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• Red Rocks have made a big leap on vault; assistant coach Robert Ladanyi is a big reason why

  06-03-2019 23:58
  Whenever one of Utah’s gymnasts hit their vaults, Utah assistant Robert Ladanyi performs his own version of the event, leaping high into the air with his arms stretched way above his head.Ladanyi, Utah’s second-year coach, is Utah’s primary coach on the vault. He has been jumping a lot this year as the Utes have excelled on the event, ranking second nationally behind Oklahoma with a 49.455 average.“I am very pleased with vault,” Ladanyi said. “We only have thr
  
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• ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek says he has pancreatic cancer

  06-03-2019 23:38
  Los Angeles • “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek says he has been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer.In a video posted online Wednesday, the 78-year-old said he was announcing his illness directly to "Jeopardy!" fans in keeping with his long-time policy of being "open and transparent."Trebek said he recognizes the prognosis for advanced pancreatic cancer is not encouraging. But he said he intended to fight it and keep working.He said he hopes to beat the disease's low survival
  
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• Salt Lake City’s The Grand Theatre considering how it might accept offer to stage Aaron Sorkin’s new version of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

  06-03-2019 23:32
  The saga of “To Kill a Mockingbird” at Salt Lake City’s The Grand Theatre — and whether Aaron Sorkin’s now-on-Broadway script will be performed there — has reached the cliffhanger moment of the plot.The issue is whether The Grand can stage Sorkin’s new version of the beloved story, after being forced to cancel its production of an older adaptation.“We would need to see a copy of the script,” said Seth Miller, executive artistic director of Th
  
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• Michelle Quist: Time for Utah Republicans to move on from the SB54 controversy

  06-03-2019 23:30
  It ain’t over till the fat lady sings.And the fat lady has sung. Or, to be more specific, the nine justices on the United States Supreme Court have denied the petition submitted last October in the case Utah Republican Party v. Spencer J. Cox, Lieutenant Governor of Utah.The case sought review of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision upholding the constitutionality of SB54 – the law passed in 2014 that created the election system we have now with dual paths to the primary
  
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• ‘Jerrod killed them,' ex-girlfriend says of Utah man accused of kidnapping and killing teen couple

  06-03-2019 23:29
  Provo • The then-girlfriend of a man accused of killing two Utah teenagers and hiding their bodies in a mine shaft took the witness stand on Wednesday and said she saw her partner, Jerrod Baum, commit the crimes.“Jerrod killed them,” Morgan Lewis calmly testified inside a Provo courtroom Wednesday.Lewis, who has also used the name Morgan Henderson, shifted from side to side as she sat with her hands shackled together.Lewis had agreed to cooperate with authorities and testify aga
  
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• Equality Utah’s Troy Williams blasts governor, quits a state task force on youth suicide over changes to conversion therapy bill

  06-03-2019 23:22
  A prominent LGBTQ advocate is stepping off a state suicide task force with a blistering resignation letter that accuses Gov. Gary Herbert of turning his back on gay youths and casting his lot with therapists who view queer identities as a problem to be solved.Equality Utah’s executive director, Troy Williams, released the letter publicly Wednesday, the day after what he called the “hostile takeover” of a bill to ban licensed therapists from trying to change the gender identity
  
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• Obama says he based decisions on ‘facts, reason and logic’

  06-03-2019 23:21
  Salt Lake City • Former President Barack Obama says he tried to build a culture centered around problem-solving and not personal gain while in the White House.He said on Wednesday it was an effective strategy for any organization that also prevents "big scandals and indictments."Obama’s comments drew applause from a crowd of about 9,000 people at a business conference in Salt Lake City.Obama didn't mention President Donald Trump and wasn't asked about him during a question-and-answer
  
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• People leaving polygamy closer to crime-victim fund access

  06-03-2019 23:03
  Salt Lake City • A proposal allowing people from polygamous communities to receive money from a crime-victims fund is passing another key step at the Utah Legislature.The measure approved by a Senate panel on Wednesday allows victims of bigamy and related crimes to apply for assistance grants the Utah Office for Victims of Crime.The bill makes anyone leaving a polygamous community qualified to apply.Analysts estimate the fund would pay out about $3,500 a year beginning in 2020.Supporters sa
  
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• NBCUniversal buys four more Telemundo TV station licenses in Utah

  06-03-2019 23:01
  NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations has completed its purchase of several Telemundo-affiliated stations in Utah, and will begin operating all of them itself.NBCUniversal announced in December that it had reached an agreement to buy full-power station KTMW-Channel 20 in Salt Lake City and three low-power station licenses — KULX-CD in Ogden, K17II-LD in Logan and KULU-LD in Park City — from Serestar Communications. The $21 million deal includes three low-power station licenses in Sa
  
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• More than 115,000 people sign an online petition to save the dog who bit off a Layton boy’s hand

  06-03-2019 22:59
  The fate of the dog that bit off a 4-year-old Layton boy’s hand has yet to be determined, but an online petition to save the animal’s life has gathered more than 115,000 signatures as of Wednesday afternoon.On Sunday afternoon, the boy — who had a sock over his hand — reached under a solid vinyl fence into the neighbors’ yard. One of two huskies there bit the boy’s arm with enough force to sever the arm above the wrist.Jessica Nusz, who described herself as a
  
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• Highland High treasurer charged with child rape that allegedly started when he was 11 years old

  06-03-2019 22:57
  A Highland High School staffer has been charged with child rape and child sex abuse related to incidents that happened more than 30 years ago.West Bludworth, 43, of American Fork — the treasurer (or financial clerk) at the high school — was charged in 3rd District Court with one count of aggravated rape of a child, a first degree felony, and eight counts of aggravated sex abuse of a child, second degree felonies. All the crimes allegedly occurred from Jan. 1, 1987 and Dec. 31, 1988,
  
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• Trib Talk: Explosive growth, traffic jams and talk of possible secession roil southwestern Salt Lake County

  06-03-2019 22:56
  Southwestern Salt Lake County has big problems. Call them growing pains.Because most of the available land in other parts of the county has already been developed, the southwestern county is left to absorb tremendous population growth. And it’s coming fast.Too fast.Local leaders are struggling to keep up with the demands of the ever-swelling number of residents — and they say they are not getting the support they need and deserve from the county and the state. So they’re bandin
  
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• Navajo Nation president says no to snow emergency funds

  06-03-2019 22:56
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has vetoed $3 million that the Navajo Nation Council approved for an ongoing snow emergency.Nez said in a release Monday that he line-item vetoed the money for the Nation's 110 chapters not only because of unspent chapter funds, but also because the Nation is faced with the real possibility of a major revenue decrease due to the uncertainty of the continuation of some of the Nation's largest revenue sources.A snow emergency declarati
  
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• Asbestos in Claire’s makeup highlights FDA’s lack of power to police cosmetics makers

  06-03-2019 22:56
  Washington • The Food and Drug Administration’s confirmation of asbestos in some Claire’s makeup has sparked calls in and out of the agency to expand cosmetics’ regulatory safeguards.The FDA has been looking into asbestos reports at Claire's, which also sells teen- and tween-oriented jewelry and accessories, since 2017. Though Claire's voluntarily pulled the products, it would not honor the agency's request to recall the company-branded compact powder, eye shadow and conto
  
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• White House turns up heat on GOP senators considering bucking Trump on declaration

  06-03-2019 22:42
  Washington • The White House sought to ratchet up public pressure Wednesday on Republicans considering bucking President Donald Trump on his national emergency declaration, dismissing concerns some have voiced about setting an unwise precedent and urging them to stay united.A pointed tweet from Trump and a public warning from a senior aide came as the administration scrambled to limit GOP defections ahead of a vote next week to nullify Trump's emergency declaration on the U.S.-Mexico border
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Former Ute big mam Andrew Bogut rejoining Warriors, adds depth at center

  06-03-2019 22:35 via sportspyder.com
  Andrew Bogut is rejoining the Golden State Warriors after being cleared by his Australian team, the Sydney Kings.
  
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• A new bill would let Utah students in need apply for a state scholarship, while reducing awards for merit and to study math and science

  06-03-2019 22:17
  A bill that would scale back state-funded scholarships for math and engineering — as well as a popular merit-based award — and redistribute the money to support a new one calculated on financial need passed unanimously in committee Tuesday.“We need to do better here,” said Rep. Derrin Owens, R-Fountain Green, the sponsor of HB260. “Utah ranks near the bottom in needs-based access and financial assistance.”His proposal would create the Access Utah Promise Schol
  
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• The Pac-12 is so bad that this is good stuff: A wild and woolly men’s basketball race hits the finish line this weekend.

  06-03-2019 22:16
  Utah would love to be known as one of the worst second-place teams in Pac-12 basketball history. The Utes really would like to remain above the No. 8 or 9 seed in next week's conference tournament.The Pac-12 standings remain so volatile that the Utes could land almost anywhere from No. 3 to No. 9 after this week's visits of USC and UCLA to the Huntsman Center. The top two and bottom two seeds have been determined, although the Utes could finish in a tie for second place with the right sequence o
  
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• Sen. McSally, ex-Air Force pilot, says officer raped her

  06-03-2019 22:09
  Washington • Sen. Martha McSally, the first female Air Force fighter pilot to fly in combat, said Wednesday that she was sexually assaulted by a superior officer, and later, when she tried to talk about it to military officials, she “felt like the system was raping me all over again.”The Arizona Republican, a 26-year military veteran, made the disclosure at a Senate hearing on the military's efforts to prevent sexual assaults and improve the response when they occur. Lawmakers a
  
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• Former Ute big mam Andrew Bogut rejoining Warriors, adds depth at center

  06-03-2019 21:52
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Andrew Bogut is rejoining the Golden State Warriors after being cleared by his Australian team, the Sydney Kings.The Warriors made the announcement Wednesday. Golden State had an open roster spot and chose to use it at center. The Warriors lost Damian Jones in December, and he underwent surgery for a torn left pectoral muscle.Bogut, the 2005 No. 1 overall draft pick out of Utah, appeared in 23 games for the Lakers last season and made five starts. He averaged 1.6 poi
  
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• BYU adds 6-2 freshman guard Taylor Miller of Las Vegas to 2019-20 men’s basketball team as a non-scholarship roster player

  06-03-2019 21:37
  Taylor Miller, a 6-foot-2 guard from Las Vegas, has been practicing with the BYU basketball team since he returned from a church mission to North Carolina late last year.The former prep star at Nevada’s Palo Verde High School who signed with Southern Utah in November of 2015 when Nick Robinson was the head coach must have impressed Dave Rose, because the Cougars’ coach announced Wednesday that Miller will be added to the roster for the 2019-20 season.Miller will be considered a redsh
  
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• Stronger beer dead for this year? House committee guts bill allowing higher-alcohol brew in Utah grocery stores.

  06-03-2019 21:33
  A bill to put higher-alcohol beer in Utah grocery and convenience stores was gutted by a House committee Wednesday and replaced by one that would create a task force to study the proposal.But the initial bill still could be revived on the House floor, said its sponsor, Sen. Jerry Stevenson.“It’s not over,” the Layton Republican said after the vote.The initial version of SB132 would have hiked the alcohol limit on retail beer from its current 3.2 percent by weight to 4.8 percent
  
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• Trail runner dodges charging bison at Antelope Island

  06-03-2019 20:53
  A trail runner had a close encounter with a bison while he was running on Antelope Island — and it was caught on camera.According to FOX 13, Michael McKnight, who is an avid runner from Cache County, was on the 23-mile run on Friday when he came upon a bison.“I know that wildlife is meant to be kept alone,” McKnight said. “I definitely wasn’t trying to provoke it or anything.”However, the bison had other plans.“He leaned forward and started charging. I c
  
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• ‘Humanity is doomed’: People keep throwing cheese on babies’ faces for social media likes

  06-03-2019 20:24
  What happens if you throw a slice of cheese at a baby's face?Some babies laugh and shake it off. Others grimace, stumble around blindly, recoil like they've been hit by a truck, flail their arms, or stare reproachfully at the cheese-thrower. Some eat the cheese. Generally, all look confused.We know this thanks to a week-old viral phenomenon called the "cheese challenge," in which people toss shiny slices of processed cheese at unsuspecting infants and share their reactions on social media. Depen
  
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• BYU women are squarely on the NCAA Tournament bubble as they enter WCC Tournament

  06-03-2019 19:53
  Provo • A month ago, the BYU women’s basketball team’s hopes for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament appeared dead.The Cougars fell 78-75 to Saint Mary’s in a Thursday matinee in front of 3,500 elementary school students on Feb. 7, their third-straight defeat. The devastating home loss dropped their overall record to 17-6 and came 10 days after they had cracked the Associated Press Top 25 ranking for the first time since 2012.“We were really demoralized,” sa
  
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• More than 100,000 people sign an online petition to save the dog who bit off a Layton boy’s hand

  06-03-2019 19:40
  The fate of the dog that bit off a 4-year-old Layton boy’s hand has yet to be determined, but an online petition to save the animal’s life has gathered more than 100,000 signatures as of midday Wednesday.On Sunday afternoon, the boy — who had a sock over his hand — reached under a solid vinyl fence into the neighbors’ yard. One of two huskies there bit the boy’s arm with enough force to sever the arm above the wrist.Jessica Nusz, who described herself as a &ld
  
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• Utah women are targeting ‘new life’ as they prepare for their Pac-12 tournament opener vs. Washington

  06-03-2019 19:37
  At this stage, Utah women’s basketball coach Lynne Roberts could be forgiven for just wanting the season to end.Roberts instead views the Pac-12 tournament as “just kind of new life” as the No. 6-seeded Utes play Washington on Thursday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the tournament's new venue. The winner will meet No. 3 seed Oregon State in Friday's quarterfinals.The 2018-19 Utes have become “one of my all-time favorite teams to coach,” Roberts sa
  
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• Provo political painter Jon McNaughton puts Donald Trump at the border with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others in his progressive rogues’ gallery

  06-03-2019 19:37
  Right-wing Provo provocateur painter Jon McNaughton has a new artwork for sale — this time, supporting President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency over conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border.The artist worked some new faces into his lineup of progressive enemies, including freshman Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, alongside such familiar favorites as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama.McNaughton&rsqu
  
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• Equality Utah’s Troy Williams scolds governor, quits a state task force on youth suicide over changes to conversion therapy bill

  06-03-2019 19:31
  A prominent LGBTQ advocate is stepping off a state suicide task force with a blistering resignation letter that accuses Gov. Gary Herbert of turning his back on gay youths and casting his lot with therapists who view queer identities as a problem to be solved.Equality Utah’s executive director, Troy Williams, released the letter publicly Wednesday, the day after what he called the “hostile takeover” of a bill to ban licensed therapists from conversion therapy, or trying to chan
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: National website suggests the Jazz might be ‘the NBA’s sleeping giant’

  06-03-2019 19:29
  The Weekly Run is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on all things Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.New Orleans • While many Jazz fans came away from Monday’s shocking loss to the lottery-bound Pelicans feeling discouraged — and why shouldn’t they, considering how outsized every outcome seems during the stretch run of the regular season? — some others are choosing to see the silver lining in it.No less than Dan Devine of the nationally-known website The Ringer
  
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• ‘The Utes were on F-I-R-E fire:’ Parker Van Dyke narrates an adventurous season

  06-03-2019 19:29
  The Utah Utes know how they want the Pac-12 basketball schedule to end this week. They need two home-court wins and two more of Parker Van Dyke’s sportscasting narrations to punctuate an adventurous season with a top-four finish in the conference and a successful sendoff for him and the program’s three other graduating players.The postgame tradition after victories started in January when the Utes visited the Pac-12 Networks studio in San Francisco. Kory Mortensen, the athletic depar
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run newsletter: National website suggests the Jazz might be ‘the NBA’s sleeping giant’

  06-03-2019 19:13 via sportspyder.com
  The Weekly Run is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on all things Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.
  
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• House committee guts bill allowing stronger beer in Utah grocery stores

  06-03-2019 18:42
  A bill to put higher-alcohol beer in Utah grocery and convenience stores was shelved by a House committee Wednesday after an amendment changed it to create a task force.The original version of SB132 would have hiked the alcohol limit on retail beer from its current 3.2 percent by weight to 4.8 percent.If that change had been approved, Utah’s alcohol limit for grocery store beer still would rank among the nation’s strictest, said the measure’s sponsor, Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-La
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rockmonster Unplugged: So much for the NBA 'nobody cares until the playoffs' theory

  06-03-2019 18:23 via sportspyder.com
  The last week of Jazz and other games have shown that March isn't really a lull, it's a tune-up for the postseason.
  
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• Leonard Pitts Jr.: I wrote the book on black fatherhood. And I was wrong.

  06-03-2019 18:18
  I wrote the book on black fatherhood. Literally.“Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood” was a deep dive into the absence and uninvolvement of African-American fathers in the lives of their children. Like many observers, I inferred that absence and uninvolvement from statistics showing a decline in marriage among African Americans so that the average black baby was now born to an unwed couple.For years, I've used that book as a defense when white people taunted me that
  
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• Rockmonster Unplugged: So much for the NBA 'nobody cares until the playoffs' theory

  06-03-2019 18:10
  It's a long-held belief among NBA haters that the players don't care until the playoffs.Based on this week's games, that's as bad an idea as a Rudy Gobert 3-pointer.Since the All-Star break, the Jazz have lost in triple overtime to Oklahoma City, beat Dallas, the Clippers, Denver and Milwaukee, and lost by three to New Orleans.That's the same New Orleans that is far out of the playoff race.Did the Jazz suddenly lose interest? The atmosphere two nights earlier was electric in Utah's win over Milw
  
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• Livid R. Kelly calls sex abuse accusers liars in interview

  06-03-2019 17:42
  Chicago • R&B star R. Kelly cried, angrily stood up and ranted about being “assassinated” during his first interview since being charged with sexual abuse, calling his accusers liars and saying people are after him for his money.Kelly, one of the best-selling music artists of all time, told Gayle King of “CBS This Morning” that he never sexually abused women or controlled their lives. The 52-year-old singer was charged last month in Chicago with sexually abusing
  
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• More than 90,000 people sign an online petition to save the dog who bit off a Layton boy’s hand

  06-03-2019 17:39
  The fate of the dog that bit off a 4-year-old Layton boy’s hand has yet to be determined, but an online petition to save the animal’s life has gathered more than 90,000 signatures as of Wednesday morning.On Sunday afternoon, the boy — who had a sock over his hand — reached under a solid vinyl fence into the neighbors’ yard. One of two huskies there bit the boy’s arm with enough force to sever the arm above the wrist.Jessica Nusz, who described herself as a &ld
  
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• Dana Milbank: ‘Trump people’ are the ultimate victims of the president’s hoax

  06-03-2019 17:34
  Washington • Last August, President Trump went to Charleston, West Virginia, for a “mission accomplished” moment.He had already boasted to his Fox News fan base that “I’ve turned West Virginia around, because [of] what I’ve done environmentally with coal.” In Charleston, he said that “we are putting our great coal miners back to work” by ending what he had dubbed the Obama administration’s “war on coal” and that, under his le
  
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• Where did they go? Here are 15 underclassmen who were on BYU’s roster last fall but aren’t on the practice roster this spring.

  06-03-2019 17:10
  Provo • Fifteen players who were on the roster when BYU defeated Western Michigan 49-18 in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl and haven’t exhausted their college football eligibility are not on the spring camp roster the school distributed on Monday when practices began at the Indoor Practice Facility.Where did they go?Here’s a rundown:• Walk-on defensive lineman Michael Bruno of Grand Anse, Grenada, scholarship defensive back Brach Davis of Salt Lake City’s Olympus High an
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Scholar explains how a recent discovery sheds new light on early black converts and the priesthood ban that later took hold

  06-03-2019 16:37
  Knowing who ordained whom to the priesthood in the early days of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is seldom of interest to anyone beyond curious descendants and detail-obsessed researchers.But a recent discovery solving the mystery surrounding the ordination of Elijah Able (sometimes spelled Abel), one of the most famous black converts in the faith’s fledgling years, excited historians and helped shed additional light on a religion with a tortuous track record on the issue o
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Eric Weddle confirms he's been cut by Baltimore Ravens; Kyle Kuzma pushes LeBron to defend

  06-03-2019 16:37 via sportspyder.com
  Former University of Utah football star expresses love for Maryland; former Runnin' Ute literally pushes LeBron James to play defense
  
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• Morning links: Eric Weddle confirms he's been cut by Baltimore Ravens; Kyle Kuzma pushes LeBron to defend

  06-03-2019 16:22
  SALT LAKE CITY — As the Baltimore Ravens' 2018-2019 season concluded, former University of Utah star Eric Weddle anticipated that he could get cut by the team with one year left on his contract.In speaking with media in January, Weddle said he'd rather retire than play for another team if that indeed happened. Later, he softened that stance, saying he'd be open to playing elsewhere if he got cut by the Ravens.On Tuesday, Ian Rapoport reported that Baltimore has in fact cut Weddle. The team
  
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• Family migration, already at record levels, rocketed to new high in February

  06-03-2019 16:07
  The number of people taken into custody along the Mexico border jumped another 31 percent last month, as an unprecedented mass migration of families from Central America pushes unauthorized crossings to the highest levels in a decade, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection figures released Tuesday.Last month, the shortest of the year, was the busiest February at the border since 2007, officials said, as authorities detained 76,103 migrants, up from 58,207 in January. The percentage of m
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Video: Pelicans’ Alvin Gentry hilariously admits he had a couple of beers after win over Jazz

  06-03-2019 16:02 via sportspyder.com
  The New Orleans Pelicans posted a huge win on Monday, as they were able to defeat a playoff-contending Utah Jazz side, 115-112, after a hard-fought encounter. Following the victory, Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry appeared to struggle to answer a...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Jake Lindsey’s playing career officially reaches its end

  06-03-2019 15:52 via sportspyder.com
  Jake Lindsey, the son of Utah Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey has been forced to call it a career due to a rare medical condition. The Utah Jazz and the Baylor Bear...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Jake Lindsey’s playing career officially reaches its end

  06-03-2019 15:45
  Jake Lindsey, the son of Utah Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey has been forced to call it a career due to a rare medical condition. The Utah Jazz and the Baylor Bears feel intrinsically linked on and off the hardwood these days; almost like separate branches of the same basketball family. After all, GM Dennis Lindsey, […]
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• [The Ringer] - Are the Jazz the NBA’s Sleeping Giant?

  06-03-2019 15:35 via sportspyder.com
  Utah has steamrollered through its second-half schedule for a second straight season, but will the progress it made this time around lead to a different end result?
  
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• Letter: A mix of capitalism and socialism works best

  06-03-2019 15:26
  Judging from the commentary by Rep. Chris Stewart in the Feb. 26 Tribune, he is not in favor of a Medicare-for-all healthcare system. I wonder if he would vote to eliminate our current systems of Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP (the Children's Health Insurance Program)?He doesn't seem to understand the difference between "democratic socialism" (which has no price controls), and "extreme socialism" (which does have price controls).He doesn't seem to realize that our police and fire departments, publi
  
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