Maggot case gives rare look at neglect by caretakers
Rome, N.Y. • In his bed at a New York state group home for the severely disabled, Steven Wenger lay helpless against a silent invader.A slimy, wriggling clump was growing around the hole in his throat...
View ArticleStop offering euthanasia, Pope Francis tells Belgian Catholics
London • Pope Francis has ordered a Belgian Catholic charity to stop offering euthanasia in its psychiatric hospitals.In May, the Brothers of Charity group announced it would allow doctors to perform...
View ArticleInflatable Trump chicken takes roost outside White House
Washintgon • President Donald Trump may be out of town, but one plucky protester is keeping an eye on the White House.A giant inflatable chicken bearing the unmistakable hairstyle of the commander in...
View ArticleUtes, Cougs, Aggies well represented on Polynesian player of the year watch list
Utah and BYU placed five players each and Utah State placed two on the 2017 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year watch list, which was released Thursday morning. A total of 48 players are on...
View ArticlePrep football: Skyline Eagles preview
One old adage is that you have to beat them all to win a championship. That’s all well and good, but Skyline wouldn’t have minded skipping out on East High in the first round of last year’s Class 4A...
View ArticlePrep football: Weber Warriors preview
Finishing with a sub-.500 record and missing the postseason by a game may not always qualify as a solid foundation entering the next season.But don’t sleep on Weber and fifth-year coach Matt Hammer,...
View ArticleUtah high school athletics association ranked in bottom half nationally in...
When it comes to health and safety policies related to heat illness and trauma to the head and heart, the organization that oversees high school athletics in Utah ranks among the bottom half of state...
View ArticleMilitary appreciation events, free admission set for Saturday at state parks...
Saturday is military appreciation day at all Utah state parks.All active military, veterans and their family members in the same vehicle will be allowed free day-use access to all state parks. Many of...
View ArticleMany cremains go unclaimed at Idaho county coroner’s offices
Caldwell, Idaho • Cornelia Shaw died July 6, 1998.Nothing else is known about her, and no one has ever claimed her as their own.For the last 19 years, Shaw’s ashes have rested in a cremation box on a...
View ArticlePrep football: East Leopards preview
It would be tough to accuse East High of taking it easy.The two-time defending state champion Leopards, who are riding a 23-game winning streak, will be tested plenty this season. They will travel to...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: The Science of Climate Denial
This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook a...
View ArticleLetter: Hard to pursue happiness without health care
The second paragraph of our Declaration of Independence states: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable...
View ArticleLetter: We want our comic strips back
I love The Tribune: excellent reporting, editorials and columns. You know what else I like? Comics. They are an art form with humor and insight.Your half page of daily comics is pathetic. Not only have...
View ArticleWashington Post Editorial: Trump ignores his own commission's advice on opioids
Credit President Trump with appropriate timing. On the day that updated government statistics confirmed that deaths from opioid overdoses continued to set records in 2016, he convened a meeting on the...
View ArticlePrep football: Herriman Mustangs preview
Herriman fans may have expected a dropoff from the 2015 state championship, but the Mustangs weren’t that far off the map last season.Herriman just missed out on the postseason in a high-level Region 4...
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Study: Utah isn't toughest on DUIs — only No. 8 — before its new law kicks in
Utahns may think their state is toughest in the nation on drunken drivers. Actually, it ranks only No. 8 — at least for now, a new study says.That comes amid debate about whether Utah is perceived as...
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311 still ‘just trying to channel some good vibrations’
The band 311 doesn’t believe in taking summer vacations.Summer, in fact, is when they go to work.For the 18th straight year, the genre-bending band originating from Omaha and now based in Los Angeles...
View ArticleNCAA adopts sexual violence policy, emphasizing education
NCAA member schools will be required to provide sexual violence education for all college athletes, coaches and athletics administrators under a policy announced Thursday by the organization’s board of...
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Marc Thiessen: Trump's immigration vision isn't the Reagan way
It was not that long ago that a Republican presidential candidate vowed that “we will make America great again.” His name was Ronald Reagan, and he made that promise to restore American greatness at...
View ArticleBYU football: Texas Tech transfer Tanner Jacobson will be primary punt...
Provo • It was only a matter of time before Texas Tech transfer Tanner Jacobson found a way to get on the field for BYU. The 5-foot-10, 185-pound junior is just too good of a player to spend the entire...
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