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  14-09-2019 23:56 via twitter.com
  DON'T FORGETEnter to win:
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• Utah GOP refuses to erase possibly illegal bylaw that could knock it and its candidates off the ballot

  14-09-2019 23:52
  Layton • A vocal minority of Utah GOP leaders managed Saturday to preserve a possibly illegal bylaw that will boot out of the party any candidates who gather signatures to qualify for the ballot — instead of qualifying only through its traditional caucus-convention system.That bylaw threatened to knock the party and its candidates off the 2018 ballot for not allowing the dual path to the ballot mandated by state law. Former Party Chairman Rob Anderson avoided that by declaring the byl
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Keep (political) partying out of Utah’s schools

  14-09-2019 23:00
  The Utah Constitution may have given them no choice, but the Utah Supreme Court’s decision this week to allow partisan Utah Board of Education elections will make Utah’s education system a little more ideological and a little less practical.The people who pushed this to the Supreme Court had a good civic attitude but a weak legal argument. They said Board of Education members were education employees and therefore not allowed to participate in partisan politics.The court disagreed, t
  
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• Mark Knopfler kept his guitar fingers warm at a soppy, cold Red Butte show

  14-09-2019 22:36
  Maybe there’s an unwritten rule somewhere: Every time Mark Knopfler plays Red Butte Amphitheater it has to rain and be cold.That’s what happened last time, and, sure enough, it happened again when Knopfler returned to the garden Wednesday night. Maybe Mother Nature thinks it will make the Scottish-born songwriter feel more at home.Regardless, after a steady downpour most of the morning, the grass was soppy and the temperature dipped down as low as 50 on the chilly evening.“It&r
  
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• Live: BYU and No. 24 USC tied 10-10 early in the second quarter

  14-09-2019 22:27
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• Kyle Bradford Jones: Medical system should put more energy into primary care

  14-09-2019 22:00
  Not surprisingly, polls have shown that health care costs should be one of the top priorities for our nation to tackle. Given the time spent discussing it by 2020 presidential candidates, it certainly will remain atop the list of policy priorities for the foreseeable future.Health care is expensive. We spend over $3 trillion a year for our care. Nearly 20 cents of every dollar we spend goes towards health care, the highest employment-providing industry in the United States. And it just keeps gro
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz news: Mike Conley guarantees he’ll get drunk like Marc Gasol did in championship parade if Utah wins title

  14-09-2019 21:50 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley guarantees he’ll get drunk like Toronto Raptors center Marc Gasol did in Toronto’s championship parade if Utah wins the title next season. Gasol was one of the highlights of the Raptors’ championship parade. Toronto...
  
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• Live: No. 11 Utah takes on Idaho State Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium

  14-09-2019 21:22
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• Weber State welcomes first openly gay student body president

  14-09-2019 21:21
  Ogden, Utah • Bret Alexander is the picture of success: He recently began his first year as a graduate student at Weber State University studying higher education leadership and leads the school as student body president.He's also the school's first openly gay student elected to the position. But the ambitious, buoyant student traveled a difficult path to where he stands now, the Standard-Examiner reports.Growing up, he struggled with depression and homelessness. Alexander's father moved ou
  
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• [Forbes] - Team USA Heading Home No. 7 in the World

  14-09-2019 20:12 via sportspyder.com
  Back to the drawing board for Team USA?
  
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• NWSL identifies, bans Utah Royals FC fan who shouted racist slurs at Portland Thorns goalkeeper

  14-09-2019 18:29
  The National Women’s Soccer League announced Saturday that it has identified and banned the individual who made racist comments toward a Portland Thorns player at a recent Utah Royals FC home game.The ban, the league said in a statement released on Twitter, extends to all other NWSL games.“NWSL will not tolerate inappropriate behavior,” the league said. “Racism as no place in our sport.”#SayNoToRacism pic.twitter.com/NMWA27FHT2— NWSL (@NWSL) September 14, 2019
  
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• Arson attacks on Latter-day Saint meetinghouses a ‘growing trend,’ but reasons remain elusive

  14-09-2019 18:28
  At first, the workers at an Ogden chapel saw the broken pipes and shattered windows. Then, they smelled smoke.They found a toy box on fire, according to court documents. After dousing the blaze, a fire marshal and an agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were called. They confirmed the fire had been intentionally set.Arsonists have burned meetinghouses of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from New Mexico to New Zealand this year. It’s unclear whet
  
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• White House says bin Laden son killed in U.S. operation

  14-09-2019 17:51
  Washington • The White House announced Saturday that Hamza bin Laden , the son of the late al-Qaida leader who had become an increasingly prominent figure in the terrorist organization, was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.A statement issued in President Donald Trump's name gave no further details, such as when Hamza bin Laden was killed or how the United States had confirmed his death. Administration officials would provide no more information
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: FIBA World Cup roundup – Donovan Mitchell finishes strong, France & Australia to play for third

  14-09-2019 17:20 via sportspyder.com
  The FIBA World Cup ended with a seventh-place finish for Donovan Mitchell and Team USA while his pair of Utah Jazz teammates that remain will play for thir...
  
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• Matthew Weinstein: Utah revenues are not keeping up with its needs

  14-09-2019 17:10
  As the Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force looks at ways to change Utah’s tax structure, Voices for Utah Children is speaking up on behalf of the next generation with two messages:1. Our tax structure should be fair to lower-income families and avoid taxing them and their children into — or deeper into — poverty.2. Our system of taxation needs to generate sufficient resources to make the wise upfront investments in our children today that will position them — an
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: 5 reasons to be excited for 2019-20 NBA season

  14-09-2019 17:01 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz made significant strides towards becoming a top contender this summer. Here are 5 reasons to be excited for the 2019-20 season. The Utah Jazz...
  
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• Utah Jazz: FIBA World Cup roundup – Donovan Mitchell finishes strong, France & Australia to play for third

  14-09-2019 16:54
  The FIBA World Cup ended with a seventh-place finish for Donovan Mitchell and Team USA while his pair of Utah Jazz teammates that remain will play for third place on Sunday. To say that the 2019 FIBA World Cup didn’t go as planned for Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell and Team USA would be a […]
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz have three players among the NBA’s top 30 per SI

  14-09-2019 16:08 via sportspyder.com
  Sports Illustrated has come to the same conclusion as Utah Jazz fans -- the talent level at the top of the team's roster is elite. 'Tis the time of season ...
  
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• Utah Jazz have three players among the NBA’s top 30 per SI

  14-09-2019 16:00
  Sports Illustrated has come to the same conclusion as Utah Jazz fans — the talent level at the top of the team’s roster is elite. ‘Tis the time of season (or offseason, rather) when publications and media outlets around the hoops blogosphere unveil their rankings of the top players across the NBA. Subjective though they […]
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• Donovan Mitchell scores 16 points and dishes 10 assists as Team USA beats Poland for 7th at World Cup

  14-09-2019 15:54
  Beijing • Their final game at the World Cup had been over for several minutes, and every member of the U.S. team and coaching staff were still lingering together on the court.They were ready to go home.They just weren't ready to go their separate ways.For USA Basketball, summer ended Saturday with an 87-74 win over Poland in the seventh-place game at the World Cup, the lowest finish ever by a U.S. team in a major international tournament. Donovan Mitchell finished with 16 points and 10 assi
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz star Donovan Mitchell says playing for Team USA was still worth it

  14-09-2019 15:52 via sportspyder.com
  Team USA placed seventh in this year’s FIBA World Cup, its worst finish ever in international competition. Despite the disappointing run, guard Donovan Mitchell still thinks that playing for the flag was worth it. “For me, this is an amazing...
  
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• Donovan Mitchell scores 16 points and dishes 10 assists as Team beats Poland for 7th at World Cup

  14-09-2019 15:41
  Beijing • Their final game at the World Cup had been over for several minutes, and every member of the U.S. team and coaching staff were still lingering together on the court.They were ready to go home.They just weren't ready to go their separate ways.For USA Basketball, summer ended Saturday with an 87-74 win over Poland in the seventh-place game at the World Cup, the lowest finish ever by a U.S. team in a major international tournament. Donovan Mitchell finished with 16 points and 10 assi
  
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• Timothy Egan: It will take more than cheap shots to knock off Biden

  14-09-2019 15:34
  For months, they’ve been waiting for Joe Biden to collapse. Old Joe. Sputtering Joe. The Septuagenarian Slug. He’s That Seventies Show. The woke Democratic caucus waits for him to forget a name, or mistake his cellphone for the remote. Ditto the woke press. He mentioned “record player,” for God’s sake, answering a question about racism!Keep waiting. In a debate where Democrats finally went there on guns, saying what most Americans already believe — “Hell
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Derrick Favors could have been a valuable addition to disappointing Team USA

  14-09-2019 15:08 via sportspyder.com
  After a disappointing overall showing in the FIBA World Cup, Team USA could have benefited greatly from the services of former Utah Jazz player Derrick Fav...
  
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• Utah’s college students report depression so bad it was ‘difficult to function’ — but few said they saw a counselor

  14-09-2019 15:00
  A new effort to examine the mental health challenges experienced by Utah’s college students is just beginning — but already the early results are stark.An online survey offered to students at all eight public institutions found a startling percentage had intentionally harmed themselves and even more have felt so debilitated by depression it was difficult to function. The report, released Friday by the Utah System of Higher Education, is meant to spur fixes as colleges face criticism
  
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• Utah Jazz: Derrick Favors could have been a valuable addition to disappointing Team USA

  14-09-2019 15:00
  After a disappointing overall showing in the FIBA World Cup, Team USA could have benefited greatly from the services of former Utah Jazz player Derrick Favors. There are several reasons why Team USA ultimately fell short at the 2019 FIBA World Cup, falling in the quarter-finals to France then subsequently to Serbia in the ensuing […]
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• ‘My brain just exploded’: See the work of Utah’s best designers in this Salt Lake City exhibit

  14-09-2019 15:00
  Hannah Lutz, a recent design graduate from Brigham Young University, was trying to create a better dispenser for sanitary napkins and tampons for public restrooms. But the product packaging kept getting jammed in the mechanism of her device.She was complaining to a friend about how her designs weren’t working when the friend suggested, “Yeah, wouldn’t it be so great if pads were just on a roll like toilet paper?”“My brain just exploded and I was like, wait, wait, wa
  
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• A Utah dad said his 10-year-old daughter was forced to serve school lunch. Is that against the law?

  14-09-2019 15:00
  The fifth grade girl grabbed a big metal spoon and started dishing green beans to her classmates.It was her assignment for the week at Tolman Elementary in Bountiful. She was supposed to report to the lunch room every day for her 30-minute shift, sometimes to serve food, other times to wipe down tables. And, at the end, she’d get a treat for the work.She explained how it worked to her dad about a week after school started last month and after she had started the little job. When she finish
  
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• 3 takeaways from Royals FC’s loss to Houston

  14-09-2019 15:00
  Here are three takeaways from the Utah Royals FC’s loss to the Houston Dash.1. A cut, but not a scarAs competitive as the Royals are individually and as a team, it’s unclear whether they should really care about this loss to Houston.Think about it this way: Utah didn’t lose its playoff position. It outshot Houston 14-9 (4-3 on goal). It won almost all the major statistical categories with the exception of saves.Sometimes it’s not your night. Sometimes a team plays better
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Let’s get crazy – What if Utah Jazz added Argentina and FIBA star Luis Scola?

  14-09-2019 14:08 via sportspyder.com
  It's almost certainly crazy talk, but just imagine if the Utah Jazz were able to add the FIBA-star version of Luis Scola to their ranks. Alright, alright h...
  
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• Letter: Tuesday’s Tribune was worth looking for

  14-09-2019 14:00
  I didn’t get delivery of my Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday. I am suffering from a pulled muscle in my groin and am in considerable pain. But I forced myself to go around town, looking for a Trib. I went to four sources in my search in the driving rain with lightning strikes flashing. I finally found a gas station with one issue left. I got out my two quarters to pay for it and was shocked to learn that the price has risen to $1.25 since I last bought a daily paper. But I was ever so grateful
  
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• Letter: Trump’s war on truth harms everyone

  14-09-2019 14:00
  Those who are pressuring the Democrats in the House to impeach Donald Trump are not pressuring the Republicans in the Senate to convict him.What, in the name of reason, are they thinking? Don’t they realize that a failed impeachment would legally exonerate him? In other words, he would be found not guilty. He could not be tried for his real crimes in office, because that would place him in double jeopardy.If the Senate could be persuaded to convict Donald Trump, the Democrats would impeach
  
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• Letter: Support Walmart’s ammo ban

  14-09-2019 14:00
  I have never been a Walmart shopper. For decades I have refused to spend my money in a place that brings in hundreds of billions in revenue annually.But, in light of its recent stance to no longer sell ammunition for military style weapons and to ask customers not to openly carry firearms in their stores, I am compelled to change my mind.Though they are not the first business to take this direction, nor is this their first step to help reduce the number of mass shootings here in America, they ar
  
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• Letter: On climate change, Rep. John Curtis gets it

  14-09-2019 14:00
  Recently Rep. John Curtis posted the following statement on Facebook: “Let me shock you. You ready? The climate is changing and man is influencing it.”Thank you, Congressman Curtis!How can we solve a serious and complicated problem like climate change unless we write and talk about it? We are all impacted by climate change; it shouldn’t be a political issue.It will take leaders like John Curtis to get beyond politics and on to solutions. I was encouraged to see that most of the
  
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• Letter: Everyone should be able to ride UTA for free

  14-09-2019 14:00
  I was happy to read in The Salt Lake Tribune that the Board of Directors of the Utah Transit Authority is concerned about frequency of service instead of how to enhance their salaries and benefits.A huge percentage of the increase in ridership has to do with providing free rides for Brigham Young University and University of Utah students. I would like to see this benefit provided to all riders in an effort to fill up those huge vehicles and reduce the number of cars on our highways.Another issu
  
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• Let’s get crazy – What if Utah Jazz added Argentina and FIBA star Luis Scola?

  14-09-2019 14:00
  It’s almost certainly crazy talk, but just imagine if the Utah Jazz were able to add the FIBA-star version of Luis Scola to their ranks. Alright, alright hold it right there and calm down. Go ahead and put your torch and pitchfork away and forget that angry comment about how stupid I am that you […]
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• Royals FC loses 2-1 to Houston Dash

  14-09-2019 07:29
  There must be something about Friday the 13th and a full moon that affected the game between the Utah Royals FC and Houston Dash.The Royals were on a roll, having not suffered a loss in five straight games. On the flip side, the Dash had lost two straight and given up five total goals in that span.But strange things happen on strange nights sometimes, and that was the case for Utah on Friday. The Royals lost 2-1 to the Dash, giving up two goals for the first time since Aug. 3 after conceding onl
  
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• State colleges: Utah volleyball serves up 8th win in a row

  14-09-2019 07:19
  The No. 16 University of Utah volleyball team improved to 8-0 on the season with a four-set victory — 20-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-13 — over Pepperdine at the Pepperdine Classic in Malibu, Calif.The Utes’ Berkeley Oblad picked up her 400th career block, becoming the 13th player in program history to reach that mark. Dani Drews led Utah with 18 kills while adding four blocks and five digs.Phoebe Grace was a monster at the net for the Utes, finishing with 10 blocks and six kills. Saig
  
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• 8 in custody after shots fired during Granger High football game

  14-09-2019 06:27
  Granite School District police detained eight people for questioning after someone fired shots on campus during the Granger High School football game Friday night, according to the district’s Twitter feed.Shots fired on campus at @GrangerHS during tonight’s football game. No injuries. Eight suspects in custody. Granite PD is lead agency and I will provide a Media briefing at 9:45 at the Eastside bus loop. No media will be allowed on campus.— Granite School Dist. (@GraniteSchool
  
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• States split by party on accepting Purdue Pharma settlement

  14-09-2019 03:42
  Minneapolis • The opioid crisis has hit virtually every pocket of the U.S., from rural towns in deeply conservative states to big cities in liberal-leaning ones. But a curious divide has opened up.The nation's Republican state attorneys general have, for the most part, lined up in support of a tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, while their Democratic counterparts have mostly come out against it, decrying it as woefully inadequate.[Read More: Chaotic
  
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• Lagoon denies lion neglect claims after popular video

  14-09-2019 03:03
  Animal activist groups are criticizing Lagoon Amusement Park after a video surfaced of what they said seemed to be an adult male lion in distress, but the amusement park says the lion is just roaring while lying down.The Farmington-based park addressed the concerns Friday on Facebook, saying the behavior is “NOT uncommon.”“Lions roaring while lying down is well documented, and does not indicate or suggest distress — quite the opposite,” amusement park officials said
  
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• David Burns: Why is gun control so hard? A tribalism primer.

  14-09-2019 02:00
  Why can’t we pass a few sensible gun laws to curb our epidemic of gun violence?The facts certainly justify immediate action. Each day, an average of 100 Americans are killed by guns and another 300 are shot and injured — a total of 136,000 each year. Almost 40,000 Americans died from gun-related injuries in 2017 — the most since at least 1968. The per capita rate of gun deaths is now higher than it has been in more than two decades.Mass shootings now average one per day. In the
  
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• A Utah man tells his story of serving 15 years in prison for a sex crime he didn’t commit

  14-09-2019 01:59
  It’s been 23 years since Christopher Wickham has seen the ocean, or taken a trip beyond Utah’s borders that lasted longer than a day or two.He spent nearly 15 of those years at the Utah State Prison. And since his release in 2011, his travels have been restricted by rules he has to follow as a convicted sex offender.But that’s all changing now.With a judge’s signature on Tuesday, Wickham has been declared factually innocent of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl more than
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Cold Dead Hands

  14-09-2019 01:21
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/09/12/bagley-cartoon-pilgrims/" target=_blank><u>Pilgrim’s Regress</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/09/11/bagley-cartoon-office/"><u>Office of National Insecurity</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/20
  
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• Wrong target: National calls for arrest of Texas lawmaker aim venom at twitter handle for Utah Rep. Joel Briscoe

  14-09-2019 01:12
  When Rep. Joel Briscoe, D-Utah, logged onto his Twitter account Friday morning, he found that a big-name actress and people nationwide were calling for his arrest and resignation.“I was shocked,” he says. But then he quickly realized they were mistaking him for Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain — who has a remotely similar twitter handle: @BriscoeCain, as opposed to @RepBriscoe.“First, I thought, ‘Oh crap, people don’t know who I am — and I’m going to
  
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• Coming for your AR-15: O’Rourke scrambles Dems’ gun message

  14-09-2019 00:48
  Washington • Beto O’Rourke’s “hell yes” moment at the Democrats’ presidential debate is scrambling his party’s message on guns.The Democrats have long contended their support of gun control laws does not mean they want to take away law-abiding citizens' firearms. But on Friday, they struggled to square that message with their presidential contender's full-throated call on national TV for confiscating assault rifles."Hell, yes, we're going to take your AR-
  
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• YWCA Utah recognizes five community leaders for their work supporting women, girls

  14-09-2019 00:35
  Ever since she was a little girl, Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera wanted to be a police officer.“Now, I look back and I think I never could imagine that I would be in the position that I am now, a position that gives me a voice on a much larger scale and the ability to bring change and hope to others,” she said.Rivera told the hundreds of people gathered Friday at Salt Lake City’s Grand America Hotel that as sheriff she promises to help “as many women as I can along
  
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• University of Wyoming marks 1969 ouster of black players for wanting to protest in their game vs. BYU

  14-09-2019 00:03
  Laramie, Wyo. • Fifty years after 14 black football players were kicked off the University of Wyoming football team for seeking to wear armbands to protest racism, eight of them returned to the Laramie campus to commemorate the anniversary as the school takes another step toward reconciliation.University officials planned to unveil a plaque at War Memorial Stadium commemorating the so-called Black 14 on Friday. The marker will join an alleyway mural in downtown Laramie that was dedicated la
  
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• Holly Richardson: Statistically invisible women and the default male

  14-09-2019 00:00
  What do snow plowing patterns have to do with gender? A lot, as it turns out. A number of municipalities in Sweden have evaluated their practice of first plowing major highways, then large surface streets and finally, side streets, walkways and bike paths. Pretty typical. But then they took a closer look at the data. What they found was that women had markedly different driving patterns than men and were also much more likely to walk, often with children in tow, along snowy sidewalks. The women
  
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