Washington Post Editorial: Fragile national monuments in danger
The minute President Donald Trump entered the Oval Office, President Barack Obama’s environmental legacy was in danger. The clean air and water regulations and the land protections he established, all...
View ArticleAbuse in nursing homes unreported despite law
Washington • More than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to police, says a government audit that faults Medicare for failing to...
View ArticleSLCPD warns of bogus 'officer' calls demanding money
The phone rings, and the caller claims to be a Salt Lake City police officer soliciting cash to make traffic tickets and even tax problems go away.
View ArticleTruck driver killed in crash that closed northbound lanes of I-15 in Orem
A Provo man was killed Monday when a tire blew on his dump truck on Interstate 15 and crashed into the median, the Utah Highway Patrol reported.
View ArticleTrump’s business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for...
While Donald Trump was running for president in late 2015 and early 2016, his company was pursuing a plan to develop a massive Trump Tower in Moscow, according to several people familiar with the...
View ArticleTrump set to roll back limits on military gear for police
Washington • President Donald Trump is preparing to lift restrictions on surplus military equipment that can be passed on to local law enforcement agencies in spite of past concerns that armored...
View ArticleTrump expected to decide soon on fate of young immigrants
Washington • After months of delays, President Donald Trump is expected to decide soon on the fate of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children as he faces a looming...
View ArticleUtah sends rescue teams with boats and helicopters to aid flood-ravaged...
A Unified Fire Authority rescue unit is expected to rescue up to 1,000 flood-plagued residents of Houston as part of a massive effort to save lives in the wake of Tropical Storm Harvey.
View ArticlePrep football: Beloved Hillcrest football coach Cazzie Brown dies after...
After four days in the hospital, Hillcrest High School football coach Cazzie Brown passed away Sunday night.
View ArticlePac-12 football: UCLA is expecting to bounce back in the South after a...
Somebody is going to recover.
View ArticleHere are the weapons and surplus gear your local police force has received...
News reports from Washington, D.C., over the weekend say the Trump administration plans to again allow the Defense Department to loan surplus weapons to local police.
View ArticleAnn Cannon: How we love baseball, let us count the ways
I recently asked Facebook friends why they like baseball. Their answers came at me like 95-mph fastball, including this one from a high-school classmate, Vance Law, who played in the major leagues:...
View ArticleUtah lawmaker Paul Ray has a way of making enemies — and he likes it
What do west side community activist Michael Clara, Colby College professor Paul Josephson, and a California guy named Bill have in common?
View ArticleFences have helped cut wildlife collisions by 35% on I-80, so UDOT is...
After new wildlife fencing along Interstate 80 near Parleys Summit helped reduce collisions with wildlife by more than a third so far this year, highway crews are speeding up installation of more fences.
View ArticleAlbert R. Hunt: The haters hate America’s increasing tolerance
One of the most interesting changes over the years is in attitudes toward interracial marriage. In 1968, a year after interracial marriage was given constitutional protection, 73 percent of the public...
View ArticleUtah Jazz second-round pick Nigel Williams-Goss signs with Serbian team KK...
So far, all Nigel Williams-Goss has seen of his next pro club is videos on the Internet.
View ArticleSalt Lake County resident could be Utah’s first West Nile-related death in 2017
A Salt Lake County resident may have died from West Nile virus — but county health officials say its too early to tell.
View ArticleGeorge Pyle: National opinions on Utah's national monuments
Here’s what we and others said about the review of national monuments, ordered by President Trump, carried out by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and finished — but kept secret — late last week.
View ArticleAmazon-owned Whole Foods begins offering cheaper groceries, and help from an...
New York • A half-gallon of milk was 50 cents cheaper at a Whole Foods in New York. Ground beef was down by $2 a pound. And an organic avocado cost a buck less.
View ArticleUtah video filtering company VidAngel loses another round in legal battle...
VidAngel, a Utah business that caters to customers who want to stream and filter out objectionable content in films and shows, has lost another round in court in a copyright infringement dispute with...
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