• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz get much-needed lift from Thanksgiving break

    ... who have been screwing up Ekpe Udoh’s name for the past few months, the Utah Jazz sent out a press release to clarify the pronunciation. His name is pronounce ...
  • [Deseret Morning News] - Former Jazz guard Trey Burke revives career in NBA G League

    ... elected him with the ninth overall pick but he was immediately traded to the Jazz, where he entered the league with high expectations. He spent three seasons...
  • Bicyclist killed in Logan crash

    A bicyclist crossing Main Street at 1475 North in Logan was hit by a pickup truck and fatally injured on Friday morning. The crash happened in the middle of a block at 11:15 a.m., said Logan police Captain Curtis Hooley. The bicyclist was taken to Logan Regional Hospital, where he was declared dead. The bicyclist — whose identity police have not yet released — was in his 80s, Hooley said.
  • Utah Jazz get much-needed lift from Thanksgiving break

    SALT LAKE CITY — Practice time is valuable in the NBA.After a weeklong, four-game road trip, the Utah Jazz returned to Vivint Arena Wednesday for their second win in three games against the struggling Chicago Bulls.Jazzmen enjoyed their Thanksgiving Day off Thursday with family before returning to practice Friday with an upbeat attitude.“We’ve had quite a schedule just being on the road and coming back having a game,” said Jazz coach Quin Snyder. “Quick turnaround,
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  • BYU falls to No. 25 Alabama in first game of Barclays Classic

    Brooklyn, N.Y. • The Steinberg Wellness Center on the Campus of Long Island University-Brooklyn is the smallest gymnasium the BYU Cougars will play in this season. On Friday afternoon, it might have felt like the rims were a a little bit smaller, too.The Cougars struggled to find their touch from the field — and couldn’t slow down No. 25 Alabama enough on the other end of the floor — as they fell 71-59 in their first game of the Barclays Center Classic.BYU’s Yoeli Ch
  • Former Jazz guard Trey Burke revives career in NBA G League

    Benji and Ronda Burke’s son recently celebrated his 25th birthday.The father of 3-year-old TJ also married his high school sweetheart, De'monique, in their hometown of Columbus, Ohio, in October.Say what you want about former Utah Jazz guard Trey Burke, but it probably won’t affect him at this point. Maturity has gradually entered the picture.“I just think he’s probably the happiest he’s been because he’s got his personal life together and his faith is strong,
  • Steve Holcomb's Sochi medals upgraded in wake of more Russian doping results

    Park City’s Steven Holcomb remains a winner of three Olympic medals. He will have held only one of them.Another round of International Olympic Committee sanctions against Russian athletes who were found to have participated in doping at the 2014 Sochi Games came down Friday, headlined by bobsledder Aleksandr Zubkov being stripped of the gold medals he won in two- and four-man events.Holcomb, who died in May, will posthumously move up one spot from bronze to silver in each of those races, o
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  • Bagley Cartoon: Swamp Creature

    This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.Non-Net-Neutral JerkFuture Factory Famers of AmericaBearing Moore False WitnessThe Elephant in the Trophy RoomKing of the WorldFlag of our FathersSandy Voters Free Up Mayor Dolan’s FutureGuns, God and GirlsNothing Good on TVDragon’s Tax HordeWant more? Become a fan on Facebook.
  • Utah Jazz: Should Raul Neto move into the starting five?

    The Utah Jazz’s dreadful December is just around the corner and starting point guard Ricky Rubio continues to struggle. Is it Raul Neto time? Let’s make this clear up front — I’m a Ricky Rubio fan. When the Utah Jazz made the move the acquire him last summer, I felt a whole lot better about […]
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  • Was a grand jury misled? That’s what ex-UTA board member Terry Diehl wants to know

    Did federal prosecutors mislead a grand jury in order to secure criminal indictments against Terry Diehl?That’s the question Diehl and his attorneys want answered in a new motion filed in Salt Lake City’s U.S. District Court.In addition, the ex-Utah Transit Authority board member and politically-connected developer wants a judge to order the U.S. attorney’s office in Utah to pay his legal bills for what court papers allege was a “frivolous, vexatious” prosecution.Di
  • Tooele County reaches settlement agreement over Miller Motorsports Park lawsuit

    Tooele County has taken a large step toward selling Miller Motorsports Park after agreeing to a $1.55 million settlement which would end a 15-month legal battle.The sale has been in limbo since one bidder, Center Point Management, sued the county for accepting a lower bid. Rather than go with Center Point’s $22.5 million, Tooele County accepted a $20 million offer from the China-based Mitime Investment Group.In December 2016, 3rd District Judge Robert Adkins agreed with Center Point Manage
  • Derrick Rose leaves Cavaliers, reportedly mulling retirement

    Cleveland • Injured point guard Derrick Rose has been excused from the Cavaliers to handle a personal matter.A team spokesman said Friday that Rose, who has been sidelined with an ankle injury, has not been with the team since Wednesday and there is no timetable on when he'll return.ESPN is reporting that the former league MVP is "re-evaluating his future in the NBA."Rose has played in just seven games this season and has been slowed by a left ankle injury sustained on Oct. 20 in Milwaukee.
  • A flat-Earther's plan to launch himself in a homemade rocket just hit a speed bump

    A California man who planned to launch himself 1,800 feet high on Saturday in a homemade scrap-metal rocket — in an effort to "prove" that Earth is flat — said he is postponing the experiment after he couldn't get permission from a federal agency to do so on public land.Instead, Mike Hughes said the launch will take place sometime next week on private property, albeit still in Amboy, California, an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert along historic Route 66."It's still happ
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  • Here’s what’s new, what’s staying the same in Ballet West’s new-look ‘Nutcracker’

    Ballet West will soon debut its $3 million renovation of “The Nutcracker,” complete with colorful sets, polished props, sparkling costumes and special effects.All that newness might leave you wondering about old favorites in the holiday classic conceived by Ballet West founder Willam Christensen, aka Mr. C. What will happen to those heartwarming family moments or exciting toe-touch splits in the air?To answer those questions and more, we asked artistic director Adam Sklute for a snea
  • New looks, beloved moves — here’s one of our favorite signature moments from Ballet West’s ‘The Nutcracker’

    While Ballet West’s “The Nutcracker” will have a grand new look for its Dec. 2-20 run at the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City, the beloved choreography of company founder Willam Christiansen will remain the same, including the always-anticipated Grand Pas de Deux between the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier.We recently recorded Katlyn Addison and Rex Tilton, one of four casts for “The Nutcracker” run, rehearsing the duet and asked the dancers and artistic director
  • ‘Gunfire’ sparks panic in London, but police find nothing

    London • Shoppers scattered in panic and police flooded one of London’s busiest areas Friday after multiple reports of shots being fired at Oxford Circus subway station.But an hour later police said they had found no sign of any gunshots, suspects or casualties.The panic erupted on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, in a jittery city that has been hit by four violent attacks this year.The area, full of big-name chain shops and department stores, was packed with shoppers bro
  • Deer hunting limited in Western U.S. states after tough winter

    Cheyenne, Wyo. • The brutally cold and snowy winter last year in the Rocky Mountains was deadly for deer and other wild game prized by hunters.In this year’s deer hunting season in Wyoming, officials limited permits for out-of-state hunters to help deer populations rebound.They also reduced the hunting season and restricted hunters to taking older bucks in some areas.Hunting restrictions also were put in place in parts of Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington state. Those state
  • Police release name of victim in Taylorsville fatal hit and run

    Police have identified the victim in Wednesday’s fatal accident when a Cadillac Escalade hit a man crossing the street, killing him.Taylorsville resident Robert Harsh, 19, was using the crosswalk at 4200 South and Redwood Road in Taylorsville when he was struck by the SUV. When police responded to the scene Harsh was found 100 yards from the crosswalk, and was pronounced dead.Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke said the driver of the vehicle was 27-year-old Roxanna Molina. Molina allegedly fle
  • Holly Richardson: Feeling gratitude for a special life

    “We have serious concerns about your daughter,” a doctor I did not know pronounced.No fanfare, no introduction. I was alone in my hospital bed, about nine hours post-Cesarean as he laid out a list of at least a dozen things that were “cause for concern.” The real kicker was when he said they had no way to predict how long she would live. Maybe a month, maybe a year.And just like that, the pretty little quiet life I had imagined went out the window. I was 23 years old.It w
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  • Four stolen Teslas recovered Friday in apparent coordinated theft from Utah dealership

    Various police agencies coordinated to recover four Teslas stolen from a showroom on State Street in South Salt Lake on Friday, in what appears to be a coordinated theft.At least two of the suspects claimed to have the vehicles because they are part of the Tesla family. Of course, the electric vehicle manufacturer’s moniker isn’t a family name, but rather homage to inventor Nikola Tesla.The exact details of the case remain hazy, but South Salt Lake Police Department spokesman Gary Ke
  • No bowl game for BYU, so Cougars looking at season finale at Hawaii as chance to springboard into 2018

    Honolulu • Game after game in their season of misery and disappointment, the BYU Cougars have looked for that springboard opportunity — the performance that would reverse their course and get them playing like the team they were supposed to be.They have ran out of opportunities. But there always is next year, so that’s what second-year coach Kalani Sitake’s crew is pointing to Saturday afternoon at Aloha Stadium in the regular-season finale against former Western Athletic
  • ‘White-power skinhead’ who killed Utah corrections officer in 2007 loses bid to withdraw his guilty plea

    A self-described “white-power skinhead” who killed a Utah Department of Corrections officer during a 2007 escape attempt has lost a bid to take back his plea of guilty to aggravated murder.The Utah Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the denial of Curtis Michael Allgier’s motion to withdraw the plea, ruling that he made his request too late.Allgier, now 38, avoided the possibility of a death sentence by striking a deal with prosecutors and pleading guilty to murder and other char
  • Sliding Utes in for one more fight to ensure a bowl berth — and Colorado is in the same boat

    Chase Hansen’s takeaway lesson from the at-times frustrating, too-often disappointing, and in a few instances, completely heart-wrenching 2017 season thus far?“Fighter’s fight,” Utah’s starting junior strong safety said, “regardless of the position you’re put in, regardless of if you’re winning or losing. You come back, you work hard and you go out on Saturday, and you fight some more.”The next fight? Colorado.This is the backs-against-the-wa
  • Catherine Rampell: A bungled contract is still devastating National Guard employees

    For two years, Frank Ourada has been “supporting our troops” -- more literally than most.He has connected soldiers and veterans with food pantries, temporary housing and legal advice. He haggled with an insurance company when a soldier’s home flooded. He helped a suicidal veteran find treatment.Ourada basically ran triage for military families, connecting them with whatever services they need to survive.This position, National Guard Family Assistance Center specialist, may be O
  • Police respond to 'shots fired' at London's Oxford Circus

    London • British police flooded London’s busy Oxford Circus area Friday after receiving multiple reports of “shots fired.” They have not located any casualties.Armed and unarmed officers rushed to the shopping district, and police said they were responding “as if the incident is terrorist related.” They did not, however, confirm that it was.The busy Oxford Circus subway station was closed and police have told people in the area to take shelter in nearby stores.
  • ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ is kind of like ‘Gilmore Girls’ with f-bombs and nudity

    The “Gilmore Girls” talked really fast and said funny things, but they never dropped any f-bombs. And they never flashed anybody.“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” also talks really fast and says funny things. She sort of sounds like a Gilmore, which is no surprise because she has the same creator/writer/executive producer, Amy Sherman-Palladino.But Miriam “Midge” Maisel and the people around her drop a bunch of f-bombs. And, yes, on the night her husband leaves her,
  • Hosting a football playoff game is historic, but Weber State wants to do more

    Weber State’s meeting with Western Illinois is viewed widely as the best matchup in the first round of the FCS playoffs. The way the 24-team tournament is seeded, Saturday’s winner at Stewart Stadium in Ogden will have a good chance of beating No. 8 Southern Utah next weekend and advancing to the quarterfinals.That’s another way of saying that each team received a tough first-round draw after being ranked in the top 10 nationally.“If you’re going to make a run throu
  • Kragthorpe: How will the Utes respond vs. Colorado, needing a win for bowl bid?

    The Utes should be genuine contenders in the division next season with the bulk of Utah’s offense returning and some upheaval in the Pac-12 South.But it will be a long offseason around here if the Utes are trying to go from worst to first.The Utes never have finished last in the South, but that possibility is in play as they host Colorado in Saturday night’s regular-season finale at Rice-Eccles Stadium. The winner will become bowl eligible at 6-6 overall; the loser will finish sixth
  • 'We must work together,' Zimbabwe's new leader declares

    Harare, Zimbabwe • Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed Friday he will work to reduce crushing unemployment and return the country to prosperity after years of decline, as the nation cheered a new beginning after the extraordinary exit of Robert Mugabe.“Our economic policy will be directed for job, job, job creation,” Mnangagwa told the crowd of 60,000 witnessing his inauguration at a stadium in the capital, Harare. Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate is estima
  • Commentary: In praise of Janet Yellen: A trailblazing model of public service prepares to step down

    This week we learned that Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will leave the central bank when her successor, Jay Powell, is confirmed and sworn in, probably within the next few months. Though she had the option to do so, Yellen chose not to stay on the Fed’s board (only one former chair has done so in the history of the Fed).I’ll be sad to see her go. In a moment marked by political chaos, terribly nonrepresentative politics and men abusing their power, Yellen has been a trailblazing
  • Rolly: Hatch spent his career sticking up for the little guy? No, but the Dem senator he defeated sure did

    I questioned in an earlier column the veracity of Sen. Orrin Hatch’s assertion — during his dust-up with Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown — that he has spent his career sticking up for the little guy.I noted that Hatch co-sponsored with Democratic icon Ted Kennedy the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provides low-cost health coverage to needy youngsters, and his work with former Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman to make affordable prescription drugs more accessible
  • The menu at Carnegie’s Public House is a gamble, so stick with the pizza and other wood-fired entrées

    Regular visitors to downtown Salt Lake City are probably familiar with the revolving number of restaurants that have occupied the space on the ground floor of the Peery Hotel during the past few years.The current resident is Carnegie’s Public House — a pub-inspired place that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner to hotel guests and the public.Carnegie’s assumed the design and menu created by its immediate predecessor, the short-lived Oak Wood Fire Kitchen — which has a succ
  • Hale’s ambitious ‘Aida’ shows dramatic potential of new movable beast of a stage

    Sandy • Everything about the musical “Aida” feels Disneyfied and over-the-top, which makes it a perfect vehicle to serve as a test drive of Hale Centre Theatre’s new movable beast of a stage.This isn’t a stage or a musical demanding acting subtlety, thanks to the Broadway-musical-by-the-numbers-feel of Tim Rice and Elton John’s bombastic score.In this new Hale production, even Jennifer Stapley Taylor’s extravagant costume designs, particularly the robes a
  • Man arrested after posing nude on Utah bridge, police say

    Ogden • A man is under arrest after police say he was caught posing nude for a woman photographing him on a Utah bridge.The Standard-Examiner in Ogden reports the couple apparently decided to take advantage of unseasonably warm temperatures and stage a photo shoot on a railroad bridge near Mountain Green on Wednesday afternoon.Union Pacific railroad workers noticed the couple and called police because they thought they were fishing off the bridge.When Morgan County Sheriff’s deputies
  • Franken apologizes for making some women 'feel badly'

    Washington • Democratic Sen. Al Franken issued a Thanksgiving explanation and apology in the wake of four women alleging that he had touched them inappropriately, a message that ended with a promise to regain constituents’ trust and suggested no resignation was being contemplated.Franken, elected to one of Minnesota’s Senate seats in 2008, faces a Senate ethics investigation for improper conduct. His statement Thursday didn’t admit to groping or other inappropriate touchin
  • Ballet West’s beloved ‘Nutcracker’ unveils a $3 million design makeover

    Here’s what fans need to know about Ballet West’s redesigned “Nutcracker”: The namesake doll is just one of hundreds of props, sets and costumes that have received a respectful makeover. And The Nutcracker himself will look familiar to longtime fans, but he’s more handsome.The classic prop — created via a 3-D printer — is costumed to look more similar to the story’s dream-of-a prince character. It’s just one of scores of cosmetic updates desi
  • Man stabbed during mugging on Thanksgiving

    Unified police are investigating a stabbing and mugging that took place Thursday night in Taylorsville.The victim, a 28-year-old man, said he was walking down the street in the area of 4500 South and 2200 West when a dark Jeep pulled up next to him, Lt. Brian Lohrke said. Multiple people in the car demanded his wallet, and after handing it over the victim was stabbed in the ribs.The victim could not give any description of the assailants, including how many there were. The Jeep drove off and the
  • One man hospitalized after Thanksgiving house fire

    The Salt Lake City Fire Department responded to a house fire at 1012 S. West Temple at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday to find the front of the home fully engulfed in flames.Audra Sorensen, spokesperson for the department, said 25 personnel arrived on scene after receiving multiple reports of the blaze. “It was pretty quick,” Sorensen said. “The fire was out in about 10 minutes.”The sole occupant of the house was a man in his 60s, Sorensen said, who was taken to the University o
  • Militants assault worshippers in Sinai, killing at least 200

    El-Arish, Egypt • Militants attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula, settling off explosives, spraying worshippers with gunfire and killing at least 200 people in the deadliest ever attack on Egyptian civilians by Islamic extremists.The attack targeted a mosque frequented by Sufis, members of Islam’s mystical movement, in the north Sinai town of Bir al-Abd. Islamic militants, including the local affiliate of the Islamic State group, consider Sufis hereti
  • Uma Thurman has a brutal Thanksgiving message for Weinstein and his 'wicked conspirators'

    Last month, a red carpet interview with Uma Thurman went viral after she declined to answer a question about the wave of sexual harassment claims sweeping Hollywood in light of allegations against Harvey Weinstein. She said the women who were speaking up were commendable, but she didn't want to say much more.With a fierce expression, she simply replied, "I don't have a tidy sound bite for you, because I've learned - I'm not a child - and I've learned that when I've spoken in anger I usually regr
  • BYUtv partners with PBS powerhouse on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert

    There’s been a huge change behind the scenes of this year’s “Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir” TV special … although viewers probably won’t notice anything different. Sure, there’s a new guest star — operatic tenor Rolando Villazón performs and narrates in the program, filmed last year — and the lineup of songs is new. But there’s also a new presenter for PBS’ most popular Christmas special this year. Since the
  • Black Friday retailers looking to extend moment of optimism

    As Black Friday shoppers descend on stores this weekend, retailers are experiencing something that's been in short supply: optimism.Brick-and-mortar chains are coming off a generally positive earnings season, with companies such as Wal-Mart Stores seeing their shares reach record highs. Even the beleaguered department-store industry is finding reasons for hope. Macy's and its peers rallied earlier this month after giving an upbeat outlook.Retailers are now taking that spirit into Black Friday we
  • At least 155 killed in bombing of mosque in Egypt's Sinai

    Militants armed with guns and explosives stormed a mosque in Egypt's restive northern Sinai on Friday, killing at least 155 people and wounding 120 others, state media reported, in the deadliest single attack in the country for years.The assault west of the town of El-Arish in Sinai targeted people gathered for Friday prayers, when mosques in Egypt often overflow with worshipers.There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Yet Sinai province, a triangular piece of land bordering southern Isra
  • Restoring Utah’s damaged landscapes: Ephraim center provides vital seed stocks to heal public lands

    Ephraim • Utah and federal officials are wrapping their busiest reseeding seasons in years, tapping a nondescript warehouse in Ephraim where seeds for native grasses and forbs are stored and mixed by the ton.Wildfires took a heavy toll last summer on the state’s forests and rangelands, which land managers hope to quickly rehabilitate with the help of seed stores at the Ephraim-based Great Basin Research Center, operated by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.Airplane pilots droppe
  • Ask Ann Cannon: Why am I not allowed to hate the holidays? And other questions with Christmas coming

    Dear Ann Cannon • My son is married to a lovely woman, and they have three darling children (my only grandchildren). My daughter-in-law and I have always had what I considered to be a very friendly and loving relationship. Ten months ago things abruptly changed. Something offended my daughter-in-law. Neither she nor my son will tell me what it is I did. I have no contact with my daughter-in-law or grandchildren and very little with my son. My heart is broken. Please help me know how to move
  • Hatch spent his career sticking up for the little guy? No, but the Dem senator he defeated sure did

    I questioned in an earlier column the veracity of Sen. Orrin Hatch’s assertion — during his dust-up with Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown — that he has spent his career sticking up for the little guy.I noted that Hatch co-sponsored with Democratic icon Ted Kennedy the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provides low-cost health coverage to needy youngsters, and his work with former Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman to make affordable prescription drugs more accessible
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