7 movies about social media that are worth a ‘like’
For some people, social media is a vast and terrifying jungle filled with uncomfortable brushes with unsavory types. For others, it’s an extension of who they are — a place where you can meet more...
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For the biggest Sherlock Holmes fans, the best account of Baker Street mania
In 2002, at the end of a festive January evening, I was made a member of the Baker Street Irregulars, a literary society devoted to Sherlock Holmes. As part of what is called an investiture, a new...
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Utah football: Troy Williams faces another new test in a young career full of...
Once Troy Williams reached the final step behind the Eccles Football Center, he looked out at the scrum waiting to inquire about the latest tough break in a young football career already filled with...
View ArticleTrump wants atheist group’s suit over church IRS order dropped
Madison, Wis. • The Trump administration wants to nix a legal challenge to a presidential order easing enforcement of an IRS rule that limited religious organizations’ political activity.The Justice...
View ArticleShould the church where Robert E. Lee declared himself a sinner keep his name?
Police shootings. Charleston church killings. The public resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. As recent years engulfed America in intense debate about race, the genteel Gothic stone parish in little...
View ArticleUtah football notes: Safety Chase Hansen returns to practice
Utah strong safety Chase Hansen, a hard-hitting 6-foot-3, 220-pound junior, who went into the offseason as the lone returning starter in a five-man Utes secondary (two cornerbacks and a nickleback...
View ArticleVolleyball: Bingham goes to senior Elisaia to get past Corner Canyon
Draper • The Bingham volleyball team’s hitting attack almost could come from anywhere over the course of a match.But when the going gets tough, senior Selaisa Elisaia quickly is becoming the old...
View ArticleUtah man sentenced to prison for 2014 rape case after DNA match to...
A Utah man was sentenced to prison this week after he pleaded guilty to reduced charges in a rape case police say they solved two years after the crime thanks to a DNA match to sexual-assault kit...
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Will the 'American Idol' dream begin in Provo? A 1,000 or so hope the answer...
Provo • Caden Humphrey was stuck outside in the rain Tuesday night, but the chance to audition for “American Idol” made it worth getting wet.“I grew up on ‘American Idol,’” said the 20-year-old Utah...
View ArticleWasatch Community Gardens celebrates the tomato with a dine-around and...
The Tomato Days Dine-Around and the 2017 Tomato Sandwich Party are two ways to celebrate Utah’s tomato harvest.Tomato Days Dine-Around • Through Sept. 15, visit a participating restaurant and ask for...
View ArticleUtah man set to appear in Alaska court for allegedly murdering his wife while...
A Santa Clara man accused of beating his wife to death on an Alaskan cruise is set to appear in court for an arraignment Wednesday morning.Kenneth Manzanares, 39, will appear in U.S. District Court in...
View ArticleHolly Richardson: Back-to-school. It’s not just for kids anymore.
Summer is over and kids are back in school. Next week, I will be back in school as well and so will a number of my friends. I love seeing that! It’s never too late to start or go back to school.There...
View ArticleTo experience my ‘wow’ moment with the eclipse, you had to be there
I watched Monday’s solar eclipse from my porch in Herriman. Because of the mob, I saw it in three two-second glimpses. It was anything but a special or even spiritual experience.Surrounded by...
View ArticleYippee! Amazon revives 'The Tick,' plus the rest of your TV week preview
In 2001, a very good, live-action version of “The Tick” debuted on Fox — and disappeared after just nine episodes. Creator/producer Ben Edlund — the man behind the comic and the original series — has...
View ArticleSwedish journalist's torso found in submarine death mystery
Copenhagen, Denmark — Journalist Kim Wall had reported on conflicts, crises and natural disasters around the world. Earlier this month, she set out to sea from laid-back Copenhagen for a story about an...
View ArticlePodcast: Tyler Huntley is Utah's starting quarterback just like everyone...
OK, maybe we stared too long at the eclipse because we didn’t exactly see this one coming.Conventional wisdom pointed to Troy Williams winning Utah’s starting quarterback job. The senior is a captain —...
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With redraw of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase looming, Utah State University...
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s will issue recommendations this week for large national monuments that will reverberate across Utah, where residents remain divided over the new Bears Ears and the...
View ArticleTaylor Swift announces new album
New York • Yes, Taylor Swift fans, Wednesday was a lucky one for you.The pop star who whipped her army of Swifties into a frenzy with video snippets of slithery snake parts on social media posted the...
View ArticleSue Grafton's alphabet series appears to be near its end
“Y is for Yesterday” is Sue Grafton’s projected penultimate novel in her alphabet series about intrepid California private investigator Kinsey Millhone. And if the series does end with “Z” — and...
View ArticlePac-12 football: New coach Justin Wilcox tries to lift Cal from the bottom of...
Not even a goal-line stand against Utah enabled Sonny Dykes to keep his job as California’a football coach.The Bears’ unlikely stop that preserved an October victory was among the program’s rare...
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