Mother at sentencing: ‘This man didn’t just kill two of my kids, he also took...
“This man didn’t just kill two of my kids, he also took my life,” a grieving mother told a judge through an interpreter at a sentencing hearing Tuesday.“I have to live a life while I’m dead,” she...
View ArticleNoah Smith: Want a better health care system? Check out Japan
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ new health care plan, called “Medicare for All,” would eliminate private health insurance and have the government pay for 100 percent of all health services. It’s not going to...
View ArticleAlex Gordon hits MLB's record-setting 5,694th HR of season
Toronto • Kansas City’s Alex Gordon hit Major League Baseball’s record 5,694th home run of 2017 on Tuesday night, breaking a season record set in 2000 at the height of the Steroids Era.Gordon’s home...
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Utah football notes: Devonta’e Henry-Cole hopes to continue contributing
Sophomore Devonta’e Henry-Cole sat most of last season as a redshirt before playing in one game when the Utes were extremely thin at running back. He only carried the ball once last fall as a true...
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2 dead in drive-by shooting and crash in Kearns, police say
Kearns — Two people died Tuesday night in Kearns in what police said was a drive-by shooting followed by a car crash. The shooting and crash happened about 7:30 p.m. near 5240 W. 5400 South. Unified...
View ArticleLetter: I want to see which businesses discriminate
I grew up in a small Southern town where one restaurant had a large wooden sign in the parking lot stating, “Colored served at rear,” meaning non-Caucasians could pick up food at the rear door but not...
View ArticleEugene Robinson: What happened? America's political axis tilted.
WASHINGTON -- Leaders of both major parties are wrong to think of the 2016 election as some kind of fluke. I believe a political realignment is underway, and those who fail to discern its outlines...
View ArticleDevils’ Boyle diagnosed with cancer, expects to keep playing
Brian Boyle hopes to play hockey again soon after being diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, a type of bone-marrow cancer that the New Jersey Devils’ team doctor said can largely be treated with...
View ArticlePrep volleyball: Lone Peak sweeps American Fork in 6A showdown
Storylines<br>• Top-ranked Lone Peak gets 18 kills from Tasia Farmer and 13 more from Madi Robinson in a sweep of American Fork.<br>• The Knights also receive six kills and four blocks from...
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Two dead, 4 in custody after gang-related shooting, crash in Kearns
Kearns — Alex Caro was at dinner for his daughter’s birthday Tuesday when a neighbor called to say his front yard had been transformed into a crime scene.The 39-year-old returned to find his block in...
View ArticleS. Salt Lake police officer hits woman crossing dark street
A woman was hit by a South Salt Lake police officer overnight as she attempted to cross a darkened street.Public safety dispatchers reported the incident occurred at 1:38 a.m. at 3000 South and State...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Dropping temperatures, rain and mountain snow ahead
From north to south, rain clouds and cooler, more typical autumn weather will rule Utah as the work week winds down.The National Weather Service predicted that Wednesday’s sunny Wasatch Front dawn will...
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With Boston Marathon amputee drama ‘Stronger’ out this week, here are 7...
If there’s a sure-fire way for an actor to get awards-season attention, it’s to play someone with a disability.Think of Jane Wyman in “Johnny Belinda,” Patty Duke in “The Miracle Worker,” Cliff...
View ArticleSalt Lake City theater ignites First Amendment debate after signaling it will...
Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s office was unaware a west-side community center was moving toward booting out a local theater company because its slate of plays includes material at odds with...
View ArticleUtah real estate guru accused of fraud said people begged him to take their...
Back in the high-flying days before the Great Recession, Rick Koerber said, people were begging him to take their money.But, Koerber testified Tuesday in his federal court trial, he told participants...
View ArticleFrustrated tribal leaders wonder if Bears Ears is a national monument in name...
Nine months after President Barack Obama enshrined the 1.3 million acres encircling Utah’s Bears Ears Buttes as a protected landscape, federal agencies have done little to manage the lands as outlined...
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Gehrke: Call me a curmudgeon, but why are we obsessed with tearing down SLC...
The old Granite High School stood for 110 years, but it didn’t take long for the big backhoe to bring the main building down Monday.In its lifetime, thousands of teachers shaped the minds of many...
View ArticlePolygamist Lyle Jeffs pleads guilty in food stamp fraud, absconding case
Lyle Jeffs, the lead defendant in what prosecutors have called a conspiracy by the polygamous FLDS church to defraud the food stamp program, pleaded guilty to two charges Wednesday. Jeffs, 57, pleaded...
View ArticleSpeed, alcohol investigated in fatal Legacy Highway crash
The Utah Highway Patrol is investigating excessive speed and alcohol as possible factors in a fatal rollover crash early Wednesday morning on Legacy Highway in Centerville.A 21-year-old man died in the...
View ArticleJonathan Johnson: States continue straw-grasping internet tax gambit
This week, the South Dakota Supreme Court dealt a blow to states’ winner-take-all, bet-the-house gambit to get the U.S. Supreme Court to allow states to regulate interstate commerce by imposing tax...
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