West Jordan approves hate crime resolution that senator hopes will become a...
When Utah Sen. Daniel Thatcher introduced his hate crime bill in last year’s legislative session, it didn’t even get a public hearing.Now, the Republican senator is hoping a resolution the West Jordan...
View ArticleGerman artists built a gigantic pen and are dragging it through the Utah...
Two German artists pulling a giant silver pen — think of it as a sculpture made of foam board — walked out of Vernal on Wednesday morning to create a work of desert art.Wolfgang Aichner, 51, and Thomas...
View ArticleL.A. starts the countdown clock for 2028 Summer Olympics
Los Angeles • The Olympic cauldron blazing above the Coliseum gave it away: Los Angeles will host a third Olympics — in 2028.The news on Wednesday after a vote by the International Olympic Committee in...
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Surrounded by redrocks, Utah couple’s Zen Buddhist meditation center in...
Torrey • The silence was deafening.For several minutes, about 75 teachers and students of Zen Buddhism stood in meditation in the newly constructed temple surrounded by the redrock monoliths that make...
View ArticleTrump, top Democrats agree to work on a deal to save DACA
Washington • President Donald Trump and top Democratic leaders late Wednesday agreed to work out an agreement that would protect the nation’s “dreamers” from deportation and enact border security...
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E.J. Dionne: Trump commission pursues phony cases of election fraud
Washington • It is neither paranoid nor alarmist to begin asking if the Trump administration plans to rationalize blocking a large number of voters who oppose the president from casting ballots in 2018...
View ArticleAtlanta United routs New England by touchdown (in soccer)
Atlanta • Josef Martinez scored three goals for a first-half half trick and Atlanta United beat the nine-man New England Revolution 7-0 on Wednesday night in the second game at Mercedes-Benz...
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‘Huge waste of water’ or worth saving? Researchers use field trip to persuade...
Shortly after boarding a flotilla of tour boats at the Lindon Marina on Utah Lake, state Rep. Mike Noel wasted no time in getting right to the point.“What’s the main purpose of wanting to rehabilitate...
View ArticleCensus: With income up and poverty down, Utah enjoys relative prosperity
The Census Bureau’s new annual data snapshot of Utah shows the state enjoys relative prosperity — although its abundance is distributed unevenly — with incomes generally rising and poverty...
View ArticleDidn’t make it to the Renee Fleming gala? Here’s what you missed
Utah Opera had the coolest guest at its 40th-birthday party: Renée Fleming, arguably the best-known soprano in the world right now, thanks to her Grammy Award-winning recordings, crossover projects...
View ArticleUtah Forecast: A rainy introduction to an idyllic autumnal Saturday
The Wasatch Front’s work week will end with showers and thunderstorms, but sunshine and autumnal temperatures will make for an idyllic Saturday.After Thursday’s low-80s, the Salt Lake and Tooele...
View ArticleTown residents upset as popular road from Bluff into Bears Ears faces closure
Generations of Bluff residents have used a road leading north from the town between towering sandstone mesas to access public lands beyond, in what is now Bears Ears National Monument.But last month,...
View ArticleWhich counties rely the most on Utah's $8.4B tourism industry for jobs?
Daggett and Garfield counties may be on opposite sides of the state, but they have one thing in common — more than half of their jobs (54 percent) are provided by private leisure and hospitality...
View ArticleInvestors gave real estate guru Koerber nearly $100 million in two years — as...
Rick Koerber’s real estate investment companies lost tens of millions of dollars over several years, an FBI forensic accountant testified Wednesday in Koerber’s federal court trial.So instead of using...
View ArticleGovernor Gary Herbert says changes to tough DUI law can wait until next year
While he’s backed off plans to call a special legislative session this year to alter Utah’s new toughest-in-the-nation drunken driving law, Gov. Gary Herbert on Thursday outlined some major changes he...
View ArticleSelena Gomez undergoes kidney transplant due to lupus
Selena Gomez recently received a kidney transplant from television actress Francia Raisa due to her struggle with lupus, the actress-singer revealed Thursday.Gomez disclosed in an Instagram post...
View ArticleTrump says he's 'fairly close' to deal on young immigrants
Washington • President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was “fairly close” to a deal with congressional leaders to preserve protections for young immigrants living illegally in America, and is...
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After on-set accident left him with a severe head injury, heartthrob Dylan...
Before making the spy thriller “American Assassin,” it wasn’t a sure thing that Dylan O’Brien would ever go back to making movies.“It’s been a really long and really tough, and really emotional,...
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Dana Milbank: The Democrats have become socialists
Washington • When Bernie Sanders launched his bid for the Democratic nomination, he was often asked whether he, a democratic socialist, would actually become a Democrat. Now, more than a year after he...
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15 years later, made-in-Utah ‘Everwood’ is cool — and hot
Beverly Hills, Calif. • Fifteen years ago, the cast of “Everwood” arrived in Utah to start production on the first season of that television family drama — and, boy, were they glad. “It was a great...
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