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Catherine Rampell : Trump may see himself in Joe Arpaio
Washington • There are lots of compelling reasons not to pardon the country’s most famous racist in the middle of a hurricane.So why exactly did President Trump decide to pardon Joe Arpaio?Maybe, some...
View ArticleRacial content sweeps away 'Gone With the Wind' screening
Memphis, Tenn. • A Tennessee theater has canceled a long-running screening of “Gone With the Wind” because of racially insensitive content in the classic 1939 film.Officials at Memphis’ Orpheum Theatre...
View ArticleLogan woman named Utah hunter educator of the year
Becky Smith has spent 21 years teaching hunter education and gun safety to mostly eager young students.That dedication earned the Logan resident the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources’ award for the...
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A guide to hunting in Utah, a year-round game
As the days get shorter and late summer morphs into fall, thousands of Utah hunters prepare to head into the mountains, fields and marshes.Some are already there. The deer archery season began in...
View ArticleUtah State football notes: Aggie newcomers shake up status quo in starting...
Logan • Days before the season opener at Wisconsin, it looks like more than a few newcomers will be starting for USU against the Badgers.That includes redshirt freshman Jordan Nathan at wide receiver...
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Jennifer Rubin: Mr. President, the flood victims should come first, not your...
The exaggerated and unfair criticism of President George W. Bush in viewing the devastation of Hurricane Katrina from the air now afflicts all presidents. Afraid of being labeled insensitive and not...
View ArticleUtah football: Do the North Dakota Fighting Hawks have a fighter’s chance?
They’re led by a man who goes by Bubba.They’re a little more than an hour away from the Canadian border.They’re the reigning Big Sky Conference champions.And yes, the North Dakota Fighting Hawks have...
View ArticleProvo-Orem transit project is full steam ahead as opponents drop legal...
Citizens groups have abandoned legal challenges aimed at halting a controversial $190 million bus rapid transit (BRT) project in Provo and Orem, after a 4th District judge ruled Monday against one of...
View ArticleWhy do people join hate groups? Former members explain
Cries of “Nazis, go home!” and “Shame! Shame!” filled the air as Angela King and Tony McAleer stood with other counterprotesters at the “free speech” rally in Boston two weekends ago.They didn’t join...
View ArticleLetter: Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it
Memo to Rep. Paul Ray, (R-Clearfield; anti-California): Sir, be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.A viable secession movement in California would be highly likely to trigger...
View ArticleGroup sets hearings for ballot initiative aimed at curbing ‘gerrymandering’...
The Better Boundaries ballot initiative has scheduled seven public hearings this week to discuss its proposal to form an independent commission to handle once-every-decade redrawing of congressional...
View ArticleJudge: Lynyrd Skynyrd film violates 3-decade-old 'blood oath'
New York • A film created with help from a former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer violates a “blood oath” surviving band members made not to exploit the band’s name and history, a judge concluded as he blocked...
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Former Trump spokesman Sean Spicer finally meets Pope Francis
Washington • Sean Spicer finally got to meet the pope.Vatican spokesman Greg Burke confirms the former White House press secretary attended a meeting with Pope Francis on Sunday.The audience was part...
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Dana Milbank: Trump has united blacks and Jews
Washington • President Trump has united us, after all.He brought together the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Jews.This modern-day miracle was on display Monday, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the...
View ArticleLetter: Call out Trump’s bluster
At this point, I believe it has occurred to most thinking people to be more afraid of President Donald Trump’s reckless bluster than of Kim Jong Un’s aggression in the current contest to see who can be...
View ArticleTrump’s Cabinet struggles with whether to defend their boss
Washington • Some seek their distance, delicately taking issue with President Donald Trump’s most controversial remarks. Others decide it’s safer to stand by him. Most would rather say nothing at...
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Ann Cannon: I’ve kept in touch with my Houston son and his family throughout...
This is the text we received from our son last Thursday: “In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a big hurricane coming our way.”Our son and his family live in Houston, and if we hadn’t heard about that big...
View ArticleLetter: Utah congressmen should join the climate caucus
Once again, we are presented clear evidence of our entering a dangerous era regarding the Earth’s climate. In the 2017 draft, “National Climate Assessment,” 13 federal agencies have presented concise,...
View ArticleBusiness leaders want Mexican gray wolves in Grand Canyon area
Flagstaff, Ariz. • More than 60 business leaders have urged the federal government to release endangered Mexican gray wolves into the Grand Canyon area in northern Arizona and eastern Utah.The business...
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Lives will be at risk if judge releases video of Utah courtroom shooting,...
An attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday said that giving journalists video of a marshal shooting and killing a defendant in a courtroom would incite retaliation from a violent street...
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