Pope Francis demands response to hunger, climate, migration
Rome • Pope Francis demanded Monday that world governments collectively commit to end rising world hunger by resolving the conflicts and climate change-related disasters that force people to leave...
View ArticleLetter: Protecting the Dreamers takes an act of Congress
The solution to immigration issues is not through executive orders.In 2012, President Obama’s executive order implementing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was his way to appropriate...
View ArticleLighter winds help crews gain on California wildfires
Santa Rosa, Calif. • Firefighters kept gaining on the California wildfires Monday with help from lighter winds that made it easier to attack the flames that have killed at least 40 people and destroyed...
View ArticleFed by Trump’s rhetoric, right wing tosses out conspiracy theories and...
The Oct. 1 New York Times Magazine ran a troubling story about how right-wing media and anti-immigrant forces turned an unfortunate incident involving three children into a fictional gang rape that has...
View ArticleLetter: Climate change is upon us
In response to Richard Gladwell (Public Forum, Oct. 6), Trump loves the uneducated. Climate change predicts more frequent and more intense weather events as both the atmosphere and sea water continue...
View ArticleTy Detmer goes on a tirade to motivate BYU’s punchless offense
Provo • Ty Detmer has apparently seen enough poor production and sloppy execution from BYU’s offense this season.The usually “calm, cool and collected” second-year offensive coordinator went off on the...
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Anne Applebaum: If Russia can create fake 'Black Lives Matter' accounts, who...
Send a spy to spread rumors on the other side of the front line. Drop leaflets into enemy territory. Debilitate the enemy using its own people, in their own language — Lord Haw-Haw, Tokyo Rose — over...
View ArticleVivint Arena shifts ticketing vendors, opting for national firm Ticketmaster
When Utah Jazz fans and Salt Lake City concertgoers buy their tickets to the Vivint Smart Home Arena, they will be going through a different vendor.This month, the national ticketing company...
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Six tips for having a successful rifle deer hunt in Utah
Utah’s rifle deer hunt opens Saturday with an expected 60,000 orange-clad hunters hitting mountainous areas throughout Utah.The thousands afield affects non-hunters and fall outdoor enthusiasts who...
View ArticleMayim Bialik fires back at Weinstein op-ed critics: 'It's so sad how vicious...
The list of celebrities weighing in on allegations of sexual harassment and assault by Harvey Weinstein is growing longer by the day. But one op-ed, written by "The Big Bang Theory" and "Blossom"...
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No Alpha? No problem. Jazz hope to find strength in their second unit
Quin Snyder almost never commits to a short answer. This isn’t to demean the Jazz coach in any way. He’s simply a deep thinker. He absorbs a question and analyzes it. His answers amount to verbal...
View ArticleUtah's Sen. Mike Lee endorses Moore in Alabama Senate race
Washington • Sen. Mike Lee of Utah has endorsed GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore in Alabama, adding the Utah Republican’s star power among conservatives to Moore’s bid for the seat vacated by...
View Article#MeToo: Utah women take to social media to share their stories of sexual...
Amanda Rock took to Twitter late Monday morning and typed the same two words that many women and men across the country posted online as they shared their stories of sexual harassment or assault: “Me...
View ArticleUtah’s next test? ASU, fresh off its upset of Pac-12 favorite Washington
Zack Moss walked in his front door around 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning.Probably a little sore after ramming into USC Trojans over and over again, and definitely somber after the heartbreak of Utah’s 28-27...
View ArticleNew pact keeps 3.4 million acres open to Utah hunters, fishers
Hardly a week before Utah’s general-rifle hunting season opens Friday, state wildlife officials have reached a deal with the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration to ensure hunters’...
View ArticleTrump: Cuba 'is responsible' for attacks on US personnel
Washington • President Donald Trump said Monday that he believes Cuba is responsible for unexplained, invisible attacks in Cuba that have harmed American government workers.Though Trump’s comments...
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Public can get first look inside Idaho’s fifth Mormon temple starting this...
A three-week-long public open house for the new LDS Church temple in Meridian, Idaho, begins Saturday.Public tours of the 67,331-square-foot structure — made of structural steel, a precast white...
View ArticlePoll: Trump approval rating in Utah ticks above 50 percent thanks to strong...
Washington • President Donald Trump’s approval rating among Utahns has ticked up slightly in the past month, with some 52 percent of voters giving him good marks, according to a new poll by The Salt...
View ArticleReligious leaders are urging Salt Lake City and county to finish housing plan...
Nearly three-dozen religious leaders are urging the city to complete its affordable housing plans and ensure the region has hundreds of units available to low-income residents before the downtown...
View ArticleRepublican Curtis outpaces Democrat Allen nearly 3-to-1 in campaign donations...
Provo mayor and Republican congressional candidate John Curtis has skated past his Democratic opponent — raising nearly three times more in donations over the last three months — with the most recent...
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