In 'To Siri With Love,' the tale of a mother, a son with autism and a phone
Judith Newman’s twins, Gus and Henry, were born prematurely, after a difficult pregnancy. In the hospital, shortly after giving birth, Newman was visited by a friend, the editor of a parenting...
View ArticleMonson: Hey, Kalani Sitake, Matt Wells, Kyle Whittingham and every other...
Message to Kalani Sitake: Let Francis Bernard go.Message to Matt Wells: Let Joe Tukuafu go.Message to any college coach whose soul should be rotting because he’s punishing an athlete on account of the...
View ArticleFlavorful fun is boiling up in West Valley City at Tonkotsu Shabu Shabu Bar
West Valley City • Although shabu shabu is a popular Japanese cooking style popping up in many parts of the United States, it’s one that many Utahns might not be familiar with — but Tonkotsu Shabu...
View ArticleLetter: Standing up to hate
Officials have been telling protesters to stay home and let the alt-right exercise their First Amendment rights. Maybe if decent people would have protested the likes of Adolf Hitler as he was coming...
View ArticleGas Station Eats: Places where you can fuel your belly and your tank
Images of greasy hot dogs, questionable pressed-meat sandwiches and microwaved burritos come to mind when someone mentions gas-station food.But, on occasion, the road-food stars align and you discover...
View ArticleLetter: Patrolling the homeless
It’s about time, Salt Lake City. If the police would have started to patrol the homeless district 20 or even 30 years ago the drug problem and the homeless problem would have moved on. Why does it take...
View ArticleRelative says former Utahn may have killed his wife, girlfriend and...
Did former Utahn Gerald Michael Bullinger kill his wife, as well his girlfriend and her teenage daughter, at an Idaho farmhouse this summer because the women discovered he was cheating on them?That’s...
View ArticleLetter: An insult to journalism
Holy Holly Richardson: Please, please, please, Tribune, enough already. Stop filling valuable commentary space with this airy inane drivel.Once again I read the column hoping to find some pearl of...
View ArticleAfter a slow start, Depeche Mode unleash their ‘Spirit’ in North American...
West Valley City • I was not a Goth kid back in my youth, preferring the hair-metal of Def Leppard to the moody alt-synth of Depeche Mode.Fortunately, the latter band and my ever-expanding musical...
View ArticleJohnnie Moore: Why I won’t bail on the Trump White House
One Sunday night this summer, a particular White House staffer popped in my mind. The week before had been a bit tumultuous and I knew the hours this person was putting in were intense.The staffer had...
View ArticleGehrke: A pardon for Joe Arpaio would mark yet another new low in Trump's...
You might think that given our current climate in this country — with tensions high between white supremacists and, well, decent people — Donald Trump would do what he could to be a voice of reason.But...
View ArticleMormons unveil temple changes: Single LDS men older than 30, recently...
Reflecting evolving attitudes about gender roles, the LDS Church has revised a couple of policies relating to older single men and divorced members serving as volunteers in Mormon temples.For years,...
View ArticleNews roundup: North Korea describes Trump’s tweets as ’weird articles of his...
North Korea describes Trump’s tweets as ”weird articles of his ego-driven thoughts.” Interior Secretary Zinke submits national monument recommendations. Residents welcome home fallen Utah soldier...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Mostly clear, sunny skies usher in hot, dry weekend
Look for a toasty northern Wasatch Front and sizzling temperatures in southern Utah’s redrocks and high deserts through this weekend, all under mostly clear, sunny and rainless skies.Saturday will...
View ArticlePrep football: Pick 6 — Six games to watch in Week 2
East at Bingham, 7 p.m.Two of the best — and many would argue the two best — teams face off for the first time since 1980 in one of the marquee games of the regular season. Bingham has established...
View ArticleTime off after injury forces Utah’s Chase Hansen to reflect on his longevity
Chase Hansen will tell you how antsy he was, and at times, still is.He couldn’t run the way he wanted to run.He couldn’t lift the way he wanted to lift.His teammates suited up, went through a month of...
View ArticleTrump’s own lawyers say his ‘religious liberty’ order is really nothing new
President Donald Trump promised a new world for the religious when he signed an executive order in May purporting to make it easier for churches to engage in politics without losing their tax-exempt...
View ArticleTaylor Swift releases new song 'Look What You Made Me Do'
New York — You can finally shake it off: Taylor Swift has released her new single.The 27-year-old singer dropped the upbeat song “Look What You Made Me Do” — which uses an interpolation from Right Said...
View ArticleBYU football doesn’t mind opening against FCS Portland State
Provo • Who cares if temperatures will be in the mid-90s and the opponent from a lower division of college football went 3-8 last season and is breaking in a freshman quarterback?It is football, and...
View ArticleSalt Lake City singer Morgan Whitney taking her talents from one stage to...
Salt Lake-based singer-songwriter Morgan Whitney has high hopes for Utah’s music scene. She had planned to move to New York to jump-start her music career, but a trip out to see Utah’s Tony Holiday and...
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