Editorials & Opinions

What was that blue glow during my kid's fifth grade winter band concert? It was the telltale light of a collective failure of manners.

A spokesman for a Russian mountaineering team seeking to be the first to climb K2 in winter says it has abandoned the attempt after one of its members died on the mountain.

We are dismayed to see the "open carry" firearms bill, House Bill 49, pass out of committee with only three dissenting votes.

For more than two years, people in Utah and Washington have followed the saga of Susan Powell's disappearance, hoping for some good news.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Three mushroom pickers took refuge in a hollowed out tree after getting lost in an Oregon forest, fighting wintry chills for six days and drinking water from streams until a helicopter pilot spotted them.

Two of the top news stories this past week have revolved around reproductive rights, though both raise far more troubling issues than a woman's right to contraception or abortion.

Yemen'shighest military authority Sunday announced its willingness to open channels of dialogue with al Qaida in hopes of reaching a long-term cease-fire agreement.

Arab and Turkish officials slammed talk of a military strike against Iran, saying Sunday it would be a disaster for the region and calling for renewed negotiations, while also urging the international community to keep pressure on Syria to end the bloodshed there.

The critter is round, fuzzy and orange and blue. The name is "Otto, the Orange." It's the official, trademarked Syracuse University mascot.

The only player in NFL history with five Super Bowl rings was again passed over for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

ANONSBURG, Pa. - An official says a fire at a candy factory in southwestern Pennsylvania destroyed nearly 20,000 pounds of chocolate.

Bahrainis of different political stripes faced off in a rare forum on Saturday to try to bridge deep rifts against a backdrop of continued disturbances outside the Gulf Arab state's capital.

In a barrage of mortar shells, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said Saturday.

A Fayetteville man charged in 2010 with raping a young girl has been charged again, this time with sex crimes against a child between 4 and 6 years old.

A U.N. report says last year was the deadliest on record for Afghan civilians, with 3,021 killed in the war.

Bishop Eddie Long has been called anointed, but he was recently awarded another title, as shown in a video that's gone viral.

Acknowledging the uncertainty and confusion their ruling created, the chief justice of the state Supreme Court explained his reasoning Friday for rejecting the state's legislative redistricting plan last week.

The state Legislature had two opportunities to make South Dakota roads safer, but opted against taking such a course with decisions.

I can't really blame anyone but myself for not living on easy street. Those born under the sign of Aquarius can sometimes see the future.

Crime can have serious physical, psychological, financial and other effects on victims.