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• Coronavirus outbreak worsens at the Weber County jail

  10-07-2020 23:41
  
  Another 31 people who are incarcerated at the Weber County jail have tested positive for the coronavirus, jail officials announced Friday.That brings the total number of infected inmates to 114, likely the largest outbreaks so far in a jail facility in Utah.“Our top priority is the health and safety of both our inmates and employees,” Lt. Josh Marigoni said in a news release Friday. “Inmates that have tested positive are being isolated into single cells as much as possible and
  
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• A small Utah theater company shuts down after six COVID-19 cases among cast and crew

  10-07-2020 22:41
  
  A cluster of COVID-19 cases has forced a Kaysville theater company to shut down its productions through the end of the year.The Hopebox Theatre in Kaysville — a small, largely volunteer theater company whose mission is to provide entertainment and hope for cancer patients — made the decision to shut down just before the July 4th holiday, said Ryan Bruckman, the company’s marketing director.The company was in rehearsals for its next production, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s &l
  
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• Utah’s FanX convention is axed for 2020, because of COVID-19

  10-07-2020 22:36
  
  The FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention won’t happen this September, extending the coronavirus-caused “summer without superheroes” into the fall.FanX organizers announced Friday that they will postpone the annual gathering of science fiction and fantasy fandoms until 2021. The event, which brings 100,000 or more to the Salt Palace Convention Center, had been scheduled for Sept. 17-19.“After discussions with community leaders, health officials, and [with] the surge of COVID-19
  
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• Andrew Cotter: Final-five voting would fix our election system

  10-07-2020 22:31
  
  Spencer Cox earned 36.4% of votes in Utah’s Republican primary last week, enough to win him the nomination and a very clear path to becoming governor.Although Democrat Chris Peterson awaits Cox in the general election, the race will most likely not be competitive. A Democrat hasn’t won the Utah governor’s race since 1980, and hasn’t received more than 30% of the vote since 2004. Utah’s status as a predominately red state means that the Republican party primary is th
  
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• The axe falls: Utah slashes its athletics budget by $8 million, Kyle Whittingham and Larry Krystkowiak take pay cuts

  10-07-2020 22:02
  
  Like so many of its Power Five and college athletics brethren, the University of Utah athletic department is readying to experience some financial belt tightening in the new fiscal year.On a conference call with beat reporters Friday morning, Utes athletic director Mark Harlan said his athletic department budget for fiscal 2021, which began on July 1, has been slashed by $8 million.That decision, according to Harlan, was made last week as the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening to alter, potentiall
  
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• Chandra Rosenthal: Oil and Gas Leases Threaten the Old Spanish Historic Trail

  10-07-2020 22:00
  
  The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is in the midst of a massive oil and gas lease sale in Utah. The September sale of 114,000 acres of wild lands in Utah will touch national parks, monuments, proposed wilderness and some of the prettiest red rock vistas in Utah.One of the areas that will be impacted is the Old Spanish Historic Trail, an important and historically significant early North American trade route. Some 64 miles of the trail cross 36 of the 77 proposed lease parcels. Conservation grou
  
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• With 867 new COVID-19 cases, Utah sets another record Friday

  10-07-2020 21:34
  
  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. With 867 new coronavirus cases reported on Friday, Utah reached another record increase two days after Thursday’s spike of 722.And with the state’s 7-day average of new cases leaping from 585 to 622 on Friday, the state is s
  
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• Utah slashing its athletics budget by $8 million, with top earners Kyle Whittingham and Larry Krystkowiak taking pay cuts

  10-07-2020 20:39
  
  The University of Utah athletic department is not immune to cost-saving in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.On a conference call with beat reporters Friday morning, Utes athletic director Mark Harlan said his athletic department budget for fiscal 2021, which began on July 1, has been slashed by $8 million.That decision, according to Harlan, was made last week.“We have done some considerable operational cutbacks to the organization,” Harlan said. “I’m real proud o
  
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• Nathan Evershed: Context was lacking as people jumped to conclusions on police shooting

  10-07-2020 20:22
  
  The unfortunate events following the shooting of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal by two Salt Lake City police officers demonstrate what our societal discourse desperately lacks: context.Of course, the death of Mr. Palacios-Carbajal is tragic. His family and friends mourn his loss. Protesters are right to state that his life mattered because it did matter. These points are inarguable.What is arguable, however, is how this case was utilized by politicians, pundits and protesters without any second thou
  
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• Utah hospitals push for mask order despite governor’s claim it’s not needed

  10-07-2020 20:14
  
  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’s major hospital systems are pushing back against Gov. Gary Herbert’s announcement that he will not be mandating masks, outside of schools and state government buildings in Utah.“We feel strongly that this ... req
  
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• Justin F. Thulin: Is the mask President Trump’s Scarlet Letter?

  10-07-2020 20:00
  
  Donald Trump knows that his chances of re-election hinge on a strong economy. If the economy is strong and the stock market soaring, enough voters who otherwise disapprove of Trump’s divisive and authoritarian leaning style might hold their noses, and vote for him again.Certainly his political advisors have told him that the economy will only be strong if the coronavirus is prevented from running wild. When COVID-19 is on the rampage, Americans, whose consumption contributes to 70% of our
  
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• Utah slashing its athletics budget by $9 million, with top earners Kyle Whittingham and Larry Krystkowiak taking pay cuts

  10-07-2020 19:55
  
  The University of Utah athletic department is not immune to cost-saving in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On a conference call with beat reporters Friday morning, Utes athletic director Mark Harlan said his athletic department budget for fiscal 2021, which began on July 1, has been slashed by $9 million. That decision, according to Harlan, was made last week. “We have done some considerable operational cutbacks to the organization,” Harlan said. “I&rs
  
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• BYU restocking the shelf at receiver, but there is talent there, and Matt Bushman returns at tight end

  10-07-2020 19:43
  
  The battle for starting quarterback continues between Zach Wilson, Jaren Hall and Baylor Romney. All three are capable of leading the Cougars, as evidenced by last season’s performances.But a new question arises: Should the offense’s focus be in the air, who will be on the receiving end? BYU graduated its leading wide receivers — Micah Simon, Aleva Hifo and Talon Shumway. Those three provided the bulk of production.But it's not all for naught, Gunner Romney and Dax Milne both r
  
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• Supreme Court rules nearly half of Oklahoma is Indian reservation

  10-07-2020 19:02
  
  Washington • The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that nearly half of Oklahoma falls within an Indian reservation, a decision that could reshape the criminal-justice system, preventing state authorities from prosecuting offenses there that involve Native Americans.The 5-4 decision, potentially one of the most consequential legal victories for Native Americans in decades, could have far-reaching implications for the 1.8 million people who live across what is now deemed “Indian Country&r
  
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• Dio Tararrel: The Trump-ification of language

  10-07-2020 19:00
  
  In 2015, then-candidate Donald Trump told a South Carolina rally: “I know words... I have the best words.”Ever since, President Trump’s big, beautiful words have changed the way Americans talk, and how we talk to each other. From new words like “bigly” and “yuge” and “covfefe,” to cultural touchstones like “you’re fired” and “fake news” and “Make America Great Again,” we’re all fluent in Trump.T
  
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• Beer to go is the silver lining as Utah’s newest brewery takes wing during a pandemic

  10-07-2020 18:55
  
  They had more than 6,000 gallons of fresh-brewed beer and no one to drink it.Instead of pulling a pint of creamy ale or hoppy pilsner from the specialty taps in mid-March — on what was supposed to be opening week — the three co-owners of Salt Lake City’s Grid City Beer Works were boarding up windows and posting a “closed until further notice” sign on the door.The uncertainty of the coronavirus shutdown was surreal, Drew Reynolds said.“We had just put ourselves
  
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• Salt Lake County district attorney decries protest that damaged building. And he vows to work for change.

  10-07-2020 18:51
  
  The morning after protesters damaged the building that houses his offices, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill vowed to “encourage robust civic dialogue” while decrying the violence that injured at least one police officer and two demonstrators.“More than just paint was spilled and windows were broken,” Gill said in a statement, scolding the “few people” who damaged the district attorney’s building for their “unlawful and irresponsible disr
  
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• St. George rally draws supporters, opponents of ‘Dixie’ nickname

  10-07-2020 18:42
  
  St. George • Residents of a Utah city that has adopted a nickname with ties to the Confederacy held a rally Thursday to support the name.A crowd of several hundred people gathered in St. George, with most defending the use of “Dixie” as the community’s unofficial second name, The Spectrum reports.The city in Utah's southwest corner has a street called Dixie Drive and is home to Dixie State University, Dixie Technical College and Dixie Regional Medical Center.Protests
  
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• Jana Riess: If you want to win Latter-day Saints back to the church, shame and fear are not how to do it

  10-07-2020 18:40
  
  This week on social media I have seen two examples of local lay leaders who have sent shaming letters to members they believe have left The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Though, as one recipient pointed out, we’re in a global pandemic and the church is closed in many areas, so where are leaders getting their information about people being inactive? Everyone is inactive at the moment. Inactivity is kind of a thing.)One of the letters in particular has struck me as harmful. I
  
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• President Trump declares disaster in Utah to provide federal funds after March earthquake

  10-07-2020 17:32
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump has approved disaster funding for Utah stemming from the earthquake and aftershocks that rattled the Wasatch Front in March and April, a move that will allow grants for buildings damaged and help for those displaced by the quakes.The funding, including grants for temporary housing, home repairs and business losses, will be available in Salt Lake and Davis counties, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said.A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Magna in the
  
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• Ray McEvilly: A leaders’ job is to maintain American unity

  10-07-2020 17:00
  
  The United States Of America. United? Really?Puritans, slave owners, Native Americans, African slaves, immigrants from almost every country. And, of course, the Civil War. Not exactly Switzerland.Never were we homogeneous. But we had unity as a myth. A good myth, but a myth. In hard times, this myth helped us put aside our differences.That’s why one of the most important, but not appreciated, responsibilities of the office of president, is to keep our diverse country together and speak to
  
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• Bruce Adams looks to be a welcome steadying hand to Republican voters in San Juan County

  10-07-2020 15:31
  
  It seems Republican voters in San Juan County have had all the change they can handle after a tumultuous couple of years that saw election of the first majority-Native American commission following a landmark voting rights lawsuit.Bruce Adams, a retired school teacher and rancher from Monticello, appears likely to roll into his sixth term as San Juan County commissioner after he defeated Blanding City Council Member Cheryl Bowers in the June 30 Republican primary.Adams ran largely on a platform
  
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• Marina Gomberg says we should debate politics everywhere. It’s the only way to move our country forward.

  10-07-2020 15:08
  
  I was all rearing to go, excited to deliver to you a passionate argument about why we should have more political conversations at work.I've been experiencing a reenergized pull toward social justice lately, but it's been met with resistance where it nudges our norm of professional "objectivity."I asked my Facebook friends for their thoughts, like I do, and reached out to former gender studies professor friends for some theory-inspired and historically-conscious wisdom, as well.I was gathering ex
  
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• Utahns keep getting jury duty notices, but no trials in Salt Lake County ‘anytime soon’

  10-07-2020 15:00
  
  When Abby Evans looked through her mail last week, she was surprised to find that both her and her husband had been sent a questionnaire for jury duty — a service she figured had been paused because of the coronavirus pandemic.“We didn’t think they were still doing courts,” she said. “You don’t know what’s open and what’s not.”Evans wasn’t too worried about being called as a juror. She’s been out and about in Utah in the past few
  
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• Timmy Allen removes name from NBA Draft, will return to Utah for junior year

  10-07-2020 14:58
  
  There was little doubt Timmy Allen would return to the University of Utah for at least one more year.Late Thursday evening, the All-Pac-12 wing made it official, taking to Twitter to announce he has removed his name from the NBA Draft underclassmen pool and will return to Utah for his junior season.Allen’s decision comes 13 days before Utah, and the rest of Division I, can open mandatory summer activities on campus July 22.The deadline for underclassmen to remove their names from draft con
  
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• Protesters clash with police after DA says officers who killed Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal were legally justified

  10-07-2020 14:27
  
  Protesters have gathered for weeks in front of the downtown Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office, mostly sticking to their promise of demonstrating every evening until prosecutors released their report on the investigation into the death of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal.Droves of them came out and yelled for justice, for murder charges to be filed against the two officers who shot 22-year-old Palacios-Carbajal as he ran from police, dropping and picking up a gun three times as he stumb
  
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• Utahns describe what it’s like to date during COVID-19

  10-07-2020 14:00
  
  Video chats through an app are safe; socially distanced walks are another option — but dating during a worldwide coronavirus pandemic remains tricky, Utahns say.Traditional date spots, such as restaurants and bars, have the potential to further spread the virus, as Utah topped 10,000 active coronavirus cases last week and set a new record this week for daily diagnosed cases, at 722.The Salt Lake Tribune spoke with residents about what it’s like to try to go on a date right now, or ho
  
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• Robert Kirby: Mandatory masks vs. daily distractions

  10-07-2020 14:00
  
  A few days ago, I entered a grocery store without wearing a mask. There was a sign announcing masks were required in the store and cautioning everyone to maintain social distancing.I saw the signs, read them, and went into the store without a mask anyway. Everyone else — employees, customers — was wearing a mask. But not me.Unfortunately, I had been sent to the store for three items, of which I could only remember one for certain and possibly the second. The third was a completely my
  
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• Megan Mace: Teachers will wear masks, but not hero capes

  10-07-2020 14:00
  
  Several years ago. an artistic room-parent drew a muscular picture of me wearing a mask and a cape and posted it on my classroom door with the words, “You are our superhero!”I kept the rolled-up poster for years. It was a thoughtful gesture of teacher appreciation and it made me smile each time I unrolled the butcher paper to remember what I had stored inside my embarrassingly full teacher closet.Teachers study best practices to ensure time with students is well spent enhancing acade
  
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• Letter: Stop acting like spoiled children

  10-07-2020 14:00
  
  I read in the paper that people in Blanding, where the COVID-19 virus is running amok, felt so bad that they couldn’t have their regular big bang 4th of July celebration that a few of them decided to have a smaller celebration with a car parade.I think the car parade is a great idea. One of the schools had one through our neighborhood and it really cheered us up. But I think gathering for food and trinket vendors presents too big a temptation to mingle too closely.The worldwide pandemic is
  
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• Letter: My cat does a better job

  10-07-2020 14:00
  
  After living through almost four years of chaos in an unhappy country in the middle of a recession and full of disease, I made an observation.Yes, we are living in a country where human beings are allegedly military targets and racism abounds. Just old, everyday news coming from the White House.But what I noticed recently was that my 15-year-old cat takes more time and care of his litter box than the president has taken care of the American people during his pitiful presidency. Sad.Nancy Roblez,
  
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• Letter: Let’s have Trump take an English test

  10-07-2020 14:00
  
  In her book, the president’s niece Mary Trump claims that Donald Trump paid someone to take his SAT tests for him which he, of course, vehemently denies.OK, let’s see for ourselves.Forget college. I challenge him to take a standard written high school freshman English exam, live and on camera.I’ll bet he couldn’t score a C-minus.Mike Parr, SandySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Huntsman for Senate

  10-07-2020 14:00
  
  I consider the Republican governor primary a victory in that Greg Hughes was defeated. I am OK with Spencer Cox as our likely governor.In Jon Huntsman, we now have an overly qualified moderate Republican looking for a job in public service. Wouldn’t it be great to get Mike Lee voted out of office and replaced with someone like Jon Huntsman?I would register as a Republican again to help make that happen.A guy can hope.Jake Christensen, SandySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Cox did not impress me much

  10-07-2020 14:00
  
  Political races are run and decided on perception. Most voters never meet the candidates, much less have extended interaction with them. We are left to the media, debates, word of mouth, the discussion with friends and the believability of a spit-polished resume to make a decision.I was disheartened by the announcement of Jon Huntsman’s concession. My perception of Spencer Cox is like that of the hyper, front-row elementary student, bouncing up and down in his seat, waving his hand, callin
  
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• Letter: Congress must help us through the pandemic

  10-07-2020 14:00
  
  The number one concern among citizens in the country is the coronavirus pandemic and the economic toll it has taken. In Utah alone, the unemployment rate is over 11%.With cases currently spiking, our senators and representatives seem apathetic to the health toll it could take and have opted to stand by as the state reopens with no focus on providing safety to our citizens. What’s worse is the apparently willing blindness to the fact that this spike could have a larger economic toll than wh
  
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• Letter: Burgess Owens should look in a mirror

  10-07-2020 14:00
  
  Burgess Owens, Republican candidate for Congress, says Democratic leaders have gone so far left they’re Marxists and socialists.If he were to ask Republican leaders, and himself, to look in a mirror might they see fascists?Red Oelerich, HolladaySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Frank Carroll: Two old white men compete to lead our nation

  10-07-2020 14:00
  
  The trouble with the cultural revolution is that its outcomes are never known until the smoke clears. As a nation, we are lumbering through a sea of change with little in the way of principled leadership, no reliable lighthouses, and few safe harbors.We are floundering in part because we are losing the principle that we are a nation led by the majority while protecting “certain unalienable rights” of the minority, not every right or every whim of culture or preference.Our country has
  
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• A Saturday pop-up drive-in movie kicks off the Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival, which is going virtual

  10-07-2020 14:00
  
  The Utah Film Center will host a pop-up drive-in movie Saturday as part of this year’s Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival, offering one night to gather — while socially distancing — before its virtual screenings.“People are yearning for in-person connection,” said Mariah Mellus, director of external relations. “Gathering for the entire festival just wasn’t feasible, so we wanted to offer them this one-night event to get together and celebrate the begin
  
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• Protesters smash windows and riot police respond with force after officers who killed Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal avoid criminal charges

  10-07-2020 06:56
  
  Protesters have gathered for weeks in front of the downtown Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office, mostly sticking to their promise of demonstrating every evening until prosecutors released their report on the investigation into the death of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal.Droves of them came out and yelled for justice, for murder charges to be filed against the two officers who shot 22-year-old Palacios-Carbajal as he ran from police, dropping and picking up a gun three times as he stumb
  
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• Schools or bars? Opening classrooms may mean hard choices

  10-07-2020 06:23
  
  Providence, R.I. • President Donald Trump insists that schools reopen this fall. Many parents, educators, doctors and economists want the same thing. But getting children back to school safely could mean keeping high-risk spots like bars and gyms closed.A growing chorus of public health experts is urging federal, state and local officials to reconsider how they are reopening the broader economy, and to prioritize K-12 schools — an effort that will likely require closing some other est
  
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• Utah Jazz out of quarantine, hold first practice in Orlando bubble

  10-07-2020 05:00
  
  Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley (10) talks with Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder during the Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers basketball game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. | Steve Griffin, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — For at least a little while, things were back to normal for the Utah Jazz on Thursday.
  Players were focused, there was ball movement with four or five passes going from corner to corner and no one had his hands on his knees because of fatigue.In short,
  
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• Protesters smash windows, clash with riot police after officers who killed Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal avoid criminal charges

  10-07-2020 04:21
  
  Protesters have gathered for weeks in front of the downtown Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office, mostly sticking to their promise of demonstrating every evening until law enforcement released its investigation into the death of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal.Droves of them came out and yelled for justice, for murder charges to be filed against the two officers who shot 22-year-old Palacios-Carbajal as he ran from police, dropping and picking up a gun three times as he stumbled away.On
  
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• Protesters smash windows, confront riot police after officers who killed Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal avoid criminal charges

  10-07-2020 04:07
  
  Protesters have gathered for weeks in front of the downtown Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office, mostly sticking to their promise of demonstrating every evening until law enforcement released its investigation into the death of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal.Droves of them came out and yelled for justice, for murder charges to be filed against the two officers who shot 22-year-old Palacios-Carbajal as he ran from police, dropping and picking up a gun three times as he stumbled away.On
  
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• Charles M. Blow: The term you are looking for is ‘white supremacy'

  10-07-2020 04:00
  
  Now that we are deep into protests over racism, inequality and police brutality — protests that I’ve come to see as a revisiting of Freedom Summer — it is clear that Donald Trump sees the activation of white nationalism and anti-otherness as his path to reelection. We are engaged in yet another national conversation about race and racism, privilege and oppression.But, as is usually the case, the language we used to describe the moment is lacking. We — the public and the m
  
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• From ‘Call of Duty’ to the joys of fresh air, Utah Jazz recount their first days in the bubble

  10-07-2020 03:58
  
  Mike Conley has gotten so unaccustomed to traveling over these past few months that when he woke up in his room in the Gran Destino Tower at Coronado Springs Resort on Thursday morning, “I thought I was in Utah.”It’s been a whirlwind couple of days for Conley and the Utah Jazz, who were among the first teams to arrive in the NBA bubble inside the Disney World campus near Orlando, and who practiced together Thursday for the first time in months.Conley said that after the team wa
  
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• Morikawa back from missed cut with strong debut at Muirfield

  10-07-2020 03:26
  
  Dublin, Ohio • Collin Morikawa didn’t get rattled by his first missed cut as a pro or his first time playing Muirfield Village.Morikawa finally had a forced weekend off two weeks ago after 22 consecutive cuts to start his PGA Tour career, three short of the standard set by Tiger Woods. He bounced back Thursday in the Workday Charity Open with a 7-under 65 for a one-shot lead over Adam Hadwin.It was a quiet day of work, typical for the PGA Tour with no spectators allowed in the return
  
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• Protesters angry at Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal ruling protest in front of the district attorney’s office

  10-07-2020 02:59
  
  Protesters have gathered for weeks in front of the downtown Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office, mostly sticking to their promise of showing up every evening until law enforcement released its investigation into the death of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal.Droves of them came out and yelled for justice, for murder charges to be filed against the two officers who shot 22-year-old Palacios-Carbajal as he ran from police, dropping and picking up a gun three times as he stumbled away.On Thu
  
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• Tennessee man drowns in Deer Creek State Park

  10-07-2020 02:50
  
  A 71-year-old Tennessee man drowned Wednesday at Deer Creek State Park.Daniel Thompson, from Newport, Tenn., was boating with family and friends between Wallsbury Bay and the Rainbow Cove area at Deer Creek State Park on Wednesday afternoon when his hat fell into the water, according to the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation. Thompson, who was not wearing a life jacket, jumped in to retrieve it, but he was unable to keep his head above water.After a member of Thompson's group jumped in to hel
  
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• Police killing of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal won’t lead to charges, a decision that infuriates his family

  10-07-2020 02:00
  
  Two police officers fired 34 rounds at Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal, killing him in May. The officers said they knew the man had a gun and worried he could turn around quickly and shoot them. Their first bullets hit him in the back.Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill says the officers acted within the law and won’t face criminal charges, a decision that infuriated Palacios-Carbajal’s family. And in reaction, they say they are not going to give up. They’re going to keep pu
  
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• Josh Bird: Dear President Nelson: As my daughter’s father ...

  10-07-2020 02:00
  
  Recently I was preparing the sacrament for my young family as we conducted church at home, and my 3-year-old daughter asked if she could bless the sacrament.I looked at her and didn’t know what to say other than, “I’m sorry, you can’t. I don’t understand why — whether that reason be from God or because of long-held prejudice — but the system we are a part of won’t let you.”While it could be easy to brush her question off now, as she grows old
  
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