• Where is 5-year-old Elizabeth Shelley? The search goes on as the main suspect is ordered held without bail.

    Logan • It's the kind of thing that doesn't happen in a place like Logan.A little girl goes missing. Her 21-year-old uncle is behind bars, the main suspect in her disappearance.A community is left with many questions, but the most important — Where is 5-year-old Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shelley? — remains unanswered.On the fourth day since she disappeared, there are reminders of the search throughout the town. Police officers were combing through bushes in a quaint park nea
  • Real Salt Lake will find out just how deep its roster is over the next two road games

    Sandy • Real Salt Lake is riding high after beating defending MLS champion Atlanta United and securing its first three-game winning streak of the season. Salt Lake rose to sixth the Western Conference standings with the win, which coach Mike Petke said gave the team a “huge” amount of confidence going forward.The game against Atlanta did something else, too: It marked the first of a three-games-in-nine-days stretch that will have RSL looking to its bench more than normal by inse
  • [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Jae Crowder: 'You definitely feel the love and support here'

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  • [NBA] - Jae Crowder's offseason plans? Become another playmaker for the Utah Jazz.

    During his first full season with the Utah Jazz, Jae Crowder came to realize just how much impact he had in the locker room. When he spoke, his teammates listened.“I didn’t know the guys listened to
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  • 1 dead, 90 injured as tornadoes rip through Ohio and Indiana

    Brookville, Ohio • A swarm of tornadoes so tightly packed that one may have crossed the path carved by another tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, smashing homes, blowing out windows and ending the school year early for some students because of damage to buildings. One person was killed and about 90 were injured.The storms were among 53 twisters that forecasters said may have touched down Monday across eight states stretching eastward from Idaho and Colorado. The past couple of weeks ha
  • Jennifer Rubin: Republican climate-change deniers should study the EU elections

    President Donald Trump's right-wing populism thrives on contempt for intellectualism and expertise, rejection of a globalized economy and international institutions, and resentment of liberal elites. Anti-immigration hysteria has been key to Trump's appeal to white grievance, the all-purpose excuse for everything from income inequality to crime (still historically low, but facts schmacts) to wage stagnation. However, climate-change denial is creeping up there as an essential part of the know-not
  • [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: Who is more important to the Jazz ... Donovan Mitchell or Rudy Gobert?

    It’s a just-for-fun question, a no-harm-no-foul question, the kind of question we haven’t been able to ask around here for a couple of decades now, not since Karl Malone and John Stockton were doubling up to do their business for the Jazz.
  • Tim Crompton relinquishes women’s soccer coaching duties, becomes Weber State’s interim athletic director

    Ogden • Tim Crompton has been named interim athletic director at Weber State University.“Tim brings a lot of talents to this role, and he has great relationships on and off campus,” said Norm Tarbox, the school’s vice president for administrative services, in a news release. “Over the years, we have a developed a strong, supportive culture in Wildcat Athletics. Tim has been a major contributor to that culture, and he bleeds purple.”Crompton is no stranger to We
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  • Monson: Who is more important to the Jazz ... Donovan Mitchell or Rudy Gobert?

    It’s a just-for-fun question, a no-harm-no-foul question, the kind of question we haven’t been able to ask around here for a couple of decades now, not since Karl Malone and John Stockton were doubling up to do their business for the Jazz.It’s a question not meant to divide or to start a food or fist fight over the dinner table or launch any kind of war, rather a question to celebrate peace, the peace that comes from having two players who are good enough, young enough, promisi
  • Pride Week kicks off in Salt Lake City. Here are the details.

    Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski kicked off Pride Week on Tuesday with the reading of a proclamation and the raising of one large rainbow flag.She was joined by Rob Moolman, executive director of the Utah Pride Center, along with other staff at the Salt Lake City and County Building, where the two day festival will take place starting Saturday. As the skies continued to serve up a steady drizzle, Moolman exclaimed, “after a little bit of rain comes rainbows.”The mayor then turne
  • Utah State center Neemias Queta pulling out of the NBA Draft, returning to USU for at least one more season

    The Big Man is back.And with his return, the outlook for Utah State’s upcoming season should likely feature more games in late March. On Tuesday, USU center Neemias Queta announced he pulled his name out of the 2019 NBA Draft and will return to Logan for his sophomore season. The 19-year-old Portuguese phenom helped transform the Aggies in Year 1 under coach Craig Smith. Queta was named the Mountain West Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year as well as the conference’s Fres
  • This Utah mountaineering couple just summited Mount Everest. They blame weather, not crowds, for 11 recent deaths, including a fellow Utahn.

    An adventure-loving Utah couple reached the summit of Mount Everest on Friday, and returned with observations about the crowding and weather conditions that have led to 11 mountaineers dying on the world’s tallest peak this season.“I would blame the weather for the difficulties this year, not the crowds,” said Caroline Gleich, a professional ski mountaineer based in Salt Lake City, who made it to the top of Everest at 7:05 a.m. local time on Friday with her fiancé, Rob L
  • Doug Robinson: NBA should shorten season — but here's why it will never happen

    Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry watches play from the bench during the first half of Game 6 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Houston Rockets on Friday, May 10, 2019, in Houston.Eric Gay, APSALT LAKE CITY — Steve Kerr wants to shorten the NBA's interminable 82-game regular season. "I think 75 has a nice ring to it," the coach told NBC.So does 50.Do I hear 40?And while we're at it, do the playoffs really need to run into June and include 16 of the league's 30
  • [Deseret Morning News] - Doug Robinson: NBA should shorten season — but here's why it will never happen

    You know the eight-month season is too long when games are so meaningless that teams can afford to rest their best players for entire games, a practice that is occurring with increasing frequency...
  • Utah’s prison population is rising faster than any state but one, despite many reforms

    The state agency that makes sentencing recommendations said Bradley Andrew Eppley should spend about 8 more months in jail and then be freed on probation.Eppley had lured a man into an attack in Ogden in 2017, stabbed him and cut his throat, according to court documents. He pleaded guilty to two felonies — one for assault and one for attempted robbery.Second District Judge Ernest Jones didn’t agree with the sentencing recommendation or the arguments from Eppley’s attorney to ke
  • Pride Week kicks off in Salt Lake City. Here’s the details.

    Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski kicked off Pride Week on Tuesday with the reading of a proclamation and the raising of one large rainbow flag.She was joined by Rob Moolman, executive director of the Utah Pride Center, along with other staff at the Salt Lake City and County Building, where the two day festival will take place starting Saturday. As the skies continued to serve up a steady drizzle, Moolman exclaimed, “after a little bit of rain comes rainbows.”The mayor then turne
  • Logan police chief on 5-year-old Elizabeth Shelley: ‘We would never dash the hope that we would find her alive’

    Logan • Logan Police Chief Gary Jensen says finding 5-year-old Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shelley is obviously of the utmost importance, not only for her family, but for a criminal case his team is building against her uncle Alex Whipple.“From the evidence we have, we believe Lizzy is hurt but we don’t know what condition she is in,” the chief told reporters Tuesday, the fourth day of the search for the missing girl. Jensen said police have DNA evidence tying Whipple to
  • Attorney Michael Avenatti pleads not guilty to defrauding Stormy Daniels

    New York • The pugilistic and embattled attorney Michael Avenatti pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he defrauded his most famous client, porn star Stormy Daniels.Avenatti barely spoke during his 10-minute appearance before a federal judge in New York, except to answer a few brief procedural questions. His lawyer entered the plea on his behalf on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.Bail was set at $300,000. Avenatti, who surrendered to federal authorities in the earl
  • Utah creates new online drawing for distributing Pappy Van Winkle, other ‘unicorn’ liquor

    The Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control soon will allow customers to sign up for a chance to win — well, actually, buy — rare, high-demand liquor products.On Tuesday, the DABC announced that it will now hold a monthly drawing to ensure that these products are distributed in a “fair and equitable” way to consumers.The Rare High Demand Product Drawing will begin next month, DABC Assistant Director Cade Meier told members of the state liquor commission Tuesday duri
  • Deaths rise as Nepal issues more permits for Mount Everest

    Namche, Nepal • Scaling Mount Everest was a dream few realized before Nepal opened its side of the mountain to commercial climbing a half-century ago. This year the government issued a record number of permits, leading to traffic jams on the world’s highest peak that likely contributed to the greatest death toll in four years.As the allure of Everest grows, so have the crowds, with inexperienced climbers faltering on the narrow passageway to the peak and causing deadly delays, veteran
  • Colorado climber dies after reaching top of Mount Everest

    Denver • A Colorado climber died shortly after getting to the top of Mount Everest and achieving his dream of scaling the highest peaks on each of the seven continents, his brother said Monday.Christopher Kulish, a 62-year-old Boulder attorney, died Monday at a camp below the summit during his descent. The cause isn't yet known, said his brother, Mark Kulish of Denver.Christopher Kulish had just reached the top of Everest with a small group after crowds of hundreds of climbers congested the
  • Pope Francis: Abortion is never OK, equates it to ‘hiring a hit man’

    Vatican City • Pope Francis said Saturday that abortion can never be condoned, even when the fetus is gravely sick or likely to die, and urged doctors and priests to support families to carry such pregnancies to term.Speaking to a Vatican-sponsored anti-abortion conference, Francis said the opposition to abortion isn’t a religious issue but a human one.“Is it licit to throw away a life to resolve a problem?” he asked. “Is it licit to hire a hit man to resolve a probl
  • Sports Illustrated magazine sold for $110 million

    New York • Sports Illustrated magazine has been sold for $110 million to a company that specializes in managing fashion, entertainment and sports brands, including marketing rights to Shaquille O’Neal and Muhammad Ali.The seller, Meredith Corp., will continue running the print edition and the website SI.com for at least two years under a licensing deal. Its editor and publisher are staying on, and the magazine will have editorial independence.It's not clear what will happen after two
  • [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Exploring Alternatives to Tobias Harris Up Front

    He is an incredible talent and would seemingly fit seamlessly next to Rudy Gobert. Harris will absolutely be the number one priority for the Utah Jazz this off-season. Really?
  • Anne Applebaum: Amid fractures, Europe is becoming a single political space

    Elections are always a Rorschach test — people look at the results and see what they want to see. But the European parliamentary elections that took place over the past several days provided an unusually large set of results, upon which an unusually large number of people are placing their conclusions. Those who wanted to prove a thesis about the inevitable rise of the far right can find examples to work with. Those who think Europe will resist that rise can also find examples to work with
  • LGBTQ community honored shooting victim at drag show Sunday at Salt Palace

    Members of Utah’s LGBTQ community will be coming together Sunday to honor the memory of Dennis Gwyther, who was reportedly shot by another motorist on Interstate 84 on Wednesday while commuting to his job as a Boise, Idaho-based flight attendant.Gwyther was known for being an activist, FOX 13 writes, and often could be found behind the scenes at LGBTQ events, making sure everything ran smoothly. His friends planned to honor his memory at a drag show Sunday night at the Salt Palace, accordi
  • Noah Feldman: It’s hard to take impeachment seriously now

    Impeachment has jumped the shark. The episode that proves it is the one in which serious, informed politicians are wondering if President Donald Trump actually wants to be impeached for political advantage and is trying to goad Democrats into obliging him.It would be impossible to imagine a more preposterous scenario under the Constitution and in the history of the presidency. Impeachment was intended by the constitutional framers as a highly serious option reserved for only the most extraordina
  • James Downie: Why are Democratic leaders still foot-dragging on impeachment hearings?

    With parts of the House Democratic caucus pushing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to begin impeachment hearings, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday to address the issue. Jeffries is one of the party’s rising stars, yet he still struggled to explain Democratic leaders’ slow-going — a sign of just how poor the party leadership’s fence-straddling looks.Host Chuck Todd kicked off the interview by asking whether Jeffrie
  • Jackson Diehl: MBS is not reining in his thuggery, which is bad news for Saudi activists

    Saudi women’s rights activist Malak al-Shehri fled to the United States a year ago amid a wave of arrests of other women who had advocated the right to drive. After the killing and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October, it emerged that some of those women had been held in secret prisons and brutally tortured. In the wave of international outrage that followed, a big question in Washington was whether Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who likely ordered both operations, wou
  • Logan police release new photos of man suspected in disappearance of his 5-year-old niece. They’re asking for the public’s help.

    Logan police released new photos of the man suspected in the disappearance of 5-year-old Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shelley, and renewed their call for anyone who may have seen him on Friday night or Saturday morning to come forward.The missing child has not been found; authorities have focused their search on a 10-mile stretch from Logan to Hyrum, particularly along 1200 West. Police are asking for people to check surveillance cameras on homes or businesses.Police have identified Alex Whippl
  • Utah to create new program for distributing Pappy Van Winkle, other ‘unicorn’ liquor

    The Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control has come up with a plan that it says will ensure that rare, high-demand liquor products are distributed in a “fair and equitable” way.It will be presented Tuesday at 10 a.m. during the liquor commission’s monthly meeting at its headquarters, 1625 S. 900 West, Salt Lake City.The state agency has been criticized in recent years for the way it handles these “unicorn” products — namely high-end bourbons such as Pap
  • Yes, it has rained a lot. Spring 2019 is the 2nd-wettest on record in Salt Lake City.

    Spring 2019 is now the second-wettest ever in Salt Lake City — and not only are there still almost four days left in May, but it’s still raining.According to the National Weather Service, as of 6 a.m. on Tuesday, the March-April-May rain total climbed to 10.48 inches. That's more than an inch behind the wettest spring on record — 11.73 inches in 2011 — but rain is in the forecast through Friday.The NWS is forecasting as much as .17 inches of rain on Monday; .03 inches on
  • Ted Gup: I may use my ‘Trump card’ to leave the U.S.

    This spring, I received a much-sought visa from Britain that allows me to apply for settlement in that nation after a total of three years of working and living there - as I have been doing off and on in recent years. Receiving it was an occasion for both celebration and sober reflection.It represents an option to exit a United States I now barely recognize — one that almost daily distresses me with its xenophobia, its saber-rattling, its theocratic leanings, its denial of facts and scienc
  • Catherine Rampell: Trump’s narrative is nonsense. So why is the media buying it?

    Washington • Yes, Democrats can walk and chew gum at the same time. The problem right now is that all anyone ever asks about is the gum-chewing.President Trump is steadily advancing a narrative that Democrats are unable to focus on a substantive policy agenda because they're too fixated on investigating, subpoenaing and, eventually, impeaching the president.Or, as our victim in chief tweeted on Monday: "The Dems are getting NOTHING done in Congress! They only want a Do-Over on Mueller!"This
  • Supreme Court upholds Indiana abortion law on fetal remains

    Washington • The Supreme Court is upholding an Indiana law that requires abortion providers to dispose of aborted fetuses in the same way as human remains. But the justices are staying out of the debate over a broader, blocked provision that would prevent a woman in Indiana from having an abortion based on gender, race or disability.The court split 7-2 in allowing Indiana to enforce the fetal remains measure that had been blocked by a federal appeals court. The justices said in an unsigned
  • North Korea calls John Bolton a ‘war monger’ over his missile comment

    Seoul, South Korea • North Korea on Monday called U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton a “war monger” and “human defect” after he described its recent tests of short-range missiles as a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.The statement by an unidentified North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson came as President Donald Trump visited Japan for meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at which the nuclear standoff with North Korea was expected to be h
  • Political Cornflakes: A closer look at the Democratic presidential candidates Trump has insulted so far

    President Donald Trump has an unusual habit for a sitting president: hurling taunts on Twitter and in campaign speeches at rivals who are seeking his job. He’s called Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden “sleepy,” Bernie Sanders “crazy” and Elizabeth Warren “angry.” Here’s a closer look at all the candidates he’s insulted so far. [NYTimes]Happy Tuesday!Topping the news: On the first Memorial Day since Maj. Brent Taylor was killed in Af
  • For all of Utah’s justice reforms, more people are going to prison

    The state agency that makes sentencing recommendations said Bradley Andrew Eppley should spend about 8 more months in jail and then be freed on probation.Eppley had lured a man into an attack in Ogden in 2017, stabbed him and cut his throat, according to court documents. He pleaded guilty to two felonies — one for assault and one for attempted robbery.Second District Judge Ernest Jones didn’t agree with the sentencing recommendation or the arguments from Eppley’s attorney to ke
  • From Salt Lake City’s streets to a YouTube documentary, Utah Pride Festival celebrates LGBTQ community ‘fighting for equality’

    For Carson Tueller, going to a Pride festival — whether in his home state of Utah or elsewhere in the country — is a big declaration of who he is.“It’s like a reclamation of worth,” said Tueller, 29, a board member of Affirmation, a group that tries to provide a bridge for LGBTQ people who grew up in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.“Historically, LGBTQ people get the message that there’s something wrong with them,” Tueller said. &ld
  • Utah coal-cleaning plant leaves behind trail of waste and unpaid debts

    In 2013, a prominent coal-industry investor named Steven Rickmeier co-founded a company to acquire several coal-cleaning plants, including one at Wellington in the heart of Utah coal country.In an arrangement with Utah’s largest coal producer, the new firm, Bowie Refined Coal (BRC), was to receive substandard coal from nearby mines, blast it with air to separate out sulfur, dirt and other impurities and sell it as fuel.But BRC’s Wellington Dry Coal Cleaning Plant proved a failure, an
  • Kuraly, Bruins rally, beat Blues 4-2 in Stanley Cup opener

    Boston • Torey Krug flew down the ice with his helmet off, like his big, bad predecessors on the Boston defense from the days of Eddie Shore and Bobby Orr.He lined up St. Louis center Robert Thomas and knocked him off his skates, delighting the crowd and sending an unmistakable message to rest of the Blues: The Bruins had woken up from their 11-day layoff, and they were ready to fight for the Stanley Cup.“I think it gave our team energy, and that’s all you’re trying to do
  • Salt Lake Bees shut out Tacoma Rainiers, 5-0

    Two Salt Lake pitchers combined to throw a four-hit shutout as the Bees beat the Tacoma Rainiers 5-0 in a Pacific Coast League game Monday night at Smith’s Ballpark.Dillon Peters (2-1) earned the win, working 5 2⁄3 innings and allowing only three hits while striking out four. Peters was relieved in the sixth by Parker Bridwell, who went the rest of the way and allowed one hit while fanning two batters to earn his first save of the season and second of his career.Tacoma left seven run
  • Man screams ‘I will kill you’ before slashing a group of people with knives in Japan, wounding at least 19, killing at least 1

    Tokyo • A man carrying a knife in each hand and screaming “I will kill you” attacked a group of schoolchildren waiting at a bus stop just outside Tokyo on Tuesday, wounding at least 19 people, including 13 children, Japanese authorities and media said.The victims were lined up at a bus stop near Noborito Park in Kawasaki City when a man in his 40s or 50s attacked. NHK national television, quoting police, said that the suspect died after slashing himself in the neck. Police would
  • Tensions abound between Trump and Japan’s Abe over North Korea and trade

    Tokyo • All the pomp and pageantry in the world couldn’t paper over the tensions between President Donald Trump and Japan’s Shinzo Abe on two of their most pressing issues: North Korea and trade.The president and prime minister tried mightily to minimize their differences during Trump’s four-day state visit to Tokyo, while playing up their close personal friendship and their countries’ long-held ties. But tension abounded, with Trump on Monday brushing off the signif
  • A treaty that brought the Navajo home after the harrowing Long Walk and imprisonment is being given to the tribe

    Flagstaff, Ariz. • A 150-year-old document that allowed Navajos to return to their homeland in the Four Corners region where Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado meet is destined for a permanent home at the tribe’s museum.Navajos had been imprisoned at a desolate tract of land in eastern New Mexico before signing a treaty with the federal government in 1868. The United States signed hundreds of treaties with Native American tribes as acts of peace and friendship or to end wars, but
  • In emotional interviews, ex-Scouts open up about sexual abuse

    New York • Sharing their stories doesn’t come easily for these middle-aged men. At times, their eyes well up or their voices crack as they describe being sexually abused in the Boy Scouts and suffering from emotional damage long afterward.Looking back, they all remember vividly how excited they were to become Scouts."I was real gung-ho about getting my badges — fishing and campfires and all of that," said Darrell Jackson, now a 57-year-old New Yorker. "It was good at the beginni
  • Utah’s Kyler Dunkle endures a tough final round of the NCAA Golf Championships

    Kyler Dunkle’s successful Utah golf career ended Monday with a round of seven bogeys and no birdies.Dunkle closed the NCAA Men's Golf Championships with a 79, fading to a tie for 28th place in the 156-player field at The Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark. Dunkle's 77-79 finish was disappointing, after he had opened the tournament with a 69-71 showing that left him tied for fourth. Even so, the top-30 finish was an achievement for a Ute program that had not sent a contestant to natio
  • Eugene Robinson: Tune out Trump’s propaganda machine

    Washington • George W. Bush once said that to get a message across you had to repeat it over and over, “to kind of catapult the propaganda.” Donald Trump must have been paying attention.I predict this will be a summer of nonstop, shameless propaganda from Trump and his minions. It will be clumsy, ridiculous and pathetic — but don't ignore it. Call it out. Laugh at it. Recognize it for what it is: a sign not of strength but of fear.Last week, in the White House, we saw a sp
  • Real Salt Lake parts ways with defender Adam Henley

    Real Salt Lake has parted ways with defender Adam Henley, the club announced Monday.Henley, who signed with RSL in early January 2018, has not made an appearance yet this season. He played five games last year and started two of them, logging a total of 260 minutes. He totaled just one shot while with Salt Lake.“We want to thank Adam for his time with the club and wish him the best in his next opportunity,” RSL General Manager Craig Waibel said in a club release. “This move is

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