Letter: UTA, UDOT subject to unequal scrutiny
I read with some bemusement your latest article about UTA (“UTA — about $2 billion in debt — aims to borrow $88.5 million more”) and indeed most recent articles about the agency. You make it a point to...
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U. student shot and killed in Monday night carjacking incident was ‘full of...
ChenWei Guo, an international University of Utah student fatally shot Monday, was remembered by school officials and friends Tuesday as a charming and talented young man with a bright future.Guo, of...
View ArticleAfter visit to Puerto Rico, Utah’s Rob Bishop says U.S. must improve...
Washington • Just back from visiting Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Florida Keys, Rep. Rob Bishop said Tuesday that Congress will have to pony up what’s necessary to improve the electrical...
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‘We want them home’: After police arrest the man they believe killed a Utah...
Orem • In their prayers, Brenda Marsh and her family ask for one thing: that the bodies of her daughter and grandson be returned to them soon.Emily Quijano, 23, and her 3-year-old son, Gabriel Almiron,...
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Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox appoints new chief of staff, elections director
Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox announced Tuesday he is hiring Kirsten Rappleye — currently the spokeswoman for Gov. Gary Herbert — as his new chief of staff.He also appointed Justin Lee as his new state...
View ArticleBroncos mulling QB change from Siemian to Brock Osweiler
Englewood, Colo. • Vance Joseph is either going to simplify his offense for Trevor Siemian or send him to the bench in favor of Brock Osweiler.Joseph complained that Siemian made "three horrific...
View ArticleLetter: Second Amendment is there so population can protect itself from the...
One thing that is almost never talked about in the gun control debate is the real reason the Founding Fathers made the Second Amendment.It was not for hunting or even personal protection. America just...
View ArticleFor Astros players, Halloween with the kids comes before curveballs in Game 6
Los Angeles • With Game 6 of the World Series being played on Halloween, costumed children of the Houston Astros gathered in the lobby of the team hotel."The trick-or-treating in the hotel (had to)...
View ArticleUtah nurse reaches $500,000 settlement in dispute over her arrest for...
University Hospital nurse Alex Wubbels has agreed to a $500,000 payment to settle a dispute over her arrest by a Salt Lake City police officer after she barred him from drawing blood from an...
View ArticlePresident Trump dominates discussion in the final debate for Utah’s 3rd...
The dominating topic in the special election to fill Utah’s vacant congressional seat is the same that has overwhelmed all political discussion for the past year: President Donald Trump.His name has...
View ArticleJazz forward Joe Johnson out for at least two weeks with wrist injury
Joe Johnson exited Monday’s game against the Mavericks before Utah had sealed a win, rubbing his right wrist.At first, trainers thought it might be a sprain. But further examination has provided some...
View ArticleUtah man convicted of using drone to spy on people in their homes gets...
An Orem man who used a drone to video people in the bedrooms and bathrooms was given a suspended jail sentence and must do community service.Aaron Dennis Foote, 40, was sentenced last week to 180 days...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Jail standards should be public to protect inmates
Most people consider prisons public facilities. Even for-profit prisons run by private companies operate under authority granted them by the government. And the government is ultimately responsible for...
View ArticleBode Miller heading back to the Olympics, this time for NBC
Bode Miller is heading back to the Olympics. This time, he'll be calling the action from the TV booth.The six-time Olympic medalist, and only American to compete in Alpine skiing at five Winter Games,...
View ArticleAt Georgetown, the big man on campus is in his 50s and wears a suit
At Georgetown basketball's media day Tuesday, five Hoyas players squeezed in behind a podium, sat shoulder to shoulder and fielded questions about new coach Patrick Ewing for the better part of 12...
View ArticleLetter: Drugs to lobbying, Hatch awash in poor judgment
I am so relieved to read that Sen. Orrin Hatch “is no patsy when it comes to drug abuse, prescription or otherwise.” So obviously he just didn’t understand that the bill he pushed “stripped the Drug...
View ArticleGeorgia, Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson top opening CFP rankings
Notre Dame came in at a lofty No. 3, Georgia became a fresh No. 1 and Oklahoma appeared ahead of Ohio State, No. 5 to No. 6, answering the burning questions as the 13-member College Football Playoff...
View ArticleSenators blast Facebook, Twitter, Google in Russia probe
Washington • Exasperated U.S. senators harshly criticized representatives of Facebook, Twitter and Google at a hearing Tuesday for not doing more to prevent Russian agents interfering with the American...
View ArticleNick Emery will continue to play in exhibition games while BYU waits on NCAA...
Provo • Nick Emery will continue to play for BYU in exhibition basketball games this week and next while the school awaits a ruling from the NCAA regarding the junior guard’s eligibility this season,...
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Eugene Robinson: Trump must be wondering who else is talking to Mueller
Washington • After Monday’s legal shock and awe, one thing is certain: The Mueller investigation poses a serious and perhaps existential threat to the Trump administration.Apologists for the president...
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