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• In Utah, veterans are more vulnerable to suicide. One program hopes connecting veterans with each other will help save lives.

  27-05-2019 23:28
  Editor’s note: This story discusses suicide and recovery from depression. If you or people you know are at risk of self-harm, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24-hour support at 1-800-273-8255. Blaine Anderson sat beneath a pavilion at a Woods Cross park on a recent morning, sweaty in his blue T-shirt that read, “Y’all need Jesus.”About a dozen people, mostly veterans, swatted pickleballs on the nearby tennis court, occasionally hollering in victory or de
  
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• Commentary: Time for Utah to examine tax policy and menstrual hygiene

  27-05-2019 23:26
  The close of Utah’s 2019 legislative session left one ‘bloodied’ issue stuck in committee for the fourth year in a row — the exemption of menstrual hygiene supplies (i.e. pads and tampons) from sales tax.A farewell to the “tampon tax” seemed inevitable as momentum grew, with 2015 being dubbed “The Year of the Period,” and hundreds of articles as well as public opinion, to put the best kind of pressure on legislators to take note of menstrual health
  
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• Star hitter Bill Buckner, who started his career in Utah, dies at 69

  27-05-2019 22:49
  Bill Buckner, a star hitter who became known for making one of the most infamous plays in major league history, died Monday. He was 69.He died after a long battle with Lewy body dementia, Buckner's family said in a statement. The disease causes Alzheimer's-like symptoms along with movement and other problems."Bill fought with courage and grit as he did all things in life," his family said.Buckner’s career began in 1968 with the Ogden Raptors, along with three other notable rookies includin
  
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• On the first Memorial Day since Brent Taylor’s death, his widow asks crowd ‘to make beauty out of the ashes of our loss’

  27-05-2019 22:03
  On the first Memorial Day since Maj. Brent Taylor was killed in Afghanistan, his widow stood before a solemn crowd at Fort Douglas Cemetery and asked them to use her husband’s sacrifice — and her family’s loss — to make themselves better parents, children, siblings and Americans.“For those of us who have personally lost a loved one to war, we don’t need a Monday on a calendar to tell us it is time for them to be memorialized,” Jennie Taylor told those ga
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: The press must do better

  27-05-2019 21:30
  The New York Times gives prominent placement on its home page to list all of President Donald Trump’s juvenile nicknames for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, including the racist Native American slur directed at Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. This serves no purpose other than to highlight his name-calling and reinforce his abusive conduct.Meanwhile, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders goes on “Meet the Press” to repeatedly accuse former FBI director James Come
  
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• D.C. cemetery hosts goat yoga among the headstones

  27-05-2019 21:23
  Washington • A gentle breeze blew through the Congressional Cemetery in Southeast Washington, a more than two-century-old site whose weathered headstones stand in tribute to some of the District’s most notable residents, from John Philip Sousa to Marion Barry. It was a balmy Saturday morning and the atmosphere was solemn — except for the bleating of no fewer than 15 baby goats.They were there, of course, for yoga.It was Washington's first foray into goat yoga, an activity that p
  
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• Utes add a junior college linebacker in a continuing effort to build depth

  27-05-2019 20:47
  Junior college linebacker Trennan Carlson has become the fifth scholarship player added to Utah’s football roster since spring practice ended in mid-April, as the coaching staff continues to address the Utes’ depth at certain positions.The 6-foot-3, 235-pound Carlson, from Ventura (Calif.) College, announced his commitment Saturday, joining UCLA graduate transfer Mique Juarez in Utah’s linebacking group. As with Juarez, the addition of Carlson helps solidify the defense in 2020
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: 5 options for pick No. 23 in 2019 NBA Draft

  27-05-2019 20:21 via sportspyder.com
  Here's a look at five possible options the Utah Jazz could select with the No. 23 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft in June. With the 2019 NBA Draft less than a m...
  
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• Elizabeth Shelley’s family holds on to hope as the search for the missing Logan 5-year-old stretches into its third day

  27-05-2019 19:45
  The search for Elizabeth Jessica Shelley, the missing 5-year-old Logan girl, is now in its third day, as multiple law enforcement agencies focus on a 10-mile stretch from Logan to Hyrum.Police have identified Shelley’s uncle, Alex Whipple, as the main suspect and have asked the public to help track his whereabouts since late Friday evening. Logan Capt. Tyson Budge told reporters that police have found multiple scenes where evidence ties Whipple and Shelley together. He would not elaborate
  
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• How Mount Everest’s popularity turned fatal

  27-05-2019 19:00
  Kathmandu, Nepal • Chatur Tamang was on his way to the roof of the world when he hit a traffic jam.Ahead of him, on the final ascent to Mount Everest, he saw more than 100 people bunched together on the narrow ridge that leads to the summit — a place so high that it is known as the “death zone,” where the human body has trouble functioning.Some of those descending from the summit pleaded desperately with those ascending to clear a way for them to pass since they had run ou
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - 3 ideal options for the Jazz with the No. 23 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft

  27-05-2019 18:48 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz are coming off their third straight NBA playoff appearance, and now they enter an important offseason as they try to continue to take another step forward in the Western Conference. Quin Snyder’s squad was ousted by the Houston Rockets...
  
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• [KSL] - Utah's Donnie Tillman gets chance to workout in front of Jazz | KSL.com

  27-05-2019 18:39 via sportspyder.com
  University of Utah's Donnie Tillman was part of a six-player pre-draft workout at the Zion's Bank Basketball Center on Friday.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: It’s time for Jazz fans to stop pining after Nikola Mirotic

  27-05-2019 18:36 via sportspyder.com
  Several Utah Jazz fans and the organization itself have at one point showed interest in Nikola Mirotic. But the Eastern Confernce Finals proved it's time t...
  
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• Utah Jazz: It’s time for Jazz fans to stop pining after Nikola Mirotic

  27-05-2019 18:15
  Several Utah Jazz fans and the organization itself have at one point showed interest in Nikola Mirotic. But the Eastern Confernce Finals proved it’s time to move on from pining after him. It goes without saying that the Utah Jazz have been in pursuit of a reliable stretch-four player for quite some time. Such a […]
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• The Bees and Angels have two-way players in Jared Walsh and Kaleb Cowart

  27-05-2019 18:02
  Kaleb Cowart will always remember his Triple-A pitching debut, the night when the Salt Lake Bees struck out a franchise-record 19 batters.Never mind that he didn’t actually add to that total. Instead, he allowed three runs in his one inning on the mound May 20. And then his Pacific Coast League pitching record became much worse Sunday, when Tacoma torched him for six hits and five runs in two-thirds of an inning.Cowart's experiment with pitching in his 10th year of pro baseball, after he s
  
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• The search for a missing Logan girl enters day three, with a focus on a 10-mile stretch her uncle walked

  27-05-2019 17:08
  The search for Elizabeth Jessica Shelley, the missing 5-year-old Logan girl, enters its third day as multiple law enforcement agencies focus on a 10-mile stretch from Logan to Hyrum.Police have identified Shelley’s uncle, Alex Whipple, as the main suspect and have asked the public to help track his whereabouts since late Friday evening.“All I can say at this time, is we have evidence to believe that he is the reason that she is missing,” Logan Capt. Tyson Budge told FOX13.Whipp
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The most important summer in Utah Jazz history?

  27-05-2019 16:27 via sportspyder.com
  You’re the GM, what would you do?
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: KZ Okpala offers intrigue as a late first-rounder

  27-05-2019 16:20 via sportspyder.com
  Former Stanford standout KZ Okpala may be raw offensively, he's got size and athleticism that could make him a draft-night steal for the Utah Jazz. On Sund...
  
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• Utah Jazz: KZ Okpala offers intrigue as a late first-rounder

  27-05-2019 16:00
  Former Stanford standout KZ Okpala may be raw offensively, he’s got size and athleticism that could make him a draft-night steal for the Utah Jazz. On Sunday, the Utah Jazz had their biggest day of pre-draft action yet, welcoming in two different groups of prospects for workouts, including multiple potential first-round picks. For me though, […]
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• Paul Waldman: Trump extends his corruption into the intelligence agencies

  27-05-2019 15:30
  Because this is the Donald Trump era, the news that the president has "repeatedly urged" the Army Corps of Engineers to give a lucrative contract to a GOP donor and frequent Fox News guest is only the second most scandalous story of the day. The most scandalous is this one that The Washington Post reported:"President Trump has granted Attorney General William P. Barr 'full and complete authority' to declassify government secrets, issuing a memorandum late Thursday that orders U.S. intelligence a
  
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• Helaine Olen: The right practices identity politics much more effectively than the left

  27-05-2019 15:00
  In the opening speech at the Center for American Progress' Ideas conference, Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams called for Democrats to embrace the "identity progress" label. "The notion of identity politics has been peddled for the last 10 years, and it's been used as a dog whistle to say that we shouldn't pay too much attention to the new voices coming into progress," she said. "I would argue that identity politics is exactly who we are."While current Trump follies came up repeatedly, much of the
  
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• Utah’s rotten, stinky food can now be transformed into natural gas and fertilizer. Grocery stores and restaurants rejoice.

  27-05-2019 14:00
  North Salt Lake • Imagine Utah as home to a voracious beast, able to consume 5 million gallons of food scraps — from rotten lettuce and rancid hamburger to spoiled milk and dirty frying oil.What if this giant creature could grind and liquefy the waste, keeping it out of landfills and turning it into useful products such as natural gas and fertilizer?This animal isn’t make-believe. It exists and is just waiting to be fed the stinkiest, sourest, most disgusting leftovers the state
  
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• Salt Lake City makes the list of the nation’s worst cities for health effects tied to air pollution

  27-05-2019 14:00
  If national air pollution regulations were tightened, 72 fewer people in the Salt Lake City area would die every year, according to a recent study of the health impacts of bad air.Salt Lake City is ranked 23rd among U.S. cities for highest number of excess health impacts from outdoor air pollution, according to a report presented this week at the American Thoracic Society’s annual international conference and published in the group’s medical journal, Annals of the American Thoracic S
  
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• Letter: Veterans’ health system is a model to be copied

  27-05-2019 14:00
  In his May 8 letter to The Salt Lake Tribune, Bart Jacobs informs readers that “If you want to see how Medicare for All might work, all you have to do is look at our own veterans system and see just how poorly it is run by the government.”I wonder — has Mr. Jacobs looked at “our own veterans system” himself? I have.As a recipient of VA services, and as someone who for much of his life has relied on non-VA services, I can attest with confidence that the VA in Salt La
  
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• Letter: Real construction workers don’t wear hard hats to political rallies

  27-05-2019 14:00
  I recently watched on television news coverage of President Donald Trump speaking to a crowd of his supporters. Seated behind Trump were a group of construction workers in their hard hats and safety vests. They were just props.First, they were dressed exactly alike. Second, I wore a hard hat for 25 years while at work. We took our hard hats off as soon our shift was over. None of the people I worked with would wear hard hats to a political rally.I don’t believe the people sitting behind tr
  
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• Letter: Preventing measles takes action. Yours.

  27-05-2019 14:00
  There’s a persistent ticking in the room. Can you hear it? It’s not the clock, it’s scary, and it’s measles. Yes, measles, and it’s coming back.You can help stop the ticking before it gets too much louder and disaster strikes.To date, 880 cases of measles have been detected in 24 states in 2019. Worldwide, more than 170 countries report measles cases every year.Measles risks are real in your family and community. Measles is highly contagious. All babies under 15 mon
  
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• Letter: If men could get pregnant...

  27-05-2019 14:00
  Sometime in the 1970s, an anonymous taxi driver in Boston told Gloria Steinem, “Honey, if men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.”Terrell Dougan, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: God is on the side of abortion rights

  27-05-2019 14:00
  Whether it’s the Riverton City Council, the Utah Legislature or other legislatures, good God-fearing, abortion-banning Republicans are on a roll.Those liberal Democrats, meanwhile, still insist that terminating unborn life should remain a legal choice. As far as I can tell, the most credible person who actually believes that God might be on the Democrats’ side is, well, God himself. I have three reasons for thinking this way.First, far from demanding that human life be protected from
  
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• Gehrke: Utah now has its first openly gay Republican officeholder and his courage gives the state an opportunity to grow

  27-05-2019 14:00
  Utah County Commissioner Nathan Ivie took to Facebook last week to make a significant announcement, and playing in the background of his video was an acoustic version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide.”If you’re of my generation, you probably know it. “Well, I’ve been afraid of changing,” the song goes, “… but time makes you bolder, even children get older, and I’m getting older, too.”Ivie’s announcement, as you’ve probab
  
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• ‘A veteran trusts a fellow veteran:’ To support Utahns who have served, they say, connect them to each other

  27-05-2019 14:00
  Editor’s note: This story discusses suicide and recovery from depression. If you or people you know are at risk of self-harm, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24-hour support at 1-800-273-8255. Blaine Anderson sat beneath a pavilion at a Woods Cross park on a recent morning, sweaty in his blue T-shirt that read, “Y’all need Jesus.”About a dozen people, mostly veterans, swatted pickleballs on the nearby tennis court, occasionally hollering in victory or de
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz appear to have significant interest in Naz Reid

  27-05-2019 05:53 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz have expressed interest in former LSU standout Naz Reid, who is fully expected to get picked in the 2019 NBA Draft. He's not Tobias Harris, a...
  
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• LGBTQ community honored shooting victim with drag show Sunday at Salt Palace

  27-05-2019 05:51
  Members of Utah’s LGBTQ community will be coming together Sunday to honor the memory of Dennis Gwyther, who was reportedly shot by another motorist on Interstate 84 on Wednesday while commuting to his job as a Boise, Idaho-based flight attendant.Gwyther was known for being an activist, FOX 13 writes, and often could be found behind the scenes at LGBTQ events, making sure everything ran smoothly. His friends planned to honor his memory with a drag show Sunday night at the Salt Palace, accor
  
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• Discipline or treatment? Schools rethink their response to students vaping.

  27-05-2019 05:40
  Hartford, Conn. • A glimpse of student athletes in peak physical condition vaping just moments after competing in a football game led Stamford High School Principal Raymond Manka to reconsider his approach to the epidemic.His school traditionally has emphasized discipline for those caught with e-cigarettes. Punishments become increasingly severe with each offense, from in-school suspensions to out-of-school suspensions and, eventually, notification of law enforcement.But Manka began thinkin
  
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• Utah Jazz appear to have significant interest in Naz Reid

  27-05-2019 05:37
  The Utah Jazz have expressed interest in former LSU standout Naz Reid, who is fully expected to get picked in the 2019 NBA Draft. He’s not Tobias Harris, a name that has come up plenty of times involving the Utah Jazz. He’s not Nikola Mirotic, another name that is often linked to the Jazz. He’s […]
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• Trump is first head of state to meet Japan’s new emperor

  27-05-2019 03:38
  Tokyo • President Donald Trump made history Monday under a blazing, hot sun at Japan’s Imperial Palace, becoming the first world leader to meet the new emperor of Japan.Emperor Naruhito ascended to the throne on May 1, opening what is called the era of "Reiwa," or "beautiful harmony." Trump's "state call" opened with handshakes and greetings from Naruhito and his wife, Empress Masako.The president, who is on a four-day state visit, was the center of attention at an outdoor welcome cer
  
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• Kevin Na cruises to four-shot win at Colonial; Utahn Tony Finau finishes second

  27-05-2019 03:13
  Fort Worth, Texas • Kevin Na always believed he could win at Colonial, so he paused to visualize his name on the wall of champions at the first tee before making another run at it.The South Korean-born American will get to read his name on that wall next year.Na birdied four of the first eight holes and shot a 4-under 66 for a four-shot victory over Tony Finau on Sunday on the cozy course made famous by Ben Hogan, securing his third career PGA Tour win and second in 10 months.Lehi residen F
  
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• Utah’s Kyler Dunkle falls out of the top 10 and BYU’s team finishes last in NCAA golf

  27-05-2019 03:01
  Utah's Kyler Dunkle had an adventurous round Sunday in the NCAA Men's Golf Championships, while BYU's team applied its Thursday score to the team competition and finished last among 30 schools at The Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.Dunkle fell to a tie for 11th place with a 5-over-par 77 that included four birdies, three bogeys and three double bogeys. The Ute senior easily made the individual cut for Monday's final round, marking his last 18 holes as an amateur golfer.BYU's season is o
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz brass see 2019 NBA draft as opportunity to land ‘developmental’ talent with 23rd and 53rd picks

  27-05-2019 02:09 via sportspyder.com
  See how the Utah Jazz are approaching this year's NBA draft from a front office perspective.
  
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• Utah Jazz brass see 2019 NBA draft as opportunity to land ‘developmental’ talent with 23rd and 53rd picks

  27-05-2019 02:02
  Walt Perrin, vice president of player personnel for the Utah Jazz, talks to journalists during a Utah Jazz workout at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, May 29, 2018.Spenser Heaps, Deseret NewsHofstra's Justin Wright-Foreman (3) slams in two against North Carolina State during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP)Ethan HymanBelmont 's Dylan Windler, center, goes to the
  
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• E.J. Dionne: Trump is too powerless to fix the roads

  27-05-2019 02:00
  Washington • The late Steve LaTourette came into Congress as part of Newt Gingrich’s 1994 conservative revolution. The Ohio Republican was a party loyalist but not an ideologue. He thought that government ought to do such revolutionary things as build roads and bridges. So when I asked him why he decided to quit Congress in 2012, he had a ready answer: “Because we couldn’t even pass a highway bill anymore.”LaTourette, who died in 2016, was part of an informal group s
  
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• LGBTQ community to honor shooting victim with drag show Sunday evening at Salt Palace

  27-05-2019 00:31
  Members of Utah’s LGBTQ community will be coming together Sunday to honor the memory of Dennis Gwyther, who was reportedly shot by another motorist on Interstate 84 on Wednesday while commuting to his job as a Boise, Idaho-based flight attendant.Gwyther was known for being an activist, FOX 13 writes, and often could be found behind the scenes at LGBTQ events, making sure everything ran smoothly. His friends will honor his memory with a drag show Sunday night at the Salt Palace at 7 p.m., a
  
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• Discipline or treatment? Schools rethinking vaping response

  27-05-2019 00:10
  Hartford, Conn. • A glimpse of student athletes in peak physical condition vaping just moments after competing in a football game led Stamford High School Principal Raymond Manka to reconsider his approach to the epidemic.His school traditionally has emphasized discipline for those caught with e-cigarettes. Punishments become increasingly severe with each offense, from in-school suspensions to out-of-school suspensions and, eventually, notification of law enforcement.But Manka began thinkin
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz’s stacked Sunday workouts include six potential first-rounders

  27-05-2019 00:05 via sportspyder.com
  Asked last week about the Jazz’s predraft workouts being largely stocked with second-round or rookie free agent-type players, Vice President of Player Personnel Walt Perrin noted that between the NBA Combine and agency-run Pro Days, much of the top...
  
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• Jazz’s stacked Sunday workouts include six potential first-rounders

  27-05-2019 00:01
  Asked last week about the Jazz’s predraft workouts being largely stocked with second-round or rookie free agent-type players, Vice President of Player Personnel Walt Perrin noted that between the NBA Combine and agency-run Pro Days, much of the top talent simply hadn’t been made available for teams yet.“Hopefully our workouts will start to pick up — I think they will — really soon,” he said.In Sunday’s double session at the Zions Bank Basketball Campus p
  
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