Ann Cannon: How the change to autumn is making it hard for me to make...
Oh, hello there, Deadline.You’ve been giving me nudges, telling me to sit down in front of the computer and write something — anything — because it’s that time of week. But here’s the problem. I can’t...
View ArticleDana Milbank: A Trump lawyer caught gabbing about Russia at lunch racks up...
Washington • Ty Cobb is really batting a thousand.The White House lawyer, who shares a name with the baseball legend he claims as a distant relative, has earned fame in his own right this week. He has...
View ArticleKids get dibs on Utah game birds during hunts in September designated for youths
Hunters age 17 and younger will have Utah’s birds to themselves during hunts designated for youths in September.Young duck hunters may take to the marshes Sept. 23 in Utah’s northern zone, and Sept. 30...
View ArticleFood on demand gets easier as UberEATS launches in Salt Lake City
The same technology company that arranges rides through a cellphone app is now doing the same for restaurant food in Salt Lake City.Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 20, eaters in most of Salt Lake County...
View ArticleCiting 'fair trial' issues, developer Terry Diehl wants his fate in the hands...
Former Utah Transit Authority board member Terry Diehl wants a federal judge — not a jury — to decide his fate in a November criminal trial, arguing that persistent news reports of an investigation of...
View ArticleUtah-based Young Living Essential Oils pays $760,000 for illegal oil imports
Young Living Essential Oils will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for illegally trafficking wood oil from overseas, a federal judge ruled Monday.The company was sentenced to pay $760,000 as part of...
View ArticlePowerful earthquake jolts central Mexico, damages buildings
Mexico City • A powerful earthquake jolted central Mexico on Tuesday, cracking building facades and scattering rubble on streets in the capital on the anniversary of a devastating 1985 quake.Prelim...
View ArticleBountiful doctor accused of additional child porn crimes
A Bountiful doctor who already was charged in state court with sex abuse and sex exploitation has been indicted by a federal grand jury on three child-pornography counts.The indictment against Nathan...
View ArticleGarrison Keillor: Of thee they sing with feeling
I’ve been riding around the country on a bus for six weeks, doing a dog-and-pony show that, among many other things, included me walking into the crowd and humming a note and the audience singing, a...
View ArticleThis Utah man is living the dream — the dream of growing giant pumpkins
Matt McConkie has been obsessed with giant pumpkins since the first time he saw one.“It goes as far back as I can remember. I saw them as a kid, and they always put a giant smile on my face,” McConkie...
View ArticlePolice give room to St. Louis protests until trouble starts
St. Louis • Police have given demonstrators in the latest St. Louis protests a wide berth, applying a lesson learned in nearby Ferguson to offer protesters ample room to have their say, at least until...
View ArticlePac-12 football: Cal’s improved defense will be tested by USC
Weber State could have, maybe even should have, beaten a University of California football team that’s unbeaten and is the only Pac-12 school with two nonconference wins over Power Five opponents this...
View ArticlePope Francis overhauls key institute to reflect his vision of family
Rome • Pope Francis has overhauled the Vatican institute most closely associated with the conservative sexual morals promoted by St. John Paul II, saying it was necessary to adapt and expand its...
View ArticleOfficer who shot Ga Tech student had been on job 16 months
Atlanta • The officer who fatally shot a Georgia Tech student had been with the campus police department for about 16 months, according to state records.Officer Tyler Beck shot and killed Scout...
View ArticleA shortage of school nurses in Utah is leaving those left with six times the...
Utah’s school nursing shortage slightly worsened over the past year, leaving school nurses with six times the recommended students under their care, according to a new state report.Utah’s school...
View ArticleFive takeaways from Jon Huntsman's hearing to be ambassador to Russia
1 • He seems to be a shoo-in for confirmation.Not a single senator on the Foreign Relations Committee raised any concerns with former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman as nominee for ambassador to Russia, and in...
View ArticleForced From Home brings refugee crisis into sharp focus for Utahns
All they want is to go home and be safe. But that isn’t possible, so they run for their lives — many don’t make it.Utahns can get a glimpse into the desperate lives of refugees and the difficult...
View ArticleProbation ordered for man who lied to police investigating execution-style...
A Utah man who was forced to shoot his friend or be killed himself was sentenced to probation for lying to police as they investigated the harrowing kidnapping episode.Andrew Perry Beck, 38, pleaded...
View ArticleJusten Glad and Marcelo Silva develop a strong partnership at center of RSL...
Sandy • Going up against Diego Valeri and the Portland Timbers on Saturday, Real Salt Lake center backs Justen Glad and Marcelo Silva constantly called out the MVP candidate’s position to the holding...
View ArticlePioneer Theatre Company’s ‘Curious Incident’ finds its way to emotional bravery
Harrison Bryan commands our attention as Christopher Boone, the acutely sensitive teenager “detecting” the family mysteries at the heart of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.”The hype...
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