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• [Clutchpoints] - Report: Wizards restricted free agent Bobby Portis interested in signing with the Jazz

  22-06-2019 23:52 via sportspyder.com
  Washington Wizards restricted free agent Bobby Portis is reportedly interested in signing with the Utah Jazz this summer, according to Tony Jones of The Athletic. As a restricted free agent, Portis can sign an offer sheet with any team of his choice...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: Tampa Bay Rays moving games to another city? The Utah Jazz did that. Here's some advice from a former coach and official on how that went

  22-06-2019 23:25 via sportspyder.com
  In 1983, the Jazz had the bright idea to play "home" games in Las Vegas. It worked out well — for the Los Angeles Lakers.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Rudy Gobert texted Mike Conley, says guard will help Jazz ‘take the next step’

  22-06-2019 23:19 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert says he texted Mike Conley welcoming him to Utah and believes the veteran point guard will help the Jazz “take the next step.” Utah reportedly acquired Conley from the Memphis Grizzlies. Gobert has always respected...
  
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• Brad Rock: Tampa Bay Rays moving games to another city? The Utah Jazz did that. Here's some advice from a former coach and official on how that went

  22-06-2019 23:10
  Los Angeles Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar acknowledges the cheering fansafter setting a new NBA regular season scoring record of 31,421 points during the game with the Utah Jazz in Las Vegas, Nev., April 6, 1984. The old record was held by Wilt Chamberlain at 31, 419.LENNOX MCLENDON, APLos Angeles Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shoots a sky hook in a game against the Utah Jazz in Las Vegas on April 6, 1984.LENNOX MCLENDON, APSALT LAKE CITY — Whether it was sunstroke to blame, or something
  
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• Trump postpones nationwide immigration enforcement sweep

  22-06-2019 22:59
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was postponing a nationwide immigration sweep to deport people living in the U.S. illegally, including families, saying he would give lawmakers time to work out border solutions.The move came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had called Trump on Friday asking him to call off the operation. Separately, administration officials told The Associated Press that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was concerned that details leaked to the medi
  
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• Utah farmers agonize about selling land to developers

  22-06-2019 22:57
  West Haven, Utah • As Utah’s population booms, some farmers in Weber County are making the tough but sometimes lucrative decision to sell their land as small family plots give way to homes.The loss of open farmland has led to nostalgia for people connected to the county's agricultural heritage and disappointment for people who moved to the county because of its open, rural feel.The chance for struggling farmers to sell land for good prices to developers has given some farmers the oppo
  
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• Utah State University celebrates Bastian family donation of 100 acres at the heart of controversial Olympia Hills project

  22-06-2019 22:30
  Herriman • A major part of the controversial and still-unapproved Olympia Hills project was put in motion Saturday, with a tree planting and promised donation of prime farmland for a new teaching facility for Utah State University.The Bastian Agricultural Center and its 100-acre tree-lined campus is envisioned as one of the centerpieces of the 931-acre high-density residential and commercial development proposed on the western edge of Herriman.And while Salt Lake County’s ultimate zon
  
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• Jenny Wilson: Stepping up to help immigrants when the feds won’t

  22-06-2019 22:30
  This week, on the eve of the official announcement of his re-election campaign, President Trump again used fear and intimidation to rally his base by using our immigrant community as the target.This time, by calling for expanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) action in the coming weeks. Should this action be enforced, additional Utah families will be torn apart and good people and employees will be returned to their native countries.I reject the harmful, pointed rhetoric from the
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 NBA Free Agency: Bobby Portis has ‘significant’ interest in Utah Jazz

  22-06-2019 22:29 via sportspyder.com
  The Washington Restricted Free Agent could be on Utah’s radar.
  
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• Trump delays nationwide operation to deport immigrants

  22-06-2019 21:57
  Washington • President Donald Trump says he is delaying a nationwide sweep to deport people living in the U.S. illegally.He said in a tweet Saturday he would delay for two weeks to give lawmakers time to discuss border solutions.Three administration officials told The Associated Press the operation had been canceled because details had leaked in the media and officer safety could be jeopardized. The officials were not authorized to speak publicly on the operation and spoke on condition of a
  
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• Salt Lake City Police are investigating the disappearance of a 23-year-old University of Utah student missing since Monday

  22-06-2019 21:12
  Salt Lake City police are investigating the whereabouts of a 23-year-old University of Utah student who has not been heard from since Monday.The parents of Mackenzie Lueck reported their daughter missing on Thursday afternoon, according to FOX 13. Lueck texted her parents about 1 a.m. Monday morning from the Salt Lake City International Airport to let them know she arrived from California.She then took a Lyft from the airport to an address in North Salt Lake City, the last place she was seen, po
  
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• The Jazz needed to be bold this offseason and they have been. Was the cost worth it?

  22-06-2019 20:34
  So, come July 6, the Jazz’s trade with the Grizzlies will be official, Mike Conley will be the toast of the local fandom, and those players either sent to Memphis in exchange or allowed to leave in free agency as a result will be remembered fondly for their roles in ushering in this new era of on-court prosperity.Now, what were their names, again?Kidding, people.Ricky Rubio was a steady and beloved locker room presence. Jae Crowder’s fiery, passionate aggression gave the team a much-
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Jazz needed to be bold this offseason and they have been. Was the cost worth it?

  22-06-2019 20:02 via sportspyder.com
  So, come July 6, the Jazz’s trade with the Grizzlies will be official, Mike Conley will be the toast of the local fandom, and those players either sent to Memphis in exchange or allowed to leave in free agency as a result will be remembered fondly...
  
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• Commentary: We must not forsake the children

  22-06-2019 19:39
  Pearl S. Buck wisely wrote, “The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless.” If this is true, and we’re convinced that it is, then the United States of America is failing mightily.Earlier this week, the Trump administration argued in the the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit that migrant children detained at the U.S.-Mexico border did not need to be given toothbrushes or soap in order to meet the requirements of the 1997 Flores settlement, whic
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Q&A: Rudy Gobert welcomes Mike Conley via text message, sets sights on NBA title with Utah Jazz

  22-06-2019 19:17 via sportspyder.com
  On Monday, Rudy Gobert has a chance to join Mark Eaton as the only other Jazzman to win Defensive Player of the Year two times. In this interview, he catches up with Deseret News sports reporter...
  
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• Q&A: Rudy Gobert welcomes Mike Conley via text message, sets sights on NBA title with Utah Jazz

  22-06-2019 19:09
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert works with physical therapist Fabrice Gautier at his office in Los Angeles on Friday, June 21, 2019.Silas Walker, Deseret NewsUtah Jazz center Rudy Gobert works with physical therapist Fabrice Gautier at his office in Los Angles on Friday, June 21, 2019.Silas Walker, Deseret NewsUtah Jazz center Rudy Gobert works with physical therapist Fabrice Gautier at his office in Los Angles on Friday, June 21, 2019.Silas Walker, Deseret NewsUtah Jazz center Rudy Gobert works wi
  
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• Utah Championship golfers are not famous yet, but they’re getting there

  22-06-2019 19:00
  In the seventh and final year of the Provo era for the professional golf tournament then called the Nike Utah Classic, organizers formulated a clever plan to avoid a traditional Sunday finish in the Utah County market. They started the 54-hole event on Thursday and ended on Saturday, the only trouble being that BYU’s high-profile 1996 football game at Washington was televised in the middle of the final round and hardly anyone came to Riverside Country Club.At one point during the event's 1
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 State of the Dunk: New Year, New Us

  22-06-2019 18:26 via sportspyder.com
  We’re making a few changes for the better around SLC Dunk.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: Here are some things you need to know about the Jazz’s Mike Conley

  22-06-2019 18:22 via sportspyder.com
  Sixteen sweet things you should know about the Jazz’s new point guard Mike Conley, Jr.:
  
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• Monson: Here are some things you need to know about the Jazz’s Mike Conley

  22-06-2019 18:00
  Sixteen sweet things you should know about the Jazz’s new point guard Mike Conley, Jr.:1) He is the son of former Olympic triple jumper Mike Conley Sr., who won a gold medal in that event at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, and a silver at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.2) In a total of 788 regular-season games and 56 playoff duels, Conley has never gotten a technical foul. Actually, he did receive one once, but it was later rescinded by the league.3) Of his 12 seasons in the NBA, all of them with
  
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• 7 dead in New Hampshire collision with several motorcycles, pickup truck

  22-06-2019 17:46
  Several motorcycles and a pickup truck collided on a rural, two-lane highway Friday, killing seven people and injuring three others, and sending onlookers rushing to treat and help the motorists peppered along the road.New Hampshire State Police said a 2016 Dodge 2500 pickup truck collided with the riders on U.S. 2 in Randolph Friday evening. The cause of the deadly collision is not yet known. The pickup truck was on fire when emergency crews arrived.Witnesses described a "devastating" scene as
  
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• Triple homicide investigation with Utah ties continues 2 years later

  22-06-2019 17:43
  Caldwell, Idaho • The 61-year-old accused of killing his wife and two other victims and hiding their bodies near his Caldwell, Idaho home is still at large two years after their deaths.Gerald “Mike” Bullinger, of Ogden, Utah, is suspected of murdering Cheryl Baker, 56 — his wife of nearly 10 years, according to her brother, Byron Baker — as well as Nadja Medley, 48, and her 14-year-old daughter, Payton Medley.According to friends, Nadja Medley was Bullinger's girlfri
  
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• Mormon Women for Ethical Government: We must nor forsake the children

  22-06-2019 17:19
  Pearl S. Buck wisely wrote, “The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless.” If this is true, and we’re convinced that it is, then the United States of America is failing mightily. Earlier this week, the Trump administration argued in the the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit that migrant children detained at the U.S.-Mexico border did not need to be given toothbrushes or soap in order to meet the requirements of the 1997 Flores settlement, whi
  
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• Dale Murphy has opinions. And at 63, the former MLB great is sharing a lot of them as a media pundit and podcaster.

  22-06-2019 17:01
  He’s a genuine baseball legend who hit 398 career home runs, drove in 1,266 RBIs and won a pair of National League MVP trophies, but at the moment, he’s carrying arms full of swag half an hour before taping. He’s preparing for another podcast episode, thinking about ways to increase more audience interaction. He thinks about social media platforms and how various apps offer different things to different audience members.This is life for Dale Murphy these days. He’s kinda,
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz star Donovan Mitchell hilariously reacts to Bol Bol’s ‘spider’ suit

  22-06-2019 16:49 via sportspyder.com
  NBA draft hopeful Bol Bol showed up to Thursday night’s festivities rocking a Spider-themed suit, which caught the eyes of many draft night attendees. He also certainly caught the attention of Utah Jazz sophomore star Donovan Mitchell, who had...
  
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• 3 Takeaways from the scoreless draw between Utah Royals FC and Portland Thorns

  22-06-2019 16:26
  Three thoughts on Friday’s game between the Utah Royals FC and the Portland Thorns, which ended in a scoreless draw.1. Double-teaming Amy Rodriguez Coming into the game, Thorns coach Mark Parsons said just two words when asked what worried him most about the Royals: “Amy Rodriguez.”He wasn’t wrong. Rodriguez had scored in five of her last six games and led Utah with five goals on the season. She’s become as close to an automatic goal scorer as a soccer player can po
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Mavs receives Jazz’s 2020, Blazers’ 2021 2nd-round picks in draft night trade with Pistons

  22-06-2019 16:16 via sportspyder.com
  The Dallas Mavericks made quite an intriguing move on last Thursday’s NBA draft. The Mavs made a deal with the Detroit Pistons to move down from the 37th pick to the 45th pick in exchange for two future second-round picks. The two second-rounders...
  
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• [Franchise Sports] - Three free agent point guards the Pacers should target ahead of Rubio

  22-06-2019 16:02 via sportspyder.com
  Indiana Pacers have been frequently linked with free agent point guard Ricky Rubio this offseason. Victor Oladipo might be better suited with a different backcourt mate.
  
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• Cedar City’s SimonFest shifts gears after losing patronage of playwright Neil Simon

  22-06-2019 15:00
  First, Cedar City’s Neil Simon Theatre Festival lost its namesake. Then it lost its name.“We’ve kind of rebranded ourselves,” said Richard Bugg, founder and executive producer of what’s now the SimonFest Theatre Company, running July 11 to Aug. 3 at Cedar City’s Heritage Theater. “It’s rather frustrating. I’ve put in a lot of work to promote the work of Mr. Simon, and it’s tossed away.”The change was forced upon Bugg by attorneys
  
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• Cedar City grows into a haven for artists, from the Utah Shakespeare Festival to do-it-yourself creators

  22-06-2019 15:00
  Cedar City • If you’re in need of an artist who’s also a Shakespearean actor, educator, theater troupe founder, freelance graphic designer and grad student, Kaitlin Mills checks all the boxes.“I’m the queen of side hustles,” said Mills, whose first solo art exhibit is hanging at Frontier Homestead State Park’s museum on Cedar City’s Main Street. In Cedar City, she said, “the possibilities are endless, if you can do it yourself.”Mills is
  
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• Rich Lowry: The madcap caution of Donald Trump

  22-06-2019 14:00
  The worry last week was that the Trump administration was ginning up fake intelligence about Iran blowing up oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz to justify a war against Iran. Then, this week, President Donald Trump said the Iranian attacks weren't a big deal.The episode is another indication of the underlying modesty — not a very Trumpian word — of the administration.Subtract Trump's taste for nonstop controversy and rhetorical brinkmanship, and you're left with an incrementalist ce
  
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• Noah Smith: Basic income’s backers complicate their cause with some bad arguments

  22-06-2019 14:00
  Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur and philanthropist from New York, has drawn less attention than most of his counterparts. But he has been noticed for one big, bold proposal - a universal basic income, or UBI, which would give every American $12,000 a year with no strings attached. Yang has thus become the most public champion of an idea that is gaining currency in some corners of the left and the right.Basic income has a long and interesting history, with similar p
  
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• Letter: We already know about climate change

  22-06-2019 14:00
  The Utah Legislature has put away $200,000 for the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute of the University of Utah to develop a study on climate change, just so Utah Republicans Legislators can have a warm and fuzzy feeling for changing the term “climate change” to “changing climate,” caused by human activity.Too bad that the Utah Republican lawmakers cannot learn from Benjamin Franklin, who quipped, “How long a useful truth may be known and exist before it is generally r
  
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• Letter: Sen. Dan McCay’s belief is flawed

  22-06-2019 14:00
  The human sperm cell has a limited lifespan but, if it can unite with a female egg cell, the two will have a much longer lifetime, and Utah state Sen. Dan McCay wants to give it legislative support.His belief in life beginning when these two cells get together is a little flawed.Alden Laney, MillcreekSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Money talks in U.S. elections

  22-06-2019 14:00
  The Center for Responsible Politics reported the cost of the midterm 2018 election surpassed $5 billion.With 18 months to go for the presidential election in 2020, what would one bet that the $5 billion amount of campaign money would exceed this amount?Money does speak to get our so-called “leaders” elected. Please, spend that money on the needs of our citizens. Also cut down the time for campaigning to 3 to 6 months.Jim Dublinski, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Legislators should leave our constitutional rights alone

  22-06-2019 14:00
  When Utah legislators are sworn in each term, they take an oath to uphold the constitution of the state of Utah and the Constitution of the United States. State Sen. Dan McCay (a lawyer) just announced his intention to sponsor a clearly unconstitutional bill to restrict “elective” abortion.As a law student, I am highly concerned at the concerted effort in the Beehive State to restrict people’s right to access abortion care, a constitutional right grounded in our rights to priva
  
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• Letter: House should move to impeach Trump

  22-06-2019 14:00
  An open letter to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:Ms. Pelosi: I admire your stance on many issues in government, but not your refusal to immediately open a formal impeachment inquiry of President Trump.You cannot allow him, by doing nothing, to hold himself above the law, and run our country like a banana republic.In my view, waiting until the 2020 election, hoping Trump will be voted out of office, is not only dangerous, but shows by your inactivity, a grudging approval of his illegal, mentally
  
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• Letter: Don’t turn religious beliefs into law

  22-06-2019 14:00
  Once again, people new to the predominating culture in Utah may not understand why Mormons insist on making their beliefs the law of the land.Here is the basic belief behind state Sen. Dan McCay’s (father of six) insistence that life begins at conception and no abortions should ever be allowed.(And no expansion of Medicaid, either.)Mormons believe that humans are born in a spirit world, the literal begotten children of Heavenly Father and Mother. Their behavior as spirits determines when o
  
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• Letter: Dallin Oaks is wrong about the LGBTQ community

  22-06-2019 14:00
  There is something rotten in the state of Utah: bigotry hidden in the folds of some organized religions.When I left the Mormon church about 10 years ago, I didn’t harbor intense feelings of resentment. I was certainly aware of some of the things happening in the church, but it didn’t affect my life too much.The last few years have felt very different, though. And during this historic Pride month, I’m seeing more pushback than ever. Starting with Dallin Oaks recently blaming the
  
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• Commentary: We fight about which party will rule over the rubble

  22-06-2019 14:00
  I miss the America I used to know.No, not the WASP world Make America Great Again is supposed to restore. I miss the notion that we were all in it together, that we believed in democracy and fought hard to give our kids and grandkids a better life than we had. It’s the America that Hubert Humphrey said should be tested by how we “treat those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sic
  
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• Commentary: Utah must update its tax structure for a modern economy

  22-06-2019 14:00
  It would be an understatement to say a lot has changed since the 1930s. From World War II and putting a man on the moon to significant advances in technology, these events, and innovations transformed how we purchase items, communicate with one another and connect with the world.Utah’s population is growing, demographics are changing, and the economy is thriving. However, our current tax structure, which was designed in the early 1930s, is outdated and not meeting the needs of our modern e
  
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• Commentary: Reparations for slavery aren’t enough. Official racism lasted much longer.

  22-06-2019 14:00
  Do the descendants of slaves deserve reparations? For the first time in a century and a half, there is a legitimate political debate on this question. Many of the top Democratic presidential hopefuls support establishing them in some form, or at least launching a commission to study how it might be done. This past week, on Juneteenth, the House held a hearing on H.R. 40, a bill that would do just that.But if Americans are now willing to entertain the notion of restorative justice for the legacy
  
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• Commentary: Business is the source of authoritarianism in America

  22-06-2019 14:00
  I recently had some email conversations with a friend who is a staunch far-right conservative. In addition to a good deal of antisocialist rhetoric, I was treated to a standard Republican trope that I find rather disturbing. Let me quote: “The government is a beast. ... A dominating and disfunctional [sic] beast. Everything it touches is a mess.” And this: “We have created the greatest economic system in the world. Government is trying to destroy that system.”Since Ronald
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - RUMOR: Tobias Harris has ‘strong interest’ in Jazz, but move unlikely

  22-06-2019 07:57 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz can put themselves in a better position to win the Western Conference title next season if they somehow find a way to acquire Tobias Harris in free agency. Harris will be an unrestricted free agent this summer, and he is expected to...
  
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• Utah Royals FC earn another clean sheet in scoreless draw with Portland Thorns

  22-06-2019 07:21
  Although the Utah Royals FC have made a habit of scoring the bare minimum of goals to win games this season, holding opponents scoreless has come concurrently with that. But Friday night saw the Royals not only stifle the opponent’s offense, but have their own offense stifled as well.The Royals and Portland Thorns played to a scoreless draw at Providence Park, helping Utah to 17 points, which is tied with the first-place Washington Spirit. The team was without midfielder Vero Boquete due t
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Tobias Harris has a strong interest in coming to Utah according to Tony Jones of the Athletic

  22-06-2019 07:01 via sportspyder.com
  Utah’s cap situation makes this extremely unlikely.
  
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• At Provo town hall, Romney says he supports Trump’s decision to call off attack on Iran

  22-06-2019 05:45
  Provo • During a town hall meeting Friday night, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney applauded President Donald Trump’s decision to abort a planned strike on Iran, but said some type of retaliation will likely be necessary.Romney said he believed the president took the right action not to attack Iran as he had “originally contemplated.” It was the first time the Utah senator publicly commented on reports that Trump called off the strike just minutes before it was to take place after be
  
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• University of Utah student, 23, reported missing since Monday

  22-06-2019 05:21
  Salt Lake City police are investigating the whereabouts of a 23-year-old University of Utah student who has not been heard from since Monday.The parents of Mackenzie Lueck reported their daughter missing on Thursday afternoon, according to FOX 13. Lueck texted her parents about 1 a.m. Monday morning from the Salt Lake City International Airport to let them know she arrived from California.Ashley Fine, a friend of Lueck’s, said she missed work at her job at a Millcreek medical lab and misse
  
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• Ex-Senate aide sentenced to 4 years in prison for ‘doxing’ Republican senators, including Utah’s Lee and Hatch

  22-06-2019 04:38
  Washington • A former congressional staffer was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to illegally posting online the home addresses and telephone numbers of five Republican senators who backed Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination.Jackson A. Cosko, a former computer systems administrator in the office of Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., pleaded guilty to five federal offenses, including making public restricted personal information, computer fraud, witness
  
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