Letter of the Week: The political crisis of gerrymandering
Obviously there are several reasons underlying our present political crisis. One factor has not received much attention: congressional districts. What, you say? Yes, the 2010 redistricting.The...
View ArticleLetter: What Kim knows about Donald Trump
Utahns should be concerned about the North Korean nuclear threat. In addition to this nuclear threat, Utahns should be concerned that the North Korean leader, Kim Young Un, may well listen to his...
View ArticleTour of Utah: Late bloomer Kiel Reijnen gains confidence in taking Stage 5
Bountiful • Stage 5 winner Kiel Reijnen overflowed with charisma and composure after the race. The mannerisms screamed of someone who has been around the sport for a long time.And he definitely has...
View ArticleGregory Alan Isakov returns to Red Butte recharged
Gregory Alan Isakov hasn’t considered hosting his own Woodstock Festival on his farm in Colorado, but he often has friends and fellow musicians over to jam. In his second visit to the Red Butte Garden...
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Celebrate 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 Article'We Love You, Sally Carmichael!' — set and filmed in Salt Lake City — is a...
A writer struggles with fame — his and others’ — in “We Love You, Sally Carmichael!,” a pleasantly cute little comedy filmed in the Salt Lake City area.Former “Ugly Betty” and “Covert Affairs” co-star...
View ArticleUtah-born Amanda Righetti starring in Hallmark movie ‘Love at the Shore’
Amanda Righetti was born in southern Utah, and she’s the youngest of eight children. But the answer to the question pretty much everyone who’s ever lived in Utah is asked is “no.”“The town we lived in...
View ArticleVideo: With some luck, group of hikers survives flash flood in southern Utah
Buckskin Gulch is one of Utah’s great backcountry hikes. But it’s pretty much one, long slot canyon — and that means it’s prone to flash floods. On July 29, such a flood came through. Seven hikers, who...
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Utah football: Lowell Lotulelei looks to cement his own legacy in his senior...
Lowell Lotulelei joined the Utah football program known as Star’s little brother. As he enters his senior season, he’s established himself as a big brother to a lot of his teammates.The 6-foot-2,...
View ArticleMissionary dies in Guatemala after contact with live electrical wire
A 22-year-old missionary has died in Guatemala after she came in contact with a live electrical wire. Sister Heidi Andrea Ortega Huber died Saturday despite attempts by missionaries and first...
View Article6-month-old girl dies at Utah nonprofit shelter
Ogden • Utah emergency personnel responded to a cardiac arrest call. The victim of that call was a 6-month-old girl.Weber Area Dispatch says the call came about 10 a.m. Friday at the Lantern House...
View ArticleNFL: Jay Cutler postpones retirement, signs with Dolphins
Davie, Fla. • Jay Cutler has decided to postpone retirement for the chance to be Ryan Tannehill’s replacement.Cutler agreed to terms Sunday on a contract with the Miami Dolphins, a person familiar with...
View ArticlePence calls prospect of a 2020 presidential campaign ‘laughable and absurd’
Washington • Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday sought to tamp down speculation that he is preparing for his own 2020 White House bid, characterizing the notion as “both laughable and absurd.”“My...
View ArticleLetter: Stewart should know that leaks are legal
Rep. Chris Stewart, in defense of proposing yet another secrecy law, claims that there were 124 leaks in the first 125 days of the Trump administration, hoping that the public will believe the leaks...
View ArticleBYU football: Receiver Aleva Hifo hoping to learn from mistakes, setbacks in...
Provo • Much has been made in BYU preseason training camp about the Cougars’ inexperience at receiver.People tend to forget, however, that freshman Aleva Hifo got as many opportunities at the...
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Anne Applebaum: Losing the battle against propaganda
In retrospect, the battle lines of the Cold War - the West, NATO and democracy on one side; the East, the Warsaw Pact and dictatorship on the other - seem obvious and inevitable. The outcome - the...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake searches for way to break down defensive game plans
When Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke substituted striker Yura Movsisyan in for winger Jefferson Savarino on Saturday night, RSL shifted to an attack-oriented formation.Houston was down a man after Alex...
View ArticleSky Sox complete sweep of Salt Lake Bees, 4-2
With a bevy of pitches in his arsenal, Colorado Springs Sky Sox starting pitcher Taylor Jungmann mystified the Salt Lake Bees on Sunday afternoon, facing just one above the minimum through five innings...
View ArticleSalt Lake City elementary school employs goats for gardening work
A Salt Lake City elementary school has found a cheap, chemical-free way to clear weeds from a treacherous hillside: a team of hungry goats.For the third year in a row, a herd of goats is being used to...
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Leonid Bershidsky: Robots created a language. No need to panic.
For some, the idea of artificially intelligent bots that can invent languages of their own and not teach them to us invokes images of of Skynet from the “Terminator” movies. The recent spat between...
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