Sens. Hatch, Lee stand by special counsel Mueller as indictments begin in the...
Washington • Utah’s two senators steered clear of commenting on the charges against President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager and a campaign aide but stood by their support of special counsel...
View ArticleGov. Herbert calls on Utahns to help ‘fellow Americans in Puerto Rico who are...
Gov. Gary Herbert says Utah has plenty of what still-hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico needs — so he called on residents Monday to help generously, and he will send Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox there soon to...
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'Donut Boy' thanks Salt Lake area police officers with doughnuts
Cops need love, too.And so Tyler Carach — aka Donut Boy — is traveling around the country passing out doughnuts to law enforcement officers in appreciation of their public service.“I want to thank them...
View ArticleU.S. court bars Trump from reversing transgender troops policy
Washington • A federal judge on Monday barred President Donald Trump’s administration from proceeding with plans to exclude transgender people from military service.U.S. District Judge Colleen...
View ArticleAnn Cannon: For aspiring children’s book authors, here’s a great place to start
Have you ever wanted to learn how to write a book for children but don’t know where to start?The annual Writing for Charity conference, held this Saturday, Nov. 4, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Utah Valley...
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Creative publisher Gibbs Smith reinvented Western stories from his Utah barn
In the book world, the backstory of the Gibbs Smith publishing company — that it published beautifully designed books from a renovated barn on the founder’s family property in Layton — made for a...
View ArticleLetter: To those honoring the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
The Taxpayer Protection Pledge: “ I, ______, pledge to the taxpayers of the ______ district of the (state ) ______ and to the American people that I will: ONE, oppose any and all efforts to increase...
View Article'House of Cards' cancelled as fallout continues for Spacey
New York • The fallout from Kevin Spacey’s response to being accused of alleged sexual assault continued Monday, with the two-time Oscar winner being harshly criticized on social media, the plug pulled...
View ArticleCommentary: Stop trying to limit the way men and women work together
Recently some men — on the right and on the left — have volunteered a solution to the sexual harassment problem: Stop meeting privately with women.On the right, Vice President Mike Pence confessed to...
View ArticleOn stand, Bergdahl apologizes to those hurt looking for him
Fort Bragg, N.C. • In an unexpected and emotional statement, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl apologized in court Monday to all the military personnel who were wounded searching for him and described the daily...
View ArticleUtah County man sentenced to time-served after ‘new information’ reduces rape...
A Utah County man once accused of drugging an 18-year-old woman at his home, then tying her up and raping her, has been sentenced to about seven months time-served in jail after accepting a plea deal...
View ArticleCommentary: Free college would help rich more than poor
Free college sounds like a great idea, when you first hear the words. That might be why Bernie Sanders was able to whip up so much enthusiasm around the idea in his 2016 presidential bid, and is still...
View ArticlePolice find body of missing Orem man in Tooele County
The body of an Orem man reported missing last week was found by police in Tooele County over the weekend.Orem police said 39-year-old Kelly Raymond Isom was reported missing by his family Wednesday,...
View ArticleAfter Boise State loss, Aggies shift focus to earning bowl eligibility
A late Saturday loss to Boise State has the Utah State Aggies starting to refocus for the remaining three games.The focal point now is bowl eligibility. Utah State (4-5, 2-3) needs to win two of those...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: The Upside Down
This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.Arch ConservativesRepublicans With PrinciplesWhat Hate...
View ArticleGarrison Keillor: Can we stick in the fork and call him done?
When his old campaign manager was indicted Monday, Mr. Trump called me on the phone, crying like a baby, and begged me to endorse him. I said, “You’re already president, Mr. President. You were...
View ArticleThe Natural History Museum of Utah tackles climate change head-on with new...
A new interactive exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Utah lets guests take the state’s fate into their hands and combat climate change head-on — sort of.The Utah Climate Challenge was unveiled...
View ArticleBYU’s win over San Jose State brings back Kalani Sitake's humorous side
Provo • What a difference a win makes.BYU football coach Kalani Sitake was in rare form on Monday as he described the Cougars’ second win of the season, and first against an opponent from the Football...
View ArticleHumanity risks ‘suicide’ under growing threat of U.S.-North Korea nuclear...
Vatican City • Pope Francis warned Monday that “humanity risks suicide” with the increased threat of nuclear confrontation between the U.S. and North Korea — a threat that will dominate a Vatican...
View ArticleCommentary: Reconciliation among Christians might be closer than we think
Springfield, Mass. • Nearly a thousand years after the East-West schism and after 500 years of Catholic-Protestant divisions, the task of restoring unity among the thousands of Christian denominations...
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