• Trump said to be improving but next 48 hours ‘critical’

    Trump said to be improving but next 48 hours ‘critical’
    Bethesda, Md. • President Donald Trump faces a “critical” next two days in his fight against COVID-19 at a military hospital, his chief of staff said Saturday, also revealing that Trump went through a “very concerning” period on Friday while officials were giving calm, upbeat reports."We’re still not on a clear path yet to a full recovery, said chief of staff Mark Meadows outside the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.His comments were in sharp contra
  • Sen. Kamala Harris in Utah early ahead of vice president debate, visits This Is the Place monument

    Sen. Kamala Harris in Utah early ahead of vice president debate, visits This Is the Place monument
    Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris has arrived in Utah, where she’ll take a quick tour of the state and then spend the next few days preparing to square off in the vice presidential debate here.Harris, the running mate of presidential nominee Joe Biden, got in late Friday night according to her campaign staff — five days ahead of the Wednesday showdown at the University of Utah.That event is still expected to go on, the school says, despite President Donald Trump being hospitalized with t
  • Letter: Combat voting misinformation

    Letter: Combat voting misinformation
    This morning I had a newly registered-to-vote 18-year-old neighbor ask me if you had to be registered Republican for your vote to count in Utah. She had obviously heard that from somewhere and was going to look into changing her affiliation. I wonder where that misinformation is coming from. It is misinformation, right?Anyone with questions regarding their voter registration in any state can call 866-OUR-VOTE. It’s manned by trained law students and attorneys who supervise them.Beth Charda
  • Latest from LDS General Conference: Apostle Gong, who may have been exposed to COVID-19, urges members to change the world

    Latest from LDS General Conference: Apostle Gong, who may have been exposed to COVID-19, urges members to change the world
    The all-virtual 190th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints got underway Saturday, with 96-year-old President Russell M. Nelson declaring that the “work of the Lord is steadily moving forward” despite a global pandemic that has halted Sunday services, disrupted missionary work and temporarily closed temples.“Amid social distancing, face masks, and Zoom meetings, we have learned to do some things differently, and some even more effectiv
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  • Utah restaurants wait for a vaccine to reopen, but for hundreds of them, it already may be too late

    Utah restaurants wait for a vaccine to reopen, but for hundreds of them, it already may be too late
    Restaurateur Matthew Lake has faced obstacles in his career. In New York, where he ran a few Mexican restaurants 13 years ago, a sprinkler pipe broke in one and flooded the building. One week later, it was back in business.After moving to Salt Lake City, he closed his Mexican restaurant Alamexo Cantina, in the east-side 9th and 9th neighborhood, in March 2019 because of a road improvement project that restricted the flow of customers.But nothing hit like COVID-19 — a challenge that shut do
  • Tribune Editorial: Audit of Utah pandemic response must go further

    Tribune Editorial: Audit of Utah pandemic response must go further
    It is a phrase that seems to be found in just about every report about the latest scientific or medical research.No matter the subject, no matter the depth or credibility of the report, no matter whether they seem to have finally determined coffee is good (or bad) for you or you need to get more (or less) time in the sun, the article always seems to end with the disclaimer, “More research is needed.”The other day, the office of Utah State Auditor John Dougall released what it called
  • LDS General Conference addresses elections, racism, protests and pandemic

    LDS General Conference addresses elections, racism, protests and pandemic
    As 2020 brings trials from a global pandemic, a recession, racism, protests and contentious elections, leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints preached Saturday that the year also creates great opportunities to find peace by following Christ’s example.“Amid social distancing, face masks and Zoom meetings, we have learned to do some things differently, and some even more effectively,” 96-year-old church President Russell M. Nelson said during the faith’s
  • Utah sees spike of 1,068 coronavirus cases Saturday, with two new deaths

    Utah sees spike of 1,068 coronavirus cases Saturday, with two new deaths
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber.The spike of COVID-19 cases in Utah continued Saturday with another 1,068 reported — making that the eighth day over 1,000 in just the last two weeks.Two more deaths were also reported. The state has now reached a total of 476 peop
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  • Official: Next 48 hours critical for Trump on virus fight

    Official: Next 48 hours critical for Trump on virus fight
    Bethesda, Md. • President Donald Trump went through a “very concerning” period Friday and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care as he battles the coronavirus at a military hospital, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Saturday.The comments came after it was revealed that Trump was administered supplemental oxygen Friday morning at the White House before he was transported to the hospital, although staff insisted he had only mild symptoms.Trump’s
  • Sen. Kamala Harris in Utah ahead of vice president debate

    Sen. Kamala Harris in Utah ahead of vice president debate
    Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris has arrived in Utah, taking a quick tour of the state days before she’s set to square off in the vice presidential debate here this Wednesday.On Saturday, the candidate started with a walk around This Is the Place Heritage Park at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. The iconic monument honors the Latter-day Saint pioneers who came into the Salt Lake Valley in 1847.“They were essentially immigrants,” she said. “They were fleeing persecution. They
  • Latest from LDS General Conference: Oaks calls on U.S. leaders, citizens to respect election results

    Latest from LDS General Conference: Oaks calls on U.S. leaders, citizens to respect election results
    The all-virtual 190th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints got underway Saturday, with 96-year-old President Russell M. Nelson declaring that the “work of the Lord is steadily moving forward” despite a global pandemic that has halted Sunday services, disrupted missionary work and temporarily closed temples.“Amid social distancing, face masks, and Zoom meetings, we have learned to do some things differently, and some even more effectiv
  • BYU in review: Unbeaten path forward becomes clearer following rout of La. Tech; Zach Wilson continues to sizzle

    BYU in review: Unbeaten path forward becomes clearer following rout of La. Tech; Zach Wilson continues to sizzle
    For the first time in the Kalani Sitake era, the BYU Cougars have started the season 3-0 following a third consecutive dominating performance to beat La. Tech 45-14 Friday at LaVell Edwards Stadium.With the strong start, No. 22 BYU is poised to have, not only a winning season, but possibly the best finish under fifth-year coach Sitake.The overwhelming early success comes as a contrast to previous years, in which BYU would win one or two marquee games, but ultimately the early-season strength of
  • GOP seeks to curtail Senate work, but not Barrett hearings

    GOP seeks to curtail Senate work, but not Barrett hearings
    Washington • Republicans on Saturday sought to call off legislative work in the Senate until Oct. 19 as the coronavirus reached into their ranks. But they vowed that hearings for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee would push ahead as planned even as lawmakers increasingly demanded testing for everyone on Capitol Hill.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett will still begin Oct. 12, even if Democrats agree to cancel
  • What do the last 20 years say about the Jazz being able to identify first-round talent?

    What do the last 20 years say about the Jazz being able to identify first-round talent?
    Kevin O’Connor, right, Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Utah Jazz, shakes hands with Dennis Lindsey as Lindsey is introduced as the team’s general manager at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. | Ravell Call, Deseret News
    SALT LAKE CITY — Are the Utah Jazz good at drafting players?
    In a quest to answer that question ahead of the 2020 NBA draft, in which the Jazz hold the 23rd pick, I decided to go back and look at
  • If you could take a test to find your soulmate, would you?

    If you could take a test to find your soulmate, would you?
    If you could take a test that would tell you the one person in all the world who is your soulmate — would you do it?It’s a tough question, as demonstrated in the new AMC anthology series appropriately titled “Soulmates.” Among the issues raised in the six-episode first season are:• What if a married couple takes the test and finds out they’re not soulmates?• What do you do when a stranger arrives, insisting you’re her soulmate?• What if a woman
  • George Pyle: Journalism must also look inward to deal with racism

    George Pyle: Journalism must also look inward to deal with racism
    About a month ago, there was The Cartoon.It was by The Salt Lake Tribune’s own esteemed artist Pat Bagley. It was the one that showed a doctor and a police officer looking at a large X-ray, apparently of the officer, and seeing a visage of a hooded Ku Klux Klansman about where the cop’s lower spine should have been.There were protests and angry letters and tweets about how the cartoon said all law enforcement officers are racists.That was not the intent of the cartoon. The intent was
  • Commentary: What do the last 20 years say about the Jazz being able to identify first-round talent in the NBA draft?

    Commentary: What do the last 20 years say about the Jazz being able to identify first-round talent in the NBA draft?
    Kevin O’Connor, right, Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Utah Jazz, shakes hands with Dennis Lindsey as Lindsey is introduced as the team’s general manager at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. | Ravell Call, Deseret News
    SALT LAKE CITY — Are the Utah Jazz good at drafting players?
    In a quest to answer that question ahead of the 2020 NBA draft, in which the Jazz hold the 23rd pick, I decided to go back and look at
  • Latest from LDS General Conference: Apostle calls for unity amid racial and political strife

    Latest from LDS General Conference: Apostle calls for unity amid racial and political strife
    The all-virtual 190th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints got underway Saturday, with 96-year-old President Russell M. Nelson declaring that the “work of the Lord is steadily moving forward” despite a global pandemic that has halted Sunday services, disrupted missionary work and temporarily closed temples.“Amid social distancing, face masks, and Zoom meetings, we have learned to do some things differently, and some even more effectiv
  • Concerning signs in Trump’s care despite word he’s doing OK

    Concerning signs in Trump’s care despite word he’s doing OK
    Bethesda, Md. • President Donald Trump’s doctor on Saturday painted a rosy picture of the president’s health as he remains hospitalized for coronavirus treatment. But that assessment was immediately contradicted by a person familiar with Trump’s condition, who said the president was administered supplemental oxygen on Friday at the White House.As well, Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, said the president went through a “very concerning” period Friday
  • Chiefs-Patriots game called off amid report Cam Newton has COVID-19

    Chiefs-Patriots game called off amid report Cam Newton has COVID-19
    The NFL postponed this week’s game between New England and the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs after “positive COVID-19 tests on both teams.” ESPN reported on Saturday that Patriots quarterback Cam Newton was among those testing positive.The NFL said on Saturday that the game, originally scheduled for 4:25 p.m. EDT on Sunday, will be played on Monday or Tuesday, a move that would be possible only if there is no wider spread of the disease on the rosters.The Patriots conf
  • Trump was given oxygen before his admission to hospital

    Trump was given oxygen before his admission to hospital
    Bethesda, Md. • President Donald Trump on Friday was administered supplemental oxygen at the White House hours after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and before being flown to a military hospital.A person familiar with Trump’s condition confirmed that Trump was given oxygen at the White House, after the president’s physician, Navy Commander Dr. Sean Conley, sidestepped the question at a press briefing Saturday. Conley said Trump was not administered oxygen on Thursday or since he h
  • Latest from LDS General Conference: Nelson says church is 'moving forward,’ notes ‘unusual rewards’ during pandemic

    Latest from LDS General Conference: Nelson says church is 'moving forward,’ notes ‘unusual rewards’ during pandemic
    The all-virtual 190th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints got underway Saturday, with 96-year-old President Russell M. Nelson declaring that the “work of the Lord is steadily moving forward” despite a global pandemic that has disrupted missionary work and temporarily closed temples.“Amid social distancing, face masks, and Zoom meetings, we have learned to do some things differently, and some even more effectively,” he said. &ld
  • Chiefs-Patriots game called off amid report Newton has COVID-19

    Chiefs-Patriots game called off amid report Newton has COVID-19
    This NFL postponed this week’s game between New England and the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs after positive COVID-19 tests on both teams. ESPN reported on Saturday that Patriots quarterback Cam Newton was among those contracting the disease. The NFL said Saturday that the game, originally scheduled for 4:25 p.m. EDT on Sunday, will be played on Monday or Tuesday. The league said the move followed “positive COVID-19 tests on both teams.” The Patriots confirmed that a p
  • RSL’s season is far from over, but club is already planning for 2021 with addition of three new faces

    RSL’s season is far from over, but club is already planning for 2021 with addition of three new faces
    Real Salt Lake continues to get younger.The organization that prioritizes the development of its own players from either the Real Monarchs or the academy team recently added three to the first team in Bode Davis, Andrew Brody and Noah Powder. The trio, whose average age is 21 years and four months, will join RSL for the 2021 season.“All three of those will push our roster and add energy to the everyday environment,” RSL coach Freddy Juarez said.Davis, Brody and Powder are currently m
  • Latest from LDS General Conference: All-virtual session underway, with leaders wearing masks

    Latest from LDS General Conference: All-virtual session underway, with leaders wearing masks
    The 190th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints got underway Saturday, with speakers addressing believers — watching online or on TV — from a theater in downtown Salt Lake City’s massive Conference Center.For the second time, it is an all-virtual event, with no public attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first one was in April.The conference is taking place under the direction of 96-year-old church President Russell M. Nelson,
  • White House doctor says Trump doing ‘very well’ at hospital

    White House doctor says Trump doing ‘very well’ at hospital
    Bethesda, Md. • President Donald Trump’s doctor says he is doing “very well” as he spends the weekend at a military hospital for treatment of COVID-19.Navy Commander Dr. Sean Conley said Trump has been fever-free for 24 hours as he updates the nation on the president’s condition from the hospital Saturday morning. Trump was admitted Friday after testing positive for the coronavirus.While Conley said the president is not currently on oxygen, he refused to say whether
  • No. 22 BYU routs Louisiana Tech 45-14 to improve to 3-0

    No. 22 BYU routs Louisiana Tech 45-14 to improve to 3-0
    No. 22 BYU had five weeks to prepare for Navy and nearly three weeks to prepare for Troy. Against Louisiana Tech, the Cougars had four days to get ready.But that didn’t matter.Zach Wilson was on fire, throwing for 325 yards and two touchdowns on 24 of 26 passing, to lead the Cougars to a 45-14 victory over the Bulldogs on Friday night at LaVell Edwards Stadium.“Things are really starting to click for us as a team,” coach Kalani Sitake said. “Obviously, there’s a lot
  • Latest from LDS General Conference: All-virtual session poised to start

    Latest from LDS General Conference: All-virtual session poised to start
    The 190th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gets underway Saturday, with speakers once again addressing believers — watching online or on TV — from a small auditorium in downtown Salt Lake City rather than the massive Conference Center nearby.For the second time, it is an all-virtual event, with no public attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first one was in April.Music for the sessions has been prerecorded.The conference is taki
  • Police shooting of boy with autism in Salt Lake City leads to calls for more crisis intervention teams

    Police shooting of boy with autism in Salt Lake City leads to calls for more crisis intervention teams
    When Golda Barton called 911 seeking help for her 13-year-old son, she was specific.She wanted a crisis intervention team officer to help get her son, who was having a mental health episode, to a hospital.“For whatever reason, that’s not what she got,” said Sherri Wittwer, CIT Utah board president.Instead, Salt Lake City police officers, whom Wittwer characterized as crisis intervention generalists, responded, chased the boy and one of them opened fire, severely injuring 13-yea
  • Police shooting of autistic boy in Salt Lake City leads to calls for more crisis intervention teams

    Police shooting of autistic boy in Salt Lake City leads to calls for more crisis intervention teams
    When Golda Barton called 911 seeking help for her 13-year-old son, she was specific.She wanted a crisis intervention team officer to help get her son, who was having a mental health episode, to a hospital.“For whatever reason, that’s not what she got,” said Sherri Wittwer, CIT Utah board president.Instead, Salt Lake City police officers, whom Wittwer characterized as crisis intervention generalists, responded, chased the boy and one of them opened fire, severely injuring 13-yea
  • Kaysville residents to vote on plan to create a $22 million fiber optic network

    Kaysville residents to vote on plan to create a $22 million fiber optic network
    When Kaysville City began pitching the creation of a municipal-owned fiber optic network as a “necessity of the 21st century” akin to roads, power lines and water pipes, the coronavirus hadn’t yet upended many people’s relationship to the internet. Now, a vote on the 30-year, $22 million bond that would be necessary to create the network will come after months of Zoom meetings, online schooling and working from home — conditions proponents hope will help their neigh
  • Utah to open vs. Arizona, will play twice on Fridays as Pac-12 releases football schedule

    Utah to open vs. Arizona, will play twice on Fridays as Pac-12 releases football schedule
    The University of Utah will open its weird, truncated 2020 college football season Nov. 7 at Rice-Eccles Stadium vs. Arizona as the Pac-12 released its football schedule on Saturday morning.The Utes, 11-3 last season and winners of the last two Pac-12 South Division titles, will pay twice on a Friday night, Nov. 13 at the Rose Bowl vs. UCLA and Dec. 11 in the regular-season finale vs. Colorado.Of note on the Pac-12′s master schedule, Arizona State will play USC on Nov. 7 in Los Angeles in
  • Early morning earthquake felt in central Utah

    Early morning earthquake felt in central Utah
    A magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit central Utah about 10 miles southwest of Circleville at 5:47 a.m. Saturday, according to the University of Utah Seismograph Stations.It was felt as far away as Bryce Canyon, some 50 miles south.The U. reports that it has tracked 45 earthquakes of at least a magnitude 3 in the Circleville area since 1962 and that the largest was a 4.6 in 2011.Circleville, in Piute County, is off of Highway 89 and is east of Beaver.A few aftershocks were felt after Saturday’s m
  • Crowds protest masks at Utah Freedom Rally

    Crowds protest masks at Utah Freedom Rally
    People gathered Friday at Provo Courthouse for the Utah Freedom Rally, an event to protest mask mandates.
  • Brodi Ashton: The beauty of Plan B

    Brodi Ashton: The beauty of Plan B
    The kids’ school shut down. So much for Plan A.When I was in sixth grade, I had a crush on a boy named… well, I probably shouldn’t use his real name. So, let’s call him Vlad. Vlad the Chevy Impala. Anyway, Matt — I mean Vlad — had these beautiful brown eyes and two dimples right where they should be (on his cheeks) as if they’d been there for years. And he had these long eyelashes. One day I remember him looking at me as if he’d never seen me (whi
  • Letter: Get a mute button

    Letter: Get a mute button
    No more presidential debates until the moderator is given a mute button to enforce civility.Jean M. Lown, LoganSubmit a letter to the editor
  • Letter: Prisons are prone to becoming coronavirus hot spots

    Letter: Prisons are prone to becoming coronavirus hot spots
    With the recent outbreak of COVID-19 in the Utah State Prison, it’s important we continue to push for mass releases of people incarcerated. As the growing number of cases overburden our hospitals and health care facilities, we need to step it up by taking precautionary measures and look out for each other. That has to include people who are locked away from our communities in the prison. After all, prisons and jails throughout the country are shown to be the hot spots of the spread of the
  • Letter: Turn the debates into game shows

    Letter: Turn the debates into game shows
    Having done my civic duty and watched the recent presidential debate, I have a simple suggestion to make the next two debates at least more watchable, if not actually productive.Donald Trump believes he is still on a game show. So let’s use game show technology from the past. Put them both in sound-proof booths. If the question is for Joe Biden, turn off Trump’s mic and watch him flail and silently rage and curse. If the question is for Trump, turn off Biden’s mic and watch him
  • With another lopsided win, BYU football team shows New Year’s Six potential

    With another lopsided win, BYU football team shows New Year’s Six potential
    BYU would rather not look ahead on the schedule, but that may start getting tougher given how good the Cougars have looked through three games.A 45-14 win over Louisiana Tech on Friday night at an empty LaVell Edwards Stadium marked a third straight dominant performance. The margin of victory is 41.3 points per contest, including a 52-point win over Navy and a 41-point triumph over Troy. Junior quarterback Zach Wilson (24 for 26, 325 yards, 2 TDs) has been a revelation, gaining more respect on a
  • Lakers top Heat 124-114 for 2-0 Finals lead

    Lakers top Heat 124-114 for 2-0 Finals lead
    Lake Buena Vista, Fla. • Anthony Davis got most of his points with a feathery shooting touch. LeBron James flexed his muscle to bulldoze his way to damage. And whenever the lead looked even the tiniest bit threatened, the Los Angeles Lakers had an answer.The NBA Finals are halfway to a coronation.James finished with 33 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, Davis made 14 of his first 15 shots on the way to 32 points, and the Lakers took a 2-0 lead in the title series by beating the short-h
  • Letter: Don’t discourage measured steps toward climate reform

    Letter: Don’t discourage measured steps toward climate reform
    Under the heading of “No good deed goes unpunished,” Rep. John Curtis has been singled out for being good, but not good enough on the issue of climate change.In his Sept. 30 commentary “Curtis fails to take climate change seriously,” Eric Rumple concedes that Rep. Curtis has moved ahead of other elected Republicans and has recognized “reality and extreme danger of climate change.”But Rumple laments that Curtis has not quickly embraced all of Rumple’s spe
  • BYU routs Louisiana Tech 45-14 in battle of unbeatens

    BYU routs Louisiana Tech 45-14 in battle of unbeatens
    No. 22 BYU had five weeks to prepare for Navy and nearly three weeks to prepare for Troy. Against Louisiana Tech, the Cougars had four days to get ready.But that didn’t matter.Zach Wilson was on fire, throwing for 325 yards and two touchdowns on 24 of 26 passing, to lead the Cougars to a 45-14 victory over the Bulldogs, Friday at LaVell Edwards Stadium.Wilson, who also added 43 yards and three touchdowns on the ground, provided stability in the Cougars' first (kind of) real test of the sea
  • Bob Gibson, Hall of Fame ace for Cardinals, dies at 84

    Bob Gibson, Hall of Fame ace for Cardinals, dies at 84
    Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, the dominating St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who won a record seven consecutive World Series starts and set a modern standard for excellence when he finished the 1968 season with a 1.12 ERA, died Friday. He was 84.The Cardinals confirmed Gibson’s death shortly after losing to San Diego 4-0 in the NL playoffs. Gibson had long been ill with pancreatic cancer in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska.Gibson’s death came on the 52nd anniversary of perhaps his most overpo
  • Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee has COVID-19; ex-Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway also tests positive days after Rose Garden ceremony

    Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee has COVID-19; ex-Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway also tests positive days after Rose Garden ceremony
    Sen. Mike Lee announced Friday that he has the coronavirus, taking a test just two days after meeting face to face — and without masks — with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.However, the White House said that Barrett herself tested negative for COVID-19 on Friday. The Washington Post also said Barrett tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this year but has since recovered.North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican, and former Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway were als
  • Letter: Finding clean air solutions

    Letter: Finding clean air solutions
    COVID-19 has been the focal point of conversations recently, but what about air pollution? At the University of Utah, we created an air pollution problems-solutions list. We recognized several issues exacerbated by air pollution, like COVID-19 symptoms or asthma attacks, and then identified solutions to these issues.Taking part in this activity made it clear that we simply do not care about things that we really should. For example, we could tear down useless parking lots in lower-class neighbor
  • Paul Krugman: A very strong case for Bidenomics

    Paul Krugman: A very strong case for Bidenomics
    Thanks to Donald Trump’s shouting and nonstop lying, there wasn’t much of a substantive policy discussion at the debate Tuesday.But there were some broad — and unsurprisingly, false — assertions about economic policy. Joe Biden claimed that his tax and spending plans would create millions of jobs and promote economic growth. Trump claimed that they would destroy the economy.Well, everything we know suggests that Biden was right and Trump wrong. And I’m not the only
  • Margaret Renkl: In praise of PBS, a true democratic institution

    Margaret Renkl: In praise of PBS, a true democratic institution
    Nashville • On Oct. 4, 1970, the Public Broadcasting Service entered the airwaves with an episode of “The French Chef.” I was not quite 9, too young for Julia Child and too old for “Sesame Street.” PBS became the television constant of my life anyway.I was still a child when I watched “The Six Wives of Henry VIII” on Masterpiece Theater and developed a lifelong love for British period drama. Shows like “Downton Abbey,” “Call the Midwife,
  • Bagley Cartoon: Spikes and Outbreaks

    Bagley Cartoon: Spikes and Outbreaks
    This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:Who Watches the Watchers?Thunderdome DebateWorkhorseBad FaithLooking for TroubleUtah SkillsVote!Notorious RBGHis Story HistorySpiking the RonaWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  • Prosecutors charge man shot by Ogden police during alleged burglary

    Prosecutors charge man shot by Ogden police during alleged burglary
    Prosecutors on Friday filed charges against a burglary suspect shot by Ogden police earlier this week after allegedly brandishing a stapler.Aaron Baugh, 34, is accused of breaking a window early Wednesday morning to get inside the AAMCO Transmission shop, at 3076 Wall Ave. A customer pulled into the parking lot about two hours later — around 7:20 a.m. — and noticed the broken glass and called police, according to court documents.The officer said that when she arrived, she saw Baugh i
  • Trump, stricken by COVID-19, flown to military hospital

    Trump, stricken by COVID-19, flown to military hospital
    Washington • Stricken by COVID-19, a feverish and fatigued President Donald Trump was flown to a military hospital Friday night after being injected with an experimental drug combination in treatment at the White House.In a day of whipsaw events, the president who has spent months downplaying the threat of the virus was forced to cancel all campaign events a month before the election as he fought a virus that has killed more than 205,000 Americans and is hitting others in his orbit as well.

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