Trump attorney brings ‘street fighter’ spirit to his work
Washington • One of the key lawyers in President Donald Trump’s corner navigated a popular United States senator through crisis, produced a damning investigative report that drove a baseball star from...
View ArticleSeeking a dream, Indonesian family finds nightmare in Raqqa
AIN ISSA, Syria • The 17-year-old Indonesian girl made a persuasive case to her family: Lured by what she had read online, she told her parents, sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins they should all move...
View ArticleAggressive panhandling? Man stabbed, robbed in Taylorsville after refusing cash
A 31-year-old man was in critical condition Thursday after being stabbed and robbed in a Taylorsville Burger King parking lot, Unified Police say.In what seemed possibly to be a case of aggressive...
View ArticlePrep football: Hunter Wolverines preview
The fight in the Hunter Wolverines is as good as anyone, according to their coach. The problem is the amount of players on the field to carry out that fight.Scott Henderson’s crew finished the 2016...
View ArticleJudge to decide whether alleged victims in Torrey Green case will testify in...
Logan • A Utah judge is mulling whether the seven women who have accused former Utah State University football star Torrey Green of sexual assault will be allowed to testify at one another’s...
View Article‘What was your first concert?’ Some of your favorite musicians tell their...
Beyond it being part of my gig, going to concerts has long been one of my favorite things to do anyway. Whenever I ask the wife, “What do you want to do this weekend?” her initial response is...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Thunder and rain in the south, continued hot and dry along...
While scattered thunderstorms and occasionally heavy rain rolled over southern Utah Friday, the northern and central parts of the state remained in the sweaty embrace of a heat spell.Despite the storm...
View ArticlePrep football: Carbon Dinos preview
Carbon isn’t known for its football history. In fact, the school never has been involved in a championship game, and modern carbon-dating for these Dinos shows that the only playoff win since 1970 came...
View ArticleMarc Thiessen: Putin's interference in our election clearly backfired
With his interference in the 2016 election, Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped he could tilt Washington onto a more pro-Moscow course. But after President Donald Trump signed legislation tightening...
View ArticleLyle Jeffs trial delayed until late October over concerns about evidence,...
A judge on Friday postponed the trial of a former polygamous sect bishop so his lawyers can have more time to prepare for trial and determine whether their client has memory problems. Jury selection...
View ArticleCelebrate Utah’s beer culture during Food Truck and Brewery Battle on Aug. 12
A hot night deserves a cool beer, and four of Utah’s best breweries will have sips for sale during Salt Lake City’s inaugural Food Truck and Brewery Battle on Saturday, Aug. 12.The brewers will gather...
View Article1 hurt, multiple lanes closed after auto-pedestrian crash on Bangerter...
An auto-pedestrian accident critically injured a woman and closed down southbound lanes of Bangerter Highway in South Jordan on Friday morning.Public safety dispatchers reported the incident at 5:51...
View ArticlePrep football: Beaver Beavers preview
Beaver has a strong case as the Class 2A team to beat this season.The Beavers won back-to-back 2A state championships in 2015 and 2016, and they have 11 returning starters — six on defense and five on...
View ArticleJohn Moreland shakes off the sadness, brings more optimistic music to State Room
Recently, a Twitter user suggested that John Moreland may be in jeopardy of losing his title of country music’s saddest songwriter, and Moreland was fine with that. “Good. I ain’t country,” Moreland...
View ArticleUte women heading to Italy for first overseas trip under Lynne Roberts
The Utah women’s basketball team will travel through Italy with stops in Rome, Florence, Venice and Como from Saturday to Aug. 15.The team will play three games during the trip.It marks the first...
View ArticlePrep football: Layton Lancers preview
Coaches often come to rue decisions made in championship games, but it also can happen a few rungs shy of that.Take the case of Layton in 2016. Coach Jim Batchelor said his Lancers went “from first to...
View ArticleAnother shooting death in Salt Lake's homeless district
A man shot late Thursday in a suspected dispute over drug-dealing territory in downtown Salt Lake City’s homeless district had died.Salt Lake City police Detective Greg Wilking said police located and...
View ArticleThanks to ‘Sister Wives,’ season 3 of 'Escaping Polygamy' goes to the Utah...
When the new season of ”Escaping Polygamy” premieres Monday, fans can expect another slate of people — mostly young ones — weighing whether to leave polygamous households. This season also will have a...
View ArticleGehrke: As long as Teflon Trump drives the partisan divide, his popularity in...
It would be an understatement to say that, six months into Donald Trump’s presidency, Margaret Ernstrom doesn’t like what she’s seeing.“He behaves like a teenager who needs to have his phone taken...
View ArticleScott D. Pierce: Pre-emptively censoring 'Confederate' is un-American
Efforts to force HBO to cancel “Confederate” years before the series goes into production are not just misguided, they’re downright un-American.“We believe the time to speak up is now before the show...
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