‘Behind the Headlines’: Zinke’s monument adjustments, Operation Rio Grande’s...
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommends adjustments to national monument boundaries, but he doesn’t suggest eliminating any altogether. Operation Rio Grande’s efforts to curb crime near a downtown...
View ArticleLeague suspends RSL player charged with having sex with a minor
A Real Salt Lake player allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old, according to charging documents filed Thursday. Ricardo Velazco, 24, was charged with unlawful sexual activity with a minor, a...
View ArticlePac-12 football: Gary Andersen believes Oregon State is ready to compete
The second half of last November’s rivalry game represented everything that Gary Andersen wants from his Oregon State football program.The Beavers ran through the heart of Oregon’s defense as they...
View ArticleSen. Mike Lee says he’s holding out ‘great hope’ for President Trump
After Utah Sen. Mike Lee finished his speech Thursday championing collaboration, a man in the audience asked him about President Donald Trump.“We seem to have a leader that when he doesn’t get his way...
View ArticleSaudi artists find common threads with Utah
There’s an “interesting binary” in the phrase “Saudi artist,” said Balqis Al Rashad, who is one.“The word ‘artist’ means someone who is liberated,” said Al Rashad, a Riyadh-born artist nearing the end...
View ArticlePGA Tour player Zac Blair headlines Utah Open field in Provo
Provo • Zac Blair’s answer came in response to a question about another golf event, but it covers his motivation for entering the Siegfried & Jensen Utah Open: “Why wouldn’t I play?”Blair’s...
View Article16 Americans suffered injuries while stationed at U.S. embassy in Cuba
At least 16 Americans associated with the U.S. Embassy in Cuba suffered damage such as hearing loss while serving in Havana, the State Department said on Thursday.The figure is the first accounting of...
View ArticleEugene Robinson: For the nation to heal, the Confederate statues must come down
Washington • It’s not surprising that we seem to be refighting the Civil War, since it never properly ended in the first place.It might have, had Southerners listened to Robert E. Lee. The defeated...
View ArticleNew report faults controversial BLM agent for mishandling evidence
While Dan Love was in charge of Bureau of Land Management law enforcement for Utah, rare items known as moqui marbles appeared all over the agency’s Salt Lake City headquarters, apparently as gifts and...
View ArticleFremont girls’ soccer stuns Davis in double overtime thriller, 5-4
Kaysville • Trailing 3-0 to Davis in the second half, Fremont’s girls soccer team could have been content with scoring one goal for pride’s sake and heading back home to prepare for next week.But the...
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‘Astounding’ Hurricane Harvey catches Texas off guard
Texas is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding and winds as Hurricane Harvey intensified Thursday and cruised toward a late Friday impact near Corpus Christi.The National Hurricane Center...
View ArticleUtah football: Slimmed-down Jordan Agasiva a welcomed addition for Utes...
For the most part the University of Utah football team knew what junior transfer Jordan Agasiva would bring to the table. Power 5 conference schools such as Auburn, Alabama and Oregon State came...
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Douglas Brinkley: What it takes to stand up to bigotry
Of all the many slimy things Donald Trump has done, his coddling of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke ranks among the most vile and degenerate.Desperate to win the 2016 Republican primary in South...
View ArticleTime off after injury forces Utah’s Chase Hansen to reflect on his longevity
Chase Hansen will tell you how antsy he was, and at times, still is.He couldn’t run the way he wanted to run.He couldn’t lift the way he wanted to lift.His teammates suited up, went through a month of...
View ArticleTrump’s own lawyers say his ‘religious liberty’ order is really nothing new
President Donald Trump promised a new world for the religious when he signed an executive order in May purporting to make it easier for churches to engage in politics without losing their tax-exempt...
View ArticleTaylor Swift releases new song 'Look What You Made Me Do'
New York — You can finally shake it off: Taylor Swift has released her new single.The 27-year-old singer dropped the upbeat song “Look What You Made Me Do” — which uses an interpolation from Right Said...
View ArticleBYU football doesn’t mind opening against FCS Portland State
Provo • Who cares if temperatures will be in the mid-90s and the opponent from a lower division of college football went 3-8 last season and is breaking in a freshman quarterback?It is football, and...
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Salt Lake City singer Morgan Whitney taking her talents from one stage to...
Salt Lake-based singer-songwriter Morgan Whitney has high hopes for Utah’s music scene. She had planned to move to New York to jump-start her music career, but a trip out to see Utah’s Tony Holiday and...
View ArticleDropped after controversy, woman who ran county office while boss suffered...
The woman who ran the Salt Lake County Recorder’s Office while her boss apparently suffered from a debilitating and now permanent mental incapacity is asking for severance pay after she was not...
View ArticleAsk Ann Cannon: Friend’s constant complaints about the Mormon church are...
Dear Ann Cannon • I have a good friend, an ex-Mormon, who constantly wants to talk about her problems with the LDS Church. I am willing to acknowledge them, but frankly I am tired of talking about...
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