Girl still buried in ruins of Mexico school, anxiety grows
Update: A high-ranking navy official said Thursday there is no missing child at a collapsed Mexico City school that had become a focus of rescue efforts following this week’s deadly magnitude 7.1...
View ArticleCommentary: The American West is burning
Hurricanes such as Harvey, Irma and Maria are unstoppable. They rip at our coastlines and tear at our hearts. The yellow, orange, red, even purple colors on the Doppler radar and weather maps this...
View ArticleUtes’ defense faces stiff test in Pac-12 opener at Arizona
Tucson, Ariz. • You can make the case that Utah has had an advantage in talent and athleticism over each of its first three opponents, but the playing field begins to level out this week with the start...
View ArticleBabies try harder when they see you sweat, research shows
New York • If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Especially if a baby is watching.Children around 15 months old can become more persistent in pursuing a goal if they’ve just seen an adult...
View ArticleMexico navy official: No missing child in collapsed school
Mexico City • A high-ranking navy official said Thursday there is no missing child at a collapsed Mexico City school that had become a focus of rescue efforts following this week’s deadly magnitude 7.1...
View ArticleLawrence Summers: The Cassidy-Graham vote is a chance for a Republican to be...
There is an opportunity for one or two Republican senators to be 21st century Profiles in Courage. A senator who stands up to his or her party and casts the decisive vote against the Cassidy-Graham...
View Article‘A new musician that is the sum of us,’ Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes, will...
There’s an unconscious intimacy that comes with longtime relationships — the teasing of inside jokes, completing each other’s sentences, knowing which arguments to avoid.Of course that connection...
View ArticleKennecott workers offered more time off — with pay — to care for new babies
Kennecott Utah Copper employees who are the primary caregiver of a newborn or adopted baby will get 18 weeks of paid parental leave, under a new worldwide policy of Rio Tinto, the mining and metals...
View ArticleAaron Hernandez lawyer: Brain showed 'severe' case of CTE
Boston • Aaron Hernandez’s lawyer says the former New England Patriots tight end’s brain showed severe signs of the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy.In a news conference at...
View ArticleAlbert Hunt: Republican nonsense sells health-care plan
Congressional Republicans are rushing to overhaul the U.S. health-care system by passing a bill that is based on dishonest claims, avoids the usual professional analysis, and makes a mockery of serious...
View ArticleFederal audit: Utah-based Western Governors University should repay more than...
Western Governor’s University may have to write a $713 million check to the federal government, based on recommendations in an audit report that says the online school’s offerings are “correspondence...
View ArticleUtah's Stewart tweets, then deletes post about liberals wetting their pants...
Washington • Rep. Chris Stewart poked fun at liberals in a tweet this week about their reaction to President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations – but then quickly deleted the post.“Laughing,”...
View ArticleGun lobby complaints fail to stop hike in concealed-weapons permit fee
Legislators have taken a first step to write into law a $20 hike in fees to obtain a concealed weapons permit — which gun enthusiasts say state administrators imposed illegally last month and continue...
View ArticleTrump piles economic action onto his NKorea military threats
New York • President Donald Trump added economic action to his fiery military threats against North Korea on Thursday, authorizing stiffer new sanctions in response to the Koreans’ nuclear weapons...
View Article‘LEGO Ninjago Movie’ pieces together genres for laughs
Outside of Quentin Tarantino, it’s hard to think of a group of filmmakers more devoted to genre movies — and messing with their conventions — than the folks behind the LEGO animated movies.The...
View Article‘Rebel in the Rye’ gives a dull reading of J.D. Salinger’s life
Fans of the author J.D. Salinger and his singular novel, “The Catcher in the Rye,” will likely know most of the details divulged in writer-director Danny Strong’s biographical drama “Rebel in the Rye”...
View ArticleUtah State linebacker Suli Tamaivena’s tough road to Logan has smoothed out
Logan • A current snapshot of Utah State linebacker Suli Tamaivena is somewhat familiar to fans of college football in the state of Utah.He’s a junior, but older than most others in that class. He’s...
View Article‘Kingsman’ sequel lacks the sharp edge of the first movie
When “Kingsman: The Secret Service” exploded in theaters in 2014, it was a welcome surprise: a smart and scathingly funny spy comedy, with one outlandishly jaw-dropping set piece after another.Now...
View ArticleWistful ‘Brad’s Status’ puts Ben Stiller in midlife mode, again
Attention, all white men between 40 and 60: You can cancel your midlife crisis, because Ben Stiller will have it for you.Through “Greenberg” (2010), “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (2013) and “While...
View Article‘Stronger’ gives authentic portrait of Boston Marathon bombing survivor‘ ‘s...
With intense grit and a minimum of sugar-coating, the true-life drama “Stronger” tells a powerful personal story of tough love and reluctant heroism during the horrific events of the 2013 Boston...
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