Letter: Kathie Allen would be good for all of Utah
I am proud of Utah. While so much of the country is divided into blue and red, we have a unique combination of strong morality, religious commitment, fiscal responsibility, and also great compassion...
View ArticleHugh Hewitt: Trump's baked-in support from religious voters
President Donald Trump’s enduring support among evangelical Christians and Mass-attending Catholics befuddles many of his critics. “How could a Christian accept [some presidential action or...
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Jennifer Rubin: Yes, things could get worse
Conventional wisdom proclaims that the Republicans will pass something on tax reform; the generals (Jim Mattis at the Defense Department, Chief of Staff John F. Kelly and H.R. McMaster at the National...
View ArticleLetter: Shifting to a cruelty-free diet
We are a nation of special observances. There is even a World Day for Farm Animals, observed on Oct. 2 (Gandhi’s birthday). Apparently it’s intended to memorialize the tens of billions of animals...
View ArticleJerry Jones: Cowboys players who kneel during anthem won’t play
Arlington, Texas • Dallas owner Jerry Jones says the NFL can’t leave the impression that it tolerates players disrespecting the flag and that any of his Cowboys making such displays won’t play.Jones...
View ArticleE.J. Dionne: The mainstreaming of right-wing extremism
Washington • “Some people say I’m extreme,” an Indiana tea party leader told The New York Times at the height of the movement’s rebellion in 2010, “but they said the John Birch Society was extreme,...
View ArticleTexans star J.J. Watt breaks left leg against Chiefs
Houston • Houston Texans star J.J. Watt broke his left leg Sunday night against the Kansas City Chiefs.The team announced that he sustained a tibial plateau fracture.The defensive end was injured while...
View ArticleRed Sox beat Astros 10-3, avoid elimination in ALDS Game 3
Boston • Hanley Ramirez waved a “Believe in Boston” flag during pregame introductions, drawing cheers from a Fenway Park crowd fearful of a second straight postseason sweep.Then he gave the Red Sox...
View ArticleFlacco, Ravens beat Raiders without Carr 30-17
Oakland, Calif. • Mike Wallace got excited as soon as he saw the script, knowing he’d have an early chance to deliver the big passing play that has been missing too often this season for...
View ArticleSeahawks preserve NFC West supremacy in 16-10 win over Rams
Los Angeles • The Seattle Seahawks watched enough film to know Jared Goff and Todd Gurley have made remarkable strides under new Rams coach Sean McVay.Earl Thomas, Sheldon Richardson and the veteran...
View ArticleRodgers lifts Packers over Cowboys 35-31 in another thriller
Arlington, Texas • Aaron Rodgers had more magic in store for the Dallas Cowboys, who can’t seem to find the mojo that carried them a year ago.Rodgers threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Davante Adams...
View ArticleCatching up: Judge’s grab, Tanaka, Bird lift Yanks in Game 3
New York • Good thing for Masahiro Tanaka and the Yankees that Aaron Judge is 6-foot-7.Judge reached high and prevented a home run to save Tanaka’s seven-inning gem, Greg Bird homered off relief ace...
View ArticleUtah's Tony Finau second in Safeway Open as Brendan Steele successfully...
Napa, Calif. • Brendan Steele is getting accustomed to fast starts and he likes it.Steele won the PGA Tour’s season-opening Safeway Open for the second straight year, closing with a 3-under 69 in windy...
View ArticleUndefeated Chiefs beat Texans 42-34; Watt breaks left leg
Houston • Former Utah star Alex Smith threw for 324 yards and three touchdowns to help the Kansas City Chiefs remain undefeated with a 42-34 victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday night in a game...
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Utah’s third largest city has gone 157 years without a female mayor. It won’t...
When Michelle Kaufusi went to Provo City Hall to file to run for mayor in June, a city official told her she was one of the first women to run for the job in the city’s history.“I really didn’t believe...
View ArticleBYU student running for local office raises voice for diversity, young people
For Tinesha Zandamela, a 23-year-old candidate for Provo City Council District 5 and a student at Brigham Young University, gender isn’t the only perspective missing from City Hall.“Our median age here...
View ArticleUtah colleges release new sexual assault data — but are asking students how...
Two sexual assaults were reported at Brigham Young University in 2016, according to data the school recently released under a federal campus safety law.But the actual number of assaults reported to the...
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Gehrke: Utah scientists believe they can implant a chip that would allow a...
When Nathan Copeland met then-President Barack Obama last year they exchanged a fist-bump that was far from the ordinary fist-bump.Copeland has been paralyzed from the chest down for more than a...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Dante Exum's injury is painful on multiple levels — for him and Jazz
The Jazz were generating some degree of momentum and optimism going into the 2017-18 NBA season, and then guard Dante Exum severely injured his shoulder in a preseason game Friday.This hurts, on...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Wind and sun, Indigenous Peoples Day; remember that given, and...
It’s Columbus Day. It’s Indigenous Peoples Day. Argue over which or whether, but Utah’s in for some windy weather.We all can agree that, “In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean...
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