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• Utah’s coronavirus cases remain stubbornly high going into July 4, as five more die

  03-07-2020 23:38
  
  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 state of Utah is going into the Fourth of July holiday in an unenviable place: On a higher plateau for COVID-19 cases.Over a nine-day period, between June 25 and July 3, the rolling seven-day average for COVID-19 cases — the w
  
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• Commentary: We are in trouble when oaths fail to mean something

  03-07-2020 23:00
  
  As graduates of West Point and veteran Army officers, we know for a fact oaths have real meaning. When they do not, we are in trouble.As Army veterans, and West Point graduates, we want to encourage every citizen to celebrate our nation’s independence by registering and committing to vote, and to actively encourage others among your family and friends to do the same.Voting to elect government officials at the local, state and federal level is one of the most fundamental, patriotic duties o
  
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• Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert on his post-COVID-19 worldview and his relationship with Donovan Mitchell

  03-07-2020 22:18
  
  Utah Jazz All-Star center Rudy Gobert addressed the media Friday afternoon in a videoconference call, and noted that while being the NBA’sso-called “Patient Zero” — the first player to test positive for COVID-19 — gave him plenty of miserable moments, it’s also provided him with some much-needed perspective.“There are a lot of things we take for granted,” Gobert said. “It’s who you are as a human being, all the things you can do to affe
  
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• Rudy Gobert talks relationship with Donovan Mitchell, desire to win a championship in Utah

  03-07-2020 22:03
  
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert talks to members of the media at Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 25, 2019.| Kristin Murphy, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert met with media for the first time Friday since he was the first NBA player to test positive for the novel coronavirus in March, which led to the league getting suspended.
  Gobert touched on a number of topics, including how he feels about playing in Utah, how he’s dealt wit
  
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• Gordon Monson: Listen to what Ryan Lacy says about the Utes’ Morgan Scalley. It seems investigators didn’t.

  03-07-2020 21:54
  
  Listen to former Utah defensive back Ryan Lacy. He sounds reasonable, credible, believable. And hurt.Yet, he essentially was left in the cold by the recent so-called investigation done for the University of Utah in the Morgan Scalley case. His voice was not heard, he says. He feels as though investigators did not follow up on his reports and instead made him out to be a liar.But he swears he is no liar. He swears he is telling the truth about things Scalley said to him, things that included the
  
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• MLB cancels All-Star Game for first time since 1945

  03-07-2020 21:40
  
  Los Angeles • Dodger Stadium’s 40-year wait to host the All-Star Game is going to last even longer.The game scheduled for July 14 was canceled Friday because of the coronavirus pandemic, and Dodger Stadium was awarded the 2022 Midsummer Classic. The 2021 game is set for Atlanta’s Truist Park, home to the Braves since 2017.Because of the pandemic, opening day had already been delayed from March 26 to July 23 or 24.“Once it became clear we were unable to hold this year&rsquo
  
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• 4 dead in small plane crash in Utah mountains

  03-07-2020 21:08
  
  Four people have died in the crash of a small plane Friday in a rugged area in the Utah mountains, authorities said.Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon confirmed, via Twitter, that the pilot and three passengers were on board when the crash occured, in the Box Elder Peak area in American Fork Canyon.Four confirmed fatalities in small plane crash near Box Elder Peak in American Fork Canyon. pic.twitter.com/IGVIRnAp08— Spencer Cannon (@SGTCannonPIO) July 3, 2020The canyon is abou
  
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• Deborah Gatrell: The struggle for freedom continues this Independence Day

  03-07-2020 21:00
  
  History, properly told, is the story of real life — complicated and messy. It is anything but inevitable.As we celebrate the 4th of July, America’s Independence Day, we do well to honor those who came before and made this country possible. But we dishonor them when we oversimplify them, turning them into caricatures acting out a pre-scripted pageant. A false telling of history leads us to misunderstand our present.Let us pause and reflect.Our Founding Fathers committed treason agains
  
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• Another 596 COVID-19 cases in Utah, and five more deaths

  03-07-2020 20:56
  
  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. Five more Utahns have died from COVID-19, and 596 more people have contracted the disease, the state’s health department announced Friday.The new cases bring the state’s total to 23,866 since the pandemic began in March.One
  
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• Washington Redskins to have ‘thorough review’ of name amid race debate

  03-07-2020 20:40
  
  Washington • The Washington Redskins began a “thorough review” of their name Friday, a significant step toward moving on from what experts and advocates call a “dictionary-defined racial slur.”Even though owner Dan Snyder had shown no willingness to change the name since buying the team in 1999, the recent national conversation on race has renewed opposition to the name and prompted sponsors to speak up. With support from the NFL, it may finally lead to a n
  
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• Announcement of Forrest Fenn’s treasure being found doesn’t stop speculation

  03-07-2020 20:18
  
  Billings, Mont. • Forrest Fenn’s hidden treasure may have been discovered in early June, but that hasn’t stopped fortune hunters from speculating about where it was hidden.When Fenn, a former art dealer from Santa Fe, New Mexico, announced the discovery he did not say who found his cache worth more than $1 million, or where they were from, other than “back East.” Fenn said the discovery was confirmed by a photo the man sent him.Billings therapist David McFarland, in
  
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• Navajo Nation facing another weekend virus curfew

  03-07-2020 19:56
  
  Window Rock • Tribal police and the New Mexico National Guard are ready to enforce a weekend curfew on the Navajo Nation as the officials on the sprawling reservation continues to try to contain a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 370 people.The curfew that starts at 8 p.m. Friday and expires at 5 a.m. Monday is the first of three consecutive weekend lockdowns on the reservation that spans parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, Tribal President Jonathan Nez said. He warned that
  
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• 2 dead in small plane crash in Utah mountains

  03-07-2020 19:49
  
  Two people died when a small plane crashed Friday in a rugged area in the Utah mountains, authorities said.Investigators are trying to confirm that there were two other passengers aboard the plane, said Utah County Sheriff's Sgt. Spencer Cannon.The crash occurred in the Box Elder Peak area in American Fork Canyon southeast of Salt Lake City, Cannon said.Authorities don't know yet what type of plane it was or where it came from or where it was going, he said.The cause of the crash is also unknown
  
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• As Under Armour looks to terminate deals with UCLA and Cal, Utah’s contract appears safe

  03-07-2020 19:30
  
  The University of Utah has a longstanding relationship with Under Armour.Kyle Whittingham’s football program has worn UA since 2008, when the latter was still a relative lightweight in the athletic sneaker industry. The rest of the school’s athletic teams came aboard in 2011 and in Oct. 2016, Utah and UA agreed to a 10-year, $65 million extension. The extension began July 1, 2017, and runs through June 30, 2027.There has been no indication from anyone that either side wants out of th
  
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• Donovan Mitchell on racial injustice: ‘I’m going to continue to use my platform and my voice’

  03-07-2020 19:20
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) on the court against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 14, 2019. | Silas Walker, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell knows that racism is not unique to Utah. He understands that there are Utah Jazz fans who support him and support the fact that he is championing the cause of raising awareness around racial injustice and inequality.
  That doesn’t mean that he will be quiet.
  A littl
  
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• Scott Williams: Gov. Herbert, Don’t let radioactive waste be your legacy

  03-07-2020 19:05
  
  Energy Fuels, a Colorado-based business that owns the White Mesa Mill in Utah’s stunningly beautiful San Juan County, wants us to let a Canadian company, with operations in Estonia, ship hundreds of tons of the uranium-containing byproduct of their rare earth mineral processing operations to the mill site 5,000 miles away and just a few miles from Ute Mountain Ute tribal lands.Estonia won’t approve a site to dispose of it in-country and the processing operations can’t resume un
  
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• Dr. Angela Dunn’s job is ‘rock solid,’ her boss says, responding to rumors that Utah’s epidemiologist was fired

  03-07-2020 18:58
  
  Utah’s state epidemiologist, Dr. Angela Dunn, got a public show of support from her boss Friday, in an effort to dispel a rumor that she was being fired.“Angela’s position is rock solid and she has my full support,” Maj. Gen. Jeff Burton, the acting executive director of the Utah Department of Health, wrote in a statement tweeted Friday morning.Rumors about the employment status of state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn are not helpful to our state’s #COVID-19 respons
  
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• Utah Royals, RSL fans may be able to attend last two rounds of the Challenge Cup tournament

  03-07-2020 18:47
  
  The Real Salt Lake organization sent an email to season ticket holders Friday with options on how to use their tickets for the remainder of the 2020 seasons for RSL, Utah Royals FC and the Real Monarchs — all which have either returned or will soon return to play after their seasons were truncated by the COVID-19 pandemic.The most pertinent portion of the email, obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune, is the option outlining a way for fans to watch the semifinal and final rounds of the National
  
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• Pac-12 commissioner’s optimism for starting college football on time appears to be fading

  03-07-2020 18:34
  
  Add Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott to the list of people who are concerned that an on-time start to the college football season might be difficult to pull off because of coronavirus spikes throughout the country.Speaking Thursday night as a guest on a NCAA-produced webinar with Andy Katz, Scott was asked when decisions need to be made in terms of starting the season.The University of Utah is slated to open Sept. 3 vs. BYU at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Based on the NCAA’s six-week ramp-up plan f
  
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• It’s just one game, but Utah Royals look like they’ll be more offensive-minded under new coach Craig Harrington

  03-07-2020 18:00
  
  Utah Royals FC provided a glimpse into just how different it will lookfor the the National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup, andpotentially beyond, in Tuesday’s draw to the Houston Dash. The change came by way of the team’s formation. Last season under LauraHarvey, the Royals played a 4-4-2 with a diamond in the midfield. It wasjust one way Harvey instilled her defensive philosophy. But new coach Craig Harrington opted to play three defenders in the back line in a
  
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• Carlee Hansen of Woods Cross is Utah’s female Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year

  03-07-2020 17:30
  
  AsCarlee Hansen relaxed in her house and scrolled through her email onerecent morning, she discovered something she thought wasn’t going happenat all this year. It was the announcement or the Gatorade Utah Girls’ Track and Field Athlete of the Year award. Because the COVID-19 pandemic canceled thespring sports season in the state, the potential of receiving it hadn’t crossed her mind. But it was Hansen’s name in the email. She is the first girls’ track and
  
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• Consolation? Report suggests NBA considering ‘second bubble’ for teams not invited to Orlando

  03-07-2020 17:07
  
  FILE — A sign marking the entrance to ESPN’s Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World is seen Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) | AP SALT LAKE CITY — Only 22 of the 30 NBA teams were invited to participate in the league’s restart of the 2019-20 season in Orlando — the top eight seeds in each conference, along with the next best six teams, which ended up being five teams from the Western Conference and one team from the Eastern Confe
  
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• Peter Johnston: Getting to ‘Black Lives Matter’ in the LDS Church

  03-07-2020 17:04
  
  I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who attends Zoom Sunday School every week in my best T-shirt. I am also a human being who marches against police brutality and for black lives.Right now, these two sides of myself don’t get along.As Elder Johnston, I spent two years shaking hands and loving people who spoke Spanish and English in Louisiana. Black people, brown people and white people lived in segregated neighborhoods of varying quality and inspired me by how
  
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• Outbreak at Utah meatpacking plant spread even wider than previously known

  03-07-2020 17:02
  
  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 epidemiologist for the northern Utah region where a meatpacking plant had a coronavirus outbreak says a significant portion of the area’s COVID-19 cases in the past six weeks can be traced to that facility.That spread is subsi
  
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• Winds keep fanning pesky Millard County fire as it exceeds 70,000 acres, destroys two homes

  03-07-2020 17:00
  
  Hundreds of firefighters were cutting and digging containment lines Thursday around the growing Canal Fire, which has blackened more than 70,000 acres and destroyed two homes in Millard County since June 25, when lightning sparked the blaze outside Oak City.Burning about about 100 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, the blaze remained small for the first few days, but high winds Sunday whipped it into Utah’s largest fire of the season as it churned through the Canyon and Gilson ranges west
  
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• Mary Brassard: How much longer will you keep my family in prison?

  03-07-2020 15:02
  
  As I write this, it has been 112 days of house arrest for me, my husband and our four children, two of whom are high risk. I ask you, our community — our jailers — how much longer do you plan to keep us in isolation?Our crime was to bring two beautiful and feisty high-risk children into the world. For that, we have been made to sacrifice seeing family, going on outings or having visitors.Our 18-month-old daughter was hospitalized at two months old, and was given a feeding tube. An il
  
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• Robert Kirby: College COVID parties? Ah, that tuition money is being well-spent.

  03-07-2020 15:00
  
  Most college students in the U.S. are about 25 years old. Ironically, that is the age in which scientists generally agree that the human brain is fully developed.Note: Some say that the female brain develops earlier than the male brain, say, oh, around 22. I’m not a woman — or a scientist — but 22 sounds about right. Girls do seem to mature faster than boys.Anyway, back to the average age of college students. The age of 25 seems to be about when your brain should at the very le
  
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• New study shows Glendale and Rose Park hit hardest by COVID-19

  03-07-2020 14:38
  
  A new study shows low-income Utahns — who are often minorities — are being hit much harder by the pandemic than their wealthier neighbors.Six University of Utah researchers and two students compared COVID-19 cases in 34 ZIP codes in Salt Lake County and found that low-income areas have the highest rates of positive cases.“People residing in those ZIP codes generally are essential workers, so they are out in the community at higher risk” Daniel Mendoza, research assistant
  
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• Frustration and fear are high at Weber County jail after 82 inmates test positive for coronavirus

  03-07-2020 14:13
  
  It was Wednesday afternoon when Weber County jail officials removed five or so men from the unit. Mayra Cristobal’s husband was one of more than 30 inmates left behind, all of whom had been tested for the coronavirus two days prior.As they took those few inmates out of their area, Cristobal’s husband had a realization: He and all those around him had the virus. He was right. Jail officials gathered the entire unit and announced the men had tested positive.“There’s at leas
  
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• Sexual assault survivors are naming their assailants with #UtahRapists

  03-07-2020 14:00
  
  Editor’s note: This story discusses sexual violence. If you need assistance, Utah’s 24-hour sexual violence crisis and information hotline is available at 1-888-421-1100. One of the first posts is from a woman who says she was raped in a parking lot as a teenager. She and a friend were making out in her beat-up sedan when he became forceful. “I told him ‘no’ repeatedly,” she said.He went back into their high school afterward. She stayed in the car. When her mo
  
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• Salt Lake City arts group is offering home delivery of a live dance performance

  03-07-2020 14:00
  
  With a cool summer breeze on their backs, eight people — seated 6 feet apart — watched as Annie Kent danced gracefully around a small stage mounted on a trailer, accompanied by a singer and a guitarist for a five-minute performance in the Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City.Utahns who miss going to the theater have this new option to bring live entertainment to their homes during the pandemic. SB Dance, a performing arts group in Salt Lake City, is delivering short modern dance pe
  
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• Letter: Utah leaders don’t care about COVID-19

  03-07-2020 14:00
  
  It is hard to understand why Utah’s governor and Legislature bother maintaining any sort of pretense that they care about the effects of COVID-19 on the people of this state. The governor has reduced the status of the task force on COVID-19 to an as-needed basis, and apparently, we don’t need it. State epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn might as well talk to the proverbial wall. The average number of new cases per day is 400 or more, the hospitals are nearing capacity and our leaders are
  
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• Letter: There is no constitutional right to harm others

  03-07-2020 14:00
  
  This is not rocket science, people.There is not now, nor has there ever been, a guarantee of absolute freedom in this country. The rights granted by the Constitution have never included the right to harm others.We have, since the beginning, had an abundance of laws that limit our personal freedoms. We are not allowed to assault, murder, defraud, rape, etc. We are required to have a license to operate a vehicle. We must pay taxes to fund the government. We have to stop at stop signs. We have to w
  
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• Letter: Pull those statues down

  03-07-2020 14:00
  
  The argument that offensive statues should be left standing because they are a part of our history is disingenuous.Nobody argues that we should erect a statue to Adolf Hitler or Joseph Goebbels, and these are men who inspired many Americans to fight (and die) so that other people could be free from murderous tyranny. They are a part of our history.We don't have statues of Hitler and Goebbels, not because they were not American, but because they represent values that Americans abhor. So do all of
  
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• Letter: Don’t breathe on me

  03-07-2020 14:00
  
  Dear Mr. Macho,With your wonderful “manliness” and excellent health, you could be harboring the virus with no symptoms.I am elderly with health issues, but I do need groceries, etc.Breathe on me. Kill me.Wear the d--- mask!Carol Ogden, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Defunding the police is a ridiculous idea

  03-07-2020 14:00
  
  I hear repeatedly the following statements: “Defund the police,” “Abolish the police and give the funding to the social services.”What if?911 operator: "What is the problem?"Caller: "My boyfriend is drunk. He has a gun and is shooting holes in the walls and said he will kill me and my baby if I don't get him some beer but he won't let me out of the house!"911 operator: "I have an agent from AA coming in a few hours for your boyfriend and an appointment for you with social
  
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• Letter: Build a highway west of Utah Lake

  03-07-2020 14:00
  
  When the Interstate Highway System was in the beginning phase, in the 1950s, there was talk of building the freeway on the west side of Utah Lake. Naturally there was a lot of opposition to that, as the majority of the people lived on the east side of the lake.Now we are faced with a choice of improving the road on the west side of the lake, brought to the forefront with the slow evacuation of residents due to the Knob Hill Fire.I feel that now would be an excellent time to again focus on and bu
  
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• Letter: Big Oil has its knee on the neck of the planet

  03-07-2020 14:00
  
  I first visited southern Utah in the mid-1980s and was overwhelmed by the region. I now call this area home and still cannot comprehend the intense solitude, silence and darkness.But, on a nighttime trip to Dead Horse Point in 2002, my eyes were assaulted by a flaring gas well, blazing like an explosion on the border of Canyonlands. To me, this symbolized Dick Cheney giving the middle finger to an incredible place he would never try to understand.Now, in the same area just north of Canyonlands,
  
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• Good news for Glendale as Salt Lake City’s Sorenson Center goes solar

  03-07-2020 14:00
  
  The new solar panels atop the Sorenson Multi-Cultural Center began powering a nearly empty campus in mid-June, but the energy generated is hardly going to waste.Due to COVID-19, the Sorenson facility is closed. The energy that isn’t used by the campus goes back to Rocky Mountain Power’s electrical grid, said Salt Lake City’s senior energy and climate program manager, Christopher Thomas.The 360 panels are part of the Sorenson campus’s renovation project and Salt Lake City&
  
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• Firefighters investigating blaze that burned Salt Lake City’s iconic Sconecutter restaurant

  03-07-2020 06:57
  
  Salt Lake City firefighters extinguished a blaze that broke out Thursday morning at the former Sconecutter restaurant at 2040 S. State St., which closed in 2018.The fire, which broke out shortly before noon, sent flames shooting from the roof of the building, and smoke continued to pour from the roof as fire trucks conducting “defensive operations” poured water on it from above. Units left the scene at around 7 p.m. after no flare-ups occurred, SLCFC captain Anthony Burton said.There
  
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• Susan Rice: Why does Trump put Russia first?

  03-07-2020 05:00
  
  Since at least February, and possibly as early as March 2019, the United States has had compelling intelligence that a committed adversary, Russia, paid bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to kill American troops in Afghanistan. American service members were reportedly killed as a result.To this day, the president of the United States has done nothing about it.Instead, President Trump dismissed the intelligence as not “credible” and “possibly another fabricated Russia hoax, may
  
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• Third person arrested in connection with shooting at Provo protest

  03-07-2020 04:31
  
  A third person has been arrested in connection with a shooting that happened Monday at a protest against police violence in Provo.Bradley Walters, 29, of Ogden, was charged with aggravated assault and riot after he was filmed pulling a gun on a driver in an SUV near Center Street and University Avenue, per the probable cause statement. As the man attempted to drive his vehicle through a crowd of protesters, Walters chased the car and continued to point the gun toward it until it left the area, t
  
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• Nicholas Kristof: Refusing to wear a mask is like driving drunk

  03-07-2020 04:00
  
  As the coronavirus rages out of control across much of the United States, Americans are acting curiously helpless.If we had been this passive in 1776, we would still be part of Britain. Yet even as we prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July, we don’t seem willing to assert independence from a virus that in four months has killed more Americans than the Korean, Vietnam, Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq wars did over 70 years.Here’s the simplest of steps we could take: Wear a face mask.In th
  
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• NWSL received federal loan to cover player salaries

  03-07-2020 03:42
  
  The National Women’s Soccer League received a loan from the federal government to cover player salaries for two months, The Salt Lake Tribune confirmed Thursday. The New York Times first reported the story. The Payment Protection Program loan, a league spokesperson said, was used “exclusively” for salaries. NWSL Commissioner Lisa Baird and other league officials took pay cuts. “Our sole intent in applying for the PPP loan was to continue player compensation,&rdq
  
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• Salt Lake City protest halted after arrest of organizer

  03-07-2020 03:33
  
  A planned police brutality protest in downtown Salt Lake City ended early Thursday, after an organizer was arrested for allegedly interfering with officers in what police say is a continuing trend. But a motorist who stopped said she pulled over to start filming because she was concerned that officers appeared to be violent during the arrest.“They were kneeling on a man, and I just thought in this climate I should pull over,” said Leja Field.Salt Lake City Police spokesman Greg Wilki
  
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• Gail Collins: Let’s see what you remember about what’s going on

  03-07-2020 02:39
  
  Happy Independence Day! You definitely deserve a holiday, people. It’s tough trying to keep up on current events when you want to block out four-fifths of what’s going on.But hey, nobody said being a well-informed voter was easy. Let’s see what you remember:1. Having been called “Sleepy Joe” by Donald Trump for months, Joe Biden began trying to dub Trump with the nickname …A. Tweety. B. Sylvester. C. Ramp Man.2. After he lost the primary in New Hampshire, Bid
  
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• Real Monarchs set to open season at home on July 11 — and some fans will be allowed

  03-07-2020 02:20
  
  The Real Monarchs are back, and fans will be allowed to watch them in person.The defending 2019 United Soccer League Championship champions open the truncated 2020 season July 11 against the San Diego Loyal SC at Rio Tinto Stadium at 2 p.m. As many as 5,300 spectators will be allowed in the stadium.“Our staff has worked diligently to develop a comprehensive plan that ensures that we have a safe, healthy and fun environment for our fans while experiencing a great match at Rio Tinto Stadium,
  
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• RSL coach hopes COVID-19 cases slow before MLS tournament start in Florida

  03-07-2020 02:19
  
  Real Salt Lake will celebrate its Fourth of July holiday on a plane headed to Orlando, Fla., where it’ll meet several other Major League Soccer teams getting ready for the MLS is Back Tournament.But RSL will also meet a situation where COVID-19 has been spreading. The league announced Wednesday that six players from FC Dallas have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, four of whom tested positive within the last few days. The Athletic reported that three additional Dallas players and
  
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• Cox’s lead on Huntsman shrinks slightly in updated vote count

  03-07-2020 01:48
  
  Gubernatorial hopeful Spencer Cox saw his lead over Jon Huntsman slip by about 750 votes on Thursday, as state elections officials released another update in the hotly contested Republican primary.Cox, the current lieutenant governor, is still about 10,900 votes ahead of Huntsman and is in first place with 37% of the current vote total. The updated tally shows Huntsman with 34% support.The Thursday update added roughly 58,000 more ballots to the overall vote totals in the GOP primary. The additi
  
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• Chicago adds 14-day quarantine for ‘surge’ states travelers, including Utahns

  03-07-2020 01:46
  
  Chicago • People traveling to Chicago from 15 states with increasing numbers of confirmed cases of the coronavirus will have to quarantine for two weeks upon arrival or face possible fines, city officials announced Thursday.To comply with the order that takes effect Monday, travelers must stay at a single home or other dwelling for 14 days except to seek medical care or be tested for COVID-19.Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on Twitter that the order is intended to “preserve the gains Chicag
  
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