Utah inmate who killed his cellmate sentenced to up to life in prison
A Utah inmate who killed his cellmate in a brutal attack last year will spend up to life in prison for his crime.Timothy Patrick Maez pleaded guilty in June to first-degree felony aggravated murder in...
View ArticleGeorge Pyle: After the eclipse
I'll have about 2:30 of totality for #Eclipse2017 here in Sabetha #Kansas an hour north of Topeka @kcur #ksleg pic.twitter.com/43sIoLL5ZK— sam zeff (@samzeff) August 21, 2017This tweet was posted by a...
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Eugene Robinson: How unhinged is Trump?
WASHINGTON • How unstable and divorced from reality is President Trump? We’ve reached the point where the nation has the right and the need to know.We’re not accustomed to asking such questions about...
View ArticleMavericks sign former Utah Jazz center Jeff Withey
Dallas • The Dallas Mavericks have signed free-agent center Jeff Withey, who spent the past two seasons with the Utah Jazz.The 7-foot Withey averaged 2.9 points and 2.4 rebounds in 51 games last...
View ArticleTrump renews Afghan commitment but says 'no blank check'
Washington • Declaring the U.S. will win “in the end,” President Donald Trump vowed Monday night to keep American troops fighting in Afghanistan despite his earlier inclination to withdraw. But he...
View ArticleVictoria Azarenka withdraws from US Open amid child custody dispute
New York • Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka withdrew from the U.S. Open on Monday because she was unable to resolve a custody dispute with her infant son’s father.The 28-year-old...
View ArticleDreamers celebrate 5 years of DACA program as its fate looms
Young, undocumented immigrants are finding it difficult to follow the advice of a new U.S. president, who recently told them to “rest easy” because his administration is “not after the dreamers.”Utah...
View ArticleCommentary: What Confederate monument builders were thinking
On the afternoon of May 27, 1901, the clerk of the Alabama Constitutional Convention read out a letter to the delegates written by educator Booker T. Washington and signed by 23 other state black...
View ArticleUtah football notes: Special teams weapon Mitch Wishnowsky out to one-up...
How does Mitch Wishnowsky one-up himself?“Tough,” Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham said.Make no mistake: Utah’s Australian punter is determined to do so, despite winning the 2016 Ray Guy Award, a...
View ArticlePac-12: Don’t call it reloading; Chris Petersen says Washington is rebuilding...
Washington coach Chris Petersen is known for his low-key, steady nature, never saying anything especially interesting in interviews.He broke away from that persona during the Pac-12 Media Days last...
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Kragthorpe: Troy Taylor's imprint is all over Utes' choice of QB Tyler Huntley
If anyone wondered whether Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham genuinely would empower his latest offensive coordinator, the answer came Monday.The Utes named sophomore Tyler Huntley as their starting...
View ArticleBees rout Las Vegas 11-2 to snap three-game skid
The Salt Lake Bees ended a three-game losing streak, routing the host Las Vegas 51s, 11-2, on Monday night.The Bees jumped out to a 2-0lead in the first inning on RBI singles by Ramon Flores and David...
View ArticleEclipse creates community at Wheeler Farm: 'We're all experiencing something...
Murray • They came for the eclipse — but they really loved staying for the instant community it created at Wheeler Historic Farm. Watchers shared safety glasses, telescopes, other viewing devices and a...
View ArticleRyan says Trump "messed up" but opposes censure
Madison, Wis. • U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Monday he will not support a resolution to censure President Donald Trump over his comments following the white supremacist march in Virginia, even...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: State auditor should investigate closed commission meetings
Can a county commission in Utah legally hold a private meeting with the U.S. Secretary of the Interior?No, but it happened with two county commissions in May.The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance has...
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Albert R. Hunt: This president can't be the healer-in-chief
President Bill Clinton went to Oklahoma City after a terrorist bombed the federal office building there in 1995. President George W. Bush lifted a bullhorn at the ruins of the World Trade Center on...
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Deer Valley, but not Solitude, acquired by big new ski company
Deer Valley Resort shocked Utah’s ski industry Monday, announcing its sale for an undisclosed price to a new ski company that has grown so much this year it’s now viewed as a rival to kingpin Vail...
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Funeral for Utah National Guardsman who died in Afghanistan set for Saturday
Staff Sgt. Aaron Butler will be buried Saturday in his hometown of Monticello, his family announced Monday. Butler, a soldier in Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group of the Utah...
View ArticleBYU football: Kalani Sitake calls report of LB Francis Bernard's departure...
Provo • The confusing saga of troubled BYU linebacker Francis Bernard and his future plans took more twists and turns on Monday, as defensive coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki and head coach Kalani Sitake gave...
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