Letter: Don't gut Johnson Amendment
If House Republicans succeed in their efforts to gut the Johnson Amendment, it would open the door for big money donors and political interest groups to pressure and manipulate our nation’s churches...
View ArticleLetter: Pretention and arrogance all around
As I was browsing through April’s Car and Driver magazine, a cigarette ad caught my attention because I see so few these days.The ad pictures a crystal-clear creek tumbling over boulders down a verdant...
View ArticleLetter: Kushner uses the incompetence defense
Oh my heck, the Trumpanistas have found a way to turn the obvious ongoing White House chaos to their advantage. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, now tells us the campaign was in too much of a muddle...
View ArticleGunmen attack U.N. base in Mali, killing 7 and wounding 7
United Nations • Unidentified gunmen attacked the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the northern Mali city of Timbuktu on Monday, killing seven people and injuring seven others in what the...
View ArticlePetula Dvorak: Nazi flags in Charlottesville were an affront to WWII vets,...
Nazis? Been there, done that. Just ask the Greatest Generation.The Nazi flags and salutes in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend were a tough sight for anyone who had anything to do with the...
View ArticleLetter: Recoup Outdoor Retailer, DUI law losses by ending child tax break
The ever-enlightened legislative bodies that govern the state of Utah just lost $55 million of taxable monies by the loss of the Outdoor Retailer convention in Utah by their stand on the Bears Ears...
View ArticleLetter: Defend rule of law, Hatch and Lee
Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee, I am an attorney and member of the Utah State Bar, whose members’ careers are all dedicated to upholding the rule of law. You both had distinguished careers as Utah...
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Violent history emerges during bail hearing for man accused of killing woman...
Charlottesville • Years before a 20-year-old Ohio man allegedly rammed his car into a panicked crowd of activists in Charlottesville, it was his disabled mother who was terrified.James Alex Fields Jr....
View ArticleJennifer Rubin: Here's how Republicans can atone for backing Trump
Donald Trump would not have become the Republican nominee and then the president if not for the support, excuse-making, intentional blindness, moral obtuseness and political cowardice of elected GOP...
View ArticleTrump considers pardoning former Arizona sheriff Arpaio
Phoenix • President Donald Trump says he may grant a pardon to former Sheriff Joe Arpaio following his recent conviction in federal court, prompting outrage among critics who say the move would amount...
View ArticleFrancis Wilkinson: The dangerous tracks of some Democratic tears
A bitter fight for leadership of the California Democratic Party won’t shake the foundations of the party. The future of Democrats in California, let alone nationally, won’t depend on whether a gruff...
View ArticleProtesters in North Carolina topple Confederate statue
A crowd toppled a bronze Confederate statue in front of a county administrative building in Durham, North Carolina, on Monday evening, as throngs of “anti-fascist” groups gathered there days after...
View ArticleAfter Paul Swenson’s body is found, Utah police investigate and family mourns
The body of an American Fork man reported missing last month was found floating in Mill Creek on Sunday afternoon, police and family members said.“We are deeply pained to have our most dreaded fear...
View ArticleThe temps are mild, but the track is loose as Speed Week begins at the...
Bonneville Salt Flats • The drivers and crews of most of the 440 vehicles that made their way from all over the world to this glistening white expanse of salt enjoyed cooler than normal temperatures...
View ArticleTribune editorial: There is no excuse for white supremacy
There is no excuse for racism, hate or white nationalism. In the strongest terms possible, we condemn the acts of terrorism in Charlottesville, Va., this past weekend.White supremacists marched on...
View ArticleCommentary: An honest conversation about race is not allowed
HILLSBORO, Ohio — We’ve all heard commentators and pundits through the years claim that what the United States needs is “an honest conversation about race.” But whenever those conversations happen,...
View ArticleTiger Woods reportedly had five drugs in system at time of DUI arrest
Tiger Woods had five drugs in his system when he was arrested in May on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to a report Monday. At the time, Woods told authorities that he was taking...
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NFL's Roger Goodell stands up for those who refuse to do so during national...
Glendale, Ariz. • Asked about players who did not stand for the national anthem before preseason games, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday that while the playing of the anthem is a special...
View Article‘Get proximate,’ and reverse hatred, Utah leaders say in two anti-racism rallies
Nearly 2,000 Utahns congregated at Salt Lake City Hall on Monday night to stand in solidarity with people oppressed by racism.That rally and another, held on the steps of the Capitol earlier in the...
View ArticleSix-run sixth lifts Bees over River Cats, 8-2
The Salt Lake Bees scored six runs in the sixth inning to snap a 2-2 tie and went on to an 8-2 victory over the host Sacramento River Cats on Monday night.Salt Lake had tied the score in the third on a...
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