Commentary: Choosing ethical medical treatments as the options narrow
My path to the Egress from my brain cancer may be a bit shorter than I’d hoped even a few weeks ago. But I figure I can still complain about the way some human research makes me feel like a rat in a...
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Scott D. Pierce: HBO’s ‘The Deuce’ is all about porn, but the intent is not...
HBO’s new series “The Deuce” is about pornography, but the intent was not to make something pornographic. It is to porn what “The Wire” was to drugs — it’s about the industry, not the morality. “I’m...
View ArticleThe U.S. West had a snowy winter, so why the fiery summer?
Denver • Acrid yellow smoke clogs the skies of major Western U.S. cities, a human-caused fire in the Columbia River Gorge rains ash on Portland, Oregon, and a century-old backcountry chalet burns to...
View ArticleIn football rivalry, Utah and BYU take turns streaking
Nothing lasts forever in sports, but it can feel that way sometimes — especially for a team on the wrong end of a winning streak in a rivalry.Beginning with the University of Utah’s early domination in...
View ArticleIn new book, Hillary Clinton compares Utah's Jason Chaffetz to villain from...
Washington • On Inauguration Day, then-Rep. Jason Chaffetz earned a social media rebuke for posting a picture showing him shaking hands with Hillary Clinton, noting he was “so pleased she is not the...
View ArticlePope visits former Colombia war zone to preach forgiveness
Villavicencio, Colombia • Pope Francis traveled Friday to an area once besieged by leftist rebels to pray with victims of Colombia’s long conflict and urge them to overcome their grief by forgiving...
View ArticleVigil planned for chickens killed in egg-farm fire
Erda, Utah • Animal rights activists are planning vigils this weekend to honor the lives of more than 100,000 chickens that were killed when egg farm caught fire in Tooele County.Authorities say an...
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As Ken Burns' 'Vietnam War' prepares to air, a look at how the conflict...
In the 1960s, the relatively new medium of television brought the war in Southeast Asia into living rooms across the United States like never before. And, this month, TV is once again at the center of...
View ArticleState money will pay for public defenders to represent those arrested in...
Utah’s Indigent Defense Commission will help foot the bill for additional public defenders needed for those arrested in Operation Rio Grande, the commission announced Friday.Salt Lake County was...
View ArticleFinancial technology company AvidXchange gets Utah tax credit
The state’s embrace of the financial-technology industry expanded Friday when the Governor’s Office of Economic Development gave North Carolina-based AvidXchange a $359,247 post performance tax credit...
View ArticleWestminster College president to retire
Westminster College President Stephen Morgan announced Friday he will retire at the end of the 2017-2018 school year.Morgan, 63, became the private Salt Lake City college’s 18th president in 2015, but...
View ArticleUtah-BYU: Cougars stumble into rivalry game, while favored Utes look to...
Provo • Winless against rival Utah since 2009, BYU was supposed to finally break through this year. That’s how the thinking went in the offseason among those who favor blue in the state’s most intense...
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Monson: Utah will beat BYU, again, because Provo is not Hollywood
Utah will beat BYU for the seventh straight time on Saturday night at LaVell Edwards Stadium, and for the 12th time in 15 games.Why?You know the answer.Talent.It’s not that complicated. Of all the...
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Kragthorpe: BYU will stop Utes' run in the rivalry, because we're not living...
Fairly soon after getting the football for the first time Saturday night, the BYU Cougars will face a fourth-down situation. That means the drive will have lasted longer than their first possession of...
View ArticleDeath toll rises to 61 in powerful Mexico earthquake
Mexico City • One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Mexico struck off the country’s southern coast, toppling hundreds of buildings and sending panicked people fleeing into the streets...
View ArticleMoab Music Festival celebrates a century of Leonard Bernstein
As the centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s birth approaches in August 2018, Michael Barrett is doing what he can to keep the great American composer-conductor-pianist’s memory alive.“It’s bittersweet for...
View ArticleMilitary history on display during annual Wendover air show on Saturday
The Historic Wendover Airfield will host its annual air show Saturday that includes aviation and military history exhibits.In addition to a number of aerial performances, the Historic Wendover Air Show...
View ArticleTask force considers closer state control of scandal-tainted UTA
The scandal-tarnished Utah Transit Authority could come under closer state control under changes being discussed by a legislative task force studying possible transportation reforms.One scenario...
View ArticleIt's a 'great thing' to deal with Democrats, Trump now says
Washington • Frustrated with his own party’s leaders in Congress, President Donald Trump talked up his suddenly cozier relationship with Democrats on Thursday, raising the prospect of new deals on...
View ArticleYes, there are fans who cheer for BYU and Utah. And they get grief for it....
The week was bookended blue and red.But it wasn’t until Brad Klekas filled up his water bottle at work and began the walk back to his desk that a co-worker at another cubicle did a double take. “You...
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