Mexicans dig through collapsed buildings as quake kills 225
Mexico City • Rescuers found a surviving child on Wednesday in the ruins of a school that collapsed in Mexico’s magnitude 7.1 earthquake, one of many efforts across the city to try to save people...
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Salt Lake Airport Board likes street-level TRAX plan to save $50M-plus
Salt Lake City Airport Advisory Board members voiced support Wednesday for a street-level extension of TRAX light-rail service to a new airport terminal — which would shave tens of millions from a...
View ArticleGovernment seeks prison time for Weiner in sexting case
New York • Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner deserves about two years in prison for engaging in sexting with a 15-year-old girl despite his claims that he has been reformed, prosecutors said Wednesday.A...
View ArticleBallet West hires a new executive director
Ballet West has hired a new executive director. Michael Scolamiero, former longtime executive director of Pennsylvania Ballet and more recently executive director of Miami City Ballet, will take over...
View ArticleThe University of Utah first Mormon Studies professor is a historian...
University of Utah History Professor W. Paul Reeve has been appointed as the school’s first Mormon Studies professor.Reeve has taught and written widely on the Utah-based faith, most recently authoring...
View ArticleUtah’s Sunia Tauteoli, one of the oldest players in college football at 26,...
Sunia Tauteoli jokingly flexes both of his arms while telling the story of how last year, after suffering a fracture in his back, he was suited up and hollering out the defensive play-calls in a week...
View ArticleHolly Richardson: Have we lost our humanity?
I’m used to dealing with trolls and vitriolic posts. After all, I write for the Salt Lake Tribune and I’ve been involved with politics for more than 15 years. I mean, have you seen the comment...
View ArticleLetter: Don’t let the Dreamers down
Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee, Reps. Mia Love, Chris Stewart and Rob Bishop, rescinding DACA threatens the lives of 894,000 immigrant children brought to this country.They put their trust in our...
View ArticleBody in Big Cottonwood Creek appears to be missing Murray man
The Unified Police Department on Wednesday recovered a man’s body from a creek near 145 W. Central Avenue in Millcreek.The body was spotted in Big Cottonwood Creek about 10:30 p.m. by several people...
View ArticleLetter: More 'fake news' attacking regulations
In his op-ed on Sept. 3., William Shughart demonizes the 1970 Clean Air Act and the EPA for setting limitations on the amount of ozone in our air and thereby, in his words, severely impacting our...
View Article'I have decided,' Trump says of Iran deal _ before big talks
New York • “I have decided,” President Donald Trump declared Wednesday, announcing he’d reached a verdict on the Iran nuclear deal’s future even as top U.S. and Iranian officials headed into their...
View ArticleUtah lawmakers take another stab at bill to force removal of an elected...
A Utah legislative committee on Wednesday gave its initial support to the latest, scaled-back draft of a bill to allow just a handful of counties to remove elected officials who were deemed mentally...
View ArticleLetter: The supreme court is a monarchy of lawyers
Considering recent years, and long before “Law Day” rolls around again and lawyers (remember that judges in America are lawyers) revive propagandized worship of the legal system, poisoning of the...
View ArticlePBS president, visiting Utah’s KUED, warns federal funding fight isn’t over yet
Six months after the Trump administration released a budget that would eliminate funding for public television, PBS president Paula Kerger is “cautiously optimistic” that isn’t going to happen.“But...
View ArticleMarc Thiessen: Trump's UN speech promoted classic conservative ideas.
When Donald Trump ran for president, he criticized the interventionist policies of his Republican and Democratic predecessors, sparking fears that he would usher in a new era of American isolationism....
View ArticleLetter: Why aren't they citizens already?
My heart goes out to all illegal immigrants affected by DACA. I only question why, as brought to the U.S. illegally as children, the Dreamers, some now middle-aged, never attempted to become U.S....
View ArticleOne in the hospital, one in custody after Layton shooting
A 52-year-old man is in the hospital with injuries after being shot Wednesday afternoon in Layton.The victim is expected to survive. Layton police have taken a 19-year-old man into custody, confirmed...
View ArticleUtah lawmakers make quick work of special-session bills to support Operation...
A special session of the Utah Legislature on Wednesday passed bills aiming to help Operation Rio Grande attack crime and bolster homeless services in the downtown Salt Lake City neighborhood around the...
View ArticleLetter: Academic freedom must be protected
The University of Utah’s Academic Senate is rightfully wrestling with securing assurances that academic freedom will be preserved in the face of accepting a major gift from the Koch family.The bigger...
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Young girl hospitalized by 105 mph foul at Yankee Stadium
New York • A young girl at Yankee Stadium was injured by a 105 mph foul ball off the bat of Todd Frazier during Wednesday’s game against Minnesota, leading some players to call for protective netting...
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