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• Plane crashes in West Jordan neighborhood, FAA says 6 onboard

  25-07-2020 23:25
  
  Emergency crews responded to a plane crash in West Jordan Saturday afternoon.West Jordan Police Department is working with FAA officials about information related to the crash, according to a tweet shortly before 3 p.m. from the police department’s account.FOX 13 reported that an FAA spokesperson said a plane with six people on board crashed into the backyard of a home near 8800 South and 4000 West.It was not immediately clear if there were any injuries or damage. Further details are expec
  
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• Plane crashes in West Jordan

  25-07-2020 23:14
  
  Emergency crews responded to a plane crash in West Jordan Saturday afternoon.West Jordan Police Department is working with FAA officials about information related to the crash, according to a tweet shortly before 3 p.m. from the police department’s account.It was not immediately clear if there were any injuries or damage. Further details are expected to be released Saturday.WJPD working with FAA officials to coordinate release of info on plane crash.Officer Jennifer Worthen is our PIO on s
  
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• More than 500,000 Utahns have been tested for COVID-19 as state reports 661 more cases, 1 new death

  25-07-2020 23:06
  
  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 number of Utahns tested for COVID-19 surpassed 500,000 Saturday as the Department of Health reported 661 more cases and one additional death.And for the first time since late May, the overall number of cases for white Utahns has sur
  
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• Police shoot, kill man while responding to call in downtown Salt Lake City

  25-07-2020 22:58
  
  Police shot and killed a man Saturday while responding to a grocery store near downtown Salt Lake City.Dispatch received a call at 9:20 a.m. about two males fighting at Smith’s Food and Drug grocery store at 455 S. 500 East and that one of them had a knife.As officers were heading to the store, dispatch updated them “that the knife was the size of a forearm” and both males were in front of the doors on the west side, according to a series of tweets Saturday afternoon from the c
  
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• NWSL Challenge Cup title on the line for Houston Dash, Chicago Red Stars on Sunday at Rio Tinto

  25-07-2020 22:58
  
  The Houston Dash have an opportunity to make franchise history Sunday when it faces the Chicago Red Stars in the final game of the National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup at Rio Tinto Stadium.Before the tournament, the Dash had never made the playoffs. But they’ve made their way through with wins over the Utah Royals FC and the Portland Thorns in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively. A win over Chicago would Houston’s first trophy.But the Red Stars have plenty of
  
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• More than 500,000 Utahns have tested for COVID-19 as state reports 661 more cases, 1 new death

  25-07-2020 22:52
  
  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 number of Utahns tested for COVID-19 surpassed 500,000 Saturday, as the Department of Health reported 661 more cases and one death.And for the first time since late May, the overall number of cases for white Utahns has surpassed the
  
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• Regis Philbin, television personality and host, dies at 88

  25-07-2020 22:31
  
  New York • Regis Philbin, the genial host who shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades and helped himself and some fans strike it rich with the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” has died at 88.Philbin died of natural causes Friday night, just over a month before his 89th birthday, according to a statement from his family provided by manager Lewis Kay.Celebrities routinely stopped by Philbin’s eponymous syndicated morning show, but it
  
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• NWSL Challenge Cup title on the line for Houston Dash, Chicago Red Stars on Sunday

  25-07-2020 22:10
  
  The Houston Dash have an opportunity to make franchise history Sunday when it faces the Chicago Red Stars in the final game of the National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup at Rio Tinto Stadium.Before the tournament, the Dash had never made the playoffs. But they’ve made their way through with wins over the Utah Royals FC and the Portland Thorns in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively. A win over Chicago would Houston’s first trophy.But the Red Stars have plenty of
  
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• Report: Television personality Regis Philbin dies at 88

  25-07-2020 22:00
  
  New York • Regis Philbin, the genial host who shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades and helped himself and some fans strike it rich with the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” has died at 88, People magazine reported.Philbin died Friday, just over a month before his 89th birthday. He died of natural causes, according to a family statement to the magazine.Celebrities routinely stopped by Philbin’s eponymous syndicated morning show,
  
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• MLS lays out tentative return to regular season play following tournament

  25-07-2020 21:35
  
  Major League Soccer might just come back with a regular season after its monthlong tournament ends.The league plans to resume its 2020 season in late August, with teams playing 18 games — nine at home, nine on the road — wiithin their own conferences, The Salt Lake Tribune confirmed Saturday. The Athletic first reported details of the league’s plan Friday.The season would start Aug. 22 and go through two phases — six games in Phase 1, the remaining 12 in Phase 2, per The
  
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• Utah reports 661 more COVID-19 cases, 1 new death

  25-07-2020 21:12
  
  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 reported 661 more COVID-19 cases on Saturday and one death, according to the Department of Health.The state now has a total of 37,623 cases and 274 deaths. The new death was a Davis County man, age 65 to 84, who lived in a long-ter
  
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• RSL legend Nick Rimando’s retirement plans changed due to COVID-19, but he may have found a new calling because of it

  25-07-2020 20:59
  
  Nick Rimando didn’t want to so much as look at a soccer ball after he retired at the end of last season. He was looking forward to getting his weekends back, attending any concert he wanted, fixing all the ailments on his body that gone through 20 years in Major League Soccer.But the COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to all those plans and caused Rimando to slightly shift gears. It even brought him back to soccer.“I think this life kind of threw a curveball at us and kind of made me just
  
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• Federal agents use tear gas to clear rowdy Portland protest

  25-07-2020 20:39
  
  Portland, Ore. • Thousands of protesters gathered outside the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, into the early hours Saturday, shooting fireworks at the building as plumes of tear gas dispensed by U.S. agents, lingered above.The demonstration went until federal agents entered the crowd around 2:30 a.m. and marched in a line down the street, clearing remaining protesters with tear gas at close range. They also extinguished a large fire in the street outside the courthouse.Portland has
  
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• Police identify Sandy woman killed in shooting

  25-07-2020 20:36
  
  Police have identified a woman killed in a shooting Wednesday in Sandy as 18-year-old Aliani Mejia-Marin.A 14-year-old boy is being held in a juvenile detention center in connection with the shooting.The alleged shooter and the victim, who were neighbors in a Sandy mobile home park, got into a “heated argument” and shots were fired about 6 p.m. Wednesday near 200 W. Eastgate Drive, according to Sgt. Clay Swenson of the Sandy Police Department.Mejia-Marin was struck and taken by ambul
  
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• Larry Tye: Three words for Romney: Margaret Chase Smith

  25-07-2020 20:00
  
  As your senator and my former governor, Mitt Romney, again pummels his party’s president, I offer these three words of advice: Margaret Chase Smith.Every Utahan knows that Romney made history earlier this year by voting to convict fellow Republican Donald Trump during his impeachment trial, and more recently he blasted Trump for commuting the sentence of presidential pal Roger Stone. What you might not know is that it was Smith, then the only woman in the Senate, who set the model 70 years
  
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• Emily Shuman: Marking the 30th anniversary of the ADA

  25-07-2020 20:00
  
  On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law on the South Lawn of the White House.The ADA came to fruition through a collaborative effort of both Democrats and Republicans, as well as citizens with and without disabilities. As the nation’s first comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities, the act represents a historical milestone in fulfilling America’s commitment to full and equal opportunity for all citizens
  
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• One person dead after police shooting in downtown Salt Lake City

  25-07-2020 19:33
  
  One person is dead after police fired shots while responding to a call in downtown Salt Lake City Saturday morning.City police responded to the Smith’s Food and Drug grocery store on 500 E around 9:40 a.m. for a call about two males involved in a confrontation, according to Detective Greg Wilking, department spokesperson.Officers confronted the two males on 500 South and fired shots, Wilking said. One of the males was hit and declared dead at the scene, he said.The second male was taken to
  
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• Navajo casino employees might stop receiving paychecks

  25-07-2020 19:30
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • More than 1,000 people who work for the Navajo Nation’s gambling enterprise have been told to prepare for the possibility they will not receive paychecks while on administrative leave.The tribe's three casinos in northwestern New Mexico and one east of Flagstaff, Arizona, have been shuttered since March 17 because of the coronavirus. But the 1,180 majority Navajo employees have remained on the payroll with benefits.Brian Parrish, Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise in
  
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• Muppets, murderers and a new ‘Star Trek’ are among 10 things to watch on TV

  25-07-2020 19:00
  
  From Muppets to murderers, sharks to catfish, a new “Star Trek” to a new-to-America comedy game show, there are a number of things headed to a TV near you in the next couple of weeks.Here are 10 things worth checking out:“Helter Skelter: An American Myth” (premieres Sunday, July 26, at 11 p.m.on Epix) • It’s been almost three years since Charles Manson died at the age of 83 — and 51 years since his followers murdered nine people — but the fascinatio
  
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• South Jordan residents return home after police detonate ‘explosive substance’ found in house

  25-07-2020 18:46
  
  Hundreds of South Jordan residents can return to their homes after police evacuated an area Friday to detonate an “explosive substance” found in a home.The “evacuation is over” and “the operation went as well as it could have,” according to a tweet shortly after 10 p.m. Friday from South Jordan Public Safety.City leaders asked roughly 600 residents to leave the area after police first found the explosive material Thursday night in a house located near 3400 Wes
  
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• Jason Shelley left Utah for Utah State to become a starting quarterback. His chance is now at hand.

  25-07-2020 18:20
  
  All Jason Shelley is looking for is a chance. When given one, he’s proven he won’t waste it.Take Utah’s 2018 regular-season finale against rival BYU as proof. Staring down a 20-point deficit midway through the third quarter, Shelley, a redshirt freshman quarterback making just his third start, did the unthinkable. He orchestrated four consecutive touchdown drives, the last of which was a 33-yard keeper in which he stiff-armed a defender as he sped to the end zone for the win.Ne
  
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• Utah football’s secondary will be a big question mark in 2020

  25-07-2020 17:45
  
  Among the position group decisions looming at the University of Utah, what to do with the secondary was the biggest question mark before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and it remains so as the Pac-12 holds on to hopes of playing a conference-only schedule this fall.To understand the situation, just take a look at the Utes’ backend starters from the Pac-12 championship game against Oregon. One cornerback, All-American Jaylon Johnson, left for the NFL Draft as a junior. The other cornerback that
  
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• Woman, ex-husband dead in apparent murder-suicide in Cache County

  25-07-2020 17:42
  
  Cache County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an apparent murder-suicide that left a 38-year-old woman and her ex-husband dead.Deputies responded at 11:45 p.m. Thursday to a domestic violence call in Providence where they found a the woman dead with gunshot wounds, according to Sheriff Chad Jensen in a press release.A witness said he heard shots and vehicle leave the apartment complex. Deputies, with help from Logan police and Utah Highway Patrol, searched the complex.Investigators identi
  
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• Groups push to remove proposed funding for nuclear testing

  25-07-2020 17:29
  
  Albuquerque, N.M. • Deep within a multibillion-dollar defense spending measure pending in Congress is an apology to New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and other states affected by radiation from nuclear testing over the decades.But communities downwind from the first atomic test in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945, are still holding out for compensation for health effects that they say have been ongoing for generations due to fallout from the historic blast.So far, their pleas for Congress to e
  
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• Zion Williamson expected to be available against Utah Jazz when NBA resumes after leaving Orlando bubble

  25-07-2020 17:28
  
  In this March 6, 2020, file photo, New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson walks onto the court during the second half of the team’s NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Rusty Costanza, File) | AP New Orleans Pelicans rookie phenom Zion Williamson is primed to be available to play next Thursday when the NBA restart officially tips off as his Pelicans take on the Utah Jazz in Orlando.
  Williamson had left the NBA’s “bubble” at Disney Wo
  
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• Utah workers worry as federal unemployment aid expires

  25-07-2020 17:25
  
  Federal unemployment aid that has helped avert financial ruin for millions of Americans is expiring in Utah and elsewhere on Saturday, leaving many residents unsure of how they'll pay their bills as the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to rise.Since early in the pandemic, the federal government has added $600 to the weekly unemployment checks that states send, but with the program set to end many are left wondering how they'll make ends meet.New unemployment claims in Utah have dr
  
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• Pioneer Day festivities held at the American West Heritage Center

  25-07-2020 17:13
  
  Pioneer Day Festivities were held at the American West Heritage Center in Wellsville on Friday. Social distancing and mask-wearing were incorporated into the event because of the coronavirus pandemic.For more information, visit https://www.awhc.org/.
  
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• The end is near? Why some Latter-day Saints (hey, it’s in their church’s name) and others think it is.

  25-07-2020 16:56
  
  The world was supposed to end Wednesday, a doomsaying Latter-day Saint couple in Idaho predicted, and usher in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.If you’re reading this, however, you know that the Earth continues to turn, with no sign of the Christian Savior.And the husband and wife, Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow, are in jail, facing charges related to the deaths of Vallow’s two children.No matter how discredited the Daybells are, though, there are still hundreds if not thousands of La
  
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• Pioneer Day Festivities

  25-07-2020 15:00
  
  Pioneer Day Festivities were held at the American West Heritage Center in Wellsville on Friday. Social distancing and mask-wearing were incorporated into the event because of the coronavirus pandemic.For more information, visit https://www.awhc.org/.
  
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• Utah offenders can now raise issues of race and bias at their sentencing

  25-07-2020 14:15
  
  Minorities who have been charged with crimes in Utah can now argue that they should get a more lenient sentence if they can show they have been affected by racial bias in the criminal justice system.The Utah Sentencing Commission approved the new guideline in January — but it doesn’t appear that many defense attorneys have tried to make the argument in court yet.At a sentencing hearing, judges generally look at many factors, such as a defendant’s age or their criminal history.
  
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• Paul Krugman: Why can’t Trump’s America be like Italy?

  25-07-2020 14:00
  
  A few days ago The New York Times published a long, damning article about how the Trump administration managed to fail so completely in responding to the coronavirus. Much of the content confirmed what anyone following the debacle suspected. One thing I didn’t see coming, however, was the apparently central role played by Italy’s experience.Italy, you see, was the first Western nation to experience a major wave of infections. Hospitals were overwhelmed; partly as a result, the initia
  
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• Letter: What happens when teachers get sick?

  25-07-2020 14:00
  
  When Utah schools open and teachers become ill, there won’t likely be substitutes available, as most substitutes are retired teachers who are the most vulnerable to COVID-19. Few, if any, of these people are going to risk their own lives and the possibility of bringing the virus home to their senior spouses and other loved ones.Ted Ottinger, TaylorsvilleSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: What does ‘Available Jones’ know that we don’t?

  25-07-2020 14:00
  
  If it’s safe to reopen the bars and the stores and send the children back to school, why are the Salt Lake County libraries still closed? Entrance of only two people at a time is permitted by appointment only. What does Gov. Gary “Available Jones” Herbert know that Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson doesn’t? Please enlighten the rest of us.Terry A. Mundorff, MurraySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: We must hold police accountable

  25-07-2020 14:00
  
  ACLU Utah recently called out instances of police aggression toward protesters in a well-documented public statement. The police response, as reported by The Salt Lake Tribune, was completely devoid of reflection, remorse, or any sense of responsibility. Rather, the department spokesperson criticized ACLU Utah for using their platform to highlight these incidents rather than meeting privately with the police department (there is no legal or professional obligation for the ACLU, a national nonpro
  
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• Letter: Mask-wearing etiquette for the hard of hearing

  25-07-2020 14:00
  
  I am 75, I wear glasses and I wear hearing aids. My ears are already carrying a load. Nevertheless, I wear a mask when in public because I believe it protects me and those around me. So, although hooking a mask over my ears is more of an inconvenience for me than for most people, I want to do my part to crush this virus that is among us. Please wear a mask.Having said that, I would like to plead for a small exception. Even with hearing aids, I have great difficulty hearing and understanding what
  
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• Letter: Mail-in ballots aren’t without risk

  25-07-2020 14:00
  
  My mother-in-law passed away in April 2016. She was in an assisted living facility and her mail was being forwarded to our home. We received her voting ballot at our home even though she had died several months earlier. This made us wonder why agencies do not share death information to avoid ballots being mishandled.In late 2019, we received a jury notice for our dead family member to report for jury duty even though she had passed years earlier. We wrote to the court that she had died over thre
  
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• Letter: Gov. Boggs at Temple Square?

  25-07-2020 14:00
  
  I was puzzled to learn that we have U.S. Army bases named for — and memorial statues displayed in Washington, D.C, in honor of — Civil War generals who fought on the side of the Confederacy.My question is, "Why honor people who committed treason against the U.S.A. in order to keep slaves?"I hear our president (who says he doesn't like losers) threaten prison sentences for people who want the names changed and the statues removed because they are reminders of a time in our history tha
  
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• Holly Richardson: It’s time for Rosie the Riveter to get her medal

  25-07-2020 14:00
  
  On November 28, 1941, Norma Tree gave birth to a baby boy in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her husband, Lewis Tree, was working in the Pearl Harbor shipyards as a civilian and missed the birth.Nine days later, Lewis was already in the shipyards when planes started flying overhead, really, really low. Startled by the sound, Norma ran to the window and looked outside. What she saw frightened her like nothing she had ever seen — she saw planes with large red circles on the underbelly, planes from the Emp
  
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• For many on the Navajo Nation, getting water requires travel, a wait in long lines and lots of patience

  25-07-2020 14:00
  
  Monument Valley • Filling up a portable water tank at the public tap outside the post office in Monument Valley is an exercise in patience. Five or 10 pickup trucks carrying 250-gallon tanks wait in a line around the edge of a dirt lot most summer days, often in temperatures that top 100 degrees.There are no trees to block the sun. Some vehicles idle with engines and air conditioners running. Other drivers roll down the windows and place foldout shades in the windshield to block the glare.&
  
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• Cherie Wood: Memories of heartbreak and hope reaffirm our commitment to diverse communities

  25-07-2020 11:00
  
  On July 16, the city of South Salt Lake dedicated a new park in memory of 7-year-old Hser Ner Moo, on what would have been her 20th birthday.So many emotions flooded back to the day our community learned of the little girl’s disappearance from a housing complex that serves a large resettlement of refugee families – and her subsequent murder.Hser Ner Moo was born in a Thai refugee camp and lived there until she came to the United States with her family in August, 2007. With her family
  
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• Working with new but familiar caddie, Utahn Tony Finau is one shot off lead in 3M Open

  25-07-2020 06:52
  
  Blaine, Minn. • Michael Thompson and Richy Werenski maintained their momentum at the 3M Open.Utahn Tony Finau, fresh off a caddie change, put himself in prime position right behind the leaders at the halfway point of the second-year tournament.Thompson and Werenski topped the leaderboard at 12 under, Finau and Talor Gooch climbed within a stroke and stars Brooks Koepka and Tommy Fleetwood struggled again Friday at the TPC Twin Cities.In warmer and windier conditions on the quiet, spectator-
  
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• South Jordan police detonate explosives found at a home after evacuating 600 people

  25-07-2020 06:40
  
  Roughly 600 residents were evacuated from their homes so police could detonate an “explosive substance” found in a South Jordan home after a SWAT standoff Thursday night.Officials did not specify what the substance was or how much damage was expected.“The best people are working on this, and safety is our No. 1 concern,” South Jordan Mayor Dawn Ramsey said at a news conference Friday, adding that local, state and federal agencies are involved.Fourteen homes were evacuated
  
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• South Jordan police evacuate 600 as they detonate explosives found at a home

  25-07-2020 06:37
  
  Roughly 600 residents were evacuated from their homesso police could detonate an “explosive substance” found in a South Jordan home after a SWAT standoff Thursday night.wOfficials did not specify what the substance was or how much damage was expected.“The best people are working on this, and safety is our No. 1 concern,” South Jordan Mayor Dawn Ramsey said at a news conference Friday, adding that local, state and federal agencies are involved.Fourteen homes were evacuated
  
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• Working with new caddie, Tony Finau is one shot off lead in 3M Open

  25-07-2020 06:31
  
  Blaine, Minn. • Michael Thompson and Richy Werenski maintained their momentum at the 3M Open.Utahn Tony Finau, fresh off a caddie change, put himself in prime position right behind the leaders at the halfway point of the second-year tournament.Thompson and Werenski topped the leaderboard at 12 under, Finau and Talor Gooch climbed within a stroke and stars Brooks Koepka and Tommy Fleetwood struggled again Friday at the TPC Twin Cities.In warmer and windier conditions on the quiet, spectator-
  
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• Rich Lowry: In defense of Liz Cheney

  25-07-2020 04:00
  
  In this summer of Republican discontent, a handful of GOP House members have identified what’s ailing the party: Liz Cheney.The two-term Wyoming congresswoman, chair of the House GOP Conference and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney was called out at a conference meeting for myriad alleged sins, including insufficient loyalty to President Donald Trump.This episode is much more telling about Cheney's internal GOP critics than Cheney.She rightly refuses to play by the dumb rule in
  
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• Lawsuit accusing relatives of LDS Church president of sexually abusing children dismissed

  25-07-2020 03:37
  
  A lawsuit filed in Salt Lake City’s federal court in 2018 alleging sexual abuse and a cover-up involving family members of the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was dismissed this week.The case was filed by six unnamed plaintiffs, identified as “Jane Doe” and “John Doe,” against Brenda and Richard Miles, who are the daughter and son-in-law of church President Russell M. Nelson. The Mileses vigorously denied the allegations.Attorneys for th
  
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• Utah Jazz contending with defensive rust after 4 months away from the game

  25-07-2020 03:30
  
  Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder calls out to his team as the Utah Jazz and the Boston Celtics play an NBA basketball game at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Boston won 114-103. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — For two months, the Utah Jazz players were unable to even enter their practice facility at Zions Bank Basketball Campus, relying only on at-home equipment. At worst, some players went weeks without shooting a basketball. Some
  
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• Utah Jazz players say they are ‘figuring out’ if they’ll kneel during national anthem

  25-07-2020 02:24
  
  A report from Brad Turner of the Los Angeles Times said that Utah Jazz players will be among those kneeling during the national anthem when the NBA’s “seeding games” commence on Thursday, though two Jazz players who spoke to local media on Friday said that nothing was official yet.Turner cited sources in saying that players from the Bucks, Lakers, Clippers, Raptors, Celtics, Nuggets, Jazz, and Heat — who are all staying at the same hotel — had met to discuss some ki
  
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• Jonathan M. Ruga and Scott F. Young: Pandemic the perfect time to increase wages

  25-07-2020 02:00
  
  At the end of this month, thousands of Utah workers will have to choose between their health and their livelihoods as the $600 boost to unemployment benefits instituted by the CARES Act are set to expire. For many out-of-work Utahns, the bonus unemployment checks made the difference between affording basic necessities and being destitute.With no indication from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he will let the Senate vote on whether to renew the legislation, families across Utah are fa
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Storm Trumpers

  25-07-2020 01:37
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Saturday, July 25, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:What Women Don’t WantAntifa Super SoldierSocial Distance StudiesTaking a Knee to Voting RightsTrump’s Secret PoliceEyes on The BeehiveSecond WaveAll in the FamilyGame Name ChangeHeard ImmunityWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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