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• Tribune Editorial: Helping the homeless is a work in progress

  21-07-2019 23:17
  This past weekend, our nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of the all-American gripe, “If they can put a man on the moon, why can’t they ... ?”One of the “why can’t theys ...” now bedeviling Utah and Salt Lake County is " ... solve homelessness?"Of course, after going six for seven on moon landing attempts, we basically lost interest and quit going.When dealing with homelessness, and its related causes, symptoms and effects, that’s not going to be an
  
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• Robert Gebelhoff: Opioid deaths are down, but the crisis of addiction is as severe as ever

  21-07-2019 22:28
  It's finally official: On Wednesday, the government publicly released data showing that for the first time since 1990, drug overdose deaths in the United States have fallen from a little more than 70,000 in 2017 to 68,557 last year. That's progress, but if half the number of people had died of opioid overdoses - or even a tenth - these figures would still qualify as a moral crisis.We still don't know if this is the beginning of a sustained trend (deaths due to prescription opioid overdoses are p
  
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• Utah children test their business skills at downtown market

  21-07-2019 22:27
  Logan • Homemade slime, pancakes and wands were just some of the goods for sale at a downtown Logan entrepreneur market where kids hone their business savvy.Kids ages 5 to 16 lined the street July 13 as part of The Libertas Institute's second annual Children's Entrepreneur Market, The Herald Journal reports. The libertarian think-tank established the event after Utah changed its laws to allow children to run a business without a license or permit. The market is held in 11 cities across Utah
  
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• Teen activists score mental health days for Oregon students

  21-07-2019 22:11
  Salem, Oregon • Oregon will allow students to take “mental health days” just as they would sick days, expanding the reasons for excused school absences to include mental or behavioral health under a new law that experts say is one of the first of its kind in the U.S.But don't call it coddling. The students behind the measure say it's meant to change the stigma around mental health in a state that has some of the United States' highest suicide rates. Mental health experts say it
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Contract Details: Jazz, MCW, Muscala, Robinson

  21-07-2019 21:55 via sportspyder.com
  Check out some more contract details from 2019 summer signings.
  
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• Tony Finau’s solo third in the British Open matches the best major showing for a Utah native in 88 years

  21-07-2019 21:17
  Tony Finau persevered through difficult conditions Sunday, moving up to third place in the British Open and matching the best finish in a major golf tournament for a Utah high school graduate in 88 years.The West High alumnus and current Lehi resident posted an even-par 71 with two birdies and two bogeys in the final round amid the wind and rain at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland. He started the day in a tie for eighth and steadily climbed the leaderboard. Although he never really c
  
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• A day in the life of a Utah public defender — a whole bunch of cases and not enough time

  21-07-2019 20:09
  St. George • He’s not a social worker, but he tries to help people who suffer from addictions.And he’s not a secretary, but he files paperwork and instructs clients on how to send payments.Edward Flint is an attorney — a public defender who is overwhelmed and frustrated, working in southern Utah’s rapidly growing Washington County, where his salary is set no matter how many cases he gets assigned. And that number is growing.As a result, the people Flint defends somet
  
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• British navy tried but failed to stop Iran from seizing tanker, leaked audio reveals

  21-07-2019 20:06
  Dubai • A British warship tried but failed to prevent Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from seizing a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz last week, intercepted radio communications show, fueling a wave of recriminations in London on Sunday over who was to blame for the incident last week.In recordings obtained by the shipping consultancy Dryad Global and posted on its website Sunday, a member of the Revolutionary Guard is heard ordering the British-flagged Stena Impero tan
  
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• Karen Mayne: Time to weigh in on the future of Utah’s tax structure

  21-07-2019 20:00
  Utah is on the move. Our state is one of the fastest growing in the nation, with a population that is expected to nearly double in the coming decades.Our state is well-known as a great place to live, work and play. Our growth provides incredible opportunities, but it also poses significant challenges. Our revenue structure is based on the economy of the last century. It has become clear we need to examine our revenue structure in order to address the growing imbalance in our state’s income
  
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• Shane Lowry wins British Open in celebrated return to Emerald Isle

  21-07-2019 19:49
  Portrush, Northern Ireland • The long-awaited return of the British Open to Northern Ireland ended with Shane Lowry keeping the silver claret jug on the Emerald Isle.Even as the rain stopped, the tears began flowing.Lowry, the 32-year-old Irishman with stout nerves and a soft touch around the greens, endured the worst weather of the week and the Sunday pressure of a sellout crowd cheering him along to win the British Open by six shots.He closed with a 1-over 72, the first time since 1996 th
  
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• Woman dead, teen injured after shooting in West Valley City

  21-07-2019 19:42
  A woman died and a teen was injured in an overnight shooting in West Valley City, according to police. A suspect is in custody.Just before midnight Saturday, officers responded to a call from a clerk at the Holiday Oil, 3086 S. 2700 West, who reported that a 15-year-old boy entered the gas station with a gunshot wound to his shoulder, according to Roxeanne Vainuku, public information officer for West Valley police. While interviewing the teen, a vehicle stopped at the light at 2700 W. 3100 South
  
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• Moose numbers in Idaho are dwindling, but why?

  21-07-2019 19:00
  Boise, Idaho • Moose are one of the West’s most majestic animals and a once-in-a-lifetime hunting opportunity.But Idaho moose are under threat.In February, Idaho Fish and Game drastically cut the number of moose tags because of population declines across the state. In 2019-20 there will be only 634 moose tags available each year, a 22% decrease from 2017-2018, which also saw an 8% reduction compared to 2015-2016. The Panhandle region of Idaho saw the largest reduction in 2019-2020, a
  
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• Washington County employs 12 public defenders and plans to hire one more. But with over 275 active cases on his plate, one attorney says that isn’t enough.

  21-07-2019 18:50
  St. George • He’s not a social worker, but he tries to help people who suffer from addictions.And he’s not a secretary, but he files paperwork and instructs clients on how to send payments.Edward Flint is an attorney — a public defender who is overwhelmed and frustrated, working in southern Utah’s rapidly growing Washington County, where his salary is set no matter how many cases he gets assigned. And that number is growing.As a result, the people Flint defends somet
  
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• Kalani Sitake’s pitch to BYU football recruiting prospects: It’s hard, but worth it. After that, it’s all about relationship-building.

  21-07-2019 18:46
  Provo • A common perception in college football recruiting circles is that BYU is as difficult to recruit to as any school in the country, due to the combination of its strict honor code, its independent status, and its academic standards that rival those at places such as Stanford, Rice and Cal.At BYU’s Football Media Day last month, The Salt Lake Tribune asked several coaches if that perception is true, what they have learned about recruiting to the school owned and operated by The
  
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• 3 takeaways from Real Salt Lake’s draw with Minnesota United

  21-07-2019 18:07
  Here are three takeaways from Real Salt Lake’s 1-1 draw to Minnesota United.1. Recent draws could cost RSL in the playoff huntBrooks Lennon and coach Mike Petke said the draw was frustrating. There were several reasons for that, but the glaring one is that it’s the second game in three weeks where RSL felt that it left points on the table.Remember the near-draw on the road against San Jose? That was a game that felt impressive right until the stoppage-time goal and then, in an instan
  
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• Jack Davis: Donald Trump is a white nationalist. Republicans couldn’t care less.

  21-07-2019 18:00
  I hate to break it to you, America. Our president is a real-life, in-the-flesh racist.This, of course, should come as a surprise to absolutely nobody. The man who launched his political career by claiming that President Obama wasn’t born in the United States has since defended neo-Nazis, referred to African countries as “s---hole” nations, pined for more immigrants from Norway, lamented that immigrants from Nigeria would never “go back to their huts,” and claimed th
  
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• Sarah Burak: We are losing the grandeur of the night sky

  21-07-2019 16:07
  As an amateur astronomer and Dark Sky Ranger, I am always excited to share our spectacular night sky. People travel from all over the world to witness the iconic landscapes of Southeast Utah, during both day and night. Watching the excitement as people experience darkness and the Milky Way for the first time is an amazing thing. Looking into the outer arm of our galaxy is impressive and awe inspiring. It’s an experience and resource worth protecting for ourselves and future generations. Ho
  
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• Property taxes are doubling in three Utah cities and rising in 56 areas — mostly to pay for teachers, police and firefighters

  21-07-2019 15:18
  Brigham City residents escaped property tax increases for the past 18 years, but they may have to make up for it in a big way.Local leaders propose to more than double the city’s taxes on a typical-value home there from $132 to $279 each year. That 111% increase is the largest by percentage proposed among local governments in the state this year.“We’ve been losing property tax buying power because of inflation,” City Administrator Jason Roberts said. Instead of making sma
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Is the GOP a hate group?

  21-07-2019 15:05
  Here's how The Southern Poverty Law Center defines a hate group.It is, they say, “an organization that — based on its official statements or principles, the statements of its leaders, or its activities — has beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.” That definition is offered preparatory to an explosive question:Is the Republican Party a hate group?Granted, in its "official statements or principle
  
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• Utah public defender Edward Flint has a whole bunch of cases and not enough time

  21-07-2019 15:00
  St. George • He’s not a social worker, but he tries to help people who suffer from addictions.And he’s not a secretary, but he files paperwork and instructs clients on how to send payments.Edward Flint is an attorney — a public defender who is overwhelmed and frustrated, working in southern Utah’s rapidly growing Washington County, where his salary is set no matter how many cases he gets assigned. And that number is growing.As a result, the people Flint defends somet
  
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• Rapid DNA machines have the potential to change policing, but not everyone in Utah is on board

  21-07-2019 15:00
  Two printer-size machines stored at the Utah Attorney General’s Office can process DNA evidence in two hours, instead of the days or weeks a laboratory analyst typically needs.That speed is changing forensic police work, according to some law enforcement experts and the company that makes the devices.“Persons of interest that have no link to a case can be identified and removed from consideration more quickly, dead-end leads can be discarded and, in general, scarce investigative reso
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Mia Love and CNN are a perfect match

  21-07-2019 14:00
  In Mia Love, CNN got exactly what it wanted — a conservative that other contributors can bash. And Love has made it easy for them.In an appearance on Monday, Love refused to weigh in on whether Donald Trump’s tweet calling on four Democratic congresswomen of color to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came” was racist.Asked that question directly, Love deflected and obfuscated, offering a mealy-mouthed non-answer.“You
  
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• Letter: You don’t need to see my identification

  21-07-2019 14:00
  Recently while I was at the gym, an older white man asked me if I was now carrying my passport because of President Donald J. Trump’s recent statements and actions regarding people of color.The man at the gym was asking this because of my Hispanic ethnicity and physical appearance. I explained to him that anyone who would ask me for a passport based on these attributes is simply ignorant of what really makes our country great, and why I don’t feel the need to carry a passport in the
  
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• Letter: Trump knows how to manipulate the media

  21-07-2019 14:00
  A wise man had a dream “that one day they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” (Martin Luther King Jr., Aug. 28, 1963).Recently you published Public Forum letters lamenting the lack of published letters in support of President Donald Trump.One letter writer went on to list his accomplishments. I couldn’t help noticing that list came straight from the claims of our president. A lot of us do not attribute this to him or his leadersh
  
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• Letter: Republicans must condemn Trump’s racism

  21-07-2019 14:00
  Hardly a day goes by when our president doesn’t put on display his deeply ingrained racism.The most recent example is his telling four outspoken new congresswomen to “go back where they came from.” The fact that they are all people of color escaped no one’s attention.This incident is just the latest in a long history of racist actions and statements by Donald Trump.As a real estate developer in New York, he notoriously discriminated against minorities when renting apartme
  
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• Letter: Don’t just cover the left side of the news

  21-07-2019 14:00
  The picture of the four freshman Democrats on your July 16 front page is alarming when we have more serious news that is more disturbing than the political beliefs of four Democrats.For instance, the accused killer of the young Salt Lake woman, a Nigerian immigrant. The tearing down of the American flag in Colorado by antifa, the brutal beating of Andy Ngo in Portland by antifa, and the failed attempt by an antifa member to destroy an ICE detention center in Washington.How do you people sleep at
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: My good friend may have a crush on my husband

  21-07-2019 14:00
  Dear Ann Cannon • I think a good friend of mine has a crush on my husband. She lights up whenever he walks into the room, and when we all go out, she pays more attention to my husband than she does to me or to her own husband. To be fair, my husband doesn’t seem to notice. Should I say something to him? To her? If so, what should I say?— SuspiciousDear Suspicious • Hmmmm. Here’s what I think. While I often advocate openness and “using your voice” (as the t
  
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• Utah couple shot and killed in Mexico

  21-07-2019 07:43
  A couple from Utah were shot and killed early Thursday morning in Mexico, according to media reports.Reforma, a news outlet based in Mexico City, reported the couple was traveling through the state of Guerrero, from the port of Acapulco to Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, a beach resort town. About 4 a.m., near the city of Petatlán, the couple was “intercepted by a group of armed men” and shot. The men “stripped them” of their car, the story said. The couple has been identified
  
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• Real Salt Lake and Minnesota United play to 1-1 tie

  21-07-2019 07:35
  Sandy • As the game between two surging Western Conference teams began, Real Salt Lake was below the playoff line while Minnesota United was safely nestled in fourth place. The Loons came in with a four-game winning streak, while Real had won three of its last four.On paper, Minnesota and Salt Lake were evenly matched at this point in the Major League Soccer season. But with the Loons being the third-highest-scoring team in the league, it goes without typing that Real would have its work cu
  
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• Hippie Sabotage opens Salt Lake City’s Twilight Concert Series

  21-07-2019 06:56
  Salt Lake City’s Twilight Concert Series opened Saturday with headliner Hippie Sabotage.This year, four of the six concerts are scheduled on the traditional Twilight Thursday evenings. For more information, visit http://twilightconcerts.com/
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Is Donovan Mitchell a lock for Team USA, FIBA World Cup?

  21-07-2019 04:41 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell could be a major factor for USA Basketball in the national team's bid for gold at the 2019 FIBA World Cup. In just a few, s...
  
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• [SB Nation: Ridiculous Upside] - Utah Jazz Two-Way Prospect Jarrell Brantley Stands As A Well-Rounded Offensive Forward

  21-07-2019 04:39 via sportspyder.com
  Dakota Schmidt breaks down the game of Utah Jazz two-way player Jarrell Brantley
  
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• Utah Jazz: Is Donovan Mitchell a lock for Team USA, FIBA World Cup?

  21-07-2019 04:20
  Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell could be a major factor for USA Basketball in the national team’s bid for gold at the 2019 FIBA World Cup. In just a few, short weeks USA Basketball will be back in business when the men’s senior national team descends upon Las Vegas and Los Angeles to begin preparations […]
  Utah Jazz: Is Donovan Mitchell a lock for Team USA, FIBA World Cup? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Sefolosha story reinforces fears about luring free agents

  21-07-2019 02:50 via sportspyder.com
  Thabo Sefolosha won't be returning to the Utah Jazz next season. A possible reason for his departure may reignite old fears among the Utah faithful. With t...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Sefolosha story reinforces fears about luring free agents

  21-07-2019 02:48
  Thabo Sefolosha won’t be returning to the Utah Jazz next season. A possible reason for his departure may reignite old fears among the Utah faithful. With their moves over the last week, the Utah Jazz have essentially completed work on building their roster for the 2019-20 season. As much as those dealings were about the […]
  Utah Jazz: Sefolosha story reinforces fears about luring free agents - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Dana Milbank: If only we could send Republican congressmen home

  21-07-2019 02:10
  If only we could send them back.Republican lawmakers have long cut profiles in cowardice during the Trump presidency, but never before have the consequences of their leadership vacuum been as vivid.GOP legislators professed dismay when a crowd at President Trump's North Carolina rally, riled by his attacks on a member of Congress who emigrated from Africa as a child, broke into a racist chant of "Send her back!""Not acceptable," proclaimed Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota, head of the National Republ
  
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• George F. Will: Vaping flourishes in the absence of credible frightening information

  21-07-2019 02:00
  San Francisco • A 29-story office building at 123 Mission St. illustrates the policy puzzles that fester because of these facts: For centuries, tobacco has been a widely used legal consumer good that does serious and often lethal harm when used as it is intended to be used. And its harmfulness has been a well-established and widely publicized scientific proposition for generations.The building is the headquarters of Juul, a large company that markets vaping products — electronic cigar
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Will the Utah Jazz produce another diamond in the rough in 2019-20?

  21-07-2019 00:22 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz have rounded out their 2019-20 roster with a group of guys that are largely unknowns. But each one possesses key traits that could lead to th...
  
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• Utah native Preston Summerhays rallies to win the U.S. Junior Amateur golf championship

  21-07-2019 00:08
  Utah State Amateur champion Preston Summerhays produced another phenomenal week of golf, winning the U.S. Junior Amateur in Toledo, Ohio.Beginning on July 10, Summerhays went a combined 12-0 in match play at Soldier Hollow Golf Course in Midway where he claimed a second consecutive State Am title, and at the Inverness Club, where he rallied for a 2-and-1 victory over Bo Jin of China in Saturday's 36-hole final match.Summerhays, will turn 17 on Monday, was 3 down after 16 holes of the morning rou
  
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