North Korea vows harsh retaliation against new UN sanctions
Seoul, South Korea • North Korea vowed Monday to bolster its nuclear arsenal and gain revenge of a “thousand-fold” against the United States in response to tough U.N. sanctions imposed following its...
View ArticlePence: Story on possible 2020 presidential run ‘disgraceful’
Bridgewater, N.J. • Vice President Mike Pence has pushed back against a news report suggesting he is laying groundwork for a possible presidential bid in 2020 if President Donald Trump does not run.In...
View ArticleSchedule changes coming Sunday to UTA bus, rail lines
Some changes — mostly minor ones — are coming to Utah Transit Authority rail and bus routes beginning Sunday, one of three times a year that the agency tweaks schedules.The tweaks include adding eight...
View ArticleLetter: White House practices 'Distract and destroy'
While the White House provides a new scandal almost every day (Russia, dramatic personnel changes, obscene interviews, and more), EPA administrator Scott Pruitt and congressional Republicans have been...
View ArticleTaylor Swift expected to testify in groping case in Denver
Denver • A few moments at a backstage photo session four years ago are about to be relived, as lawyers for pop star Taylor Swift and a former disc jockey she accuses of groping her begin picking jurors...
View ArticlePrep football: Desert Hills Thunder preview
It doesn’t get much better than Desert Hills’ ending to last season.The Thunder took down Pine View on the final play of the Class 3AA state title game to claim the school’s second state...
View ArticleLetter: Church has been silenced
In her July 27 commentary, Julie Day asks for local religious leaders to speak out on health care reform, saying among other things that, “Silence is not an option.”Quite the interesting remark to make...
View ArticleUtah football: Receiver Darren Carrington officially eligible to play for Utes
It’s official: No. 9 on your upcoming Utah football roster is Darren Carrington II.On Monday, the Utah football team announced that Carrington is now officially eligible to play for the Utes in 2017...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Utah Supreme Court to hear case of teen sent to prison for robbery
Utah’s highest court will hear the case of a Utah boy who was 16 years old when he was sent to adult prison for an aggravated robbery, though he was paroled just six months later.In February, the Utah...
View ArticlePrep football: Taylorsville Warriors preview
One score from last year said it all for Taylorsville — 91-83.That was a regular-season defeat to Jordan where the Warriors proved they could put points on the board.Unfortunately they just as...
View ArticleHike to a cold, dark place part of the journey for teens in Utah youth program
Fifteen-year-old Maryan trudges up the trail to the Timpanogos Caves, greeting with skepticism the multiple returning hikers who assure her: “It’s totally worth the hike.”“There is nothing American...
View ArticleIs this unearthed fishing village the birthplace of three of Jesus’ apostles?
Jerusalem • Archaeologists excavating in northern Israel believe they may have discovered the biblical city of Bethsaida, the hometown of three of Jesus’ apostles on the shores of the Sea of...
View ArticlePolice triple presence near troubled Salt Lake City shelter
Salt Lake City • Salt Lake City police are beefing up their nighttime presence near an overcrowded homeless shelter that’s been the scene of violence in recent weeks.The department tripled the number...
View ArticleBagley Cartoon: Economically Anxious Mouse
This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at...
View ArticleLetter: The corporate threat to our health care
Freedom is a core concept in America, but that concept has been twisted. Whose freedom is most important? Individual, corporation, employer or employee — which are we going to protect?Two court cases...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BYU football: Where's the beef? Undersized Thomas Shoaf struggling to gain...
Provo • When BYU meets national college football power LSU in Houston in less than a month, the Cougars will roll out their usual assortment of big, beefy offensive linemen in hopes of moving the ball...
View ArticleGas stove explosion likely to blame for fatal W. Jordan condo fire
West Jordan fire investigators believe an accidental gas stove explosion is to blame for a weekend condominium complex blaze that killed a woman and injured two other people.West Jordan city spokesman...
View Article9/11 victim's remains identified nearly 16 years later
New York • The remains of a man killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11 have been identified nearly 16 years after the attacks, medical examiners said Monday.His name was withheld at his family’s...
View ArticleCandidates snipe and gripe during debate in race to replace Chaffetz
Provo Mayor John Curtis turned to his two Republican competitors on Monday and pleaded with them: Stop the negative campaigning.The targeted mailers and personal attacks on TV started weeks ago in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Despite making up half the population, women often missing from Wasatch Front...
Twenty-two years ago, JoAnn Seghini awaited the results of a historic election at Midvale City Hall. The then-86-year-old city had never before elected a female mayor, and Seghini was going up against...
View Article