The FCC just repealed decades-old rules blocking broadcast media mergers
Federal regulators rolled back a series of decades-old regulations on Thursday, in a move that will make it far easier for media outlets to be bought and sold — potentially leading to more newspapers,...
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George Pyle: Be like John Wayne and stand up for the Indians of Utah
Owen Thursday was unimpressed. With the new command the Army had given him. With his own prospects for achievement and glory. And most of all with the appearance of the local Native Americans — “digger...
View ArticleRepublican appointee resigns from the DHS after past comments about blacks,...
A Republican appointee in charge of a Department of Homeland Security center for outreach to faith and community groups has resigned after a report that he said black people had "turned America's major...
View ArticleAsk Ann Cannon: Readers have words of support for woman still angry over...
Dear Not Happy Yet • This past week I received a number of emails from Trib readers, responding to your request for advice about dealing with your feelings of anger triggered by the presence of a...
View ArticleOK, time to hook up the new printer. This cord plugs into this thingamajig...
My friend Trapper bailed me out of another computer problem this week. In the 15 years we’ve been friends, he’s saved my life at least a dozen times.This doesn’t count the lives of other people I...
View ArticleSen. Hatch to Dems saying tax cuts are for rich: 'Bull crap'
Washington • A debate between two senators over whether Republican tax cuts are aimed at helping the rich escalated into raised voices, interruptions, a banging gavel and a decidedly un-senatorial cry...
View ArticleNew museum’s ‘Wicked Bible’: Thou Shalt Commit Adultery
Washington • The “Wicked Bible” omits one crucial word from the Seventh Commandment.“Thou shalt commit adultery,” the Wicked Bible commands.Definitely not the message conveyed on the stone tablets...
View ArticleCommentary: Religious ‘nones’ keep gaining ground, and they worry about the...
More than a third (34 percent) of Americans surveyed said they were atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular,” according to the American Family Survey released Friday.Taken together, this makes the...
View ArticleKragthorpe: How will Utes approach visit to Washington, with two chances to...
College football players and coaches basically spend 12 months of the year preparing for the opportunity to compete in 12 games. That makes each of them meaningful, regardless of whether the opponent...
View ArticleUtah's October job growth rate was OK, but it's been better the past few years
Utah’s rate of job growth was good last month, but not as good as it’s been for most of the past three years, the state Department of Workforce Services reported Friday.Private and government employers...
View ArticleBYU running back Riley Burt patiently waits for his chance
Provo • Why doesn’t Riley Burt get more carries?BYU football fans have pounded reporters’ email inboxes with that question a lot this season, and even more after freshman Ula Tolutau’u was suspended...
View ArticleJazz shootaround: Stop us if you've heard this one before — injuries are...
New York • Over two years, the Jazz have consistently been one of the most injured teams in the NBA.That trend seems to be continuing this season.Ahead of Friday night’s matchup against the Brooklyn...
View ArticleDavid Archuleta: ‘I dared to not be afraid to be a Mormon in the...
David Archuleta is back in Utah at this very moment, and does he have big plans.Yes, of course, there’s the Monday performance at Abravanel Hall by the Beehive State’s favorite “American Idol” alum....
View ArticleA simple color change is allowing Rich High School to drop its Confederate...
Rich High School is changing its mascot of more than 30 years after complaints that it is racially insensitive. The 142-student high school in northern Utah’s Rich County will phase out its Confederate...
View ArticleRev Jesse Jackson discloses Parkinson's disease diagnosis
Chicago • The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he’s been seeking outpatient care for two years for Parkinson’s disease and plans to dedicate himself to physical therapy.In a Friday letter to supporters, the...
View ArticleRoy Moore 'will not step down,' his wife Kayla Moore says
Montgomery, Ala. • Embattled Alabama Republican nominee Roy Moore’s wife Kayla Moore said Friday that her husband will not end his Senate campaign, which has been upended by allegations that he...
View ArticleSelective outrage: Trump criticizes Franken, silent on Moore
Washington • President Donald Trump is displaying selective outrage over allegations of sexual harassment against prominent men in politics, as his own tortured past lingers over his response.Trump...
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Utah teen accused of assaulting and killing 12-year-old neighbor girl is now...
“She was innocent.”It’s the first words that Orlando Vijil used to describe his 12-year-old daughter, Kailey, who died more than two years ago after authorities believe her neighbor, a 16-year-old boy,...
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Kevin Costner’s new TV series ‘Yellowstone’ is filming, and spending tons of...
There’s a massive television production underway in Utah, and the state has a starring role as Montana in the upcoming series “Yellowstone,” which stars Oscar- and Emmy-winner Kevin Costner.The series,...
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