Photos: Utah State Fair closes for 2014
Sunday was the final day for this year's Utah State Fair.The livestock, food, rides and music had an 11-day run.
View ArticleNews roundup: Condi Rice suggested for NFL commissioner
xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?DTI version="1.0"?Condi Rice for NFL commissioner? Shurtleff to FBI: Give me all your files. Obama outlines plans against ISIL.Happy Thursday. In the aftermath of the...
View Article‘Friends’ of same-sex marriage case ask Supreme Court to intervene
Supporters on both ends of the same-sex marriage debate have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and settle the question of whether states can outlaw gay marriage once and for all.For the...
View ArticleJudge will not boot cops in polygamous towns
A federal judge will not disband the police force in the polygamous towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz.James A. Teilborg, who presided over a related trial earlier this year in Phoenix,...
View ArticleWeber State to retire Damian Lillard's number
Ogden • Weber State will retire the jersey of Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard as part of the Weber State Men’s Basketball Alumni Classic on Aug. 26.Lillard, a two-time NBA All-Star with the...
View Article‘No Good Deed’ defeats ‘Guardians’ at theaters
Los Angeles • It took a murderous Idris Elba and a pair of dolphin buddies to defeat "Guardians of the Galaxy" at movie theaters.The Sony thriller "No Good Deed," which stars Elba as an escaped convict...
View ArticlePark aims to reduce congestion at Utah’s Delicate Arch trailhead
Seeing Delicate Arch on a Utah license plate is just not enough for many people.The most iconic land formation in the state and Arches National Park's other natural wonders draw more than 1 million...
View ArticleGov. Gary Herbert says UTA has fixed most problems in audit
Most of the problems uncovered in a scathing audit of the Utah Transit Authority this week have been rectified, according to Gov. Gary Herbert, who said he has confidence with the direction the agency...
View ArticleAmerican reporter’s death galvanizes anger, little action
Paris • The killing of an American reporter is galvanizing international anger at Islamic State extremists and fueling fears about the flow of foreign fighters joining their ranks. But governments from...
View ArticlePast champion Kelsey Chugg eliminates defending champ Kendra Dalton at Utah...
Fruit Heights • A three-time former champion who played college golf at Weber State kept the 111th Utah Women’s State Amateur golf tournament from turning into the BYU Invitational on Thursday...
View ArticleUnified Police: Son allegedly killed elderly father at Millcreek home
Unified Police have identified the victim and suspect in a Friday homicide at a Millcreek area home.The homicide victim is Dennis Robbins, 70.The suspect is his son, Christopher Lynn Robbins,...
View ArticleUtah State football: Aggies take lessons from 2016 collapse, vow to apply...
Logan • After enduring a career-worst 3-9 finish last year, one might think Utah State coach Matt Wells would prefer talking about something other than 2016 and instead focus on the upcoming season.In...
View Article'Detroit' is a moving, troubling drama of police violence
Powerful and problematic, the drama “Detroit” depicts with gritty realism a troubling time in recent American history, but raises more questions than it’s prepared to answer.It’s 1967, and there’s...
View ArticleJudge: ‘Mr. Downtown’ fatality case can go forward
The case against a former UTA bus driver accused of running over and killing 82-year-old businessman Richard Wirick, who was known around Salt Lake City as "Mr. Downtown," will continue as planned...
View ArticleCondoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers commencement
New Brunswick, N.J. • Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her...
View ArticleA Look Back: Salt Lake City concerts from the 1970s-1990s
Each Friday, The Salt Lake Tribune presents historic images in a special series called A Look Back. This week's installment features photos from notable Salt Lake City concerts ranging from the 1970s...
View ArticleMormon apostle tells BYU graduates to seek balance in life
L. Tom Perry, an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, counseled Brigham Young University graduates to strive for balance in their personal, professional and financial lives...
View ArticleAppeals court appears split on Utah’s same-sex marriage case
Denver • During Thursday morning arguments before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals — regarding Utah's ban on same-sex marriage — the judges appeared split on the issue.There were pointed questions...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake: Two home draws make for a nail-biter of a playoff race
Maybe Real Salt Lake won’t need 48 points for a playoff berth after all.That’s the goal the team set after examining the field over the past five seasons. The last playoff team in the Western...
View ArticleAl Gore, still fighting for the planet, in ‘Inconvenient Sequel’
Global climate change isn’t going to fix itself, so Al Gore is back in “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” to remind us of the continuing battles — and to also take comfort in some of the small...
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