26 teenage women were found dead at sea. Italian officials wonder if they...
The gruesome discovery Sunday of the bodies of more than two dozen migrant women in the Mediterranean Sea has left Italian officials wondering whether the women were purposely killed, and why all who...
View ArticleWhere has ‘Sack Lake City’ gone? Utes are searching for answers, too
Sack Lake City is on hiatus.A year after Utah yet again led the Pac-12 Conference in sacks, the Utes still are searching for answers to why they’ve underachieved so mightily in a department they’re...
View ArticleStarbucks' next move: Italian restaurants
After years of trying to win over lunch and dinner crowds, Starbucks is preparing to open its first stand-alone Italian restaurant.The company is teaming up with Princi, a small chain of 24-hour...
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Catherine Rampell: Who wins biggest in the GOP tax plan? The lazy rich.
The Republican tax bill is often described as being weighted toward “the rich.” But that’s not the full story.It’s actually weighted toward the loafer, the freeloader, the heir, the passive investor...
View ArticlePassenger in stolen car dies after head-on crash in West Valley City
A woman died after a stolen car she was riding in crashed head-on into a pickup truck in West Valley City on Tuesday morning. The 35-year-old driver of the stolen car told police he dropped something...
View ArticleFlorida school lets parents buy bulletproof panels for students to put in...
Florida Christian School in Miami put a few order forms on its website to make school supply shopping easier. Parents can purchase their children T-shirts bearing the school's logo or some snugly...
View ArticleScott D. Pierce: Really, Fox? You chose a truck race over the Utes?
Another week, two more examples of a national television outlet disrespecting the Pac-12 Conference. Except … that’s not what happened.Well, it sure felt like Fox disrespected Utah and UCLA by punting...
View ArticleMonson: The next 92 days are critical for BYU rebuild
When Kalani Sitake arrived as BYU’s new coach after the 2015 season, there were two words that swept in with hurricane-force winds alongside him.Optimism and energy.Shy of two years later, those words...
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Dana Milbank: Welcome to the new gilded age
Washington • Corporations are people, my friend. And this is where they feed.Room 1100 of the Longworth Building, with its ionic columns, gilt-fringed curtains and eagle-topped frieze, has for 80 years...
View ArticleInternet companies drop opposition to bill targeting online sex trafficking
Washington • When Congress launched an effort in August to enable prosecution of online sex trafficking by amending the Communications Decency Act, the titans of the internet such as Google and...
View ArticleACLU scolds Taylor Swift for effort to protect reputation
Taylor Swift and the American Civil Liberties Union are butting heads.The organization sent Swift's legal team a strongly worded letter denouncing her threat to sue a California blogger who, without...
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Erin Alberty: I actually liked my ski fitness class, and now I’m having an...
Ski season annually presents an awkward limbo of identity for me.I am an outdoors person. I am a huge fan of winter.And I am not an athlete. At all.It goes beyond a simple lack of ability. Sports have...
View ArticleGarrison Keillor: An old man talking to himself again
I’ve been confused about politics ever since Republican states became red states, which to me, growing up in the era of Red China, suggested commissars and gulags and thought control, which of course...
View ArticleSyria indicates it will sign Paris climate accord
Berlin • A Syrian official says the war-ravaged country plans to sign the Paris climate accord. Until now, it had been the only United Nations member state not to have done so.The move was announced...
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Ballet West reimagines an old repertoire favorite, ‘Carmina Burana,’ for a...
A brave company of dancers with an appetite for excitement — that’s the description that came to mind as Ballet West opened its 2017-18 season at the Capitol Theatre last Friday starring a new...
View ArticleMan arrested for trying to sell 10 pounds of meth worked for Mexican drug...
A man suspected of working for a major Mexican drug cartel and trying to set up a new distribution network in Utah County was booked into jail Monday.Detectives from the Utah County Major Crimes task...
View ArticleJazz shootaround: With Joel Embiid sitting out, Jazz will try to slow down...
Tell us how you really feel about Joel Embiid sitting out Tuesday night’s Jazz-76ers match-up.“To be honest him, I think they might overprotect him,” Rudy Gobert said while shrugging his shoulders...
View ArticleNFL locals: Week Nine snaps and stats for Utah, BYU, USU and SUU alumni in...
Each week, we’ll recap notable performances from local BYU, Utes, USU and SUU alumni in the NFL. Here’s what stood out from Week Nine of the 2017 NFL season:Cincinnati Bengals at Jacksonville Jaguars...
View ArticleFEMA rethinking ban on disaster aid to church buildings
When disaster strikes, houses of worship are often on the front lines, feeding and sheltering victims. Yet churches, synagogues and mosques are routinely denied aid by the Federal Emergency Management...
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Kayenta Trail: A slightly less crowded route to Zion’s Emerald Pools
With Zion’s popular Emerald Pools Trail closed for much of this year due to a rockslide and now bridge repairs, the Kayenta Trail has become a popular alternative to see the lush wonderland of the...
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