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• Michelle Kaufusi, Provo mayor and Jon Huntsman’s running mate, tests negative for COVID-19

  12-06-2020 22:46
  
  Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi has tested negative for COVID-19, a day after her Utah gubernatorial running mate Jon Huntsman Jr. announced he had tested positive.“I received my negative COVID-19 test result today,” Kaufusi said, adding that she is pleased to be officially cleared by medical authorities to resume normal activities.Kaufusi, a Republican candidate for Lt. Governor, took the test after Huntsman announced Wednesday he likely contracted COVID-19 from one of his campaign sta
  
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• MLB offers players 80% of prorated salaries, 72-game season

  12-06-2020 22:40
  
  New York • Major League Baseball has offered players 80% of their prorated salaries and a 72-game schedule starting July 14 in an effort to start the pandemic-delayed season, according to details of the proposal obtained by The Associated Press.Players would get 70% of their prorated salaries during the regular season and the rest for completion of the postseason under MLB's plan, given to the union on Friday.The players' last offer, on Tuesday, was for an 89-game regular season at full pro
  
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• Michael Prestgard-Duke: The refugee crisis and what we can do about it

  12-06-2020 22:00
  
  As a medical student at the University of Utah, I pursued an elective rotation in refugee care, providing me with a snapshot into the lives of refugees in our community. It became evident that refugees in the United States face tremendous adversity, which has been worsened by the current administration whose policies systematically target refugees.For personal context, I am a white man raised in Salt Lake City. I have been afforded countless privileges based on my demographic. It is through this
  
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• Another eight Utahns have died from COVID-19; 325 new cases reported

  12-06-2020 21:30
  
  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. Eight more Utahns have died from COVID-19, the Utah Department of Health reported Friday — as another 325 cases were confirmed since the previous day’s report.Five of the deaths were residents — four men, one woman &md
  
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• As NBA lays out more details about resuming season in Orlando, some players are raising concerns

  12-06-2020 21:16
  
  As details continue to trickle out about the impending resumption of the NBA season, there now seems to be growing unease among some of the league’s rank-and-file players about the prospect of coming back.Though commissioner Adam Silver’s return plan passed a league Board of Governors vote by a 29-1 margin and a National Basketball Players Association representatives vote 28-0, both Yahoo’s Chris Haynes and ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that there is a contingent of
  
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• Needing to shore up its backcourt, Utah State signs 6-4 guard from Texas

  12-06-2020 21:15
  
  The Utah State men’s basketball team got gutted at the guard position after the abrupt end to the 2019-20 season. So coach Craig Smith has been on the lookout for someone to fill the role of facilitator.Karson Stastny, a 6-foot-4 guard from Celina, Texas, could be that player. He will join the team with four years of eligibility this fall, Smith announced Friday.Stastny compiled more than 500 assists in high school, but showed he can also be a scoring threat. He put up more than 2,000 care
  
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• If you recently registered as Republican but didn’t get a GOP ballot, Utah election officials say you’ll get a new one

  12-06-2020 21:15
  
  If you are one of the thousands of Utah voters who have recently switched party registration from unaffiliated or Democrat to Republican and received a by-mail ballot this week that contained no Republican races, no need to worry, election officials say.It’s just a timing issue.Ballots were mailed by the June 9 deadline, and reflect registration status when mailings were prepared.But people who recently switched party registration to Republican, will indeed get the GOP ballots they want an
  
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• Legendary Judge Memorial basketball coach Jim Yerkovich dies at 77

  12-06-2020 20:53
  
  Jim Yerkovich, the winningest high school basketball coach ever in Utah, died Wednesday in his Poulsbo, Wash., home after a bout with Parkinson’s disease. He was 77.Yerkovich spent 44 years coaching at Judge Memorial High School, where he won 634 games. He still holds state record for most coaching wins at one school, per the Utah High School Activities Association. He’s second all-time in the state in total wins.“We are mourning the loss of Jim Yerkovich,” Judge Memorial
  
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• Is the NBA’s bubble bursting? Utah Jazz’s Jordan Clarkson ‘very confused at this point’ about league’s return-to-play plan

  12-06-2020 20:50
  
  The NBA is planning to resume its 2019-20 season at the Walt Disney Resort in Orlando, but details reportedly are still being ironed out. | John Raoux, AP Concerns reportedly arising over details of league’s plan to resume season in Orlando.SALT LAKE CITY — On Friday morning, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported details that indicate the NBA is pushing forward with its plan to restart the 2019-2020 season, but others reported that some key
  
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• Is the NBA’s bubble bursting?

  12-06-2020 20:50
  
  The NBA is planning to resume its 2019-20 season at the Walt Disney Resort in Orlando, but details reportedly are still being ironed out. | John Raoux, AP Concerns reportedly arising over details of league’s plan to resume season in Orlando.SALT LAKE CITY — On Friday morning, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported details that indicate the NBA is pushing forward with its plan to restart the 2019-2020 season, but others reported that some key
  
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• Flag ban fallout: Now comes the tricky part for NASCAR

  12-06-2020 20:34
  
  Reese Witherspoon tweeted a high-five emoji for her A-list stamp of approval that NASCAR banned the Confederate flag.NASCAR's decision to ban the Confederate flag from its races and venues grabbed headlines and stars like Witherspoon and New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara were quick to praise the stock car series for ridding itself of a symbol long associated with slavery and racism.Kamara tweeted as the laps ticked off -- he requested NASCAR send him a car so he can take a spin -- and
  
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• U.S. judge denies tribe’s bid to halt coronavirus relief funding

  12-06-2020 20:15
  
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • A federal judge in the nation’s capital has denied a request from a Native American tribe in Kansas to halt further distribution of coronavirus relief funds for tribal nations.The Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation recently sued the U.S. Treasury Department, alleging it was shortchanged in an initial distribution of $4.8 billion. The tribe, whose reservation is north of Topeka, said the Treasury Department should have relied on the tribe's own enrollment data, rather
  
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• Eli Nixon of Layton High wins Gatorade award for boys soccer in Utah

  12-06-2020 20:04
  
  Like almost every high school athlete in Utah, Layton High boys’ soccer forward Eli Nixon didn’t have much of a spring season after the Utah High School Activities Association canceled it due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Lancers played only three games this season and didn’t win one. And when Nixon, a senior, found out early Monday morning that he had been named the Gatorade Utah Boys Soccer Player of the Year, he couldn’t help but feel a bit strange about it.“It&rs
  
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• Commentary: Unnecessary budget cuts will harm Utah families

  12-06-2020 20:00
  
  A public health crisis is not the time to make rushed cuts to critical public health and social services. Yet this is precisely what Utah state legislative leaders are considering: funding cuts to vital programs and services that support the health and well-being of Utah kids, families and communities.These proposed budget cuts will greatly harm the health of Utah families and leave us in a worse position to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The devastating impact of the proposed cuts will
  
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• Salt Lake City restaurants, shops cheer as mayor allows them to expand into parking areas, side yards during coronavirus

  12-06-2020 19:43
  
  Dining or shopping in an off-street parking area or side yard may be more common this summer in Salt Lake City after Mayor Erin Mendenhall waived regulations this week that prevent outdoor activities on private property.Under a proclamation issued Thursday evening, owners of restaurants and other retail shops can apply for a permit that would allow them to “operate outside on their own private property, or adjacent city-owned property" including off-street parking areas and private yards.B
  
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• Salt Lake City’s Pretty Bird will hatch a second fried chicken restaurant this fall

  12-06-2020 19:39
  
  The owner of the uber-popular Pretty Bird restaurant — which critics say serves a mind-blowing fried chicken sandwich — will open a second Salt Lake City location later this year.The new restaurant, in the retail development at 700 East and 2100 South, will provide more dine-in space than the downtown shop at 146 S. Regent St., said chef/owner Viet Pham.With only 16 seats inside, the original Pretty Bird, behind the Eccles Theater, usually has long lines, and it can be difficult to f
  
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• LDS missionaries in blue shirts with no ties? No, they’re not breaking the rules, thanks to new dress code.

  12-06-2020 18:55
  
  It might be shocking to some to see male Latter-day Saint missionaries wearing a blue shirt or going tieless, but that is now permissible — in some areas and at some times.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday that these “exceptions” would be allowed, based on decisions by the global faith’s area authorities.“Missionary attire has regularly adapted over time according to location, style and custom,” apostle Dieter F. Uchtdorf, chairm
  
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• UTA now offers personalized alerts about route disruptions

  12-06-2020 18:50
  
  The Utah Transit Authority is offering a new service to send riders texts or emails about disruptions on the bus or train routes they use to help them adjust their commute.While the agency has long sent system alerts through Twitter and the Transit app, the new service will focus information for individuals on just the routes they use — and not require them to look at separate websites or apps.“UTA is actively seeking new ways to provide our customers the right information at the rig
  
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• Masks, no kissing and ‘a little kinky’: Dating and sex in a pandemic

  12-06-2020 18:10
  
  Pandemic life is tough on everyone. But for a single person, the prospect of dating and sex — while social distancing to avoid a potentially life-threatening respiratory illness — feels impossible.How do you date without touching or kissing? How do you have sex without breathing on your partner and putting each other at risk?“I’ve gone at least two months without sex or other physical connection, and even in my 50s, that’s a long time,” said one man from Austi
  
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• As University of Utah facilities reopen to athletes, optimism abound, at least from the hoops team

  12-06-2020 18:07
  
  To be clear, the University of Utah will welcome back student-athletes starting on Monday with in-state kids, but will do voluntarily.No one is being forced to come back to the Salt Lake City campus, no scholarships are going to be stripped if kids opt against participating. After all, face-to-face contact in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic has been frowned upon, and cases in the state of Utah are on the rise.Still, optimism is abundant, at least from the men’s basketball end of things
  
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• Tasi Young: Time to change the name of BYU

  12-06-2020 18:00
  
  It is time to change the name of Brigham Young University.I earned two degrees from BYU, the flagship university of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Brigham Young was the founding leader of Utah and iconic pioneer of the west.However, arguably, there is not a more successful white supremacist in American history when considering his impact on keeping his church, his community, and his state “white and delightsome” for nearly 200 years.Young single handedly created and
  
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• Navajo Nation sues over hemp growing operation

  12-06-2020 17:52
  
  Shiprock, N.M. • The Navajo Nation Department of Justice is suing a tribal member over what authorities say is an illegal hemp farming operation in northwestern New Mexico.Navajo Attorney General Doreen McPaul said the lawsuit was filed Thursday in tribal court.The complaint names Dineh Benally, Native American Agriculture Co. and Navajo Gold Co. Benally and his businesses are accused of running an industrial hemp operation within the reservation's boundaries and unlawfully issuing tribal l
  
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• Utah man drowns in Lake Powell while trying to save his wife

  12-06-2020 17:25
  
  A West Jordan man drowned Sunday after he jumped into Lake Powell to try to save his wife, according to the Kane County Sheriff’s Office and the National Park Service.Justin Shannon, 46, was one of seven people boating in Wahweap Bay when his wife, Melissa Shannon, who was not wearing a life jacket, jumped into the water. There were “high winds” and Melissa Shannon “began to struggle,” according to a news release, so Justin Shannon “jumped into the water to pr
  
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• Utah attorney general candidate David Leavitt is a prosecutor by day, Delta baggage handler by night

  12-06-2020 16:29
  
  He is the Utah County attorney and a Republican candidate to be the state attorney general. But David Leavitt has another job.He helps load luggage on planes for Delta. Really.Leavitt has been working as a ramp agent for the airline for the past four years so he could get free flights as part of the company’s benefits. He says he has to work at least 150 hours each year to receive the benefits — hours that he says he does on Saturdays or in the evenings when he’s free. He makes
  
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• Testing sewage for the coronavirus seemed to work. It detected the outbreak in Cache County.

  12-06-2020 16:27
  
  After a six-week trial of screening wastewater for the coronavirus, Utah public health officials plan to scale up a program to test sewage flowing into 40 treatment plants serving three-quarters of the state’s population.The pilot study conducted by Utah’s three major research universities concluded such screening can help in early detection of local outbreaks, monitor overall community infection trends and confirm low infection rates.Case in point: The study detected a big viral sur
  
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• Trenton Goble: Online learning is leaving behind millions of students without internet access

  12-06-2020 16:00
  
  In the past few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought so many changes and challenges to the education sector that it’s difficult to keep track of them all. Students and teachers alike have moved to online learning platforms en masse due to school closures, which has led to countless issues with adapting lesson plans and ironing out the wrinkles with video conferencing technology. One challenge that’s flown under the radar, however, is the millions of students across the country w
  
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• Final tests of some COVID-19 vaccines to start next month

  12-06-2020 15:52
  The first experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. is on track to begin a huge study next month to prove if it really can fend off the coronavirus, while hard-hit Brazil is testing a different shot from China.Where to do crucial, late-stage testing and how many volunteers are needed to roll up their sleeves are big worries for health officials as the virus spread starts tapering off in parts of the world.Moderna Inc. said Thursday the vaccine it is developing with the National Institutes of Hea
  
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• Marina Gomberg explores the ways her family can contribute to the movement against racism

  12-06-2020 15:06
  
  I’m a human who seeks radical compassion, a warrior with a drive to be an active part of the solution and a lifestyle columnist with a deadline.So what am I writing about today? Racial injustice of course. Specifically, I want to discuss how to raise an anti-racist child as a white parent.I inherited the kind of privilege that shouldn’t belong just to some — the kind that allows me to believe my family won’t be a regular target of violence, the kind that allows me to be p
  
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• Drought fears take hold in Four Corners region already hit hard by the coronavirus

  12-06-2020 15:06
  
  The vintage train was chug-chug-chugging its usual route out of Durango, Colorado, that sunny morning as tourists marveled at the postcard-pretty canyon. Just a few miles closer to Silverton, a plume of smoke started rising from the steep hillside.Within minutes, a Good Samaritan tried to douse the flames, state and federal court documents say. Three separate efforts by the scenic railroad company — including one involving a helicopter — tried to put out the flames, too. But the fire
  
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• Robert Kirby: Are you a member of a cult? I am, but it’s not the one you think.

  12-06-2020 14:15
  
  For the record, I have met Chad Daybell, the man at the center of that Idaho missing-children mystery.Nearly four decades ago, I was a cop in the small town where Daybell graduated from high school. We later worked for the same newspapers (although not this one). My first books were published by the company where he became the managing editor.So, while I don’t recall any specific encounter, our paths crossed too many times for us not to have at least met in person. If we did meet, apparent
  
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• Utahns create community art projects to capture protests against racial injustice

  12-06-2020 14:00
  
  When Sebastian Stewart-Johnson started Unified Allies 4 Change with his brothers and a friend less than two weeks ago, they knew their mission: to amplify the voices of marginalized people and bring their community together.So, when the four men heard about “The Handprint Pledge,” a collaborative community art project started by Lehi artist Michelle Volz, they wanted in.“We absolutely fell in love with the idea,” said Stewart-Johnson, 20, who lives in Provo.Last week, Vol
  
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• Utah therapists need help, too, during the pandemic; that’s why they’ve formed a support group

  12-06-2020 14:00
  
  Susan Fink looks forward to Tuesdays at 3 p.m.That slot has become a time of refuge for her. When she can download the stressors of her job to a group of people who understand. When she can engage in “mindfully mindless” conversation.As a mental health provider specializing in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy, Fink works with clients suffering from trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder. And since the clinic where she works, Cottonwood Creek Counseling, closed
  
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• This Utah attorney general candidate is a prosecutor by day, Delta baggage handler by night

  12-06-2020 14:00
  
  He is the Utah County attorney and a Republican candidate to be the state attorney general. But David Leavitt has another job.He helps load luggage on planes for Delta. Really.Leavitt has been working as a ramp agent for the airline for the past four years so he could get free flights as part of the company’s benefits. He says he has to work at least 150 hours each year to receive the benefits — hours that he says he does on Saturdays or in the evenings when he’s free. He makes
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Huh. TV is suddenly realizing it has problems with racism.

  12-06-2020 14:00
  
  The ongoing protests across the nation are changing what and who we’ll see on TV — although most of the changes are coming as a result of things that happened before George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer.Floyd’s death and subsequent rallies and protests have prompted producers and programmers to pay attention, apparently, to things they’d been ignoring — in some cases, for decades.“COPS” • The Paramount Network has axed th
  
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• Poll: Most Utah Republicans think life will be back to normal within a year

  12-06-2020 14:00
  
  Washington • When the coronavirus outbreak hit Utah, Rita Wright knew she would need to shutter the Springville Museum of Art, sadly turning away residents and visitors, school groups and weddings.Some grants were returned.Utah’s “Life Elevated” became, “Life interrupted.”And Wright, the director of the landmark museum, doesn’t see a return to normal anytime soon. It could be 18 months to two years, she said, before people feel free to wander the halls to
  
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• Letter: The arc doesn’t bend by itself

  12-06-2020 14:00
  
  Millennia after Paul proclaimed to the Galatians that there is neither Jew nor Greek (etc.), centuries into the Age of Reason, and 155 years after the Civil War, the stupidity of racism is still with us.The only way to fix racist law enforcement (and non-enforcement), it seems, is not to rehabilitate racist officers but to rehabilitate the systems that let them get away with murder, literally and figuratively, which requires having the right people in charge and journalists and public pressure t
  
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• Letter: Stop waging war on native carnivores

  12-06-2020 14:00
  
  In the June 3 Salt Lake Tribune article, “A gray wolf is in Utah for the first time in years. The state is setting traps,” Leann Hunting, director of the Animal Industry Division of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, is quoted as saying, “If we didn’t eradicate the predators … if we didn’t do what we can to level out the playing field, it would completely dissolve our wildlife and livestock population.”It’s hard to imagine a more poorly
  
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• Letter: Return of wolves to Utah should be celebrated

  12-06-2020 14:00
  
  Rather than celebrating the rare occurrence of a wolf in Utah and educating the public about the ecological benefits the return of this iconic carnivore could provide, the state is doing their best to trap and kill them.It’s a disappointing yet unsurprising move considering that, in 2010, the Utah Legislature directed the Division of Wildlife Resources to prevent any wolves from establishing within the portion of the state where they are not federally protected (a small area in northern Ut
  
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• Letter: Listen to what Hughes doesn’t say

  12-06-2020 14:00
  
  As the primary election gets closer, I hope voters take the time to not only listen to what the candidates say, but to also consider what the candidates don’t say. A prime example is one of our Utah candidates for governor, Greg Hughes.One of his major stated “strong” points is how he was one of the original supporters of President Trump, how he listened to the people of Utah when he gave that support, and how if he is elected governor he will listen to the people of Utah as he
  
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• Letter: Book Cliffs is no place for a bigger coal mine

  12-06-2020 14:00
  
  As a former tourism promoter for the state of Utah, I had the enviable job of presenting Utah's world-class landscapes to international journalists. One destination that left us with indelible memories was the West Tavaputs Plateau and Book Cliffs area overlooking Desolation Canyon and the Green River.A proposed coal mine expansion on the western slope of the Book Cliffs is totally incompatible with environmental stewardship. The proposal has now gone out for public comment. Here’s mine.Ma
  
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• Farmers markets go on across Utah — despite the coronavirus — amid new appreciation for their products

  12-06-2020 14:00
  
  The coronavirus may have stopped outdoor concerts, parades and festivals, but it hasn’t robbed Utahns of at least one beloved summer tradition: farmers markets.In 2020, growers will continue to sell their bounty in city parks, squares and shopping centers from Logan to St. George and dozens of points in between.Salt Lake City’s Downtown Farmers Market at Pioneer Park, the state’s largest offering, kicks off its season Saturday.The Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market in Logan o
  
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• Equality Utah trains business leaders how to be more LGBTQ inclusive

  12-06-2020 14:00
  
  Five years have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage across the country and Utah enacted a nondiscrimination bill protecting LGBTQ Utahns in housing and employment. Still, Troy Williams hears from employees who are afraid to come out at work or put a photo of their spouse on their desk.Meanwhile, businesses across the Beehive State, particularly in the tech industry, have reached out to Equality Utah, where Williams is the executive director, “for our help to rec
  
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• Easton Smith: Why are Salt Lake prosecutors declaring protestors a criminal gang?

  12-06-2020 14:00
  
  In Buffalo, N.Y., the police shoved a 75-year-old man to the ground, putting him in critical condition, for the apparent crime of protesting police brutality. In New York City, police officers rammed an SUV into a crowd of demonstrators.Now, in Salt Lake City, another group of anti-police-brutality activists are facing a disproportionate response from the authorities.I am talking about the case of seven young people, ages 18-28, who could spend decades, if not life, behind bars for the petty cri
  
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• Jazz very unlikely to move Mike Conley

  12-06-2020 08:10
  
  Given how the season has gone, do you foresee the Jazz moving Conley in the offseason for better roster balance and to free up more time at the one for Donovan and Jordan Clarkson? (I’ve heard Kevin Love’s name being thrown around.) – KC M. There’s almost zero chance of the Jazz moving on from Conley. First, they don’t want to. Second, even if they did, it would be exceptionally difficult to do so given his contract. Third, people need to stop associating Kevin Love
  
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• Salt Lake City Council discusses options to ‘defund police’; thousands skate in peaceful protest

  12-06-2020 06:00
  
  As thousands of public comments flood their meetings and inboxes with calls to defund the police, Salt Lake City Council members are weighing their options.Elected officials and staff are looking at a multipronged approach, including moving some funds from the police department to nondepartmental accounts, putting certain funds on hold until later in the year, and conducting a third-party evaluation of the law enforcement budget.In all their comments and emails, the most common demand from city
  
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• Salt Lake City Council discusses options for rethinking police funds; hundreds skate in peaceful protest

  12-06-2020 05:36
  
  As thousands of public comments flood their meetings and inboxes with calls to defund the police, Salt Lake City Council members are weighing their options.Elected officials and staff are looking at a multipronged approach, including moving some funds from the police department to nondepartmental accounts, putting certain funds on hold until later in the year, and conducting a third-party evaluation of the law enforcement budget.In all their comments and emails, the most common demand from city
  
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• Tigers load up with more college bats on Day 2 of MLB draft

  12-06-2020 04:46
  
  New York • The Detroit Tigers took a few more big swings at rebuilding their lineup.And, they hope sooner rather than later.After selecting Arizona State slugger Spencer Torkelson to open the Major League Baseball amateur draft Wednesday night, the Tigers used their first four picks Thursday on hitters they envision joining him in Detroit.Ohio State catcher Dillon Dingler led off the draft’s second day as the No. 38 overall selection. The Tigers then took LSU outfielder Danny Cabrera
  
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• Charles M. Blow: Politicians look to make police the fall guy for a racist culture

  12-06-2020 04:00
  
  There are images of police officers joining protesters in dancing the “Cupid Shuffle,” taking knees and hugging little girls.There have been images of members of Congress donning kente cloth stoles, Joe Biden taking a knee and Mitt Romney marching with protesters.There have been images of a rainbow of races and ethnicities marching through streets with Black Lives Matter posters held high, of them kneeling in moments of silence, of defaced and beheaded statues.All of these are feel-g
  
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• Besieged hospital on edge of Navajo Nation fires CEO

  12-06-2020 03:13
  
  Santa Fe N.M. • The board of a rural New Mexico hospital that was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic fired the chief executive Thursday and asked for unity in a bid to restore confidence in the facility.A memo sent to staff at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital in Gallup said CEO David Conejo’s termination was effective immediately and a search would begin soon for his replacement. Chief Financial Officer Mary Bevier stepped in as interim CEO. Conejo also will no longer will serve
  
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• Report: NBA firms up decisions on rosters and timetables for Orlando resumption plan

  12-06-2020 02:23
  
  Utah Jazz’s Jarrell Brantley dribbles the ball during a Salt Lake City Summer League basketball game against the Memphis Grizzlies at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, July 1, 2019. Memphis won 85-68. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News The league has reached an agreement on rules that will govern rosters SALT LAKE CITY — As the NBA works toward finalizing a schedule to restart the 2019-20 season in Orlando, a report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Bobby M
  
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