Irish church aims to end stigma for the children of Catholic priests
Vatican City • Bishops in Ireland have created detailed guidelines to address an issue the Roman Catholic Church has tried to keep under wraps for centuries: the plight of children born to Catholic...
View ArticleUtah Hike of the Week: Ontario Trail at Deer Valley
Ontario Trail is a great intro-to-the-Wasatch hike that’s pretty easy if you have $20 for a lift ticket at Deer Valley Resort. Ride the ski lifts 2,200 vertical feet from the resort base to the peak of...
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For a low-effort Utah mountain adventure, take a lift to the trailhead
As the Sterling Express lift rose out of Deer Valley’s Silver Lake Village, I felt like a bit of a slacker. Lift-served hiking can’t really be hiking, right? No exertion, no wayfinding, no bribing my...
View ArticleHalf of Utah’s 10 largest colleges under federal investigation for sexual...
Utah Valley University now is under federal investigation for its handling of a sexual assault complaint — the fifth of Utah’s 10 higher education institutions to find itself under the microscope for...
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Catherine Rampell: The imaginary immigrant hordes
Washington — Hide your wife, hide your husband, hide your child! The immigrant hordes are already here!Or so lots of Americans believe -- making it easier for politicians and fringe “alt-right”...
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Become obsessed with clafoutis, a custardy fruit pancake
This summer, I became obsessed with making clafoutis — big baked custardy fruit pancakes. If you look up the definition of clafoutis, it is referred to as a tart or fruit covered with flan. But, I...
View ArticlePhoenix Mayor: Now is not the time for Trump to visit my city
Nearly 50 years ago, moments after learning that an avowed racist had gunned down Martin Luther King Jr., a young presidential candidate took the stage in Indianapolis to break the news to a largely...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Cosmic dragon foiled, sun comes out again to bake state
The eclipse is over. Once again, the sun-eating dragon of ancient lore was foiled, and the more contemporary predictions of the End of Days fell as flat as those latter-day seers prophet bona...
View ArticleW. Jordan police: Missing 79-year-old man found
Police say a 79-year-old West Jordan man, missing since Sunday, has been found alive and well.Oscar De Leon, who suffers from arthritis and memory loss, had been last seen walking near his home on...
View ArticleIndia’s top court: Instant divorce among Muslims unlawful
New Delhi • India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down as unconstitutional the Muslim practice that allows men to instantly divorce their wives.The bench, comprising five senior judges of different...
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Ann Cannon: The tale of a Tinkerbell with a taste for tomatoes
Dear Tinkerbell,Just so you know, I’m lying in wait for you. Right now. Behind the lilac bush. Early in the morning. So early, in fact, that dawn is barely cracking. Or whatever it is that dawn does...
View ArticleScott D. Pierce: New Pac-12 Networks chief thinks he can work with DirecTV
The incoming president of the Pac-12 Networks already has been asked repeatedly about DirecTV, but he’s not complaining. “It’s the right question,” said Mark Shuken, who believes it’s still possible...
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Celebrity ambassadors help National Park Service mark 101st birthday
How do you top a centennial? The National Park Service marks its 101st birthday Friday amid a “Parks 101” campaign enlisting celebrities as ambassadors for the park system’s hidden gems.Parks 101...
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Jennifer Rubin: Trump’s choice to go to Arizona for a campaign-style rally is...
Coming a week after President Donald Trump’s disastrous comments about Charlottesville and a day after a speech about sending more young men and women into combat, Trump’s choice to go to Arizona for a...
View ArticleBoeing, Northrop get contracts for nuclear missile work in Utah, other locations
Washington — The Air Force said Monday it has awarded contracts to Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. for work that could lead to replacement of the nation’s intercontinental ballistic missiles.The...
View ArticleFrom Utah's Mirror Lake Highway, many places to sit and reflect
Mirror Lake • The U.S. Forest Service often greets visitors to the areas it manages with signs that read, “Land of Many Uses.”That certainly fits the 78-mile stretch of Utah Highway 150, commonly known...
View ArticleTwo killed in Nephi skydiving crash
Two skydivers died after their parachute malfunctioned on Thursday evening, Nephi police said. The two — instructor and client — were jumping tandem from a Cessna 182 plane near the Nephi City airport...
View ArticleVictim of Magna drive-by homicide is identified; search for shooter continues
The Unified Police Department on Tuesday identified Will Ryan, 17, as the victim of a shooting late Saturday in Magna.A second teenage boy who was wounded in the shooting has returned home, according...
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In Vermont, biking across Lake Champlain on an old rail causeway
SOUTH HERO, Vt. • Abandoned rail lines have been converted into recreation paths all over the United States. But the Island Line Trail in Vermont is unusual: It includes a causeway that runs across the...
View ArticleGarrison Keillor: Never been here before
Anxious times in America. There was a news story a few weeks back, “Interrupted Sleep May Lead To Alzheimer’s,” and next to it, a wine review with the line “Vivacious and well balanced, with chewy...
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