Free Republic

Provo police have confirmed that one person was shot during a protest Monday night near the police department. The victim, a 60-year-old Provo resident, remained hospitalized Tuesday but was “stable,” according to police. The man was not part of the protest or counter-protest that had been going on, but was just driving in the area, said Provo Police Sgt. Nisha King.

We wanted to find out what appeals to Donald Trump’s supporters and why they believe he deserves another term. The economy, the judges and a get-the-job-done attitude is just part of it. Here are their stories. BOSTON — His critics call him dangerous, unhinged and unstable, and 10 leading Democrat contenders and three Republican challengers would like to replace him. But less than five months from the Iowa caucuses, President Donald Trump enjoys the support of a solid majority of Republicans, and they have sound reasons to stick with their man despite the furor that continually surrounds him. According to...

Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch may have offered a clue about who President Donald Trump will nominate to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, days ahead of the planned announcement on Monday. In a Friday op-ed article for Deseret News, a prominent newspaper in Hatch's home state of Utah, the longtime Republican lawmaker wrote a defense of the coming nominee amid a highly polarized and evenly split Senate. "Too much is at stake to allow politics to corrupt the Supreme Court confirmation process," Hatch wrote. "That's why in the coming weeks, I will lift...

Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch may have offered a clue about who President Donald Trump will nominate to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, days ahead of the planned announcement on Monday. In a Friday op-ed article for Deseret News, a prominent newspaper in Hatch's home state of Utah, the longtime Republican lawmaker wrote a defense of the coming nominee amid a highly polarized and evenly split Senate. "Too much is at stake to allow politics to corrupt the Supreme Court confirmation process," Hatch wrote. "That's why in the coming weeks, I will lift...

The Deseret News National Edition fills a void in the American media landscape through rigorous journalism for family- and faith-oriented audiences. Representing more than half of all U.S. news readers, this segment is consistently underserved by newsrooms that either overlook or do not report on readers' core values.

<p>SALT LAKE CITY — Joseph A. Cannon is nobody’s liberal. His résumé reads as if it belongs to a delegate to the Republican National Convention, which, incidentally, he was in 2004.</p> <p>He was an official for the Environmental Protection Agency under Ronald Reagan and chairman of the Utah Republican Party. As editor of The Deseret News, he published editorials condemning deficit spending, same-sex marriage and lenient alcohol laws.</p>

Related links Changes at the Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — The Deseret News announced today work force reductions and unveiled a plan to refocus the quality and reach of its product. "Changes in the industry have forced some newspapers to fade or even close," said Clark Gilbert, Deseret News CEO and president. "At the Deseret News, we choose to lead and innovate." Part of that leadership, he added, is the willingness to make hard choices. "Today we have announced the reduction in our print work force by 57 full-time and 28 part-time employees, which reflects just over 43 percent...

Utah's journalism and political communities have been buzzing the last couple weeks with rumors of an impending implosion of the Deseret News. Let me concisely repeat the rumors: * In the next few weeks, a significant part of the DNews staff will be laid off. * What remains will leave the Deseret News building in the heart of downtown to be resettled with KSL in the Triad Center. * The DNews will no longer publish daily, but three days or so a week (it would, of course, continue to exist online with Mormon Times). The staff at the DNews is...

The Deseret News makes a strong statement about diversity: it sucks. At the end of this week, the Deseret News will have an entirely white, male and Mormon editing staff for their news desk. The last remaining non-Mormon editor, Brice Wallace, will return to working as a business reporter and former business editor and current assignment editor Greg Kratz will take over the business team. Wallace has officially been the interim business editor, but has held the position for almost 15 months. So he's an interim editor like Gov. Gary Herbert is an interim governor. Before dismissing this shift as...

In the wake of former Utah House Majority Leader Kevin Garn's confession about his "mistake" about getting into a hot tub naked with a 15-year-old girl 25 years ago, the public has also learned about another questionable decision, this one at the Deseret News eight years ago. In 2002, Cheryl Maher came forward to a Deseret News reporter to tell him a profile like this one of then-Congressional candidate Garn didn't provide the whole story. She had been the focus of Garn's attention, advances, and eventually the hot-tub incident. Garn had been Maher's Sunday School teacher and boss. Although Deseret...

The Deseret News has a fascinating story about how in 2002 it received word and verified that former Utah House Majority Leader Kevin Garn’s once hot-tubbed in the nude with a 15-year-old girl, Cheryl Maher, when the politician was about twice her age. Yet, even though Garn was a candidate for U.S. Congress at the time, the Des News decided it wasn’t a story worth reporting. ReadLet’s see, Garn was a candidate for high federal office, thousands of voters were about to make up their minds on whether he should represent them in Congress. The candidate had deliberately thrust himself...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah House Majority Leader Kevin Garn is not the only one taking lumps for hot-tubbing in the nude with a 15-year-old and later paying her hush money. The Deseret News is, too — for knowing about the incident eight years ago and not reporting it. "It was a bad decision not to report it," said Kelly McBride, ethics group leader at the Poynter Institute, a journalism training organization. "You essentially have someone who has presented one face to the public and it has been revealed that may not be true and accurate. And most likely you...

More than 100 Utahns gathered Thursday to cheer on former Salt Lake Olympic leader Mitt Romney during the first Republican presidential debate — and he didn't disappoint them. None of the three top GOP candidates — Romney, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona Sen. John McCain — appeared to make any significant missteps during the 1 1/2-hour debate at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. Nor did the seven other participants, Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, and Reps. Tom Tancredo of...