America's deadliest shooting incidents are getting much more deadly
The mass shooting that killed at least 50 people in Las Vegas on Sunday night was the worst in modern American history. Police suspect that Stephen Paddock fired on the crowd at a country-music concert...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Wintry weather in northeast, but warmer days ahead for Wasatch...
A wet, chilly Monday brought rain and thunderstorms to the Wasatch Front and winter-like conditions to the state’s northeast, but warmer days are ahead.Monday dawned with temperatures in the upper-30s...
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Margaret Sullivan: Tension between Trump and the media? That's nothing...
The situation is sickeningly familiar to anyone who works on — or reads — a metropolitan daily newspaper, whether it’s in New Orleans, Detroit or just about any other American city.The paper is hurting...
View ArticleRoute 91 Harvest Festival: The Las Vegas 'sleepover' that ended in a nightmare
They called it the “neon sleepover.” The Route 91 Harvest Festival — three days of country music on a 15-acre lot, beneath the skyline of Las Vegas.You could bring your kid, but no teddy bears or...
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Albert R. Hunt: The only cure for health-care law is bipartisan
In grade school, a teacher made kids who got in trouble go to the blackboard and write multiple times: “I will not .... ” It was my introduction to chalk.Here’s a repeat reference to a lesson taught...
View ArticleNews roundup: Data shows mass shootings in America occurring more frequently...
Data shows mass shootings in America occurring more frequently and with more fatalities. Utah guv offers aid and assistance to Nevada. Mayor McAdams considers run against Rep. Mia Love.A harrowing...
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Jennifer Rubin: The danger of hawking antique tax policy
If Republicans had bothered to think about it, they would have recognized that basing a tax cut on its benefits to the middle class was doomed to fail. The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler reminds...
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Instead of wiping old ‘porn czar’ law from books, Utah lawmaker may push to...
Utah legislators are moving to erase from statute the state’s long-dormant “obscenity and pornography complaints ombudsman” — popularly dubbed the porn czar — that once generated international jokes...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Ex-Ute QB Alex Smith is off to a great start, going into Monday...
Alex Smith and the Kansas City Chiefs face a tough test Monday night against Washington in their bid to remain the NFL’s only unbeaten team. Even if they do become 4-0, that achievement would come with...
View ArticleLas Vegas shooter was retired, had no criminal record
Mesquite, Nev. • The man who killed 58 people and injured at least 515 others at a Las Vegas concert was a retiree with no criminal history in the Nevada county where he lived, police said Monday.The...
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Islamic State claims Las Vegas mass shooting
Cairo • Without providing any evidence to support the claim, the Islamic State group on Monday said the gunman in the mass shooting in Las Vegas was “a soldier” from its ranks who had converted to...
View ArticleGreg Sargent: This is the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. How...
Another day, another mass shooting in America. Except this time, the horrific slaughter that unfolded Sunday night at a concert in Las Vegas is being widely described as the deadliest one in modern...
View ArticleWhy ESPN won't be showing the national anthem before 'Monday Night Football'...
ESPN will not carry the national anthem that precedes Monday night’s game between the Washington Redskins and Kansas City Chiefs, but its decision has nothing to do with demonstrations and protests...
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In wake of nurse arrest, Utah burn unit staffers keep caring for their...
A few weeks after Brad Wiggins was on the phone trying to calm a Salt Lake City Police officer who was about to arrest one of his nurses for refusing to allow a blood draw from an unconscious patient,...
View ArticleJazz shootaround: Condensed preseason means Jazz must accomplish a lot in a...
With only five tuneups before the regular season opener in just a little over two weeks, time is of the essence for the Jazz.This means the preseason opener Monday night against the Sydney Kings will...
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Ann Cannon: Peach season brings sweet memories of Dad
It’s October now, so I think we’ve pretty much seen the last of the local peaches for sale at the corner fruit stands, right? Except, of course, for a few peach outliers.Anyway, for 6-8 weeks as late...
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Antlers vs. horns: Here’s the deal, according to wildlife experts
Ever wonder what the difference is between an antler and a horn?People regularly refer to the headgear on male deer elk and moose as horns, according to Mark Zornes of the Wyoming Department of Game...
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Congressional hopeful John Curtis deletes Facebook post that explained ‘build...
Provo Mayor John Curtis, the Republican vying for Utah’s vacant congressional seat, has deleted the Facebook post where he responded to criticisms and explained why his campaign ran two controversial...
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St. George gun store owner says he recently sold a shotgun to Las Vegas shooter
A St. George gun shop owner says he recently sold a shotgun to the man who killed more than 50 people and injured more than 500 at a Las Vegas concert late Sunday. Chris Michel, owner of the Dixie...
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Jennifer Rubin: Death in Las Vegas: The diminished president responds
The slaughter at a Las Vegas concert venue, the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, likely will spur the same nonproductive, maddening political argument. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., put out a...
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