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• Alexandra Petri: Moon can’t bear watching Earth do this to itself

  25-08-2019 23:00
  Washington • Gazing down with a vaguely orange tint at a new fire blossoming on the Earth where a fire should not be, the Moon confided that it felt sad and powerless watching the Earth destroy itself. “At first it was small things. Losing a species here or there. Just careless, really. These things happen to a planet on its way up. Earth still seemed to have it together. But now?” The moon looked on in mingled horror as the Earth began emitting large quantities of smoke. &ldquo
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell rips fans, Doug Gottlieb for criticizing Andrew Luck

  25-08-2019 22:21 via sportspyder.com
  FOX Sports radio host Doug Gottlieb shared a polarizing opinion on Twitter Saturday night in the wake of Andrew Luck’s decision to suddenly retire at the age of 29, and Utah Jazz star guard Donovan Mitchell defended the retiring Indianapolis Colts...
  
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• Hong Kong police draw guns in latest protest violence

  25-08-2019 22:06
  Hong Kong • Police drew their guns Sunday night after protesters attacked officers with sticks and rods, and brought out water cannon trucks for the first time, an escalation in the summerlong protests that have shaken the city’s government and residents.The day's main showdown took place on a major drag in the outlying Tsuen Wan district following a protest march that ended in a nearby park. While a large crowd rallied in the park, a group of hard-line protesters took over a main str
  
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• Paris celebrates its 75th anniversary of liberation from Nazis

  25-08-2019 21:59
  Paris • Paris celebrated the American soldiers, French Resistance fighters and others who liberated the City of Light from Nazi occupation exactly 75 years ago on Sunday, unleashing an eruption of kissing, dancing, tears and gratitude.Firefighters unfurled a huge French flag from the Eiffel Tower, recreating the moment when a French tricolor stitched together from sheets was hoisted atop the monument 75 years ago to replace the swastika flag that had flown for four years.Dozens of World War
  
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• Some young Americans warm to socialism, even Miami Cubans

  25-08-2019 21:48
  Miami • Andy Vila’s mother remembers her son as a bright, rebellious child who enjoyed Harry Potter books and dressing up as the U.S. president. But when he began to embrace the same ideology his family had fled in socialist Cuba, she pleaded in vain for him to stop his political activism.His socialism made Vila an outlier in his Miami community and opened deep rifts with relatives. He was briefly exiled from home, and his mother entered therapy to bridge their differences. To mention
  
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• G7 leaders vow to help Brazil fight fires, repair damage

  25-08-2019 21:36
  Rio de Janeiro • Leaders of the Group of Seven nations said Sunday they were preparing to help Brazil fight the fires burning across the Amazon rainforest and repair the damage even as tens of thousands of soldiers were being deployed to fight the blazes that have caused global alarm.French President Emmanuel Macron said the summit leaders were nearing an agreement on how to support Brazil and said the agreement would involve both technical and financial mechanisms "so that we can help them
  
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• BYU’s improved running game will face stiff test vs. Utah

  25-08-2019 19:36
  Provo • Looking for a magic number for the BYU Cougars against Utah? It could be 100, as in 100 rushing yards.The Cougars were 0-for-5 last year when they failed to rush for 100 yards and 6-1 when getting at least 100 yards. The only game they broke the 100-yard mark and lost was to the Utes, when the Cougars rushed 47 times for 153 yards.Hearing those stats, BYU running back Ty’Son Williams stands a little straighter, shakes his head and says he is determined to help the Cougars&rsqu
  
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• Nicholas Kristof: Seattle finds a new way to fight drug addiction

  25-08-2019 19:00
  Seattle • On gritty streets where heroin, fentanyl and meth stride like Death Eaters, where for decades both drugs and the war on drugs have wrecked lives, the city of Seattle is pioneering a bold approach to narcotics that should be a model for America.Anyone caught here with a small amount of drugs — even heroin — isn’t typically prosecuted. Instead, that person is steered toward social services to get help.This model is becoming the consensus preference among public hea
  
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• Live the basics, President Russell Nelson urges Guatemalan Latter-day Saints

  25-08-2019 18:49
  In today’s increasingly complex world, President Russell M. Nelson had this advice Saturday for Guatemalan Latter-day Saints: Keep it simple.In the first stop on his nine-day, five-nation tour of Latin America, the leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged thousands of members gathered in an outdoor stadium in Guatemala City to remember God and live divine decrees.“My counsel today is very simple: Please keep the commandments of God,” Nelson said, accordin
  
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• Southern Utah football looking to recover after dismal showing in 2018

  25-08-2019 18:37
  Demario Warren wasn’t even mad.In fact, when Southern Utah University’s fourth-year head coach learned the Thunderbirds were picked to finish 12th in the 13-team Big Sky Conference in the annual coaches poll, he said he was excited.“I love proving people wrong all the time, so the lower the better,” Warren said. “It is going to be a great story for everybody when we do what we expect to do this season. Our guys have been fired up for a long time from the disappointm
  
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• Utah linebacker Francis Bernard shaped by the health scares of his fiancee and their baby boy

  25-08-2019 18:36
  Ten-month-old Lennox Bernard looks like a linebacker in the making. His thick, 19-pound body comes with a natural scowl that turns into a smile, with some parental prodding, as he poses for a photo in Utah’s Eccles Football Center.These hoped-for features seemed barely imaginable as of last October, when the child was born slightly bigger than a football — weighing 2 pounds, 2 ounces and needing a ventilator to breathe. And even that precarious status was viewed as a victory. His arr
  
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• Gary Andersen built a winning culture during his first stint at Utah State. Now, in his return, his task is to maintain it.

  25-08-2019 17:08
  Logan • A decade ago, Gary Andersen walked into Utah State University with a new job: coaching the Aggies football team. After a difficult first two season, he went 18-8 in his final two — including an 11-2 record, a No. 16 ranking in the Associated Press’ top 25, and a Famous Idaho Potato Bowl victory in 2012.Now it’s 2019 and Andersen is back, facing an entirely different challenge than the one posed to him a decade ago. This time, he already has the 11-2 team. He alread
  
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• Escamilla, Mendenhall express support for spreading micro-apartments across Salt Lake City

  25-08-2019 16:34
  The two candidates running for Salt Lake City mayor vowed Saturday to make affordable housing a priority if elected and expressed support for single-room occupancy units as one tool to alleviate rising rental rates.But they said the burden of those dorm-style units and of other affordable-housing solutions need to be shouldered across the city — not centralized only in westside communities.“It’s not going to be an easy task,” state Sen. Luz Escamilla said.Escamilla and he
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Showtime’s ‘On Becoming a God in Central Florida’ ought to be required viewing in Utah

  25-08-2019 16:25
  By some estimates, there are more than 100 multilevel marketing companies operating in Utah, doing billions of dollars of business and making the state the unofficial MLM capital of the country, if not the world.I’m guessing that the tens of thousands of Utahns who are in the business won’t appreciate Showtime’s “On Becoming a God in Central Florida” — although they probably ought to watch it.Kirsten Dunst is brilliant as Krystal Stubbs, a wife and new mother
  
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• Who are the biggest donors to Utah’s members of Congress?

  25-08-2019 16:16
  Washington • If this town ran like NASCAR, Rep. Rob Bishop would sport a suit coat adorned with stickers for sponsors like Northrop Grumman and BP Oil.Rep. Chris Stewart would get a jacket emblazoned with Northrup Grumman as well as L3 Communications.Sen. Mitt Romney could don a suit advertising his former firm, Bain Capital, and a nod to buddy Kem Gardner’s development business, Gardner Co.But Washington isn't NASCAR.Hundreds of millions of dollars pour into campaign accounts every y
  
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• Robert Kirby: The Word of Wisdom meets the golden ‘caff’

  25-08-2019 16:14
  Whenever we travel to Canada to visit my wife’s family, we always break some law or rule upon returning home.We stock up on items that aren’t available in the U.S. and sneak them back over the border. It used to be a type of aspirin laced with codeine called 222s. We’re over that one. There isn’t enough codeine in them to relax a mouse.My smuggling efforts are strictly focused on a Nestle candy bar called “Coffee Crisp.” I first encountered this sin-laden trea
  
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• This new program lets Utah DUI offenders keep their driver licenses in exchange for sobriety

  25-08-2019 16:12
  Ogden • Each day, for 365 days, Randon “Charlie” Parker started his mornings with a test that analyzed his breath.On most days, he’d undergo five tests, to be exact, all before 7 a.m. By the time the day was over, he’d usually have been tested at least five more times.Parker had been convicted of driving under the influence — for a second time — which meant he would lose his license for two years. But he instead enrolled in a pilot program in Weber County
  
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• Commentary: Time to give Utahns what they want. Expand Medicaid.

  25-08-2019 16:00
  It’s official. The Center for Medicaid Services (CMS), has rejected the Utah Legislature’s watered-down replacement of the full Medicaid expansion passed by the voters of this state last November. It’s now time for the Legislature to give Utahns what they voted for and proceed with full Medicaid expansion. No more delays. No more hoops.People are literally dying, meanwhile, Utah taxpayer dollars – approximately $2.5 million a month – are being wasted because the Leg
  
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• BYU’s football program is at a crossroads entering Kalani Sitake’s fourth season

  25-08-2019 16:00
  Provo • BYU’s football program faces a crossroads season in 2019, as popular head coach Kalani Sitake enters his fourth year at the helm.Yeah, that’s not exactly a bold prediction, but it has been the basic storyline since the Cougars went independent in 2011. Even the questions remain the same.Did last year’s 7-6 season signal a recovery from the disastrous 2017 season when they went 4-9 and failed to reach a bowl game for the first time since 2004? Or was it a brief resp
  
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• Stunner: Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck announces retirement

  25-08-2019 15:20
  Indianapolis • Andrew Luck watched one last game from the sideline Saturday.Then he said goodbye to the NFL.The Indianapolis Colts quarterback heard boos as he walked away from the field, then walked to the podium and made the surprise decision official. The oft-injured star is retiring at age 29.“I’m in pain, I’m still in pain. It’s been four years of this pain, rehab cycle,” Luck said. “It’s a myriad of issues — calf strain, posterior ankle
  
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• Sarah Brinton: How to get more women to run for office in Utah

  25-08-2019 15:00
  As this paper reported last week, Utah was recently ranked the worst state in the nation for women’s equality. According to WalletHub, which issued the rankings, the primary factor attributing to our distant lag behind No. 49 (Idaho) is the lack of women in our elected politics.Don’t I know it.As the CEO and founder of a new nonpartisan nonprofit designed to increase the number of women in the Utah Legislature, I have spent many hours talking to Utah women about the possibility of th
  
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• Showtime’s ‘On Becoming a God in Central Florida’ ought to be required viewing in Utah

  25-08-2019 14:00
  By some estimates, there are more than 100 multilevel marketing companies operating in Utah, doing billions of dollars of business and making the state the unofficial MLM capital of the country, if not the world.I’m guessing that the tens of thousands of Utahns who are in the business won’t appreciate Showtime’s “On Becoming a God in Central Florida” — although they probably ought to watch it.Kirsten Dunst is brilliant as Krystal Stubbs, a wife and new mother
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: No, there’s no conspiracy involving Sinclair, KUTV and Trump hats

  25-08-2019 14:00
  KUTV and its Sinclair overlords have come under fire for running a story about the Trump campaign selling “Keep America Great” hats. And it’s sort of stupid.The Daily Beast wrote that local stations “affiliated with the conservative Sinclair Broadcasting Group ran stories … that explicitly promoted a Trump reelection campaign fundraising effort.” HuffPost sounded positively conspiratorial, writing that “strikingly similar stories” appeared on the
  
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• Park City celebrates Miners’ Day on Sept. 2

  25-08-2019 14:00
  Park City • This 19th-century mining town turned resort haven will celebrate its past Sept. 2, with the 124th edition of Miners’ Day.The daylong festival — which takes place each year on Labor Day — includes a community breakfast, a parade and a 5K run for humans and dogs, as well as games, live music and food trucks in the city park.Miners’ Day has its origins during the 1800s, when Park City was one of the world’s leading producers of silver.That history take
  
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• Moab Music Festival offers chamber music, jazz and and more against a redrock backdrop

  25-08-2019 14:00
  With a mix of chamber music, jazz and international styles, the 27th Moab Music Festival will offer its signature grotto concerts, music hikes and raft trips in southern Utah’s redrock country from Aug. 26 to Sept. 12 — with a free Labor Day concert on Monday, Sept. 2, in Old City Park.The free show, starting at 2 p.m., opens with Venezuela-born flutist Marco Granados and his cuatro trio. Pedro Giraudo and the Tango Quartet will also perform, as will singer/songwriter Kim Hawkey and
  
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• Letter: Which school would you want for your children?

  25-08-2019 14:00
  On Aug. 19, my grandchildren, along with thousands of others, went back to school.My wife attended our grandchildren’s school, which is located in the Canyons School District. At that elementary school, the staff literally lays out the red carpet, along with the school mascot and music. Each student is high-fived and welcomed back to school.Most students had a smiling face and were excited.I attended my granddaughter’s first day in the Granite School District. That school always remi
  
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• Letter: We need to pay our teachers more

  25-08-2019 14:00
  For many years now, underfunded Utah students have been performing as well, or better, than students who learn in districts that spend more money, sometimes much more, per student. “Stack ’em deep and teach ’em cheap” is an unfortunate mantra that has held up for more than 25 years.For more than three decades, our teachers have been working in classrooms built to hold 25 students, but explode with 30-plus students. More than one Utah governor has espoused, “More mon
  
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• Letter: Climate change is a root cause of the immigration crisis

  25-08-2019 14:00
  The root causes of the current immigration crisis are often overlooked. Migrants from the Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador are fleeing violence and corruption, but climate change is also playing a role. Climate change has contributed to drought in the region since 2014, leading to food and economic insecurity. A recent United Nations report underscored this point: Climate change is already lowering agricultural yields and will continue to cause instability world
  
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• Letter: Brave former members have pushed the LDS Church in the right direction

  25-08-2019 14:00
  Hearing the announcement over the pulpit about the new training initiatives for safeguarding Latter-day Saint youth from predatory leaders made me grateful for the work of former members of the church who were forced to sacrifice their membership in order to bring about these changes.Without the advocacy of people like Sam Young, I don’t think our church would be experiencing these positive changes. As a group of people, we benefit from the sacrifices of the bold who voice opposition to so
  
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• Brodi Ashton: I’ve had a few mail mishaps that made me blush, and so have my friends

  25-08-2019 14:00
  I have no fewer than five former residents of my house who still receive their mail here. I’d be annoyed at all the extra paper, if I hadn’t had my share of mail mishaps, ranging from bothersome to embarrassing. And I mean for the people on the receiving end.When I used to run a blog, I hosted an event called “Free Book Friday.” It took place on Thursdays and the prizes were magazines. Kidding of course. I am referencing my complete lack of creativity in the name I chose.
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: My niece is leaving the LDS Church and it is hard on her mom. I want to support them both.

  25-08-2019 14:00
  Dear Ann Cannon • This is a common problem with an unusual twist. My 30-something niece and her husband have decided to leave the LDS Church, which is very hard for her dad and mom, my beloved sister. The twist is that many years ago I made the same departure. Although it was tough on our parents, it was the right decision for me. I want my sister and niece to keep a loving adult relationship between themselves. I care greatly about both of them. What can I say or do?— UncleDear Uncle
  
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• Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck announces retirement

  25-08-2019 08:59
  Indianapolis • Andrew Luck watched one last game from the sideline Saturday.Then he said goodbye to the NFL.The Indianapolis Colts quarterback heard boos as he walked away from the field, then walked to the podium and made the surprise decision official. The oft-injured star is retiring at age 29.“I’m in pain, I’m still in pain. It’s been four years of this pain, rehab cycle,” Luck said. “It’s a myriad of issues — calf strain, posterior ankle
  
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• RSL claims Rocky Mountain Cup thanks to pair of stoppage-time goals vs. Rapids

  25-08-2019 06:16
  Sandy • In the lead-up to Saturday night’s game against the rival Colorado Rapids, interim Real Salt Lake coach Freddy Juarez stressed that coming away with both the Rocky Mountain Cup and a crucial three points were equally important.And thanks to yet more late dramatics, RSL got them both.Minutes after Albert Kreilach’s apparent game-winning goal in the 90th minute was waved off following a VAR review, Joao Plata and Luis Savarino found the net in stoppage time for a 2-0 victo
  
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• 55 Yellowstone bison moved to Montana Indian reservation

  25-08-2019 04:57
  Billings, Mont. • Yellowstone National Park has transferred 55 wild bison to a Montana Indian reservation under a program that aims to establish new disease-free herds of the animals, park and tribal officials said Friday.The male bison, also known as buffalo, were transferred in trailers and released onto the Fort Peck Reservation, home of the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes. They had been captured in March 2018 and held in quarantine to ensure they don't carry the disease brucellosis.The rel
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Cruelty is the point, but is it evil?

  25-08-2019 04:00
  We meet, my friends, in the face of evil.In popular culture and historical memory, of course, evil has many faces. It is Darth Vader raising a lightsaber and Dr. Doom glowering from behind a metal mask. It is Charles Manson grinning his lunatic's grin and Adolf Hitler ranting himself into a frothing rage.But in everyday life, evil is seldom so obvious or loud. In everyday life, evil is the face of a man balancing a briefcase and a cup of designer coffee, the face of a woman buying groceries. It
  
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• Dana Milbank: How beastly is Trump? The Washington Post Gut Checker investigates.

  25-08-2019 02:01
  Washington • It was an exemplary week for presidential misbehavior.President Trump had an international tantrum over Denmark's refusal to sell him Greenland.He invoked the anti-Semitic trope that American Jews have a dual loyalty to Israel.He proclaimed himself the Messiah.Along the way, he used shooting victims for self-promotion, said he wanted a medal for military valor, and more.In this divided land, there is broad agreement on one thing: Our president is unpresidential.A Washington Pos
  
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• Utah plans runaway ramp in area of recent truck crashes

  25-08-2019 01:44
  Garden City • Utah transportation officials plan to install a new type of runaway truck ramp above a highway junction after a third crash at the same location.Utah Department of Transportation officials said the site at Garden City near northern Utah's border with both Idaho and Wyoming would use a cable-arrest system already in use in Wyoming.Department spokesman John Gleason said the location on U.S. 89 doesn't lend itself to a traditional runaway design because of the lack of an incline
  
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• Man shot and killed at city hall by West Valley City police identified

  25-08-2019 01:02
  An officer shot and killed a man Friday night inside the West Valley City Hall in the DUI processing area.The man, who police identified as Chad Michael Breinholt, 31, was arrested Friday after police got a call that he was intoxicated and causing problems at a business near 2900 South Redwood Road. When police found Breinholt, officers determined he was impaired and had driven to the business, according to a news release from West Valley City police.Court records indicate the man also goes by M
  
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