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• U.S. Catholic bishops: Clergy sex abuse claims tripled in 2019

  27-06-2020 23:51
  
  New York • U.S. Roman Catholic bishops said Thursday that the church tallied 4,434 sex abuse allegations against clergy in the 2018-19 audit year, triple the number seen the previous year, with much of the increase stemming from a wave of lawsuits and claims by survivors of decades-old molestation.In the latest annual report on clerical sex abuse, dioceses and other Catholic entities reported paying out $281.6 million during the year for costs related to allegations, including payments for
  
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• Mississippi takes step toward dropping rebel image from flag

  27-06-2020 23:29
  
  Jackson, Miss. • Spectators at the Mississippi Capitol broke into applause Saturday as lawmakers took the first steps toward erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that has come under intensifying criticism in recent weeks amid nationwide protests against racial injustice.“The eyes of the state, the nation and indeed the world are on this House,” the second-ranking office in the Mississippi House, Jason White, told his colleagues.The House voted by m
  
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• The surge continues: Utah reports 578 new COVID-19 cases, with one new death; St. George ICU nearing capacity

  27-06-2020 22:42
  
  sUtah saw an increase of 578 COVID-19 cases Saturday as a spike in infections continued to stress medical providers and hospital capacity.That brought the state’s total to 20,628 positive cases thus far in the pandemic, a daily rate increase of 2.9% from Friday. The state reported an additional death from the virus, that of a San Juan County woman over 85 who was hospitalized when she died. Utah’s overall death count due to the coronavirus now stands at 167.And in several grim milest
  
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• Nurses, doctors feel strain as virus races through Arizona

  27-06-2020 22:17
  
  Phoenix • They saw the ominous photos: Crowded hospitals, exhausted nurses, bodies piling up in morgues. It was far away, in New York, northern Italy and other distant places.Now, after three months of anxiously waiting and preparing, Arizona nurses and doctors are on the front lines as the coronavirus rips through the state, making it one of the world’s hot spots. The trickle of a few virus patients in March became a steady stream two weeks after Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey ended a stay-
  
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• ‘Welcome to Chechnya,’ where the government is torturing and killing LGBTQ people

  27-06-2020 22:00
  
  Finding the right word to describe “Welcome to Chechnya” isn’t easy. Maybe shocking. Appalling. Disgraceful. Distressing. Ghastly. Heinous. Horrific. Shameful. All of the above.This documentary, which airs Tuesday at 8 p.m. on HBO, shows us what’s happening to gay people in that Russian republic — and the rest of the Russian Federation — and it’s deeply disturbing. Filmmaker David France goes inside what can only be called a genocide that Chechen leader
  
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• UTA will require face coverings on all trains and buses

  27-06-2020 21:36
  
  While the Utah Transit Authority began Saturday to comply with new face mask requirements in Salt Lake and Summit counties, it announced it will also require face coverings for riders and employees in all the counties it serves beginning Wednesday.Those other counties include Utah, Davis, Weber, Tooele and Box Elder.“UTA is providing face masks for riders who need them. Masks are available for pick up at UTA customer service locations and will soon be available on transit vehicles,”
  
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• North Carolina Courage bests Portland Thorns 2-1 to open NWSL tournament in Utah, but presence of a crowd is missed

  27-06-2020 21:18
  
  Herriman • Two North Carolina Courage players found themselves in a 2-on-1 with a Portland Thorns defender. But as they got closer to the goal, the palpable feeling of anticipation was mostly absent.A Courage goal appeared imminent, but there was no noise from the stands of fans gasping, “ohhh’ing” or cheering. The moment came and went, without the stadium adrenaline that usually accompanies it.The National Women’s Soccer League kicked off its season Saturday with th
  
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• The surge continues: Utah reports 578 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, with one new death; St. George ICU nearing capacity

  27-06-2020 21:10
  
  Utah saw an increase of 578 COVID-19 cases Saturday as a spike in infections continues to stress medical providers and hospital capacity.That brought the state’s total to 20,628 positive cases thus far in the pandemic, a daily rate increase of 2.9% from Friday. The state reported an additional death from the virus, that of a San Juan County woman over 85 who was hospitalized when she died. Utah’s overall death count due to the coronavirus now stands at 167.And in several grim milesto
  
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• NBA officials, players say the restart of the season in Orlando is about way more than the bottom line

  27-06-2020 20:48
  
  On Friday afternoon, a reporter on a conference call reminded NBA commissioner Adam Silver of his line spoken a few months back about how the league’s eventual return from its coronavirus-inspired hiatus would be driven by data rather than a specific target date.Given that Orange County, Fla., which houses the Disney World campus where the league is set to resume play, has recently seen its coronavirus testing surge to a 15% positive rate, what was the data saying now, the reporter wondere
  
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• Princeton to remove Woodrow Wilson name from public policy school

  27-06-2020 20:40
  
  Princeton, N.J. • Princeton University has announced plans to remove the name of former President Woodrow Wilson from its public policy school because of his segregationist views, reversing a decision the Ivy League school made four years ago to retain the name.University president Christopher Eisgruber said in a letter to the school community Saturday that the board of trustees had concluded that “Wilson’s racist views and policies make him an inappropriate namesake” for
  
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• Demonstrators gather to protest man’s death in West Valley City last summer

  27-06-2020 20:15
  
  About 30 people gathered early Saturday in Salt Lake City to highlight the death of Michael Chad Breinholt in police custody last August.Breinholt, 31, was shot point blank by West Valley City police Aug. 23 during a scuffle in a jail intake room after his arrest on suspicion of DUI, video footage has revealed.A group of about 30 people gathered early Saturday by a mural of Breinholt painted alongside those of other victims of alleged police brutality at 900 South and 300 West, then fanned out t
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Want to reopen Utah? Wear a mask.

  27-06-2020 20:00
  
  “Hell is other people.”— Jean-Paul SartreThe idea that being told to wear a face mask during a global pandemic — a pandemic that is becoming less global and more American by the day — is somehow unconstitutional, oppressive or Nazi-like is absurd in the extreme.Extreme as in deadly.All of us, in Utah and across the nation, should wear one whenever we are out in public. Anyone who cares at all about family, friends and humanity in general should do so without having
  
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• North Carolina Courage, Portland Thorns open NWSL Tournament by taking a knee in support of Black Lives Matter

  27-06-2020 19:28
  
  Herriman • Before the Portland Thorns and North Carolina Courage opened the NationalWomen’s Soccer season with actual soccer, most of the players from both teams expressed solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. As the national anthem was played by a solo saxophone player at Zions Bank Stadium here, every one of the 11 starters for each team took a knee while wearing BLM T-shirts, which were worn by every player during warmups. Members of the Courage coaching staff
  
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• Governors, including Gary Herbert, face competing voices as reported virus cases rise

  27-06-2020 18:46
  
  Las Vegas • As Nevada prepared to start reopening parts of its economy last month, a team of medical experts recommended to Gov. Steve Sisolak that he require people wear masks in public to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.The governor promoted masks but resisted making them a requirement, saying he feared the rule could create a backlash for businesses trying to enforce the order on customers.With reported coronavirus cases rising the past four weeks, Sisolak on Wednesday finally de
  
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• Did protests spread the coronavirus? Here are the Utah numbers and the national research.

  27-06-2020 17:39
  
  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. Let’s say you wanted to figure out to what extent the recent social justice protests contributed to the spread of the coronavirus in Utah. How would you do it?It’s a complicated question, because there are significant reason
  
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• George Pyle: Why move to a party that’s going down in flames?

  27-06-2020 17:00
  
  It is very much in my nature to dawdle and procrastinate about a dilemma until it is too late to do anything about it. Hey, problem gone.But it was more than sloth that caused me to not join the flow of Utah voters who have moved from unaffiliated, or even from the ranks of registered Democrats, to become Republicans in time to vote in the June 30 primary election.The case for doing so has been made by the former state legislator and eternal gadfly Jim Dabakis, philanthropist Kem Gardner and Tri
  
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• How much did protests spread the coronavirus? Here are the local numbers and the national research

  27-06-2020 16:58
  
  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. Let’s say you wanted to figure out to what extent the recent social justice protests contributed to the spread of the coronavirus in Utah. How would you do it?It’s a complicated question, because there are significant reason
  
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• Zion shuttle returning in Utah’s busiest national park, but you’ll need a reservation

  27-06-2020 15:00
  
  In recent years, Zion National Park has toyed with the idea of a timed-entry system to reduce overcrowding, but the proposal has never gone over well with Utah’s political leaders who helped scuttle such a plan developed for Arches National Park.Now the coronavirus epidemic is forcing reservation protocols upon one of Utah's most popular and crowded tourist destinations.Starting on Wednesday, July 1, Zion will resume its idled shuttle service and require all those visiting Zion Canyon to m
  
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• ‘Star Trek’ shows us the racism-free future we’re wishing for in 2020

  27-06-2020 15:00
  
  In an America rocked by racism, protests and the coronavirus, “Star Trek” stands as a beacon of hope.Sure, it’s just a TV show. Well, a bunch of TV shows and movies. But the “Trek” universe shows us a future in which humankind has moved beyond bigotry. That was the case in the 1960s, when “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry populated his bridge crew with actors of a variety of ethnicities, and it continues to be true today.
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• Daughter of woman who died from stroke in Salt Lake County jail files lawsuit

  27-06-2020 15:00
  
  The daughter of a Salt Lake County inmate who died from a stroke after repeatedly asking for medical attention is suing the sheriff, the jail and many of its employees, alleging deliberate indifference and reckless disregard for the woman’s life.The lawsuit lists several other deaths at the jail, alleging they are “[i]ndicative of the culture, policies, procedures, and customs permitted, condoned, and perpetuated” there, and that those “led to the grossly deficient and in
  
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• Utah Pride Center besieged by complaints of discrimination, mismanagement

  27-06-2020 14:00
  
  Salt Lake City’s famously vibrant Pride Festival was quiet this month, with parades, balls and fundraisers canceled due to the pandemic. But behind the scenes of the Utah Pride Center, an uproar grows louder.More than a dozen people have come forward sharing stories about an organization they say is plagued with questionable finances, mismanagement, lack of transparency, discrimination and dismissal. These allegations long simmered beneath the surface, but came to a head when two recent ro
  
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• Letter: We’re on the road to totalitarianism

  27-06-2020 14:00
  
  “Forced masking” is a profoundly more serious issue than credited amid the paranoia overtaking so many health officials, politicians, and much of the public, including PC-driven newspapers. In typical “means justify ends no matter the cost” reaction, fear is driving ignorance of long-term consequences and brushing aside the sinister peril of expanding governmental power under the guise of “saving us” from some immediate panic.It’s but a small step from f
  
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• Letter: We don’t need a governor who leaves

  27-06-2020 14:00
  
  I was disappointed John Huntsman was able to get on this year’s ballot for governor. During my 25 years working in state government, he has been Utah’s worst governor. He has been trading on his family name for years, without many actual accomplishments completed to conclusion. He claims to have “laid the foundation for 15 years of prosperity in Utah,” but left Gov. Gary Herbert to finish the job.In his first campaign, one of his promises was “to get rid of the dead
  
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• Letter: The best diplomacy happens one handshake at a time

  27-06-2020 14:00
  
  Recently, the White House issued a proclamation suspending some nonimmigrant visas, including certain categories of the J-1 Exchange Visitor Program. These international exchange programs invite people from around the world to visit and live in cities throughout the United States as a way to build international cooperation. Suspension of J-1 visas for international interns, trainees, teachers, camp counselors, au pairs and summer work program participants is a threat to national security.These i
  
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• Letter: Inland port is environmental racism

  27-06-2020 14:00
  
  As the pandemic navigates its way through our community and protests on systemic racism and the militarization of our police continue, I am reminded, once again, about the inequality the Utah Legislature has created within our communities.The Utah inland port is one of the most aggressive examples of environmental racism. The disastrous project will affect all of Utah, but will more discriminately affect Salt Lake’s westside communities through air pollution; water, land and species degrad
  
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• Letter: How to make money in this economy

  27-06-2020 14:00
  
  Want to know the secret to making a little money in the Trump economy? Start with a lot.Scott Fenwick, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Do Utah voters care about a candidate’s loyalty to President Donald Trump?

  27-06-2020 14:00
  
  Ahead of Tuesday’s Republican primary election for Utah governor, former House Speaker Greg Hughes is questioning Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox’s support for the president, going so far as to accuse his opponent of being a “never Trumper.”The criticisms, which Hughes has devoted a page to on his campaign website, center around a series of old tweets from Cox, who has expressed support for President Donald Trump’s reelection but was an ardent detractor of his on social media
  
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• Mickelson leads Travelers in first event since turning 50

  27-06-2020 05:31
  
  Cromwell, Conn. • Phil Mickelson figures age might be an asset.Playing his first tournament since turning 50 this month, the five-time major champion shot a 7-under 63 on Friday in the Travelers Championship to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend.Lefty said said it was perhaps the wisdom that comes with his age that made him stay within himself instead of going toe-to-toe with his long-hitting playing partners, top-ranked Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau.“There’s some hole
  
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• Paul Krugman: American didn’t give up on coronavirus. Republicans did.

  27-06-2020 05:00
  
  Earlier this year much of America went through hell as the nation struggled to deal with COVID-19. More than 120,000 Americans have now died; more than 20 million have lost their jobs.But it’s looking as if all those sacrifices were in vain. We never really got the coronavirus under control, and now infections, while they have fallen to a quite low level in the New York area, the pandemic’s original epicenter, are surging in much of the rest of the country.And the bad news isn’
  
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• Daniel Summerhays’ eight birdies give him weekend tee times in the Utah Championship

  27-06-2020 04:32
  
  Farmington • The shadow of a pine tree covered the back portion of Oakridge Country Club’s 18th green Friday as Daniel Summerhays finished his round in one of the Utah Championship’s last threesomes of the day.Summerhays’ long birdie attempt slid past the cup on the hole that he remembers as No. 9 in his childhood, the last stop of a four-hole loop where he often would join his father, Lynn, and some of his seven older siblings in the evenings. In those days, ice crea
  
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• Protesters rally against police brutality outside Capitol — and then take to the streets

  27-06-2020 04:18
  
  About 100 people gathered at the Capitol on Friday evening as part of ongoing demonstrations against police brutality in Salt Lake City.The protesters stood near the road, holding signs that said, “Racism is the pandemic” and “No justice, no peace.”Some stuck signs onto the stone facade near the steps leading to the Capitol grounds — and then removed them before marching.People, regardless of group affiliation, have been protesting against racism and brutality in po
  
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• David Brooks: America is facing five epic crises all at once

  27-06-2020 04:00
  
  There are five gigantic changes happening in America right now. The first is that we are losing the fight against COVID-19. Our behavior doesn’t have anything to do with the reality around us. We just got tired so we’re giving up.Second, all Americans, but especially white Americans, are undergoing a rapid education on the burdens African Americans carry every day. This education is continuing, but already public opinion is shifting with astonishing speed.Third, we’re in the mi
  
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• It’s official: Lohner signs with Utah rival BYU

  27-06-2020 02:52
  
  Eleven days after receiving a release from his National Letter of Intent to the University of Utah, Caleb Lohner is on the move to the Utes’ archrival.Lohner, a 6-foot-8, three-star recruit from Wasatch Academy in Mount Pleasant, committed to BYU in a tweet Friday evening. The move to the alma mater of his father, Matt, was expected once Utah granted his NLI release.“Insanely excited to announce that I will be playing for BYU!! So excited and blessed to be in the position I’m i
  
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• Utah’s U.S. Attorney’s Office hired a coordinator to focus on missing and murdered Indigenous persons issues

  27-06-2020 02:46
  
  Utah’s U.S. Attorney has appointed a coordinator to work with tribal, local, state and federal leaders to develop strategies to address the underreported yet disproportionately high levels of violence committed against Native Americans, particularly Indigenous woman, children and two-spirited people.Brian Speelman will take on the role of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons, or MMIP, coordinator, according to a news release.U.S. Attorney John Huber said in the release that Speelman wou
  
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• Susan R. Madsen: Use your vote. Use your voice.

  27-06-2020 02:00
  
  Independence Day is traditionally a time for patriotic sentiments, large family gatherings, and fireworks. But with the nation in turmoil over issues of social justice (not to mention a resurgence of COVID-19), many of us may be feeling less than celebratory.But whatever your opinions on protests and masks (and people have strong opinions), I want to remind Utahns that as Americans they have a unique power that allows our voices to be counted: the vote.In June, the number of registered voters in
  
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• Utah Jazz will play first game of NBA restart July 30 vs. Pelicans

  27-06-2020 01:48
  
  On Friday morning, the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association officially formalized their return to play plan at the Disney World Campus. On Friday afternoon, both the league and its players acknowledged the growing concern they share about the restart as coronavirus cases in Florida continue to escalate.And then on Friday evening, they went ahead and released each participating team’s schedule of eight “seeding games” that will effectively serve as a conclusion to
  
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• Utah Jazz will open NBA season restart against New Orleans Pelicans on July 30

  27-06-2020 01:12
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) works to get around New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday (11) as the Utah Jazz and the New Orleans Pelicans play an NBA basketball game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. The Pelicans won 108-98. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz will kick off the NBA’s 2019-20 season restart in Orlando against the New Orleans Pelicans on July 30 on TNT.
  The opening game between the Jazz and Pelicans i
  
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• LA battle for NBA re-opening night

  27-06-2020 01:07
  
  Shams Charania: The NBA’s July 30 restart openers: Jazz/Pelicans at 6:30 p.m. ET, Clippers/Lakers at 9 p.m. ET
  
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• Jamelle Bouie: If you want to let freedom ring, hammer on economic injustice

  27-06-2020 01:00
  
  Since it emerged seven years ago in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the Black Lives Matter movement has produced a sea change in attitudes, politics and policy.In 2016, 43% of Americans supported Black Lives Matter and its claims about the criminal justice system; now, it’s up to 67%, with 60% support among white Americans, compared with 40% four years ago. Whereas Democratic politicians once stumbled over the issue, now even Republicans are
  
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• As Utah reports new record of 676 coronavirus cases, state epidemiologist warns ‘large-scale behavior change’ is needed

  27-06-2020 00:27
  
  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 has again broken its record for the largest daily increase of new coronavirus cases — the second time that has happened in less than a week — reporting 676 positive test results Friday.Dr. Angela Dunn, the state’s
  
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• The travel industry grows more isolationist in the coronavirus era

  27-06-2020 00:16
  
  From taking cooking classes in the home of a local to learning traditional crafts from Indigenous people, much of travel — up until March 2020 — was all about connecting with others.Now, in the COVID-19 era, travel is fraught with the demands of social distancing and hygiene. As people start thinking about taking trips, either by themselves or with close family or friends, travel companies are pivoting with new offerings and ways to offer distance from the crowd.In pursuit of the gre
  
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• University of Utah drops ACT, SAT test requirement for two years; Westminster College will do so permanently

  27-06-2020 00:15
  
  Prospective University of Utah students don’t have to stress over their ACT or SAT scores anymore. The state’s flagship school won’t be requiring them for admission for at least the next two years — a reaction to the pandemic that’s now causing colleges across the nation to rethink their application processes.And it’s possible that these famed standardized tests might be phased out altogether.“We don’t want students to have to choose between taking
  
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• Herd immunity? We aren’t close. Only about 1% of Utahns have COVID-19 antibodies.

  27-06-2020 00:15
  
  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 is a long way from having coronavirus herd immunity, according to University of Utah researchers examining the pandemic’s impact on the state.Serology testing from May through part of June found that 1.2% of 6,527 individuals
  
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