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• Utah’s hospitals prepare to treat coronavirus patients

  08-03-2020 23:53
  
  The University of Utah Hospital has erected special tents to assess people who think they may have caught the coronavirus. Intermountain Healthcare has told its medical staff to avoid traveling. And the Davis County Health Department continues to contact the family and friends of the state’s first coronavirus disease patient, but so far hasn’t found no additional cases. All this since Friday when Utah Gov. Gary Herbert declared a state of emergency connected to the COVID-19 virus.The
  
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• Tony Bradley’s gradual, steady rise with the Utah Jazz is paying off this season

  08-03-2020 23:46
  
  He didn’t have any of the Jazz’s 20 made 3-pointers in Cleveland. Nor did he have any of the team’s 26 assists in New York. He didn’t batter the Celtics with scoring from all over the court like Mike Conley did. And he didn’t have a starring role in the momentum-swinging 18-2 fourth-quarter in in Detroit.And yet, in spite of all those things he didn’t do, reserve center Tony Bradley’s fingerprints were all over the Jazz’s just completed 4-0 road tr
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Are the Jazz hitting their stride for good this time?

  08-03-2020 23:34 via sportspyder.com
  
  There are some signs that this is for real
  
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• David Leonhardt: How working-class life is killing Americans

  08-03-2020 22:18
  
  When economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton first published their research on “deaths of despair” five years ago, they focused on middle-aged whites. So many white working-class Americans in their 40s and 50s were dying of suicide, alcoholism and drug abuse that the overall mortality rate for the age group was no longer falling — a rare and shocking pattern in a modern society.But as Case and Deaton continued digging into the data, it became clear that the grim trends didn&rsquo
  
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• Ross Douthat: The coronavirus is coming for Trump’s presidency

  08-03-2020 18:31
  
  On Jan. 31, over a month ago, the Trump administration made an excellent decision: In an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus, it forbade most foreign nationals from entering the United States if they had recently traveled to China.This move was immediately attacked in the language of cosmopolitan sophistication, which assumes that because travel bans and quarantines are associated with things liberals consider bad — nationalism, hardened borders, migration restrictions — th
  
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• Kamala Harris endorses Joe Biden; Jesse Jackson backs Bernie Sanders

  08-03-2020 18:15
  
  Harris endorses Biden; Jesse Jackson backs Sanders Washington • Kamala Harris endorsed Joe Biden on Sunday and said she would "do everything in my power'' to help elect him, becoming the latest dropout from the Democratic race for president to line up behind the former vice president in his battle with Bernie Sanders for the nomination.The decision by the California senator who was one of three black candidates seeking to challenge President Donald Trump further solidifies the Democratic es
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Royce O’Neale stars on defense as a starter once again

  08-03-2020 18:05 via sportspyder.com
  
  Royce O’Neale has taken advantage of his promotion from the bench to a starting role. His effect on defense changes the entire mentality of the Utah Jazz...
  
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• Italy quarantines $16 million people in drastic bid to slow virus spread

  08-03-2020 17:51
  
  Rome • Italy took a page from China’s playbook Sunday, locking down around 16 million people — more than a quarter of its population — for nearly a month to halt the relentless march of the new coronavirus across Europe.Weddings, museums, shopping malls, and even restaurants are all hit by the new restrictions, which focus on a swath of northern Italy but are disrupting daily life around the country.From Venice to Milan, confusion reigned as residents and tourists tried to
  
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• Utah Jazz: Royce O’Neale stars on defense as a starter once again

  08-03-2020 17:46
  
  Royce O’Neale has taken advantage of his promotion from the bench to a starting role. His effect on defense changes the entire mentality of the Utah Jazz, who are enjoying a five game winning streak. Six games ago, Royce O’Neale rejoined the starting lineup for the Utah Jazz. Who he was replacing was a tossup […]
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• BYU is a lock for the NCAA Tournament, but a higher seed is within grasp in Las Vegas

  08-03-2020 17:31
  
  BYU is on the verge of something magical.But before the No. 15 Cougars can make their return to the NCAA Tournament, where some commentators believe BYU can make a deep run, they have the West Coast Conference basketball tournament. And a pair of wins in Sin City would definitely boost their resume and improve their chances at a higher seed.After earning a triple bye, the second-seeded Cougars will make their debut in the conference tourney in Monday’s semifinal against No. 3 Saint Mary&rs
  
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• Older viewers prefer KSL and KUTV; FOX 13 leads in advertiser-friendly demographics

  08-03-2020 17:00
  
  Utah’s older TV viewers still prefer to watch local newscasts on KSL-Ch. 5 and KUTV-Ch. 2. But when it comes to the demographics that count — the audiences that advertisers pay to reach — FOX 13 is No. 1.And some of the numbers are downright startling. According to Nielsen, here are the average number of viewers (in the specified demos) who tuned in to the stations’ late-night newscasts during the recently completed February sweeps. !function(){"use strict";window.addEven
  
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• Utah draws Oregon State in Pac-12 Tournament, but it took all day Saturday to figure that out

  08-03-2020 16:30
  
  The University of Utah will play Oregon State in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament on Wednesday, but it took most of Saturday to figure out the matchup.Saturday marked the final day of the regular season in the Pac-12. The entire conference was in action, but Utah’s 74-72 overtime win over Colorado was the first result of the day.The final buzzer sounded just after 2:30 p.m. At that point, the Utes were locked in as the No. 9 seed. Their eighth-seeded first-round opponent was depend
  
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• The Washakie trial — featuring polygamy, fraud, corruption and all-star lawyers — is one of the strangest Utah has seen

  08-03-2020 15:35
  
  Has the most surreal moment of the Lev Aslan Dermen trial been the Utah polygamist who was on the witness stand for a week, the texts with the Belize government minister who resigned midtrial, or when a man owed $32 million walked into the Salt Lake City courtroom?Feel free to adjudicate that question. Everything else in the trial — which just finished week six — has been. As recently as Thursday, with the jury sent home for a few days, the two sides argued in front of federal Judge
  
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• Utah company Banjo is building a massive surveillance system with the help of the state’s attorney general

  08-03-2020 15:30
  
  In less than three years, a secretive technology company called Banjo relocated to Utah, struck up a cozy relationship with the state’s attorney general and started building a massive real time surveillance system.It listens to 911 calls throughout the state. It monitors traffic cameras. The location of police cars. Your social media. And more.Banjo’s founder and CEO, Damien Patton, is still building out his “Live Time” platform, enticing some city police departments with
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz mailbag: Which high playoff seeds are realistically still within reach for the Jazz

  08-03-2020 15:23 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz are absolutely still in play for not only the third but also the second seed in the Western Conference.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: 10 potential draft targets in NCAA Tournament

  08-03-2020 15:16 via sportspyder.com
  
  The NCAA Tournament is a chance for college prospects to show out and increase their draft stock. Here are 10 prospects playing that are within draft range...
  
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• RSL’s home-opening draw included healthy frustration, so many almost-goals and pinpoint crosses

  08-03-2020 15:11
  
  Three observations from Real Salt Lake’s 1-1 draw with the New York Red Bulls.1. Healthy frustrationRSL created 13 scoring chances as a team. New York, just two. RSL shot 14 times from inside the box. New York, just once from that area. And, RSL felt collectively that it dominated the game against a Red Bulls team that had a winning road record in 2019.Despite all that, however, Real got only a point Saturday instead of three. Credit is due to New York, which was in the right positions to
  
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• BYU linebacker Zayne Anderson, closing in on full health again, is taking his game to the Cougar secondary

  08-03-2020 15:08
  
  Provo • Last season, nearly a year after being sidelined with a shoulder injury and undergoing surgery, Zayne Anderson found himself in the same position once again. In the 2019 season opener against Utah, his shoulder popped out once more — requiring a second surgery.After two injury-filled season in which he only played a total of six games, Anderson has one more chance at finishing out his collegiate career at BYU on the field. And he’s hoping to make the best of it, regardle
  
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• Bret Stephens: Things I won’t have to worry about if Joe Biden is elected

  08-03-2020 15:07
  
  If Joe Biden wins the Democratic nomination, I’ll worry that his candidacy might be doomed. Doomed by Sanders supporters who, out of pique, will sit out the election; doomed by a throwback messenger with no particularly stirring message; doomed by hints of infirmity that many voters find worrisome and that Donald Trump will exploit with crass efficiency.If, despite this, Biden wins the presidency, I’ll worry that, as a potential one-termer, he’ll bend too far to appease his par
  
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• Robert Kirby: Hearing the voice of God

  08-03-2020 15:05
  
  We’re running up on April General Conference next month. Millions of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will get the word(s) from our leaders.This particular conference, falling as it does in the 200th anniversary year of the First Vision beheld by the Prophet Joseph Smith, will be a doozy, says a top leader.Latter-day Saint President Russell M. Nelson didn’t actually say “doozy.” I’m paraphrasing him, which I admit is risky. Religion is a vo
  
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• Polygamy, fraud, corruption and all-star lawyers: Notes from one of the strangest trials Utah has seen

  08-03-2020 15:05
  
  Has the most surreal moment of the Lev Aslan Dermen trial been the Utah polygamist who was on the witness stand for a week, the texts with the Belize government minister who resigned midtrial, or when a man owed $32 million walked into the Salt Lake City courtroom?Feel free to adjudicate that question. Everything else in the trial — which just finished week six — has been. As recently as Thursday, with the jury sent home for a few days, the two sides argued in front of federal Judge
  
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• Utah Jazz: 10 potential draft targets in NCAA Tournament

  08-03-2020 15:00
  
  The NCAA Tournament is a chance for college prospects to show out and increase their draft stock. Here are 10 prospects playing that are within draft range for the Utah Jazz. While the main focus for the Utah Jazz is finishing the regular season strong and going into the playoffs with home court advantage, they’ll […]
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• [Basketball Insiders] - NBA Daily: Golden State’s Hiatus Is Almost Over

  08-03-2020 14:08 via sportspyder.com
  
  A few blows have put made the Golden State Warriors go on a hiatus since June, but Matt John goes into detail as to why the league should fear them even more when they return.
  
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• Your 8 most vexing tax questions, answered

  08-03-2020 14:00
  
  Filing your tax return may make your head hurt again this year.For only the second time, Americans must cope with the new set of rules that sprang from the tax overhaul enacted by Congress in 2017. Many people are still adjusting to the law’s quirks, while puzzling over other legislative changes that came at the end of 2019.With April 15 bearing down, we asked tax professionals across the country to share the questions that are most bedeviling their clients. Here’s what they said.I&r
  
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• Three Points: Healthy frustration, so many almost-goals and pinpoint crosses in RSL’s home-opening draw

  08-03-2020 14:00
  
  Three observations from Real Salt Lake’s 1-1 draw with the New York Red Bulls.1. Healthy FrustrationRSL created 13 scoring chances as a team. New York, just two. RSL shot 14 times from inside the box. New York, just once from that area. And, RSL felt collectively that it dominated the game against a Red Bulls team that had a winning road record in 2019.Despite all that, however, Real got only a point Saturday instead of three. Credit is due to New York, which was in the right positions to
  
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• This restaurant sells the most expensive — and extravagant — steak in Utah

  08-03-2020 13:00
  
  Steak is usually one of the most expensive items on a fine dining menu.But a new Italian restaurant in Salt Lake City has taken the beefy splurge to a new level, selling large cuts — topped with truffles and encrusted with edible 24 karate gold — for as much as $260.The beef or “carne” items at La Trattoria di Francesco are not only the state’s most expensive, but also its most extravagant.The high cost hasn’t stopped customers from ordering, said Giuseppe Mir
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Rob Riggle arrogantly explores mysteries on Discovery. And — surprise! — it’s sort of fun.

  08-03-2020 13:00
  
  Rob Riggle isn’t really an arrogant, obnoxious lout — he just plays one on TV and in the movies.He’s been that guy on everything from “The Daily Show” to “The Hangover” to “Modern Family.” It made him famous. But that isn’t him, he insists.“I don’t want to go through life as that character,” Riggle said. “It’s a fun character that I enjoy playing, and I play it pretty well so I get asked to play it a lot. B
  
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• Letter: We can avert the ‘poo-pocalypse’

  08-03-2020 13:00
  
  Those of us in Utah that live near any of the Big Five national parks know that they are an invaluable economic resource to rural communities. But, after you leave pavement down any dirt road around these communities, human feces deposits are found behind any bush, rock or rise of the landscape that provides shelter from prying eyes. As an environmental health scientist for the local health department, my job is to ensure that human waste is disposed of properly so that the public is not exposed
  
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• Letter: None of our government representatives actually represent us

  08-03-2020 13:00
  
  With the Salt Lake County Council’s recent vote to approve the Olympia Hills project in spite of overwhelming opposition from the residents of surrounding cities in the southwest valley, my disgust and disillusionment with every level of our government is complete. The corruption of our representative form of government from city hall to the highest office in the land is evident by the arrogance with which those who we elect ignore the will of the people. Every level of our government demo
  
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• Letter: Help! I voted too early.

  08-03-2020 13:00
  
  I goofed up. I’m not happy about it, but yes, I admit it. I voted too early.When I got my Democratic ballot almost a month ago I was eager to mark a box and send that sucker in. Instead of voting for the candidate I liked the best and who best reflected my values, I voted like a pundit. I tried to predict the most electable candidate.In a fast-moving election season crowded with talented candidates, I cast my vote when there were still two debates and two state primaries/caucuses ahead of
  
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• Letter: Health insurers line their pockets while Medicare recipients foot the bill

  08-03-2020 13:00
  
  I am writing in response to the Cigna executives who touted their out-of-pocket cap on the cost of insulin for diabetics. My Part D Medicare supplement through Express Scripts went from a cost of less than $20 a month to over $50 from 2019 to 2020. That is a $30 a month increase in one year. Now it makes sense. They can make themselves look good by supplementing insulin while passing on the cost to the elderly and not losing any of their profits. An extra $30 a month from the millions of Medicar
  
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• Leonard Pitts: There are more of us than there are of them

  08-03-2020 13:00
  
  Six hours is a good, long time. You could do a lot of things in six hours.You could drive from San Francisco to L.A.You could finish an audiobook.You could clean out a garage, paint a room, watch three movies.Or you could vote.It took a man named Hervis Rogers that long to do so in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. He did not leave his polling place in Houston until 1:30 Wednesday morning — the last person to cast his ballot. “I wanted to get my vote in to voice my opinion,”
  
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• Brodi Ashton: So my son asked about the coronavirus. Here’s what I said.

  08-03-2020 13:00
  
  My son and I had a very serious conversation recently. It was one of those tough, grownup-to-teenager talks, and like many of these, it all started with a question.“Mom, how worried should I be about coronavirus?”Me: “Call it COVID-19, dagnabbit!”Kidding. I don’t know why the media (including The Trib) feels the need to specifically say COVID-19. I mean, can you imagine telling someone you have coronavirus, and they respond, “Which one? Crossin’ my finge
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: Are thank you notes a thing of the past?

  08-03-2020 13:00
  
  Dear Ann Cannon • I have a question about the current etiquette on writing thank you notes for wedding gifts. I have been bothered by this for a few years now and I’m wondering if I’m just out of date. Receiving a thank you card for a wedding gift seems to be an extreme rarity anymore and the exception instead of the rule. In fact, I have sent numerous wedding gifts over the past year and have not received a single thank you. Has this just gone by the wayside with our kids&rsquo
  
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• A Utah company is building a massive surveillance system with the help of the attorney general

  08-03-2020 13:00
  
  In less than three years, a secretive technology company called Banjo relocated to Utah, struck up a cozy relationship with the state’s attorney general and started building a massive real time surveillance system.It listens to 911 calls throughout the state. It monitors traffic cameras. The location of police cars. Your social media. And more.Banjo’s founder and CEO, Damien Patton, is still building out his “Live Time” platform, enticing some city police departments with
  
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• One circus pass from Donovan Mitchell to Joe Ingles keys Utah Jazz’s fifth straight victory, 111-105 over the Detroit Pistons

  08-03-2020 08:50
  
  Detroit • As Donovan Mitchell drove the lane from the right side, he went down awkwardly, the ball coming out of his hands and bouncing away. He dived on the court to retrieve it, then fought off a defender’s attempt to snatch it away, knowing that losing control would likely yield a transition bucket the other way.As he sat on the floor, holding the ball, he caught a glimpse of Joe Ingles all alone, way over on the left side of the court, and lofted a pass his way. Ingles, with the s
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz keep cool heads to pull out win over Detroit Pistons and complete a road trip sweep

  08-03-2020 06:26 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz went on to win 111-105, sweeping the four-game road trip, winning a fifth consecutive game, and improving to 41-22 on the season.
  
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• [KSL] - A different mindset and focus: How the Jazz completed a 4-game road sweep | KSL.com

  08-03-2020 06:16 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz answered Detroit's 22-point comeback with an 18-2 run that spanned nearly five minutes and Utah left Detroit with a 111-105 victory Saturday at Little Ceasars Arena.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Triple Team: Jazz have the defensive switch on at key moments to finish 4-game road trip undefeated

  08-03-2020 05:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 111-105 win over the Detroit Pistons from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.
  
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• Michael Norman: Utah Legislature has declared war on public education

  08-03-2020 05:00
  
  As a retired public educator, I have watched with frustration as state legislators, one after another, talk about the high priority and commitment they have to properly fund public education.Sadly, it sounds the same today as it did when I arrived at Weber State University in 1981 — empty rhetoric and unfulfilled promises. Some people were surprised that Salt Lake teachers walked off the job last Friday, although I can’t imagine why. The only thing that surprised me was that teachers
  
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• The Triple Team: Jazz have the defensive switch on at key moments to finish 4-game road trip undefeated

  08-03-2020 04:53
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 111-105 win over the Detroit Pistons from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Jazz defense good enough in stretchesIt’s clear that the Jazz have a defensive switch — maybe not one that they always have control of, but there’s an obvious difference between their best defensive efforts and their subpar ones. When the Jazz defend well, they’re a very good team. When they were most in danger of losing tonight, they flipped
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Jazz withstand Detroit rallies in 111-105 win

  08-03-2020 04:26 via sportspyder.com
  
  Jazz withstand Detroit rallies in 111-105 win
  
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• [Deseret News] - 3 takeaways from the Utah Jazz’s 111-105 win over the Detroit Pistons

  08-03-2020 03:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz kept their winning streak going, extending it to five games with a tougher-than-expected 111-105 victory over the Detroit Pistons.
  
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• [KSL] - Donovan, Rudy and Bojan went to the bench — and then the Jazz flipped the game | KSL.com

  08-03-2020 03:43 via sportspyder.com
  
  With 3:06 left in the first quarter, Donovan Mitchell, Bojan Bogdanovic and Rudy Gobert went to the bench with the Jazz trailing by 11. It was then the Jazz flipped the game.
  
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• Utah Jazz hold off Detroit Pistons 111-105 for fifth straight victory

  08-03-2020 03:41
  
  Detroit • The last time the Utah Jazz trailed in a fourth quarter was their Feb. 26 loss to the Boston Celtics. But after the surging Pistons rallied from a 22-point hole to tie the apparently fading Jazz on Saturday night at Little Caesars Arena, that streak appeared to be history.Utah wasn’t quite ready to let it go, however.Playing on the second night of a back-to-back, and their fourth game in six days, the Jazz mustered enough energy to respond with an 18-2 run to generate some b
  
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• Trump ‘not concerned’ as coronavirus cases rise in D.C. area

  08-03-2020 03:24
  
  Palm Beach, Fla. • President Donald Trump says he isn’t concerned “at all” about the coronavirus getting closer to the White House after the nation’s capital reported its first case Saturday.Maryland officials warned Saturday that a person who attended the recent Conservative Political Action Conference in the suburb of Oxon Hill had tested positive for the virus. Both Trump and Vice President Mike Pence spoke at the conference. The White House said Saturday there wa
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - NBA games without fans? Utah Jazz hope virus scare doesn’t come to that.

  08-03-2020 02:46 via sportspyder.com
  
  Detroit • On Friday, the NBA issued a coronavirus-related memo to teams detailing potential scenarios “if it were to become necessary to play a game with only essential staff present.”
  
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• Stunner: BYU women fall to Pepperdine, 62-51, in Cougars’ WCC basketball tourney opener

  08-03-2020 02:39
  
  The West Coast Conference saw its first tournament upset on Saturday — and it happened against No. 3 BYU.The reigning WCC champions were knocked out of the tournament in the quarterfinals by sixth-seeded Pepperdine, 62-51. The Cougars finished the regular season with an 18-11 overall record.The Waves will go on to Monday's semifinal game to face No. 2 San Diego.In a game that would pit BYU's size against Pepperdine's speed, the Cougars came out sluggish and struggled to keep up throughout
  
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• NBA games without fans? Utah Jazz hope virus scare doesn’t come to that.

  08-03-2020 02:25
  
  Detroit • On Friday, the NBA issued a coronavirus-related memo to teams detailing potential scenarios “if it were to become necessary to play a game with only essential staff present.”Meaning, in effect, playing games without fans or media, as several overseas leagues have done already.The Lakers’ LeBron James already came out in opposition to that possibility, telling media on Friday, “Nah, that’s impossible. I ain’t playing if I ain’t got the fans
  
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• SLC International Women’s Day festival celebrates 100 years of suffrage by saying women rock

  08-03-2020 02:02
  
  Artists painted wall-sized murals of feminist icons like Dolly Parton and Amy Winehouse as people idled by, some stopping to watch for a few seconds before moving on. Nearby, an ultimate frisbee group challenged attendees to throw discs through hoops. A band — fronted by a female vocalist — played. Female beer enthusiasts sat behind a table and exposed the virtues of home brewing.The International Women’s Day celebration at The Gateway’s Olympic Fountain showed that woman
  
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