Tribune Editorial: Middle schoolers need health, art and PE
The Utah State Board of Education just gave Utah middle schools permission to make health, physical education and art classes optional.No school should take the board up on that. To the extent this...
View ArticleSalt Lake City has a quidditch team, and it’s competing for a national title
Quidditch captured the imagination of a generation of readers in the “Harry Potter” book and movie series — the title character flying through the air trying to secure a victory for team Gryffindor....
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Seven kittens rescued from inside a construction loader in Spanish Fork
Elise Lane has helped rescue numerous feral kittens before, but saving seven kittens straight out of a CAT construction loader certainly ranks among the most memorable. On Wednesday night, Lane, the...
View ArticleSpanking a child isn’t abuse unless there’s proof of harm, Utah Supreme Court...
Spanking isn’t abuse if there isn’t evidence that a child was harmed, the Utah Supreme Court says.The court’s ruling, released Wednesday, reversed an earlier finding by a juvenile court, which said...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Getting a handle on hospital costs
A major flaw in the Affordable Care Act is that, while attempting to mitigate the burden of health care spending by spreading it over more people, it did far too little to bring down the overall cost...
View ArticleGuam flyers offer emergency tips for threat from North Korea
Officials in Guam are disseminating fact sheets to help residents prepare for a possible missile strike from North Korea.Guam’s Office of Civil Defense began distributing the guidance Friday, which...
View ArticlePrep football: Lone Peak Knights preview
Teams that only return four starters out of 22 offensive and defensive positions generally are considered a major rebuild.But Lone Peak opponents aren’t likely to think that way about the Knights. And...
View ArticleRebel yell: Southern nationalists again crying ‘secede’
Birmingham, Ala. • As 21st century activists seek to topple monuments to the 19th century Confederate rebellion, some white Southerners are again advocating for what the Confederates tried and failed...
View ArticleMiami Marlins plan to sell to group that includes Derek Jeter
Miami • The Miami Marlins told Major League Baseball they intend to sign an agreement to sell the team to a group that includes former New York Yankees star Derek Jeter, a person familiar with the...
View ArticleCharter school for teen moms can't appeal its closure before school year starts
Esmeralda Huerta is one semester away from earning her high school diploma, but as summer months wind down, she doesn’t currently have a school to go to. She expected to return to Kairos Academy in...
View ArticleCreole-inspired food truck lets owners embrace and share their roots
Helena Carter believes everyone is put on Earth to share their gifts, but she didn’t always think that sharing cooking was for her.Carter discovered a love for it early on while helping her chef mother...
View ArticleAugust schedule provides Real Salt Lake with ample opportunity for points
When it comes to playing style, Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke isn’t a fan of parking the bus.“I thought it was ugly and boring the way they killed the game staying back like that,” he said of Houston...
View ArticleTwo killed in Nephi skydiving crash
Two skydivers died after their parachute malfunctioned on Thursday evening, Nephi police said. The two — instructor and client — were jumping tandem from a Cessna 182 plane near the Nephi City airport...
View Article1 in 8 American adults are alcoholics, study says
A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry this month finds that the rate alcohol use disorder, or what’s colloquially known as “alcoholism,” rose by a shocking 49 percent in the first decade of the...
View ArticleColumn: As Bolt exits, where does he rank among GOATs?
As Usain Bolt prepares for the final race of his brilliant career, it really doesn’t matter if he wins or loses.His legacy is secure.But is he the greatest Olympian of them all?That’s an impossible...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake coach Mike Petke fined $3,000 for criticizing officials
Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke expected the fine. Now Major League Soccer’s decision has finally arrived.MLS Commissioner Don Garber fined Petke for his public criticism of the officials, the league...
View ArticleQB Beau Hoge the clear front-runner to be Mangum’s backup at BYU
Provo • Beau Hoge doesn’t even want to acknowledge it. Not publicly, anyway.But it is looking more and more like the redshirt sophomore from Fort Thomas, Ky., will be Tanner Mangum’s primary backup...
View ArticleHomegrown star Julian Blackmon ready to shine for Utes against Pac-12's best
Julian Blackmon was where so many of you were.On the couch Sunday night, glued to the TV just like you were as the latest episode of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” again sent show regulars into the routine...
View ArticleYou could read Warren Jeffs’ latest revelation from prison, or you could just...
From time to time throughout his incarceration — 11 years and counting — Warren Jeffs has told us all how this world is going to hell. Jeffs is the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus...
View ArticleThe world holds its breath on North Korea
Bedminster, N.J. • Calls for more intense diplomacy on North Korea vied Friday with threats of force, with little sense of what strategy would prevail in Washington or Pyongyang or which leader would...
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