News roundup: GOP-led bill to loosen firearm laws is unlikely to move forward...
GOP-led bill to loosen firearm laws is unlikely to move forward after deadly Las Vegas shooting. At least two Utahns died in the mass shooting in Nevada. Ambassador Huntsman is set to meet Russian...
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Catherine Rampell: The report Trump officials don't want you to see
Washington • Psst. Hey, you. Wanna read something dangerous?It’s a government document so incendiary that the feds have tried to suppress it. They’ve purged it from their websites and disavowed its...
View ArticleWhat is the Scaramucci Post? 'We have absolutely no idea.'
Anthony Scaramucci has worn many hats in his life — Harvard Law graduate, Goldman Sachs banker, hedge fund founder, political financier, White House communications director.Now, two months after his...
View ArticleNFL locals: Week Four 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 Four of the 2017 NFL season:Week Three Week Two Week OneChicago Bears at...
View ArticleThe other fatal shootings from Sunday that you haven't heard about
Large-scale, high-profile shootings such as the horrific one that just happened in Las Vegas represent just a tiny fraction of the daily drumbeat of gun violence in the United States. This year close...
View ArticleSpain's Catalonia gripped by general strike
Barcelona, Spain • Trade unions in Catalonia led a general strike Tuesday that closed down businesses and blocked highways to protest violence by Spain’s national police during the region’s chaotic...
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Dana Milbank: Donald Trump's dog
Washington • See Rex.Rex is a big dog. Rex is the top dog. Rex has a good job. Rex can fly! Rex has a jet. Fly, Rex, fly. Rex flies to other lands. Rex sits. Rex shakes. Rex speaks. When Rex speaks,...
View ArticleA fifth of globe's nations officially endorse one religion, with Islam...
It’s the 21st century, but more than a fifth of the planet’s nations still officially mandate a particular religion and restrict or persecute other faiths, a new Pew Research Center study reveals.Islam...
View ArticleErin Alberty: Mountain biking makes no sense, but I tried it and here's my...
I had misgivings about mountain biking.The whole sport has never made much sense to me. I flip through outdoors magazines and read adventure articles online, and I’ll see an ad featuring some cyclist...
View ArticleScott D. Pierce: NHL ticks off NBC, so the network retaliates
NBC and the NHL are the best of friends and the closest of allies. Wait — maybe that should have been written in the past tense. The NHL has ticked off NBC, and NBC has turned around and very publicly...
View ArticleJon Huntsman meets Putin as new U.S. ambassador to Russia in Kremlin visit
Moscow • The new U.S. ambassador to Russia presented his diplomatic credentials to President Vladimir Putin at a ceremony Tuesday in the Kremlin, a move that marks the formal start of Jon Huntsman’s...
View ArticleThird Utahn dies in wake of Las Vegas massacre
A third person with Utah origins has died of injuries suffered in Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas.Heather Warino Alvarado, a 35-year-old Cedar City woman, died Monday night at a Las Vegas hospital,...
View ArticleWant to help Vegas victims? Give blood and prayers, says Utah Gov. Gary Herbert
Gov. Gary Herbert said Tuesday that Utahns can help Las Vegas shooting victims by offering two things: blood and prayers.He said that as Utah officials have talked to their counterparts in Nevada, they...
View ArticleFor fall color and a workout, follow the Mormon Pioneer Historic Trail
The Mormon Pioneer Historic Trail from Little Dell Reservoir to Big Mountain in Salt Lake County is popular with hikers and cyclists for its long shady stretches by summer and beautiful leaf canopy by...
View ArticleNew West Davis freeway receives final green light
After years of controversy, federal and state officials gave the final stamp of approval Tuesday to the West Davis Corridor — a 19-mile freeway heading northwest from Legacy Parkway through Davis and...
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Jennifer Rubin: Why do we allow politicians to shush us on the gun debate?
I guarantee you that if a Muslim jihadist opened fire on a crowd in Las Vegas, President Donald Trump wouldn’t wait a nanosecond before invoking his Muslim ban. After all that is precisely what he did...
View ArticleSalt Lake City's new Alamexo Cantina celebrates family-style dining
With Alamexo Cantina, Utah chef/owner Matt Lake hopes to replicate the casual, family-style dining experience one might find in a market in Mexico.In a newly constructed building in Salt Lake City’s...
View ArticleTies threatened: U.S. orders 15 Cuban diplomats to leave
Washington • The United States expelled 15 of Cuba’s diplomats Tuesday to protest its failure to protect Americans from unexplained attacks in Havana, plunging diplomatic ties between the countries to...
View ArticleTrump: Puerto Rico put U.S. budget ‘out of whack’ but lives saved
San Juan, Puerto Rico • Confronting Puerto Rico’s devastation nearly two weeks after Hurricane Maria, President Donald Trump highlighted the island’s relatively low death toll compared with “a real...
View ArticleAs Southern Utah University student recovers in hospital, the school plans a...
At least one Southern Utah University student was injured in Las Vegas last weekend in America’s largest mass shooting, school officials said Tuesday.While the student recovers in the hospital,...
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