Dick Gregory, cutting-edge satirist and uncompromising activist, dies at 84
The comedian Dick Gregory rose to national prominence in the early 1960s as a black satirist whose audacious style of humor was biting, subversive and topical, mostly centered on current events,...
View ArticleGreek federation accuses Bucks of staging Antetokounmpo's absence
Athens, Greece • Greece’s basketball federation has accused the Milwaukee Bucks and the NBA of hatching a plan to prevent All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo from playing in the European...
View ArticleSearchers find body of missing Vernal camper
Searchers found the body of an elderly man from Vernal who was reported missing after he didn’t return from a two-week camping trip, police reported Saturday.Joseph Weyerman, 81, fell 300 feet while...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Time to unite for the real fight against cancer
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.--Former Sen. Alan K. Simpson, R-WyomingUp front, The Tribune’s owner is a member of the Huntsman family...
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Rudy Gobert supplants Gordon Hayward as Utah's most influential sports figure
Rudy Gobert became the face of the Utah Jazz franchise the moment Gordon Hayward chose the Boston Celtics as his next employer. So it makes sense that Gobert would occupy another position Hayward once...
View ArticleHow NOT to win friends and influence people: Curse them. Demean them. Hit them.
In the history of the world, has anyone ever brought another person around to his or her way of thinking by screaming profanity and insults at that person?Person A • “[Deleted] you and [blank] anyone...
View ArticleMinimalist color and maximum fun as the Utah Museum of Fine Arts reopens
Two takes on how art and audience connect — a minimalist appreciation of the Great Salt Lake and a playful interactive exhibit — will help welcome folks back to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts next...
View ArticleSouthern Utah tire shop cited by state regulators for defrauding I-15 travelers
On a winter day in 2016, Curt Albert was traveling Interstate 15 in Utah on his way to Arizona. Near New Harmony, another motorist drove up beside him and signaled him to pull over. The other motorist,...
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Once a prominent Utah real estate investment guru, Rick Koerber goes on trial...
One of the largest alleged financial crime cases in Utah history has taken a tortuous path to the trial set to begin Monday.Eight years after former Utah County real estate investment guru Rick Koerber...
View ArticleCommentary: Utah students and teachers need real middle school health, PE and...
During an interview on KSL radio August 8, Utah State Board of Education member Linda Hansen stated, “instead of having a separate class for PE, they may integrate health / PE type issues into other...
View ArticleSuspect in 3 carjackings across 2 states is arrested in Utah
San Bernadino, California — Southern California authorities say a man suspected in a string of carjackings in two states has been arrested in Utah.Police say the carjackings started Friday after the...
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Landfill near the Great Salt Lake could become one of the nation’s largest...
The following story was written and reported by B. I. Empey and photographed by Chris Federer in partnership with The Utah Investigative Journalism Project and The Salt Lake Tribune.Gabriel Blackhelm...
View ArticleAmerica still in turmoil a year after Kaepernick's protest
What started as a protest against police brutality has mushroomed a year later into a divisive debate over the future of a football player who refused to stand for the national anthem and now faces...
View ArticleHospital officials: Nearly 500 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides
Freetown, Sierra Leone — Churches across Sierra Leone held special services Sunday in memory of those killed in mudslides and flooding earlier this week, as hospital officials announced the toll had...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake: Montreal’s early lead makes RSL stats irrelevant
Statistics can be deceiving.In a 3-1 loss at Montreal Saturday, RSL topped the Impact in almost every statistical category—aside from goals of course—over the course of 90 minutes. Still, Montreal...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: Know Your Cosmology
This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at...
View ArticlePublicist: Jerry Lewis, comedian, telethon host, dies at 91
Las Vegas — Jerry Lewis, the rubber-faced comedian and director whose fundraising telethons became as famous as his hit movies, has died.Publicist Candi Cazau says Lewis passed away Sunday morning of...
View ArticleEclipse eve: Millions converge across U.S. to see sun go dark
Millions of Americans converged on a narrow corridor stretching from Oregon to South Carolina to watch the moon blot out the midday sun Monday for a wondrous couple of minutes in the first total solar...
View ArticleTeen killed in drive-by shooting in Magna
One male youth died and another was injured late Saturday night in a drive-by shooting in Magna, police report.At 10:45 p.m. Saturday, someone driving a white sedan fired multiple shots at two...
View ArticleDemocrats say Confederate monuments are now white-supremacist rallying points
Washington • Leading Democrats on Sunday morning talk shows defended moves by local governments to remove monuments of Confederate leaders, saying that the unrest in Charlottesville last week showed...
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