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• LDS Church unveils plan to phase in resumption of worship services; other Utah clergy vow to wait until it’s ‘optimal’

  19-05-2020 23:45
  
  Latter-day Saints in various parts of the world may be worshipping together again as soon as this Sunday, depending on what their local and government leaders dictate based on COVID-19 in their region.All public gatherings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were suspended March 12, but now some will start up again, according to a letter Tuesday from the governing First Presidency to the faith’s general and local lay leaders.“We now authorize some meetings and activiti
  
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• Can Joe Biden expand the electoral map?

  19-05-2020 23:43
  
  Presidential elections don’t offer extra credit. As we all know, it’s 270 to win. Hitting 292 or 336 electoral votes doesn’t get a candidate more executive power or a bigger White House.That’s why Barack Obama’s campaign opted against seriously contesting Georgia in 2012, even as his team saw the demographics of the state changing. Other states, like Colorado and Virginia, presented an easier way to get to that magic 270. It’s the same calculation that Hillary
  
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• Ute Mountain Ute Tribe wins Energy grant for solar project in Utah

  19-05-2020 23:32
  
  Every time the sun shines on the Ute Mountain Ute community of White Mesa next year, new solar panels on the town’s government buildings will generate electricity, eventually saving the tribe on energy costs.The tribal government was the recent recipient of a $246,000 grant from the Department of Energy’s Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs that will be matched by the tribe to place rooftop solar on seven buildings in White Mesa as early as this fall.“We're looking to s
  
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• Frances Dingivan: Why energy policy is also health policy

  19-05-2020 23:30
  
  While COVID-19 has transformed the world as we know it, Donald Trump is proceeding with business as usual.Trump is moving forward with plans to lease additional public lands to fossil fuel companies, including sites near Bears Ears National Monument, Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park that add up to more than 150,000 acres of land.Trump’s decision to open public lands to oil, coal and gas extraction signals that he is willing to sacrifice Americans’ health and economi
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Red Queen

  19-05-2020 23:12
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/05/18/bagley-cartoon-conduct/" target=_blank><u>Conduct Unbecoming</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/05/15/bagley-cartoon-usps/"><u>USPS Courier Creed</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/05/14/bagley-ca
  
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• Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic undergoes successful wrist surgery

  19-05-2020 22:29
  
  Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic underwent successful surgery on Tuesday in New York City to repair a ruptured scapholunate ligament in his right wrist.The procedure was performed by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Michelle Carlson at the Hospital for Special Surgery.Bogdanovic injured his wrist at some point early in the season, but continued to play through it, undergoing periodic medical check-ups.The Jazz said that Bogdanovic “will begin his rehabilitation at the appropriate time and will rem
  
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• Inmate dies in Utah jail; sheriff says there’s ‘little evidence’ it was due to the coronavirus

  19-05-2020 22:24
  
  A 67-year-old inmate at the Purgatory Correctional Facility in Hurricane died in custody on Monday, but the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said there is “little evidence to support a correlation” between his death and the COVID-19 pandemic.Russell Dwain McGonigle of St. George, who was jailed on a federal indictment and awaiting trial, was found unconscious and unresponsive by deputies. Medical personnel at the jail were unable to revive him.According to a news release from
  
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• MLS players make counteroffer to proposal that would cut their salaries due to COVID-19

  19-05-2020 22:06
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic is still prevalent, but there have been signs that sports could make a comeback sooner rather than later. That includes Major League Soccer, which has been in discussions with the players association about a potential tournament in Orlando this summer.Real Salt Lake players have expressed doubts about the proposal, with forward Giuseppe Rossi on Monday saying he wasn’t a fan of it either because he wants to play “meaningful games.” Those talks are still on
  
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• Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic’s wrist surgery a success

  19-05-2020 22:01
  
  Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic (44) protests a call in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Bojan Bogdanovic underwent successful surgery on his right wrist on Tuesday the Utah Jazz announced. Bogdanovic is not expected to return should the 2019-20 season resume.The Utah Jazz forward had been playing through discomfort after rupturing the scapholunate ligament in his wrist early in the season.Team doctors monitored the situation
  
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• Analysis: Recovery timetable, concerns following Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic’s wrist surgery

  19-05-2020 22:01
  
  Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic (44) protests a call in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — Bojan Bogdanovic underwent successful surgery on his right wrist on Tuesday, the Utah Jazz announced. He is not expected to return should the 2019-20 season resume.
  The Utah Jazz forward had been playing through discomfort after rupturing the scapholunate ligament in his wrist early this season.Team doctors monitored the situation during t
  
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• Hannah Downey: Adoption is a way forward for wild horses

  19-05-2020 21:26
  
  The story of the wild American mustang is one of grit and hardship. Revered as a majestic icon of the West, behind the image is a cruel reality of competition, starvation and degradation.The Bureau of Land Management is tasked with managing a population of wild horses and burros that is growing exponentially. In a new report to Congress, the BLM concluded that its adoption incentive program — which pays people to adopt wild horses and burros — is a key part of achieving a sustainable
  
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• Both Gach’s transfer from the Utah basketball program came as a surprise to Larry Krystkowiak. Where does everyone go from here?

  19-05-2020 21:02
  
  University of Utah sophomore guard Both Gach declared for the NBA Draft on April 6. The plan, as far as anyone knew, was to merely go through the process, gain feedback from NBA personnel and return to school as a junior.That is annually the plan of dozens of collegiate underclassmen who declare, but it isn’t always that simple. The fact of the matter is, when a kid throws his name into the draft mix, every conceivable scenario is on the table, including transferring.On Thursday afternoon,
  
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• Utah Department of Public Safety to conduct review into officer showing off photos of Lauren McCluskey

  19-05-2020 20:39
  
  The Utah Department of Public Safety will lead the independent investigation looking into a University of Utah officer who saved and showed off at least one explicit photo of student-athlete Lauren McCluskey.The outside review, which was ordered by the U. on Monday, comes after a report in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday disclosed the conduct of Officer Miguel Deras, who was assigned to investigate McCluskey’s extortion case in October 2018. The school did its own review in 2019, but the n
  
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• Power Five conferences spend big money lobbying Congress

  19-05-2020 20:14
  
  The Power Five conferences spent $350,000 on lobbying in the first three months of 2020, more than they had previously spent in any full year, as part of a coordinated effort to influence Congress on legislation affecting the ability of college athletes to earn endorsement money.The Southeastern Conference was the biggest spender, hiring three lobbying firms and paying them a total of $140,000, according to lobbying disclosure forms reviewed by The Associated Press. Before this year, the SEC did
  
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• Here’s how the Boys and Girls Club is supporting low income families during the COVID-19 pandemic

  19-05-2020 20:07
  
  For 14-year-old Journey Williams, the friends and staff she’s met at the Miller Boys and Girls Club in Murray have become "like a second family, almost.”And now, as she faces the challenge of staying inside, video gatherings with the club are making the pandemic feel more manageable. She logs into the Zoom platform for meetings every weekday, if she can.“It’s really nice to still see their faces, even though you can’t actually be with them. … It’s still
  
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• LDS Church unveils plan to phase in resumption of worship services

  19-05-2020 19:56
  
  Latter-day Saints in various parts of the world may be worshipping together again soon, depending on what their local and government leaders dictate based on COVID-19 in their region.All public gatherings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were suspended March 12, but now some will start up again, according to a letter Tuesday from the governing First Presidency to the faith’s general and local lay leaders.“We now authorize some meetings and activities to be resumed o
  
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• Gordon Monson: Utah pizza guy says there was no way Michael Jordan’s pie was poisoned

  19-05-2020 19:44
  
  The Utah Pizza Man is upset.The one who said he delivered the infamous pie that supposedly poisoned Michael Jordan before Game 5 of the NBA Finals in 1997.He said what has been presented by Tim Grover, Jordan’s personal trainer, inside and out of ESPN’s 10-episode MJ Glorification Showcase, is in serious error.The implied part about Jordan being poisoned by five suspicious, possibly nefarious delivery guys who showed up at the Bulls’ hotel in Park City the night before Game 5,
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Tuesday, May 19: Crossroads Urban Center plans virtual fundraiser

  19-05-2020 19:14
  
  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 Tuesday, May 19. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read more coronavirus coverage here.]---11:15 a.m.: Crossroads Urban Center to hold virtual fundraiserCrossroads Urban Cen
  
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• Gordon Monson: Utah man who says he made and delivered Michael Jordan’s pizza before the ‘Flu Game’ insists the pie wasn’t poisoned

  19-05-2020 19:13
  
  The Utah Pizza Man is upset.The one who said he delivered the infamous pie that supposedly poisoned Michael Jordan before Game 5 of the NBA Finals in 1997.He said what has been presented by Tim Grover, Jordan’s personal trainer, inside and out of ESPN’s 10-episode MJ Glorification Showcase, is in serious error.The implied part about Jordan being poisoned by five suspicious, possibly nefarious delivery guys who showed up at the Bulls’ hotel in Park City the night before Game 5,
  
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• UTA seeks public comment on proposed $1.2B TRAX line through state prison site

  19-05-2020 19:11
  
  Should the Utah Transit Authority build a $1.2 billion TRAX extension through the soon-to-be-redeveloped Utah State Prison site in Draper to Lehi? The agency is giving the public a chance to comment on that and other transit options for the area.UTA said it will be taking public comments through June 1 on the website for its ongoing Point of the Mountain Transit Study. (https://rideuta.com/About-UTA/Active-Projects/Point-of-the-Mountain-Transit-Study).The website includes a video, maps and descr
  
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• Despite risks, Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine

  19-05-2020 19:00
  
  Washington • The White House hurried Tuesday to defend President Donald Trump's decision to take a malaria drug to protect against the coronavirus, despite warnings from his own government that it should only be administered for COVID-19 in a hospital or research setting due to potentially fatal side effects.Trump told reporters a day earlier that he has been taking the drug, hydroxychloroquine, and a zinc supplement daily “for about a week and a half now," after two White House staff
  
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• Belmont set for June 20 without fans, will lead off Triple Crown

  19-05-2020 18:12
  
  The Belmont Stakes will be run June 20 in New York without fans and serve as the opening leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown for the first time in the sport’s history.The New York Racing Association on Tuesday unveiled the rescheduled date for the Belmont, which will also be contested at a shorter distance than usual. The 2020 Belmont will be 1 1/8 miles instead of the 1 1/2-mile "test of the champion" that has been the race's trademark for almost a century."The Belmont Stakes is a Ne
  
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• Outbreak on edge of Navajo Nation overwhelms rural hospital

  19-05-2020 17:39
  
  Gallup, N.M. • On the eve of New Mexico’s shutdown of bars and restaurants to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the city of Gallup came alive for one last night of revelry.Before the night was out in the desert oasis on the fringes of the Navajo Nation, 98 people were detained for public intoxication and sent to sober up at a detox center. Several homeless people also sought refuge in the same cinder block building, which doubles as a shelter. Somewhere in the mix, lurked the virus.
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Tribune sports reporters discuss what it’s like covering college sports during a pandemic

  19-05-2020 17:37
  
  What’s it like to cover sports during a pandemic? When can we expect to watch a game again? Salt Lake Tribune sports reporters Josh Newman and Norma Gonzalez will answer these questions and more on The Tribune’s Facebook page at 9 a.m.You can read more about Utah sports on our website. You can also sign up for our Red All Over newsletter, which offers behind-the-scenes insights about University of Utah athletics, and our Eye on the Y newsletter for an insider’s look into Brigha
  
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• Utah Symphony throwing its 80th birthday party online tonight

  19-05-2020 17:29
  
  The Utah Symphony is throwing an 80th birthday party for itself Tuesday — and everyone’s invited to get dolled up and attend online.The event will be live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube starting at 8 p.m. MDT Tuesday.The centerpiece of the event will be a performance by symphony musicians inside Abravanel Hall — the first time musicians have graced that stage since the venue was closed in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic.Interviews with music director and conduct
  
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• Watch live: Tribune sports reporters discuss what it’s like covering college sports during a pandemic on today’s ‘Trib Talk’

  19-05-2020 17:01
  
  What’s it like to cover sports during a pandemic? When can we expect to watch a game again? Salt Lake Tribune sports reporters Josh Newman and Norma Gonzalez will answer these questions and more on The Tribune’s Facebook page at 9 a.m.You can read more about Utah sports on our website. You can also sign up for our Red All Over newsletter, which offers behind-the-scenes insights about University of Utah athletics, and our Eye on the Y newsletter for an insider’s look into Brigha
  
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• Utah Jazz: Talented front office is manifesting itself

  19-05-2020 16:14
  
  The Utah Jazz may not have won an Executive of the Year award in decades, but their quality of the front office personnel is manifesting itself in recent weeks If you’re a die hard Utah Jazz fan, then you probably know how the front office works in contrast to other NBA teams. They are typically […]
  Utah Jazz: Talented front office is manifesting itself - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Police arrest suspect in Magna standoff. He’s accused of shooting after a traffic stop.

  19-05-2020 16:01
  
  Police arrested a suspect after a standoff in Magna on Tuesday morning that began the previous night when the man reportedly fired a gun after a traffic stop in Salt Lake City.“Our SWAT team did negotiate,” said Det. Michael Ruff of the Salt lake City Police Department. "Eventually, we had the opportunity to take him into custody by using a diversionary device."Officers set off the device, which “sounds like an explosion," to distract the man, who was taken into custody without
  
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• Letter: We need a real leader

  19-05-2020 15:08
  
  To put a lying, egotistical tyrant in office is asinine. Especially one who thinks he is omnipotent, who fantasizes his knowledge exceeds all others in all things, who surrounds himself with spineless sycophants who grovel at his feet. (They’re known as Republicans).This spectacle would be comical if it wasn’t so tragic. What’s needed now is a sane, truthful, rational diplomat who can organize the best talent available to solve real problems with real answers. And one who knows
  
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• Letter: Testing is the best solution

  19-05-2020 15:05
  
  Trillions of dollars are being spent on remedying the damage caused by the deteriorating economy, and trillions more are contemplated.Recent legislation was complex, to say the least. Any additional proposed legislation is likely to be the same.Setting aside the fact that large parts of the legislation, combined by actions by the Federal Reserve, will indeed provide much needed financial assistance to employers, employees and specially the unemployed, I am deeply puzzled as to why Congress has n
  
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• Letter: I’m not ready to die

  19-05-2020 15:05
  
  It’s been a long winter and I’m glad we can all begin to get outdoors to enjoy some safe recreation. Millcreek Canyon is my favorite place to hike, so recently I hiked a popular trail that is quite narrow, making it impossible to maintain the 6-foot rule.Of the 30 or so people I passed, only two wore bandanas they could use to cover their mouths and noses when passing.I'm a senior citizen but I'm not ready to die. I have a wonderful life that includes loved ones, a garden, dogs and h
  
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• Robert Kirby: Convenience lessons learned from COVID-19, the drive-up pandemic

  19-05-2020 14:00
  
  The coronavirus has changed the world a lot more than I thought. Monday morning, I went to my doctor for an invasive medical procedure. It was conducted in the privacy of … a parking lot.Since it was a simple blood draw, I couldn’t complain. I held my arm out the window, got jabbed, and that was it. Lucky for me (and several hundred passersby), I wasn’t getting my prostate checked.Once (if) things return to normal, it will be a different normal. The pandemic is schooling us in
  
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• Letter: We need to reimagine our health care system

  19-05-2020 14:00
  
  Some politicians claim we have the best health care in the world, but our outcomes do not bear that out.In fact, our profit-based system ranks 37th in the world for health care outcomes, 54th in the world for life expectancy, and we have the fourth highest infant mortality rate.This poor performance is currently being exacerbated by the current pandemic. At 330 million, we have about 5% of the world’s population, but we have one-third of the world’s COVID-19 cases and nearly 29% of t
  
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• Letter: Presidential candidates are universes apart

  19-05-2020 14:00
  
  In his May 13 letter to the editor, Brian King says that he intends to sit out the 2020 presidential vote because both likely candidates are sexual predators.Trying to equate the behavior and attitude of Donald Trump and Joe Biden toward women is astounding. They are universes apart.But that is just one outrageous aspect of Mr. King’s assessment of the candidates. Trump and Biden are far apart on so many issues that are important to our country and the world. To list just a few: Climate ch
  
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• Letter: Our leaders aren’t keeping us safe

  19-05-2020 14:00
  
  As an American, I rely heavily on the actions of policymakers to provide leadership and create regulations that provide us with a sense of security and keep us safe. During the pandemic, from the president down, I have seen the exact opposite.A civil servant's job is to ensure public safety, but instead of providing that, the Trump administration is deregulating our protections. Too many leaders have been downplaying truth with suggestions on the pandemic and the environment. Our leaders continu
  
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• Letter: No more swill in Bagley’s trough

  19-05-2020 14:00
  
  I have always considered subscribing to a newspaper a mark of the cultured man. I have been a subscriber to The Salt Lake Tribune for 35 or 40 years. Yet even the cultured man has his limits, and I have reached mine.I am regularly disgusted by the depths to which “cartoonist” Pat Bagley will sink in his hatred of anyone with whom he disagrees, and each time I think he can go no lower. But he truly reached his nadir Sunday with the drawing of a whistling President Trump putting multip
  
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• Letter: COVID-19 has improved empathy. Except in Trump.

  19-05-2020 14:00
  
  A quote by Maureen Dowd recently published on The Salt Lake Tribune’s website implies that Donald Trump doesn’t wear a mask because he believes that not wearing a mask shows him to be tough. I think Dowd is spot-on.Trump, to paraphrase British writer Nate White, has no complexity, nuance, depth or soul. Other than toughness, what other image of self could Trump possibly have? The concept that we wear our masks not for self-protection, but to protect those around us, is foreign to Tru
  
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• Jennifer Senior: Dump on your office all you like. You’ll miss it when it’s gone.

  19-05-2020 14:00
  
  The office, for the foreseeable future, is dead. Google and Facebook are telling employees they can work remotely until 2021. Twitter is allowing employees to work from home “forever.” A number of big banks are contemplating never fully refilling their office towers in Manhattan. Last week, my colleague Matthew Haag wrote a thoroughly depressing story in which the chief executive of Halstead Real Estate asked him point-blank:“Looking forward, are people going to want to crowd i
  
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• Farhad Manjoo: San Francisco beat the virus. But it’s still breaking my heart.

  19-05-2020 14:00
  
  One sun-drenched afternoon last month, I took a long solo bike ride through the San Francisco Bay Area. I rode from my home to Mountain View, near the once-desolate stretch of marsh that Google has leased from NASA to build a monumental new campus. It looks like a collection of lunar bases made out of origami.Construction has been paused under lockdown, and on the fetid plains surrounding the 1-million-square-foot project, birds sang and wildflowers painted the horizon, and the trails that run b
  
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• Sources: Knicks to Hire Walt Perrin as Assistant GM

  19-05-2020 06:24 via basketballinsiders.com
  
  Sources: The Knicks are finalizing hiring Jazz VP of Player Personnel Walt Perrin as assistant general manager as they reshuffle front office under Leon Rose. Perrin is a well-respected executive who has worked in Jazz organization for 19 years. Sources: The Knicks are finalizing hiring Jazz VP of Player Personnel Walt Perrin as assistant general […]
  
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• University of Utah will seek outside investigation of officer who displayed image of Lauren McCluskey

  19-05-2020 05:52
  
  The University of Utah announced Monday that it will arrange for an independent investigation into a former officer there who the school has confirmed saved and showed off at least one intimate photo of student-athlete Lauren McCluskey before she was killed.“After personally reviewing the report today and consulting with the university’s chief safety officer, I have ordered a new investigation to be completed by an outside agency,” said Rodney Chatman, the new chief of the U.'s
  
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• 350-acre wildfire in Toquerville sparked by vehicle dragging a chain

  19-05-2020 05:33
  
  A vehicle dragging a chain sparked a wildfire Monday afternoon that tore through about 350 acres of dry grass and brush near Toquerville.Heavy winds pushed the flames, making it difficult for firefighters to control them. By Monday evening, about 30% of the fire was contained. No one has been injured.The blaze, called the Anderson Junction Fire, caused about 20 households to evacuate, but that evacuation order was lifted Monday evening. Three outbuildings were destroyed in the fire, and another
  
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• Utah leaders push for reform after report that University of Utah officer displayed images of Lauren McCluskey

  19-05-2020 04:32
  
  A bipartisan group of state leaders is outraged by a new disclosure that a University of Utah police officer saved and showed off intimate photos of student-athlete Lauren McCluskey before she was killed. And they want action.A Legislative committee is now planning to audit all practices at the U. for responding to victims. One lawmaker has proposed revoking the certification for any officer who puts private evidence on a personal phone. And state Auditor John Dougall wants the university to dis
  
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• Federal prosecutors appeal early release of Utah man convicted of gang-related robberies

  19-05-2020 04:12
  
  Kepa Maumau is not a free man just yet — despite a federal judge’s ruling last week that he be released four decades earlier than anticipated after being convicted in several gang-related robberies.Federal prosecutors have appealed U.S. District Court Judge Tena Campbell’s decision to grant Maumau an early release, and they have asked the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to hold off on letting him out until they have a ruling.The 10th Circuit judges didn’t go quite that far,
  
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• ESPN to show film about Game 6 of 1998 NBA Finals

  19-05-2020 04:02
  
  The Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan puts up the game-winning shot over Utah Jazz forward Bryon Russell, right, to win Game 1 of theNBA Finals 84-82 Sunday, June 1, 1997, in Chicago.(AP Photo/Fred Jewell ) (FRED JEWELL/)The final episodes of “The Last Dance” have aired, yet ESPN has one more program to show about the Chicago Bulls’ sixth championship.ESPN will show “Game 6: The Movie” on Wednesday night at 9 p.m. EDT, following a rebroadcast of episodes nine and 10 of
  
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• Jazz mailbag: “The Last Dance” was too painful to watch for some fans, while others learned to respect Michael Jordan

  19-05-2020 03:56
  
  Chicago’s Michael Jordan makes the winning shot in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center. | Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — ESPN’s 10-part documentary series chronicling Michael Jordan’s time with the Chicago Bulls, “The Last Dance,” came to a close on Sunday night.
  The last two episodes, which aired on Sunday, heavily involved the Utah Jazz, who faced the Bulls in the 1997 and 1998 NBA Finals. With that in mind I reached o
  
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• Coronavirus vaccine maker says early results are promising

  19-05-2020 03:20
  
  An experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers, its maker announced Monday.Study volunteers given either a low or medium dose of the vaccine by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna Inc. had antibodies similar to those seen in people who have recovered from COVID-19.In the next phase of the study, led by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, researchers will try to
  
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• Paul Gibbs: Biden vs. Trump is a life-or-death choice

  19-05-2020 03:00
  
  As the pandemic continues, many of us feel a mix of fear and astonishment at those who push to reopen up too quickly, or who won’t wear masks or socially distance, arguing that it’s their right to choose what they risk.Others rightly respond that it’s not just their own lives they’re risking, its all of our lives. In particular, the lives of those of us who are in high risk categories due to age or chronic illness are being put at risk by the decisions of others. Ironical
  
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• Kaysville City Council revolts against mayor for openly defying COVID-19 restrictions

  19-05-2020 02:39
  
  The Kaysville City Council is revolting against Mayor Katie Witt — who also is running for Congress in the 1st District — for openly defying state COVID-19 restrictions by allowing a protest concert to be held in a city park on May 30 featuring country music star Collin Raye.The council is poised to pass a resolution on Thursday to disavow her actions and make clear that any concert will be an unsanctioned protest proceeding without official city permission.Also, state Sen. Todd Weil
  
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• 350-acre wildfire threatening homes near Toquerville

  19-05-2020 02:26
  
  A wildfire near Toquerville is threatening homes and moving quickly due to heavy winds.Fire officials say the blaze has burned through about 350 acres as of 6 p.m. on Monday, and is nearing about 30 structures — some residential homes. Winds in excess of 30 mph have been whipping through the area as firefighters try to douse the blaze, which was dubbed the Anderson Junction Fire.Federal state and local wildfire agencies are on the scene. Officials have not said how they believe the fire st
  
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