Scott D. Pierce: Think you know Elizabeth Smart's story? You don’t
For 15 years, we’ve been inundated with stories about Elizabeth Smart. Particularly here in Utah.How, at the age of 14, she was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City bedroom by Brian David Mitchell and...
View Article'I don't feel wealthy': The upper middle class is worried about paying for...
Alpharetta, Ga. • On the income distribution charts at the center of tax overhaul plans, Courtney Mishoe knows she's doing well. She works as a tax manager at a firm in the Atlanta suburbs. Her husband...
View ArticleJennifer Rubin: The appalling and entirely predictable GOP reaction to Roy...
Elected Republicans generally reacted in one of two ways to The Washington Post’s deeply sourced report of one women who describes being kissed and fondled by now-GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore when she...
View ArticleAlabama state official defends Moore, citing Joseph and Mary: 'They became...
An Alabama state official on Thursday dismissed a Washington Post report alleging that GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore had initiated a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl decades ago, saying there...
View ArticleA Veterans Day salute to the Old Man and all the others who served and...
I’m a military brat. From the time I was 2 years old until I was 21, my father served his country well. He was a criminal investigator, first in the Air Force and then the Army. We moved, hmm, about a...
View ArticleHerriman’s future growth plan may be up to city voters
In the fight over how Herriman will manage its future growth, residents have won at least one battle — persuading the City Council on Wednesday to push back a vote on rezoning more than 270 undeveloped...
View ArticleCatherine Rampell: Dear GOP: Stop investing in so much stuff
Washington • Invest more in people, not stuff.That’s not a tip for achieving personal happiness. It’s a statement about economic growth.Right now, much of the Republican tax agenda is geared toward...
View ArticleUtahn Court McGee readies for latest UFC fight Saturday in Virginia
Utahn and UFC fighter Court McGee had fellow welterweight Ben Saunders hurt in a fight last January, but fighting someone he’d trained with and had a “soft spot” for dulled his normal finishing...
View ArticleU.S. Olympian Aly Raisman: I was sexually abused by our team doctor
Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman says she is among the young women sexually abused by a former USA Gymnastics team doctor.Raisman tells “60 Minutes” she was 15 when she was first treated by Dr. Larry...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Can Washington State’s Luke Falk beat a Whittingham-coached team,...
Luke Falk’s Logan High School football career ended on an October afternoon when the Grizzlies fell so far behind Timpview in a first-round playoff game that the last five minutes of the game were...
View ArticleRand Paul's injuries remain shrouded in mystery as alleged attacker pleads...
Bowling Green, Ky. • A man who allegedly attacked Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in his yard last week and broke at least six of his ribs pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge Thursday.Rene...
View ArticleMarc Thiessen: Why whitewash communism's crimes?
The Trump administration marked this week’s 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution by declaring a National Day for the Victims of Communism. The New York Times marked the same anniversary in a...
View ArticleIndependent committee looking to rename Provo's Squaw Peak
Provo • A new group is beginning a push to change the name of Squaw Peak to something more honorable to Native American women.The Daily Herald reports the Repeak Committee is leading the effort to...
View ArticleTen months after NFL concussion settlement, most players haven't seen a dime
More than 10 months since the NFL's high-profile concussion settlement with retired players, only a small percentage of those who have made claims have received monetary awards, with many claiming the...
View ArticleLouis C.K.'s new movie has been scrapped after sexual misconduct allegations
Five women have come forward to accuse the popular comedian Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct, including masturbating in front of them, the New York Times reported on Thursday.The article, which includes...
View ArticleBYU-Mississippi Valley State men's basketball preview
Mississippi Valley State at BYU<br>Tipoff • Saturday, 7 p.m.<br>TV • BYUtv<br>Radio • 1160 AM, 102.7 FM, Sirius XM 143<br>Records • Season opener for both teams.<br>Series...
View ArticleHe’s their ‘Top Bill’ — Repertory Dance Theatre celebrates renowned alum...
William “Bill” Evans may have moved from Utah years ago, but for the 77-year-old famed dancer and choreographer, the Beehive State will always be home. Evans, who joined Repertory Dance Theatre 52...
View ArticleWoman says her esophagus was damaged by contaminated tea at Utah restaurant,...
Tea contaminated by a cleaning solution made a woman and her daughter “violently ill” at a Layton restaurant last year, alleges a lawsuit filed Wednesday in 2nd District Court.Selina Beilstein, 44, of...
View ArticleImprove the lives of women and watch the world improve as well, says top...
Want to make the world a better place? Then empower women, says Mormonism’s top female leader, and it will happen.“If all individuals understood that the world improves when the situation of women...
View ArticleLouis C.K. says he misused his power and ‘brought pain’
New York • With his career imploding over allegations of sexual misconduct, comedian Louis C.K. confessed Friday to masturbating in front of women and expressed remorse for wielding his influence...
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