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• George Floyd’s death opens old wounds for NBA player Thabo Sefolosha

  31-05-2020 23:48
  
  Thabo Sefolosha knows what it’s like to be a black man, on the ground, surrounded by police officers.Such was the scenario when George Floyd died in Minneapolis last week.And when Sefolosha watched that video, his memories came flooding back.“I was just horrified by what I saw,“ Sefolosha said. “That could have been me.“Time has not healed all wounds for Sefolosha, the NBA veteran who said he was attacked by a group of New York Police Department officers in April 20
  
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• Utah is averaging more than 200 new coronavirus cases a day over the past week as hot spots flare up from Logan to St. George

  31-05-2020 23:35
  
  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. For the past several months, the news cycle has been dominated by little other than the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Over the past week, obviously, other issues have come to the forefront.But the novel coronavirus does not take a break
  
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• George Floyd’s death opens old wounds for former Utah Jazz forward Thabo Sefolosha

  31-05-2020 22:36
  
  FILE - Utah Jazz’s Thabo Sefolosha (22), from Switzerland, drives past Cleveland Cavaliers’ Tristan Thompson (13) in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Cleveland. The NBA veteran says he was attacked by a group of New York Police Department officers in April 2015 while they were arresting him outside a nightclub in the city’s Chelsea neighborhood.  | AP Thabo Sefolosha knows what it’s like to be a black man, on the ground, surrounded
  
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• George Floyd’s death opens old wounds for fomer Utah Jazz forward Thabo Sefolosha

  31-05-2020 22:36
  
  FILE - Utah Jazz’s Thabo Sefolosha (22), from Switzerland, drives past Cleveland Cavaliers’ Tristan Thompson (13) in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Cleveland. The NBA veteran says he was attacked by a group of New York Police Department officers in April 2015 while they were arresting him outside a nightclub in the city’s Chelsea neighborhood.  | AP Thabo Sefolosha knows what it’s like to be a black man, on the ground, surrounded
  
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• Gail Miller, owner of Utah Jazz, issues statement: ‘Hearts across America, and in Utah, are hurting’

  31-05-2020 21:43
  
  Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller speaks during an news conference introducing Quin Snyder as the new Utah Jazz head coach Saturday, June 7, 2014, in Salt Lake City. | AP SALT LAKE CITY — Following a night of protesting and unrest in Salt Lake City and across the country, Gail Miller, owner of the Utah Jazz and Larry H. Miller Group of companies, issued a statement.
  “Hearts across America, and in Utah, are hurting following events of racism, discrimination and injustice sparked by the rec
  
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• Coronavirus in Utah: 264 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death reported

  31-05-2020 21:03
  
  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. The Utah Department of Health reported 264 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the state in its latest figures released Sunday — the third-highest single-day total in Utah since such figures have been tracked.Those new cases bring t
  
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• Gordon Monson: Listen to and hear the message, America, while our cities burn

  31-05-2020 20:59
  
  If you are a white American and don’t know exactly what to do, how to help in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, a black man who died last week when a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for eight long minutes, triggering protests and rioting around the country, including here in Salt Lake City, there is one place to start.Listen to what is being said. Hear what is being said. Understand what is being said.A lot of people, white and black, including athletes, coac
  
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• Can Ed Davis’ career survive his first season with the Utah Jazz?

  31-05-2020 20:43
  
  To say that Ed Davis’ first year with the Utah Jazz has been bad would be an understatement — it’s been a travesty. Will his career survive? Time will tell … The Summer of 2019 was good to the Utah Jazz. They’d flirted with Mike Conley for a good bit, and finally, the Jazz were […]
  Can Ed Davis’ career survive his first season with the Utah Jazz? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Sarah Bloom Raskin: Why is the Fed spending so much on the dying fossil fuel industry?

  31-05-2020 20:00
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare just how vulnerable the United States is to sudden, catastrophic shocks. Climate change poses the next big threat. Ignoring it, particularly to the benefit of fossil fuel interests, is a risk we can’t afford.From my time as a Federal Reserve governor and then deputy Treasury secretary, I’ve learned that times like this not only can determine our ability to recover from a crisis but can also help inoculate us against the next one. That’s wh
  
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• Salt Lake City ‘streets are quiet and calm’ after day of protests. GoFundMe page set up for those arrested.

  31-05-2020 19:41
  
  The morning after a violent protest erupted in downtown Salt Lake City — leading to smashed windows, scarred buildings and two torched cars, while triggering a curfew that will last until at least 6 a.m. Monday — Mayor Erin Mendenhall said the “streets are quiet and calm.”“And we are fortunate for that,” she said, especially when compared to a day of unrest across the nation in response to police use of deadly force in Minneapolis and elsewhere.National Guard
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 10 more COVID-19 deaths, 105 new cases

  31-05-2020 19:05
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • The Navajo Department of Health has reported 105 new cases of the coronavirus on the Navajo Nation and 10 more known deaths.That pushes the numbers to 5,250 positive COVID-19 cases and 241 known deaths as of Saturday night.Updated numbers were expected by Sunday evening.Tribal officials also said preliminary reports from eight health care facilities indicate about 1,814 people have recovered from COVID-19 with more reports still pending. The vast Navajo Nation reservati
  
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• Commentary: The Great American Outdoors Act would have lasting economic impact

  31-05-2020 18:57
  
  In March, the U.S. Senate introduced one of the most important conservation and recreation infrastructure bills: The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA). Since then, our nation has changed drastically. Still, the outdoor industry is working for our small businesses, rural communities and national outdoor recreation heritage.Current economic and self-isolation situations have made the GAOA more significant than ever. If signed into law — which the president has already committed to do &mdash
  
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• Massive protests raise fears of new coronavirus outbreaks

  31-05-2020 18:07
  
  Los Angeles • The mayor of Atlanta, one of dozens of U.S. cities hit by massive protests, has a message for demonstrators: “If you were out protesting last night, you probably need to go get a COVID test this week.” As more beaches, churches, mosques, schools and businesses reopened worldwide, civil unrest in the United States over repeated racial injustice is raising fears of new coronavirus outbreaks in a country that has more infections and deaths than anywhere else in the wo
  
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• London marches and the world watches with alarm at the often-violent protests in the U.S. over George Floyd’s death

  31-05-2020 17:53
  
  London • Nations around the world have watched in horror at the five days of civil unrest in the United States following the death of a black man being detained by police. But they have not been surprised.Racism-tinged events no longer startle even America's closest allies, though many have watched coverage of the often-violent protests with growing unease. Burning cars and riot police in the U.S. featured on newspaper front pages around the globe Sunday — bumping news of the COVID-19
  
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• Salt Lake City ‘streets are quiet and calm’ after day of protests brought vandalism, a curfew and dozens of arrests

  31-05-2020 17:01
  
  The morning after a violent protest erupted in Salt Lake City, triggering a curfew that will last through until at least 6 a.m. Monday, Mayor Erin Mendenhall said the “streets are quiet and calm.”“And we are fortunate for that,” she said, especially when compared to a day of unrest across the nation in response to police use of deadly force in Minneapolis and elsewhere.National Guard forces, who were activated Saturday by Gov. Gary Herbert, were still out in force Sunday,
  
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• Anna Clare Shepherd: Utah should have choices other than four pro-Trump Republicans

  31-05-2020 17:00
  
  We Utahns have learned recently that there will be a prime time governor’s race debate on TV in June. Why so early? Because the Republican primary takes place in June and we’ve been told that is where the governor’s race will really be decided, rather than in November.So, a few weeks ago in a Sunday Tribune commentary, Kem Gardner admonished Democrats and independents to register as Republicans for the June closed Republican primary so they can also have a chance to help elect
  
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• Salt Lake City is under curfew as a rally to protest death of George Floyd turns violent. Gov. Herbert activates National Guard.

  31-05-2020 16:34
  
  A protest denouncing racism and deadly force by law enforcement turned violent Saturday afternoon as protesters set two cars on fire and threw rocks at the windows of businesses and cars while police responded with rubber bullets and arrests.Salt Lake City set a curfew at 8 p.m. that will extend through 6 a.m. Monday, but a couple of hundred continued to circulate in the metro area well after 9:30 p.m. At 5:11 p.m., Gov. Gary Herbert activated the National Guard.Earlier in the day, hundreds peac
  
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• 9 Utah students give their take on COVID-19 through art

  31-05-2020 15:54
  
  Brooklynn Black misses her friends at Centennial Junior High and the structure of school. But she’s enjoyed the time she’s had to create and to enjoy a new puppy.When she heard the Springville Museum of Art wanted Utah K-12 students to submit works that reflect their pandemic experiences, she was ready.“I wanted to make a painting that kind of just punches you in the gut,” Brooklynn said. “It’s about all the pains and hardships that have come from COVID-19, bu
  
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• Robert Kirby: Another Mormon reformation? Is anything worthy of doing once worthy of doing again.

  31-05-2020 15:53
  
  With The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cautiously resuming worship services, it’s possible that COVID-19 may come to be regarded as a judgment from on high. It’s happened before.People dying by the thousands has long been considered by deep blue believers as proof that God’s patience isn’t infinite. Maybe we are/were being taught a lesson, and that it’s time to shape up.If this mentality takes hold, Mormonism may undergo another reformation. Yup, we&rs
  
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• How the coronavirus spreads in even more everyday places, like bathrooms, weddings and more

  31-05-2020 15:51
  
  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. Given the popularity of my last article on how the coronavirus can spread in everyday scenarios, I thought I’d add to the list of places we go, including some summertime favorites like the outdoors and weddings.Remember how one Lo
  
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• Fire burns above Ogden as crews work to keep flames away from homes

  31-05-2020 15:10
  
  A wildfire broke out late Saturday above Ogden and flames continued to burn into Sunday morning.Utah Fire Info tweeted before 7 a.m. that the blaze covered about 15 acres and that no structures have been lost. Some power lines were damaged or down.“Crews have been working to construct fire line and mop-up along the perimeter,” it said. “Efforts are focused near the homes.”Crews have been working to construct fireline and mop-up along the perimeter. Efforts are focused nea
  
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• Fire breaks out above Ogden, threatens structures and damages power substation

  31-05-2020 14:32
  
  A wildfire broke out late Saturday above Ogden and flames continued to burn into Sunday morning.Utah Fire Info tweeted overnight that 72 structures were threatened by the so-called 9th Street Fire and that a Rocky Mountain Power substation had been damaged.The blaze was last reported at about 20 acres. No evacuations have taken place.#9thStreetFire UPDATE:
  Firefighters have been able to establish an anchor point and are working to construct line around the fire. Fire managers anticipate strong w
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: KUTV’s parent company lied and tried to cheat — and the GOP-controlled FCC let Sinclair off easy

  31-05-2020 14:00
  
  Remember when KUTV-Channel 2′s owners tried to buy the company that owned FOX 13? Remember how that deal got shot down because the Sinclair Broadcast Group lied and tried to cheat its way around FCC regulations?That has resulted in a $48 million fine for Sinclair — the biggest ever levied by the Federal Communications Commission.And yet the FCC actually let Sinclair off easy. The Republican-controlled commission voted 3-2 along party lines to approve a consent decree that is one more
  
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• Letter: Who really cares?

  31-05-2020 14:00
  
  Inspired by Shauna Clark’s May 22 letter objecting to all The Salt Lake Tribune’s coverage of the LDS Church’s $100 billion nest egg, I submit these objections.In every single issue, The Trib devotes at least two full pages to “sports,” one to comics, and another one or two to old dead people, arrest reports, freeway construction, and on and on. I mean, like, really!As Ms. Clark so astutely puts it, “Who cares?”Scott Kenney, AlpineSubmit a letter to the
  
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• Letter: Utah is not ready to reopen its schools

  31-05-2020 14:00
  
  The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah is increasing and so too is the number of Gov. Gary Herbert’s empty claims and assurances about the virus.In a statement about all K-12 schools and colleges being expected to reopen in the fall, Herbert said, without offering supporting data, that he didn’t expect any setbacks and that “we are making progress.”He also said, again without citing any data, that those areas still classified as “orange,” or moderate risk of spr
  
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• Letter: The president’s worst enemy

  31-05-2020 14:00
  
  Our president's most persistent and bothersome adversary, constantly at odds with his statements and behavior is not the Democrats, not the media, not the deep state, not the Chinese, not the coronavirus, not the inspectors general, not his former cabinet, not the European Union, not the FBI, not Colonel Vindman, not Barack Obama, not Anthony Fauci, not Robert Mueller, not Mitt Romney, not Jeff Bezos, not Nancy Pelosi, not the CEO of Twitter, not Joe Biden and not any other human being or group
  
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• Letter: The powerful need their jesters

  31-05-2020 14:00
  
  The jester is the only one who can speak truth to the king. He’s kept close by and supported by everyone, no matter how close his words come to offending.History and even current affairs show what happens when people become so rich and powerful that they fail to keep a jester close by, someone who will speak the truth they may not want to hear. Napoleon wasn’t so well informed, Gen. Custer had no one. Michael Jackson didn’t have a soul to tell him the truth.Donald Trump, as a p
  
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• Letter: How many port jobs would be new?

  31-05-2020 14:00
  
  We obviously already do a lot of redistribution in the Salt Lake Valley.How many of the estimated 58,781 jobs at the inland port would be new to the valley as opposed to those merely being relocated locally?After allowing for redistribution already happening here, how much additional pollution will the inland port cause?Richard L. Dailey, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Leonard Pitts: George Floyd’s death raises an old question: ‘How long?’

  31-05-2020 14:00
  
  “I know you’re asking today, how long will it take?”Thus spake Martin Luther King Jr. at the end of the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march. He went on to assure his soul-weary people that the moment of their deliverance was just a little ways down the road."However difficult the moment," he said, "however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, because truth crushed to Earth will rise again. How long? Not long, because no lie can live forever. How long? Not long ..."And
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: I lost two friends to the coronavirus. A friend compared my grief to losing her dog.

  31-05-2020 14:00
  
  Dear Ann Cannon • Here’s one I’ve been dealing with the last few days. What do you do when a friend tries to trump your grief of losing friends in Europe to COVID-19 with the death of a treasured dog? I know I didn’t often see my two friends that died, but grief is grief. One person’s grief is not more important than another’s.— GrievingDear Grieving • First things first. I’m so very sorry about the loss of your friends. For sure, the coronavir
  
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• Jazz mailbag: Lineups without Bojan Bogdanovic, team chemistry, lottery shake ups and NBA playoff formats

  31-05-2020 13:30
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45), Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic (44) and Utah Jazz guard Joe Ingles (2) celebrate a basket near the end of the game against the Dallas Mavericks in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. The Jazz won 112-107. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — It’s been a while since we just talked about basketball.
  I know that we’ve talked about the NBA, and all of the talks that commissioner Adam Silver is having with teams and th
  
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• SLC is under curfew as a rally to protest death of George Floyd turns violent. Gov. Herbert activates National Guard.

  31-05-2020 05:23
  
  A protest denouncing racism and deadly force by law enforcement turned violent Saturday afternoon as protesters set a Salt Lake City police car on fire and threw rocks at the windows of businesses and cars.While hundreds continue to circulate near the metro area, officials are calling on protesters to leave downtown. At 5:11 p.m., Gov. Gary Herbert activated the National Guard. Salt Lake City is now under a curfew at 8 p.m. that will extend through 6 a.m. Monday. This curfew, which is citywide,
  
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• SLC is now under curfew as a rally to protest death of George Floyd turns violent, Gov. Herbert activates National Guard

  31-05-2020 04:24
  
  A protest denouncing racism and deadly force by law enforcement turned violent Saturday afternoon as protesters set a Salt Lake City police car on fire and threw rocks at the windows of businesses and cars.While hundreds continue to circulate near the metro area, officials are calling on protesters to leave downtown. At 5:11 p.m., Gov. Gary Herbert activated the National Guard. Salt Lake City is now under a curfew at 8 p.m. that will extend through 6 a.m. Monday. This curfew, which is citywide,
  
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• SLC rally to protest death of George Floyd turns violent; Gov. Herbert activates National Guard, city now under curfew

  31-05-2020 04:13
  
  A protest denouncing racism and deadly force by law enforcement turned violent Saturday afternoon as protesters set a Salt Lake City police car on fire and threw rocks at the windows of businesses and cars.While hundreds continue to circulate near the metro area, officials are calling on protesters to leave downtown. At 5:11 p.m., Gov. Gary Herbert activated the National Guard. Salt Lake City set a curfew at 8 p.m. that will extend through 6 a.m. Monday. This curfew, which is citywide, requires
  
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• Concert is off, but the protest is on as hundreds rally to support businesses against COVID-19 restrictions

  31-05-2020 03:19
  
  Stansbury Park • The show didn’t go on Saturday night, but a protest did.Unlike the demonstration against racism and police use of deadly force that turned violent in downtown Salt Lake City, however, the one in Stansbury Park against coronavirus restrictions that led to the cancellation of a country western concert remained peaceful.At least 500 people, many coming and going, showed up in Tooele County to support the group Utah Business Revival in asserting the right to freely assemb
  
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• Protests heat up across U.S., governors call in National Guard

  31-05-2020 01:34
  
  Atlanta • Governors in several states called in National Guard troops as protests over repeated police killings of black men grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles, where police fired rubber bullets to scatter crowds and at least one police car burned.The protests, which began in Minneapolis following Monday's death of George Floyd after a police officer pressed his knee on Floyd's neck for more than eight minutes, have left parts of that city a grid of broken windows, burned-o
  
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• SLC rally to protest death of George Floyd turns violent, Gov. Herbert activates National Guard

  31-05-2020 01:17
  
  A protest denouncing racism and deadly force by law enforcement turned violent Saturday afternoon as protesters set a Salt Lake City Police car on fire and police responded with tear gas near the city’s police headquarters.Salt Lake City Police Department is asking people to avoid the downtown area even as hundreds continue to circulate near the metro area and Gov. Gary Herbert activated the National Guard. We condemn violence and looting. I have activated the National Guard to help contro
  
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• ‘Back in the game’: SpaceX ship blasts off with 2 astronauts

  31-05-2020 00:47
  
  Cape Canaveral, Fla. • A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era in commercial space travel and putting the United States back in the business of launching astronauts into orbit from home soil for the first time in nearly a decade.NASA’s Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken rode skyward aboard a white-and-black, bullet-shaped Dragon capsule on top of a Falcon 9 rocket, lifting off at 3:22 p.m. from th
  
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• SLC rally to protest death of George Floyd turns violent

  31-05-2020 00:34
  
  A protest in Salt Lake City turned violent Saturday afternoon as protesters set a Salt Lake City Police car on fire near the city’s police headquarters.Salt Lake City Police Department tweeted out a plea asking people to avoid the downtown area.Earlier in the day, hundreds marched from the Salt Lake City Police Department to the State Capitol to protest the death of George Floyd, a man who died earlier this week after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck.Utah Against Police Bruta
  
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