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• Utah Jazz: Mitchell gets a new jersey while Rubio teases another

  13-09-2018 23:53
  Donovan Mitchell has been gifted a football jersey with local flair. Also: Ricky Rubio has laid eyes on the newest Utah Jazz jerseys. In a relatively short amount of time, Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell has become a true adopted son of the Beehive State and one of its best ambassadors. From spending much of […]
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• Salt Lake County DA says officers were legally justified to shoot suspects in two separate cases

  13-09-2018 23:25
  The Salt Lake County district attorney ruled Thursday that in two cases where officers shot suspects this year — one injuring a teenager near Hunter High School and the other a man acting “erratically” outside a Midvale McDonald’s — the use of deadly force was legally justified.“These are nuanced and complicated situations,” said District Attorney Sim Gill. “In both scenarios, we gathered as much factual evidence as we could.”In the earlier o
  
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• In rare show of cooperation, Republicans and Democrats join to push investment in national parks

  13-09-2018 22:48
  Washington • In a rare bout of bipartisanship, a House committee on Thursday reauthorized a long-standing program to buy up and preserve treasured lands as well as dedicate new funding to chip away at a multi-billion dollar maintenance backlog for national parks.The House Natural Resources Committee advanced the legislation by its chairman, Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah, and top Democrat, Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona. The move was cheered on by environmental groups as a sign that while partisan
  
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• Behind the Headlines: Mia Love’s campaign donations, public land auctions and hepatitis A at Salt Lake restaurant

  13-09-2018 21:55
  The Federal Election Commission raises questions about more than a million dollars in campaign donations brought in by Rep. Mia Love. Sensitive areas near Canyonlands National Park are auctioned off as part of the largest oil and gas BLM lease sale since the George W. Bush administration. Plus, Tribune reporter Kathy Stephenson talks with KCPW producer Emily Means about health code violations and foodborne-illness outbreaks at restaurants, after an estimated 650 diners at The New Yorker may have
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: Abusive media moguls harmed more than just individual women. They shaped a misogynistic culture

  13-09-2018 21:39
  Two moments on Wednesday. Both startling, both telling.Jericka Duncan, live on the “CBS Evening News,” looked unflinchingly into the camera as she explained how the story she had been covering — the turmoil over sexual misconduct at her own network — now involved the departure of yet another icon, “60 Minutes” chief Jeff Fager. The immediate reason: Text messages he had sent to a reporter."I am that reporter," Duncan said. The broadcast reproduced the chilling
  
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• Senator gives feds ‘information’ on Supreme Court nominee

  13-09-2018 21:36
  Washington • Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Thursday she has notified federal investigators about information she received — and won’t disclose publicly — concerning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.The California Democrat said in a statement that she "received information from an individual concerning the nomination." She said the person "strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or press the matter
  
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• New BYU offensive line coach combines seriousness with a dry wit to keep players striving for improvement

  13-09-2018 21:36
  Provo • Offensive lineman Tristen Hoge carries around a notebook to keep track of his daily experiences on the BYU football team.Half of the Notre Dame transfer’s notes contain the blocking and pass protection instructions he receives during practices and team meetings. The other half includes one-liners, jokes, quips and other quirky sayings from 29-year-old assistant coach Ryan Pugh.Turns out BYU’s new offensive line coach is quite a crack-up, in addition to being a four-year
  
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• Utah Valley University will investigate adjunct professor’s 9/11 post claiming Muslims ‘hate us and always will’

  13-09-2018 21:25
  An adjunct professor at Utah Valley University shared his experience of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with students this week in an online post that ended with him declaring he is “very opposed” to Muslims immigrating to the U.S. because “they hate us and always will.”The Orem school has removed the statement from the course website. And James Green is no longer teaching the class on aviation.Green started his Tuesday post — on the 17th anniversary of 9/11 —
  
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• U.S. judge delays grizzly bear hunts in Rockies 2 more weeks

  13-09-2018 20:57
  Billings, Mont. • A U.S. judge on Thursday delayed for two more weeks the first grizzly bear hunts in the Lower 48 states in almost three decades, saying he needed more time to consider if federal protections for the animals should be restored.The ruling by U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen left the fate of the bruins in and around Yellowstone National Park in limbo, more than a year after federal officials declared the population had recovered from near extermination.Up to 23 bears coul
  
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• Pole Creek fire forces evacuations, road closures

  13-09-2018 20:26
  Evacuation orders remained in effect on Thursday in Juab County as the Pole Creek fire grew to more than 4,000 acres.And the fire forced road closures in Utah County — US-6 was shut down from Spanish Fork through US-191 and has since re-opened; US-89 remains closed from milepost 301 to US-6, according to UDOT.#polecreekfire 0% contained. Estimated at 4,000+ acres. 250 firefighters on scene and more enroute. Type 1 team ordered. FSKO pic.twitter.com/TP2BahV4Dy— Utah Fire Info (@UtahWi
  
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• Rep. Mia Love goes negative against Ben McAdams with first attack ad of campaign

  13-09-2018 20:23
  GOP Rep. Mia Love is airing the first negative TV ad of the campaign season — attacking Democratic Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams for supposedly supporting tax hikes and hiring extra aides at huge salaries.McAdams’ campaign calls the ad dishonest — and says Love likely is paying for it with “illegal contributions.” The Federal Election Commission is questioning if she illegally raised more than $1 million illegally for a primary race she never faced.In short, th
  
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• 3 in custody after man was shot to death in West Jordan restaurant

  13-09-2018 20:16
  Police have three people in custody after a 20-year-old man was shot to death inside a West Jordan restaurant early Thursday morning.“We have an 18-year-old male we believe was the shooter," said Lt. Rich Bell of the West Jordan Police Department. Police also arrested a 22-year-old man they believe was involved in the incident and a 17-year-old girl, who “was waiting in the car while this was happening.”According to West Jordan police, the victim and a friend were eating at the
  
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• Washington County making switch to mail-in ballots

  13-09-2018 20:13
  St. George • One of Utah’s most-populous counties is joining a growing trend toward voting by mail.Washington County will conduct its first election with all mail-in ballots on Nov. 6, The Spectrum newspaper reported .Its 75,000 registered voters in Southern Utah will see ballots appearing in their mailboxes in mid-October.It's a good time to make the switch because the county is facing an expensive overhaul of decade-old voting machines, officials said."We've been dragging our feet a
  
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• Salt Lake mayor to join climate-change summit in California

  13-09-2018 20:12
  Salt Lake City • The mayor of Salt Lake City is attending a California summit dedicated to continuing the path to clean energy despite President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate agreement.Mayor Jackie Biskupski will be among business leaders, mayors, governors and activists from around the world who are gathering in San Francisco Thursday for the Global Climate Action Summit.Participants are expected pledge trillions of dollars in spending on clean
  
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• Wind and rain from Florence’s leading edge lash Carolinas

  13-09-2018 20:08
  Wilmington, N.C. • The outer bands of wind and rain from a weakened but still lethal Hurricane Florence began lashing North Carolina on Thursday as the monster storm moved in for a prolonged and potentially catastrophic drenching along the Southeast coast.Florence's winds had dropped from a peak of 140 mph (225 kph) to 105 mph (165 kph) by midmorning, reducing the hurricane from a terrifying Category 4 to a 2. But forecasters warned that the widening storm — and its likelihood of ling
  
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• Eye on the Y: If BYU QB Tanner Mangum struggles against Wisconsin, coaches won’t hesitate to turn to freshman Zach Wilson

  13-09-2018 20:07
  Eye on the Y is The Tribune’s weekly newsletter covering BYU athletics. To receive it in your inbox, subscribe here.Senior quarterback Tanner Mangum is about to play the most important half of football in his up-and-down college career.If Mangum struggles to move the offense and score points in the first half of Saturday’s game at No. 6 Wisconsin, look for coaches to turn to freshman Zach Wilson to finish out the game, several people with close ties to the program said earlier this w
  
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• Monson: Should BYU bench Tanner Mangum? Come on, get real.

  13-09-2018 19:51
  BYU football fans calling for a change at quarterback are reacting out of emotion, not logic. And when emotion rules the mind, bigger troubles follow.Let’s circle back and re-establish a few things about the Cougars in 2018.Your team is not that good. That’s a fact.There are no great playmakers, especially on the offensive side of the ball. There are no great running backs, no go-to receivers who are sure to pick up that third-down yardage when needed, no established powerful offensi
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Ricky Rubio reacts to new Jazz uniforms

  13-09-2018 19:40 via sportspyder.com
  ... s it turns out, this does not go beyond a for-your-eyes-only peep at the new Jazz unis: I saw the new jersey for this year. It’s 🤩🤩🤩🔥🔥🔥🤪🤪🤪. You know what I me ...
  
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• Dana Milbank: An unstoppable Florence meets Trump’s immovable Washington

  13-09-2018 19:32
  Video: President Trump called his response to Hurricane Maria “an incredible, unsung success.” But in town of Yabucoa, the mayor says the President ‘denigrates the people of Puerto Rico.’ (Whitney Leaming, Jorge Ribas/The Washington Post)
  Washington - This small meteorological irony reveals big things about the Age of Trump.Fifty weeks ago, following the devastation of Hurricane Maria, which we now know killed some 3,000 Americans in Puerto Rico, Democrats on the House Go
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Eric Woodyard: A fun look at how Utah Jazz guard Ricky Rubio compares to NBA Hall of Famer Jason Kidd

  13-09-2018 19:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... esota Timberwolves, Rubio never won more than 40 games in a season until the Jazz went 48-34 to finish fifth in the Western Conference. At that same stage, J- ...
  
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• Eric Woodyard: A fun look at how Utah Jazz guard Ricky Rubio compares to NBA Hall of Famer Jason Kidd

  13-09-2018 19:21
  SALT LAKE CITY — Let me make this clear before I even begin to type this story that in no way, shape or form am I looking to say that Ricky Rubio is on Jason Kidd's level.In terms of accomplishments on the hardwood, it's not even close.And that's not being disrespectful to Rubio — as he's coming off the best season of his career in Utah — but Kidd was really that great.The 45-year-old NBA champion and 10-time All-Star just entered the Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, Sept. 7,
  
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• Utah’s Republican Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox pushes back on Trump’s dismissal of Puerto Rico’s hurricane death toll

  13-09-2018 19:19
  President Donald Trump drew vocal criticism Thursday after a series of early-morning tweets that dismissed the deaths of thousands of Americans in Puerto Rico as a result of devastation from 2017′s Hurricane Maria.“3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico,” Trump wrote. “When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much.”Trump later added in a second tweet that t
  
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• Utes are haunted — and hopeful — about the way they’ve battled Washington the past two seasons

  13-09-2018 18:59
  Even when one of Utah's football games against Washington ends well, something goes wrong.The Utes have competed favorably with the Huskies each of the past three seasons, winning once and losing twice in games that got away from them in the final minutes. “It’s something that should give us confidence,” said Utah coach Kyle Whittingham, anticipating Saturday night’s meeting with No. 10 Washington at Rice-Eccles Stadium.There's that angle, and then there's the haunting fe
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Dan Reynolds to take LoveLoud beyond Utah, officials talk history from Nauvoo, church amps up push against pot proposal

  13-09-2018 18:58
  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.This week’s podcast: Sam Young awaits his fate
  (Steve Griffin/The Salt Lake Tribune ) This Jan. 18, 2018, photo shows Sam Young, a Mormon father from Houston who organized a petition to stop sexually explicit interviews of
  
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• You could say we are... on our way to the top?! 😀 *Rimshot* twitter.com/MirindaLinda/s…

  13-09-2018 18:39 via twitter.com
  You could say we are... on our way to the top?! 😀 *Rimshot* twitter.com/MirindaLinda/s…
  
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• Campos Roastery and Kitchen is a coffee oasis hidden on Salt Lake City’s gritty Edison Street

  13-09-2018 18:00
  Campos Roastery & Kitchen is a beautiful oasis on Salt Lake City’s gritty Edison Street.Light woods, green plants and the smell of freshly brewed coffee greet guests who seek out this slightly hidden shop between State Street and 200 East and 200 and 300 South.The windows and doors of Campos open to the street as visitors sip espresso drinks and other coffee creations while chatting or working.The Australian-based Campos opened its first U.S. café in Park City in December 2017,
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Both-sideism is not just journalistic problem

  13-09-2018 17:42
  A prediction.When the history of this era is written, when future generations wonder how a mostly educated and largely literate nation became mired in "truthiness," when they ask how we became so mentally muddled that we lost the ability to identify facts and the capacity to care, they'll find many culprits.They'll blame Fox "News" for feeding the fearful a steady diet of hogwash designed to make them feel beset, encircled and put upon.They'll blame Alex Jones for spinning webs of conspiracy so
  
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• Red All Over: Ute QB Tyler Huntley played way better than you may have thought

  13-09-2018 17:35
  Red All Over is The Tribune’s weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. To receive it free, subscribe here.Anyone who watched Utah’s 17-6 victory at Northern Illinois would have said Ute linebacker Chase Hansen played a phenomenal game. Experts agreed, naming Hansen the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week and the national winner of the Bednarik Award’s weekly honor for defensive players.Anecdotally, fans were far less approving of quarterback Tyler Huntley’
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: ‘Queer Eye’ wins 3 Emmys — will another show with Utah ties win on Sunday?

  13-09-2018 17:00
  A pair of shows with Utah ties could each win high-profile Emmys on Sunday … but don’t bet the rent on it.“Westworld,” which is filmed partly in Utah, is nominated as best drama series. And “Godless,” which wasn’t filmed here but does include the Mountain Meadows Massacre as a pivotal plot point, is nominated as best limited series. Odds are they won’t win.Utah already has ties to three Emmys, handed out this past weekend. “Queer Eye”
  
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• Did Utah teens win $1 million on NBC’s ‘World of Dance’?

  13-09-2018 16:43
  Springville’s Charity Anderson and Andrés Peñate had a chance to win a million dollars on the finale of NBC’s “World of Dance” on Wednesday night — not bad for a couple of kids who just graduated from high school.How did they fare in the competition? SPOILER ALERT if you haven't seen the episode yet.When each of the four acts in the finals — Charity and Andres; Michael Dameski; the team known as The Lab; and the team known as S-Rank — had p
  
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• Pole Creek fire forces evacuations in Juab County

  13-09-2018 16:42
  Evacuation orders remained in effect on Thursday morning in Juab County as the Pole Creek fire grew to an estimated 1,500 acres.Utah County Emergency Management evacuated about eight homes along the Nebo Creek road to the junction with Highway 89 on Wednesday night when they were threatened by the fire, which is burning in the Mount Nebo Loop area.
  #uwcnf Photo taken today of the #PoleCreekfire from Bear Canyon fire is approx 1,500 acres. pic.twitter.com/ZaK6Rk7Olc— UintaWasatchCacheNF (@U
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Rudy Gobert is a top 15 player, deal with it

  13-09-2018 16:41 via sportspyder.com
  ... . *Puts sun glasses on and sips tea* The Jazz announced a free event for fans to meet the team at Vivint Arena, and it sou ...
  
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• Gehrke: What should we make of the contradictory poll numbers in the race between Love and McAdams?

  13-09-2018 16:08
  Have you seen the latest polls in the 4th District race between Rep. Mia Love and Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams?Either they’re neck-and-neck. Or Love is up nine. Or McAdams is down four and closing. Or he’s down 10 and she’s pulling away. Or McAdams has a 12 percent chance of winning the Super Bowl.The good news, I guess, is no matter which candidate you support, there’s a poll that makes you feel good about your candidate. And feeling good is important.The bad news
  
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• 2 being questioned after man was shot to death in West Jordan restaurant

  13-09-2018 16:06
  West Jordan police are questioning two “persons of interest” after a 20-year-old man was shot to death inside a West Jordan restaurant early Thursday morning.According to a Sgt. J.C. Holt of the West Jordan Police Department, the victim and a friend were eating at the Rancherito’s restaurant at 7849 S. Redwood Road about 12:30 a.m. when two men entered the restaurant, immediately approached them and an argument began. A fight broke out and shots were fired.The two suspects, des
  
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• Trump rejects Puerto Rico hurricane death toll, blames Dems

  13-09-2018 15:58
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected the widely accepted conclusion that nearly 3,000 died in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria, arguing without evidence that the number was wrong and calling it a plot by Democrats to make him look bad.As Hurricane Florence approached the Carolinas, the president picked a fresh fight over the administration's response in Puerto Rico, tweeting: "When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time
  
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• Political Cornflakes: As Hurricane Florence nears the East Coast, a look at President Trump’s most outrageous storm descriptions

  13-09-2018 15:12
  As Hurricane Florence nears the East Coast, a look at President Trump’s most outrageous storm descriptions. LDS Church says it doesn’t oppose medical marijuana initiative, though recreational pot use still violates its tenants. Bishop, Curtis polling way ahead.Happy Thursday. President Donald Trump has stirred controversy with his bombastic descriptions of hurricanes and other storms. And while his hyperbolic statements may have helped Americans heed warnings to evacuate, Trump has a
  
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• Letter: Two Senate statesmen could solve many problems

  13-09-2018 15:00
  Like Diogenes searching the streets of Athens for one honest man, today our country is searching the Republican Senate Conference for two statesmen willing to stand up to the divisive actions of a historically unpopular president and his historically unpopular and partisan Supreme Court nominee.Two Republican senators can restore normal Senate procedures — for which John McCain pleaded and a handful of Republican senators claim to espouse — by announcing that they will only vote to c
  
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• Letter: The president and his Cabinet are not ‘fake’

  13-09-2018 15:00
  I am disappointed with Don Gale’s lack of intellectual persuasion and honesty when the second paragraph in his commentary labeled so many things as “fake” (“Do not demean news by calling it hoax,” Sept. 8).President Donald Trump was elected lawfully, not falsely. Cabinet members passed muster lawfully. That we are working toward a lawful appointment to the Supreme Court of Judge Brett Kavanaugh — who is more informed, logical, extremely analytical and constitu
  
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• Letter: Stewart holds his constituents’ lives cheap

  13-09-2018 15:00
  Rep. Chris Stewart has been on a PR blitz of late, touting his concern about Utah's near-highest-in-the-country suicide rate. It sounds reassuring, but it is what many would call a “concern troll.”First, he repeatedly and inaccurately claimed his recent National Suicide Improvement Act created a three-digit suicide hotline. As Stewart acknowledges in rare moments of honesty, his bill merely creates a committee of federal agencies “to explore using a three-digit dialing code.&rd
  
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• Letter: Lies about Utah’s Proposition 2

  13-09-2018 15:00
  The discussion of Utah’s Proposition 2 regarding medical marijuana has revealed a plethora of diverse opinions, which is to be expected. Of late, however, there has been a proliferation of false or misleading statements against the proposition, including Mark Greenwood’s op-ed of Sept. 9. Two (of the many) examples include the falsehood that there are no traditional safeguards and that it makes recreational marijuana easily accessible. Nothing in the initiative to supports either of
  
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• Letter: Fire ban should not be lifted

  13-09-2018 15:00
  I’m shocked and frustrated about the lifting of the fire ban in southeast Utah. I just don’t understand. We are still in an extreme and exceptional drought. The area I live in did not get a monsoon season this year, nor did we get one in 2017. There are areas all over southeast Utah that haven’t received any substantial precipitation in almost two years; the area I live in is one of those. The pinyon/juniper forest is having a mass die-off, pinyons dying at an alarming rate, ju
  
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• Letter: Bridges vs. Walls

  13-09-2018 15:00
  Bridges are meant to bring people together. They are anchored in respect and built with compassion and hope.Walls are meant to drive people apart. They are anchored in bigotry and built with fear and hate.Glen V. Ruff, SpringvilleSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Trump’s decline creates a quandary for Republicans on the ballot

  13-09-2018 15:00
  CNN (36 percent), Quinnipiac (38 percent) and Gallup (40 percent) all recently reported lousy approval ratings for President Trump. We don't yet know if this is statistical "noise," or whether the combination of Bob Woodward's book, the anonymous New York Times op-ed, the Paul Manafort conviction and the Michael Cohen guilty plea have cumulatively taken a toll on Trump's support.These rotten numbers come despite another strong jobs report, highlighting the depth of the president's unpopularity.
  
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• Holly Richardson: These lessons we need to #NeverForget

  13-09-2018 15:00
  Seventeen years ago, it felt as if we were largely united as a nation. We came together as neighborhoods and communities, as cities and states to proclaim that we, as a nation, were indivisible. That we would not be ruled by fear. We didn’t care if we were black or white, rich or poor, Republican or Democrat, or whether we ate at Chick-fil-A or wore Nikes. We were all just Americans — and that was enough.Stories and photographs abound about the heroics of that day, from the firefight
  
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• George Pyle: At this rate, we’ll never have flying cars

  13-09-2018 15:00
  I walk a lot. Often, when I’m about to cross a street or a driveway and a car is turning that way, the driver will stop and wait for me to get across. It is a nice gesture. Or a simple realization that, were there to be a conflict, the car would win.Often, though, I stop and wave the driver through. I’m not blocking traffic. It is the driver, not me, who, by kindly waiting for me to cross, runs the risk of being rear-ended.At least that’s what I used to think.While walking down
  
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• Proposed gravel-pit expansion in Draper is off the table for now as company, city council face resident opposition

  13-09-2018 07:08
  Draper • Environmental and health concerns appear to have stopped Geneva Rock from going through with a proposal to increase their mining zone at the Point of the Mountain — for now.More than 100 people showed up to a public hearing Wednesday evening, many to raise concerns about the company’s planned expansion, but Geneva Rock showed up to propose a concept completely different from the one outlined in its application.While the original proposal sought to rezone land and potent
  
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• MLB roundup: Red Sox reach 100 wins for first time since 1946

  13-09-2018 07:00
  Boston • The scoreboards at Fenway Park were all flashing “100 WINS” to celebrate the Red Sox reaching the milestone for the first time since Ted Williams returned from World War II.David Price was already thinking about No. 101.“That’s what we’ve done all year,” Price said on Wednesday night after pitching seven innings of three-hit ball to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0. “That’s why we have 100 wins right now.”Price (15-6) struck out s
  
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• Gunman kills 5, self in Southern California rampage

  13-09-2018 06:49
  Bakersfield, Calif. • A gunman killed five people, including his wife, before turning the gun on himself as a Kern County sheriff’s deputy closed in Wednesday, authorities said.There was no immediate word on what sparked the shootings that took place at a home and a business in Bakersfield, which is some 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Los Angeles."Obviously, these are not random shootings," Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood told KERO-TV. Six people died in a short amount of tim
  
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• MVP Stewart leads way as Storm surge past Mystics 98-82 for WNBA title

  13-09-2018 06:29
  Fairfax, Va. • Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart fretted following the regular-season opener after the Seattle Storm lost at home to the Phoenix Mercury.“We thought, ‘Oh, crap, what kind of year is this going to be?’” Bird reminisced.The answer came nearly four months later with a championship.Stewart led the Storm to their third WNBA title Wednesday night, scoring 30 points in a 98-82 victory over the Washington Mystics in Game 3 of the best-of-five series.Natasha Howard
  
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• Proposed gravel-pit expansion in Draper is off the table for now as company, city council faces resident opposition

  13-09-2018 06:28
  Draper • Environmental and health concerns appear to have stopped Geneva Rock from going through with a proposal to increase their mining zone at the Point of the Mountain — for now.More than 100 people showed up to a public hearing Wednesday evening, many to raise concerns about the company’s planned expansion, but Geneva Rock showed up to propose a concept completely different from the one outlined in its application.While the original proposal sought to rezone land and potent
  
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