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NASA spacecraft will grab sample of rocks from asteroid, then send them back...
In six years, a NASA space capsule is scheduled to land at western Utah’s Test and Training Range, floating down to Earth under a parachute.Scientists hope that tucked inside will be a small chunk of...
View ArticleSublime With Rome frontman feeling sublime about band’s future
Rome Ramirez can scarcely believe that Saturday night at Usana Amphitheatre in West Valley City marks the end of Sublime With Rome’s touring cycle for the band’s 2015 album, “Sirens” but the calendar...
View ArticleMillions of American women disagree with Michelle Obama: Donald Trump is...
Former first lady Michelle Obama was dispatched by the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016 to rally female voters.“We need someone who is compassionate . . . someone who will be a role model for our kids....
View ArticleBYU-USU football: With what lies ahead, a Cougars loss to suddenly dangerous...
Logan • Not counting the opener against a lower-level team that was supposed to be a breeze but wasn’t, Sept. 29 was seen by many as the day second-year coach Kalani Sitake’s BYU Cougars would catch a...
View ArticleWho exactly is the spoiled brat? Donald Trump or that kneeling NFL player?
So what exactly constitutes being a spoiled brat?I’ve heard that term used to describe the professional football players who joined in unison to kneel during the national anthem before their games or...
View ArticlePark City Mountain’s double-digit growth contributed to Vail's earnings
Park City Mountain’s merger into the Vail Resorts empire boosted the company’s bottom line in the fiscal year that ended July 31.“In Park City, we experienced a double-digit [earnings] growth rate,”...
View ArticleUtah father who admitted causing baby's death by dehydration arrested at N....
A 38-year-old Sevier County man pleaded guilty earlier this month to causing the dehydration death of his infant daughter — and then went on the run.But David Lewis Anderson was arrested about a week...
View Article6 Utah peace officers suspended for misconduct, including one for sex maybe...
Sandy • Utah’s police regulators on Thursday had a long discussion on whether officers, who have finished their shifts, can have sex in a maintenance yard at a state park.Two state park rangers...
View ArticleLee, McCain want to exempt Puerto Rico from century-old law to help...
Washington • Sens. Mike Lee and John McCain introduced legislation Thursday that would permanently exempt Puerto Rico from a nearly century-old law that requires goods shipped between U.S. ports be...
View ArticleGet your flu shots, U.S. urges amid concerns about bad season
Washington • It’s flu shot time, and health officials are bracing for a potentially miserable fall and winter.The clues: The Southern Hemisphere, especially Australia, was hit hard over the past few...
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JD McPherson’s new music shakes off the shackles, gets irreverent and fuzzy
JD McPherson is in a car, headed away from a music festival in Tahlequah, Okla., in search of something edible.“All they had to eat there were make-your-own chicken salad sandwiches that had been...
View ArticleFast-food restaurant in Taylorsville closed for having pests and a dirty kitchen
A KFC fast-food restaurant in Taylorsville was shut down on Thursday after inspectors from the Salt Lake County Health Department found a kitchen that was unclean, in disrepair and harboring pests.The...
View ArticleGrant Palmer, who wrote a landmark insider’s critique of Mormonism’s...
Grant Hart Palmer, whose seminal “insider’s” critique of the Book of Mormon’s origins and other writings challenging official LDS Church history led to his disfellowshipment and later exit from...
View Article‘Battle of the Sexes’ triumphs, as it shows the sweat behind tennis’ most...
Like Billie Jean King’s tennis game, the joyous movie “Battle of the Sexes” covers every inch of the court — as an inspirational sports drama, as a riotous comedy, as a tender romance and as an...
View Article‘Year by the Sea’ is a soggy tale of self-discovery
The characters in the self-discovery melodrama “Year by the Sea” are in danger of drowning — not in the cold North Atlantic waters, but in the tidal wave of maritime metaphors unleashed by the...
View ArticleFull Senate approves Huntsman as U.S. ambassador to Russia
Washington • Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is headed to Moscow.The Senate on Thursday confirmed Huntsman as the U.S. ambassador to Russia without objection in a voice vote. The confirmation was...
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UTA cuts executive benefits to now match $7 for every $3 contributed — triple...
The Utah Transit Authority says compensation for its top executives — long criticized as exorbitant — is now in line with industry standards, after a final cut approved this week in their benefits.But...
View ArticleA doctor’s guilt spurs her to action in moving thriller ‘The Unknown Girl’
In the Belgian drama “The Unknown Girl,” the latest slice of realistic drama from Belgium’s Dardenne brothers, a young doctor’s guilt, ambition and stubbornness are put in play in a search for justice...
View ArticleUtah State basketball: Aggies hope benefits of Italy trip pay off when...
Utah State starts its first day of men’s basketball practice the same time as everybody else.But when the Aggies hit the court Friday, senior guard Julion Pearre feels the team already will be a major...
View ArticleTom Cruise’s charm in the wrong place in drug thriller ‘American Made’
It is not looking like a good year for Tom Cruise.The superstar has put his name and smile behind “American Made,” a rough-and-tumble action thriller that fails for the same reasons his summer...
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