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• Gordon Monson: The look on Kalani Sitake’s face said it all after he got his new deal. Now it might be time to look out.

  19-11-2019 23:46
  
  The expression on Kalani Sitake’s face was mixed, like a melon sliced in half and then plopped back together slightly off-center.He had the puffy, reset jaw of a man who had been repeatedly punched but now was ready, all-fired determined to counterattack. His eyes, though, signaled vulnerability and hurt, the kind of sad self-inflicted pain that emerges out of disappointment, out of an important task not well done.And it was his job to fix it.Now it is his job — all the way through 2
  
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• Rep. Chris Stewart says it’s ‘nonsense’ to say president’s request for ‘favor’ from Ukraine was a demand

  19-11-2019 23:35
  
  Washington • Rep. Chris Stewart told Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman on Tuesday that he was wrong to equate President Donald Trump’s request for “a favor” from a foreign power with an “order” or demand.“I think it's nonsense. Look, I was in the military,” said Stewart, who retired from the Air Force as a major. “I could distinguish between a favor and an order and a demand, and so could my subordinates.”Stewart, a Utah Republican who has
  
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• Justin F. Thulin: Let the facts speak for themselves on impeachment

  19-11-2019 23:30
  
  On September 25, Sen. Mitt Romney said, “If the President of the United States asks or presses the leader of a foreign country to carry out an investigation of a political nature that’s troubling…if there were a quid pro quo, that would take it to an entirely more extreme level.” When he was asked, “Could this rise to an impeachable offense?” Romney replied, let’s “leave it at what I said” and “let the process gather the facts that wil
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The numbers don’t lie. The Jazz bench isn’t very good right now.

  19-11-2019 23:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  Following Monday night’s loss to Minnesota — a second straight defeat to a supposedly inferior opponent — the now 8-5 Jazz very much find themselves caught up once again in the sky-is-falling criticisms of the impatient masses.
  
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• [Sports Keeda] - Utah Jazz vs Minnesota Timberwolves: Match Preview and Predictions - 20th November 2019

  19-11-2019 22:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  Consistency has been a major issue for the Minnesota Timberwolves this season.
  
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• Watch live: Former Ukraine envoy Volker says criticism of Biden is ‘not credible’ in impeachment hearing

  19-11-2019 22:55
  
  Washington • The Latest on the public impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine (all times Eastern):4:30 p.m.Former Ukraine envoy Kurt Volker is testifying in a House impeachment hearing that Republican criticism of former Vice President Joe Biden is “not credible.”Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have questioned the role of Biden and his son Hunter, who served on the board of a Ukrainian gas company.Trump asked Ukrainian Presid
  
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• Utah congressman’s fix for immigration problems? Let states create their own visa programs.

  19-11-2019 22:53
  
  Immigrant workers could receive state-sponsored visas under a federal pilot program proposed by Utah Republican Rep. John Curtis and supported by Gov. Gary Herbert.In a prepared statement, Curtis said Tuesday his proposal would take “another step towards fixing our broken immigration system” by allowing states to implement visa programs that meet local industry needs while allowing workers to move throughout or between states.“While every state is unique, neighboring states sha
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Dirty Bird

  19-11-2019 22:51
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/11/18/bagley-cartoon-statue/" target=_blank><u>Statue of White Supremacy</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/11/15/bagley-cartoon-shooting/"><u>Shooting Silencer</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/11/13
  
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• The numbers don’t lie. The Jazz bench isn’t very good right now.

  19-11-2019 22:46
  
  Following Monday night’s loss to Minnesota — a second straight defeat to a supposedly inferior opponent — the now 8-5 Jazz very much find themselves caught up once again in the sky-is-falling criticisms of the impatient masses.Every time the offense fails to match the proficiency and productivity set by the halcyon Golden State lineup of Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, and Klay Thompson, all of a sudden Mike Conley is washed up and Bojan Bogdanovic was an expensive waste. And whenev
  
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• Utah wildlife officials say bear encounters have increased

  19-11-2019 22:26
  
  Provo • Wildlife officials say the number of reported human encounters with black bears in Utah has almost doubled since last year.The Daily Herald reported Monday that the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has received 53 reports statewide of incidents involving black bears since Nov. 7, two involved physical contact with a person.Wildlife officials say there were 27 reports in 2018, and more in 2017.Officials say most of the reported incidents occurred between Salt Lake City and Santaqu
  
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• Jake Toolson’s second stint at BYU is going a whole lot better than the first

  19-11-2019 22:26
  
  Provo • It wasn’t easy leaving BYU in 2016. It also wasn’t easy coming back three years later.But BYU graduate transfer Jake Toolson says he had to go through both trials to make himself whole. And he’s happy he did.“I never wanted to be anywhere else — this is where I wanted to be,” Toolson said. “I think I needed to leave, though, so I could be everything that I wanted to be.”Toolson, in his return to BYU, is averaging a team-high 15.3, 4 re
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Utah Jazz are preaching patience, but even patience has a shelf life

  19-11-2019 22:05 via sportspyder.com
  
  At this point last season, Utah was only 10 days away from a roster shakeup due to a slow start.
  
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• Watch live: NSC aide Morrison, ex-Ukraine envoy Volker next up in impeachment hearing

  19-11-2019 22:01
  
  Washington • The Latest on the public impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine (all times Eastern):
  (Manuel Balce Ceneta | AP) Ambassador Kurt Volker, former special envoy to Ukraine, arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (Manuel Balce
  
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• Kyle Collinsworth In Familiar Territory

  19-11-2019 22:00 via basketballinsiders.com
  Kyle Collinsworth has been making his mark for the Salt Lake City Stars, which shouldn't feel too different to him since he's dominated in Utah basketball before. Matt John writes.
  
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• Zaccheo and Weston: Impeachment process shows public servants at their best

  19-11-2019 21:36
  
  The impeachment hearings in Washington have shown public servants at their best. Over the last several days, State Department witnesses acquitted themselves with both seriousness and thoughtfulness befitting the important constitutional process underway. In tone and testimony, they demonstrated themselves to be true professionals of diplomacy – U.S. officials charged with putting the national interest first. Over decades, these career ambassadors have conducted the crucial business of repr
  
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• Murder for hire charges: Utah inmate accused of trying to ’get rid of’ a 13-year-old he allegedly raped

  19-11-2019 21:26
  
  A Utah inmate being held on charges of allegedly raping a 13-year-old has been charged with trying to have the girl killed in a murder-for-hire plot.Kristoffer Jones, 29, an inmate at the Washington County jail, has been charged with three counts of criminal solicitation to commit murder, first-degree felonies. Those new charges carry a possible punishment of between five years and life in prison.Jones has been held in the jail since March, when he was charged with four counts of rape of a child
  
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• Bay Area city might ban coal handling, shutting down a key overseas export point for Utah mines

  19-11-2019 21:25
  
  Since its first year in business in 1982, the Levin-Richmond Terminal has been tied to Utah industries, first importing coke for use in the Geneva Steel plant, then exporting iron ore.After Utah’s iron mines shuttered, its coal mines kept the deep-water terminal on the San Francisco Bay’s east shore busy, transferring coal from rail cars onto ships bound for Japan.Now city officials in Richmond, Calif., are looking to sever that Utah connection with a proposed ordinance banning the h
  
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• Rep. Curtis introduces bill to allow states to create their own immigration programs

  19-11-2019 21:23
  
  Immigrant workers could receive state-sponsored visas under a federal pilot program proposed by Utah Republican Rep. John Curtis and supported by Gov. Gary Herbert.In a prepared statement, Curtis said Tuesday his proposal would take “another step towards fixing our broken immigration system” by allowing states to implement visa programs that meet local industry needs while allowing workers to move throughout or between states.“While every state is unique, neighboring states sha
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Mike Conley was ‘anxious’ to get out of Memphis after Friday’s game

  19-11-2019 20:51 via sportspyder.com
  
  After Friday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Mike Conley of the Utah Jazz admitted that he was ‘anxious’ to head out of the place he called home for more than a decade. Per Eric Walden of The Salt Lake Tribune, Conley seemingly didn’t want to...
  
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• Arizona hires lawyers to investigate official involved in child smuggling case

  19-11-2019 20:49
  
  Phoenix • Officials in Arizona have hired two law firms and a former attorney general to investigate an elected county assessor who is trying to keep his job as he defends himself against human smuggling charges.Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel said Tuesday that the lawyers will investigate Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen's conduct in office as he contests a 120-day suspension.It was imposed after he was accused of paying pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to give birth i
  
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• Watch live: White House slams ‘illegitimate’ hearing

  19-11-2019 20:39
  
  Washington • The Latest on the public impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine (all times Eastern):2:10 p.m.White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham is slamming the first round of interviews in Tuesday’s impeachment hearings.The public heard Tuesday from Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who serves on the National Security Council, and Jennifer Williams, a career foreign service officer detailed to Vice President Mike Pence's office.Grisham is insi
  
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• Students walk out of West High School after their principal is put on leave

  19-11-2019 19:31
  
  Just after 10 a.m. — when second period was underway — the girls sat outside West High School passing between them a bottle of rum and taking deep chugs.One, a senior, said, “It was just a dumb decision.” Her friend,also a senior, said she was drinking “because I’m going through a lot.”Whenthey’d had so much that they were starting to black out, the first girl said, she remembers seeing their principal walk around to the south side of the school wh
  
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• Watch live: Trump calls impeachment inquiry a kangaroo court

  19-11-2019 19:22
  
  Washington • The Latest on the public impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine (all times local):12:20 p.m.President Donald Trump slammed the ongoing impeachment hearings as a “disgrace” and “kangaroo court,” while acknowledging he watched part of the third day of public hearings.Trump made the comments at the start of a Cabinet meeting and as the House impeachment panel listened to testimony from National Security Council aide L
  
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• Utah, two other Mountain West states lack traditional insanity defense

  19-11-2019 19:00
  
  Last year, on a warm Saturday evening in Boise, Idaho, Timmy Earl Kinner Jr. walked into the birthday party of a family. In a random attack, he stabbed nine people, including the birthday girl Ruya Kadir. That little girl died at just three years old.There's a gag order on the trial so information is sparse, but the Mountain West News Bureau reports the judge found that Kinner was not mentally competent to stand trial – until recently."Because the court has determined that you are competen
  
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• GAO: 60% of Superfund sites at higher risk in climate change

  19-11-2019 18:56
  
  Washington • The worsening wildfires, floods and hurricanes of climate change threaten at least 60% of U.S. Superfund sites, and efforts to strengthen the hazardous waste sites are stalling in some vulnerable regions as the Trump administration plays down the threat, a congressional watchdog agency says.The Environmental Protection Agency responded to Monday's report of the Government Accountability Office by rejecting many of its findings. That includes dismissing GAO investigators' recomm
  
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• Rio Tinto Stadium’s pitch named the best soccer field in the nation

  19-11-2019 18:49
  
  Rio Tinto Stadium on Tuesday was named the top professional soccer field in the country by the Sports Turf Managers Association. Rio Tinto, home to Real Salt Lake and Utah Royals FC, was chosen for the accolade by a panel of 12 independent judges who scored entries based on “playability, appearance of surfaces, utilization of innovative solutions, effective use of budget and implementation of a comprehensive agronomic program,” per a news release. “Each of these natural grass f
  
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• How talented is this Utah football team? Six Senior Bowl invitations make it historic nationally.

  19-11-2019 18:49
  
  The biggest one-school takeover of the Senior Bowl all-star football game in recent history began in January, when four outstanding juniors announced they would keep playing for Utah in 2019.So it was not surprising last week when the express-mail deliveries of invitations arrived in Salt Lake City, addressed to defensive linemen Bradlee Anae and Leki Fotu, running back Zack Moss and safety Julian Blackmon. The packages kept coming. The additions of linebacker Francis Bernard and safety Terrell
  
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• Two jail workers are expected to be charged in Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide

  19-11-2019 18:37
  
  New York • Two federal workers who were on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail are expected to be charged Tuesday in connection with their alleged failure to check on him every half-hour, according to people with knowledge of the matter.The two Federal Bureau of Prisons employees were expected to appear in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.The charges would be the first to arise from a criminal investigation into the death of Epstein, the disgraced financier who
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - One Final Season

  19-11-2019 18:24 via sportspyder.com
  
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• Watch live: Lt. Col. Vindman says Trump call with Ukraine President Zelenskiy was clear

  19-11-2019 18:22
  
  Washington • The Latest on the public impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine (all times Eastern):12 p.m.Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman says there is no ambiguity that President Donald Trump wanted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to commit to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden on a July phone call.Vindman testified in a House impeachment hearing that there was no ambiguity about Trump's use of the word "Biden" in the phone call, which is at the
  
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• Plane that crashed on I-15 had done the same last year

  19-11-2019 17:31
  
  Utah authorities say a plane that crashed on Interstate 15 injuring a pilot instructor, his student and a bystander, made an emergency landing on the same highway last year.A Federal Aviation Administration official says the single-engine aircraft struck a billboard Sunday before crashing south of Ogden-Hinckley Airport under unknown circumstances. Authorities say the same plane landed on I-15 May 2018 clipping a car but avoiding injury.Authorities say the administration and Roy Police Departmen
  
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• Long-running coal plant on Navajo Nation stops production

  19-11-2019 17:26
  
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • A massive coal-fired power plant that served customers in the West for nearly 50 years shut down Monday, the latest closure in a shift away from coal and toward renewable energy and cheaper power.The Navajo Generating Station near the Arizona-Utah line was expected to shutter by the end of the year, but the exact day hadn't been certain as the plant worked to deplete a stockpile of coal.It stopped producing electricity shortly after noon Monday when shift supervisor Fred
  
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• BYU researchers study how much assistance electric mountain bikes really give riders

  19-11-2019 17:19
  
  Pedaling an electric mountain bike is a workout, not an effortless romp, requiring almost as much physical exertion as riding a standard mountain bike. But the effort feels easier on the e-bike, according to the first study out of Brigham Young University of motor-assisted mountain bikes and how they affect the physiology and attitudes of experienced cyclists.The study suggests that e-mountain bikes might enable many riders, including newcomers, to maintain or gain fitness while transiting other
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz don’t like rest, according to stats

  19-11-2019 17:08 via sportspyder.com
  
  History has shown that the Utah Jazz play their best after one day of rest. Back-to-backs aren’t good, but more than one day of rest is much worse. The U...
  
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• Utah teacher charged with kidnapping an autistic student

  19-11-2019 16:52
  
  A Utah teacher has been charged with kidnapping after she allegedly took a 6-year-old autistic girl on a walk without the permission of the school or the child's mother.The 49-year-old suspect, a teacher at Fox Hollow Elementary School in West Jordan, was charged Monday in Third District Court with child kidnapping, a first-degree felony.According to a probable cause statement, the mother reported to police Sept. 4 that the child — who is “autistic and mostly non-verbal” &mdash
  
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• Utah Jazz don’t like rest, according to stats

  19-11-2019 16:50
  
  History has shown that the Utah Jazz play their best after one day of rest. Back-to-backs aren’t good, but more than one day of rest is much worse. The Utah Jazz are currently on a two-game slide in games where they were supposed to be favored, and (modest brag) I had a strong inclination it […]
  Utah Jazz don’t like rest, according to stats - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [The Runner Sports] - Ben Simmons vs Donovan Mitchell – The Unlikely Rivalry

  19-11-2019 16:49 via sportspyder.com
  
  In the unlikeliest of rivalries, Philadelphia 76ers' Ben Simmons and Utah Jazz' Donovan Mitchell will forever be linked by their "rookie" seasons.
  
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• Watch live: Top White House aides call Trump call ‘improper,’ ‘unusual’

  19-11-2019 16:48
  
  Washington • One top national security aide who listened to President Donald Trump’s July call with Ukraine’s president called it “improper.” Another said it was “unusual.” The two testified Tuesday at House impeachment hearings as the inquiry reached deeper into the White House.Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an Army officer at the National Security Council, and Jennifer Williams, his counterpart at Vice President Mike Pence's office, said they had concerns
  
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• Home prices in Salt Lake County reach an all-time high

  19-11-2019 16:37
  
  Single-family homes in Salt Lake County reached an all-time record median price, above $381,500 during the three months ending in September, new data indicates.As housing markets along the Wasatch Front continue a multiyear upward climb, the median sales price in Utah’s most populous county stood fully $26,500 above where it was a year before, for a 7.5% gain over the same quarter in 2018, according to data from the Salt Lake Board of Realtors.More dramatically, that price tag is now at le
  
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• Pedestrian killed in American Fork hit-and-run; police seek information

  19-11-2019 15:54
  
  A pedestrian died Monday night after being struck by a car that then left the scene in American Fork — but police say the driver may not have known a person was hit.“This street is dark so it is possible the driver did not realize they hit a pedestrian,” American Fork police wrote in a news statement.The pedestrian was struck about 8 p.m. Monday near 280 E. Main Street in American Fork, police wrote.Investigators believe that the vehicle is a 2006-2009 white Dodge Ram with a ca
  
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• Watch live: White House officials kick off new Trump impeachment hearing

  19-11-2019 15:40
  
  Washington • Two top national security aides who listened to President Donald Trump’s July call with Ukraine’s president are testifying Tuesday at House impeachment hearings as the inquiry reaches deeper into the White House.Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an Army officer at the National Security Council, and Jennifer Williams, his counterpart at Vice President Mike Pence's office, say they had concerns as Trump spoke on July 25 with the newly elected Ukraine president about politic
  
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• Salt Lake City’s Foodie and Sweetie Market is a 'real’ Chinese restaurant — mostly

  19-11-2019 15:21
  
  Despite its name, Foodie and Sweetie D Market doesn’t look like a grocery store where neighbors could run in and buy a gallon of milk, a loaf of bread or some dish soap.But the Salt Lake City business — on the northwest corner of D street and 2nd Avenue — doesn’t have a sign that says restaurant, bistro or cafe, either.So, most people can’t help but wonder, “What is it?”The answer is a minimalist Chinese restaurant, with a few shelves of Asian sundries,
  
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• Vehicle idling bans aren’t being enforced in the Salt Lake Valley

  19-11-2019 15:20
  
  As the days grow colder, residents across the Salt Lake Valley are more likely to run their engines as they warm up their cars in the morning or wait for their kids at school pickup in the afternoon.In a number of Salt Lake County municipalities, idling is technically illegal. But it’s also unlikely a driver will actually be cited or even get a warning for doing it, according to data obtained from a series of records requests filed by The Salt Lake Tribune. The newspaper could could confir
  
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• Review: Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ is a moving mob epic

  19-11-2019 15:13
  
  Martin Scorsese’s 3-1/2 hour mobster drama “The Irishman” stands at a crossroads in American movies, when we are reconsidering how we watch movies and arguing about what is cinema instead of mere entertainment.“The Irishman,” which in many ways is a culmination of the 77-year-old director’s astonishing career, provides plenty of ammunition in both of those discussions.In the run-up to “The Irishman’’s” release, Scorsese ignited a debate
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Trump’s doctor says the president’s weekend hospital visit was for a routine check up

  19-11-2019 15:13
  
  Happy Tuesday! Rumors about President Donald Trump’s health were rampant this weekend after he made an unscheduled visit to Walter Reed. But the president’s doctor said last night it was simply a routine check up. Dr. Sean P. Conley, physician to the president, used a memo released by the White House late Monday night to refute speculation that Trump had suffered from chest pain or another serious issue that led him to suddenly depart the White House by motorcade on Saturday afternoo
  
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• Home prices in Salt Lake County hit an all-time high, with no signs of slowing

  19-11-2019 15:08
  
  Single-family homes in Salt Lake County reached an all-time record median price, above $381,500 during the three months ending in September, new data indicates.As housing markets along the Wasatch Front continue a multiyear upward climb, the median sales price in Utah’s most populous county stood fully $26,500 above where it was a year before, for a 7.5% gain over the same quarter in 2018, according to data from the Salt Lake Board of Realtors.More dramatically, that price tag is now at le
  
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• Maeve Wall: Beneath the surface of child sex trafficking in Utah

  19-11-2019 15:00
  
  Jeffrey Epstein was arrested this summer after allegedly sexually abusing and exploiting minor girls for years in his homes across the country. Recently, a commentary by Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times, published in The Salt Lake Tribune, cited Epstein’s crimes as “just the tip of a very large iceberg,” referring to “a much larger narrative out there about girls, often girls of color, who are commercially sexually exploited, often with impunity.”Last year, Ut
  
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• Jana Riess: Why do Latter-day Saints ignore the Pearl of Great Price?

  19-11-2019 15:00
  
  A few weeks ago, I was in a Deseret Book store in Utah and found the Scripture section predictably divided into four subsections: one bookshelf each for the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants.Within the D&C area’s dozens of offerings were two books — just two books! — devoted to the Pearl of Great Price, the other “standard work” of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A brief hodgepodge of several gen
  
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• Letter: What if it were Obama?

  19-11-2019 14:00
  
  As I watch the unfolding of the impeachment inquiry concerning President Donald Trump and surrounding events, it is clear that two of Utah’s congressional delegation, Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Chris Stewart, are among the president’s most ardent defenders and critics of the process.I can’t help but wonder how different their behavior would be if absolutely every detail were exactly the same except that the president in question was a Democrat, perhaps Barack Obama.I believe that L
  
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• Letter: Watkins must step down

  19-11-2019 14:00
  
  The headline of columnist Robert Gehrke’s Oct. 13 column was “For the U. to clear the air, Watkins must step up.” Considering her ineptitude in the Lauren McCluskey incident and other such situations, I would suggest, “For the U. to correct their mistakes, Watkins must step down.”Two campus police officers, all part of the totally incompetent handling of the tragic McCluskey case and other serious infractions against students, eventually left the university. Both we
  
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