Noah Smith: Immigrants are a fiscal boon for U.S., not a burden
Immigration restrictionists give a number of reasons why they want fewer people settling in the U.S. Most of these reasons don’t hold up under scrutiny. For example, the best available data says that...
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You might be surprised whom Mormon prophets could call family: Elvis,...
What do the late LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley and sometimes-bad-boy actor Johnny Depp have in common?They are distant cousins: 10th cousins five times removed, to be exact. Their common...
View ArticleNews roundup: Trump criticizes NFL anthem protests, praises NASCAR for being...
Trump criticizes NFL anthem protests, praises NASCAR for being ‘loud and clear’ on the issue. Utah guv‘s hope for greater state control in health care might be derailed with latest Graham-Cassidy...
View ArticleUtah forecast: After wet weekend, some dry, warm autumn days ahead
Northern Utah’s wet weekend is history, and so are those chilly daytime temperatures — as least for the rest of this work week.The forecast calls for highs in the mid-60s on Tuesday along the Wasatch...
View ArticleMcCain calls brain cancer prognosis 'very poor'
Washington • U.S. Sen. John McCain says doctors have given him a “very poor prognosis” as he battles brain cancer.McCain underwent surgery in July for a brain tumor that was later found to be a form of...
View ArticleTennessee church shooting suspect charged with murder
Nashville, Tenn. • The pastor shouted “Run, run, gunshots!” and congregants hid under pews or in bathrooms as a masked man armed with two guns opened fire at a Tennessee church, killing one person and...
View ArticleNFL locals: Week Three snaps and stats for Utah, BYU, USU and SUU alumni in...
Each week, we’ll recap notable performances from local BYU, Utes, USU and SUU alumni in the NFL. Here’s what stood out from Week Three of the 2017 NFL season:Week OneWeek TwoLos Angeles Rams at San...
View ArticleHealth care bill teeters, GOP adds money to woo dissidents
Washington • Top Republicans are adding money to their staggering effort to repeal the Obama health care law and say they’re pushing toward a climactic Senate faceoff this week. Yet their path to...
View ArticleAnthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months in sexting case
New York • Former Rep. Anthony Weiner was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison for sexting with a 15-year-old girl in a case that rocked Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the White House in the closing...
View ArticleGarden City triple-shooting victims' families, investigators mum on tragedy
Both law enforcement and the families of the wounded victims in a weekend shooting spree near Bear Lake that left the gunman dead from an apparent suicide remained mum Monday as the investigation...
View ArticleNorth Korea says Trump has 'declared war' on his country
United Nations • North Korea’s top diplomat said Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s weekend tweet was a “declaration of war” and North Korea has the right to retaliate by shooting down U.S....
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U.S. Olympians excited about a 2026 or 2030 winter games on American soil,...
Park City • Jackie Wiles’ Olympic dream was borne here in 2002.The alpine skier from Oregon watched as Julia Mancuso and other Team USA skiers competed in the Salt Lake City games, and left determined...
View ArticleFeds move ahead with oil and gas leases on southern Utah lands rich in...
The Bureau of Land Management plans to move forward on nearly 52,000 acres of proposed oil and gas leases in archaeologically sensitive parts of southeastern Utah.Among the 43 parcels to be auctioned...
View ArticleUtah GOP brings battle over nominations to appeals court
Denver • Utah Republicans were pressing ahead with a legal battle that has divided the party for three years, arguing before a federal appeals court Monday that a state law changing how political...
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'Gayest Bake Sale' organizers ask Mormon church for $4.4K donation
The organizers of a gay-themed bake sale in Salt Lake City have asked the Mormon church to match the more than $4,000 in donations the event raised and lend its support to programs that promote safety...
View ArticleIraqi Kurds vote in referendum on independence from Baghdad
Irbil, Iraq • Iraqi Kurds cast ballots on Monday in their autonomous region and in a wide sweep of captured territories on whether to seek independence from Baghdad, a historic vote that has also...
View ArticleKragthorpe: SLC Track Club's Making Strides program captures young runners at...
At first, Meryl Call remembers, the fifth-grade girls she was coaching wanted to attend the weekly sessions only “to put on their matching pink shoes, chat with girlfriends and repeatedly ask if they...
View ArticleSen. Orrin Hatch says he has fix for immigration turmoil in wake of President...
Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch joined onto a Republican-led effort Monday that proposes rigorous vetting requirements for young immigrants to “earn the right to citizenship” over a 15-year period — a...
View ArticleDecades after ‘Little Rock Nine,’ school segregation lingers
Little Rock, Ark. • Among the most lasting and indelible images of the civil rights movement were the nine black teenagers who had to be escorted by federal troops past an angry white mob and through...
View ArticleTicket dispute over conservative speaker at University of Utah raises...
Members of a diverse group of University of Utah students say they were blocked from receiving tickets to an upcoming speech by conservative writer Ben Shapiro after spending the night on campus to...
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