Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points, including eight as the Utah Jazz closed the game with a 19-5 run for a 109-102 win over the Orlando Magic. With the Jazz trailing 97-90, Mitchell awoke a moribund offense and energized the crowd with a highlight-reel dunk in traffic. That sparked the clinching […]
A Utah Jazz fan is suing for $100 million after being banned for life from the team’s Salt Lake City arena over what were called racial taunts directed at point guard Russell Westbrook. The lawsuit says Shane Keisel denies making racial remarks while heckling Westbrook during a game in March. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake County says it will begin requiring background checks on private sales at gun shows held in county-owned facilities next year. Mayor Jenny Wilson announced the rule Monday, saying she knows it won’t solve the gun violence problem but says the county can’t risk […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City man faces criminal charges for shooting at a stolen truck fitted with a snowplow after it crashed into his SUV. At least one shot fired by 55-year-old Jon Michael Clara on Nov. 23 struck a family’s car, passing between those inside […]
Moderate Utah Democrat Ben McAdams says he will vote to impeach President Donald Trump. McAdams holds a seat in a largely Republican district. He said Monday that Trump abused the power of his office by pressuring Ukraine to investigate the former Vice President Joe Biden’s family. He said he cannot […]
MAGNA, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a man has died in a house fire in Magna. United Fire Authority says a police officer pulled the man, who was wheelchair bound, from the burning home shortly after 4 a.m. Monday. But he was pronounced dead at the scene. Another man and […]
Inmates in Utah are learning to tell their stories through a speech club that builds communication skills to help navigate life after release and teach others to avoid their mistakes. The Salt Lake Tribune reports about 50 men are part of the New Visions Speech club, which serves a facility […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the former Utah attorney general’s $80 million civil rights lawsuit finding those who investigated and charged him with public corruption six years ago cannot be sued for doing their jobs. The 62-year-old former legal advisor says he has not decided […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Provo man has been convicted of sex crimes after he falsely claimed to be a medical professional conducting anatomy research on women. A jury convicted 36-year-old Borzin Mottaghian on Friday of object rape, sexual battery and attempted sexual battery. His defense attorney argued that what happened […]
BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) — A U.S. Marine killed on a Pacific island during World War II has been reburied in Utah. Decades after Pfc. Robert James Hatch of Woods Cross was killed in 1943, searchers found his remains and others in a previously unrecorded burial trench on Betio in the […]
