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• Hildale mayor hopes new factory, attracted by state incentives, will change its reputation as a polygamist hub

  09-05-2019 23:56
  Any rural town would cheer news that the state cut a deal to attract a new factory that promises 90 high-paying jobs. But Hildale Mayor Donia Jessop says such news Thursday may do more than boost the local economy, it may finally help change her community’s image as just a polygamist enclave.“This is a game-changer for us,” she said as the state announced that Infab — the nation’s largest manufacturer of X-ray medical protection gear such as lead aprons, glasses and
  
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• Drug overdose is the leading killer — by far — of Utah’s pregnant women and new moms, a study says. Opioids are the main culprit.

  09-05-2019 23:53
  A new study shows drug overdoses are the leading cause of death for pregnant and postpartum women in Utah — and overdoses appear to kill women as indiscriminately as blood clots and car wrecks do, heedless of their income, race or where they live.“People assume that ’They can tell who has a problem,'” said physician Marcela Smid, an assistant professor of maternal and fetal medicine at University of Utah Health. “You can’t — addiction affects every segme
  
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• Expedia under investigation by Utah over hotel collusion claims

  09-05-2019 23:47
  Expedia Group Inc. is under investigation by the Utah attorney general for allegedly conspiring with the biggest U.S. hotel chains to suppress competition in online travel booking.The office is investigating whether Expedia conspired with Marriott International Inc., Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. and other hotel companies to manipulate search advertising on Google, according to papers filed in state court in Utah last week. Other states have joined the investigation, the office said in the fili
  
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• Descendants ensure Chinese rail workers aren’t forgotten

  09-05-2019 23:43
  Ogden • Michael Kwan can’t help but think about what life was like on a daily basis for his great-great-grandfather in the 1860s, working 12-hour days in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range on the Transcontinental Railroad that would reshape the American landscape."You're not talking about 12 hours sitting at a desk or sitting on a bench. You're talking about 12 hours of lifting and hammering and blowing things up," said Kwan, a judge in Salt Lake City. "And I complain whe
  
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• Back after a close call, BYU catcher Noah Hill leads Cougars as the team seeks the conference crown

  09-05-2019 23:42
  Provo • Mike Littlewood has seen nothing like what happened behind home plate the night of April 19 at Washington’s Husky Ballpark in more than 40 years of playing and coaching baseball.“A really, really scary moment,” said BYU’s baseball coach.Noah Hill, the Cougars’ senior catcher, now calls it “the most flukish thing ever,” but at the time all he could think about was trying to breathe, which wasn’t easy.Crouched behind home plate, Hill cal
  
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• Commentary: Biden vs. Buttigieg presents a generational challenge

  09-05-2019 23:30
  Political primaries are a good thing, no matter how many candidates, because they allow for the exchange and testing of ideas.With Joe Biden entering the race, an intriguing match up of messages is emerging between the oldest and youngest Democratic candidates. In his opening message, Biden, 76, speaks to the current political decision before the country as a “battle for the soul this nation.” The youngest candidate, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, 37, casts a more forward tone: &ld
  
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• With cheers for small business, top federal official tours successful Utah companies

  09-05-2019 23:28
  Considered a crucial cog in the U.S. economy, Utah’s small businesses got some love Wednesday from the head of a federal agency known for loaning them money.Chris Pilkerton, acting administrator and general counsel of the Small Business Administration, swung through to visit several new businesses started with its help, including a craft brewery, a marketing firm and the state’s first commercial sand court volleyball venue.His tour is part of National Small Business Week, highlightin
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Report: Jazz have ‘a fighting chance’ to sign Tobias Harris if Sixers don’t offer him full five-year max contract

  09-05-2019 23:28 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz would reportedly have “a fighting chance” to sign Tobias Harris this summer in free agency if the Philadelphia 76ers don’t offer him a full five-year max contract, according to Tony Jones of The Athletic. Harris becomes an unrestricted...
  
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• ‘Health care on wheels’: Fourth Street Clinic unveils mobile clinic to serve Utah’s dispersed homeless population

  09-05-2019 23:27
  It’s easy enough for someone staying at the 1,100-bed Road Home shelter to make the short walk to the Fourth Street Clinic, which provides health care and support services to people experiencing homelessness.That journey would take more than an hour and a half from the furthest of the three homeless resource centers planned to replace The Road Home once it closes this fall as part of a broader shift in homeless services.So how do you treat a dispersed Salt Lake County homeless population?
  
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• Warriors star Kevin Durant out for rest of West semifinals with strained right calf

  09-05-2019 23:26
  Oakland, Calif. • Kevin Durant will miss the remainder of the Golden State Warriors’ Western Conference semifinal against the Houston Rockets with a strained right calf.An MRI exam Thursday confirmed the Warriors' initial diagnosis. The team is traveling back to Houston for Friday's Game 6 but Durant stayed behind in the Bay Area to undergo treatment. He is to be re-evaluated next week, meaning if there is a Game 7 in the series Sunday he would be out of that one as well. The Warriors
  
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• A new specialty bulk store wants Utahns to recycle, reuse and refill

  09-05-2019 22:41
  Don’t throw out that empty glass pickle jar. Use it to store dry beans, lentils or coffee.When the brown sugar is gone, save the bag because it makes a fine container for walnuts or pecans.And when you run out of shampoo, fill that plastic bottle with, uh, more shampoo.Recycle, reuse, refill. That’s how Hello! Bulk Markets in Salt Lake City operates.This new specialty store, which opened recently at 355 N. 500 West, has the same self-serve dispensers found in the bulk aisle at large
  
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• Pope Francis orders abuse to be reported, bishops to be investigated

  09-05-2019 22:26
  Vatican City • Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking new church law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups by their superiors to church authorities, in a new effort to hold the faith’s hierarchy accountable for failing to protect their flocks.The law provides whistleblower protections for anyone making a report and requires all dioceses to have a system in place to receive the claims confidentially. And it outlines
  
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• Utah students track 150 years of railroad history in graphic novels

  09-05-2019 22:16
  Students in Kayse Fernandes’s fourth-grade class used to ignore the railroad tracks that run next to the freeway and along the outskirts of their city. If they did think about them, they figured they were just an old-fashioned way to get from one place to another.But after researching, writing and illustrating a graphic novel about the colossal effort it took to build the nation’s first railroad to link the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, these kids at Horace Mann Elementary in Utah are
  
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• A Utah high school was locked down after a student reported a gunman. It turned out to be a state employee looking for an injured deer.

  09-05-2019 21:35
  A state official looking for an injured deer prompted a brief lockdown at a Heber City high school Thursday.Wasatch High School locked its doors as school officials say police investigated a “threat” that was reported by a student. As the police investigated the suspicious circumstance, students stayed in the locked school and continued their classwork.Turns out, the perceived threat was actually a technician with the state Division of Wildlife Resources who was nearby “respond
  
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• Enes Kanter: My faith is strengthened when Ramadan and NBA playoffs coincide

  09-05-2019 21:16
  This morning I woke up at 3, long before sunrise. It is Ramadan. It is also the NBA playoffs. Both require my absolute focus in a way that I have never experienced before.Like hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world, I ate my pre-fast meal, suhur, which is what we eat before we practice the first of our five daily prayers. Every year, we observe Ramadan for 29 to 30 days based on the lunar calendar. During this time, the most important month of the year for the Islamic faith, followers
  
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• Looking for a restaurant that’s open on Mother’s Day? Start here.

  09-05-2019 21:13
  Still wondering where to take Mom on May 12? Here’s a roundup of what’s available. Remember, Mother’s Day is one of the busiest dining days of the year, so make your reservations soon.Bambara + Hotel Monaco · 202 S. Main, Salt Lake City; 801-363-5454 or bambara-slc.com. The hotel is partnering with City Creek Center to host a pop-up Mother’s Day shopping event in the lobby. Patrons can then head to Bambara for a buffet with smoked pork or spinach Benedict, Puget So
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: Boston didn't get what it paid for with Gordon Hayward

  09-05-2019 21:04 via sportspyder.com
  Celtics coach Brad Stevens has expressed confidence the former Jazz star will return to form, but Hayward was far from that in the playoffs. It's not all about the injury.
  
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• Brad Rock: Boston didn't get what it paid for with Gordon Hayward

  09-05-2019 20:50
  Boston Celtics' Gordon Hayward, right, reacts beside Los Angeles Clippers' Landry Shamet during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Boston, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019.Michael Dwyer, APBoston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward (20) drives to the basket against Brooklyn Nets guard Treveon Graham (21) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 30, 2019, in New York. The Nets won 110-96.Mary Altaffer, APBoston Celtics' Gordon Hayward in action during an NBA basketball game ag
  
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• A Utah class tracks 150 years of history

  09-05-2019 20:39
  Students in Kayse Fernandes’s fourth-grade class used to ignore the railroad tracks that run next to the freeway and along the outskirts of their city. If they did think about them, they figured they were just an old-fashioned way to get from one place to another.But after researching, writing and illustrating a graphic novel about the colossal effort it took to build the nation’s first railroad to link the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, these kids at Horace Mann Elementary in Utah are
  
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• Eye on the Y: New BYU basketball coach Mark Pope’s early recruiting efforts have been eerily similar to his predecessor’s local approach

  09-05-2019 20:21
  Eye On The Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on BYU athletics. Subscribe here.Provo • Remember when new BYU basketball coach Mark Pope said at his introductory press conference that he would “cast a wide net” and look around the country and world for recruits? It’s early, but Pope’s actions throughout his first month have been quite the opposite.Not only did Pope release Chinese big man Shenghze Li from his National Letter of Intent, there are rumo
  
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• Cache of 1,000 guns seized from Los Angeles mansion in raid

  09-05-2019 20:11
  Los Angeles • More than 1,000 rifles and handguns and thousands of rounds of ammunition were seized Wednesday at a mansion in a posh area of town not far from the Playboy Mansion.Acting on a tip regarding illegal firearms sales, police and federal agents served a search warrant at around 4 a.m. at the property, a home valued at millions of dollars on the border of the Bel Air and Holmby Hills neighborhoods, authorities said.Photos and video from the scene showed stacks of rifles, handguns a
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rudy Gobert, Damian Lillard among nominees for NBA awards by writers association

  09-05-2019 20:04 via sportspyder.com
  Gobert is a finalist for the Magic Johnson Award, while Lillard is up for the citizenship award.
  
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• Behind the Headlines: The Tribune seeks to become a nonprofit and SLCPD ends its backlog of untested rape kits

  09-05-2019 20:03
  The Salt Lake Tribune seeks to become a nonprofit organization. Riverton declares itself a ‘sanctuary city for the unborn.’ And testing backlogged rape kits leads to 105 new suspects. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune senior managing editor Matt Canham, reporter Taylor Stevens, and columnist George Pyle join KCPW guest host Marcie Young Cancio to talk about the week’s top stories. Every Friday at 9 a.m., stream “Behind the Headlines” at kcpw.org, or tune in to
  
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• Rudy Gobert, Damian Lillard among nominees for NBA awards by writers association

  09-05-2019 19:45
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) defends Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) as the Utah Jazz and the Portland Trailblazers play at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017.SALT LAKE CITY — Rudy Gobert has never been one to shy away from being honest about his feelings. He's also reliable for an insightful or entertaining quote with his sincerity, openness, competitiveness and amicable personality.Those are among the reasons why The Stifle Tower, who blocks sh
  
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• Red All Over: Utah may have the country’s most-educated football roster in 2019

  09-05-2019 19:41
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here. After spring football practice ended in mid-April, Utah’s coaching staff has searched for graduate transfers and landed offensive lineman Alex Locklear from Marshall and kicker Andrew Strauch from UCLA. They will join linebacker Manny Bowen, who arrived on campus in January after graduating from Penn State.Those three graduate students will have much in common with their senior teammates. The Utes wi
  
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• Historic telegraphs tell the story of how the Transcontinental Railroad ushered in new era

  09-05-2019 19:40
  Promontory • Editor’s Note: The May 10, 1869, completion of the Transcontinental Railroad was a pivotal moment in the United States, ushering in a period of progress and expansion nationwide.The presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met in remote Promontory, Utah, to mark the occasion, driving a last ceremonial spike to connect their rail lines.The Baltimore Sun, relying on telegraphed dispatches by other cities and The Associated Press, published the following
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Round-the-world temple news, a boost for returning missionaries, and men who just don’t get it

  09-05-2019 18:11
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.This week’s podcast: Marriage policy change
  (Jeremy Harmon| The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Lake Temple is seen on May 6, 2019.The church took another giant leap toward inclusion this week, eliminating the yearlong wai
  
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• Dana Milbank: The White House revoked my press pass. It’s not just me. It’s curtailing access for all journalists.

  09-05-2019 18:00
  Washington • For the past 21 years, I have had the high privilege of holding a White House press pass, a magical ticket that gives the bearer a front-row seat to history.I was in the White House the night Bill Clinton admitted his affair with Monica Lewinsky, and the day he was impeached. I was there on Sept. 11, 2001, and the fearful days thereafter, when we were trained to use escape hoods. I watched George W. Bush make the case for the Iraq War and Barack Obama pitch his remedies for the
  
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• Rough night for Utahns at national Golden Gloves as local boxers go 2-5 in opening rounds

  09-05-2019 17:47
  Chattanooga, Tenn. • Diego Alvarez thrilled Utah boxing fans three years ago when he won a national Golden Gloves championship at the Salt Palace Convention Center.But the teenager from Ogden hasn’t duplicated that feat since, and won’t this year either. Alvarez lost 5-0 to Jordan Jenkins of Texas in a first-round bout Wednesday night in the 132-pound division at the National Tournament of Champions at the Chattanooga Convention Center.Overall, it was a rough night for the Utah-
  
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• Kilby Court, Utah’s weird-yet-welcoming all-ages music venue, turns 20 with a big block party

  09-05-2019 17:43
  It’s unusual for an all-ages music venue to survive long enough to be older than the teens rocking out inside it — but Kilby Court has been unusual for a long time.“Taking that drive down that eerie one-way street to play the somewhat unassuming garage in Salt Lake has been a necessary rite of passage for both local and touring bands in the area,” said Spencer Petersen, frontman for the Utah-via-L.A. indie-pop band Sego (which performs at Kilby on May 22). “Getting
  
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• A growing number of states call porn a public health crisis

  09-05-2019 17:04
  Phoenix • More than a dozen states have moved to declare pornography a public health crisis, raising concerns among some experts who say the label goes too far and carries its own risks.The Arizona Senate approved a resolution this week calling for a systemic effort to prevent exposure to porn that's increasingly accessible to younger kids online. At least one legislative chamber has adopted a similar resolution in 15 other states."It is an epidemic in our society, and this makes a statemen
  
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• North Korea fires 2 suspected missiles in possible new warning that talks with D.C. are in danger

  09-05-2019 16:51
  Seoul, South Korea • North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles toward the sea on Thursday, South Korean officials said, its second weapons launch in five days and a possible warning that nuclear disarmament talks with Washington could be in danger.South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons flew 260 miles and 167 miles, respectively. It said it is working with the United States to determine more details, such as the types of weapons that were fired.South Korea's mi
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - What is Royce O’Neale’s ceiling?

  09-05-2019 16:48 via sportspyder.com
  How bright can this diamond in the rough shine?
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - 2019 NBA Draft Rumors: 'Jazz Are Not Afraid of Trading out of the First Round'

  09-05-2019 16:37 via sportspyder.com
  On the heels of an abrupt first-round playoff exit, the Utah Jazz appear ready to take big swings in an effort to improve their roster for next season. Per The Athletic's Tony Jones , the Jazz are hopeful someone is available at No...
  
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• Want to donate food to needy? Just leave nonperishable goods at your mailbox early Saturday.

  09-05-2019 16:24
  Utah letter carriers are seeking public help to deliver food to the needy — and are asking people to leave bags of nonperishable goods at mailboxes just before their Saturday postal delivery.The 27th Stamp Out Hunger Food drive is scheduled for Saturday. It has collected 1.6 billion pounds of food through the years. Last year, 71.6 million pounds were donated nationally, including 700,000 pounds in Utah.The drive notes that food banks usually receive most of their donations around Thanksgi
  
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• Got empty bottles, boxes and bags? Refill them at one of these bulk markets in Salt Lake City

  09-05-2019 16:23
  Don’t throw out that empty glass pickle jar. Use it to store dry beans, lentils or coffee.When the brown sugar is gone, save the bag because it makes a fine container for walnuts or pecans.And when you run out of shampoo, fill that plastic bottle with, uh, more shampoo.Recycle, reuse, refill. That’s how Hello! Bulk Markets in Salt Lake City operates.This new specialty store, which opened recently at 355 N. 500 West, has the same self-serve dispensers found in the bulk aisle at large
  
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• Gehrke: The Golden Spike festivities should remind us that even a divided nation can unite and do great things

  09-05-2019 16:22
  The image is indelible — the meeting of the Central Pacific No. 119 and Union Pacific 60, aka The Jupiter, at Promontory Summit in 1869. It was a defining moment in our nation’s history.Now, as we mark the 150th anniversary, the transcontinental railway offers up lessons for those who listen and serves as an inspiration for what we could hope to achieve.On the simplest level, the driving of the “Golden Spike” unified a nation — literally and figuratively — tha
  
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• Utah governor, recently treated for skin cancer, says President Trump indicated he’d had the ‘same problem’

  09-05-2019 16:20
  Gov. Gary Herbert says President Donald Trump last week commiserated with him over the discovery of cancerous skin on the Utah leader’s face, mentioning that he’d had “the same problem.”Herbert briefly described the interaction to a crowd of people in Provo on Wednesday in response to a question about his position on the “anti-Trump conspiracy.” The Republican governor visited the White House last week during a trip to Washington, D.C., and while there spoke w
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: Can the Jazz bring the purest form of happiness to Donovan Mitchell this offseason?

  09-05-2019 16:20 via sportspyder.com
  At the beginning of an offseason that will bring personnel action of varying kinds for the Jazz, as well as for much of the NBA, the players outwardly seem to understand the business that will unfold.
  
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• Panel shifts gears on best rail route to move oil from eastern Utah, says line now can be built for billions less

  09-05-2019 16:19
  Five years ago, Utah state transportation planners studied building a railway for shipping Uinta Basin crude oil via Indian Canyon to the Union Pacific line in Price Canyon, but abandoned the idea as too costly in the face of a $5 billion estimate for punching tracks through the West Tavaputs Plateau’s complicated terrain.Rail champions shifted their focus east, looking to extend a much longer rail connection out of the basin, connecting with the national rail network in Colorado near Crai
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - Tobias Harris Rumors: Jazz Have a 'Chance' If 76ers Don't Offer Max Contract

  09-05-2019 16:09 via sportspyder.com
  Philadelphia 76ers small forward Tobias Harris is set to become an unrestricted free agent in the offseason, and the Utah Jazz are reportedly among the interested teams...
  
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• Monson: Can the Jazz bring the purest form of happiness to Donovan Mitchell this offseason?

  09-05-2019 16:00
  At the beginning of an offseason that will bring personnel action of varying kinds for the Jazz, as well as for much of the NBA, the players outwardly seem to understand the business that will unfold.It is business.The business of winning.Ultimately, it is the purest kind of business.The Jazz, in particular, like to build and hold onto a family atmosphere in and around their club, a kind of spirit of togetherness, of all for one and one for all. That’s why Donovan Mitchell talks about hang
  
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• Iran threatens more uranium enrichment if there’s no new nuke deal

  09-05-2019 15:41
  Tehran, Iran • Iran threatened Wednesday to enrich its uranium stockpile closer to weapons-grade levels in 60 days if world powers fail to negotiate new terms for its 2015 nuclear deal, raising regional tensions as a U.S. aircraft carrier and bombers headed to the Middle East to confront Tehran.A televised address by President Hassan Rouhani, who once pledged that the landmark deal would draw Iran closer to the West, saw the cleric instead pressure Europe to shield Tehran from the sanctions
  
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• Political Cornflakes: As she takes a hard line on opioid makers, Warren plans to donate campaign contributions from family behind OxyContin

  09-05-2019 15:14
  Happy Thursday!Elizabeth Warren is giving away campaign donations she received in 2018 from the family member of a top opioid manufacturer. Politico flagged the $2,500 in contributions from the wife of the late Raymond Sackler, who helped run Purdue Pharma, as Warren was preparing to unveil her plan to fight the opioid crisis. In response, Warren’s aide said she would donate the funds to an unspecified charity. [Politico]Topping the news: Sen. Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican, has joined a b
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: My grandkids get rowdy at Sunday dinner, but their parents do nothing

  09-05-2019 15:01
  Dear Ann Cannon • My daughter and her husband have four young lively (really lively!) sons. Whenever they come over to dinner on Sundays, the boys eventually end up arguing and fighting — especially if they play basketball.Here’s my problem. Their parents don’t seem like they’re in a big hurry to intervene even when things get really noisy, even physical. So far I’ve stayed out of it, but, honestly, I think my daughter and her husband should be better about nip
  
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• Court upholds Utah’s efforts to relocate nonnative goats in the La Sal Mountains, but environmentalists worry about damage the animals do

  09-05-2019 14:00
  Environmentalists’ efforts to rid Utah’s La Sal Mountains of nonnative mountain goats derailed this week after the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to allow the state’s controversial translocation program putting goats into fragile alpine areas.In a decision handed down Tuesday, appellate judges ruled that the Forest Service has no legal authority to prohibit Utah wildlife officials from releasing goats onto state land adjacen
  
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• Tobias Harris an option for Utah?

  09-05-2019 11:50
  Does this mean the Jazz are likely to lure an impact player? That remains to be seen. But, it does mean they at least have a fighting chance. One player who has interest, according to sources: Tobias Harris. Harris is a 6-foot-9 combination forward who currently plays in Philadelphia. He’s someone who is dynamic on or off the basketball. He can shoot from the perimeter. He can score in a variety of ways. The Sixers hold his Bird Rights and can offer him a full five-year max contract. But,
  
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• Durant goes down, Warriors hold off Rockets in Game 5

  09-05-2019 07:48
  Oakland, Calif. • Klay Thompson scored 27 points, including a key layup with 4.1 seconds left, and the Golden State Warriors overcame Kevin Durant’s calf injury to beat the Houston Rockets 104-99 on Wednesday night for a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.Durant strained his right calf late in the third quarter. The two-time reigning NBA Finals MVP limped to the locker room after landing awkwardly following a baseline jumper. He finished with 22 points, five rebounds and f
  
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• Bucks beat Celtics 116-91 to advance to East final

  09-05-2019 06:27
  Milwaukee Bucks' Eric Bledsoe reacts to a basket during the second half of Game 5 of a second round NBA basketball playoff series against the Boston Celtics Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Milwaukee. The Bucks won 116-91 to win the series. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)Morry GashMILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks found another gear after their first loss of the playoffs.Kyrie Irving and the Boston Celtics just couldn't keep up.Antetokounmpo had 20 points, eight rebounds and e
  
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• U.S. agency considers more visitors to The Wave along Utah-Arizona border

  09-05-2019 06:23
  The Bureau of Land Management is weighing increasing its daily visitor limits from 20 to 96 people a day at The Wave, a popular rock formation near the Utah-Arizona border.A 6-mile round trip hike through tall sandstone buttes and sage brush is required to get to the Wave, a wide, sloping basin of searing reds, oranges and yellows in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.The agency is asking for public comment and changes could be implemented as soon as October, agency official Mike Herder said
  
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