Two companies settle antitrust lawsuit involving Utah-based 1-800 Contacts
Two contact lens sellers have agreed to settle an antitrust lawsuit against them for $7 million and to cooperate against Utah-based 1-800 Contacts and other remaining defendants.Arlington Contact Lens...
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New women join Mormon general boards, bringing a new look, feel, experience...
There was something subtle, but notable, in this LDS Church news release announcing the nine women newly named to two general boards of the faith’s worldwide auxiliaries:Listed first were the...
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Trump's election triggered an 'unabashedly faithful' group of activists:...
A few nights after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Sharlee Mullins Glenn stared into the bluish light of her computer screen and prayed for guidance.With frustration burrowed deep like a tick...
View ArticleWhy these Utah parents watched their children die at home
Years of suffering — and months of struggling with the decision to end it — had brought them here: To a bright white living room where three of their children lay side by side by side, waiting to...
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Gehrke: Ben Shapiro's University of Utah speech challenges students to assess...
Tuesday afternoon, the University of Utah sent out a reminder to those attending the lecture by Ben Shapiro, editor of the ultra-conservative Daily Wire website — leave your masks and weapons at...
View ArticleNews roundup: Russian-bought ads on Facebook promoted Donald Trump, Bernie...
Russian-bought ads on Facebook promoted Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein in 2016 presidential election. Senate Republicans concede defeat with latest health care proposal. Spencer Cox calls...
View ArticleUnified Police identify victim in fatal motorcycle crash in Big Cottonwood...
Unified Police have identified a motorcyclist who died when his bike crashed into a rock wall in Big Cottonwood Canyon.UPD Detective Chuck Malm said 62-year-old Barry S. Walton, of Taylorsville, was...
View ArticleTrump, GOP tax plan cuts rates, nearly doubles deduction
Washington • President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are proposing a far-reaching, $5 trillion plan Wednesday that would cut taxes for individuals and corporations, simplify the tax system...
View ArticleSarah Hendrickson is an Olympic ski jumping pioneer. Great. She still has to...
Park City • There have been plenty of problems and no podiums in the months and years since U.S. ski jumping pioneer Sarah Hendrickson blew out her right knee.The latter has created another kind of...
View ArticleGolf: Oakridge secures Web.com Tour event for three more years
The Web.com Tour will return to Oakridge Country Club in July as part of a three-year contract extension, the tour and the host Utah Sports Commission announced Wednesday.The Utah Championship...
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Regulators say poorly run Utah gas field is trashing wildlife area
In what amounts to a three-way crackdown, regulators overseeing Utah wildlife, school trust lands and the state’s extraction industries are jointly targeting the operator of a gas field west of...
View ArticleRob Lowe will share intimate tales with Salt Lake audience
Rob Lowe has been in the public eye — mostly for better and occasionally for worse — for nearly four decades. He’s had hits and misses on TV and in movies; a sex-tape scandal; more than his share of...
View ArticleU.S. pending home sales fell 2.6 percent in August
Washington • Fewer people signed contracts to buy homes in August, marking the fifth decline in the past six months. The 2.6 percent fall continues to reflect the worsening shortage nationwide of homes...
View ArticleHolly Richardson: Look for the helpers
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore Last week, I wrote about the lack of humanity displayed by some...
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Dana Milbank: The sad suspicion about Trump's shameful treatment of Puerto Rico
Washington • Suppose that the entire San Diego metropolitan area had lost electrical power, and it wouldn’t be restored for months.Or, suppose that most of the ports, roads and cellular towers in the...
View ArticleUtah State football: Aggies are living blowout to blowout this season
Logan • Utah State players and coaches alike stuck to one point in the final days leading up to the 2017 season: The team would have to find a way to win the close games, unlike the year before.And...
View ArticleImmigration officers nab long-sought ‘Most Wanted’ sex offender in Provo
A Mexican national convicted of sex offenses in the United States and on the run from federal immigration officials has been arrested in Utah.Jesus Guitron-Aguilera, who had been on the U.S....
View ArticleOfficials: Transgender teen's grisly death not a hate crime
Houston, Mo. • Some of Ally Lee Steinfeld’s burned remains were found in a bag in a rural southern Missouri chicken coop. Authorities say both of the transgender teen’s eyes had been gouged out and she...
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Two men will sentenced to probation for lying to West Valley City police in...
Two men acquitted of murder by a jury earlier this year will spend six years on probation for lying to police about a 2013 gang-related fatal shooting in West Valley City.Both 25-year-old Alejandro...
View ArticleU.S. Interior chief wants smaller monuments, but not in his home state
Billings, Mont. • U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has closely followed his boss’ playbook, encouraging mining and drilling on public lands and reducing the size of national monuments that President...
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