Rich Lowry: The GOP identity crisis
The Republican Party can’t pass Obamacare repeal, but it can nominate Roy Moore.This is the state of the GOP in a nutshell. It is a party locked in mortal combat between an establishment that is...
View ArticleTransgender teacher removed from classroom after some parents object to...
A Florida school district this week transferred a fifth-grade teacher from working with children into a classroom with adults afterthe educator requested to be addressed with gender-neutral...
View ArticleTrump promotes 'giant, beautiful, massive' tax plan
Washington • President Donald Trump said Friday that the centerpiece of his plan to help American businesses and workers “thrive, compete and grow” is a “giant, beautiful, massive, the biggest ever in...
View ArticleD.A. warns failure to hire additional prosecutors could hamper Operation Rio...
The flood of arrests since the August launch of Operation Rio Grande — the massive crackdown on crime followed by attempts to connect addicts and homeless people with treatment and services — has left...
View ArticleYellow wristbands, segregation for Florida homeless in Irma
St. Augustine, Fla. • Shelby Hoogendyk says that when she, her husband and her 17-month-old son arrived at an emergency shelter as Hurricane Irma closed in, they were separated from others by yellow...
View ArticleSalt Lake City police chief says officers shot parolee during ‘violent,...
A man who was fatally shot during a “very violent, intense” confrontation with Salt Lake City police officers on Thursday afternoon had reportedly been acting erratically at a massage school just...
View ArticleRussia's next election attack hard to predict, spy-catcher says
National security agencies are certain Russia will try to influence future elections, but they don’t know how to stop it, according to the head of U.S. counterintelligence.While Russia exploited...
View ArticleKirby: I was prepared for the worst at the Ben Shapiro protest in Utah and...
Although masks were technically banned, I brought one to the protest against Ben Shapiro on the University of Utah campus Wednesday evening.Shapiro, editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire and former...
View ArticleTrump to travel to 5 countries in Asia in November
Washington • The White House announced Friday that President Donald Trump will take a five-nation trip to the Asia Pacific region in November as the U.S. seeks to curb North Korea’s growing nuclear...
View ArticleA kid walked into a GameStop wearing a Kaepernick jersey. Two NFL players...
Saundra Watts was getting her makeup done in the Dulles 28 Centre in Sterling, Virginia, on Tuesday, killing time while her dog was groomed at Petco, when her 10-year-old grandson, Jaden, came running...
View ArticleCommentary: Keep hobby model aircraft flying
These days, drones are everywhere, in the news, on television and in the skies above Utah. This fall, many people will be flying recreational unmanned aircraft, often referred to as “drones,” for the...
View ArticleThabo Sefolosha’s defense fits right in with the Jazz
Following the grit and grind of an almost four-hour practice on Thursday, it was Thabo Sefolosha who brought much needed levity to a long day for the Jazz and their staff.Sefolosha, a 6-foot-8 small...
View ArticlePuerto Rico angry at Trump official 'good news story' remark
Washington • President Donald Trump pledged a relentless effort to help Puerto Ricans recover from hurricane devastation Friday after his homeland security chief stirred a tempest of her own making by...
View ArticleWeekly Run podcast: Can Jazz guard Rodney Hood be the NBA's most improved...
Can Rodney Hood be the NBA’s Most Improved Player? Can Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert play together? Will they?This week’s Media Day kicked off the Jazz’s preseason training camp, and with it came...
View ArticleFive IASIS hospitals in Utah now owned by Boston medical network
Five IASIS Healthcare hospitals along the Wasatch Front are now part of the Steward Health Care network, which said Friday it had completed a $2 billion deal to acquire 18 IASIS hospitals in six...
View ArticleCommentary: The Utah delegation’s race against truth
“One big lie, that I repeated a lot of times,” former competitive cyclist Lance Armstrong said, sitting on Oprah’s couch, finally admitting to years of doping and outright deceit. Speaking of his...
View ArticleBears Ears like you’ve never seen it in Repertory Dance Theatre’s...
Whether it’s an ancient rock formation in a hotly debated national monument or a monster hurricane, the three works on Repertory Dance Theatre’s season opener “Sanctuary” have been shaped by the...
View ArticleReport: GOP tax plan would provide major gains for richest 1 percent and...
The Republican tax plan would deliver a major benefit to the top 1 percent of Americans, according to a new analysis by a leading group of nonpartisan tax experts that challenges the White House’s...
View Article‘Parallax’ views in Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company season opener, with...
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company appears to have made the decision this fall to return to the Utah tradition of thematically naming its concerts. This one is called “Parallax” — spelled out phonetically...
View ArticleJoao Plata’s turnaround season has translated into goals for RSL, and a...
A little over a month after Mike Petke took over as the new Real Salt Lake head coach, RSL winger Joao Plata sat in a team video session and heard one of his teammates starting a side...
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