Tate and Reno Mahe, tragedy forged a powerful bond between a Ute...
For several days last November, Steve Tate did little else but watch his son die. The hospital room felt cold to him, and the outside world dim. He thinks he stayed in that room for five straight days...
View ArticleUtes podcast: Is seven straight an inevitability, or can BYU surprise in Provo?
Tyler Huntley’s escapability. Troy Taylor’s adaptability. And, like it or not, the inevitability of Saturday’s rivalry game in Provo. Reporters Chris Kamrani and Lynn Worthy discuss it all on this...
View ArticleFrancis Wilkinson: Trump dumps young immigrants on a hapless Congress
The mixed signals and cowardice emanating from Trumpworld on the fate of almost 800,000 “Dreamers” will soon be complemented and echoed by mixed signals and cowardice emanating from Republican members...
View ArticleCelebrity chef tour returns to Riverhorse in Park City
The James Beard Foundation’s Celebrity Chef Tour returns to Park City for a multicourse fundraising dinner prepared by six award-winning chefs.Seth Adams, co-owner and executive chef of Riverhorse on...
View ArticleWoman critical after Salt Lake City auto-pedestrian collision
A 34-year-old woman remained in critical condition Wednesday, the day after she was struck trying to cross a darkened State Street in Salt Lake City.Salt Lake City police Detective Keith Horrocks said...
View ArticleGolf: Layton's Ryan Reisbeck knocked out in World Long Drive Championship
Layton’s Ryan Reisbeck reached the round of 16 in the Volvik World Long Drive Championship in Oklahoma before being eliminated Tuesday.Reisbeck, who entered the competition with a No. 2 ranking, was...
View ArticleUtah schools receive record $64M in trust land funding
Public schools got a lot more help than usual this year from the Permanent State School Fund, a roughly $2.3 billion investment portfolio supported by trust lands. At a Wednesday morning event at...
View ArticleUtah County: Man, stabbed by brother, in critical condition
Utah County sheriff’s deputies took a 16-year-old Eagle Mountain boy into custody after he stabbed his older brother, purportedly to stop him from assaulting their 14-year-old sister during an...
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