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• As most of Utah moves to ‘yellow’ safety level, signs of normalcy begin to emerge

  16-05-2020 23:54
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. There were signs on Saturday — the first day most of Utah moved into the low-risk “yellow” coronavirus safety level — that life might be inching closer to normal.A little league baseball game — complete wit
  
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• Obama criticizes virus response in online graduation speech

  16-05-2020 23:09
  
  Washington • Former President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized some officials overseeing the coronavirus response, telling college graduates in an online commencement address that the pandemic shows many officials "aren’t even pretending to be in charge.”Obama spoke on “Show Me Your Walk, HBCU Edition,” a two-hour livestreaming event for historically black colleges and universities broadcast on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. His remarks were surprisingly political
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Utah must be better prepared for the next pandemic

  16-05-2020 23:00
  
  The old joke in government circles is that it is silly to call a process, or an agency, “emergency management,” because, if it can be managed, it isn’t an emergency.Still, that’s what government is there for and, in the way the highest levels of Utah government have managed the coronavirus emergency, there are signs of arrogance and bad judgment that need to be thoroughly examined so we can take away some useful lessons for the next time.And there will be a next time.Thin
  
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• Fred Willard, the comedic improv-style actor, has died at 86

  16-05-2020 22:28
  
  Los Angeles • Fred Willard, the comedic actor whose improv style kept him relevant for more than 50 years in films like “This Is Spinal Tap,” “Best In Show” and “Anchorman,” has died. He was 86.Willard’s daughter, Hope Mulbarger, said in a statement Saturday that her father died peacefully Friday night. The cause of his death has not been released.“He kept moving, working and making us happy until the very end,” Mulbarger said. “We
  
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• One more death and 155 new coronavirus cases in Utah as most of state shifts to ‘yellow’ safety level

  16-05-2020 21:29
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. Most of the state moved into the low-risk “yellow” safety level on Saturday, but the latest numbers from The Utah Department of Health show the coronavirus is still impacting residents.Utah had one death and 155 new COVID-19
  
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• The Utah Jazz finally make the NBA Finals — and endure a whole new level of heartbreak

  16-05-2020 20:19
  
  Editor’s note: If not for the coronavirus outbreak, the NBA regular season would be over, and the Utah Jazz would likely be in the playoffs this spring. In the spirit of postseason fervor, The Salt Lake Tribune is doing a multi-part series on the most impactful playoff runs in Jazz history. Part 1 — 1983-84: The Jazz save professional basketball in Utah. Part 2 — 1987-88: Trading haymakers with the champs. Part 3 — 1991-92: A huge step forward, but still coming up short.
  
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• George Pyle: Graduates, be ready to cash in on your missed commencement

  16-05-2020 20:00
  
  People of a certain age, it is said, are often able to remember in great detail something that happened in their lives 40 or 50 years before but have a hard time recalling what they had for breakfast that morning.French toast.But who spoke at my high school commencement ceremony? Or what might have been special about my college graduation event? Nope, sorry, drawing a couple of big blanks here.I remember a little about the commencement at my high school the year I was a sophomore, which I attend
  
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• They shall return: Utah athletes coming back next year after their spring sports seasons were wiped out by COVID-19

  16-05-2020 18:39
  
  The NCAA has been crushed over the years for any number of bureaucratic measures, but the college sports governing body did right by its spring-sports seniors in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.On March 30, two weeks after the NCAA canceled March Madness, all other winter championships and the remainder of the spring season, it approved a blanket waiver for spring-sport athletes to get an extra year of eligibility. Schools were under no obligation to have their seniors back, but the University
  
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• Gordon Monson: Piped-in crowd noise, fake fans for football and basketball games on TV? Don’t make me laugh.

  16-05-2020 17:51
  
  I never did like laugh tracks — from the time of “Gilligan’s Island” straight through to “Friends” — imbedded into TV sitcoms meant to sweeten the comedy and prompt laughter from whoever was watching, whether that scattered audience thought the jokes were funny or stupid.A whole lot of Americans don’t like to be told when to laugh.Now, according to Joe Buck, Fox is planning not only to pump crowd noise into NFL broadcasts for games with empty stadi
  
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• Utah plans to purge 900 items from liquor inventory. ‘This could be devastating,’ business owners say.

  16-05-2020 17:07
  
  They are the “cash cows” in Utah’s state-run liquor stores — high-volume items that bring in millions of dollars a year.Barton Vodka leads the herd with nearly 280,000 bottles sold last year and sales of more than $3.1 million. Jack Daniel’s whiskey is another, with nearly 86,000 bottles purchased and $2.4 million in sales.The list goes on. But for every inexpensive or well-known national brand the state can milk for big money, there are hundreds of other spirits an
  
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• One less coronavirus worry — Utah says it has enough personal protective equipment stockpiled

  16-05-2020 17:07
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. Buoyed by public donations and state purchases, Utah has a two-month supply of masks, gloves, gowns and other personal protective equipment needed during the coronavirus pandemic, assures the person in charge of creating the stockpile.A
  
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• Stevan E. Hobfoll: We must move from a sledge hammer to a scalpel approach

  16-05-2020 17:00
  
  Political tribalism and an epidemiology that is entirely biological, instead of bio-behavioral, has painted us into the proverbial corner. We are presented with a choice of listening to those who advocate for maximum social distance, at the expense of our economy, versus those who wish to sacrifice millions to the gods of Wall Street and carnivorous capitalism.Both sides are partially correct, and a compromise need to be found, as behavioral epidemiology has been lost in both equations.Quite sim
  
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• Salt Lake City apartment fire displaces tenants who only recently found homes after living on the street

  16-05-2020 16:00
  
  Debi Raynor woke Tuesday to the sound of people screaming and the taste of smoke on her lips. The Salt Lake City apartment complex that had become her safe haven after living on the streets had gone up in flames.By nightfall, she found herself homeless once again, setting up a child-sized tent on a patch of grass near Liberty Park, where she slept fitfully on top of a couch cushion covered with a tablecloth.“I don’t even know what to do, where to go,” she said Thursday, tears s
  
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• Utah Jazz: 5 Repercussions from cancelling the NBA season

  16-05-2020 15:15
  
  If the Utah Jazz and NBA never end up finishing their season, here are five things that will come back to hurt the Jazz both now and in the future. Recently here at The J-Notes we have been discussing the possibility of basketball returning potentially this summer, and what that would look like for the […]
  Utah Jazz: 5 Repercussions from cancelling the NBA season - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Pandemic claims another retailer: 118-year-old J.C. Penney

  16-05-2020 15:00
  
  New York • The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the storied but troubled department store chain J.C. Penney into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth major retailer to meet that fate.As part of its reorganization, the 118-year-old company said late Friday it will be shuttering some stores. It said the stores will close in phases throughout the Chapter 11 process and details of the first phase will be disclosed in the coming weeks.Penney is the biggest retailer to file for bankruptcy reor
  
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• Rollins and Yentel: Congress must provide emergency rental assistance

  16-05-2020 14:00
  
  The economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic threatens to significantly exacerbate housing instability and homelessness throughout the U.S., including in Utah. Congress must take bold action to help people already struggling to make ends meet by including emergency rental assistance in the next coronavirus-response package.Even before coronavirus, far too many of America’s lowest-income households — seniors, people with disabilities, low-wage workers — were just one financi
  
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• Letter: We’re running on thin ice

  16-05-2020 14:00
  
  Former Gov. Leavitt posited that Utah’s approach to reopening should be akin to walking on thin ice — that is, we should inch forward slowly, rather than run forward carelessly and risk plunging into freezing water.While the sentiment is right, that analogy may be a little imprecise — after all, there is an up-to-14-day delay between when a person is infected with this coronavirus and when they first present symptoms. So, you can’t evaluate a public health policy’s
  
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• Letter: The U.S. lags behind in coronavirus testing

  16-05-2020 14:00
  
  In a May 15 letter to the editor, James Wickizer stated that “according to multiple sources,” the coronavirus death rate is around 1%.I have been monitoring Worldometers’ world and U.S. coronavirus data with respect to confirmed cases of the virus and resultant deaths. This data shows that coronavirus deaths per confirmed cases in the U.S. is in excess of 5.9%.I also looked at published CDC data over the past 10 years or so that showed that influenza mortality over that period
  
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• Letter: Leave Mormon news for the Mormon publications

  16-05-2020 14:00
  
  The Tribune’s May 14 edition featured an article titled “LDS leaders want art of Jesus exclusively in church foyers.”Why would this kind of article, which is narrow in scope, be of interest to the overall readership of The Tribune?It may be of interest to those of the Mormon faith but, because of that, it should be in one of the Mormon Church’s publications, not taking up room in The Tribune.Barbara Stevens, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Don’t alienate moderate voters

  16-05-2020 14:00
  
  Democratic District 1 candidate Jamie Cheek’s argument that progressives will not “bargain away our values” — as apparently Democrats like myself who self-identify as moderate have done — was both arrogant and demeaning to those who do not think like her (“Let’s not be afraid to be Utah Democrats,” May 14).Perhaps she would also like to relabel Democrats like myself as DINOs — a double entendres for Democrats In Name Only that also validates
  
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• Letter: Distance learning isn’t best for everyone

  16-05-2020 14:00
  
  As a senior at East High School, I have had an extremely difficult time adjusting to learning how to move from public to online school, especially coming from a family with a refugee background where education is not something that’s taught at home.I must self-motivate myself to get my schoolwork done, but also make sure things are taken care of in my household. It is hard trying to teach myself the materials that I need to master the courses. Online school is difficult because I don&rsquo
  
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• It wasn’t easy making ‘Snowpiercer’ into a TV series. But the result is ... fine.

  16-05-2020 14:00
  
  As the pandemic keeps most Americans at home and severely curtails entertainment options, what do you want to watch on TV? Something funny that makes you forget, for a time, the world’s problems? Or something about a world so terrible that reality seems pretty OK by comparison?TNT’s “Snowpiercer” definitely falls into the latter category.This 10-episode series (Sunday, 7 p.m. and repeated at 8:06 p.m., TNT) begins in the near future, almost eight years after scientists co
  
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• Tourists enter reopened Grand Canyon despite virus concerns

  16-05-2020 06:11
  
  Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. •Tourists appeared ready to roam Grand Canyon National Park again after it partially reopened Friday, despite objections from Navajo officials and others that it could hurt efforts to control the coronavirus.By 7:30 a.m., more than two dozen people were enjoying viewpoints along the South Rim.Among them was Matthias Zutter, 35, who was traveling through Arizona with his wife in a camper van as part of a final adventure before moving back to their hometown o
  
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• Petroglyph near Gunlock State Park vandalized

  16-05-2020 05:50
  
  Jen Beard said she’d been to that beach countless times, often to fish, but that Thursday she was there to collect driftwood and to show off some of the area’s 200-year-old Native American rock art to her friend’s young daughter.This particular petroglyph depicts a person riding a horse or mule and is etched on the tip of a small boulder on the shore of Gunlock State Park’s namesake reservoir. It’s well-known to park regulars, probably because it’s near the en
  
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• Autopsy: Pilot in Kobe Bryant crash had no alcohol, drugs

  16-05-2020 04:48
  
  Los Angeles • The pilot flying Kobe Bryant and seven others to a youth basketball tournament did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, and all nine sustained immediately fatal injuries when their helicopter slammed into a hillside outside Los Angeles in January, according to autopsies released Friday.The reports by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office provide a clinical but unvarnished look at just how brutal the crash was, describing broken bones, dismembered body parts and a s
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, May 15: Two die; Most of Utah officially moving to ‘yellow’ status

  16-05-2020 03:20
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. It’s Friday, May 15. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read more coronavirus coverage here.]---7:20 p.m.: Gov. Herbert officially issues order moving most of Utah to yellow statu
  
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• U.S. believers see coronavirus as a message from God, poll shows

  16-05-2020 03:11
  
  New York • The coronavirus has prompted almost two-thirds of American believers of all faiths to feel that God is telling humanity to change how it lives, a new poll finds.While the virus rattles the globe, causing economic hardship for millions and killing more than 80,000 Americans, the findings of the poll by the University of Chicago Divinity School and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research indicate that people may also be searching for deeper meaning in the devas
  
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• Retired pope suggests St. John Paul II be called ‘the Great’

  16-05-2020 02:54
  
  Rome • Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has honored St. John Paul II on the centenary of his birth and floated the idea that he should be called “the Great,” as only two other popes have been.John Paul’s longtime secretary, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, held a news conference in Krakow, Poland, on Friday to present a letter by Benedict, which was released to the media in a half-dozen languages. The fanfare suggested that Dziwisz wanted to draw attention to the praise of his belove
  
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• As Utahns venture out under yellow coronavirus risk level, high-risk groups still need to stay behind

  16-05-2020 02:36
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. While much of Utah prepares for Saturday, the first day of looser rules of behavior during the coronavirus pandemic, health experts say it’s important to remember loved ones in high-risk groups — those more likely to get sic
  
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• Holly Richardson: Congratulations to the Class of 2020

  16-05-2020 02:00
  
  Dear graduates:You did it! You made it through! The homework, the group projects, the reading, the writing — oh, the writing!Whether you are graduating from high school, with a certification, an undergrad degree or a graduate degree, you’ve accomplished something monumental. Congrats!You’ve created friendships. You’ve learned life lessons along with the academic ones. You’ve burned the midnight oil, written and given reports, watched endless PowerPoint presentations
  
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• Utah Jazz forward Georges Niang says ‘everybody wants to play and finish the season’

  16-05-2020 01:59
  
  Utah Jazz forward Georges Niang acknowledged Friday in a videoconference chat with media that while he’d be “thrilled” if the NBA season were to resume, the process of getting there is going to be tough.With the Jazz having opened up their Zions Bank Basketball Campus practice facility on Monday for individual, voluntary player workouts, Niang said he has been excited to be in the building every day since. However, the safety protocols in place to protect everyone from the ongo
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: USPS Courier Creed

  16-05-2020 01:29
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, May 17, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/05/14/bagley-cartoon-king-rat/" target=_blank><u>King Rat</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/05/13/bagley-cartoon-sign-times/"><u>Sign of the Times</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/05/12/bagley-cartoon-t
  
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• Navajo Nation residents to be under strictest lockdown yet

  16-05-2020 01:17
  
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • Residents of the Navajo Nation will be under the strictest weekend lockdown yet, with grocery stores and gas stations closed, and even essential workers ordered to stay home.Navajo President Jonathan Nez made the announcement after a spike in deaths that he attributed to shifting traffic patterns after the city of Gallup recently shut down to outside visitors. That lockdown in northwestern New Mexico has since ended.On the Navajo Nation, residents will face citations, wit
  
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• Utah woman sues employer she claims ‘recklessly’ exposed her to coronavirus

  16-05-2020 01:05
  
  On April 8, Juana Victoria Flores emailed a human resources official at Built Bar, an American Fork based company that manufactures and distributes nutritional supplements.She was concerned about the number of people who had fallen ill on the production lines where she worked amid rumors that some employees there had contracted the coronavirus. And she wanted a professional company brought in to clean up or fumigate the building.“I am really concerned,” Flores wrote.The next day, she
  
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• Mara Gay: ‘I wish I could do something for you,’ my doctor said

  16-05-2020 00:00
  
  The day before I got sick, I ran 3 miles, walked 10 more, then raced up the stairs to my fifth-floor apartment as always, slinging laundry with me as I went.The next day, April 17, I became one of the thousands of New Yorkers to fall ill with COVID-19. I haven’t felt the same since.If you live in New York City, you know what this virus can do. In just under two months, an estimated 24,000 New Yorkers have died. That’s more than twice the number of people we lost to homicide over the
  
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