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Government shutdown begins and so does the finger-pointing

January 20, 2018 12:00 AM
By ZEKE MILLER, ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM, Associated Press
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Documentary highlights Polynesian community and football

January 26, 2016 12:00 AM
Tony Vainuku grew up in Salt Lake City and lived the complexities of the Polynesian community, where football is often considered the way to break cycles of poverty and violence.
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New evidence points to giant 9th planet on solar system edge

January 20, 2016 12:00 AM
This artistic rendering provided by California Institute of Technology shows the distant view from Planet Nine back towards the sun. The planet is thought to be gaseous, similar to Uranus and Neptune. Hypothetical lightning lights up the night side. (R. Hurt/Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/Courtesy of California Institute of Technology via AP)
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Poll: Online surveillance is OK for most

January 06, 2016 12:00 AM
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, during the committee's hearing on cyber threats. (Associated Press)
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Obama unveils presidential plan to cut gun violence

January 05, 2016 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama unveiled an array of measures on Tuesday tightening control and enforcement of firearms in the U.S., using his presidential powers in the absence of legal changes he implored Congress to pass.
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Global supermarkets selling shrimp peeled by slaves

December 14, 2015 12:00 AM
In this Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 photo, a Thai soldier stands between abandoned work stations during a raid on a shrimp shed in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. One woman said she had been working in the peeling factory for eight years. Another man said he ended up peeling shrimp there after breaking free from an equally brutal site. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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San Bernardino County reopens for business after attacks

December 07, 2015 12:00 AM
Mourners comfort each other at a makeshift memorial site honoring Wednesday's shooting victims Monday, Dec. 7, 2015 in San Bernardino, Calif. Thousands of employees of San Bernardino County are preparing to return to work Monday, five days after a county restaurant inspector and his wife opened fire on a gathering of his co-workers, killing 14 people and wounding 21. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Smartphones overtake desktops for holiday shopping

November 30, 2015 12:00 AM
Tashalee Rodriguez, of Boston, uses a smartphone app while shopping at Macy's in downtown Boston. For the first time, analysts predicted that more than half of online traffic to retailer sites would come from smartphones than desktops during the busy Black Friday holiday shopping weekend. (Associated Press)
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News briefs Dec. 1

November 30, 2015 12:00 AM
University of Chicago closes after gun threat
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Police: Around 100 hostages taken at Paris theater; 35 dead.

November 13, 2015 12:00 AM
Victims lay on the pavement outside a Paris restaurant, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. Police officials in France on Friday report multiple terror incidents, leaving many dead. It was unclear at this stage if the events are linked. (Associated Press)
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Fraudulent documents jumpstarted 'revolution' in LDS Church approach to history

October 28, 2015 12:00 AM
Photograph of 'The Joseph Smith Papers: Revelations and Translations' Volume 3
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News Briefs Oct. 27

October 26, 2015 12:00 AM
Kansas City Royals to join the New York Mets at the World Series
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The hajj journey of black Americans 50 years after Malcolm X

October 19, 2015 12:00 AM
In this Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015 photo, Imam Suleimaan Hamed, left, speaks to members of the Atlanta Masjid of Al Islam mosque in Atlanta. Members of the mosque gathered to celebrate a group of pilgrims who will make the annual Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. (Associated Press)
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Mormons gather to discuss race issues within faith

October 12, 2015 12:00 AM
Elder Joseph W. Sitati, of Kenya, one of the highest-ranking black Mormon leaders, looks on after speaking at a conference at University of Utah Friday, Oct. 9. Elder Sitati, of the Quorum of the Seventy, said the number of Mormons in Africa has increased to nearly 449,000 in 2014, up from 7,600 in 1978. (Associated Press)
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Women's college sports adjusts to missionary age change

October 09, 2015 12:00 AM
BYU midfielder Paige Hunt poses for a photo in at South Field. Female college athletes like Paige and her teammate Rachel Boaz interrupted their college careers to serve missions for the LDS Church. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Republican front-runner Trump proposes tax cuts for all

September 28, 2015 12:00 AM
NEW YORK — After weeks of vowing to raise taxes on 'hedge fund guys' and high-income earners, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump unveiled a tax plan Monday that would cut rates across the board and reduce the amount paid by wealthiest Americans and corporations into the U.S. Treasury.
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News briefs, Sept. 15

September 14, 2015 12:00 AM
Kentucky clerk returns to work
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California lawmakers approve right-to-die legislation

September 10, 2015 12:00 AM
Dan Diaz, the husband of Brittany Maynard, the California woman with brain cancer who moved to Oregon to legally end her life last fall, discusses his support to the reintroduction of right to die legislation during a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, in Sacramento,Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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