Students kept inside after mountain lion spotted near Oak Ridge Elementary...
A mountain lion sighting prompted Granite School District to order students and staff at Oak Ridge Elementary School to “shelter in place” Thursday morning.District spokesman Ben Horsely said staffers...
View ArticleWas it a crime? 10 patients at nursing home died after Irma
Hollywood, Fla. • Ten elderly patients died after being kept inside a nursing home that turned into a sweatbox when Hurricane Irma knocked out its air conditioning for three days, even though just...
View ArticleThe Tower in Salt Lake City turns Art House Theater Day into a whole weekend...
Independent movie theaters across America are joining forces Sunday for Art House Theater Day — and one Utah theater is making a weekend of it.Art House Theater Day follows the model of similar events...
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Andrew W.K. wants you to unleash your inner party at his actual party
The music website LoudWire frequently hosts rock musicians for a video series called “Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction,” in which various claims of dubious merit are culled from that artist’s page and either...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: It's Our Fault
This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at...
View ArticleGirl still buried in ruins of Mexico school, anxiety grows
Mexico City • A delicate effort to reach a young girl buried in the ruins of her school stretched into a new day on Thursday, a vigil broadcast across the nation as rescue workers struggled to pick...
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Commentary: The American West is burning
Hurricanes such as Harvey, Irma and Maria are unstoppable. They rip at our coastlines and tear at our hearts. The yellow, orange, red, even purple colors on the Doppler radar and weather maps this...
View ArticleUtes’ defense faces stiff test in Pac-12 opener at Arizona
Tucson, Ariz. • You can make the case that Utah has had an advantage in talent and athleticism over each of its first three opponents, but the playing field begins to level out this week with the start...
View ArticleBabies try harder when they see you sweat, research shows
New York • If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Especially if a baby is watching.Children around 15 months old can become more persistent in pursuing a goal if they’ve just seen an adult...
View ArticleMexico navy official: No missing child in collapsed school
Mexico City • A high-ranking navy official said Thursday there is no missing child at a collapsed Mexico City school that had become a focus of rescue efforts following this week’s deadly magnitude 7.1...
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Lawrence Summers: The Cassidy-Graham vote is a chance for a Republican to be...
There is an opportunity for one or two Republican senators to be 21st century Profiles in Courage. A senator who stands up to his or her party and casts the decisive vote against the Cassidy-Graham...
View Article‘A new musician that is the sum of us,’ Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes, will...
There’s an unconscious intimacy that comes with longtime relationships — the teasing of inside jokes, completing each other’s sentences, knowing which arguments to avoid.Of course that connection...
View ArticleKennecott workers offered more time off — with pay — to care for new babies
Kennecott Utah Copper employees who are the primary caregiver of a newborn or adopted baby will get 18 weeks of paid parental leave, under a new worldwide policy of Rio Tinto, the mining and metals...
View ArticleAaron Hernandez lawyer: Brain showed 'severe' case of CTE
Boston • Aaron Hernandez’s lawyer says the former New England Patriots tight end’s brain showed severe signs of the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy.In a news conference at...
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Albert Hunt: Republican nonsense sells health-care plan
Congressional Republicans are rushing to overhaul the U.S. health-care system by passing a bill that is based on dishonest claims, avoids the usual professional analysis, and makes a mockery of serious...
View ArticleFederal audit: Utah-based Western Governors University should repay more than...
Western Governors University may have to write a $712 million check to the federal government, based on recommendations in an audit report that says the online school’s offerings are “correspondence...
View ArticleUtah Rep. Chris Stewart tweets, then deletes post about liberals wetting...
Washington • Rep. Chris Stewart poked fun at liberals in a tweet this week about their reaction to President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations — but then quickly deleted the post.“Laughing,”...
View ArticleGun lobby complaints fail to stop hike in concealed-weapons permit fee
Legislators have taken a first step to write into law a $20 hike in fees to obtain a concealed weapons permit — which gun enthusiasts say state administrators imposed illegally last month and continue...
View ArticleTrump piles economic action onto his NKorea military threats
New York • President Donald Trump added economic action to his fiery military threats against North Korea on Thursday, authorizing stiffer new sanctions in response to the Koreans’ nuclear weapons...
View Article‘LEGO Ninjago Movie’ pieces together genres for laughs
Outside of Quentin Tarantino, it’s hard to think of a group of filmmakers more devoted to genre movies — and messing with their conventions — than the folks behind the LEGO animated movies.The...
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