Commentary: Can a white child dress as a Halloween character from another race?
Blackface is as predictable around Halloween as candy, and by now the outrage in response is also pretty predictable. Julianne Hough was still apologizing two years after her ill-advised use of...
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Ricky Rubio leads the way as Jazz top the Dallas Mavericks 104-89
After years on the trading block in Minnesota, Ricky Rubio finally looked at home in Utah on Monday night.It was after the seventh of the eight field goals he hit in a 104-89 win over the Dallas...
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Red-zone issues an all-too-familiar tune for struggling Utes
If Utah’s inept red-zone ways are driving you up the wall, don’t worry, because you have company.“It’s driving me nuts,” Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham said at his weekly Monday press conference,...
View ArticleFirst guilty plea, indictment of Trump aides in Russia probe
Washington • In a black Monday for Donald Trump’s White House, the special counsel investigating possible coordination between the Kremlin and the Trump presidential campaign announced the first...
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Commentary: Papadopoulos plea may be the big news for Trump
While the biggest news of the day is the indictments Robert Mueller has handed down against former President Donald Trump aides Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, today he also released a plea bargain with...
View ArticleUtah financial adviser pleads guilty to defrauding investors of millions of...
A St. George financial adviser pleaded guilty Monday to defrauding clients of millions of dollars while teaching them fraudulent investment strategies to avoid paying taxes.According to a news release...
View ArticleCommentary: Politicians, it's OK to change your minds
When Jeff Flake and Bob Corker turned their retirement announcements into fiery takedowns of the president, Democrats, Never Trumpers and pundits couldn’t get enough.Alas, admiration is fickle thing....
View ArticleMavs’ Smith one of best in deep rookie class
The rookie learning curve, we’re told, is steep. Tell that to this class.One peek at Dennis Smith Jr.’s stat line entering Monday night’s game — 13.2 ppg, 6.6 apg and 3.0 rpg — will tell you that he’s...
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University of Utah student shot to death in campus carjacking; hunt underway...
One person is dead and an armed suspect remained on the loose after a carjacking and fatal shooting at the University of Utah that put the campus on lockdown several hours into early Tuesday...
View ArticleOakland athletics catcher Maxwell, a national anthem protester, faces assault...
Scottsdale, Ariz. • Police say Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell showed signs of intoxication when he was arrested following accusations that he pointed a handgun at the head of a woman in...
View ArticleChiefs force 5 TOs, beat Broncos 29-19 in AFC West showdown
Kansas City, Mo. • Harrison Butker kicked five field goals, Marcus Peters returned a fumble 45 yards for a touchdown and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the turnover-prone Denver Broncos 29-19 on Monday...
View ArticleJazz sharpen defense in second half of victory over Mavericks
The Utah Jazz didn’t make many tactical adjustments in the third quarter of Monday night’s 104-89 win over the Dallas Mavericks.As they had in the first half, they switched all over the court...
View ArticleNew 500-mph jet will help retrieve hearts, livers and other donated organs...
The small jet cruises at more than 500 mph and can soar across the country in a few hours. Onboard are a surgeon and two surgical coordinators, often briefed on the trip’s details just minutes before...
View ArticleAs days grow short, look to Ensign Peak for a primo sunset hike
As days grow shorter, a sunset view becomes a reasonable hiking goal for the early-to-bed crowd — and Ensign Peak is about as reasonable as it gets.Rising over Salt Lake City’s northern edge, Ensign...
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Utah releasing 10,000 pheasants across state as part of monthlong hunt...
While changing habitat, urban growth and modern farming practices have had a severe impact on the pheasant hunt in Utah, several thousand hunters still enjoy what was once the most popular upland game...
View ArticleUtah forecast: On a chilly Halloween, even that witches cauldron might be...
Northern Utah’s Halloween will provide more than witches, goblins, devils and zombies to raise goose pimples and bring shivers to trick-or-treaters.“Double, double toil and trouble,” Shakespeare’s...
View ArticleTech companies find more signs of Russian election activity
Washington • Major tech companies plan to tell Congress Tuesday that they have found additional evidence of Russian activity on their services surrounding the 2016 U.S. election.Facebook, for instance,...
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How Pokémon Go encourages players to get outside and meet other people
Nickie Zenes moved to Utah from Pennsylvania in August — and when she wanted to meet new people, she went searching.Her tools were her smartphone and the Pokémon Go mobile-game app.Playing Pokémon Go,...
View ArticleNews roundup: White House chief of staff suggests ‘lack of an ability to...
White House chief of staff suggests ‘lack of an ability to compromise’ led to the Civil War. Utah’s members of Congress stand by Mueller as he investigates Trump’s campaign. Utah guv urges residents to...
View ArticleWith first charges, Mueller sends warning to Trump, aides
Washington • Special counsel Robert Mueller has sent a warning to individuals in President Donald Trump’s orbit: If they lie about contacts between the president’s campaign and Russians, they’ll end up...
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