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• Commentary: The country my father fought for is better than this

  16-06-2019 22:32
  My dad was an incredible person. He enlisted in the army in October of 1941 and spent four years fighting for his country in World War II.When he returned to the U.S., he could not find a job here, but eventually found employment with an overseas contractor and spent the years from 1945 until 1962 helping build the oil pipelines in North Africa and the Middle East.The war taught him about inhumanity, his career taught him about humanity.My dad taught me to appreciate other cultures, to embrace n
  
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• Alabama orders ‘chemical castration’ of some child molesters

  16-06-2019 21:33
  Montgomery, Ala. • Some Alabama sex offenders who abuse young children will have to undergo “chemical castration” while on parole, under a new law, but the requirement has prompted legal concerns and appears to be rarely used in some states that allow it.The procedure uses medications that block testosterone production in order to decrease sex drive. The Alabama law says sex offenders whose crimes involved children between ages 7 and 13 must receive the medication before being r
  
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• CEO: Boeing made mistake in handling warning-system problem

  16-06-2019 21:22
  Paris • The chief executive of Boeing said the company made a “mistake” in handling a problematic cockpit warning system in its 737 Max jets before two crashes killed 346 people and he promised transparency as the aircraft maker works to get the grounded plane back in flight.Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg told reporters in Paris before the industry-wide air show that Boeing's communication with regulators, customers and the public "was not consistent. And that's unacceptable."The
  
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• Lloyd scores 2 and the U.S. downs Chile 3-0 at the World Cup

  16-06-2019 20:34
  Paris • Carli Lloyd scored a pair of goals for the United Stated in a somewhat subdued 3-0 victory over Chile that advanced the defending Women’s World Cup champions to the round of 16.The United States were criticized after its record-breaking 13-0 rout of Thailand when players celebrated goals even after the victory was well in hand. The Americans were more muted in this one, and all three goals were in the first half.Sweden also advanced out of Group F with a victory 5-1 victory ov
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz exec Dennis Lindsey calls Derrick Favors ‘part of the solution,’ wants to bring him back

  16-06-2019 20:09 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz have continued to look like risers in the Western Conference. With a legitimate Defensive Player of the Year candidate in center Rudy Gobert and a future All-Star in Donovan Mitchell, Utah could be a dark horse next season in a Western...
  
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• Buttigieg: ‘Why not’ start a first family in White House?

  16-06-2019 19:58
  Washington • Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg wants to start a family with his husband, Chasten, and says that could happen if he’s in the White House.“I don’t see why not,” the South Bend, Ind., mayor says in a Father’s Day television interview that also marked his one-year wedding anniversary.He tells CNN's "State of the Union" that "it wouldn't be the first time that children have arrived to a first couple, but obviously that's a conversation
  
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• Massive protests over extradition bill draw apology from Hong Kong leadership

  16-06-2019 19:53
  Hong Kong • Hong Kong citizens marched for hours Sunday in a massive protest that drew a late-in-the-day apology from the city’s top leader for her handling of legislation that has stoked fears of expanding control from Beijing in this former British colony.Nearly 2 million of the city's 7 million people turned out, according to estimates by protest organizers. Police said 338,000 were counted on the designated protest route in the "peak period" of the march. A week earlier as many as
  
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• A 4-year-old took a doll from a store. Then Phoenix police pulled their guns on the parents, video shows.

  16-06-2019 19:06
  Recently released video of Phoenix officers drawing their weapons on a family and threatening to shoot has led an internal police investigation and a $10 million lawsuit against the city and its police department. In a statement posted online Saturday, Phoenix police offered their own account of the incident, which began with allegations of shoplifting. But chief of police said she was "disturbed by the language and the actions" of the officers, and Mayor Kate Gallego called for change."There is
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - 20 years ago: Starzz's coach Frank Layden calls it quits

  16-06-2019 18:59 via sportspyder.com
  Every Sunday, the Deseret News sports staff takes a look back into our archives. This week, we take a look back at a former Utah Jazz coach who lasted just 15 games coaching the WNBA's Utah Starzz.
  
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• 20 years ago: Starzz's coach Frank Layden calls it quits

  16-06-2019 18:51
  FILE: Starzz coach Frank Layden huddles with team during time out near the end of the game against Phoenix.DESERET NEWSEditor's note: Every Sunday, the Deseret News sports staff takes a look back into our archives.After coaching 15 Utah Starzz games with a 4-11 record over parts of two seasons, Frank Layden announced his resignation.After a victory over the Sacramento Monarchs, he told his wife he wasn't even happy after wins, and that he had felt the same way when resigning as the coach of the
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Three big ways the Anthony Davis trade impacts the Utah Jazz

  16-06-2019 18:20 via sportspyder.com
  The blockbuster trade sending Anthony Davis to Los Angeles could have a major impact on the Utah Jazz, particularly in regards to free agency. The NBA offs...
  
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• 11 former clergy accused of sexual abuse by Wyoming diocese

  16-06-2019 18:19
  Cheyenne, Wyo. • Roman Catholic officials in Wyoming for the first time have published a list of former clergy they say have had substantiated claims of sexual abuse against them.The Wyoming Catholic Register newsletter mailed Wednesday the names of 11 accused clergy who served in Wyoming. They include a bishop, priests and a member of a religious order.Church officials said in 2018 that former Bishop Joseph Hart faces substantiated allegations by three men who say he abused them as boys in
  
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• Three big ways the Anthony Davis trade impacts the Utah Jazz

  16-06-2019 18:05
  The blockbuster trade sending Anthony Davis to Los Angeles could have a major impact on the Utah Jazz, particularly in regards to free agency. The NBA offseason is always an exciting time as landscapes change in free agency, big-time trades shake up the playing field and there’s no end to the drama that ensues. The […]
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• A Utah man broke pro basketball’s color barrier. Now Jeremy Lin joins him in the history books.

  16-06-2019 17:59
  It was Nov. 13, 1947, and the New York Knicks’ first-round pick took to the basketball court at Madison Square Garden. It wasn’t his first time playing in the Garden — he had helped win two college basketball championships there in 1944 and 1947, turning in impressive defensive performances.That night, though, he struggled.Three weeks and three games later, he was cut. He never played pro basketball again.Still, that man, Wataru “Wat” Misaka, has a place in the hist
  
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• After a 4-year-old took doll from store, video shows Phoenix police pulling gun on parents

  16-06-2019 17:45
  Recently released video of Phoenix officers drawing their weapons on a family and threatening to shoot has led an internal police investigation and a $10 million lawsuit against the city and its police department. In a statement posted online Saturday, Phoenix police offered their own account of the incident, which began with allegations of shoplifting. But chief of police said she was "disturbed by the language and the actions" of the officers, and Mayor Kate Gallego called for change."There is
  
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• Kirby: Time for big Mormon pageants, like those quirky little roadshows, to bow out

  16-06-2019 16:05
  The Mormon Miracle Pageant in Manti — an annual event for over half a century — will close its doors (or hillside, as it were) for good later this month.Millions of people have seen the Manti spectacle and its sister show, the Hill Cumorah Pageant, in upstate New York. Originally created as a conversion tool, the charm has worn thin in later years.The one back East began in 1937 on the very hill where Latter-day Saints believe Joseph Smith found and later returned the gold plates, wh
  
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• Climate change, weather anomalies are making wildfires harder to control. Exhibit A: A dual blaze that nearly overran two Utah County towns.

  16-06-2019 16:04
  Freaky weather conditions unleashed by climate change and “never seen before” in Utah’s highlands are making wildfires more difficult and dangerous to control because fire managers’ experience is becoming increasingly irrelevant for predicting the behavior of blazes.That’s a key takeaway from a new analysis of one of the most threatening wildfires in Utah history. Last year’s Pole Creek and Bald Mountain fires started with lightning strikes two weeks and 6 mil
  
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• Commentary: Utah lost two of its heroes in the space of 10 days

  16-06-2019 15:30
  How could I lose two heroes in the space of only 10 days?Though both were well into their 90s, I grieve. I mourn the void they leave in my life and in the life of our community, nation and world. Retirement be damned. They never quit standing strong as advocates, warriors for peace, champions for others, brothers in arms and the best of friends. If you care about education, LGBTQ rights, child abuse, poverty, social justice or nuclear waste, they were your champions, too.Boyer Jarvis, former vic
  
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• Commentary: Taking a closer look at how Utah uses its water

  16-06-2019 15:04
  This year has been a good water year for Utah, with June snowpack levels in some areas measured at 200-plus percent above average and many of our reservoirs filling to capacity. By many accounts, the state’s years-long drought is officially over, but now is not the time to take our eye off the wise-water-management prize. Our reservoirs might be rising, but our population also is rising along with demands for water — demands that will over time in this arid state test every bit of te
  
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• When did the LDS Church know? In police interview, former Missionary Training Center leader said he admitted sexual misconduct and kept his job.

  16-06-2019 15:00
  He was in charge of overseeing thousands of young men and women who came to Provo in the 1980s to train as religious missionaries.But Joseph L. Bishop admitted that during his tenure as Missionary Training Center president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he asked to see a female missionary’s breasts and she complied. He has also said he touched another female missionary inappropriately during a back rub.Those encounters are already publicly known.But a long sought-afte
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Derrick Favors wants to ‘go to a contender’ if Utah doesn’t bring him back

  16-06-2019 14:24 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz have some big decisions to make this offseason. As a result, there is now plenty of speculation regarding the future of power forward Derrick Favors. Favors is set to hit the market as an unrestricted free agent this offseason....
  
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• Women will rock Friday at the four-day Utah Arts Festival

  16-06-2019 14:00
  Young musicians from the Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls will open the day. The Fear No Film festival will feature short movies by women, telling women’s stories. On the literary stage, a Utah mother and daughter will read from their joint memoir about navigating a misgendered adolescence.After bands led by women command the Park Stage all afternoon, Talia Keys & The Love and headliner Caroline Rose will perform as the finale on the Amphitheater Stage.Friday’s Women Who Rock Da
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: ABC’s ‘Grand Hotel’ isn’t great art, but it is fun. Isn’t that what TV is for?

  16-06-2019 14:00
  ABC’s “Grand Hotel” is not going to win any Emmys. It’s not groundbreaking drama. It’s a glamorous, melodramatic, sometimes funny and often just plain frothy soap opera. I liked the pilot, and I’m looking forward to watching the series this summer.Look, TV can be great; I’m all about award-winning dramas and documentaries and news and clever comedies.But sometimes you just want to be entertained. To sit back on the couch and watch larger-than-life, impos
  
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• Letter: Romney is in deep denial about Trump

  16-06-2019 14:00
  In a May 18 interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Mitt Romney said he didn’t believe there was enough evidence in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to justify obstruction of justice charges against President Donald Trump.He said, “I don’t think a prosecutor would actually look at this and say you have here all the elements to get this to a conviction.”Really, Mitt, are you serious? Did you ignore the fact that more th
  
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• Letter: President Trump jumped into the swamp

  16-06-2019 14:00
  President Donald Trump campaigned with a slogan that he’d “drain the congressional swamp.” Yet, when confronted over presidential candidates taking information from a foreign country trying to interfere with an American election, Trump recently justified his behavior this way: “When you go and talk, honestly, to congressmen, they all do it, they always have, and that’s the way it is.”Not only did he not drain the swamp, he jumped in with both feet.Ellen Birrel
  
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• Letter: Mueller documented Russian attacks on our elections

  16-06-2019 14:00
  On Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020, Utah will help decide the Democratic Party’s nominee for president of the United States. To a lesser extent they will be voting for the Republican nominee, because Donald Trump has little opposition in the state.Regardless of your political preference, if you believe in our republic and the Constitution on which it is based, you must be concerned about election security and the meddling of foreign countries in our elections.The major player is Russia. Part
  
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• Letter: Kudos to those who disrupted the inland port meeting

  16-06-2019 14:00
  Kudos to those brave young people who disrupted the June 5 Inland Port Authority Board meeting.Our speedily filling up valley does not need anything more to attract more businesses, more housing, more traffic. It took me almost an hour and a half to drive from Sandy to Lehi the other day, in the middle of the afternoon, because of construction, which won’t be slowing down when the inland port is in full operation.Yes, I am just an old man now. What does my opinion matter?Well, I have lived
  
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• Commentary: Why gay characters belong on children’s television

  16-06-2019 14:00
  On May 13, Alabama Public Television (APT) decided against airing an episode of “Arthur,” a popular children’s television show, which kicked off its 22nd season with an episode about Arthur’s teacher, Mr. Ratburn, and his husband.If it was as simple as that however, I would not be writing this piece.Alabama has been on thin ice in the nation’s eye as of late due to its decision to challenge Roe v Wade and roll out a right-wing ban of abortion in the apparent newfoun
  
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• Commentary: Utah doesn’t need any new taxes

  16-06-2019 14:00
  Alexander the Great once observed that the people of Asia had become slaves because they had not learned to pronounce the word “No.”If Utahns don’t say “No,” and soon, we may become slaves to new categories of unnecessary taxes.Despite a $1.2 billion surplus, and even though during the last legislative session people already said “No,” many are still angling for a new, massive, and complex tax on services. They call it “reform.”These reformis
  
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• Commentary: The county my father fought for is better than this

  16-06-2019 14:00
  My dad was an incredible person. He enlisted in the army in October of 1941 and spent four years fighting for his country in World War II.When he returned to the U.S., he could not find a job here, but eventually found employment with an overseas contractor and spent the years from 1945 until 1962 helping build the oil pipelines in North Africa and the Middle East.The war taught him about inhumanity, his career taught him about humanity.My dad taught me to appreciate other cultures, to embrace n
  
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• Commentary: Law enforcement by passerby sets a horrible precedent

  16-06-2019 14:00
  After reading various accounts in the newspaper, I am obviously very concerned by the shooting death of an unarmed criminal by a passerby.Guns aren’t given to citizens so they can enforce the law but for personal defense. This “passerby” misused his gun as a tool for enforcement. He had neither the training nor the authorization to do so and must be held accountable.Failure to hold a gun owner accountable for his use of a gun as a law enforcement tool will do more to undermine
  
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• Commentary: Having daughters is a game-changer for men’s attitudes toward women

  16-06-2019 14:00
  Last August, professional basketball star Stephen Curry wrote that raising daughters has shifted how he sees gender inequality, that these issues had become “more personal” and “real” for him, and he now found such discrimination unacceptable.A couple of months later I read a scholarly article, “The First Daughter Effect: The Impact of Fathering Daughters on Men’s Preferences for Gender Equality Policies,” that seems to explain Curry’s shift.While
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: Which family funerals am I expected to attend?

  16-06-2019 14:00
  Dear Ann Cannon • I live far from my extended family members. As the years pass, I am starting to wonder whose funerals I will be expected to attend. Not that I want them to die, but it’s obviously going to happen at some point. Aunts and uncles? Cousins? Ex-aunts and uncles? I’m glad none of them has died yet, but I’d like to start thinking about what’s appropriate when they do.— I’d Rather Be Thinking About Something ElseDear I’d Rather • As
  
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• Ashton: The art of passing gas and other things my father taught me

  16-06-2019 14:00
  My mother told me years ago to never try to find a man like my father. If I compared anyone to him, that man would fall short.To this day, she’s right.I lost my dad 7 years ago, due to pancreatic cancer (the same kind Alex Trebek has). So Father’s Day is a bittersweet time for me.He was the kind of man everyone adored.He was measured. He was quiet. He was patient.
  (Photo courtesy of Brodi Ashton) Dennis Ashton, the father of Tribune columnist Brodi Ashton, passed along a lot of life
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Anthony Davis trade is a game-changer in the Wild West

  16-06-2019 07:18 via sportspyder.com
  Anthony Davis finally got his trade to the Los Angeles Lakers. As a result, the landscape has changed once again for the Utah Jazz and the rest of the West...
  
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• Utah Royals FC gets a nervy 1-0 win over Sky Blue FC, thanks to Amy Rodriguez’s rocket goal

  16-06-2019 06:57
  Sure, after being invited to the 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Amy Rodriguez was left off the team this year, surpassed by other USA attacking talent.But with her World Cup teammates out, Rodriguez showed that she was the class of the remaining bunch by scoring an early bolt from the blue, enough against New Jersey-based Sky Blue FC on Saturday night for a 1-0 win for the Utah Royals.The 16th-minute goal came in impressive fashion. Rodriguez picked the ball well on her side of the
  
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• Utah Jazz: Anthony Davis trade is a game-changer in the Wild West

  16-06-2019 06:53
  Anthony Davis finally got his trade to the Los Angeles Lakers. As a result, the landscape has changed once again for the Utah Jazz and the rest of the West. Given the Golden State Warriors’ NBA Finals loss to the Toronto Raptors, as well as news that the Dubs will be likely be without the […]
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• O.J. Simpson on Twitter: ‘I got a little gettin’ even to do'

  16-06-2019 06:50
  Los Angeles • O.J. Simpson launched a Twitter account with a video post in which the former football star said he’s got a “little gettin’ even to do.”Simpson confirmed the new account to The Associated Press on Saturday, saying in a phone interview while on a Las Vegas golf course that it "will be a lot of fun.""I've got some things to straighten out," he said.He did not elaborate before he said he had to go and ended the call.Thanks to all my new followers. Love lea
  
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• Gary Woodland carries 1-shot lead over Justin Rose into final round of U.S. Open

  16-06-2019 06:41
  Pebble Beach, Calif. • Gary Woodland hit a shank and a chunk and both times made par, and he made a birdie from a deep divot in the fairway. Such moments, even on a Saturday, can go a long way toward winning a U.S. Open.Even better for Woodland was a 2-under 69 — and just two bogeys over 54 holes at Pebble Beach — for a one-shot lead over Justin Rose.“I worked for this my whole life,” Woodland said. “I know what it takes to win. And my game is in a great spot.
  
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• Utah’s Juneteenth festival calls for forgiving, healing to mark anniversary of the end of U.S. slavery

  16-06-2019 04:18
  Ogden • An African drum beat called for revelers to pause their shopping, partying and eating Saturday at the state’s Juneteenth festival, a celebration of the final abolition of slavery at the end of the Civil War — and of freedom in general.The drum, in keeping with African tradition, meant it was time to gather as a village, remember ancestors, to sing and to pray.“Dear God, help us to become part of the solution and not the problem,” prayed Charles Petty, the sen
  
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• One-legged Montana athlete wows on skateboard, slopes

  16-06-2019 04:10
  Bozeman, Mont. • In May, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk shared a video of a man with one leg flipping a skateboard with his crutches while clearing a gap across the street from Owenhouse Cycling in downtown Bozeman."Best 360 flip you'll see today," Hawk wrote.Hawk’s video of the Bozemanite went viral. It had nearly 1.3 million views and almost 180,000 likes as of last week, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported .The man in the video is Vasu Sojitra. The 27-year-old didn't expect Hawk
  
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• [KSL] - How the Utah Jazz helped create a basketball-crazed state | KSL.com

  16-06-2019 03:41 via sportspyder.com
  With a rabid fan base, community courts and massive youth organization, the Jazz's impact can be felt from the rec leagues to the pros and, really, everywhere in between.
  
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• Census, tribal leaders push for American Indian participation in 2020 Census

  16-06-2019 02:55
  Washington • Federal officials and tribal leaders have launched a multipronged effort to help ensure an accurate tally of 5.2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives in the 2020 Census count that starts next spring.American Indians routinely are undercounted in the decennial count, raising concerns among tribal leaders that they don’t have enough say in how the federal government spends billions annually on housing, health care, education, roads and public safety. Officials say th
  
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• Sources: Pelicans have agreed to trade Anthony Davis to the Lakers in return for three players and three first-round picks

  16-06-2019 02:13
  New Orleans • Several people familiar with the situation say the New Orleans Pelicans have agreed to trade disgruntled six-time All-Star Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers for point guard Lonzo Ball, forward Brandon Ingram, shooting guard Josh Hart and three first-round draft choices.The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade cannot become official until the new league year begins July 6. ESPN first reported the trade.The trade pairs the 26-ye
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz wrap up predraft workouts with 12 prospects — including Maryland big man Bruno Fernando

  16-06-2019 02:11 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz’s first predraft workouts took place back on May 4. Barring something unforeseen, they wrapped up on Saturday — five days before the NBA draft — with 12 more prospects getting a look.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - What impact will the Anthony Davis trade have on the Utah Jazz and Kyle Kuzma?

  16-06-2019 02:03 via sportspyder.com
  ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Saturday that the New Orleans Pelicans will trade Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers. Here's how that could impact the Utah Jazz and former Ute Kyle Kuzma,...
  
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• George F. Will: To beat Trump, Democrats must practice a politics of modesty

  16-06-2019 02:00
  Washington • “It is a great advantage to a president,” said the 30th of them, “and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know he is not a great man.” Or, Calvin Coolidge would say today, a great woman. While today’s incumbent advertises himself as an “extremely stable genius” and those who would replace him promise national transformation, attention should be paid to the granular details of presidential politics, which suggest that a p
  
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• Celebrants at Utah’s Juneteenth festival call for forgiving, healing to mark anniversary of the end of U.S. slavery

  16-06-2019 02:00
  Ogden • An African drum beat called for revelers to pause their shopping, partying and eating Saturday at the state’s Juneteenth festival, a celebration of the final abolition of slavery at the end of the Civil War — and of freedom in general.The drum, in keeping with African tradition, meant it was time to gather as a village, remember ancestors, to sing and to pray.“Dear God, help us to become part of the solution and not the problem,” prayed Charles Petty, the sen
  
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