Rape in Utah State University parking lot reported
Utah State University police on Sunday sent out an alert to students and other timely warning notice subscribers after a woman reported being raped in a parking lot on the Logan campus.A woman said she...
View ArticleNew road safety law morphs into tool for Operation Rio Grande drug arrests
A new law, HB161, is officially titled “Pedestrian Safety Amendments.” Supporters testified during the legislative session that its true aim is to make streets safer — by banning exchange of money or...
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Top Mormon leader Uchtdorf visits Houston, encourages helping hearts and...
Tomball, Texas • There was LDS leader Dieter F. Uchtdorf at the pulpit, addressing some 800 assembled Mormons and talking about God, faith and love. You know, Sunday fare.But this was no typical...
View ArticleCottonwood Heights police officer shoots, wounds fleeing juvenile
A juvenile was shot and wounded early Sunday by a Cottonwood Heights police officer after a vehicle and foot chase that ended under a freeway overpass in Salt Lake City.The male teenager was brought to...
View ArticleE.J. Dionne: American workers will see through Trump's con
Boston • On a holiday weekend set aside to honor the American working class, it is hard to escape the sense that American workers find themselves exploited by our politics — and particularly by our...
View ArticleBloomberg View: America’s most overlooked substance abuse problem
As alarms over the opioid crisis sound ever louder, a larger and more expensive substance problem in the U.S. is quietly growing much worse. One in eight Americans abuses alcohol, a new study finds, a...
View ArticleAlexandra Petri: How about never pardoning Joe Arpaio? Is never good for you?
There is no denying that Aug. 25 night, in the midst of a horrible storm, was an awful time to try to bury the news of the pardon of former sheriff Joe Arpaio.Never mind the ratings. Why compound a...
View ArticleSharapova's U.S. Open ends; Williams faces Kvitova in quarters
New York • Maybe this was just one three-setter too many for Maria Sharapova.Sharapova tried a bit of everything, even resorting to switching over her racket to hit a few lefty shots. Still, the...
View ArticleHamlin rallies to Southern 500 win
Darlington, S.C. • Denny Hamlin overcame a bad miss of the pit road entrance to chase down Martin Truex Jr. with three laps left to win the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday night.Hamlin...
View ArticleRossi wins IndyCar race at Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen, N.Y. • Pole-sitter Alexander Rossi won the IndyCar Grand Prix at The Glen on Sunday, holding off Scott Dixon over the closing laps at Watkins Glen International.The race for the IndyCar...
View ArticleGolfer Stacy Lewis wins LPGA event, gives earnings to Houston relief efforts
Portland, Ore. • Stacy Lewis won for Houston.Lewis ended a long winless streak Sunday at Cambia Portland Classic, with her $195,000 in winnings going to the relief efforts in her hometown area. Her two...
View ArticleJosh Rosen, UCLA overcome 34-point deficit to top Texas A&M 45-44
Los Angeles • Josh Rosen faked a spike and threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Lasley with 43 seconds remaining and UCLA overcame a 34-point deficit to stun Texas A&M 45-44 on Sunday...
View ArticleQuerrey gives U.S. first U.S. Open men's quarterfinalist since 2011
New York • Sam Querrey was about as perfect as can be en route to becoming the first American man in the U.S. Open quarterfinals since 2011.Querrey never faced a break point and wound up with 55...
View ArticleSalt Lake Bees beat Fresno Grizzlies with walk-off home run
The third time was the charm for the Salt Lake Bees against the Fresno Grizzlies. Having dropped the first two contests of the series at Smith’s Ballpark, the Bees’ offense erupted against Fresno...
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Gomberg: My mighty grandma is denying treatment and I think it’s brave
They found a sizable mass on my grandma’s lung a couple weeks ago that doesn’t look all that promising. It’s a substantial ailment in a line of pretty serious diseases and conditions this petite but...
View ArticleRolly: Accusations among UTA board members keep flying as Provo’s mayoral...
The rift among members of the scandal-plagued Utah Transit Authority board is getting ugly, with vice chairwoman Sherrie Hall Everett complaining that board member Brent Taylor is ignoring public...
View ArticleTrump expected to end program for young immigrants
Washington • President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will end protections for young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, but with a six-month delay, people...
View ArticleNew Hampshire man dies while rappelling near Zion National Park
A 38-year-old New Hampshire man fell to his death Sunday while rapelling in Englestead Hollow east of Zion National Park.The victim’s name has not yet been disclosed. He was hiking with four of his...
View ArticlePalace announces Prince William, Kate expecting third child
London • Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, will soon welcome a third child to the royal nursery.Kensington Palace officials announced Monday that the Duchess is pregnant but that...
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Northern pike proving to be a pesky problem at Yuba Reservoir in central Utah
There is good and bad news for anglers who enjoy fishing Yuba Reservoir. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has called off plans to treat the big central Utah reservoir with rotenone to eliminate...
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