• Utah League of Cities and Towns leaders fear losing local zoning and police powers if medical pot is legalized

    The Utah League of Cities and Towns stopped just short of formally opposing November’s Proposition 2 on Tuesday after a lengthy discussion on the public effects and potential risks of legalizing medical marijuana in the state.Marijuana does have medicinal benefits, a resolution approved by the league’s board of directors states, but a ballot initiative on the topic would preempt and infringe on the ability of cities to oversee land use, business licensing, law enforcement and zoning.
  • Zinke seeks more state wildlife management on federal lands

    Anchorage, Alaska • Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is calling for states to be primary managers of wildlife and fish on federal lands within his department unless federal law specifically supersedes state policiesZinke in a memo Monday said that has been Interior Department policy for 35 years. He instructed offices to prepare a review of federal regulations if they're more restrictive than state provisions.The memo was condemned by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonpro
  • Elizabeth Smart says it is ‘incomprehensible’ that one of her kidnappers will be freed next week

    A key player in one of Utah’s most notorious crimes will get out of prison next Wednesday in an unexpected move announced by Utah’s Board of Pardons. Wanda Barzee has spent more than 15 years behind bars for helping to kidnap Elizabeth Smart.The parole board initially denied Barzee an early release date in July, declining to include her eight years in federal prison as time served on state charges and setting a new hearing for 2023.Smart said Tuesday’s reversal by the Utah Boar
  • Polarizing Utah state Sen. Chris Buttars — a fierce opponent of gay rights and a champion of drug treatment — dies at age 76

    Former state Sen. Chris Buttars, who sponsored Utah’s same-sex marriage ban and became one of the most polarizing figures in Utah politics, died Monday at age 76.Buttars had long championed conservative social causes, fighting to restrict abortion in the state and opposing what he considered the homosexual agenda, crusades that made him a favorite of the Republican right.“I’m going to tell you where I stand and I don’t want to know where you stand. You may not agree with
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  • Thanks, Trump. Democrat closes to within 11 points of GOP Rep. Chris Stewart in new poll as presidential backlash swells.

    Perhaps because of unintentional assists by President Donald Trump, Democrat Shireen Ghorbani has whittled her way to within 11 points of GOP Rep. Chris Stewart — after trailing him by 24 points earlier this summer.Stewart now leads 45-34 percent in a UtahPolicy.com poll released Tuesday. Libertarian candidate Jeffrey Whipple received 5 percent, and 16 percent of voters were undecided.Jason Perry, director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah, said earlier polls
  • Voters open to candidates who aren’t very religious, poll shows

    New York • Religion’s role in politics and public policy is in the spotlight heading toward the midterm elections, yet relatively few Americans consider it crucial that a candidate be devoutly religious or share their religious beliefs, according to a poll released Tuesday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.Just 25 percent of Americans say it’s very or extremely important that a candidate has strong religious beliefs, according to the poll. Only 19 p
  • Trump: Storm response in Puerto Rico ‘incredibly successful’

    Washington • With a powerful hurricane bearing down on the southeast coast, President Donald Trump on Tuesday turned attention back to the federal government’s response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico a year ago, deeming it “incredibly successful” even though a recent federal report found that nearly 3,000 people died.The administration's efforts in Puerto Rico received widespread criticism. But after visiting the island last September, Trump said that Puerto Ricans were
  • Pope Francis to meet U.S. bishops over sex abuse scandal

    Vatican City • With the Catholic Church in crisis once again over clerical sex abuse and cover-up, Pope Francis will meet Thursday with U.S. cardinals and bishops who are demanding to know how one of their own was able to climb the clerical ranks despite allegations that he slept with seminarians.The Vatican said Tuesday that the U.S. delegation would be headed by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and also include Francis’ top sex abuse adviser,
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  • Tim Dahlberg: The Triple G-Canelo rematch should be must-see TV

    Las Vegas • For a sport often given up for dead, boxing is suddenly very much alive.Turn on the TV and there's probably a fight on from somewhere. Tune in, and there's a good chance even the most casual boxing fan will find something to like.The heavyweight division is coming back, and there's a group of welterweights so talented they are bringing back memories of the 1980s, when fighters like Sugar Ray Leonard, Tommy Hearns and Marvelous Marvin Hagler ruled the ring and the biggest fights
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  • ‘Big and vicious’: Hurricane Florence closes in on Carolinas

    Wilmington, N.C. • Motorists streamed inland on highways converted to one-way routes Tuesday as more than 1 million people in three states were ordered to get out of the way of Hurricane Florence, a hair-raising storm taking dead aim at the Carolinas with 130 mph winds and potentially ruinous rains.Florence was expected to blow ashore late Thursday or early Friday, then slow down and wring itself out for days, unloading 1 to 2½ feet of rain that could cause flooding well inland and w
  • Paul Waldman: Trump’s long history of lying about 9/11 and exploiting it for personal gain

    Tuesday, President Donald Trump traveled to Shanksville, Penn., where Flight 93 was brought down on September 11, 2001, by a group of passengers who gave their lives to save others. Given how he has acted at other events that were supposed to be removed from politics, it was a surprise that Trump didn’t take the occasion to offer extended remarks on the magnificence of his 2016 victory or the unfairness of the Russia investigation.Still, it's worth looking back at Donald Trump's history wh
  • Max Boot: Protest is as American as football. Why doesn’t Trump get it?

    The tang of fall is nearly in the air. The summer is all but over. Football season is here. Are you ready for some ... culture war?This war may feel unending, but it only began a little more than two years ago. During a preseason game on Aug. 26, 2016, Colin Kaepernick, then the quarterback of my beloved San Francisco 49ers, refused to stand during the playing of the national anthem to protest police brutality against African-Americans. Soon the trend spread across the NFL.President Donald Trump
  • Commentary: The Mormon kids are all right

    This week I’ve been poring through the page proofs of The Next Mormons: How Millennials Are Changing the LDS Church, which Oxford will release in March. It’s been exciting to see the typeset, finalized book, almost ready to go.This week was big for another reason. The book’s website is finished, thanks to Benjamin Knoll. There you can find out about the survey (including answers to fundamental methodology questions about how this data were collected), download a copy of the sur
  • Elizabeth Smart kidnapper Wanda Barzee will be released from prison next week and Smart is not happy with this surprise move

    In a surprise reversal from the Utah Board of Pardons, Wanda Barzee — who helped kidnap Elizabeth Smart in 2002 — will be released from prison next Wednesday.The parole board denied Barzee an early release date in July, declining to include her eight years in federal prison as time served on state charges.But in a decision released Tuesday, the board reversed their ruling and ordered instead Barzee be released Sept. 19.“Upon further review and advice from legal counsel, the boa
  • Utah teens could win $1 million on NBC’s ‘World of Dance’ on Wednesday

    A pair of Utah teenagers could win a million dollars Wednesday night on national television, but they insist they're not overly nervous about it.“It doesn’t even feel real most of the time,” said Charity Anderson, who, along with her partner, Andres Penate, is competing in the two-hour season finale of NBC’s “World of Dance” (Wednesday, 8 p.m., Channel 5).“We still can’t comprehend it all,” Penate said. “It’s like — is this
  • Commentary: I’m a teetotaler for legal marijuana

    I have never smoked a joint. Or eaten an “edible.” Or smoked tobacco. Or drunk alcohol. Or used cocaine, or heroin, or meth, or LSD, or Xanax, or, well, to be honest, I don’t really know all the drugs out there, as partaking of them never interested me.I’m 57 years old, left the Mormon church at 26, and spent years socializing in French Quarter bars. New Orleans is the “City That Care Forgot,” whose motto is “Laissez les bons temps rouler.” There i
  • Wrong-way driver triggers double fatal I-80 crash NV-UT line

    West Wendover, Nev. • A 75-year-old Utah woman apparently drove the wrong way on Interstate 80 for nearly 20 miles (32 kilometers) before crashing into an oncoming car, killing both drivers, injuring two others and shutting down part of the interstate near the Nevada-Utah line for several hours.The Nevada Highway Patrol identified the Utah driver Tuesday as Nanette Marlow of Draper. The other victim was identified as 58-year-old Timothy Yang of South Abington Township, Pennsylvania.The patr
  • Monson: Do you believe Utah’s offense can fix itself? The Utes say it’s going to happen, but given the history here, skepticism is unavoidable.

    Don’t worry. Believe.Tyler Huntley says everything is going to be OK, that the Utah offense is going to come around as soon as all the engine parts are properly placed and greased and functioning, and that that’s a matter of focus and time, not ability. Britain Covey agrees with him. It’s going to happen this week, they have to have faith that it will, in the short run-up to Saturday night’s game against Washington.“We’ve just got to keep working,” Huntl
  • [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell hits SI Top 100 at No. 34

    ... lity and activity off the court as the incredible work he puts in on it. The Jazz have undoubtedly had some great players come through since their glory days...
  • Eugene Robinson: Trump’s radically un-American agenda

    Washington - President Trump’s antics in his “Crazytown” White House inevitably dominate the headlines. Meanwhile, however, his wrongheaded policies are damaging far more than the nation’s dignity and honor.Hampered by inexperience and incompetence, the administration is pursuing a radically un-American agenda that should alarm progressives and conservatives alike. Trump's warped worldview is guiding federal government policy, with awful — and worsening — cons
  • Ogden’s only cab company closes its doors

    Ogden • Ogden’s only licensed cab company has closed, marking another sign of changes in the industry increasingly under pressure from ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft.Yellow Cab owner Michael Moyal tells the Standard-Examiner that drivers for those two companies initially helped him handle the weekend rush, but he says business dwindled after city officials failed to crack down on unlicensed cabs.Ogden chief administrative officer Mark Johnson says the city might update its
  • Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell hits SI Top 100 at No. 34

    Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell has quickly become a force to be reckoned with in the NBA. He enters SI’s Top 100 countdown in the 30s. The next wave in Sports Illustrated’s Top 100 NBA Players list hit the web on Tuesday. And much like the back 50, spots 50-31 were prime real estate for […]
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  • Google’s location privacy practices are under investigation in Arizona

    Google's alleged practice of recording location data about Android device owners even when they believe they have opted out of such tracking has sparked an investigation in Arizona, where the state's attorney general could potentially levy a hefty fine against the search giant.The probe, initiated by Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich and confirmed by a person familiar with his thinking but not authorized to speak on the record, could put pressure on other states and the federal governmen
  • RIP: Subway’s $5 foot-long sandwich deal is no more

    It was March 2008 and America was about to belly flop into the Great Recession.Wall Street powerhouse Bear Stearns had just imploded, sending shock waves through the world financial markets. Savings and jobs were beginning to vanish. Foreclosure notices were papering over neighborhoods. And as a financially terrified nation began rummaging the couch cushions for spare change like never before, Subway launched the $5 foot-long special.The budget deal - 12 inches of bread, meat and veggies for a f
  • [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - The 7th Best Player Performance of 2017-2018

    ... e 20-best statistical performances in the regular season history of the Utah Jazz. Take Note With a rookie leading scorer, the Jazz notched back-to-back 30-po ...
  • Brexit might be so bad that Cadbury is stockpiling chocolate just in case

    London • Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union next year, but it still hasn’t reached a deal on how exactly this could happen. If it leaves Europe without a deal, some experts have warned that there may be chaos at the borders and a shortage of key goods.On Tuesday, the owner of the beloved confectionary brand Cadbury announced that the company has a plan to deal with the threat of this dreaded “no-deal” Brexit: a chocolate stockpile.Hugh Weber, the president of
  • South Jordan students born after 9/11 honor the day with a sunrise flag ceremony

    Students at South Jordan Middle School gathered early Tuesday for a “Sunrise Salute to Patriots' Day.”Students paid tribute to members of the military and first responders with a flag ceremony, a moment of silence, a performance by the school’s choir and a singalong. The school said the event makes sure students who weren’t born at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 understand the impact they have had on the nation.
  • Australian artist’s cartoon of Serena Williams cartoon swiftly condemned as racist

    For the second time in a month, Australian cartoonist Mark Knight of Melbourne's Herald Sun is coming under fire for how he renders black people.Over the weekend, Knight published his reaction to Saturday’s U.S. Open women’s final — and in doing so, summoned the vile imagery that was largely popularized during the Jim Crow era.In the new cartoon, which mocks the heated exchanges between runner-up Serena Williams and chair umpire Carlos Ramos, Knight depicts the 23-time Grand Sl
  • ‘And now it’s the tallest’: Trump, in otherwise somber 9/11 interview, couldn’t help touting one of his buildings

    "Donald Trump is on the line."It was the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001, at WWOR's station in Secaucus, New Jersey, and Rolland Smith, the lead anchor for the news outlet's coverage of the day, was apologizing for the channel's technical difficulties. The crushing pictures and videos of airplanes hurtling into the World Trade Center were seemingly on a loop for hours. That's when Brenda Blackmon, the co-anchor of the coverage, interjected to let her colleague know that Trump, the real estate mogul
  • Jared Goff, Rams spoil Jon Gruden’s return to coaching with a 33-13 win over the Raiders

    Oakland, Calif. • Once Jared Goff and the Los Angeles Rams offense got started after sitting out the entire preseason, they couldn't be stopped.Goff threw two touchdown passes, newcomer Marcus Peters returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown and the Rams used a dominant second half to spoil coach Jon Gruden's much-anticipated return to the Oakland sideline by beating the Raiders 33-13 on Monday night."There was a little bit of feeling it out, seeing what they're going to do, seeing
  • Commentary: No room for Geneva Rock’s gravel mine expansion

    As the new executive director for Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, I find myself thinking about the future of Salt Lake City and our state with regards to the healthy environment I assume we would all like to live in. Which brings me to the proposed expansion and rezoning of the Geneva Rock gravel mine located at the Point of the Mountain.Having grown up in Salt Lake, we are all familiar with the dust clouds and the wind that never seem to stop. Geneva Rock’s mine at the Point of
  • Anne Applebaum: Sweden’s election once again undercuts the populist myth of the racial apocalypse

    In the strange world of the online alt-right, Sweden has long played a special role. This isn’t because of its economic strength (small but robust), or because of its population (just less than 10 million). This is because — how shall I put this delicately? — Swedes are blond.Never mind that many aren’t: In the dismal fever swamps of the Internet, Swedes now symbolize Blondness and Whiteness for a whole host of people — American, European, Russian — who use th
  • Tribune editorial: Should tainted councilman be S.L. County’s inland port voice?

    Some might think Salt Lake County Council member Michael Jensen has lost the public’s trust.Two years ago he resigned as chief of the Unified Fire Authority after questions arose over bonuses he and others in his department received.A week before his resignation, the state announced it was launching an audit of UFA based on “a complaint alleging improper compensation to certain employees, misuse of credit cards and other potential misuse of public funds.”In January 2017 —
  • Commentary: To be a family values state, Utah must work to end domestic violence

    As Utahns we have historically prided ourselves on the fact that we are a “Family Values” state. However, I often find myself asking, Why don’t our actions match our words?According to the Utah State Department of Health, two in 11 women and one in 10 men in our state will experience intimate partner violence at some point in their life. Rates of violence for trans and non-binary individuals are even higher, with more than half of this population reporting experiences of intima
  • [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Will the Utah Jazz, OKC Thunder become rivals? Who is in your Jazz all-time starting 5?

    ... ook a crack at creating an all-time starting five for each NBA team. For the Jazz, Ward-Henninger included John Stockton, Pete Maravich, Adrian Dantley, Karl...
  • Morning links: Will the Utah Jazz, OKC Thunder become rivals? Who is in your Jazz all-time starting 5?

    Could the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder become playoff rivals in the years to come after squaring off in the first round last season?In a piece he wrote last week detailing how most teams' climbs to the top often include setbacks (see, playoff series losses), Dan Clayton of Salt City Hoops argued that the two teams' parity when healthy and the fact that playoff rivalries have been formed many times throughout NBA history could put the Jazz and Thunder on a collision course for regular spri
  • Gehrke: Utah regulators should reject EnergySolutions' plan to bury depleted uranium before a safety study is finished

    In 2009, then-Gov. Jon Huntsman vowed to lay on the railroad tracks to stop shipments of depleted uranium from coming into EnergySolutions’ landfill in picturesque Clive.Had he done that, maybe we never would have had the anonymous op-ed in The New York Times dissing President Donald Trump (which many have speculated was written by Huntsman; he sorta denied it and I kinda believe him).At any rate, the outcome of that dust-up between EnergySolutions and the governor was the initiation of a
  • Political Cornflakes: Hollywood’s new show: Flipping the House (of Representatives)

    Hollywood’s new show: Flipping the House (of Representatives). Love’s campaign to reallocate funds after FEC notice. Romney, Wilson’s take on federal lands. Happy Tuesday. Hollywood has always been, at least in modern times, a hot-bed of Democratic fund-raising. But this year, it’s turned up a few notches. Hollywood’s fervor for this year’s midterm elections rivals that of recent presidential campaigns, according to Democratic donors and strategists in the Los
  • Rams spoil Jon Gruden’s return with 33-13 win over Raiders

    Oakland, Calif. • Jared Goff threw two touchdown passes, newcomer Marcus Peters returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown and the Los Angeles Rams spoiled coach Jon Gruden’s much-anticipated return to the Oakland sideline by beating the Raiders 33-13 on Monday night.The Rams (1-0) scored on a 19-yard shovel pass from Goff to Todd Gurley in the first quarter and an 8-yard strike to Cooper Kupp in the third to win in Gruden’s first game as coach of the Raiders (0-1) since
  • Buffalo Bills sign former Utah defensive end Nate Orchard

    Orchard Park, N.Y. • The Buffalo Bills have signed defensive end Nate Orchard in an ongoing bid to upgrade their pass rush after an embarrassing season-opening loss at Baltimore.The Bills also announced Monday they have released defensive tackle Adolphus Washington, the team’s 2016 third-round draft pick.Orchard had five sacks in 34 games over the previous three seasons with Cleveland. He was selected by the Browns in the second round of the 2015 draft and cut by Cleveland on Sept. 1.
  • Bright lights and high sights: A night at the Utah State Fair

    The midway at the Utah State Fair was aglow Monday evening with the lights from the many rides and attractions. Attendees enjoyed rides like the Fun Slide, the Ferris wheel, The Star Tower and the Cliff Hanger well after the sun went down. The fair continues until Sept. 16.
  • MLB roundup: Brewers trim Cubs’ lead to 1 game in NL Central

    Chicago • Lorenzo Cain had four hits, Mike Moustakas scored on Carl Edwards Jr.’s wild pitch in the sixth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Monday night to pull within one game of the NL Central leaders.Orlando Arcia and Jonathan Schoop each drove in a run as Milwaukee (83-62) won for the seventh time in eight games. It’s the closest the Brewers have been to the division lead since they trailed the Cubs by a game on Aug. 5.Wade Miley (4-2) pitched fiv
  • After teens' deaths and lawsuits, Summit County parents schooled in dark web and teen drug use

    Drug experts had a stark warning for worried parents who gathered in the auditorium of Park City High School to learn about teen addiction: Knowing the signs is not enough. Even in the state's most privileged school district, law enforcement officers said, parents have to convince themselves that their kids are vulnerable. "Please don’t turn a blind eye and think, 'Aw, it’s not going to happen to me,'" said Summit County Sheriff's Lt. Greg Winterton. "... Drugs have no boundaries: ri
  • For black women at church, it’s more than the Aretha eulogy

    Detroit • A black pastor’s controversial eulogy at Aretha Franklin’s funeral laid bare before the world what black women say they have experienced for generations: sexism and inequality in their houses of worship every Sunday.In eulogizing the beloved artist known as the Queen of Soul, the Rev. Jasper Williams Jr. declared that as “proud, beautiful and fine as our black women are, one thing a black woman cannot do — a black woman cannot raise a black boy to be a man.
  • Sanctions, sex abuse and silence: A primer on the Pope Francis saga

    Vatican City • Two weeks after Pope Francis’ papacy was thrown into crisis by accusations that he covered up sexual misconduct by ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the pontiff has refused to respond, his accuser has changed his story and a host of new characters have entered the fray.Cardinals, bishops, priests and ordinary faithful, meanwhile, are demanding answers, given that the Vatican knew about it as early as 2000.Increasingly, Francis is coming under pressure to respond to claims
  • Keselowski wins at Brickyard in NASCAR regular season finale

    Indianapolis • First, Brad Keselowski figured out the secret to restarting at the Brickyard 400.Then he safely and strategically bumped his way into the lead and sped to the finish line.One year after settling for second in a chaotic, crash-marred race last year, Keselowski redeemed himself by earning his second straight major win and finally giving team owner Roger Penske the elusive Brickyard win.The 2010 Cup champion got past race leader Denny Hamlin on the second-to-last lap and beat Er
  • Sam Darnold recovers from first-play pick-6, helps Jets rout Lions

    Detroit • Sam Darnold made a stellar debut despite throwing a pick-6 on his first NFL pass and the New York Jets intercepted five passes while routing the Detroit Lions 48-17 in their season opener Monday night.The 21-year-old Darnold became the youngest quarterback to start a season opener since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, and he got off to an inauspicious start. Quandre Diggs intercepted his ill-advised lob down the left sideline on the first play from scrimmage and returned it 37 yards for
  • [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz have elite potential, but must prove they can stay healthy

    ...J-Notes 3/4 sleeve raglan shirt Buy Now! Buy Now! In other words, while the Jazz have been a good team these past couple seasons, they could have very easily ...

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