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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - What is the aftermath for the Utah Jazz if the season is canceled?

  01-04-2020 23:23 via sportspyder.com
  
  If the 2019-20 NBA season ends up being canceled altogether, how might that impact the Utah Jazz and their roster moving forward? 64 games into their seaso...
  
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• NCAA extends recruiting dead period to the end of May

  01-04-2020 23:09
  
  As expected, the NCAA announced Wednesday it has extended the recruiting dead period through May 31. The college sports governing body originally instituted a dead period through April 15. That initial announcement came on March 13, the day after the NCAA Tournament, the remainder of winter championships and all spring championships were cancelled. A dead-period extension through May 31 affects different sports in different ways. The big losers here are football coaches. Under normal circumstanc
  
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• At the top of the COVID-19 curve, how do hospitals decide who gets treatment?

  01-04-2020 23:07
  
  A hospital in Washington state projects that it may not have enough ventilators in two weeks. New York state could be thousands of ventilators short of what it needs. In Michigan, a hospital system has prepared warnings for patients about what will happen if it gets more patients than it can handle.The answers are stark: Some patients would get full intensive care treatment, some would not. But which ones?Across the country, hospitals and public health officials are working on plans for what hap
  
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• Agnes Callard: Why am I reading apocalyptic novels now?

  01-04-2020 23:00
  
  A man and his son trudge through the wasteland into which human civilization has devolved. Every night, they shiver together in hunger and cold and fear. If they encounter someone weaker than they are — an injured man, an abandoned child — they do not have the resources to help, and if they encounter someone stronger, violence is assured. The man lives for the child, and the child regularly expresses a desire for death.I am describing the novel “The Road,” by Cormac McCar
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 1: Utah tops 1,000 cases, reports 2 new deaths; Governor says renters can defer paying rent

  01-04-2020 22:26
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Wednesday, April 1. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]2:20 p.m.: Utah’s social distancing may be bending the curve, state
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell selected for players only 2K tournament

  01-04-2020 22:26 via sportspyder.com
  
  Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz has been selected to play in a 2K tournament with 15 other NBA players. The winner will donate to the charity of his choi...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell selected for players only 2K tournament

  01-04-2020 22:00
  
  Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz has been selected to play in a 2K tournament with 15 other NBA players. The winner will donate to the charity of his choice. As the NBA hiatus continues, Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell continues to be active on social media and playing NBA 2K20. He played Ronnie Singh, […]
  Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell selected for players only 2K tournament - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• As BYU football players head for home, Cougar coaches have plan to keep the offseason workouts going

  01-04-2020 21:58
  
  While BYU’s spring football practice was canceled after only six workouts due to the coronavirus, players and staff didn’t automatically switch into offseason mode. If anything, they are trying to make sure to be even more on top of things considering people still don’t know how the pandemic could potentially affect college football.As of last week, coach Kalani Sitake said a third of his players had already left campus to go home and more would be making arrangements in the co
  
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• Davis County issues mandatory stay-at-home order

  01-04-2020 21:57
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Add Davis County to the growing number of areas in Utah that now have mandatory stay-at-home orders.“Our success as a community depends on each individual and family limiting interaction to only what is essential,” Davi
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: LDS scholar examines the coronavirus’s effects on the global church, anticipates a General Conference with talk about Second Coming

  01-04-2020 21:38
  
  It’s been several weeks since our latest “Mormon Land” podcast. Thankfully, not much has happened in that interval.OK, let’s just say the world has turned upside down.For The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, its fundamental operations, programs and plans have been upended by the coronavirus. Services have been canceled. All temples are closed. And tens of thousands of missionaries have been recalled, released or reassigned. All of this coming in front of an on
  
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• Utah’s GOP members of Congress want to give oil, gas and mining companies a break

  01-04-2020 21:30
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Washington • Utah’s Republican members of Congress are joining their Western colleagues in asking the Interior Department to waive or reduce federal royalty payments on oil, gas and coal production on federal lands becau
  
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• Because of coronavirus restrictions, this Utah dad had to watch his son’s birth on FaceTime

  01-04-2020 21:25
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.When his baby boy was born last month, Damon Bryan wasn’t allowed to be in the operating room with his wife, Tarah.That’s because for a few days before Tarah’s scheduled C-section, Bryan had a bit of a cough. It w
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 1: Utah tops 1,000 cases, reports 2 new deaths; Herbert shoots down April Fools’ prank

  01-04-2020 21:24
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Wednesday, April 1. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]1:25 p.m.: Harmons gives away 3,300 thermometersIn less than three hours
  
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• 83-year-old Utah woman who lived at senior center dies after contracting coronavirus, family says

  01-04-2020 21:12
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.A family says an 83-year-old great-grandmother is the latest person to die from the coronavirus in Utah.Donna Saracino died Tuesday at University Hospital, according to granddaughter Shannon Broadhead. Saracino would have been the
  
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• After COVID-19 spoils Utah’s big census events, officials go to Plan B

  01-04-2020 21:05
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.This week surrounding the official April 1 Census Day was when groups statewide planned mass events to help Utahns fill out census forms — from a festival in West Valley City with mariachi bands and dancers (and computers to
  
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• North Summit’s Kennady McQueen is Utah’s Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  01-04-2020 21:02
  
  North Summit senior Kennady McQueen’s season ended in a somewhat bittersweet fashion. Her Braves team made it to the 2A girls’ basketball championship game against Millard, but they lost a heartbreaker in triple overtime. But not long before that game, McQueen had committed and subsequently signed to play basketball at the University of Utah, where she had dreamed of playing since she was young. So when she won the Gatorade Utah Girls’ Basketball Player of the Year award, there
  
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• Thomas L. Friedman: With the coronavirus, it’s Trump vs. Mother Nature. Again.

  01-04-2020 21:00
  
  Today’s news quiz: What do these data points have in common?• Jan. 22: President Donald Trump is asked by CNBC: “Are there worries about a pandemic at this point?” Trump answers: “No. Not at all. And we’re, we have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. … It’s — going to be just fine.”• Jan. 31: Moving to counter the spreading coronavirus outbreak, Trump bars entry by most foreign nationals who had re
  
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• Ann Cannon: If the LDS Church ever gets on board with Lent, I know what I’ll give up

  01-04-2020 21:00
  
  A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, when I was writing for another paper, I did a column on Lent.You know Lent, right? The 40-day period starting on Ash Wednesday that many Christians use to reflect and prepare for Easter. Also, they forgo or give up something (like sugar) in remembrance of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice.Anyway, in this particular column I lamented the fact that my tribe doesn’t observe Lent for reasons about which I’m not entirely clear. And please do not tel
  
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• NCAA revenue cut not only affecting big schools, but smaller ones like Southern Utah, Weber State, Westminster

  01-04-2020 20:40
  
  There was a slight uneasiness detected in Debbie Corum’s voice.This was on Friday, the day after the NCAA announced that its Board of Governors voted unanimously to reduce its financial distribution to its Division I schools in the wake of the NCAA Tournament’s cancellation due to the escalation of the COVID-19 pandemic. The college sports governing body will distribute $225 million in June to Division I schools, well-short of the budgeted $600 million that was slated to go out in Ap
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 1: Herbert shoots down April Fools’ prank

  01-04-2020 19:57
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Wednesday, April 1. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----11:55 a.m.: Herbert shoots down April Fools’ prank sent out ove
  
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• Share the silver linings you’ve experienced during the coronavirus crisis

  01-04-2020 19:49
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.These are hard days.People are sequestered in their homes. Schools are closed. Workers are getting laid off at a historic clip. The virus is spreading, and the death count rises.And yet, in the midst of all this pain and fear, ther
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 1: O.C. Tanner will donate medical equipment of Utah hospitals

  01-04-2020 19:49
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Wednesday, April 1. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----11:50 a.m. Weber State loaning medical equipment to local hospitals a
  
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• [KSL] - As Jazz, NBA hiatus continues, Jazz Gaming, NBA 2K League returning to normalcy | KSL.com

  01-04-2020 19:44 via sportspyder.com
  
  Things are hardly normal for Utah Jazz Gaming, the official affiliate of the Utah Jazz in the NBA 2K League.
  
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• In Utah’s mountains and deserts, Columbia spotted frogs are sentinels of climate change

  01-04-2020 19:34
  
  Heber Valley • Finding Columbia spotted frogs in Utah’s mountains is not easy. But it’s possible, with a guide like Paula Trater. She leads a visitor down a dirt path, then through mucky wetlands filled with cattails and a riot of birdsong.On this cool, spring afternoon, she stops at a breeding hotspot. She points out a pair of male frogs wrestling in shallow water as they show off for potential mates at the edge of the cattails. Listen, she says, for the “cluckcluckcluck&
  
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• Ross Douthat: The coronavirus and the conservative mind

  01-04-2020 19:00
  
  Over the past two decades, as conservatives and liberals have drifted ever further from each other, an influential body of literature has attempted to psychologize the partisan divide — to identify conservative and liberal personality types, right-wing or left-wing minds or brains, and to vindicate the claim of the noted political scientists Gilbert and Sullivan, That every boy and every gal / That’s born into the world alive. / Is either a little Liberal / Or else a little Conservat
  
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• Salt Lake County Health weighs in on a roommate fight and now #StayHomeBrett is trending nationwide

  01-04-2020 18:03
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.A BYU-Idaho student got into a fight over her roommate’s boyfriend and it went viral this week. In stepped, the Salt Lake County Health Department issuing its recommendation for love in the time of coronavirus: “#StayHo
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 1: Hovenweep, Natural Bridges close; Ballet West cancels international event

  01-04-2020 17:52
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Wednesday, April 1. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----9:50 a.m.: Hovenweep and Natural Bridges join growing tally of closed
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Here’s What I Know…

  01-04-2020 17:34 via sportspyder.com
  
  Just three weeks back from a long parental leave, I felt a little obligated to show my face downtown, even though things were already getting a little scary at that point. Sure.
  
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• [NBA] - Ingles Insight: Sweat personal trainer Kelsey Wells on fitness, Jr. Jazz, and parenting

  01-04-2020 17:25 via sportspyder.com
  
  Kelsey Wells is a wife, mother, and personal trainer. She built a fitness regimen out of her apartment. The crew goes into her fitness journey - from at home workouts for herself to the SWEAT app
  
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• Wimbledon canceled for 1st time since WWII because of virus

  01-04-2020 17:20
  
  Wimbledon was canceled on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time since World War II that the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament won’t be played.The All England Club announced after an emergency meeting that the event it refers to simply as The Championships is being scrapped for 2020.Wimbledon was scheduled to be played on the club's grass courts on the outskirts of London from June 29 to July 12.Instead, the next edition of the tournament will be June 28 to July 11
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 1: Ballet West cancels international event

  01-04-2020 16:33
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Wednesday, April 1. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----8:02 a.m.: Ballet West cancels Choreographic FestivalBallet West has
  
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• Utah’s tourism industry is losing millions a day because of the coronavirus

  01-04-2020 16:24
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.The coronavirus crisis has Utah’s top tourism boosters striking a different theme these days.Instead of “Visit Salt Lake!” it’s more like, “Stay home for now! We’ll see you later this summer!&rdq
  
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• Want LDS Church money to change the world? Here are some impact investing strategies

  01-04-2020 15:17
  
  Sam Wolfe wants The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to reinvest.Wolfe, a Latter-day Saint writer living in Cairo, would like his church to sell its stock in oil companies, military arms dealers and big banks. The funds could be directed to causes like eradicating youth homelessness, aiding the poor and providing health care to regions without it.“I recognize that the church does good humanitarian work,” Wolfe wrote in an email to The Salt Lake Tribune. “Still, it ha
  
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• Letter: Take the opportunity to be healthier

  01-04-2020 15:14
  
  Obesity is something that is becoming a more and more prevalent issue in this country, as well as this state. Utah may have the lowest obesity rates among adults and children in the country, but we’re still not satisfied with that.How can we possibly get that number lower? One solution is to help promote a healthy and active lifestyle at school and in the community. We should be encouraging people to make healthier decisions with their eating, as well as moving around a little bit more eve
  
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• Paul Krugman: This land of denial and death

  01-04-2020 15:12
  
  Death comes at you fast. Just three weeks ago the official line at the White House and Fox News was that the coronavirus was no big deal, that claims to the contrary were a politically motivated hoax perpetrated by people out to get Donald Trump. Now we have a full-blown health crisis in New York, and all indications are that many other cities will soon find themselves in the same situation.And it will almost certainly get much worse. The United States is on the worst trajectory of any advanced
  
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• Letter: Health care workers deserve hazard pay

  01-04-2020 15:12
  
  I read with some consternation that salaries are being cut for health care providers by the parasitic excrescence called Intermountain HealthCare.Doctors, nurses, PAs, MAs, you should be getting hazard pay and a bonus on top of that. Should you decide to organize and strike (and I really think you should), I swear by everything that is holy that I will not cross your picket line, and I will be available for any auxiliary activities you may deem necessary.Jay Hansen, ProvoSubmit a letter to the e
  
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• Robert Gehrke: COVID-19 may trigger a housing catastrophe. Here’s how Utah can minimize the pain.

  01-04-2020 15:09
  
  On Monday, the Federal Reserve issued a forecast that has to make Utah policymakers’ blood run cold.They projected that 47 million Americans could lose their job as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, leaving nearly a third of Americans unemployed.In Utah, 19,600 new unemployment claims were filed the week ending March 21, an all-time record that well could be eclipsed when last week’s data is announced Thursday.Those shocks to the system could have a devastating effect on renters,
  
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• Two arrested in fatal Millcreek shooting

  01-04-2020 15:00
  
  Two people have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting Monday morning in Millcreek.Derek Little, 35, is being held on accusations of murder, obstruction of justice, use or possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person. Tryana Scaramella, 27, was arrested on suspicion of obstruction of justice.Unified Police were called Monday to an apartment at 229 E. Hill Ave. where officers found the victim, Tevita Laloni, 32, on the sidew
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - 3 NBA Free Agents Hurt The Most By Sudden Shutdown

  01-04-2020 15:00 via sportspyder.com
  
  The NBA season is at a stand-still and fans are losing their minds. Will it come back or not? With the regular season in heavy doubt, the playoffs are still a possibility. But if nothing happens, then teams and players will head into the offseason...
  
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• Utah’s tourism industry is reeling, losing millions by the day

  01-04-2020 14:28
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.The coronavirus crisis has Utah’s top tourism boosters striking a different theme these days.Instead of “Visit Salt Lake!” it’s more like, “Stay home for now! We’ll see you later this summer!&rdq
  
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• Letter: You can save a life

  01-04-2020 14:00
  
  Do we need a shelter-in-place order in Utah? Theoretically no, if everyone did their part and followed the governor’s recommendations. But sadly, we’ve all seen people either in person or on social media, acting irresponsibly.They justify their reckless actions by saying that COVID-19 is an over-exaggeration while others even brag that they would survive it if they got it.By people carrying on in groups of celebrations, hiking on crowded trails or hugging loved ones upon their long-a
  
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• Letter: Moment of magical thinking is over

  01-04-2020 14:00
  
  A group of southern Utah county commissioners recently wrote to Gov. Gary Herbert asking him to end statewide emergency actions designed to reduce the transmission of coronavirus. Their argument couldn’t help but remind me of a scene from the movie “Jaws” (1975). Maybe you remember it.Chief Brody urges the mayor to issue an order closing the town beach because the shark is out there, somewhere, cruising silently beneath the surface. The city father responds that it would be imp
  
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• Letter: Landlords and tenants have rights and responsibilities

  01-04-2020 14:00
  
  In response to Ed Blake’s March 29 commentary, “Renters have the odds stacked against them”:As a landlord with 25 years experience, I have been on both sides of this issue, both giving tenants extensions on back rent successfully and tenants with no intention of paying back rent. That’s one reason the treble damage provision came into use, including tenants that simply refused to leave.If you know moving is necessary, why would you stay in a property and potentially incur
  
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• Letter: Blame the president for the hate

  01-04-2020 14:00
  
  Paul Sharp’s March 31 letter to The Public Forum, “Pages of hatred,” criticizes — unfairly in my opinion — The Salt Lake Tribune publisher and editor for printing so much personally insulting “vehemence, crudeness and despicable expression” in the editorial pages.I wonder if he may be a Trump supporter who has become upset about the constant, although richly deserved, criticism directed against the president. If so, his concern might be better directed a
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - Rudy Gobert 'Back at It' in 1st Workout Video Since Coronavirus Diagnosis

  01-04-2020 06:34 via sportspyder.com
  
  Rudy Gobert is "back at it" following his positive test for the coronavirus. The Utah Jazz big man posted a video of himself boxing with a trainer in an empty gym Tuesday on his Instagram page with the message "Back at it...
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, March 31: Two confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Utah State University; Five Salt Lake City golf courses set to reopen Thursday

  01-04-2020 05:22
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Tuesday, March 31. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----9:22 p.m.: Five Salt Lake City golf courses reopening ThursdayFive of
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, March 31: Two confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Utah State University; Davis County Sheriff’s employee tests positive

  01-04-2020 05:15
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Tuesday, March 31. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----9:15 p.m.: Utah State University announces first two confirmed cases o
  
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• Estimating coronavirus deaths in Utah and elsewhere? Here’s what experts say and why they may be off.

  01-04-2020 04:23
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.When trying to wrap your head around the coronavirus and how it spreads, it’s helpful to reimagine it as a secret so explosive that you can’t keep it to yourself.Let’s say you know something scandalous, so you tel
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Rudy Gobert ‘back at it’ with intense workouts after getting over coronavirus

  01-04-2020 04:20 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz All-Star center Rudy Gobert recently defeated the coronavirus. Instead of relaxing and celebrating his good bill of health, the reigning two-time Defensive Player of the Year got back to the grind: View this post on Instagram Back at it A...
  
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• Michelle Goldberg: Trump says to governors, ‘I’d like you to do us a favor, though’

  01-04-2020 04:00
  
  Last December, during a congressional hearing on impeachment, Stanford Law professor Pamela Karlan tried to explain the gravity of Donald Trump’s Ukraine quid pro quo by making a domestic analogy.Members of Congress, she said, should imagine living in a state “prone to devastating hurricanes and flooding.” What would they think, she asked, if their governor requested a meeting with the president to talk about disaster assistance, and he replied, “I would like you to do us
  
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