Democrats launch fresh push for gun control after Las Vegas shooting
Washington • It didn’t work after mass shootings at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, college campuses in Virginia and Oregon, a church in Charleston, South Carolina, or at a movie theater and high...
View ArticleSalt Lake survives first round of cuts for World Cup host cities
Salt Lake City has made the shortlist of potential 2026 FIFA World Cup host cities for the United Bid.The United Bid Committee released a list of 32 possible official host cities across the United...
View ArticleTillerson denies he weighed resigning or called Trump 'moron'
Washington • Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared Wednesday he never considered resigning as President Donald Trump’s top diplomat, disputing what he called “erroneous” reports that he wanted to...
View ArticleJennifer Rubin: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump must go
The continued presence of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump in the West Wing constitutes both a legal liability and a political embarrassment for President Trump. The couple have not a single identifiable...
View ArticleUtah Rep. Rob Bishop calls for records on all interior secretary travel —...
Washington • After the Interior Department’s inspector general opened an inquiry into Secretary Ryan Zinke’s use of taxpayer-funded charter and military planes, Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, is asking the...
View ArticleCedar City woman killed in massacre attended festival with 14-year-old daughter
Cedar City • Heather and Albert Alvarado were like two peas in a pod. They were a beautiful couple.That’s how two Cedar City firefighters remembered them Wednesday. Heather died of wounds suffered in...
View ArticleSome Republicans open to banning 'bump stocks' used in Vegas
Washington • Senior congressional Republicans said Wednesday they are open to considering legislation banning “bump stocks” like the shooter in Las Vegas apparently used to effectively convert...
View ArticleFire burns track hoe at construction site in Cottonwood Heights
A backhoe at a construction site hit a gas line and caught on fire on Wednesday afternoon near the corner of 3000 East and Cottonwood Parkway.Fire at DOT and Cottonwood Public Works Yard. Backhoe...
View ArticleGirlfriend calls Vegas killer ‘a kind, caring, quiet man’ who showed no...
The girlfriend of Stephen Paddock, the gunman who opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas earlier this week, said Wednesday she had no warning about his plans to carry out the massacre and...
View ArticleLetter: Check out health care models in other nations
Anyone who wants to truly understand the issues regarding better, cheaper, fairer health care must read an insightful book called “The Healing of America,” by T.R. Reid.It was written in 2009 before...
View ArticleMichelle Quist Mumford: The high-stakes Supreme Court cases you should be...
The U.S. Supreme Court is back in session and the 2017-2018 term is gearing up to be a pivotal year. Some of the high-stakes cases are worth being familiar with. What we won’t be seeing anytime soon is...
View Article33 students picked for Utah's new varsity video game team
Michael Swisher still remembers the first time he witnessed his fellow University of Utah students roar during the “third-down jump” during a football game at Rice-Eccles Stadium. The senior now hopes...
View ArticleU.S. bobsledders in action for first time since Steve Holcomb’s death
Lake Placid, N.Y. • Elana Meyers Taylor did not want it this way. She would have much preferred the first official training run of the U.S. bobsled season gone to the person who traditionally was first...
View ArticleCam Newton “expresses regret” after laughing at female reporter, but does not...
Charlotte, N.C. • Cam Newton has “expressed regret” for his response to a female reporter’s question at a news conference Wednesday, a team spokesman said.When Charlotte Observer reporter Jourdan...
View ArticleBYU senior safety Marvin Hifo making the most of only season of eligibility
Provo • It has been a dismal season so far for the BYU football team, but one Cougar in particular refuses to let the 1-4 start and blowout losses to Wisconsin and LSU get him down.Just being able to...
View ArticleHow does the device the Las Vegas gunman used to create a fully automatic...
South Jordan • When Clark Aposhian first watched snippets of Sunday’s massacre in Las Vegas, he knew the gunman hadn’t used a machine gun or similar fully automatic weapon.To the untrained ear, the...
View ArticleThree Utah-connected families escaped Puerto Rico, but not before Hurricane...
The day after Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico, former Utahn Brian Valentine sent a message to his friends and neighbors who lived 10 miles away, asking whether they were OK.After two days,...
View ArticleUtah lawmakers question plan to double tolls on freeway express lanes
Utah legislators raised questions Wednesday about a proposal to double the tolls on Interstate 15 express lanes — saying they may need to be even higher to cut congestion. Alternatively, they raised...
View ArticleMr. Perfect Matt Gay gets another season of eligibility with the Utes
Utah senior Matt Gay began this season as the second option at place-kicker. Since he got a chance, he’s run with it and become the nation’s top kicker so far this season. Wednesday, Gay and Utah found...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Victims of childhood abuse can now obtain justice.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s what Rep. Ken Ivory had to do in his attack on the statute of limitations for childhood sex abuse.In 2015, Ivory set out to abolish the statute of...
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