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• Utah coronavirus updates for Sunday: Cases rise to 21; Summit County orders restaurants and more to close

  15-03-2020 23:51
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here.We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates as frequently as possible, but first here’s a rundown on recent stories:• Here are the stories of frustrated Utahns who sought a COVID-19 test and never got one.• Parents will not be able to drop off their children at Utah’s public schools
  
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• MLS and NWSL to extend training moratoriums

  15-03-2020 23:39
  
  Major League Soccer and the National Women’s Soccer League won’t hold sessions for longer than originally planned.Both North American professional soccer leagues announced Sunday that they are extending training moratoriums that were set to end at the end of this weekend. Both leagues were thought to resume full training Monday.Instead, MLS extended its moratorium through Friday, March 20. The NWSL, meanwhile, extended its moratorium through Sunday, March 22.The moratoriums were meas
  
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• Utah coronavirus updates for Sunday: Case rises to 21; Summit County orders restaurants and more to close

  15-03-2020 23:35
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here.We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates as frequently as possible, but first here’s a rundown on recent stories:• Here are the stories of frustrated Utahns who sought a COVID-19 test and never got one.• Parents will not be able to drop off their children at Utah’s public schools
  
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• What Bernie Sanders’ allies want to hear at tonight’s debate

  15-03-2020 23:17
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the onetime Democratic presidential front-runner who notched victories in several early states, is now facing long odds. It’s not impossible — though it is statistically unlikely — for him to reverse the course of the primary and mount a comeback against former Vice President Joe Biden.To regain a delegate lead or, failing that, to make the maximum impact on the race for the views he cares about most, he needs to use Sunday’s presidential d
  
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• How to protect older people from the coronavirus

  15-03-2020 23:12
  
  Amid the uncertainty swirling around the coronavirus pandemic stands one incontrovertible fact: The highest rate of fatalities is among older people, particularly those with underlying medical conditions.Of the confirmed cases in China to date, nearly 15% of patients over 80 have died. For those under 50, the death rate was well below 1%.There is no evidence yet that older people are significantly more likely to acquire the coronavirus than younger people. But medical experts say that if people
  
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• Timothy Egan: Trump should just stop talking about coronavirus

  15-03-2020 22:14
  
  For the good of the nation, for the health of the country, in the interest of doing something drastic to mitigate a national disgrace, President Donald Trump should self-quarantine.I’m serious. Every time he opens his mouth or makes an appearance, he puts the American people more at risk. His three years of flagrant and unremitting lying have made him the last person who should be the source of life and death information for 330 million Americans.Trump should be isolated for his own health
  
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• [NBC Sports] - NBA players release PSA’s on COVID-19

  15-03-2020 22:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  Several current and former players have taken to social media to speak about their COVID-19 experience
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Utah Jazz were the West’s No. 4 playoff seed when the NBA clock stopped. That’s as good a read of this team as any.

  15-03-2020 21:46 via sportspyder.com
  
  NBA commissioner Adam Silver has stated that the league is expected to be on hiatus for 30 days at a minimum, but has also conceded there is a realistic possibility that the 2019-20 campaign may well be finished altogether.
  
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• The Utah Jazz were the West’s No. 4 playoff seed when the NBA clock stopped. That’s as good a read of this team as any.

  15-03-2020 21:35
  
  NBA commissioner Adam Silver has stated that the league is expected to be on hiatus for 30 days at a minimum, but has also conceded there is a realistic possibility that the 2019-20 campaign may well be finished altogether.So, on the one hand, given that the Utah Jazz may have 18 regular-season games yet to play (or some truncated version of that), plus playoffs, it seems premature to make any final pronouncements on this team. On the other hand, with no games on the horizon for the time being,
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz fans: Jerry Sloan is (still) tougher than you

  15-03-2020 20:42 via sportspyder.com
  
  For 23 years, Jerry Sloan was the head coach of the Utah Jazz. And while some might consider his inability to bring an NBA title back to the Salt Lake Vall...
  
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• Top infectious disease expert open to a 14-day ‘national shutdown’ to stem virus

  15-03-2020 20:32
  
  Washington • The government’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday he would like to see aggressive measures such as a 14-day national shutdown that would require Americans to hunker down even more to help slow spread of the coronavirus.Still, Dr. Anthony Fauci said travel restrictions within the United States, such as to and from hard-hit Washington state and California, probably will not be needed anytime soon.Fauci, the public face of the administration's messaging during a rou
  
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• Utah Jazz fans: Jerry Sloan is (still) tougher than you

  15-03-2020 20:30
  
  For 23 years, Jerry Sloan was the head coach of the Utah Jazz. And while some might consider his inability to bring an NBA title back to the Salt Lake Valley a career-defining failure, guess what? He’s still way tougher than you’ll ever be. Given the current, non-existent state of the NBA, I’ve had some […]
  Utah Jazz fans: Jerry Sloan is (still) tougher than you - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [USA Today] - Opinion: Rudy Gobert was childish, yes. The Utah Jazz center also did a great public service

  15-03-2020 20:11 via sportspyder.com
  
  Almost 3,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the United States, with a death toll of more than 50, and those numbers are expected to rise
  
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• Utah’s Qualtrics and booking agency settle lawsuit over X4 summit, canceled over coronavirus concerns

  15-03-2020 20:03
  
  What may have been Utah’s first coronavirus-related lawsuit — a dispute that began with the cancellation of Provo tech giant Qualtrics’ canceled X4 management summit — has been settled before it was even served.Qualtrics had filed suit Thursday in Utah U.S. District Court against Los Angeles-based SME Entertainment Group, a branch of the music conglomerate LiveNation, in a dispute over the fee paid to book the rock band The Killers for X4. Qualtrics was not suing the band
  
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• Sarah Ruhl: The theaters are closed. Write a poem instead.

  15-03-2020 20:00
  
  The theater community is reeling from Thursday’s announcement of a shutdown of Broadway theaters through April 12, a public health measure to protect audiences from possible coronavirus transmission. A blow to the heart — and to a vital economic engine of the city — it’s also a fairly unprecedented move, but for two days following the Sept. 11 attacks.At this moment is it comforting, or not comforting, to think back to the bubonic plague sweeping through London in the ear
  
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• Utah coronavirus updates for Sunday: The number of cases rises to 21

  15-03-2020 19:55
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here.We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates as frequently as possible, but first here’s a rundown on recent stories:• Here are the stories of frustrated Utahns who sought a COVID-19 test and never got one.• Parents will not be able to drop off their children at Utah’s public schools
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Coronavirus: Sick Jazz star Rudy Gobert donates $500,000 to part-time worker fund, COVID-19 relief services - CBSSports.com

  15-03-2020 19:29 via sportspyder.com
  
  Gobert was the first NBA player to test positive for coronavirus
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Coronavirus: Infected Jazz star Rudy Gobert provides health update, wishes he took 'this thing more seriously' - CBSSports.com

  15-03-2020 19:29 via sportspyder.com
  
  Gobert, who was 'careless' by risking the spread of coronavirus, is making sure others don't make the same mistake
  
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• [ESPN] - Gobert urges people to 'stay safe' in video

  15-03-2020 19:23 via sportspyder.com
  
  Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player who tested positive for COVID-19, recorded a video released by the NBA urging people to take appropriate precautions to limit the coronavirus from spreading during the pandemic.
  
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• [USA Today] - Rudy Gobert's coronavirus message: 'Wish I would have taken this thing more seriously'

  15-03-2020 19:15 via sportspyder.com
  
  The first NBA player to test positive for coronavirus, the Utah Jazz's Rudy Gobert, released an update from quarantine.
  
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• [Deseret News] - Rudy Gobert on coronavirus: ‘I wish I would’ve took this thing more seriously’

  15-03-2020 19:00 via sportspyder.com
  
  A day after Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell released a video message through the NBA following his positive test for coronavirus, his teammate Rudy Gobert did the same on Sunday. Gobert, who was...
  
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• [The Spun] - Jazz Star Rudy Gobert Announces Update On His Status

  15-03-2020 18:44 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz star big man Rudy Gobert has announced an update on his status as he deals with the coronavirus this month.
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - Rudy Gobert coronavirus update: Jazz star posts video to fans - Sports Illustrated

  15-03-2020 18:40 via sportspyder.com
  
  Rudy Gobert says he wishes he took the coronavirus more seriously and told fans to take the necessary precautions.
  
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• Elaine Nielson: The Penis Responsibility Act is the other side of reproductive rights

  15-03-2020 18:37
  
  In Utah and across this country, reproductive rights are being discussed and debated. However, surprisingly, one crucial component is totally missing from these discussions: the penis.Just think about it, if we could gain control of the penis, there would be no need for abortions. Why haven’t we seen this? I guess it hasn’t exactly been hiding in plain sight.Currently, especially here in Utah, it looks likely a woman’s right to choose will be going away. Therefore, now is the t
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Rudy Gobert provides update on his situation, gives coronavirus PSA

  15-03-2020 18:36 via sportspyder.com
  
  The landscape of the professional sports world in 2020 changed when Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus. Although–in hindsight–it might have been the case that each major sports league would need to shut down, Gobert’s...
  
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• NFL players approve labor deal, including 17-game season

  15-03-2020 18:26
  
  NFL players have approved a new labor agreement with the league that features a 17-game regular season, higher salaries, increased roster sizes and larger pensions for current and former players.The deal, which runs through the 2030 season, was accepted by the 32 team owners last month. The NFL Players Association's membership spent the last week voting on the 439-page document after its executive board narrowly rejected it by a 6-5 vote, and the player representatives voted 17-14 in favor, with
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - Rudy Gobert Gives Video Update After Coronavirus Diagnosis, Is 'Feeling Better'

  15-03-2020 18:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert says he is "feeling better" after being diagnosed with the coronavirus last week...
  
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• How coronavirus spreads, infects: Your questions answered

  15-03-2020 18:20
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here.The medical impact of the new coronavirus is coming into sharper focus as it continues its spread in what is now officially recognized as a pandemic.Its true fatality rate isn't yet known, but it seems 10 times higher than the flu, which kills hundreds of thousands around the world each year, the United States'
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Gobert pledges $500,000 to help with relief, NBA shutdown

  15-03-2020 18:02 via sportspyder.com
  
  Gobert pledges $500,000 to help with relief, NBA shutdown
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Portsmouth Invitation Tournament canceled

  15-03-2020 17:15 via sportspyder.com
  
  The PIT will not be held for the first time since its founding in 1953
  
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• Utah football’s Jaylon Johnson injured his shoulder in 2018 but played through it to become an All-American in 2019

  15-03-2020 17:12
  
  When news broke on Feb. 24 that Jaylon Johnson played most of last season with a torn right labrum, it was nothing short of a revelation.As a junior cornerback last fall at the University of Utah, the Fresno, Calif., native was named an All-American after ranking third in the Pac-12 with 11 pass breakups. His two interceptions in 13 starts included a 39-yard pick-six at Washington that helped shift momentum in that win in Seattle, while standing as arguably the Utes’ biggest play of the se
  
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• Elaine Nielson: The PRA is the other side of reproductive rights

  15-03-2020 17:00
  
  In Utah and across this country, reproductive rights are being discussed and debated. However, surprisingly, one crucial component is totally missing from these discussions: the penis.Just think about it, if we could gain control of the penis, there would be no need for abortions. Why haven’t we seen this? I guess it hasn’t exactly been hiding in plain sight.Currently, especially here in Utah, it looks likely a woman’s right to choose will be going away. Therefore, now is the t
  
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• Utah coronavirus updates for Sunday: Summit County to put major restrictions on restaurants

  15-03-2020 16:39
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here.We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates as frequently as possible, but first here’s a rundown on recent stories:• Utah ended Saturday with 19 confirmed coronavirus cases.• Most ski resorts closed after the state identified the first case of ‘community spread’ tied to a door
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Portsmouth Invitation Tournament cancelled

  15-03-2020 16:27 via sportspyder.com
  
  The PIT will not be held for the first time since its founding in 1953
  
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• Coronavirus screenings: Travelers forced to wait several hours in densely crowded U.S. airports

  15-03-2020 16:19
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here.Weary travelers returning to the U.S. amid coronavirus-related travel restrictions are being greeted by long lines and hourslong waits for required medical screenings at airports.The dense crowds at 13 airports where travelers from Europe are being funneled — among the busiest across the country — fo
  
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• Utah coronavirus updates for Sunday: Most ski resorts close, but not all

  15-03-2020 16:00
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here.We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates as frequently as possible, but first here’s a rundown on recent stories:• Utah ended Saturday with 19 confirmed coronavirus cases.• Most ski resorts closed after the state identified the first case of ‘community spread’ tied to a door
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz mailbag: What of Woj’s locker room tension report and what getting tested for COVID-19 is like

  15-03-2020 15:14 via sportspyder.com
  
  I figured that just because the sports world has stopped doesn’t mean that we should. So, let’s start the mailbag off this week with a two-part question.
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Serge Ibaka says he really was angry with OG Anunoby during scarves spat

  15-03-2020 14:15 via sportspyder.com
  
  Raptors teammates Serge Ibaka and OG Anunoby got into a delightfully heated argument about fashion – specifically scarves (see video).
  
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• Robert Kirby: Panic at the grocery store and shades of yesteryear

  15-03-2020 14:00
  
  COVID-19 is hardly the first global disease to visit Utah. In my lifetime — at least those that I can recall — there have been three flu scares besides the current one.Asian flu (H2N2) of 1957-1958. It killed an estimated 2 million people worldwide. I wasn’t aware of the particulars at the time because I was only 5. All I knew is that Mom wouldn’t let me play with other kids. Being Latter-day Saints, it was probably of some concern to my parents because General Conference
  
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• Utah patients who tried to get tested for coronavirus describe what happened

  15-03-2020 13:00
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here.Alastair Bitsóí thought he’d be a shoo-in for coronavirus testing.Bitsóí developed the signature cough and fever of the virus on Wednesday, about three days after he flew home to Utah from New York City, where there are more than 150 confirmed cases. He worried that others on hi
  
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• This Utah artist designed the Women’s March logo. Now she’s created two books to inspire youth.

  15-03-2020 13:00
  
  Nicole LaRue’s first taste of activism came in 2017 when she saw the logo she designed for the Women’s March on Washington displayed in rallies across the country.“Activism and being part of the community or public speaking was never a part of my vocabulary growing up,” LaRue said. Now 40, she wonders what may have been different in her life if she’d had access to something like her two new books for youth out this month from Utah publisher Gibbs Smith.“Girl A
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Are military witches and battling moms empowered women? Not on ‘Motherland’ or ‘Little Fires Everywhere.’

  15-03-2020 13:00
  
  In the new Freeform series “Motherland: Fort Salem,” women are in charge. They’re in command of the Army. There’s a woman president.This is, of course, an alternate reality. And it took magic to get them into positions of power. Sigh.The premise of “Motherland” is bonkers. Its alternate timeline began 300 years ago during the Salem witch trials. Not only were the witches real, but they were losing their battle against mere mortals and were on the verge of bein
  
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• Letter: The United States’ beacon has gone dark

  15-03-2020 13:00
  
  The United States was once the envy of the world. A beacon of trust, hope and democracy. Now, with that megalomaniac who dreams of ruling a la Putin and Kim Jong Un, aided and abetted by Republican legislators willing to betray their oath “to preserve and defend the Constitution,” we are now viewed with surprise, suspicion and doubt. History will not be kind to the Republicans for such a betrayal.Glen V. Ruff, SpringvilleSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Stop trying to legislate women’s bodies

  15-03-2020 13:00
  
  Here’s a new thought about government intrusion into the lives of women in our state. Perhaps our male legislators could try this new type of colonic ultrasound. They would be forced into visiting a physician, and while lying on their side on a cold table have a 10-12 inch probe inserted into their anus. After insertion, they would continue to lay on the table for 30-45 minutes while the doctor examined their sigmoid colon and talked to them about bowel sounds and polyps. Oh, and their bla
  
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• Letter: Schools are breeding grounds for illness

  15-03-2020 13:00
  
  The higher education system made a difficult but wise decision to proactively reduce the spread of infection by closing classes. Good hygiene is not enough. So, can you please tell me how continuing to have rooms full of 30-plus children, who are together for seven straight hours, eating in large cafeterias with hundreds of other children, who put their fingers in their noses and mouths and touch each other and every surface is a good health decision, for them or the adults who bring all those g
  
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• Letter: Let’s build a sustainable future

  15-03-2020 13:00
  
  If there is any silver lining to the global pandemic situation we are now coping with, it might be that we have been handed a perfect opportunity to reimagine the way we do things, and make drastic and permanent cuts to carbon emissions and pollution around the world.With everyone considering new ways to work without having to travel, we could take this brief pause in activity to redesign business as usual to have a significantly smaller impact on the earth’s limited resources. Let’s
  
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• Letter: Imagine if we took such drastic measures to solve real problems

  15-03-2020 13:00
  
  The coronavirus mass hysteria — and accompanying irrational behavior — is unlike anything I have witnessed in my 32 years as a practicing physician. The media, which apparently feeds itself on the collective fear and frenzy of the public it is supposed to enlighten, has made matters infinitely worse by choosing to give the lion’s share of airtime to misinformed politicians and frightened citizens, rather than to experts in epidemiology and infectious diseases. The resultant dis
  
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• Letter: How about a Biden/Romney ticket

  15-03-2020 13:00
  
  Dear Sen. Romney,Thank you for your services both in the Senate and in our Olympics. Right now your service is needed in another way. Please consider talking to Joe Biden about being available to run as his vice president. Partisan politics has gone off the rails of crazy extreme both ways. It’s time for a couple of people who work and serve and have been around to scrap party pettiness and bring in or back the best and brightest to uncluster our administration.What do you think?Gaylen Pal
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Justice comes for Harvey Weinstein

  15-03-2020 13:00
  
  He said, she said.Then Justice James Burke said: “Although this is a first conviction, it is not a first offense. There is evidence before me of other incidents of sexual assault involving a number of women, all of which are legitimate considerations for sentence.” And he gave 67-year-old movie producer Harvey Weinstein 23 years for raping one woman and forcing oral sex upon another.He said, she said.Weinstein said in last week's sentencing hearing that he is "worried about this coun
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: My church leader berated me for taking my career seriously

  15-03-2020 13:00
  
  Dear Ann Cannon • I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a little over a year ago I was called in to meet with one of our bishop’s counselors about a potential calling (job) in our congregation. We have lived in this neighborhood for over a decade, as has this counselor, and I have always liked him and his family. When he told me about this calling, however, I had to regretfully decline, or at the very least I would have to wait months to start. The bulk
  
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