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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - A personal perspective: Where I was when Michael Jordan pushed off on the Utah Jazz

  15-04-2020 23:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  ESPN’s 10-part documentary entitled ‘The Last Dance’ premiers on Sunday. Utah Jazz fans will undoubtedly see multiple replays of Michael Jordan pushi...
  
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• Here’s what you need to know about the Legislature’s upcoming digital special session

  15-04-2020 22:45
  
  The Utah Legislature will meet beginning Thursday in its first-ever digital special session as lawmakers confront a range of issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.While the core functions of this special session will remain the same as ever — lawmakers will still debate and vote on bills — there are some key differences. Public comment will be handled differently, for example. And unlike in most sessions, there will be no committee hearings and the House and Senate will not meet si
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 15: Utah announces new support for child care centers, the self-employed and gig workers

  15-04-2020 22:40
  
  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 15. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----2:25 p.m.: New website helps consumers identify fraud related to COV
  
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• As Utah reports one new coronavirus death, officials have traced the origin of most of the state’s cases

  15-04-2020 22:40
  
  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.Most Utahns who have tested positive for the coronavirus were infected through contact with someone in the state who already had it, health officials said Wednesday, with far fewer falling ill after travel or in connection with rec
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: As membership tops 16.5M, expert discusses where church is growing fastest, who is getting temples and why

  15-04-2020 22:32
  
  During its recent General Conference, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported that its global membership has topped 16.5 million, with nearly 249,000 new converts in 2019, a substantial increase from the previous year.Here to help drill down on those numbers — and other recently released church statistics, including country-by-country breakdowns — is independent researcher Matt Martinich, who tracks church growth on his website, ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com, and is p
  
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• Idaho will investigate the death of Chad Daybell’s deceased first wife

  15-04-2020 22:28
  
  Boise • The Idaho attorney general has agreed to investigate the mother of two missing children and her new husband in connection with the death of his first wife. The mystery of the children’s disappearance and the deaths of three people close to the couple, including their spouses, has sparked investigations in several states and worldwide headlines.Tammy Daybell’s death on Oct. 19, 2019, was described in her obituary as being from natural causes, and her husband Chad Daybell
  
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• BYU women’s basketball team adds a pair of transfers

  15-04-2020 22:20
  
  The BYU women’s basketball lost three players, including two starters, to graduation this year, but they’re replenishing their roster with two transfers and a returned missionary.On Wednesday, coach Jeff Judkins announced that Tegan Graham and Kayla Belles will join the Cougar program for the 2020-21 season.Graham, a New Zealand native, is a 6-foot guard who played the last four years at Colgate University and has one more year of eligibility left.Graham ranks sixth all-time in 3-poi
  
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• LDS Church plant keeps cranking out pasta, but work rules have changed during coronavirus

  15-04-2020 22:09
  
  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.Kaysville’s giant Deseret Mill and Pasta Plant, owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has remained open during the coronavirus pandemic, while many other Utah businesses have shut down.After a
  
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• Budding BYU basketball star Shaylee Gonzales is finally back after ACL surgery; now another wait begins

  15-04-2020 22:04
  
  A year ago, BYU basketball freshman Shaylee Gonzales blew any and all expectations out of the water. The Gilbert, Arizona native even surprised herself.The 5-foot-10 guard finished her first season having averaged a team-best 17 points (she was hoping to at least average 10 points her first year), posted 31 double-doubles and scored more than 20 points nine times. Her breakout performance earned her multiple West Coast Conference honors — including WCC Newcomer of the Year, WCC First Team,
  
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• Nicholas Kristof: Trump’s deadly search for a scapegoat

  15-04-2020 22:00
  
  Thousands of Americans would be alive today if President Donald Trump had spent more time listening to the World Health Organization instead of trying to destroy it.Trump’s announcement that he will halt U.S. funding for the WHO just as the world is facing a raging pandemic is a dangerous attempt to find a scapegoat for his own failings. It is like taking away a fire department’s trucks in the middle of a blaze.Many Americans know nothing about the WHO, but its worldwide budget (of w
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 15: Utah reports a new death and 130 new cases; State announces new support for child care centers, the self-employed and gig workers

  15-04-2020 22:00
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Wednesday, April 15. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----2 p.m.: Self-employed and gig workers can apply for unemployment ben
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 15: Utah reports another death and 130 new cases

  15-04-2020 21:35
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Wednesday, April 15. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----1:30 p.m.: Utah reports another death and 130 new cases Another Utah
  
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• Utah athletic director Mark Harlan: All options on the table for the 2020 college football season

  15-04-2020 21:32
  
  It is still only mid-April, so anything and everything having to do with whether or not the college football season will start on time remains fluid in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, Utah Director of Athletics Mark Harlan is forced to operate in a world where, yes, the Utes will open the season on time, Sept. 3 against BYU at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Harlan, though, is far from naive. There are any number of contingency plans being bandied about, including potential timelines being
  
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• Budding BYU basketball star Shaylee Gonzalez is finally back after ACL surgery; now another wait begins

  15-04-2020 21:31
  
  A year ago, BYU basketball freshman Shaylee Gonzales blew any and all expectations out of the water. The Gilbert, Arizona native even surprised herself.The 5-foot-10 guard finished her first season having averaged a team-best 17 points (she was hoping to at least average 10 points her first year), posted 31 double-doubles and scored more than 20 points nine times. Her breakout performance earned her multiple West Coast Conference honors — including WCC Newcomer of the Year, WCC First Team,
  
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• The Gunnison Valley Gazette prints its final issue after 15 years

  15-04-2020 21:21
  
  After 15 years and more than 750 weekly editions covering a small town’s news and daily life, the Gunnison Valley Gazette printed its final edition Tuesday — felled by newspaper economics and the coronavirus.“With printing costs climbing substantially last summer, it became increasingly difficult to make things work,” Mark Henline, who owned the paper with his wife, Jodi, wrote in the final issue. “Then when the coronavirus hit, it was the final straw and we decided
  
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• [Deseret News] - Why Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley could have some advantages in quest for HORSE Challenge glory

  15-04-2020 21:21 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz traded for Mike Conley last summer with the idea he could be a big part of their NBA championship-winning aspirations. The league, of course, is on hold right now during the...
  
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• Why Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley could have some advantages in quest for HORSE Challenge glory

  15-04-2020 21:20
  
  Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley (10) watches his shot fall through the net during the Jazz-Indiana Pacers basketball game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. | Steve Griffin, Deseret NewsThe Utah Jazz traded for Mike Conley last summer with the idea he could be a big part of their NBA championship-winning aspirations.
  The league, of course, is on hold right now during the coronavirus pandemic, but Conley, at least, will still be aiming for a title on Thursday.
  The semifinals
  
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• What day is it? You’re not the only one asking.

  15-04-2020 21:01
  
  A little over a week ago, a local news anchor in Cleveland, Todd Meany, got a call from his producer about an unusual problem created by the coronavirus pandemic.Nobody could remember what day it was. What could a local newscast do?Create a morning show segment, of course, with a dash of ’70s-style game show music: “What Day Is It?”The segment quickly took off on social media, and Mr. Meany started receiving grateful messages from people in regions and countries very far from h
  
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• Thomas L. Friedman: Post-pandemic, here’s how America rises again

  15-04-2020 20:14
  
  Hopefully, when Congress gets done allocating several trillion dollars simply to keep the economy afloat, we will be able to have another discussion: What should we invest in so we don’t just burden young Americans with a mountain of new debt, but also arm them with the tools to grow out of it and still prosper in the 21st century?These could be the most important and precious dollars we spend, so we need to invest them wisely, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt did in the 1930s by creatin
  
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• [NBA] - Ingles Insight: Joe and Renae Ingles share their experiences during Autism Awareness Month

  15-04-2020 19:40 via sportspyder.com
  
  April is Autism Awareness Month.But for Joe and Renae Ingles, autism awareness will be an important issue for the rest of their lives. In January 2019, the Ingleses were told their son, Jacob, was on
  
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• UTA says it may need up to 3 years to recover from coronavirus effects, maybe longer

  15-04-2020 19:34
  
  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 Utah Transit Authority figures that it may take up to three years for its revenues to recover from coronavirus impacts — and it’s preparing for a possible long-term “new normal” with significantly lower
  
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• [Oregon Live] - Trail Blazers Classics: Portland advances to 1992 NBA Finals with win over Utah Jazz - oregonlive.com

  15-04-2020 19:10 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Blazers held the Jazz to 23 percent shooting in the second half to hand them their first home loss in the playoffs, advancing to the NBA Finals for the third time in franchise history.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - A final look at Trevor Booker’s two-year tenure with the Utah Jazz

  15-04-2020 18:43 via sportspyder.com
  
  Former Utah Jazz forward Trevor Booker has retired. In his two seasons with the team, he had plenty of memorable moments that won't be soon forgotten. I wa...
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 15: How Utah’s Guard is helping; And inmates are now wearing masks

  15-04-2020 18:38
  
  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 15. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----10:40 a.m.: Here’s how stores (except grocery stores) took a h
  
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• Navajo Nation to extend weekend curfew amid coronavirus

  15-04-2020 18:37
  
  Phoenix • The Navajo Nation has announced plans to continue its weekend overnight curfew through the first weekend in May to combat the spread of the coronavirus.Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez announced the plan on Tuesday after reservation officials first implemented the 8 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday curfew Easter weekend, The Arizona Republic reported."The 57-hour weekend curfew was effective in reducing the numbers of people that went into the public," Nez said, adding that offici
  
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• Real Salt Lake trading cards? Who knew? But this passionate RSL fan is all over it.

  15-04-2020 18:24
  
  Inside a blue 4-by-4-foot safe with an electronic lock, Robert Kreib keeps his most prized collection of Real Salt Lake memorabilia.While he proudly displays his framed Nick Rimando jersey; various captain armbands and goalie gloves; and myriad soccer balls, pairs of cleats and season ticket stubs — all of which are signed — in the basement of his Saratoga Springs home, Kreib keeps this particular collection hidden from plain view. There’s just too many of them and they’r
  
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• A final look at Trevor Booker’s two-year tenure with the Utah Jazz

  15-04-2020 18:17
  
  Former Utah Jazz forward Trevor Booker has retired. In his two seasons with the team, he had plenty of memorable moments that won’t be soon forgotten. I was pretty shocked to see last night’s news about Trevor Booker retiring from the NBA. The former Utah Jazz forward is only 32 years old, but is completely […]
  A final look at Trevor Booker’s two-year tenure with the Utah Jazz - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz not currently trying to pick between Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell

  15-04-2020 18:13 via sportspyder.com
  
  There have been earlier reports stating that the relationship between Utah Jazz stars Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell have gone beyond repair. This has led to speculations that these two will no longer be able to coexist on the same team, which...
  
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• Cities, counties fear losing out on coronavirus rescue funding

  15-04-2020 17:55
  
  Washington • The $2.2 trillion federal rescue package could fail to deliver badly needed financial aid to thousands of smaller cities and counties where a majority of Americans live, according to documents and interviews with local officials.The coronavirus outbreak has blown holes in the budgets of communities as the costs of battling it skyrocket and critical sources of revenue like sales and income taxes plummet.The Coronavirus Relief Fund uses a formula based on population to parcel out
  
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• Even as the coronavirus has led to less traffic, Easter weekend was the deadliest for Utah drivers since 2013

  15-04-2020 17:53
  
  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 Easter weekend was the deadliest on Utah roads in recent memory, even with only about 65% of the normal amount of traffic because of the coronavirus.Utah Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Nick Street said six people were killed in
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz Alumni: Trevor Booker announces retirement from NBA

  15-04-2020 17:34 via sportspyder.com
  
  Former Utah Jazz forward Trevor Booker, who became a fan favorite during his time with the team, has announced his retirement from basketball at the age of...
  
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• [Deseret News] - Former Jazz forward Trevor Booker retires from the NBA

  15-04-2020 17:08 via sportspyder.com
  
  After eight NBA seasons, former Jazz forward Trevor Booker is hanging up his kicks. Booker announced his retirement from the NBA on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/HyJqGzyHGB— Trevor Booker...
  
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• Utah Jazz Alumni: Trevor Booker announces retirement from NBA

  15-04-2020 17:00
  
  Former Utah Jazz forward Trevor Booker, who became a fan favorite during his time with the team, has announced his retirement from basketball at the age of 32. When you throw the name “Trevor Booker” around a mob of Utah Jazz fans, chances are they’ll tell you how much they adored having the former Clemson […]
  Utah Jazz Alumni: Trevor Booker announces retirement from NBA - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 15: How Utah’s Guard is helping; U. launches online art gallery; liquor trucks deliver medical supplies

  15-04-2020 16:52
  
  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 15. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----8:50 a.m.: How Utah’s National Guard is helpingThe Utah Nation
  
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• How Native Americans are fighting a food crisis amid the coronavirus pandemic

  15-04-2020 16:49
  
  Getting to food has long been a challenge for the roughly 20,000 members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation — a 2-million-acre expanse in southern South Dakota. For a lot of people, the nearest grocery store is a two-hour drive away. Many rely on food stamps or the Food Distribution Program on Native American reservations, a federal initiative that provides boxes of food (historically lacking in healthy options) to low-income families. The rate of diabete
  
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• Former Jazz forward Trevor Booker retires from the NBA

  15-04-2020 16:47
  
  FILE: Utah Jazz forward Trevor Booker (33) in the third quarter during an NBA basketball game against the Phoenix Suns, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, in Phoenix. The former Jazz forward announced his retirement on Twitter. | Associated Press After eight NBA seasons, former Jazz forward Trevor Booker is hanging up his kicks.
  Booker announced his retirement from the NBA on Twitter.pic.twitter.com/HyJqGzyHGB— Trevor Booker (@35_Fitz) April 14, 2020Booker released a statement on his retirement in h
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 15: Utah’s liquor trucks delivering medical supplies

  15-04-2020 16:26
  
  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 15. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----8:25 a.m.: State uses its liquor delivery trucks to get medical supp
  
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• Even with less traffic, Easter weekend was the deadliest for Utah drivers since 2013

  15-04-2020 15:11
  
  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 Easter weekend was the deadliest on Utah roads in recent memory, even with only about 65% of the normal amount of traffic because of the coronavirus.Utah Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Nick Street said six people were killed in
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Day of reckoning still coming for Mitchell, Gobert

  15-04-2020 15:05 via sportspyder.com
  
  Despite the most recent statement coming from Rudy Gobert about his relationship with Donovan Mitchell, the two still need to iron out some wrinkles in ord...
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Utah’s race for governor is defined by the coronavirus and a debate over restarting the economy

  15-04-2020 15:00
  
  You’re forgiven if you haven’t been paying rapt attention to the campaign to elect Utah’s next governor. If you have been, however, you’ve seen a race unlike any in the past.As I wrote previously, the coronavirus has largely paralyzed campaigns. Normally, a week from convention candidates would be trying to get as much face time with as many delegates in as many different living rooms and restaurant banquet rooms as possible.These days, no politicians in their right minds
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - NBA Trade Rumors: Jazz Aren't Choosing Between Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert

  15-04-2020 14:49 via sportspyder.com
  
  There is reportedly no evidence of the Utah Jazz planning to part ways with one of guard Donovan Mitchell or center Rudy Gobert ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Day of reckoning still coming for Mitchell, Gobert

  15-04-2020 14:35
  
  Despite the most recent statement coming from Rudy Gobert about his relationship with Donovan Mitchell, the two still need to iron out some wrinkles in order to win at the highest level. The good news for the Utah Jazz this week came straight from the mouth of Rudy Gobert on Instagram live Sunday afternoon. According […]
  Utah Jazz: Day of reckoning still coming for Mitchell, Gobert - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Weekly newspaper in Gunnison folds after 15 years; coronavirus was ‘the final straw’

  15-04-2020 14:00
  
  After 15 years and more than 750 weekly editions covering a small town’s news and daily life, the Gunnison Valley Gazette printed its final edition Tuesday — felled by newspaper economics and the coronavirus.“With printing costs climbing substantially last summer, it became increasingly difficult to make things work,” Mark Henline, who owned the paper with his wife, Jodi, wrote in the final issue. “Then when the coronavirus hit, it was the final straw and we decided
  
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• Utah bill would clear the way for experimental drugs to treat COVID-19

  15-04-2020 14:00
  
  A "right to try" bill in the state Legislature would shield Utah physicians from legal liability when prescribing off-label or even experimental medications for coronavirus patients.The proposal would not protect health care providers who are grossly negligent or intentionally malicious — a patient could still file a malpractice lawsuit in those cases. But, the bill’s supporters say, it would give physicians more flexibility to seek out new and unproven treatments during a public hea
  
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• George Pyle: The world is closed, so open a book

  15-04-2020 14:00
  
  After another widespread and sometimes deadly epidemic, a little boy in a tiny Kansas town spent large parts of his childhood in and out of the hospital or flat on his back in a body cast.My father, born in 1927, contracted polio at an early age. The withering of muscles that accompanied the disease did not follow the same pattern in every person, and surgery to repair or compensate for dysfunctional or weakened limbs was improvised on a case-by-case basis.In my father’s case, the goal was
  
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• [USA Today] - Oklahoma City Thunder's Chris Paul cherishes family time during COVID-19 pandemic

  15-04-2020 06:26 via sportspyder.com
  
  Thunder guard Chris Paul still struggles to process what he experienced the night in Oklahoma City when Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Earthquake rattles Utahns, nerves as aftershocks keep coming

  15-04-2020 06:26
  
  A sizable aftershock jolted the Salt Lake Valley on Tuesday night, reigniting jitters for residents hit by a much stronger earthquake less than a month ago.The magnitude 4.2 quake, centered 2.5 miles northeast of Magna, struck at 8:56 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was later downgraded to magnitude 4.17.There were no immediate reports of damage.The latest temblor was among the most powerful aftershocks since March 18, the day a magnitude 5.7 earthquake rocked northern Utah, da
  
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• Ross Douthat: When coronavirus lockdowns go too far

  15-04-2020 06:00
  
  The tweet shows two silhouettes, extending in familiar policeman shapes. The text is as cheery as a beat-walking bobby in an Edwardian children’s book: “If you think that by going for a picnic in a rural location no one will find you, don’t be surprised if an officer appears from the shadows!” And the message, directed in this case to the inhabitants of Central Bedfordshire in England, is an example of how even when they’re essential, anti-pandemic policies are alwa
  
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• Utahns of color far more likely to be sick, hospitalized from coronavirus than white residents

  15-04-2020 05:53
  
  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 pandemic is more lethal and spreading far faster among communities of color in Utah — where minorities are being infected, hospitalized and killed at higher rates per capita than the state’s predominantl
  
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• Earthquake, again, rattles Salt Lake Valley, nerves as aftershocks keep coming

  15-04-2020 05:42
  
  An earthquake jolted the Salt Lake Valley on Tuesday night, reigniting jitters for residents hit by a much stronger temblor less than a month ago.The magnitude 4.2 quake, centered 2.5 miles northeast of Magna, struck at 8:56 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.There were no immediate reports of damage.The latest temblor was the most powerful aftershock since the March 18 mainshock, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake that rocked northern Utah, damaging more than a hundred historic buildings, a
  
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