NFL locals: Snap counts and stats from Week One for Utah, BYU, USU and SUU...
Each Tuesday, we’ll recap notable performances from local BYU, Utes, USU and SUU alumni in the NFL. Here’s what stood out from Week One of the 2017 NFL season:Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots...
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Provo Mayor John Curtis takes lead in poll for congressional race to replace...
Provo Mayor John Curtis has captured the early and expected lead — by a sizable 30 point margin — in the first major poll during the off-cycle general election to replace former Utah Rep. Jason...
View ArticleCensus: Utah ranks No. 3 for households with high-speed internet
Back in 1993, Pete Ashdown wanted to access the internet at his Utah home but discovered “I didn’t have that option.” So he started the Xmission internet service provider company — figuring a few other...
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Utah festival’s ‘Ion’ gives Greek tragedy a funky 1950s flair in a production...
As the lights come up, a group of characters stand strung out across the stage reading newspapers with their backs to the audience. A burst of wind blows the papers away, and the play begins. This...
View ArticleSenate approves measure condemning white nationalists
Washington • The Senate has approved a resolution condemning white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other hate groups following a white-nationalist rally in Virginia that descended into deadly...
View ArticleWoman who veered onto sidewalk, injuring five and killing one in downtown...
After allegedly driving a car onto the sidewalk in downtown Salt Lake City on July 4th — killing one homeless person and injuring five others — Shutney Lee Kyzer exclaimed: ”What did I do?”Felony...
View ArticleApple unveils $999 iPhone X, loses 'home' button
Cupertino, Calif. • “One more thing.” With that phrase, Apple paid homage to its late co-founder Steve Jobs for the 10-year anniversary of the iPhone on Tuesday when it unveiled its latest — and, at...
View ArticleGarrison Keillor: Beauty is truth and truth is factual
Truth begins with facts. Facts are solid, like bricks. You build a house out of facts, the wolf won’t blow it down. But you drop a fact on your foot, it hurts.I learned this as a boy, living near the...
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Pac-12 football: USC’s domination of Stanford gets people’s attention
Stanford would rather not have this distinction in Pac-12 football, but the Cardinal have become a predictor of the conference champion.Washington’s 44-6 defeat of Stanford last September stamped the...
View ArticlePilot survives after his single-engine plane crashes, burns on Roy street
Roy • Natasha Pretti decided to press the brake pedal instead of the gas as a streetlight went from yellow to red Tuesday afternoon, even though she and her passenger were in a hurry to get back to...
View ArticleFEMA estimates 25 percent of Florida Keys homes are gone
Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. • Search-and-rescue teams made their way into the Florida Keys’ farthest reaches Tuesday, while authorities rushed to repair the lone highway connecting the islands and...
View ArticleUtah lawyers offering free legal advice to DACA recipients
With the clock ticking, the Mexican Consulate in Salt Lake City is providing free legal services to Dreamers — people who came to the U.S. as children — seeking to renew their status by Oct. 5.The...
View ArticleEdith Windsor, who helped end gay marriage ban, dies at 88
New York • Edith Windsor, a widow who brought a Supreme Court case that that struck down parts of a federal law that banned same-sex marriage and led to federal recognition for gay spouses, died...
View ArticleSalt Lake City ready, willing and able to host 2026 Winter Olympics but...
For the past several years, Austin Schofield has run a small grassroots social media push he started as a BYU marketing student to promote the return of the Olympic Games to Salt Lake City.He may have...
View ArticleRoy man charged with murder in beating death of month-old baby
Enraged when a baby boy wouldn’t stop crying, a Roy man repeatedly, and fatally, punched the month-old infant in the head, police and prosecutors say.Matthew Daniel Graves, a 22-year-old ex-con, awaits...
View ArticleResults around MLS work in Real Salt Lake’s favor
Scoreboard-watching is a given at this point in the season, with five regular-season matches left for Real Salt Lake.RSL liked what it saw over the weekend.“All the results went our way over the...
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Stephen Colbert rolls out the red carpet for what could be a political Emmy...
If this whole TV thing doesn’t work out for Stephen Colbert, he has a bright future in carpet sales.The first-time Emmy Awards host helped roll out the show’s ceremonial red carpet Tuesday at L.A. Live...
View ArticleBYU football: Depth at safety has kept defense afloat
Provo • While BYU’s offense rightfully has been fingered as the reason the 1-2 Cougars are off to such a horrible start, its defense has been fairly solid, considering the competition.Utah quarterback...
View ArticleUtah Supreme Court considers challenge of surrogacy law from married gay male...
The Utah law that governs gestational surrogacy agreements should apply equally to all married couples, or be deemed unconstitutional because it bars gay men from having a biological child.That’s the...
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Utah football: Boobie Hobbs finally seizing a long-awaited opportunity
Boobie Hobbs stayed in his lane, backpedaling down the left seam inside LaVell Edwards Stadium, never unlocking his eyes from Tanner Mangum. As BYU’s starting quarterback let loose, Hobbs was precisely...
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