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• Rachel Held Evans, progressive Christian author who challenged evangelicals, dies at 37

  05-05-2019 23:43
  Rachel Held Evans, a best-selling Christian author who was unafraid to wade into fierce theological battles over issues such as the role of women, science, LGBTQ issues and politics on her blog and social media, died Saturday, after spending weeks in the hospital for an infection. She was 37.Her husband, Dan, who has been writing health updates, wrote on her blog on Saturday that she had been weaned from an induced coma, but swelling in her brain was not survivable."This entire experience is sur
  
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• Leonid Bershidsky: This is the best way to tax Google and Facebook

  05-05-2019 23:00
  It's only a matter of time before European countries start taxing tech multinationals, first individually and then in a coordinated way. The question really is how digital taxes will work, and so far, the Czech Republic appears to have the best idea.It became clear in March that France's push for a Europe-wide tax on Big Tech's local revenues would fail for now. Germany torpedoed it because of fears of U.S. retaliation against European multinationals, especially German carmakers, and the Europea
  
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• Russia: Airport says rough landing started plane fire that killed 13

  05-05-2019 22:26
  Moscow • Thirteen people were killed Sunday in a fiery airplane accident at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, a spokeswoman for the Russian Investigative Committee said.The Sukhoi SSJ100 operated by national airline Aeroflot had 73 passengers and five crew members on board when it touched down and sped down a runway spewing huge flames and black smoke.Video footage showed desperate passengers leaping out of the plane onto an inflatable evacuation slide and staggering across the airport's
  
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• Complaining about the pace of trade talks, Trump says he will raise tariffs on Chinese goods

  05-05-2019 20:08
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will increase tariffs on Chinese imports on Friday, unexpectedly setting what appears to be a new deadline to produce a comprehensive deal or trigger an escalation of the U.S.-China trade war.Just days before Chinese negotiators are scheduled to arrive in Washington, the president threatened to increase tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods from 10 percent to 25 percent on Friday and levy a new 25 percent fee on all remaining
  
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• Commentary: What happened to Latter-day Saint fasting?

  05-05-2019 18:04
  It’s fast Sunday, and I’m genuinely looking forward to it.I have an alert in my phone to remind me to skip my breakfast cereal.I have a personal situation to pray about that has reached St. Jude-like levels of desperation.And I am excited that this fast Sunday happens to fall on the first day of Ramadan, which means that, in my own tiny way, I can experience solidarity (and mutual bad breath) with my Muslim brothers and sisters around the world.All systems would appear to be “g
  
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• How will Utah replace linebackers Chase Hansen and Cody Barton? The Utes have some answers.

  05-05-2019 17:25
  Utah’s football program may never have another linebacking tandem as productive as Cody Barton and Chase Hansen. But the Utes hoped their performances will inspire their replacements, and there’s evidence of that happening.Devin Lloyd became Utah’s most improved defensive player in spring practice, defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley said. Coming into his sophomore season, Lloyd has made it apparent that senior Francis Bernard will have to earn a starting job in August, after
  
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• Derek Monson: Utah families need transparent pricing of health care, prescriptions

  05-05-2019 17:18
  Democratic presidential candidates are aspiring to replace private health coverage with Medicare. Utah’s Republican-controlled state Legislature recently passed some 26 new health care laws, reforming things ranging from health insurance and Medicaid to prescription drugs and medical bills. Meanwhile, the cost of treating basic illnesses, chronic diseases and common injuries grows ever-more-expensive.These developments leave Utahns wondering: Will my family be able to access health care in
  
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• New BYU men’s basketball coach Mark Pope wants to expand international recruiting, but he best beware of the pitfalls

  05-05-2019 17:16
  Provo • It was one of the first questions new BYU basketball coach Mark Pope fielded at his introductory news conference back on April 10, right after queries about his probable assistant coaches, his emotional departure from Utah Valley and whether the resources and talent are in place for him to succeed right away.Will the former NBA journeyman look overseas — where he played a couple of seasons in his nine-year professional career — for players to bolster a program that has s
  
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• Commentary: The invisible heritage of Native Americans is threatened

  05-05-2019 16:19
  This is a terrible time in history to be Native American. And that is really saying something.I was elected to represent New Mexico in Congress in 1982 because of the Native American vote. I’ve always respected the traditions of Native Americans and I feel a certain obligation to speak out because our government has forgotten them and failed them over and over again.I was recently in the Chaco Canyon area of northwestern New Mexico. Chaco is a World Heritage Site that bursts with cultural
  
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• Commentary: Lawmakers should do more to hear the voice of the people

  05-05-2019 16:15
  Vox Populi, literally translates as “the voice of the people.” Every day during the 2019 legislative session, I saw that phrase on the wall above the head of the speaker of the House.This was my first session as a member of the House of Representatives, and it was a lot to digest. The pace is exhausting, the energy is incredible and the process is intense. And every day, while trying to be the best representative for my district, I wrestled with what that phrase meant in my new role:
  
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• Stephen Trimble: The natural antidote to Trumpamine

  05-05-2019 16:09
  New ideas get stuck in loops in my brain. I learn about a cool science story and want to overshare at dinner parties. Alas, the same happens with the daily political news.My job as a writer in these challenging times is to synthesize, to respond. But I get dragged down by Donald Trump’s rants and tweets, by the scheming and lying described in the Mueller report. All that distress and dismay, day after day, brings me to a state of stupefaction.Writer Hampton Sides has discovered the mood-al
  
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• Commentary: Using county jails doesn’t work for Utah corrections

  05-05-2019 16:08
  This past summer I worked as an intern at the Alliance for a Better Utah, where I helped research counties in rural Utah in order to compile data into a report contrasting the economic profiles of Utah’s rural and urban counties. I gathered information about small rural counties and their unemployment rates, as well as their primary sources of income. What struck me most about these counties, especially the most remote ones, was the role the jail system plays in the counties’ income.
  
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• Kirby: Joseph Smith’s Carthage gun, Nauvoo’s ‘Old Sow’ cannon — now that’s my kind of religion

  05-05-2019 16:06
  Irony in life cannot be measured. A month after being ordered off LDS Church property for saying I had a gun when I didn’t, I was invited back onto church property and actually given a gun. Several, in fact.The sponsor for my latest visit was an actual general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. By way of thanking him for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I shall refer to him only as Elder C. Neutruch.First, because that’s not his real name, and he doesn&
  
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• A sentencing delay is just the latest hold-up in the decade-old saga of convicted real estate fraudster Rick Koerber

  05-05-2019 16:05
  It’s been 10 years since federal prosecutors first slapped prominent Utah real estate investment guru Rick Koerber with an indictment alleging he ran a Ponzi scheme and defrauded everyone around him while he enjoyed a lavish lifestyle.And after a tortuous path of dropped charges, a hung jury and finally a conviction last fall, it was all supposed to end this week as Koerber would be sentenced for fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.But it’s not ending.The sentencing for Koerber is
  
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• Leonard Pitts: ‘Dying of whiteness’

  05-05-2019 14:30
  This is a column about saving whiteness. It’s precipitated by an incident last Saturday at a bookstore in Washington.Seems that author Jonathan M. Metzl was giving a presentation when a group of white nationalists barged in. They formed a phalanx between him and the audience, and one of them harangued the crowd with an electric bullhorn, something about the white working class being asked to "trade their homeland for handouts." The group chanted, "This land is our land." They filed out, to
  
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• Here’s where to enjoy transcontinental railroad art and history for weeks to come in Utah

  05-05-2019 14:05
  Utah will mark the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad with gatherings, plays, music, film screenings and fireworks around the state this week.On Friday, Jupiter and No. 119 replica steam engines will meet at Golden Spike National Historic Site, re-creating the May 10, 1869, ceremony held as the nation was first united by rail. Part of that celebration — including the performance of the musical “As One” — will be broadcast by KSL-Channel 5 and the Utah Educ
  
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• ‘Diverse and inclusive’: This Utah art exhibit explores the innovation and the painful impact of the transcontinental railroad

  05-05-2019 14:01
  Spring City artist Cassandria Parsons knew her grandfather worked on the renowned transcontinental railroad. But she didn’t learn about the hard labor Sui Lin Wong and other Chinese workers endured until she created a painting honoring him, now part of an exhibit marking the sesquicentennial of the line that united the nation in 1869.“In a way, it was quite overwhelming,” Parsons said. “I learned about my own history through this project.”Parsons has seen only one p
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ is horrific and devastating. You should watch it.

  05-05-2019 14:00
  However bad you think the Chernobyl nuclear disaster was, it was worse. And HBO’s five-part miniseries about it is the grimmest thing you’ll see on TV this year.Re-creations of men dying of radiation poisoning are absolutely horrific. Stomach churning. They make all the violence and death on “Game of Thrones” pale by comparison.“Chernobyl” recounts what came perilously close to being the worst “accident” in human history. It could have wiped out mi
  
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• Park City’s Vessel Kitchen opens new Midvale location and has restaurants planned in Sandy and Salt Lake City’s 9th and 9th

  05-05-2019 14:00
  When the co-owners of Park City’s Vessel Kitchen were planning their new restaurant, their goal was to serve served food made with high-quality ingredients at an affordable price.And they wanted to get the food out fast.If their “intuition was right” and they could pull off their fast-casual concept in Kimball Junction, they knew there would be opportunities to expand beyond the Utah ski town.Fast-forward three years and the partners — Nick Gradinger, Brian Reeder and exe
  
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• Letter: There is truth in humor

  05-05-2019 14:00
  Have you noticed that Republicans don’t smile much?Look at Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Chris Stewart; grumps in my estimation.Denial of the strange forces that are eroding our world could be the cause. Denial in Utah, the West, America, all oceans and continents. I’m talking about the change in nature, global warming if you will. Protection of the oil industry or degradation of national treasures, such as trashing of Native American treasures in San Juan County or the grimness of hurrican
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: I never had a sibling, so how can I teach my kids to like each other?

  05-05-2019 14:00
  Dear Ann Cannon • I’m an only child raising three really great teenagers (seriously, they’re pretty cool). As experienced parents can attest (also well documented in “The Birth Order” book), our first two are close in age and COMPLETE opposites. The middle, introverted child is unassuming but rarely agrees to do anything others enjoy (and is miserable when it’s time to compromise). The other two are gregarious, which can feel pushy to others, and impatient when
  
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• Ashton: What could go wrong with a robotic bartender?

  05-05-2019 14:00
  Last week, I went to a new restaurant that was eerily short on customers. And a menu.Even the few employees acted as if they were confused as to why anyone would show up asking to be fed.It reminded me of a night back in 2002, when I was in London, studying for my master’s degree. My then-husband and I were perusing Time Out, a popular magazine that featured all of the latest hot spots. They mentioned a cool new place, Cynthia’s Cyber Bar, that featured a robotic bartender and excell
  
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• Alvarez holds on for unanimous decision over Jacobs in middleweight title clash

  05-05-2019 07:16
  Las Vegas • Canelo Alvarez added another belt to his collection Saturday night, outworking Daniel Jacobs over 12 rounds to win a unanimous decision in their middleweight title unification fight.Alvarez was the more active fighter early and held on late to win a close but unanimous decision in the 160-pound showdown before a pro-Alvarez crowd on the Las Vegas Strip.Two ringside judges scored it 115-113, while the third had it 116-112. The Associated Press scored it 115-113 in favor of Alvar
  
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• Military called out to investigate a reported WWII-era bomb in Salt Lake City house

  05-05-2019 06:49
  A Salt Lake City woman cleaning out her garage Saturday called police when she thought she found a WWII-era bomb.Salt Lake City police ended up calling in the military to check out the device, which they later determined was only a practice round and was inert, FOX 13 reports.Police told FOX 13 the woman’s husband served in WWII and had brought home other items, like old shells, but she thought this device looked dangerous so she called 911 for help.For more, visit FOX 13.Editor’s no
  
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• Real Salt Lake loses second in a row, 2-1 to Portland Timbers

  05-05-2019 06:24
  Sandy • Sam Johnson didn’t want to talk to about his goal.The Real Salt Lake striker brought in to help the team’s attack did what he’s paid to do Saturday against the Portland Timbers, but it wasn’t enough in the 2-1 loss at Rio Tinto Stadium.When asked to describe the sequence that led to his third goal of the season, he instead talked about went wrong for RSL, which lost its second straight game and second at home this season.“I’m not really happy scor
  
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• California to review sex-abuse responses of all 12 dioceses

  05-05-2019 06:09
  Los Angeles •The California attorney general’s office will review how all 12 Roman Catholic dioceses in the state handled allegations of child sexual abuse that have resulted in payouts of hundreds of millions of dollars to victims.Attorney General Xavier Becerra sent out letters to the dioceses on Thursday, Sacramento diocese spokesman Kevin Eckery told the Sacramento Bee.The letters ask diocese to voluntarily preserve documents relating to abuse allegations involving clergy, staffer
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Six snipers the Utah Jazz could pursue in 2019 free agency

  05-05-2019 05:33 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz's lack of 3-point shooting reared its ugly head in this year's postseason and is an area they'll have to improve during free agency. Ask any ...
  
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• Six snipers the Utah Jazz could pursue in 2019 free agency

  05-05-2019 05:25
  The Utah Jazz’s lack of 3-point shooting reared its ugly head in this year’s postseason and is an area they’ll have to improve during free agency. Ask any Utah Jazz fan what their team needs to upgrade this offseason, and they’re almost certain to mention 3-point shooting as one of the top priorities. That couldn’t […]
  Six snipers the Utah Jazz could pursue in 2019 free agency - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Changing water flow leads to more bugs in Grand Canyon

  05-05-2019 04:22
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • Ted Kennedy sums up what he sees along the river in the Grand Canyon: “It’s buggy out there.”That is to say, an experiment to change the flow of water from a dam near the Arizona-Utah state line appeared to boost the number of aquatic insects that fish in the Colorado River eat.Scientists are hoping to better understand those results with a second bug flow experiment that started this month and will run through August. They found that releasing low, stea
  
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• [KSL] - Your newest NBA draft crush: Campbell's Chris Clemons

  05-05-2019 04:15 via sportspyder.com
  Chris Clemons is shorter than most draft prospects. He's also way more entertaining than most, too.
  
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• Country House makes history and wins Kentucky Derby after Maximum Security is disqualified

  05-05-2019 04:07
  Louisville, Ky. • Maximum Security led the Kentucky Derby every step of the way except for the last one — into the winner’s circle.The colt became the first winner disqualified for interference in the Derby's 145-year history, leading to an agonizing wait and an eventual stunning reversal that made 65-1 shot Country House the winner Saturday.Country House finished second in the slop before objections were raised, causing a 20-minute delay while stewards repeatedly reviewed sever
  
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• More than 200 rockets fired into Israel from Gaza; Israel responds, killing 4

  05-05-2019 03:26
  Jerusalem • Militants in Gaza fired more than 250 rockets into southern Israel on Saturday, and Israel responded with airstrikes and artillery fire, ending weeks of relative calm and threatening efforts to forge a long-term truce.Palestinians said at least four people, including a pregnant woman and a baby, were killed by Israeli strikes.In Israel, rocket sirens blared, and thousands of Israeli civilians — as far as 30 miles from Gaza — spent the day in or close to bomb shelter
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Who will and won’t be back next season?

  05-05-2019 03:19 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz could be in for a lot of changes this summer. With such being the case, who will remain on the roster and who will be elsewhere in 2019-20? S...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Who will and won’t be back next season?

  05-05-2019 03:11
  The Utah Jazz could be in for a lot of changes this summer. With such being the case, who will remain on the roster and who will be elsewhere in 2019-20? Sad though it is to take for most Utah Jazz fans, rather than enjoy their team thrive in the NBA Playoffs, they’re left to […]
  Utah Jazz: Who will and won’t be back next season? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Country House wins Kentucky Derby in stunner after Maximum Security is disqualified

  05-05-2019 02:05
  Louisville, Ky. • Maximum Security led all the way in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, only to become the first apparent winner disqualified for interference in the race’s 145-year history. After a long wait, 65-1 shot Country House was declared the winner.Country House finished second in the slop before an objection was raised, causing a lengthy delay while stewards repeatedly reviewed several angles of video footage, before he was elevated into the winner’s circle.The stunning
  
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• CDC urges helmet use to prevent severe head injuries while riding scooters

  05-05-2019 02:02
  Head trauma tops the list of severe injuries involving the use of electric scooters — injuries that in many cases could have been prevented with the use of a helmet, according to an investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Austin public health department.Almost half of the riders identified in the study had a severe injury, such as a broken leg, and half reported that a surface condition such as a pothole or crack in the street may have contributed to their i
  
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• George F. Will: ‘Heartbeat bills’ are wholesome provocations in abortion debate

  05-05-2019 02:00
  Washington • While constitutional lawyers, ethicists and theologians — in descending order of importance in the abortion debate — have been arguing in the 46 years since the Supreme Court attempted to settle the debate, some technologists have been making a consequential contribution to it. They have developed machines that produce increasingly vivid sonograms of fetal development. This concreteness partially explains the intensification of the debate.Six states have passed &ldq
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - One of NCAA's all-time leading scorers headlines Utah Jazz's first predraft workout of 2019

  05-05-2019 01:12 via sportspyder.com
  Chris Clemons was joined by five other draft hopefuls on Saturday at the Zions Bank Basketball Campus.
  
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• Utah Republicans elect Derek Brown as chairman to lead all-new team of GOP officers vowing unity and focus

  05-05-2019 01:03
  Orem • The Utah Republican Party’s next chairman will be Derek Brown, following a decisive election victory Saturday at the party’s organizing convention at Utah Valley University where delegates ushered in a complete turnover of elected officers.Brown, a former state lawmaker who previously worked as deputy chief of staff to Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, earned 62 percent of the delegates’ vote on a single round of voting that included four candidates. Brown’s victory was
  
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• One of NCAA's all-time leading scorers headlines Utah Jazz's first predraft workout of 2019

  05-05-2019 00:56
  FILE: Campbell University guard Chris Clemons readies to pass the basketball against Presbyterian College in the second half of an NCAA basketball game Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 in Buies Creek, N.C.APSALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz are certainly one of the more thorough teams in the NBA as far as how they prepare for the annual NBA draft, as they regularly bring in nearly 100 prospects for predraft workouts.The Jazz held their first workout of 2019 on Saturday at the Zions Bank Basketball Cam
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Jazz Notes: Favors, Ingles, Sefolosha, Udoh

  05-05-2019 00:23 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz have until July 6 to decide whether to keep Derrick Favors for another season, but the 27-year-old power …
  
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• NCAA’s third-all-time leading scorer among those in Jazz’s first predraft workout session this offseason

  05-05-2019 00:20
  Offseason? What offseason? Less than a week and half after being eliminated from the 2018-19 NBA playoffs, Jazz brass were assembled at the Zions Bank Basketball Campus practice facility on Saturday afternoon, starting the arduous process of trying to upgrade the roster by running through the first of many predraft workout sessions to come this summer.After several years of bringing in anyone and everyone, the Jazz last summer became a bit more focused and selective in their search for collegiat
  
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