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• Utah Jazz draftee Nigel Williams-Goss went nuts on Wednesday night

  26-04-2018 23:57
  The Utah Jazz certainly faltered on Wednesday evening, but Jazz draftee Nigel Williams-Goss had himself a night overseas. If you’re a Utah Jazz fan, you’re likely still nursing your wounds from Wednesday’s traumatically disappointing loss in Game 5 of their first-round series against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Rather than dwell on such a troubling outcome […]
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• Gov. Gary Herbert split on voter initiatives — opposes Medicaid expansion and medical marijuana, backs two aimed at election laws

  26-04-2018 23:56
  The Governor's Monthly News Conference | April 2018Thursday at 10AM, join us for The Governor's Monthly News Conference, a live, unedited exchange between Utah reporters and Governor Gary Herbert.Watch live on Facebook or online at kued.org/governorPosted by KUED Channel 7 on Thursday, April 26, 2018Gov. Gary Herbert on Thursday came out strongly against the initiative to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands more low-income Utahns and reiterated his opposition to another to legalize me
  
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• The Brian Head fire started while a cabin-owner was doing yard work to protect his home from a potential wildfire, says attorney

  26-04-2018 23:52
  The irony isn’t lost on Andy Deiss. A wildfire that burned more than 71,000 acres last June started at a Brian Head property where Robert Ray Lyman, 61, was trying to create space around his cabin, to protect it from potential wildfire, according to Deiss, who is Lyman’s defense attorney. “This whole business arose, ironically, because he was making or creating a fire break,” Deiss said during a Thursday interview.A fire break is a barrier of open space that works as an o
  
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• Global religious freedom commission cites 28 key nations for ’ongoing downward trend

  26-04-2018 23:35
  The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom cited more than two dozen countries as main contributors to an “ongoing downward trend” in religious liberty worldwide and called on the Trump administration to prioritize the release of religious prisoners and assist in resettling refugees fleeing persecution.“Sadly, religious freedom conditions deteriorated in many countries in 2017, often due to increasing authoritarianism or under the guise of countering terrorism,&rdqu
  
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• ‘I shake when I see him’: Families of slain Utah teens Riley and Breezy prepare for a long, drawn-out prosecution

  26-04-2018 23:30
  Provo • The prosecution of the man accused of killing a young Juab County couple will be dragged out, excruciating. “We knew it was going to be long and drawn out. We knew that it wasn’t going to be quick and fast. Unfortunately, that’s how it goes,” Amanda Hunt said after Jerrod Baum’s brief appearance Thursday in front of a 4th District judge.Baum, 41, is accused of killing teenagers Riley Powell and Breezy Otteson and dumping their bodies in an abandoned min
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz’s third-quarter meltdown in OKC stems largely from Gobert’s foul trouble

  26-04-2018 23:28 via sportspyder.com
  ... ws he has to make better decisions to stay on the floor for Game 6, with the Jazz leading the series, 3-2. “I got in foul trouble early in the game,” Gobert s ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: Former Jazz rival says Salt Lake and its stars were special at playoff time

  26-04-2018 23:28 via sportspyder.com
  ... f you were going to the Western Conference finals, you had to go through the Jazz.” Cage says when he saw Jazz reserve David Stockton warming up, last week, “ ...
  
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• Dan Reynolds, Imagine Dragons frontman and LoveLoud creator, and wife Aja Volkman are divorcing

  26-04-2018 23:23
  Dan Reynolds, the frontman for the rock band Imagine Dragons, and his wife, Aja Volkman, are getting a divorce.Reynolds tweeted the announcement Thursday morning:“after 7 beautiful years together, Aja and I’s marriage has come to an end. Our children continue to be the most important thing in our lives, & we will continue to co-parent them with all our love.”after 7 beautiful years together, Aja and I's marriage has come to an end.Our children continue to be the most import
  
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• Brad Rock: Former Jazz rival says Salt Lake and its stars were special at playoff time

  26-04-2018 23:20
  SALT LAKE CITY — For Jazz fans, playoff time in Utah is special. Oddly enough, one former Seattle SuperSonic wholeheartedly agrees.Michael Cage, now an Oklahoma City TV analyst, is working this year’s first-round series between the Jazz and Thunder. You won’t hear him complaining about Salt Lake’s nightlife.“Just going back to Salt Lake City, for me, for a weekend, was magical,” Cage said. “It brought everything back. I remembered everything about the ci
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell has no plans of returning to OKC for Game 7

  26-04-2018 23:18 via sportspyder.com
  ... es and mid-range jump shots to close out Game 5. And on top of all that, the Jazz seem confident about their chances of closing out in Friday’s bout. Several...
  
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• Monson: Jazz’s Game 6 challenge: ‘We’ve got to be strong and confident.’ But ... are they?

  26-04-2018 23:15
  The challenge the Jazz helped create for themselves by way of their Game 5 loss to the Thunder is more complicated than just blotting out what happened in Oklahoma City. It wasn’t simply that they lost. It was how they lost.Giving up a 25-point advantage with just 20 minutes to play is the only thing — other than a serious injury to a key player — that could have impacted so negatively their 3-1 series lead, on account of the historical dramatics tangled up in the entire deal.D
  
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• Abandoned dog found at Bonneville Salt Flats is adopted three months later

  26-04-2018 23:08
  Kelly, a female hound found abandoned and in dire health at the Bonneville Salt Flats some 40 miles west of Salt Lake City in January, has gotten the ultimate positive development in her recovery. The Utah Animal Adoption Center recently announced on Facebook that the dog has been adopted.
  The Associated Press previously reported that when Sandy resident Matt Bentley discovered the dog while off-roading in the West Desert, the animal had lost all her hair to a skin disease caused by mites and li
  
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• Leader of Utah citizen militia, called a ‘would-be terrorist’ by prosecutor, enters plea in attempted bombing case

  26-04-2018 23:07
  The leader of a Utah anti-government militia group accused of trying to detonate an explosive two years ago at a remote Bureau of Land Management cabin pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to one count of attempted destruction of federal property by use of an explosive.William Keebler — who commanded the Patriots Defense Force, also known as as Patriots of America, a Tooele County citizen militia whose members allegedly talked about killing Muslims — is scheduled to be sentenced
  
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• Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell has no plans of returning to OKC for Game 7

  26-04-2018 23:02
  Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell let his feelings about the current playoff series be known with a bold declaration to Oklahoma City Thunder fans. Game 5 of the first-round series between the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder started out beautifully. The Jazz took a commanding 15-point lead into halftime, then came out and extended […]
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• Supercross is back at Rice-Eccles Stadium with a new look

  26-04-2018 23:02
  Monster Energy AMA Supercross is back at Rice-Eccles Stadium this weekend with a new look.For starters, the motocross extravaganza will be held under the sun instead of stadium lights. The action gets under way Saturday at 8:30 a.m. with qualifying. The opening ceremonies are at 2:30 p.m. and racing gets under way at 3 p.m.
  For the first time in a couple of decades, the circuit has also unveiled a new points system for the 2018 season to more evenly allocate points over all 22 finishing position
  
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• In the Thunder comeback, Carmelo Anthony was missing. He has mixed feelings about it.

  26-04-2018 22:58
  Oklahoma City • The OK3 might now be whittled down to two.As the Thunder rallied for one of the biggest comebacks in playoff history led by Russell Westbrook and Paul George, Carmelo Anthony found himself on the bench for nearly all of it.His second-half totals in Game 5: three points, no field goals, no assists, two rebounds and one argument with assistant coach Mo Cheeks. The subject matter of the confrontation was obvious: Melo wanted to be on the floor.“It was just me wanting to p
  
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• Construction crews break natural gas line and spark small explosion at Orem strip mall; no injuries reported

  26-04-2018 22:53
  Firefighters were working to prevent a second natural gas explosion at a Orem strip mall, where a construction crew earlier Thursday afternoon broke a natural gas line, triggering a small explosion.About 2:10 p.m., gas from the broken line at a strip mall near 800 South State Street ignited. No one was injured, although the building received minor damage, Orem fire battalion chief Ryan Peterson said.Gas was still leaking from the broken line about 2:45 p.m., Peterson said, and fire crews were sp
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz’s third-quarter meltdown in OKC stems largely from Gobert’s foul trouble

  26-04-2018 22:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... nows he has to make better decisions to stay on the floor for Game 6, as the Jazz now lead 3-2. “I got in foul trouble early in the game,” Gobert said. “Had a ...
  
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• Utah Jazz’s third-quarter meltdown in OKC stems largely from Gobert’s foul trouble

  26-04-2018 22:40
  SALT LAKE CITY — Much of the national attention on the Jazz-Thunder first-round playoff series has focused on the perimeter stars.Particularly, Donovan Mitchell and Russell Westbrook.Following Game 4, Mitchell became just the third rookie in league history to outscore the reigning MVP, joining “Pistol” Pete Maravich and Elgin Baylor, per Elias Sports.Then in Game 5, Westbrook exploded in OKC to push the series to a Game 6 in Utah on Friday. He led the Thunder to the biggest com
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Kelly Oubre: Raptors’ Delon Wright ‘doesn’t play well anywhere else, you know, other than at home’

  26-04-2018 22:35 via sportspyder.com
  ... s with the Thunder. Up 3-2, the Jazz are still in control. They can close out in Game 6 tomorrow in Utah. Blow th ...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Enes Kanter says Jazz have ‘worst crowd’ in NBA

  26-04-2018 22:24 via sportspyder.com
  ... wd is just like, it’s terrible. Because I remember, they used to boo [former Jazz point guard] Deron Williams [after he left]. They used to boo me a lot. They ...
  
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• We're heading home for Game 6 and a chance to close out the series tomorrow night! Click below to get your tickets… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-04-2018 22:16 via twitter.com
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• Letter: Fight carbon emissions by applying a fee on carbon at the source — the well, mine or port of entry

  26-04-2018 22:00
  Earth Day was April 22, and perhaps the greatest threat to the environment is climate change. I’m glad that on April 13, Mia Love, my representative in Congress, co-sponsored House Resolution 825, recognizing the impacts of climate change and supporting polices that address the causes and effects of climate change. I’m pleased that 36 Democrats and 36 Republicans, including Love, are members of the Climate Solution Caucus in the House of Representatives.I believe the best way to redu
  
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• We have ranked the Top 15 NBA rookies of the 21st century

  26-04-2018 21:55
  It was two rookies who captured the imaginations of basketball aficionados everywhere over the final months of the 2017-18 season, one in the Eastern Conference and the other in the West.
  The former, a point guard in the body of a freakish power forward, did so by dishing out dazzling dimes and bullying opponents on the block. While the latter, a normal-sized combo guard with not-so-normal athletic prowess, did so by leading an elite team in nightly scoring thanks to a assortment of tough shots
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘Love After Love’ is an unflinching portrait of grief and healing

  26-04-2018 21:49 via sportspyder.com
  ... g their story with a messy and unpredictable pacing — echoed by freewheeling jazz flourishes in David Shire’s score — that underscores the film’s theme. “Love ...
  
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• Karen Tumulty: A Senate candidate who’s ‘Trumpier than Trump’

  26-04-2018 21:47
  If the 2018 midterm election were a season of “The Apprentice,” we would already have a front-runner to beat out everyone else: Don Blankenship, fresh out of prison, who stands a decent chance of becoming West Virginia’s next Republican nominee for the Senate.Among this year’s crop of red-state Republican candidates, there are more than a few who seem as eager as the contestants on President Donald Trump’s old reality show to cast themselves as his clones. But when
  
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• Kirby: I have a soft spot for kids selling door to door, because I remember how awful it was

  26-04-2018 21:42
  Pray for our justice system. Robert Kirby is serving on a jury. Since he’s tied up in a courtroom — probably the only way the bailiffs could keep him there — we offer this reprint of a previous column. Two kids knocked on my door Thursday afternoon. They were selling something. I gave them $20 and have no idea what I bought. That’s salesmanship.Before them it was Cub Scouts selling Scout-O-Rama tickets. Then it was a visibly terrified girl hawking candles. The one I bough
  
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• Australia-set ‘Sweet Country’ is an Outback Western of epic proportions

  26-04-2018 21:42
  There’s a scene in “Sweet Country” in which a character is shown wandering the Australian Outback, on the brink of hopelessness. At that moment, we’re expected to share that character’s despair.That’s a big demand for any audience, but in this case, director Warwick Thornton (“Samson and Delilah”) earns that response, combining sensitive direction with strong performances and unflinching visuals to create a Western of epic proportions. Though set i
  
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• ‘Love After Love’ is an unflinching portrait of grief and healing

  26-04-2018 21:41
  “Love After Love” is an unflinching portrait of how grief can unravel a tight-knit family in ways both banal and heart-wrenching.In the opening moments of Russell Harbaugh’s directorial debut, Suzanne (Andie MacDowell) is seen joking with her adult son, Nicholas (Chris O’Dowd), about his father’s sexual prowess. That line comes in the middle of a deep, probing conversation about happiness.By the next scene, Suzanne’s husband is giving an elegant toast in a str
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz see plenty of reasons for optimism heading home for Game 6

  26-04-2018 21:38 via sportspyder.com
  ...perfect comeback for Oklahoma City. And it was the perfect meltdown for the Jazz. Article continues below Related Article s Thunder’s talent overwhelms the J ...
  
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• Utah’s college and university presidents endorse plan to boost school funding through gas, other tax hikes

  26-04-2018 21:37
  All eight presidents of Utah’s public colleges and universities have signed a letter urging public support for a tax-reform package aimed at boosting education funding — including an upcoming vote on raising the state’s gasoline tax.
  Those tax adjustments were made as a compromise with Our Schools Now, a ballot initiative that sought $700 million in new annual school funding through a combination of sales and income tax hikes.The compromise “represents a significant inves
  
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• Max Boot: The center is fighting back

  26-04-2018 21:36
  This can be a dispiriting time to follow U.S. politics — especially for someone of my classical liberal (a.k.a. conservative) views. President Donald Trump is the most unethical, unhinged and openly racist president in modern history, and yet he still maintains the support of roughly 40 percent of voters and 85 percent of Republicans. GOP leaders know how awful he is but are too cowardly to speak out. Congressional candidates are actually echoing many of Trump’s most offensive and au
  
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• Jazz see plenty of reasons for optimism heading home for Game 6

  26-04-2018 21:33
  Donovan Mitchell had not yet left the Chesapeake Energy Arena floor after Utah’s 107-99 Game 5 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.And yet the star Jazz rookie gave OKC fans a glimpse of how brash and confident he can be.“Hey, we’ll see y’all next year,” Mitchell said in a video that surfaced on Twitter in the moments following OKC’s win. Mitchell’s words imply the Jazz, who hold a 3-2 series lead, have no intention of returning to Oklahoma City.It also sh
  
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• Boy meets horse in the unsentimental ‘Lean on Pete’

  26-04-2018 21:33
  There is painfully little love, except for the warm and compassionate filmmaking itself, in Andrew Haigh’s tender and heartbreaking coming-of-age drama “Lean on Pete.”In his first American film, Haigh, the British director of “45 Years” and “Weekend,” proves every bit as adept at burrowing into fragile human intimacies across a vast Western landscape as he showed in his earlier, more cloistered dramas.He makes precisely tuned, quiet movies that speak vol
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Rumor: Bulls expected to wait until 2019 for free-agency splash

  26-04-2018 21:24 via sportspyder.com
  ... s with the Thunder. Up 3-2, the Jazz are still in control. They can close out in Game 6 tomorrow in Utah. Blow th ...
  
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• Bill Cosby has been convicted of drugging and molesting a woman. The guilty verdict comes less than a year after another jury deadlocked on the charges.

  26-04-2018 21:04
  Norristown, Pa. • Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, completing the spectacular late-life downfall of a comedian who broke racial barriers in Hollywood on his way to TV superstardom as America’s Dad.Cosby, 80, could end up spending his final years in prison after a jury concluded he sexually violated Temple University employee Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. He claimed the e
  
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• Letter: GOP has become the enemy of republican government

  26-04-2018 21:00
  The “fundamental maxim of republican government,” states Alexander Hamilton in Federalist Papers No. 22, “requires that the sense of the majority should prevail.” Now Utah’s self-described “Republican Party” has indicated by its support of unrepresentative caucuses that it is not only indifferent to majority rule but downright hostile to it.Ironically, this party has become the enemy of republican government, as Hamilton understood the term. Unless Utah&
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Joe Ingles, the Utah Jazz’s consummate glue guy

  26-04-2018 20:41 via sportspyder.com
  ... d a great teammate. We’re lucky to have a player like him, and when the Utah Jazz finally hoist the NBA championship trophy, Joe Ingles will have been a big p ...
  
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• After epic collapse, Jazz must make a quick turnaround for Game 6 at the Viv

  26-04-2018 20:34
  This is what a hangover feels like. The Utah Jazz will have to regroup before returning home Friday night after blowing a 25-point lead to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5, losing a ripe opportunity for a closeout against their vulnerable opponent.And yet there’s the same fundamental truth: As long as Utah wins its next game, it will get through to the Western Conference semifinals for a second straight season. And while the fourth-biggest blown lead in playoff history wasn’t surr
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - After epic collapse, Jazz must make a quick turnaround for Game 6 at the Viv

  26-04-2018 20:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... ds ourselves, not letting Russ get to the basket and letting him shoot.” The Jazz shrunk on offense as the Thunder took Anthony off the floor and focused on s ...
  
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• Today was our annual #LHMDayofService! Not only do we get to honor Larry H. Miller on his birthday, but we help ful… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-04-2018 20:27 via twitter.com
  Today was our annual #LHMDayofService! Not only do we get to honor Larry H. Miller on his birthday, but we help ful… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Leader of Utah citizen militia, called a ‘domestic terrorist’ by prosecutor, enters plea in attempted bombing case

  26-04-2018 20:20
  The leader of a Utah anti-government militia group accused of trying to detonate an explosive two years ago at a remote Bureau of Land Management cabin pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to one count of attempted destruction of federal property by use of an explosive.William Keebler — who commanded the Patriots Defense Force, also known as as Patriots of America, a Tooele County citizen militia whose members allegedly talked about killing Muslims — is scheduled to be sentenced
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Paul George and the Thunder’s secret origins to Playoff P

  26-04-2018 20:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... rlaying them into a step-back was the only thing necessary for a bucket. The Jazz will rarely hedge or trap in the pick and roll, giving George the freedom to ...
  
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• ‘I shake when I see him’: Families of slain Utah teens Riley and Breezy prepare for a long, drawn out trial

  26-04-2018 20:03
  Provo • The trial for the man accused of killing a young Juab county couple will be dragged out, excruciating. “We knew it was going to be long and drawn out. We knew that it wasn’t going to be quick and fast. Unfortunately, that’s how it goes,” Amanda Hunt said after Jerrod Baum’s brief appearance Thursday in front of a 4th District Court judge.Baum, 41, is accused of killing teenagers Riley Powell and Breezy Otteson and dumping their bodies in an abandoned mi
  
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• Letter: In the ‘Year of the Woman,’ there are gaps in Tribune’s coverage

  26-04-2018 20:00
  With reference to the April 24 editorial that extolled four female presidents of Utah’s System of Higher Education and stated “it is the Year of the Woman”:Do you know there is a Democratic woman candidate for U.S. Senate? Jenny Wilson. To date, hardly any coverage in The Salt Lake Tribune even though the male from Massachusetts is in your paper at least twice a week, including large photos.Do you know the president-elect for Westminster College is a woman? Bethami Dobkin. She
  
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• Bill Cosby convicted of sexually assaulting woman

  26-04-2018 19:59
  A jury outside Philadelphia convicted the “Cosby Show” star of three counts of aggravated indecent assault on Thursday. The guilty verdict came less than a year after another jury deadlocked on the charges.Cosby was charged with violating Temple University employee Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. His lawyer called Constand a “con artist” who leveled false accusations against Cosby so she could sue him.Cosby could get up to 10 years in prison on
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: President Nelson wraps up tour, travels of other LDS leaders, more #MeToo revelations and the meaning of ‘ministering’

  26-04-2018 19:54
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want Mormon Land in your inbox? Subscribe here.President Nelson concludes global tour Russell M. Nelson wrapped up a two-week world tour — his first international venture since becoming the LDS Church’s 17th president — after encouraging Latter-day Saints in India and Thailand to
  
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• After protests, Utah’s KBYU-FM will keep playing classical music

  26-04-2018 19:54
  Bach, Beethoven and Brahms fans, rejoice! KBYU-FM will not be dropping its classical-music format after all.Instead, BYU Broadcasting has purchased a second local radio station that will be home to its BYUradio broadcasts, meaning nothing will change at KBYU-FM. And that will come as a relief to those who protested the previous plan when it was announced in October 2017.Michael Dunn, managing director of BYU Broadcasting, said he heard the “passion and fire of these listeners. We’re
  
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• Salt Lake City’s Pretty Bird restaurant hits a sweet spot with its flavor-first hot chicken

  26-04-2018 19:52
  After issues with the installation of a ventilation system forced delay after delay at Viet Pham’s new restaurant, Pretty Bird, crews working there thought the space might be cursed.Turns out, that was little more than superstition.Since the Nashville-style hot chicken shop on Regent Street in downtown Salt Lake City opened in late February, it’s sold out every day.And for good reason. Pretty Bird chicken isn’t just some fowl dredged in flour and fried — anyone can do tha
  
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• Five male northern Utah deputies face discipline — including at least one demotion — after investigation finds female co-workers were sexually harassed

  26-04-2018 19:43
  Six or seven women working for the Davis County corrections division — some of whom have since left — were harassed, sometimes sexually, by three male deputies over a two-and-a-half year period, according to a county-led investigation.The investigation began Jan. 25 after “multiple employees” reported the alleged harassment to the county’s human resource office, said HR Director Debra Alexander.Over the course of the two-month probe, Alexander said, investigators in
  
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