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• Donald Trump Jr. shoots guns from Utah company with ties to polygamous sect

  26-07-2020 23:55
  
  President Donald Trump’s oldest son visited with a Utah gun-maker last week that has been under scrutiny for its ties to a $511 million biofuel fraud perpetrated by members of a polygamous sect.Photos posted on social media Saturday and Sunday show Donald Trump Jr. handling a rifle made by Desert Tech at a range along the Great Salt Lake. The company makes rifles and accessories catering to precision target shooters, law enforcement and foreign militaries.“Awesome time, guys,”
  
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• Andy Larsen: My NBA awards ballot, from MVP to Defensive Player of the Year and more

  26-07-2020 23:54
  
  Every year, a panel of 100 media members votes to determine the league’s award winners, including at least one vote from each local NBA market. In Utah, it rotates around the various Jazz beat writers; this year, I have the honor. It’s very exciting.Votes are due Tuesday and reflect the regular season as it stood up to March 11. Here’s who I chose and why I chose them for each award. All-NBA, All-Defense, and All-Rookie teams will be published tomorrow.Most Valuable Player1. Gi
  
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• Fire in Box Elder County scorches 200 acres and continues to grow, threatening Promontory structures

  26-07-2020 23:36
  
  A wildfire in Box Elder County has claimed an estimated 200 acres and is still growing, according to authorities.Dubbed the “Messix Fire,” a play on Messix Peak, which is the highpoint of the Promontory Mountain Range, the blaze remains under investigation.Per Utah Fire Info, crews began responding to the fire early Sunday morning as it threatened structures in the old town of Promontory, roughly 70 miles northwest of Salt Lake City.The Tribune will update this story.
  
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• Coronavirus in Utah: Sunday sees 350 new cases, a significant drop that may have been influenced by holiday weekend

  26-07-2020 23:18
  
  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 Utah Department of Health reported just one coronavirus-related death on Saturday, and none on Sunday.Despite that good fortune, this was still the deadliest week since the COVID-19 pandemic began in mid-March.For the seven-day peri
  
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• Coronavirus in Utah: 350 new cases but zero deaths reported Sunday

  26-07-2020 21:47
  
  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. An uneven week during the COVID-19 pandemic came to a close Sunday when the Utah Department of Health reported an increase of 350 cases, boosting the state’s total number to 37,973 outbreak struck.The 350 cases Sunday come after 6
  
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• Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Selma bridge

  26-07-2020 21:05
  
  Selma, Ala. • The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon.The bridge became a landmark in the fight for racial justice when Lewis and other civil rights marchers were beaten there 55 years ago on “Bloody Sunday,” a key event that helped galvanize support for the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Lewis returned to Selma each March in commemoration.Sunday found him cr
  
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• Houston Dash earn NWSL Challenge Cup title with win over Chicago Red Stars for first trophy in franchise history

  26-07-2020 20:52
  
  Sandy • The Houston Dash made franchise history Sunday by winning the National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup championship. It’s Houston’s first trophy since coming into the league in 2014.The Dash beat the Chicago Red Stars 2-0 at Rio Tinto Stadium to win the title of a monthlong tournament that signaled the return of team sports in the United States.Dash midfielder Sophie Schmidt converted after Kristie Mewis drew a foul in the 18-yard box in the fourth minute of pl
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 69 new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths

  26-07-2020 19:24
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo Nation health officials report 69 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths.The total number of people infected on the reservation now stands at 8,837 with 434 known deaths as of Saturday night.Tribal health officials said 76,902 people have undergone testing and 6,525 have recovered from the virus. The latest weekend lockdown that includes the closure of businesses began after sunset Friday and will end early Monday morning. The tribe also has imp
  
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• Police, protesters clash as U.S. cities endure violent weekend

  26-07-2020 19:19
  
  Protests took a violent turn in several U.S. cities overnight, with demonstrators squaring off against agents outside a federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., forcing police in Seattle to retreat into a station house and setting fire to vehicles during unrest in California and Virginia.A protester in Austin, Texas, who was apparently armed with a rifle was shot and killed after witnesses say he approached a car that had driven through a march against police violence. And someone was shot and woun
  
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• Father, infant daughter among those killed in West Jordan plane crash

  26-07-2020 18:36
  
  The West Jordan Police Department on Sunday morning released the names of those involved in a Saturday afternoon plane crash that killed three and injured four others. The pilot, 43-year-old Lee Wyckoff, and 9-month-old Coral Wyckoff were killed. Wife and mother Rebecca Wyckoff, 36, is in critical condition.Milda Shibonis, 36, also died in the crash. Her daughter Veda Sheperd, 12, was treated Saturday night and released from the hospital. Cody Mitchell, 2, is in critical condition with burns on
  
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• West Jordan police release names of Saturday’s plane crash victims

  26-07-2020 18:06
  
  The West Jordan Police Department on Sunday morning released the names of those involved in a Saturday afternoon plane crash that killed three and injured four others. The pilot, 43-year-old Lee Wyckoff, was killed, as were 36-year-old Milda Shibonis and 9-month-old Coral Wyckoff.Rebecca Wyckoff, 36, is in critical condition, as is Cody Mitchell, 2, with burns on his legs and arms. Veda Sheperd, 12, was treated Saturday night and released from the hospital.The crash damaged three houses, critica
  
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• RSL looks to hang its hat on defense against San Jose in first knockout game of MLS tournament

  26-07-2020 17:12
  
  Real Salt Lake just got through the group stage of the MLS is Back tournament. A strong performance against the Colorado Rapids gave way to a hard-fought draw against Minnesota United and culminated in a loss to Sporting Kansas City.Grabbing four points in the first two games was enough to get RSL into the knockout round, where it will face the San Jose Earthquakes on Monday. Although all three performances looked far different from each other, the team still feels it’s in a good position
  
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• Remote Navajo Nation homes in Utah have running water for first time thanks to nonprofit DigDeep

  26-07-2020 16:34
  
  Editor’s note • This is Part 2 of a three-part series from The Salt Lake Tribune, Report for America and the Solutions Journalism Network covering water access on the Navajo Nation in Utah. Part 1 looked at challenges associated with water access, and Part 3 will look at long-term solutions for increasing water availability on the Navajo Nation. Piute Mesa • Donovan Smallcanyon remembers to lock the hubs of his F-450 just before the road turns to sand. With 1,200 gallons of water
  
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• Robert Kirby: Yes, the end is coming — for everyone

  26-07-2020 15:00
  
  Before you start reading this, look out the window. Are the dead walking the streets? Is the sky on fire? Is the Lord tearing around on a fiery chariot?Here’s the most important one: Do you see chickens the size of horses running around overturning cars and pecking the heads off people?No? OK, we’re good to go.For the record, I made up that chicken thing. If nothing else, it at least puts me on par with all those who ever thought they knew when the world would end — and it didn
  
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• Unemployed Utahns lose $600-per-week stipend, as Congress debates new relief plan

  26-07-2020 14:05
  
  He had a job as a front desk agent at Park City’s Deer Valley Resort until those frantic weeks in March when the specter of COVID-19 led to the shuttering of Utah’s tourism and hospitality sectors.Eric Kokkola filed an application for unemployment benefits as soon as he was eligible. And like millions of Americans and tens of thousands of Utahns thrown out of work by the pandemic, the 29-year-old Cottonwood Heights resident has welcomed the $600 a week in federal relief that came on
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Americans embrace their public lands, and Utah is better for it

  26-07-2020 14:00
  
  It may be a tough realization for Utah’s Republicans in Congress, but Americans love their real estate and aren’t finished investing in it.In fact, preserving and protecting public lands has been one of the few uniting issues for a bitterly divided Congress. Twice in the last two years Congress has passed sweeping bills to protect public lands in Utah and elsewhere. In February 2019 it was a bill that set aside wilderness areas and created Jurassic National Monument in Emery County a
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: There’s a big TV showdown on Sunday: BYUtv vs. Oprah

  26-07-2020 14:00
  
  BYUtv has a chance to outshine Oprah Winfrey on Sunday. No, really. Not making that up.BYUtv’s “Welcome Home” has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy as the outstanding special class series, putting it in competition not just with the Oprah Winfrey-hosted “SuperSoul Sunday” but with series on A&E, Facebook Watch and YouTube.The folks at BYUtv are “thrilled, overjoyed, stunned and amazed,” said managing director Michael Dunn, who’s also one of the
  
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• Letter: Stop ignoring science, Utah County

  26-07-2020 14:00
  
  Dear Utah County Commissioner Bill Lee:Simply put, I am perplexed by your efforts to threaten the safety and welfare of the good people of Utah County. COVID-19 is a very dangerous, highly communicable, new disease that is in full swing right now in Utah County.As of July 24, in Utah County we have 6,753 cases, and climbing like crazy.This is not a political issue, it is a science issue. The science tells us that wearing a mask covering the face and mouth results in risk reduction. Masks may be
  
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• Letter: Salt Lake City school board members act disgracefully

  26-07-2020 14:00
  
  We are faced with a dilemma — when, and under what circumstances, do we reopen schools? On the one hand, children’s education is very important. On the other, so is limiting the spread of COVID-19. Trying to pursue both these goals simultaneously is both necessary and very difficult. It is absolutely crucial that the people who are responsible for working out a strategy, school board members, deal with this matter conscientiously.Therefore, based on The Tribune article “Salt La
  
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• Letter: Practicing our right to bear arms

  26-07-2020 14:00
  
  In the Federalist Papers, James Madison wrote that any army that threatened liberty would find itself opposed by “a militia amounting to near a half a million citizens with arms in their hands” and argued that the new federal government need not be feared because Americans possessed “the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.”I've heard for decades that the right of citizens to bear arms — any kind of arms
  
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• Letter: ‘Dixie’ isn’t racist

  26-07-2020 14:00
  
  Recently there has been much negativity cast on the word “Dixie.” It is alleged to be racist. Although many slaveowners lived in Dixie and racial atrocities occurred in the South after the Civil War, I wish to remind readers that Dixie is merely a slang word for the South, just like New England is for the northeastern states. It has nothing to do with segregation or slavery. Its origin is a bit murky, but none of the competing theories relate in any way to racial injustices. It is ju
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Donald Trump knows how to put on a show

  26-07-2020 14:00
  
  We are watching a show. It’s important to keep that in mind.It has its villains — Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago, Mayor Ted Wheeler of Portland and other supporters of the “liberal, radical left”idea that people have the right peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.It has its victims, people in towns where they don't have or need symphony orchestras and art museums and the very idea of street protests fills them with existential
  
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• In remote corner of San Juan County, Navajo Nation homes have running water for first time

  26-07-2020 14:00
  
  Editor’s note • This is Part 2 of a three-part series from The Salt Lake Tribune, Report for America and the Solutions Journalism Network covering water access on the Navajo Nation in Utah. Part 1 looked at challenges associated with water access, and Part 3 will look at long-term solutions for increasing water availability on the Navajo Nation. Piute Mesa • Donovan Smallcanyon remembers to lock the hubs of his F-450 just before the road turns to sand. With 1,200 gallons of water
  
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• Here’s where to find custom face masks designed by Utah artists

  26-07-2020 14:00
  
  Gov. Gary Herbert has urged making face masks “part of everyone’s fashion statement” to stem the spread of COVID-19, and Utah artists are making that easier to do with custom face coverings.For Mary Amanda Fairchild, a professional musician and historian based in Salt Lake City, making masks has been fun because each one is tailored to the customer who orders it.“I feel like I personally am shielding that person … my mask is going to hopefully protect them,”
  
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• David Brooks: The future of noncoformity

  26-07-2020 14:00
  
  Like other realms, American intellectual life has been marked by a series of exclusions. The oldest and vastest was the exclusion of people of color from the commanding institutions of our culture.Today, there’s the exclusion of conservatives from academic life. Then there’s the exclusion of working-class voices from mainstream media. Our profession didn’t used to be all coastal yuppies, but now it mostly is. Then there’s the marginalization of those with radical critique
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: My siblings went on a trip and didn’t invite me

  26-07-2020 14:00
  
  Dear Ann Cannon • I recently found out that my brothers and their families, along with some of their friends, took a trip on which my husband and I weren’t invited. I suspect that the reason has to do with one of my sisters-in-law who, for reasons I don’t entirely understand, has never liked me very much. I’m not saying I’m perfect, but I don’t think I’ve ever given her a reason to dislike me.Anyway, my husband is furious and I’m beyond hurt. My nat
  
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• Werenski, Thompson tied atop 3M Open; Finau two shots back

  26-07-2020 06:56
  
  Blaine, Minn. • Michael Thompson hasn’t experienced the anxiety and thrill of playing the last round of a tournament in the final group for several years.This time, pitted against Richy Werenski in the 3M Open, he’ll do so without the murmuring, clapping and roaring sounds from the spectators. For Thompson, that’ll do just fine.“It kind of allows me to keep my emotions even keel. That’s kind of the way I play golf. That’s what I like to do on the golf cou
  
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• 3 dead, including a baby, after plane carrying 6 crashes in West Jordan neighborhood

  26-07-2020 05:14
  
  West Jordan • Alyssa Cigarroa is accustomed to hearing planes fly over her house, just a few miles away from the South Valley Regional Airport. So, when she heard one Saturday afternoon, she didn’t think anything of it.Then came the loud crash, a boom so great it shook her whole West Jordan home. Cigarroa thought it was an earthquake, but a look out through the back yard revealed thick black smoke and flames. She ran toward it, first-aid kit in hand.When she got there, much of the nei
  
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• Plane carrying 6 crashes in West Jordan neighborhood, damaging homes and injuring ‘multiple’ people

  26-07-2020 04:48
  
  West Jordan • Alyssa Cigarroa is accustomed to hearing planes fly over her house, just a few miles away from the South Valley Regional Airport. So, when she heard one Saturday afternoon, she didn’t think anything of it.Then came the loud crash, a boom so great it shook her whole West Jordan home. Cigarroa thought it was an earthquake, but a look out through the back yard revealed thick black smoke and flames. She ran toward it, first-aid kit in hand.When she got there, much of the nei
  
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• Think Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert will have chemistry problems on the court? Think again

  26-07-2020 03:29
  
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) and Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) talk after a timeout as the Utah Jazz and the Miami Heat play in an NBA basketball game at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. Utah won 116-101. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Rudy Gobert was asked after the Utah Jazz’s Saturday scrimmage against the Miami Heat if too much was made of the tiff between him and Donovan Mitchell over the NBA’s hiatus.
  
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• John Zaccheo and Kael Weston: America must regain its standing in the world

  26-07-2020 02:00
  
  This election year has an important dimension that deserves a lot more attention: the U.S.‘s role in the international community and how much damage has been done to our global standing and leadership since Donald Trump’s inauguration.The Trump administration’s approach to world affairs – “America First” – has alienated our longtime allies. In the case of COVID-19, such nearsightedness has resulted in a catastrophic response to a true international crisi
  
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• Rudy Gobert, Mike Conley lead Utah Jazz past Miami Heat in team’s second Orlando scrimmage

  26-07-2020 00:47
  
  Turns out, the Utah Jazz are pretty good when Rudy Gobert is out on the court and actively engaged.Also when Mike Conley is hitting shots.Imagine that.Utah dominated the stretches when Gobert was on the floor in Saturday’sscrimmage against the Miami Heat, and took it to another level stillwhen Conley shook off a rough-shooting first half with a sublime thirdquarter.Withthe young, end-of-the-bench guys sent in to decide the outcome of thecontest, the Jazz wound up holding on for a 101-99 vi
  
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• 3 keys in the Utah Jazz’s 101-99 scrimmage win over the Miami Heat

  26-07-2020 00:25
  
  In this file photo, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) dunks over Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) as the Utah Jazz and the Denver Nuggets play an NBA basketball game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. Denver won 98-95, giving the Jazz its fifth straight loss. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz unofficially got in the win column at the NBA’s bubble in Orlando on Saturday, outlasting the Miami Heat 101-99 in their second
  
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