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• The Utah Jazz have left for Orlando, and are heading into a whole bunch of unknowns

  07-07-2020 23:21
  
  The Utah Jazz left for Orlando on Tuesday, one of the first NBA teams headed for the Disney World campus bubble that will be their home and base of operations for the foreseeable future, as the league looks to get the season resumed.A few details of what awaits them are known — such as an immediate COVID-19 test upon arrival, another one in 24 hours or so, plus all the myriad details that emerged from the 100-plus-page guidebook of protocols that the league issued last month.Still, though,
  
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• Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox takes a victory lap the day after his win in the Republican primary

  07-07-2020 22:47
  
  The day after he was declared the Republican nominee in Utah’s hotly-contested governor’s race, Lt. Gov Spencer Cox took a victory lap at the state Capitol on Tuesday, arguing that he had won the race against the odds.Political experts told him he started campaigning too early when he announced his bid for the seat last May, he said. They said he wouldn’t go far with a “novice, 25-year-old campaign manager.” And some people told him he couldn’t win without res
  
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• Sunrun acquiring Vivint creates a new solar industry giant

  07-07-2020 22:41
  
  Sunrun, the nation’s largest residential solar company, said Monday it is acquiring a leading competitor, Vivint Solar, to form one of the world’s largest providers of solar equipment.If approved, the all-stock deal would create a company with about 500,000 customers, Sunrun said in a statement. Board members of both companies unanimously approved the deal, it said.Sunrun said the deal had an enterprise value — that is, including the assumption of debt — of $3.2 billion.&
  
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• Wyoming officials proceed with private bid of huge land holdings

  07-07-2020 22:40
  
  Cheyenne, Wyo. • Top Wyoming officials heard both skepticism and encouragement Monday before voting to bid on a Connecticut-sized area of private land and mineral rights spanning three states.The State Loan and Investment Board made up of Gov. Mark Gordon and the other four statewide elected officials faces a Wednesday deadline to bid on Houston-based Occidental Petroleum’s holdings along a wide stretch of the former Transcontinental Railroad route in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.After
  
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• George Pyle: In pandemics, as always, follow the money

  07-07-2020 22:00
  
  Of course I am in favor of the federal Paycheck Protection Program. It did, after all, protect my bloody paycheck.Mine and those of however many other Salt Lake Tribune employees are still standing, to the tune of $854,800, in this time of serious fall-offs in advertising and an atmosphere of potentially less generosity to our new nonprofit structure.There is no shame in that. Certainly no secrecy. As the Treasury Department was coming up with wan excuses for not telling the taxpayers where thei
  
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• Utah’s COVID-19 hospitalizations spike, while new cases stay on a high ‘plateau’

  07-07-2020 21:35
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. Tuesday brought Utah’s biggest increase in known coronavirus hospital admissions yet, with 49 new patients reported hospitalized since Monday.There were 197 Utahns receiving hospital care for COVID-19 as of Tuesday, the Utah Depar
  
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• Nashville-Chicago MLS match postponed after 5 positive tests

  07-07-2020 20:35
  
  Major League Soccer has postponed the second match of the MLS is Back tournament after five Nashville players tested positive for COVID-19, the league announced Tuesday.The match between Nashville and Chicago was initially scheduled for Wednesday. The league said two Nashville players tested positive last weekend and three more positive tests were confirmed Monday night. Four more players received inconclusive results and are requiring further testing.The league said it would continue to evaluat
  
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• Ray Ward: Utah cities should beware of nuclear plant costs

  07-07-2020 20:21
  
  Over the past several years, Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) has been working on a project to build a nuclear reactor to provide some of their power needs. Later this summer, the cities involved will be voting to increase their financial commitment to cover the entire cost of the federal licensing process.It is commendable that UAMPS wants to build a project will provide baseload energy with no CO2 emissions, but it is also vital that they are accurate and transparent about the c
  
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• Watch ‘Trib Talk’ live: How the coronavirus spreads in institutional settings

  07-07-2020 20:01
  
  Click here to watch “Trib Talk“ live.Today at noon on “Trib Talk,” Dr. Allyn Nakashima from the Utah Department of Health will join reporters Nate Carlisle and Jessica Miller to discuss the dangers of community spread of the coronavirus in institutional settings.Watch live here or on our Facebook page, and use #TribTalk on Twitter to join the conversation.“Trib Talk” is produced by Jeni Fitzgibbon and Sara Weber.
  
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• Gordon Monson: The Utah Jazz aim to surprise a world that’s already in shock, if anybody cares anymore

  07-07-2020 19:53
  
  Nobody’s quite sure what to expect from the Jazz in the NBA’s cracked globe in Orlando. And that’s fitting, really, in a season that’s about as abnormal as the bounce of a lopsided, gutter-worn Spalding, having been kicked around the gym too many times.After four months of no basketball at all, alongside fear and trembling — “Everybody’s concerned to a degree,” Emmanuel Mudiay said — caused by a virus that’s still filling hospitals and
  
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• The next energy battle: Renewables vs. natural gas

  07-07-2020 18:49
  
  Dominion Energy, one of the nation’s largest utilities, in late June erected wind turbines off the Virginia coast — only the second such installation in the United States — as part of a big bet on renewable energy.The company is also planning to build new power plants that burn natural gas.Utilities around the country are promoting their growing use of renewable energy like hydroelectric dams, wind turbines and solar panels, which collectively provided more power than coal-fire
  
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• Evening lane closures coming to S.R. 201 for several days

  07-07-2020 18:45
  
  State officials are warning drivers to plan for delays from lane closures for the next several nights on the State Road 201 freeway near 5600 West in West Valley City.The Utah Department of Transportation says lane closures planned there include:• Tuesday beginning at 8 p.m. until Wednesday at 5 a.m., traffic in both directions will be reduced to one lane.• Wednesday from 8 a.m. until Thursday at 5 a.m., all westbound lanes will be closed, and eastbound traffic will be reduced to one l
  
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• Sunrun is acquiring Vivint in a shake-up of the home solar market

  07-07-2020 17:47
  
  Sunrun, the nation’s largest residential solar company, announced Monday evening that it was acquiring a leading competitor, Vivint Solar, to form one of the world’s largest providers of solar equipment.If approved, the all-stock deal would create a company with about 500,000 customers, Sunrun said in a statement. Board members of both companies unanimously approved the deal, it said.Sunrun said the deal had an enterprise value — that is, including the assumption of debt &mdash
  
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• Utah man accused of pointing gun at people with Trump flags and shooting at another group

  07-07-2020 17:33
  
  A Utah man is accused of brandishing a gun at a group of people over the Trump flags on their ATV and then shooting at his wife and her companions while he was drunk on a mountain on the Fourth of July.Witnesses in Fillmore canyon said the man, 40, pulled a gun out of his waistband and pointed it at five people, commenting on the Trump flags flying from their four-wheeler and telling a child in the group that “he was going to come break into his house and kill his family,” police wro
  
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• Two men charged after shooting at Provo protest

  07-07-2020 17:25
  
  One man who allegedly fired a gun at a motorist during a Provo protest and another who reportedly aimed a gun at the vehicle are now facing felony charges.Jesse Keller Taggart, 33, of Salt Lake City, has been charged in 4th District Court with attempted aggravated murder, a first-degree felony; aggravated assault and discharge of a firearm causing injury, both second-degree felonies; and rioting, a third-degree felony. Bradley Glenn Walters, 29, of Ogden, has been charged with aggravated assault
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: How the coronavirus spreads in institutional settings

  07-07-2020 17:10
  
  Today at noon on “Trib Talk,” Dr. Allyn Nakashima from the Utah Department of Health will join reporters Nate Carlisle and Jessica Miller to discuss the dangers of community spread of the coronavirus in institutional settings.Watch live here or on our Facebook page, and use #TribTalk on Twitter to join the conversation.“Trib Talk” is produced by Jeni Fitzgibbon and Sara Weber.
  
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• Trump blasts NASCAR, Bubba Wallace over flag and noose

  07-07-2020 15:39
  
  Washington • NASCAR’s layered relationship with President Donald Trump took a sharp turn Monday when Trump took a sideswipe at the racing organization for banning the Confederate flag and wrongly accused the sport’s only full-time Black driver of perpetrating “a hoax” when a crew member found a noose in the team garage stall.Trump suggested Bubba Wallace should apologize after the sport rallied around him after the noose was found in his assigned stall at Talladega S
  
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• Sign at Holladay’s Cotton Bottom Inn has been restored — and has working lights for the first time in decades

  07-07-2020 15:06
  
  After decades without working lights — the iconic rabbit sign at the Cotton Bottom Inn now has neon illumination.“It’s the first time in about 60 years,” surmised Dave Brimley, owner of Brimley Neon, which recently restored the vintage sign.On Monday, the company returned the blue and yellow piece to its home at about 6200 South Holladay Boulevard in Holladay.Brimley said there were no photos to show the exact color of the two original neon tubes. From the paint around th
  
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• National GOP group uses questionable claims to label attorney general candidate as ‘lawless liberal Greg Skordas'

  07-07-2020 15:06
  
  After spending $450,000 to help Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes survive the GOP primary, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) has now pivoted to attack his Democratic rival in the November election, labeling him “lawless liberal Greg Skordas.”But the partisan group didn’t give the full story in some decades-old quotes and news reports that it used to try to justify that description. It prompted Skordas to say, “The dirty part of politics is starting to sho
  
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• Nearly 51,000 Utah businesses shared more than $5 billion in paycheck loans

  07-07-2020 15:05
  
  Washington • From the Blue Boutique to the Girl Scouts of Utah. From the Park City bar at the center of the first coronavirus outbreak in the state to the company that sold Utah — then refunded — $800,000 in controversial malaria medicine that President Donald Trump promoted as a wonder drug against the disease.From small-town coal haulers to major ski resorts to law firms and businesses of the well-connected.More than 50,000 Utah businesses, nonprofits and social groups shared
  
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• ‘Black Lives Matter’ and other messages about justice are painted on Park City’s historic Main Street

  07-07-2020 15:00
  
  The words “Black Lives Matter” — along with messages of solidarity, unity and justice — now run the length of Park City’s historic Main Street.Four murals were painted on the pavement of Park City’s popular commercial district over the Fourth of July weekend, a collaborative project spearheaded by the city government and the Park City/Summit County Arts Council.“They wanted to show their support for the issues going around in the country,” said Bil
  
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• Utah oil field leaves a mixed legacy for members of the Navajo Nation

  07-07-2020 14:30
  
  Montezuma Creek • Every other morning at dawn, just before the sun rises over Sleeping Ute Mountain, Marilyn Holly takes her eight goats out to graze. With the help of a sheepdog, she guides the herd through the clumps of greasewood and rabbitbrush near her home, fattening them on the desert vegetation of the northern Navajo Nation.Holly, who is vice president of the Navajo Nation’s Red Mesa Chapter and chairwoman of the San Juan County Democratic Party, has a permit to graze the anim
  
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• Letter: Does Romney have a conscience?

  07-07-2020 14:02
  
  My American Dream is one where women have control of their own bodies, very narrow religious morality isn’t legislated, consenting adults can marry whoever they want, minorities aren’t constantly demonized either overtly or through dog-whistle code words, where greed at the expense of human life and dignity are punished rather than rewarded, where scientific consensus is understood and accepted and where everyone feels it is their civic duty to help their brothers and sisters rise to
  
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• Letter: Hate and ignorance won’t help

  07-07-2020 14:01
  
  I was extremely dismayed to read Piute County Commissioner Darin Bushman’s tweet where he compared Gov. Gary Herbert to Adolph Hitler because of Herbert’s approval of requests from Salt Lake and Summit counties to require face masks in public.By erring on the side of public health and local control, Gov. Herbert absolutely did the right thing. Bushman’s attack is profoundly absurd and childish. This should go without saying, but It is impossible to compare the gross human right
  
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• Utahn charged for allegedly driving onto rock art preserve in a move that sparked fire

  07-07-2020 14:00
  
  A 21-year-old Riverton resident faces criminal mischief and trespass charges after his car sparked a fire that charred a rock art preserve on the west shore of Utah Lake.Authorities say Dominic Deros drove off State Road 68 to evade a road closure associated with Saratoga Springs’ Knolls Fire in late June.That maneuver started a second blaze that scarred 388 acres, including parts of the Adelbert Doyle Smith Family Archaeological Preserve, and disrupted crews’ efforts to fight the Kn
  
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• Robert Kirby: The newest American holiday — Indignant Day

  07-07-2020 14:00
  
  Three days after celebrating Independence Day, I’m still collecting the debris. Bits and pieces of illegal fireworks are everywhere, covering the street, driveway and lawn.See, when that stuff explodes overhead, it doesn’t just magically go away along with the lights and noise. It falls to the ground in the form of shredded cardboard, bits of wood, clumps of sand filler, and tiny parachutes.All told, I think my neighborhood spent thousands of dollars to make the evening memorable for
  
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• Letter: What was in Trump’s water?

  07-07-2020 14:00
  
  The Salt Lake Tribune published an AP article by Ellen Knickmeyer that may give some of an insight into the workings of this current administration in regards to EPA rollbacks.Perchlorate, a neurotoxin, is considered a contaminant in explosives, i.e., think fireworks. The chemical has been found in the water at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, which resulted in the stoppage of fireworks displays there for the last decade, until this year.Friday, our illustrious president was at
  
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• Letter: Say, ‘Hale, no!’ to theater reopening

  07-07-2020 14:00
  
  The decision that the Hale Centre Theatre has made to open their 911-seat theater this week for their production of Mary Poppins, seems to me to be based more on greed than concern for their patrons, staff, and actors. A 70% favorable patron survey was apparently an incentive for their reopening.As stated in the recent Tribute article, “patrons will be seated shoulder-to-shoulder, as long as regular face masks are used.” But I’m wondering how the Hale staff will accommodate ref
  
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• Letter: People who make up their own rules

  07-07-2020 14:00
  
  What shall we call the new American underclass that refuses to stand up for public health? The never-maskers who defy government policy and the recommendations of experts. The I-ain’t-afraid-of-nothing types.They thumb their noses at common sense and science. They make up their own rules, their own Constitution, their own history of the world.These are the party people, the live-for-today and to-hell-with tomorrow people. The pseudo-citizens who care more about their own daily pleasures th
  
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• Charles M. Blow: ‘Tell the truth and shame the devil’

  07-07-2020 14:00
  
  As Donald Trump gave his race-baiting speeches over the Fourth of July weekend, hoping to rile his base and jump-start his flagging campaign for reelection, I was forced to recall the ranting of a Columbia University sophomore that caught the nation’s attention in 2018.In the video, a student named Julian von Abele exclaims, “We built the modern world!” When someone asks who, he responds, “Europeans.”Von Abele goes on:“We invented science and industry, and you
  
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• Bret Stephens: People who cannot speak freely will not be able to think clearly

  07-07-2020 14:00
  
  This Fourth of July, it’s worth taking stock of the state of freedom — and of our attitudes toward it — at home and around the world.In Russia, Vladimir Putin just won a “plebiscite” ratifying his right to stay in power until the year 2036. In Hong Kong, a new security law came into effect, effectively putting an end to the right of peaceful protest. In Poland, a runoff election will decide if the country continues its slide toward illiberalism.In the United States,
  
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• Chiefs, Mahomes agree to 10-year, $503M extension

  07-07-2020 06:38
  
  The Kansas City Chiefs made sure they’ll have Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes around as long as possible.Mahomes agreed to a 10-year extension worth up to $503 million, according to his agency, Steinberg Sports. The deal is worth $477 million in guarantee mechanisms and includes a no-trade clause and opt-out clauses if guarantee mechanisms aren’t met.It’s the richest contract in professional sports history, surpassing Mike Trout’s $426.5 million deal with the Los Angeles A
  
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• Jazz mailbag: Mike Conley’s absence, positive test theory and who’ll fill in for Bojan Bogdanovic?

  07-07-2020 05:05
  
  Mike Conley and Bojan Bogdanovic participated in an introductory press conference for the Utah Jazz on Monday, July 8, 2019 in Las Vegas where they showcased their No. 10 and No. 44 jerseys. | Eric Woodyard, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — If all goes according to plan, in just over three weeks the Utah Jazz will play a nationally broadcast game against the New Orleans Pelicans to kick off the restart of the 2019-20 NBA season.
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• Sports jumps on PPP bandwagon, but big leagues take a pass

  07-07-2020 05:04
  
  Rapper Ice Cube, Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and longtime boxing promoter Bob Arum led a cavalcade of sports leagues, federations, businesses and teams that navigated a federal loan program designed to help small firms cope with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.Data released Monday showed hundreds of thousands of Paycheck Protection Program recipients across a wide range of industries, and sports-related businesses were well represented. However, none of the four major North
  
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• Salt Lake City man faces murder charge in connection with West Valley City auto shop shooting

  07-07-2020 04:45
  
  A Salt Lake City man faces a first-degree felony murder charge in connection with the shooting death outside a West Valley City auto body shop in late June.Edwin Fong Carrillo, 40, was also charged Monday in 3rd District Court with improperly possessing a weapon and obstructing justice, both second-degree felonies, related to the June 22 shooting in a parking lot near 1430 W. 3500 South, court documents say.West Valley City police reportedly found Abdulraheem Al-Hisnawi, 49, sitting on the groun
  
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• Tom Butine: Northern Corridor Highway would be a scar on Washington County

  07-07-2020 04:39
  
  Utahns from all corners of the state visiting St. George will remember the scenic beauty of the rugged red Navajo sandstone cliffs and sculptures north of I-15. This wilderness gem is literally in St. George’s backyard and it’s been protected from development for the past 25 years.This scenic area located within minutes of downtown St. George is at serious risk. Washington County is on the verge of getting approval for the Northern Corridor Highway (NCH) which would cut through this
  
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• Kanye West? The Girl Scouts? Hedge funds? All got PPP loans.

  07-07-2020 04:18
  
  Washington • The government’s small business lending program has benefited millions of companies, with the goal of minimizing the number of layoffs Americans have suffered in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Yet the recipients include many you probably wouldn’t have expected.Kanye West's clothing line. The sculptor Jeff Koons. Law firms and high-dollar hedge funds. The Girl Scouts. Political groups on both the left and right.All told, the Treasury Department's Paycheck Prot
  
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• Hospitals approach capacity as Miami closes restaurants

  07-07-2020 03:31
  
  Miami • Hospitals rapidly approached capacity across the Sunbelt, and the Miami area closed restaurants and gyms again because of the surging coronavirus Monday, as the U.S. emerged from a Fourth of July weekend of picnics, pool parties and beach outings that health officials fear could fuel the rapidly worsening outbreak.The seesaw effect — restrictions lifted, then reimposed — has been seen around the country in recent weeks and is expected again after a holiday that saw crowd
  
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• Supreme Court justices rule states can bind presidential electors’ votes

  07-07-2020 03:23
  
  Washington • In a decision flavored with references to “Hamilton” and “Veep,” the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that states can require presidential electors to back their states’ popular vote winner in the Electoral College.The ruling, in cases in Washington state and Colorado just under four months before the 2020 election, leaves in place laws in 32 states and the District of Columbia that bind electors to vote for the popular-vote winner, as electo
  
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• Tom Butine: Northern Corridor Highway would be an unnecessary scar on Washington County

  07-07-2020 03:00
  
  Utahns from all corners of the state visiting St. George will remember the scenic beauty of the rugged red Navajo sandstone cliffs and sculptures north of I-15. This wilderness gem is literally in St. George’s backyard and it’s been protected from development for the past 25 years.This scenic area located within minutes of downtown St. George is at serious risk. Washington County is on the verge of getting approval for the Northern Corridor Highway (NCH) which would cut through this
  
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• Man accused of shooting at an ambulance, starting a grass fire and stealing an ATV while leading police on multicounty chase

  07-07-2020 02:30
  
  A man is accused of shooting at an ambulance and leading police on a chase through several Utah counties, where he also allegedly stole and crashed a four-wheeler, started a grass fire and pointed his gun at several people who tried to stop him.The man, 32 — suspected of shooting at an ambulance on Interstate 15 in Utah County — was located by troopers in Wasatch County on Saturday, according to jail documents. The man drove away, leading police on a chase that troopers called off wh
  
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• Utah Jazz center and Florida native Tony Bradley returns home for the NBA season restart

  07-07-2020 02:23
  
  Utah Jazz draft pick Tony Bradley is surrounded by students during a “Welcome to Utah” assembly at South Jordan Elementary School on Thursday, June 29, 2017. Bradley joined fellow draft picks Nigel Williams-Goss and Donovan Mitchell at the assembly, where they read to more than 700 students, answered questions and stressed the importance of a good education. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — When the Utah Jazz arrive in Orlando on Tuesday, it’ll be somewhat of
  
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• Spencer Cox wins Republican primary race for Utah governor over Jon Huntsman

  07-07-2020 01:56
  
  Lt. Gov Spencer Cox, a Fairview farmer with a brand as a compassionate conservative, has bested Jon Huntsman, the former Utah governor who was seeking a third term, in the closely watched Republican primary race for Utah governor.The Associated Press called the race in Cox’s favor shortly after 4 p.m. Monday.Cox said in a statement that he and his running mate, Spanish Fork state Sen. Deidre Henderson, were “humbled by the vote of confidence from the people of Utah in selecting us as
  
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• Utah Jazz’s Tony Bradley gets accidentally muscular during his time away

  07-07-2020 01:50
  
  Utah Jazz reserve big man Tony Bradley is exceedingly polite and earnest, though his newfound loquaciousness unintentionally made him the target of mock, exasperated scorn on social media Monday afternoon after he revealed in a Zoom call with media that he put on some muscle during the NBA’s hiatus even though he “wasn’t trying to.”“I’ve been getting that compliment from a lot of people as I’ve been walking around the [practice] facility,” Bradley
  
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• Spencer Cox wins primary race for Utah governor, Associated Press says

  07-07-2020 01:06
  
  Lt. Gov Spencer Cox, a Fairview farmer with a brand as a compassionate conservative, has bested Jon Huntsman, the former Utah governor who was seeking a third term, in the closely-watched Republican primary race for Utah governor.The Associated Press called the race in Cox’s favor on shortly after 4 p.m. Monday.“Senator [Deidre] Henderson and I are humbled by the vote of confidence from the people of Utah in selecting us as the Republican nominees for governor and lieutenant governor
  
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• Blake Moore wins Utah’s tight 1st Congressional District GOP race

  07-07-2020 01:03
  
  Businessman Blake Moore was declared the winner Monday in Utah’s close 1st Congressional District race by the Associated Press, making it likely he will be northern Utah’s next representative.The victory call came a short after Davis County Commissioner Bob Stevenson said Monday that Moore was on track to win — even though Stevenson did not concede formally.“The trends are strongly in Mr. Moore’s favor, and we expect that” to continue, Stevenson said.He added
  
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• Mitchell Adams: A more positive approach to fixing racism in our communities

  07-07-2020 01:00
  
  With a renewed awakening of the problems of racism in our society, anti-racist rhetoric has been flooding the internet. Much of this rhetoric tends to be negative towards specific individuals or general classes of people.Researchers at the University of Chicago found that while negative feedback instills a renewed dedication to continue improving, positive feedback is what motivates people to commit to lasting improvement in the first place. If we want to decrease racism in our communities, we m
  
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• Judge orders Dakota Access pipeline shut down pending review

  07-07-2020 00:38
  
  Fargo, N.D. • A judge on Monday ordered the Dakota Access pipeline shut down for additional environmental review more than three years after it began pumping oil — handing a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and delivering a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to weaken public health and environmental protections his administration views as obstacles to businesses.In a 24-page order, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., wrote that he was “min
  
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• Jana Riess: Reading Bible prophecy in a time of pandemic

  07-07-2020 00:32
  
  Years ago, when I worked at Publishers Weekly and regularly made the rounds of publishing trade shows, I found myself sort-of-not-quite having breakfast with Hal Lindsey, the author of “The Late Great Planet Earth.” The tables in the hotel buffet were close together, and he was eating at the table right next to mine. We didn’t speak, but I took the opportunity to spy on him. (Do not judge me. You would have done the same.)Mostly I noted that he seemed to be eating his breakfast
  
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• F.C. Dallas withdraws from the MLS is Back tournament

  07-07-2020 00:25
  
  FC Dallas has withdrawn from the MLS is Back tournament in Florida after 10 players tested positive for coronavirus.The league said Monday that of the 557 players sequestered at a pair of Walt Disney World hotels, 13 have tested positive: 10 from Dallas, two from Nashville and one from Columbus.The decision was made in the interest of the other players at the tournament. The number of positive cases also meant that Dallas could not play competitive games.“The decision to have them not part
  
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