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• [Forbes] - Can Jarrell Brantley Be A Rotation Player For The Utah Jazz?

  21-02-2020 23:51 via sportspyder.com
  
  Jarrell Brantley is tearing it up in the G-League. Will he get a chance with the Utah Jazz?
  
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• Report: Trump dumped Chris Stewart for spy chief after learning he once called the president ‘Our Mussolini’

  21-02-2020 23:43
  
  President Donald Trump apparently was set to appoint Utah Rep. Chris Stewart as his new director of national intelligence. Then someone told him how Stewart had called him “our Mussolini” back in 2016 — and the deal was off.That’s according to a Bloomberg News story about tensions between Trump and intelligence agencies that told Congress that Russia is continuing to interfere with U.S. elections.“Trump was close to nominating Representative Chris Stewart, a Utah Re
  
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• Bill Weld says in Utah that he has ‘moral duty’ to offer Republicans a ballot alternative to Trump

  21-02-2020 23:33
  
  Like another former Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney, presidential candidate Bill Weld says he decided that some Republican needed to stand up to President Donald Trump — so he’s giving GOP voters an alternative to him on the primary ballot.“I felt it not only a political but a moral duty for someone to call him out, to plant that flag,” Weld told The Salt Lake Tribune during a campaign stop in Utah on Friday. “My enthusiasm for the task has never flagged because
  
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• Lincoln Pead: ‘In God We Trust’ does not belong on Utah license plates

  21-02-2020 23:30
  
  “I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.”— James Madison, letter to Edward Livingston 1822With the recent discussions regarding offensive license plates in the public mind, I’d like to point out another transgressor. In plain sight this particular plate is legion and violates not only the DMV standards but is also at odds wi
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Pomposity Killed the Cat

  21-02-2020 23:22
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/02/20/bagley-cartoon-capitol/" target=_blank><u>Capitol Ideas</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/02/20/bagley-cartoon-speaking/"><u>Speaking of Warning Labels</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/02/18/bagl
  
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• University of Utah football player accused of raping teen girl charged with raping two other women

  21-02-2020 23:17
  
  A University of Utah football player who was charged earlier this month with allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl is now facing more charges after prosecutors allege he raped two other women.Terrell Perriman, a 20-year-old wide receiver for the U., is now charged with a total of eight felonies: Three counts of rape, two charges of forcible sodomy, a count of forcible sexual abuse and aggravated kidnapping.Perriman was initially faced a single count of rape and a charge of aggravated kidnapping, a
  
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• Moab’s Slickrock Trail spared from energy leasing as BLM withdraws plans

  21-02-2020 23:17
  
  Under pressure from elected Utah officials, the Bureau of Land Management on Friday withdrew proposed leases near Moab that could have exposed the famed Slickrock Trail to oil and gas development.Last month, the BLM issued a list of a parcels it intended to sell leases for at its June auction, including two on the Sand Flats Recreation Area that Grand County manages in partnership with the federal agency. The move prompted unanimous opposition from the Grand County and Moab councils, both of the
  
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• Jan Garbett says she’s running for governor to give Trump-skeptical Utahns a choice

  21-02-2020 23:17
  
  Businesswoman and occasional political candidate Jan Garbett said she considered several potential races for the 2020 election cycle, and had started laying the groundwork for another congressional run against Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah.But her plans changed last month, she said, when all six of the Republican candidates for Utah governor indicated their support for the reelection of President Donald Trump during a debate at the annual Silicon Slopes Tech Summit.“When I learned that every
  
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• BYU readies for ranked showdown Saturday versus Gonzaga

  21-02-2020 23:17
  
  Provo • The stage has been set, and BYU couldn't have asked for a bigger or better game for the home finale.The game feels so huge that as soon as the Cougars got their seventh-straight win on Thursday night, BYU students walked out of the arena, only to get back in line for a chance to score tickets for Saturday’s sold-out showdown between 23rd-ranked BYU and No. 2 Gonzaga.It will be the first time a ranked BYU squad takes on a ranked opponent at home since January 2011. Back then, N
  
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• A Utah bill would reverse suspending driver licenses for unpaid traffic fines

  21-02-2020 23:16
  
  Despite opposition from the state, a bill advanced Friday that would ban suspending the driver licenses of people who fail to pay minor traffic fines or show up in court.The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Cory Maloy, R-Lehi, argued the practice now impacts 30,000 Utahns a year, especially hurting low-income people who sometimes lose their jobs by losing the ability to drive to them. He said that makes it even harder for them to pay off fines and court costs.But the Utah Department of Public Safety a
  
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• [Deseret News] - Will Gordon Hayward or Enes Kanter get booed more when the Boston Celtics play the Utah Jazz next week?

  21-02-2020 23:02 via sportspyder.com
  
  Few, if any, NBA players catch the ire of Utah Jazz fans like Gordon Hayward and Enes Kanter, who both started their careers with the Jazz. Hayward and Kanter are now teammates on the Boston...
  
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• U.S. pushes changes to Western land plans that judge blocked

  21-02-2020 22:24
  
  Billings, Mont. • U.S. Interior Department officials are seeking to bolster their case for easing restrictions on energy development, mining and grazing in Western states inhabited by a declining bird species.A federal judge in Idaho blocked the Trump administration plans last year over concerns that they could harm greater sage grouse, a ground-dwelling bird.Assistant Interior Secretary Casey Hammond says a new set of environmental studies published Friday clarifies the steps the governmen
  
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• Opportunity knocks for No. 23 BYU: Second-ranked Gonzaga is in town to play the Cougars in WCC basketball showdown.

  21-02-2020 22:17
  
  Provo • The stage has been set, and BYU couldn't have asked for a bigger or better game for the home finale.The game feels so huge that as soon as the Cougars got their seventh-straight win on Thursday night, BYU students walked out of the arena, only to get back in line for a chance to score tickets for Saturday’s sold-out showdown between 23rd-ranked BYU and No. 2 Gonzaga.It will be the first time a ranked BYU squad takes on a ranked opponent at home since January 2011. Back then, N
  
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• [KSL] - Patrick Kinahan: Are the Jazz talented enough to make a deep playoff run? | KSL.com

  21-02-2020 22:12 via sportspyder.com
  
  With roughly one-third of the season remaining, the Jazz enter the home stretch set on finding a higher level of consistency and hopefully avoiding any major pitfalls.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The biggest Utah Jazz storylines after the All-Star break

  21-02-2020 22:05 via sportspyder.com
  
  The race for the second seed, Mike Conley’s resurgence, and the Salt Lake City Stars(???).
  
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• David Brooks: Sanders will win the nomination because he’s the only one with a myth

  21-02-2020 22:00
  
  Successful presidential candidates are mythmakers. They don’t just tell a story. They tell a story that helps people make meaning out of the current moment; that divides people into heroes and villains; that names a central challenge and explains why they are the perfect person to meet it.In 2016 Donald Trump told a successful myth: The coastal elites are greedy, stupid people who have mismanaged the country, undermined our values and changed the face of our society. This was not an origin
  
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• Opportunity knocks for the BYU basketball team: No. 2 Gonzaga is in town to play the Cougars.

  21-02-2020 21:44
  
  Provo • The stage has been set, and BYU couldn't have asked for a bigger or better game for the home finale.The game feels so huge that as soon as the Cougars got their seventh-straight win on Thursday night, BYU students walked out of the arena, only to get back in line for a chance to score tickets for Saturday’s sold-out showdown between 23rd-ranked BYU and No. 2 Gonzaga.It will be the first time a ranked BYU squad takes on a ranked opponent at home since January 2011. Back then, N
  
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• Megan McDonough Skiles: Apologies won’t fix the Catholic Church. Legislation must change as well.

  21-02-2020 21:30
  
  Unfortunately, in many religious spaces, it is often implied to survivors of sexual abuse, violence, harassment and pedophilia that one very powerful person representing a church is more important than the innocent people they harm along the way.After a Pennsylvania grand jury report shed light on the incredibly disturbing facts committed by Catholic clergy, the Salt Lake Diocese finally released the names of priests credibly accused of sexual misconduct, highlighting countless stories of cover-
  
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• Utah House kills bill to end civics test graduation requirement

  21-02-2020 21:15
  
  Utah high schoolers will have to keep passing a stand-alone civics test before graduating after a bill attempting to repeal that requirement failed in the Utah House on Friday.Rep. Elizabeth Weight, D-West Valley City, sponsored the repeal legislation and argued that the five-year-old testing requirement has failed to connect with students, and instead has detracted from civics education while frustrating educators.Keeping the requirement, she said, means that students will continue to be pulled
  
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• Feds backpedal, yank energy leases proposed along Moab’s famed Slickrock bike trail

  21-02-2020 21:14
  
  Under pressure from elected Utah officials, the Bureau of Land Management on Friday withdrew proposed leases near Moab that could have exposed the famed Slickrock Trail to oil and gas development.Last month, the BLM issued a list of a parcels it intended to sell leases for at its June auction, including two on the Sand Flats Recreation Area that Grand County manages in partnership with the federal agency. The move prompted unanimous opposition from the Grand County and Moab councils, both of the
  
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• Harvey Weinstein jury indicates it is split on most serious counts

  21-02-2020 21:03
  
  New York • The jury deliberating in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial indicated Friday that it is deadlocked on the most serious charges.In a note sent to the judge during their lunch break, jurors posed a question asking if it were permissible for them to be hung on two counts of predatory sexual assault while reaching a unanimous verdict on other charges.After consulting with prosecutors and Weinstein’s lawyers, Judge James Burke told the jury of seven men and five women to keep w
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Game Thread: All-Star break is over, Utah Jazz host San Antonio Spurs

  21-02-2020 21:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  With the All-Star break behind us, the Utah Jazz must now get back to business. The first challenge post-break is the San Antonio Spurs. Most teams can't w...
  
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• Suspending driver licenses for unpaid traffic fines would disappear under proposed Utah bill

  21-02-2020 21:02
  
  Despite opposition from the state, a bill advanced Friday that would ban suspending the driver licenses of people who fail to pay minor traffic fines or show up in court.The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Cory Maloy, R-Lehi, argued the practice now impacts 30,000 Utahns a year, especially hurting low-income people who sometimes lose their jobs by losing the ability to drive to them. He said that makes it even harder for them to pay off fines and court costs.But the Utah Department of Public Safety a
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz back in action at home vs San Antonio Spurs

  21-02-2020 20:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  Can they break the statement jersey curse?
  
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• Game Thread: All-Star break is over, Utah Jazz host San Antonio Spurs

  21-02-2020 20:25
  
  With the All-Star break behind us, the Utah Jazz must now get back to business. The first challenge post-break is the San Antonio Spurs. Most teams can’t wait for the All-Star break to come around. It’s the perfect opportunity to get some rest, heal up and regroup for the remainder of the regular season. For […]
  Game Thread: All-Star break is over, Utah Jazz host San Antonio Spurs - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Paul Krugman: Warren, Bloomberg and what really matters

  21-02-2020 20:11
  
  Wednesday’s Democratic debate was far more informative than previous debates. What we learned, in particular, was that as a presidential candidate, Michael Bloomberg is a great businessman — and that Elizabeth Warren remains a force to be reckoned with.Both lessons ran very much counter to the narrative that the news media has been telling in recent weeks. On one side, there has been a palpable eagerness on the part of some news organizations and many pundits to elevate Bloomberg; on
  
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• Reconciliation and Growth Project: Conversion therapy ban for minors and what’s next

  21-02-2020 19:30
  
  The Utah Department of Professional Licensing recently adopted a rule prohibiting therapy intended to change a minor’s sexual orientation or gender identity. We welcome the attention the state’s conversion therapy discussion has brought to the need to reduce harms that people have experienced in therapy. It now provides an opportunity to expand the discussion about reducing harms, regardless of age.We are the Reconciliation and Growth Project, a think tank of ideologically diverse th
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Spurs vs. Jazz odds, line, spread: 2020 NBA picks, Feb. 21 predictions from proven computer model - CBSSports.com

  21-02-2020 19:11 via sportspyder.com
  
  The SportsLine projection model has a pick for the clash between the Spurs and Jazz.
  
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• Mother charged in missing Idaho children case complicated by multiple deaths, religious beliefs

  21-02-2020 18:55
  
  Two children who lived in Idaho — Tylee Ryan, 17, and Joshua Vallow, 7 — have been missing for months.The story of their disappearance is part of a larger tale that has drawn national and international headlines and involves at least three people dead, the two missing children and open police investigations in multiple states.At the center of it all are the children’s mother, Lori Vallow, 46, and her new husband, Chad Daybell, 51 — a couple whose religious doomsday belief
  
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• Review: Pixar’s ‘Onward’ sets a funny, touching story in a world of fantasy

  21-02-2020 18:13
  
  The folks at Disney’s Pixar Animation Studios take their inner Dungeons & Dragons-playing nerd out for a walk in “Onward” (opening March 6), mixing sword-and-sorcery themes with the studio’s established gifts for clever humor and heart-tugging emotion.“Long ago, the world was filled with wonder…” begins the movie’s narration, uttered by Barley Lightfoot (voiced by Chris Pratt), an oversized elf who knows by heart the history of dragons, wizard
  
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• Navajo Nation, New Mexico county to pursue freight railroad

  21-02-2020 17:58
  
  Farmington, N.M. • The Navajo Nation and New Mexico’s San Juan County have entered into an agreement to pursue a freight railroad to serve the Four Corners area.Thursday’s agreement means cooperation between both governments to pave the way for rail service and the improvement of the local economy.Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer plus San Juan County Commission Chairman Jack Fortner all signed the document to move forward with planning for the
  
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• Chris Stewart: Moscow has ‘no reason’ to support Trump in 2020

  21-02-2020 17:50
  
  Washington • Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Donald Trump reelected, five people familiar with the matter said, a disclosure to Congress that angered Trump, who complained that Democrats would use it against him.The day after the Feb. 13 briefing to lawmakers, Trump berated Joseph Maguire, the outgoing acting director of national intelligence, for allowing it to take place, people familiar with
  
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• Missing Utah teen found safe in Kansas

  21-02-2020 17:47
  
  A Utah teenager who was considered missing and endangered has been found safe, Tremonton City Police confirmed.Aliyah Lyn Cutler, 17 — who authorities considered a runaway — was believed to be traveling with Mose Tim Murphy en route to Oklahoma. She was found unharmed by Kansas Highway Patrol officers on Thursday evening.Police provided no further details.The teenager’s mother, Sharilyn Cutler, posted on Facebook that she “could not be happier!! She has been found as is s
  
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• Utah pastor charged with sexually abusing a teenage girl who attended his church

  21-02-2020 17:45
  
  The pastor of a Utah church has been charged with sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in his congregation.Josue Romero, 46, a pastor at the New Life Ministries Baptist Church, at 810 Pilot Ave. in Wendover, has been charged in 3rd District Court with three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, first-degree felonies.According to Wendover City Police, the parents of the teenage girl came to them to report the alleged abuse. The mother told police her daughter had “refused” to g
  
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• Former Utah teacher pleads guilty to killing her ex’s girlfriend as her children watched

  21-02-2020 17:44
  
  West Jordan • A former Utah high school health teacher pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated murder and other charges, admitting she shot and killed her ex-husband’s girlfriend.Chelsea Watrous Cook, 33, went to her ex’s apartment on Nov. 25, 2019, and fatally shot 26-year-old Lisa Vilate Williams in front of Cook’s 3-year-old twins.Cook pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, three firearm-related felonies and two misdemeanor charges of committing a violent
  
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• Taylor G. Petrey: If biology was immutable, it wouldn’t need to be enforced

  21-02-2020 17:00
  
  On Feb. 19, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints publicly released a new “General Handbook,” a guide for church teachings and policies. There were a number of updates, but among them were new teachings about transgender individuals. In addition, the church launched a new website resources on “Transgender.” The new teachings relax earlier church policies in some ways, but remain committed to a belief in a fixed and immutable “sex” identity that is in
  
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• Utah’s new anti-gerrymandering law is at risk, group warns

  21-02-2020 16:46
  
  An anti-gerrymandering group is warning that Utah’s legislative leaders are poised to dismantle a voter-approved law on redrawing the state’s political boundaries.“This is the literal definition of the fox guarding the henhouse," Jeff Wright, co-chair of Better Boundaries, a bipartisan group that supported the initiative, said Friday morning in a prepared statement. “If the Utah legislature eliminates the core principles of gerrymandering reform, they are missing the poin
  
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• Romantic comedy ‘Olympic Dreams’ was filmed behind the scenes in Pyeongchang

  21-02-2020 16:18
  
  Filmmakers Jeremy Teicher and Alexi Pappas are proud to say they made a movie where no one else has ever made a movie before: backstage at the Olympic Games.“You could never reconstruct the Olympics, even if you built the physical structures,” said Teicher, director of the romantic comedy “Olympic Dreams,” which opens Friday at the Broadway Centre Cinemas in Salt Lake City. “In the background, knowing you’re seeing dozens and dozens of Olympians — that&r
  
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• Johnny Townsend: Let’s stop digging our own graves

  21-02-2020 15:30
  
  A Canadian friend of mine complained that indigenous First Nations people kept refusing the jobs and industry offered them, insisting on government “handouts” instead. They should just “get over” their past abuse, he said, assimilate, and get on with life.My follow-up question was, “What kind of jobs and industry are we talking about?” Most of the industry I see on indigenous lands supports fracking and tar sands operations. Accepting such a job, no matter the
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz vs. Spurs: How to watch NBA online, TV channel, live stream info, game time - CBSSports.com

  21-02-2020 15:26 via sportspyder.com
  
  How to watch Jazz vs. Spurs basketball game
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: Pressure for a title rests on Donovan Mitchell’s shoulders

  21-02-2020 15:18 via sportspyder.com
  
  Rudy Gobert might be the anchor of the Utah Jazz’s defense, but in a league known for its star players, Donovan Mitchell is the face of the franchise. Al...
  
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• Robert Kirby: Real best friends stay best friends

  21-02-2020 15:00
  
  If you’re lucky, you’ve managed to hang on to your closest friends your entire life. The same kid who sat next to you in second grade eventually became the best man at your wedding and mowed your lawn when you got arrested/shot/cancer/fired.Friends like that are hard to find and even harder to keep. A lot of relationships once based on mutual rapport go bad. Just look at the divorce rate for proof. But, for now, I’m more interested in friendship.Not all best friends stay best f
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz vs. Spurs live stream info, TV channel: How to watch NBA on TV, stream online - CBSSports.com

  21-02-2020 14:28 via sportspyder.com
  
  How to watch Jazz vs. Spurs basketball game
  
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• Massive new development would give Salt Lake City an upscale Greek Town

  21-02-2020 14:05
  
  Bringing life to dreams nurtured for more than two decades, members of Utah’s Greek Orthodox community are finalizing plans for a huge new development surrounding the Holy Trinity Cathedral in downtown Salt Lake City.Documents soon to be submitted to City Hall envision creating an upscale campus around the 95-year-old cathedral at 279 S. 300 West, with elevated green plazas and public walkways, and an expanded cultural center for congregants of the Greek Orthodox Church of Greater Salt Lak
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ is a little show that made a big statement about diversity. And it’s ending Friday.

  21-02-2020 14:00
  
  Five years ago, shortly before the premiere of “Fresh Off the Boat,” events at a press conference for the show demonstrated exactly why it was so important it made it on the air.An alleged journalist told the show’s stars and producers, “I love the Asian culture.” And then she asked whether we’d be seeing chopsticks and fortune cookies on “Fresh Off the Boat.”My head nearly exploded. It was at the Television Critics Association press tour; I was TC
  
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• Review: Athlete Alexi Pappas has movie-star charm in ‘Olympic Dreams’

  21-02-2020 14:00
  
  It’s the details in “Olympic Dreams” — a movie shot within the usually restricted confines of the Olympic Village at the Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea — and the discovery of athlete-turned-actress Alexi Pappas that make this small story so charming.Pappas plays Penelope, a cross-country skier from an unnamed country whose event comes early in the Pyeongchang Games. She’s reasonably happy with her performance, but now she’s alone in a strange c
  
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• Letter: Work faster to clean up the air

  21-02-2020 14:00
  
  As I read the article in Sunday’s paper describing HC1010 — dubbed the Utah Roadmap — I was shocked by its recommendations.Taking 30 years to reduce air pollution by 50% and carbon emissions by 80% seems remarkably passive. The average lifespan of a car is only 12 years — probably half that for the high-mileage ones used for commuting. That means the vast majority could be replaced in seven or eight years. Large semi-trucks historically last 15-20 years, but are facing to
  
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• Letter: Will we let Zion National Park become a paradise lost?

  21-02-2020 14:00
  
  It was disappointing to see Utah’s congressional delegation oppose a reservation system at Zion National Park before the Park Service can provide an opportunity for public comment on potential solutions.Since 2010, the numbers of visitors flocking to Zion increased 62%. This growth is not sustainable, and the long lines, crowded trails and safety concerns are already affecting visitors' enjoyment of the park.Rather than ruling out potential answers for this problem, Utahns would be better
  
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• Letter: So worries about limiting free agency only apply to a red flag bill?

  21-02-2020 14:00
  
  This Legislature won’t pass a red flag bill but wants to pass a bill to forbid people convicted of DUIs from buying alcohol. Both laws could save peoples’ lives, but both bills would limit peoples’ free agency to purchase the weapons that could end lives.The NRA won’t let this Legislature pass a red flag bill. Well, I say no to HB325 until the red flag bill passes. Let’s not put the cart before the horse.For a state full of Republican legislators who preach free age
  
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• Letter: Kudos for banning conversion therapy

  21-02-2020 14:00
  
  Hooray! Utah banned conversion “therapy” last month. Thank you Troy Williams of Equality Utah for leading this fight; Rep. Craig Hall, R-West Valley City, for introducing the original legislation to ban it last year; and Gov. Herbert for quietly getting the job done after Rep. Hall’s proposed bill died in the Legislature.Conversion “therapy” has no basis in medical or mental health reality. It’s voodoo treatment based on wishful thinking and good intentions, a
  
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