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• Coronavirus in Utah: State sees deadliest week so far, as officials report 629 new cases, 3 more deaths

  12-07-2020 22:06
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. The COVID-19 pandemic is not getting any better in the state of Utah. In fact, going by nothing but the raw data, the situation has never been worse.The Utah Department of Health reported 629 new cases on Sunday, capping the state&rsquo
  
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• Virus spread, not politics should guide schools, doctors say

  12-07-2020 21:18
  
  As the Trump administration pushes full steam ahead to force schools to resume in-person education, public health experts warn that a one-size-fits-all reopening could drive infection and death rates even higher.They’re urging a more cautious approach, which many local governments and school districts are already pursuing.But U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos doubled down on President Donald Trump's insistence that kids can safely return to the classroom.“There’s nothing in
  
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• Coronavirus in Utah: Officials report 629 new cases, three more deaths

  12-07-2020 20:41
  
  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 deadliest week since the COVID-19 pandemic began in mid-March ended with another high number of new cases.The state reported 629 new cases on Sunday afternoon, bringing the total number statewide to 29,484, the first time t
  
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• Indie-pop band The Aces talk about life between Utah and L.A., and their second album, ‘Under My Influence’

  12-07-2020 19:00
  
  The four women who make up The Aces have been living physically apart lately — two in the indie-pop band’s home state, Utah, and two in the city many bands go to in order to succeed: Los Angeles.The Aces are still tight — “We’re all best friends, we’ve grown up together,” said lead singer and guitarist Cristal Ramirez. However, the temporary distance, exacerbated by the need to stay home because of COVID-19, is representative of the conflicting emotions
  
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• Grizzly bears around Yellowstone can stay on endangered species list, court rules

  12-07-2020 18:30
  
  Those 700 or so grizzly bears around Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are safe — at least for now.A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled this week that the bears living in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem — which includes 34,000 square miles in parts of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming — will remain federally protected under the Endangered Species Act.The decision, issued Wednesday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, affirmed a 2018 District Court ruling that
  
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• Proposals could bring trains to Colorado’s Tennessee Pass

  12-07-2020 18:24
  
  Denver • It’s been 23 years since trains rumbled through the tunnel atop Tennessee Pass.That could change as interest in the dormant Tennessee Pass Line between Cañon City and Dotsero grows. A fledgling railway project in Utah’s Uinta Basin and a billionaire New York City developer with thousands of acres of wheat and an existing rail operation in southeastern Colorado are circling the tracks, hoping to revive the state’s 208-mile transmountain railway.If either get
  
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• BYU golfer Kerstin Fotu will defend her title in the Women’s State Am

  12-07-2020 18:22
  
  Midway • In early March, hardly anyone would have imagined the 114th Women’s State Amateur becoming the first event of the Utah Golf Association’s 2020 calendar.Thanks to the cancellation and rescheduling of other tournaments, the Women’s Am will lead off the UGA schedule Monday in its original mid-July spot. A field of 61 golfers will compete in two rounds of stroke play, with 16 qualifiers advancing to match play Wednesday and Thursday at Soldier Hollow Golf Course.BYU g
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Gov. Herbert puts burden of pandemic on Utah schools

  12-07-2020 17:15
  
  On top of placing the burden of feeding, counseling, protecting — and, oh, yes, educating — the youth of our state on the underfunded and overcrowded public schools, Gov. Gary Herbert has added a major responsibility for dealing with the still-rising COVID-19 pandemic.How very Utah of him.The governor announced Thursday that he would require all students, teachers, administrators and staff in the public schools and publicly funded charter schools to wear masks on the premises and on
  
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• The police killing of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal: Where prosecutors and the family’s lawyers disagree.

  12-07-2020 17:15
  
  For more than an hour, the Salt Lake County district attorney laid out the case for why two officers who shot and killed Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal did not violate Utah law.Sim Gill showed multiple videos from different camera angles, using a laser pointer to highlight details. He provided protracted explanations for his thinking, taking reporters and the public step-by-step through the decision. He seized on a set of what he characterized as unavoidable facts: Palacios-Carbajal was a suspect in
  
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• Shirley Ann Higuchi: Black Americans helped Asian Americans find their voice

  12-07-2020 17:00
  
  In the summer of 1942, as he rode in a darkened train with his family from California to a remote corner of Wyoming, 16-year-old Takashi Hoshizaki felt sympathy from one group that was traveling with them — the African American Pullman porters who worked on the U.S. railroads.Takashi, who is now 94, told me the porters knew exactly what was happening on those hot, dusty and darkened trains that summer: They were watching another group of Americans, whose appearance and ethnic origin set th
  
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• States that ended shutdowns early are leading the surge in coronavirus infections

  12-07-2020 16:37
  
  Florida and South Carolina were among the first to open up and are now among the states leading the current surge in coronavirus cases. In contrast, the states that bore the brunt of cases in March and April but were slower to reopen have seen significant decreases in reported cases since. Average daily cases in New York are down 52% since the state reopened in late May and down 83% in Massachusetts.South Carolina — the first state to reopen retail stores — continues to set records f
  
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• Local Propagandists are behind the thousands of protest signs carried — and left behind — by Salt Lake City protesters

  12-07-2020 16:29
  
  A white poster board with red letters, proclaiming, ”Don’t shoot,” is stuck to the top of a “Road Closed” sign. Another — with “Justice for Bernardo” written in a clean sans serif font — is taped to the back of a park bench. Or a bus stop. Or a building.Wherever protesters march, the signs follow, and some are purposely left behind, reminders of the moment and the movement hours, days and sometimes weeks after demonstrators return home for th
  
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• What we know about the long term consequences of getting COVID-19

  12-07-2020 15:00
  
  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. Sometimes it seems like every article about the coronavirus is trying to scare you.That’s especially true for articles about the long-term impacts of COVID-19. They tend to start the same way: introducing you to someone whose life
  
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• The police killing of Palacios-Carbajal: Where prosecutors and the family’s lawyers disagree.

  12-07-2020 15:00
  
  For more than an hour, the Salt Lake County district attorney laid out the case for why two officers who shot and killed Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal did not violate Utah law.Sim Gill showed multiple videos from different camera angles, using a laser pointer to highlight details. He provided protracted explanations for his thinking, taking reporters and the public step-by-step through the decision. He seized on a set of what he characterized as unavoidable facts: Palacios-Carbajal was a suspect in
  
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• Robert Kirby: I want my LDS Church stimulus check

  12-07-2020 15:00
  
  Whether or not you believe it, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is reportedly the richest religion. So says a Kenyan news and entertainment website.When it comes to money, we beat out the Catholic Church in Vatican City, the Catholic Church in Germany, and the Church of England, to name just a few.Not that this is anything to brag about. It’s just surprising that a raggedy bunch of pioneers who dragged themselves into a desert 173 years ago should pull down more today than c
  
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• Government has let us down, say Utahns who have lost family to the coronavirus

  12-07-2020 15:00
  
  Hiltrud Saje emigrated from Germany after World War II. On May 8, she died in Salt Lake City of COVID-19 and dementia.Now her daughter looks at her mother’s home country with some envy. Germany has done a better job than Utah and the United States at containing the coronavirus.“The federal government issued some statements saying masks are not going to help you save them,” Natasha Sajé said, recalling the early weeks of the American pandemic. " … In retrospect, th
  
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• Six ways Utah will spend millions in new coronavirus relief

  12-07-2020 14:05
  
  State officials are pushing out another huge wave of pandemic-relief cash to boost struggling small businesses, promote tourism, retrain unemployed workers and help arts and cultural groups reconnect with the public.As soon as Monday, officials will begin taking online requests for grants from a pool of more than $60 million in federal COVID-19 aid, the latest installment in an historic infusion of money sent to Utah and other states under Congress’ $2.2 trillion CARES Act.This latest cash
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Herbert puts burden of pandemic on Utah schools

  12-07-2020 14:00
  
  On top of placing the burden of feeding, counseling, protecting — and, oh, yes, educating — the youth of our state on the underfunded and overcrowded public schools, Gov. Gary Herbert has added a major responsibility for dealing with the still-rising COVID-19 pandemic.How very Utah of him.The governor announced Thursday that he would require all students, teachers, administrators and staff in the public schools and publicly funded charter schools to wear masks on the premises and on
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Is Peacock worth the price? Sure — if you don’t have to pay extra for it

  12-07-2020 14:00
  
  Yet another streaming service, Peacock, launches on Wednesday. And for thousands of Utahns, subscribing is a total no-brainer.If you’re a Comcast/Xfinity customer, you’ll get it as part of your subscription. As a matter of fact, you already have it. A limited version of Peacock for current Comcast customers launched on April 15 — all you have to do is sign up online. (It’s easy. It just takes a few minutes.)Do we need another streaming service? Nope. Why are we getting th
  
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• Letter: Trump is nothing but negativity

  12-07-2020 14:00
  
  The mood of the country is dour and the reason is because of President Trump’s cantankerous politics. If you take the time to read his obstreperous tweets or catch his public comments you find nothing but negativity.Looking back on the past three years, you discover that he has fired more cabinet members than any previous president, he has criticized NATO, has withdrawn from the Iranian nuclear treaty and quit the World Health Organization, just to name a few. The litany is large.This Nove
  
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• Letter: The American flag is a good partner for any protest

  12-07-2020 14:00
  
  I love the American flag. For me, it carries living military legacies, represents freedom to speak and worship and it symbolizes an improving and democratic nation.I also consider myself to be more liberal when it comes to policy and issues of the day than most others who fly and love our star-spangled banner. When it comes to the display and appreciation of the United States flag, I find myself in a sea of decent conservatives and even extreme-right nationalists.While I don’t take issue w
  
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• Letter: Supreme Court honors land treaty

  12-07-2020 14:00
  
  Mark July 9 on your calendar, not just for the Supreme Court decisions announced that day regarding President Trump’s personal finances, but also because of another decision announced by “The Supremes.”They declared, by a narrow 5-4 decision, that more than half of the state of Oklahoma must be honored as lands granted by historic treaty to the Muscogee Nation.Oklahoma, despite the hideous perforation just about everywhere by oil drill rigs, and despite the ultimate poisoning b
  
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• Letter: Compliance is encouraged

  12-07-2020 14:00
  
  Utah Senate President Stuart Adams and House Speaker Brad Wilson both oppose a mask edict for public spaces, saying they prefer to encourage people to do the right thing.Given this reasoning, it seems we need to amend many signs on our public roads, e.g., “Speed Limit 50/Compliance is Encouraged” or “STOP/Compliance is Encouraged.”Nancy Cantor, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Burgess Owens doesn’t know what Marxism is

  12-07-2020 14:00
  
  Republican Fourth Congressional District candidate Burgess Owens apparently thinks people who want to have universal health care are Marxists. This would mean that virtually all of our nation’s allies (Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, every country in the European Union, et al.) are Marxist.Yes, Owens is fast and loose with his labeling. I for one am not interested in being represented by someone who can’t tell the difference between the governments of the
  
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• Leonard Pitts: There’s ample blame to go around in teen’s COVID-19 death

  12-07-2020 14:00
  
  A few words on the death of Carsyn Leigh Davis.It has become predictable that the political right always knows whom to blame for disaster. After the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Donald Trump blamed video games. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Pat Robertson blamed a pact with the devil. After the 2001 terrorist attacks, the late Jerry Falwell Sr. blamed abortion, feminists and the ACLU.But if any prominent conservative has assigned blame for Cars
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: What books will help me teach my kids about race and diversity?

  12-07-2020 14:00
  
  Dear Ann Cannon • If there’s anything I’ve learned during the past few months, it’s that a lot of us aren’t doing a very good job when it comes to talking to our kids about diversity and race. As a young white mother, I definitely include myself in that category. I know that you have an interest in books for young readers. Can you make some recommendations?— Wants to Be Part of the SolutionDear Wants to Be Part of the Solution • Thank you for this excellen
  
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• Millcreek Canyon evacuation order lifted as crews get wildfire under control

  12-07-2020 05:39
  
  At least two fires could be seen burning in the Salt Lake Valley on Saturday, including one that forced hikers and bikers out of Millcreek Canyon.The Millcreek Canyon evacuation announcement came just before 7:30 p.m., about an hour and half after people first reported seeing smoke plumes rising near 3400 S. Crestwood Drive, a residential area just north of the mouth of the canyon near Interstate 215.It was rescinded by just after 8:45 p.m. Officials have named that blaze the Crestwood Fire. It
  
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• Utah Jazz adjusting to life without Bojan Bogdanovic as practice continues in Orlando

  12-07-2020 05:06
  
  Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic (44) and guard Donovan Mitchell (45) celebrate as the Jazz have the lead over the Orlando Magic in the final seconds of the game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — There’s a general assumption out there, Quin Snyder surmised, that NBA teams will be able to essentially pick up where they left off four months ago as the league restarts this month in Orlando.
  On Saturday, however
  
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• Utah Jazz’s Quin Snyder says he’s coaching differently now than at the beginning of the season

  12-07-2020 04:47
  
  Given that the Utah Jazz haven’t played a game now in four months, and need to re-acclimate to playing together, and need to adjust to the absence of Bojan Bogdanovic, how does coach Quin Snyder prioritize what to emphasize in these initial days in the Orlando bubble?Turns out, he goes back to the very beginning.“You kind of assume that because the season’s been going that you don’t have as much to do, because you can keep doing what you’re doing. For us, that was r
  
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• Millcreek Canyon evacuated because of nearby Crestwood Fire

  12-07-2020 03:49
  
  Millcreek Canyon is being evacuation because of a wildfire burning nearby.The evacuation announcement came just before 7:30 p.m., about an hour and half after people first reported seeing smoke plumes rising near 3400 S. Crestwood Drive, a residential area just north of the mouth of the canyon near Interstate 215.
  (Francisco Kjolseth|The Salt Lake Tribune) Fire crews battle a fire near Millcreek Canyon, on Saturday, July 11, 2020, started near 3400 South Crestwood Dr., as helicopters, single eng
  
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• Mueller defends Russia probe, says Stone remains a felon

  12-07-2020 03:11
  
  Washington • Former special counsel Robert Mueller sharply defended his investigation into ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, writing in a newspaper opinion piece Saturday that the probe was of “paramount importance” and asserting that a Trump ally, Roger Stone, “remains a convicted felon, and rightly so” despite the president’s decision to commute his prison sentence.The op-ed in The Washington Post marked Mueller's first
  
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• In first Utah pro sports event to be held with fans, Monarchs lose opener in front of a small crowd at Rio Tinto

  12-07-2020 00:55
  
  Sandy • When Pete Gillwald heard about Rio Tinto Stadium allowing fans for the Real Monarchs game against the San Diego Loyal, he made his decision quickly.“We have to go,” Gillwald said at halftime of the Monarchs’ 1-0 loss to the San Diego Loyal.Gillwald was one of 816 fans at Rio Tinto on a scorching Saturday afternoon as the Monarchs hosted the first sporting event in the United States to allow spectators during the COVID-19 pandemic. Other professional leagues —
  
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• In first pro sports event in U.S. to be held with fans, Monarchs lose opener in front of a small crowd at Rio Tinto

  12-07-2020 00:19
  
  Sandy • When the Real Monarchs came close to scoring or prevented the San Diego Loyal from scoring themselves, cheers and groans emanated from the stands at Rio Tinto Stadium. And it wasn’t fake crowd noise like what can be heard on the television broadcasts for the National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup.The Monarchs on Saturday afternoon hosted the first sporting event in the United States to allow spectators during the COVID-19 pandemic. Other leagues that have started p
  
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• Tucker Carlson writer resigns after racist posts revealed

  12-07-2020 00:02
  
  New York • Tucker Carlson’s top writer has resigned from Fox News after secretly posting racist and sexist remarks online.CNN reported Friday that writer Blake Neff used a pseudonym to write bigoted comments about Black and Asian people, as well as women, on the online forum AutoAdmit.Neff began working on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” in 2016 and was known as Carlson’s top writer. Neff previously worked as a reporter for the right-wing news outlet The Daily Caller, which
  
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