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• NBA Draft 2019: How to watch + live coverage

  20-06-2019 23:49
  A basketball marks a table for NBA Draft prospect Zion Williamson, of Duke, before the start of the NBA basketball draft, Thursday, June 20, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)APSALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz may have already traded their first-round pick, but there's still plenty to be decided in tonight's draft, which starts at 5:30 p.m. MT at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.To get ready for the draft, check out Mike Sorensen's mock draft and other mock drafts from
  
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• EPA report says no serious health risk from Southwest Colorado mines

  20-06-2019 23:48
  Durango, Colo. • The Environmental Protection Agency says contamination from nearly 50 mining sites in southwestern Colorado doesn’t pose a serious risk for human health.The Durango Herald reports that the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund site assessment released Thursday didn't find any risks to people working or hiking, hunting or fishing there. However, it found a risk of exposure to lead or arsenic for children at four camping sites along the Animas River and at three mine si
  
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• Does Mike Conley turn the Utah Jazz into a championship contender? Here’s what NBA analysts say.

  20-06-2019 23:48
  Though the Jazz had interest in acquiring point guard Mike Conley long before Wednesday’s trade, the timing of the deal was still significant to many analysts.After all, with the Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson dealt significant injuries in the NBA Finals, there is now a perception that the Western Conference is more up for grabs than it’s been in years, and that teams will be seeking to take advantage of this window of opportunity.And so, it is against th
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Welcome Mike Conley to Utah with your very own City of Utah T-Shirt!

  20-06-2019 23:44 via sportspyder.com
  It’s not a city, it’s a state!
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 NBA Draft Thread: Get hyped about the 2nd Round!

  20-06-2019 23:44 via sportspyder.com
  Will the Utah Jazz make ANOTHER trade in as many days?
  
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• Neil Pau’u, up-and-coming football receiver, pleads not guilty to drunken driving

  20-06-2019 23:42
  Provo • A BYU football player who was expected to play a significant role this year has been accused of driving drunk on campus last week, and he pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to the class B misdemeanor, according to documents filed in Provo City Justice Court.Neil Pau’u, a rising junior receiver, was arrested on suspicion of DUI by a BYU police officer just after midnight on June 8 after he allegedly attempted to drive through a barricaded road near the Smith Fieldhouse, according
  
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• Teen treated in Salt Lake City after vape pen explodes in his mouth

  20-06-2019 23:39
  When the 17-year-old arrived at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, his entire jaw was cracked and a chunk of the bone had been completely shattered. Several of his teeth were missing and there was a hole in his chin."That's an injury we see in high-speed motor vehicle crashes," Katie W. Russell, a pediatric surgeon who treated the teenager in March last year, told The Washington Post. "It's a big injury."Jonathan Skirko, a pediatric ear, nose and throat surgeon who operated on
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Does Mike Conley turn the Utah Jazz into a championship contender? Here’s what NBA analysts say.

  20-06-2019 23:28 via sportspyder.com
  Though the Jazz had interest in acquiring point guard Mike Conley long before Wednesday’s trade, the timing of the deal was still significant to many analysts.
  
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• Behind the Headlines: A Utah lawmaker wants to ban elective abortions, Salt Lake City’s mayor and City Council battle over the inland port and more

  20-06-2019 23:16
  This week in Utah, a state senator says he’s preparing legislation to ban elective abortions; a feud between Salt Lake City’s mayor and the City Council over the Utah Inland Port spills into the public view; and Midvale says a Confederate group won’t be allowed in their annual parade.At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune Editor Jennifer Napier-Pearce and reporters Bethany Rodgers and Taylor Stevens will join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the week’s top stori
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Sources: Pelicans Exercise Team Option on Jahlil Okafor

  20-06-2019 23:02 via sportspyder.com
  Pelicans are picking up Jahlil Okafor’s team option for the 2019-2020 season, league sources tell ESPN. The New Orleans staff is impressed by the way Okafor has reworked his body and the improvements he’s made on the defensive end of the floor....
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz star Donovan Mitchell calls out Zion Williamson for saying he’s ‘not much of a dunk contest person’

  20-06-2019 22:49 via sportspyder.com
  Projected first overall pick Zion Williamson will officially become an NBA player on Thursday night. But although the season is still four months away, a lot of people are already wondering if he will join next year’s dunk contest. Williamson has...
  
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• Gaby Vincent was a tryout player for Utah Royals FC; now she’s getting big minutes filling in during the World Cup

  20-06-2019 22:45
  Sandy • Entering the second half of what ended as a draw May 19 against the North Carolina Courage, Utah Royals FC coach Laura Harvey asked rookie Gaby Vincent to start warming up. Vincent, a rookie center back who had yet to play a singe minute, couldn’t help but do a double take.After Harvey’s request, Vincent turned to teammate Raisa Strom-Okimoto, who had recently signed a national team replacement contract, to voice her confusion and attempt to get an answer.“Why do y
  
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• Utah Democrats release media advisory about upcoming convention without naming party chair’s challengers

  20-06-2019 22:33
  The current head of the Utah Democratic Party figured prominently in a Wednesday news release about the group’s convention Saturday, with a mention of her reelection bid even plopped in toward the end.Her opponents' names, on the other hand, were nowhere to be found.Jeff Merchant, one of Daisy Thomas’ rivals for the post of party chair, said he doesn’t necessarily think the discrepancy is appropriate, but he’s not concerned about it.“We’re running a campaign o
  
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• Refinery arm of Utah-based Sinclair Oil agrees to $1.6M penalty for emissions allegations

  20-06-2019 22:32
  The Wyoming refinery arm of Salt Lake City-based Sinclair Oil has agreed to pay a $1.6 million penalty and to install additional pollution controls to resolve allegations that it violated emissions limits.“This settlement holds Sinclair accountable for exceeding the emissions limits agreed to in a previous settlement for Clean Air Act violations,” said Gregory Sopkin, regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.It also “requires the company to implement a
  
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• A BYU wide receiver has been charged with driving drunk on campus

  20-06-2019 22:30
  Provo • A BYU football player who was expected to play a significant role this year has been accused of driving drunk on campus last week and he pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to the class B misdemeanor according to documents filed in Provo City Justice Court.Neil Pau’u, a rising junior receiver, was arrested on suspicion of DUI by a BYU police officer just after midnight on June 8 after he allegedly attempted to drive through a barricaded road near the Smith Fieldhouse, according to
  
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• Influential Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan to speak at Utah’s Freedom Festival

  20-06-2019 22:28
  Cardinal Timothy Dolan, one of the nation’s most influential religious voices, will give the keynote address at the Patriotic Service for this year’s Freedom Festival.In a sign of growing interfaith relations, apostle Quentin L. Cook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will introduce the visiting Catholic prelate.The free service is slated for June 30 at 7 p.m. in the UCCU Center at Orem’s Utah Valley University.The 69-year-old Dolan, who serves as archbishop of
  
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• Red All Over: Ex-Ute C.J. Cron is having a nice season in Minnesota. And ex-Ute Donnie Tillman reportedly is visiting Rutgers.

  20-06-2019 22:16
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.Thanks to his three years in the Utah baseball program and stints in Orem and Salt Lake City in the Los Angeles Angels’ system, C.J. Cron has a unique history in this state as a former Ute, Owl and Bee. Everything he’s doing currently for the Minnesota Twins distinguishes him even more. It helps that the Twins (48-25) are having a remarkable season, leading the AL Central by nine games.The first
  
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• Texas says DNA technology, which Utah uses also, jeopardizes cases

  20-06-2019 22:00
  Austin, Texas • With a name that sounds like futuristic fiction, Rapid DNA machines roughly the size of an office printer have helped solve rape cases in Kentucky, identified California wildfire victims and verified family connections of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.Now a state board in Texas has asked a growing government provider of the DNA equipment used in those high-profile projects to halt work amid concerns of potentially jeopardized criminal cases, according to a letter obtain
  
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• Baby California condor spotted near Arizona-Utah line

  20-06-2019 21:30
  Vermilion Cliffs, Ariz. • A baby California condor has been spotted in far northern Arizona.The Peregrine Fund says one of its biologists confirmed the nestling last week at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.It’s the first hatching of a bird in the wild during the current breeding season. The Peregrine Fund says the condor likely is 2 months old.California condors are making a comeback in the wild three decades after they were on the brink of extinction.The first birds raised in capt
  
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• BYU’s Khyiris Tonga wants to leave for the NFL after his junior season, and coach Kalani Sitake is all for it

  20-06-2019 21:25
  Provo • Unlike his predecessor, BYU football coach Kalani Sitake has made getting his players to the National Football League one of his priorities. It is part of his recruiting pitch, part of the way he designs practices, and part of the way he manages redshirt seasons and playing time.At BYU’s Football Media Day on Tuesday, Sitake said he wants his players to move on to the next level so much that he actually encourages them to turn professional before they exhaust their college eli
  
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• New $5 million, animals-only overpass at Parleys Summit is saving wildlife (and drivers) already

  20-06-2019 21:20
  Six month after it opened, surveillance cameras have caught deer, elk, moose and the occasional predator walking along the new $5 million Parleys Summit wildlife overpass — good news for both the animals and drivers on Interstate 80.“It just makes everybody feel great that it’s getting used,” said Scott Root, the central region outreach manager for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.DWR posted a 36-second video with clips of animals using the overpass near exit 140,
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: Utah Jazz can't afford to let likability and character alone decide which players to keep

  20-06-2019 21:07 via sportspyder.com
  Ricky Rubio, Jae Crowder and Kyle Korver connected strongly with the fan base. So will Mike Conley — and he's bringing 20 points a game with him.
  
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• Commentary: Morsi was an unpopular, incompetent hack. Egypt has made him a martyr.

  20-06-2019 21:00
  Mohammed Morsi, the largely unknown and uncharismatic engineer and onetime professor at Cal State University who was jokingly referred to as the "spare tire" when his party rolled him out of the closet to run for president in 2012, went from a backroom Muslim Brotherhood apparatchik to a widely hailed symbol of the Islamist cause.The creators of this tragic icon — who will almost certainly inspire generations of disgruntled Islamists — are none other than Egypt’s men in khaki.
  
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• Brad Rock: Utah Jazz can't afford to let likability and character alone decide which players to keep

  20-06-2019 20:58
  Utah Jazz guard Ricky Rubio, left, forward Jae Crowder, center, and guard Kyle Korver slap hands as the Jazz build a lead against the Miami Heat in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018.Ravell Call, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — The trade that brought Mike Conley to Utah sent a jolt of optimism from Clarkston to Kanab. Paired with Donovan Mitchell, he'll be part of a first-rate NBA guard line. Chances of the Jazz rising in the Western Conference hierarchy soared — at least on pap
  
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• Sen. Mitt Romney says Americans don’t want to see President Donald Trump impeached

  20-06-2019 20:57
  Washington • Sen. Mitt Romney said Thursday that Americans aren’t looking for Congress to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump and that Democrats must weigh the political realities of trying to remove the president from power.“I think it's pretty clear that the American people don't favor an impeachment process,” Romney told The Salt Lake Tribune during a short interview. “And a jury composed of the Senate would not be inclined to favor an im
  
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• [The Score] - Conley trade lifts Jazz into next season's Western Conference free-for-all

  20-06-2019 20:51 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz were a better team than the Houston Rockets made them look in a hasty first-round playoff exit this spring, which was primarily the product of a hard-luck draw for Utah.Anchored by the NBA's best rim-protector in Rudy Gobert, another...
  
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• Bear captured after being spotted in Utah County neighborhood

  20-06-2019 20:50
  The Utah Division of Natural Resources captured a bear after it was found in a Mapleton neighborhood. The bear was tranquilized and will be released into the backcountry. This was the third bear encounter in Utah County in a single week.According to the Mapleton Utah Police Department, a resident was walking their dog on Thursday morning near 1700 N. 600 East when they spotted a bear run across a yard toward the border of Mapleton and Springville. Both police and officers from DNR responded to t
  
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• Vape pen explodes in teen’s mouth; his injuries, treated in Utah, resemble results of ‘high-speed’ crash

  20-06-2019 20:28
  When the 17-year-old arrived at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, his entire jaw was cracked and a chunk of the bone had been completely shattered. Several of his teeth were missing and there was a hole in his chin."That's an injury we see in high-speed motor vehicle crashes," Katie W. Russell, a pediatric surgeon who treated the teenager in March last year, told The Washington Post. "It's a big injury."Jonathan Skirko, a pediatric ear, nose and throat surgeon who operated on
  
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• This Holladay restaurant is making fine dining fast

  20-06-2019 20:22
  Holladay • When you live in Utah, inspiration often comes naturally.Cotton Kitchen owners Juliana and Emerson Klein happened to find it at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon, where they opened their third restaurant in March.The name might be a little on the nose, but Juliana Klein said it holds a deeper meaning. Cotton, she said, reflects simplicity and purity. That’s what the couple hopes to achieve at the Holladay restaurant, which specializes in clean eating and what Klein calls &
  
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• MyKayla Skinner won’t appear at the Huntsman Center for the American Classic — but there’ll be plenty of gymnastics talent

  20-06-2019 20:17
  Utah gymnastics fans hoping to see MyKayla Skinner perform in the Huntsman Center this weekend in the American Classic are no doubt disappointed the Ute star won’t be there.But according to her club coach, Lisa Spini, Skinner’s participation in the event would have been merely “show.”“She is on track in her training, but there is still a big difference in her routines when you compare them to the top level, of what she is capable of doing and what we want her to do,
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: An employee who used to work off-site isn’t so pleasant in person

  20-06-2019 20:07
  Dear Ann Cannon • I work in retail, and have done so for many years. Recently one of our young employees segued from one part of the business to the on-site piece. He has been a stellar off-site employee, but in the building, he is a busybody know-it-all. And he interrupts anyone and everyone. It’s exhausting. The business relies very heavily on the relationships between customer and staff, and his behaviors seem to have a negative impact on staff and sometimes (I think) the customer.
  
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• Environmental quality deputy to temporarily head Utah agency

  20-06-2019 20:00
  The deputy director of the Utah Department of Environment Quality will head the agency temporarily.Scott Baird will serve as interim director until a permanent replacement can be found. He succeeds Alan Matheson, who is stepping down July 1.Gov. Gary Hebert announced Baird's appointment Wednesday. Hebert says Baird is familiar with the department and the legislative process, and has a good relationship with employees.Baird has worked for the Department of Environmental Quality since 2014. The de
  
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• Utah lawmakers again deflect $14M request to replace state-owned airplanes as they question the need

  20-06-2019 19:56
  Lawmakers again grounded an attempt to spend about $14 million to replace the two aging state-owned airplanes that are used to shuttle government officials around Utah, saying they first want more data to show whether the spending is wise.Gov. Gary Herbert — who sometimes uses those planes to fly himself and visiting dignitaries around the state — had requested $12.5 million for that earlier this year, plus he counted on some additional money from selling them off to raise the total
  
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• [KSL] - The Mike Conley trade was a big swing for the Jazz, but what can they do now? | KSL.com

  20-06-2019 19:32 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz are looking like a Finals contender after trading for Mike Conley trade, but how do they complete their roster.
  
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• Peter Orszag: Taylor Swift has an economics lesson for you

  20-06-2019 19:30
  What if the music industry could be used as a guide to important principles in business and the economy? It would sure make introductory economics courses more fun. The idea is not as fanciful as it might sound: As Alan Krueger shows in "Rockonomics," music is a microcosm of the wider business world and provides all sorts of insights into today's economy.Most fundamentally, music embodies the “paradox of value.” We spend a lot of time listening to music — an average of three to
  
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• Grace Summerhays becomes the youngest female golfer to qualify for the Utah State Amateur. She’s 14.

  20-06-2019 19:15
  Grace Summerhays will extend her family’s legacy in the State Amateur by playing in next month’s tournament in a field that includes her older brother, the defending champion.Summerhays, 14, became the youngest female golfer ever to advance to the State Am by shooting a 1-over-par 73 and tying for 15th place Wednesday in a qualifying event at Glen Eagle Golf Course in Syracuse.Last June, Preston Summerhays, now 16, became the youngest winner in State Am history. The family of former
  
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• Vape pen explodes in Utah teen’s mouth; injuries resemble results of ‘high-speed’ crash

  20-06-2019 19:11
  When the 17-year-old arrived at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, his entire jaw was cracked and a chunk of the bone had been completely shattered. Several of his teeth were missing and there was a hole in his chin."That's an injury we see in high-speed motor vehicle crashes," Katie W. Russell, a pediatric surgeon who treated the teenager in March last year, told The Washington Post. "It's a big injury."Jonathan Skirko, a pediatric ear, nose and throat surgeon who operated on
  
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• Eye on the Y: Here’s why BYU football has renewed optimism. It’s part Zach Wilson, part new running backs and part that Utah game.

  20-06-2019 18:57
  Eye On The Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on BYU athletics. Subscribe here.Another BYU Football Media Day came and went earlier this week with the usual mixture of optimism from players and coaches and the annual mild criticism from some media outlets that the Cougars’ have set their goals too high, their dreams too lofty.It’s like clockwork every June in Provo, and has been since BYU held its first solo media day in the summer of 2011 — before its first s
  
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• Red All Over: Ex-Ute C.J. Cron is a big part of the Minnesota Twins’ great season

  20-06-2019 18:42
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.Thanks to his three years in the Utah baseball program and stints in Orem and Salt Lake City in the Los Angeles Angels’ system, C.J. Cron has a unique history in this state as a former Ute, Owl and Bee. Everything he’s doing currently for the Minnesota Twins distinguishes him even more. It helps that the Twins (48-25) are having a remarkable season, leading the AL Central by nine games.The first
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - National media are giving high praise to the Utah Jazz for the Mike Conley trade. Here's what they're saying

  20-06-2019 18:33 via sportspyder.com
  Many outside observers feel as though the trade can vault the Jazz into the upper echelon of the NBA.
  
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• National media are giving high praise to the Utah Jazz for the Mike Conley trade. Here's what they're saying

  20-06-2019 18:18
  Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley (11) handles the ball in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)APSALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz generally don't get a lot of praise around the country given the franchise's small-market status, but that certainly wasn't the case Wednesday after news broke that the club will acquire Memphis Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley.Numerous writers and commentators
  
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• Elizabeth Bruenig: Biden can’t take us back to the way things were. And we don’t want him to.

  20-06-2019 18:00
  Presidential campaigns have their messaging, and then they have their stories. The first tells you what the candidate intends to do with your vote; the second tells you why that candidate, among all the others, is the one to do what you want done. And while plenty of 2020 Democrats have come out with strong messaging and clear narratives, it's notable that former Vice President Joe Biden, who holds a steady (though slipping) lead in almost all polls, really seems to have only a story: Vote for J
  
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• Midvale passes new rules to block a Confederate group from marching again in its annual parade

  20-06-2019 17:45
  The Midvale City Council has voted to allow groups and individuals to walk in its annual Harvest Days Parade by invitation only — a move that follows the appearance of a Confederate group at the event last year.The policy, approved unanimously by the five-member council Tuesday, is meant to establish the parade as government speech rather than an open public open forum and notes that the city will now bar messages the council views as “inappropriate” for residents and visitors
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Oaks laments growing LGBTQ ‘power,' women’s group denounces ‘atrocities’ at U.S. border

  20-06-2019 17:34
  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.Oaks on LGBTQ’s increasing power
  (Jeremy Harmon|The Salt Lake Tribune) President Dallin H. Oaks speaks during the Sunday morning session of General Conference on April 1, 2018.Eight months after President Dallin H. Oak
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Probe sought about why Trump administration delays putting Harriet Tubman on $20 bill

  20-06-2019 17:10
  Happy Thursday!Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling for an investigation into whether the Trump administration is delaying putting abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill simply for political purposes. The change, initiated under President Barack Obama, was initially supposed to occur next year. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said last month he did not anticipate the bill coming before 2028. When Trump was a candidate, he called the move to replace Andrew Jackson with Tubman “pur
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Utah Jazz players say goodbye to traded players, welcome Mike Conley

  20-06-2019 17:03 via sportspyder.com
  Players took to social media on Wednesday after news of the pending trade broke.
  
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• Native American writer Joy Harjo is named U.S. Poet Laureate of the United States

  20-06-2019 16:57
  “My role as a poet is as a healer,” says Joy Harjo. “Poetry is a healing force.”The 68-year-old Native American writer first felt that restorative power during a difficult time early in her life. "Poetry came to me at a point in which I had no words to express the depth of experience of being Native in this country," she says.Now Harjo has a chance to offer that medicine to the whole nation. She was appointed 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States Wednesday. As a member
  
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• Morning links: Utah Jazz players say goodbye to traded players, welcome Mike Conley

  20-06-2019 16:53
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) and Utah Jazz forward Jae Crowder (99) celebrate winning Game 4 of the NBA Playoffs against the Houston Rockets at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 22, 2019.SALT LAKE CITY — In the hours after news broke Wednesday that the Utah Jazz will trade Jae Crowder, Kyle Korver, Grayson Allen and draft picks to the Memphis Grizzlies for Mike Conley, a number of Jazz players took to social media to both say goodbye to their traded te
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Ricky Rubio acknowledges that a return to Jazz is unlikely with tweet

  20-06-2019 16:42 via sportspyder.com
  It seems that Ricky Rubio and the Utah Jazz will indeed part ways this summer. The veteran point guard said weeks ago that Jazz management had informed him that he wouldn’t be a priority this summer. Rubio, an upcoming free agent, took to Twitter to...
  
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• Census: Utah’s Latino population still booms — but other minorities grow even faster.

  20-06-2019 16:29
  Dick Harwood, chief operating officer of Rancho Markets, sees increasingly diverse shoppers at his stores created for Latinos: immigrants from Asia, Africa, the Pacific and the Middle East.So he’s not surprised that new census data shows that while Utah’s Latino population is still booming, other minorities are growing even faster. Harwood notes that just half his customers now are Latino. A fifth are white. But 30% come from the other fast-growing minorities.“Our produce depar
  
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