Infant who died in Lake Powell boat accident identified
Arizona authorities have identified an infant who died of injuries sustained in a weekend houseboat accident on Lake Powell.The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that 6-month-old William...
View ArticleSenators praise Jon Huntsman, as the nominee says ‘no question’ Russia...
Washington • Senators on Tuesday roundly praised the nomination of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to serve as America’s ambassador to Russia as Huntsman broke with President Donald Trump and declared...
View ArticleTurn in weather a concern as search continues for Nick Kapos
As the search for a missing, elderly Murray man entered its fifth day Tuesday, the family of Nick Kapos had more worries to deal with as temperatures plunged and rain clouds moved into the region.“We...
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Interim chief will stay as Provo Police’s top cop, city officials announce
Provo city officials announced Tuesday that they’ve picked their next chief to lead the police department: Rich Ferguson, who has been the interim chief since March.Ferguson had temporarily taken over...
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Scott D. Pierce: Remember when you could watch sports on TV to get away from...
Are you feeling nostalgic for the days when sports on TV was actually about sports? I am.OK, it’s never been entirely true that sports was separated from politics. But the intermixing of the two seems...
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Sandy police: Speeding car slams into school bus, three other vehicles
Police are investigating a Tuesday morning crash in which a speeding car rear-ended a school bus and then careened into three other vehicles in Sandy.The crash happened just before 8 a.m., according to...
View ArticleLocals in the NFL: Week Two snaps and stats for Utah, BYU, USU and SUU alumni
Each Tuesday, we’ll recap notable performances from local BYU, Utes, USU and SUU alumni in the NFL. Here’s what stood out from Week Two of the 2017 NFL season:Houston Texans at Cincinnati Bengals...
View ArticleCatherine Rampell: A chilling study shows how hostile college students are...
Here’s the problem with suggesting that upsetting speech warrants “safe spaces,” or otherwise conflating mere words with physical assault: If speech is violence, then violence becomes a justifiable...
View ArticleOrganizers hope first Utah Muslim Heritage Festival will build bridges, and...
Organizers of Utah’s first Muslim Heritage Festival are counting on their shared love of learning, invention and the arts to build bridges of friendship and understanding with the community.And, there...
View ArticleMonson: Pardon my French, but what the hell is wrong with BYU?
The best news BYU football can hear right about now is this: It won’t lose this week.Having suffered three consecutive losses, with a bye coming next, the Cougars aren’t all that comforted by the...
View ArticleAnn Cannon: How the change to autumn is making it hard for me to make...
Oh, hello there, Deadline.You’ve been giving me nudges, telling me to sit down in front of the computer and write something — anything — because it’s that time of week. But here’s the problem. I can’t...
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Dana Milbank: A Trump lawyer caught gabbing about Russia at lunch racks up...
Washington • Ty Cobb is really batting a thousand.The White House lawyer, who shares a name with the baseball legend he claims as a distant relative, has earned fame in his own right this week. He has...
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Kids get dibs on Utah game birds during hunts in September designated for youths
Hunters age 17 and younger will have Utah’s birds to themselves during hunts designated for youths in September.Young duck hunters may take to the marshes Sept. 23 in Utah’s northern zone, and Sept. 30...
View ArticleFood on demand gets easier as UberEATS launches in Salt Lake City
The same technology company that arranges rides through a cellphone app is now doing the same for restaurant food in Salt Lake City.Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 20, eaters in most of Salt Lake County...
View ArticleCiting 'fair trial' issues, developer Terry Diehl wants his fate in the hands...
Former Utah Transit Authority board member Terry Diehl wants a federal judge — not a jury — to decide his fate in a November criminal trial, arguing that persistent news reports of an investigation of...
View ArticleUtah-based Young Living Essential Oils pays $760,000 for illegal oil imports
Young Living Essential Oils will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for illegally trafficking wood oil from overseas, a federal judge ruled Monday.The company was sentenced to pay $760,000 as part of...
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Powerful earthquake jolts central Mexico, damages buildings
Mexico City • A powerful earthquake jolted central Mexico on Tuesday, cracking building facades and scattering rubble on streets in the capital on the anniversary of a devastating 1985 quake.Prelim...
View ArticleBountiful doctor accused of additional child porn crimes
A Bountiful doctor who already was charged in state court with sex abuse and sex exploitation has been indicted by a federal grand jury on three child-pornography counts.The indictment against Nathan...
View ArticleGarrison Keillor: Of thee they sing with feeling
I’ve been riding around the country on a bus for six weeks, doing a dog-and-pony show that, among many other things, included me walking into the crowd and humming a note and the audience singing, a...
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Giant pumpkin grower looking to carve out a new state record
Matt McConkie has been obsessed with giant pumpkins since the first time he saw one.“It goes as far back as I can remember. I saw them as a kid, and they always put a giant smile on my face,” McConkie...
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