Should the church where Robert E. Lee declared himself a sinner keep his name?
Police shootings. Charleston church killings. The public resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. As recent years engulfed America in intense debate about race, the genteel Gothic stone parish in little...
View ArticleTo experience my ‘wow’ moment with the eclipse, you had to be there
I watched Monday’s solar eclipse from my porch in Herriman. Because of the mob, I saw it in three two-second glimpses. It was anything but a special or even spiritual experience.Surrounded by...
View ArticleUtah man sentenced to prison for 2014 rape case after DNA match to...
A Utah man was sentenced to prison this week after he pleaded guilty to reduced charges in a rape case police say they solved two years after the crime thanks to a DNA match to sexual-assault kit...
View ArticleUtah legislators light fuse that may change fireworks laws
After a dry summer when fireworks ignited many blazes, Utah legislators lighted a fuse Wednesday toward possibly exploding current fireworks regulations.The Business and Labor Interim Committee voted...
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Will the 'American Idol' dream begin in Provo? 1,000 or so hope the answer is...
Provo • Caden Humphrey was stuck outside in the rain Tuesday night, but the chance to audition for “American Idol” made it worth getting wet.“I grew up on ‘American Idol,’” said the 20-year-old Utah...
View ArticleWasatch Community Gardens celebrates the tomato with a dine-around and...
The Tomato Days Dine-Around and the 2017 Tomato Sandwich Party are two ways to celebrate Utah’s tomato harvest.Tomato Days Dine-Around • Through Sept. 15, visit a participating restaurant and ask for...
View ArticlePodcast: Tyler Huntley is Utah's starting quarterback just like everyone...
OK, maybe we stared too long at the eclipse because we didn’t exactly see this one coming.Conventional wisdom pointed to Troy Williams winning Utah’s starting quarterback job. The senior is a captain —...
View ArticleYippee! Amazon revives 'The Tick,' plus the rest of your TV week preview
In 2001, a very good, live-action version of “The Tick” debuted on Fox — and disappeared after just nine episodes. Creator/producer Ben Edlund — the man behind the comic and the original series — has...
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With redraw of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase looming, Utah State University...
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s will issue recommendations this week for large national monuments that will reverberate across Utah, where residents remain divided over the new Bears Ears and the...
View ArticleSwedish journalist's torso found in submarine death mystery
Copenhagen, Denmark — Journalist Kim Wall had reported on conflicts, crises and natural disasters around the world. Earlier this month, she set out to sea from laid-back Copenhagen for a story about an...
View ArticlePac-12 football: New coach Justin Wilcox tries to lift Cal from the bottom of...
Not even a goal-line stand against Utah enabled Sonny Dykes to keep his job as California’a football coach.The Bears’ unlikely stop that preserved an October victory was among the program’s rare...
View ArticleA top interior official calls for ending bans on selling, euthanizing wild...
A senior Interior Department official called Wednesday for killing healthy horses and burros to rein in runaway costs associated with managing growing wild herds roaming the West’s public...
View ArticleNavajo Nation police officer from Utah dies in car accident
Kayenta, Ariz. • Navajo Nation officials say a senior officer with the Kayenta Police Department has died in an off-duty car accident.Tribal officials say Nelson Martin was killed in a crash on...
View ArticleTaylor Swift announces new album
New York • Yes, Taylor Swift fans, Wednesday was a lucky one for you.The pop star who whipped her army of Swifties into a frenzy with video snippets of slithery snake parts on social media posted the...
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'A place of peace': Eric Young Jr. honors his baby boy, while helping the...
Eric Young Jr. touched home plate with three fingers extended, pointing to the sky.Young’s gesture that followed a go-ahead home run in his third game with the Los Angeles Angels after being recalled...
View ArticleAmateurs can brew like the pros with this new beer making kit made in Utah
Talisman Brewing, a craft brewery in Ogden, and a Utah brew supplier have put together a special kit for home brewers to test their skills against the professionals.The premade kit includes the recipe...
View ArticleSue Grafton's alphabet series appears to be near its end
“Y is for Yesterday” is Sue Grafton’s projected penultimate novel in her alphabet series about intrepid California private investigator Kinsey Millhone. And if the series does end with “Z” — and...
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George Pyle: Eclipse leads to sighting of a (media) star
I should have bought that book.Because if I had bought ”Astrophysics for People in a Hurry,” rather than just read the first chapter while drinking coffee at Powell’s City of Books a couple of days...
View ArticleChris Stewart says he’ll seek Senate seat if Orrin Hatch doesn’t run for...
Utah Rep. Chris Stewart “absolutely” hopes his colleague and mentor Sen. Orrin Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history, runs for re-election in 2018.But if he doesn’t, Stewart said he...
View ArticleState treasurer warns Utahns not to fall for unclaimed property scam
A fake website is inviting Utahns to enter their names to search for unclaimed property they might be entitled to and then trying to scam them into paying a monthly fee.“The scam website...
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