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• Mattis confirms decision made on path forward in Afghanistan just days after explosion that killed Utah Guardsman and injured Boise soldier

  20-08-2017 23:51
  Defense Secretary Jim Mattis confirmed Sunday that a decision has been made on a military strategy in Afghanistan, where more than 8,000 troops already are based in the longest-running war in U.S. history.Speaking to reporters on a military plane en route to meetings in Jordan, Mattis said it is up to President Donald Trump to announce the details of a review of U.S. policy in Afghanistan and South Asia. The results have been delayed amid concerns that, more than 15 years after the United States
  
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• Democrats say Confederate monuments are now white-supremacist rallying points

  20-08-2017 23:33
  Washington • Leading Democrats on Sunday morning talk shows defended moves by local governments to remove monuments of Confederate leaders, saying that the unrest in Charlottesville last week showed that the statues had become rallying points for white supremacists instead of educational tools about the nation’s history.Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said President Donald Trump “got this wrong” when he expre
  
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• Teen killed in drive-by shooting in Magna

  20-08-2017 23:28
  One male youth died and another was injured late Saturday night in a drive-by shooting in Magna, police report.At 10:45 p.m. Saturday, someone driving a white sedan fired multiple shots at two 17-year-old males standing in the front yard of 8037 W. 3380 West in Magna, according to a news release from Ken Hansen of the Unified Police Department. Hansen initially reported the shooting occurred in Kearns but later confirmed the address was in Magna.Both were hit, fatally wounding the young man
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert fights for his team’s NBA 2K rating

  20-08-2017 23:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... Rubio, Boris Diaw earn NBPA Best Teammate honors 17h ago Utah Jazz: Top 3 reasons to look forward to 2017-18 1 d ago Utah Jazz Best Case/Worst...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert fights for his team’s NBA 2K rating

  20-08-2017 23:04
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert isn’t just concerned about his own player rating in the NBA 2K video game series. He’s defending his team’s honor as well. With NBA 2K18 set to release on video game platforms worldwide on September 18, in-game player ratings are a hot topic for NBA people on social media. Players around […]
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• Mattis confirms decision made on path forward in Afghanistan

  20-08-2017 22:34
  Defense Secretary Jim Mattis confirmed Sunday that a decision has been made on a military strategy in Afghanistan, where more than 8,000 troops already are based in the longest-running war in U.S. history.Speaking to reporters on a military plane en route to meetings in Jordan, Mattis said it is up to President Donald Trump to announce the details of a review of U.S. policy in Afghanistan and South Asia. The results have been delayed amid concerns that, more than 15 years after the United States
  
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• Utah football: Opposing receivers will have tough time outrunning Javelin Guidry

  20-08-2017 21:52
  Speed has always been Javelin Guidry’s most outstanding physical gift, but his ability to learn quickly has proven his biggest attribute during Utah’s preseason football camp.Guidry, a 5-foot-9, 188-pound former high school football and track standout in both Texas and California, came into camp as a young cornerback with elite speed. In a relatively short period of time, the freshman has taken steps towards transforming himself into a potential defensive play-maker.“He’s
  
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• Park City firefighters test high mountain rescue skills atop tower crane

  20-08-2017 21:44
  Don’t look down.Or maybe do. Definitely look around.If the view from the ground was any indication, Park City firefighters on Sunday got quite the perspective during a high mountain rescue training exercise using a tower crane from Jacobsen Construction Co. at the One Empire Pass development at Deer Valley.Starting at 9 a.m., firefighters took turns performing simulated rescues in which crews had to save a crane operator from the top of the high tower machine and lower that person safely t
  
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• Eclipse eve: Millions converge across U.S. to see sun go dark

  20-08-2017 21:41
  Millions of Americans converged on a narrow corridor stretching from Oregon to South Carolina to watch the moon blot out the midday sun Monday for a wondrous couple of minutes in the first total solar eclipse to sweep coast to coast in 99 years.Veteran eclipse watchers warned the uninitiated to get ready to be blown away.Planetariums and museums posted “Sold out of eclipse glasses” on their front doors. Signs along highways reminded motorists of “Solar Eclipse Monday,” wh
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Making the case for Donovan Mitchell as a starter

  20-08-2017 21:26 via sportspyder.com
  ... Jayson Tatum of the Celtics. 😤 #UtahJazzSL pic.twitter.com/JyczAu8sRf — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) July 7, 2017 IT IS 🔥🔥🔥 #UtahJazzSL pic.twitter.com/1FNoUjQLyV —...
  
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• Pac-12 countdown: Stanford's Dalton Schultz, from Bingham High, should have 'breakout year'

  20-08-2017 21:18
  David Shaw has won nearly 80 percent of his games in six years as Stanford’s football coach, but he’s winless against Utah.The Cardinal haven’t been overwhelmed by Utah, exactly. They were stopped at the 6-yard line on their final drive in 2013 and lost in double overtime the following year. But the fact remains that they’ve never beaten Utah in Pac-12 play, while the teams have met only twice in the Pac-12 scheduling rotation. If anything changes in Stanford’s favo
  
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• Utah Jazz: Making the case for Donovan Mitchell as a starter

  20-08-2017 21:13
  Utah Jazz draftee Donovan Mitchell has shown promise, impressing with his play before even making his official NBA debut. He may even be on the short list of potential starting shooting guards. Gordon Hayward left a glaring hole in the starting lineup when he ditched the Utah Jazz for the Boston Celtics. Utah was unable to fill the void by bringing […]
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• Teen killed in drive-by shooting in Kearns

  20-08-2017 20:44
  One male youth died and another was injured late Saturday night in a drive-by shooting in Kearns, police report.At 10:45 p.m. Saturday, someone driving a white sedan fired multiple shots at two 17-year-old males standing in the front yard of 8037 W. 3380 West in Kearns, according to a news release from Ken Hansen of the Unified Police Department.Both were hit, fatally wounding the young man who lived there and injuring a second victim, who is in fair condition at a local hospital.Police bel
  
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• Police find 2 dead in West Valley City shooting

  20-08-2017 20:42
  Police say a man and a woman are dead after an overnight shooting in West Valley City.At 4:51 a.m. Sunday, West Valley police responded to reports of two people shot in a home near 3100 S. 3400 West, KUTV reports.Inside, police found a male and a female dead from gunshot wounds, according to KUTV, which says police are awaiting a search warrant to continue to their investigation.This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
  
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• Kearns youth killed in drive-by shooting

  20-08-2017 20:34
  One male youth died and another was injured late Saturday night in a drive-by shooting in Kearns, police report.At 10:45 p.m. Saturday, someone driving a white sedan fired multiple shots at two male juveniles standing in the front yard of 8037 W. 3380 West in Kearns, according to a news release from Ken Hansen of the Unified Police Department.Both were hit, fatally wounding the young man who lived there and injuring a second victim, who is in fair condition at a local hospital.Police believ
  
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• Olympics: Emerging U.S. speedskating talent John-Henry Krueger charting his own path

  20-08-2017 20:30
  Kearns • John-Henry Krueger crossed the finish line victorious, both fists flung into the air, upon winning the sixth — and last — men’s 1,500-meter World Cup qualifying race in six hours. The 22-year-old who grew up outside Pittsburgh, Pa., is considered one of America’s top short-track speedskaters, so winning a 1,500-meter event in a weekend packed with U.S. World Cup team qualifiers isn’t all that of a stunner.What’s fascinating, however, is the path
  
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• Publicist: Jerry Lewis, comedian, telethon host, dies at 91

  20-08-2017 20:19
  Las Vegas — Jerry Lewis, the rubber-faced comedian and director whose fundraising telethons became as famous as his hit movies, has died.Publicist Candi Cazau says Lewis passed away Sunday morning of natural causes at age 91 in Las Vegas with his family by his side.Lewis first became a star in a duo with Dean Martin, entertaining audiences in nightclubs, on television and in the movies. After their split in 1956, he starred in and directed a slew of hit films such as “The Nutty Profe
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Know Your Cosmology

  20-08-2017 20:13
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at www.facebook.com/notrobertkirby.What’s Your Fascist Quotient? Utah’s Civil War MonumentNazi DogAmerica Goes RetroThe Science of Climate DenialHeating Up in KoreaEconomically Anxious MouseHow Hot Is It?Victory GardenA Real Dump
  
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• Real Salt Lake: Montreal’s early lead makes RSL stats irrelevant

  20-08-2017 20:03
  Statistics can be deceiving.In a 3-1 loss at Montreal Saturday, RSL topped the Impact in almost every statistical category—aside from goals of course—over the course of 90 minutes. Still, Montreal maintained control of the match. All it had to do was claim an early lead.“It wasn’t a pretty game for us from the start,” center back Justen Glad said. “I thought the fight was there at the end, but it was a little too late.”Even before Ignacio Piatti scored M
  
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• Hospital officials: Nearly 500 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides

  20-08-2017 19:20
  Freetown, Sierra Leone — Churches across Sierra Leone held special services Sunday in memory of those killed in mudslides and flooding earlier this week, as hospital officials announced the toll had risen to nearly 500 bodies collected.More than 600 people remain missing and rescue officials have warned that the chances of finding survivors are decreasing each day. The death toll earlier stood at 450.The Inter-Religious Council called for the services to be held Sunday in honor of the dece
  
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• America still in turmoil a year after Kaepernick's protest

  20-08-2017 18:40
  What started as a protest against police brutality has mushroomed a year later into a divisive debate over the future of a football player who refused to stand for the national anthem and now faces what his fans see as blackballing for speaking out in a country roiled by racial strife.Supporters of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick demonstrated outside the Los Angeles Rams’ Aug. 12 preseason opener against the Dallas Cowboys, part of calls for boycotts of the upcoming
  
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• Suspect in 3 carjackings across 2 states is arrested in Utah

  20-08-2017 18:29
  San Bernadino, California — Southern California authorities say a man suspected in a string of carjackings in two states has been arrested in Utah.Police say the carjackings started Friday after the man dropped a female acquaintance with a stab wound off at a hospital in San Bernardino.Sgt. Steve Turner says investigators believe the man injured the woman, who is expected to survive.Turner says the man pulled a gun on a security guard and carjacked a driver in the hospital parking lot. Tur
  
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• Commentary: Utah students and teachers need real middle school health, PE and art

  20-08-2017 17:08
  During an interview on KSL radio August 8, Utah State Board of Education member Linda Hansen stated, “instead of having a separate class for PE, they may integrate health / PE type issues into other classes that they have.”Is Hansen implying that overworked classroom teachers will happily take on more work and teach a subject they did not study in college, are not qualified to teach, and most likely don’t want to teach?The high teacher burnout rate in Utah has been well documen
  
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• Once a prominent Utah real estate investment guru, Rick Koerber goes on trial Monday for alleged Ponzi scheme

  20-08-2017 17:01
  One of the largest alleged financial crime cases in Utah history has taken a tortuous path to the trial set to begin Monday.Eight years after former Utah County real estate investment guru Rick Koerber was first indicted, jury selection is scheduled to begin before U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby.Koerber, 44, is facing possible prison sentences if he’s convicted on any of 18 charges tied to allegations that he ran a Ponzi scheme that took in about $100 million on promises of returns as h
  
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• Southern Utah tire shop cited by state regulators for defrauding I-15 travelers

  20-08-2017 17:00
  On a winter day in 2016, Curt Albert was traveling Interstate 15 in Utah on his way to Arizona. Near New Harmony, another motorist drove up beside him and signaled him to pull over. The other motorist, according to Albert and findings by an administrative law judge, was an employee of Freeway Tire in New Harmony. He said the right rear tire on Albert’s travel trailer was wobbling. Albert agreed to follow him to the tire shop for a repair. “I don’t want to get str
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Rudy Gobert supplants Gordon Hayward as Utah's most influential sports figure

  20-08-2017 17:00 via sportspyder.com
  ... ryant hugs Gail Miller, before his last basketball game in Utah, as the Utah Jazz played the The Los Angeles Lakers, in Salt Lake City, Monday, March 28, 2016 ...
  
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• Minimalist color and maximum fun as the Utah Museum of Fine Arts reopens

  20-08-2017 17:00
  Two takes on how art and audience connect — a minimalist appreciation of the Great Salt Lake and a playful interactive exhibit — will help welcome folks back to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts next weekend.After being closed for 19 months for a massive building upgrade and a rethinking of how best to display parts of its 20,000-piece collection, the museum reopens Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 26-27, with a two-day celebration — crammed with events such as a dance party, live performa
  
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• Landfill near the Great Salt Lake could become one of the nation’s largest industrial waste repositories

  20-08-2017 16:59
  The following story was written and reported by B. I. Empey and photographed by Chris Federer in partnership with The Utah Investigative Journalism Project and The Salt Lake Tribune.Gabriel Blackhelm has lived near the Great Salt Lake his entire life. He spends much of his time at the lake enjoying a place he knows intimately and cares about deeply.“The Mormon pioneers saw themselves as being latter-day Israelites who were in exile,” Blackhelm says. “Can you imagine crossing th
  
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• How NOT to win friends and influence people: Curse them. Demean them. Hit them.

  20-08-2017 16:59
  In the history of the world, has anyone ever brought another person around to his or her way of thinking by screaming profanity and insults at that person?Person A • “[Deleted] you and [blank] anyone who [horrible word] likes that [#%@*] [insert political candidate, legislative position or favorite sports team]!”Person B • “Wow, I never thought about it that way. You might be right. Thanks.”One thing for sure is that nobody ever rallied others to a cause by runn
  
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• Rudy Gobert supplants Gordon Hayward as Utah's most influential sports figure

  20-08-2017 16:47
  Rudy Gobert became the face of the Utah Jazz franchise the moment Gordon Hayward chose the Boston Celtics as his next employer. So it makes sense that Gobert would occupy another position Hayward once held.He’s the Most Influential Person in Utah Sports.Gobert is the No. 1 choice in The Salt Lake Tribune’s annual rankings for multiple reasons. His breakthrough season in 2016-17 made him an All-NBA second-team selection and the runner-up in the voting for the league’s Defensive
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Time to unite for the real fight against cancer

  20-08-2017 16:09
  If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.--Former Sen. Alan K. Simpson, R-WyomingUp front, The Tribune’s owner is a member of the Huntsman family and involved, if only peripherally, in the controversy involving the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) and the University of Utah.Commenting on this saga may have for some readers the appearance of a conflict of interest. Fair enough, and that’s why we are transparent about that conf
  
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• Searchers find body of missing Vernal camper

  20-08-2017 06:30
  Searchers found the body of an elderly man from Vernal who was reported missing after he didn’t return from a two-week camping trip, police reported Saturday.Joseph Weyerman, 81, fell 300 feet while rappelling down a cliff near Reader Lakes, according to a news release from Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office. Weyerman had been camping near Chepeta Lake in the High Uintas when he went missing, the release stated.Because of steep, rugged terrain, crews were unable to recover the body Sat
  
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• Greek federation accuses Bucks of staging Antetokounmpo's absence

  20-08-2017 06:13
  Athens, Greece • Greece’s basketball federation has accused the Milwaukee Bucks and the NBA of hatching a plan to prevent All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo from playing in the European championship.The NBA denied the allegation.The saga started Saturday about an hour after Antetokounmpo posted on Facebook and Instagram that he was unavailable because of a knee injury, with the Greek federation attacking the Bucks and the NBA in a statement, describing an “organized and well
  
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• Researchers find wreckage of lost WWII warship USS Indianapolis

  20-08-2017 06:06
  Naval researchers announced Saturday that they have found the wreckage of the lost World War II cruiser USS Indianapolis on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, 72 years after the vessel sank in minutes after it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.The ship was found almost 3½ miles below the surface of the Philippine Sea, said a tweet from Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen, who led a team of civilian researchers that made the discovery.Historians and architects from
  
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• Dick Gregory, cutting-edge satirist and uncompromising activist, dies at 84

  20-08-2017 05:59
  The comedian Dick Gregory rose to national prominence in the early 1960s as a black satirist whose audacious style of humor was biting, subversive and topical, mostly centered on current events, politics and above all, racial tensions. His trademark was the searing punchline.“A Southern liberal?” he once said. “That’s a guy that’ll lynch you from a low tree.” Another: “When I get drunk, I think I’m Polish. One night I got so drunk I moved out of my
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Ricky Rubio, Boris Diaw earn NBPA Best Teammate honors

  20-08-2017 05:52 via sportspyder.com
  ... nderful teammate @theborisdiaw ☕️ Much love 🤝 https://t.co/juFaSRA8lZ — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) August 18, 2017 Related Story: Jazz part ways with 'The Most Int ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Ricky Rubio, Boris Diaw earn NBPA Best Teammate honors

  20-08-2017 05:34
  The NBPA’s annual Players Voice Awards have been given out. Utah Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio and former Jazzman Boris Diaw were among the honorees. At the 2017 NBA Awards show in June, the Utah Jazz were shut out from receiving any individual hardware. While big man Rudy Gobert joined four other players on the All-Defensive First […]
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• Dolphins sign Maualuga, place Ford on IR

  20-08-2017 05:07
  Davie, Fla. • Linebacker Rey Maualuga has signed with the Miami Dolphins, who put wide receiver Isaiah Ford on injured reserve.Maualuga gives the Dolphins some needed linebacker depth, especially after rookie Raekwon McMillan was lost for the season with a knee injury in Miami’s first preseason game.Maualuga played his first eight NFL seasons in Cincinnati, which cut him back in March. He was a full-time starter for the Bengals in his first seven seasons, then started only six games l
  
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• Serpico, others from NYPD, rally in support of Kaepernick

  20-08-2017 05:02
  New York • A former New York City police officer, whose claims of police corruption in the 1970s were chronicled in an Al Pacino movie, joined dozens of current and former officers Saturday at a rally in support of getting quarterback Colin Kaepernick a job in the National Football League.The former San Francisco 49ers player became a controversial figure last year after he refused to stand for the national anthem in what he called a protest against oppression of people of color.He opted ou
  
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• Families believe cleric influenced Barcelona attacks

  20-08-2017 04:46
  Ripoll, Spain • The Spanish interior minister boasted Saturday that the terror cell that had carried out attacks in Barcelona and a nearby seaside village has been “completely dismantled.” But in the mountain town where the conspiracy was born, people wanted to know how it all had started.At the center of the mystery here: How did a dozen young men from a small town — some friends since childhood — come together to plot in secret and carry out the deadliest terrorist
  
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• Did a solar eclipse darken the skies during Jesus’ crucifixion?

  20-08-2017 04:42
  It’s a scene familiar from movies and even some modern translations of the Bible: As Jesus Christ hangs on the cross, an eclipse blots out the sun.But did a total solar eclipse actually darken the skies during the Crucifixion?For centuries, scholars have debated the exact date of Jesus’ death and questioned whether an eclipse could have happened at that time.“While most attempts to work out dates of historical events based on astronomical events can be problematical, this one i
  
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• Real Salt Lake’s unbeaten streak ends with 3-1 loss at Montreal

  20-08-2017 04:37
  Real Salt Lake went into Saturday’s match well aware of how dangerous Montreal’s attacking four could be, but it didn’t anticipate Ignacio Piatti taking the RSL defense to task the way he did.Piatti scored two goals in Montreal’s 3-1 win against RSL at Saputo Stadium, snapping RSL’s six-game unbeaten streak.“We played a team tonight in Montreal who is firing on all cylinders,” RSL coach Mike Petke said. “We prepared pretty heavily for them. Piatti
  
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• Details of ‘Deadpool 2’ stuntwoman’s death released

  20-08-2017 04:25
  Vancouver, British Columbia • British Columbia’s workplace safety agency has released the first official account of a “Deadpool 2” stuntwoman’s death.The initial report by WorkSafeBC on Friday confirms witness accounts to Monday’s accident during filming of the sequel to actor Ryan Reynolds’ popular superhero movie.The report says SJ Harris had been rehearsing a stunt that involved driving a motorcycle out the open doors of a building, across a concrete p
  
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• Letter: Why no pro-Trump opinions?

  20-08-2017 04:24
  As a longtime Tribune reader, I have reached the end of the line and will no longer renew my subscription. Over the past six months you have demonized President Trump daily and with the help of cartoonist Pat Bagley; his Aug. 15 cartoon showing the president under a Nazi emblem attached to the dog. You have gone too far.Also, to your editorial people who choose what letters get published, a question: Have there been no letters in support of the president? We are constantly told that Utah is a Re
  
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• ‘Free speech’ rally cut short after massive counterprotest; 27 people arrested

  20-08-2017 04:22
  Boston • Tens of thousands of counterprotesters crammed Boston Common and marched through city streets Saturday morning in efforts to drown out the planned “free speech” rally that many feared would be attended by white-supremacist groups.By 1 p.m., the handful of rally attendees had left the Boston Common pavillion, concluding their event without planned speeches. A victorious cheer went up among the counterprotesters, as many began to leave. Hundreds of others danced in c
  
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• How a building fix led Utah Museum of Fine Arts curators to ‘reimagine’ how the public connects with art

  20-08-2017 04:17
  After 14 years, Utah’s high desert air was taking a toll on the Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ flagship building.Museums need 50 percent humidity at all times to preserve the works of art inside. It is no easy task keeping that level of humidity in a building on the University of Utah campus, where the air is thin and dry — and varies with the seasons from freezing cold to blistering hot.The U.’s experts “were concerned the level of humidity in the building that the art
  
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• Clear the Shelter event helps find homes for hundreds of animals, but the humane society still needs ‘heroes to come down and save pets’

  20-08-2017 04:14
  People visiting the Humane Society of Utah on Saturday likely had a difficult time walking out without a new furry family member or, at the very least, a smile on their face.But that was the point.In an effort to match hundreds of cats, dogs and other animals with forever homes, the Humane Society of Utah (HSU) joined more than 900 shelters nationwide in “Clear the Shelters,” a weeklong adoption event sponsored by NBC and Telemundo. “The staff and volunteers are working ha
  
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• Letter of the week: What is wrong with you, white supremacists?
  

  20-08-2017 03:41
  I am a 67-year-old American white woman. My parents enlisted in World War II to fight fascism. They both served; my mother was a nurse, my father navigated bombers. They lost friends in that bloody war so that all the world could be free of fascism. They did not fight so that some white people could claim supremacy or that Nazis could openly walk the streets of America.White person to white supremacist person: What is wrong with you?People of European heritage are doing just fine in the world. T
  
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• Polish-U.S. writer Janusz Glowacki dies at 78

  20-08-2017 03:40
  Warsaw, Poland • The wife of renowned Polish-U.S. playwright and screenwriter Janusz Glowacki says he has died at 78.Popular in New York and Polish artistic and intellectual circles, Glowacki was the author of award-winning plays “Antigone in New York” and “The Fourth Sister,” which set classic themes in the contemporary world.Born in 1938 in Poznan, western Poland, he made a name for himself in the 1960s with short stories and screenplays, including for Poland&rsquo
  
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• MLB umpires wear wristbands to protest 'abusive' treatment

  20-08-2017 03:25
  Major League Baseball umpires wore white wristbands during games Saturday, protesting “abusive player behavior” after Detroit second baseman Ian Kinsler was fined but not suspended for his recent verbal tirade against ump Angel Hernandez.The World Umpires Association announced the action, saying the union strongly objected to the response by the commissioner’s office. Kinsler said this week that Hernandez was a bad umpire and “just needs to go away.”“The Offic
  
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