Federal audit: Utah-based Western Governors University should repay more than...
Western Governors University may have to write a $713 million check to the federal government, based on recommendations in an audit report that says the online school’s offerings are “correspondence...
View ArticleUtah's Stewart tweets, then deletes post about liberals wetting their pants...
Washington • Rep. Chris Stewart poked fun at liberals in a tweet this week about their reaction to President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations – but then quickly deleted the post.“Laughing,”...
View ArticleGun lobby complaints fail to stop hike in concealed-weapons permit fee
Legislators have taken a first step to write into law a $20 hike in fees to obtain a concealed weapons permit — which gun enthusiasts say state administrators imposed illegally last month and continue...
View ArticleTrump piles economic action onto his NKorea military threats
New York • President Donald Trump added economic action to his fiery military threats against North Korea on Thursday, authorizing stiffer new sanctions in response to the Koreans’ nuclear weapons...
View Article‘LEGO Ninjago Movie’ pieces together genres for laughs
Outside of Quentin Tarantino, it’s hard to think of a group of filmmakers more devoted to genre movies — and messing with their conventions — than the folks behind the LEGO animated movies.The...
View Article‘Rebel in the Rye’ gives a dull reading of J.D. Salinger’s life
Fans of the author J.D. Salinger and his singular novel, “The Catcher in the Rye,” will likely know most of the details divulged in writer-director Danny Strong’s biographical drama “Rebel in the Rye”...
View ArticleUtah State linebacker Suli Tamaivena’s tough road to Logan has smoothed out
Logan • A current snapshot of Utah State linebacker Suli Tamaivena is somewhat familiar to fans of college football in the state of Utah.He’s a junior, but older than most others in that class. He’s...
View Article‘Kingsman’ sequel lacks the sharp edge of the first movie
When “Kingsman: The Secret Service” exploded in theaters in 2014, it was a welcome surprise: a smart and scathingly funny spy comedy, with one outlandishly jaw-dropping set piece after another.Now...
View ArticleWistful ‘Brad’s Status’ puts Ben Stiller in midlife mode, again
Attention, all white men between 40 and 60: You can cancel your midlife crisis, because Ben Stiller will have it for you.Through “Greenberg” (2010), “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (2013) and “While...
View Article‘Stronger’ gives authentic portrait of Boston Marathon bombing survivor‘ ‘s...
With intense grit and a minimum of sugar-coating, the true-life drama “Stronger” tells a powerful personal story of tough love and reluctant heroism during the horrific events of the 2013 Boston...
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Leonid Bershidsky: Why Merkel is winning without a bold vision
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is often accused of refusing to lead. Many inside and outside her country would like her to be the leader of the free world, to suggest bold concepts and make decisive...
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Station Park: Re-energizing Retail through Placemaking
Is it a buzzword, or is it real? The short answer is, yes, placemaking is real; it is predicated on the idea that if you provide positive encounters, people will continue to come back for new...
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Labor Department doesn’t want a polygamous church to use child labor anymore
The U.S. Department of Labor is asking a judge to prohibit the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and one of its former bishops from using underage workers. In a...
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Utah native and former RSL player Phanuel Kavita coping with Hurricane Maria
Former Real Salt Lake defender Phanuel Kavita sat staring at the television as images of Puerto Rico flitted across the screen. He rattled off a string to texts to his teammates. “How is it?” he typed...
View ArticleFacebook to release Russia ads to Congress amid pressure
New York • Facebook will provide the contents of 3,000 ads bought by a Russian agency to congressional investigators, bowing to pressure that it be more forthcoming with information that could shed...
View ArticleKim Jong Un: 'Deranged' Trump will 'pay dearly' for threat
United Nations • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called President Donald Trump “deranged” and said in a statement carried by the state news agency that he will “pay dearly” for his threats.Kim said...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Trust the courts, not the lobbyists.
Some Utah lawmakers voted Wednesday to encourage Utah courts to stop a new screening process meant to identify a defendant’s “background information, failure-to-appear records and history of violent...
View ArticleBehind the Headlines: Interior wants to shrink Bears Ears, lawmakers consider...
Welcome to this week’s episode of “Behind the Headlines,” where we speak to Salt Lake Tribune reporters about the biggest news of the week. After a review of national monument sizes around the country,...
View ArticleEugene Robinson: The devolution of repeal-and-replace
Washington - Motivated by the cynical aims of fulfilling a bumper-sticker campaign promise and lavishing tax cuts on the wealthy, Republicans are threatening to pass a health care bill they know will...
View ArticleGirl hit by foul ball at Yankees game gets game's attention
New York • It might be the shot heard around the baseball world: the rocket-like foul ball that hit a young girl at a New York Yankees game.In the hours after the girl was struck in the face by the...
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