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• BYU Cougars haven’t missed a beat under new coach Mark Pope

  08-01-2020 23:55
  
  Moraga, Calif. • Often when a team has a coaching change, it sees a dip in offensive production, sometimes even needing a season or two to adjust to the new coach and system.That hasn’t been the case for BYU.Mark Pope was named the new men’s basketball coach last April after Dave Rose announced his retirement. Rose led the Cougars for 14 years. After inheriting a 9-21 team, Rose immediately posted a 20-9 record — the first of 11 straight 20-win seasons.Now, Pope has taken
  
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• Mike Lee calls Senate Iran briefing ‘insulting’ and ‘demeaning’

  08-01-2020 23:50
  
  Washington • Insulting. Demeaning. Unacceptable. Unconstitutional. Un-American.Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, invoked all of those words minutes after leaving a briefing Wednesday on the escalating hostilities between the United States and Iran and said the Trump administration’s handling of the conflict so far has moved him to support a Democratic-led effort to rein in President Donald Trump’s power to take the nation to war.Lee said the briefing on U.S. forces assassinating a top Iran
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - High-Performance Mindfulness: Mental Skills Training For The Bench

  08-01-2020 23:42 via sportspyder.com
  
  Jake Rauchbach discusses how players and teams gain an edge through leveraging their bench time effectively.
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz vs. Knicks odds, line: 2020 NBA picks, Jan. 8 predictions from advanced computer model - CBSSports.com

  08-01-2020 23:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  The SportsLine Projection Model has a pick for the clash between the Knicks and Jazz. Here are the results:
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Former NBA exec explains why Gordon Hayward left Jazz for Celtics

  08-01-2020 23:15 via sportspyder.com
  
  Gordon Hayward signed a four-year, $127.8 million contract with the Boston Celtics in the summer of 2017, ending his run with the Utah Jazz. A former NBA executive who spoke to Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report says the Jazz wanted to extend Hayward...
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: UtahJazz teammates making it a point to celebrate Rudy ‘Two Times’ Gobert’s defensive feats

  08-01-2020 23:11
  
  It’s no secret that Rudy Gobert was disappointed to not make the All-Star Game last season. It’s also no secret that, in the first accounting of fan voting for this year’s ASG, Gobert was not even among the top-10 Western Conference frontcourt vote-getters.“I’m on Twitter, so I see it,” Gobert said at Wednesday morning’s shootaround. “… If fans don’t recognize what we do for our team, it’s fine.”Rudy, on the “2 Times&
  
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• BYU men’s basketball was known for prolific offense under Dave Rose; the Cougars haven’t missed a beat with Mark Pope

  08-01-2020 23:04
  
  Moraga, Calif. • Often when a team has a coaching change, it sees a dip in offensive production, sometimes even needing a season or two to adjust to the new coach and system.That hasn’t been the case for BYU.Mark Pope was named the new men’s basketball coach last April after Dave Rose announced his retirement. Rose led the Cougars for 14 years. After inheriting a 9-21 team, Rose immediately posted a 20-9 record — the first of 11 straight 20-win seasons.Now, Pope has taken
  
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• [Deseret News] - ‘You’ve just got to hold up the two every time he does something big in crunch time’: Utah Jazz recognize Rudy Gobert with special sign

  08-01-2020 23:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Like many of his opponents have tried to do over the past few years, Utah Jazz guard Emmanuel Mudiay went to the rim during a recent practice only to have a familiar result. Rudy...
  
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• Case of 2 missing kids grows to include deaths, cult rumors

  08-01-2020 22:24
  
  Boise, Idaho • Two dead spouses, two missing children and rumors of a cult. Confusion is growing around a series of mysterious deaths and the disappearances of a 7-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl that tie back to a couple who have since vanished themselves.Joshua "JJ" Vallow and Tylee Ryan haven't been seen since September. Lori Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, never reported them missing and disappeared soon after being questioned about the children. What has followed is a twisted t
  
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• [Forbes] - Why Hasn’t Ed Davis Fit With The Utah Jazz?

  08-01-2020 22:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  During the offseason, center Ed Davis seemed like the perfect backup signing for the Utah Jazz. Why hasn't he fit in Utah?
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run newsletter: Jazz teammates making it a point to celebrate Rudy ‘Two Times’ Gobert’s defensive feats

  08-01-2020 22:01 via sportspyder.com
  
  It’s no secret that Rudy Gobert was disappointed to not make the All-Star Game last season. It’s also no secret that, in the first accounting of fan voting for this year’s ASG, Gobert was not even among the top-10 Western Conference frontcourt vote-ge
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz look to push win streak to 7 as they host New York Knicks

  08-01-2020 22:00 via sportspyder.com
  
  Can the Jazz take advantage of the tired, dysfunctional Knicks?
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Historian D. Michael Quinn offers a deeper look the faith’s global revenues and expenses‘

  08-01-2020 22:00
  
  Questions persist inside and outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about the $100 billion reserve the faith has amassed in an investment account.In this week’s “Mormon Land” podcast, historian D. Michael Quinn says the church’s reserves are actually much steeper than has been reported. But, he adds, so are its expenses, especially in supporting its global presence.Quinn, a scholar who has done the deepest dive to date into the history of Latter-day Saint
  
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• Leonard Pitts: John Lewis is the conscience of the nation

  08-01-2020 22:00
  
  My favorite picture of John Lewis is a mugshot.It's from Mississippi in 1961, one of the earliest of an eventual 40-plus arrests he would undergo in the cause of freedom. Facing the state penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi, and the many hells that portended for a black man in the Jim Crow South, Lewis looked into the camera ... and smiled.He smirked, actually, as if feeling renewed, even cocky, in his determination to make America live up to its ideals. I asked him about that picture once. Th
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Church has more than $100B in reserve, says historian D. Michael Quinn, but its global expenses are steep

  08-01-2020 21:58
  
  Questions persist inside and outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about the $100 billion reserve the faith has amassed in an investment account.In this week’s “Mormon Land” podcast, historian D. Michael Quinn says the church’s reserves are actually much steeper than has been reported. But, he adds, so are its expenses, especially in supporting its global presence.Quinn, a scholar who has done the deepest dive to date into the history of Latter-day Saint
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan to ‘step back’ from royal family

  08-01-2020 21:54
  
  Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, announced Wednesday that they would “step back as ‘senior’ members of the royal family” and split their time between Britain and North America.The decision was announced on the couple’s Instagram account and was made “after many months of reflection and internal discussions,” they said. The couple added that they intended “to carve out a progressive new role within this institution” and become f
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Jazz teammates making it a point to celebrate Rudy ‘Two Times’ Gobert’s defensive feats

  08-01-2020 21:32
  
  It’s no secret that Rudy Gobert was disappointed to not make the All-Star Game last season. It’s also no secret that, in the first accounting of fan voting for this year’s ASG, Gobert was not even among the top-10 Western Conference frontcourt vote-getters.“I’m on Twitter, so I see it,” Gobert said at Wednesday morning’s shootaround. “… If fans don’t recognize what we do for our team, it’s fine.”Gobert’s teammates cer
  
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• Utah Royals trade Katie Stengel to Houston for pair of draft picks

  08-01-2020 21:32
  
  Utah Royals FC has traded forward Katie Stengel to the Houston Dash for a 2020 draft pick and a 2021 draft pick, the club announced Wednesday.Both those picks are in the second round. Stengel played two seasons with the Royals and scored eight goals while also notching one assist in 47 matches. Her six goals in Utah’s 2018 season were highest on the team.“Thank you to [Katie] Stengel for the role she played for us these past two years, Royals general manager Stephanie Lee said in a s
  
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• A new UDOT sticker program could help ease Cottonwoods traffic

  08-01-2020 20:53
  
  Cottonwood Heights • Stopping cars to check for chains or proper snow tires on days with restrictions in Big and Little Cottonwood canyons now creates long lines and congestion. But the Utah Department of Transportation is experimenting with a way to help reduce that.It is allowing canyon residents, ski resort employees and UDOT workers to have their cars pre-inspected to prove that they have proper tires with sufficient tread. They receive a sticker on their windshield that allows them to
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - NBA Daily: Time To Rebuild In Detroit

  08-01-2020 20:51 via sportspyder.com
  
  With Blake Griffin’s season-ending knee surgery, the decision should now be very clear: Chad Smith explains why it is time for the Pistons to embrace a plan to rebuild.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Julius Randle out vs. Jazz for personal reasons

  08-01-2020 20:43 via sportspyder.com
  
  New York Knicks power forward Julius Randle has been ruled out of Wednesday night’s game against the Utah Jazz for personal reasons, according to a report from Ian Begley of SNY. A part of his report, Begley notes that Randle did not travel with the...
  
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• Charges dropped against ex-Red Rock Canyon School employee accused of child abuse

  08-01-2020 20:38
  
  Prosecutors have dropped a child abuse charge against a staff member at a now-shuttered school for troubled youth who had been accused of assaulting a girl during a riot.Gino Sanchez, 39, was charged last June with the class A misdemeanor. Prosecutors allege he punched a 17-year-old girl in the face and pulled her hair during an April riot that broke out at Red Rock Canyon School, which closed in August amid intense scrutiny over its treatment of youths.The 128-bed facility provided residential
  
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• [NBA] - Rudy Gobert's teammates salute the 'two-time' NBA Defensive Player of the Year

  08-01-2020 20:36 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz raised two fingers in the air as they walked off the court. Rudy Gobert had just denied New Orleans forward Brandon Ingram’s game-tying attempt at the rim—the second game in a row the
  
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• UDOT tests inspection program to help reduce canyon car lines during snow days

  08-01-2020 20:20
  
  Cottonwood Heights • Stopping cars to check for chains or proper snow tires on days with restrictions in Big and Little Cottonwood canyons now creates long lines and congestion. But the Utah Department of Transportation is experimenting with a way to help reduce that.It is allowing canyon residents, ski resort employees and UDOT workers to have their cars pre-inspected to prove that they have proper tires with sufficient tread. They receive a sticker on their windshield that allows them to
  
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• US, Iran step back from the brink; Trump opts for sanctions

  08-01-2020 20:10
  
  Washington • The U.S. and Iran stepped back from the brink of possible war Wednesday, as President Donald Trump indicated he would not respond militarily after no one was harmed in Iran's missile strike on two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.Speaking from the White House, Trump seemed intent on deescalating the crisis, which reached a new height after he authorized the targeted killing last week of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. Iran retaliated overnight w
  
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• PacifiCorp will close a coal generator in Arizona this year

  08-01-2020 20:00
  
  Phoenix • Oregon-based PacifiCorp has announced it plans to close one of the three generators at the Cholla coal-fired power plant in northern Arizona by the end of this year.The remaining two units are scheduled to close in 2025.Meanwhile, the Arizona Republic reported Tuesday that the Coronado Generating Station coal-fired plant near St. Johns and the New Mexico border got a lifeline that should keep most of the 200 jobs there until 2032.Cholla Unit 4 is a 395-megawatt coal-fired generato
  
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• Red Rocks’ Kim Tessen is finally healthy, and peaking just in time

  08-01-2020 19:41
  
  As a native of Utah, Kim Tessen grew up knowing that competing for Utah’s gymnastics was a rare privilege, which is why the last few seasons have been a bit frustrating for her.Her freshman year was cut short by an Achilles tendon injury, then came a shoulder injury that has limited her the last two years.Finally, now that she is a senior, Tessen is healthy and ready to make the most of her senior year. She served notice with her performance in the opener, when she scored 9.9s on the vault
  
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• Poll: Utahns support ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment

  08-01-2020 19:39
  
  Nearly three-fourths of Utahns are in favor of the state Legislature voting to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, according to a poll released Tuesday from UtahPolicy.com.Last month, Rep. Karen Kwan, D-Murray, introduced a joint resolution calling on Utah to vote for ratification. That same day, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which steadfastly and public opposed the ERA in the 1970s and ’80s, announced it would continue opposing the measure.The ERA was first proposed by A
  
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• Letter: Remember Merrick Garland?

  08-01-2020 19:38
  
  For Republicans complaining that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is wrong to withhold sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate, I have two words: Merrick Garland.Sherrie West, Park CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Why Trump will be reelected in 2020

  08-01-2020 19:36
  
  In 2016, the Washington establishment and a huge majority of the mainstream press thought that the possibility of Donald Trump beating Hillary Clinton was out of the question. They were all proven to be totally wrong. The reason Trump will celebrate another victory in 2020 is because of his record of policy accomplishments over the last four years, despite having to deal with Democrats opposing him at every opportunity. We are now experiencing one of the most prosperous times in our history with
  
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• Rich Lowry: Colin Kaepernick’s stupid lie about America

  08-01-2020 19:09
  
  In the torrent of idiotic commentary unleashed by the killing of Qassem Soleimani, Colin Kaepernick’s deserves a place of honor.The NFL washout and Nike persona who makes sure the company doesn't produce any overly patriotic sneakers tweeted, "There is nothing new about American terrorist attacks against Black and Brown people for the expansion of American imperialism."For Kaepernick, Soleimani is just another dark-skinned man brutalized by the United States. The Iranian terror master was,
  
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• Gary Leimback: A simple approach to the American theory of war

  08-01-2020 19:05
  
  At the end of World War I, the winning Allies were so upset at the Germans for pursuing the war that the Versailles Treaty placed a severe burden upon Germany by imposing impossible reparations upon the German nation.The League of Nations was created in 1918 as a world-wide organization with the purpose of making sure another world war would never happen. The Republicans in Congress, however, prevented the United States from participating in it.Because of the economic and cultural devastation in
  
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• Frank Bruni: Trump and this moment are a terrifying mismatch

  08-01-2020 19:04
  
  We choose our presidents in happy times and sad, amid bull and bear markets, when we’re trying to conserve what is and when we’re itching to discover what might be.We should always choose them as if we’re on the brink of war, because it’s impossible to predict when we’ll find ourselves there, in petrified need of a strong, stable leader we can trust.Donald Trump was chosen in a fit of long-building and largely warranted cynicism, as a gamble and protest. He hadn&rsq
  
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• Hogle Zoo’s beloved giraffe Pogo dies unexpectedly

  08-01-2020 19:01
  
  Hogle Zoo keepers said Pogo the giraffe first showed symptoms that she was sick on Sunday afternoon, and by Monday she was gone, along with her unborn calf.She was 17. The unborn male calf was in “perfect condition," but at 48 pounds he was too small to survive, the zoo said in a Facebook post.It’s unclear why she died, although a necropsy found Pogo’s intestines were “abnormal,” the zoo said, adding, “it’s not clear why it all happened so fast.”Po
  
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• Gov. Gary Herbert’s final budget asks for investment in education and green transportation

  08-01-2020 19:01
  
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert issued the final budget recommendations of his administration on Wednesday, asking lawmakers to increase public and higher education spending by roughly $400 million and to direct $100 million toward transportation projects that could help improve the state’s air quality.Herbert’s $20 billion budget proposal makes use of an estimated $682 million in surplus state revenue, while also reflecting a $160 million tax cut approved by legislators during a December spe
  
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• Utah officials say they beat back a cyberattack from Iran

  08-01-2020 18:56
  
  A Utah government agency says it has pushed back on a cyberattack it says originated from Iran — likely in retaliation for a U.S. drone strike that killed an Iranian military leader in Iraq.The Utah Division of Technology Services picked up an unusual amount of “surveillance traffic” on Sunday, and saw that it was mostly coming from Iran.“We normally don’t see stuff from Iran,” Phil Bates, the division’s chief information security officer, said Wednesday
  
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• Ukrainian airliner crashes in Iran, killing all 176 aboard

  08-01-2020 18:54
  
  Shahedshahr, Iran • A Ukrainian airliner carrying 176 people crashed on the outskirts of Tehran during a takeoff attempt Wednesday hours after Iran launched its missile attack on U.S. forces, scattering flaming debris and passengers’ belongings across farmland and killing everyone on board.The Iranian military disputed any suggestion the plane had been blown out of the sky by a missile, and Iranian aviation authorities said they suspected a mechanical problem brought down the 3½
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Joe Ingles proves to the world once again he is a good guy

  08-01-2020 18:18 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz swingman Joe Ingles has stepped in to help his home country as they face devastaing fires and scorching heat across the country. Most Utah Jazz f...
  
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• More animals are being killed illegally in Utah, DWR says

  08-01-2020 18:13
  
  A desert bighorn ram was found lying dead last fall on southern Utah’s Barracks ATV Trail near Mount Carmel Junction.A poacher had fired a bullet into the desert bighorn’s right side and through both lungs, then drove away leaving the carcass to waste, according to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.That trophy animal, whose killing remains under investigation, was among the 1,050 animals that were illegally killed last year in Utah, an increase over the previous year, DWR repor
  
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• Utah Jazz: Joe Ingles proves to the world once again he is a good guy

  08-01-2020 18:00
  
  Utah Jazz swingman Joe Ingles has stepped in to help his home country as they face devastaing fires and scorching heat across the country. Most Utah Jazz fans already know this, but Joe Ingles is a great guy not only on the court, but in his personal life as well. After the birth of his […]
  Utah Jazz: Joe Ingles proves to the world once again he is a good guy - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Watch Jazz vs. Knicks: How to live stream, TV channel, start time for Wednesday's NBA game - CBSSports.com

  08-01-2020 18:00 via sportspyder.com
  
  How to watch Jazz vs. Knicks basketball game
  
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• CDC warns of ‘widespread’ flu activity

  08-01-2020 17:58
  
  The United States may be headed into a bad flu season, according to figures recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.As of the last week of December, “widespread” flu activity was reported by health departments in 46 states. More ominously, a second measure — the percentage of patients with flu symptoms visiting medical clinics — shot up almost to the peak reached at the height of the 2017-18 flu season, which was the most severe in a decade.Abo
  
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• Trump says Iran appears to be ‘standing down’ after strike

  08-01-2020 17:42
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump says Iran appears to be “standing down” and said no Americans were harmed in Iran's Tuesday ballistic missile strike on two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.The Iranian strikes had come days after Trump authorized the targeted killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force.Trump reiterated his position that “Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.” He added that Americans should be “extremel
  
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• Former House Speaker Greg Hughes jumps into Utah gubernatorial race

  08-01-2020 17:40
  
  Former House Speaker Greg Hughes on Wednesday made the long-anticipated announcement that he’s vying to become Utah’s next governor.“You’re the average Joe, the average Jane,” Hughes told a crowd at the Murray automotive shop where he kicked off his campaign. “And that’s who I want to run for.”Hughes served in the Utah House of Representatives for 15 years, leading the chamber from 2015 to 2018.With Hughes in the race, there are now seven Republica
  
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• A woman suing the LDS Church says her husband’s confession led to jail time

  08-01-2020 17:40
  
  An Oregon woman is suing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for $9.54 million after her husband’s confession to church leaders led to his arrest, conviction and imprisonment on child sexual abuse charges.The lawsuit, filed in Marion County Circuit Court, involves a Turner man convicted of abuse after he confessed to Stayton clergy that he had repeated sexual contact with a minor.Church officials did not respond to the Statesman Journal for comment.The man's confession was mean
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Game thread: Utah Jazz host the sad (but rising) New York Knicks

  08-01-2020 17:19 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz head back home from the road trip to take on the log-jammed New York Knicks The Utah Jazz are fresh off the heels of a perfect 3-0 road trip....
  
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• Utahn called to Australia to help fight ‘unprecedented’ wildfires

  08-01-2020 17:18
  
  Linda Chappell has been working with the U.S. Forest Service fighting wildfires in Utah for years, and she said she’s never seen anything like the fire she was called in to help quell in Australia. She says it’s not a stretch to say the spate of fires burning through Australia are larger than any fires anyone alive has seen.“The scale of what’s going on is unprecedented in our lifetime. Whether it is historically or not, I don’t know,” Chappell said. “Bu
  
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• Utah man charged in Nebraska crash that killed Wisconsin woman

  08-01-2020 17:04
  
  Grand Island, Neb. • A Utah truck driver has been charged with vehicular homicide and other crimes following an Interstate 80 collision in Nebraska that killed a Wisconsin woman.Hall County Court records say Peterson Black, 37, of Taylorsville, Utah, had been under the influence of alcohol while driving his big rig west on I-80, about 4 miles southwest of Grand Island.Black lost control of his truck and it ran across the median into the eastbound lanes, where an oncoming small sport utility
  
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• Watch live: Trump addresses the nation amid showdown with Iran

  08-01-2020 17:00
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump faces one of the greatest tests of his presidency after Iran launched ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops and planned to address the nation on Wednesday. Iran’s attack was its most brazen direct assault on America since the 1979 seizing of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.The strikes pushed Tehran and Washington perilously close to war and put the world's attention on Trump as he weighs whether to respond with more military force. The Re
  
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• Game thread: Utah Jazz host the sad (but rising) New York Knicks

  08-01-2020 16:55
  
  The Utah Jazz head back home from the road trip to take on the log-jammed New York Knicks The Utah Jazz are fresh off the heels of a perfect 3-0 road trip. Having won 11 of their last 12 including six straight, the Utah Jazz are starting to become the team we all thought they […]
  Game thread: Utah Jazz host the sad (but rising) New York Knicks - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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