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UTA pushes on-time rate for buses, trains to 92%, up from 62% in 2006 • Michael Howe began commuting daily on TRAX about six years ago when he was a University of Utah student. He's observed something that the Utah Transit Authority has worked hard to improve, but few likely have consciously noticed.

Threat of listing the sage grouse as endangered may be enough to protect the bird • Greater sage grouse feathers stick in the craws of Utah politicians. U. S. Rep. Rob Bishop is raising the specter that efforts to protect the lowly, but threatened, bird will endanger military training operations.

A Utah mother takes on the hardest cases: teenage foster children • Cynthia Nieves is far from home, living with her Army husband in Texas, caring for her toddler daughter and expecting a baby son to be born any day. She is 20. Whom does she call for advice about what to do when her husband deploys? Chrissy Watson, an Orem woman who, with her husband, Eli Watson, fostered Nieves from age 13 to 16.

Wrangling continues over what to do with Utah's other 14,000 homeless • As news travels across the country that Utah has all but eliminated "chronic" homelessness, the scrum continues in Salt Lake City over what to do with the other 14,000 people who don't have a place to call home.

Utahns protest police brutality; show solidarity with Baltimore • Holding umbrellas and paper signs drooping in the rain, 80 Utahns, including families of young people slain by police officers, rallied Saturday in Salt Lake City to express solidarity with Baltimore.

No celebrating by slain officer's family as Utah teen Meagan Grunwald is found guilty • Family members of slain Utah County sheriff's Sgt. Cory Wride and injured Deputy Greg Sherwood were somber as they quietly filed out of a small Provo courtroom early Saturday after 18-year-old Meagan Dakota Grunwald was found guilty of a slew of crimes — including aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder.

Other news:

Vernal child dies days after being found in a hot tub

Dog is rescued, but cat dies, in Draper house fire

Worldwide autism experts to meet in Utah

Thousands of Utahns walk and run in the Susan G. Komen race to end breast cancer

Lifestyle and entertainment:

Living history: 'Big Bill' Rishel thought anything was possible on a bicycle

Kirby: Happy Mom's Day to a babe

Salt Lake City Krishna Temple celebrates with Festival of Colors

UtahLit selection for May: Laura McBride's 'We Are Called to Rise'

Utah talent pool: Auditions set for 'Crazy for You,' 'Young Frankenstein' and more

NOVA Chamber Music Series takes 'Refuge' for Mother's Day concert

Utah fund-raisers: Jewish Community Center, March of Dimes and more hold benefits

One curtain comes down, more to open for retiring Ballet West star Christiana Bennett

Sports news:

Real Salt Lake notes: Nick Rimando reaches milestones in victory

Kragthorpe: Ex-Jazzman DeMarre Carroll's scoring spree ends in Hawks' loss

Utah basketball: Runnin' Utes aiming high in 2016 recruiting class

Prep baseball: On the baseball diamond, Amicone family proves that mother knows best

Real Salt Lake defeat Chicago Fire 2-1

Opinion and commentary:

Editorial: Survey or not, Utah judges face tough question over Boy Scouts

Op-ed: Charter schools are public schools serving diverse communities

Op-ed: Women's Leadership Institute lifts everyone by empowering women

Op-ed: Hiding Mormon race history doesn't make it go away

Op-ed: Utah liquor management is cleaning up a longtime problem

Editorial: Lee and Obama are both right about NSA snooping