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• Utah lawmakers take step to ban police from using knee-on-neck chokeholds

  16-06-2020 23:50
  
  Utah lawmakers took the first step to ban police officers from using “knee-on-neck” chokeholds, like the one deployed by a Minnesota police officer in the death of George Floyd.The legislation would also prohibit Utah’s police academy or local agencies from teaching new officers how to use chokeholds, carotid restraints or “any act that impedes the breathing or circulation of blood likely to produce a loss of consciousness” as a valid form of restraint — but d
  
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• Do you recognize this man? He attacked a woman in Little Cottonwood Canyon.

  16-06-2020 22:28
  
  Police have released a sketch of a man who attacked and injured a young woman in Little Cottonwood Canyon, and they’re asking for help from anyone who recognizes the man in the drawing.According to Unified Police, the victim was hiking the Quarry Trail on the evening of Wednesday, April 29, when she was “approached from behind, hit with a stick and strangled.” She yelled for help, attracting the attention of other hikers. The suspect fled.He is described as white, early 20s, ab
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Spreading the MAGA Message

  16-06-2020 22:05
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, Jun 17, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:Take the TestUtah TestConfederate PrideThis LandWitness to Fascism’s RiseAntifaAmerica the BeautifulDressed for UnrestThe Frat Boy PartyCOVID Hide and SeekFree RiderWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Flushing the toilet may fling coronavirus aerosols all over

  16-06-2020 22:02
  
  Here’s one more behavior to be hyper-aware of in order to prevent coronavirus transmission: what you do after you use the toilet.Scientists have found that in addition to clearing out whatever business you’ve left behind, flushing a toilet can generate a cloud of aerosol droplets that rises nearly 3 feet. Those droplets may linger in the air long enough to be inhaled by a shared toilet’s next user, or land on surfaces in the bathroom.This toilet plume isn’t just gross. In
  
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• Wes Davey: Trump has made no sacrifice for the nation

  16-06-2020 22:00
  
  Another Flag Day has gone by and pictures of President Donald Trump embracing Old Glory circulated on the internet. In some pictures he has his eyes closed while he gives the flag a kiss, an act that ingratiates him to his faithful base.But true patriotism has to mean more than a constant embrace of the American flag or wearing it as a lapel pin. One columnist recently wrote: "Mr. Trump makes clear he loves the flag itself more than the values of the country it stands for."One of those great val
  
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• More than 300 new coronavirus cases and two more deaths reported in Utah

  16-06-2020 21:19
  
  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. Utah saw another 329 coronavirus cases reported Tuesday, with two new deaths and six more hospital beds occupied.The state’s death toll was at 145, with two victims reported in Salt Lake County, both men between ages 60 and 85 who
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Mother Jones reporter speaks about her ‘terrifying’ experience with masks at one Utah mall

  16-06-2020 21:18
  
  After spending three months locked down in Washington, D.C., Mother Jones senior reporter Stephanie Mencimer took a trip to Utah with her daughter to “escape a summer of ennui.” She wrote in a column that the trip to Fashion Place Mall in Murray made it clear why Utah’s coronavirus case numbers are on the rise. On today’s edition of “Trib Talk,” Mencimer spoke to Tribune reporter Sean P. Means about her experience. You can watch the interview on our Facebook p
  
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• Paul Krugman: Market madness in the pandemic

  16-06-2020 20:05
  
  After all these years, Hertz is No. 1 again. Not in market share: The car-rental company is a distant second to Enterprise. But Hertz has become Exhibit #1 of the madness that has been sweeping the stock market in these times of COVID-19 — a madness that may do considerable harm, not because stock prices themselves matter all that much, but because Donald Trump and his minions treat the stock market as a measure of their success.About Hertz: Last month the company, which is deeply in debt
  
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• Watch ‘Trib Talk’ live: Mother Jones reporter speaks about her ‘terrifying’ experience with masks at one Utah mall

  16-06-2020 20:03
  
  After spending three months locked down in Washington, D.C., Mother Jones senior reporter Stephanie Mencimer took a trip to Utah with her daughter to “escape a summer of ennui.” She wrote in a column that the trip to Fashion Place Mall in Murray made it clear why Utah’s coronavirus case numbers are on the rise.On today’s edition of “Trib Talk,” Mencimer will speak to Tribune reporter Sean P. Means about her experience. You can watch the interview live at noon
  
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• Utah man accused of killing Tinder date pleads not guilty

  16-06-2020 19:40
  
  A Utah man accused of choking and stabbing a woman he met on the dating app Tinder pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday.The lawyer for Ethan Hunsaker, 24, said he's planning to get a psychological evaluation done on his client.Attorney C. Markley Arrington didn't elaborate on the reasons for the evaluation during a virtual hearing held online, but authorities have said previously that Hunsaker had been diagnosed with an unspecified mental illness.Hunsaker is accused of killing 25-year-old Ash
  
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• Utah’s Rylan Jones’ time on the basketball floor has been limited, so he’s been working to lower his golf handicap

  16-06-2020 19:36
  
  As Rylan Jones prepared to return to University of Utah athletic facilities for voluntary workouts this week, there was some curiosity as to how the sophomore point guard has spent his time during the COVID-19 pandemic.There was a lot of hanging out at home and, honestly, who could blame him for that? Jones was oft-injured as a freshman in gutting out 28 mostly-productive games, capped by a season-ending concussion at Cal on Feb. 29. Jones has been able to lift weights, something Utes head coach
  
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• NWSL releases Challenge Cup schedule; Utah Royals FC will play three morning games

  16-06-2020 18:43
  
  Utah Royals FC ihas ts schedule for the National Women’s Soccer League’s return to play after a hiatus due to the COVIC-19 pandemic.The NWSL released the schedule for this summer’s Challenge Cup, a one-month tournament in Utah that could replace the 2020 season. It starts June 27 and goes through July 26, the championship game.The Royals start June 30 against the Washington Spirit, a team URFC found out it was playing during a live draw two weeks ago. That game is at 10:30 a.m.
  
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• Gordon Monson: Learn about and remember a life not to be forgotten

  16-06-2020 18:37
  
  Old folks come and go, and when they do bounce off the backboard and rim and out of this terrestrial orb, often they are remembered momentarily and then they … fade …. fade … into forgotten.Sometimes, they should be remembered longer.Jim Yerkovich passed away last week at the age of 77. He should be remembered longer.He probably will be by the people who worked with him, the people he coached, the people he taught. And when I saw that he died, I thought about those people, b
  
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• Rescuers relieved after legendary $2M treasure found

  16-06-2020 18:12
  
  Cheyenne, Wyo. • They’ve been pulled from steep canyons and rushing rivers, sometimes no longer breathing, after chasing a cryptic poem’s clues and promise of treasure deep into the Rocky Mountains.Now, many of those who've encountered imperiled or dead treasure seekers over the past decade have the same reaction to news that an unidentified person supposedly has found Forrest Fenn's purported $2 million treasure at an undisclosed location."We are very happy," said Dan Johnson,
  
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• Utah Gov. Gary Herbert calls lawmakers into special session to address budget cuts, coronavirus impacts

  16-06-2020 18:07
  
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert issued a proclamation Tuesday calling the Utah Legislature into a special session later this week to address ongoing impacts related to the coronavirus.At the top of the to-do list is addressing the impact of declining state revenue on state budgets as the economy reels from the pandemic. But while lawmakers are poised to make potentially deep slashes to state spending, Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, said last week that legislative leaders are drafting a plan to
  
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• Estonia doesn’t want and can’t safely store radioactive powder, so 2,000 drums of it may be coming to southeastern Utah

  16-06-2020 17:19
  
  A former Soviet weapons plant near the Baltic Sea. The Ministry of Environment for the Republic of Estonia. An American investment firm. A Utah uranium mill. A Canadian rare metals company.The controversial plan to ship 660 tons of radioactive material more than 5,000 miles from Estonia to San Juan County, Utah, involves a globe-spanning series of connections dating back years.In 2019, Energy Fuels Resources, which operates the only conventional uranium mill in the United States near Blanding, U
  
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• Judge: U.S. must release $679 million in tribal coronavirus relief funds

  16-06-2020 16:48
  
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • The U.S. Treasury Department must release $679 million in coronavirus relief funding for tribes that it intended to withhold while a court challenge over the agency’s initial round of payments to tribal governments played out in court, a federal judge ruled late Monday.U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., said the agency doesn't have discretion to withhold the money that is part of a federal relief package that included $8 billion for tribes. He order
  
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• Man is shot at protest over statue of New Mexico’s conquistador

  16-06-2020 16:42
  
  Albuquerque, N.M. • Gunfire broke out during a protest Monday night in Albuquerque to demand the removal of a statue of Juan de Oñate, the despotic conquistador of New Mexico whose image has become the latest target in demonstrations across the country aimed at righting a history of racial injustice.As dozens of people gathered around a statue of Oñate, New Mexico’s 16th-century colonial governor, shouting matches erupted over proposals to take it down and a man was shot
  
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• Fighter pilot from Utah killed in crash off the coast of England

  16-06-2020 16:32
  
  A U.S. Air Force fighter pilot from Utah was killed Monday when the plane he was flying crashed into the North Sea.The Royal Air Force reported that 1st Lt. Kenneth Allen, assistant chief of weapons and tactics for the 493rd Fighter Squadron, was killed when his F-15C Eagle crashed.Allen had been assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, at Royal Air Force Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, since February. He grew up in northern Utah.Col. Will Marshall, commander of the 48th Fighter Wing, said in a statem
  
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• Utah boy in critical condition after he was shot in the head by a BB gun

  16-06-2020 15:53
  
  A 6-year-old Utah boy was critically injured when he was accidentally shot in the back of the head with a BB.The Eagle Mountain boy was flown by helicopter to a hospital on Monday after the “accidental shooting,” according to Sgt. Spencer Cannon of the Utah County Sheriff’s Office. The boy’s 12-year-old brother fired the “pump style” gun, and the BB “may have ricocheted, striking the younger boy in the back of the head.”6 year old boy flown by Life
  
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• Utah’s affordable housing advocates seek to avoid COVID-19 budget cuts

  16-06-2020 15:50
  
  Advocates for Utah’s disadvantaged are urging the Legislature to maintain money for housing even as lawmakers make major funding reductions to balance state budgets damaged by the pandemic.Another COVID-19-related special session is set for Thursday and legislators say they may have to cancel hundreds of million in new spending approved during their regular session earlier this year, as well as make further “into the bone” cuts of up to 10% or more in the budgets of many state
  
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• Utah’s affordable housing advocate seek to avoid COVID-19 budget cuts

  16-06-2020 15:05
  
  Advocates for Utah’s disadvantaged are urging the Legislature to maintain money for housing even as lawmakers make major funding reductions to balance state budgets damaged by the pandemic.Another COVID-19-related special session is set for Thursday and legislators say they may have to cancel hundreds of million in new spending approved during their regular session earlier this year, as well as make further “into the bone” cuts of up to 10% or more in the budgets of many state
  
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• Jon Huntsman builds small lead for governor in new poll

  16-06-2020 15:04
  
  Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman has pulled to a small lead in the four-way race for the Republican nomination in this year’s gubernatorial race, a poll released Monday evening shows.He has 35% support of likely GOP primary voters, just ahead of 31% for Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox. That is still within the margin of error of 3.77% in the poll of 676 likely voters for the Salt Lake Chamber conducted June 1 through June 10 by Dan Jones & Associates.Trailing behind them at 10% was former Utah House
  
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• University of Utah doctor leads national study on COVID-19 and pregnancy

  16-06-2020 14:15
  
  A new national study, led by a University of Utah researcher, will explore how COVID-19 and the societal reactions to the pandemic have affected pregnant women and their babies.Dr. Torri D. Metz, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, is leading the study, which will analyze medical records of up to 21,000 pregnant women. Scientists are also going to track the health of more than 1,500 expecting mothers with confirmed cases of COVID-19 for six weeks after giving birth.The study wil
  
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• Letter: Get out the vote

  16-06-2020 14:06
  
  As an old, very white grandma, I implore young people and all minorities to vote this year. When I say “minorities,” I mean people who are not of the predominant skin color, are not of the culture, are not of the predominant religion, and are of the predominant sex. Why did I include women? Because even though we are more numerous than men, we are still often not considered to be or treated as men’s equals.Though I will not tell you how to vote, I strongly encourage you to defi
  
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• Letter: Utah needs Jon Huntsman

  16-06-2020 14:03
  
  Jon Huntsman is the candidate for governor Utah needs to put our economy on a more firm footing at this challenging time in the state’s history.While serving as governor once before, he laid the foundation for Utah’s economic success. He lowered taxes. He helped create a business-friendly environment. He was a leader then, and he’ll be a leader now.He has a plan to double Utah’s GDP over the next decade, focusing on growth sectors like biotech, finance tech and defense. H
  
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• Letter: Consider radical reforms of police departments

  16-06-2020 14:02
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic and the recent protests regarding police brutality make us question the role of the police in our community, especially in the presence of budget cuts. The refrain “defund the police” means different things to different people.Policing in the Utah valley is deeply flawed. Utah is not immune to racial disparities in policing. The incarceration rates for communities of color far surpasses the equivalent rates for whites, and officers kneeling at protests won't cha
  
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• Robert Kirby: If not a Brigham Young statue in the U.S. Capitol, whom should Utah pick?

  16-06-2020 14:00
  
  The history of the United States is under fire because of racial protests. It’s not so much our history itself but rather the way we choose to honor it.For example, statues of Confederate leaders are being pulled down or defaced, and people are demanding that military bases named after Confederate generals be renamed.The latest statue to come under scrutiny is one of Abraham Lincoln in Boston. It features Honest Abe standing over a black man whose chains of slavery are broken but who is st
  
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• Letter: Looting does not aid your cause

  16-06-2020 14:00
  
  You cannot demand the respect you do not show. Looting and vandalism do nothing for your cause, only spread the anger and hate deeper. Rise above. Face your adversary and prove your worth, even though you shouldn’t have to, but realizing you will because your adversary wallows in a cult of ignorance, bigotry, and disinformation.A cult that is further led by a leader who lacks the values of leadership that are instilled in second grade students.True leaders lead by example, not by chauvinis
  
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• Letter: ‘Defund the police’ is senseless

  16-06-2020 14:00
  
  We should heed time-worn idioms. In particular, I refer to “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.”The wave of “defund the police” is the most senseless of ideas, in my opinion, ever proposed. To allow that to happen would be tantamount to dumping a pallet of apples (several hundred pounds) into the garbage because one rotten apple comes to view.Nothing is more horrible than police brutality and nothing more heartwarming than caring deeds performed by myriad s
  
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• Frank Bruni: The courtmartial of Donald J. Trump

  16-06-2020 14:00
  
  The first time I saw President Donald Trump referred to as “Cadet Bone Spurs” I laughed, the second time I smiled and the third time I cringed. It’s an apt slur, but it lumps him together with all the other politicians whose military huzzahs contradict their personal histories and whose insult to our men and women in uniform can be reduced to dodging the draft.Trump’s twisted and utterly transactional relationship with America’s armed forces is a bigger insult than
  
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• Asta Bowen: Looking hate in the eye in Whitefish, Montana

  16-06-2020 14:00
  
  Here in western Montana it would seem we're a long way from the movement for justice and peace that has gained new thunder since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.We’re no strangers to injustice here, where societal woes too often land on Native American shoulders, and no strangers to inequality, where upmarket vacation homes overlook the many school kids in need of lunch assistance. And we have our share of political divides, tempered a little by the “live and let live”
  
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• Whatever happened to ... the Grabeteria?

  16-06-2020 09:16
  
  Editor's note • In this regular series, The Tribune explores the once-favorite places of Utahns, from restaurants to recreation to retail.Back when there was no TRAX line in Salt Lake City, no super malls or Wal-Marts in town and men-only establishments were accepted as a normal custom, the Grabeteria was a popular eatery in the Continental Building on Main Street with a unique ambiance and dining style."There were no stools, no counter, no booths, no tables," said longtime Salt Lake Area C
  
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• Protesters gather again in Salt Lake City, mayor says she hears their message and is acting

  16-06-2020 05:45
  
  For the 16th time in 17 days, demonstrators took to the streets of Salt Lake City.The Salt Lake Equal Rights Movement led a protest at the state Capitol to, as it said online, show “solidarity with our black community as we discuss our demands for police defunding and disbandment.” People posting videos of the event on Twitter estimated about 200 protesters were there in the late afternoon.It came about the same time that Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall tweeted that she and city
  
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• Jon Huntman builds small lead for governor in new poll

  16-06-2020 05:00
  
  Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman has pulled to a small lead in the four-way race for the Republican nomination in this year’s gubernatorial race, a poll released Monday evening shows.He has 35% support of likely GOP primary voters, just ahead of 31% for Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox. That is still within the margin of error of 3.77% in the poll of 676 likely voters for the Salt Lake Chamber conducted June 1 through June 10 by Dan Jones & Associates.Trailing behind them at 10% was former Utah House
  
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• Gundy’s OAN support angers star Oklahoma State RB Hubbard

  16-06-2020 04:46
  
  Oklahoma City • Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard and coach Mike Gundy appear to have ironed out their differences for now.Hubbard suggested Monday he may boycott the program after Gundy was photographed wearing a T-shirt promoting the One America News Network, a far-right news channel that has been praised by President Donald Trump.Gundy is seen in a photograph on Twitter wearing the shirt with the letters OAN. In a tweet responding to the photo, Hubbard said: “I will not sta
  
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• ‘When does it stop?’ Slain Atlanta man’s family makes tearful plea

  16-06-2020 04:07
  
  Atlanta • Pleading through tears Monday, the family of a black man killed by Atlanta police outside a drive-thru demanded changes in the criminal justice system and called on protesters to refrain from violence amid heightened tensions across the U.S. three weeks after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.An autopsy found that 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was shot twice in the back late Friday by a white officer who was trying to arrest him at a fast food restaurant for being intoxicate
  
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• Rise in coronavirus infections shows need for vigilance as world reopens

  16-06-2020 03:54
  
  Berlin • European countries reopened borders Monday after a three-month coronavirus shutdown, although international visitors are still being kept away and there was uncertainty over whether many Europeans will quickly embrace travel outside their home countries.Reopening continued in Mexico and Brazil despite cases climbing in the two largest nations in Latin America, where authorities struggled to handle the pandemic’s effect on already-weak medical systems. In the U.S., Vice Presid
  
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• Protesters gather again in Salt Lake City, mayor says she’s hears their message and is acting

  16-06-2020 03:52
  
  For the 16th time in 17 days, demonstrators took to the streets of Salt Lake City.The Salt Lake Equal Rights Movement led a protest at the state Capitol to, as it said online, show “solidarity with our black community as we discuss our demands for police defunding and disbandment.” People posting videos on Twitter of the event estimated about 200 protesters there in the late afternoon.It came about the same time that Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall tweeted that she and city lead
  
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• Eighth person charged for burning police car at protest

  16-06-2020 03:46
  
  Prosecutors on Monday charged an eighth person for allegedly flipping and burning a Salt Lake City police car during a protest against police brutality on May 30 that turned violent.Monico Isidro Romero, 31, of Salt Lake City was charged with criminal mischief, a first-degree felony, and rioting, a third-degree felony.The probable cause statement said a video shows that when the police car was on its side, Romero “repeatedly rammed a yellow flag with wooden handle through the windshield of
  
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• Eight person charged for burning police car at protest

  16-06-2020 03:32
  
  Prosecutors on Monday charged an eighth person for allegedly flipping and burning a Salt Lake City police car during a protest against police brutality on May 30 that turned violent.Monico Isidro Romero, 31, of Salt Lake City was charged with criminal mischief, a first-degree felony, and rioting, a third-degree felony.The probable cause statement said a video shows that when the police car was on its side, Romero “repeatedly rammed a yellow flag with wooden handle through the windshield of
  
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• Tala Shihab: Propaganda blinds us from the realities we face

  16-06-2020 03:00
  
  This piece is dedicated to America. For the ways it has discriminated and created injustices in the world. We are not fooled that “We the People” are only words for show. We are not deceived by the promised “American dream” that only a selected few experience. This piece is for those who suffered unjust arrests and death sentences solely because of the color of their skin.I need to mention that I am not black; therefore, I cannot speak on behalf of a community I am not a
  
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• Protesters gather at various Salt Lake City locations in support of defunding police and other issues

  16-06-2020 02:42
  
  For the 16th time in 17 days, demonstrators took to the streets of Salt Lake City, in three different events to protest separate issues.The Salt Lake Equal Rights Movement led a protest at the state Capitol to, as it said online, show “solidarity with our black community as we discuss our demands for police defunding and disbandment.” Online videos on Twitter showed about 200 protesters there in the late afternoon.A group of Cottonwood Heights residents planned a city hall protest Th
  
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• Two wildfires start near Utah Lake, as new fire restrictions take effect on Utah public lands

  16-06-2020 02:31
  
  Two new wildfires ignited near Utah Lake west of Spanish Fork on Monday afternoon, while two other wildfires continued to burn in Tooele County.That came as new fire restrictions went into effect on federal land across northern and central Utah.The new Orchard fire had burned about 100 acres as of 6 p.m. on Monday evening, and its cause was under investigation, according to the Utah Wildlife Info website.The nearby Lincoln fire was only 5 acres in size. It was ignited by target shooters hitting
  
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• Utah Jazz’s Ed Davis says restarting the NBA season could help black communities

  16-06-2020 02:23
  
  Utah Jazz center Ed Davis poses for photos during media day at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz reserve center Ed Davis wants basketball to return.
  In a Q&A session with HoopsHype’s Alex Kennedy, Davis, who was on last week’s conference call in which players spoke about their concerns regarding the league’s plan to restart, outlined what happened during the now infamous call and why
  
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• Investor sues maker of coronavirus test used by TestUtah

  16-06-2020 01:41
  
  An investor is suing the Salt Lake City company that makes the coronavirus test used by TestUtah, saying the company falsely claimed it was “100%” accurate.Gelt Trading, Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, is seeking class-action status for a securities-fraud lawsuit against Co-Diagnostics, a Salt Lake City biotech firm. Co-Diagnostics' COVID-19 test is used by Utah tech companies that have received more than $60 million in no-bid contracts to run testing systems in Utah and two other state
  
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• Activists file federal lawsuit challenging Utah referendum laws

  16-06-2020 01:36
  
  Activists who have battled state rules that make it tough to use voter referendums to overturn new laws passed by the Legislature have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s limits on who may initiate such ballot drives.State law now requires that applications to start referendums be filed by at least five registered voters who participated in a general election within the past three years.The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for Utah says the state rejected a petition seeking
  
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• Utah State football begins voluntary individual workouts

  16-06-2020 01:25
  
  The Utah State football team had only two summer practices before its schedule got canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But things will start inching back to normal soon.Football players were allowed to start voluntary individual workouts at the school’s athletic facilities Monday after the NCAA Division I Council and the Mountain West voted to allow them. Most of the Aggies left Logan once the summer practice schedule was canceled.Those that return to the USU campus will have to be clea
  
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• The University of Utah added these police rules after an officer displayed photos of Lauren McCluskey

  16-06-2020 01:15
  
  The University of Utah’s new chief safety officer is changing how campus police handle sensitive evidence and will create a committee of students and faculty to review any misconduct by the force — moves that come, at least in part, in response to an officer who displayed an explicit photo of student-athlete Lauren McCluskey before she was killed.Marlon Lynch, who began leading safety efforts at the U. earlier this year, detailed his plans during the state Legislature’s educati
  
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• 9 dead at Utah veterans home; another 295 coronavirus cases found statewide

  16-06-2020 01:06
  
  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 contractor who operates a veterans nursing home in Salt Lake City says nine people have died there as Utah’s coronavirus death toll reached 143 on Monday. The William E. Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home became a hot spot
  
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