Miss Navajo Nation contest is parting ways with fry bread
Flagstaff, Ariz. • The Miss Navajo Nation pageant is parting ways with fry bread, the fluffy, golden brown delicacy that’s become a symbol of Native American culture but is rooted in oppression.Women...
View ArticleUtah-BYU: The Lone Peak 3 have taken their talents to both sides of the rivalry
Provo • Players in the Utah-BYU football rivalry never lack motivation in the big game, but at least three regular starters Saturday — two Cougars and a Ute — will have some extra incentive to win at...
View ArticleGiant aerospace deal brings United Technologies to Salt Lake City
What’s billed as the biggest aerospace deal in history is bringing one of the industry’s largest players, United Technologies Corp., into Salt Lake City.United Technologies’ $23 billion purchase of...
View ArticleFeds may be using Utah database to round up undocumented workers
Despite promises to the contrary by Utah lawmakers, federal officials may be using a Utah database of immigrant Driver Privilege Cards to round up undocumented workers.“If it is true that ICE...
View ArticleCazzie Brown's family releases thank you statement
The family of late Hillcrest football coach Cazzie Brown put out a video statement Tuesday thanking the community that has supported them through his death.“We wanted to take a second to tell everyone...
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Polygamist Warren Jeffs ordered to pay $16 million to former child bride who...
A Utah judge Tuesday ordered Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints President Warren Jeffs to pay $16 million to a woman who was 14 when she was pressured to marry her 19-year-old...
View ArticleBYU football notes: Running back Riley Burt moves back to defense
Provo • BYU’s almost nonexistent rushing attack needs a spark Saturday when rival Utah rolls into LaVell Edwards Stadium, but it won’t be coming from redshirt sophomore Riley Burt.Defensive coordinator...
View ArticleEagle Mountain man hospitalized with multiple stab wounds; one person arrested
An 18-year-old Eagle Mountain man was flown to a hospital with multiple stab wounds on Tuesday afternoon, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office reported.One person was detained and there was no danger to...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: A DACA Punt
The problem with executive orders is that what one president puts together, the next one can take apart. And that is what President Trump has done to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or...
View ArticleCongress to speed up Harvey aid, tackle debt limit
Washington • Lawmakers returned to Washington Tuesday facing a daunting to-do list and three months left in the year to show that Republicans can actually get things done. President Donald Trump...
View ArticleRoundup: Read reactions from Utah to DC on Trump’s DACA decision
“Let’s be clear: the action taken today isn’t required legally. It’s a political decision, and a moral question. Whatever concerns or complaints Americans may have about immigration in general, we...
View ArticleLate goal gives U.S. soccer dramatic tie at Honduras, keeps World Cup hopes...
San Pedro Sula, Honduras • Bobby Wood scored off a scramble in the 85th minute, and the United States escaped from Honduras with a 1-1 tie Tuesday after nearly falling into a deep hole in World Cup...
View ArticleLetter: Stewart’s anti-leak bill is frivolous nonsense
Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, is proposing HR3448, a bill that would make leaking classified information illegal. The problem with this frivolous proposal is that leaking classified information is...
View ArticleJennifer Rubin: Trump didn't have the nerve to make the DACA announcement...
President Donald Trump never manages to take responsibility for any political failure or controversy. We saw this vividly in his handling of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. He could not...
View ArticleFlorida on edge; evacuations coming as Hurricane Irma nears
Key Largo, Fla. • Hurricane Irma’s size and strength put the entire state of Florida on notice Tuesday, and residents and visitors prepared to leave in anticipation of catastrophic winds and floods...
View ArticleLetter: God bless America. We need it.
Over the last few months it has become increasingly obvious that President Donald Trump has serious and overriding personality flaws. Yes, we all do, but not generally this extensive, and we are not...
View ArticleTom Wharton: Sometimes we need protection from the police
The framed single piece of notebook paper once hung in a nondescript place in an old home office at my previous house. It contained a couple of nearly unreadable scratched sentences that referred to a...
View ArticleTimpview pipeline continues to pay dividends for Utah football
The connection is impossible to miss, but it’s not the sole reason Utah has established an ongoing pipeline in enemy territory: For the seventh-straight season, the Utes have at least one key...
View ArticleLeonid Bershidsky: Russia is a rising superpower in food supply
Russia is often seen as a country that produces little that the world wants except energy commodities. The oil export dependence looks like a major time bomb under the country’s future, given the...
View ArticleCowboys’ Elliott has suspension upheld, but will play Week 1
Sherman, Texas • An arbitrator denied Dallas running back Ezekiel Elliott’s appeal of a six-game suspension in a domestic violence case Tuesday, but the 2016 NFL rushing champion will play in the...
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