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• Social media harnessed to expose white nationalists at Charlottesville rally

  14-08-2017 23:56
  New York • One of the social media posts resembled a wanted poster or a missing-persons flyer: Photographs of men were arranged in rows, seeking their names and employers.But the Facebook post wasn’t circulated by law enforcement in the search for a suspect or by relatives looking for a missing loved one. It was the work of ordinary people trying to harness the power of social media to identify and shame the white nationalists who attended last weekend’s violent rally in Charlot
  
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• Judge denies bail for man accused of murder during Charlottesville protest

  14-08-2017 23:10
  An Ohio man accused of plowing a car into a crowd of activists in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 19, was denied bail Monday in his first court appearance.James Alex Fields Jr., 20, appeared via a video link from Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail and was held on multiple felonies in the incident that occurred during a white nationalist rally that saw clashes between protesters and counterprotesters.Prosecutors did not detail the evidence against the
  
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• Former Arkansas coach, AD Broyles dies at 92

  14-08-2017 23:06
  Fayetteville, Ark. • Frank Broyles, who guided the University of Arkansas to its lone national football championship and later molded the overall program as its athletic director, died Monday at the age of 92.Broyles died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a statement from his family. “He passed peacefully in his home surrounded by his loved ones,” the statement said.Broyles won almost 71 percent of his games as head football coach with the Razorbacks
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz hire Mike Elliott as vice president of performance health care

  14-08-2017 22:48 via sportspyder.com
  ... ealth Care Details: https://t.co/xFJ3fZ9ldy pic.twitter.com/4hWS0RkiIF— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) August 14, 2017 He serves as an executive for NBSCA. He was the...
  
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• ‘Operation Rio Grande’ launched near homeless shelter with arrests, big jump in police presence

  14-08-2017 22:31
  Operation Rio Grande is a go.After weeks of secret meetings among state, county and city leaders, multiple agencies increased the police presence by fivefold Monday near Salt Lake City’s homeless shelter — a presence that officials say will be sustained for two years.Officials said Day One efforts would target higher-level offenders — not those who might be violating camping or loitering ordinances — calling it Phase One of a three-phase plan.As yet, there is no “pr
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz hire Mike Elliott as v.p. of performance health care

  14-08-2017 21:39 via sportspyder.com
  ... ealth Care Details: https://t.co/xFJ3fZ9ldy pic.twitter.com/4hWS0RkiIF— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) August 14, 2017 He serves as an executive for NBSCA along with b ...
  
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• Foster kids, like the feds and environmentalists, can’t buy a break in Blanding

  14-08-2017 21:35
  Blanding has been the epicenter of anti-Bears Ears National Monument sentiment and a hotbed for vitriol against environmentalists and the federal government promoting public land protections.A common refrain from that San Juan County community is that “outsiders” are ruining their lives and preventing them from getting good jobs.Now, unlike its southeastern Utah neighbors of Monticello and Moab, the Blanding City Council has denied a request to allow families taking in foster childre
  
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• Jazz hire Mike Elliott as vice president of performance health care

  14-08-2017 21:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz have announced the hiring of Mike Elliott as vice president of performance health care. Elliott will be in charge of both medical and sports science activities, along with supervising both the team's training and strength and conditioning program.Elliott spent the last 14 seasons with the Phoenix Suns (2003-17) as a member of the athletic training staff; he was director of the team's performance for the past two seasons. He was named the NBA's Strength and Co
  
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• West Valley City boy expected to survive after being struck in driveway

  14-08-2017 21:24
  A 12-year-old boy was expected to survive after being critically injured Monday when he was run over by a car in a West Valley City residential driveway.Public safety dispatchers reported that the incident occurred 9:13 a.m. at 4251 W. Deno Drive (4385 South).West Valley City police spokeswoman Roxeanne Vainuku said an adult male driver was backing out toward the street “when he realized he had hit something.“[He] got out of the car and discovered [the] child pinned underneath [his c
  
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• Utah Jazz hire Mike Elliott to oversee player training, health and performance

  14-08-2017 21:14
  The Jazz have created a new position overseeing the team’s medical and sports science initiatives, hiring Mike Elliott from the Phoenix Suns to do the job.As vice president of performance health care, Elliott will preside over all training, strength and conditioning while trying to help the Jazz gain a needed edge in pioneering fields of sports science. He held a similar role for the last two years for the Suns, which is reputed to have one of the best sports performance staffs in the NBA.
  
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• Utah Court of Appeals reverses conviction in fatal car crash

  14-08-2017 21:07
  The Utah Court of Appeals has reversed the negligent homicide conviction of Carl John Holm, who caused a fatal crash in 2012 when he ran a red light.The court said in a 3-0 decision that 3rd District Judge Katie Bernards-Goodman should have allowed follow-up questioning of potential jurors who indicated they or someone close to them had been in a serious car accident.Without further questioning, there was a dearth of information needed to ferret out a potential juror’s bias, and the right
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz Find Fountain of Youth: Name Mike Elliott Vice President of Performance Health Care

  14-08-2017 21:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... ountain of youth. The Jazz have named Mike Elliott Vice President of Performance Health Care. — Utah Ja ...
  
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• 🔜🔜🔜🗓🗓🗓 The 2017-18 schedule will be released TODAY at 4pm MT! 🎷🏀 Which games are you circling first? https://t.co/NqdMM5Y2zm

  14-08-2017 21:00 via twitter.com
  
  🔜🔜🔜🗓🗓🗓The 2017-18 schedule will be released TODAY at 4pm MT! 🎷🏀Which games are you circling first? https://t.co/NqdMM5Y2zm
  
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• Staying in Utah for the eclipse? Rise and shine for these viewing events to help celebrate the big event

  14-08-2017 20:44
  The frenzy over The Great American Eclipse that graces the skies over the United States on Monday, Aug. 21, is sweeping across the country.Millions of people will travel to the path of totality to see the sun blocked by the Earth’s moon. Utahns wanting to see the sight will have to travel to Idaho or Wyoming for the nearest views.Many will choose to stay in the Beehive State to send their children off to the first day of school or simply to avoid what’s predicted to be a cosmic night
  
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• We've named Mike Elliott Vice President of Performance Health Care Details: on.nba.com/2fFBCVV https://t.co/4hWS0RkiIF

  14-08-2017 20:09 via twitter.com
  
  We've named Mike Elliott Vice President of Performance Health CareDetails: on.nba.com/2fFBCVV https://t.co/4hWS0RkiIF
  
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• [NBA] - Jazz Name Mike Elliott Vice President of Performance Health Care

  14-08-2017 20:02 via sportspyder.com
  ... Icon Jersey Editions Unveiled August 09, 2017 Jazz Name Mike Elliott Vice President of Performance Health Care Former NBA Stren ...
  
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• Real Salt Lake: Mike Petke keeps returning to Luis Silva, and Silva keeps rewarding him

  14-08-2017 19:45
  Real Salt Lake forward Luis Silva intercepted a pass from D.C. United’s Marcelo Sarvas. With his second touch he volleyed it into the upper far corner of the net and left goalkeeper Bill Hamid practically frozen on his line.Silva’s lone goal of the match lifted RSL over D.C. United 1-0 at RFK Stadium Sunday. He netted his third goal of the season and his second in league play to help work on endearing himself to RSL fans.“I am extremely happy for him and the biggest reason is t
  
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• 7 Utah counties exploring experimental nuclear power from ‘molten salt’

  14-08-2017 19:34
  Imagine generating nuclear power that can’t be turned into weapons, doesn’t pose a risk of meltdown or radiation release nor produce high-level radioactive waste that could contaminate the environment for millennia. And to sweeten the deal, medical isotopes could be harvested from a process.Such technology, using thorium instead of uranium as a core fuel, is proven and Utah is well-positioned to lead the nation in developing what could be a world-changing energy source, according to
  
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• Commentary: After Charlottesville, will white pastors finally take racism seriously?

  14-08-2017 19:22
  On Friday night, white supremacists assembled in Charlottesville, Va., for a public demonstration of hate. They held torches and chanted phrases like, “White lives matter!” and “Jews will not replace us!” After an event that the city’s mayor called an “unsanctioned and despicable display of visual intimidation,” white pastors have a critical role to play.There is no greater need to apply the biblical call to “speak the truth in love” than in
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - [Audio] The SLC Punks Podcast: The NBA needs to get rid of conferences!

  14-08-2017 19:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... rences! Uneven conferences in the NBA have made things tough for the Utah Jazz by Aug 14, 2017, 10:40am MDT Being the middle of August, it’s time for us to ...
  
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• Trump speaks on Charlottesville: ‘Racism is evil’

  14-08-2017 19:13
  Washington • Under pressure all weekend, President Donald Trump on Monday named and condemned hate groups as “repugnant” and declared “racism is evil” in an updated, more forceful statement on the deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia.Trump had been under increasing pressure to call out the groups by name after his previous remarks bemoaning violence on “many sides” prompted criticism from fellow Republicans as well as Democrats. The pr
  
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• Willie Nelson cuts show short, cites Utah’s high altitude

  14-08-2017 19:12
  Salt Lake City • Willie Nelson is blaming Utah’s high altitude for forcing him to cut a performance near Salt Lake City short.Nelson ended his show early at the USANA Amphitheatre in suburban West Valley City on Sunday night.He later apologized in a statement posted to his Twitter and Facebook accounts. The 84-year-old country music legend explained: “The altitude got to me. I am feeling better now and headed for lower ground.”Nelson’s publicist didn’t immediat
  
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• Charges await driver in critical injury auto-ped crash in Salt Lake City

  14-08-2017 19:04
  Police have identified the driver in Sunday night’s critical injury collision in downtown Salt Lake City, but are holding off on a formal arrest until they know whether the victim survives.Salt Lake City police Sgt. Brandon Shearer said Monday a 21-year-old woman was still fighting for her life in the hospital after being struck in a crosswalk about 11:30 p.m. Sunday by a southbound SUV at 200 South and State Street.
  The victim, whose name was not immediately released, sustained critical h
  
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• 'Wonderlandscape' tells story of Yellowstone National Park

  14-08-2017 18:58
  John Clayton explores the vast historical and cultural history of one of the most popular national parks to uncover why Yellowstone is so beloved in “Wonderlandscape: Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon.”Clayton visited Yellowstone National Park for the first time in 1988, and he immediately was captivated by the area’s history, geology and wildlife. Yellowstone is the poster child for the National Park Service, and it has been the focal poi
  
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• Mormon, Catholic churches denounce racism, call for ‘greater kindness’ and love for all after Charlottesville tragedy

  14-08-2017 18:43
  Utah’s two largest religious groups are denouncing racism and urging more love and understanding in the wake of the deadly clashes that took place in Virginia.Lamenting the violence, intolerance and hatred on display in Charlottesville, the state’s predominant faith, the LDS Church, is calling on people to treat one another with “greater kindness, compassion and goodness.”A statement late Sunday from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints resurrected the words of
  
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• West Valley City boy critical after being struck in driveway

  14-08-2017 18:33
  A 12-year-old boy was in critical condition Monday after being run over by a car in a West Valley City residential driveway.Public safety dispatchers reported the incident occurred 9:13 a.m. at 4251 W. Deno Drive (4385 South).West Valley City police spokeswoman Roxeanne Vainuku said an adult male driver was backing out toward the street “when he realized he had hit something.“[He] got out of the car and discovered [the] child pinned underneath [his car],” she added.Passers-by h
  
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• Ogden woman critical after being shot as she slept

  14-08-2017 18:19
  An Ogden woman remained in critical condition Monday after being wounded as she slept by gunfire from outside her home this weekend.
  Ogden police Lt. Tim Scott said officers responded to 911 calls reporting multiple gunshots outside the home near 300 28th Street, at 12:11 a.m. Sunday. Officers discovered several bullet holes in the residence.
  The woman, 47, was rushed to the hospital with at least one otherwise unspecified gunshot wound. Another resident was treated at the scene for a minor shoo
  
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• Tour’s goal: Show how everyone can make their homes ‘green’

  14-08-2017 18:17
  Developer Matthew Spence’s dedication to building energy-efficient homes will be recognized Saturday, when a tour of “green” homes organized by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Utah chapter highlights a net-zero subdivision he’s erected at 1172 S. 400 East.Air tight, with high-performance windows and stove burners, as well as top-notch climate-control systems from water heaters to air-filtration units, the five-lot “Living Zenith” neighborhood is a ster
  
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• ‘Operation Rio Grande’ crackdown near homeless shelter now underway

  14-08-2017 18:07
  Operation Rio Grande is a go.After weeks of secret meetings to clear jail beds, Utah leaders watched from a 200 South office as multiple law enforcement agencies began a crackdown on crime near Salt Lake City’s homeless shelter.Officials said day one efforts would target higher-level offenders, and not area drug users who might be violating camping or loitering ordinances.There was no “processing center,” as in a similar operation last fall conducted by Salt Lake City police. T
  
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• Could Utah be epicenter of thorium-based nuclear energy?

  14-08-2017 17:54
  Imagine generating nuclear power that can’t be turned into weapons, doesn’t pose a risk of meltdown or radiation release nor produce high-level radioactive waste that could contaminate the environment for millennia. And to sweeten the deal, medical isotopes could be harvested from a process.Such technology, using thorium instead of uranium as a core fuel, is proven and Utah is well-positioned to lead the nation in developing what could be a world-changing energy source, according to
  
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• Kragthorpe: Zac Blair and Daniel Summerhays playing for PGA Tour jobs this week, with some protection

  14-08-2017 17:52
  The annual reminder that golf is the purest professional sport hits home this week. Fremont High School graduate Zac Blair and Davis’ Daniel Summerhays, two of the three Utahns among the PGA Tour’s current membership, will be playing to save their seasons and extend their careers.A disclaimer to the drama: It would take something beyond an eclipse, more like a collision of planets, to keep Blair and Summerhays from maintaining full access to the tour’s 2017-18 season. They&rsqu
  
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• [Fanrag Sports] - Redrafting the top 10 picks of the 2010 NBA Draft

  14-08-2017 17:49 via sportspyder.com
  ... ost moves and improving mid-range jumper are worth the risk for L.A. 9. Utah Jazz: Avery Bradley, Texas, SG Actual draft: UTA picked Gordon Hayward (Bradley w ...
  
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• Utah forecast: Sizzling Wasatch to cool early this week

  14-08-2017 17:29
  After weeks of temperatures flirting with triple-digits, northern Utah is getting a brief break as a late summer cold front moves over the Wasatch Front.
  On Tuesday, the region looks for highs pleasantly in the upper-70s to low-80s under partly cloudy skies. That was a few degrees cooler than Monday’s forecast, which included isolated thunderstorms and rain going into the evening hours.
  Temperatures in the Salt Lake and Tooele valleys will warm back up a bit, into the upper-80s on Wednesda
  
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• [Fansided: Sir Charles In Charge] - Utah Jazz: 2017-18 is Dante Exum’s make or break season

  14-08-2017 17:27 via sportspyder.com
  ...Exum average 4.8 points and 2.4 assists on 35 percent shooting for the Utah Jazz, everyone involved was hoping for a much better showing in his second year....
  
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• Mormon church dedicates Tucson temple

  14-08-2017 17:11
  Mormons on Sunday dedicated the Tucson Temple, making it the sixth in Arizona and 157th worldwide.Weekend events included a cultural celebration, a dedicatory prayer and the traditional cornerstone ceremony led by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the governing First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to a release from the Utah-based faith.“The temple is such a wonderful sign of light and of purpose, which is the purpose, which is heave
  
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• Elijah Wood, 'Lord of the Rings' star, to appear at Salt Lake Comic Con

  14-08-2017 17:10
  One does not simply walk into Mordor. Walking into Salt Lake Comic Con, though, is a lot easier.Elijah Wood, the actor who portrayed the brave Hobbit Frodo Baggins in “The Lord of the Rings” movies, is the latest guest named to the Salt Lake Comic Con celebrity roster, event organizers announced Monday.Salt Lake Comic Con runs Sept. 21-23 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake City.In “The Lord of the Rings,” it was Frodo who was tasked with carrying t
  
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• Ronaldo banned for 5 games after pushing referee

  14-08-2017 17:07
  Barcelona, Spain • Cristiano Ronaldo was banned for five games on Monday after shoving a referee following his red card for diving in Real Madrid’s 3-1 win over Barcelona in the season-opening Spanish Super Cup.Ronaldo was suspended for one game for the red card in Sunday’s Super Cup first leg at Barcelona, and four games for pushing referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea in the back, the Spanish football federation said.Ronaldo will miss Wednesday’s return leg of the Super
  
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• Identity of Mill Creek body awaits autopsy

  14-08-2017 16:58
  Identification of a badly decomposed male body found floating in Mill Creek this weekend will await results of an autopsy, South Salt Lake police say.
  SSLPD spokesman Gary Keller said the condition of the remains, found 4 p.m. Sunday near 135 West and 2950 South, also made determining whether the death was suspicious or accidental difficult.Police responded after receiving a report of the body in the water, trapped in debris.“It was in the water for some time,” he said Monday. &ldquo
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Downbeat - Donovan Mitchell: All-Defensive Team Candidate?

  14-08-2017 16:49 via sportspyder.com
  ... mplified and bold. These may just end up as some of the best jerseys in Utah Jazz history. The Sydney Kings reporter caught up with to briefly discuss the pre ...
  
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• Arrest made in critical injury auto-ped crash in Salt Lake City

  14-08-2017 16:49
  Police have made an arrest in Sunday night’s critical injury collision in downtown Salt Lake City.
  No additional information on the suspect driver was immediately released Monday by SLCPD.
  A woman is her early 20s remained fighting for her life Monday in the hospital after being struck about 11:30 p.m. Sunday by a southbound SUV at 200 South and State Street.
  Her identity was not released.
  Police said the victim sustained head injuries. A companion walking with her was treated at the scene
  
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• Rudy Gobert ranked top rim protector; Steve Young named best left-handed QB

  14-08-2017 16:36
  Fran Blinebury of NBA.com looked at 10 players who could make their first All-Star game appearance in 2017-18, and Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert made the list."'The Stifle Tower' was a finalist for Kia Defensive Player of the Year last season and now he’ll see his offensive numbers go up in the wake of Gordon Hayward’s departure from Utah," wrote Blinebury. "The Jazz say they’re making him the focus of the team."Gobert also gains some attention from Ollie Charlwood of Fadeaway
  
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• Police shoot, kill suspect on bicycle after he allegedly brandished weapon

  14-08-2017 16:03
  A man was fatally shot late Sunday night in downtown Salt Lake City after he allegedly pulled a weapon on police officers.Little information was immediately available on the shooting, which occurred near 1000 South and State Street about 10:30 p.m.SLCPD Lt. Andrew Oblad confirmed the incident, but could not confirm reports that police had approached the suspect, an unidentified black man on a bicycle, and that the man had produced an unspecified weapon.KUTV News reported that officers attempted
  
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• Could Utah be epicenter of thorium-based nuclear energy?
  

  14-08-2017 15:44
  Imagine generating nuclear power that can’t be turned into weapons, doesn’t pose a risk of meltdown or radiation release nor produce high-level radioactive waste that could contaminate the environment for millennia. And to sweeten the deal, medical isotopes could be harvested from a process.Such technology, using thorium instead of uranium as a core fuel, is proven and Utah is well-positioned to lead the nation in developing what could be a world-changing energy source, according to
  
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• Women now hold the majority on the Utah Court of Appeals for the first time

  14-08-2017 15:42
  In 1936, Reva Beck Bosone became the first woman elected to a judgeship in Utah. Christine Durham became the state’s first female trial court judge in 1978 and the first woman to serve on the Utah Supreme Court four years later.And now, the state judiciary has reached another milestone: The Utah Court of Appeals for the first time has a majority female membership — four women and three men.Two new appointees took seats on the Appeals Court this month — assistant U.S.
  
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• Honeyville Fire tops 800 acres; 'keep your drones at home,' authorities warn

  14-08-2017 15:40
  As northern Utah’s 800-acre Honeyville Fire remained untamed Monday, authorities urged the public to exercise some common sense and self-control.The blaze erupted Sunday afternoon along State Route 38, roughly 70 miles north of Salt Lake City and 25 miles southwest of Logan. Initially, it was believed human-caused, though a series of thunderstorms and lightning also rolled through the region during the mid-afternoon hours.As crews from Box Elder County, state and federal firefighters sough
  
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• One-fifth of Americans find workplace hostile or threatening

  14-08-2017 15:38
  Washington • The American workplace is grueling, stressful and surprisingly hostile.So concludes an in-depth study of 3,066 U.S. workers by the Rand Corp., Harvard Medical School and the University of California, Los Angeles. Among the findings:— Nearly one in five workers — a share the study calls “disturbingly high” — say they face a hostile or threatening environment at work, which can include sexual harassment and bullying. Workers who have to face customer
  
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• News roundup: Trump faces backlash after not directly condemning white supremacists in statement on Charlottesville

  14-08-2017 15:27
  Trump faces backlash after not directly condemning white supremacists in statement on Charlottesville. Utah leaders react to the deadly melee in Virginia. Meet the Republican candidates facing off in the primary to replace Chaffetz. Happy Monday. President Donald Trump denounced the “egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides” in Charlottesville, Va. He did not, though, condemn the white supremacists by name. And now the White House is facing backlash o
  
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• Chinese dissident stands trial after 2 years in detention

  14-08-2017 15:27
  Beijing • A prominent activist who called himself the Ultra Vulgar Butcher as he put pressure on local Chinese officials he said had done wrong stood trial Monday accused of subverting state power, a court confirmed.Wu Gan’s one-day trial took place and the verdict will be announced later at an unspecified date, the Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court said in an online statement.“I will be convicted not because I am really guilty, but because of my refusal to accept
  
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• Police: 17 immigrants locked inside rig at Texas truck stop

  14-08-2017 15:23
  Edinburg, Texas • Police in Texas acting on a tip found 17 immigrants locked inside a tractor-trailer parked at a gas station about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the border with Mexico.Edinburg Assistant Police Chief Oscar Trevino tells KGBT-TV that the immigrants from Mexico, Honduras and other countries may have been locked inside the 18-wheeler for at least eight hours before being freed by officers in Edinburg late Sunday morning.None of the people inside the tractor-trailer required me
  
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• Pressure mounts on Trump to address race-fueled clash

  14-08-2017 15:18
  Bedminster, N.J. • As President Donald Trump remained out of sight and silent, pressure mounted from both sides of the aisle for him to explicitly condemn white supremacists and hate groups involved in deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia.Trump, who has been at his New Jersey golf club on a working vacation, was set to make a one-day return to Washington on Monday to sign an executive action on China’s trade practices. But he will likely be unable to escape questio
  
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