Leonard Pitts: Sadly, America is not ‘better than this’
It has become the go-to cliche for moments like this.We whisper it when someone breaks the mosque window or scrawls hatred on the synagogue wall. It is our assurance and our hope.“We are better than...
View Article14k more counted ballots change little in Salt Lake County races
Only three races were altered significantly Thursday when Salt Lake County added results from 14,000 late-arriving, by-mail ballots to its previous election night totals.That changed who may qualify...
View ArticleMan who died in Bonneville Speedway crash was from California; 5 others...
The 65-year-old man who died after a pickup truck collided with a minivan at the Bonneville Speedway on Wednesday was from California, police confirmed Thursday.The other five people — four males and a...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: We need more women on Utah's courts
Utah’s judiciary has reached a milestone. With the recent appointment of Judge Diana Hagen, who previously worked in the office of The United States Attorney for the District of Utah, the Utah Court of...
View ArticleScience Says: DNA test results may not change health habits
New York • If you learned your DNA made you more susceptible to getting a disease, wouldn’t you work to stay healthy?You’d quit smoking, eat better, ramp up your exercise, or do whatever else it took...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake: Defense is keeping RSL competitive
Nick Rimando tracked the ball from D.C. United midfielder Luciano Acosta’s foot to Kofi Opare’s head. He bent his knees as Opare flicked a header in his direction and watched it bounce off the...
View ArticleUtah women's basketball: Utes announce nonconference schedule
The University of Utah women’s basketball team released its 2017-18 nonconference schedule on Thursday. The slate includes eight games in the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. The Pac-12 games...
View ArticleCommentary: Corporate America decides pandering to Nazis isn't worth a tax cut
CEOs will do anything for a tax cut, but they won’t coddle Nazis.That’s true even of Blackstone Group Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Stephen Schwarzman, who has said some tone-deaf things about...
View ArticleA Utah man who broke into his own home and fatally shot a man gets up to 5 years
A Salt Lake City man who broke into his own apartment last November and fatally shot an unwanted guest was sentenced Thursday to serve up to five years in prison.Leroy Daniel Valdez began sobbing as he...
View ArticlePrep volleyball: Bingham makes quick work of North Summit before hitting road...
Coalville • A Thursday overnight trip on I-80 somewhere between the Wasatch mountains and Wyoming was planned as a team-building exercise for the Bingham Miners.But first, a little volleyball.The...
View ArticleTrump has not demonstrated the ‘stability’ or ‘competence’ to lead...
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who has been one of the most outspoken GOP Trump critics in Congress, expressed displeasure with Trump’s response to the deadly weekend violence in Charlottesville, Va., and...
View ArticleNational Park Service reverses ban on bottled water
Americans pitch at least 50 billion plastic water bottles into the trash each year, generating one of the largest streams of avoidable consumer waste. The National Park Service did its part to reduce...
View ArticleCass Sunstein: Trump actually did something good to tame bureaucracy
Obscured by the tumult surrounding President Donald Trump’s horrendous response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, the White House managed to take a significant positive step this week:...
View ArticleUtah man indicted in death of wife on Alaska cruise
Juneau, Alaska • A Utah man accused of killing his wife on a cruise to Alaska has been indicted on a murder count.Kenneth Manzanares, of Santa Clara, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in...
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BYU football: Losing star LB Francis Bernard for season forces Cougars to...
Provo • BYU’s training camp in preparation for the 2017 college football season lacked drama, suspense, major injuries and notable position battles most of the first three weeks, but that changed...
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Utah football: Utes announce team captains for 2017 campaign
The votes have been tallied.The players have spoken.On Thursday, the Utah football program announced its six team captains for the upcoming 2017 campaign. And for the second-straight season,...
View ArticleSalt Lake Bees beat Tacoma in high-scoring affair
Some baseball games are won by a steady number of runs scored throughout game. That wasn’t the case on Thursday night, when the Salt Lake Bees used two big innings to beat the Tacoma Rainiers 11-9 at...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Continued hot, dry in the north; late-weekend rain for the south
Hot, dry conditions will rule the Wasatch Front this weekend, while southern Utah will see cloud cover building ahead of Sunday night thunderstorms and rain showers.That moisture due for the redrocks...
View ArticleNews roundup: Fundraising organizations drop plans for charity galas at...
Fundraising organizations drop plans for charity galas at Trump’s Florida club. Utah’s Miller family to match up to $10 million in donations to homeless shelters. Family identifies Utah National Guard...
View ArticleAsk Ann Cannon: How can I bring up my wife's bad breath without ruining our...
Dear Ann Cannon • My wife of nearly three decades is very, very sensitive to criticism, so I’ve learned that to keep our marriage blissful it’s best not to point out any of her (few) undesirable...
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