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• Trump says streamlining environmental reviews will boost jobs; Green groups call it a ‘punch to the gut’

  09-01-2020 23:58
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Thursday announced his administration would streamline environmental reviews to speed up approval for projects from highways to pipelines to oil leases, a move that green groups quickly denounced as a continuation of the president’s willingness to pave and build rather than conserve and protect.Trump said Thursday that a 50-year-old law called the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, would only apply to certain projects and environmental r
  
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• Pelosi will send impeachment articles to Senate ‘soon’

  09-01-2020 23:31
  
  Washington • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she will "soon'' transmit the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, signaling a potential thaw in the standoff with Senate Republicans as she warned against rushing to an acquittal without a fair trial.Pelosi, D-Calif., faces mounting pressure from Republicans and some Democrats to quit delaying the president's trial in the Senate, three weeks after the House Democrats impeached Trump on charges of abuse and obstruction
  
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• Iranians shot down jetliner, U.S., Canadian, U.K. leaders say

  09-01-2020 23:22
  
  Washington • Evidence indicates it is “highly likely” that an Iranian anti-aircraft missile downed a Ukrainian jetliner near Tehran late Tuesday, U.S., Canadian and British officials said Thursday. They said the strike, which killed all 176 people on board, could well have been a mistake amid missile launches and high tensions throughout the region.The crash came just a few hours after Iran launched a ballistic attack against Iraqi military bases housing U.S. troops amid a confr
  
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• Eye on the Y: BYU’s Yoeli Childs injures his finger but good to go for the Saint Mary’s game

  09-01-2020 23:18
  
  Eye on the Y is a weekly newsletter covering BYU athletics. Subscribe here.Moraga, Calif. • On Tuesday, Yoeli Childs left practice early after banging up his right index finger. After practice, coach Mark Pope said Childs would be “fine.”Yet, Wednesday morning, I learned that Yoeli was wearing a splint and visited a hand and wrist specialist in Provo.I’ll be honest with y’all — I haven’t been around lately. I left Dec. 31 to Texas for a family emergency,
  
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• Gordon Monson: You want a great sports postseason? You’re in the middle of one.

  09-01-2020 23:14
  
  Postseason sports are the best sports. They’re supposed to be the best sports. The best teams. The best players. The best coaches. The best competition. The best action. The best drama. The best melodrama. The best games. The best ending to a long season.But some postseasons are better than others. And the one that is happening now is the best of them all.The NFL playoffs, in general, and this weekend of the NFL playoffs, in particular. A close second would be next weekend’s conferen
  
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• Andrew Kramer: Our democracy depends on removing Trump from office

  09-01-2020 23:11
  
  Sen. Romney:This is an urgent appeal. As the only Republican senator with the moral fortitude to speak the truth during this unprecedented political crisis, your bold leadership is essential if we’re to preserve our republic.As a first step, I implore you to honor your oath of office by voting to require a fair and impartial Senate trial including witness testimony. Polls show 71% of Americans, including 64% of Republicans, want witness testimony. Further, I urge you to convince your GOP c
  
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• Comments for proposed highway in desert tortoise habitat top 16k

  09-01-2020 22:56
  
  St. George • More than 16,000 public comments have been submitted for a proposal on whether to allow a highway to be built through a protected Mojave desert tortoise habitat in southern Utah, federal officials said.The proposed four-lane road has drawn criticism from conservationists because the corridor would run through land set aside to protect the tortoise.The Bureau of Land Management opened the public comment period last month and will now go through all of the comments before releasi
  
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• Abandoned bar in South Salt Lake increasingly attracting illegal activity

  09-01-2020 22:55
  
  The former Good Spirits bar in South Salt Lake has been vacant for nearly a year, and its unlocked front and back doors are attracting illegal activities, South Salt Lake’s police chief said.The abandoned bar is just up the street from the new men’s homeless resource center that opened in November. Jeremy Quiantana, who spent some time recently at the center, told FOX 13 the bar has become a hot spot for criminal acts.“Because of the shelter right there, they don’t want t
  
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• Utah Jazz among the best in NBA for clinching clutch games

  09-01-2020 22:54
  
  The Jazz have gone from near-worst to first in one of the league’s most important categories: winning close games.Last year, the Jazz finished with a relatively ugly 15-18 record in clutch games — defined as ones where the margin is five points or fewer with five minutes or less to go. And at this point in the year, they had an even worse 7-11 record in such games, which ranked 25th in the NBA. The only teams with fewer clutch wins were the Phoenix Suns and the Cleveland Cavaliers, a
  
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• Real Salt Lake picks UConn forward and Michigan State defender in MLS SuperDraft

  09-01-2020 22:49
  
  Real Salt Lake used both picks in Thursday’s Major League Soccer SuperDraft on two different types of players.RSL picked forward Dayonn Harris with the 20th overall pick in the draft. He last played for the University of Connecticut.The club then picked center back Michael Wetungu of Michigan State University with its 46th overall pick. Wetungu started 69 games in his four years with the Spartans and scored three goals.“We are very excited to add two players that we had rated extreme
  
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• KUER’s boss soon will also be in charge of PBS Utah

  09-01-2020 22:46
  
  The University of Utah’s two public broadcasting stations — radio station KUER and TV station KUED, also known as NPR Utah and PBS Utah — will soon answer to the same boss.Maria O’Mara, who has been general manager at KUER for the last three years, will become executive director of both broadcasters effective Feb. 1, the radio station announced Thursday.O’Mara’s promotion is part of a restructuring of the two stations’ management. Joel Meyer, now KUER&rs
  
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• BYU’s Yoeli Childs injures his finger but good to go for the Saint Mary’s game

  09-01-2020 22:44
  
  Moraga, Calif. • On Tuesday, Yoeli Childs left practice early after banging up his right index finger. After practice, coach Mark Pope said Childs would be “fine.”Yet, Wednesday morning, I learned that Yoeli was wearing a splint and visited a hand and wrist specialist in Provo.I’ll be honest with y’all — I haven’t been around lately. I left Dec. 31 to Texas for a family emergency, came straight to California for Thursday’s game against Saint Mary&rs
  
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• Holladay’s Cotton Bottom Inn iconic sign removed for restoration

  09-01-2020 22:42
  
  Holladay • Workers from Brimley Neon, which specializes in vintage sign repair, removed the the Cotton Bottom Inn’s iconic rabbit sign Thursday.The bar closed earlier this week for a major remodel. The new owners — the same folks who own Salt Lake City’s Bar X and Park City’s Eating Establishment — are in the process of buying the business from Holladay.The contract is expected to be finalized in March, said co-owner Jeff Barnard. Crews will then spend the next
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - When it comes to clutch time, Jazz have few peers in the NBA

  09-01-2020 22:34 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz have gone from near-worst to first in one of the league’s most important categories: winning close games.
  
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• When it comes to clutch time, Jazz have few peers in the NBA

  09-01-2020 22:26
  
  The Jazz have gone from near-worst to first in one of the league’s most important categories: winning close games.Last year, the Jazz finished with a relatively ugly 15-18 record in clutch games — defined as ones where the margin is five points or fewer with five minutes or less to go. And at this point in the year, they had an even worse 7-11 record in such games, which ranked 25th in the NBA. The only teams with fewer clutch wins were the Phoenix Suns and the Cleveland Cavaliers, a
  
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• Gordon Monson: You want a great NFL postseason? You’re in the middle of one.

  09-01-2020 22:26
  
  Postseason sports are the best sports. They’re supposed to be the best sports. The best teams. The best players. The best coaches. The best competition. The best action. The best drama. The best melodrama. The best games. The best ending to a long season.But some postseasons are better than others. And the one that is happening now is the best of them all.The NFL playoffs, in general, and this weekend of the NFL playoffs, in particular. A close second would be next weekend’s conferen
  
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• Crews remove Cotton Bottom Inn’s iconic rabbit sign; it will return as part of restaurant remodel

  09-01-2020 22:24
  
  Holladay • Workers from Brimley Neon, which specializes in vintage sign repair, removed the the Cotton Bottom Inn’s iconic rabbit sign Thursday.The bar closed earlier this week for a major remodel. The new owners — the same folks who own Salt Lake City’s Bar X and Park City’s Eating Establishment — are in the process of buying the business from Holladay. The contract is expected to be finalized in March, said co-owner Jeff Barnard. Crews will then spend the nex
  
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• [KSL] - Emmanuel Mudiay is progressing. That's a good thing for the Utah Jazz | KSL.com

  09-01-2020 22:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  Emmanuel Mudiay has been
  
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• Join Tribune reporters on KCPW to discuss the outcome of the inland port lawsuit

  09-01-2020 22:21
  
  A judge throws out Salt Lake City’s lawsuit against the Utah inland Port. Sen. Mike Lee lambasts the Trump administration over its briefing on the assassination of a top Iranian general. And the Utah program that sends public employees to Mexico to buy their medications at a deeply discounted rate.At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Erin Alberty and Taylor Stevens, and news columnist Robert Gehrke join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the week’s top stories. Ev
  
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• Radio station KUER’s boss soon will also be in charge of public TV station KUED

  09-01-2020 22:02
  
  The University of Utah’s two public broadcasting stations — radio station KUER and TV station KUED, also known as NPR Utah and PBS Utah — will soon answer to the same boss.Maria O’Mara, who has been general manager at KUER for the last three years, will become executive director of both broadcasters, effective Feb. 1, the radio station announced Thursday.O’Mara’s promotion is part of a restructuring of the two stations’ management. Joel Meyer, now KUER&r
  
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• RSL picks UConn forward and Michigan State defender in MLS SuperDraft

  09-01-2020 21:36
  
  Real Salt Lake used both picks in Thursday’s Major League Soccer SuperDraft on two different types of players.RSL picked forward Dayonn Harris with the 20th overall pick in the draft. He last played for the University of Connecticut.The club then picked center back Michael Wetungu of Michigan State University with its 46th overall pick. Wetungu started 69 games in his four years with the Spartans and scored three goals.“We are very excited to add two players that we had rated extreme
  
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• Mississippi State hires Mike Leach away from Washington State

  09-01-2020 21:17
  
  Mississippi State hired Washington State’s Mike Leach as its new head coach Thursday, bringing one of the nation’s quirkiest and most successful coaches to the Southeastern Conference. Leach will replace Joe Moorhead, who was fired last week after two seasons. The post-bowl game firing was unusual, but the Bulldogs landed a coach with a long track record of winning at programs that have historically struggled. In 18 years was Texas Tech and Washington State, Leach is 139-90, using hi
  
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• Join Tribune reporters on KCPW to discuss Salt Lake City’s lawsuit over the Inland Port, which was thrown out by a judge this week

  09-01-2020 21:09
  
  A judge throws out Salt Lake City’s lawsuit against the Utah inland Port. Sen. Mike Lee lambasts the Trump administration over its briefing on the assassination of a top Iranian general. And the Utah program that sends public employees to Mexico to buy their medications at a deeply discounted rate. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Erin Alberty and Taylor Stevens, and news columnist Robert Gehrke join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the week’s top stories. E
  
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• Eye on the Y: More adversity for the Cougars? Yoeli Childs injures his finger, but BYU says he’s good to go for the Saint Mary’s game.

  09-01-2020 20:45
  
  Moraga, Calif. • On Tuesday, Yoeli Childs left practice early after banging up his right index finger. After practice, coach Mark Pope said Childs would be “fine.”Yet, Wednesday morning, I learned that Yoeli was wearing a splint and visited a hand and wrist specialist in Provo.I’ll be honest with y’all — I haven’t been around lately. I left Dec. 31 to Texas for a family emergency, came straight to California for Thursday’s game against Saint Mary&rs
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Jazz Coast to Win Against Visiting Knicks

  09-01-2020 20:33 via sportspyder.com
  
  Sometimes, there are those games where there isnt much to take away from the experience. This can happen in losses, where the team just wants to move on and forget what happened.
  
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• Trump says he likes Utah Sen. Mike Lee but thinks he’s wrong about Iran briefing

  09-01-2020 20:16
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Thursday pushed back on criticism by Sen. Mike Lee about a meeting where administration officials discussed with senators U.S. strategy toward Iran that the Utah Republican had dubbed the “worst briefing I’ve seen.”Lee, who is a co-chairman of Trump’s reelection campaign in Utah, appeared irate after the 75-minute, closed-door briefing Wednesday between military and foreign policy leaders and members of Congress.He said it was &
  
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• [Deseret News] - Is Baby Yoda helping the Utah Jazz?

  09-01-2020 20:16 via sportspyder.com
  
  Donovan Mitchell changed his Twitter avatar to Baby Yoda. Everything changed after that.
  
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• Trump says he likes Mike Lee but is wrong about Iran briefing

  09-01-2020 20:03
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Thursday pushed back on criticism by Sen. Mike Lee about a meeting where administration officials discussed with senators U.S. strategy toward Iran that the Utah Republican had dubbed the “worst briefing I’ve seen.”Lee, who is a co-chairman of Trump’s reelection campaign in Utah, appeared irate after the 75-minute, closed-door briefing Wednesday between military and foreign policy leaders and members of Congress.He said it was &
  
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• Weber County loses bid to remove a judge for calling an attorney a ‘liar’

  09-01-2020 19:50
  
  The Weber County attorney had accused a federal judge of calling him a liar, and asked that the judge be removed from handling a lawsuit over a now-defunct gang injunction.That won’t happen, as another federal judge issued a ruling this week that will keep Clark Waddoups on the case.Weber County Attorney Christopher Allred had asked that Waddoups, a U.S. district court judge, be sidelined, arguing in court papers that one of his recent ruling was a personal attack and showed a bias against
  
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• University of Utah announces new police chief

  09-01-2020 19:42
  
  The University of Utah has named a veteran law enforcement leader from Ohio to be its new police chief — tasked with taking over the campus department in the wake ofcriticism of how officers there mishandled repeated reports from student-athlete Lauren McCluskey in the weeks before she was killed. The appointment has been the most anticipated action in the U.’s wide-scale efforts to improve safety since the October 2018 murder and after former Chief Dale Brophy retired a year later a
  
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• Weber County loses bid to kick a judge off of a gang case for calling an attorney a ‘liar’

  09-01-2020 19:23
  
  The Weber County attorney had accused a federal judge of calling him a liar, and asked that the judge be removed from handling a lawsuit over a now-defunct gang injunction.That won’t happen, as another federal judge issued a ruling this week that will keep Clark Waddoups on the case.Weber County Attorney Christopher Allred had asked that Waddoups, a U.S. district court judge, be sidelined, arguing in court papers that one of his recent ruling was a personal attack and showed a bias against
  
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• [Deseret News] - The Utah Jazz offense has been the NBA’s best through the last 13 games. Here’s why

  09-01-2020 19:13 via sportspyder.com
  
  Offensively the Jazz are at a high point for the 2019-20 season. They have shot a league-best 39% from 3-point range and have the best true shooting percentage in the league at 60.8 since Dec. 11
  
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• Trump moves to exempt big projects from environmental review

  09-01-2020 19:08
  
  Washington • The White House on Thursday will introduce the first major changes to the nation’s bench mark environmental protection law in more than three decades, moving to ease approval of pipelines and other major energy and infrastructure projects without detailed environmental review.Many of the changes to the 50-year-old National Environmental Policy Act, a landmark measure that touches nearly every significant construction project in the country, have been long sought by the oi
  
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• Wildlife officials find evidence of wolves in Colorado

  09-01-2020 19:00
  
  Denver • Wildlife officials have discovered evidence of wolves living in northwestern Colorado after hunters reported a suspected pack and residents found a scavenged elk carcass.The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Department announced the discoveries Wednesday, suggesting a pack of gray wolves may be residing in the state, The Denver Post reports. The news was first reported Tuesday by the Craig Press.“We have no doubt that they are here, and the most recent sighting of what appears to b
  
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• Gordon Monson: You want a great postseason? You’re in the middle of one.

  09-01-2020 18:59
  
  Postseason sports are the best sports. They’re supposed to be the best sports. The best teams. The best players. The best coaches. The best competition. The best action. The best drama. The best melodrama. The best games. The best ending to a long season.But some postseasons are better than others. And the one that is happening now is the best of them all.The NFL playoffs, in general, and this weekend of the NFL playoffs, in particular. A close second would be next weekend’s conferen
  
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• U.S. officials: ‘Highly likely’ Iran downed Ukrainian jetliner

  09-01-2020 18:37
  
  Washington • Two U.S. officials said Thursday it was “highly likely” that an Iranian anti-aircraft missile downed a Ukrainian jetliner late Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board.The crash came just a few hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack against Iraqi military bases housing U.S. troops amid a confrontation with Washington over the U.S. drone strike that killed an Iranian Revolutionary Guard general last week. The officials, citing U.S. intelligence, spoke o
  
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• Our Nonprofit Model

  09-01-2020 18:26
  
  Our Nonprofit ModelIn a historic move, the IRS approved a new nonprofit Salt Lake Tribune in October 2019, making it the first legacy newspaper in the U.S. to transform from a for-profit company to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.Under this new business model, The Tribune will continue to offer subscriptions and accept traditional advertising (although it will pay taxes on that income). But now, the newspaper can also receive donations — large and small — from donors who may receive a tax dedu
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Three takeaways from the seventh straight victory

  09-01-2020 18:19 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz won their seventh straight on Wednesday night against the shorthanded New York Knicks. If you missed the Utah Jazz game last night and just c...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Three takeaways from the seventh straight victory

  09-01-2020 17:56
  
  The Utah Jazz won their seventh straight on Wednesday night against the shorthanded New York Knicks. If you missed the Utah Jazz game last night and just checked the box score, then you honestly didn’t miss much. The Knicks came into town just hours removed from a game in Los Angeles, and to make things […]
  Utah Jazz: Three takeaways from the seventh straight victory - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Red All Over: As we dig in to the Pac-12 for the first time, an ode to Bracketology

  09-01-2020 17:52
  
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.I love Bracketology.Give me all the mock brackets, all the projections. Stick them all directly in my veins. New bracket projections in early January, just as conference play gets going? Give it to me. Daily updates during Championship Week in March? Give me those, too. The laughably-early brackets that come out the morning after the national championship game? Yes. The ones that come out in May, after NBA
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Gov. Gary Herbert’s final budget could really help Utahns

  09-01-2020 17:03
  
  Gov. Gary Herbert issued his budget proposal for the coming year Wednesday, a dense $20 billion blueprint that is, at its core, utterly ceremonial and probably gets a lot more fanfare and media attention than it deserves.Seriously, years ago I asked a legislative leader what he thought of that governor’s budget and he said, “I was happy to get it. Now my table is level.”At least that year, the budget book served a purpose.But the governor’s proposal serves another purpose
  
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• Utah mother charged with killing her 4-year-old daughter

  09-01-2020 17:01
  
  For at least a month, police say, Nicole Lester had been searching on her cellphone for ways to kill someone.“How do you break a neck?” she typed into Google. And, she later asked: “Where is the best place to hit a person with an ax?”Officers allege that they found the questions when reviewing Lester’s browser history. Toward the end of the list, they report, the searches started to be specifically about children. Looking up a medical diagram of a child’s ches
  
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• Utah Jazz beat New York Knicks 128-104

  09-01-2020 16:59
  
  Given that the Knicks are pretty bad to begin with, and even worse with Julius Randle, Marcus Morris and Dennis Smith Jr. out, Wednesday’s Jazz game felt like a glorified practice session at times.Looks like some extra free-throw work is in order.Too many missed freebies and some spotty perimeter defense in the first quarter were about the only negative takeaways from an otherwise pretty flawless 128-104 victory at Vivint Smart Home Arena in which eight Jazz players scored in double figure
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan to ‘step back’ as senior U.K. royals

  09-01-2020 16:57
  
  London • Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, say they plan “to step back” as senior members of Britain's royal family, a stunning announcement that underscores the couple's wish to forge a new path for royals in the modern world.A statement issued Wednesday evening by Buckingham Palace, described as “a personal message from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex,” said Harry and Meghan intend to become financially independent” and to “balance” their time bet
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Utah Jazz teammates making it a point to celebrate Rudy ‘Two Times’ Gobert’s defensive feats

  09-01-2020 16:56
  
  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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• 1 skier still missing after deadly avalanche at Idaho resort

  09-01-2020 16:48
  
  Kellogg, Idaho • One skier remains missing at an Idaho resort where an avalanche on Tuesday killed two skiers and injured four others.The Silver Mountain Resort was closed Wednesday "to focus all available resources on the search,'' the resort said on Facebook.The resort said it received a telephone call Wednesday morning from a concerned family member of the missing skier who was confirmed to be skiing there at the time of the avalanche. Resort officials said Wednesday afternoon that an in
  
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• Salt Lake area will get some snow — but not that much

  09-01-2020 16:46
  
  Northern Utah will get hit by one snowstorm Thursday through Friday and another Saturday through Monday, but unless you live in the mountains, you probably won’t have to do much shoveling.According to the National Weather Service, a small storm that moved in Thursday morning will continue into Friday, but most areas won’t see more than half inch of snow— and that’ll just be in some spots. In other areas, the storm won’t do more than get the roads wet and maybe turn
  
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• The Triple Team: Utah Jazz avoid beating themselves to run away vs. New York Knicks; Emmanuel Mudiay has developed since his NY days

  09-01-2020 16:44
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 128-104 win over the New York Knicks from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Jazz win by not beating themselvesThe Knicks are a bad team, with a 10-28 record. Furthermore, they played last night against the Lakers, so they were on the second night of a back to back. And even worse, two of their best players, Julius Ruandle and Marcus Morris were out for tonight’s contest, along with point guard Dennis Smith Jr.So the Jazz won, and easi
  
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• As wildfires get worse, smoke spreads, stokes health worries

  09-01-2020 16:40
  
  Paradise, Calif. • First came the flames, a raging firestorm propelled by 50 mph wind gusts that incinerated Kelsey Norton’s house and killed 85 people in her community.Then came the smoke — not just from the forest but also from 14,000 houses and their contents that burned, generating a thick plume that enshrouded portions of Northern California for weeks and left Norton gasping."I don't want to have cancer in my 50s because I inhaled smoke in my 30s," she said.The immediate to
  
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• For Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, a tricky balancing act

  09-01-2020 16:25
  
  London • Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, say they plan “to step back” as senior members of Britain's royal family, a stunning announcement that underscores the couple's wish to forge a new path for royals in the modern world.A statement issued Wednesday evening by Buckingham Palace, described as “a personal message from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex,” said Harry and Meghan intend to become financially independent” and to “balance” their time bet
  
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