Dusty samples from the "most dangerous known rock in the Solar System" have been brought to Earth.
The American space agency NASA landed the materials in a capsule that came down in the West Desert of Utah state.
The samples had been scooped up from (...)
Nasa's Osiris-Rex capsule will come screaming into Earth's atmosphere on Sunday at more than 15 times the speed of a rifle bullet.
It will make a fireball in the sky as it does so, but a heat shield and parachutes will slow the descent and bring it (...)
A school district in the US state of Utah has removed the Bible from elementary and middle schools for containing "vulgarity and violence".
The move follows a complaint from a parent that the King James Bible has material unsuitable for (...)
The Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL) Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa was received by Utah Governor Gary Herbert following an official invitation.
Herbert and Dr. Al-Issa discussed a prospect of cooperation and a range of (...)
Attendees at the Sundance Film Festival can use augmented reality (AR) to hang out with "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm or assemble a human brain, as makers of the new immersive technology seek to engage independent filmmakers.
The Sundance premiere of (...)
Questions about why police shot and critically wounded a 17-year-old Somali refugee in Salt Lake City grew on Monday as civil rights groups called for answers and several hundred protesters took to the streets holdings signs that read, "Stop killer (...)
Whit Stillman, one of our best chroniclers of the modern leisure class, has gone back to the 18th century in "Love & Friendship," an effervescent comedy about a deviously ambitious social climber.
The film premiered Saturday night at the Sundance (...)
As a young artist, Michael Jackson knew he wanted to be legendary.
"I will be magic," he wrote as a teenager, outlining his plans for his career. "I will be better than every great actor roped in one."
Jackson's drive to succeed and his striking (...)
Victor Guzman scored in the second half and Mexico beat Honduras 2-0 Tuesday night in the final of the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
The teams already clinched spots in the 2016 Rio Olympics with victories in the semifinals Saturday. (...)
It took four overtimes for the Atlanta Hawks to edge the Utah Jazz in the NBA's longest game in nearly 15 years at Philips Arena Sunday.
In an exhausting battle between evenly matched teams, the Hawks and Jazz produced the league's first (...)
year-old girl and a documentary about the war on drugs took top honors at the Sundance Film Festival.
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” won the grand jury prize in the U.S. dramatic competition, and “The House I Live In” won the same honor in the U.S. (...)
Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana came to the Sundance Film Festival to promote their closing-night film, “The Words.”
The two actors play a married couple in the movie, which follows an aspiring writer who gains fame when he finds an old manuscript (...)
Richard Gere once saw Utah from horseback while moving cattle, but his trip to the Sundance Film Festival to premiere “Arbitrage” is his first actual visit to the state.
The 62-year-old actor says “it sounds ridiculous,” but he was moving cattle (...)
A fresh dusting of snow over Park City heralded the beginning of the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday.
Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford opened the festival by characterizing the slate of 117 feature films as products of “dark and grim” (...)
Cody Hoffman returned a kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown and BYU forced three turnovers in a 24-17 victory over Central Florida Friday night.
Bryan Kariya's 6-yard TD run with 10:29 left gave BYU a 24-17 lead, and the Cougars stymied a last-minute (...)
American story of young love entitled “Like Crazy” and a moving documentary about euthanasia, “How to Die in Oregon,” won the top prizes at the Sundance film festival late Saturday.
The climax of the prestigious 10-day independent movie fest also (...)
A death row inmate died in a barrage of bullets early Friday as Utah carried out its first firing squad execution in 14 years.
Shortly before the shooting, Ronnie Lee Gardner was strapped into a chair and a team of five marksmen aimed their guns at (...)
Gary Coleman once said he wanted people to think of him as something more than the chubby-cheeked child star from television show “Diff'rent Strokes,” that he wanted to escape the legacy of character Arnold Jackson, whose “Whatchu talkin' ‘bout?” (...)
High school students in northern Utah have completed a 6,400-square-foot (595-square-meter) replica of Vincent van Gogh's “Starry Night” out of breakfast cereal.
Sky View High School teacher Doyle Geddes led more than 150 students on the project, (...)
Marie Osmond's 18-year-old son was remembered at a funeral service Monday with fond words, laughter and music from his famous singing family.
Michael Bryan was memorialized by six of his seven siblings as a lighthearted person with a brilliant (...)
Crews responding to a trailer fire in southern Utah had another factor to contend with: snakes. Kristeen Checketts, the animal control officer in St. George, says there were about 19 pet pythons in the trailer when it caught fire Thursday morning at (...)
Doug Martin ran for 121 yards and four touchdowns as Boise State remained unbeaten and in college football title contention with a 52-21 victory over Utah State Friday.
Jeremy Avery added 116 yards rushing and two touchdowns for the Broncos, who (...)
Lose a bet, kiss a horse.
That's how Davis County Commissioner Alan Hansen found himself kissing a 3-year-old sand-colored horse named Reno.
The smooch stemmed from a contest between employees at Davis County and the Davis Hospital and Medical (...)
A farmer has erected a fence in his backyard made of three old cars sticking up in the air to send a message to new neighbors that he can do whatever he wants on his farm. “This is just a fun way for me to say, ‘Hey boys, I'm still here,'” said (...)
3 vote last week to give Leahy the power to issue the subpoenas.
The showdown between the White House and Congress could land in federal court.
Also named in subpoenas signed by Leahy were the Justice Department and the National Security Council. (...)