Real Salt Lake triggers the option to buy Jefferson Savarino
Jefferson Savarino isn’t going anywhere.Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen announced Thursday that the team has exercised the purchase option on the 20-year-old winger following his strong...
View ArticleTrump nominates Jerome Powell to be next Fed chairman
Washington • President Donald Trump tapped Jerome Powell on Thursday to replace Janet Yellen as Fed chair when her term ends in February, choosing a moderate member of the Fed’s board who has backed...
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Suspect in Murray fatal shooting that led to rush-hour traffic car wrecks...
The suspect in last week’s fatal shooting in Murray — which prompted a multi-vehicle wreck on State Street during rush hour — was charged Thursday after police arrested him on Halloween in...
View ArticleUtah's all-Republican members of Congress laud new GOP tax bill panned by...
Washington • Utah’s all-Republican federal delegation praised a GOP tax-reform bill unveiled Thursday, saying the legislation was the long-needed fix to a broken and unfair tax code that will help...
View ArticleGordon Hayward: Daughters know ‘Daddy has a boo-boo’
Waltham, Mass. • Gordon Hayward has been able to spend time with his daughters since his injury, though the 1- and 2-year-old girls aren't sure what to make of the fact that he's around so much...
View ArticleCapitals’ Alex Ovechkin starts social movement supporting Vladimir Putin
Washington • Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has voiced his support for Vladimir Putin ahead of the Russian presidential election.Ovechkin posted a message in Russian on his Instagram account...
View ArticleEvolution and climate change already at issue in new Utah school science...
Hot-button issues of evolution and climate change boiled to the surface Thursday as the state Board of Education took up the question of updating science-related instructional standards for many Utah...
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Salt Lake’s first cat cafe opens this weekend
No, the woman behind Tinker’s Cat Cafe is NOT a crazy cat lady.Lisa Boone likes cats. A lot. But she doesn’t have a lot of them at home. She has one, named Guinness.Well, she’s fostering another dozen...
View ArticleCorruption, doping issues aired at global Olympic meeting
Prague • Allegations of corruption and doping were on the minds of national Olympic leaders at their annual gathering on Thursday.The Association of National Olympic Committees assembly was presided...
View ArticleAuburn sits Wiley, Purifoy during NCAA corruption investigation
Auburn, Ala. • Auburn will hold out sophomores Austin Wiley and Danjel Purifoy indefinitely in connection with a federal investigation into associate head coach Chuck Person.The athletic department...
View ArticleCavs forward Thompson out 3-4 weeks with calf injury
Cleveland • Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson could be out for a month because of a strained left calf.He was injured in the second quarter of Wednesday night's loss to Indiana and left Quicken Loans...
View ArticleThe only things that are clear for Andrew Luck and the Colts are clearly bad
What had become increasingly inevitable was made official Thursday when the Indianapolis Colts announced they were placing quarterback Andrew Luck on the injured reserve list, declaring Luck's season...
View ArticleUConn women a unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP hoops poll
New York • UConn is No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball preseason poll for the 12th time in the school's history.The Huskies, who saw their 111-game winning streak come to an end in the...
View ArticleShe's got next: In the G League, female refs can make a name
Miami • The G League season opens Friday night, and there will be someone on the court in places like Grand Rapids or Greensboro or Des Moines whose next job will be in the NBA.That isn't limited to...
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Mormon church donates $10 million to help house Salt Lake City's homeless, needy
The LDS Church is donating $10 million toward building and developing additional housing in the Salt Lake Valley for those in need, the Utah-based faith announced Thursday.Gérald Caussé, presiding...
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Jennifer Rubin: The public sides with Mueller
The latest Post-ABC poll shows that Robert Mueller, for now, enjoys overwhelming support for his investigation. He also gets high marks for the indictments of former Trump campaign chairman Paul...
View ArticleEnergy chief Perry: Fossil fuels can prevent sexual assault
Washington • Energy Secretary Rick Perry says he thinks using fossil fuels can help prevent sexual assault.Perry said Thursday that using fossil fuels to power electricity can help villages in Africa...
View ArticleSouth Summit School District says $58.6 million bond needed to avoid portable...
Officials in South Summit School District see a problem looming in their near future.Thanks to growing enrollment, the Kamas-based district’s elementary, middle and high school will be well over...
View ArticleMorgan School District seeks $49 million bond measure to ease overcrowding
Doug Jacobs joked that if enrollment in Morgan School District keeps growing the way it has, students will have to be shuttled into school like skiers headed to Snowbasin Resort.“We’ve outgrown our...
View ArticleOgden School District says $106.5 million bond would expand schools, improve...
As snows melt each spring, empty buckets line the hallways and classrooms of Ogden School District’s T.O. Smith Elementary School to catch water dripping from its leaky roof.And that’s far from the...
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