Yes, I got schooled by a bunch of fifth-graders
I spoke to Ms. Richards’ fifth-grade class at Herriman Elementary School last week. The kids wanted to know how news is gathered and put into a newspaper. Why they picked me to explain this is a...
View ArticleLetter: Utahns vote against their own interests
In the Sept. 17 opinion cartoon, Pat Bagley hits the nail right on the head, and the point is we are all just stupid.We allow people with money to do and say as they please. Why? Because they have...
View ArticleLetter: Making us fear the homeless
As I read in the Sept. 12 edition of The Tribune about proposed fencing to enclose the homeless people in Salt Lake City, one woman was quoted saying she feared the eventual goal was to prevent freedom...
View ArticleLetter: Bagley does as he should with his cartoons
I offer up my praise for Pat Bagley in counterpoint to “No longer funny” (Nancy Carman, Sept. 14).Cartoons are not always meant to be funny, especially political cartoons. Bagley is an editorial...
View ArticleNews roundup: VP Pence’s chief of staff calls for ‘purge’ of GOP lawmakers...
VP Pence’s chief of staff calls for ‘purge’ of GOP lawmakers who don‘t support Trump. Congress won’t weigh in on gun silencer bill. Utah-born physicist wins the Nobel Prize. Happy Wednesday. Vice...
View ArticleDanger, danger! 7 movies in which robots threatened to destroy us
The first of Isaac Asimov’s three laws of robotics states that “a robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.” Funny how often the robots in movies...
View ArticleWhat a macho, gun-packing Instagram star did when he was caught in the Las...
Guns and women got Dan Bilzerian where he is today — the so-called “King of Instagram,” with nearly 23 million followers, a mansion full of guns and a hot tub full of women.He lines his feed with...
View ArticleRepublican congressional hopeful John Curtis nabs Romney endorsement in race...
Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney praised the “can-do attitude” of Provo Mayor John Curtis while endorsing him Wednesday in the off-cycle special election to fill Utah’s vacant congressional...
View ArticleImmigrants rush to file last DACA renewals by Thursday
More than 100,000 young undocumented immigrants — nearly 69 percent of those eligible — have applied to renew their work permits ahead of a Thursday deadline set by President Trump as part of his...
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After decades of neglect, Torrey’s oldest home harboring gems of southern...
Torrey • The dilapidated wood cabin in southern Utah’s redrock country looked somewhat as it did when settlers built it in 1886: a one-room frontier outpost in a town once dubbed Poverty Flats. The...
View ArticleDecapitation videos found on computer of suspect in killing of journalist Kim...
Nearly six weeks after the headless torso of journalist Kim Wall was found in waters off Copenhagen, authorities said they found video footage of women being tortured and decapitated on a computer hard...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Arguing over 25 properties misses the mark.
Most people understand that to solve the homeless problem we will need more housing. A lot more. And it will need to be affordable for people who work regular jobs. We recently argued that to really...
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Kragthorpe: Utes administrator enjoys helping athletes, 'making sure they're...
In some ways, Nona Richardson always will be the 5-foot-6 ½, walk-on middle blocker who arrived on the Michigan State campus without knowing anyone and became a scholarship athlete and team leader.“I...
View ArticleNew details emerge about Marilou Danley, girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter...
Marilou Danley, the longtime girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman, returned to the United States Tuesday night and was met at the Los Angeles airport by FBI agents, according to the Associated Press....
View ArticleUtah's Stanford bunch heading home, symbolizing the stakes in recruiting
The personification of The Stanford Experience — at least for Brandon Fanaika — was nerding out when he found out he was partnered with a two-time Olympic gold medalist on a group project. And it...
View ArticleWashington County mystery: How did St. George man end up fatally crushed...
Washington County sheriffs deputies have a deadly mystery on their hands: What caused an unattended accident in which a man was crushed between his pickup truck and a utility trailer?Sheriff’s Lt. Dave...
View ArticleOnce an obscure device, 'bump stocks' are in the spotlight
Atlanta • The Las Vegas gunman possessed a little-known device called a “bump stock” that was not widely sold — until now.Originally created with the idea of making it easier for people with...
View ArticleAs Puerto Rico relief expands, the military will set up numerous hospitals,...
The top U.S. general overseeing hurricane relief in Puerto Rico said the military will establish numerous hospitals there in coming days, as thousands of additional troops and dozens more helicopters...
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Dana Milbank: Fake news comes to the Supreme Court
Washington • Fake news has come to the high court.At Tuesday’s argument before the Supreme Court about gerrymandering — the science of using map-drawing and Big Data to keep ruling parties in power...
View ArticleCAKE postpones Salt Lake City and Vegas concert dates in wake of mass shooting
Sacramento, Calif.-based alt-rock band CAKE’s scheduled concert tonight at the Eccles Theater has been postponed until Feb. 16, 2018.The band’s originally scheduled follow-up show on Thursday was...
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