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Museum celebrates rich history of chocolate and cheese at festival
Although hundreds of new items were on display Sunday at the Natural History Museum of Utah, it wasn’t for an opening exhibit. Instead, visitors found themselves immersed in the fifth annual Chocolate...
View ArticleNo laughing matter: When exactly did clowns become scary?
New York • His nose was round and bright red, his face as white as a sheet. His mouth was surrounded by an exaggerated smear of red makeup and his arched eyebrows hung ridiculously high on his...
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Trooper hit in a crash that has closed Highway 91
A Utah Highway Patrol trooper was hospitalized after being hit by a car while responding to crashes that closed Highway 91 in Sardine Canyon.After heavy snowfall, there were several crashes in the...
View ArticleStormy Daniels says threats kept her quiet about alleged Trump affair until now
Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress who alleges that she had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006, says that she was threatened for attempting to tell her story publicly and accepted money through a...
View ArticleJazz roll to 110-91 road victory over star-less Golden State
Oakland, Calif. • On Sunday afternoon, the Utah Jazz got a taste of the hostile crowd they’ll face if they return to Oracle Arena next month for a playoff series. The stands were full for most of the...
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Jennifer Rubin: They came, they marched, they inspired
By the hundreds of thousands, they came. They gave impassioned and articulate speeches. The shared their experiences in Chicago, South Los Angeles and Florida. They gave one TV interview after another,...
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Albert R. Hunt: Pelosi will walk a tightrope if Democrats win
The chances that Democrats will win a majority in the U.S. House this year are better than 50-50. The odds that Nancy Pelosi will become the next speaker are less than that.Although the election is...
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E.J. Dionne: The hope-mongers' march trumps cynicism
Washington • For several hours on Saturday, cynicism was banned from the streets of what on many days seems to be the most cynical city in the world.Throngs estimated to number up to 800,000, and...
View ArticleUSU’s naming of a basketball coach is imminent after Craig Smith’s visit
Utah State is prepared to hire South Dakota’s Craig Smith as the school’s basketball coach after he visited the campus Sunday, sources told The Salt Lake Tribune. Smith’s status as the Aggies’ top...
View ArticleWarriors’ Steph Curry hopes to prove coach wrong by returning for first round...
Oakland, Calif. • The two-time MVP is known for his light, quick steps that fluster opposing defenses. But on Sunday afternoon, Steph Curry looked stiff as he hoisted himself onto the news conference...
View ArticleRockets roll to 60th victory, cruise past Hawks 118-99
Houston • James Harden had a triple-double with 18 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds in three quarters and the Houston Rockets rolled to their 60th victory, beating the Atlanta Hawks 118-99 on Sunday...
View ArticleOil and gas company is shirking its royalty obligations to Utah’s school...
Two oil and gas companies operating on Utah trust lands have failed to report their production for more than year, effectively stiffing the state’s school trust fund hundreds of thousands of dollars in...
View ArticlePolitical Cornflakes: Mark Kelly says Parkland shooting may be the turning...
Mark Kelly says Parkland shooting may be the turning point for action: “This could be different.” Utah students join international rallies for gun control. Romney discloses net worth, says he’ll...
View ArticleGehrke: A secret recording launched a sex-assault scandal. The LDS Church...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was rocked last week by the release of a damaging recording of the former head of its Missionary Training Center admitting he had behaved inappropriately...
View ArticleU.S. expels 60 Russian diplomats, shutters Seattle consulate
Washington • The Trump administration expelled 60 Russian diplomats on Monday and ordered Russia’s consulate in Seattle to close, as the United States and European nations sought to jointly punish...
View ArticleInterstate 80 shuts down in Summit County after more than 30 crashes in the...
Both eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 80 in Summit County were closed Monday morning after more than 30 crashes occurred in the area, one of which was fatal.The freeway was closed at Echo...
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Utah’s jail standards show importance of day-to-day policies as lawsuits...
After years of fighting to keep them private, the association representing Utah’s county sheriffs released hundreds of jail standards for public view.The late-January release moved Utah closer in line...
View ArticleNo deathbed conversion for atheist Stephen Hawking
It happens a lot after famous nonbelievers die: People assert the nonbeliever had a deathbed conversion to Christianity.And it happened again after the recent death of physicist Stephen Hawking, who,...
View ArticleJohnson Amendment, keeping churches out of overt political forays, remains...
Washington • The part of tax law that prohibits houses of worship from engaging in explicit political activity will remain intact for now — despite concerns that Republican lawmakers would try to...
View ArticleFrom ‘Downton’ to Jerusalem, actor Hugh Bonneville searches for Jesus
Of course an actor like Hugh Bonneville would be captivated by the drama of the last week of Jesus’ life, with his triumphant entrance into Jerusalem, his challenging of the priests in the temple, his...
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