Authorities face scrutiny over California wildfires, now the deadliest in 80...
Santa Rosa, Calif. • The winds fanning wildfires in Northern California's wine-country have calmed, for now, giving firefighters a badly needed break from the "red flag" conditions that have made this...
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Eugene Robinson: Abandoning Puerto Rico would be impeachable offense
Washington • More than 80 percent of Puerto Rico is still in the dark, more than a third of its residents still have no clean drinking water, much of the island’s infrastructure still lies in ruins —...
View ArticleEast gets defensive to upset Corner Canyon in 5A girls' soccer state...
Draper • East cemented its status as a contender in the Class 5A girls’ soccer state tournament with Thursday’s convincing 4-1 victory over top-ranked Corner Canyon.“That was probably the best 80...
View ArticleFreshman leads Syracuse past Pleasant Grove and into girls' soccer state...
Syracuse • There doesn’t appear to be a stage that is too big for Syracuse freshman Caroline Stringfellow.She accounted for both of the Titans’ goals Thursday afternoon in their 2-1 victory over...
View ArticleTrump to end ACA subsidies
Washington • President Donald Trump is throwing a bomb into the insurance marketplaces created under the Affordable Care Act, choosing to end critical payments to health insurers that help millions of...
View Article‘Brain dead’ local politicians fall prey to zombie apocalypse at Fear Factory...
Local politicians got into the Halloween spirit and helped the Utah Food Bank on Thursday while falling prey to the zombie apocalypse at the Fear Factory haunted house attraction in Salt Lake...
View ArticleTimpview holds off Jordan 28-14
Sandy • Jacob Bosco scored two of his three rushing touchdowns in the fourth quarter, lifting Timpview to a 28-14 victory over the Jordan Beetdiggers on Thursday night.“The running game really worked...
View ArticleWentz leads Eagles past Newton, Panthers, 28-23
Charlotte, N.C. • Carson Wentz continues to show poise beyond his years in his second NFL season.Wentz threw for 222 yards and three touchdowns against one of the NFL's top defenses, and the...
View ArticleCorner Canyon cruises past Alta 38-21
Sandy • One by one, the Corner Canyon Chargers have been challenged by the powers-that-be that reside in their own region.The latest for the top-ranked team in Class 5A was traditionally powerful Alta,...
View ArticleDefending champion Molinari shares lead at Italian Open
Monza, Italy • Defending champion and home favorite Francesco Molinari was among six players who shared a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Italian Open.Jamie Donaldson, Kiradech...
View ArticleCubs get to Scherzer, then hold on to top Nats 9-8 in Game 5
Washington • The Chicago Cubs win whenever they need to, with whatever it takes, even a seven-out save by Wade Davis to preserve a shrinking lead and a "Did that really happen?" four-run inning against...
View ArticleAsk Ann Cannon: Mormon mom struggles with gay son’s excommunication
Dear Ann Cannon • How can I find a way to forgive a Mormon bishop who excommunicated my 23-year-old son for being gay? I am an active member of the church. My testimony is still intact. But I am...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Utes could take control of Pac-12 South race by beating USC again
One of the last lines of my column after Utah’s 23-20 loss to Stanford last weekend suggested the defeat would become “forgivable” if the Utes beat USC this week.The more I think about it, that was an...
View ArticleDeath toll in California wildfires reaches historically grim heights
Santa Rosa, Calif. • The scale of death and destruction is unprecedented and almost unfathomable.Thirty-one confirmed dead. Hundreds still missing on Friday. Thousands of homes and businesses...
View ArticleUtah forecast: The warm before the storm
After a balmy exit to the work week, rain and even a little snow will ride in on chilly winds by early Saturday morning along the Wasatch Front.It will be an abrupt change, a foretaste of the wintry...
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Three Salt Lake City Halloween attractions that won’t scare the little ones...
Haunted houses, chaotic castles, strangling circuses, spooky corn mazes, witches out on the town and eerie asylums: It’s October, and make no mistake, Utah loves Halloween. The list of scary activities...
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Catherine Rampell: Trump's Obamacare order could destroy the health-care system
Washington • President Trump has made a lot of promises on health care.Somehow, though, I don’t remember him promising stadiums of cheering fans that he’d take away protections for pre-existing...
View ArticleTrump rips the NFL for disrespecting flag. Then jokes about a military flag...
After he had repeatedly railed against professional athletes over perceived slights to the American flag and military, President Donald Trump joked on Wednesday about a bugle call that is part of the...
View ArticleNews Roundup: Is the Interior secretary at work? Look for the flag
Is the Interior secretary at work? Look for the flag. Former SL Co. Recorder Gary Ott was diagnosed with dementia in 2014. A federal board renames Negro Bill Canyon.Happy Friday. Turns out Interior...
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Jennifer Rubin: Trump threatens not to do his job — when is enough, enough?
Washington • Our constitutional system designates the president as the person to execute the laws. Congress passes them, the president signs them, and then he is obligated to enforce them. His oath is...
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