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• Commentary: Catholic missionaries are evangelizing on campus, trying to bring back the ‘nones’

  08-04-2019 23:16
  More than 20 percent of all adults and over a third of millennials in the United States are not affiliated with a religion. For at least a decade, this number has been on the rise.Sexual abuse by clergy and a poor response by the church hierarchy have led many young Catholics to lose trust in their religious institution. Some 36 percent of those without religious affiliation report having grown up Catholic.But countering this trend is a movement led by millennials who are devoted to bringing Cat
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Radical Extremists

  08-04-2019 23:04
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/04/05/bagley-cartoon-official/" target=_blank><u>Official Mugging</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/04/04/bagley-cartoon-church/"><u>Church Approved</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/04/03/bagley-carto
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Who will the Utah Jazz face in the playoffs? We break down the possibilities.

  08-04-2019 23:03 via sportspyder.com
  Even with just two games left in the season, there’s still so much we don’t know about who the Jazz will face in the NBA playoffs.
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Chalk drawings are not ‘criminal mischief’

  08-04-2019 23:00
  Unless there is some record of police officers in Lehi paying intimidating visits to the homes of young chalk artists who are partial to images of Spiderman, butterflies and My Little Pony, then whoever sent the cops to call on the families of children who have been expressing their reasonable concern about air quality in the Utah County community is way out of line.As the ACLU has explained and as, if the city’s policy is not soon reversed, the courts are sure to agree.City officials and
  
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• Opioid evangelist switches sides in case alleging pharma abuse

  08-04-2019 23:00
  A doctor who was an early evangelist for increased use of highly addictive opioids like OxyContin to treat chronic pain — and who was paid to promote the idea — has switched sides and now says drug makers helped to create a U.S. epidemic by failing to acknowledge the risks of abuse.Dr. Russell Portenoy, a medical-school professor who studied pain for more than 30 years, has agreed to testify against the industry in trials of lawsuits brought by local governments seeking billions in s
  
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• This Utah gun lobbyist is the only man in America who can legally own a bump stock. He’s fighting in court to keep it — even though he thinks it is lame.

  08-04-2019 22:58
  Update: This story has been updated to reflect that the U.S. Supreme Court recently denied a gun rights group request to keep their bump stocks, meaning Clark Aposhian is likely the only person in the country who now legally owns one of the shooting accessories.Murray • Clark Aposhian is the only man in American who can now legally own a bump stock. If you had one, it would be a felony. If he lent you his, it would be a felony.This controversial shooting accessory is now banned, a move made
  
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• Commentary: Seven takeaways from LDS conference, including more transparency on temple ceremonies

  08-04-2019 22:38
  It was a quieter, spiritually focused General Conference over the weekend for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which leaders focused their remarks on classic topics such as faith, repentance and families.This was surprising to many, given that the past two General Conferences have featured major announcements (see here and here) about changes to church policies, such as last year’s decision to shorten the three-hour “block” of Sunday meetings to two.It was al
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - BYUtv releases new Jimmer Fredette documentary ‘The Lonely Master’

  08-04-2019 22:21 via sportspyder.com
  The documentary, titled “The Lonely Master,” aired on April 6 just hours after the Saturday session of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ 189th Annual General Conference.
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Threes of the Week - 4.8.19

  08-04-2019 22:17 via sportspyder.com
  With 53 threes made this week, we’ve raised a total of $54,600 for Huntsman Cancer Foundation this season! ? #ThreesoftheWeek | www.macu.com
  
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• BYU’s depleted linebacking corps to be led by veterans Zayne Anderson and Isaiah Kaufusi — when they get healthy

  08-04-2019 22:16
  Provo • BYU’s two-deep chart at linebacker before the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl last December included six names: Sione Takitaki and Butch Pau’u in the middle, Rhett Sandlin and Adam Pulsipher at boundary and Tanner Jacobson and Riggs Powell at field.All six were seniors.At first glance, the cupboard at what is traditionally one of BYU’s strengths looks empty for linebackers coach Ed Lamb.“That’s true,” the Cougars assistant head coach said during the last
  
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• BYUtv releases new Jimmer Fredette documentary ‘The Lonely Master’

  08-04-2019 22:06
  SALT LAKE CITY — BYUtv aired its documentary about NBA player Jimmer Fredette over the weekend.The documentary, titled "The Lonely Master," aired on April 6 just hours after the Saturday session of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' 189th Annual General Conference."The Lonely Master" focuses on Fredette's journey to the Chinese Basketball Association, where he became a dominant scorer for the Shanghai Sharks and earned the nickname "The Lonely Master."
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• [Clutchpoints] - Kyle Korver addresses racism, privilege in wake of Russell Westbrook incident in Utah

  08-04-2019 22:02 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz shooting guard Kyle Korver says he and his teammates were “upset” after what happened between Oklahoma City Thunder star point guard Russell Westbrook and a Jazz fan back in March. A Jazz fan told Westbrook to “get on your knees like you’re
  
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• Commentary: It’s Norman Vincent Peale’s America

  08-04-2019 22:01
  If Americans ever lived in a Billy Graham nation, they do so no longer. They live now in a nation defined by Norman Vincent Peale, though few Americans today may even know this name.It is Peale’s influence that permeates the cultural landscape. He is a founder of our secular religion of achievement and well-being. His vision is echoed in the mystical certainties of figures like Oprah Winfrey. Even the Trump presidency is confirmation that our country is now Normal Vincent Peale’s Ame
  
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• Greg Sargent: Kirstjen Nielsen just revealed how Trump’s pathologies and lawlessness will get worse

  08-04-2019 22:00
  It's become a ritual of the Trump years: Each time President Donald Trump parts ways with one of his top advisers or associates, that person then embarks on an effort to expunge the deep moral stain left behind by his or her service to Trump's depraved, corrupt, incompetent, and even sometimes criminal designs.In the case of Kirstjen Nielsen, who has just been pushed out by Trump amid his rage over the spike in asylum seeking families at the border, this process is proving more revealing —
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: Kyle Korver’s never done anything more important than this. Take note.

  08-04-2019 21:41 via sportspyder.com
  Kyle Korver has always been the kind of player, when you ask him even what seems like a routine question, he thinks it through, pausing before and as he answers, allowing all kinds of considerations to flow through his mind before finishing his...
  
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• The experiment within a new Utah play: 'We were all blown away with how he choreographed to words so beautifully’

  08-04-2019 21:38
  The Salt Lake Acting Company and playwright Kathleen Cahill are trying something different. Their new production “Silent Dancer” mixes drama and dance — but not music, for the most part.“This is using dance as a means of expression. To express an intense emotion,” Cahill said. “Usually in plays when there’s dance, they have what’s called the dance break. There’s kind of a showbiz moment where they dance and there’s music. But this isn&r
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Donovan Mitchell gives young fan her wish; Delon Wright's double-triple-double

  08-04-2019 21:23 via sportspyder.com
  A young Donovan Mitchell fan wanted to stay up late to watch the Jazz star — and now she is getting her wish, plus former Utah basketball player and current Memphis Grizzlies guard Delon Wright...
  
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• Monson: Kyle Korver’s never done anything more important than this. Take note.

  08-04-2019 21:12
  Kyle Korver has always been the kind of player, when you ask him even what seems like a routine question, he thinks it through, pausing before and as he answers, allowing all kinds of considerations to flow through his mind before finishing his thought.In his essay, “Privileged,” posted at The Players’ Tribune, a piece that discusses racism, not just in the NBA, but in America, you can read — and feel — those thoughts caroming inside his mind, heart and soul, spilli
  
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• Former Homeland Security secretary says she still supports Trump’s border goals

  08-04-2019 21:04
  Washington • Kirstjen Nielsen said Monday she still shares President Donald Trump’s goal of securing the border, a day after she resigned as Homeland Security secretary amid Trump’s frustration and bitterness over a spike in Central American migration.Trump announced on Sunday in a tweet that U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan would be taking over as acting head of the department. The decision to name a top immigration officer to the post reflects Tr
  
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• Analysis: Major mass shootings had little effect on voting in communities most affected

  08-04-2019 21:00
  Parkland, Fla. • After Manuel and Patricia Oliver lost their son in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, they assumed their neighbors would be sympathetic. So when they protested gun violence last summer by staging a “die-in” at the local Publix grocery store, they were shocked by the reaction.Gun rights activists and some shoppers taunted and mocked them. One stepped on Patricia's hand, saying, "I'm sorry for your loss," she recalled. Another man swore at Manuel w
  
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• [ESPN] - Jazz's Korver reflects on racism, white privilege

  08-04-2019 20:58 via sportspyder.com
  Kyle Korver said that a couple of incidents got him thinking about racism and white privilege in America.
  
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• Sen. Elizabeth Warren to hold an event in Salt Lake City next week as part of her 2020 presidential campaign

  08-04-2019 20:52
  Reliably red Utah will receive its third visit from a Democratic 2020 presidential candidate next week: Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.Warren, known for her populist message and focus on income inequality, will host an organizing event at The Depot in Salt Lake City on April 17 as her campaign works to “build our movement for 2020,” according to the event page on Warren’s campaign website.“Elizabeth is eager to meet voters from cities and towns across the country abo
  
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• 'This feels like a moment to draw a line in the sand:' Utah Jazz wing Kyle Korver writes essay on white privilege, racism

  08-04-2019 20:44
  SALT LAKE CITY — In the wake of the racially charged March 11 incident at Vivint Arena involving Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook and a Utah Jazz fan, Utah wing Kyle Korver on Monday wrote an essay for the Players' Tribune, where he discussed white privilege and denounced racism.In the essay, Korver shared that he and fellow Jazzman Thabo Sefolosha were teammates on the Atlanta Hawks in 2015 when Sefolosha's leg was broken by police in New York City, and how after the March inc
  
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• Hope Woodside, a former Utah news anchor, arrested for driving drunk twice in two days

  08-04-2019 20:41
  Former longtime FOX 13 anchor Hope Woodside is facing multiple charges after she was arrested twice for driving under the influence of alcohol in a two-day period.Woodside was arrested March 29 in Summit County after someone called dispatchers and complained that she was drinking alcohol and driving around the Pinebrook/Jeremy Ranch area.A Summit County sheriff’s deputy pulled her over for a traffic violation, according to jail booking documents, and noticed an “odor of an alcoholic
  
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• Entrata CEO Dave Bateman says he has extinguished the Utah GOP’s debt. Now he urges defeat of legislators running for party office in upcoming convention

  08-04-2019 20:22
  After pulling the Utah Republican Party back from the brink of bankruptcy by acquiring hundreds of thousands of dollars in outstanding legal debts, Entrata CEO Dave Bateman says he will not attempt to recoup any of the money from the party.“The debt is extinguished,” Bateman wrote Friday on an unofficial Utah GOP Facebook page.Bateman wrote that “under no circumstance” would he have ever attempted to collect the debt, although under the agreement he had the right to deman
  
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• [Uproxx] - Kyle Korver Earned Praise From Teammates For Writing An Emotional Piece About NBA Race Relations

  08-04-2019 20:10 via sportspyder.com
  Korver wrote about how two incidents made him reevaluate his thinking about white privilege and race relations in the NBA.
  
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• [ESPN] - Korver reflects on racism, white privilege

  08-04-2019 20:07 via sportspyder.com
  Kyle Korver said that a couple of incidents got him thinking about racism and white privilege in America.
  
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• A suspected rhino poacher was killed by an elephant and then eaten by lions, authorities say

  08-04-2019 20:00
  Five suspected poachers entered Kruger National Park in South Africa last week to kill rhino living there, according to authorities.Only four of the men left alive.The fifth was killed by an elephant and later "devoured" by a pride of lions, park officials said in a statement."Entering Kruger National Park illegally and on foot is not wise, it holds many dangers and this incident is evidence of that," said Glenn Phillips, managing executive of Kruger National Park.The four alleged poachers who s
  
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• Gunfire reported in downtown Salt Lake City; police close roads after chase to South Salt Lake

  08-04-2019 19:42
  Police have shut down a major intersection in South Salt Lake after chasing a driver there following reports of shots fired in downtown Salt Lake City.The intersection of 3300 South and State Street is closed; that area is where officers caught a person who had fled the area near 150 W. 500 South, where gunfire was reported around 11 a.m., Salt Lake City Police and dispatchers confirmed. The downtown address reported to dispatchers is the location of the Sheraton Salt Lake City.Officers from mul
  
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• Utah Jazz’s Kyle Korver writes about white privilege and racism in the NBA, including the Westbrook incident

  08-04-2019 19:33
  Kyle Korver wants you to know that he’s determined to listen. And he would like you to do the same. On Monday, the Utah Jazz sharpshooter posted a 2,700-word first-person essay on The Players’ Tribune about racism in the United States and in pro basketball.Korver’s account entitled, “Privileged,” details how the 38-year-old wants to do his part in addressing systemic racism, and it comes after a highly publicized encounter on the Jazz’s home court between a wh
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Jazz’s Kyle Korver writes about white privilege and racism in the NBA, including the Westbrook incident

  08-04-2019 19:29 via sportspyder.com
  Kyle Korver wants you to know that he’s determined to listen. And he would like you to do the same. On Monday, the Utah Jazz sharpshooter posted a 2,700-word first-person essay on The Players’ Tribune about racism in the United States and in pro...
  
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• [USA Today: For The Win] - Kyle Korver confronts racism, white privilege in a must-read essay

  08-04-2019 19:25 via sportspyder.com
  “I know I have to do better. So I’m trying to push myself further.”
  
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• Alexandra Petri: Why shouldn’t I put rabid bats on the Ninth Circuit?

  08-04-2019 19:16
  For many years, we have kept the door labeled "CAUTION: RABID BATS" tightly shut. We have not sprinkled our avocado toast with tiny pellets of lead, and have dissuaded children from becoming chimney sweeps. We have refrained from swaddling our infants in asbestos, and we have meticulously and often at great inconvenience to ourselves avoided touching live electrical wires.We do not pick things up off the floors of abattoirs and eat them. We never put metal into the microwave. We avoid staring di
  
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• [KSL] - Kyle Korver addresses racism and inequality in Players' Tribune piece

  08-04-2019 19:09 via sportspyder.com
  Since the Russell Westbrook altercation with a fan, things have been weighing on Kyle Korver's mind. He shared them in a strong piece for The Players' Tribune.
  
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• ACM Awards 2019: Complete list of winners, best and worst moments

  08-04-2019 19:00
  Country duo Dan + Shay continued their career-making year at the 2019 Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night, as they won three awards — the most of any act — and became the night’s running joke."I'm gonna give this to Dan + Shay so they can go home with four," Thomas Rhett declared when he picked up the trophy for male artist of the year. Host Reba McEntire declared that the show should be renamed "Dan + Shay's Excellent Adventure."Even Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney them
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - 'This feels like a moment to draw a line in the sand': Utah Jazz's Kyle Korver writes essay on white privilege, racism

  08-04-2019 18:39 via sportspyder.com
  Korver wrote the essay, titled 'Privileged,' for The Players' Tribune.
  
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• 'This feels like a moment to draw a line in the sand': Utah Jazz's Kyle Korver writes essay on white privilege, racism

  08-04-2019 18:33
  SALT LAKE CITY — In the wake of the racially charged March 11 incident at Vivint Arena involving Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook and a Utah Jazz fan, Utah wing Kyle Korver on Monday wrote an essay for The Players' Tribune, where he discussed white privilege and denounced racism.In the essay, Korver shares that he and fellow Jazzman Thabo Sefolosha were teammates on the Atlanta Hawks in 2015 when Sefolosha's leg was broken by police in New York City, and how after the March inc
  
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• Motel 6 leaked personal data of 80,000 guests to ICE, officials say. Now it owes them $12 million.

  08-04-2019 18:00
  The practice was the result of an informal arrangement: seven Motel 6 locations in Washington state shared the personal information of its guests with federal immigration officials on a daily basis between 2015 and 2017, authorities said. Of the 80,000 guests whose information was shared, at least nine were detained, officials said.But on Friday the practice, which Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said constituted an illegal invasion of privacy in a lawsuit he filed against the national
  
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• [Sporting News] - Jazz's Kyle Korver discusses racism in the NBA, white privilege

  08-04-2019 17:34 via sportspyder.com
  Korver discussed Russell Westbrook's racially charged incident with a Jazz fan and teammate Thabo Sefolosha's incident with NYC police.
  
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• College gymnast breaks both legs attempting a blind landing

  08-04-2019 17:22
  Auburn University senior Samantha Cerio stared intently at the purple floor exercise mat before her. The lights of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, reflected off the gymnast's bedazzled white, navy and orange leotard. As her teammates cheered raucously, the 22-year-old flashed a quick smile and waltzed out to kick off her floor routine, hoping to deliver a flawless performance and help the Auburn Tigers secure a spot in the NCAA women's gymnastics region final.But wit
  
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• [KSL] - Things are getting weird: Breaking down the Jazz's potential playoff seeds

  08-04-2019 17:14 via sportspyder.com
  Denver lost on purpose. Should the Jazz follow suit?
  
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• In an unprecedented move, Trump labels the Iran Revolutionary Guard as a ‘terrorist organization’

  08-04-2019 16:51
  Washington • President Donald Trump announced Monday that the U.S. is designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a “foreign terrorist organization,” in an effort to increase pressure on the country.It is the first time that the U.S. has designated a part of another country as a terrorist organization.The designation imposes sanctions that include freezes on assets the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps may have in U.S. jurisdictions and a ban on Americans doing business with it
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Donovan Mitchell gives a little fan her wish; Delon Wright's double-triple-double

  08-04-2019 16:41 via sportspyder.com
  A little Donovan Mitchell fan wanted to stay up late to watch the Jazz star — and now she is getting her wish, plus former Utah basketball player and current Memphis Grizzlies guard Delon Wright...
  
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• Morning links: Donovan Mitchell gives young fan her wish; Delon Wright's double-triple-double

  08-04-2019 16:32
  SALT LAKE CITY — A young Donovan Mitchell fan wanted to stay up late to watch the sophomore Utah Jazz star — and now she is getting her wish.In a video posted by Mitch Tulane, his daughter — Evie — is upset that she can't watch Mitchell, crying on the stairs and saying "Donovan Mitchell."Tulane tweeted at Mitchell and the Jazz, saying "Evie is really upset that it's time for bed and she would rather be watching @spidadmitchell"@utahjazz Evie is really upset that it's time
  
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• Morning links: Donovan Mitchell gives a little fan her wish; Delon Wright's double-triple-double

  08-04-2019 16:32
  SALT LAKE CITY — A little Donovan Mitchell fan wanted to stay up late to watch the sophomore Jazz star — and now she is getting her wish.In a video posted by Mitch Tulane, his daughter — Evie — is upset that she can't watch Mitchell, crying on the stairs and saying "Donovan Mitchell."Tulane tweeted at Mitchell and the Jazz, saying "Evie is really upset that it's time for bed and she would rather be watching @spidadmitchell"@utahjazz Evie is really upset that it's time for
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Magical History of the Utah Jazz and the 5th Seed in the NBA Playoffs

  08-04-2019 16:22 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz are 4-0 the last four times they were the 5th seed. Will they be able to make it 5-0?
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Unlike their predecessors, this batch of Democratic presidential hopefuls have taken a hard line against the death penalty

  08-04-2019 16:10
  Democrats eyeing the presidency have raised their voices to denounce the death penalty, a departure from their predecessors who were wary of appearing weak on crime. President Barack Obama never called for getting rid of the death penalty, and Hillary Clinton, Al Gore and Bill Clinton all supported keeping it. Today’s Democratic presidential hopefuls, by contrast, say the punishment is morally wrong and is applied with racial bias. This shift in position comes as support for the death pena
  
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• Sunshine today, snow tomorrow: A winter storm is expected to hit Utah on Tuesday

  08-04-2019 15:54
  It'll be t-shirt weather on Monday in Salt Lake City, with highs near 70, but don't pack away the parkas yet. Believe it or not, the National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for Tuesday afternoon through Thursday morning.According to the NWS, a “cold, late-season winter storm will bring accumulating snow to much of northern and central Utah” on Tuesday, with snow levels falling to the valley floors.How much snow? The NWS warns local residents to expect up to 3 inches
  
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• George Pyle: Mike Lee is not the Jar Jar Binks of the Senate

  08-04-2019 15:31
  It’s all fun and games until someone gets compared to Jar Jar Binks.Yes, we all had a lot of fun reacting to the speech Utah’s Mike Lee gave on the floor of the U.S. Senate almost two weeks ago. He deserved every punch line and exasperated expression.Well, almost.In his vain effort to discredit the Green New Deal offered by congressional Democrats, Lee charged, falsely, that the plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would mean no airplanes and no modern ocean-going ships.So, with a
  
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• Gehrke: BYU can keep its Honor Code without acting dishonorably toward its students

  08-04-2019 15:30
  The dam broke this week and horror stories flooded out about Brigham Young University’s Honor Code Office and the critical need for reform.In the process, the wave that has swept across campus has opened an opportunity for a constructive discussion regarding student expectations and, just maybe, an atmosphere that more appropriately balances the desire to maintain standards with a sense of mercy and forgiveness.BYU is a private institution, to be sure. Moreover, it’s a religious inst
  
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