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• [Deseret Morning News] - Warriors' investor banned from NBA Finals for Lowry shove

  06-06-2019 23:31 via sportspyder.com
  The Golden State Warriors' investor who shoved Toronto guard Kyle Lowry during Game 3 of the NBA Finals won't attend any more games in the series.
  
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• Warriors' investor banned from NBA Finals for Lowry shove

  06-06-2019 23:26
  Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry, middle, gestures next to referee Marc Davis (8) near the front row of fans during the second half of Game 3 of basketball's NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Raptors in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. A fan seated courtside for Game 3 of the NBA Finals was ejected after shoving Lowry when the Raptors star crashed into a row of seats while trying to save a ball from going out of bounds on Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)Tony Av
  
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• Letter: Abortion laws disproportionately affect poor women

  06-06-2019 23:20
  ”As a Christian and a feminist, the most important message I can carry and fight for is the sacredness of each human life, and reproductive rights for all women are a crucial part of that. It is a moral necessity that we not be forced to bring children into the world for whom we cannot be responsible and adoring and present. We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society.” — Anne LamottAbortion laws only affect the mi
  
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• EPA may take Salt Lake off its dirty-air list, thanks partly to the weather

  06-06-2019 23:08
  After 13 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is poised to remove the Salt Lake metro region from its list of areas that violate its 24-hour pollution standards for fine particulates.That’s partly because the state has made efforts to reduce its emissions — Utah’s Air Quality Board has passed more than 20 regulations to reduce industry emissions — and partly because Utah has been, well, lucky.“Luck is a big part of this,” said Thom Carter, executive
  
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• Warriors investor banished for remainder of the NBA Finals after shoving Raptors’ Kyle Lowry

  06-06-2019 23:02
  Oakland, Calif. • The Golden State Warriors’ investor who shoved Toronto guard Kyle Lowry during Game 3 of the NBA Finals won’t attend any more games in the series.The Warriors said Thursday that they and investor Mark Stevens, who is listed in the team's media guide as a member of its six-person executive board, apologized to Lowry and the Raptors.Lowry went into a row of seats along the sideline in an effort to save a loose ball during Wednesday night's game at Oracle Arena. L
  
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• Letter: Whose ears is Mike Lee trying to save?

  06-06-2019 23:00
  Anyone who has been paying attention lately knows that Utah Sen. Mike Lee supports the legality and use of sound suppressors on firearms. He says that these devices "protect the hearing of the shooters.”As it turns out, one of the largest manufacturers of these “silencers” is one of his donors. Gotta support your people, right Mike?Someone has to tell me what possible use, benefit or value a silencer has in this otherwise gun-crazy country? In the recent active shooter case in
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Ricky Rubio 2018-19 Highlights

  06-06-2019 22:58 via sportspyder.com
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• Letter: With this president, math doesn’t stand a chance

  06-06-2019 22:56
  In mathematics, multiplying two negatives yields a positive. In grammar, a double negative means a positive.When special counsel Robert Mueller thoughtfully declared, “We were not able to conclude the president did not commit obstruction of justice,” he indirectly states, “The president obstructed justice.”But, in the miasma of our bizarre politics, Trump interprets Mueller’s statement as “no obstruction and no collusion.”Truth, logic, decency, morality
  
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• Letter: Understand the concept of ‘active transportation’

  06-06-2019 22:54
  Active transportation is a concept that needs to be better understood by Salt Lake Valley residents and elected officials alike if we want better air quality and better health for ourselves and our children.We can only appreciate what we know and understand. Let’s get started coming to understand. What is active transport?Active transportation facilitates productive walking, bicycling and use of public transit. This is different from “parks, trails and open space.” Bicycling tr
  
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• Letter: Listen to Mueller’s warning about Russian interference

  06-06-2019 22:50
  In his public remarks, Robert Mueller made it crystal clear that the special counsel’s investigation revealed that Russia’s government made “multiple systemic efforts” to interfere with the 2016 U.S. election, and that they are a continuing threat to our national security.If we had a normal president in the White House he/she would be addressing the country right now to acknowledge the crisis and present a plan to secure and protect our elections. Instead, we have a comma
  
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• Call it ‘2019: A doughnut odyssey.’ Utah bakery to send a glazed goody into (almost) space.

  06-06-2019 22:32
  How high can deep-fried dough go?Employees at Bowman’s Market in Kaysville will find out Friday when they use a weather balloon to raise a traditional glazed doughnut into the atmosphere for National Doughnut Day.Baker Noah Wenzel has been leading this (almost) space odyssey after hearing of a similar project in Europe. He also thought the store, known for the light, fluffy treats, deserved an equal shot at stardom.Doughnut lovers have been known to travel to infinity and beyond to score a
  
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• Will there be a teacher strike in Utah? Salt Lake City School District announces it is at ‘an impasse’ over salaries.

  06-06-2019 22:20
  Two days after nearly 200 teachers held a silent protest at a board of education meeting and threatened to strike, Salt Lake City School District announced it has failed to come to a compromise with the union to raise salaries.“The negotiation process has now reached an impasse, and further action is pending,” it announced in a statement Thursday. District Superintendent Lexi Cunningham added: There are restrictions in “what we can do due to limited funding.”The stalemate
  
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• Mexico: Talks and more talks, no deal yet to avert tariffs

  06-06-2019 22:08
  Washington • U.S. and Mexican officials labored for a second day Thursday to avert import tariffs that President Donald Trump is threatening to impose as he tries to strong-arm Mexico into stemming the flood of Central American migrants at America’s southern border.Both sides claimed headway in a lengthy meeting Wednesday, but Trump said a “lot of progress” must still be made to halt the 5% tax on all Mexican goods that he has threatened to impose Monday as part of an esca
  
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• Alexandra Petri: Exhausted Britain wishes Trump would notice he was being gravely insulted

  06-06-2019 22:00
  London • An increasingly distraught Britain wondered for the duration of President Trump’s visit to the country whether the president was ever going to notice that he was being gravely insulted. Indignities that would have sent previous presidents packing whistled harmlessly over his head and detonated behind him, unnoticed except by their perpetrators."Someone said, 'Thank you for your opinion' after he had made a remark, and he actually said, 'You're welcome,'" gasped Madeline Basse
  
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• Analysis: Jazz hope to land a big name in free agency, but if they don’t, there are lots of more modest, quality options

  06-06-2019 21:47
  Most Jazz fans know the team could have upwards of $30 million to spend in free agency this summer. After all, Ricky Rubio has come out and said the team has told him he’s not priority No. 1. And Derrick Favors’ salary doesn’t become guaranteed until July 6. Meanwhile, Thabo Sefolosha and Ekpe Udoh are unrestricted free agents unlikely to return.That particular combination of factors — in concert with a young, talented team on the rise — have given many people near-
  
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• ‘Behind the Headlines’: Protesters are removed from Inland Port meeting

  06-06-2019 21:40
  Dozens of protestors are forcibly removed from a Utah Inland Port Authority board meeting. The field of candidates running for mayor of Salt Lake City becomes clear, as do some of the major issues of the race. And University of Utah police apologize for including slain student Lauren McCluskey’s name in the program for awards commending the way the school handled her case.At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Taylor Stevens, Courtney Tanner, and columnist Robert Gehrke join KCPW
  
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• Monson: 40 percent of the Jazz’s shots were 3-pointers last season. The NBA should make those shots more difficult in order to save the mid-range game.

  06-06-2019 21:30
  College basketball plans to move its 3-point line back. The NBA should do likewise.But neither will — or would — do it to the extreme it should, the distance to which basketball would most benefit.The guardians of the college game — an outfit known as the Playing Rules Oversight Panel — are moving the line from 20 feet, 9 inches to the international distance of 22 feet, 1 and three-quarters inches, starting this next season.First reaction: Who the hell came up with that n
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Analysis: Jazz hope to land a big name in free agency, but if they don’t, there are lots of more modest, quality options

  06-06-2019 21:13 via sportspyder.com
  Most Jazz fans know the team could have upwards of $30 million to spend in free agency this summer. After all, Ricky Rubio has come out and said the team has told him he’s not priority No. 1. And Derrick Favors’ salary doesn’t become guaranteed...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: This former Utah Jazz coach has spent a lifetime lifting others

  06-06-2019 20:48 via sportspyder.com
  Frank Layden said what? He always was an awesome quote. But more than that, he was a teacher. Now the NBA has honored him with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
  
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• Brad Rock: This former Utah Jazz coach has spent a lifetime lifting others

  06-06-2019 20:45
  Frank Layden in his office in the Delta Center in this undated photo.KRISTAN JACOBSEN, DESERET NEWSJazz head coach Frank Layden with Jazz owner Larry H. Miller in this undated photo.Deseret News archivesUtah Jazz assistant coach Jerry Sloan with coach Frank Layden during a game in the mid 1980's.Jerry Sloan replaces Frank Layden as head coach for the Utah Jazz.Photo provided by the Deseret News ArchivesDeseret News ArchivesJazz Head coach Frank Layden in this undated photo.Deseret News ArchivesF
  
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• Greg Hughes isn’t running for Utah governor yet, but his PAC raised $100K last month

  06-06-2019 20:38
  Former Utah House speaker and potential gubernatorial candidate Greg Hughes isn’t currently running for election, but that hasn’t stopped donors from cutting five-figure checks to his political action committee.Disclosure forms for the Hughes Leadership PAC show $105,000 in receipts from four donors during the month of May, including $50,000 from prominent Utah developer Kem Gardner, $25,000 from Rep. Mike Schultz, R-Hooper, $25,000 from former House Majority Leader Kevin Garn &mdash
  
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• After teachers silently protested this week, Salt Lake City School District announces it is at ‘an impasse’ over salaries

  06-06-2019 20:33
  Coming two days after nearly 200 educators held a silent protest at a school board meeting and threatened to strike, the Salt Lake City teachers association has rejected a compromise to raise salaries and the district has announced an impasse. District Superintendent Lexi Cunningham said in a statement Thursday that there are restrictions in “what we can do due to limited funding.”She added: “We acknowledge the crucial role our educators make every day in the lives of our stude
  
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• University of Utah police apologize for including Lauren McCluskey’s name on the program for awards her parents said border 'on obscene’

  06-06-2019 20:25
  The University of Utah police department has apologized for including murdered student Lauren McCluskey’s name on the program for a Wednesday ceremony that honored university employees. The department gave awards to a dispatcher and two school administrators for how they responded to McCluskey’s concerns before her slaying and how they dealt with questions after it — despite a blistering independent review that found several staffers mishandled her case.McCluskey’s parent
  
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• Onetime phenom Sam Gordon is determined to make lasting change as Title IX lawsuit for girls’ tackle football moves forward

  06-06-2019 20:25
  There she stood in a hotel ballroom in Los Angeles, telling some of the established and emerging greats of the sport she loves about the cause. And there, for those few hours, they listened. Because when Sam Gordon talks football, people want to know what the teenager has to say. So as the 16-year-old from Herriman — who seven years ago went viral as a 9-year-old ponytailed wrecking ball in peewee football — explained to Super Bowl champion Richard Sherman and newly-minted NFL Rookie
  
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• Police ask public to help them identify persons of interest in Kearns shooting that left one dead, one wounded

  06-06-2019 20:13
  Unified Police are asking for the public’s help to identify three persons of interest in a Kearns shooting that killed one man and seriously wounded another on Wednesday.The department released photos of three individuals and two vehicles and asked that anyone with information call 801-743-7000.Gunshots were reported at a home near 4800 South and 4700 West about 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Police arrived to find one man dead on the ground outside the home; a local emergency clinic reported a s
  
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• 30-minute delays expected Sunday on I-15 in Salt Lake City for bridge repairs

  06-06-2019 20:13
  Drivers should plan for 30-minute delays on northbound Interstate 15 in downtown Salt Lake City this Sunday, the Utah Department of Transportation warns.UDOT plans to reduce the freeway to two northbound lanes at 800 South from 9 p.m. Saturday until 5 a.m. Monday. It says that long delays should be expected throughout that time.This will be the first of three consecutive weekends for such closures at the spot.They are needed to make permanent repairs to a large hole that formed last March in the
  
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• Eye on the Y: New men’s basketball coach Mark Pope says once-troubled guard Nick Emery is in 'a really good spot right now’

  06-06-2019 19:19
  Eye On The Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on BYU athletics. Subscribe here.Provo • New BYU basketball coach Mark Pope told reporters in a surprise news briefing on Tuesday that senior guard Nick Emery is going to have an outstanding senior season. So much for wild internet speculation that Emery’s final season of college basketball would not be played in Provo.Unless something drastic happens between now and the middle of August when the Cougars go on their NCAA-
  
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• Call it ’2019: A doughnut odyssey.' Utah bakery to send a glazed goody into, well, not space, but way up there.

  06-06-2019 19:19
  How high can deep-fried dough go?Employees at Bowman’s Market in Kaysville will find out Friday when they launch a traditional glazed doughnut aboard a balloon into the atmosphere for National Doughnut Day.Baker Noah Wenzel has been leading this (almost) space odyssey after hearing of a similar project in Europe. He also thought the store, known for the light, fluffy treats, deserved an equal shot at stardom.Doughnut lovers have been known to travel to infinity and beyond to score a doughn
  
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• Red All Over: Utes vs. Weber State will give the Beehive Classic one more test of the market

  06-06-2019 19:17
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here. Utah’s 2019-20 men’s basketball schedule will include three games in eight days in NBA and NHL venues in December. Whether the Utes keep visiting Vivint Smart Home Arena annually is a question that the third Zions Bank Beehive Classic apparently will answer.Arena president Jim Olson once expressed hope of securing another three-year agreement with the four schools this summer, prior to the doub
  
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• Without tax incentives from Utah, BYUtv moves ‘Dwight in Shining Armor’ production to Georgia

  06-06-2019 18:51
  Filming is underway on 20 more episodes of BYUtv’s “Dwight in Shining Armor,” but the production has left Utah and moved to Georgia.The first 20 episodes of the fantasy/comedy/adventure series were produced in West Valley City, but Utah’s limited tax incentives for film and television production prompted the decision to move the series to the Atlanta area.Utah’s annual budget for tax incentives is about $9 million; in 2017, Georgia’s incentives — which r
  
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• Utah farmers push back on proposed cannabis regulations

  06-06-2019 18:48
  Diane and Russ Jones’s marriage has always thrived on alfalfa. They have grown the sweet, leafy crop near their home in central Utah together for more than 30 years — but they were ready for a change.Russ had read about the benefits of medical marijuana after battling Hodgkin's lymphoma, an aggressive cancer that attacks the immune system. When Utah announced last week it would be accepting applications for cannabis growers, he saw a great opportunity."It would be really nice to grow
  
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• Salt Lake City mayoral candidates push for free-fare UTA ridership, more alternatives to cars

  06-06-2019 18:47
  As the race to become Salt Lake City mayor heats up ahead of the August primary, several candidates are pushing for free UTA fares within city boundaries and for city taxpayers as a way to promote transit ridership and improve air quality.Jim Dabakis and Stan Penfold floated the idea in separate interviews with The Salt Lake Tribune, as well as at a transportation forum Wednesday evening co-hosted by Bike Utah and the Utah Transit Riders Union at the downtown Salt Lake City Library.“I am c
  
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• Kaysville man charged with threatening members of Congress, made more than 2,000 calls

  06-06-2019 18:45
  A Kaysville man is facing a federal charge of making multiple phone threats to kill members of Congress and reportedly made more than 2,000 phone calls to the U.S. Capitol in the last 13 months.In a complaint unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Utah, Scott Brian Haven, 54, is charged with one count of interstate transmission of threats to injure. If convicted, Haven could face five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.Haven was arrested Tuesday morning in Kaysville, according to a spo
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: NBA draft prospects that have visited Utah so far, Tobias Harris and D’Angelo Russell possibilities

  06-06-2019 18:34
  We’re only 15 days away from the NBA Draft. The Jazz have brought in 54 players, and of those 54 players, there are probably only 10 or so that have a real chance of being selected by the Jazz.So we decided to break them down for you: who they are, what they do, and what they said in their draft interviews. We also try to pass along what Walt Perrin, Jazz VP of player personnel, said in each interview.At 3:30 • Grant WilliamsAt 5:40 • Naz ReidAt 7:45 • Nic Claxton, Shamorie
  
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• Dana Milbank: For D-Day, Trump recalls the heroism of ... Donald Trump

  06-06-2019 18:16
  Washington • World leaders have assembled on the English Channel this week, on the 75th anniversary of D-Day, for two days of ceremonies recalling the unrivaled bravery and sacrifice of Donald Trump.President Trump, staying at the U.S. ambassador's residence in London, was up early Wednesday morning and already thinking deep and profound thoughts on the theme of the day: himself."Washed up psycho @BetteMidler was forced to apologize for a statement she attributed to me that turned out to be
  
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• Commentary: Don’t let Utah become a national dumping ground

  06-06-2019 18:09
  Imagine you’re a well-funded company from out of state and you purchase what you think will be a profitable multimillion-dollar business in Utah. You develop a business plan, invest lots of money and start construction. But as it turns out, the facility you want to operate can’t get a permit under state law. What to do? While some might suggest you should have done your due diligence before spending millions of dollars, in today’s anything-goes political climate you might pull
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell calls big markets 'kind of overrated'

  06-06-2019 18:04 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell doesn't need the bright lights of New York City or Los Angeles. In fact, he's perfectly content in small-market Salt Lake City.
  
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• Pope Francis to meet Russia’s Putin before Vatican Ukraine meeting

  06-06-2019 18:03
  Vatican City • Pope Francis will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vatican next month, a day before Catholic leaders from Ukraine gather at the Holy See to discuss the continuing conflict there and the fallout from the schism between the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox churches.The Vatican confirmed the July 4 audience Thursday. It will be the third meeting between Francis and Putin.Francis and Moscow Patriarch Kirill sat down for talks in 2016 in the first meeting of the hea
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: Google and Facebook sucked profits from newspapers; publishers are finally resisting

  06-06-2019 18:00
  Republicans and Democrats in Congress seem to agree on almost nothing these days.That's why it's startling to see bipartisan support for something you might think would be unpopular to politicians: the very local newspapers who hold elected officials accountable.But it's happening. And, given the gloomy state of the newspaper industry, it's a rare break in the clouds."It does seem like we're getting somewhere," said David Chavern, president and CEO of the News Media Alliance, which represents 2,
  
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• Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell calls big markets 'kind of overrated'

  06-06-2019 17:55
  Donovan Mitchell, of the Utah Jazz, walks under the pedestrian bridge spanning 100 south, at The Gateway in Salt Lake City, as he arrives at event where the bridge was named after him on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.Steve GriffinDonovan Mitchell doesn't need the bright lights of New York City or Los Angeles. In fact, he's perfectly content in small-market Salt Lake City.In a wide-ranging Q&A with Michael Scotto of The Athletic, Mitchell touched on the subject of playing in a small market and recr
  
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• Utahns should be on the lookout for severe thunderstorms on Thursday

  06-06-2019 17:52
  Severe thunderstorms are possible across northern Utah on Thursday, the National Weather Service warns.There is a moderate to slight chance of strong to severe storms from Provo north to the Idaho border, and from Wendover to Evanston, Wyo. Strong, gusty winds are expected, along with frequent lightning and small hail that may accumulate.⚠️UPDATE: Storms expected today.
  The slight risk (yellow) area for strong to severe thunderstorms has been extended farther south & east.
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell named to Team USA camp roster

  06-06-2019 17:34 via sportspyder.com
  Another chapter in the Spida legacy awaits
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Toronto Raptors' Kyle Lowry hopes fan who shoved him 'never comes back to an NBA game'

  06-06-2019 17:16 via sportspyder.com
  A fan seated courtside for Game 3 of the NBA Finals was ejected after shoving Kyle Lowry when the Toronto Raptors star crashed into a row of seats while trying to save a ball from going out of bounds.
  
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• Laurence H. Tribe: Impeach Trump, but don’t necessarily try him in Senate

  06-06-2019 17:08
  It is possible to argue that impeaching President Donald Trump and removing him from office before the 2020 election would be unwise, even if he did cheat his way into office, and even if he is abusing the powers of that office to enrich himself, cover up his crimes and leave our national security vulnerable to repeated foreign attacks. Those who make this argument rest their case either on the proposition that impeachment would be dangerously divisive in a nation as politically broken as ours,
  
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• Toronto Raptors' Kyle Lowry hopes fan who shoved him 'never comes back to an NBA game'

  06-06-2019 17:04
  Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry, middle, gestures next to referee Marc Davis (8) near the front row of fans during the second half of Game 3 of basketball's NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Raptors in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. A fan seated courtside for Game 3 of the NBA Finals was ejected after shoving Lowry when the Raptors star crashed into a row of seats while trying to save a ball from going out of bounds on Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)Tony Av
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Brazilian apostle’s big day, gambling cash pays off for pioneer move, Dan Reynolds foresees greater LDS-LGBTQ alliance

  06-06-2019 16:30
  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: What about abortion?
  (Illustration by Christopher Cherrington|The Salt Lake Tribune)Abortion — always a hotly disputed, highly divisive topic — is back in the headlines.Several states,
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jody Genessy: Is Enes Kanter a hero, a villain or something in between?

  06-06-2019 16:27 via sportspyder.com
  Some Jazz fans have forgiven Kanter, but others still consider him Enes the Menace, of course.
  
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