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• Her son talked about placing her in an assisted living facility. She then killed him, police say

  05-07-2018 23:55
  She had been up for three to four days, thinking about her son and what he had told her. He said he would place her in an assisted living facility because she had become difficult to live with, Anna Mae Blessing told police.It seemed that was the last thing the 92-year-old wanted to happen.On Monday, police were called to a home in the Arizona town of Fountain Hills, just outside of Phoenix, and found Blessing’s 72-year-old son dead. He had been shot in the neck and jaw, court records say.
  
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• [SB Nation: Ridiculous Upside] - Versatile Forward Georges Niang Is Ready To Make An Impact In The NBA

  05-07-2018 23:39 via sportspyder.com
  ... g currently stands as a restricted free agent with Utah which means that the Jazz can match an offer that one of the 29 other NBA teams might send to them. Al ...
  
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• Utah State University will pay rape victim $250,000 in a settlement that increases its oversight of fraternities and sororities

  05-07-2018 22:22
  A former Utah State University student who was raped at a fraternity house has agreed to a $250,000 settlement that will also require the school to increase its oversight of its Greek system. The agreement announced Thursday wraps up one of several high-profile sexual assault and harassment cases at the northern Utah school, which has been criticized for how it has handled allegations.Victoria Hewlett filed suit against the university after she was raped in July 2015 by then-Sigma Chi fraternity
  
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• Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns

  05-07-2018 22:14
  Washington • Scott Pruitt, the former Oklahoma attorney general who relentlessly pursued President Donald Trump’s promises of deregulation at the Environmental Protection Agency, resigned Thursday after a cascade of controversies over his lavish spending, ethical lapses and controversial management decisions finally eroded the president’s confidence in one of his most ardent Cabinet members.Pruitt’s reputation as a dogged deregulator and outspoken booster of the president
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - 2017-18 Rewind: Royce O’Neale Seizes the Moment

  05-07-2018 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  ...the league, on the roster, and extended minutes in the first place. To be a Jazz player, to be on Quin’s good side, to excel in the NBA: you have to play def ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Donovan Mitchell makes a splash at fan’s Fourth of July party

  05-07-2018 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  ... court. He’s been sitting on the bench, giving extra coaching to teammate and Jazz rookie Grayson Allen. Comments facebook twitter email ...
  
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• Radio and television personality Ed Schultz dies at 64

  05-07-2018 22:04
  Fargo, N.D. • Broadcasting personality Ed Schulz, whose career took him from quarterbacking at a Minnesota college to national radio and television, has died. He was 64.His son, David Schultz, tells The Associated Press that his father died of natural causes Thursday morning in Washington, D.C., where he anchored “News with Ed Schultz” on RT America, formerly Russia Today. Schultz also hosted “The Ed Show” on MSNBC from 2009 to 2015.Schultz was a standout quarterback
  
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• Donovan Mitchell makes a splash at fan’s Fourth of July party

  05-07-2018 22:03
  You never know where Donovan Mitchell might show up.The Utah Jazz star’s summer travels have sent him to Greece, the Phillipines, Serbia and … a Salt Lake City pool party?That appears to be the case after the 21-year-old guard sent out a Fourth of July tweet looking for a holiday spot to land.Where’s the BBQ’s at Salt Lake??? Might just pull up 👀👀👀👀 HAPPY 4th 🙏🏾🇺🇸— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) Ju
  
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• AP source: Bjelica agrees to 1-year deal with Philadelphia

  05-07-2018 21:39
  Nemanja Bjelica is moving from Minnesota to Philadelphia.A person familiar with the negotiations says Bjelica has agreed to a one-year contract with the 76ers worth nearly $4.5 million. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday because the deal has not been announced.Bjelica gives Philadelphia more shooting depth, needed in an offseason where the 76ers lost Ersan Ilyasova and Marco Belinelli.Bjelica shot 42 percent from 3-point range last season, his best clip i
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - How Donovan Mitchell has made Utah fall in love with him simply by being himself

  05-07-2018 21:16 via sportspyder.com
  ... n ended, you wouldn’t think he’s a rookie,” Niang said. “When I was with the Jazz, he would set up team dinners, he’s always bringing and pulling guys togethe ...
  
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• ‘Gag clauses’ mean you might be paying more for prescription drugs than you need to

  05-07-2018 21:13
  Using your insurance plan isn’t always the cheapest way to buy prescription drugs. But your pharmacist might be banned from telling you that.Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are seeking ways to stop a practice that can keep customers from saving money at the drugstore counter. “Gag clauses” buried in the fine print of pharmacy contracts — and imposed by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — prevent many pharmacists from telling customers when the cash price for a m
  
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• The Red Rocks are in their offseason, but women’s gymnastics will again take center stage at the Huntsman Center this weekend

  05-07-2018 21:12
  Want a glimpse at the potential future of the USA women’s gymnastics team? It will be on display in two events this weekend at the Huntsman Center.The 2018 Hopes Classic, which features athletes competing just below the elite level is set for Friday. On Saturday, world vault and floor exercise silver-medalist Jade Carey of Phoenix is one of the seven members of the U.S. Women’s National Team expected to compete in the American Classic.Both competitions are competitive qualifiers for
  
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• After a break for the Fourth of July, the 2018 @UtahJazzSL will conclude tonight with another exciting doubleheader… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-07-2018 21:09 via twitter.com
  After a break for the Fourth of July, the 2018 @UtahJazzSL will conclude tonight with another exciting doubleheader… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Possibly autistic boy abandoned at Los Angeles train station

  05-07-2018 21:07
  Los Angeles • Police in Los Angeles are trying to identify a possibly deaf or autistic little boy found at a busy train station after witnesses say a woman abandoned him.Workers at a cafe in the station saw the boy, between 5 and 7, and the woman eating nearby on Wednesday evening. They began to worry later when he ran into their kitchen alone and they realized the woman was nowhere in sight, said Adrienne Garrett, supervisor at Cafe Crepe.Garrett said she and other workers looked for the w
  
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• A man of the people 🥰 #TakeNote twitter.com/BleacherReport…

  05-07-2018 20:50 via twitter.com
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• Utah Royals-Portland Thorns match preview

  05-07-2018 20:49
  UTAH ROYALS AT PORTLAND THORNS<br>At Providence Park, Portland, Ore.<br>Kickoff • Friday, 9 p.m. MDT<br>TV • KMYU<br>Radio • 700-AM<br>Records • Royals 5-3-6, Thorns 5-5-5<br>Last meeting • Thorns, Royals 0 (May 25 at Portland)<br>About the Thorns • Portland is 2-3-2 at home in 2018. ... The Thorns have two of the league’s top attacking threats this year in Christine Sinclair (seven goals, five assists) and Lindsey Hor
  
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• Vote for @spidadmitchell for Best Breakthrough Athlete RIGHT NOW! 😎 ➡️ es.pn/2txhaKl #TakeNote https://t.co/WyQYuBt9GI

  05-07-2018 20:26 via twitter.com
  
  Vote for @spidadmitchell for Best Breakthrough Athlete RIGHT NOW! 😎➡️ es.pn/2txhaKl#TakeNote https://t.co/WyQYuBt9GI
  
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• Goats chomp down Utah homeowners’ grass to prevent wildfires — and they sure look cute doing it

  05-07-2018 20:17
  Bountiful • Greg Cover marched down the hillside whistling and grunting, “Heya, hey.” “Come on,” he shouted. “Let’s go.” Seconds after he reached the bottom of the dirt slope, 80 goats burst through the scrub oak behind him and tumbled onto the sidewalk. “There you are,” Cover said with a smile.The animals had just finished eating the overgrown yard of one homeowner in this canyon community in southeastern Bountiful. And now Cover was he
  
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• [USA Today] - Donovan Mitchell dropped by fan's July 4th BBQ

  05-07-2018 20:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... 5, 2018 Donovan Mitchell is coming off a stellar rookie season with the Utah Jazz, but somehow, he didn't have any Fourth of July BBQ plans locked down on Wed ...
  
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• [USA Today: For The Win] - Donovan Mitchell casually dropped by a fan's July 4th BBQ after a tweet

  05-07-2018 19:58 via sportspyder.com
  ... s superfan jumps on the LeBron James Lakers bandwagon donovan mitchell, Utah Jazz, NBA shares share tweet pin sms send email ...
  
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• Crews fighting the Dollar Ridge Fire hope the weather cooperates so they can save homes

  05-07-2018 19:40
  After days of prime fire conditions, crews fighting the Dollar Ridge Fire hope Mother Nature cooperates Thursday as they work to contain the growing blaze and keep it away from homes in the Fruitland area.A Type I team — the largest and most experienced type of wildfire squad — will take over firefighting operations Thursday, Great Basin Coordination Center spokesman Norm Rooker said. The higher-level team was brought in after the fire jumped Highway 40, which remained closed in both
  
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• [KSL] - Donovan Mitchell asks Twitter for barbecue to attend, ends up at local pool party

  05-07-2018 19:29 via sportspyder.com
  ... g in the Jazz’s 3-on-3 tournament mobbing Mitchell for a photo when he made a brief unanno ...
  
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• Dana Milbank: The fight against Trump is a battle for freedom

  05-07-2018 19:14
  Washington - Every 75 years or so in our history, Americans have renewed their commitment to freedom.Divide our history into thirds, and you can see, at regular intervals, a rededication to our founding doctrine. In 1789, the framers drafted the Bill of Rights. Seventy-four years later, at the turning point in the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln called for “a new birth of freedom” to honor those who died. Seventy-eight years after that, on the eve of U.S. entry into world war in 1941, Fra
  
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• Commentary: From crisis to opportunity at Utah State University: A model for schools in the #MeToo Age

  05-07-2018 19:08
  A crisis provides a chance to reevaluate the status quo and make powerful changes that affect the future, signaling that even during times of challenge there is opportunity. Today, we — a rape survivor and former student, along with a university president — come together out of a resolve to transform crisis into an opportunity to positively change the Utah State University campus community.In 2015, one of us, Victoria, was raped by a fellow USU student at a fraternity party. Three ye
  
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• 10/10 would stoop down to give pets to twitter.com/JMPBurnett/sta…

  05-07-2018 18:58 via twitter.com
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• How Donovan Mitchell has made Utah fall in love with him simply by being himself

  05-07-2018 18:42
  SALT LAKE CITY — "Donovan! Donovan!" a young fan screamed, among a herd of others trying to catch the attention of the Utah Jazz's franchise player.On a hot, 92-degree summer afternoon, Donovan Mitchell pulled up to the Park Place parking lot — adjacent to Vivint Arena — on Monday to surprise everyone participating in the Jazz's 3-on-3 Tournament as part of the Summer League festivities.The crowd grew so thick that security had to clear a path for Mitchell to skirt off in his s
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Black history database is unveiled, two new apostles speak and LGBTQ club wants BYU recognition

  05-07-2018 18:36
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want Mormon Land in your inbox? Subscribe here.No podcast?We’re taking the week off because of the July Fourth holiday, but we’ll be back next week. Happy Independence Day!Provo makes history with LGBTQ parade entriesAfter intense negotiations, America’s Fr
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Four Jazzmen who could contend for Most Improved Player Award in ’18-19

  05-07-2018 18:09 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell heals scars of last year’s Independence Day by Jared Woodc ...
  
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• Monson: The Jazz’s climb across a broken, uneven NBA court is worth it

  05-07-2018 17:56
  Is the NBA broken?The Jazz couldn’t piece together enough to beat the Bulls two decades ago.Can they piece together enough to beat the Warriors now?When DeMarcus Cousins signed a cheap deal — yep, we’re at the point where $5.3 extra-extra-extra large is considered mere scraps — with Golden State, a lot of people were not just angry, they were pushed to the point where they thought the NBA is straight busted.A team that already had taken three of the past four world champi
  
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• Utah Jazz: Four Jazzmen who could contend for Most Improved Player Award in ’18-19

  05-07-2018 17:54
  Based on the development track record of the Utah Jazz, it wouldn’t be surprising to see the organization produce a Most Improved Player award winner in 2018-19. Although the Utah Jazz still have a few days remaining to decide on the contracts of Jonas Jerebko and Ekpe Udoh, it’s looking more and more like Dennis […]
  Utah Jazz: Four Jazzmen who could contend for Most Improved Player Award in ’18-19 - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion
  
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• Trump falsely claims Obama gave citizenship to 2,500 Iranians during nuclear deal talks

  05-07-2018 17:42
  “Just out that the Obama Administration granted citizenship, during the terrible Iran Deal negotiation, to 2,500 Iranians - including to government officials. How big (and bad) is that?”<br>— President Donald Trump, in a tweet, July 3, 2018This tweet packs a punch: Trump is suggesting that President Barack Obama’s administration sweetened the Iran nuclear deal by granting U.S. citizenship to 2,500 Iranians, including government officials.Trump has long derided the J
  
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• Florida man dies while kayaking in Utah river

  05-07-2018 17:34
  Authorities say a 50-year-old Florida man died in Utah’s Provo River after getting caught in the current under a railroad bridge.KUTV-TV reports the man was kayaking with family Tuesday afternoon on the river northeast of the city of Provo.Wasatch County Chief Deputy Jared Rigby says the man was wearing a lifejacket, but the water’s strength trapped him under a truss of the bridge.Rescue teams from North Fork Fire and Wasatch County were in the water for about an hour before they wer
  
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• A bride gave bone marrow to save a stranger’s baby. The child lived — and was her flower girl.

  05-07-2018 17:30
  As soon as Hayden Hatfield started walking down the aisle, her eyes locked on her flower girl.The bride thought about their special connection — years earlier, she had donated her bone marrow to help the toddler fight a rare form of childhood leukemia. They had stayed in touch through letters and phone calls and toys and trinkets sent through the mail. They had become like family. Now that Hatfield was getting married, she said, it meant everything to her to have the 3-year-old by her side
  
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• Trump closes in on Supreme Court pick; 3 judges top list

  05-07-2018 17:25
  Washington • President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.Trump’s top contenders for the vacancy at this time are federal appeals judges Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Raymond Kethledge, said a person familiar with Trump’s thinking who was not authorized to speak publicly.Working closely with a White House team and consulting with lawmakers and outside
  
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• Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti says he might challenge Trump in 2020

  05-07-2018 17:19
  Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who emerged as national figure by representing porn star Stormy Daniels, is weighing a challenge to President Donald Trump in 2020.In a series of tweets and media interviews on Independence Day, Avenatti said he would run against Trump if he seeks reelection and no one else steps up with a good chance of defeating him.“IF (big) he seeks reelection, I will run, but only if I think that there is no other candidate in the race that has a REAL chance at beating him
  
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• Locals in NBA Summer League: BYU’s Elijah Bryant earns chance with 76ers, Utah’s Tyler Rawson with Magic

  05-07-2018 17:13
  As many as six players with Utah ties are expected to get their shot to make an impression with a pro team during the MGM Resorts NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, which begins Friday.Summer league rosters are still subject to change before the tournament, and as of Wednesday night, one NBA team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, has yet to announce theirs. That leaves the door open for other Utah ties to be playing in Las Vegas or for those already announced to miss out.Among rookies, former BYU guard E
  
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• Anne Applebaum: Trump hates international organizations that are basis of US wealth, prosperity, military power

  05-07-2018 17:05
  Ever since it ended, a steady drip of gossip has circulated about last month’s disastrous Group of Seven summit. By all accounts, President Donald Trump behaved far worse behind the scenes than he did in public.There was the gratuitous rudeness, including the moment he threw two Starburst candies onto a table and said, to the German chancellor, “Here Angela. Don’t say I never gave you anything.” There was aggression, as well as ignorance: “NATO is as bad as NAFTA, i
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Jazz are betting on Dante Exum

  05-07-2018 16:22 via sportspyder.com
  ... riority was bringing back his three pending free agents in , Exum, and . The Jazz extended all three of them, including picking up the option for , bringing h ...
  
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• Despite a court order to reverse historic political domination by whites over American Indians in southern Utah, Navajo voters say little has changed

  05-07-2018 15:58
  Corri Benally says she got a ballot that included a county commission race outside of her district. Stephanie Holly says she and her husband were sorted into the wrong precinct although they had updated their address with the clerk’s office. Sophina Ahtsosie says she never got a mail-in ballot to vote in her local school board election. In southeastern Utah’s rural and Republican-controlled San Juan County, Navajo voters say that little has been done in the past six months to impleme
  
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• Max Boot: I left the Republican Party, and now I want Democrats to take over

  05-07-2018 15:40
  “Should I stay or should I go now?” That question, posed by the eminent political philosophers known as The Clash, is one that confronts any Republican with a glimmer of conscience. You used to belong to a conservative party with a white-nationalist fringe. Now it’s a white-nationalist party with a conservative fringe. If you’re part of that fringe, what should you do?Veteran strategist Steve Schmidt, who ran John McCain’s 2008 campaign, is the latest Republican to
  
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• Letter: Politicians shouldn’t design their own districts

  05-07-2018 15:38
  Utah Senate President Wayne Niederhauser thought he presented a good reason for having politicians draw their own districts. In the article “Utahns want independent anti-gerrymandering panel,” (Tribune, June 29), the senator said, “If voters don’t like plans drawn by legislators, they can vote them out.” That’s precisely the problem: Legislators draw their districts so that they cannot be voted out. Niederhauser will not be in the Senate for the next session s
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Pending lawsuits against Trump’s personal, business conduct likely to spill into Supreme Court confirmation hearings

  05-07-2018 15:36
  Virtually all Supreme Court justices end up ruling on policy issues that affect the president who appointed them — but a pile of pending lawsuits over President Donald Trump’s personal and business conduct could put his nominee in an awkward position. The legal pressure Trump faces is likely to spill into the confirmation hearings for his nominee, whom he is expected to name next week to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, as senators seek to use the high-profile platform to pu
  
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• Commentary: From crisis to opportunity: A model for schools in the #MeToo Age

  05-07-2018 15:35
  A crisis provides a chance to reevaluate the status quo and make powerful changes that affect the future, signaling that even during times of challenge there is opportunity. Today, we — a rape survivor and former student, along with a university president — come together out of a resolve to transform crisis into an opportunity to positively change the Utah State University campus community.In 2015, one of us, Victoria, was raped by a fellow USU student at a fraternity party. Three ye
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: If only John Bolton was around to skewer this

  05-07-2018 15:32
  President Donald Trump’s most vociferous defenders supported him, in large part, because the United States was not respected in the world, was not “winning,” and was being taken advantage of by hostile powers. Looking ahead to 2020, either the Democrats or a Republican challenger will have a golden opportunity to argue that Trump has made us less respected, has presided over a whole lot of losing and, most definitely, has been taken advantage of by hostile powers.Conservative h
  
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• Ramesh Ponnuru: Three facts about abortion and the Supreme Court

  05-07-2018 15:29
  Abortion isn’t mentioned in the Constitution, but it is the main topic in the debate over replacing retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. We are certainly going to hear a lot of polarized rhetoric about abortion over the next few months. But we should keep in mind three middle-of-the-road truths.First: The public is ambivalent about abortion. People who favor legal abortion can point to a lot of polls that appear to show them in the majority. Because it’s a Supreme C
  
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