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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 22: Utah reports two additional deaths and announces new tracking app; Utah food pantries need help.

  22-04-2020 23:03
  
  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.It’s Wednesday, April 22. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----3 p.m.: Families can find nutritious free meals with new toolSchool
  
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• Silicon Slopes companies ink multimillion-dollar contracts for coronavirus testing and response in Utah, Iowa. Nebraska is next.

  22-04-2020 22:45
  
  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 technology firms that created a multimillion-dollar COVID-19 testing system for Utah are extending the programs to Iowa and Nebraska.Nomi Health, an Orem-based health care software and data company, is the primary contractor in
  
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• Greg Elliott: Do the studies before prescribing medicines for COVID-19

  22-04-2020 22:00
  
  Years ago, I benefited from my medical education. Not all facts taught then stood the test of time, but the wisdom of my teachers was timeless.For example, Theodore Woodward, M.D., shared two “pearls." First, “All medicines are poisons,” was a caution to pay attention to the potential for a medicine to do more harm than good. He also told me to “Believe half of what you read, and half of what you hear,” a caution to read and listen carefully.Both pearls resonate as
  
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• Riverton could create its own taxing authority for fire services by year’s end

  22-04-2020 21:54
  
  The Riverton City Council tabled a resolution that would begin the process of withdrawing from the Unified Fire Authority Service Area and creating the city’s own taxing district for fire and emergency services.The resolution, which says Riverton would likely leave the service area by year’s end, was tabled to allow for completion of a feasibility study and provide ample time for a public hearing.The property tax amount under the new service area would be comparable to the current ta
  
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• Red Sox stripped of draft pick, former manager Alex Cora suspended for 2020 in cheating scandal

  22-04-2020 21:54
  
  New York • The Boston Red Sox were stripped of their second-round pick in this year’s amateur draft by Major League Baseball for breaking video rules in 2018 and former manager Alex Cora was suspended through the 2020 postseason for his previous conduct as bench coach with the Houston Astros.Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced his decision Wednesday, concluding Red Sox replay system operator J.T. Watkins used in-game video to revise sign sequences provided to players. Watkins
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Author Neylan McBaine discusses blessings, sacrament and how the coronavirus is changing LDS worship

  22-04-2020 21:53
  
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently released guidelines to help members and lay leaders navigate various religious rites during the coronavirus pandemic.Virtual sacraments are out, a decision that has deprived some women and other members of regular communion. Baptisms, where permitted, are in. Priesthood ordinations and baby blessings still can take place. Temple recommend interviews can be conducted via video, even though the temples themselves remain closed. As for online
  
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• Utah businesses ready to rush for a share of new federal coronavirus aid

  22-04-2020 21:21
  
  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.Many Utahns are preparing to go after a piece of Congress’ latest COVID-19 financial relief for businesses, which could begin flowing as soon as Friday.They are so eager, in fact, officials are worried there could be another
  
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• BYU’s Austin Lee took his future in his own hands, hopes it pays off in the NFL Draft

  22-04-2020 21:12
  
  While COVID-19 has put a stop to a lot of events and occasions around the world, it hasn't stopped the NFL from hosting the 2020 Draft, which is set to start Thursday.BYU has eight former players trying to break into the professional ranks, but they’ve had to adjust to the constant changes the coronavirus has caused. In mid-March, BYU canceled the remainder of athletic events, including football’s spring practices. That also included Pro Day, which was scheduled at the end of March.W
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 22: Utah reports two additional deaths; Delta has lost $607 million so far

  22-04-2020 20:57
  
  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 22. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----12:45 p.m.: Utah reports two additional deaths State health official
  
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• Davis, Weber and Morgan counties want some restaurants and businesses to open as soon as May 1

  22-04-2020 20:45
  
  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.Farmington • Three northern Utah counties say they are ready to start relaxing some restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, and could be ready to open shuttered restaurants, gyms and other businesses May 1.The Wednesday
  
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• Utah Democratic governor candidate chooses father as his running mate

  22-04-2020 20:27
  
  Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nikki Ray Pino and his newly designated running mate have different political affiliations and are many years apart in age, but they have at least one big thing in common.Their names.Pino on Wednesday announced that he’s chosen his father, Nikki Ray Pino Sr., to run on his ticket. The 31-year-old candidate said he believes his dad will bring a wealth of experience to the ticket and the perspective of another generation.“I’m young and represent
  
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• Riverton could leave the Unified Fire Authority and create its own department by year’s end

  22-04-2020 20:19
  
  The Riverton City Council tabled a resolution that would begin the process of withdrawing from the Unified Fire Authority and creating the city’s own stand-alone fire and emergency services authority.The resolution, which says Riverton would likely leave the Unified Fire Authority Service Area by year’s end, was tabled to allow for completion of a feasibility study and provide ample time for a public hearing.The property tax amount under the new service area would be comparable to th
  
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• The Salt Lake Tribune’s NFL Mock Draft: Utah’s Jaylon Johnson and USU’s Jordan Love go to ...

  22-04-2020 20:07
  
  Will Roger Goodell’s home setup for Thursday’s first round of the NFL Draft include some canned audio of vociferous booing?Given that the draft is — like many things these days — being conducted remotely, it seems the least he can do. Because viewers will be deprived of the usual pomp and circumstance of the draftees’ slow walk out to the venue stage, being handed a team ballcap and personalized jersey, and a handshake photo op with the commissioner, Goodell could p
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Michael Jordan’s most clutch moments

  22-04-2020 20:06 via sportspyder.com
  
  With 10 scoring titles and six championship rings, Michael Jordan is widely viewed as the greatest player to have ever dribbled a basketball. In this piece, we’ll take a look back at some of the best moments throughout his storied career. Jumper...
  
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• Michelle Quist: Where are the women in Utah state government?

  22-04-2020 20:04
  
  This weekend, Utah Republican delegates will attend a state nominating convention unlike any other – the convention is completely online. But other than online voting, and the beauty of not having to sit in a convention center all day listening to never-ending inane speeches about the Constitution and carpet bags, the process remains the same.And what is that process in Utah? A little primer:In 2014 the Utah Legislature enacted SB54, which added a second path to the primary ballot. Now, a
  
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• The Salt Lake Tribune gets small-business loan to help weather coronavirus losses

  22-04-2020 19:59
  
  The Salt Lake Tribune has received $854,800 in federal funds, thanks to the Payment Protection Program.Like small businesses across Utah and the nation, The Tribune has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with a particularly sharp decline in advertising revenue.Under PPP provisions, the loan will cover the cost of 2½ months of employee payroll. If employment levels stay the same through June, The Tribune can apply to have the loan converted to a grant that would not be repaid. The
  
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• Utah businesses ready to rush for a share of new federal coronavirus aide

  22-04-2020 19:52
  
  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.Many Utahns are preparing to go after a piece of Congress’ latest COVID-19 financial relief for businesses, which could begin flowing as soon as Friday.They are so eager, in fact, officials are worried there could be another
  
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• [KSL] - Families sue helicopter company in deadly Kobe Bryant crash | KSL.com

  22-04-2020 19:49 via sportspyder.com
  
  Family members of four of the eight passengers killed in a helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant and his daughter have joined the NBA star’s widow in filing wrongful death lawsuits against the companies that owned and operated the aircraft.
  
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• Utah energy group says rate hike will help bring natural gas to rural towns

  22-04-2020 19:44
  
  For years, leaders in the historic Utah mining town of Eureka have sought natural gas service, hoping it would stabilize residents’ energy costs, while attracting businesses, spurring growth and possibly helping to resurrect mining operations.Thanks to a new state-backed program that spreads the high capital costs for such projects to existing customers across Utah, Dominion Energy may soon be serving the town of 360 homes to the delight of Mayor Nick Castleton, who believes it “will
  
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• Salt Lake City motel owner and manager charged with running prostitution ring

  22-04-2020 19:14
  
  The owner and the manager of a Salt Lake City motel have been charged with running a prostitution and money-laundering ring.Rezvan “Ray” Saisani, 55, owner of the City Inn Motel at 1025 N. 900 West in Salt Lake City’s Rose Park neighborhood, and Sameer Syed, 29, the motel’s manager, have each been charged with five felony counts, in documents filed in Third District Court on Tuesday.The two men face one count of conducting a pattern of unlawful activity, a second-degree f
  
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• Tribune gets small business loan to help weather coronavirus losses

  22-04-2020 18:51
  
  The Salt Lake Tribune has received $854,800 in federal funds, thanks to the Payment Protection Program, or PPP.Like small businesses across Utah and the nation, The Tribune has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with a particularly sharp decline in advertising revenue.Under PPP provisions, the loan will cover the cost of two-and-a-half months of employee payroll. If employment levels stay the same through June, The Tribune can apply to have the loan converted to a grant that would not be
  
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• [NBA] - Ingles Insight: Mental Health during COVID

  22-04-2020 18:42 via sportspyder.com
  
  How are you staying positive during COVID? The crew looks at that question with Australian author Hugh van Cuylenburg. He wrote The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness through Gratitude, Empathy &
  
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - Finding the right trade for Rudy Gobert

  22-04-2020 18:37 via sportspyder.com
  
  There have been very few times in NBA history where All-Star duos had to be broken up due to off-court issues. The most notable one that comes to mind is the separation of Kobe Bryant and Shaquille…
  
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• Finding the right trade for Rudy Gobert

  22-04-2020 18:34
  
  There have been very few times in NBA history where All-Star duos had to be broken up due to off-court issues. The most notable one that comes to mind is the separation of Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal on the Lakers. Both players were still in their primes during the 2003-04 season and went to their fourth NBA Finals in five seasons. Despite their tremendous success together, the two didn’t always see eye-to-eye. Eventually, the Lakers had to make a decision, and they decided to t
  
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• NABI cancellation means much more to Native American community than just loss of basketball

  22-04-2020 18:19
  
  Phoenix • The cancellation of the 2020 Native American Basketball Invitational means more to that community than simply taking a summer off from playing ball. Its loss could have a major impact on the lives of many young native people.A major purpose of the event is to help players attend college, whether as a student-athlete or as a student.“We created scholarship opportunities,” event co-founder and former Phoenix Suns center Mark West said. “We had a college and career
  
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• Utah’s traffic hasn’t been this low in 20 years

  22-04-2020 18:16
  
  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.Driving on Interstate 15 now during coronavirus shutdowns is smooth sailing — with typical traffic volume about what it was two long decades ago, erasing all the extra congestion from growth since then.“Daily traffic nu
  
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• A coronavirus strain from Washington state was one of the earliest and most potent found — and it’s in Utah

  22-04-2020 18:15
  
  Seattle • As the coronavirus outbreak consumed the city of Wuhan in China, new cases of the virus began to spread out like sparks flung from a fire.Some landed thousands of miles away. By the middle of January, one had popped up in Chicago, another one near Phoenix. Two others came down in the Los Angeles area. Thanks to a little luck and a lot of containment, those flashes of the virus appear to have been snuffed out before they had a chance to take hold.But on Jan. 15, at the internationa
  
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• Utah’s Jaylon Johnson, with one good shoulder, is looking like a first round NFL Draft pick

  22-04-2020 18:07
  
  On Feb. 29, Jaylon Johnson arrived in Hall J of the Indiana Convention Center in Downtown Indianapolis for the bench press portion of the NFL Scouting Combine. Looking to bench 225 pounds as many times as possible, the University of Utah cornerback looked smooth in getting 13 reps up. He then powered through the 14th and 15th reps before racking the bar. The 15 reps did not represent a mind-blowing number, tied for ninth-most among defensive backs at the Combine, but 15 is solid for defensive ba
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 22: Delta lost $607 million so far; rules released for scaled-back farmers markets.

  22-04-2020 18:06
  
  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 22. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----10:05 a.m.: Artists can seek relief fundsUtah artists feeling a fina
  
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• Angry over their house getting egged, 2 men allegedly kidnap teenager at gunpoint

  22-04-2020 16:56
  
  Two Utah men are in jail after they allegedly kidnapped a 14-year-old boy and held him at gunpoint because they thought he egged their house.The teenager told police that a man armed with a handgun came to his Kearns home early Tuesday morning, banged on the door and forced him to get into a vehicle. The 14-year-old said the gun was pointed at his head and he “heard the weapon being racked.”He was taken to a nearby home where he was threatened by the man who forced him into the vehic
  
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• Suspect in killings of West Jordan couple arrested in California

  22-04-2020 16:48
  
  The suspect in a double homicide in West Jordan has been arrested in California, according to police.Albert Enoch Johnson, 31, was taken into custody in the Sacramento, Calif., area by local police there, with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service. Johnson is a suspect in the Saturday shooting deaths of Tony Butterfield, 31, and Katherine Butterfield, 30, which took place at the couple’s West Jordan home.Mr. Johnson was taken into custody early this morning in the Sacramento CA area.
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 22: Delta lost $607 million so far, expects earnings to fall by 90%; Park City Sunday market is shelved.

  22-04-2020 16:29
  
  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 22. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----8:30 a.m.: Park Silly Sunday Market is canceledThe Park Silly Sunday
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: The questions surrounding franchise aren’t going anywhere

  22-04-2020 16:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz are in the spotlight, and for reasons that won't excite fans. The questions regarding the teams future aren't going anywhere anytime soon, th...
  
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• Navajo Nation now has 1,206 coronavirus cases and 48 deaths

  22-04-2020 16:20
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • The Navajo Department of Health has reported 63 new cases of coronavirus on the vast reservation with three more deaths.The Navajo Nation now has 1,206 positive COVID-19 cases and 48 known deaths as of Tuesday.But tribal health officials said the numbers don't include cases for border towns as was being previously reported by the Navajo Epidemiology Center.They said the 1,206 cases includes 569 men and 637 women with an average age of 48 and the average age among deaths
  
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• Utah Jazz: The questions surrounding franchise aren’t going anywhere

  22-04-2020 16:00
  
  The Utah Jazz are in the spotlight, and for reasons that won’t excite fans. The questions regarding the teams future aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, though. While the world attempts to remain calm throughout this pandemic, Utah Jazz fans have been left with the difficult task of both remaining calm and remaining optimistic about the […]
  Utah Jazz: The questions surrounding franchise aren’t going anywhere - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blog
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Utah Jazz Need a Franchise Hall of Fame

  22-04-2020 15:26 via sportspyder.com
  
  More players are worth honoring
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Wednesday, April 22: Delta lost $607 million so far, expects earnings to fall by 90%

  22-04-2020 15:20
  
  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. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Wednesday, April 22. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----7:15 a.m.: Delta reports first loss in 5 yearsDelta Air Lines &mdash
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Should the Jazz move on from Rudy Gobert amind coronavirus chaos

  22-04-2020 15:18 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert has made quite a name for himself atop the NBA level — now both good and bad. One of the best all-around defensive players in the entire league, Gobert is now widely recognized as the first NBA player to publicly test...
  
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• Robert Gehrke: The Salt Lake County jail is refusing to give the public access to coronavirus info we’re entitled to

  22-04-2020 15:12
  
  With a cloud of COVID hanging over it, the Salt Lake County jail is on lockdown — at least when it comes to any public information about the extent of the outbreak and the threat posed by the virus.My colleague Jessica Miller questioned jail officials for days trying to find out how many inmates had tested positive for COVID-19, getting shot down each time before finally getting a partial response from the Salt Lake County Health Department.The justification for withholding the coronavirus
  
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• [Forbes] - Then And Now: Examining The NBA’s Seismic Changes Since Michael Jordan’s Reign

  22-04-2020 15:06 via sportspyder.com
  
  With ESPN's The Last Dance documentary on Michael Jordan's Bulls and their final triumph in 1998 over the Utah Jazz, we compared box scores from those Finals to last season's for an idea of how much the NBA has shifted.
  
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• Utah nursing home deaths keep rising as AARP advocate calls for more disclosure

  22-04-2020 15:00
  
  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.As Utah agencies reported five new coronavirus fatalities Tuesday, nursing homes and long-term care centers continue to be a simmering source in the state’s death count.Seventeen of the state’s 33 deaths can be traced t
  
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• Tribune Editorial: This is no time to go wobbly on COVID-19

  22-04-2020 15:00
  
  “This is no time to go wobbly.”— Margaret ThatcherThe fact that Utah has not — yet — been clobbered by the coronavirus pandemic as violently as many other places should not be seen as a license to get careless.The pressure on Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, as well as other leaders in Utah and across the nation, to lift stay-at-home orders and guidelines and to reopen restaurants and other businesses will only grow as the weather warms up and many people are either without
  
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• Program would bring natural gas to Eureka, other rural towns by spreading the costs to all Utah customers

  22-04-2020 15:00
  
  For years, leaders in the historic Utah mining town of Eureka have sought natural gas service, hoping it would stabilize residents’ energy costs, while attracting businesses, spurring growth and possibly helping to resurrect mining operations.Thanks to a new state-backed program that spreads the high capital costs for such projects to existing customers across Utah, Dominion Energy may soon be serving the town of 360 homes to the delight of Mayor Nick Castleton, who believes it “will
  
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• Leonard Pitts: For some of us, apparently, suicide is the better option

  22-04-2020 15:00
  
  On a cold day in April 155 years ago, a Union Army general sought to cheer his defeated Confederate counterpart. With the war over, he said, “Brave men may become good friends.”"You are mistaken, sir," the other man said. "There is a rancor in our hearts which you little dream of. We hate you, sir."Maybe it began then, in the resentment of those beaten men, their bitterness toward a government that had, for the first time (but not the last), forced upon them a change they did not wan
  
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• A second wave of coronavirus looks unavoidable in Utah, despite our advantages

  22-04-2020 15:00
  
  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.Our war against the coronavirus involves three battles. We lost the first. We’re winning the second. The third is yet to come.The first battle was for containment. We won similar battles with recent scary viruses, like SARS,
  
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• Letter: The buck stops with all of us

  22-04-2020 14:00
  
  I am so tired of the hyper-partisan way in which so many are approaching this pandemic.I am a nurse. I do not favor keeping the quarantine going for 18 months, nor have I heard anyone around me saying that.Anyone who thinks this pandemic was a surprise has not been paying attention. There has been a lot of talk on the public health airwaves predicting it for a number of years. Read “Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs,” by Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker.Preparing fo
  
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• Letter: Our leaders have lost touch with reality

  22-04-2020 14:00
  
  Have you noticed that all the people who are enforcing the "stay home" directive, or who are supporting that directive, have "essential jobs." They have no skin in this game.There have been 20 deaths in Utah because of the "virus" in six weeks. Auto accidents have caused more deaths in that same time period, while there are 33,000 new unemployment claims in Utah.I am thinking our "leaders" have lost touch with reality.Steve Williams, SandySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Get candidates on the record

  22-04-2020 14:00
  
  With what we are going through now in our country, what would be better or more helpful than having to listen to political ads until November with one candidate disparaging the other with half truths, lies or whatever.I don’t think we need debates, or political rallies either. Recent debates have not been that good. Both men are asking us to put great trust in them with great power to do good or harm to our nation.They and their relevant associates should be willing to come before our comm
  
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• Letter: Don’t believe the COVID-19 models

  22-04-2020 14:00
  
  The public has been inundated with reports that the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic is about to peak, thanks in part to models which are immature at best and creating hype at worst.Models are used in many industries to make predictions so that companies can prepare for the future. They usually rely on data that has been collected in a consistent fashion over an extended period.Think of this in the use of weather forecasting, which utilizes information collected over more than 100 years. Some of the data
  
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• [NBC Sports] - PBT Podcast: Talking Michael Jordan, The Last Dance with author Roland Lazenby

  22-04-2020 13:36 via sportspyder.com
  
  We turn to Roland Lazenby, the guy who literally wrote the book on Michael Jordan, to talk about The Last Dance documentary.
  
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