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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Can Miye Oni be the next Royce O’Neale?

  09-10-2019 23:35 via sportspyder.com
  The second-round pick impressed in preseason game one
  
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• Utah Sports Hall of Fame to induct ex-Utes athletic director Chris Hill, and Olympian medalists Jim Shea and Shauna Rohbock on Monday

  09-10-2019 23:18
  Former Utah athletic director Chris Hill, U.S. Olympic skeleton great Jim Shea and bobsledder Shauna Rohbock headline the 2019 class of the Utah Sports Hall of Fame.The trio, along with distance swimming legends Richard and David Barnes, and longtime Utah State athletics donor Jim Laub, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Monday night at the Little America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. Festivities begin at 6 p.m., with the banquet commencing at 7 p.m.Hill led the Utah athletic departme
  
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• Utah Valley University creates ‘emergency scholarships’ after survey finds some students go hungry

  09-10-2019 23:03
  Utah Valley University began a new $60,000 emergency scholarship fund this semester to help struggling students pay for food, rent, medical bills or other emergency necessities.A third of the money has already been spent.“This isn’t just a random student who, all their basic needs are met,” said Associate Vice President and Dean of Students Alexis Palmer. “We are talking about our students who are experiencing basic needs insecurities, and because of that, they can’
  
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• Lights out: Power cut in California to prevent deadly fires

  09-10-2019 22:45
  Sonoma, Calif. • California’s biggest utility cut power to more than a million people Wednesday for what could be days on end in the most sweeping effort in state history to prevent wildfires caused by windblown power lines.The unpopular move sparked a run on supplies at stores and came after two years of catastrophic fires sent Pacific Gas & Electric into bankruptcy and forced it to take more aggressive steps to prevent blazes.The drastic measure caused a wave of impacts, from lo
  
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• Dana Milbank: Will Gorsuch abandon his judicial philosophy to get what he wants?

  09-10-2019 22:20
  Washington • As gay and transgender Americans march inexorably toward equality, Justice Neil Gorsuch is on the horns of a dilemma: Does he jettison his judicial philosophy to slow their progress?Gorsuch, President Trump's first appointee to the Supreme Court, literally wrote the book (published last month) on judicial "textualism," the philosophy that says judges must rule on the plain meaning of the law, not legislative intent nor desired outcomes.So he’s in a corner now as the high
  
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• 𝙐𝙃 𝙊𝙃 Come to the Purple Mountain Party on Oct. 19 where we'll air 𝙰𝙻𝙻 of game 6 of the 1997 Western Conference Finals on the jumbotron at @vivintarena. 𝙍𝙎𝙑𝙋: https:

  09-10-2019 22:16 via twitter.com
  𝙐𝙃 𝙊𝙃Come to the Purple Mountain Party on Oct. 19 where we'll air 𝙰𝙻𝙻 of game 6 of the 1997 Western Conference Finals on the jumbotron at @vivintarena.𝙍𝙎𝙑𝙋: https://www.nba.com/jazz/nike1920#purple-mountain-party-rsvp …pic.twitter.com/gbj2RnJNSh
  
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• Turkey begins Syria offensive, targeting U.S.-backed Kurds

  09-10-2019 21:59
  Turkey launched airstrikes and fired artillery across its border into northeastern Syria on Wednesday to open a military operation aimed at flushing out a U.S.-backed militia, Turkish and Syrian officials said.Turkish television stations broadcast video of fighter jets taking off, howitzers firing and smoke rising from Syrian towns, while images posted on social media showed Syrians fleeing in trucks piled high with their possessions and children. Two civilians were killed and others were wounde
  
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• Fugitive shot by police outside Utah mall dies

  09-10-2019 21:50
  A fugitive who was shot and arrested outside the Layton Hills Mall has died from his wound.According to the United States Marshals Service, Zackary Aldrige Hall, 28, was wanted for aggravated robbery and was believed to be armed and dangerous. Hall was tracked to the mall by the USMS Violent Fugitive Strike Team; officers waited until he exited the mall “to protect the public.”But when he was approached by officers at about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, Hall “refused to comply with their
  
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• Billboard fight bubbles into Salt Lake City mayoral race

  09-10-2019 21:50
  Utah’s billboard industry might need to gear up for another fight with the capital city.Salt Lake City mayoral candidate Erin Mendenhall said definitively Wednesday that she would work, if elected, to reduce billboard clutter that blocks skyline views in the gateway to the city — and her opponent, Luz Escamilla, said she would be open to having the conversation.“There has never been a better opportunity for Salt Lake City and our next mayor to dramatically change our grand boul
  
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• Gordon Monson: Freedom isn’t free, and the NBA is rediscovering that in a big way

  09-10-2019 21:30
  It turns out a billion Chinese do care.Enough for the NBA to lose a billion dollars.Freedom of speech ain’t free.When Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey recently tweeted out a thought supporting Hong Kong, and its pro-democracy movement, in its fight with China, things got more than a bit crazy — over there and here, too.The NBA’s initial response to the tweet and to the reaction was less than supportive of Morey, distancing itself in a manner that reflected the potent
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Mike Conley to make his Jazz debut as Utah takes on Milwaukee Bucks

  09-10-2019 21:24 via sportspyder.com
  Mountain Mike is going Buck hunting.
  
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• For 1st time, Joe Biden calls for Trump to be impeached

  09-10-2019 21:19
  ROCHESTER, N.H. • Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday for the first time that President Donald Trump must be impeached for abusing the powers of his office to help his own reelection.Biden made the remarks as part of a blistering 25-minute speech in New Hampshire, departing from his usual campaign pitch and signaling that he will aggressively confront Trump as the president pushes unfounded accusations that the former vice president and his son had nefarious dealings
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: A look back at General Conference, with changes in youth programs, tweaks to temple recommend questions and historic — and controversial — speeches

  09-10-2019 21:12
  This week we revisit and discuss — what else? — the recently completed General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Besides the usual prayers, songs and sermons, the weekend’s sessions included, as church President Russell M. Nelson promised, a number of momentous changes.There were overhauls to programs for the Young Men and Young Women (with a heavenly, gender-inclusive twist in the latter’s theme). Eight new temples, including two more in Utah,
  
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• German synagogue is attacked on holy day; 2 dead nearby

  09-10-2019 21:07
  Halle, Germany • A heavily armed assailant tried to force his way into a synagogue Wednesday in eastern Germany on Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day, and two people were killed as he fired shots outside the building and into a kebab shop, authorities and witnesses said.The attacker shot at the door of the synagogue in the city of Halle but did not get in as 70 to 80 people inside were observing the holy day, a local Jewish leader said. Video of the attack was livestreamed on streaming
  
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• Leonard Pitts: The thing about forgiveness

  09-10-2019 21:00
  Here's the thing about forgiveness.It's not just something you extend to someone else. It's also a gift you give yourself, permission to lay down the heavy burden of grudges and rage. And if you're a Christian, it's an obligation — albeit a hard one — of faith.One can believe all that, yet still be deeply conflicted by last week’s act of forgiveness in a Dallas courtroom: Brandt Jean, who is black, embraced and absolved Amber Guyger, the white former police officer who had just
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run newsletter: Versatility is the word du jour for the Jazz

  09-10-2019 20:00 via sportspyder.com
  It’s been a busy couple weeks for the Jazz. Media Day, the start of training camp, lots of practices, a fan event at Vivint Arena, the naming of a new team president, a preseason game, and — generally — lots of figuring out how to best mesh all the...
  
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• Morgan Scalley at 40: Former Ute football star is excelling as a coach — and following a very familiar career arc

  09-10-2019 20:00
  Defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley wishes his 40th birthday this week could have come with Utah’s football team unbeaten and ranked in the top 10.That status, spoiled by a 30-23 loss to USC last month, would have become another amazing milestone for Scalley. The Utes finished 12-0 in his senior season as a star safety in 2004 and went 13-0 in his first year as a full-time coach in 2008.Reality struck Scalley and the 2019 Utes in Los Angeles, where USC scored four touchdowns against his d
  
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• UTA OKs $400M-plus construction plan that includes new airport TRAX station and Ogden bus rapid transit

  09-10-2019 19:53
  The Utah Transit Authority Board on Wednesday approved a five-year, $463 million plan for construction projects and purchases of new equipment.It includes $18.6 million to relocate the TRAX rail station at Salt Lake City International Airport amid renovations there; $91.9 million for a new bus rapid transit line in Ogden; and $48.6 million for ongoing construction of a new maintenance and fueling station in downtown Salt Lake City.The plan also calls for $169.8 million in new vehicle purchases t
  
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• Report: Utah sexual assaults rise while overall crime down

  09-10-2019 19:50
  Provo • There were fewer crimes overall in Utah last year, although the number of sexual assaults increased for the fifth year in a row, according to a law enforcement report.The Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification last week published the annual Crime in Utah report documenting crimes committed in 2018, The Daily Herald reported Tuesday.The report that uses data from local law enforcement agencies says 80,622 index crimes were committed in 2018, a nearly 12% decrease from 2017. Index cri
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Versatility is the word du jour for the Jazz

  09-10-2019 19:30
  It’s been a busy couple weeks for the Jazz. Media Day, the start of training camp, lots of practices, a fan event at Vivint Arena, the naming of a new team president, a preseason game, and — generally — lots of figuring out how to best mesh all the new faces with the old.Throughout all of that, there has been one dominant themes emerging: Everyone involved feels like there’s far more versatility on this year’s roster than last year’s.I’ve lost track of t
  
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• Utah Sports Hall of Fame to induct Utah AD Chris Hill, and Olympian medalists Jim Shea and Shauna Rohbock on Monday

  09-10-2019 19:11
  Former Utah athletic director Chris Hill, U.S. Olympic skeleton great Jim Shea and bobsledder Shauna Rohbock headline the 2019 class of the Utah Sports Hall of Fame.The trio, along with distance swimming legends Richard and David Barnes, and longtime Utah State athletics donor Jim Laub, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Monday night at the Little America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. Festivities begin at 6 p.m., with the banquet commencing at 7 p.m.Hill led the Utah athletic departme
  
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• Jamelle Bouie: Republicans stand by Trump because they like what he does

  09-10-2019 19:00
  Donald Trump is probably the weakest he’s been since becoming president.He all but confessed to trying to tilt the next election in his favor with pleas — public and private — to China and Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president, and Biden’s son. A majority of Americans support the Democratic impeachment inquiry; a plurality wants him impeached already. His defense is anything but, as allies like Rudy Giuliani keep
  
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• Health officials confirm Utah’s first vaping-related death

  09-10-2019 18:34
  Utah health officials have confirmed the state’s first death from vaping-related lung injury.The victim was a Salt Lake County resident under the age of 30, who died at home without being hospitalized, according to a statement from the Utah Department of Health. Department officials and a medical examiner determined the person died from a vaping-related injury and that they vaped THC before they died.“This death is a sad reminder of the severity of these unexplained illnesses,”
  
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• Jazz availability update: Rudy Gobert - OUT (rest) Joe Ingles - OUT (rest) Danté Exum - OUT (right knee rehab) Emmanuel Mudiay - OUT (left hamstring soreness)

  09-10-2019 18:22 via twitter.com
  Jazz availability update:Rudy Gobert - OUT (rest)
  Joe Ingles - OUT (rest)Danté Exum - OUT (right knee rehab)Emmanuel Mudiay - OUT (left hamstring soreness)
  
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• [The Score] - Eyes on the prize: How the Jazz can win or lose the NBA title chase

  09-10-2019 18:17 via sportspyder.com
  With this season presenting what looks like the most level NBA championship field since The Decision, we're assessing the bona fides of eight legitimate 2019-20 contenders. What will propel them to the title this year? What will prevent them from...
  
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• Utah’s best home brewer lives in Ogden, where the beer scene is booming

  09-10-2019 18:10
  From a beer-making rookie to an award-winning home brewer to a full-time paid gig — Landon Jeffery has seen what a difference a decade can make.“It never crossed my mind [when in his early 20s] to make beer at home," said the now 31-year-old Ogden resident. After seeing a friend’s beer-making kit, “the whole idea of it seemed really magical.”He bought his own kit and a few how-to books and dived “headfirst” into his new hobby. His first beer, an IPA, tur
  
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• Utah Indigenous Peoples Day dinner will showcase ancient superfood

  09-10-2019 18:09
  Guests at Utah’s Third Annual Indigenous Dinner won’t be served a typical steak and potatoes dinner.The menu for the Oct. 14 event includes bison, raised by the Ute Indian Tribe near Fort Duchesne, and the Four Corners’ potato — a small, starchy tuber that has survived in the wild landscapes of southern Utah for nearly 11,000 years.Tickets are still available for the dinner, part of Indigenous Peoples Day — a counter to Columbus Day. It takes place at 6 p.m. at the
  
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• Turkey begins military incursion in Syria, targets militia backed by U.S.

  09-10-2019 18:08
  Turkey launched a planned military incursion into northeastern Syria on Wednesday aimed at flushing out a Syrian militia backed by the United States, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wrote on Twitter.Erdogan said the operation aimed to “prevent the creation of a terror corridor across our southern border,” but provided no other information about where Turkish forces had entered Syria or how far in they would go.Earlier Wednesday, a Syrian militia backed by the United States had mobiliz
  
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• American pushes back expected return of its 737 Max planes

  09-10-2019 18:00
  Fort Worth, Texas • American Airlines is pushing back the expected return of its Boeing 737 Max jets into next year.The airline said Wednesday that it expects to slowly bring the plane back into its schedule starting Jan. 16.That's six weeks later than American planned just last month, and the sixth time the airline has pushed back the plane's return.Fort Worth-based American says it will drop about 140 flights per day until mid-January because of the grounding.American has 24 Max jets in s
  
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• High winds, and maybe snow, are in Utah’s forecast

  09-10-2019 17:27
  Utahns can expect high winds across much of the state Wednesday into Thursday — along with cold temperatures and, perhaps, a bit of snow in some areas.The National Weather Service issued a strong wind advisory for parts of north/central Utah west of the Wasatch Front, with winds of 20-30 mph and gusts of 50 mph. Dixie near the canyons can expect winds of 20-30 mph and gusts of 50-55 mph, and southeast Utah will see winds of 20-30 mph with gusts of 45-50 mph.The strongest warning is for Cas
  
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• Frank Bruni: The agonizing imperfection of Pete Buttigieg

  09-10-2019 17:24
  If I dreamed up an ideal Democratic opponent for President Donald Trump in 2020, I’d locate that candidate in the industrial Midwest. That’s where Hillary Clinton lost the last election, and it’s where the next one could very well be decided.I’d summon someone relatively young. Elections are usually about the future, and the last two Democrats to ascend to the White House were under 50 when they began their first terms. Plus, the contrast with Trump, who’s 73, would
  
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• TWO WEEKS AWAYpic.twitter.com/rg88MdISIA

  09-10-2019 17:11 via twitter.com
  TWO WEEKS AWAYpic.twitter.com/rg88MdISIA
  
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• Utahns can start buying Sundance Film Festival passes on Tuesday

  09-10-2019 16:39
  October — the time for pumpkins, falling leaves, Halloween, and ordering ticket packages and passes for the Sundance Film Festival.Utah residents get the chance to purchase their 2020 Sundance Film Festival ticket packages and passes on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Everybody else starts buying theirs on Thursday, Oct. 17.The 2020 Sundance Film Festival runs Jan. 23-Feb. 2 in Park City, and at venues in Salt Lake City and the Sundance resort.Utahns have three purchase options:• The Locals SLC Pas
  
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• 2 dead, 1 arrested after shooting in Germany; motive unclear

  09-10-2019 16:31
  Berlin • Several shots were fired Wednesday in the eastern German city of Halle, leaving two people dead as the suspected assailants fled, police said. The exact target of the attack was not clear, since it took place near a synagogue and a kebab shop, witnesses said.Police said in a tweet that the suspects fled in a car, and soon after reported that one person had been arrested. They gave no information about that person or reasons why they thought the attack was carried out by multiple as
  
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• Utah man shot to death in property dispute

  09-10-2019 16:27
  One Utah man is dead and another is in jail after an argument over maintaining property ended with shotgun blasts.The Washington County Sheriff’s Office was contacted Tuesday at about 3:15 p.m. about an “unattended death” in Apple Valley, a small town about 25 miles east of St. George. When officers arrived at 68 N. Coyote Road, they found the body of Todd Stratton, the property owner.A 51-year-old suspect who lives in a trailer on the property told police that Stratton “
  
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• Letter: To pay teachers more, you have to vote for it

  09-10-2019 16:20
  I am 23 years old and currently in my second year as a high school teacher.Every time I tell someone about my profession, I get the same responses: “You are so brave.” “Teachers are so underappreciated!” “You deserve to get paid more.” These responses are quite consistent across the board as I meet new people.The recent article in The Salt Lake Tribune about increasing teacher salaries was an echo to everything everyone already knows and frequently express to
  
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• Letter: Time to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment

  09-10-2019 16:19
  Equality Utah has been on the forefront of the equality fight. At their gala this past Saturday, they announced their next step – joining the fight to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.In 2020, Utah could be the 38th and final state necessary to make the ERA a reality. For the good of our families, neighbors, friends and ourselves, it is past time that equality for everyone is protected in the United States Constitution. I am grateful to Equality Utah for what they have done and for their
  
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• Coming from a small Nevada town, Ute safety R.J. Hubert is taking on a big role.

  09-10-2019 16:16
  Hoping to become a receiver in big-time college football, R.J. Hubert came to Utah’s youth camp from a small town in southern Nevada and spent part of the day auditioning for Ute safeties coach Morgan Scalley. His performance in defensive drills was memorable, not necessarily for the right reasons.“Honestly, I couldn't backpedal for my life,” Hubert recalled, “and I couldn't make cuts for my life.”He left the practice field feeling frustrated, wishing he could have
  
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• The White House declares war on the House impeachment inquiry

  09-10-2019 16:00
  Washington • The White House declared war on the House impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, announcing that it would not cooperate with what it called an illegitimate effort “to overturn the results of the 2016 election” and setting the stage for a constitutional clash with far-reaching consequences.In a letter to House Democratic leaders, the White House said the inquiry has violated precedent and denied President Donald Trump’s due process rights in such an egregious way that
  
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• Ted Wilson: Erin Mendenhall has earned my vote

  09-10-2019 16:00
  Watching the new airport rise as a symbol of Salt Lake City’s vibrant future, I realize the one built during my time as mayor must come down. I’m proud of the old structure. I made its expansion a top priority during my tenure. But Salt Lake City International was built for 10 million passengers a year and now serves more than 25 million annually. Air travel has changed dramatically. So must our airport.The job of Salt Lake City mayor has also changed, as has the race to get there. T
  
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• Letter: I do pray for Trump. To go away.

  09-10-2019 15:15
  Ryan Hallstrom, in the Oct. 8 letters to the editor, asked us all to pray for Donald Trump.I will. In fact, I already do. I pray daily that this president will not be reelected, that our elected officials and the entire country will find their missing moral compass and save our democracy by removing him from office.I pray that Utahns will remember who they are and reject this moral degenerate.I pray that this man who has lied to our faces everyday, a grifter, an adulterer, a man who torches our
  
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• [Forbes] - Why The Utah Jazz’s Rebounding Concerns Might Be Overstated

  09-10-2019 15:08 via sportspyder.com
  Some have pointed to rebounding and toughness as potential issues for a new-look Utah Jazz roster, but those concerns are likely overstated.
  
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• Young, ’dynamic’ Utah rabbi is bringing together Kol Ami’s Jewish congregants

  09-10-2019 14:51
  It is Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, and Congregation Kol Ami’s millennial rabbi is ready with a never-before-tried unifying tradition and a challenging sermon sure to spark fire. Or maybe heat.Mixing convention and innovation is what 31-year-old Rabbi Sam Spector does best.He is observant of Jewish rituals but open to those who aren’t. He forgoes technology on holy days but has officiated at same-sex weddings and interfaith weddings. He observes the Jewish Shabb
  
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• Robert Gehrke: How is it that the only Republican with a conscience and courage is Mitt Romney?

  09-10-2019 14:50
  We’re missing something in our Congress today — maybe it’s conscience or maybe it’s just courage.But how else is it, when President Donald Trump is blatantly abusing the power of his office for political gain, it’s Mitt Romney, of all people, who seems to be one of the few Republicans willing to actually say it is wrong?This is the same Mitt Romney who has been constantly ridiculed throughout his political career for being weak and wavering.I’ve frankly never
  
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• First General Conference speech by an African American general authority thrills black Latter-day Saints

  09-10-2019 14:50
  Jerri Harwell was listening to Sunday’s final session of General Conference when suddenly she stopped packing for an upcoming move and turned her head to see who was at the pulpit.“That,” thought the Salt Lake City author and college professor for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "doesn’t sound like a typical general authority.”There, on the screen, was Elder Peter M. Johnson warning of the dangers of the devil and encouraging church members to read
  
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• Rep. John Curtis says he would seek to curtail OHVs in national parks if locals are united in opposition

  09-10-2019 14:49
  Moab • The congressman representing the southeast Utah district containing Canyonlands and Arches national parks says he would attempt to head off a new policy allowing off-road vehicles in parks if he finds that local leaders are united in opposition to it.During a meeting Tuesday with members of the Moab City Council and Grand County Council, Republican U.S. Rep. John Curtis did not state his opinion on the recent National Park Service decision to allow OHVs on park roads beginning Nov. 1
  
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• Political Cornflakes: U.S. apprehended nearly 1 million migrants at Mexican border in FY2019

  09-10-2019 14:27
  Happy Wednesday!U.S. immigration agents apprehended — and deemed inadmissible — nearly 1 million migrants on the Mexican border during fiscal 2019. That is 88% higher than the previous year. Acting Customs and Border Protection chief Mark Morgan told reporters those “are numbers that no immigration system is the world is designed to handle, including ours.” The number of families arriving at the border more than tripled any previous year on record. [CNN]Topping the news:
  
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• Gov. Herbert is fundraising to launch a policy center in his name at Utah Valley University

  09-10-2019 14:00
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is changing the focus of his annual fundraising gala this year, pivoting away from campaigns and candidates to instead benefit the launch of a planned public policy center in his name at Utah Valley University.An invitation to the black-tie affair, to be held on Nov. 1 at the Salt Palace Convention Center, tells guests to make their checks out to the Gary and Jeanette Herbert Foundation, with proceeds going toward the Herbert Center for Public Policy at UVU.Table reservati
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Utah Jazz might be better than we thought

  09-10-2019 08:41 via sportspyder.com
  Spacing, passing and playmaking in abundance!
  
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