Matt LeBlanc is back in 'Episodes' and more for your weekly TV preview
Yes, former “Friends” star Matt LeBlanc will return in the lame CBS sitcom “Man with a Plan” at midseason. But he’s also back in “Episodes,” playing an alternate, awful version of himself in that...
View ArticlePelosi calls for removal of Confederate statues from Capitol
Washington • House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called Thursday for the removal of Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol as the contentious debate over the appropriateness of such memorials moved...
View ArticlePrep football: Cedar City preview
Cedar City put together a 3-2 record out of region, but the ultra-competitive Region 9 beat up the team.“Our region is as tough as any region in this classification,” coach Josh Bennett said. “Our...
View ArticlePolice: Woman crashes into Magna home, says she was being followed
Police and firefighters briefly evacuated 30 residents in 10 homes after a car plowed into a house early Thursday morning, causing a natural gas leak.Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke said a 63-year-old...
View ArticlePrep football: Maple Mountain Golden Eagles preview
Maple Mountain never has made it to the state championship game. East dashed the Golden Eagles’ latest effort, taking down Maple Mountain in the state semifinals.The Golden Eagles are looking to break...
View ArticleAttacker drives van into Barcelona crowd; 12 dead, 80 hurt
Barcelona, Spain • A white van jumped up onto a sidewalk and sped down a pedestrian zone Thursday in Barcelona’s historic Las Ramblas district, swerving from side to side as it plowed into tourists and...
View ArticleScholars say Trump went afoul in lumping Lee with founders
Both were great generals. Both Virginians. Both came from slave-owning plantation families.Is it really so far-fetched to put Robert E. Lee in the same category as George Washington, as President...
View Article‘Save the soul of this nation’ — Sharpton’s thousand-minister march gains...
The Rev. Al Sharpton says his thousand-minister march is all the more urgent now than when he began planning it months ago.The Pentecostal-turned-Baptist minister says the recent violence in...
View ArticleAngler caught biggest trout at Flaming Gorge — but lost the record because...
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has revoked a catch-and-release fishing record set earlier this year at Flaming Gorge Reservoir.According to the Idaho Statesman, the 57-pound lake trout was...
View ArticleDisCo adjusts its protocol to incorporate video review
The Disciplinary Committee has adjusted its guidelines accordingly with VAR up and running in MLS,.DisCo has amended its third parameter, which is concerned with incidents the referee sees but does not...
View ArticleHerrod backers can blame themselves for denying their candidate a chance at a...
Supporters of congressional candidate Chris Herrod are now going to Republican Facebook sites to blast Tanner Ainge for getting into the GOP primary race and siphoning votes from their guy.Provo Mayor...
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Study: NAFTA has helped Utah businesses with exports
Utah’s economy has benefited significantly from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which is currently being renegotiated, according to a new study by the U.S. Business Roundtable.The...
View ArticleCatherine Rampell: Racism isn't dying out with racist grandpas
WASHINGTON — If there was one silver lining to President Trump’s election, it was supposed to be this: Those who voted for Trump because of, rather than despite, his demonization of Muslims and...
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From ski slopes to music in Moab, Utah’s tourist attractions share $3.4...
Ski Utah will get the most state assistance — $233,000 — to help attract out-of-state visitors to the slopes of the state’s 14 active mountain resorts next winter.Discovery Gateway in Salt Lake City...
View Article‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ is fast, freaky and funny
The “we aren’t partners, and we aren’t friends” strain of buddy-action movie seldom gets played with as much gusto and knowing humor as in “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” a movie that fires off bullets,...
View ArticleTense thriller ‘Wind River’ is even better than ‘Sicaro’ and ‘Hell or High...
With “Wind River,” screenwriter and now director Taylor Sheridan completes a trifecta of deeply layered, character-driven neo-Western crime dramas, and one that tops the other two, “Sicario” and “Hell...
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The Cricket: Filmmakers are finding a world of locations in Utah
Sometimes Taylor Sheridan likes to get away from it all and go to a vacation home in Wyoming.“You drive through these oilfields up there, it’s branded in your head pretty quick — it’s such a violation...
View Article‘Logan Lucky’ is a smart caper with a twang
Director Steven Soderbergh is back and firing on all cylinders in “Logan Lucky,” a Southern-fried heist comedy that is, like its main characters, smarter than it lets on.Soderbergh, returning after a...
View Article‘Behind the Headlines’: Operation Rio Grande arrests, no Herrod concession...
Operation Rio Grande’s arrest tally rises above 200 in less than a week of the downtown crackdown, and the ACLU of Utah calls the strategy “business as usual.” Provo Mayor John Curtis likely wins the...
View ArticleDocumentary ‘Step’ tells inspiring story of hard work
Amanda Lipitz’s documentary “Step” was one of the biggest crowd-pleasers at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, and deservedly so — an exuberant and life-affirming story of a remarkable group of young...
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