Boxer Jake LaMotta, immortalized in 'Raging Bull,' dies at 95
Miami • Jake LaMotta, the former middleweight champion whose life in and out of the ring was depicted in the film “Raging Bull,” for which Robert DeNiro won an Academy Award, has died, his fiancee said...
View ArticleThe Weekly Run: Are there shades of Hayward in the Rodney Hood extension talks?
Their top scoring option on the perimeter is both promising and, in some ways, unproven.He also is eligible for a contract extension.Sound familiar, Jazz fans?In our first “Weekly Run” podcast of the...
View ArticleFour University of Utah students charged with criminal mischief after BYU's...
Provo • Four University of Utah students who were literally caught red-handed 15 minutes after allegedly spray-painting two red “U” logos and a white smiling face on the cougar statue at Brigham Young...
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7 reasons fall is one of the best times to go fishing in Utah
The temperatures dropped this week and autumn officially began. That means hungrier and more active fish, crisp beautiful weather and wonderful fall colors.The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is...
View ArticleNews roundup: After months of sliding downward, Trump rebounds in the polls
After months of sliding downward, Trump rebounds in the polls. Huntsman says ‘no question’ Russia meddled in the election. SL County to be hit with $30m tab for Operation Rio Grande.Happy Wednesday....
View ArticleErin Alberty: Mountain biking does not make sense to me, but here I go
It’s fall, the air is finally becoming crisp, and loads of helmeted recreationists are taking to the mountains for an activity that makes no sense to me: Riding bicycles up steep, rocky hills, and then...
View ArticleMurray City Council picks one of its own to serve as interim mayor
Even if he only gets three and a half months in the position, Murray City’s newly-appointed interim mayor thinks he can provide the stability the city needs needs after the death of former Mayor Ted...
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Kragthorpe: Heisman? QB records? Those things haven't helped coaches succeed...
In my next job running a search firm that places offensive coordinators in college football programs, I will remind myself not to recommend anyone with any of these credentials: Heisman Trophy winner...
View ArticleMexicans dig through collapsed buildings as quake kills 225
Mexico City • Rescuers found a surviving child on Wednesday in the ruins of a school that collapsed in Mexico’s magnitude 7.1 earthquake, one of many efforts across the city to try to save people...
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Salt Lake Airport Board likes street-level TRAX plan to save $50M-plus
Salt Lake City Airport Advisory Board members voiced support Wednesday for a street-level extension of TRAX light-rail service to a new airport terminal — which would shave tens of millions from a...
View ArticleGovernment seeks prison time for Weiner in sexting case
New York • Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner deserves about two years in prison for engaging in sexting with a 15-year-old girl despite his claims that he has been reformed, prosecutors said Wednesday.A...
View ArticleBallet West hires a new executive director
Ballet West has hired a new executive director. Michael Scolamiero, former longtime executive director of Pennsylvania Ballet and more recently executive director of Miami City Ballet, will take over...
View ArticleThe University of Utah’s first Mormon Studies professor is a historian...
University of Utah History Professor W. Paul Reeve has been appointed as the school’s first Mormon Studies professor.Reeve has taught and written widely on the Utah-based faith, most recently authoring...
View ArticleUtah’s Sunia Tauteoli, one of the oldest players in college football at 26,...
Sunia Tauteoli jokingly flexes both of his arms while telling the story of how last year, after suffering a fracture in his back, he was suited up and hollering out the defensive play-calls in a week...
View ArticleHolly Richardson: Have we lost our humanity?
I’m used to dealing with trolls and vitriolic posts. After all, I write for the Salt Lake Tribune and I’ve been involved with politics for more than 15 years. I mean, have you seen the comment...
View ArticleLetter: Don’t let the Dreamers down
Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee, Reps. Mia Love, Chris Stewart and Rob Bishop, rescinding DACA threatens the lives of 894,000 immigrant children brought to this country.They put their trust in our...
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Family confirms body in Big Cottonwood Creek is missing Murray man
The body of Nick Kapos, an 82-year-old Murray man with dementia missing since Thursday, was recovered Wednesday from a stream in Millcreek. The Unified Police Department said they were still working to...
View ArticleLetter: More 'fake news' attacking regulations
In his op-ed on Sept. 3., William Shughart demonizes the 1970 Clean Air Act and the EPA for setting limitations on the amount of ozone in our air and thereby, in his words, severely impacting our...
View Article'I have decided,' Trump says of Iran deal _ before big talks
New York • “I have decided,” President Donald Trump declared Wednesday, announcing he’d reached a verdict on the Iran nuclear deal’s future even as top U.S. and Iranian officials headed into their...
View ArticleUtah lawmakers take another stab at bill to force removal of an elected...
A Utah legislative committee on Wednesday gave its initial support to the latest, scaled-back draft of a bill to allow just a handful of counties to remove elected officials who were deemed mentally...
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