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• Deal will keep Utah’s Zion Narrows, one of the nation’s most popular trails, open through March — once the shutdown goes away

  07-01-2019 23:53
  Family members who own 880 acres along the northeastern boundary of Zion National Park have agreed to let hikers keep wading through their piece of the Narrows for 12 more weeks.The Bullochs, who own the property, still hope to reach a permanent deal with the federal government. Until then, the extension of a temporary agreement, announced Friday, will ensure permit-holding hikers can enter the redrock canyon through March 31. That will accommodate the winter holidays and spring break season tha
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Running back Zack Moss and other Utah junior stars are deferring their NFL careers and will stay in school through 2019

  07-01-2019 23:51 via sportspyder.com
  In between the NCAA's December and February signing dates, the Utah football program's unofficial January recruiting period went as well as the Utes possibly could have hoped.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Deal will keep Utah’s Zion Narrows, one of the nation’s most popular trails, open through March — once the shutdown goes away

  07-01-2019 23:51 via sportspyder.com
  Family members who own 880 acres along the northeastern boundary of Zion National Park have agreed to let hikers keep wading through their piece of the Narrows for 12 more weeks.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: New Latter-day Saint Primary manuals were not designed with real children in mind

  07-01-2019 23:51 via sportspyder.com
  As a current teacher of the Sunbeams, the class in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 3-year-old children, I was curious about the new Primary manuals for the new year, which are meant to supplement the churchwide home-study program...
  
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• 📓| “You can’t say enough about Fav. What he gives us is unique.” » on.nba.com/2sfNwsG

  07-01-2019 23:44 via twitter.com
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• Running back Zack Moss and other Utah junior stars are deferring their NFL careers and will stay in school through 2019

  07-01-2019 23:39
  In between the NCAA's December and February signing dates, the Utah football program's unofficial January recruiting period went as well as the Utes possibly could have hoped.Utah’s four juniors who were potential early entries in the 2019 NFL draft all are staying in school. Running back Zack Moss, defensive linemen Bradlee Anae and Leki Fotu and cornerback Julian Blackmon have told coach Kyle Whittingham they will play as seniors, Utah announced Monday as classes resumed on campus. The N
  
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• Kevin Spacey pleads not guilty on charge of groping a young man

  07-01-2019 23:21
  Nantucket, Mass. • Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty Monday to groping an 18-year-old busboy in 2016 in the first criminal case brought against the disgraced actor following a string of sexual misconduct allegations that crippled his career.Spacey’s court appearance came more than a year after former Boston TV anchor Heather Unruh accused the former “House of Cards” star of sexually assaulting her son in a bar on the Massachusetts resort island of Nantucket.Nantucket Distric
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Bagley Cartoon: The Lyin’ King

  07-01-2019 23:10 via sportspyder.com
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2018. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:
  
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• Commentary: New Latter-day Saint Primary manuals were not designed with real children in mind

  07-01-2019 23:06
  As a current teacher of the Sunbeams, the class in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 3-year-old children, I was curious about the new Primary manuals for the new year, which are meant to supplement the churchwide home-study program of “Come, Follow Me.” So I went to the meeting we were asked to attend for our ward, part of the regular “teaching training” sessions that are held once a month.I was . . . “disappointed” might be the kindest way t
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Home items are getting smarter and creepier, like it or not

  07-01-2019 22:44 via sportspyder.com
  New York • One day, finding an oven that just cooks food may be as tough as buying a TV that merely lets you change channels.
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: The Lyin’ King

  07-01-2019 22:33
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2018. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/01/04/bagley-cartoon-temple/" target=_blank><u>Temple Changes</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/01/03/bagley-cartoon-its-trap/" target=_blank><u>It’s a Trap</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/01/02
  
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• ‘I’m sure it’s a culture shock for most of you’: Navajos take the majority on the San Juan County Commission

  07-01-2019 22:11
  Monticello • After a hard-won and historic victory that will shift the body from a long-standing white Republican majority to a Democratic and American Indian one, the new San Juan County Commission took the oath of office in a packed ceremony Monday.The occasion was met with celebration from many in the southeastern part of Utah who hope the change will improve conditions for the county’s majority Native American population. But following a new legal dispute, it was also marred with
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utes hire Colton Swan from Weber State to coach linebackers

  07-01-2019 22:02 via sportspyder.com
  Colton Swan enjoyed working in a stable Weber State program under coach Jay Hill for the past five seasons, but his strongest credentials might be how one Wildcat coach after another kept him on the staff.
  
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• Home items are getting smarter and creepier, like it or not

  07-01-2019 22:00
  New York • One day, finding an oven that just cooks food may be as tough as buying a TV that merely lets you change channels.Internet-connected "smarts" are creeping into cars, refrigerators, thermostats, toys and just about everything else in your home. CES 2019, the gadget show opening Tuesday in Las Vegas, will showcase many of these products, including an oven that coordinates your recipes and a toilet that flushes with a voice command.With every additional smart device in your home, co
  
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• Police identify the man suspected of killing Provo Police Officer Joseph Shinners

  07-01-2019 21:32
  The suspect in the shooting death of a Provo police officer has been identified. Officer Joseph Shinners, 29, was shot and killed Saturday as police from Provo and Orem tried to apprehend Matt Frank Hoover, 40, in the parking lot of a Bed Bath and Beyond. Hoover was wounded in the incident and remains hospitalized, according to police.According to Orem Police, they were attempting to arrest Hoover on two warrants when shots were fired. Hoover has faced a number of charges — including drug
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Police identify the man suspected of killing Provo Police Officer Joseph Shinners

  07-01-2019 21:26 via sportspyder.com
  The suspect in the shooting death of a Provo police officer has been identified. Officer Joseph Shinners, 29, was shot and killed Saturday as police from Provo and Orem tried to apprehend Matt Frank Hoover, 40, in the parking lot of a Bed Bath and...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Does Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez think Trump is a racist? ‘Yeah. No question.’

  07-01-2019 21:26 via sportspyder.com
  Sitting across from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Anderson Cooper appeared somewhat hesitant to pose his next question.
  
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• Prosecutor focuses on the similarities in the sexual assault accusations against USU football player Torrey Green, defense attorney says the women were ‘needing attention’

  07-01-2019 21:23
  Brigham City • One by one, a prosecutor tacked photos on a whiteboard inside a Brigham City courtroom Monday.Jurors looked on at the six images, showing the smiling faces of young women who lived and went to college in the Logan area.These six women had never met each other, but each has reported a remarkably similar crime: That she was sexually assaulted by Utah State University football star Torrey Green.A trial began Monday for Green, who is charged with 11 felonies in connection with th
  
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• Utes hire Colton Swan from Weber State to coach linebackers

  07-01-2019 21:19
  Colton Swan enjoyed working in a stable Weber State program under coach Jay Hill for the past five seasons, but his strongest credentials might be how one Wildcat coach after another kept him on the staff.Having worked for five head coaches in Ogden over 15 seasons, the former Weber State linebacker was hired Monday to coach Utah's linebackers.Swan, 38, replaces Justin Ena, who became Utah State’s defensive coordinator in December. Ena also had come from Hill’s Weber State staff, arr
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump to visit US-Mexico border amid shutdown stalemate

  07-01-2019 21:18 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • President Donald Trump will travel to the U.S. border with Mexico on Thursday, the White House announced Monday.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Dog that survived California wildfire guarded home for weeks

  07-01-2019 21:12 via sportspyder.com
  San FranciscoA dog that survived the catastrophic wildfire in Northern California apparently protected the ruins of his home for almost a month until his owner returned.
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Salt City Seven: Persistence, Resurgence and the Guy in the Corner

  07-01-2019 21:08 via sportspyder.com
  Check in every Monday for the quotes, stats, plays and performances that tell the stories from the last 168 hours in the world of the Jazz. You did this. He really pissed me off.
  
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• Does Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez think Trump is a racist? ‘Yeah. No question.’

  07-01-2019 21:00
  Sitting across from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Anderson Cooper appeared somewhat hesitant to pose his next question."Do you believe President Trump is a racist?" Cooper asked haltingly during a "60 Minutes" interview with the 29-year-old congresswoman that aired Sunday.Ocasio-Cortez, however, didn't pause before responding firmly: "Yeah. Yeah. No question."The exchange has since gone viral with many praising Ocasio-Cortez for yet another moment of uninhibited candor while others were
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert, Giannis Antetokounmpo are chasing history

  07-01-2019 20:45 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks are both on pace to break a record that has stood for more than a decade. On Mo...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Real Salt Lake picks up veteran midfielder on loan from Italian club

  07-01-2019 20:39 via sportspyder.com
  Real Salt Lake signed Brazilian defensive midfielder Everton Luiz on loan for the 2019 season, the club announced Monday.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Tennessee governor grants clemency to woman serving life sentence who says she was victim of sex trafficking

  07-01-2019 20:38 via sportspyder.com
  Nashville, Tenn. • Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has granted clemency to a woman serving a life sentence for murder who says she was a victim of sex trafficking.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Pushed by politicians, polygamy enjoys a heyday among Christians in Kenya

  07-01-2019 20:38 via sportspyder.com
  Nairobi, Kenya • Sipping black coffee outside his house in Kibera, a slum district here, James Oketch comes up with as many reasons to support polygamy as he has wives.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Pope decries rise of nationalism, flaws of globalization

  07-01-2019 20:38 via sportspyder.com
  Vatican City • Pope Francis expressed concern Monday over the rise of populism and nationalism, including separatist tendencies in Europe, partly blaming those growing trends on reactions to waves of migration and on globalization’s disorderly...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jenny Wilson: Federal shutdown is hurting Utah and Salt Lake County

  07-01-2019 20:38 via sportspyder.com
  As a Salt Lake County resident, Salt Lake County Council member, former congressional staffer, former federal candidate and current candidate for mayor of Salt Lake County, I have deep concerns about the federal government shutdown’s impact within...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Catholic Cardinal on trial in France’s biggest church sex abuse trial

  07-01-2019 20:38 via sportspyder.com
  Lyon, France • A Catholic cardinal and five other people went on trial Monday accused of covering up for a pedophile priest who abused Boy Scouts — France’s most important church sex abuse case to date.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - BYU center James Empey earns freshman All-America honors, while a Cougar DB plans to leave the program

  07-01-2019 20:38 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • After BYU walloped Western Michigan 49-18 in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, WMU coach Tim Lester said BYU’s James Empey was one of the best centers the Broncos faced the entire season.
  
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• How do you fight Utah’s suicide problem? Utah lawmakers to consider bills focused on gun safety.

  07-01-2019 20:34
  State lawmakers are looking at biometric safes, gun locks, education efforts and a new type of court order as potential tools to prevent suicide deaths by firearm in Utah.A Harvard University study released earlier this year showed suicides accounted for 85 percent of Utah’s 2,983 firearm fatalities from 2006 to 2015. In part, that’s because guns are a particularly lethal form of self-harm, meaning there’s often no opportunity for others to step in and help, says Allison Whitwo
  
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• Trump to visit US-Mexico border amid shutdown stalemate

  07-01-2019 20:30
  Washington • President Donald Trump will travel to the U.S. border with Mexico on Thursday, the White House announced Monday.The visit comes amid the continuing partial government shutdown and the president’s insistence that any funding bill to reopen federal agencies include $5.7 billion for his border wall.White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced the planned visit in a tweet Monday.President @realDonaldTrump will travel to the Southern border on Thursday to meet with thos
  
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• Real Salt Lake picks up veteran midfielder on loan from Italian club

  07-01-2019 20:22
  Real Salt Lake signed Brazilian defensive midfielder Everton Luiz on loan for the 2019 season, the club announced Monday.Everton will join the team for the preseason, which begins later this month, pending receipt of his ITC and visa.“I’ve reached my dream of playing in one of the biggest leagues on the planet and share the pitch with many of the best players,” Luiz said in a news release. "I wasn’t playing as much as I wanted and I’m looking forward to new challeng
  
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• BYU center James Empey earns freshman All-America honors, while a Cougar DB plans to leave the program

  07-01-2019 20:22
  Provo • After BYU walloped Western Michigan 49-18 in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, WMU coach Tim Lester said BYU’s James Empey was one of the best centers the Broncos faced the entire season.A 13-person panel of college football experts apparently agrees, because on Monday Empey was named to the 2018 Football Writers Association of American Freshman All-America Team.The redshirt freshman, a returned missionary from American Fork High, is one of 32 players on the team. He started all 1
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Dunks of the Week - 1.7.19

  07-01-2019 20:05 via sportspyder.com
  “Inside, Crowder. Take it home big fella, in a one-handed flush!” #DunksoftheWeek
  
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• Get tickets to see us face the Lakers this Friday AND in March starting at $100 for the pair 🎟 »… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-01-2019 20:05 via twitter.com
  Get tickets to see us face the Lakers this Friday AND in March starting at $100 for the pair 🎟»… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - San Juan County inaugurates historic Navajo-majority commission

  07-01-2019 20:01 via sportspyder.com
  After a hard-won and historic victory that will shift the body from a long-standing white Republican majority to a Democratic and American Indian one, the new San Juan County Commission took the oath of office on Monday.
  
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• Pope decries rise of nationalism, flaws of globalization

  07-01-2019 20:00
  Vatican City • Pope Francis expressed concern Monday over the rise of populism and nationalism, including separatist tendencies in Europe, partly blaming those growing trends on reactions to waves of migration and on globalization’s disorderly development.Francis offered wide-ranging and sometimes glum views on world issues in an hour-long speech to diplomats at the Holy See. Without specifying countries or political parties, Francis lamented national policies favoring "quick partisan
  
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• Jenny Wilson: Federal shutdown is hurting Utah and Salt Lake County

  07-01-2019 19:57
  As a Salt Lake County resident, Salt Lake County Council member, former congressional staffer, former federal candidate and current candidate for mayor of Salt Lake County, I have deep concerns about the federal government shutdown’s impact within Utah. Donald Trump has launched 2019 with a bang. And not a good one.Two years into a Trump presidency, we have witnessed unthinkable actions: Constant insults, hyperbole, self-serving manipulation of the executive office and alienation of our in
  
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• Pushed by politicians, polygamy enjoys a heyday among Christians in Kenya

  07-01-2019 19:54
  Nairobi, Kenya • Sipping black coffee outside his house in Kibera, a slum district here, James Oketch comes up with as many reasons to support polygamy as he has wives.“I’m proud of my big family because it’s a blessing from God. We should not take that as sin,” said Oketch, a 49-year-old carpenter, who is thrice married, with 13 children.“There’s nowhere the Bible condemns polygamy,” offered Oketch, who attends Catholic Mass every Sunday at the Chr
  
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• Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert, Giannis Antetokounmpo are chasing history

  07-01-2019 19:46
  Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks are both on pace to break a record that has stood for more than a decade. On Monday night, the Utah Jazz (20-20) and the Milwaukee Bucks (27-11) will do battle in what feels like a measuring stick game for Rudy Gobert and […]
  Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert, Giannis Antetokounmpo are chasing history - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Catholic Cardinal on trial in France’s biggest church sex abuse trial

  07-01-2019 19:36
  Lyon, France • A Catholic cardinal and five other people went on trial Monday accused of covering up for a pedophile priest who abused Boy Scouts — France’s most important church sex abuse case to date.The case poses a new challenge to the Vatican, amid growing demands in overwhelmingly Catholic France for a reckoning with decades of sexual abuse by the clergy.Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, 68, appeared in a Lyon court Monday along with other senior church officials accused of fail
  
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• “Inside, Crowder. Take it home big fella, in a one-handed flush!” #DunksoftheWeek | @WasatchFord https://t.co/nIKcxSr1fe

  07-01-2019 19:32 via twitter.com
  
  “Inside, Crowder. Take it home big fella, in a one-handed flush!” #DunksoftheWeek | @WasatchFord https://t.co/nIKcxSr1fe
  
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• Tennessee governor grants clemency to woman serving life sentence who says she was victim of sex trafficking

  07-01-2019 19:30
  Nashville, Tenn. • Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has granted clemency to a woman serving a life sentence for murder who says she was a victim of sex trafficking.Haslam said Monday that he would show mercy to the now 30-year-old Cyntoia Brown by releasing her Aug. 7. She will remain on parole for 10 years.Brown said in a statement that she will do everything to justify Haslam's faith in her and thanked her family for their support.Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna, and other celebrities rallied for
  
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• Trump, Democrats ramp up pressure as shutdown hits 3rd week

  07-01-2019 18:54
  Washington • With no weekend breakthrough to end a prolonged partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump is standing firm in his border wall funding demands and newly empowered House Democrats are planning to step up pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers to reopen the government.Trump showed no signs of budging on his demand for more than $5 billion for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, though on Sunday he did offer to build it with steel rather than concrete, a concession D
  
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• San Juan County inaugurates historic Navajo-majority commission

  07-01-2019 18:53
  After a hard-won and historic victory that will shift the body from a long-standing white Republican majority to a Democratic and American Indian one, the new San Juan County Commission took the oath of office on Monday.The occasion was met with celebration from many in the southeastern part of the state who hope that the change will improve conditions for the county’s majority Native American population. But following a new legal dispute to their power, it was also marred with a sense tha
  
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• Ice Castles, Utah’s frozen walk-through art installation, returns for a ninth year

  07-01-2019 18:51
  Ice Castles is back for a ninth winter in Midway, allowing visitors to experience a walk-through art installation made of icicles.The installation, which opened Saturday by the Homestead Resort, features ice-carved tunnels, fountains, slides, frozen thrones and towers of ice lit internally by LED lights coordinated to music.Workers and artists spent five weeks growing the icicles that form the installation’s framework, harvesting them and placing them by hand. The site covers about an acre
  
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• Trial begins for former USU football player Torrey Green, who is accused of sexually assaulting seven women

  07-01-2019 18:39
  Brigham City • A jury trial began Monday morning for former Utah State University football star Torrey Green.Green, 25, is charged with 12 felonies in connection with the testimony of seven women who say the athlete sexually abused them between 2013 and 2015 when he was a student in Logan.The trial will involved testimony of six alleged victims, who’s reports included many similarities.Several of the alleged victims reported that they met Green on the dating app Tinder. The six women
  
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