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• Utah governor says the state will not make planned purchase of malaria drugs for COVID-19 patients

  24-04-2020 23:44
  
  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.Gov. Gary Herbert on Friday said state officials will not be buying any more malaria drugs after the Food and Drug Administration cautioned against administering the unproven medication for coronavirus to patients outside a hospita
  
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• Coronavirus relief pushing U.S. deficits to staggering heights

  24-04-2020 23:25
  
  Washington • Spend what it takes, Washington said as it confronted the coronavirus. Well over $2 trillion later, it’s unclear where that spending will end.One of the lasting legacies of the coronavirus pandemic will be staggering debts and deficits on the U.S. balance sheet, with shortfalls hitting levels that would have been unthinkable just a few decades ago.It's a fiscal stranglehold that is likely to persist for a generation, with debt levels having passed the point of easy return
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 24: Herbert still wants to loosen some restrictions, but says areas of concern remain

  24-04-2020 23:16
  
  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.It’s Friday, April 24. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----3:10 p.m.: Herbert still wants to loosen some restrictions, but says ar
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Grave Message

  24-04-2020 22:42
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, April 26, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/04/23/bagley-cartoon-between/" target=_blank><u>Between COVID and a Bad Place</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/04/22/bagley-cartoon-over/"><u>Over a Barrel</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/04/21/bagl
  
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• BYU basketball coach Mark Pope eager for Cougar fans to get to know Purdue transfer Matt Haarms

  24-04-2020 22:14
  
  The BYU coaching staff will continue to monitor the transfer portal for any other potential gets for the Cougars, but it seems Mark Pope has wrapped up his 2019-20 recruiting class. The bow on top being the commitment of Purdue transfer Matt Haarms.While Haarms has yet to turn in the necessary paperwork to officially become a Cougar, the announcement of his commitment to the BYU program on Thursday sent the college basketball world into a bit of a frenzy.Pope was not among those taken aback.&ldq
  
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• Erin Mendenhall: Salt Lake City is not through the weeds yet

  24-04-2020 22:00
  
  Spring temperatures and children perpetually home from school can make the walls of our homes feel confining but, in our lifetimes, it has never been so critical to stay at home.While state or countywide data may compel leaders to loosen the Stay Safe, Stay Home order, let me be clear — Salt Lake City is not through the weeds, yet.Our city is the most impacted in the state and we still need people to make sacrifices to protect the lives of our neighbors. Thankfully, Salt Lake County Mayor
  
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• Redwood Drive-In’s reopening will wait, after Salt Lake County Health Department steps in

  24-04-2020 21:39
  
  The Redwood Drive-In’s plans to open this weekend are on hold, after the Salt Lake County Health Department reminded the management that opening a movie theater would violate a public health order.The Salt Lake County Health Department posted a warning on the West Valley City drive-in’s Facebook page, with a reminder that movie theaters — “indoor or outdoor” — must stay closed until the county lifts the health order, given because of concerns about the spread
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 24: Four more Utahns die, as state adds 170 cases

  24-04-2020 21:36
  
  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 Friday, April 24. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----1:30 p.m.: Utah’s coronavirus death rate has now hit 1%, still we
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles not overly optimistic NBA basketball will return this season

  24-04-2020 21:19 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — While many NBA players are optimistic about the possibility of the 2019-20 season resuming or being able to play playoff basketball, Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles has a slightly...
  
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• What you need to know about how the coronavirus spreads — it’s not just about staying 6-feet apart

  24-04-2020 21:15
  
  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 been drilled into us in recent weeks — stay six feet away from people. That’s six feet between people in line or six feet away from others playing at the park.Remember — SIX FEET!The idea is that the dr
  
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• Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles not overly optimistic NBA basketball will return this season

  24-04-2020 20:54
  
  Utah Jazz guard Joe Ingles said “every week that we go along it feels like there’s a less and less chance that we’re going to” see the NBA resume its season after the COVID-19 pandemic brought it to an abrupt halt last month. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — While many NBA players are optimistic about the possibility of the 2019-20 season resuming or being able to play playoff basketball, Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles has a slightly dissenting view.&ld
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles is pessimistic about re-starting the 2019-20 NBA season

  24-04-2020 20:41 via sportspyder.com
  
  Like most people, Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles concedes that he didn’t have a great grasp of the scope of the coronavirus pandemic when the NBA was first shut down following teammate Rudy Gobert’s positive test for COVID-19.
  
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• SEC halts trading of Utah company’s stock after it touted a rapid COVID-19 test

  24-04-2020 20:33
  
  Washington • The Securities and Exchange Commission this week suspended trading of a Salt Lake City company’s stock after it touted production of a rapid test for COVID-19, a move that comes as the regulatory agency continues to crack down on companies promoting unproven products relating to the coronavirus outbreak.The SEC halted trading of stock in Predictive Technology Group, Inc., on Wednesday morning through May 5 “because of questions regarding the accuracy and adequacy of
  
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• Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles is pessimistic about re-starting the 2019-20 NBA season

  24-04-2020 20:29
  
  Like most people, Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles concedes that he didn’t have a great grasp of the scope of the coronavirus pandemic when the NBA was first shut down following teammate Rudy Gobert’s positive test for COVID-19.A month and a half later, however, it’s sunk in to the extent that, while he’s holding out hope for the resumption of the season, he’s also not terribly optimistic it will actually happen.“I think originally, when we were in OKC, I assumed
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 24: Moab liquor store closes after employee tests positive; virtual fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House

  24-04-2020 20:26
  
  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 Friday, April 24. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----12:25 p.m.: Fundraising gala for Ronald McDonald House goes onlineRonal
  
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• Johnny Townsend: LDS Church should send its members on renewable energy missions

  24-04-2020 20:00
  
  As I watched entire planeloads of Mormon missionaries returning early, I wondered aloud to my returned missionary husband, “How is church culture going to handle losing this rite of passage?”The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a long history of accomplishing incredible feats, from the settling of the Intermountain West to photographing genealogical records across the world to sending out tens of thousands of volunteer missionaries every year. During the COVID-19 pande
  
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• The coronavirus has changed transit but UTA bus operators just keep driving

  24-04-2020 19:56
  
  A Utah Transit Authority banner depicts bus operators wearing Superman capes, thanking them for acting like superheroes to serve riders despite dangers of the coronavirus pandemic.Drivers shrug that off as part of the job — but say life has changed greatly on buses in the past five weeks, from passengers quickly and almost comically socially distancing themselves to hearing some claim loudly that COVID-19 is a hoax while others show near-paranoia to avoid anyone breathing in their directio
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 24: Moab liquor store closes after employee tests positive; Molina Healthcare gives to food pantries.

  24-04-2020 19:27
  
  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 Friday, April 24. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----11:20 a.m.: Moab liquor store closes after employee tests positiveThe s
  
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• [NBA] - Joe Ingles puts family first as he waits for the NBA's return and considers plans for his future

  24-04-2020 19:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  There is an inflatable bounce house in a room of Joe Ingles’ Salt Lake City home. There are kiddie pools and water toys waiting for summer. There have been bike rides and afternoons with building
  
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• This executive links TestUtah.com and the pharmacy selling the state malaria drugs to treat coronavirus

  24-04-2020 18:36
  
  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.In a rush to make up for testing lags early in the coronavirus pandemic, at least three states, including Utah, have enlisted the Orem company Nomi Health to run statewide websites to screen patients and offer thousands of diagnost
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: 3 All-Star players that could be attainable in Rudy Gobert trade

  24-04-2020 18:36 via sportspyder.com
  
  If the Utah Jazz decide to move on from Rudy Gobert, they may be able to net an All-Star player in return. These are three names that stood out among the r...
  
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• Utah Jazz: 3 All-Star players that could be attainable in Rudy Gobert trade

  24-04-2020 18:26
  
  If the Utah Jazz decide to move on from Rudy Gobert, they may be able to net an All-Star player in return. These are three names that stood out among the rest. The suspended 2019-20 season has given a major twist to the Utah Jazz. Once viewed as a team that could contend for a […]
  Utah Jazz: 3 All-Star players that could be attainable in Rudy Gobert trade - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Jana Riess: If we’re reimagining church, let’s take it outside

  24-04-2020 18:14
  
  In 2014, the Rev. Anna Woofenden moved to Los Angeles to try a bold experiment: to reenvision church as an outdoor community centered on a garden. As a church, the community would grow food, prepare and eat it together, and share it with the neighborhood.What happened next is a story she chronicles in her beautiful memoir “This Is God’s Table: Finding Church Beyond the Walls,” out just in time for this week’s Earth Day. Moving and full of innovative ideas at any time, now
  
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• Utah GOP convention to cull huge field of governor candidates

  24-04-2020 17:26
  
  For three Republican rivals for governor, their political aspirations will boil down to how well their message translates through patchy audio connections and grainy video chats.Candidates to replace Gov. Gary Herbert have spent recent weeks exploring new ways of courting party insiders, after the global pandemic made it impossible to shake hands or gather around dining room tables. In this weekend’s virtual Republican and Democratic state nominating conventions, the political opponents wi
  
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• Vickie Samuelson: The fight for the ERA is not over

  24-04-2020 17:00
  
  Did you know that our U.S. Constitution has no prohibition for discrimination on the basis of sex? That’s not for lack of trying.When Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the ERA this past January, we came tantalizingly close to finishing this fight.For the past 100 years, our citizens have been trying to pass an Equal Rights Amendment that would do just that. While steps have been taken to forbid discrimination at federal and state levels, the ERA has been stopped for reasons that are
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 24: Three big events at Utah’s Cultural Celebration Center get canceled

  24-04-2020 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 Friday, April 24. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----8:45 a.m.: The Utah Cultural Celebration Center goes darkAdd the Utah C
  
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• Ogden police officer shoots at stolen car that allegedly tried to hit him. No one is wounded.

  24-04-2020 16:19
  
  An Ogden police officer opened fire at suspects in a stolen car when they allegedly tried to hit him with the vehicle on Thursday night.The officer was treated for minor injuries; the suspects were uninjured.According to Ogden police, the Utah Highway Patrol ended its pursuit of a stolen car shortly after 10 p.m. in the area of Washington Boulevard and 40th Street. Acting on a tip, Ogden officers located the car in an alley near 800 Kershaw Street, and as two officers walked toward it, the drive
  
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• How dining out in Utah will be different after the coronavirus shutdown

  24-04-2020 16:14
  
  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 Utah restaurants reopen for sit-down service — possibly as soon as next week — dining will be different.There will be fewer tables, or some will be blocked from use.Any waiting for a table — whether inside or
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Why the Utah Jazz won’t give Rudy Gobert the supermax

  24-04-2020 16:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  If history tells us anything, it’s that the Utah Jazz won’t offer Rudy Gobert the supermax this upcoming offseason. For Jazz fans, that’s likely to b...
  
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• Redwood Drive-In to reopen Friday, the first Salt Lake County movie theater back after coronavirus shutdown

  24-04-2020 16:00
  
  For the first time in more than five weeks, since the coronavirus pandemic prompted widespread bans on mass gatherings, a theater in Salt Lake County will be screening movies.The Redwood Drive-In, at 3688 S. Redwood Road in West Valley City, announced on its website that it would begin its season on Friday night. What the theater’s management hasn’t announced is how it will enforce social-distancing guidelines at the concession stands, in the restrooms, or between cars. Attempts to c
  
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• Utah State quarterback Jordan Love goes to Green Bay Packers in first round of NFL draft

  24-04-2020 15:15
  
  If the Green Bay Packers drafting Utah State quarterback Jordan Love on Thursday night as the potential heir apparent to Aaron Rodgers feels like a familiar scenario, that’s because it is.When Brett Favre was sixth months shy of his 36th birthday, the Packers used the 24th overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft to select Rodgers. Favre started all 48 games over the next three seasons before leaving the franchise, giving way to Rodgers, who has been the full-time starter ever since.On Thursday,
  
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• David Brooks: Who is driving inequality? You are.

  24-04-2020 15:09
  
  Who is driving inequality in America? You are. I am. We are.Did you read to your kids before bed when they were young? If you did, you gave them an advantage over kids whose parents were working the evening shift at 7-Eleven. Did you spend extra on tutoring or music lessons? Since 1996, affluent families have spent almost 300% more educating their young while everybody else’s spending has been mostly flat.Did you marry before having kids and raise your kids in a two-parent home? The childr
  
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• For parents overwhelmed by glut of online activities for kids, a few options for cutting the fat

  24-04-2020 15:08
  
  The first week after Utah schools were closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Barbara Crockett got a wild hair. So after her two boys, ages 5 and 8, finished their schoolwork, she queued up a YouTube video of author and illustrator Mo Willems teaching viewers how to draw his famous Piggie, Gerald the elephant and Pigeon characters.It did not go well. One boy quickly lost interest and wandered away. When he returned, he got upset his drawings weren’t as good as his brother’s
  
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• The University of Utah library wants you! … to share coronavirus history being made at your house

  24-04-2020 15:05
  
  You’re a part of history.That might be hard for people observing stay-at-home orders, taking care of kids and trying to work remotely to comprehend. But it’s true.“Really, when anybody’s going through anything, do they feel like they’re making history? Generally not,” said Jeremy Myntti, head of digital library services at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library. “Think about during World War II. People may have been standing in line t
  
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• Robert Kirby: Quarantining our quarrels

  24-04-2020 15:00
  
  I try to stay home. It’s not hard. I’ve been working from home for years. I’m also old enough that being quarantined isn’t as unbearable as it must be for younger people.But eventually we have to go out. Groceries, medication, ammunition — when supplies get low, you got to go.I take care to employ the basic health requirements. I wear gloves, a mask, maintain social distancing, and try not to touch my face (or anyone else’s) while I’m out.These infrequen
  
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• Utah adds hydroxychloroquine questions to coronavirus test screening — and the CEO behind TestUtah.com sits on the board of the pharmacy selling it

  24-04-2020 14:00
  
  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.In a rush to make up for testing lags early in the coronavirus pandemic, at least three states, including Utah, have enlisted the Orem company Nomi Health to run statewide websites to screen patients and offer thousands of diagnost
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: ‘Homeland’ ends Sunday on Showtime. Is ‘Homeland: The Musical’ next?

  24-04-2020 14:00
  
  After eight seasons, 96 episodes and countless threats to the United States, “Homeland” airs its final episode on Sunday (7 p.m., Showtime).It’s not too soon. An argument could be made that it’s about six seasons too late.Make no mistake — the first two seasons of “Homeland” were great television. Based on the Israeli series “Prisoner of War,” the story of CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) and her efforts to stop U.S. Marine Nicholas B
  
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• Letter: There are ways to help

  24-04-2020 14:00
  
  We are all vulnerable to coronavirus, yet we all need social connectedness and we all want to help. Here are four ways you can help.Check in with your network. Call friends, family and neighbors regularly. Are they healthy? Do they need anything? Are they mentally OK?Volunteer. Nothing is more rewarding than <a href="https://coronavirus.utah.gov/help/" target=_blank>helping others</a> when times are tough. Donate. Give money, time, blood, food, your skills and more to organizations o
  
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• Letter: Talk about what’s happening to the children

  24-04-2020 14:00
  
  I see a lot of stories about homeschooling kids and how moms are adapting. How waitresses and bartenders and other small businesses are surviving. How people with underlying issues are dying from the virus.How about we address the worst thing about this virus? It is not the economy, not the professional sports shutting down, or the elderly and sick dying.How about we talk about the vulnerable kids. The kids in single-parent households. The kids in households with abuse and neglect, where the onl
  
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• Letter: LDS Church should help Navajo water project

  24-04-2020 14:00
  
  I will never forget viewing a video about how The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints brought a source of water to an African village so residents wouldn’t have to walk miles to obtain enough water for their daily needs.I have shed tears realizing how much my church has done to help people in need. And I have listened to Sharon Eubank, who is over the church’s humanitarian efforts, and been so touched by all she does. Reading the book, “Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Seaso
  
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• Letter: It’s too bad we don’t have a leader in the White House

  24-04-2020 14:00
  
  Donald Trump has said that it is up to the governors to determine when it is appropriate for their state to “reopen,” implying that the residents of that state should cooperate with the leadership of their governor.Then, at a COVID-19 briefing on April 16, he was asked to comment on the huge protest in Lansing, Mich., against the stay-at-home instructions of their governor, and he just replied, “They seem to be protesters that like me.” He said nothing in support of their
  
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• Letter: Following the guidance of the president

  24-04-2020 14:00
  
  In light of all the woulda, coulda, shoulda missteps in the handling of the pandemic, it’s comforting to know that Gov. Gary Herbert and his aides Justin Harding and Mike Mower are “following the guidance of President Donald Trump.”Michael Mori, HolladaySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Fighting the spread of DJT

  24-04-2020 14:00
  
  A parasite is an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species (host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the expense of the host.A virus is also parasite in the sense that it enters the host and attaches to a cell, where it injects its genetic material, recruiting the host's enzymes to make parts to assemble new virus particles to spread to more host cells and other hosts. Parasites and viruses have no regard for their host and will kill it in an effort to make new particles.A s
  
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• Judy Mahoskey: Playing a serious game of Would You Rather?

  24-04-2020 14:00
  
  I can remember giggling the nights away during sleepovers with my girlfriends as we played the nonsensical game of Would You Rather?Would you rather kiss a boy or eat a worm? (Eeew! Neither one! But if I had to choose I’d eat the worm!) Would you rather have a big hairy wart on the tip of your nose or spend the rest of your life with no eyebrow over your right eye? (Um, I guess I’d wear bangs forevermore).Nowadays the game has become a serious dilemma as, globally, we have to choose
  
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• Ex-Unified police officer who is transgender sues department for alleged discrimination

  24-04-2020 14:00
  
  For the majority of his career at Unified Police Department, Taylor Scruggs loved his work. If he wasn’t taking phone calls or writing reports, he said, he was being proactive, out finding stolen cars or fugitives or illegal drugs.A former teacher, he said he loved the ebb and flow of police work, that every day was different than the one before. But there was at least one constant.“I went home every night, and was like, ‘Man, I can’t wait to get up tomorrow and do this a
  
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• Dining won’t be the same when Utah restaurants reopen. Here’s how it will be different.

  24-04-2020 14:00
  
  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.When Utah restaurants reopen for sit-down service — possibly as soon as next week — dining will be different.There will be fewer tables, or some will be blocked from use.Any waiting for a table — whether inside or
  
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• LSU quarterback Joe Burrow drafted No. 1 in pretty normal first round

  24-04-2020 07:03
  
  For all the uniqueness of this NFL draft, including the angst over a potential communications fiasco, things looked and sounded pretty normal Thursday night.Quarterbacks were in demand. Ohio State(the top three picks played there) and the Southeastern Conference (a record 15 picks) dominated. The Patriots traded out of the first round.And Commissioner Roger Goodell even got booed, if only digitally.“I do believe this draft is going to be the most memorable we have ever had,” said Goo
  
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• 92-year-old Vin Scully hospitalized after fall at home

  24-04-2020 06:45
  
  Los Angeles • Retired Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully has been hospitalized after falling at his Los Angeles-area home.The team says the 92-year-old fell Tuesday and was taken to the hospital for observation. Scully is resting comfortably and is expected to be released soon.“I won’t be doing anymore head-first sliding,” he said in a quote posted on the team’s Twitter account. “I never liked it.”Scully retired after the 2016 season, ending a ca
  
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• USU’s Jordan Love goes to Green Bay Packers in first round of NFL draft

  24-04-2020 05:56
  
  Do the Green Bay Packers believe Jordan Love is the heir apparent to Aaron Rodgers?As the first round of the NFL draft began to wind down on Thursday night, the Packers, armed with the 30th overall pick, took that selection plus a fourth-round pick and traded up with the Miami Dolphins, who gave back their 26th overall pick.The Packers used that 26th overall pick to draft to select Love. The Bakersfield, Calif., native was the fourth quarterback to come off the board, following Joe Burrow (No. 1
  
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• Iowa governor: Tip from Ashton Kutcher led to testing deal with Utah company

  24-04-2020 03:11
  
  Iowa City, Iowa • Iowa’s governor said the state’s $26 million contract to increase coronavirus testing was reached after she acted on a tip from actor Ashton Kutcher, a revelation that increased skepticism about the no-bid deal.Critics of Gov. Kim Reynolds said they were puzzled by the celebrity’s cameo in Iowa’s outbreak response, particularly when the state has been slow to tap some of its own experts.Reynolds, a Republican, said she recently called Kutcher, an Io
  
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