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• The Utah man who killed a city worker over complaints about his messy lawn will never get out of prison

  06-05-2019 23:57
  Kevin Billings will never get out of prison for killing West Valley City code-enforcement officer Jill Robinson, but on the day of his sentencing, the woman’s family members questioned whether it was truly justice.How could someone who ambushed and gunned down a stranger, upset over something as trivial as a messy yard, be allowed to live out the rest of his life?How can he still see and talk to his children, while they can only visit a gravesite?“Nothing can bring her back,” d
  
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - Four potential Ricky Rubio landing spots in free agency

  06-05-2019 23:42 via sportspyder.com
  HoopsHype breaks down four potential destinations in 2019 free agency for Utah Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio.
  
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• Four potential Ricky Rubio landing spots in free agency

  06-05-2019 23:40
  In the modern NBA, you need a strong point guard to even have a chance to compete. Without one, you’re lost.
  One of the top options set to come available this offseason in free agency is Utah Jazz floor general Ricky Rubio, who will receive a good amount of interest from teams lacking an adequate lead ball-handler. Rubio is coming off a season in which he averaged 12.7 points, 6.1 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.2 triples nightly on 40.4 percent shooting, and helped play an important role o
  
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• Wanna marry a Mormon millionaire? Utah billboards pitch a matchmaking event with a secret Latter-day Saint bachelor

  06-05-2019 23:26
  On June 7, at an as-yet-undisclosed location, a group of 15 to 20 women will have the chance to meet, become acquainted with and potentially date a wealthy, Latter-day Saint mystery bachelor.Drivers on Interstate 15 may have already noticed the billboards in Salt Lake County and Utah County promoting the event, featuring the image of a hand holding out an engagement ring and the words “LDS Millionaire looking for his wife.”The matchmaking event is real, and sincere, said Erin Schurtz
  
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• After President Trump reduced the monument by 85%, what remains of Bears Ears?

  06-05-2019 23:25
  San Juan County • For the past 13,000 years, humans have inhabited this part of the West.They carved arrowheads from stone and hunted giant sloths. They learned to farm corn and created communities on the mesa tops. They scratched and painted images onto rocks and reused and remixed what was left by earlier generations.For 11 months, the rich legacy of this region was federally protected. It’s not clear who will be its steward now.The stories of these earlier peoples are still here, t
  
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• Salt Lake City police explain how a handcuffed man fell over a stair railing and died two weeks later

  06-05-2019 23:23
  An April domestic violence call ended with a man falling over a railing while handcuffed and he died two weeks later from head injuries, Salt Lake City police said Monday as they released body camera footage of the arrest.The footage, taken April 7, shows Robert Martinez, 38, being escorted out of his apartment by police. He takes four steps alongside an officer, then seems to lean over the railing. One of the officers is heard to say “Oh, s- - -“ when Martinez goes over the railing,
  
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• The roster appears to be set and the Utes have never had a basketball team this young

  06-05-2019 23:09
  Utah basketball appears to have the youngest roster in the program’s history after the signing of junior college guard Alfonso Plummer.The 6-foot-1 Plummer, from Puerto Rico via Arizona Western College, will join junior forward Donnie Tillman as the Utes’ oldest players, assuming that senior Jayce Johnson follows through on his plans to depart as a graduate transfer. Utah’s list of 13 scholarship players would include those two juniors, plus three sophomores, two redshirt fresh
  
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• Commentary: Why Ramadan is called Ramadan and other facts about this Muslim celebration

  06-05-2019 23:08
  Editor’s note • Mohammad Hassan Khalil, associate professor of religious studies and director of the Muslim Studies Program at Michigan State University, answers six questions about the significance of the Muslim month of fasting.Why is Ramadan called Ramadan?Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar and lasts either 29 or 30 days, depending on when the new crescent moon is (or should be) visible.The Arabic term Ramadan connotes intense heat. It seems that in pre-Islami
  
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• BYU officially has another running back — South Carolina graduate transfer Ty’Son Williams

  06-05-2019 23:02
  Provo • Three weeks after his somewhat surprising announcement that he will play for BYU in his final season of college football eligibility, South Carolina graduate transfer Ty’Son Williams has officially joined the Cougars.BYU coach Kalani Sitake announced Monday that the 6-foot, 219-pound running back is a member of the BYU football team and will be eligible to play in 2019.“Ty’Son really wants to be here at BYU,” Sitake said in a news release. “He has a str
  
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• Utah Jazz’s 2019 summer league gets a facelift

  06-05-2019 23:01
  Summer league hoops will return to Salt Lake City once again in 2019 with a new-look event hosted by the Utah Jazz. Without question, summer league basketball has become a big part of the NBA experience for hardcore fans around the globe, and perhaps no team is as responsible for fostering its growth as the […]
  Utah Jazz’s 2019 summer league gets a facelift - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• A Utah man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a West Valley City code-enforcement officer

  06-05-2019 23:00
  Kevin Billings will never get out of prison for killing West Valley City code-enforcement officer Jill Robinson, but on the day of his sentencing the woman’s family questioned whether it was truly justice.How could someone who ambushed and shot a stranger, upset over something as trivial as a messy yard, be allowed to live out the rest of his life?How can he still see and talk to his children, where they can only visit a gravesite?“Nothing can bring her back,” daughter Katie Me
  
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• Polarizing but enduring Cabinet member: Education head DeVos

  06-05-2019 22:45
  When President Donald Trump visits a school, it’s usually for a campaign rally, not a classroom tour. At his latest State of the Union address, he mentioned education just once. On Twitter, he has used the word “education” six times while in office, compared with 500 uses of the word “border.”Education, it’s safe to say, is not his top priority.Instead, Trump entrusts that realm to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who after two years has emerged as one of the
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Jazz, Ricky Rubio Facing Critical Point

  06-05-2019 22:09 via sportspyder.com
  Ricky Rubio will be an unrestricted free agent and the Jazz have a tough decision to make regarding his future. …
  
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• Pope Francis in Bulgaria says refugees need love; Orthodox stay away

  06-05-2019 21:53
  Sofia, Bulgaria • Pope Francis told refugees Monday in Bulgaria’s showcase refugee center that they are bearing the “cross of humanity” as he pressed his call for the migrant-skeptic Balkan country to welcome poor and desperate foreigners with love.On his second and final day in Bulgaria, Francis sought to encourage both refugees and the tiny Catholic community here, celebrating the sacrament of First Communion for nearly 250 children.But his efforts to warm relations with
  
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• Gaza quiet after Israel and Hamas agree to a cease-fire

  06-05-2019 21:51
  Jerusalem • The Israeli military lifted protective restrictions on residents in the south on Monday, while Gaza’s ruling Hamas militant group reported a cease-fire deal had been reached to end the deadliest fighting between the two sides since a 2014 war.The escalation had killed 25 on the Gaza side, both militants and civilians, while on the Israeli side four civilians were killed by incoming fire.The Islamic Jihad militant group, which Israel accused of instigating the latest violen
  
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• Vice President Pence praises members of black churches torched by arson

  06-05-2019 21:46
  Opelousas, La. • Vice President Mike Pence praised the parishioners of three African American churches Friday for the inspiring way they responded to the destruction of their sanctuaries by an arsonist and lamented that attacks on communities of faith have become “all too frequent.”Pence and President Donald Trump had been accused of not paying enough attention to the attacks on the churches, which authorities say were committed by the son of a sheriff’s deputy. Holden Mat
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2018-2019 Utah Jazz Season Review: Derrick Favors

  06-05-2019 21:38 via sportspyder.com
  Derrick Favors is not the problem, but the solution.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Spurs, Grizzlies, Cavaliers to join Jazz in Salt Lake City Summer League

  06-05-2019 21:37 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz’s annual four-team summer league event is back, this time branded as the Salt Lake City Summer League. Joining the Jazz this year are the San Antonio Spurs, Memphis Grizzlies and Cleveland Cavaliers.
  
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• Provo, other cities to stop relocating wandering deer

  06-05-2019 21:37
  Provo • The city of Provo is ending its urban deer relocation program.The Daily Herald reported Monday that Provo will no longer relocate deer found wandering within city limits in the wake of state officials’ decision to no longer make that an option.The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources announced last week it was stopping the relocation program because of the spread of diseases and the survival rates for relocated deer.Herriman also will stop relocating deer.Provo has been partici
  
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• Investigators probe cause of Moscow jet crash that killed 41

  06-05-2019 21:25
  Moscow • The plane that burst into flames while making an emergency landing at a Moscow airport, killing 41 of the 78 people on board, was without radio communications because of a lightning strike, Russian news media on Monday quoted the pilot as saying.The plane reportedly did not jettison any fuel before the landing, as is common procedure to reduce the weight of an aircraft that must land shortly after takeoff. It was not clear why the crew did not take the time to do that.A flight atte
  
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• Spurs, Grizzlies, Cavaliers to join Jazz in Salt Lake City Summer League

  06-05-2019 21:11
  The Utah Jazz’s annual four-team summer league event is back, this time branded as the Salt Lake City Summer League. Joining the Jazz this year are the San Antonio Spurs, Memphis Grizzlies and Cleveland Cavaliers.The three-day, six-game, round-robin program will take place July 1-3 at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Matchups will be determined at a later date, but each night will feature two games, at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively. The summer league features rookies, sophomores, select free age
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz summer showcase renamed the Salt Lake City Summer League

  06-05-2019 21:01 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz will welcome in the San Antonio Spurs, Cleveland Cavaliers and Memphis Grizzlies to Utah for the Salt Lake CIty Summer League.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - NBA summer basketball returning to Utah with a new name, new team

  06-05-2019 20:55 via sportspyder.com
  The Salt Lake City Summer League will take place July 1-3 at Vivint Arena.
  
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• [NBA] - Utah Jazz to Host Salt Lake City Summer League

  06-05-2019 20:35 via sportspyder.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (May 6, 2019) – NBA summer league basketball in Utah will take a new twist in 2019 to be renamed the Salt Lake City Summer League – a four-team, six-game event hosted by the Utah Jazz
  
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• NBA summer basketball returning to Utah with a new name, new team

  06-05-2019 20:35
  The Utah Jazz's Naz Mitrou-Long and Thomas Wilder talk on the court during a Summer League game against the Memphis Grizzlies at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, July 3, 2018.SALT LAKE CITY — Summer league basketball will take place in Utah once again in 2019, but with a few slight changes.The Utah Jazz formally announced on Monday that the Salt Lake City Summer League — previously called the Utah Jazz Summer League — will be held July 1-3 at Vivint Arena.A
  
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• Why might free agents actually join the Utah Jazz? They love coach Quin Snyder.

  06-05-2019 20:31
  It’s two days after a season that most believed ended way too soon and in walks the head coach of the Utah Jazz into a popular downtown coffee spot in Salt Lake City. He weaves around hipsters, business folk and students alike, posting up at the counter to talk with Jazz center Ekpe Udoh.If anyone there on this rainy weekday spring morning knows who the 52-year-old coach is, they’re leaving him be, letting him live his life, allowing him to decompress from another season of sleepless
  
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• Once homeless, Clearfield’s Jon Bryant leads a strong contingent of Utah boxers at the Golden Gloves

  06-05-2019 20:29
  Fourteen male and female boxers will represent the Utah-based Rocky Mountain franchise at the Golden Gloves National Tournament of Champions this week in Tennessee.All 14 have compelling stories to share, but few can say they overcame what Clearfield’s 24-year-old Jon “Bumptime” Bryant did throughout his teenage years to make it to one of the biggest stages in national amateur boxing. On his own since the age of 13, Bryant used boxing to stay on track and avoid trouble.“I
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Ranking the Jazz’s Off-Season Priorities

  06-05-2019 20:08 via sportspyder.com
  I dont use that word lightly either. Over the second half of the last two seasons, they are a combined 61-21, with the number one net rating in the entire NBA. So... The Jazz...
  
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• [Forbes] - Donovan Mitchell Set To Make Third-Year Leap For Utah Jazz

  06-05-2019 19:38 via sportspyder.com
  After a rough start and finish to his sophomore campaign in the NBA, Donovan Mitchell will be hungry in Year 3.
  
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• LDS Church changes policy about civil ceremonies and temple sealings, making way for more family members to be part of weddings

  06-05-2019 19:34
  Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who marry in a civil ceremony no longer have to wait a year to be married in one of the faith’s temples, a major shift that could end the sometimes painful practice that prevented some parents from seeing their own children’s weddings.In a letter Monday to church leaders around the world, the governing First Presidency wrote, “Where possible, leaders should encourage couples to be both married and sealed in the temple.
  
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• One million species face extinction, U.N. panel says. And humans will suffer as a result.

  06-05-2019 17:47
  Up to 1 million plant and animal species are on the verge of extinction, with devastating implications for human survival, according to a United Nations report released Monday.The report’s findings underscore the conclusions of numerous scientific studies that say human activity is wreaking havoc on the wild kingdom, threatening the existence of everything from giant whales to small flowers and insects that are almost impossible to see with the naked eye.But the global report by the Interg
  
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• LDS Church changes policy — members who get married in civilly can be sealed in temples immediately

  06-05-2019 17:46
  Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who marry in a civil ceremony no longer have to wait a year to be married in one of the faith’s temples.In a letter Monday to church leaders around the world, the governing First Presidency wrote, “Where possible, leaders should encourage couples to be both married and sealed in the temple. Where a licensed marriage is not permitted in the temple, or when a temple marriage would cause parents or immediate family members to fe
  
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• Gay BYU graduate tells Ellen DeGeneres he feared the school’s Honor Code

  06-05-2019 17:43
  The gay BYU graduate who came out at graduation last month appears on Monday’s episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” and his comments draw further attention to Brigham Young University’s Honor Code — contradicting the narrative the Provo school is pushing.Matthew Easton gets praise and applause from the host — along with a check for $10,000.“You're a brave man,” DeGeneres tells him on her show, which airs weekdays at 3 p.m. on KUTV-Channel 2. &ldq
  
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• Commentary: Utah positions itself as a financial tech leader

  06-05-2019 17:39
  Utah has joined an elite club making financial services more innovative, competitive and responsive to people’s changing needs.House Bill 378, sponsored by Rep. Marc Roberts, R-Santaquin, and signed by Gov. Gary Herbert in March, made Utah the third state to establish a “regulatory sandbox” for next-generation financial products.Services like Venmo, the popular cashless transfer app, are changing things for the better, but some can’t get past regulations designed for anot
  
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• A Utah man is expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a West Valley City code-enforcement officer

  06-05-2019 17:15
  The man who shot and killed a West Valley City code-enforcement worker last summer is expected to be sentenced Monday morning.Kevin Wayne Billings admitted in February that he shot Jill Robinson in his driveway Aug. 8 before lighting her body and a truck on fire.He pleaded guilty to first-degree felony aggravated murder, along with charges of aggravated arson, arson and aggravated cruelty to an animal.According to plea agreement documents, it is expected that Billings will be sentenced Monday to
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Friends forever? Jazz have big decision to make with Ricky Rubio, backcourt

  06-05-2019 17:04 via sportspyder.com
  "One thing I’m going to look at for sure is going to be the best situation with me, with the coach and the team."
  
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• Friends forever? Jazz have big decision to make with Ricky Rubio, backcourt

  06-05-2019 16:56
  Utah Jazz guard Ricky Rubio (3) guards Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018.Spenser Heaps, Deseret NewsUtah Jazz guard Ricky Rubio (3) looks for an open teammate as the Utah Jazz and the Phoenix Suns play in an NBA basketball game at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. Utah won 116-99.Scott G Winterton, Deseret NewsUtah Jazz guard Ricky Rubio (3) waits for the start of a play as
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan welcome a boy

  06-05-2019 16:30
  Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, welcomed a baby boy on Monday.Baby Sussex is seventh in line of the throne and Queen Elizabeth II’s eighth great-grandchild.The baby is also half-American and may choose to hold dual nationality, as Meghan, a California native, remains a U.S. citizen while waiting for her British citizenship to be approved.An announcement from Buckingham Palace said the baby was delivered at 5:26 a.m. and weighed 7 lbs 3 oz.A name will be announced soon.The
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Our Utah Jazz are Fun!

  06-05-2019 16:04 via sportspyder.com
  Its the off-season. Almost two weeks into it, what are our Jazz up to?
  
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• Biden casts self as someone who can take out Trump

  06-05-2019 15:41
  Columbia, S.C. • Twenty of his rivals have lined up to run for president, believing the race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination was wide open. But one week after launching his campaign, former Vice President Joe Biden is threatening to prove them wrong.His liabilities may be glaring, but the 76-year-old lifelong politician has quickly emerged as the front-runner in the crowded contest by dominating the debate that matters most to many voters: electability.Biden's chief
  
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• Buckingham Palace says Meghan Markle is in labor

  06-05-2019 15:19
  London • Buckingham Palace says Prince Harry’s wife Meghan is in labor with their first child.The palace says the 37-year-old Duchess of Sussex started labor early Monday.She and 34-year-old Harry didn't disclose the location they chose for the birth. Throughout Meghan's pregnancy, they never revealed the baby's due date. They have said they didn't find out the sex in advance.The couple married at Windsor Castle last year. They have moved into nearby Frogmore Cottage, a royal residenc
  
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• Departing Ute MyKayla Skinner may return to Huntsman Center for USA Gymnastics’ American Classic next month

  06-05-2019 15:15
  MyKayla Skinner’s days of competing in the Huntsman Center might not be behind her just yet.Skinner, the Utah junior who announced she doesn’t plan to return to the Utes next season if it appears she can land a spot on the 2020 Olympic team, is likely to compete in the Utes’ home arena in June in USA Gymnastics’ American Classic.The competition, scheduled for June 22, is a qualifying meet for the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Kansas City, Mo., in August.In additio
  
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• Political cornflakes: Trump prepares to confer presidential honor on golfer Tiger Woods, his hero and business ally

  06-05-2019 15:11
  Happy Monday!President Donald Trump today is slated to bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom upon golfer Tiger Woods, who has long lent his celebrity glow to the businessman’s global properties. Trump has named a villa after Woods at the Trump National Doral Miami and in 2014 asked the golfer to design a course in Dubais as part of a luxury megaproject. Trump is awarding Woods the medal of freedom in honor of his Masters victory last month. [NYTimes]Topping the news: Utah Republicans el
  
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• Commentary: Clean Slate Law opens doors for those who’ve earned it

  06-05-2019 15:10
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert recently signed into law Utah’s Clean Slate bill, House Bill 431, legislation that I filed to help thousands of eligible Utahans expunge old criminal records. The bill, which received tremendous support from the governor and the Legislature, will give people who have paid their debt to society the chance they’ve earned to leave their past in the past.The Clean Slate Law gives our citizens a means of efficiently expunging records of old convictions or arrests fo
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: Put privacy in your own hands, not Facebook’s

  06-05-2019 15:00
  Last week, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg used the company's annual Silicon Valley confab to announce that "the future is private."In one of the most awkward moments I've ever seen captured on video, he smiled broadly as he tried to joke about the supposed change of direction."I know that we don't exactly have the strongest reputation on privacy right now, to put it lightly," he said.No, Zuck, you don't. Facebook is facing more than a dozen international investigations into its history of priv
  
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• Commentary: Medicare for All is the right road to take

  06-05-2019 15:00
  I share primary care physician Dr. Douglas Douville’s concern about the 2020 election, but I disagree with his opinion that support for Medicare for All will lead to rejection of Democratic candidates at the polls.He states that 70% of people are happy with their health insurance coverage. I believe 70% of people are happy to have health coverage, though it is chosen by their employers, not by them. A Kaiser Family Foundation study found that households with incomes of $50,000 for a family
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz should go after Kemba Walker with everything they’ve got

  06-05-2019 14:19 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz need to make upgrades this offseason and as they look to get aggressive, they should go after Kemba Walker above anyone else. As Utah Jazz fa...
  
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• Utah Jazz should go after Kemba Walker with everything they’ve got

  06-05-2019 14:00
  The Utah Jazz need to make upgrades this offseason and as they look to get aggressive, they should go after Kemba Walker above anyone else. As Utah Jazz fans, we’ve all heard the narratives before. Free agents don’t want to come to Salt Lake City. This team never lands top talent in the offseason. No […]
  Utah Jazz should go after Kemba Walker with everything they’ve got - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• How the wife of Mormonism’s most-famous black man played a part in the priesthood-temple ban that would last a century

  06-05-2019 14:00
  Elijah Able may be the most well-known black man in Mormon history as one of only a few who were ordained to the faith’s all-male lay priesthood in the 19th century.From Able’s ordination as an elder in 1836 until The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ ban on black men and boys in the priesthood was lifted in 1978, the faith-filled African American “stands as a witness,” writes historian W. Paul Reeve at centuryofblackmormons.org “to what Mormonism l
  
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• Gehrke: How will Utah’s police respond now that an audit shows mistakes in handling evidence

  06-05-2019 14:00
  Last October, a Weber County evidence technician admitted she had ripped open envelopes she was supposed to safeguard and eaten the methamphetamine inside.This technician, who was later sentenced to six months in jail, literally devoured crucial evidence in at least 20 and perhaps as many as 60 drug cases, according to investigators.It was a sensational case, got headlines across the state and I’m sure made lots of people ask: “People eat meth?”But a review by Utah State Audito
  
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