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• Unvaccinated teens are fact-checking their parents and trying to get shots on their own

  12-02-2019 23:53
  Ethan Lindenberger, frustrated by years of arguments about his mother’s anti-vaccination stance, staged a quiet defection via Reddit.The Norwalk, Ohio, teenager needed advice, he said, on how to inoculate himself against infectious disease and his family's dogma. At 18, he was old enough, Lindenberger explained. He wanted to get vaccinated. But he didn't know how."My parents think vaccines are some kind of government scheme," Lindenberger wrote days before Thanksgiving. "But, because of th
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Tax documents lost in the mail for more than 42,000 students at Salt Lake Community College

  12-02-2019 23:45 via sportspyder.com
  A memory drive with tax documents for more than 42,000 students at Salt Lake Community College was lost in the mail last week.
  
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• ‘Walls divide. We must build bridges,’ former Mexico President Vicente Fox tells University of Utah audience

  12-02-2019 23:24
  Building a border wall won’t solve problems, nor will focusing only on ways to put America first. But building bridges to help neighbors will improve everybody’s lives, former Mexico President Vicente Fox said Tuesday at the University of Utah.“Walls divide. We must build bridges,” said Fox, who rose from a Coca-Cola deliveryman to head that company in Mexico. He became the first opposition party candidate elected president there in 100 years, and served from 2000 to 2006
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘Walls divide. We must build bridges,’ former Mexico President Vicente Fox tells University of Utah audience

  12-02-2019 23:20 via sportspyder.com
  Building a border wall won’t solve problems, nor will focusing only on ways to put America first. But building bridges to help neighbors will improve everybody’s lives, former Mexico President Vicente Fox said Tuesday at the University of Utah.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Max Boot: Trump’s superpower is his shamelessness

  12-02-2019 23:20 via sportspyder.com
  Warner Bros. is about to release a movie about a 14-year-old boy who can become an adult superhero by saying the magical incantation "Shazam!" Sadly for the movie makers, the political world has already anticipated their plot line. For dwelling in...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Bill would qualify non-Wyoming students for scholarship

  12-02-2019 23:17 via sportspyder.com
  Cheyenne, Wyo. • Wyoming is closer to allowing a select number of students from neighboring states to qualify for its in-state college scholarship program.
  
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• Tax documents lost in the mail for more than 42,000 students at Salt Lake Community College

  12-02-2019 23:10
  A memory drive with tax documents for more than 42,000 students at Salt Lake Community College was lost in the mail last week.The school’s administrators sent out a notice to students on Friday that they were expecting the drive but when they opened the envelope it was empty. “It slipped out of it somehow,” said Joy Tlou, SLCC’s spokesman.The college contracts with an Arizona-based company to format its 1098-T tax forms, which list how much students pay in tuition and whe
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz face Golden State who—BY SHEER COINCIDENCE—could be without Draymond Green

  12-02-2019 23:09 via sportspyder.com
  The past two games have been close. Can the Jazz overcome the Warriors and their new Weapon in Oakland?
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - A U.S. trophy hunter paid $110,000 to kill a rare mountain goat in Pakistan

  12-02-2019 23:03 via sportspyder.com
  Islamabad, Pakistan • The photograph, published last week in Pakistani newspapers, was stunning. It showed a magnificent mountain goat, with huge, symmetrically spiral horns, nestled on a rock and surrounded by breathtaking snowy mountains, with a...
  
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• Salt Lake City schools worry about how the massive inland port could unfairly affect their already vulnerable students

  12-02-2019 23:03
  The Salt Lake City School District estimates it could lose up to $500 million over the next 25 years in property tax revenue for the area now under control of the Inland Port Authority Board. It also worries about how the massive global trade hub planned for Salt Lake City’s westernmost area could affect students’ education in the face of growth and the possibility for worsened air quality.But although a spokeswoman estimates the district is “the largest taxing entity” af
  
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• Max Boot: Trump’s superpower is his shamelessness

  12-02-2019 23:00
  Warner Bros. is about to release a movie about a 14-year-old boy who can become an adult superhero by saying the magical incantation "Shazam!" Sadly for the movie makers, the political world has already anticipated their plot line. For dwelling in the White House is a childish former reality-TV star who has the ability to transform himself into a superhuman politician capable of leaping tall piles of manure in a single bound and bending mere facts in his bare hands.What is the superpower that al
  
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• Should Utah cities turn to nuclear energy? A state lawmaker thinks so, but environmentalists say it’s a bad idea.

  12-02-2019 22:48
  Citing waste and economic concerns, a group of environmental advocates is opposing a resolution moving through the state Legislature that would offer symbolic support for Utah cities participating in a project to add nuclear energy to their power portfolios.Meanwhile, the resolution’s sponsor has argued its passage would send an important message that the state, which currently has no nuclear offerings, is supportive of new energy solutions.“This says that Utah supports the developme
  
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• A U.S. trophy hunter paid $110,000 to kill a rare mountain goat in Pakistan

  12-02-2019 22:40
  Islamabad, Pakistan • The photograph, published last week in Pakistani newspapers, was stunning. It showed a magnificent mountain goat, with huge, symmetrically spiral horns, nestled on a rock and surrounded by breathtaking snowy mountains, with a man kneeling and smiling behind him.It took a few seconds to realize that the animal, a wild Astore markhor, was dead. The caption described the man as an American hunter who had paid a record $110,000 to shoot it on a tourist expedition to Pakist
  
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• Bill would qualify non-Wyoming students for scholarship

  12-02-2019 22:38
  Cheyenne, Wyo. • Wyoming is closer to allowing a select number of students from neighboring states to qualify for its in-state college scholarship program.The proposal passed an initial vote in the state Senate on Tuesday after earlier clearing the House.The bill would allow as many as 24 students at any given time from Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska and Utah to receive top-level Hathaway scholarships.Top-level Hathaway recipients must have a 3.75 high school grade-point average and exc
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Warriors’ Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala out vs. Rudy Gobert, Jazz

  12-02-2019 22:35 via sportspyder.com
  If you were hoping to see Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert go at with Golden State Warriors big man Draymond Green on Tuesday night, you are in for some disappointment. According to the Warriors, Green will miss the game with a right knee contusion....
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jody Genessy: So ... Bradley Beal didn't travel? Maybe the NBA needs its own Sky Judge

  12-02-2019 22:28 via sportspyder.com
  If you thought you knew what a travel call is, you might be wrong.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Paul Waldman: Why Mark Kelly would be a trailblazing senator

  12-02-2019 22:16 via sportspyder.com
  While everyone is starting to think about the 2020 presidential race and consider what the Democratic candidates are proposing to do if they win, there's an unspoken presumption behind their ambitious plans, that they would actually stand some...
  
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• Maybe the NBA needs its own SkyJudge

  12-02-2019 22:15
  SALT LAKE CITY — If you think you know what a travel looks like in the NBA, you might be wrong.And, unlike the mum's-the-word-on-controversial-calls NFL, the NBA isn't afraid to let you know that.Thousands of basketball fans who watched a clip of Wizards star Bradley Beal taking several steps more than allowed while driving toward the basket against the Detroit Pistons were certain refs had missed a blatant travel Monday night.Complex Sports sarcastically tweeted out a video of the play, s
  
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• Jody Genessy: So ... Bradley Beal didn't travel? Maybe the NBA needs its own Sky Judge

  12-02-2019 22:15
  SALT LAKE CITY — If you think you know what a travel looks like in the NBA, you might be wrong.And, unlike the mum's-the-word-on-controversial-calls NFL, the NBA isn't afraid to let you know that.Thousands of basketball fans who watched a clip of Wizards star Bradley Beal taking several steps more than allowed while driving toward the basket against the Detroit Pistons were certain refs had missed a blatant travel Monday night.Complex Sports sarcastically tweeted out a video of the play, s
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Parity or parody? Pac-12 basketball is mediocre, but that gives even rebuilding teams like the Utes opportunities they ordinarily wouldn’t have

  12-02-2019 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  The best part of this Pac-12 basketball season is also the conference's biggest problem.
  
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• Paul Waldman: Why Mark Kelly would be a trailblazing senator

  12-02-2019 22:00
  While everyone is starting to think about the 2020 presidential race and consider what the Democratic candidates are proposing to do if they win, there's an unspoken presumption behind their ambitious plans, that they would actually stand some chance of passing through Congress. That will only happen, however, if Democrats control both houses.Which means that the contest for the Senate, which Republicans now control by a 53-47 margin, will be nearly as important as the presidential race.Democrat
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Legislature is debating a bill that could be used to crack down on escorts

  12-02-2019 21:43 via sportspyder.com
  A bill that would make it easier to crack down on escorts suspected of soliciting sex without an undercover investigation to prove it is advancing in the Utah Legislature.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - A few weeks after a Cedar City official says he’ll keep his seats on the city council and county commission, the Senate moves to ban such double duty

  12-02-2019 21:42 via sportspyder.com
  A bill that would prevent someone from serving on both a city council and a county commission at the same time won unanimous support Tuesday in a preliminary vote in the Senate.
  
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• Parity or parody? Pac-12 basketball is mediocre, but that gives even rebuilding teams like the Utes opportunities they ordinarily wouldn’t have

  12-02-2019 21:42
  The best part of this Pac-12 basketball season is also the conference's biggest problem.Having only two games separate the Nos. 2-10 teams in the standings creates some intrigue. That's also a limiting factor in NCAA Tournament selections, with Washington (10-1) as the league's only lock.The Huskies have a three-game lead with seven games to play. California (0-11) is doomed to finish last. Otherwise, the standings are a delightful mess and the games are wonderfully unpredictable.Utah (7-4) is t
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah senior Macey Roberts is rock steady for the Red Rocks

  12-02-2019 21:36 via sportspyder.com
  Most of the time in collegiate gymnastics, it is those who go late in the lineup, the closers, who capture most of the attention. But with her fan-friendly floor routine and easy-going demeanor, Utah senior Macey Roberts is earning more and more...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - A ‘brewery church’? Can we get an amen?

  12-02-2019 21:27 via sportspyder.com
  Orlando, Fla. • Martin Luther, the famed 16th-century rebel monk and Protestant Reformer, is known to have had a penchant for a palatable pint of beer. He even once exclaimed, “Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not...
  
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• A few weeks after a Cedar City official says he’ll keep his seats on the city council and county commission, the Senate moves to ban such double duty

  12-02-2019 21:20
  A bill that would prevent someone from serving on both a city council and a county commission at the same time won unanimous support Tuesday in a preliminary vote in the Senate.The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Evan Vickers, filed SB50 after a Cedar City councilman who had promised to resign his seat if he won election to the Iron County commission made the surprising and mostly unprecedented announcement late last year that he planned to hold both seats.While it is traditional to step down from on
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Sting will perform with the Utah Symphony to benefit Zion National Park

  12-02-2019 21:06 via sportspyder.com
  Sting will perform with the Utah Symphony on Aug. 31 in a concert that will benefit Zion National Park.
  
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• Legislature is debating a bill that could be used to crack down on escorts

  12-02-2019 21:06
  A bill that would make it easier to crack down on escorts suspected of soliciting sex without an undercover investigation to prove it is advancing in the Utah Legislature.HB258 is headed to a vote of the full House after clearing the House Business and Labor Committee on Monday on a 10-1 vote.The bill “would allow law enforcement to make an arrest for someone who doesn’t have a business license rather than requiring an undercover officer to solicit a sex act for money," sponsoring Re
  
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• Utah senior Macey Roberts is rock steady for the Red Rocks

  12-02-2019 21:02
  Most of the time in collegiate gymnastics, it is those who go late in the lineup, the closers, who capture most of the attention. But with her fan-friendly floor routine and easy-going demeanor, Utah senior Macey Roberts is earning more and more attention for her floor efforts. Out of six routines this year, Roberts has scored 9.875 four times and earned 9.85 and 9.825 for the other routines. Those would be decent scores for any point in the lineup, but they are particularly good in the leadoff
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Democrats in 2020 are at risk of turning into Republicans of 2016

  12-02-2019 21:00
  Democrats in 2020 are at risk of turning into Republicans in 2016, minus the racism.By which I mean: emphasizing empty slogans instead of evidence-based policy, rejecting experts in favor of cranks, handwaving away questions about implementation and promising that an expensive policy will magically "pay for itself" through economic growth.It doesn't have to be this way.There is, in fact, vibrant, nuanced debate within the Democratic Party over policy approaches that could improve the lives of re
  
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• A ‘brewery church’? Can we get an amen?

  12-02-2019 20:51
  Orlando, Fla. • Martin Luther, the famed 16th-century rebel monk and Protestant Reformer, is known to have had a penchant for a palatable pint of beer. He even once exclaimed, “Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!”Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that the first known congregation founded expressly as a “brewery church” is a Lutheran outpost, part of the Ev
  
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• At major colleges, sexual assaults are more likely to happen off-campus

  12-02-2019 20:45
  Washington • At some of the nation’s largest universities, the vast majority of sexual assaults take place not in dorm rooms or even on school property, but in the neighborhoods beyond campus boundaries, according to data obtained by The Associated Press.But the schools' obligation to investigate and respond to those off-campus attacks could be dramatically reduced by an Education Department proposal that's included in its broader overhaul of campus sexual assault rules. And that's al
  
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• Sting will perform with the Utah Symphony to benefit Zion National Park

  12-02-2019 20:39
  Sting will perform with the Utah Symphony on Aug. 31 in a concert that will benefit Zion National Park.Proceeds from the concert in the Usana Amphitheatre will go to the nonprofit Zion Forever Project, according to a news release from the symphony, Cherrytree Management and Live Nation said in news release Tuesday.Zion Forever Project, the park’s private partner, generally pays programs and projects that would not ordinarily be covered by National Park Service budgets. The Springdale-based
  
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• Record 7 million Americans are 3 months behind on car payments, a red flag for economy

  12-02-2019 20:32
  A record 7 million Americans are 90 days or more behind on their auto loan payments, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Tuesday, even more than during the wake of the financial crisis era.Economists warn this is a red flag. Despite the strong economy and low unemployment rate, many Americans are struggling to pay their bills."The substantial and growing number of distressed borrowers suggests that not all Americans have benefited from the strong labor market," economists at the New Yo
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Former Pioneer Park Coalition leader becomes seventh candidate to file to run in Salt Lake City mayor’s race

  12-02-2019 20:29 via sportspyder.com
  As David Garbett, an environmental lawyer and activist, considered in December whether to officially launch a bid for Salt Lake City mayor, his 6-year-old daughter, Emi, became sick.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jody Genessy: 'Start Donovan Mitchell at point guard' and 22 more of my favorite Twitter bios

  12-02-2019 20:17 via sportspyder.com
  Life advice, random humor and coaching suggestions for Quin Snyder are among the things you'll read in these entertaining blurbs.
  
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• BYU backup QB Jaren Hall will be juggling baseball with football this spring as he tries to earn a spot in the Cougars’ outfield

  12-02-2019 20:17
  Provo • Circle March 23, 2019, on your calendars, BYU football and baseball fans.That’s the day BYU will hold its spring football game at LaVell Edwards Stadium. It’s also the day that BYU’s baseball team is scheduled to play Portland up the road at Miller Park.There’s a possibility that freshman quarterback/outfielder Jaren Hall could play in both games, perhaps duplicating feats pulled off by past Cougar QBs Jim McMahon and Ryan Hancock.“Yeah, I can see somet
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - On what would have been Lauren McCluskey’s 22nd birthday, University of Utah president says campus officers are receiving more training but repeats that none will be fired

  12-02-2019 19:50 via sportspyder.com
  It was the day that Lauren McCluskey would have turned 22.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - US strikes IS-held mosque as Syria battle intensifies

  12-02-2019 19:49 via sportspyder.com
  Beirut • The U.S. military said Tuesday it struck a mosque that had allegedly been used as an Islamic State control center, as American-allied Syrian forces battled the extremists in their last stronghold in eastern Syria amid reports of more...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - BYU backup QB Jaren Hall will be juggling baseball with football this spring as he tries to earn a spot in the Cougars’ outfield

  12-02-2019 19:49 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • Circle March 23, 2019, on your calendars, BYU football and baseball fans.
  
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• Jody Genessy: 'Start Donovan Mitchell at point guard' and 22 more of my favorite Twitter bios

  12-02-2019 19:49
  SALT LAKE CITY — If Quin Snyder needs some advice on what to do with Donovan Mitchell, he should look no further than Twitter.Among others, Char (a.k.a. @ChartieBartie) has some advice for him in her bio."Start Donovan Mitchell at point guard."That six-word bio made me laugh — not because Mitchell wouldn't be a great point guard but because it isn't exactly what you'd expect to see in a spot intended to let people know a little bit about you.It remains to be seen if Snyder will heed
  
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• Former Pioneer Park Coalition leader becomes seventh candidate to file to run in Salt Lake City mayor’s race

  12-02-2019 19:48
  As David Garbett, an environmental lawyer and activist, considered in December whether to officially launch a bid for Salt Lake City mayor, his 6-year-old daughter, Emi, became sick.There was a bad inversion in the air, and she was taken to urgent care, where she was hooked up to a face mask and breathing tube as doctors worried her lungs had been damaged. It was a pivotal moment that pushed Garbett, who has spent much of his professional life working on clean air and environmental issues, into
  
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• Environmental group opposes resolution that symbolically supports Utah cities exploring nuclear energy project

  12-02-2019 19:46
  Citing waste and economic concerns, a group of environmental advocates is opposing a resolution moving through the state Legislature that would offer symbolic support for Utah cities participating in a project to add nuclear energy to their power portfolios.Meanwhile, the resolution’s sponsor has argued its passage would send an important message that the state, which currently has no nuclear offerings, is supportive of new energy solutions.“This says that Utah supports the developme
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump says he’s not thrilled with GOP-backed border deal

  12-02-2019 19:41 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’s “unhappy” with a hard-won agreement to prevent a new government shutdown and finance construction of more barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, but he didn’t say he wouldn’t sign the measure....
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - George Pyle: There is no such thing as ‘white culture’

  12-02-2019 19:41 via sportspyder.com
  Yes, there is a strong argument to be made that it would be better to just ignore the historically ignorant yahoos who are stirring up trouble at, among other places, the University of Utah campus and environs. (Historically ignorant both in the...
  
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• [KSL] - Ben Anderson: What the Jazz must prove after the deadline

  12-02-2019 19:34 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz opted for continuity over a major shakeup at the trade deadline, but now they must prove that no trade was the best upgrade.
  
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• US strikes IS-held mosque as Syria battle intensifies

  12-02-2019 19:30
  Beirut • The U.S. military said Tuesday it struck a mosque that had allegedly been used as an Islamic State control center, as American-allied Syrian forces battled the extremists in their last stronghold in eastern Syria amid reports of more civilian casualties.The U.S.-led coalition said warplanes struck the mosque in the small town of Baghouz on Monday in support of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. It said the airstrike occurred as IS was using the mosque to direct attacks and e
  
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• On what would have been Lauren McCluskey’s 22nd birthday, University of Utah president says campus officers are receiving more training but repeats that none will be fired

  12-02-2019 19:15
  It was the day that Lauren McCluskey would have turned 22.And on her missed birthday, the University of Utah’s president and police chief promised they’ve made significant changes to address missteps made by the school that investigators have said likely contributed to the student-athlete’s murder on campus last fall.They’ve begun to increase training for officers to recognize signs of domestic and dating violence. They’ve started interviewing to hire a victim advoc
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman convicted

  12-02-2019 19:14 via sportspyder.com
  New York • Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs,...
  
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