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Democratic presidential debate may be make or break for Bloomberg (+updates)

Live: Deseret News reporter Lisa Riley Roche is in Las Vegas covering the Democratic presidential debate. Her tweets will be posted here throughout the debate.

By Lisa Riley Roche

InDepth

Pete Buttigieg: ‘Let’s debate family values, I’m ready’

By Jeff Parrott

Faith

Church updates honor code for BYU, other schools

By Tad Walch

New church handbook is online and available to all. Here are some of the changes

It combines the two previous ones and also reflects the faith’s recent emphasis on ministering and home-centered gospel living and teaching while defining transgender policies for the first time

By Tad Walch Updated Feb 19, 2020, 9:00am MST

Utah man whose body was found in freezer left note saying his wife didn’t kill him

By Pat Reavy Feb 19, 2020, 3:42pm MST
Jury finds Utah man guilty in hate crime attack on Mexican family

By Annie Knox Updated Feb 19, 2020, 8:16pm MST
Utah falsely obtained $50M in federal criminal justice grants, lawsuit says

By Dennis Romboy Updated Feb 19, 2020, 8:04pm MST
Redshirt rule: Utah’s Krystkowiak would like to see basketball adopt policy similar to college football’s policy

By Mike Sorensen Feb 19, 2020, 5:13pm MST

Featured Writers

Timely insights from some of our award-winning journalists.

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Lois M. Collins

Oscars controversy and the never-ending family judgment

By Lois M. Collins Feb 19, 2020, 8:00am MST

Sofia Jeremias

The West’s new water problem

By Sofia Jeremias Feb 18, 2020, 10:01pm MST

Jeff Call

As his final season draws to an end, TJ Haws’ story is a bit more complicated than expected

By Jeff Call Feb 18, 2020, 10:00pm MST

Doug Robinson, Columnist

What this year’s NFL combine confirms about the Utes’ in-state dominance — and what they prize

By Doug Robinson, Columnist Feb 18, 2020, 1:35pm MST

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Top Stories

Guest opinion: BYU honor code update is a big step in the right direction

By Charlie Bird, Contributor February 19

Jury finds Utah man guilty in hate crime attack on Mexican family

By Annie Knox February 19

Another Catholic diocese seeks bankruptcy after abuse deals

By Associated Press February 19

BYU gratified by No. 23 ranking but ‘our job hasn’t changed at all’ as Cougars host Santa Clara

By Jeff Call February 19

U.S. judge sides with migrants in case against Border Patrol

By Associated Press February 19

Redshirt rule: Utah’s Krystkowiak would like to see basketball adopt policy similar to college football’s policy

By Mike Sorensen February 19

Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard to hold campaign events in Utah

By Dennis Romboy February 19

‘Mulan’ will be Disney’s first live-action remake with a PG-13 rating

By Valerie Jones February 19

Democrats won’t commit to same-day release of Nevada results

By Associated Press February 19

McDonald’s Shamrock Shake is back— and it’s celebrating a 50 year anniversary

By Valerie Jones February 19

Utah Senate gives preliminary OK to increase penalty for illegally passing school buses

By Sahalie Donaldson February 19

Plaintiffs’ attorneys take aim at Boy Scouts’ `dark history’

By Associated Press February 19

Utah bill to criminalize ‘willful’ failure to call 911 fizzles again

By Katie McKellar February 19

Utah Senate approves bill to tighten restrictions on personalized license plates

By Sahalie Donaldson February 19

Which Utah linebacker will step up with the graduation of Francis Bernard?

By Dirk Facer February 19

Is Connor Harding the defensive stopper No. 23 BYU basketball needs to make a postseason run?

By Jay Drew February 19

Ford salutes Gail Miller for her devotion to community service

By Deseret News February 19

AP source: Barr tells people he might quit over Trump tweets

By Associated Press February 19

‘AGT: The Champions’: Will there be a season 3?

By Lottie Elizabeth Johnson February 19

Trump ousts top defense official who certified Ukraine aid

By Associated Press February 19

New church handbook is online and available to all. Here are some of the changes

By Tad Walch February 19

Utah lawmakers seem intent on passing bigamy law

By Jay Evensen, Columnist February 19

Jordan Love continues to draw high praise as 2020 NFL Draft draws closer

By Trent Wood February 19

Oscars controversy and the never-ending family judgment

By Lois M. Collins February 19

Want to maximize your Disneyland trip? Try this

By Herb Scribner February 19

Utah woman who hid baby arrested in Philippines for kidnapping

By Associated Press February 19

Utah lawmakers to discuss whether a child under 12 can be criminally prosecuted

By Deseret News February 19

In our opinion: SB54 is still a good compromise for Utah’s elections

By the Deseret News Editorial Board February 19

The problem with Star Tours in a Galaxy’s Edge world

By Herb Scribner February 19

The West’s new water problem

By Sofia Jeremias February 18

Sports

As his final season draws to an end, TJ Haws’ story is a bit more complicated than expected

Senior guard will go down as one of the Cougars’ all-time greats

By Jeff Call February 18

Bloomberg is the one to watch in Democratic presidential debate, pollster says

By Lisa Riley Roche February 18

Here’s how Disney should handle ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 6’

By Herb Scribner February 18

Lego Masters: George and Karina Queen channel Lego passion into ‘Harry Potter’ creation

By James Edward February 18

Is former big leaguer Aubrey Huff a political martyr or just gross?

By Ethan Bauer February 18

With Super Tuesday looming, voting ramps up across Utah

By Kyle Dunphey February 18

Taysom Hill’s future: What Drew Brees returning means for the former BYU star

By Brandon Judd February 18

Utah sales, income taxes grow, but lawmakers say tax reform still needed

By Katie McKellar February 18

HB77: Increases to weighted pupil unit’s value above 4% would not require property tax

By Marjorie Cortez February 18

Utah gymnastics has national title aspirations. How realistic are they?

By Trent Wood February 18

The eel deal: S.L. sculptor’s creations to adorn Loveland Living Planet Aquarium expansion

By Deseret News Photographers February 18

Utahn who posed as doctor headed to prison for sex assaults of women

By Annie Knox February 18

Addressing pornography: How indexing and family history can help

By Church News February 18

Appeals court declines to reduce Jeremy Johnson prison sentence

By Dennis Romboy February 18

Property management innovators Entrata riding development boom, hiring

By Art Raymond February 18

Former DOJ officials call on William Barr to resign; Roger Stone seeks retrial

By Jeff Parrott February 18

BYU saw an upswing in home football attendance in 2019, thanks to ‘big-time’ opponents, wins and afternoon kickoffs

By Jay Drew February 18

Huckabuy scores $2.3 million to grow search optimization effort

By Art Raymond February 18