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• Trump waiting on possible border closure

  02-04-2019 23:59
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’s taking a wait-and-see approach on his threat to close the southern border as soon as this week.His administration is grappling with a surge of Central American migrants trying to enter the U.S., and Trump said last week he'd seal the border in the coming days if Mexico did not immediately halt all illegal immigration into the U.S.A closure would have enormous economic consequences on both sides of the border, disrupting manufacturi
  
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• U.S. expands ‘catch and release’ amid surge in migrants

  02-04-2019 23:49
  El Paso, Texas • The surge of migrant families arriving at the southern border has led the Trump administration to dramatically expand a practice President Donald Trump has long mocked as “catch and release.”With immigrant processing and holding centers overwhelmed, the administration is busing people hundreds of miles inland and releasing them at Greyhound stations and churches in cities like Albuquerque, San Antonio and Phoenix because towns close to the border already have mo
  
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• At ‘historic’ ceremony, Utah governor signs new hate crimes bill into law

  02-04-2019 23:17
  As he watched Utah Gov. Gary Herbert sign a bill into law to give the state’s unenforceable hate crimes law some teeth, Luis Lopez had mixed feelings Tuesday.He was happy to know that future victims of bias-motivated crimes will be protected under state law. But the scars on his face from an attack last fall — when a man showed up at his family’s Salt Lake City tire shop and allegedly whacked him in the head with a metal pole, knocking him unconscious — served as a remind
  
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• Despite some major injuries, Utah gymnastics is in a strong position going into regionals

  02-04-2019 22:29
  Of all the teams she has coached, Utah gymnastics’ Megan Marsden believes the 2019 squad is one of the most consistent.Kudos to that consistency goes to not only the veterans who were expected to lead the team such as Kari Lee, MyKayla Skinner and MaKenna Merrell-Giles, but also those who have stepped up and filled some rather large roles.Originally, the Utes had envisioned freshman Cammy Hall would be a candidate to fill lineup spots on the vault and floor, freshman Cristal Isa would be a
  
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• Houston chemical fire leaves one dead, 2 critically injured

  02-04-2019 22:20
  An explosion and fire at a chemical plant northeast of Houston left one person dead and two battling for their lives, just two weeks after a blaze at an oil storage facility caused thousands of gallons of petrochemicals to flow into the city’s shipping channel.Plumes of black smoke that could be seen 25 miles away began to subside at about 1:30 p.m. local time as firefighters fought to contain the blaze. The priority is to make sure it doesn't spread to other tanks containing flammable mat
  
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• Hey, Latter-day Saints, you’re hardly alone — more and more consumers are downing booze-free drinks

  02-04-2019 22:01
  From cups of lemonade at wedding receptions to Friday night meetups at “dirty soda" shops, nonalcoholic beverages always have been a thing in Utah.But lately, the state’s teetotaling ways — linked to the state’s predominant religion — seem progressive, even ahead of their time, as more consumers across the country choose booze-free beverages for better health and wellness.There have always been those who choose not to drink beer, wine and spirits either because they
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Ricky Rubio has the Utah Jazz playing under control

  02-04-2019 22:00 via sportspyder.com
  Ricky Rubio is playing some of his best basketball while shooting 21.9% from three. HOW?
  
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• Next athlete up. Utah gymnastics is in a strong position despite some big injuries this year.

  02-04-2019 21:53
  Of all the teams she has coached, Utah gymnastics’ Megan Marsden believes the 2019 squad is one of the most consistent.Kudos to that consistency goes to not only the veterans who were expected to lead the team such as Kari Lee, MyKayla Skinner and MaKenna Merrell-Giles, but also those who have stepped up and filled some rather large roles.Originally, the Utes had envisioned freshman Cammy Hall would be a candidate to fill lineup spots on the vault and floor, freshman Cristal Isa would be a
  
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• Monson: Should the Jazz win games to lose or lose games to win? It’s complicated.

  02-04-2019 21:34
  None of the Jazz players would come right out and say one way or the other on this, but with just five games remaining on their regular-season schedule and playoff positioning coming to a critical point, the questions emerge: Who would the Jazz prefer to play in the postseason’s first round? Who do they want to avoid? Who should they want to avoid? Should they want to avoid anyone?A healthy outlook and attitude for the Jazz themselves is … whoever, whatever, whenever. Worrying about
  
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• AAF, Salt Lake Stallions suspending operations for the remainder of the season, according to multiple reports

  02-04-2019 21:33
  Last week, Alliance of American Football principal investor Tom Dundon told USA Today he would have to consider folding the first-year league if the NFL — specifically its players’ union — didn’t allow its practice squad players to play in the fledgling pro-football outfit next season.With no sign that the NFL or the NFLPA will agree to any sort of player-sharing agreement, that time apparently has come. Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio and the Action Network’s
  
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• [NBA] - Kyle Korver nominated for NBA's Teammate of the Year

  02-04-2019 21:01 via sportspyder.com
  Kyle Korver wakes up in the middle the night thinking about his shooting mechanics. So it would be easy for the veteran deadeye to want to overhaul some of his teammates’ jumpers. But that’s not
  
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• Retirees, visitors increase St. George area’s population by a third at peak times, study shows

  02-04-2019 20:59
  Retirees who flock to St. George for its warm winter weather contribute. So do visitors who enjoy Zion National Park and other outdoor recreation. New research shows that Washington County’s population swells by a third at peak times such as Labor Day weekend.The Kem C. Gardner Institute at the University of Utah released the findings on Tuesday, saying officials always knew the temporary resident population there was large — but until now had only guessed about its size. Reliable nu
  
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• UTA service tweaks coming Sunday: more frequent S-Line, end of ski buses, beginning Lagoon service

  02-04-2019 20:55
  The Sugarhouse Streetcar will offer more frequent service, most ski bus service will end and weekend buses to Lagoon begin — all part of changes that begin Sunday, one of three times a year that the Utah Transit Authority tweaks its bus and train schedules.Details about all changes are available online at www.ride.uta.The Sugarhouse Streetcar, or S-Line, will begin to offer service every 15 minutes, instead of the current 20 minutes.Most ski bus service either will end, or already has. An
  
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• Next men up: Jazz long ago became accustomed to playing short-handed. Looks like the stretch run will be the same way.

  02-04-2019 20:52
  It started in last Friday’s win against the Wizards, when Donovan Mitchell got hit in the eye and had to head to the locker room for a time. Big man Derrick Favors soon joined him there, exiting with back spasms. Then, just as Mitchell was returning, Raul Neto took a blow to the head that first required stitches to his lip and later necessitated he sit out with concussion-like symptoms.On Monday, before defeating the Hornets, it was announced that Favors was still out, but Neto was questio
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Next men up: Jazz long ago became accustomed to playing short-handed. Looks like the stretch run will be the same way.

  02-04-2019 20:46 via sportspyder.com
  It started in last Friday’s win against the Wizards, when Donovan Mitchell got hit in the eye and had to head to the locker room for a time. Big man Derrick Favors soon joined him there, exiting with back spasms. Then, just as Mitchell was returning,
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: Jazz are on a roll, but not so dominant against playoff contenders

  02-04-2019 20:44 via sportspyder.com
  Surprisingly, the bottom two teams in the Western Conference are also the best against the best.
  
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• Utah governor signs new hate crimes bill into law

  02-04-2019 20:43
  Surrounded by legislative leadership and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed a new hate crimes bill into law on Tuesday at a public ceremony at the state Capitol.That means people convicted of a crime in Utah could now face additional penalties if it’s proven they targeted their victim based on his or her membership of a protected class, like ancestry, disability, gender identity, national origin, age, military service, race, religion or sexual orientation
  
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• Brad Rock: Jazz are on a roll, but not so dominant against playoff contenders

  02-04-2019 20:40
  SALT LAKE CITY — It's no secret the Jazz have been picking the low fruit since the All-Star break. Monday's win over Charlotte featured another in a string of opponents straight outta We-Don't-Careville.With only five games left in the regular season, the true suspense lies where it always does at this time of year, i.e. who the Jazz will meet in the postseason. It's likely to be Portland — a team on edge since its starting center went down for the count — or last year's playof
  
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• Administration officials pull back Trump border threat

  02-04-2019 20:12
  Washington • Trump administration officials are pulling back the president’s threat to shut the southern border as soon as this week.Press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday the administration is "looking at all options" on whether to close entry ports and what the impact would be.Last week, Trump said he'd close the border as the number of migrants coming to the U.S. has surged. He's threatened that before.Delays at entry points are already mounting. That’s because as many as
  
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• Commentary: EPA’s leadership is destroying the scientific foundation of environmental regulations

  02-04-2019 19:35
  For years, the fossil-fuel industry has lobbied to weaken air pollution standards. It may now get its wish.Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee met via teleconference to devise a new standard for airborne particle pollution. It’s a vitally important task: These tiny particles reach deep into human lungs, causing significant pulmonary and heart problems. And in many parts of the United States, such pollution exceeds the existing heal
  
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• [NBA] - Autism Awareness Month: Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles forms a bond with a young fan

  02-04-2019 19:33 via sportspyder.com
  The little boy’s arm jutted out toward the player, a jersey clenched in his hand. Around the court, there are dozens, hundreds even, of exchanges before each game: a player and a fan, a jersey and a
  
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• Catherine Rampell: We still haven’t seen Trump’s tax returns

  02-04-2019 19:28
  Video: Democrats tried 17 different times to obtain President Trump’s tax returns over the past two years. Now they may finally get them. (JM Rieger/The Washington Post)
  Washington • With Tax Day approaching and a potentially Swiss-cheesed Mueller report due out soon, a friendly reminder: Yes, we still need to see President Trump’s tax returns.Because we still need to know whether Trump has been running the executive branch in America’s interest or his own.Jimmy Carter fam
  
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• [NBC Sports] - PBT Podcast: Is this the final playoff run for these Golden State Warriors?

  02-04-2019 19:27 via sportspyder.com
  We get to the question everyone actually cares about: What is Kevin Durant’s future?
  
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• [KSL] - Ben Anderson: Jazz patience is again paying off

  02-04-2019 19:21 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz once again took a wait and see approach at the NBA trade deadline, and over the second half of the season, it's been a smart move.
  
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• Women have ‘legitimate claims’ for justice, equality, Pope Francis says

  02-04-2019 19:18
  Vatican City • Pope Francis said in a document released Tuesday that women have “legitimate claims” to seek more equality in the Catholic Church, but he stopped short of endorsing recent calls from his own bishops to give women leadership roles.In the text, Francis also told young adults they should try to help priests at risk for sexually abusing minors in what a Vatican official said was a great act of trust the pope has for today’s youths to help “priests in diffi
  
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• Guest pastor at South Carolina church: ‘I cut people. I got a knife right in that pocketbook.’

  02-04-2019 19:14
  Hope Carpenter was met with resounding applause before her Sunday sermon at Relentless Church in Greenville, S.C. The crowd was excited about the guest pastor — after all, she’d led the congregation with her husband for nearly three decades before they moved their show last year to a church in San Jose, Calif.In her return, Carpenter delivered a fervent lecture on the importance of “holding fast” to confessions of faith, a message she claimed to have received from God tha
  
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• For $99, movie fans can watch all 22 Marvel movies in a three-day marathon at Megaplex in South Jordan

  02-04-2019 18:48
  Can sitting in a theater seat for 60 hours be considered a superpower? Utah movie fans will find out, as the Megaplex Theatre at The District will serve up a marathon of all 22 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies — including the upcoming “Avengers: Endgame” — from April 23 to 25.The Utah-based theater chain announced Tuesday that its South Jordan location will be one of a dozen venues in North America that will show all 22 films in one keister-numbing sitting. That’s 2
  
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• West Valley City man charged with trying to kill his wife and holding her prisoner – with his parents’ help

  02-04-2019 18:45
  Police say a West Valley City man threatened, choked and held his wife prisoner for six days — and his parents helped.Feroz Sediqi has been charged in 3rd District Court with attempted murder and aggravated kidnapping, first-degree felonies; aggravated assault, a second-degree felony; and violation of a protective order, a third-degree felony.According to police, Sediqi's wife told him on March 8 that she was leaving him. As she tried to leave his residence, he grabbed her, pulled her into
  
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• Parents could face tax charges, big fines in admissions scam

  02-04-2019 18:21
  Boston • A wide-ranging college admissions cheating scheme allowed wealthy parents not only to get their kids into sought-after schools but to write off the bribes on their taxes, federal authorities say.Now some parents who are already facing possible prison time could be hit with additional criminal charges and stiff financial penalties, experts say.And a slew of others who paid into the foundation that an admissions consultant used to mask the bribes, but haven't been charged in the scam
  
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• New trailer released for ‘The Fighting Preacher,’ movie based on true story of a boxing Latter-day Saint missionary

  02-04-2019 18:20
  Utah filmmaker T.C. Christensen has released the trailer for his next movie, a true story of Latter-day Saint missionaries trying to win over hostile locals in upstate New York a century ago.The movie, “The Fighting Preacher,” tells the story of Willard and Rebecca Bean, a former middleweight boxer and his wife who were devout members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1915, the church’s then-president, Joseph F. Smith, assigned the Beans to leave Utah to oc
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Nets will reportedly extend Kenny Atkinson, staff

  02-04-2019 18:15 via sportspyder.com
  This is both well deserved and a smart move for the organization.
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Zion Williamson may sign record rookie shoe contract before NBA Draft lottery

  02-04-2019 18:14 via sportspyder.com
  Zion is expected to sign a LeBron/Durant level rookie shoe deal. He’s that marketable.
  
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• Murray man charged in death of pedestrian hit in Layton

  02-04-2019 18:14
  A Murray man faces a charge of automobile homicide, accused of striking and killing a pedestrian in Layton in December.Tyler Leon Murdock, 30, was charged in Second District Court with automobile homicide, a second-degree felony; possession of a weapon by a restricted person, a third-degree felony; and drug possession, a Class-B misdemeanor.On Dec. 18, David Begay, 63, was crossing Main Street near 450 North when he was struck by a car driven by Murdock, court documents say. According to a proba
  
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• Shrines shine, gold glistens as Utah Hindus bring spirit of India to a temple fit for the gods

  02-04-2019 18:08
  South Jordan • In a land of fast food restaurants, strip malls and car washes, the new tower of the Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple suggests a world apart.The gleaming tiers of the 34-foot spire, bedecked with sculpted figures and gold cones, hint at what will greet visitors inside the nondescript gray, cinder block building — a kind of heavenly city.Painted deities dressed in embroidered robes and silk tunics line three sides of the sanctuary, sitting under handcarved sculptures that tell t
  
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• Former Utah coach Rick Majerus is selected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

  02-04-2019 18:06
  Rick Majerus, who coached Utah to the 1998 NCAA championship game, will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in November.Majerus will join former coaches Homer Drew and Lute Olson and six players in the Class of 2019, announced Tuesday.Majerus, who died in 2012 at age 64, posted a 323-95 record as Utah's coach from 1989-2004. He previously worked at Marquette and Ball State and concluded his career at Saint Louis, posting a total of 517 victories.He's remembered at Ut
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell joins Damian Lillard as only players with at least 175 3-pointers in first 2 seasons

  02-04-2019 18:06 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell is one of the most dynamic young scorers in the league, and as a result of his 25-point performance in which he drained four 3-pointers in a win over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night, Mitchell joined Damian...
  
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• Jim Winder will step down as Moab police chief, return to Salt Lake County

  02-04-2019 18:03
  Former Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder says he will return to Salt Lake County and get a new job, although it’s too soon to say what that new post might be.“I’m looking at couple of options,” he said Tuesday, a day after announcing that he would step down as Moab’s police chief — a post he has held since 2017.“We’re turning the rig around,” he said. While he didn’t give a specific date of departure, leaving Moab is bittersweet. &ldq
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Kemba Walker is Charlotte’s offense, watch him score 47 points vs. Utah

  02-04-2019 17:49 via sportspyder.com
  Kemba Walker is the Charlotte offense.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - GM Dennis Lindsey says Rudy Gobert is Jazz’s most important offensive player

  02-04-2019 17:13 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz have found a gold mine in center Rudy Gobert, a 7-foot-1 Goliath who, with time and patience, has become the franchise’s vital cog at the offensive end. Once known as merely a defensive stalwart, Gobert has slowly become more adept on...
  
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• Mountain Green residents advised to boil their water after storage-tank lock is broken

  02-04-2019 16:58
  Residents in the Mountain Green area of Morgan County are being advised to boil their water after someone broke and removed the lock on a storage tank.The Cottonwood Mutual Water Company issued the warning after discovering the breech during a routine inspection on Monday. It’s unknown exactly when the lock was broken; the tank had last been inspected on Feb. 6.“Until samples can confirm the status of the water quality, you are advised to boil the water before using,” the compa
  
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• Who besides the Chinese and Irish built the transcontinental railroad? Latter-day Saints — lots of them.

  02-04-2019 16:57
  Utah is about to throw a big celebration for the 150th anniversary of the May 10, 1869, completion of the transcontinental railroad. Many realize it was built largely by Chinese immigrants for the Central Pacific and Irish for the Union Pacific.But a third group provided key workers for both railroads: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.The companies waged a bidding war for their labor in remote mountains and deserts as they tried to lay more miles of track than their competitor to
  
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• LDS Church planning a new training center in Salt Lake City for its guards, complete with two firing ranges

  02-04-2019 16:56
  The quiet south end of a massive warehouse in west Salt Lake City may one day ring with gunfire.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints plans to build a new training center for its in-house security forces in an otherwise unremarkable church storehouse, complete with two shooting ranges and facilities for teaching about defensive tactics and the use of force.Tentatively called the Church Security Department Training Center, the 67,600-square-foot facility would be remodeled from part of
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - NBA Power Rankings: The penultimate regular season ranks

  02-04-2019 16:54 via sportspyder.com
  Where do the Utah Jazz stack up as they come down the stretch?
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rock On: Should John Stockton know Jimmy Kimmel?

  02-04-2019 16:54 via sportspyder.com
  Also, where did Zion Williamson go during the closing minutes of the Duke-Michigan State game? Here's a possible answer for the Blue Devils' "Superman."
  
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