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• Police identify man killed in Logan Canyon ATV crash

  21-08-2017 23:39
  Police have identified a man killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Logan Canyon on Saturday.Cassidy Wakely, 33, of Logan, was riding an ATV with friends on Franklin Basin Road when he failed to negotiate a bend in the road, a news release from the Cache County Sheriff’s Office says. The four wheeler went off the road and dropped over a 15-foot ledge.Despite wearing a helmet, Wakely suffered internal injuries and died at the scene.
  
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• Search underway for missing sailors; Navy chief orders probe

  21-08-2017 23:20
  Singapore • The U.S. Navy ordered a broad investigation Monday into the performance and readiness of the Pacific-based 7th Fleet after the USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker in Southeast Asian waters, leaving 10 U.S. sailors missing and others injured.It was the second major collision in the past few months involving the Navy’s 7th Fleet. Seven sailors died in June when the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship collided in waters off Japan.Vessels and aircraft from the U.S.,
  
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• Letting Obamacare fail, as Trump has suggested, would lead to a crisis, warns former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt

  21-08-2017 23:14
  When President Donald Trump pledged to “let Obamacare fail” last month after Republican efforts to restructure the health care law hit a dead end, he was really just nudging lawmakers to act before the insurance marketplace collapses.At least that’s what former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt believes.“He was essentially saying if we don’t do something [it] will fail,” Leavitt suggested Monday in an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune. “It was a way of challengi
  
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• Utah football notes: Special teams weapon Mitch Wishnowsky out to one-up banner 2016 year

  21-08-2017 23:01
  How does Mitch Wishnowsky one-up himself?“Tough,” Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham said.Make no mistake: Utah’s Australian punter is determined to do so, despite winning the 2016 Ray Guy Award, a designation given to the nation’s best punter in college football. The 25-year-old junior, who hails from Perth, has been focused on diversifying his punting arsenal this offseason.“I’ve been working on a lot of spirals,” Wishnowsky said. “I’d like t
  
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• Traffic into Utah jammed as eclipse fans head home on Interstate 15

  21-08-2017 22:56
  As Great American Eclipse chasers head home from communities on the path of totality, southbound traffic on Interstate 15 in Idaho is heavy.  Vehicles were bumper-to-bumper on I-15 Monday afternoon, moving 5 to 15 mph at times as drivers headed south from Idaho Falls toward Pocatello. Some drivers on that stretch moved 35 to 40 miles in more than two hours. Typically, it takes about 45 minutes to travel between the two towns.     Utah Department of Transportation spokesman Jo
  
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• Man who shot judge is father of player convicted of rape

  21-08-2017 22:52
  Steubenville • The man who shot a judge outside a county courthouse before being gunned down by a probation officer was the father of a Steubenville High School football player who was convicted of rape in 2013, authorities said Monday.Jefferson County Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr. was shot at around 8 a.m. near the courthouse in Steubenville, just across the Ohio River from West Virginia’s northern panhandle, roughly 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Pittsburgh.Authorities identified
  
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• 'American Idol' is holding auditions in Provo — will anyone care?

  21-08-2017 22:40
  Two years, four months and 16 days after its “farewell season” drew to a close, “American Idol” will hold auditions in Provo.First thing Wednesday morning, hopefuls will line up at Courthouse Square for the show’s first season on ABC — not its longtime home, Fox.“American Idol” is not the pop-culture phenomenon it was the first time auditions were held in Utah, when thousands turned out in Salt Lake City in 2008, shortly after Utahn David Archuleta
  
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• BYU football: Kalani Sitake calls report of LB Francis Bernard's departure premature, but assistant says he is transferring

  21-08-2017 22:27
  Provo • Confusion reigned Monday afternoon as BYU coaches addressed the status of star linebacker Francis Bernard. The school announced Thursday that the junior was redshirting this season “for personal reasons.”However, Bernard’s brother, James Bernard Jr., told The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday that the troubled linebacker ran afoul of the honor code and wants to transfer to Utah, which began fall semester classes on Monday.After Francis Bernard was seen at practice in the
  
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• Cosby hires Michael Jackson's lawyer for sex assault retrial

  21-08-2017 22:14
  Philadelphia • Bill Cosby has hired Michael Jackson’s former lawyer to represent him at his November retrial on sexual assault charges in Pennsylvania.Cosby’s spokesman announced Monday that the 80-year-old comedian is bringing in Tom Mesereau to lead a retooled defense team. Lawyers from the first trial in June had said they wanted off the case.Mesereau won an acquittal in Jackson’s 2004 child molestation trial. He has also represented boxer Mike Tyson, rap mogul Mar
  
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• 🖋 & 📸 with @AlecBurks10 TONIGHT at the @UofUHealth Farmington Health Center from 5:30-7pm! Come say hi! 👋 https://t.co/2ESBZVu23y

  21-08-2017 21:54 via twitter.com
  
  🖋 & 📸 with @AlecBurks10 TONIGHT at the @UofUHealth Farmington Health Center from 5:30-7pm!Come say hi! 👋 https://t.co/2ESBZVu23y
  
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• Pac-12: Don’t call it reloading; Chris Peterson says Washington is rebuilding for a defense of title

  21-08-2017 21:46
  Washington coach Chris Petersen is known for his low-key, steady nature, never saying anything especially interesting in interviews.He broke away from that persona during the Pac-12 Media Days last month, when he described some quarterbacking attributes as “completely overrated” and wouldn’t play along with any theory that the Pac-12′s defending champions would “reload” their roster in 2017 for another title run.“I don’t think you reload,” sa
  
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• ‘Shock and amazement’ as Dixie State University group sees total eclipse in Idaho

  21-08-2017 21:24
  Idaho Falls •  Students from Dixie State University gasped, screamed and yelled on the banks of the Snake River as day turned into night at the peak of Monday’s Great American Eclipse.The totality that drew hundreds to Idaho Falls lasted less than two minutes, but it was an amazing 120 seconds.It seemed as if there was a 360-degree sunset. Birds flying overhead looked disoriented. A few folks shot off fireworks, clearly visible in the near darkness. Stars suddenly appeared.&ldquo
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: To fight hate speech, don't muzzle it

  21-08-2017 21:24
  “One of the problems with defending free speech,” the celebrated author Salman Rushdie said, “is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting.”Those descriptions, and worse, certainly apply to the white supremacists, neo-Nazis, racists and bigots whose message has caused such turmoil over the past week in two cities, Charlottesville and Boston.Their message may be vile. But in America, they get to say it. And letting them do
  
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• Utah football: It’s Tyler Huntley’s team now; Utes go with sophomore quarterback over senior Troy Williams

  21-08-2017 21:22
  In hindsight, the clues were there. The adjectives gave it away. Utah’s returning senior starting quarterback and senior captain Troy Williams performance during the preseason was “fine” in the eyes of the coaching staff, but true sophomore Tyler Huntley’s athleticism made him “electric.”Despite the subtle hints and the fact that the Utes quarterback competition remained an open competition through move than three weeks of preseason camp, Monday’s announ
  
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• SWAT standoff in Millcreek ends with man dead
  

  21-08-2017 21:12
  A SWAT team and Unified Police officers surrounded a Millcreek home Monday morning, but were unable to convince an armed and suicidal man inside to surrender before he allegedly shot and killed himself.UPD Lt. Brian Lohrke reported the incident began about 7:30 a.m. at a residence in southeastern Salt Lake County, 3368 Crestwood Drive. Efforts to convince the barricaded man to give up continued into late morning, when a gunshot rang out from inside the home.
  About 11:15 a.m., SWAT forced entry t
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - How good does the Utah Jazz offense need to be?

  21-08-2017 21:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz Best Case/Worst Case Scenario Series: Joe Ingles by Jared Woodcox ...
  
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• How good does the Utah Jazz offense need to be?

  21-08-2017 20:42
  The Utah Jazz offense may leave something to be desired, but their elite defense should give them a good chance to win a lot of games. So just how good does their offense need to be? Heading into the 2017-18 NBA season, there’s a common question among the media and fans alike — just how […]
  How good does the Utah Jazz offense need to be? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Kragthorpe: Troy Taylor's imprint is all over Utes' choice of QB Tyler Huntley

  21-08-2017 20:39
  If anyone wondered whether Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham genuinely would empower his latest offensive coordinator, the answer came Monday.The Utes named sophomore Tyler Huntley as their starting quarterback in a move that completely reflects Troy Taylor’s influence. Nothing about the pick of Huntley over Troy Williams, a returning starter and co-captain as a senior, could be viewed as conventional in Whittingham’s program.And that’s a credit to Whittingham, entering his
  
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• Deer Valley, but not Solitude, acquired by big new ski company

  21-08-2017 20:04
  Deer Valley Resort has been purchased for an undisclosed price by a new ski company whose prolific growth this year has made it big enough to rival Vail Resorts.Expected to take effect before next ski season, the sale announced Monday makes Deer Valley part of a joint venture whose resorts already include Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows and Mammoth Mountain in California, and Steamboat and Winter Park in Colorado. Back East, it has Stratton Mountain Resort in Vermont and resorts in Quebec, Ontario
  
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• Dreamers celebrate 5 years of DACA program as its fate looms

  21-08-2017 20:03
  Young, undocumented immigrants are finding it difficult to follow the advice of a new U.S. president, who recently told them to ”rest easy” because his administration is ”not after the dreamers.”Utah is home to more than 10,500 undocumented immigrants who have attended school and legally held employment through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in the past five years.While there is no major congressional move to end the program, 10 state
  
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• Dana Milbank: The Trump administration's three 'court Jews' disgrace themselves

  21-08-2017 20:03
  Washington — What Gary Cohn, Steven Mnuchin and Jared Kushner did last week — or, rather, what they didn’t do — is a shanda.They’ll know what that means, but, for the uninitiated, shanda is Yiddish for shame, disgrace. The three men, the most prominent Jews in President Trump’s administration, could have spoken out, to say that those who march with neo-Nazis are not “very fine people,” as their boss claims. Mnuchin, the treasury secretary, and Cohn
  
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• Forget the bluster — Charlottesville reveals white supremacist bullies for what they really are: cowards
  

  21-08-2017 19:51
  We’ve all put up with bullies at times. As the proverbial 90-pound weakling in high school, I probably encountered more than my share.Bullies come in many forms. There were the big fat kids in elementary school; the teens larger than most of their classmates in high school. They often shared common traits. They may have been bad students or seemed stupid or were unlucky in love.But they were tough.Until somebody tougher came along.In adulthood, I’ve seen corporate officials intimidat
  
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• Letter: Don't be silent after Charlottesville

  21-08-2017 19:16
  Watching the events of the past several days in Charlottsville, I would expect that every single person in the USA should write to their representatives in Utah, to their governor, to their U.S. representatives and senators, to denounce the response of the United States president toward those events.The United States House of Representatives and Senate should come back from recess and pass a unanimous resolution in both chambers condemning the president for his lack of moral guidance in this mat
  
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• A solar #eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and when the Moon fully or partially BLOCKS… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-08-2017 19:16 via twitter.com
  A solar #eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and when the Moon fully or partially BLOCKS… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• [KSL] - Great Clips of the Week: Baseball’s greatest catch; Jazz rookie learns about BYU-Utah rivalry

  21-08-2017 19:11 via sportspyder.com
  ... ar that he wore during the Utah Jazz Summer League? In the interest of fairness, he also posted about a rival (or ...
  
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• Hikers find body in southern Utah desert

  21-08-2017 18:57
  A decomposing body found in the southern Utah desert has been released to the state medical examiner’s office to be identified, Washington County Lt. Dave Crouse said Monday.Hikers on the Washington Hollow Trail in Red Cliffs Desert Reserve — which is north of the Washingon City line — found the body Saturday morning, Crouse said.Based on the clothing, investigators believe the body to be that of a man, he said.
  
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• Letter: Rio Grande crackdown not solution

  21-08-2017 18:47
  Salt Lake City and County politicians need to take a long, careful look at the history of the bills they passed and the bills they voted against, the people they let lobby them and the voices they ignored, and their own conflicts of interest to understand how we got to the situation we witness in the Rio Grande.Their secret collaboration with the police is not a solution. It adds hostility to an already fragile situation, interferes with the people who live and work in the same area and makes it
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Legalizing vehicular violence

  21-08-2017 18:47
  WASHINGTON -- Last weekend in Charlottesville, a driver mowed down peaceful protesters and killed 32-year-old Heather Heyer. The act was reminiscent of recent terrorist attacks across Europe committed in the name of the Islamic State, which has urged followers to use vehicles to kill enemies.As far as we know, the alleged killer in Charlottesville didn’t get instructions from the Islamic State. As far as we know, he didn’t even receive marching orders from any of the neo-Nazi groups
  
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• College: 'Bama starts atop AP poll for 2nd straight year; Utes 27th, Cougars 38th

  21-08-2017 18:41
  Alabama is No. 1 in the preseason Top 25, the first program in 12 years to take the top spot two years in a row.The Crimson Tide will start the season ranked in the top five of The Associated Press preseason media poll for the ninth consecutive time.Coach Nick Saban’s program has become the surest thing in sports these days. The Tide does not always win the national championship — just half the time over the last eight years — but is always in contention. Since 2008, only once
  
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• JP, you are the man! Stay strong! 💪 twitter.com/jjpgibson/stat…

  21-08-2017 18:30 via twitter.com
  JP, you are the man! Stay strong! 💪 twitter.com/jjpgibson/stat…
  
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• Maame Biney looking like the future of US speedskating

  21-08-2017 18:20
  Kearns — Maame Biney seems like the typical teenager. She giggles with her friends, is making her way through the Harry Potter movies and wants to go to homecoming.But that’s where typical ends for the 17-year-old speedskating phenom.Biney is on a path to be the next great United States short track speedskater with the 2018 Olympics six months way. The Junior World Championship bronze medalist was the America’s Cup winner at U.S Speedskating Short Track World Cup Qualifier this
  
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• Utah football: Sophomore Tyler Huntley is named Utah's starting quarterback, edging out senior Troy Williams

  21-08-2017 18:02
  The Utah football coaching staff named sophomore Tyler Huntley its starting quarterback on Monday, about a week and a half before the season opener against the University of North Dakota.Huntley beat out returning starter and senior captain Troy Williams, who started all 13 games for the Utes last season. The Utes went into camp with an open competition for the starting job with Huntley, Williams and graduate transfer Cooper Bateman all named as candidates. Williams and Huntley separated themsel
  
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• Cedar City's Adams is Police Chief of the Year

  21-08-2017 17:45
  Cedar City’s top cop has earned the Crisis Intervention Team Program’s Police Chief of the Year Award for 2017.Chief Darin Adams received the honor during CIT’s conference last week in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.Adams was recognized for his “progressive and forward-thinking approach” to law enforcement in his Iron County community, as well as his dedication to helping — along with the Iron County Attorney’s Office — establish the city’s first Menta
  
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• Utahns ready for eclipse in Idaho Falls

  21-08-2017 17:31
  Idaho Falls • It looks like the hundreds of people from all over the world who made their way to Idaho Falls for the solar eclipse made a good choice.They were greeted with mostly clear skies Monday morning as they gathered along the Snake River with chairs and sunshades.One of the more prominent groups was a busload of 32 students from Dixie State University who needed special permission to miss their first day of fall semester.Physics professor Samuel Tobler said the university booked roo
  
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• Letter: Hold a real town hall, Rep. Love

  21-08-2017 17:28
  Rep. Mia Love’s “office hours” aren’t a town hall replacement. Seeing The Tribune’s editorial endorsing Love’s “office hours” as a legitimate replacement for a traditional town hall disappointed me. I was in the first group to meet with the congresswoman and it was clear this event was no more than a PR stunt that The Tribune bought hook, line and sinker.I asked Love a very basic question: “If Special Counsel Robert Mueller is fired, will you
  
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• Rights of migrants trump national security concerns, Pope Francis says

  21-08-2017 17:18
  Vatican City • Pope Francis on Monday urged countries to greatly improve their welcome to migrants and stop collective expulsions, saying migrants’ dignity and right to protection trumps national security concerns.Francis’ politically pointed message was made in view of the Catholic Church’s 2018 world refugee day, celebrated Jan. 14. It comes amid mounting anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe and beyond after waves of migrant arrivals and Islamic extremist attacks.In the me
  
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• Unified Police seek at least 2 suspects in fatal Magna drive-by shooting

  21-08-2017 17:09
  Unified Police on Monday were hunting for at least two suspects in a weekend drive-by shooting in Magna that killed one teen boy and hospitalized another.UPD Detective Ken Hansen said two 17-year-old boys were “hanging out in the front yard” at 8037 W. 3380 West about 10:45 p.m. Saturday when a white car drove by and gunfire erupted.Investigators believe two people from inside the car — believed to be either a four-door Kia or Volkswagen Jetta — fired before speeding from
  
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• Utah State University hosts wild horse summit, but excludes key advocates and the public

  21-08-2017 17:00
  Critics of a national conference on wild horses, opening this week in Salt Lake City, claim its state organizers have closed the event to the public and excluded key figures in the horse-advocacy community.Utah State University is hosting the three-day event starting Tuesday in an effort to provide participants “with the best available science, to help them make informed decisions about the issues,” concerning the management of wild horses on the West’s public lands, according
  
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• Monson: BYU's Tanner Mangum stands fully armed on the edge of something big

  21-08-2017 16:56
  Provo • Having dusted off the final scrimmage of BYU’s preseason camp the other day, ready to turn his full attention to the first real matter at hand Aug. 26, Tanner Mangum’s comfort zone looked about as wide as Jimmy Kimmel’s, as though he could do or say anything and it would draw an approving reaction.Man, he’s come a long way in a single year.Last August, the on-again-off-again quarterback was more than a tad bit confused about who and what he was, within the bo
  
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• Letter: We still should teach handwriting

  21-08-2017 16:56
  It might interest some people to know that many schools in our state have done away with handwriting. Period. Students do all their work on a keyboard.What does this mean for civilized societies?No more birthday cards with personal notes to Grandma, no sticky notes on the mirror, no diaries. Students will not be able to read their teachers’ comments written on their papers. Love letters are already nearly a thing of the past. Young people will not be able to fill out a form or sign their n
  
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• American Girl's first Native Hawaiian doll set to go on sale

  21-08-2017 16:54
  Honolulu — American Girl has made its first Native Hawaiian doll.The doll’s name is Nanea Mitchell and she goes on sale Monday. The doll is 18 inches (46 centimeters) tall and is priced at $115.Her character grows up during World War II. Her wardrobe includes 1940s-era outfits, hula attire and many accessories.A five-member advisory board helped ensure historical accuracy and cultural authenticity when creating the doll, the company said.“We hope Nanea’s powerful story of
  
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• WVCPD identifies victim of fatal car vs. semi crash

  21-08-2017 16:49
  Police have identified a man killed in a weekend crash on Bangerter Highway in West Valley City.WVCPD spokeswoman Roxeanne Vainuku said that Kevin J. Calloway, 57, of West Valley City, died 2 a.m. Sunday when his northbound Hyundai passenger car rear-ended a semi-trailer tractor rig at 2100 South.The semi’s driver was unhurt.The cause of the accident remained under investigation.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Karl Malone Whopper

  21-08-2017 16:49 via sportspyder.com
  ... rip to the , before some guy named Michael Jordan had to get in the way. The Jazz were preparing to gear up for another finals run the next season. In what wo ...
  
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• Letter: Let the refugees in, Rep. Stewart

  21-08-2017 16:42
  Rep. Chris Stewart, my name is Rebecca, and I am writing this letter on behalf of Utah Indivisible in response to your back-to-school drive for refugees. You can expect our donations at your Salt Lake office Friday; we organized a last-minute fundraiser so our members could easily contribute. We care about refugee children. Do you?You, Rep. Stewart, have publicly supported every iteration of President Trump’s travel ban. In 2015 you voted to extend the already lengthy background check proc
  
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• West Valley police believe weekend shooting deaths likely murder-suicide

  21-08-2017 16:41
  West Valley City police said Monday that the weekend shooting deaths of a man and woman appear to be a case of murder-suicide, though the official determination awaits an autopsy.WVCPD spokeswoman Roxeanne Vainuku said the couple were found dead in their home, near 3200 South and 3400 West, about 4:50 p.m. Sunday, by their daughter. The discovery came moments after she reported hearing gunfire.“The evidence at the scene indicates the likelihood of this being a murder-suicide, but we will w
  
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• SWAT standoff in Millcreek

  21-08-2017 16:19
  A SWAT team and Unified Police officers surrounded a Millcreek home Monday morning, trying to negotiate the surrender of an armed man reported to be suicidal.
  UPD Lt. Brian Lohrke reported the incident about 7:30 a.m. at a residence in southeastern Salt Lake County, 3368 Crestwood Drive.
  Police said a 59-year-old man allegedly had argued with and assaulted his wife, threatening her with a handgun. She fled and called for help.
  Police attempted to contact him but backed off when he allegedly thre
  
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• E.J. Dionne: Bannon and the fall of 'populism'

  21-08-2017 16:18
  WASHINGTON -- Is President Trump a populist or a corporatist?Is he appealing to white supremacists as a form of political opportunism -- or because, deep down, he sympathizes with their views? Is he the hard-core “fire and fury” hawk of his North Korea statements? Or is he actually a non-interventionist who disdains foreign engagement?The answer to all these questions is: Who knows? There is absolutely no way of establishing what Trump believes. He says whatever he feels he has to sa
  
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• Americans stake out prime viewing spots to see sun go dark

  21-08-2017 16:12
  Americans with telescopes, cameras and protective glasses staked out viewing spots along a narrow corridor from Oregon to South Carolina to watch the moon blot out the midday sun Monday in what promised to be the most observed and photographed eclipse in history.Sky-watchers everywhere — and millions were expected to peer into the sun — fretted about the weather and hoped for clear skies for the first total solar eclipse to sweep coast-to-coast across the U.S. in practically a centur
  
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• Spain death toll rises to 15 as authorities search for suspect linked to fatal carjacking

  21-08-2017 15:52
  Barcelona, Spain — The fugitive who mowed down tourists in Barcelona then stole a car and stabbed its owner to death as he made his getaway, Spanish authorities said Monday as they raised the death toll in the country’s two vehicle attacks to 15.Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, has been the target of an international manhunt since Thursday’s van attack in Barcelona. Authorities say they now have evidence he drove the van that plowed down the city’s famed Las Ramblas promenade, kil
  
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• News roundup: Secret Service agents max out salaries, overtime allowances protecting Trump and family

  21-08-2017 15:50
  Secret Service agents max out salaries, overtime allowances protecting Trump and family. Former state lawmaker Chris Herrod concedes Republican primary to Provo Mayor John Curtis. Utah’s Mia Love supports John Kelly’s decision to fire Steve Bannon. Happy Monday. More than 1,000 Secret Service agents have hit their annual salary caps and overtime allowances just seven months into President Donald Trump’s first year in office. The extra demand on the protection agency has co
  
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