Greg Sargent: Trump's latest claim about the Texas shooting is disingenuous...
It has become an internet meme that Donald Trump favors extreme vetting for arriving immigrants, but not for would-be gun buyers, and Tuesday in South Korea, Trump was confronted by a question about...
View ArticlePac-12 football coaches — including Utah’s Kyle Whittingham — unhappy with...
In the midst of a rivalry game in Provo during the first week of September, BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum, desperate to gain yards, scrambled through the middle of the field before sliding and giving...
View ArticleEvacuations lifted at UTA transit hub after bomb squad detonates suspicious...
Bomb squad personnel on Tuesday afternoon detonated a “suspicious device” discovered inside the Utah Transit Authority Intermodal Hub near 300 South and 600 West, in Salt Lake City.A foot-long piece of...
View ArticleTo go bowling in Pac-12, a 3-6 conference record should be good enough
Bowl eligibility brings a different twist to the discussion about strength of schedule in college football, especially in the Pac-12 this season.Utah (5-4), Colorado (5-5), California (5-5) and Oregon...
View ArticleBYU football notes: Beau Hoge will start at QB vs. UNLV — if he’s healthy
Provo • If he is healthy, redshirt sophomore Beau Hoge will be BYU’s starting quarterback Friday night when the beleaguered Cougars face surging UNLV at Sam Boyd Stadium, offensive coordinator Ty...
View ArticleSuns trade unhappy point guard Eric Bledsoe to Bucks for power forward Greg...
Milwaukee • A person with knowledge of the deal says the Phoenix Suns have agreed to trade disgruntled guard Eric Bledsoe to the Milwaukee Bucks for big man Greg Monroe and two 2018 draft picks.The...
View ArticleJennifer Rubin: The Russia issue does matter to voters
Not unlike the recent Post-ABC News poll, the latest CNN poll delivers some bad news to the White House:“Donald Trump’s approval rating stands at its lowest point in CNN’s polling as concerns about...
View ArticleDismissal upheld of final claim against golf legend Jack Nicklaus over Utah...
A Colorado couple have lost their latest round against golf legend Jack Nicklaus in a lawsuit in Utah’s federal court.In a 3-0 ruling, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the...
View ArticleFormer MLB pitcher Roy Halladay dies in Gulf of Mexico plane crash
Holiday, Fla. • Authorities have confirmed that former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay died in a small plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.Pasco County Sheriff Chris...
View ArticleUtah State's Koby McEwen believes he can be the best Aggie ever
Logan • When money was tight — and it often was — a young Koby McEwen had a choice to make.Eat lunch?Or take the bus?“Every day, I had $3 to spend. It was all my lunch money,” he recalls. “I didn’t...
View ArticleBilly Graham at 99: He kept the faith and, mostly, unlike some current Trump...
Washington • Conservative Christian leaders have President Donald Trump’s ear, but they are certainly not the first evangelicals to counsel the leader of the free world. The most famous evangelist of...
View ArticleZion National Park’s biggest headache: Keeping toilets clean
Zion National Park • Scout Lookout really stinks. The busy lunch spot on the way to Utah’s famed Angels Landing in Zion National Park offers some of the best views on Earth, but thousands of gallons of...
View ArticleBYU guard Nick Emery won’t play in opener as school awaits NCAA ruling...
Provo • Troubled BYU basketball guard Nick Emery won’t play in Wednesday’s exhibition game against Colorado College or Saturday’s season opener against Mississippi Valley State as the school waits on a...
View ArticlePoor-shooting Jazz fall 104-97 to Sixers for their third straight loss
For those tuning in for the final two minutes, it seemed to be a nail-biter.The Utah Jazz were clawing at the finish, closing a 12-point gap to only three with 10.7 seconds remaining. The Philadelphia...
View ArticleTrump strikes more conciliatory tone toward North Korea, urges 'deal' to...
President Donald Trump struck a more conciliatory tone on the North Korea crisis Tuesday, asserting that his administration is making "a lot of progress" in the peninsula, and urging dictator Kim Jong...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Inmate safety should be priority
A recent expose in this paper illuminated the extent of the inmate mistreatment in the Daggett County jail. And it’s bad.We knew in February that problems existed; the state abruptly transferred 80...
View ArticleDemocrat Danica Roem will be Va.'s first openly transgender elected official
Democrat Danica Roem ousted longtime incumbent Del. Robert Marshall, R, Tuesday, according to preliminary returns, becoming the first openly transgender elected official in Virginia — and one of very...
View ArticleDemocrat Phil Murphy to succeed Chris Christie as New Jersey governor
Democrats took back the governor's seat in New Jersey as first-time candidate Phil Murphy defeated Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, capping a tumultuous eight years of term-limited Republican Gov. Chris Christie...
View ArticleDemocrat Ralph Northam defeats Ed Gillespie in race for Virginia governor...
Democrat Ralph Northam was projected to win Virginia's race for governor Tuesday over Republican Ed Gillespie, as Democrats appeared headed for a big night across the board in races for lieutenant...
View ArticleLone Peak running back Masen Wake barrels his way through defenses
Highland • Replicating the way sportscaster Chris Berman used to call a highlight featuring Tampa Bay running back Mike Alstott, with the concussive sounds, right timing and all, is sometimes hard to...
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