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• William Cosgrove: We are complicit in the deaths of our children

  06-07-2019 23:30
  I don’t feel like a murderer. You probably don’t either. Yet, each day we climb aboard our combat personnel carriers (mine is a small Toyota), fire up the engine and shoot billions of deadly projectiles out the barrel of the exhaust pipe.These projectiles, though extremely tiny particles, are no less deadly than shotgun pellets. The smallest of the particles, particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM 2.5), can linger in the air for weeks, then be inhaled deep into lung
  
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• Two die in shooting in Payson Canyon

  06-07-2019 23:26
  An argument at a campground in Payson Canyon ended in the death of a man and a woman early Saturday, according to deputies with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office.Detectives say the 27-year-old man was seated in a car and the woman, 24, was standing outside. The pair, who were previously in a relationship and had a child together, had been arguing for a few hours, when at about 12:30 a.m. the man shot and killed himself. The same bullet then traveled through the car and struck the woman in t
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Grizzlies announce they will retire Mike Conley’s No. 11 jersey one day

  06-07-2019 23:20 via sportspyder.com
  Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera says the franchise will retire Mike Conley’s No. 11 jersey one day. The Grizzlies officially traded Conley to the Utah Jazz on Saturday. Memphis drafted Conley with the fourth overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft...
  
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• Tribune Editorial: It’s up to state and local governments to clean up census mess

  06-07-2019 23:00
  As the administration desperately moves to rearrange the deck chairs on its ill-conceived plan to turn the 2020 census into a partisan exercise, the sight of Justice Department lawyers struggling to come up with a reason for — or even a description of — what they are doing has become downright surreal.But even if the administration in the end does not manage to quiz every United States resident on his or her citizenship status, the damage may already have been done.This is where Utah
  
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• Charlotte Maloney: Republicans are pro-birth, not pro-life

  06-07-2019 22:04
  Stories my mother told of women suffering and dying as a result of back-alley abortions resound in my mind today. While studying Roe v. Wade as a young college student, I struggled with the pro-choice/pro-life issue.In her wisdom, my mother (a strong Catholic) asked how I would feel if I were pregnant and forced to have an abortion. Well, of course, that would be horrible and wrong. That question led me to consider the other side of the issue. In college, I came down on the side of choice and am
  
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• Right-wing groups rally in Washington amid heavy police presence to prevent violence

  06-07-2019 20:44
  Washington • Right-wing activists began rallying at Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington on Saturday morning, where they were met with a heavy police presence as they protested being blocked on social media because of their political views.About two dozens members of the Proud Boys, a self-proclaimed western-chauvinist fraternal group that believes in ending welfare and closing the borders, marched into the park shortly after 10 a.m.Police had shut many roads around the plaza and adjacent P
  
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• [The Score] - Jazz officially land Conley from Grizzlies

  06-07-2019 20:36 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz confirmed Saturday they have acquired point guard Mike Conley from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Grayson Allen, Jae Crowder, Kyle Korver, the draft rights to Darius Bazley, and a future protected first-round pick.Grizzlies...
  
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• Utah scientists discover that crocodiles were once vegetarians. But, in the end, it was ‘survival of the carnivores.’

  06-07-2019 20:30
  More than 250 million years ago, a reptile scampered around the earth with a long spiked tail and sharply pointed claws and scales as thick as a door. And the ferocious-looking creature had a ravenous appetite …For plants.That’s right. This animal, an ancient relative to today’s carnivorous crocodile, was, in fact, a vegetarian. It came as a bit of a surprise, too, to the scientists at the University of Utah who discovered it.“It is sort of funny when you think about it,
  
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• [NBA] - Utah Jazz Acquire Guard Mike Conley Jr.

  06-07-2019 20:28 via sportspyder.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (July 6, 2019) — The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has acquired guard Mike Conley Jr., pending the outcome of physicals, from Memphis in exchange for guard Grayson Allen,
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Grizzlies Trade Mike Conley To Jazz

  06-07-2019 20:16 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz sent Jae Crowder, Kyle Korver, Grayson Allen, the No. 23 pick, and a future first-rounder to Memphis for Conley.
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Lookin' Live: Episode 8

  06-07-2019 19:25 via sportspyder.com
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• Monson: The Jazz have a new evil empire to attack — Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and the Clippers

  06-07-2019 19:10
  By George, at least it wasn’t the Lakers.As Kawhi Leonard dawdled, deciding whether to re-sign with Toronto (you know, where he just won a championship) or join the Lakers or the Clippers, all kinds of craziness had been breaking out throughout the league.But a wave of insanity swelled even larger behind the scenes, darn-near unbeknownst to anyone on the outside. Turned out, Leonard wasn’t dawdling at all, he was delaying. He was waiting, not only targeting the Clippers, but also pus
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - In one night, Steve Ballmer and the Clippers brought true parity to the NBA

  06-07-2019 18:48 via sportspyder.com
  Superteams are dead. Long live parity.
  
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• [Deseret News] - How the Los Angeles Clippers' additions of Kawhi Leonard, Paul George affect the Utah Jazz

  06-07-2019 18:28 via sportspyder.com
  Late Friday night, it was reported that the Clippers will be adding two All-Stars in Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. With the movee, the Western Conference should still be wide open, but now...
  
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• How the Los Angeles Clippers' additions of Kawhi Leonard, Paul George affect the Utah Jazz

  06-07-2019 18:19
  Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard (2) handles the ball while Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson defends during the second half of Game 6 of basketball’s NBA Finals, Thursday, June 13, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)Frank GunnOklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George (13) dribbles past Toronto Raptors forward Norman Powell (24) during second-half NBA basketball game action in Toronto, Friday, March 22, 2019. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)AP
  
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• How climate change could impact — and even help — Salt Lake City’s bid to host another Winter Olympics

  06-07-2019 17:43
  As Salt Lake City continues its quest to host another Winter Games a decade or more from now, many Olympic athletes say they’re already in a downhill race against disappearing winters.You can feel that desperate chase in the life of U.S. snowboardcross athlete Alex Deibold, who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia. He’s among a growing number of Olympians speaking out on climate change as they see weather conditions for skiing, sliding and ice sports gradually meltin
  
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• Arches National Park receives certification for dark skies

  06-07-2019 17:38
  Arches National Park, Utah • Arches National Park in southern Utah is now certified as an International Dark Sky Park.The National Park Service and the International Dark-Sky Association said in a joint announcement Friday that the designation recognizes the park's "quality night skies and a commitment to protecting and sharing natural darkness."Steps taken by park officials to receive the designation include replacing light fixtures with fully-shielded bulbs to minimize glare and light emi
  
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• Southern California jolted by biggest quake in 20 years

  06-07-2019 17:33
  Los Angeles • The largest Southern California quake in nearly 20 years jolted an area stretching from Sacramento to Las Vegas to Mexico as it cracked buildings, set fires, wrecked roads but only caused minor injuries.Seismologists warned that large aftershocks were expected to continue for days, if not weeks.The 7.1-magnitude quake struck at 8:19 p.m. Friday and was centered 11 miles from Ridgecrest, the same area of the Mojave Desert where a 6.4-magnitude temblor hit just a day earlier.Rid
  
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• West side residents worry about the impact a Rocky Mountain Power project could have on their neighborhoods

  06-07-2019 17:08
  Residents and business owners in a west side Salt Lake City neighborhood are frustrated over their perceived lack of involvement in an upcoming Rocky Mountain Power project they worry will uproot mature trees, decrease property values and give their largely residential neighborhood a more industrial feel.The Beck Street Transmission Project will replace and add new power lines and poles, some of them as much as 30 feet taller than existing ones, in an effort to increase capacity and improve elec
  
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• Commentary: Pricing carbon would be good for our communities and our country

  06-07-2019 16:36
  As a resident of Salt Lake CIty who is concerned about climate change, I am celebrating Mayor Jackie Biskupski. Biskupski recently attended the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ annual meeting in Honolulu, where she sponsored a resolution entitled “In Support of a National Price on Carbon Emissions.” The bipartisan resolution passed with the following wording: “Be it resolved that the United States Conference of Mayors strongly urges the United States Congress to pass legislatio
  
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - Kawhi and PG to the Clippers and other podcasts of the day

  06-07-2019 15:02 via sportspyder.com
  All the top NBA podcasts compiled here on a daily basis so you don’t have to look for them. Enjoy! Locked on NBA – The Clippers beat the Lakers to Kawhi (and Paul George) from Locked On…
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: LA Clippers blockbusters have completely transformed the West

  06-07-2019 14:06 via sportspyder.com
  The LA Clippers' incredible moves to bring in Kawhi Leonard and Paul George will affect the Utah Jazz and shake the Western Conference as a whole. After pu...
  
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• Utah Jazz: LA Clippers blockbusters have completely transformed the West

  06-07-2019 14:00
  The LA Clippers’ incredible moves to bring in Kawhi Leonard and Paul George will affect the Utah Jazz and shake the Western Conference as a whole. After putting together one heck of an offseason, there were several NBA experts that were quick to say that as things currently stood, the Utah Jazz were legitimate title […]
  Utah Jazz: LA Clippers blockbusters have completely transformed the West - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Letter: Violence against women is epidemic

  06-07-2019 14:00
  I’ve been reading, with heartbreak, The Salt Lake Tribune’s coverage of MacKenzie Lueck’s murder. I have children and grandchildren and can’t begin to understand the depth of sorrow, pain and heartbreak the Lueck family is now suffering.It’s unfortunate that, though the rate of women murdered in single victim/single offender incidents dropped by 31% from 1996 to 2013, the murder of women, gender-based violence and sexual assault are epidemic in the United States.A s
  
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• Letter: The party of Trump should be held accountable

  06-07-2019 14:00
  In his June 29 letter, Gene Sturyenegger says that leaders should be made accountable. I agree. And, yes, undocumented immigrants are violating the law.There is another law that is violated every day: the habeas corpus law. This law applies to “persons” — that’s the word that appears in the law, not “citizens.” It applies to undocumented immigrants, because they are persons. It is based on two constitutional amendments, the Fifth Amendment (due process) and th
  
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• Letter: Done putting up with all the lies

  06-07-2019 14:00
  Regarding Stuart C. Reid’s column in the June 30 Salt Lake Tribune about Barry Goldwater:Goldwater said, “I was the first to go to him (Nixon) and told him to tell the truth, … and he didn’t do it. And the more it went on, the madder I got because the more he lied to the American people. He lied to me. He lied to his family. He lied to everybody. It made me realize that all Dick Nixon was interested in was Richard Milhous Nixon. He didn’t care about the country.&rd
  
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• Letter: Bureau of Land Management is again selling off Utah’s wonders

  06-07-2019 14:00
  Southeast of Blanding — bounded by the still-existing Bears Ears, Canyons of the Ancients and Hovenweep national monuments — lie the latest parcels being auctioned for oil and gas development.Federal law requires that the cumulative environmental impact of such sales be carefully considered. To circumvent this requirement, and the obvious negative conclusions that would result from a complete assessment, the BLM has broken the clustered parcels into three separate sales over the last
  
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• John Seaman: NBA basketball can enhance or harm the development of youth

  06-07-2019 14:00
  Research in psychology confirms that we humans imitate individuals we hold in esteem and who are successful on tasks we consider important. Behaviors that stand out and noticed are most likely to be imitated.For many boys, and girls as well, NBA players meet these conditions. Whether they want to or not, these gifted athletes are social models influencing the development of their young admirers.Generally, these celebrities enhance development of youth by modeling important elements of sportsmans
  
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• Commentary: Solving the homeless problem in Salt Lake City

  06-07-2019 14:00
  With the forthcoming 2019 Salt Lake City elections, I feel it is important for all mayor and City Council candidates to understand the basis of Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s (and her administration’s) homeless programs. In September of 2016 I emailed a letter to the Salt Lake mayor that described the following.From my experience of being homeless, I observed the following five reasons for being homeless: lost one’s job and then one’s home; just divorced and then lost one&rsquo
  
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• Commentary: It’s time for a new definition of ‘pro-life’

  06-07-2019 14:00
  The year 2020 will bring the discussion of abortion to the Utah Legislature. Republicans will introduce legislation to severely reduce elective abortions options even further. In hopes of avoiding disputes, state Sen. Dan McCay’s proposed ban would hold until the U.S. Supreme Court allows states to enact such laws. He believes it’s time to have this discussion, and as he’s put it, “close up the abortion shop”.Yes, Senator, it’s time. Tell us why some legislato
  
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• Commentary: What I learn from Utah’s ‘yet unpolished gems’

  06-07-2019 13:30
  Youthful impulse is often what puts kids in treatment centers. But it’s also what turns their lives back around.Sprinkled across Utah’s eye-catching mountains, peaceful valleys and sweeping plateaus are a series of inpatient wilderness therapy programs and residential treatment centers for adolescents and young adults. Their high success rate is attributed to many factors: the quality of the staff, the beauty and isolation of the surroundings and the local legislation that enables th
  
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• Person with knowledge of deal says Clippers getting Kawhi Leonard, swinging monster trade for Paul George

  06-07-2019 09:10
  Las Vegas • A person familiar with the negotiations says the Los Angeles Clippers will be landing Kawhi Leonard as a free agent after they acquire Paul George from the Oklahoma City Thunder in a massive trade for players and draft picks.George will be traded for at least four first-round picks, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity early Saturday because none of the moves have been finalized. And Leonard made his decision to sign with the Clipp
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Vince Carter should be next vet that the Utah Jazz pursue

  06-07-2019 08:18 via sportspyder.com
  As the Utah Jazz continue to pursue vets to round out their roster, the legendary Vince Carter could be a perfect fit for the squad. The Utah Jazz have alr...
  
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• Latest Southern California quake causes damage, injuries

  06-07-2019 07:16
  Los Angeles • A quake with a magnitude as large as 7.1 jolted much of California, cracked buildings, set fires, broke roads and caused several injuries, authorities and residents said.The quake — preceded by Thursday’s 6.4-magnitude temblor in the Mojave Desert — was the largest Southern California temblor in at least 20 years and was followed by a series of large and small aftershocks.It hit at 8:19 p.m. and was centered 11 miles from Ridgecrest in the same areas where t
  
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• Immigrants fired from Trump clubs seek White House meeting

  06-07-2019 05:29
  New York • A group of immigrant workers fired from President Donald Trump’s golf clubs say they want to meet with him at the White House to make the case that they should not be deported.The 21 maids, groundskeepers and other workers fired earlier this year from five of Trump's clubs asked their former employer in a letter this week to remember all their hard work and give them a chance to make their case in person why they should stay in the country.“I’m hopeful that he&
  
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• Missing hiker found alive in Little Cottonwood Canyon

  06-07-2019 03:28
  Search and rescue crews found the 41-year-old hiker who had been missing since Thursday in Little Cottonwood Canyon, according to FOX 13.Dawn Rohde went hiking around 7 a.m in the White Pine area and did not return. Search and rescue crews found her near a campground on Friday. She was in fair condition, according to authorities.For more, visit FOX 13.---Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune and FOX 13 are content sharing partners.
  
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• Letter: President Trump’s war powers should be limited

  06-07-2019 03:12
  Many thanks to Sen. Mike Lee, who reached across the aisle to co-sponsor the Udall-Kaine amendment, which would have prohibited the Pentagon using any funding to attack Iran without congressional approval.Unfortunately, the amendment failed with 50 votes in favor (60 votes were required).Sadly, Sen. Mitt Romney not only voted against the Udall-Kaine amendment, but also sponsored his own amendment to the annual defense funding bill, which did pass. Romney’s amendment clarified that funds co
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Emmanuel Mudiay, just four years removed from being the No. 7 overall draft selection, has a long way to go on his game

  06-07-2019 02:14 via sportspyder.com
  Drafted with the No. 7 pick in the 2015 NBA draft just four years ago, it certainly says something about how Emmanuel Mudiay’s rookie contract went that his second contract is a one-year minimum deal.
  
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• Emmanuel Mudiay, just four years removed from being the No. 7 overall draft selection, has a long way to go on his game

  06-07-2019 01:53
  Drafted with the No. 7 pick in the 2015 NBA draft just four years ago, it certainly says something about how Emmanuel Mudiay’s rookie contract went that his second contract is a one-year minimum deal.But Mudiay has essentially failed to deliver nearly all of his reputed strengths entering the league, and hasn’t tremendously shown improvements on his weaknesses. DraftExpress was the most widely respected public scouting service available in 2015, and their lists of strengths and weakn
  
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• Salt Lake County’s homeless population will soon disperse. But they may not have the chance to get ‘equitable’ justice outside of Salt Lake City.

  06-07-2019 01:13
  Imagine that you don’t have a home.After a long day spent in the hot summer sun, carrying all your belongings on your back or in a shopping cart, you’re arrested for public intoxication, jaywalking, trespassing or any one of the other infractions that people experiencing homelessness tend to violate more than anyone else.If you’re picked up near, say, 2100 South and 700 East in Salt Lake City, you’ll have a much different experience moving through the court system than if
  
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• Grab a sweet treat this summer from these new Utah food trucks

  06-07-2019 01:11
  Food trucks selling sweet, refreshing treats have hit the Utah streets this summer.They’re offering Harry Potter’s favorite drink, sweet sandwiches and “udderly” delicious ice cream from in-state football rivals. Want to know more? Here are the details:Wizarding wonder • Butterbeer cast a spell on Devanie Stout. After the Utahn tasted the butterscotch drink in London — while visiting “The Making of Harry Potter” studio tour — she spent the nex
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - RUMOR: Nikola Mirotic had a 3-year, $45 million promise from Jazz to leave Bucks

  06-07-2019 00:22 via sportspyder.com
  One of the most shocking stories of the 2019 free agency was the decision of Nikola Mirotic to leave the NBA.  Mirotic, who played with Real Madrid prior to his five-year NBA career, is reportedly signing with Spanish club Barcelona. That’s not the...
  
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