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Utah writer lyrically explores the trauma of the Vietnam War
Paisley Rekdal kept obsessing over the twisted sculpture made from wrecked plane parts, spoils of war stacked as high as a house.The Salt Lake City poet, temporarily living in Hanoi on a writing...
View ArticleScorpions still pack a sting more than 50 years later
Mention the Scorpions to casual music fans, and their mental inventory likely will have the German hard-rockers filed away as just another ’80s band.The thing is, the Scorpions were churning out...
View ArticleObama-era campus assault guidance scrapped, DeVos says rules were ‘unfairly...
Washington • The Trump administration on Friday scrapped Obama-era guidance on investigating campus sexual assault, replacing it with new interim instructions allowing universities to decide which...
View ArticleNo freedom or hope for migrants in Hungary transit camps
Belgrade, Serbia • When they set off from violence-plagued Afghanistan nearly two years ago, 17-year-old Hamad Ahmadi and his family believed Europe would give them a chance for a new life. They didn’t...
View ArticleAlleged victims can testify in one another’s sexual assault trials, judge...
A judge has ruled that six of the seven women who have accused former Utah State University football star Torrey Green of sexual assault will be allowed to testify at one another’s trials.Green is...
View ArticleUnited Utah hopeful Jim Bennett qualifies for 3rd District debate in race to...
After concerns that the first poll deviated from the “prescribed approach,” the Utah Debate Commission ran a second survey — and with this one the new United Utah Party’s Jim Bennett has narrowly...
View ArticleNews roundup: Some Trump aides are already looking for the exit
Some Trump aides are already looking for the exit. Michelle Obama tells SLC crowd she cringes at the culture of fear under Trump. Audit: WGU should repay $700m in financial aid.Happy Friday. A...
View ArticleThe blacksmith, the taxidermist and the violin-maker: These Utahns are...
They work with their hands, heating and shaping metal into tools, fashioning wood into beautiful acoustic instruments, or tinkering with tiny cogs to restore an antique timepiece to working order.Their...
View ArticleCops: 8-year-old girl helps drive drunken Pennsylvania man
Darlington, Pa. • Police say a drunken Pennsylvania man had an 8-year-old girl drive him around until someone saw the car moving recklessly and called 911.WPXI-TV reports the bizarre incident involving...
View ArticleRich Lowry: Sovereignty is not a dirty word
To listen to the commentary, Donald Trump used an inappropriate term at the U.N. — not just “Rocket Man,” but “sovereignty.”It wasn’t surprising that liberal analysts freaked out over his nickname for...
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It's all here: Your Utah vs. Arizona game guide
Time, Place and Airwaves • The Utes second road game of the season and Pac-12 Conference opener at Arizona Stadium gets going at 8:30 p.m. Friday. You can watch on FS1 or listen on ESPN 700 AM, Sirius...
View ArticleNerd seeking nerd: Speed dating at Salt Lake Comic Con is a chance for fans...
If Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Harry Potter, Harley Quinn, Wolverine and several Jedis were all gathered in a room, the phrase “nervous sexual tension” might not be the first thing that comes to mind.But...
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Utah Jazz raising money for cancer patient and superfan J.P. Gibson with...
Of all the basketball players who have signed a contract with the Utah Jazz over four decades, J.P. Gibson is the only one who ever used a purple crayon.Back in 2014, the then-5-year-old leukemia...
View ArticleCliven Bundy firing lawyer with trial approaching in Vegas
Las Vegas • Cliven Bundy’s defense attorney says the Nevada cattleman and state’s rights figure is firing him, less than three weeks before trial stemming from a 2014 armed standoff with federal...
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Gehrke: The four things you should know about the once-secret Bears Ears...
We’re finally starting to get an idea of what might be in store for the Bears Ears National Monument, and it isn’t pretty.First, The Salt Lake Tribune used documents obtained through open records...
View ArticleRirie-Woodbury’s ‘Parallax’ is an evening of exploration
It’s the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel...
View ArticleAsk Ann Cannon: I’m not in love with my friends’ new romance
Dear Ann Cannon • I have two longtime friends who recently started dating each other, and it’s freaking me out.Some backstory: I’ve seen several friends-dating-friends situations go poorly before, with...
View ArticleGOP health bill all but dead; McCain again deals the blow
Washington • Sen. John McCain declared his opposition Friday to the GOP’s last-ditch effort to repeal and replace “Obamacare,” dealing a likely death blow to the legislation and, perhaps, to the...
View ArticleUtah soccer: Junior midfielder Paola van der Veen is playing it forward this...
The first free kick she scuffs wide with her left foot.The second, an attempt to curl it over a would-be wall of opponents, is skied high beyond the far post.There is one shot left as Paola van der...
View ArticleBurst pipe sprays water and mud across I-215 in Salt Lake City
A section of Interstate 215 near Wasatch Boulevard turned into a muddy pool Friday after a pipe burst and geysered water onto the road.At 11:10 a.m., water sloughed off a “significant amount of mud”...
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