Dak Prescott, Cowboys pull away to beat Cardinals 28-17
Glendale, Ariz. • Dak Prescott threw two touchdown passes and flipped head over heels into the end zone on a 10-yard run for another and the Dallas Cowboys pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the...
View ArticleAnn Cannon: The joys of sitting on the front porch and watching the world go by
We bought our house in the lower Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, which (frankly) is why we could afford it. The house was in the process of being...
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Gehrke: Betsy DeVos should look to Utah if she thinks her changes to campus...
If Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wants a real-world demonstration of the perils of her new campus sexual-assault directives, she should pay a visit to Utah.Over the last two years, my Pulitzer...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Sunny days, chilly nights, autumnal perfection
Sunny, mellow days, the chill of night and the first scent of dying leaves. The Wasatch Front sighs, plunging into fall with memories of summer fleeting.In other words, Wednesday’s high temperatures,...
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New book by federal judge from Utah explains history behind gay marriage and...
In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Louisiana law that required separate but equal railroad cars for whites and black — a decision that explains, in part, why the nation remains racially divided...
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Hoping to expand its outdoor recreation industry, Ogden builds relationships...
Ogden • Since opening his wind tunnel here four years ago, Darko Technologies owner Layne Christensen has provided aerodynamic testing primarily for race car drivers headed to speed trials on the...
View ArticleMonson: Stand or kneel for the national anthem; America is filled with the...
Many diverse opinions have been shared — God bless America, and the right for all Americans to express those opinions — over the standing or not standing for the national anthem before sporting...
View ArticleEquifax dumps CEO in wake of damaging data breach
New York • Credit reporting agency Equifax is ousting CEO Richard Smith in an effort to clean up the mess left by a damaging data breach that exposed highly sensitive information about 143 million...
View ArticleNews roundup: Interior Secretary Zinke says 30 percent of his employees are...
Interior Secretary Zinke says 30 percent of his employees are ‘not loyal’ to him, Trump or the flag. Hatch says it might be ‘virtually impossible’ to pass health care bill on the table. Utah athletes...
View ArticleCharlottesville police spent $70k on white nationalist rally
Charlottesville, Va. • The Charlottesville Police Department has released figures that show it spent nearly $70,000 on a white nationalist rally that left one person dead and dozens injured.The money...
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BYU football notes: Too early to put a timeline on Tanner Mangum's return
Provo • That scooter-like contraption designed to take the weight off his injured left ankle is gone, but BYU starting quarterback Tanner Mangum isn’t back practicing yet and almost certainly won’t...
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Accident victim at center of University Hospital blood-draw controversy dies
As controversy continues over the arrest of a University Hospital nurse by a Salt Lake City police officer attempting to get a blood draw, the patient at the center of a confrontation has died. William...
View ArticleNCAA assistant coaches from Arizona, USC among 10 accused of fraud, corruption
New York • Four assistant basketball coaches from Arizona, Auburn, the University of Southern California and Oklahoma State were among those arrested on federal corruption charges Tuesday after they...
View ArticleTrump associate says no evidence of Russia collusion
Washington • Longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone says there is “not one shred of evidence” that he was involved with Russian interference in the 2016 election.Stone is defending himself in a...
View ArticleErin Alberty: Exploring the wild side in an industrial jungle
It’s probably hard for Utahns to relate to what exploring the outdoors is like when you live in a place that is farther than a stone’s throw from national forests and national parks.I hail from a...
View ArticleBike, walking path soon to link Sugar House and Tanner parks in Salt Lake...
The Salt Lake Valley soon will be a mile and a half closer to being crossed by an east-west bicycle and foot path.Construction is nearly complete on a new trail linking Sugar House and Tanner parks in...
View ArticleCottonwood Heights releases body camera video of police officer shooting and...
Cottonwood Heights police released body camera footage from several officers Monday from a shooting that wounded a teenage boy earlier this month.One of the videos is taken from the perspective of the...
View ArticleSenate committee gives unanimous backing to Huntsman nomination as U.S....
Washington • Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman earned a unanimous vote from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday to be the U.S. ambassador to Russia, setting up what is likely to be a quick...
View ArticleUtah students score high on AP tests for 2017
Utah’s high school students bested their national peers in taking and passing Advanced Placement exams this year, earning college credit for subjects like English, mathematics and science. Statewide,...
View ArticleCommentary: Governor represents a shrinking view of Utah’s reality
To: Governor Gary HerbertFrom: Resident Brody LevenDear Gov. Herbert,Do you remember inviting me into your house? A 21-year-old student body president at Westminster College, I ate dinner at your...
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