Utah women's basketball: Utes announce nonconference schedule
The University of Utah women’s basketball team released its 2017-18 nonconference schedule on Thursday. The slate includes eight games in the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. The Pac-12 games...
View ArticleCommentary: Corporate America decides pandering to Nazis isn't worth a tax cut
CEOs will do anything for a tax cut, but they won’t coddle Nazis.That’s true even of Blackstone Group Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Stephen Schwarzman, who has said some tone-deaf things about...
View ArticleA Utah man who broke into his own home and fatally shot a man gets up to 5 years
A Salt Lake City man who broke into his own apartment last November and fatally shot an unwanted guest was sentenced Thursday to serve up to five years in prison.Leroy Daniel Valdez began sobbing as he...
View ArticlePrep volleyball: Bingham makes quick work of North Summit before hitting road...
Coalville • A Thursday overnight trip on I-80 somewhere between the Wasatch mountains and Wyoming was planned as a team-building exercise for the Bingham Miners.But first, a little volleyball.The...
View ArticleTrump has not demonstrated the ‘stability’ or ‘competence’ to lead...
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who has been one of the most outspoken GOP Trump critics in Congress, expressed displeasure with Trump’s response to the deadly weekend violence in Charlottesville, Va., and...
View ArticleNational Park Service reverses ban on bottled water
Americans pitch at least 50 billion plastic water bottles into the trash each year, generating one of the largest streams of avoidable consumer waste. The National Park Service did its part to reduce...
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40 years ago, Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt drove through the Utah...
There was no limousine waiting when Bruce Springsteen landed in Salt Lake City 40 years ago this week. Springsteen, who already was one of the biggest names in rock ’n’ roll, would spend the next few...
View ArticleCass Sunstein: Trump actually did something good to tame bureaucracy
Obscured by the tumult surrounding President Donald Trump’s horrendous response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, the White House managed to take a significant positive step this week:...
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Police kill 5 suspects, thwart second attack connected to Barcelona violence...
Brussels • Spain came under repeated attack starting Thursday in what authorities called linked terrorist incidents, when a driver swerved a van into crowds in Barcelona’s historic Las Ramblas...
View ArticleUtah man indicted in death of wife on Alaska cruise
Juneau, Alaska • A Utah man accused of killing his wife on a cruise to Alaska has been indicted on a murder count.Kenneth Manzanares, of Santa Clara, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in...
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BYU football: Losing star LB Francis Bernard for season forces Cougars to...
Provo • BYU’s training camp in preparation for the 2017 college football season lacked drama, suspense, major injuries and notable position battles most of the first three weeks, but that changed...
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Utah football: Utes announce team captains for 2017 campaign
The votes have been tallied.The players have spoken.On Thursday, the Utah football program announced its six team captains for the upcoming 2017 campaign. And for the second-straight season,...
View ArticleJoe Tukuafu's inability to transfer from Utah State to BYU without penalty...
He watches his future teammates from the sidelines, lifts weights by himself and waits until practice is over and the coaches are gone before he begins running ladders.Joe Tukuafu suffers alone.But he...
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Utah governor extols National Guard staff sergeant killed in booby-trapped...
Draper • The 27-year-old Utah Special Forces soldier killed Wednesday fighting Islamic State group loyalists in Afghanistan had always dreamed of joining the military, his family said.Staff Sgt. Aaron...
View ArticleControversial acting Recorder Julie Dole is out after county Republicans...
Sandy • The Salt Lake County Republican Party picked state Rep. Adam Gardiner to become the next county recorder Thursday night, likely putting an end to turmoil of recent months as details about the...
View ArticleSalt Lake Bees beat Tacoma in high-scoring affair
Some baseball games are won by a steady number of runs scored throughout game. That wasn’t the case on Thursday night, when the Salt Lake Bees used two big innings to beat the Tacoma Rainiers 11-9 at...
View ArticlePrep football: East smothers Timpview to cruise in season opener
Provo • East High senior Jaylon Vickers pulled in Ben Ford’s pass and took off. As he strode into the end zone, someone yelled from East’s sideline: “We throw it, too!”Vickers scored two of East’s six...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Continued hot, dry in the north; late-weekend rain for the south
Hot, dry conditions will rule the Wasatch Front this weekend, while southern Utah will see cloud cover building ahead of Sunday night thunderstorms and rain showers.That moisture due for the redrocks...
View ArticleNews roundup: Fundraising organizations drop plans for charity galas at...
Fundraising organizations drop plans for charity galas at Trump’s Florida club. Utah’s Miller family to match up to $10 million in donations to homeless shelters. Family identifies Utah National Guard...
View ArticleAsk Ann Cannon: How can I bring up my wife's bad breath without ruining our...
Dear Ann Cannon • My wife of nearly three decades is very, very sensitive to criticism, so I’ve learned that to keep our marriage blissful it’s best not to point out any of her (few) undesirable...
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