Letter: Talkers, texters, big rigs bring egregious risks to the road
1. Why in the world does Utah allow the use of hand-held cell phones while driving? I watch the person driving ahead of me weaving, driving below the speed limit, oblivious. Is the person drunk,...
View ArticleIn Utah, the pain of shopping for health care will soon get even worse
Cindy Purvance of Park City was incensed when she received a letter in the mail, alerting her that her family's health insurance premium would skyrocket to $1,300 a month next year — a $500...
View ArticleWoman seriously hurt when man falls or jumps on her from Saltair balcony
A Brighton woman faces a long recovery from serious leg and spinal injuries she says were suffered when a man jumped or fell onto her during a weekend concert at Saltair.The unidentified man dropped...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Utes made Pac-12 consistency their calling card, but that's gone now
When this season’s first College Football Playoff rankings are published Tuesday, two fixtures will be missing: Florida State and Utah. The absences of the Utes and Seminoles will leave Alabama,...
View ArticlePolice: Danish inventor admits dismembering journalist
Tallinn, Estonia • Police in Denmark say a Danish inventor has admitted dismembering a Swedish journalist who disappeared from his submarine, but says he did not kill her.Copenhagen police say inventor...
View ArticleNBC News terminates Mark Halperin's contract over harassment allegations
NBC News terminated its contract on Monday with political journalist Mark Halperin following revelations last week that Halperin had sexually harassed multiple women years earlier.Halperin, 52, will no...
View ArticleLetter: Put focus on unstable people, not gun control
I own two fire extinguishers. One is near the kitchen and the other is in the garage. Thank goodness I’ve never had a reason to use them. I have a 45 caliber pistol in a convenient location. It’s also...
View ArticleReport of rape at Utah State University has campus on ‘Code Blue’ alert
Utah State University police have issued a “Code Blue” alert for the Logan campus after a female student reported being raped over the weekend.USU Police Chief Mike Kuehn said investigators were trying...
View ArticleJazz shootaround: Jazz put turnover struggles in focus ahead of Dallas...
Shootaround sessions on the morning before games tend to be low-key affairs. Coach Quin Snyder said if there’s an issue manifesting in shootaround, players tend to think they’ll correct the problem...
View ArticleCharges: On-duty New York City police detectives handcuffed woman, then raped...
New York • Two New York City police detectives are accused of threatening an 18-year-old woman with arrest over a bottle of prescription pills, handcuffing her, driving her around and then raping...
View ArticleBobcat in bathroom of Oklahoma newspaper startles publisher
Sapulpa, Okla. • A small-town Oklahoma newspaper publisher found a startling front-page story practically in his newsroom: There was a hissing bobcat in the bathroom.Sapulpa Herald publisher Darren...
View ArticleOfficials: US captures key militant in Benghazi attack
Washington • U.S. officials say special operations forces have captured a militant who was instrumental in the attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. The attack resulted in the death...
View ArticleFormer Carbon County emergency services director sentenced for stealing...
The former emergency services director for Carbon County, who was accused of using federal grant money to buy hundreds of items for himself, was sentenced Monday to six months in a federal prison...
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BYU coach Kalani Sitake defends strength staff as another Cougar is lost for...
Provo • The mood was understandably lighter and more upbeat Monday at BYU coach Kalani Sitake’s weekly press briefing after the Cougars snapped their seven-game losing skid with a 41-20 win over San...
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University of Utah president’s apology to Huntsman went a long way toward...
Sometimes a little humility and an apology can go a long way.In the instance of a mea culpa University of Utah President David Pershing presented to Huntsman Cancer Institute founder and benefactor Jon...
View ArticleLetter: It is crucial that Congress extend CHIP funding
Congress allowed the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides health insurance to 9 million American children, to expire Sept. 30. Without CHIP funding, millions of children...
View ArticleSinking Utes will try to right the ship on Friday against struggling UCLA
The scuffling Utes welcome in the bruised and battered Bruins this week.Utah (4-4, 1-4) hosts UCLA (4-4, 2-3) Friday at Rice-Eccles Stadium at 7:30 p.m., looking to snap its first four-game losing...
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Commentary: The legal rights of children should not vary by county
October is Youth Justice Awareness Month in Utah — an opportunity to celebrate positive developments in our juvenile justice system and recommit to the urgent work that still awaits.There is much to...
View Article14 dogs and 2 cats are running for political office in Salt Lake County
You can’t escape politics these days, and Salt Lake County has just made the topic even more unavoidable by taking a sweet, innocent pet fundraising drive and turning it into a slander-filled hate...
View ArticleUtah baseball coach Bill Kinneberg faces suspension after school reports...
Utah athletic dirctor Chris Hill announced on Monday that baseball coach Bill Kinneberg will likely be suspended for an unspecified amount of games due to a self-reported NCAA violation that came to...
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