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• Oklahoma judge rules against Johnson & Johnson for role in opioid crisis, orders $572 million payment

  26-08-2019 23:09
  Norman, Okla. • An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million to clean up the problem.Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman's ruling followed the first state opioid case to make it to trial and could help shape negotiations over roughly 1,500 similar lawsuits filed by state, local and tribal governments consolidated before a federal judge in Ohio."The
  
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• Utah’s Matt Petersen resigns FEC seat, leaving the regulatory agency toothless

  26-08-2019 23:02
  Washington • Utahn Matt Petersen is resigning his seat on the Federal Election Commission, leaving the panel overseeing campaign laws without four commissioners and unable to conduct meetings and audits or make rules or issue fines or decisions on investigations.Petersen, who grew up in Mapleton, has served on the FEC for 11 years and said in his resignation letter to President Donald Trump that it had been an honor to guide the commission through challenging times.“Throughout my serv
  
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• Houston trial opens for former Utah man accused of killing family of 6

  26-08-2019 22:43
  Houston • A man traveled from Utah to suburban Houston in 2014 and stalked his ex-wife’s family for two days before killing six of them as part of a plan to harm anyone who had helped his former spouse, a Texas prosecutor said Monday.Ronald Lee Haskell lived with his family in Utah but had a history of domestic violence that eventually led to divorce. His ex-wife and their children moved to Texas to live near her family, Harris County prosecutor Samantha Knecht said during opening sta
  
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• Oklahoma judge rules against drugmaker, orders $572M payment

  26-08-2019 22:28
  Norman, Okla. • An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state’s opioid drug crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million to help abate the problem in the coming years.Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman's ruling followed the first state opioid case to make it to trial and could help shape negotiations over roughly 1,500 similar lawsuits filed by state, local and tribal governments consolidated before a
  
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• United Nations conference cancels ‘pro-life,’ ‘pro-family’ workshop it says wasn’t inclusive

  26-08-2019 22:05
  The United Nations Civil Society Conference hosted in Salt Lake City this week has canceled a workshop that panelists describe as “pro-family” and “pro-life” but that conference organizers felt was not “well rounded” and inclusive.Family Watch International Executive Director Merrilee Boyack, who was involved in organizing the panel on The Family and Protection of Life, Women and Girls in Sustainable Communities, received notice Saturday evening that the works
  
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• Toddler dies after being hit by car in Summit County

  26-08-2019 20:14
  A 23-month-old girl has died after being hit by a car in Marion, the sheriff there said Monday.Summit County Sheriff Justin Martinez announced the death Monday on Twitter. The child’s name was not disclosed.Sad update - the 23 month old toddler that was hit by a car on Saturday in Marion has died. We offer our most sincere condolences to the family, friends, driver and all first responders involved. Take a minute to hug your loved ones...— Sheriff Justin (@SummitCountySO) August 26,
  
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• Trump on U.S.-China trade: ‘Sorry, it’s the way I negotiate’

  26-08-2019 20:10
  Biarritz, France • Brushing off concerns about global economic instability, President Donald Trump on Monday defended the way he is trying to squeeze a trade deal out of China, saying it’s what worked for him in business.Trump was challenged on a negotiating style in which he praises Chinese President Xi Jinping one day and castigates him the next. Allies are complaining that that's contributing to stability problems for them and other nations, a questioner noted at a news conference
  
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• LDS Church toughens gun policy, prohibits firearms in meetinghouses

  26-08-2019 19:59
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has toughened its policy on guns, declaring that firearms are now “prohibited” rather than just “inappropriate" inside the faith’s meetinghouses.On Monday, a church spokesman confirmed that stricter wording had been added to the church’s Handbook 2, an instruction manual for local lay leaders, and is posted online for members and nonmembers to read.“Churches are dedicated for the worship of God and as havens from
  
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• Remember that crazy Utah-BYU game last year? Here are four takeaways that may come into play this week.

  26-08-2019 19:57
  Utah's last four meetings with BYU have produced some of the Utes' best moments of those seasons, mixed with long periods of unproductive football.The Utes failed to score in the last 49 minutes of the 2015 Las Vegas Bowl. The following September, the offense lost six turnovers. Utah settled for four field goals in Provo in 2017. And last November, the Utes’ first offensive points came in the final minute of the third quarter.And yet, Utah won them all, part of an eight-game winning streak
  
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• Ute stars Zack Moss and Britain Covey are ‘ready to roll’ vs. BYU, Kyle Whittingham says

  26-08-2019 19:55
  Utah running back Zack Moss and receiver Britain Covey will be “ready to roll” Thursday night at BYU, coach Kyle Whittingham said during his weekly news conference Monday.Questions existed about the star players’ availability for No. 14 Utah’s season opener, with Covey rehabilitating from knee surgery and Whittingham not having updated Moss’ participation in practice since early August, citing the team’s policy of disclosing only long-term injuries.Asked if Mo
  
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• Christopher Leonard: David Koch was the ultimate climate change denier

  26-08-2019 19:16
  A few years ago, I was sitting in the book-lined study of an elegant condo with a view of downtown Washington, interviewing a former senior Koch Industries lobbyist about his job. I asked him what got him up in the morning when he worked for Koch. He gave me a one-word answer: “Carbon.”At the time, I had been reporting for years on Koch Industries, one of the largest and most confusingly complex private companies in the world. Its annual revenue is larger than that of Facebook, Goldm
  
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• Utah detectives searching for partygoers where two teenagers died — one Saturday and one in July

  26-08-2019 19:10
  Police in West Valley City and Taylorsville over the weekend asked for help finding people at two parties held six weeks apart. A teenager died at each.A July 14 shooting killed 19-year-old Neko Jardine in West Valley City. Then Saturday night, police in Taylorsville found Kaylissa Oleary, 17, dead at a party there. There’s no indication the two cases are related.In the Oleary case, police received a call about 10:20 p.m. of a shooting at a home near 3100 W. Havea Circle. Oleary was alread
  
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• Family of West Haven couple killed in Ogden plane crash sues fuel-cell maker

  26-08-2019 19:03
  Ogden • The family of a West Haven couple killed in a 2017 plane crash say in a lawsuit that the plane’s fueling mechanism was partly to blame for the deaths.The Standard-Examiner reports Perry and Sarah Huffaker's relatives are suing Wisconsin-based Eagle Fuel Cells, alleging a fuel bladder on Beech A36TC was faulty.The couple died in July 2017, when the craft crashed onto an interstate highway north of Salt Lake City shortly after taking off for a Montana vacation. The pilot and his
  
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• Jamelle Boule: In America, liberty and slavery have always been wrapped up with each other

  26-08-2019 19:00
  I am just one of many contributors to The New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project and can’t claim to speak for it. But I have found the reaction to the project — or at least, one specific set of reactions — very revealing and worthy of a little analysis.The stated aim of the project is to “reframe the country’s history” around the arrival of enslaved Africans to English North America. The argument is not that the United States was actually founded in 1619
  
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• Photo gallery: Utah refugees serve their global treats to U.N. guests

  26-08-2019 18:35
  On Sunday, refugees participating in Salt Lake City’s Spice Kitchen Incubator program served their international cuisines at the welcome party for the United Nations Civil Society Conference, taking place this week in Salt Lake City. The business owners served bites from all over the world, including Africa, Asia, South America and beyond. See what they cooked up in these photos.
  
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• okay, everyone go home. this is the best thing that could happen to your monday.https://twitter.com/kacihenders/status/1166025155103137794 …

  26-08-2019 18:31 via twitter.com
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• Trax train collides with car, creates commuter delays in Murray

  26-08-2019 17:44
  Commuters were faced with delays on Monday morning after a TRAX train and a car collided near the Murray Central Station, 140 W. Vine St.The woman who was driving the car was critically injured in the accident about 8:30 a.m., according to UTA spokesman Carl Arky. An 8-year-old child who was a passenger in the car received lacerations, and both were taken to a hospital. No on on the train was hurt.#TRAX Alert 8:31 AM: Due to a train-vs.-auto incident, a bus bridge is servicing the Murray North,
  
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  26-08-2019 17:37 via twitter.com
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• Pray, read scriptures, pay tithes to grow closer to God, President Russell Nelson tells Colombian Latter-day Saints

  26-08-2019 17:22
  In the second stop of his five-nation Latin American tour, President Russell M. Nelson rattled off steps Colombian Latter-day Saints can undertake to grow closer to Christ.“Study the scriptures as families. Pray together. Renew your baptismal covenants by regularly participating in the sacrament [the weekly communion],” the 94-year-old leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints told thousands of members at an arena in Bogota, according to a church news release. “
  
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• Utah detectives searching for party goers where two teenagers died — one Saturday and one in July

  26-08-2019 16:31
  Police in West Valley City and Taylorsville over the weekend asked for help finding people at two parties held six weeks apart. A teenager died at each.A July 14 shooting killed 19-year-old Neko Jardine in West Valley City. Then Saturday night, police in Taylorsville found Kaylissa Oleary, 17, dead at a party there. There’s no indication the two cases are related.In the Oleary case, police received a call about 10:20 p.m. of a shooting at a home near 3100 W. Havea Circle. Oleary was alread
  
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• Frank Bruni: A surprising path from Africa to the Ivy League

  26-08-2019 16:30
  You’ve read a lot over the past year about kids who end up in the Ivy League because of their parents’ wealth and wiles, kids with obscene advantages. I’d like to introduce you to another kind of kid who landed there. Her name is Wadzanayi Mayiseni. She goes by Wadzi.Before Wadzi, 19, arrived at Columbia University last month for a summer bridge program to prepare for her first year, she’d never been to the United States. She’d never left Africa. She’s from Zi
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Team USA puts on a show — including a Donovan Mitchell buzzer-beating alley-oop — in final World Cup warmup game

  26-08-2019 16:27 via sportspyder.com
  Sydney, Australia • And... they’re off. To China.
  
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• Homes are a big part of Salt Lake City’s air pollution problem. They also are the solution.

  26-08-2019 16:19
  Editor’s note • Through a grant from Solutions Journalism Network, The Salt Lake Tribune is examining lesser known contributors to air pollution — our homes and our workplaces — and possible solutions to mitigate the effects they have on the air we breathe. In the first of a three-part series, we focus on how more energy efficient homes may help reduce pollution problem along the Wasatch Front. Peter Bartok wanted a house made with glass and steel, an open floor plan, clos
  
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• Team USA puts on a show — including a Donovan Mitchell buzzer-beating alley-oop — in final World Cup warmup game

  26-08-2019 16:04
  Sydney, Australia • And... they’re off. To China.Team USA bounced back from an unlikely and uncommon defeat against Australia with an easy 84-68 win against a mismatched Canada team that wasn’t as close as the final score.Part of the problem: when a couple dozen NBA players decline invites to Team USA, there’s at least still significant NBA talent on Team USA. When 10 key Canadians — Andrew Wiggins, R.J. Barrett, Trey Lyles, Dillon Brooks, Justin Jackson, Cory Joseph
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Democratic lawmakers implore tech giants not to botch 2020 census

  26-08-2019 15:52
  Happy Monday!Congressional Democrats are urging tech companies like Facebook and Twitter to prevent misinformation about the 2020 census from running rampant on their platforms and possibly throwing off the count. Some lawmakers are concerned that online trolls might sow falsehoods to keep minorities from filling out census forms, potentially giving disproportionate representation to rural whites. [Politico]Topping the news: Take a look at the biggest campaign donors to each of Utah’s six
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Team USA bounces back, beats Canada in Sydney

  26-08-2019 15:46 via sportspyder.com
  Mitchell scores 12 in final exhibition match
  
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• One empty chair at G-7 climate meeting: Trump’s

  26-08-2019 15:31
  Biarritz, France • U.S. President Donald Trump skipped a discussion on climate with other world leaders at the Group of Seven summit in France, leaving an empty chair as global power brokers debated how to help the fire-ravaged Amazon and reduce carbon emissions.Trump was scheduled to attend Monday's session on climate, biodiversity and oceans at the G-7 summit in Biarritz , but didn't. French President Emmanuel Macron, the summit host, said Trump's aides were there instead.Trump is a clima
  
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• Kate Kelly: Utah, let’s ratify the ERA

  26-08-2019 15:00
  Today is Women’s Equality Day. It’s a little-known federal holiday commemorating the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave white women the vote in 1920. Long before that, in 1870, the first woman to vote in any American election was a Utahn: Seraph Young, grandniece of Mormon prophet Brigham Young.Utah also had the first female senator (Martha Huges Cannon) and the first all-female city council (Kanab). After so many firsts, it’s tragic that in many concrete, measurabl
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Rudy Gobert’s FIBA performance should be a thrill for Utah Jazz fans

  26-08-2019 14:15 via sportspyder.com
  With all the attention lately on Donovan Mitchell and Joe Ingles in international play, Utah Jazz fans shouldn't forget that Rudy Gobert also figures to be...
  
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• United Nations to hold annual conference in Utah, a state with a history of hostility toward it

  26-08-2019 14:00
  The United Nations will hold its 68th annual Civil Society Conference this week in Salt Lake City, a liberal bastion within a conservative state that has often been hostile toward the international organization.The three-day gathering, which convenes Monday, will mark the first time a major U.N. event has been hosted in the United States outside the United Nations’ headquarters in New York City. It’s expected to bring an estimated 5,000 people to the Salt Palace Convention Center dow
  
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• This Utah woman proposed the resolution that led the state to ratify suffrage

  26-08-2019 14:00
  As the great-great-granddaughters of early Utah lawmaker Elizabeth Ann Pugsley Hayward, Emily Wessman and Toni Wyeth always make it to the polls.In 1915, Hayward and other women rode in a Salt Lake City parade of automobiles — decorated with flags in the suffrage movement’s colors of purple, white and gold — to Hotel Utah, to meet U.S. Sen. Reed Smoot and encourage him to support national suffrage.Hayward was elected that year to the state House of Representatives and later to
  
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• Rudy Gobert’s FIBA performance should be a thrill for Utah Jazz fans

  26-08-2019 14:00
  With all the attention lately on Donovan Mitchell and Joe Ingles in international play, Utah Jazz fans shouldn’t forget that Rudy Gobert also figures to be prolific in FIBA World Cup play. Although a lot of the attention of Utah Jazz fans lately has been fixed on Donovan Mitchell and Joe Ingles – and rightfully […]
  Rudy Gobert’s FIBA performance should be a thrill for Utah Jazz fans - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Robert Gehrke: This Utah lawmaker claims he got his new job on the level, but the timeline raises serious questions

  26-08-2019 14:00
  During his time in Utah’s House of Representatives, it became something of a running joke — how long until Ken Ivory quotes the Founding Fathers?He might do well to memorize this quote from John Adams: “Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man.”Last week, my colleague Bethany Rodgers reported that Ivory was resigning from the Legislature
  
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• Letter: We should listen to the younger generation on gun reform

  26-08-2019 14:00
  On a recent Tribune front page, a headline announced that “Romney and Herbert agree it is time for action on guns.”But they merely join the ongoing chorus for change on everything but the guns themselves!Background checks, bump stocks, video games, mental health ... all important, yes. But what about the weapons?A double-barrel shotgun is a hunting weapon. Automatic firearms are the weapons of murderers, assassins and anarchists. They should have no more place in a civilized society
  
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• Letter: San Juan County didn’t invent discrimination, but it did perpetuate it

  26-08-2019 14:00
  Utah state Rep. Phil Lyman writes, “San Juan County didn’t create institutionalized discrimination of Native Americans.”That may be. But San Juan County spent $1.1 million of taxpayer dollars aggressively defending a system that disenfranchised the Navajo and disproportionately favored white candidates.There have been three lawsuits against the county, each with the goal to allow the Navajo residents in San Juan County to meaningfully participate in government. About 52% of the
  
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• Letter: Here’s how Trump and Hitler are alike

  26-08-2019 14:00
  As a retired USAF officer raised in the 1940s Nazi occupied Netherlands, I believe I am uniquely qualified to assert that President Trump and Adolf Hitler share similar ideologies and use similar tactics for their own personal gain.In order to solidify power, Hitler abolished the judiciary in Germany. President Trump is in the process of stacking the federal courts (including the Supreme Court) with judges who share his ideology. The same effect results — no justice.Hitler had his concentr
  
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• Letter: Actually, Sen. Romney, there is significant agreement on gun reform

  26-08-2019 14:00
  When speaking about gun reform, The Tribune recently quoted Sen. Mitt Romney as saying, “[t]he reality is, getting something through Washington will be almost impossible, if not impossible because the nation is so divided on this issue.”Because the Senator rarely calls out the current president, it’s clear that he believes lying to the American people is acceptable.It appears as if the senator is using Trump’s playbook. Unfortunately for the newly-elected senator, Utahns
  
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• Homes are a big part of the air pollution problem. And the solution.

  26-08-2019 14:00
  Editor’s note • Through a grant from Solutions Journalism Network, The Salt Lake Tribune is examining lesser known contributors to air pollution — our homes and our workplaces — and possible solutions to mitigate the effects they have on the air we breathe. In the first of a three-part series, we focus on how more energy efficient homes may help reduce pollution problem along the Wasatch Front. Peter Bartok wanted a house made with glass and steel, an open floor plan, clos
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell, Team USA got a much-needed gut check

  26-08-2019 06:44 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell and Team USA losing to Joe Ingles and the Aussie Boomers felt like a gut punch. Really, it was a much-needed gut check. Thi...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz alumni: Joe Johnson, Al Jefferson, Triplets advance to BIG3 Championship

  26-08-2019 06:44 via sportspyder.com
  Former Utah Jazz players Joe Johnson and Al Jefferson are on their way to the BIG3 Championship after a convincing win over the 3-Headed Monsters. Three we...
  
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• Utah Jazz alumni: Joe Johnson, Al Jefferson, Triplets advance to BIG3 Championship

  26-08-2019 06:40
  Former Utah Jazz players Joe Johnson and Al Jefferson are on their way to the BIG3 Championship after a convincing win over the 3-Headed Monsters. Three weeks ago, former beloved Utah Jazz players Joe Johnson and Al Jefferson along with their BIG3 team Triplets needed some late-game heroics to overcome a tough 3-Headed Monsters squad. […]
  Utah Jazz alumni: Joe Johnson, Al Jefferson, Triplets advance to BIG3 Championship - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opi
  
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• Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell, Team USA got a much-needed gut check

  26-08-2019 06:38
  Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell and Team USA losing to Joe Ingles and the Aussie Boomers felt like a gut punch. Really, it was a much-needed gut check. This weekend, we saw one Utah Jazz’s players finest moment in international competition and another Jazzman’s worst moment all in one shot. After falling to USA Basketball […]
  Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell, Team USA got a much-needed gut check - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and Mo
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell and Team USA look to bounce back against Canada

  26-08-2019 05:58 via sportspyder.com
  Now that they’re facing adversity, how will team USA respond?
  
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• Stained-glass panels designed to promote unity are unveiled to kick off United Nations conference in Salt Lake City this week

  26-08-2019 05:54
  Three stained-glass art windows depicting “Faith,” “Love” and “Unity” were unveiled Sunday as a preamble to the United Nations’ 68th annual Civil Society Conference being held this week in Salt Lake City.The three panels are part of the “7 Pillars” project created by artist Tom Holdman and Holdman Studios in Lehi to celebrate seven words seen as having helped to build humanity: love, knowledge, faith, creativity, courage, freedom and unity.Th
  
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• Iranian official gets surprise invite to G-7 summit

  26-08-2019 05:34
  Biarritz, France • A top Iranian official paid an unannounced visit Sunday to the G-7 summit and headed straight toward the heart of the city where leaders of the world’s major democracies have been debating how to handle the country’s nuclear ambitions.France’s surprise invitation of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was a high-stakes gamble for French President Emmanuel Macron, who is the host of the Group of Seven gathering in Biarritz.Zarif spent about five
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Remembering Tom Nissalke: 5 stories about the first coach in *Utah* Jazz history

  26-08-2019 03:50 via sportspyder.com
  The former Utah Jazz head coach passed away at the age of 87 on August 23rd.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell admits Australia made Team USA realize that FIBA basketball is a ‘dog fight’

  26-08-2019 03:07 via sportspyder.com
  Team USA won their first two exhibition matches before suffering a stunning defeat at the hands of Australia on Saturday, and according to Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell, it made them realize that the upcoming FIBA World Cup is going to be really...
  
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• Hong Kong police draw guns in latest protest violence, arrest 36

  26-08-2019 02:45
  Hong Kong • Police drew their guns and fired a warning shot 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 protes
  
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• E.J. Dionne: How government can expand freedom

  26-08-2019 02:00
  Washington • Complaining about government — its failures, its corruption and, in the worst cases, its capacity to oppress — is both an American pastime and a right to be treasured.But a wholesome desire to preserve ourselves from foolish or tyrannical rule often devolves into disdaining government altogether. The underlying assumption (I exaggerate only a little) is that everything government undertakes is doomed to be less effective, less beautiful, less innovative and less use
  
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• Rory McIlroy claims golf’s biggest prize — $15 million — at East Lake

  26-08-2019 01:48
  Atlanta • The crowd rushing to circle the 18th green. The steady chants. It all sounded so familiar to Rory McIlroy at East Lake, with one big difference.On Sunday, it was all for him.One year after he was an overlooked bystander as Tiger Woods celebrated the missing piece of his comeback by winning the Tour Championship, McIlroy surged past Brooks Koepka and delivered a clutch par putt when he needed it to win the FedEx Cup and the $15 million prize, the biggest payout in golf history.&ldq
  
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