FBI raids animal shelters, searching for piglets rescued from Utah factory...
An animal-rights group that rescued two piglets from a factory farm in southwestern Utah says the FBI has raided animal sanctuaries in search of the animals.Direct Action Everywhere, also known as DxE,...
View ArticleDuchesne County nurse charged with negligent homicide nine months after...
The nurse on staff at the Duchesne County jail when a 21-year-old inmate died following severe dehydration and weight loss has been charged with negligent homicide.State prosecutors charged Jana Clyde,...
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Professor gives $250K to Ute Indian Tribe to compensate for...
She doesn’t consider it a donation (though she jokes the IRS might look at it that way). And she doesn’t think it makes her a saint of any sort.For Christine Sleeter, it’s simply “returning what was...
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Utah school grades drop statewide on the heels of lower SAGE scores
New grades for Utah schools, released Monday by the state Board of Education, showed a decline in performance statewide for the 2016-2017 academic year, including the first-ever “F” grade issued in the...
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Local and Olympic athletes, officials take on #takeaknee after Trump weighs...
From NFL fields to the slopes of Park City and beyond, athletes with local ties have participated in and are speaking up about President Donald Trump’s criticisms of national anthem protests.At a...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: We Are All Puerto Ricans
This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at...
View ArticleCollins' opposition essentially kills GOP health care drive
Washington • The last-gasp Republican drive to tear down President Barack Obama’s health care law essentially died Monday as Maine Sen. Susan Collins joined a small but decisive cluster of GOP senators...
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Kragthorpe: Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey says social awareness and patriotism are...
Garett Bolles took just the right stance Sunday.The Denver Broncos’ offensive lineman stood on the sideline in Buffalo with his right hand over his heart and his left hand on the shoulder of kneeling...
View ArticleCommentary: Hello! Most Mormons actually do drink caffeinated soda
Late last week, my Facebook and Twitter feeds were saturated with some shocking news.Were dogs and cats mating together?Had hell at last frozen over?Close. Mormon church-owned Brigham Young University...
View ArticleCass R. Sunstein: Trump imposes political correctness on the NFL
In calling on NFL owners and fans to punish athletes who engage in political protests, President Donald Trump has become a Super Bowl champion of something he purports to oppose: political...
View ArticleEugene Robinson: Trump's race-baiting rhetoric is not political calculation....
Washington - President Trump’s race-baiting attack on African-American athletes is nothing new. During the civil rights movement, blacks in the South who dared to stand up for justice were often...
View ArticleAhead of training camp, Utah Jazz have already made strides in team chemistry
Earlier this month, the new-look Utah Jazz trekked to San Diego.It was the same city where the organization’s pitch to Gordon Hayward failed two months earlier. Now, it was where they would try to...
View ArticleFormer intelligence officer offers advice on cyber security for Utah businesses
The Bank of Utah is sponsoring a series of events Utah business owners featuring a military analyst and cyber risk consultant.Ret. Col. Cedrick Leighton, a former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer,...
View ArticleRudy Gobert says ignore the critics: Jazz will be good this season
Rudy Gobert isn’t to be confused with Knute Rockne. He’s not going to gather the Utah Jazz around him and hit them with a bunch of speeches.At the same time, his standing for this season and going...
View ArticleCowboys kneel before national anthem against Arizona
Glendale, Ariz. • Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has been a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, so the speculation was that he would not allow his players to kneel during the national...
View ArticleDak Prescott, Cowboys pull away to beat Cardinals 28-17
Glendale, Ariz. • Dak Prescott threw two touchdown passes and flipped head over heels into the end zone on a 10-yard run for another and the Dallas Cowboys pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the...
View ArticleAnn Cannon: The joys of sitting on the front porch and watching the world go by
We bought our house in the lower Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, which (frankly) is why we could afford it. The house was in the process of being...
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Gehrke: Betsy DeVos should look to Utah if she thinks her changes to campus...
If Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wants a real-world demonstration of the perils of her new campus sexual-assault directives, she should pay a visit to Utah.Over the last two years, my Pulitzer...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Sunny days, chilly nights, autumnal perfection
Sunny, mellow days, the chill of night and the first scent of dying leaves. The Wasatch Front sighs, plunging into fall with memories of summer fleeting.In other words, Wednesday’s high temperatures,...
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New book by federal judge from Utah explains history behind gay marriage and...
In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Louisiana law that required separate but equal railroad cars for whites and black — a decision that explains, in part, why the nation remains racially divided...
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