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• Tribune Editorial: Republicans must stand against election interference

  15-06-2019 23:00
  “Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence Is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.”— George Washington, Farewell Address, Sept. 17, 1796
  This nation requires (at least) two strong political parties. And some Republicans are now faced with a question as to whether they want to continue to b
  
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• Cathy Free: I found a letter from my dad after he died. I read it every Father’s Day.

  15-06-2019 23:00
  It was a few days after my father's funeral in 2008 when I went downstairs in my house to switch a load of laundry. I was feeling sad about my dad's death from dementia, wondering how my family would do without him. Then I saw it - a slender white envelope on the floor near the washing machine.It was a letter my dad had written me during a troubled time in 1975 when I was a teenager. I'd packed it away years ago inside a cardboard box labeled "treasures." How did it end up there, just days after
  
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• [CBS Sports] - NBA free agency 2019: Derrick Favors could be a target for Lakers if Jazz don't bring him back, per report - CBSSports.com

  15-06-2019 22:03 via sportspyder.com
  The veteran big man could be on the move if his option isn't exercised
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - How Utah Jazz general manager Justin Zanik’s background as an agent helps in his new role

  15-06-2019 21:54 via sportspyder.com
  Zanik is one of four notable current NBA executives that were once NBA agents. “I was the son of two teachers — two educators — so learning about things throughout my life has always been...
  
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• How Utah Jazz general manager Justin Zanik’s background as an agent helps in his new role

  15-06-2019 21:49
  Justin ZanikUtah JazzSALT LAKE CITY — In preparation for the upcoming NBA draft, Justin Zanik is often spotted around Zions Bank Basketball Campus for pre-draft workouts keeping a close eye on things.In May, the newly promoted Jazz general manager was also sitting courtside, at Chicago's Quest Multisport Complex, alongside key front office members as they scouted prospects during the 2019 NBA draft combine.ESPN's television crew even interviewed Zanik live on the set during the combine, wi
  
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• Commentary: The incredible shrinking Latter-day Saint family

  15-06-2019 21:09
  Latter-day Saints in the U.S. still have more children than other Americans do, but their families are not as large as they used to be.First, let’s look at fertility in previous generations. According to research from the 2016 Next Mormons Survey (NMS), today’s Latter-day Saint adults grew up in families of 4.02 children.This was higher than the national average — and, depending on the year, sometimes significantly so. For example, we have Latter-day Saint and national data fro
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - How Utah Jazz general manger Justin Zanik’s background as an agent helps in his new role

  15-06-2019 20:47 via sportspyder.com
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• 20 years after Columbine, a debate on bulldozing the school

  15-06-2019 20:11
  Denver • Two decades after the name “Columbine” became synonymous with a school shooting, the suburban Denver community surrounding the school is debating whether it’s time to tear down a building that also became a beacon for people obsessed with the killings.School officials said the number of people trying to get close to or even inside the school reached record levels this year, the 20th anniversary of the 1999 attack that killed 13 people. People try to peek into the
  
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• 1 killed, 2 hurt in shooting inside California Costco store

  15-06-2019 20:08
  Corona, Calif. • A gunman who had been in an argument inside a Southern California Costco opened fire — killing a man, wounding two other people and sparking a stampede of terrified shoppers before he was taken into custody, police said.Police swarmed the Costco after shots were reported shortly Friday night at the huge warehouse store about 50 miles (80.5 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, where families were stocking up for the week or dropping by for weekend steaks.Among the wounded
  
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• ‘Coolest thing I’ve ever been a part of.’ Real Salt Lake players, coaches share joys, challenges and everything in between of fatherhood

  15-06-2019 19:19
  Herriman • While his wife was on a trip to Los Angeles about two years ago, Tony Beltran had a lot of time on his hands. Being that one his passions is film, the Real Salt Lake veteran defender decided to treat himself to an “Indiana Jones” marathon.When his wife, Teale, came home, Beltran received the biggest news of his life: He was about to become a father. The first thought that popped into his mind? The actor who played Jones’ father in “The Last Crusade.”
  
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• ‘Gosh!’ Cult comedy ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ turns 15

  15-06-2019 17:32
  The cult comedy Napoleon Dynamite turns 15 years old this month, a milestone for a movie that became an early breakaway hit in today's era of pop-culture geek celebration.The movie created the "Vote for Pedro" T-shirt and made Napoleon's disgusted version of "gosh!" into a 2004 catchphrase.Made for just $400,000 by a group of recently graduated Brigham Young University film students, it would ultimately gross more than $46 million after its June 2004 release. A word-of-mouth hit before Twitter a
  
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• Hong Kong leader delays unpopular bill; activists want more

  15-06-2019 17:29
  Hong Kong • Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam sought to quell public anger Saturday by shelving an unpopular extradition bill that has highlighted apprehension about relations with mainland China, but opponents of the measure said it was not enough.Activists said they were still planning a mass protest for Sunday, a week after hundreds of thousands marched to demand Lam drop the legislation, which many fear would undermine freedoms enjoyed by this former British colony but not elsewhere
  
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• The Jazz have narrowed their list, but there’s still no telling what they’ll do on draft night

  15-06-2019 17:16
  Toronto Raptors players and execs got to hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy as NBA champions this past Thursday night. Just one week later, teams will be taking the first of myriad steps toward potentially putting themselves on a similar path.The NBA draft is Thursday at 5 p.m. MT at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. But the members of the Jazz front office will be running their operations from the Zions Bank Basketball Campus in Salt Lake City, trying to figure out how best to move the team fo
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Jazz have narrowed their list, but there’s still no telling what they’ll do on draft night

  15-06-2019 17:13 via sportspyder.com
  Toronto Raptors players and execs got to hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy as NBA champions this past Thursday night. Just one week later, teams will be taking the first of myriad steps toward potentially putting themselves on a similar path.
  
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• 5 things to expect when Utah makes the switch to stronger beer

  15-06-2019 17:07
  Utah’s beer lovers are counting the days until Nov. 1 — 138 as of Saturday — when higher-alcohol brews will be allowed in grocery and convenience stores.On that date, a new state law takes effect that boosts the allowable amount of alcohol in retail beer from 3.2 percent alcohol by weight to 4 percent. Stronger brews will continue to be sold at liquor stores operated by the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.DABC Executive Director Sal Petilos — in an interview
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Rudy Gobert responds to fan asking Jazz to bring home a title, says ‘it’s coming’

  15-06-2019 16:36 via sportspyder.com
  A Utah Jazz supporter sent out the ultimate challenge to reigning Defensive Player of the Year winner Rudy Gobert, to which the 7-foot-1 big man gladly obliged. A Jazz fan that goes by the username @amccullough105 took to Twitter to randomly share...
  
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• Rich Lowry: The climate trap for Democrats

  15-06-2019 15:00
  The more the climate debate changes, the more it stays the same.Polls show that the public is worried about climate change, but that doesn't mean that it is any more ready to bear any burden or pay any price to combat it.If President Donald Trump claws his way to victory again in Pennsylvania and the Upper Midwest, his path will likely go through abortion and climate change, two issues on which the Democrats are most confident in their righteousness and willing to embrace radical policies that a
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz odds of adding D’Lo just went up, but fans would do well to pump the brakes

  15-06-2019 14:05 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz's odds of adding D'Angelo Russell in free agency appear to be steadily increasing. But even so, they remain far from the favorite to land him...
  
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• When Sundays come, 'I don’t have to go to work’ — Utah’s singing ‘Pastor Mike’ reaches the final note with his Presbyterian flock

  15-06-2019 14:00
  Members of Salt Lake City’s First Presbyterian Church arrived for their usual 11 a.m. worship services last Sunday, but this time, as they gathered beneath stained glass windows to sing, pray and ponder, they did so with a sense of loss.It was the penultimate Sunday sermon of the Rev. Michael J. Imperiale. After leading the historic church for 18 years, he is retiring. An interim minister will take his place while the congregation searches for a permanent pastor, but churchgoers say &ldquo
  
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• Utah Jazz odds of adding D’Lo just went up, but fans would do well to pump the brakes

  15-06-2019 14:00
  The Utah Jazz’s odds of adding D’Angelo Russell in free agency appear to be steadily increasing. But even so, they remain far from the favorite to land him. It’s become no secret of late that the Utah Jazz could very well be interested in adding restricted free agent D’Angelo Russell to their ranks this summer. […]
  Utah Jazz odds of adding D’Lo just went up, but fans would do well to pump the brakes - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, B
  
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• Salt Lake City mayoral candidates renew concerns about capacity within new homeless resource centers set to open next month

  15-06-2019 14:00
  As resource providers and government agencies across Salt Lake County brace for massive changes to homeless services this summer and fall, Salt Lake City’s mayoral candidates are renewing concerns about capacity under the new homeless resource center model.The emergency downtown shelter, long said to have a capacity of 1,100, is expected to close this fall and three new centers, which have a total bed count of just 700 among them, will open to replace it.“I don’t believe that t
  
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• Letter: What has our country come to?

  15-06-2019 14:00
  This is a true story regarding a Utah family.There is a daughter who was born in the United States, so she is an American citizen. She has been awarded a scholarship to go to college and she very much wants to become a pediatrician.Her parents are undocumented and have lived in Utah for more than 20 years. They work and have a modest income and lifestyle. They did not have health insurance because it was not offered with their jobs and they could not afford it.Unfortunately, the mother had to ha
  
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• Letter: The inland port is a sinking ship

  15-06-2019 14:00
  I see by The Salt Lake Tribune that the board of the inland port has just hired a man from Los Angeles to be its new executive director. We should wish him well, because he is on a sinking ship.It has taken a while, but the people of Salt Lake City are waking up to the inequities, illegalities and inconsistencies of the port.Aside from the environmental problems of the air that we breathe, the scarce water we need, the birds, the Great Salt Lake and increased traffic congestion from many more tr
  
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• Letter: Stop drilling in the land of the caribou

  15-06-2019 14:00
  The lands within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — “ANWR” to those who would like to see it opened to oil development — have sustained the native Gwich’in people for thousands of years.The coastal plain, referred to as “The Sacred Place Where Life Begins” by the Gwich’in, supports thousands of calving caribous in the spring, nesting migratory birds in the summer, and denning polar bears in the winter. The survival of the Gwich’in is depen
  
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• Letter: Rail line is a pipe dream from the past

  15-06-2019 14:00
  The Salt Lake Tribune reported on its June 14 front page that an eastern Utah railway proposal received $21.4 million in funding to build a rail line to enable the Uintah Basin to increase oil production.This should not happen.Every ounce of CO2 emissions that is introduced into the atmosphere hastens the demise of our planet. The funding should go instead to the Uintah Basin to educate and facilitate and generate new, green industries that will promote clean air and good health.The governor sho
  
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• Letter: Nature should come before mankind

  15-06-2019 14:00
  In response to the June 12 The Salt Lake Tribune article titled “Oil drilling comes to Utah wildlife refuge. Will rules keep birds, plants and fish safe?” I strongly believe that the 400,000 barrels of oil underground, formed from ancient algae and zooplankton, should be left in the ground for nature to take care of.Drilling it shows an unwillingness to care for others. Short-term economic and societal benefits of extracting oils are significantly outweighed by their long-term impact
  
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• Ivis Garcia: Warren wants to make America great again by saving the middle class

  15-06-2019 14:00
  Ask most experts why today’s two-income families are in money trouble despite making more income than the single-income families of the past, and you’ll likely hear that families are in debt because of rampant and unadulterated over-spending.Yet families are not frittering away their money, certainly not to the tune of a per-capita debt of $59,320 in Utah, the 10th largest in the nation, according to the State Level Household Debt Statistics of 2018 by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
  
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• Eric Posner: Administration’s plan to redefine ‘human rights’ along conservative lines

  15-06-2019 14:00
  The State Department recently published a brief, enigmatic notice announcing the formation of a new Commission on Unalienable Rights. With a modest budget of $385,074 and merely advisory powers, the commission received little attention beyond head-scratching over its strange name. Yet the significance of the endeavor should not be overlooked. It puts the government's imprimatur on an assault upon one of the cornerstones of modern liberalism: international human rights.According to the commission
  
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• Commentary: Utah education partner experiences ‘audacious’ growth

  15-06-2019 14:00
  When the TED organization claims your nonprofit has the ability to change the world, you want everyone to know about it! Hence the reason for this op-ed. I am the public relations manager for Waterford UPSTART, and this spring, we were one of eight nonprofit organizations recognized as a TED Audacious Project. This philanthropic team believes our early education nonprofit can help close the learning gap for children entering kindergarten nationwide.Waterford UPSTART started 10 years ago when the
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Mike Weir happy for Toronto Raptors, but still prefers Utah Jazz

  15-06-2019 06:58 via sportspyder.com
  Mike Weir was unhappy with his play at the U.S. Open where he shot a pair of 74s this week. He was happy with the Toronto Raptors' victory over Golden State in the NBA Finals, but said he's more...
  
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• Mike Weir happy for Toronto Raptors, but still prefers Utah Jazz

  15-06-2019 06:48
  Golfer Mike Weir answers questions prior to the ceremony to induct him into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 in his hometown of Bright's Grove, Ontario. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Dave Chidley)APPEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Mike Weir was unhappy with his golf in his two rounds at the U.S. Open this week, but at least he had one thing to smile about. That would be Thursday night's NBA Finals-clinching victory by the Toronto Raptors.Weir is a native of Ontario, Canada &md
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 NBA Free Agency: Nets unlikely to keep D’Angelo Russell if they sign Kyrie Irving

  15-06-2019 06:27 via sportspyder.com
  SO YOU’RE SAYING THERE’S A CHANCE ...
  
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• ‘They matter just as much as the white babies’ — Black Lives Matter protesters call for Woods Cross officer’s termination after he pointed gun at black boy

  15-06-2019 06:18
  Woods Cross • More than a dozen black children made their way out from between demonstrators to stand front and center at the protest outside the Woods Cross police station. They carried signs asking, in one way or another, “Am I next?” Some wore shirts that said, “I matter.”Lex Scott, Black Lives Matter Utah’s leader, called them up to make a point.“Ladies and gentleman,” she asked the crowd, “do their lives matter?”The crowd resounding
  
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• [Standard-Examiner] - Weber State's Brekkott Chapman gets pre-draft workout with Utah Jazz

  15-06-2019 05:56 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz usually try to look out for local college products during pre-NBA draft workout season, but this one is a even more hometown than that.
  
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• California police say Raptors president shoved, hit deputy

  15-06-2019 02:21
  San Francisco • A California police agency will pursue a misdemeanor battery charge against Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri after the executive was accused of shoving and hitting a sheriff’s deputy in the face and shouting obscenities as he tried to join his team on the court to celebrate their NBA championship.After the game Thursday in Oakland against the Golden State Warriors, Ujiri tried to walk past the deputy who was checking court-access credentials, Alameda County sherif
  
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• Utah’s Tony Finau misses cut at U.S. Open, breaking streak of eight cuts made in major golf championships

  15-06-2019 02:11
  Pebble Beach, Calif. • As he stood on a practice green about 100 yards away from where he had just made a bogey on the final hole of his second round to kill his chances of making the cut at the U.S. Open, Tony Finau faced a question he hasn’t had since 2016.What will he do this weekend?“Not sure yet,” Finau said. “Haven’t thought too much about it.”Why would he?For the first time since he missed the cut in the 2016 PGA Championship, Finau won’t pla
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: C.R.E.E.P.

  15-06-2019 02:01
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, June 16, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/06/12/bagley-cartoon/"><u>Cartoonists Not Wanted</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/06/07/bagley-cartoon-finally/"><u>Finally, Some Good News</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/06/06/bagley-cartoon-hot-ta
  
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• Flood warning for Utah’s Duchesne River into next week

  15-06-2019 01:18
  A flood warning remains in effect in northeast Utah for the Duchesne River through early next week due to rapid snowmelt in the mountains.The National Weather Service said Friday flooding has been reported in the Myton area of Duchesne County and the remainder of the river is running near flood stage.It says lowland areas along the river will be impacted by flood waters from Hanna downstream to Myton. It says some roads, bridges and infrastructure upstream from there also could be affected.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Tobias Harris' brother to work out for Utah Jazz on Saturday

  15-06-2019 00:43 via sportspyder.com
  Terry Harris will be one of 12 players to audition for the Jazz on Saturday.
  
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• Tobias Harris' brother to work out for Utah Jazz on Saturday

  15-06-2019 00:35
  Virginia Tech guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker (4) goes up for a basket against North Carolina A&T forward Terry Harris (4) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Dec.19, 2018, in Blacksburg, Va. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)APSALT LAKE CITY — There are a number of players set to work out Saturday for the Utah Jazz who could be in play for the 23rd overall pick the team owns in next week's NBA draft.Then there's one player who likely won't get drafted at all, but
  
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• Holly Richardson: DJ Hrubes is one lucky young man

  15-06-2019 00:19
  Last week, every parent’s nightmare came true.Wait. Strike that. The nightmare of every parent of a black son. Or a Hispanic son. Or one of Middle Eastern descent.DJ Hrubes, a 4-foot, 6-inch tall 10-year-old with disabilities, had a gun pulled on him by a Woods Cross police officer while he was playing in his grandma’s front yard. He is lucky he isn’t dead.His mom, Jerri, was horrified and terrified to see her young son being ordered to the ground by a police officer pointing a
  
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