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• Trump asks Supreme Court to bar release of his tax returns

  14-11-2019 23:49
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to bar his accounting firm from turning over eight years of his tax returns to Manhattan prosecutors.The case, the first concerning Trump’s personal conduct and business dealings to reach the court, could yield a major ruling on the scope of presidential immunity from criminal investigations.Last week, a unanimous three-judge panel of a federal appeals court in Manhattan ruled against Trump, rejecting his argument
  
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• Body of Utahn killed in WWII identified. Sister remembers his departure being ‘the first time I saw my dad cry’

  14-11-2019 23:39
  
  The last time Helen Simmons saw her older brother Max. W. Lower was in 1942 at the train station in Ogden.“That was the first time I saw my dad cry,” Simmons said Thursday, “was when he hugged my brother goodbye.”Soon, 77 years after that visit, Simmons will get to bury her brother. The U.S. Department of Defense announced Thursday that the remains of the man who became U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Max W. Lower, 23, of Lewiston in Cache County, had been identified.Serv
  
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• Youth crew teams in Utah overcoming various challenges of the sport to become elite rowers

  14-11-2019 23:37
  
  The blades of the oars catch the water with the subtle, simultaneous movement of wrists. Mere milliseconds pass before they drive through the water, powered by straightening legs, lengthening backs and pulling arms.A flick of the wrists starts the measured recovery back to square one. Legs bend. Backs curl. Boat seats slide. Arms straighten. The blades are ready to catch the water again.It’s 50 degrees on an early Monday evening at the Jordan River surplus canal in West Valley City, where
  
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• Jon Huntsman’s entry into Utah governor’s race sets up a ‘showdown for the ages,’ says political scientist

  14-11-2019 23:30
  
  Former U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman says he’s grown weary of the national political scene, with its “theatrics,” time-wasting and dearth of meaningful action.Now, he’s asking Utah’s voters to return him to what he calls “the best job in the world” — working as governor.“For a very long time, we’ve served our country in the top two diplomatic posts in the world. Now we feel it is time to give back to our home state again,” Huntsman
  
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• Letter: Don’t give your children a toxic port

  14-11-2019 23:25
  
  Our dreaded smog season is here. The last thing we need is the proposed inland port, which would add thousands of additional diesel trucks to the valley each day, further polluting our dirty air.As a fourth-year medical student and future pediatrician, I am very concerned about the effects of the proposed inland port on the health of the children of Salt Lake Valley. Decades of studies have demonstrated that pollution ravages human health, particularly for infants and children, whose developing
  
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• [THE SPORTSRUSH] - DEN vs BKN Dream11 Team Prediction : Brooklyn Nets Vs Denver Nuggets NBA 2019-20 Best Dream 11 Team

  14-11-2019 23:09 via sportspyder.com
  
  DEN Vs BKN Dream11, Team Overview, Match Centre And Probable Playing 5: East meets West as either side make an advent into today’s encounter with different agendas.
  
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• Nelson Lotz: A more compassionate approach to homelessness

  14-11-2019 23:00
  
  With Salt Lake City transitioning to a new homeless services model, many criticize the new approach centered around three resource centers. However, critics should note the problems that were involved with the previous model of care.The single-shelter model kept out many who sought help and warehoused those who did. As a result, many people fell through the cracks. The new resource center-based model helps to meet individuals’ needs while assuring that no one is turned away from help they
  
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• Zac Seljaas came back from a broken foot in time for season opener, but it’s his new look that’s caught BYU fans’ attention

  14-11-2019 22:15
  
  Provo • As the team warmed up before the preseason exhibition game, fans were quick to notice a change in senior Zac Seljaas, who wasn’t playing and instead was dressed in gray sweatpants and sweatshirt. Better yet, they noticed a new look — one that included blond highlights and a mustache.By the season opener against Cal State Fullerton, the Nicolas Cage comparisons — and memes — shared online reached a new high. The fact that Seljaas had managed to come back from
  
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• Want to see the real Ford GT40 Mark II from ‘Ford v. Ferrari’? It’s in a Utah movie theater lobby.

  14-11-2019 22:13
  
  When Utah auto magnate Larry H. Miller was a young man, he dreamed big, according to his widow, Gail Miller.Once, when they were walking in Salt Lake City, they saw a Shelby Cobra racing car for the first time. “Larry was saying, ‘Someday, I’m going to have one of those.’ And I’m thinking, ‘Yeah, right.’ That was way beyond our capacity,” Gail Miller said Thursday.Success in the car industry eventually allowed Larry Miller to buy a Cobra. “Th
  
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• Utes’ basketball team gets a major scheduling upgrade with Minnesota’s visit

  14-11-2019 22:00
  
  Friday's game at the Huntsman Center could be framed as the basketball version of a potential Rose Bowl matchup, a gauge of the growth of Utah's three sophomore starters or a measurement of the Pac-12 vs. the Big Ten.This much is certain: Minnesota won't resemble Mississippi Valley State.After frolicking against the Delta Devils in the biggest rout (143-49) in Division I basketball history last Friday, the Utes will return to reality in this intermittent visit by a school from another power conf
  
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• Behind the Headlines: Jon Huntsman announces his candidacy for Utah governor and Rep. Chris Stewart calls the impeachment inquiry a “coup”

  14-11-2019 21:47
  
  Jon Huntsman Jr. launches his bid to become Utah governor — again. With public impeachment hearings underway in the U.S. House, Rep. Chris Stewart says ‘the coup has started.’ And editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley marks 40 years of ruffling sea gull feathers in Utah.At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune government and politics editor Dan Harrie, Washington bureau chief Thomas Burr, editorial page editor George Pyle, and cartoonist Pat Bagley, join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to
  
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• 2 dead in California school attack; gunman shoots self

  14-11-2019 21:46
  
  Santa Clarita, Calif. • A student gunman opened fire Thursday at a Southern California high school, killing two students, wounding three others and shooting himself in the head, authorities said. He was in grave condition.The shooting occurred around 7:30 a.m. at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.Shauna Orandi, 16, said she was in her Spanish class doing homework when she heard four gunshots that she initially mistook as in
  
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• Gail Collins: The only show in Trump Town

  14-11-2019 21:20
  
  Here come the holidays, and all we’re going to hear about is Ukraine.I know, who’d have thought? There’s the impeachment drama, and it’s all about Ukraine. The Democratic primaries are coming up, and every one of the 92 candidates is worried about mispronouncing Kyiv.You’re going to be arguing about it at every office party. Did President Donald Trump really threaten to withhold military aid unless Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, helped him dig up so
  
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• [NBA] - 'He was a blessing for us': Mike Conley's community service left a lasting impact on Memphis

  14-11-2019 21:08 via sportspyder.com
  
  The little boy was fun-loving and sweet, “the most giving child you could ever meet”. And when the bus carrying football teams from the Memphis area crashed on Dec. 3, 2018, injuring 40 people and
  
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• Health dangers emerge at growing migrant camp on U.S. border

  14-11-2019 21:06
  
  Matamoros, Mexico • A smoke-filled stench fills a refugee camp just a short walk from the U.S.-Mexico border, rising from ever-burning fires and piles of human waste. Parents and children live in a sea of tents and tarps, some patched together with garbage bags. Others sleep outside in temperatures that recently dropped to freezing.Justina, an asylum seeker who fled political persecution in Nicaragua, is struggling to keep her 8-month-old daughter healthy inside the damaged tent they share.
  
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• BYU hopes to use nation’s largest home crowd to propel them in the soccer postseason

  14-11-2019 21:06
  
  Come Friday, BYU soccer coach Jennifer Rockwood is expecting a huge crowd to cheer on her team as they host Boise State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.And why shouldn't she?The No. 2-seed Cougars have led the nation in attendance this year, both in accumulative and average attendance.And the team loves playing at home, coach Jennifer Rockwood said. It gives them a huge advantage.“We play very well here in front of our home crowd and on South Field,” Rockwood said. “T
  
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• Utes are thrilled to have an NCAA tourney soccer game at Duke

  14-11-2019 21:00
  
  As his Utah women’s soccer players gathered for the NCAA Tournament announcement, coach Rich Manning told them they had a 50-50 chance of being selected.In his mind, though, he figured Utah’s hopes were more like 30%, with the Utes among five teams competing for one or two spots. So when the news came that Utah was in the field, Manning said, “It was raw emotion, for sure.”The Utes were rewarded for overcoming a tough nonconference schedule and persevering through the dem
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Jon Huntsman explains his decision to run for Utah governor, again

  14-11-2019 20:52
  
  Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is back in the state after serving for two years as U.S. ambassador to Russia. But not only is Huntsman back home, he’s also running for his old job, announcing his gubernatorial campaign Thursday.Earlier this week on the ‘Trib Talk’ podcast, Huntsman sat down with Tribune reporters Benjamin Wood and Bethany Rodgers to discuss his candidacy, and his position on a range of issues affecting Utah. The conversation was embargoed until he made his forma
  
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• Lynn Webster: Utah law increases rate of babies born with opioid withdrawal

  14-11-2019 20:34
  
  In 2012, the Utah Legislature passed a law that any pregnant woman with a substance abuse disorder was guilty of child abuse. The intent of the law, of course, was to deter pregnant women from abusing opioids. But recent research points out possible unintended consequences of this legislation and provides an opportunity for lawmakers in the upcoming session to create more effective policies.A study just conducted by the RAND Corporation (a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and deci
  
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• Ute receiver Derrick Vickers is having a good year and is eager to atone for his fumble at Washington

  14-11-2019 19:36
  
  Utah's football players usually just lift weights to start their weekly routine, but because the Utes had last weekend off, they took the field Monday afternoon. Coach Kyle Whittingham liked the players' response, saying they returned to practice eagerly.Senior receiver Derrick Vickers did so angrily.The flaw of Utah’s schedule, from his perspective, is having to live for two weeks with his lost fumble that delayed the Utes’ comeback in a 33-28 win at Washington. He enjoyed another v
  
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• 1 dead, several injured in California school shooting

  14-11-2019 19:28
  
  Santa Clarita, Calif. • One person was killed and several others were injured Thursday during a shooting at a Southern California high school and the student gunman was in custody, authorities said.The shooting occurred around 7:30 a.m. at Saugus High School in the city of Santa Clarita, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital tweeted that one female patient was dead, two males were in critical condition and one male was in good condition
  
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• Gordon Monson: Utah’s Utes — like other top teams — are cursed by a ridiculous college football playoff

  14-11-2019 19:20
  
  The malady that troubled college football for so many years troubles it, still.That plague has been reshaped from the antiquated BCS days, formed in an almost more damaging way, a kind of counterfeit, an imposter, meant to make things better, but … no, it does not make things what they should be. It remains too heavily based on the same fraudulent foundation — opinion — that has never been properly limited or eliminated, not to a satisfying degree.And there’s a solid cha
  
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• Eric Trump says Sen. Mitt Romney is ‘principled,’ and is no Nancy Pelosi

  14-11-2019 19:19
  
  Washington • Sen. Mitt Romney may be a more vocal critic of President Donald Trump than his GOP counterparts but the Trump campaign doesn’t see the Utah Republican as a worry heading into the 2020 election cycle.“Romney’s principled in many ways,” the president’s son Eric Trump said in response to a question from The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday. “You know, I think he sees what’s going on [with the impeachment inquiry] as, I think, a sham too. You
  
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• Eye on the Y: BYU soccer dominates West Coast Conference honors

  14-11-2019 19:15
  
  BYU soccer has added yet another accomplishment to their historic season.On Tuesday, coach Jennifer Rockwood and junior midfielder Mikayla Colohan were named West Coast Conference Coach and Player of the Year, respectively, while nine other players also received All-WCC honors.Rockwood led the team to a 18-0-1 record in her record-breaking 25th season. The Cougars went 8-0-1 in conference to win their second consecutive outright WCC championship and coach of the year accolade.Colohan has scored
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell is on his way to All-Star status

  14-11-2019 19:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  So far, so good for Donovan Mitchell’s third year jump
  
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• Several hurt in California school shooting, gunman caught

  14-11-2019 19:00
  
  Santa Clarita, Calif. • Several people were injured Thursday during a shooting at a Southern California high school and the gunman was in custody, authorities said.Reports on the number of people injured have fluctuated.Fire officials said at least three people were injured.However, a hospital in the city of Santa Clarita tweeted that it received two patients in critical condition and three more were on the way.The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said deputies responded to Sau
  
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• Michelle Quist: Dreamers, sex and the Supreme Court

  14-11-2019 18:59
  
  October marked the beginning of the 2019 term for the United States Supreme Court, and its new term is already in high gear. There are a few notable cases Utahns should keep an eye on.Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California; Trump v. NAACP; McAleenan v. VidalThe court heard arguments on Tuesday in these consolidated cases, which appealed the Trump administration’s decision to revoke the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. The program
  
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• Noah Bookbinder: The evidence of wrongdoing by Trump is overwhelming

  14-11-2019 18:51
  
  Impeachment is a constitutional procedure that should be reserved only for extraordinary times with the most extreme examples of abuse of power by a president. That is why, in our country’s history, only two presidents have been impeached.But this is one of those times.The evidence of wrongdoing by President Trump is overwhelming. The impeachment inquiry has been conducted so far in a sober, responsible way. As Wednesday’s hearing made clear, the witnesses are credible and clear, and
  
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• Red All Over: Why is Utah’s defense so good? Senior Bowl invites help tell the story.

  14-11-2019 18:50
  
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.Utah defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley is one of 41 nominees for the Broyles Award, presented to the top assistant coach in college football. Scalley should be a strong candidate, considering the Utes rank No. 3 nationally in total defense.He’s the beneficiary of some very good players. That point was driven home this week when four Ute defenders accepted invitations to the Senior Bowl: tackle Leki
  
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• AP source: 2nd U.S. official heard Trump call with Sondland

  14-11-2019 18:30
  
  Washington • A second U.S. embassy staffer in Kyiv overheard a key cellphone call between President Donald Trump and his ambassador to the European Union discussing the need for Ukrainian officials to pursue “investigations,” The Associated Press has learned.The July 26 call between Trump and Gordon Sondland was first described during testimony Wednesday by William B. Taylor Jr., the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Taylor said one of his staffers overhead the call while Sondl
  
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• At least 3 hurt in Southern California high school shooting

  14-11-2019 18:29
  
  Santa Clarita, Calif. • At least three people were injured Thursday during a shooting at a Southern California high school and a search was underway for the gunman, authorities said.The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said deputies responded to Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.The department said a male suspect in black clothing was seen at the location.“If you live in neighborhoods anywhere near Saugus
  
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• Pope Francis urges tech companies to prevent kids from viewing porn

  14-11-2019 18:16
  
  Vatican City • Pope Francis called Thursday for Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google and other tech companies to urgently take measures to remove child porn from the web and prevent children from accessing pornography online.Francis told a Vatican conference of religious leaders and high-tech representatives that it’s no longer acceptable to merely follow the law in monitoring online content, because technology is fast outpacing regulation.He said tech and computer software companies sh
  
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• Review: ‘Frozen II’ is an exciting, charming successor to Disney’s original

  14-11-2019 18:01
  
  Disney’s animated “Frozen II” is wetter and wilder than its predecessor, showing that sometimes the elements can come together to make magic twice.Co-directors Jennifer Lee (who again writes the screenplay) and Chris Buck gather most of the voice cast from the first “Frozen” — including Idina Menzel as the snow-powered Elsa and Kristen Bell as her non-magical sister Anna, along with Josh Gad as the snowman Olaf and Jonathan Groff as hunky reindeer herder Krist
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Even in NBA's 3-point heavy small-ball era, here's how some teams are still finding success by going big - CBSSports.com

  14-11-2019 17:55 via sportspyder.com
  
  A handful of teams are playing traditional two-big lineups this season, and so far it's working
  
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• Commentary: Abortion preeminent issue, global warming not urgent, say bishops

  14-11-2019 17:53
  
  Baltimore • Global warming is an important issue but not urgent, said the leader of the U.S. Catholic bishops. Abortion, on the other hand, is their preeminent priority.Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the outgoing president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops who was succeeded by Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez at the conclusion of the group’s three-day meeting in Baltimore, gave his comments on global warming in response to a question from Religion News Service at a
  
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• At least 6 hurt in Southern California high school shooting

  14-11-2019 17:41
  
  Santa Clarita, Calif. • At least six people were injured during a shooting at a Southern California high school Thursday morning, authorities said.The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said on Twitter that deputies responded to Saugus High School in the city of Santa Clarita, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.The department said a male suspect in black clothing was seen at the location.It was not immediately clear if the victims suffered gunshot wo
  
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• Pope Francis urges tech companies prevent kids from viewing porn

  14-11-2019 17:35
  
  Vatican City • Pope Francis called Thursday for Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google and other tech companies to urgently take measures to remove child porn from the web and prevent children from accessing pornography online.Francis told a Vatican conference of religious leaders and high-tech representatives that it’s no longer acceptable to merely follow the law in monitoring online content, because technology is fast outpacing regulation.He said tech and computer software companies sh
  
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• Prosecutor seeks death penalty for man accused of killing Baleigh Bagshaw

  14-11-2019 17:26
  
  Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill is seeking the death penalty for the man accused of killing 15-year-old Baleigh Bagshaw.The prosecutor this month filed a notice to seek the death penalty if Shaun Patrick French is found guilty in the May 2018 case.French, 24, is charged with aggravated murder and sex crimes against Bagshaw; French lived in Bagshaw’s Salt Lake City home for several months in 2017.In charging documents, police wrote that French admitted to a friend that he killed
  
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• Utah Jazz want to push the pace to get easier shots, both inside and out

  14-11-2019 17:04
  
  Pace isn’t a panacea.Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder wants to point that out first, before we get into discussing the topic further. Perhaps their biggest rivals, the Houston Rockets, were second in the league in offensive rating last year, but 26th in the league in pace. A James Harden-centric offense is slow and isn’t always fun to watch, but it’s pretty effective in the end.But Snyder does think that pace can help this Jazz squad get the easier shots it has been seeking. After g
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Rep. Chris Stewart showed up to Trump impeachment hearings, but he didn’t do himself or anyone else any favors

  14-11-2019 17:01
  
  Let’s give Rep. Chris Stewart a little credit: At least he bothered to show up Wednesday for the first public impeachment hearing.That’s better than he had done for half the depositions of senior officials who have laid out how President Donald Trump withheld aid to Ukraine unless the new president announced a corruption investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden’s son that would help Trump politically.So at least he gets participation points this time.And we’re l
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘Weekly Run’ podcast: The 4 Stars Index and the Jazz winning in multiple ways

  14-11-2019 16:54 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz are on a roll.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz want to push the pace to get easier shots, both inside and out

  14-11-2019 16:54 via sportspyder.com
  
  Pace isn’t a panacea.
  
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• Body of Utahn killed in WWII identified. He’ll be returned to be reburied in his hometown.

  14-11-2019 16:51
  
  More than 76 years after he died, the body of a Utahn killed in World War II has been identified and will be returned to his hometown for burial.U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Max W. Lower, 23, of Lewiston, was the radio operator on a B-24 Liberator bomber that was shot down over Romania on Aug. 1, 1943. He was part of Operation Tidal Wave, the war’s largest bombing mission on the Ploesti oil fields and refineries, which supplied the Nazi war effort.Lower's plane was one of 177 bombers ba
  
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• Jazz want to push the pace to get easier shots, both inside and out

  14-11-2019 16:50
  
  Pace isn’t a panacea.Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder wants to point that out first, before we get into discussing the topic further. Perhaps their biggest rivals, the Houston Rockets, were second in the league in offensive rating last year, but 26th in the league in pace. A James Harden-centric offense is slow and isn’t always fun to watch, but it’s pretty effective in the end.But Snyder does think that pace can help this Jazz squad get the easier shots it has been seeking. After g
  
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• ‘Weekly Run’ podcast: The 4 Stars Index and the Jazz winning in multiple ways

  14-11-2019 16:47
  
  The Jazz are on a roll.On this week’s edition of the “Weekly Run,” hosts Andy Larsen and Eric Walden talk about a 4-0 Jazz stretch. In fact, they’ve done so in multiple ways.We introduce the idea that you can tell how likely the Jazz are to win a game by counting how many of Mike Conley, Donovan Mitchell, Bojan Bogdanovic, and Rudy Gobert are having a good game.We also talk about Eric’s Kurtis Blow interview, the bench, and much more.Here’s the rundown:0:00: E
  
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• Prosecutor seeks death penalty for man accused of killing Utah teen

  14-11-2019 16:06
  
  Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill is seeking the death penalty for the man accused of killing 15-year-old Baleigh Bagshaw.The prosecutor this month filed a notice to seek the death penalty if Shaun Patrick French is found guilty in the May 2018 case.French, 24, is charged with aggravated murder and sex crimes against Bagshaw; French lived in Bagshaw’s Salt Lake City home for several months in 2017.In charging documents, police wrote that French admitted to a friend that he killed
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Jon Huntsman explains why he’s running for governor and talks about Utah’s most pressing issues

  14-11-2019 16:04
  
  Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is back in the state after serving for two years as U.S. ambassador to Russia. But not only is Huntsman back home, he’s also running for his old job, announcing his gubernatorial campaign Thursday.Earlier this week on the ‘Trib Talk’ podcast, Huntsman sat down with Tribune reporters Benjamin Wood and Bethany Rodgers to discuss his candidacy, and his position on a range of issues affecting Utah. The conversation was embargoed until he made his forma
  
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• Nicholas Kristof: If Trump were anyone else trying to get away with this

  14-11-2019 16:00
  
  As the impeachment process unfolds, President Donald Trump’s defenders will throw up dust clouds of complexity. But as the first day of open hearings suggested, it’s simple. Forget about Ukraine and diplomacy for a moment.Suppose that a low-ranking government official, the head of a branch Social Security office, intervened to halt a widow’s long-approved Social Security payments. The widow, alarmed that without that income she might lose her home, would call the branch directo
  
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• Lynn Webster: Utah law increases rate of babies born with opioid withdrawl

  14-11-2019 16:00
  
  In 2012, the Utah Legislature passed a law that any pregnant woman with a substance abuse disorder was guilty of child abuse. The intent of the law, of course, was to deter pregnant women from abusing opioids. But recent research points out possible unintended consequences of this legislation and provides an opportunity for lawmakers in the upcoming session to create more effective policies.A study just conducted by the RAND Corporation (a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and deci
  
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• Artist James Niehues works in colors — and mountains and ski lifts and runs

  14-11-2019 16:00
  
  As a kid, Courtney Harkins had an eye for art and a talent for skiing. It was only natural, then, that she decorated the walls of her family’s ski condo with trail maps from ski resorts near and far.“Every time we went somewhere, we’d get a ski map and mount it. And it was always there,” Harkins said, estimating 30 different illustrations lined the lodge’s walls. “And I never even thought about who drew it until this really came out.”In Harkins’ ha
  
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