Report: Salt Lake City police can build public trust through better training...
In 2014 and 2015, a spate of deadly shootings by police officers grabbed headlines in Utah and put the public on edge. Two of the shootings occurred in the capital city and led to an investigation by...
View ArticleWeber State football: Wildcats remain No. 18 in FCS coach's poll, move up to...
After a dominating 41-3 win over UC Davis in its Big Sky football opener Saturday, Weber State continued to climb in the national polls.The Wildcats remained ranked 18th in the nation in the FCS...
View ArticleHatch says it may be ‘virtually impossible’ to pass Obamacare replacement
Washington • Just before he began the first hearing on the latest GOP health-care bill, Sen. Orrin Hatch said it may be “virtually impossible” for the Senate to pass an Obamacare replacement this week...
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Petula Dvorak: Trump ignores Puerto Rico's devastation to tweet about the NFL
“Puerto Rico is a fantastic place and deserves the best, which is what we will deliver. Every detail will be important to me.”If only.President Donald Trump said this about his failed golf course in...
View ArticleUtah football notes: Secondary again looking like a big-play unit for the Utes
Utah’s reconstructed secondary, featuring a bevy of first-year starters and newcomers to the program, started Pac-12 Conference play by forcing five turnovers and scoring a defensive touchdown against...
View ArticleDodo Dash 5K fun run to benefit Parley’s Trail in Salt Lake City
The Dodo Dash 5K fun run at Sugar House Park on Saturday, Sept. 30, will raise funds for the developing Parley’s Trail system, which is celebrating the completion of two more sections this...
View ArticleInterior boss blasts fired Utah BLM law enforcement agent
A top Interior Department official has singled out the recent firing of a controversial Bureau of Land Management agent over Utah to illustrate a renewed commitment to hold accountable senior employees...
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Fred Hiatt: How to blow up a two-party system
As I listened to the youthful leader describe his program for positive, constructive reform, I thought: Why don’t we have anyone like him?In the past year, President Emmanuel Macron of France has...
View ArticleOlympic Summit notes: Veteran halfpipe medalist Kelly Clark still has some...
Park City • Kelly Clark slammed into the giant inflatable airbag at the base of a halfpipe over and over this summer, praying she could turn the clock back nearly two decades. The 34-year-old...
View ArticleFeds send aid to Puerto Rico amid growing requests for help
Washington • The U.S. ramped up its response Monday to the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico while the Trump administration sought to blunt criticism that its response to Hurricane Maria has fallen...
View ArticleTwo men sexually assaulted drunken Utah teen while third man recorded it,...
Three men are facing charges after two of them allegedly sexually assaulted an intoxicated 14-year-old girl, while the third filmed it.The teen told police she’d been communicating with the men via...
View ArticleConservative theologians accuse Pope Francis of spreading heresy
Vatican City • Several dozen tradition-minded Roman Catholic theologians, priests and academics have formally accused Pope Francis of spreading heresy with his 2016 opening to divorced and civilly...
View ArticleUtah man charged with manslaughter in step-father's beating death
A 27-year-old American Fork man has been charged in connection with the fatal beating of his step-father last month.Jace T. Zeeman was charged Monday in 4th District Court with second-degree felony...
View ArticleCommentary: I called for Christians to love gay people. Now the Catholic...
After a gunman killed 49 people at Pulse, a predominantly gay nightclub in Orlando in 2016, I found myself disappointed that more Catholic leaders did not offer support to the LGBT community. And that...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: The United States must take care of its own.
American citizens have had their lives ravaged by a Category 4 hurricane that flooded their cities and destroyed their homes. The devastation is total. Many packed their bags, waited for evacuation...
View ArticleFBI raids animal shelters, searching for piglets rescued from Utah factory...
An animal-rights group that rescued two piglets from a factory farm in southwestern Utah says the FBI has raided animal sanctuaries in search of the animals.Direct Action Everywhere, also known as DxE,...
View ArticleDuchesne County nurse charged with negligent homicide nine months after...
The nurse on staff at the Duchesne County jail when a 21-year-old inmate died following severe dehydration and weight loss has been charged with negligent homicide.State prosecutors charged Jana Clyde,...
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Professor gives $250K to Ute Indian Tribe to compensate for...
She doesn’t consider it a donation (though she jokes the IRS might look at it that way). And she doesn’t think it makes her a saint of any sort.For Christine Sleeter, it’s simply “returning what was...
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Utah school grades drop statewide on the heels of lower SAGE scores
New grades for Utah schools, released Monday by the state Board of Education, showed a decline in performance statewide for the 2016-2017 academic year, including the first-ever “F” grade issued in the...
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Local and Olympic athletes, officials take on #takeaknee after Trump weighs...
From NFL fields to the slopes of Park City and beyond, athletes with local ties have participated in and are speaking up about President Donald Trump’s criticisms of national anthem protests.At a...
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