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Dana Milbank: The Trump cleanup patrol just had its biggest job yet
Washington • I had dreams of fire and fury like the world has never seen. But now I will sleep well, because Rex Tillerson told me I should.There is no “imminent threat” from North Korea, the secretary...
View ArticleUtah forecast: A warmer, drier weekend for the Wasatch; a bit cooler and...
A gradual drying trend is on the meteorological menu for northern Utah heading into the weekend, along with temperatures once more rising well into the 90s.The forecast for the Salt Lake and Tooele...
View ArticleLetter: Chaffetz should pay for this special election
Apparently the special election to replace Jason Chaffetz will cost counties $1.5 million and counties hope the state will chip in to help.Why can’t Chaffetz himself chip in? He obviously quit when he...
View ArticleMaggot case gives rare look at neglect by caretakers
Rome, N.Y. • In his bed at a New York state group home for the severely disabled, Steven Wenger lay helpless against a silent invader.A slimy, wriggling clump was growing around the hole in his throat...
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Single parents, refugees add spice to Salt Lake City's DIY Festival
Asia Dutson gently waves the golden flame of a soldering iron over a strip of silver, waiting patiently for the metal to “speak” to her.“It shows me where it wants to go,” said the owner of Salt Lake...
View ArticleStop offering euthanasia, Pope Francis tells Belgian Catholics
London • Pope Francis has ordered a Belgian Catholic charity to stop offering euthanasia in its psychiatric hospitals.In May, the Brothers of Charity group announced it would allow doctors to perform...
View ArticleInflatable Trump chicken takes roost outside White House
Washintgon • President Donald Trump may be out of town, but one plucky protester is keeping an eye on the White House.A giant inflatable chicken bearing the unmistakable hairstyle of the commander in...
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Utah drinkers like cheap beer and boxed wine, but more are getting fired up...
Utah shoppers love a bargain, whether they are buying milk for the kids or wine, beer and liquor for themselves.New sales numbers for Utah’s state-run liquor system show that consumers leaned toward...
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Marc Thiessen: Trump's immigration vision isn't the Reagan way
It was not that long ago that a Republican presidential candidate vowed that “we will make America great again.” His name was Ronald Reagan, and he made that promise to restore American greatness at...
View ArticleBYU football: Texas Tech transfer Tanner Jacobson will be primary punt...
Provo • It was only a matter of time before Texas Tech transfer Tanner Jacobson found a way to get on the field for BYU. The 5-foot-10, 185-pound junior is just too good of a player to spend the entire...
View ArticlePrep football: Pleasant Grove Vikings preview
Take it back one year for Mark Wootton, when he accepted the coaching job at Pleasant Grove.“I didn’t even know what we had,” Wootton said. “And I had people tell me we didn’t think we’d do that...
View ArticleOfficial picked to monitor operations in polygamous towns
Phoenix • A judge has appointed an official to monitor municipal decisions in a polygamous community in Arizona and Utah as a punishment for a religious discrimination verdict.Roger Carter, city...
View ArticleTrump resumes taunts of Senate GOP leader over health care
Washington • President Donald Trump resumed his taunts of the Senate’s top Republican on Thursday, expressing disbelief that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell couldn’t persuade a GOP majority to pass a...
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Washington Post Commentary: Stop arguing facts and listen to the other...
Worries about “political polarization” and of our “post-factual era” impeding political debate in our society have become commonplace. Liberals, in particular, are often astonished at the seeming...
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Polygamous towns on Utah-Arizona line pay to settle cases against 2 men who...
Towns on the Utah-Arizona line will pay $221,000 to two men who claimed they were wrongfully arrested at an old zoo in 2015. Patrick Pipkin and Andrew Chatwin will each receive $100,500 to settle their...
View ArticleDoes he drink alcohol? Nominee for Utah liquor commission is staying quiet...
Park City attorney Thomas N. Jacobson has been appointed to the state liquor commission, the governor’s office announced Thursday.Jacobson, who has been a practicing attorney in California and Utah for...
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Jennifer Rubin: Kelly has to do more or Trump’s presidency may never recover
It’s entirely possible that the Trump presidency is beyond repair. President Donald Trump has accomplished none of his major priorities (except for putting Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court) and has...
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Avenged Sevenfold say they'll be 'whoring out' zerofold
Plenty of people hate plenty of things about Avenged Sevenfold.The goofy monikers like “Synyster Gates” and “Johnny Christ.” Johnny Christ’s mohawk. M. Shadows’ fingernails-on-a-chalkboard voice. Too...
View ArticleThe Cricket: Considering the movies’ nuclear options, from ‘Godzilla’ to...
It was 1954, nine years after the first atomic bombs were detonated — first on the testing grounds of New Mexico, then on Hiroshima and Nagasaki — that the fears of nuclear annihilation felt by the...
View ArticleTrump to declare opioid crisis a ‘national emergency’
Bedminster, New Jersey • President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will officially declare the opioid crisis a “national emergency” and pledged to ramp up government efforts to combat the...
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