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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz’s Royce O'Neale sees importance of free summer camp in Texas hometown to ‘show love for my city’

  20-05-2019 23:49 via sportspyder.com
  “In Killeen, we didn’t really have like people give back to the younger generations and have camps for kids to get better, so I want to give back and show my love for the city," O'Neale said.
  
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• Utah Jazz’s Royce O'Neale sees importance of free summer camp in Texas hometown to ‘show love for my city’

  20-05-2019 23:35
  Utah Jazz forward Royce O'Neale talks to members of the media at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 25, 2019. The Utah Jazz season ended with Wednesday's loss to Houston in the playoffs.SALT LAKE CITY — As a member of the Utah Jazz, Royce O'Neale spends the majority of his time in Salt Lake City.But deep down, he's a Killeen, Texas, boy at heart and isn't ashamed of his upbringing.So much so that on Saturday, July 27, he's bringing a free summer basketbal
  
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• Native American tribes, environmentalists battle copper mine in Arizona

  20-05-2019 23:30
  Sonoita, Ariz. • Scenic State Highway 83 gently curves through southeastern Arizona’s wine country, past waves of blond grass dotted with orange-tipped ocotillo plants before the dark Santa Rita Mountains loom into view.The Milepost 44 pullout offers a panorama of the range in the Coronado National Forest where a Canadian firm wants to carve out a massive copper mine near Tucson. The $1.9 billion Rosemont Mine, at a half-mile deep and a mile wide, would sprawl across federal, state an
  
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• KUER-FM’s ‘RadioWest’ is taking the summer off. But it will be back.

  20-05-2019 22:57
  “RadioWest” is taking the summer off, but it's absolutely, positively returning — with a few changes — according to KUER-FM 90.1.The host of the weekday radio interview show, Doug Fabrizio, broke the news on-air and online Monday morning. The show will continue to air weekdays at 9 a.m. (with a 7 p.m. repeat) through the end of the week; the monthslong hiatus begins Monday, May 27.“This isn’t a goodbye,” Fabrizio assured listeners, “it’s like
  
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• Provo man tells police he hit his baby’s head against a wall to make her stop crying

  20-05-2019 22:48
  A Provo man has been arrested after he allegedly hit his 3-month-old baby's head against a wall and punched her in the head to make her stop crying.Michael Chad Hill, 38, was booked into the Utah County Jail for investigation of two counts of child abuse, second-degree felonies.According to a probable cause statement, Provo police were contacted after the baby was brought to Primary Children’s Hospital with a skull fracture that “started above the left ear … and went around th
  
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• Top Utah House staffer to depart later this year, and a Salt Lake Chamber vice president will take his place

  20-05-2019 22:42
  The Utah House speaker on Monday announced that his closest aide will be leaving later this year for other opportunities and will be replaced by an executive staffer from the Salt Lake Chamber.Greg Hartley has served as chief of staff for the Utah House of Representatives since 2015, largely under the leadership of former House Speaker Greg Hughes. Hartley says after his resignation, he’ll be looking at some business and consulting opportunities and helping Hughes explore a run for governo
  
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• One person is dead and another injured after a crash in Brigham City

  20-05-2019 22:29
  A vehicle went airborne after crossing the edge of an I-15 off-ramp Monday, killing one person and injuring another.Sgt. Nick Street of the Utah Highway Patrol said the crash happened while the vehicle was traveling westbound on 1100 South in Brigham City, FOX 13 reports.It’s unclear what caused the driver to veer out of the lane.See more at FOX 13.Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune and FOX 13 are content-sharing partners.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rock On: Here's what Utah should trade to get Zion

  20-05-2019 22:24 via sportspyder.com
  Also, could you can the acquisition of Donovan Mitchell grand theft auto?
  
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• Famed climber Apa Sherpa, who lives in Utah, helps Nepal kids reach greater heights

  20-05-2019 22:19
  Kathmandu, Nepal • Apa Sherpa has stood on top of the world more times than all but one other person. Now he wants to make sure no one feels compelled to follow in his footsteps.As a boy growing up in Nepal, Sherpa dreamed of becoming a doctor, but poverty and lack of education steered him to a far more dangerous path: working as a guide on Mount Everest, carrying climbing equipment and helping foreign mountaineers scale the world’s tallest peak.Now retired and living in Utah, where h
  
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• Rock On: Here's what Utah should trade to get Zion

  20-05-2019 22:14
  Duke's Zion Williamson arrives for the NBA basketball draft lottery Tuesday, May 14, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nuccio DiNuzzo)Nuccio DiNuzzoBaseball fans sit in the sunlight during a baseball game where the Miami Marlins take on the Washington Nationals on Sunday, April 21, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)APNick Kyrgios, of Australia, destroys his racket during the match against Borna Coric, of Croatia, at the Miami Open tennis tournament, Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in Miami Gardens, Fl
  
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• 5th migrant child dies after detention by Border Patrol

  20-05-2019 21:46
  Houston • The U.S. government says a 16-year-old Guatemalan died Monday at a Border Patrol station in South Texas, the fifth death of a migrant child apprehended by border agents since December.U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that Border Patrol apprehended the teenager in South Texas' Rio Grande Valley on May 13. The agency says the teenager was found unresponsive Monday morning during a welfare check at the agency's Weslaco, Texas, station. The teenager's cause of de
  
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• Helaine Olen: Can Joe Biden’s nostalgia act work?

  20-05-2019 21:30
  In the music industry, nostalgia acts are valuable properties, regularly turning up in top spots on lists of the most lucrative concert tours. It’s the same in our national politics. President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” is nothing but a blast from the past — a mean, racist past when women and minorities were second-class citizens and corporations could pollute the environment with impunity.Now Democrats are facing a choice: Should they turn to a kinde
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jimmer Fredette reacts to changes in BYU basketball program; evaluates his NBA experience with Suns

  20-05-2019 21:07 via sportspyder.com
  Jimmer Fredette still follows his alma mater closely. He said he’s “excited” about the changes that the basketball program has undergone in recent weeks, including the retirement of Dave...
  
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• I do! Gay marriage law loosens rules on wedding officiation.

  20-05-2019 21:06
  Most counties in Utah now have essentially two basic requirements for people who want to officiate weddings: They must be older than 18 and still be breathing. Fill out a form, and they’re good to go.No longer does the person performing a marriage need to be clergy, a judge or an elected official — such as governor, mayor or county clerk — empowered to conduct such rites. That changed with a 2015 law when same-sex marriage became legal.Utah lawmakers sought to allow county cler
  
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• Commentary: It’s Mormonism’s loss that New Zealand’s dynamic leader couldn’t find a home in the faith

  20-05-2019 21:01
  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had a meeting Monday with President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Judging from coverage in the Deseret News and from the church, it doesn’t sound that different from previous Latter-day Saint leaders’ meet-and-greet opportunities with heads of state. Ardern received an embossed leather copy of the Book of Mormon, and a promise that the church will make donations to the two Christchurch mosques that were
  
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• States increasingly use drones to investigate from the sky, including avalanches in Utah

  20-05-2019 20:58
  Salt Lake City • In Utah, drones are hovering near avalanches to watch roaring snow. In North Carolina, they’re searching for the nests of endangered birds. In Kansas, they could soon be identifying sick cows through heat signatures.Public transportation agencies are using drones in nearly every state, according to a new survey by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. The report released Monday finds a sharp increase in their use over the last few yea
  
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• Jimmer Fredette reacts to changes in BYU basketball program; evaluates his NBA experience with Suns

  20-05-2019 20:56
  Phoenix Suns guard Jimmer Fredette (32) stretches before the start of an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, March 25, 2019. The Jazz won 125-92.Kristin Murphy, Deseret NewsPhoenix Suns guard Jimmer Fredette talks with media after shoot around at Vivint Smart Home Arena, in Salt Lake City on Monday, March 25, 2019.Scott G Winterton, Deseret NewsPhoenix Suns guard Jimmer Fredette talks with media after shoot around at Vivint Smart
  
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• Latter-day Saint church building in Provo vandalized

  20-05-2019 20:31
  Provo • Authorities say a property in Provo owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was vandalized with graffiti.The Daily Herald reports churchgoers on Monday had already scrubbed some graffiti off walls and removed sections of fence.Provo police believe the incident happened sometime between Saturday night and early Sunday.Churchgoers found fences around the parking lot and the walls and windows of one building had been spray-painted with profanity.The yellow, black and w
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Does Isaac Haas have a future with the Utah Jazz?

  20-05-2019 20:06 via sportspyder.com
  After spending this past season with the Salt Lake City Stars, Isaac Haas may have a chance to make the Utah Jazz roster next season. Utah Jazz star Rudy ...
  
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• Does Isaac Haas have a future with the Utah Jazz?

  20-05-2019 19:46
  After spending this past season with the Salt Lake City Stars, Isaac Haas may have a chance to make the Utah Jazz roster next season. Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert is a big man. At 7-foot-1 and 245 pounds, he soars over most of his opposition. Isaac Haas is an even bigger man. At 7-foot-2 and […]
  Does Isaac Haas have a future with the Utah Jazz? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• The Marsden era is over. The Tom Farden era for Utah gymnastics has just begun.

  20-05-2019 19:30
  Tom Farden’s days start as they have for many years now, with an 8-mile bike commute from his home in Holladay to the University of Utah. Outside of those solitary moments, everything else in Farden’s world is spinning like a bike tire on a steep downhill path.Farden has been on the go since given autonomy over the Utah gymnastics program when Megan Marsden retired as co-head coach shortly after the Utes’ seventh place finish at the NCAA Championships.Since then, Farden has hir
  
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• Famed Apa Sherpa climber, who lives in Utah, helps Nepal kids reach greater heights

  20-05-2019 19:09
  Kathmandu, Nepal • Apa Sherpa has stood on top of the world more times than all but one other person. Now he wants to make sure no one feels compelled to follow in his footsteps.As a boy growing up in Nepal, Sherpa dreamed of becoming a doctor, but poverty and lack of education steered him to a far more dangerous path : working as a guide on Mount Everest, carrying climbing equipment and helping foreign mountaineers scale the world’s tallest peak.Now retired in the U.S., Sherpa return
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell prepares for worldwide Adidas tour in July following signature sneaker release

  20-05-2019 19:06 via sportspyder.com
  Mitchell will tour Asia, Paris and Germany with Adidas in July.
  
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• Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell prepares for worldwide Adidas tour in July following signature sneaker release

  20-05-2019 18:58
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell leaves after talking to members of the media at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 25, 2019. The Utah Jazz season ended with Wednesday's loss to Houston in the playoffs.Kristin Murphy, Deseret NewsUtah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) wears his new shoes at practice as the Utah Jazz prepare to play the Houston Rockets in game one of the NBA playoffs at the Toyota Center in Houston on Sunday, April 14, 2019.Scott G Winterton, Des
  
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• Russell Nelson meets with New Zealand’s prime minister, praises the former Latter-day Saint as a peacemaker

  20-05-2019 18:55
  LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson met Monday with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a former Latter-day Saint who won widespread praise for her committed and compassionate response to mass shootings in March at two mosques in her country.“The world will discover a real leader here,” Nelson said in a news release. “It’s an unlikely scenario; a young mother leading a great nation, a peacemaker, a policymaker, consensus giver. We’re very impressed with he
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz’s Kyle Korver encourages 2019 Creighton graduates to ‘shoot it to make it’ as commencement speaker

  20-05-2019 18:48 via sportspyder.com
  Korver received an honorary doctorate of humane letters degree from his alma mater Creighton University on Saturday.
  
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• Utah Jazz’s Kyle Korver encourages 2019 Creighton graduates to ‘shoot it to make it’ as commencement speaker

  20-05-2019 18:38
  Utah Jazz guard Kyle Korver (26) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Denver. The Jazz won 111-104. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)APSALT LAKE CITY — Sixteen years after earning his bachelor's degree in visual communications, Utah Jazz sharpshooter Kyle Korver returned to Omaha, Nebraska, to his alma mater Creighton University as a commencement speaker over the weekend.While it remains unclear whether the 38-year-old will return for his 17th season in the le
  
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• Trump’s EPA shifts more environmental enforcement to states

  20-05-2019 18:31
  Bokoshe, Okla. • Susan Holmes’ home, corner store and roadside beef jerky stand are right off Oklahoma Highway 31, putting them in the path of trucks hauling ash and waste from a power plant that burns the high-sulfur coal mined near this small town.For years, when Bokoshe residents were outside, the powdery ash blowing from the trucks and the ash dump on the edge of town would "kind of engulf you," Holmes said. "They drove by, and you just couldn't breathe."Over three decades, the as
  
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• BYU’s new basketball coach wants to play as many top teams as possible. He jokingly calls his scheduling plan ‘pretty much just dumb.’

  20-05-2019 17:31
  Provo • New BYU basketball coach Mark Pope has called the job he inherited from coach Dave Rose “a monumental task” several times since he was introduced last month.The new Cougars’ coach is trying to make it even more difficult than that by setting up an even more difficult non-conference schedule.In an hour-long discussion with reporters recently, Pope said his scheduling philosophy will be to play as many top-tier programs as possible, even if it means not having those
  
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• Tell The Tribune: What Utah things have many born-and-raised Utahns never done?

  20-05-2019 17:03
  Utah offers a wide variety of outdoor activities, but many born-and-raised Utahns have never done any of them.There are lifelong Utahns out there who have never hiked to Delicate Arch or gone off-roading in Moab, for example. There are some who have never skied.The Salt Lake Tribune wants to hear from you: What are the quintessential Utah things on your bucket list? Why haven’t you done them?Your responses won’t be published without your permission. A reporter from The Salt Lake Trib
  
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• Ford is cutting 7,000 white-collar jobs

  20-05-2019 16:56
  Detroit • Ford is cutting about 7,000 white-collar jobs, which would make up 10% of its global workforce.The company has said it was undertaking a major restructuring, and on Monday said that it will have trimmed thousands of jobs by August.The company said that the plan will save about $600 million per year by eliminating bureaucracy and increasing the number of workers reporting to each manager.In the U.S. about 2,300 jobs will be cut through buyouts and layoffs. About 1,500 already have
  
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• [Forbes] - Dwayne Bacon Primed For Increased Impact

  20-05-2019 16:35 via sportspyder.com
  Dwayne Bacon improved his shot profile in his second season with the Charlotte Hornets. With limited cap flexibility, internal improvement among the Hornets' roster is needed and Bacon is prepared to make yet another jump.
  
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• Orem man arrested after he posted that he would ‘shoot’ YouTube employees

  20-05-2019 16:29
  An Orem man was arrested after he allegedly threatened to shoot YouTube employees.David Levon Swanson, 35, was taken into custody on Saturday for investigation of making terroristic threats, a second-degree felony.In one comment he posted April 30 on a YouTube video, Swanson wrote, “When I visit your campus in two weeks I'll be able to shoot any employees exiting, from the convenience of my car.”According to police, Swanson “claimed he meant a video shoot or taking pictures.&rd
  
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• Dave Bateman offers to pay off the Utah GOP’s debt — again — with a few conditions

  20-05-2019 16:26
  Entrata CEO Dave Bateman is once again offering to absorb the debts of the Utah Republican Party in order to ensure the organization does not “rely on a rich fetcher like me” to maintain operations, according to a Facebook post on Friday evening.Writing on an unofficial discussion page for Utah Republicans, Bateman said he had been told that next month’s meeting of the party’s State Central Committee, or SCC, would be cancelled due to roughly $100,000 in outstanding debts
  
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• James Downie: Mitt Romney’s spine is missing in action again

  20-05-2019 16:24
  On Saturday, Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., made headlines by being the first Republican member of Congress to state special counsel Robert Mueller’s report shows that President Donald Trump “has engaged in impeachable conduct.” On Sunday, on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, commended the congressman, saying, “I respect him. I think it’s a courageous statement.” Yet, as you might have guessed, when Mitt Romney and “co
  
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• Gehrke: Why this fight over abortion is cruel, calculating and all-together too real

  20-05-2019 15:54
  There is no issue I dislike writing about more than abortion.Partly because, anatomically, my opinion on the topic doesn’t count for much. But mainly because passions are so high on the issue that reason goes out the window and people often say and do stupid, counterproductive things.I’m looking at you, Alabama. And Georgia. And now Missouri.As you’re probably aware, these states have been trying to one-up one another to see which can pass the most ridiculously restrictive abor
  
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• Trump warns Iran not to threaten U.S. or it will face ‘end’

  20-05-2019 15:36
  Dubai, United Arab Emirates • President Donald Trump warned Iran early on Monday not to threaten the United States again or it would face its “official end,” shortly after a rocket landed near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad overnight and only 48 hours after he seemingly sought to soften his tone.Iran’s foreign minister quickly responded in kind on Twitter with his own message: #NeverThreatenAnIranian.Trump’s tweet follows days of heightened tension sparked by his admini
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Trump, other Republicans distance themselves from Alabama’s new anti-abortion law

  20-05-2019 15:13
  Happy Monday! While several states, Utah included, have passed laws further restricting abortion, many Republicans and President Donald Trump have come out against Alabama’s new law that curtails any abortion after eight weeks with no exception for rape or incest. [WaPost]Topping the news: Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes is investigating why police shot 19 people in 2018, the highest number on record according to Salt Lake Tribune records. [Trib]-> Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said
  
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• Letter: Trump embodies American ‘exceptionalism’

  20-05-2019 15:12
  The United States has always claimed “dominion” — the way Wallace Stevens’ jar placed on a Tennessee hill (“It took dominion everywhere”) does.America continues to nurture “corporate capitalism” over the moldering bones of murdered indigenous tribes; has defended the “republic’s democracy” from blue/gray Civil War, through “the halls of Montezuma” to “the shores of Tripoli,” and into numbered-world wars and
  
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• With growing innovative use of a twist in Utah’s same-sex marriage law, any adult could officiate weddings. Change in LDS policy may increase option’s popularity.

  20-05-2019 14:00
  Most counties in Utah now have essentially two basic requirements for people who want to officiate weddings: They must be older than 18 and still be breathing. Fill out a form, and they’re good to go.No longer does the person performing a marriage need to be clergy, a judge or an elected official — such as governor, mayor or county clerk — empowered to conduct such rites. That changed with a 2015 law when same-sex marriage became legal.Utah lawmakers sought to allow county cler
  
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• What’s the plan? — Charting a future for Salt Lake County’s west bench proves complex as growth pressures build

  20-05-2019 14:00
  The pressures on Salt Lake County’s west side aren’t letting up.Already at the epicenter of a statewide population surge since 2000, the area west of Bangerter Highway spanning all the way to the Oquirrh Mountain foothills holds the county’s last major reserves of undeveloped land.What is ultimately constructed on those parcels — how tall the buildings are, how many dwellings spread over each acre, what roads will need to be built or improved — is the focus of inten
  
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• Utah food company linked to St. Louis political scandal — special guest star: Montel Williams

  20-05-2019 14:00
  St. Louis • One night in 2014, the owner of a Utah food company went to dinner with former talk show host Montel Williams.Williams brought someone with him — a St. Louis businessman by the name of John Rallo.The food company owner, Frank Davis, said in a recent interview that Williams thought Rallo might want to strike a deal to manufacture coconut water powder. Davis found Rallo to be personable and professional.“I felt he was an honorable, good person,” Davis said.Rallo
  
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• Letter: Your religious liberty ends at my nose

  20-05-2019 14:00
  If the 25 white male legislators had passed a law placing all testicles under the domain of the Alabama legislature, there would be considerably fewer unplanned pregnancies, because the righteous right would surely see the right of it.Also, charge the major airlines departing from any Alabama airport transporting any wealthy woman to an abortion clinic anywhere else in the world with the crime of aiding and abetting a criminal act.Any sexual activity performed without the explicit purpose of pro
  
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• Letter: We have a funny way of showing thanks to the Earth

  20-05-2019 14:00
  Right now floating in our oceans are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic and garbage. It was put there by none other than the people who call this planet their home. May I add that is the only planet we know of that we can survive on. Although we are very lucky to have this almost perfect planet that adheres to all of our wild needs, we have a very odd way of showing our appreciation. Instead of saying thank you, we dump billions of tons of trash into our bodies of water. Instead of saying we are gr
  
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• Letter: The Salt Lake inland port shouldn’t be compared to Kansas’

  20-05-2019 14:00
  The comparison of our proposed inland port to such a port in Kansas is an apples and oranges comparison.Do you see, in that overhead view of the giant Kansas inland port, a congested east-west major highway contained between a mountain and a large lake?Do you see a proposed state prison on the same approach to a large city?Do you see a major airport nearby?Do you see a Legacy Highway that promised homeowners slow traffic, nature trails and unobstructed views being widened to accommodate semis?Ou
  
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• Letter: Hey merchants, show the consumers your true (discriminatory) colors

  20-05-2019 14:00
  If you own a business, can you please post what offends you on a sign or website? That way everyone is clear.That way there won't be any questions, lawsuits or protests.We as consumers will know and can decide privately if we choose to purchase from you.We can then all be clear about what you will tolerate and we will be clear also.I want to know if you choose to sell to the public, which public you want to sell to. How simple is that?The South in earlier years was very proud and put signs up ev
  
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• Letter: Anti-vaxxers should foot the bill

  20-05-2019 14:00
  In addition to Bobby Cannon’s recommendation to the Utah Legislature in his article in the Opinion section of the May 11 edition of The Salt Lake Tribune, I have a suggestion.Cannon pointed out that it is accepted science that the medical benefits of vaccination against diseases far outweigh the risks. He also addressed the significant financial burden imposed upon society by failure to vaccinate children who have no medical contraindications to vaccination. He also showed how often it is
  
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• Kawhi Leonard scores 36, Raptors beat Bucks 118-112 in 2 OTs

  20-05-2019 06:05
  Toronto • Pascal Siakam felt guilty about a pair of missed free throws and the extra minutes they added to his teammates’ night.Fortunately for Siakam and the rest of the Raptors, Kawhi Leonard didn’t seem to feel any fatigue.Leonard scored 36 points, including eight in the second overtime, and Toronto beat Milwaukee 118-112 on Sunday night to cut the Bucks’ lead in the Eastern Conference finals to 2-1.Leonard made 11 of 25 shots and went 12 for 13 at the free throw line i
  
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• New Mexico Little League park plagued by hypodermic needles

  20-05-2019 03:18
  Albuquerque, N.M. • A New Mexico Little League park is fighting a battle against discarded syringes with attached hypodermic needles amid the region’s outgoing opioid epidemic.Atrisco Park, home of the Atrisco Valley Little League, in Albuquerque is racing to clean up syringes littering fields and the grounds to protect the children who play on them, the Albuquerque Journal reports.Atrisco Valley Little League president Hector Aguilar said earlier this month an 11-year-old girl was pr
  
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• Hundreds protest Alabama’s abortion ban at state capitol

  20-05-2019 03:04
  Montgomery, Ala. • Hundreds of demonstrators marched to the Alabama Capitol on Sunday to protest the state’s newly approved abortion ban, chanting “my body, my choice!” and “vote them out!”The demonstration came days after Gov. Kay Ivey signed the most stringent abortion law in the nation — making performing an abortion a felony in nearly all cases unless necessary for the mother’s health. The law provides no exception for rape and incest."Banning a
  
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