Bisa Butler, “Southside Sunday Morning,” 2018. | © Bisa Butler/Photo by Margaret FoxEach of Butler’s quilts feature life-size figures and incorporate hundreds, sometimes even thousands of bits of fabric, much of it from Africa. Her work is now featured in an exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. Erica Warren, associate curator of textiles at the Art Institute of Chicago, was making a routine visit to Expo Chicago in 2018, when she and another staff member made a happy discovery — a virtually unknown quilt artist named Bisa Butler. “The colors, the dynamism, the figures themselves, the scale — there is so much that draws you in,” Warren said of Butler’s creations. “You see the work from far away, and you immediately need to get close and see what is happening. And when you do get close,

School buses are parked outside of the Salt Lake City School District’s Pupil Transportation building in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret NewsSome yellow buses in Salt Lake will soon be a little more green SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake City School District has received a second grant for the purchase of electric school buses, which means the school district will eventually be able to retire eight diesel-fueled buses. The first buses are expected to arrive mid-March, said Ken Martinez, the school district’s transportation fleet manager. “It’s such new technology for the school bus industry. We’re gonna be the first to have one, even in Utah,” Martinez said. The school district has received two state grants from the Utah Department of Environmental Quali

She made the claims in her interview with Oprah WinfreyMeghan Markle has claimed that when she was pregnant with son Archie, there were ‘concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born’ within the family. She said: ‘In those months when I was pregnant, we had in tandem the conversations of him not being given security or a title, and also concerns about how dark his skin might be when he’s born.’ In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, the chatshow host asked her: ‘Who is having that conversation with you?’ Meghan would not say who raised this, saying ‘I think that would be damaging to them’. She added that the concerns were relayed to her by Harry, who had been told people were worried about ‘what that would mean or look like’. Meghan added: ‘That w...

A rendering of the top of the Obama Center museum tower, with words from ex-President Barack Obama’s 2015 Selma speech. | Provided by the Obama FoundationSaid Obama on the 50th anniversary of the Selma march, “The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.”’ WASHINGTON — The words to be chiseled on two sides of the museum tower in the Obama Presidential Center will be from the speech ex-President Barack Obama delivered in Selma to mark the 50th anniversary of civil rights marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the foundation announced Sunday. Obama, the nation’s first Black president, delivered the remarks on March 7, 2015. The foundation chose to unveil a significant and defining architectural detail at the top of the high-rise structure, on the 56th anniversary of

It came down to one shot, but Warriors guard Stephen Curry won NBA All-Star weekend’s 3-point contest Sunday night at State Farm Arena. Curry made the final “money-ball” shot from the corner to beat Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley and win the 3-point contest for the second time in his career. Curry, who last won the event in 2015, became the seventh player ever to win the event multiple times. In the second and final round, Curry made 4-of-10 from the corner, 8-of-10 from the wing, 3-of-5 from the top of the key and both 30-footers to win the 3-point contest. He scored an event-high of 31 in the first round. Also participating in the event was Chicago’s Zach LaVine, Utah’s Donovan Mitchell and Boston’s Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. Conley, who was the runner-up, had an impressive showing, an...

Summary List PlacementAs calls grow for his resignation, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told a top state lawmaker that they would have to impeach him if they want him out of office, the Associated Press reported. The Democrat is serving his third term as New York's governor but has faced mounting criticism in recent weeks over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and allegations of sexual harassment. Multiple women have come forward with accusations, while many other staffers told The Washington Post Cuomo fostered a "hostile" and "toxic" workplace culture. New York's Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said on Sunday that Cuomo must resign, while Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie also said he had concerns over Cuomo's "ability to continue to lead." Stewart-Cousins was the first ...

LAS VEGAS — Kyle Larson wasn’t sure he’d ever race again in NASCAR, and if he could, he didn’t know who would even hire him. It was Rick Hendrick who took the chance on a driver many believed was radioactive for sponsors. Larson’s use of a racial slur while participating in an online race last April cost him his job, his reputation and his ability to attract the corporations that fund a race team. Hendrick said he’d pay for the car himself because he was that confident that Larson, reformed after months of self-work, could be redeemed. On Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Larson raced to his first NASCAR victory since he was reinstated from a nearly yearlong suspension. He ran just the first four races last season and was hired by Hendrick Motorsports when NASCAR said the suspension woul

Three people were killed in a crash March 7, 2021, in suburban Mount Prospect. | Adobe Stock PhotoA white Honda was driving south from the exit of Mt. Prospect Plaza, when a gold Ford entered the intersection and struck the Honda. Three people were killed in a crash Sunday morning in suburban Mount Prospect. About 7:45 a.m., officers responded to calls of a rollover crash with passengers trapped in the intersection of Rand Road and Mount Prospect Road, Mount Prospect police said. An investigation found that a white Honda was driving south from the exit of Mt. Prospect Plaza, when a gold Ford entered the intersection and struck the Honda, police said. The impact of the crash caused the Honda to roll over and come to rest on its roof. The driver of the Ford was extricated from the vehic...

Kseniya Kniazeva, executive director of Nomad Alliance, right, speaks to Jason Gove about obtaining a new wheelchair for him on Rio Grande Street in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. Utah’s 2021 legislative session marked milestones in investments in affordable housing and sweeping changes to the homeless governance system, all meant to enact measurable improvements in two of the Beehive State’s biggest issues. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s 2021 legislative session marked milestones in investments in affordable housing and sweeping changes to the homeless governance system, all meant to enact measurable improvements in two of the Beehive State’s biggest issues. The Legislature approved $50 million in funding to affordable housing initiatives and homelessness