Puerto Rico angry at Trump official 'good news story' remark
Washington • President Donald Trump pledged a relentless effort to help Puerto Ricans recover from hurricane devastation Friday after his homeland security chief stirred a tempest of her own making by...
View ArticleWeekly Run podcast: Can Jazz guard Rodney Hood be the NBA's most improved...
Can Rodney Hood be the NBA’s Most Improved Player? Can Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert play together? Will they?This week’s Media Day kicked off the Jazz’s preseason training camp, and with it came...
View ArticleFive IASIS hospitals in Utah now owned by Alabama real estate investment firm
A real estate investment firm in Alabama has completed its $1.4 billion purchase of 11 IASIS Healthcare hospitals, including five along the Wasatch Front with 3,300 employees.The acquisition by...
View ArticleCommentary: The Utah delegation’s race against truth
“One big lie, that I repeated a lot of times,” former competitive cyclist Lance Armstrong said, sitting on Oprah’s couch, finally admitting to years of doping and outright deceit. Speaking of his...
View ArticleBears Ears like you’ve never seen it in Repertory Dance Theatre’s...
Whether it’s an ancient rock formation in a hotly debated national monument or a monster hurricane, the three works on Repertory Dance Theatre’s season opener “Sanctuary” have been shaped by the...
View ArticleReport: GOP tax plan would provide major gains for richest 1 percent and...
The Republican tax plan would deliver a major benefit to the top 1 percent of Americans, according to a new analysis by a leading group of nonpartisan tax experts that challenges the White House’s...
View Article‘Parallax’ views in Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company season opener, with...
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company appears to have made the decision this fall to return to the Utah tradition of thematically naming its concerts. This one is called “Parallax” — spelled out phonetically...
View ArticleJoao Plata’s turnaround season has translated into goals for RSL, and a...
A little over a month after Mike Petke took over as the new Real Salt Lake head coach, RSL winger Joao Plata sat in a team video session and heard one of his teammates starting a side...
View ArticleTrump's health secretary resigns in travel flap
Washington •President Donald Trump’s health secretary resigned Friday, after his costly travel triggered investigations that overshadowed the administration’s agenda and angered his boss. Tom Price’s...
View ArticleUtah foster parents who zip-tied, duct-taped their children give tearful...
Diane and Matthew Waldmiller were supposed to be a lifeline for their foster children, a judge told them Friday, someone to save them from their troubled upbringings.They were supposed to provide a...
View ArticleAdvocates seek a spot for full Medicaid expansion on Utah’s 2018 ballot
After years of failed attempts for large-scale Medicaid expansion through the Utah Legislature, health care advocates are turning to voters to give about 120,000 Utahns health care coverage.Utah...
View ArticleAir Force Academy leader delivers powerful speech on race
Air Force Academy, Colo. • The leader of the Air Force Academy delivered a poignant and stern message on race relations in a speech to thousands of cadets after someone wrote racial slurs on message...
View ArticleWest Valley City paid $650K to settle two lawsuits involving disbanded,...
Last week, West Valley City agreed to pay out $650,000 to settle two federal court cases filed amidst allegations of police misconduct and the controversial disbanding of the discredited Neighborhood...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: There’s more to a grade than test mastery
If your student brought home an F grade on his report card, there would likely be weeping, wailing and perhaps even some gnashing of teeth. Or at least he’d lose his car keys.But how do school...
View ArticleThunder star Russell Westbrook signs $205 million extension
Oklahoma City • Russell Westbrook is staying with the Thunder.The superstar point guard and reigning NBA MVP has signed a contract extension to remain in Oklahoma City, the team announced Friday. ESPN...
View ArticleU.S. to Americans: Stay away from Cuba after health 'attacks'
Washington • The United States delivered an ominous warning to Americans on Friday to stay away from Cuba and ordered home more than half the U.S. diplomatic corps, acknowledging neither the Cubans nor...
View ArticlePackers WR Davante Adams tweets that he's at home after hit
Green Bay, Wis. • Packers receiver Davante Adams tweeted Friday that he was at home and “feeling great” a day after taking a frightening hit from Chicago Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan.Adams was...
View ArticleOgden fire crews rescue man trapped under 3 tons of dirt after trench collapsed
A man is in the hospital after Ogden rescue crews freed him from a trench where he was trapped under tons of dirt for close to an hour Friday evening.The 10-foot-deep dirt trench was near Ninth Street...
View ArticleUtah State defense dominates BYU, wins 40-24 to claim Old Wagon Wheel
Logan • Seconds after quarterback Kent Myers took a knee on the final play, Utah State sprinted toward the north end zone to claim possession of the Old Wagon Wheel.The trophy that goes to the winner...
View ArticleUtah Jazz take to the sky in scrimmage at Hill Air Force base
The most talent-rich basketball game ever played at Hill Air Force base finished 49-41, but the score was irrelevant.For several hundred servicemen and women and their families who packed the fitness...
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