Griner's double-double helps Mercury past Storm 79-69
Tempe, Ariz. • Britney Griner had 23 points and 11 rebounds to help the Phoenix Mercury advance to the second round of the playoffs with a 79-69 victory over the Seattle Storm on Wednesday...
View ArticlePope Francis brings message of hope to Colombia
Bogota, Colombia • Pope Francis received a spirited and symbolic welcome as he arrived in Colombia on Wednesday, saying he wants to bring a message of hope for Colombians as they work to heal the...
View ArticleCommentary: The church faces a problem — cheap sex is secularizing Americans
There have always been forces that have pulled marriages apart. But it is the forces that push people together that are growing increasingly rare.Social reinforcement of marriage from sources such as...
View ArticleBody recovered from Ogden River
Police have identified the body of a man pulled from the Ogden River over the Labor Day weekend.Ogden police also say initial indications are that 49-year-old Carl Roper’s drowning was...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Hot, smoky, gritty, but rain on the way (maybe)
So, here’s your northern Utah forecast: It’s hot and humid with smoke from wildfires in and out of the state, making already polluted urban valley skies downright unhealthy to breathe.“The Lovin‘...
View ArticleNews roundup: Democrats dread reliving 2016 with Clinton’s upcoming book tour
Democrats dread reliving 2016 with Clinton’s upcoming book tour. Utah may change its gas tax. Swallow could sue for legal expenses.Happy Thursday. Hillary Clinton is launching her book tour on Tuesday...
View ArticleUtah’s ACT scores inch up; state ranks either 33rd or 5th. Here’s why.
Utah’s high school class of 2017 scored an average of 20.3 points on the ACT, slightly better than 2016 students’ 20.2 but still behind the national mark of 21 on a 36-point scale, officials said...
View ArticleKirby: Revisiting old cop stops with my former police buddy ‘Killer’
On Tuesday, I met Killer in the parking lot of a grocery store in Utah County. One of my closest friends from the time we spent together as cops, he moved to the Northwest decades ago.Nearly 30 years...
View ArticleSen. Mike Lee joins conservative lawmakers in supporting baker who refused...
Utah Sen. Mike Lee is adding his voice to the chorus of conservatives signing an amicus brief in support of a pending U.S. Supreme Court case involving a Colorado baker’s refusal to make a cake for a...
View ArticleFeds file complaint against lawyer representing on-trial Utah investment guru
The Department of Justice has filed a professional conduct complaint against Marcus Mumford even as the prominent defense attorney is representing alleged scammer Rick Koerber in a federal...
View ArticleMarc Thiessen: How Democrats left us vulnerable to North Korea's nukes
With last weekend’s surprise nuclear test, North Korea has reached final stage of its crash course to develop thermonuclear weapons that can reach and destroy U.S. cities. So why are we not on a crash...
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Overwhelmed by your garden’s tomatoes, zucchini or peppers? A Utah program...
Backyard gardeners in Utah are bringing in the bounty, harvesting more tomatoes, peppers and zucchini than they can possibly eat. Some may preserve what they’ve grown, just like Grandma did, while...
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Dana Milbank: Nobody knows what Trump is doing. Not even Trump.
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Paul Ryan could not have been more clear.After meeting with his Republican caucus Wednesday morning on the first day back from their long summer break, he declared at a news...
View ArticleOperation Rio Grande: Dozens of drug arrests, one firearm seized
Officers executing an early Thursday morning search warrant spawned by the ongoing Rio Grande district law enforcement campaign made more than two-dozen drug arrests and seized a stolen handgun.The 6...
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Sting & Honey Company’s ‘Desire Under the Elms’ needs a darker heart
Eugene O’Neill’s “Desire Under the Elms” is a dark play about human nature, based on the Greek myth of Phaedra, about a wife whose seduces her stepson, causing tragedy to ensue.Sting & Honey...
View ArticleMonson: I'm laughing at all the Utah fans who are obsessed with BYU
Borrowing words from that great guitar-strumming football fan, Jimmy Buffett, around these parts, there have been changes in football latitudes, changes in football attitudes.Especially in the...
View ArticleLetter: Hurricane Harvey is an unnatural disaster
Hurricane Harvey is an unnatural disaster. Climate change, caused by fossil fuels, raised the sea level contributing to Harvey’s intense rainfall.Over 6 million people have been affected. The flood...
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Horror makes a big, bloody splash at movie theaters this fall
Fall is arriving at the movie theaters, and for some moviegoers, it’s time to scream.Horror movies are making a big splash at theaters, most of them before Halloween — with classic titles getting...
View ArticlePope Francis to Colombians: ‘There has been too much hatred and violence’
Bogota, Colombia • Pope Francis urged Colombians on Thursday to come together to heal the divisions spawned by five decades of armed conflict and address the entrenched inequality that sparked Latin...
View ArticleEvangelicals fear Muslims; atheists fear Christians: How Americans mistrust...
Evangelicals look down on atheists’ values. Nonreligious people fear that conservative Christians want to limit their freedoms. Republicans worry that Muslims pose a threat to their physical safety.In...
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