Federal probe finds University of Utah deficient in how it handled rape...
Federal officials last week found ”potentially serious shortcomings” in how the University of Utah informed students of an alleged rape on campus last Halloween — the second time in less than a decade...
View ArticleTrump protesters flood downtown Phoenix
Phoenix • Protesters engaged in minor scuffles and shouting matches with President Donald Trump supporters on Tuesday as hundreds of people lined up to get inside a rally that marks his first political...
View ArticleTrump spiritual adviser Paula White says this president is ‘raised up by God’
Paula White, pastor of an evangelical megachurch and one of Donald Trump’s spiritual advisers, said on television that the president is “authentically raised up by God.”Her comments, made during a...
View ArticleNBA stunner: Cavaliers trade Kyrie Irving to Celtics for Isaiah Thomas
Cleveland • Kyrie Irving was tired of being teammates with LeBron James.Now he has to figure out how to beat him.Cleveland’s All-Star guard, who asked owner Dan Gilbert to trade him earlier this...
View ArticleWhy is sexuality such a big deal for the church?
If the widely esteemed Eugene Peterson were still pastoring today and a gay couple in his church who were “Christians of good faith” asked him to preside at their wedding, would he do it?He answered...
View ArticleA Ponzi scheme or not? Dueling scenarios open trial of one-time real estate...
Rick Koerber’s businesses owned $127 million worth of properties when they collapsed amid plunging values during the real estate crash nearly 10 years ago, his attorney told a federal court jury on...
View ArticleExtremism, such as that in Charlottesville, Va., hasn’t increased in Utah,...
Recent events in the United States and overseas have put the spotlight on terrorism and hate crimes, but there has not been an increase in extremist activity in Utah, the head of the FBI’s Salt Lake...
View ArticleCarnival hits town as Mayweather and McGregor ready to fight
Las Vegas • The carnival finally hit town Tuesday, with Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. putting on a bit of a fashion show before promising to knock each other out in their highly anticipated...
View ArticleEclipse crowds may have doubled Wyoming's population
Cheyenne, Wyo. • The least populated state in the nation has seen total eclipses before but likely never as many people.The amount of traffic during Monday’s eclipse suggests Wyoming may have...
View ArticleCyclist airlifted to hospital after being hit by pickup truck in Park City
A cyclist was flown to a Salt Lake City hospital with head trauma Tuesday after a pickup truck veered into a Park City bike lane, police said. The male driver of the truck experienced an ”unexpected...
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Megan McArdle: When we all must live in fear of online mobs
James Damore, the author of the notorious Google memo, has had his 15 minutes of fame. In six months, few of us will be able to remember his name. But Google will remember -- not the company, but the...
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Weird sensations in Wyoming for this eclipse first-timer
Something was off.As we sat overlooking an empty field near Bondurant, Wyo., the light dimmed. The air cooled. Shadows cast by a nearby tree appeared more crisp than usual.It would still be 20 minutes...
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Jennifer Rubin: Evangelical Christian clergy are MIA
As we noted with regard to Jerry Falwell Jr.‘s appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Christian conservative clergy have done much to undercut their standing, within their own community as well as with the...
View ArticleDenied by a state committee, Salt Lake County’s treatment dreams may come...
The plan called for a sustained law enforcement presence in Salt Lake City’s Rio Grande neighborhood, where drug dealing was running amok.Offenders would be booked into jail (there would be more jail...
View ArticleUtah football notes: Safety Chase Hansen returns to practice
Utah strong safety Chase Hansen, a hard-hitting 6-foot-3, 220-pound junior, who went into the offseason as the lone returning starter in a five-man Utes secondary (two cornerbacks and a nickleback...
View ArticleTrump blames media for condemnation of comments on Virginia
Phoenix • President Donald Trump is blaming the media for the widespread condemnation of his response to a Charlottesville, Virginia, protest organized by white supremacists that led to the killing of...
View ArticleJonathan Capehart: Trump's Afghanistan speech and its empty allusions to...
[Watch the entire heated exchange between Trump and reporters over Charlottesville]Hours before President Donald Trump delivered his speech on the war in Afghanistan on Monday, I told MSNBC’s Nicolle...
View ArticleTyler Huntley ready to be the playmaker guiding Utes offense
Tyler Huntley expected his chance to come sooner rather than later when he chose Utah out of high school. He found out Saturday – and the football team announced Monday – that his time had arrived as...
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