California sues Trump administration to prevent border wall
San Diego • California sued the Trump administration Wednesday to stop construction of a proposed wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, arguing the federal government is overstepping its authority by...
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Michelle Quist Mumford: Hate crimes are more heinous because they attack an...
The rush hour subway car was packed with disinterested, sweaty New Yorkers. The car jolted to a stop and the doors opened with a sigh of relief. To the annoyance of those already in the car, the...
View ArticleUtah House Republican will propose bill to cut food tax, though details are...
A Republican lawmaker said he would propose eliminating the state’s portion of sales taxes on food while raising the sales tax on other goods to keep the flow of revenue steady.Colleagues on a...
View ArticleReal estate guru Koerber says he used some investor funds to make interest...
Former real estate investment guru Rick Koerber told jurors Wednesday in his federal court trial that he used investors’ monies to pay promised interest on loans, but he was not operating a Ponzi...
View ArticleRSL’s David Horst and Chad Barrett are media moguls with their own Facebook show
Sandy • Chad Barrett was bored.The Real Salt Lake forward was looking at six-month recovery following knee surgery in April and needed a way to connect to the team he couldn’t play for. Thus, a...
View ArticleGeorge F. Will: The steep cost of cheap speech
Washington - At this shank end of a summer that a calmer America someday will remember with embarrassment, you must remember this: In the population of 325 million, a small sliver crouches on the...
View Article1 in 10 female students at Utah State University experience sex assault,...
Most Utah State University students feel safe on campus, according to a recent survey, but 7.4 percent — including 1 in 10 women — say they have experienced unwanted sexual contact since enrolling at...
View ArticleRSL's Joao Plata called up to Ecuador national team
Real Salt Lake winger Joao Plata hasn’t received a call-up to the Ecuador national team in two years — until now.Plata has been selected to the Equator national team for its final two 2018 World Cup...
View ArticleJazz's Rudy Gobert gets star reception from French-speaking elementary students
Nearly 200 children were clamoring for Rudy Gobert before he set foot in Foxboro Elementary School, chanting his name. He smiled as he ducked his towering frame in the door, causing the crowd sitting...
View ArticleWest High opens Thursday as school officials chase bat invasion
Health officials said Thursday they were tracking dozens of potential cases of bat exposure at Salt Lake City’s West High School after it closed its doors on late Wednesday so the custodial staff could...
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E.J. Dionne: Trump's tough talk makes us weaker
New York - The worst aspect of President Trump’s speech at the United Nations on Tuesday was not his immature taunting of a dangerous foreign leader when the stakes far outweigh those of a schoolyard...
View ArticlePrep football: West showing signs of turnaround after lengthy drought
When Justin Thompson took over the West High football program last year, his Panthers viewed the coach from east-side Skyline as an outsider.Especially when he started playing music at practice.“Just...
View Article5-year-old reported missing had wandered into a stranger’s house a half-block...
A 5-year-old who was reported missing after he wandered away from his parent at 900 South and 900 East was found in a house a half-block away Wednesday evening.The boy reportedly walked out the back...
View ArticleUtah school board gets earful after dropping middle school arts and health...
When Melanie Provost began junior high, she was overweight and terrified of the requirement to enroll in gym class. But before long, Provost said, she discovered an aptitude for basketball and...
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As divide grows among residents, Wellsville council votes to examine how...
Wellsville • Darren Parry momentarily looked up from the white sheets of paper with his prepared remarks and put his mouth close to the microphone: “Please don’t display us as savages,” he said. “We...
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After nurse’s arrest, Utah lawmakers will draft a bill that clarifies when...
Members of the Utah Legislature’s Judiciary Interim Committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to draft a bill that will clarify when police may — and may not — draw blood without a driver’s...
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$35 million Book of Mormon manuscript sale called the ‘biggest game-changer...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints now owns the printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon — for $35 million, the sellers say.The Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized...
View ArticleLetter: Bridge column? What about the horoscope?
Richard Heiner recently said: “I’m an older geezer who does not play bridge and have no interest in reading the bridge column, other than the first sentence. However, I miss the daily horoscope column...
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Kirby: We went digging for desert crystals, but found another kind of treasure
Sonny and I were sentenced to hard labor on a rock pile last Saturday. Our crime — apparently not having enough to do.We drove out to Topaz Mountain in Juab County, 70 miles west of Nephi. Sonny’s...
View ArticleLetter: Time to speak up on ADU zoning
Salt Lake City’s Planning Department and the City Council are moving to amend the accessory dwelling unit ordinance in which ADUs (rental units) are only currently allowed in homes zoned as a...
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