Tribune Editorial: The same-sex marriage battle is over
How long will the state of Utah force its LGBTQ residents to battle for their constitutional rights?On Tuesday, the Utah Supreme Court heard a case brought by two married men who attempted to enter a...
View ArticleHouse backs $1.2T spending bill with more money for military
Washington • The Republican-led House on Thursday passed a sweeping $1.2 trillion spending bill that provides billions more dollars for the military while sparing medical research and popular community...
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Monson: BYU and Utah’s injury paranoia is beyond ridiculous
The injuries affecting BYU — Tanner Mangum’s ankle — and Utah — Chase Hansen’s unknown body part — this week, and those programs’ unwillingness to discuss them or disclose anything about them, have...
View ArticleLatin Mass fans celebrate 10-year anniversary — without Pope Francis
Vatican City • Fans of the old Latin Mass descended on Rome on Thursday for their annual pilgrimage, facing indifference to their cause, if not outright resistance, from none other than Pope...
View ArticleGoogle hit with class action lawsuit over gender pay
Menlo Park, Calif. • Google faces a new lawsuit accusing it of gender-based pay discrimination. A lawyer representing three female former Google employees is seeking class action status for the...
View ArticleHerbert: Zinke signaled Grand-Staircase should be shrunk
Salt Lake City • Utah’s governor says Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has signaled he’s recommending that President Donald Trump shrink Utah’s two-decade old Grand Staircase-Escalante National...
View ArticleJudge orders birth certificates issued to children born secretly on...
Holladay • After hanging up from the conference call with the judge, Sarah Allred turned to her 9- and 6-year-old daughters.“Congratulations, ladies,” Allred said. “You’re finally my kids.”“I was...
View ArticleLawyers need to be involved before a disaster strikes, expert says at Utah...
West Jordan • As New Orleans began rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, many residents were unable to prove they owned their late parents’ home because there was no will showing they had...
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No regrets for well-traveled prep legend Austin Kafentzis, now a BYU backup
Provo • Austin Kafentzis says he doesn’t have any regrets.But the most decorated high school quarterback the state of Utah ever has produced can’t help but wonder what this weekend might have been like...
View ArticleSalt Lake City doubles number of municipal buildings with solar panels
Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski announced Thursday that Utah’s capital city has doubled the number of municipal buildings with solar panels.A total of 756 solar panels were installed at seven...
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History of India’s independence, told at plodding pace, in ‘Viceroy's House’
In the movie “Viceroy’s House,” director Gurinder Chadha delivers a deeply personal story of the lives shattered as a result of the partition of India and Pakistan when British rule ended in...
View ArticleGov. Herbert wishes GOP would drop lawsuit challenging new election law
Gov. Gary Herbert wished aloud Thursday that the Utah Republican Party would drop its lawsuit challenging the state’s new election law, which is driving a wedge between the party’s right wing and...
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Spy thriller ‘American Assassin’ delivers furious action fueled by trio of...
The spy yarn “American Assassin” gives new meaning to the phrase “all killer, no filler,” as it delivers its action at regular, bloody intervals, with minimal breaks for the messiness of character...
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Outlandish director Alejandro Jodorowsky celebrates his salad days in...
If you are at all familiar with the movies of madman director Alejandro Jodorowsky — like the ’70s cult hits “El Topo” or “The Holy Mountain,” or his aborted effort to adapt Frank Herbert’s “Dune” —...
View ArticleBehind the Headlines: Drug court opens for Operation Rio Grande arrestees,...
The kickoff of a new drug court program adds to the treatment efforts of Operation Rio Grande. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints throws its support behind a Colorado bakery shop owner who...
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Horror or not, ‘mother!’ is a weird, wild trip that’s sure to be a...
A critic could spend a lot of time and verbiage just trying to categorize movie writer-director Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!”Is it a horror movie? A marital drama? A psychological thriller about...
View ArticleNew Utah media blitz aims to help parents protect their kids against digital...
A new Utah campaign announced Thursday will target pornography in the name of protecting children, with billboards, radio spots and a new website aimed at raising awareness and providing online...
View ArticleA fascinating character study of a teen struggling with his sexual identity...
Writer-director Eliza Hittman’s “Beach Rats,” which won her the Directing Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, starts off as an interesting character study of a young Brooklyn tough grappling...
View ArticleSuspect in school shooting said victim who died bullied him
Rockford, Wash. • A 15-year-old boy accused of shooting four classmates at a rural high school in Washington state had been meeting with a school counselor over suicidal thoughts before bringing two...
View ArticleNoah Feldman: Bakers can be artists, but they still can't discriminate
Cake baking is an art. Or so says a group of professional wedding cake bakers who have filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in what promises to be the blockbuster case of the...
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