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• Commentary: What it means to actually ‘see’ a black hole

  15-04-2019 23:21
  “We have seen what we thought was unseeable,” the astronomer said, like someone who knows history’s ear is pressed against the door. He stood in the hushed attention of the room in Washington as he called up the image on the screen behind him. You know it by now: a smoke ring, an orange doughnut, a blurry circlet of light closed around a profound darkness. By the end of the day, it would be familiar to millions of people as the first photo ever taken of a black hole.The Event H
  
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• Commentary: Why women led the uprising in Sudan

  15-04-2019 23:16
  The protests that have now led to the ouster of Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, have been dominated by women. Day after day, on the streets of Khartoum, as many as two-thirds of those who turn out have been women. Photos of women — angry, defiant, now celebratory — have become the emblems of the uprising.Various segments and groups of Sudanese society have taken part in the protests - and are still demonstrating out of concern that Thursday's military coup will not usher in
  
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• Tribune editorial: Balanced budget amendment? Just get going instead

  15-04-2019 23:15
  They call them balanced-budget bills, but they’re more like cries for help.Freshman Rep. Ben McAdams has joined many others before him, including a couple of Utahns, in introducing a bill to push a constitutional amendment requiring Congress to make sure federal spending matches revenue every year.The national debt was about $5 trillion 20 years ago. Now it’s more than $20 trillion and rising faster than it ever has. Even at today’s low rates, just paying the interest on that d
  
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• New UVU coach Mark Madsen is out to put his stamp on the upstart basketball program

  15-04-2019 23:05
  Orem • There was no shortage of cheers or hollers or applause. There was plenty of that Monday morning. Because the guy in the green and white tie brought out a crowd, as one does when being introduced as the new men’s basketball coach at a university for the first time. It just so happens that Mark Madsen arrives in Utah County with an NBA pedigree, a couple championship rings and dance moves unearthed decades ago that went viral before viral was a concept.So as Utah Valley Universit
  
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• Alexandra Petri: I wish we would talk more about Policy (just not Elizabeth Warren’s)

  15-04-2019 23:02
  As a valiant commentator and member of the media, I have no more fervent wish than to talk of Substance. I feed on Substance. I love The Issues. A campaign of Substance, based on The Issues — that is the one dream of my heart.I hate eschewing The Issues, although when I heard the word “eschew,” I did get temporarily excited because it sounds like “issue,” and, as stated, I love Issues so much. I feel about them the way Sarah Palin did about magazines (speaking of Is
  
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• Police find man shot to death in the middle of a Salt Lake street

  15-04-2019 22:48
  Police investigating a report of gunshots found a man’s body in the middle of Wenco Drive early Monday morning.Few details are available but, according to Salt Lake Police, they responded to the area of 1580 South and 1000 West at about 4:30 a.m. and found the man dead in the street. Police later confirmed the man suffered a gunshot wound.Our #Detectives have confirmed that the #victim from this morning’s #homicide died from a gunshot.
  Anyone with information is asked to call #SLCPD
  
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• BYU’s men’s basketball team would like to see new coach Mark Pope retain an assistant or two from former staff

  15-04-2019 22:44
  Provo • Noticeably missing when Mark Pope was introduced at BYU’s Broadcasting Building last Wednesday were the guys who will play for the new head men’s basketball coach next season.There was a reason for that, senior wing Zac Seljaas said a few days later.“We actually had a meeting with him right before that,” Seljaas said. “We were scheduled to go play pickup in the Annex and we asked him if he wanted us to go to the press conference or go play pickup, and h
  
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• Paris’ Notre Dame spire collapses, interior in flames

  15-04-2019 22:43
  Paris • The Latest on a fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (all times local):8:35 p.m.French writer and historian Camille Pascal says a massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral has caused "the destruction of invaluable heritage" and "we can be only horrified by what we see."Pascal told French broadcaster BFMTV: "It's been 800 years that the Cathedral watches over Paris" and its bells pealed for both "happy and unfortunate events."He recalled that Notre Dame's bells sounded a death knell afte
  
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• Probe launched over alleged voter fraud in polygamous town

  15-04-2019 22:33
  An Arizona county has approved an investigation to determine if voter fraud occurred during last year’s election where a polygamous sect kept control of a town council in a community on the Arizona-Utah border.The Mohave County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Monday to spend $8,000 to allow a private investigator to look into allegations that people voted using addresses where they no longer live in Colorado City, Ariz. County attorney Matt Smith requested the funds to probe allegat
  
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• BYU stats professor Jared Ward finishes 8th at the Boston Marathon, posts his personal best time

  15-04-2019 22:29
  Jared Ward surpassed another career milestone Monday.At the Boston Marathon of all places, too.The former BYU and Davis High runner finished eighth overall at Monday’s 2019 Boston Marathon, running a career-best 2:09:25. The mustachioed distance runner was the second-highest finishing American male, coming in just 15 seconds behind fellow U.S. runner Scott Fauble. Ward, who finished sixth overall at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, was coming off a sixth-place finish at the
  
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• Commentary: Sudan has genuine chance for change

  15-04-2019 21:30
  For the past decade, governments around the world lined up to legitimize the regime of Omar Hassan al-Bashir in Sudan — even as it continued to attack civilians in Darfur, burn Christian churches, deny food to areas of the Nuba Mountains, provide support to extremist groups, and arrest and torture protesters. Instead of confronting these abuses, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, the African Union, China, Russia and Persian Gulf countries all sought ways to strength
  
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• Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg thanks Utah Royals FC defender Becky Sauerbrunn for honoring her in SheBelieves Cup

  15-04-2019 21:22
  When the players on the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team embarked on the SheBelieves Cup, they honored a host of women they deemed influential not only to themselves, but women everywhere. And they did it by putting the names of those influencers on the backs of their jerseys.Some examples of the women honored by the USWNT were Sally Ride, Serena Williams, Doris Burke, Maya Angelou and Mother Teresa. The three Utah Royals FC players — Becky Sauerbrunn, Christen Press and Kelley O&rs
  
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• Commentary: White House has an immigration paradox

  15-04-2019 21:00
  You might have heard that President Donald Trump is sending migrant detainees to so-called sanctuary cities. Or maybe he’s not? Figuring out the proposal’s status was hard enough when the president first contradicted his administration’s initial claims that it had already been rejected. In the days since, things have become even more muddled, to the point that the proposal has become a paradox, being both the president’s policy and not his policy at the same time.On the o
  
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• Analysis: Democratic candidates are making their case to an often ignored group — the Christian left

  15-04-2019 20:54
  Can Democrats win over faithful Christians alienated by President Donald Trump’s treatment of migrants, minorities and the marginalized? It’s early, of course. But many of the party’s presidential hopefuls are talking about their Christian faith and how it has shaped their liberalism.I wrote about Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., highlighting her Methodist roots and her Sunday school teaching to explain how they shaped her values. She also mentioned that in her favorite Bible pa
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Surprise, surprise — the Rockets showed the Jazz they’re good on defense, too

  15-04-2019 19:59 via sportspyder.com
  Houston • The Rockets’ defensive effort against the Jazz in Game 1 on Sunday night shocked and amazed plenty of people. Just don’t count the Rockets among them.
  
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• Surprise, surprise — the Rockets showed the Jazz they’re good on defense, too

  15-04-2019 19:53
  Houston • The Rockets’ defensive effort against the Jazz in Game 1 on Sunday night shocked and amazed plenty of people. Just don’t count the Rockets among them.“It doesn’t surprise me that we can defend, at all,” Houston coach Mike D’Antoni said afterward.It’s still taking others some getting used to.And deservedly so. The Rockets, after all, have long been regarded as an offensively-oriented team — that’ll happen with D’Antoni (of
  
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• Paris’ famed Notre Dame cathedral is on fire

  15-04-2019 19:53
  Paris • Firefighters are battling a massive blaze at the French capital's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral.Flames and black smoke were seen shooting from the base of the medieval church's spire on Monday.The peak of the church is undergoing a 6 million-euro ($6.8 million) renovation project.French media quoted the Paris fire brigade saying the fire is “potentially linked” to the renovation work.pic.twitter.com/WcfuXu19Mw— Solveig Godeluck (@Solwii) April 15, 2019This story is d
  
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• Ahead of visit to Utah, Sen. Elizabeth Warren outlines plan to restore the state’s slashed monuments if elected president

  15-04-2019 19:51
  Ahead of a campaign visit to Utah on Wednesday, Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren outlined a broad plan for protecting public lands and national parks that included a promise to restore the state’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments if she is elected in 2020.In an essay published on Medium.com on Monday, Warren called President Donald Trump’s shaving of 2 million acres from the monuments’ boundaries in 2017 “the single biggest rol
  
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• Commentary: ‘First Latino Townhall’ was a bait-and-switch event

  15-04-2019 19:49
  Last week there was an event billed as The First Latino Townhall. I watched the meeting via a Facebook Live from a feed provided by Marco Munoz. The event was well attended and the speakers were enthusiastic and gave heartfelt remarks.I have been involved in the Latino community for over 40 years and know there have been many political events for the Latino community over the years. There have been several Latino Days at the Legislature where hundreds attended. There have been conferences focuse
  
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• Letter: Is faith based on hate or love?

  15-04-2019 19:47
  Regarding April 12’s article by Nate Carlisle about “Panel decries ‘fashionable’ intolerance toward religion,” I continue to be frustrated by the religious right’s portrayal of so-called “religious intolerance.” Have you ever seen anyone protest church-sponsored homeless shelters, food banks, clothing drives or soup kitchens? No, only acts of hate and discrimination based on gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race and place of origin are
  
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• New bus service offers $4.99 introductory tickets for Salt Lake City-Las Vegas trips

  15-04-2019 19:43
  Want to travel to Las Vegas from Salt Lake City for just $4.99 — less than a regular round-trip cash fare ticket on local Utah Transit Authority buses or TRAX trains?FlixBus, a European company that launched in the United States a year ago, is offering tickets for that price as it launches service on Friday on a line with stops in Salt Lake City, Provo, Cedar City, St. George and Las Vegas. It also connects in Las Vegas to other FlixBus routes to California and Arizona.Ticket sales incur a
  
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• The Utes believe they are loaded at running back and plan to share the ball, even with Zack Moss getting 23 carries each game

  15-04-2019 19:42
  In his return to Utah’s football program, offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig discovered this spring that he has enough capable running backs to operate his scheme.That’s even without Zack Moss, the star from last season who was absent from practices while rehabilitating a knee injury that caused him to miss the final five games, and former No. 2 back Armand Shyne, who is transferring after sliding down the depth chart.Ludwig is promising to give Moss a big workload, while also using t
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: 3 takeaways from Game 1 vs. Rockets

  15-04-2019 19:27 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz fell to the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of their first round series in the 2019 NBA Playoffs. Let's take a look at three takeaways from the los...
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz Shorts: Well, that didn't go as planned

  15-04-2019 19:14 via sportspyder.com
  On Episode 2 of Jazz Shorts, Ryan Miller and Sean Walker discuss the Jazz's Game 1 blowout loss to Houston, Quin Snyder's record in Game 1s and reasons to be optimistic for Game 2.
  
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• Justice Department expects to release Russia report Thursday

  15-04-2019 18:15
  Washington • The Justice Department expects to make special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation public on Thursday morning.Spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said Monday the redacted report will be sent to Congress and made available to the public Thursday.Mueller officially concluded his investigation late last month and submitted a nearly 400-page report to Attorney General William Barr. Barr provided a four-page letter to Congress that detailed Mueller's "principal con
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Quin Snyder says Rockets guard Chris Paul could be a better coach than him

  15-04-2019 18:08 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder had high praise for Chris Paul’s leadership qualities ahead of Sunday’s first-round playoff matchup. Paul, now 33 years of age, has been known as a floor general for quite some time. He sees the court like few others...
  
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• [NBA] - 'It's only one game': Utah Jazz ready to move past a lopsided Game 1 loss to James Harden and the Rockets

  15-04-2019 17:56 via sportspyder.com
  HOUSTON — Whether it’s back to the drawing board for some minor tweaks or some major changes, Ricky Rubio has full confidence in the man with the marker in his hand.The Utah Jazz opened their
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - NBA Power Rankings: The Utah Jazz end on a high note

  15-04-2019 17:15 via sportspyder.com
  How does the media view the Jazz at the end of the regular season?
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Video: Rockets’ Chris Paul walks out of presser with all question directed at James Harden

  15-04-2019 17:13 via sportspyder.com
  The Houston Rockets handily took Game 1 of their first-round playoffs matchup against the fifth-seeded Utah Jazz, 122-90. Following the huge win, all eyes (and ears) were on MVP frontrunner James Harden in the post-game press conference. So much so,...
  
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• Salt Lake City Police are investigating a possible homicide

  15-04-2019 16:54
  Police investigating a report of gunshots found a man’s body in the middle of Wenco Drive early Monday morning.Few details are available but, according to Salt Lake Police, they responded to the area of 1580 South and 1000 West at about 4:30 a.m. and found the man dead in the street. Police said it has not been determined how he died.
  Update on Homicide on Wenco Drive this morning 4/15/19Posted by SLC Police on Monday, April 15, 2019“We’re still trying to identify who this indi
  
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• It’s Tax Day. If you’ve procrastinated, there are some things you should know.

  15-04-2019 16:43
  Monday is Tax Day, offering plenty of chances for agony and ecstasy.Some merchants offer deals or freebies to ease the pain. Taxpayer groups perhaps increase misery with reports showing just how long it takes to work off tax bills. And the U.S. Postal Service urges care in filing to avoid penalties.Income tax returns are due by midnight if filed online and require a Monday postmark if filed by mail. Filers may obtain an automatic extension, if needed, by filing for one by the deadline.The U.S. P
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Former Weber State runner Sarah Sellers stunned the sports world in 2018. Here's what she's planning on for this year's Boston Marathon

  15-04-2019 16:38 via sportspyder.com
  Also, Kyle Korver's essay on white privilege is still making an impact across the country, plus Kyle Kuzma's favorite Utes basketball player and a Supreme Court justice writes a letter to an Utah...
  
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• Morning links: Former Weber State runner Sarah Sellers stunned the sports world in 2018. Here's what she's planning on for this year's Boston Marathon

  15-04-2019 16:34
  FILE: Sarah Sellers, a former Ogden High and Weber State runner, finished second in the 2018 Boston Marathon.Provided by Sarah Sellers SALT LAKE CITY — Basically, marathon runners fall into two divisions: The professionals who train full-time with the help of sponsors and the amateurs who train during their spare time.Sarah Sellers broke the mold and stunned the world with a second-place finish at the 2018 Boston Marathon.The 27-year-old former Ogden High and Weber State runner had an inju
  
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• Political Cornflakes: An insider’s guide to the Mueller report’s coming release

  15-04-2019 15:53
  Happy Monday! The Mueller report is coming, in whatever redacted form it may arrive. From the moment it drops, the scramble will be on — to defend the president, to plan new lines of attack, or to put this whole big crazy story into the wider context of American history. So much material released all at once raises the question of how to dig in on something so dense, with so much buildup, where the feeding frenzy will be instant among the cable TV chattering classes and Twitter piranhas. [
  
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• Commentary: Don’t make your family guess your health care wishes

  15-04-2019 15:12
  Imagine you are in an accident or a sudden illness leaves you unable to speak for yourself. Your loved one or caregiver may be faced with a difficult decision about whether to continue life-saving measures. How does that person know what to do?Discuss, decide and document. These are three important steps to take to ensure your future care preferences are known and remove a burden from your family. April 15 to April 19 is National Healthcare Decisions Week – a time to educate and empower pe
  
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• Letter: Pay isn’t the only reason Utah teachers aren’t staying

  15-04-2019 15:00
  While I completely agree with the article "New push targets teacher shortage" in the April 10 edition of The Salt Lake Tribune, about a group that is researching teacher pay, I think we need to also address the complexities new teachers face when they enter the classroom.There are at least two other critical factors that I believe would increase teacher retention and longevity. As a retired teacher of more than 30 years in Utah, teaching in the classroom and mentoring new teachers and interns, I
  
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• Letter: Mitt Romney needs to step up to lead the Republicans

  15-04-2019 15:00
  Sen. Mitt Romney, in 2016 you wrote an eloquent epistle denouncing Donald Trump. I was heartened. Then came the Deer Valley powwow with all the top Republicans where it was apparently decided that the smart money supported Trump.You could still turn around. You could still fill the late Sen. John McCain’s shoes as the moral leader of the Republican Senate by standing against Trump.As I understand your church to say, perhaps you could save the Constitution from an uncertain fate. It may wel
  
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• Letter: I want what Mitt Romney’s got

  15-04-2019 15:00
  I, like a great many Americans, have reached that threshold of life where we are retired, but not yet ready for the scrapheap.We are the baby boomers, the designated cause of everything that is wrong with America, the reason for the high cost of medical care. We suck up Social Security funds, no longer pay our fair share of income taxes, and don’t have much interest in Twitter, Facebook, cloud computing, nor, God forbid, the Kardashians.But I would like to serve my country as a United Stat
  
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• Letter: A version of Marshall Plan is in order regarding Central America

  15-04-2019 15:00
  It seems as though one of the functions of this forum is to provide a place where readers can state a problem, and then put forth idealistic solutions. Like call your representative. Or vote the bums out. Keeping in that vein, I have an unrealistic idea concerning the refugees at our border.Following World War II, the U.S. addressed the aftermath of the war in Europe where several countries were in ruin and faced starvation. The Marshall Plan was created, where in a little over four years we pum
  
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• Letter: The Jazz have made a long winter very memorable

  15-04-2019 14:58
  So, the Utah Jazz. What a great year. No, wonderful year! Wow! Thanks for all your hard work and so many fun games.Thanks for the message that you have delivered this year, that you guys really like your teammates. It comes over to us, the fans.I have also noticed that you stay on the floor after the game and visit with the other members. You guys have a lot of class.You are a unique bunch of great young men. All of you guys are so special, talented and just amazing to watch. Thanks to the coach
  
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• Letter: Which idea of heaven shapes the argument?

  15-04-2019 14:55
  After reading Lesley Butterfield’s April 11 commentary, I was reminded of a recent conversation I had with a gentleman from out of state.In a polite, but matter-of-fact tone, he explained his belief that my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which he used to be a member of, is a cult, that the teachings found within my church are not biblical, and in fact are devilish. He then proceeded to warn me that, unless I fully rejected my church’s teachings and became a
  
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• There’s a new top prosecutor in Utah County, and he says he’ll reform the criminal justice system — or fail trying

  15-04-2019 14:00
  Provo • It’s been 15 years, but David Leavitt’s eyes still well with tears when he recounts sitting in a cramped holding cell listening to a man scream in anger, shrieks that eventually turned into sobs.Leavitt had just spent the past three weeks defending the man in a federal trial. A jury debated for 10 hours before convicting his client of a crime that would send him to prison for life.Almost two dozen of the man’s associates had cut deals to avoid harsh sentences. All
  
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• Tax Day arrives. If you’ve procrastinated, there are some things you should know.

  15-04-2019 14:00
  Monday is Tax Day, offering plenty of chances for agony and ecstasy.Some merchants offer deals or freebies to ease the pain. Taxpayer groups perhaps increase misery with reports showing just how long it takes to work off tax bills. And the U.S. Postal Service urges care in filing to avoid penalties.Income tax returns are due by midnight if filed online and require a Monday postmark if filed by mail. Filers may obtain an automatic extension, if needed, by filing for one by the deadline.The U.S. P
  
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• Medicaid expansion may cover birth control for thousands more Utah women. Unwanted pregnancies, abortions will decrease, advocates say.

  15-04-2019 14:00
  While anti-abortion measures in the recent legislative session spurred emotional debate, attracted lots of media coverage and in the last week drew a legal challenge, lawmakers took other, mostly-under-the-radar actions that could result in hundreds fewer abortions in the state.Access to contraception has quietly expanded over the past few months in Utah, thanks to changes in Medicaid coverage and the rollout of a new statewide reproductive health initiative.Physician Ray Ward, who doubles as a
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Video: Jazz guard Ricky Rubio’s bizarre defense on James Harden goes viral

  15-04-2019 09:00 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz strategy against the Houston Rockets’ James Harden seems to be a conscious and deliberate effort in preventing his patented stepback jumpers and forcing him to go inside. Unfortunately for Ricky Rubio, his intentions may be a little...
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz know they have to make adjustments heading into Game 2

  15-04-2019 08:38 via sportspyder.com
  Utah's gameplan didn't work as planned on Sunday in Game 1 loss.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Triple Team: Jazz’s unusual defensive strategy against James Harden and Rockets doesn’t work this time, while the offense can’t get going either

  15-04-2019 08:27 via sportspyder.com
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 122-90 loss to the Houston Rockets from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.
  
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