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• Through the lens: Our favorite photos from 3 home wins 📸 GALLERY: on.nba.com/2sqWfrV https://t.co/HxpjHur2Io

  14-01-2019 23:55 via twitter.com
  
  Through the lens: Our favorite photos from 3 home wins 📸 GALLERY: on.nba.com/2sqWfrV https://t.co/HxpjHur2Io
  
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• Schools stay open as thousands of Los Angeles teachers strike

  14-01-2019 23:25
  Los Angeles • Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers went on strike Monday for the first time in three decades after contract negotiations failed in the nation’s second-largest school district, but schools stayed open with the help of substitutes and district officials said students were learning.Educators and parents wearing ponchos and rain boots and carrying umbrellas gathered downtown to march from City Hall to district headquarters in the pouring rain, pressing for higher pay
  
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• Torrey Green’s defense in rape case starts with the Logan detective who first looked into allegations against the USU football player

  14-01-2019 23:23
  Brigham City • When allegations that he sexually assaulted several women became public more than two years ago, former Utah State University football star Torrey Green denied that he did anything wrong but said little else.On Monday, his attorneys, during the second week of his rape trial, launched his defense, beginning by questioning the Logan police detective who first looked into any complaints against the charismatic athlete with NFL potential.Green is on trial for 11 felonies filed in
  
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• ‘There’s a shooter. Get out of there’: Shoppers and mall workers recount gang-related attack at Fashion Place; police arrest two men believed to be involved.

  14-01-2019 23:19
  Murray • Police arrested two teenagers believed to be involved in a gang-related shooting at Fashion Place mall on Sunday afternoon — and they’re continuing to search for others. Jesus Joshua Payan-Mendoza and Jorge Luis Crecencio-Gonzalez, both 19, were arrested early Monday morning in connection with the shootings of a man and woman outside the mall doors, said Murray Police Officer Kenny Bass.The woman, who was shot in the leg, has been released from Intermountain Medical Cen
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - What should you do if you are at work or a public place, like Fashion Place mall, and hear gunshots? Run, hide or fight.

  14-01-2019 23:07 via sportspyder.com
  It’s the most horrifying question to think about: What should you do if there’s an active shooter nearby?
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Border Patrol union president speaks up in support of Trump’s border wall

  14-01-2019 23:07 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Brandon Judd, president of the union that represents thousands of border patrol agents, has flipped the axiom that there are no winners in a government shutdown.
  
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• 2009 ➡️ 2019 👀 #10YearChallenge https://t.co/gL4hgWiv4p

  14-01-2019 23:00 via twitter.com
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Trump lies, and nobody seems to care

  14-01-2019 22:36 via sportspyder.com
  President Donald Trump utilizes distortions, half-truths and outright lies in an attempt to shape opinions, and his supporters don’t seem to care.
  
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• “Kyle Korver lightin' it up tonight. Fourth all time in 3-point makes!” #ThreesoftheWeek | @MountainAmerica https://t.co/pf6uDciqxQ

  14-01-2019 22:35 via twitter.com
  
  “Kyle Korver lightin' it up tonight. Fourth all time in 3-point makes!”#ThreesoftheWeek | @MountainAmerica https://t.co/pf6uDciqxQ
  
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• Border Patrol union president speaks up in support of Trump’s border wall

  14-01-2019 22:30
  Washington • Brandon Judd, president of the union that represents thousands of border patrol agents, has flipped the axiom that there are no winners in a government shutdown.His proximity to President Donald Trump has elevated the union leader’s profile while burnishing the image of the U.S. Border Patrol, a backwater in prior administrations when compared to other federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI and Secret Service.At the same time, Judd, president of the National Border
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Threes of the Week - 1.14.19

  14-01-2019 22:27 via sportspyder.com
  “Kyle Korver lightin' it up tonight. Fourth all time in 3-point makes!” #ThreesoftheWeek | https://www.macu.com
  
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• After dominant stretch, the NBA names Donovan Mitchell the Western Conference Player of the Week

  14-01-2019 22:21
  His 3-pointer was falling and his passes were pinpoint. He scored more than 30 points in three straight games, all wins, marking a turning point in what his been a somewhat-difficult season.And for his effort, the Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell won his first Western Conference Player of the Week honor. He’s the first Jazz player since George Hill in early November 2016 to receive this recognition.Mitchell was named Monday by the NBA as the recipient for the week of games that took plac
  
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• What should you do if you are at work or a public place, like Fashion Place mall, and hear gunshots? Run, hide or fight.

  14-01-2019 22:20
  It’s the most horrifying question to think about: What should you do if there’s an active shooter nearby?When two people were shot outside Fashion Place in Murray Sunday — in a clash of rival gangs, police say — there were initial fears of an active shooter in the mall. Law enforcement officers who train people for such scenarios say there are three options: Run, hide, and fight.The first step is to be aware of one’s surroundings at all times, Sgt. Wyatt Weber of Ut
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - After three dominant games, the NBA names Donovan Mitchell the Western Conference Player of the Week

  14-01-2019 22:12 via sportspyder.com
  His 3-pointer was falling and his passes were pinpoint. He scored more than 30 points in three straight games, all wins, marking a turning point in what his been a somewhat-difficult season.
  
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• "We know out defense is going to keep us in games ... we just know defense is always going to be there". 🎥… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-01-2019 22:00 via twitter.com
  "We know out defense is going to keep us in games ... we just know defense is always going to be there".🎥… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [KSL] - Donovan Mitchell named NBA Player of the Week

  14-01-2019 21:56 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell wins Western Conference Player of the Week after averaging 31.5 points, 5.8 assists and 4.3 rebounds.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell earns Western Conference Player of the Week

  14-01-2019 21:53 via sportspyder.com
  The first of many for the second year phenom.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell named Western Conference Player of the Week

  14-01-2019 21:52 via sportspyder.com
  Mitchell was tremendous last week as the Jazz went 3-1, which included three straight wins.
  
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• [NBA] - Donovan Mitchell named NBA's Western Conference Player of the Week

  14-01-2019 21:50 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell has been named the Western Conference’s Player of the Week for January 6-13, the NBA announced Monday. The Utah Jazz guard averaged 31.5 points and 5.75 assists over four games last
  
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• Letter: Trump lies, and nobody seems to care

  14-01-2019 21:39
  President Donald Trump utilizes distortions, half-truths and outright lies in an attempt to shape opinions, and his supporters don’t seem to care.In a letter to the Public Forum in the Jan. 8 Salt Lake Tribune, one person defended Trump by stating that "all politicians lie," as if that makes it OK to do so. While many politicians may spin stories to represent their party's views, the POTUS is the ultimate political purveyor of what he likes to call fake news.Another letter states that "a Q
  
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• Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell named Western Conference Player of the Week

  14-01-2019 21:35
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell was tremendous last week as the Jazz wound up being reduced to no point guards because of injury, as he averaged 31.5 points, 5.8 assists, 4.3 rebounds and one block over four games.In fact, the NBA determined Monday that Mitchell was the best player in the entire Western Conference, as he was named the conference's Player of the Week for the first time in his career.Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard received the honors for the Eastern
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Salt City Seven: Jazz Survive PG Crisis, Mitchell Comes Up Big, DHOs & More

  14-01-2019 21:23 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. They knew they needed each other.
  
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• After three dominant games, the NBA names Donovan Mitchell the Western Conference Player of the Week

  14-01-2019 21:17
  His three-pointer was falling and his passes were pinpoint. He scored more than 30 points in three straight games, all wins, marking a turning point in what his been a somewhat-difficult season.And for his effort, the Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell won his first Western Conference Player of the Week honor. He’s the first Jazz player since George Hill in early November 2016 to receive this recognition.The Salt Lake Tribune will update this story.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump rejects suggestion to allow government to reopen temporarily while talks continue

  14-01-2019 21:14 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Monday that he rejected a suggestion by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., that he allow the government to temporarily reopen while continuing negotiations with Congress over funds for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Latter-day Saints open showcase Rome Temple, inspired by a Catholic church, to the public and release the first photos of the interior

  14-01-2019 21:14 via sportspyder.com
  After years that included fasting and praying, waiting and wondering, Latter-day Saint eternal marriages soon will be solemnized in the Eternal City.
  
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• 🚨 Donovan Mitchell has been named Player of the Week for the Western Conference 🕷🚨 » on.nba.com/2AKLQvI https://t.co/n10CEqpKTZ

  14-01-2019 21:02 via twitter.com
  
  🚨 Donovan Mitchell has been named Player of the Week for the Western Conference 🕷🚨 » on.nba.com/2AKLQvI https://t.co/n10CEqpKTZ
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Biden bides his time as fresh faces announce

  14-01-2019 20:59
  Former vice president Joe Biden, according to news reports, is strongly leaning toward a presidential run. You can understand why a popular former VP and senator with decades of experience and 100 percent name ID would want to run for president, especially if he regrets not running last time.He apparently has said he thinks he's the only one who could win, or, more generously, that if he saw someone else who could win, he'd stay out. Does that argument make sense?The notion that only one Democra
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz’s homestand continues tonight as Detroit Pistons are in town

  14-01-2019 20:57 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz have a chance to win a season high 4 games in a row with a victory over the Detroit Pistons
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Real Salt Lake officials, players like the condensed regular season schedule and playoff format. But there are some drawbacks.

  14-01-2019 20:56 via sportspyder.com
  In the MLS Cup playoffs, Real Salt Lake had to play another game after tying Sporting Kansas City in Leg 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. Due to the aggregate scoring model, a team advanced to the next round only if, after two games, it...
  
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• Trump rejects suggestion to allow government to reopen temporarily while talks continue

  14-01-2019 20:42
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Monday that he rejected a suggestion by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., that he allow the government to temporarily reopen while continuing negotiations with Congress over funds for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border."I did reject it," Trump told reporters as he prepared to leave the White House en route to an event in New Orleans. "I want to get it solved. I don't want to just delay it."His comments came on the 24th day of a partial government shutdow
  
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• Latter-day Saints open showcase Rome Temple, inspired by a Catholic church, to the public and release the first photos of the interior

  14-01-2019 20:31
  After years that included fasting and praying, waiting and wondering, Latter-day Saint eternal marriages soon will be solemnized in the Eternal City.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will open its much-anticipated Rome Temple to public tours from Jan. 28 through Feb. 16. The showcase edifice, reminiscent of ancient Italian architecture, then will be dedicated March 10 through 12 and open to faithful members for religious rites March 19.On Monday, the Utah-based faith held a news co
  
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• Trump tweets into the void as shutdown sets record

  14-01-2019 20:20
  Washington • As the partial government shutdown slipped into the record books Saturday, members of Congress had left town, no negotiations were scheduled and President Donald Trump tweeted into the void.He did not tip his hand on whether he will move ahead with an emergency declaration that could break the impasse, free up money for his wall without congressional approval and kick off legal challenges and a political storm over the use of that extraordinary step. A day earlier, he said he w
  
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• Real Salt Lake officials, players like the condensed regular season schedule and playoff format. But there are some drawbacks.

  14-01-2019 20:16
  In the MLS Cup playoffs, Real Salt Lake had to play another game after tying Sporting Kansas City in Leg 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. Due to the aggregate scoring model, a team advanced to the next round only if, after two games, it scored the most total goals. If both teams were tied, the team with more away goals advanced.The same scenario was true for the conference finals. The final round, however, was only one game, winner take all.Now, that playoff format will be a thing of the
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jennifer Rubin: Biden bides his time as fresh faces announce

  14-01-2019 20:05 via sportspyder.com
  Former vice president Joe Biden, according to news reports, is strongly leaning toward a presidential run. You can understand why a popular former VP and senator with decades of experience and 100 percent name ID would want to run for president,...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Notre Dame solidifies No. 1 ranking in AP women's hoops poll

  14-01-2019 19:52 via sportspyder.com
  Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw looks on during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Wake Forest, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in South Bend, Ind. (AP
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz have owned the Detroit Pistons like none other

  14-01-2019 19:47 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz-Detroit Pistons series has taken on a distinct Harlem Globetrotters-Washington Generals vibe over the last decade-plus. On Monday night, the ...
  
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• "Just being able to play in front of our own crowd, get some rest in your own bed, that's been huge for us." https://t.co/RWzaRSfnaz

  14-01-2019 19:31 via twitter.com
  
  "Just being able to play in front of our own crowd, get some rest in your own bed, that's been huge for us." https://t.co/RWzaRSfnaz
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah and BYU agree to extend the football rivalry through 2024

  14-01-2019 19:30 via sportspyder.com
  Utah and BYU will meet on the football field annually through 2024, with a two-year extension of the series announced Monday.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - BYU offensive line coach Ryan Pugh reportedly leaving to become offensive coordinator at Troy

  14-01-2019 19:29 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • It appears that BYU football coach Kalani Sitake’s staff will not stay intact after all.
  
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• "It shows we're able to battle through adversity. When one guy goes down, another guy steps up." #TeamIsEverything https://t.co/tMmvTgcBxc

  14-01-2019 19:26 via twitter.com
  
  "It shows we're able to battle through adversity. When one guy goes down, another guy steps up."#TeamIsEverything https://t.co/tMmvTgcBxc
  
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• Is a ‘Redmen’ mascot racist or does it honor Native Americans? The debate is dividing a southern Utah town.

  14-01-2019 19:05
  Cason Deschine started his freshman year at Cedar High School with a long family tradition of school spirit.His mother and uncles all played sports there. His older brother Braden was on the football team and once appeared at a basketball game in buckskin and a war bonnet — not his own Paiute regalia, but the costume of the school’s controversial mascot: The Redmen.“That rubbed off on me, watching my older brother and his buddies going to basketball games and showing their prid
  
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• ‘There was a sense of panic’: Two people shot at Fashion Place mall

  14-01-2019 19:00
  Update: Police have arrested two in the gang-related shooting at Fashion Place mall.Murray • Casey Fell says her recollection of Sunday afternoon is blurred by the pandemonium that erupted when four gunshots rang out at Fashion Place mall in Murray. But certain images are clearly etched into her memory.The firearm she saw. The children who'd been knocked to the ground in the chaos. The blood on the floor."They're like little chapters of it that you can't get out of your head," Fell, an empl
  
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• Utah Jazz have owned the Detroit Pistons like none other

  14-01-2019 18:59
  The Utah Jazz-Detroit Pistons series has taken on a distinct Harlem Globetrotters-Washington Generals vibe over the last decade-plus. On Monday night, the Utah Jazz have the chance to go three games above the .500 mark. Not too shabby for a team that was in 14th place in the Western Conference earlier this season. Standing in their […]
  Utah Jazz have owned the Detroit Pistons like none other - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Police have arrested two in the gang-related shooting at Fashion Place mall

  14-01-2019 18:48
  Police have booked into jail two men believed to be involved in what officers are calling a gang-related shooting at Fashion Place Mall on Sunday afternoon.Jesus Joshua Payan-Mendoza and Jorge Luis Crecencio-Gonzalez, both 19, were arrested early Monday morning, said Murray Police Officer Kenny Bass.A woman, who was shot in the leg, has been released from Intermountain Medical Center in Murray. The man, who was hit in the back, remains there in critical condition.A probable cause statement said
  
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• BYU offensive line coach Ryan Pugh reportedly leaving to become offensive coordinator at Troy

  14-01-2019 18:43
  Provo • It appears that BYU football coach Kalani Sitake’s staff will not stay intact after all.The website FootballScoop.com is reporting that BYU offensive line coach Ryan Pugh will become the offensive coordinator at Troy under newly hired head coach Chip Lindsey.Pugh is an Alabama native who played center at Auburn from 2007-10 and was a member of the Tigers’ 2010 national championship team. He has been a graduate assistant at Auburn, Virginia Tech, Cincinnati and LSU and wa
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Police have arrested two in the gang-related shooting at Fashion Place mall

  14-01-2019 18:40 via sportspyder.com
  Police have booked two men in jail believed to be involved in what officers are calling a gang-related shooting at Fashion Place Mall on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Greg Sargent: Trump is doing immense damage. He has a hidden helper in McConnell.

  14-01-2019 18:40 via sportspyder.com
  Two new blockbuster scoops about President Donald Trump’s relations with Russia — combined with fresh signs that Trump will drag out the government shutdown indefinitely — should renew our focus on the quiet but critical role that Mitch McConnell...
  
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• Utah and BYU agree to extend the football rivalry through 2024

  14-01-2019 18:39
  Utah and BYU will meet on the football field annually through 2024, with a two-year extension of the series announced Monday.The new dates are Sept. 16, 2023 (the third week of the season) in Provo and Sept. 7, 2024 (the second week) in Salt Lake City. That means each of the next six games will be played within the first three weeks of the season.The teams are scheduled to open the 2019 season Aug. 29 at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo and will launch the 2020 season at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Sa
  
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• 🏀: #DETatUTA 🎟: bit.ly/2AJIauy 📍: @vivintarena 📺: @ATTSportsNetRM (Xfinity: 693, DirectTV: 683-1, Dish:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-01-2019 18:34 via twitter.com
  🏀: #DETatUTA🎟: bit.ly/2AJIauy📍: @vivintarena 📺: @ATTSportsNetRM (Xfinity: 693, DirectTV: 683-1, Dish:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah is the sixth-best state for retirees, survey says

  14-01-2019 18:22 via sportspyder.com
  Utah is the sixth-best state in which to retire, according to an analysis by personal finance website WalletHub.com.
  
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