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• Utah man pleads guilty to sexually abusing children. He’ll spend at least 39 years in prison.

  12-12-2019 23:58
  
  A Grantsville man has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing several children and could spend the rest of his life in prison.Mark Swan, 48, was charged in connection with six child sexual abuse cases; he pleaded guilty to charges related to three — eight counts of aggravated sex abuse of a child, first-degree felonies; one count of sex abuse of a child, a second-degree felony; and two counts of attempted sex abuse of a child, third-degree felonies.He was sentenced in Third District Court in To
  
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• Former Utah Jazz big Derrick Favors could be on the trade block

  12-12-2019 23:58
  
  According to a report, several NBA teams are monitoring former Utah Jazz big Derrick Favors, which means he could very well be back on the trade block. Although the Utah Jazz were celebrated for having a tremendous offseason, there’s no denying that a few players that left town were difficult to part ways with. Guys […]
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Game thread: Utah Jazz look to continue bounce-back with Warriors in town

  12-12-2019 23:40 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz will look to win a second consecutive game for the first time since November when they host Golden State on Friday. Although it was good to s...
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Dunks of the Week 12 12 19

  12-12-2019 23:39 via sportspyder.com
  
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• Jana Riess: The stubborn faithfulness of liberal Latter-day Saints

  12-12-2019 23:36
  
  Dear leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,Liberal Mormons are liberal because you taught us well, and we listened. We don’t always live up to the best of our religion’s teachings, but we have internalized some beautiful values for which we are grateful and which have guided our decisions in life.We believed you when you told us that all human beings are God’s children and we are all brothers and sisters in Christ. That core teaching lies at the heart of so
  
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• U.K. election exit poll suggests Conservative majority

  12-12-2019 23:28
  
  London • An exit poll in Britain’s election projected Thursday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party likely will win a majority of seats in Parliament, an outcome that would allow Johnson to fulfill his plan to take the U.K. out of the European Union next month.The survey predicts the Conservatives will get 368 of the 650 House of Commons seats and the Labour Party 191. It projects 55 for the Scottish National Party and 13 for the Liberal Democrats. Based on int
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Make America Greta Gain

  12-12-2019 23:23
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/12/11/bagley-cartoon-hearing/" target=_blank><u>Hearing Test</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/12/10/bagley-cartoon-tax-reform/"><u>Tax Reform</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/12/06/bagley-cartoon-trum
  
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• Game thread: Utah Jazz look to continue bounce-back with Warriors in town

  12-12-2019 23:19
  
  The Utah Jazz will look to win a second consecutive game for the first time since November when they host Golden State on Friday. Although it was good to see the Utah Jazz earn a win on Wednesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves, I still come bearing some bad news. The Jazz haven’t won consecutive […]
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• Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott says missing playoff ‘harmful’ to league

  12-12-2019 23:14
  
  New York • A Pac-12 team has made the College Football Playoff just twice in six seasons and none of the last three.If anyone should be leading the charge toward expanding the current four-team model, you would think it would be Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott."I completely get that it would really release the pressure of being the one that's been on the outside looking the most in the first six years to say that automatically we've got our champion (in),'' Scott said Thursday. ''But we als
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Should Utah Jazz fans be missing Ricky Rubio?

  12-12-2019 23:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  The uninspiring play of the Utah Jazz and newcomer Mike Conley have left some wishing that former point guard Ricky Rubio was still in their ranks. Let's b...
  
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• Utah man dies almost two weeks after ‘Friendsgiving’ shooting

  12-12-2019 22:54
  
  One of three men shot at a “Friendsgiving” dinner in South Jordan has died, according to police.Efrain Castro, 23, was shot approximately eight or nine times early Thanksgiving morning, according to South Jordan Police. He had been hospitalized since the shooting, and died Wednesday at Intermountain Medical Center. The other two victims — who were each shot once — are recovering from their wounds and have been released from the hospital.The body of the suspect in the shoo
  
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• Should Utah Jazz fans be missing Ricky Rubio?

  12-12-2019 22:43
  
  The uninspiring play of the Utah Jazz and newcomer Mike Conley have left some wishing that former point guard Ricky Rubio was still in their ranks. Let’s be real, the start of the 2019-20 NBA season hasn’t exactly inspired confidence in the Utah Jazz being the dark horse title contenders they were once thought as. […]
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• Watch live: House panel presses toward historic Trump impeachment vote

  12-12-2019 22:40
  
  Washington • The House Judiciary Committee pressed toward a historic vote Thursday to approve articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Split sharply along party lines, the panel was expected to send the charges to the full House for pre-Christmas action next week.The committee, made up of some of the most partisan Democrats and Republicans in Congress, clashed for hours in pointed and at times emotional debate, drawing on history and the Constitution to argue over the two cha
  
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• Utah lawmakers will vote tonight on tax reform

  12-12-2019 22:37
  
  The Utah Legislature will convene at 5 p.m. Thursday to consider and vote on a package of tax reforms that will see residents holding on to more of their paychecks while paying more for groceries and other purchases.Thursday’s special legislative session culminates a yearlong discussion on the state’s tax structure, which included an initial reform effort that stalled during the regularly-scheduled general session and led to the creation of a task force to deliberate during the summe
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - In times of turbulence for the Utah Jazz, Joe Ingles and Georges Niang deliver some much-needed levity

  12-12-2019 22:25 via sportspyder.com
  
  Quin Snyder was clearly dubious of the premise when asked if having some high-spirited guys on the roster — like, say, Joe Ingles and Georges Niang — could be particularly helpful during a time when the team is struggling.
  
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• In times of turbulence for the Utah Jazz, Joe Ingles and Georges Niang deliver some much-needed levity

  12-12-2019 22:18
  
  Quin Snyder was clearly dubious of the premise when asked if having some high-spirited guys on the roster — like, say, Joe Ingles and Georges Niang — could be particularly helpful during a time when the team is struggling.“So, the locker room is depressed, and Joe and Georges are funny?” he asked in sarcastic reply.Maybe?OK, no — the Jazz locker room isn’t depressed. And Wednesday night’s offensive outburst in Minneapolis surely went a long way toward ca
  
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• Sundance’s New Frontier announces works from ‘always changing’ technology

  12-12-2019 22:12
  
  The worlds of virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and artificial intelligence are moving so fast, it can be hard to keep up.“The field is always changing,” said Shari Frilot, senior programmer at the Sundance Film Festival and chief curator of its New Frontier program. “Anything you thought you knew last year has been surpassed.”In fact, she said, in three months what looked like the new thing can already be old hat — which is a challenge for New Front
  
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• Colorado River deal praised by U.S. water chief, though challenges remain

  12-12-2019 21:43
  
  Las Vegas • States in the U.S. West that have agreed to begin taking less water next month from the drought-stricken Colorado River got praise and a push for more action Thursday from the nation’s top water official.U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman told federal, state and local water managers that abiding by the promises they made will be crucial to ensuring that more painful cuts aren't required.The river supplies 40 million people in Arizona, California, Colorad
  
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• Utah man pleads guilt to sexually abusing children. He’ll spend at least 39 years in prison.

  12-12-2019 21:41
  
  A Grantsville man has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing several children and could spend the rest of his life in prison.Mark Swan, 48, was charged in connection with six child sexual abuse cases; he pleaded guilty to charges related to three — eight counts of aggravated sex abuse of a child, first-degree felonies; one count of sex abuse of a child, a second-degree felony; and two counts of attempted sex abuse of a child, third-degree felonies.He was sentenced in Third District Court in To
  
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• Utah’s poverty rate is nation’s 3rd lowest — but prosperity is spread unevenly

  12-12-2019 21:25
  
  Utah ranks third among states with the least amount of poverty. But disparity among its counties and its school districts is vast, new U.S. Census Bureau data show.For example, more than one of every five people in San Juan County — home of the Navajo reservation — lives in poverty. That is five times the rate of high-income Morgan County.Even within the same county, differences are sometimes great.For example, Jordan School District in the fast-growing and increasingly wealthy south
  
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• Performing with the Tabernacle Choir is an early Christmas present for Kelli O’Hara and Richard Thomas

  12-12-2019 21:20
  
  Christmas came early for Broadway star Kelli O’Hara and actor Richard Thomas — they were asked to perform with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.“Well, this is the ultimate Christmas invitation, isn't it?” said O'Hara, a Tony winner for the 2015 revival of “The King and I.” “I think anyone would jump at the chance. I just happen to be the lucky one this year.”Thomas — still best known for his Emmy-winning role as John-boy Walton in the 19
  
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• Utah’s Mitt Romney introduces bill to sanction drug cartels, require report on killings of U.S. citizens in Mexico

  12-12-2019 21:17
  
  In response to the killings in Mexico of three mothers and six children with Utah ties, Sen. Mitt Romney and some of his Republican colleagues unveiled a bill Thursday that would impose sanctions on foreign crime organizations, including drug cartels.The measure also would require the Trump administration to issue a report to Congress about last month’s killings near La Mora in northern Mexico. The report would include a conclusion as to whether the organization responsible should be desig
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: When top LDS leaders backed the ERA; scholar who avoided excommunication joins splinter sect

  12-12-2019 21:07
  
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this free newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.The ERA then and now
  (Francisco Kjolseth|The Salt Lake Tribune) Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment rally at the Utah Capitol on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, to encourage Utah to ratify the ERA. (Francisco Kjolseth/)It t
  
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• Tooele man found in freezer had been on ice for a decade, police say

  12-12-2019 21:06
  
  A Tooele man had been dead in his wife’s freezer for more than 10 years, police have found.Investigators sorting through information about Paul Edward Mathers have determined that no one had seen him since early 2009, Sgt. Jeremy Hansen of the Tooele City Police Department said Thursday.A medical examiner previously determined that Mathers could have been in the freezer of a Tooele apartment anywhere between 18 months and 11 years.Mathers’ body was found in the freezer at the Remingt
  
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• Utah Jazz heat up in Minnesota, knock off Timberwolves 127-116

  12-12-2019 21:00
  
  Minneapolis • The Jazz were cold. Minnesota is colder.On a night when wind chills hit minus-4 degrees in Minneapolis, the Jazz found some heat in the Target Center, giving the Timberwolves their sixth straight loss, 127-116.And the warmth came from some unlikely sources, too.In the opening minutes, the Jazz went to Joe Ingles time and time again. Ingles, playing point guard in Mike Conley’s fourth consecutive absence due to hamstring tightness, ran pick and roll and found the Wolves d
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Nikola Jokic, Mike Conley headline list of NBA players who have underwhelmed so far this season - CBSSports.com

  12-12-2019 20:53 via sportspyder.com
  
  These five players haven't lived up to preseason expectations
  
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• Montana routed Weber State football in Missoula earlier this season. Now, the Wildcats get the Grizzlies at home.

  12-12-2019 20:51
  
  Weber State's football program gets a two-for-one opportunity for redemption Friday night, hosting Montana in a quarterfinal game at Stewart Stadium in Ogden.The Wildcats spent last winner lamenting an upset loss to Maine (23-18) in the quarterfinals in Ogden. Their only defeat in Big Sky Conference play this season came three weeks ago at Montana (35-16).Weber State and powerful North Dakota State are the only teams to have made the FCS quarterfinals each of the past three seasons, the differen
  
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• The Utah volleyball team’s road to the Sweet 16 went through BYU. Now comes No. 3 Stanford.

  12-12-2019 20:45
  
  One of the Utah women’s volleyball team’s major goals this season was earning a top-16 seed and a host’s role in the NCAA Tournament. The Utes barely missed that opportunity, but that just made reaching the Sweet 16 more rewarding to them.Utah got there by sweeping No. 14 seed BYU on the Cougars’ home court last weekend, preparing them to challenge No. 3 Stanford on Friday night in the Cardinal’s gym, Maples Pavilion.“All year, people have been shocked by the
  
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• Behind the Headlines: Homeless shelter vacancies and a recap of the special session

  12-12-2019 20:34
  
  Lawmakers tackle tax reform in a special legislative session, and the show recaps the legislature from Thursday night. Also in the news: despite bed availability, some homeless men in Salt Lake City say the new Men’s Resource Center is too far away. And Sen. Mitt Romney objects to a big jump in fees for obtaining genealogical records from the federal government.At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Taylor Stevens and Benjamin Wood, and news columnist Robert Gehrke join KCPW&rsqu
  
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• Montana routed Weber State in Missoula earlier this season. Now, the Wildcats get the Grizzlies at home.

  12-12-2019 20:15
  
  Weber State's football program gets a two-for-one opportunity for redemption Friday night, hosting Montana in a quarterfinal game at Stewart Stadium in Ogden.The Wildcats spent last winner lamenting an upset loss to Maine (23-18) in the quarterfinals in Ogden. Their only defeat in Big Sky Conference play this season came three weeks ago at Montana (35-16).Weber State and powerful North Dakota State are the only teams to have made the FCS quarterfinals each of the past three seasons, the differen
  
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• Utah football safeties Julian Blackmon and R.J. Hubert will miss the Alamo Bowl vs. Texas, due to injuries

  12-12-2019 20:08
  
  Pro Football Focus’ evaluators named Utah safety Julian Blackmon one of the country’s most underrated players and one of the Utes’ five most valuable players this season. Those grades are evidence of how much Utah will miss Blackmon in the Alamo Bowl.Blackmon and his primary backup, R.J. Hubert, will miss the Dec. 31 game vs. Texas, due to injuries they sustained in last week’s Pac-12 championship game, Ute coach Kyle Whittingham confirmed Thursday during an Alamo Bowl ne
  
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• Utah’s new-look gymnastics team will be unveiled at Friday’s Red Rocks preview

  12-12-2019 19:45
  
  Fans attending Friday night’s Red Rocks Preview for Utah’s Gymnastics team should make sure they pick up rosters, because even the most veteran fans might have a hard time telling who is who this year.The Utes, who will hold their free preview at the Huntsman Center on Friday at 7 p.m., have undergone a tremendous amount of change since they finished a disappointing seventh at the NCAA Championships.Since then, associate head coach Megan Marsden joined her husband Greg in retirement
  
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• Gordon Monson: Utah State QB Jordan Love made the right decision to leave for the NFL — for him and the Aggies

  12-12-2019 19:34
  
  The Love is gone from Utah State.All but gone.And it’s a good thing. It’s the right thing.Jordan Love announced this week he’s making himself available for the NFL Draft — and he’s making the proper call. It’s time for the junior quarterback to chase his dream in the pros. And nobody among the Aggies should have any problem with that decision.Some in Logan might have chafed at the prospect of Love leaving Utah State as a grad transfer, going to someplace such
  
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• Charles M. Blow: Impeachment in the House is the victory

  12-12-2019 19:23
  
  It is hard for me to be out in public or on social media without being peppered with questions by people with strained faces about whether there is any chance that the Senate will vote to convict Donald Trump if the House of Representatives impeaches him.I have to constantly remind people that impeachment in the House is the victory. The Senate is a lost cause and has been on this issue since Trump rose to office.The Senate has considered articles of impeachment against two other presidents and
  
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• Ute safeties Julian Blackmon and R.J. Hubert will miss the Alamo Bowl vs. Texas, due to injuries

  12-12-2019 19:10
  
  Pro Football Focus’ evaluators named Utah safety Julian Blackmon one of the country’s most underrated players and one of the Utes’ five most valuable players this season. Those grades are evidence of how much Utah will miss Blackmon in the Alamo Bowl.Blackmon and his primary backup, R.J. Hubert, will miss the Dec. 31 game vs. Texas, due to injuries they sustained in last week’s Pac-12 championship game, Ute coach Kyle Whittingham confirmed Thursday during an Alamo Bowl ne
  
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• Gordon Monson: Utah State QB Jordan Love made the right decision to leave for the NFL — for both he and the Aggies

  12-12-2019 18:57
  
  The Love is gone from Utah State.All but gone.And it’s a good thing. It’s the right thing.Jordan Love announced this week he’s making himself available for the NFL Draft — and he’s making the proper call. It’s time for the junior quarterback to chase his dream in the pros. And nobody among the Aggies should have any problem with that decision.Some in Logan might have chafed at the prospect of Love leaving Utah State as a grad transfer, going to someplace such
  
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• Watch live: Judiciary panel moves steadily toward Trump impeachment vote

  12-12-2019 18:32
  
  Washington • The House Judiciary Committee argued through a marathon session Thursday ahead of voting to send impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the full House, the latest big step as the politically split Congress debates whether to remove Trump from office.Speaker Nancy Pelosi sounded confident Democrats will have the votes to impeach the president next week but said it is up to individual lawmakers to weigh the evidence and decide for themselves. Republicans seem unwav
  
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• Beehive Classic will give dormant Utah-Weber State hoops series a boost

  12-12-2019 18:26
  
  Utah and Weber State have played each other in men’s basketball 40 times, including every year from 1975-2011.On Dec. 22, 2011, Larry Krystkowiak’s first Utes team, which went on to finish 6-25, lost to the Wildcats in Ogden, 80-51. Damian Lillard, then a junior at Weber State, had 22 points and helped deliver a signature non-conference win over a Pac-12 program. That Weber State team won 25 games and advanced to the second round of the CIT.Krystkowiak has not scheduled the Wildcats
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - As Donovan Mitchell goes, the Utah Jazz go

  12-12-2019 18:11 via sportspyder.com
  
  The franchise rides on the shoulders of 45
  
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• Watch live: Judiciary panel debates Trump impeachment, moves toward vote

  12-12-2019 17:26
  
  Washington • The House Judiciary Committee launched a lively, marathon session Thursday ahead of voting on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. a historic step as the deeply partisan panel prepares to send the charges to the full House.Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., immediately asked for a full reading of the nine-page resolution, airing the two articles against the president introduced by Democrats for the live TV cameras. They charge Trump with abuse of power for aski
  
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• Push to accelerate mustang captures draws fire in Congress

  12-12-2019 17:24
  
  Reno, Nev. • Two House committee chairmen are trying to put the brakes on money for a new Trump administration proposal to accelerate the capture of 130,000 wild horses across the West over the next 10 years.Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, whose high-desert state is home to about half the mustangs, also is among the bipartisan group of lawmakers sounding alarms about the provision in an Interior Department spending bill being readied for final congressional action.They say it could result in the
  
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• LDS temples sites chosen in Orem and Taylorsville

  12-12-2019 17:17
  
  New temples for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Orem and Taylorsville will have some things in common: They both will be three stories tall, 70,000 square feet and close to freeways.Church officials unveiled locations Wednesday for temples in those Utah cities, the planning for which was announced in October by church President Russell M. Nelson.The single-spire Orem Temple will be built on a 16-acre site near 1471 S. Geneva Road, just west of Interstate 15 from Utah Valley Un
  
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• [Fansided: Sir Charles In Charge] - Utah Jazz: Was the Mike Conley trade worth it?

  12-12-2019 17:16 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz traded for Mike Conley last June in hopes that he would make them a top contender in the Western Conference. Two months into the season and with C...
  
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• Why Utah Rep. John Curtis says he won’t vote to impeach Trump

  12-12-2019 17:06
  
  Washington • Rep. John Curtis said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s actions with Ukraine — withholding military aid, leveraging a White House meeting and running foreign policy operation through his personal attorney aimed at digging up dirt on an opponent — were “very troubling and problematic” but it’s up to voters, not Congress, to take action.“I think my time as mayor of Provo taught me that elected officials, in my opinion, have a respon
  
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• Why Utah Rep. John Curtis says he won’t vote to impeach

  12-12-2019 16:31
  
  Washington • Rep. John Curtis said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s actions with Ukraine — withholding military aid, leveraging a White House meeting and running foreign policy operation through his personal attorney aimed at digging up dirt on an opponent — were “very troubling and problematic” but it’s up to voters, not Congress, to take action.“I think my time as mayor of Provo taught me that elected officials, in my opinion, have a respon
  
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• Facebook will increase its massive Utah data center by 50%

  12-12-2019 16:13
  
  Facebook’s massive Eagle Mountain Data Center hasn’t opened, but the company has already announced plans to expand it by 50%. On Wednesday, the social media giant said it’s adding more than 500,000 square feet to the project.The original plan called for an H-shaped, 970,000-square-foot building. With the addition of a second building, the project will now encompass almost 1.5 million square feet.“We anticipate with this expansion, this data center will represent an invest
  
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• Winter storm heads toward northern Utah, should clear out inversion

  12-12-2019 16:10
  
  A major winter storm will arrive in northern Utah on Thursday and continue into Saturday, but the good news is that it’s expected to improve air quality.According to the National Weather Service, a “weakening weather disturbance” will reach the area on Wednesday, with light precipitation in far northern Utah. The storm is not expected to “entirely clear out the urban haze as it passes through.”PM 2.5 pollution — fine particulates — rose to yellow (or mod
  
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• Utah woman had drugs, cash and her young child in a car when she crashed, police say

  12-12-2019 16:06
  
  A Utah woman is facing almost a dozen charges after she was involved in a traffic accident and police discovered she didn’t have a driver license — but she did have a variety of drugs and almost $3,000 in cash in the car with her 16-month-old child.According to a probable cause statement, Salt Lake City police were called to a traffic accident at 800 East 2100 South on Sept. 17 and discovered the 21-year-old woman had “swerved around a bus” and “rear ended” an
  
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• Nebraska man arrested for killing Utah woman in 1982

  12-12-2019 16:02
  
  A Nebraska man has been arrested in connection with a homicide 37 years ago in Salt Lake City.Bryan Harry Reed, now 55, confessed that he killed 72-year-old Wilhelmina Reid, whose body was found Aug. 18, 1982, in her Salt Lake City apartment, according to Salt Lake City police.“These are cases that we want to get solved," said Police Chief Mike Brown in a news release. “Cold cases are just as important to our detectives as are current cases, and we are constantly reviewing them. If w
  
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• 90% of northern Utah’s dust comes from shrinking lakes, BYU study finds

  12-12-2019 16:02
  
  Upwind from northern Utah’s urban centers is a network of lakebeds, dried-up remnants of a vast prehistoric inland sea that dominated the region when the climate was much wetter and cooler that it is today.Now, as western Utah becomes even drier — from drought, water diversions and climate change — these playas have become a major source of dust settling on Wasatch Front cities and their mountain water sources, according to new research conducted by Brigham Young University geo
  
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