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• The tech-backed institute that shapes how governments approach big tech

  27-07-2020 23:54
  
  Huntington Beach, Calif. • A year ago, antitrust officials from Australia, Brazil, China, Japan and eight other countries enjoyed $110-a-plate steak dinners and unlimited pours from $70 bottles of wine at a beachfront hotel surrounded by panoramic views of the sun setting over the Pacific Ocean.The opulent meal was the culmination of a weeklong conference in scenic Huntington Beach, California, for 30 foreign government officials who enforce competition laws. The trip was organized and most
  
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• Jared Wright: SLC schools must offer options for families and teachers

  27-07-2020 23:30
  
  The debate about how, and if, to reopen schools this fall is contentious to say the least, particularly in Salt Lake City.In the coming days, the Salt Lake City Board of Education will consider a proposal by Interim Superintendent Larry Madden to open this fall in soft closure and to only provide online instruction for the first quarter of the school year. I am opposed to his recommendation and feel that the negative effects of a one-size-fits-all, online option for the 23,000 students in Salt L
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Didn’t See That Coming

  27-07-2020 23:27
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:Storm TrumpersWhat Women Don’t WantAntifa Super SoldierSocial Distance StudiesTaking a Knee to Voting RightsTrump’s Secret PoliceEyes on The BeehiveSecond WaveAll in the FamilyGame Name ChangeWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• West Jordan woman whose house was struck by plane Saturday dies of injuries

  27-07-2020 23:21
  
  The 72-year-old West Jordan woman who was injured when a small plane hit her house on Saturday has died.According to West Jordan police, Maria (Mary) Quintana, who was on the back deck of her home when the plane crashed into it, died Monday. She had been hospitalized at University of Utah Hospital after suffering burns when her house was destroyed by the fire that erupted after the crash.The plane took off from South Valley Regional Airport in West Jordan and was headed to Page, Ariz., but it cr
  
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• Ken Sanders tries an online fundraiser to save his bookstore

  27-07-2020 22:31
  
  One of Salt Lake City’s best known antique bookstores is soliciting donations in hopes of surviving a protracted dip in sales due to the pandemic.Ken Sanders, owner and namesake of downtown’s Ken Sanders Rare Books, said Monday he’s already been overwhelmed by support for the GoFundMe effort, which, three days in, has raised more than $26,000 from 600 donors. His goal is $250,000.“You know perfectly well many of them can’t afford it, but they care — and I don&
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: COVID-19’s impact on Utah’s workplaces

  27-07-2020 22:20
  
  Unemployment levels in Utah and across the U.S. remain high by historical standards. Tomorrow at noon, reporter Tony Semerad will speak with Kevin Burt from Utah’s Department of Workforce Services about unemployment trends, the recent elimination of a $600-per-week benefits stipend for recipients, and ongoing effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Utah’s workplaces.You can watch the discussion live on our Facebook page.Send your questions to [email protected], or tweet them using #
  
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• Jamie Belnap: Masks are a matter of life and death

  27-07-2020 21:30
  
  To the anti-masking parents in my Facebook feed,I am an educator. And I’ve been listening to you for awhile now. You’re tired. I get it. You’re angry. I get that too. But it wasn’t until the statewide student mask mandate that your rage fully unfurled.Now, you’re storming city meetings because you’ve had enough of the government taking away your rights. You say masked children can’t get enough oxygen. Their parents won’t wash them so kids will be s
  
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• With 436 new Utah COVID-19 cases on Monday, hospitalizations and deaths remain high

  27-07-2020 21:29
  
  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. There were 436 new coronavirus cases reported in Utah on Monday, with seven additional deaths and 207 patients currently hospitalized, according to the Utah Department of Health.For the past seven days, the number of patients concurrent
  
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• Sledding athletes are taking their lives. Brain-rattling rides and high-speed crashes are common in their sports.

  27-07-2020 21:10
  
  Editor’s note • If you are having thoughts of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK) or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.On May 3, Pavle Jovanovic, a former bobsledder, rigged a chain to a crane he and his brother kept in the shop of their family’s metal works in Toms River, New Jersey. He tied the loose end around his neck and hanged himself.Jovanovic, an Olympian, was just 43, but experiencing the
  
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• Utah woman dies of injuries suffered when a small plane hit her house

  27-07-2020 20:40
  
  The 72-year-old West Jordan woman who was injured when a small plane hit her house on Saturday has died.According to West Jordan police, Maria (Mary) Quintana, who was on the back deck of her home when the plane crashed into it, died Monday. She had been hospitalized at University of Utah Hospital after suffering burns when her house was destroyed by the fire that erupted after the crash.The plane took off from South Valley Regional Airport in West Jordan and was headed to Page, Ariz., but it cr
  
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• Utah Sen. Mike Lee asks Trump to prod states to reopen churches or face loss of COVID-19 aid

  27-07-2020 19:42
  
  Sen. Mike Lee is leading a call for President Donald Trump to push states and local governments to allow churches to reopen, or face restrictions on any forthcoming COVID-19 relief funding.“Such executive action would send the nation and government leaders a clear and unequivocal message that religious liberty matters, and that no state or locality can unilaterally strip away protected constitutional rights,” Lee wrote in a letter to Trump with nine other GOP senators.The letter comp
  
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• Prosecutors will seek death penalty in Utah highway killing

  27-07-2020 19:18
  
  Box Elder County prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a California man accused of shooting and killing a Utah motorist last year.Jonathan Llana, 46, is accused of shooting 50-year-old Dennis Gwyther and injuring Gwyther’s passenger last May as they were driving on a stretch of Interstate 84 called Rattlesnake Pass in northern Utah.
  (Rich Kane | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) Owners of the Salt Lake City gay bar the Sun Trapp, from left: Riley Richter, Michael Goulding and Dennis
  
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• Friends raising funds for Utah plane-crash survivors

  27-07-2020 19:07
  
  Friends of a 72-year-old West Jordan woman who was critically injured when a small plane hit her house on Saturday are trying to raise money to help her while she recovers in the hospital. And another group is raising money for a 12-year-old girl who survived the crash, which claimed her mother’s life.“We are all praying for dearest friend Maria (Mary) Quintana,” according to a GoFundMe page set up on Sunday, the day after a Piper PA-32 plane — a single-engine aircraft &m
  
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• Sen. Mike Lee asks Trump to prod states to reopen churches or face loss of COVID-19 aid

  27-07-2020 19:00
  
  Sen. Mike Lee is leading a call for President Donald Trump to push states and local governments to allow churches to reopen, or face restrictions on any forthcoming COVID-19 relief funding.“Such executive action would send the nation and government leaders a clear and unequivocal message that religious liberty matters, and that no state or locality can unilaterally strip away protected constitutional rights,” Lee wrote in a letter to Trump with nine other GOP senators.The letter comp
  
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• Gordon Monson: Black Lives Matter is a needed movement, not a menacing organization

  27-07-2020 18:47
  
  An email recently arrived in my inbox from a longtime Utah Jazz fan concerned and distressed by the team’s support for the Black Lives Matter movement. He said he’s been a Jazz fan for decades, but that he could no longer back the team. His complaint centered on two points.First, he disagreed with the politics of the Black Lives Matter organization, which he claimed is Marxist at its core.Second, he considered the notion that Black Lives Matter divisive. He wanted it made clear he be
  
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• Qualtrics will go public 2 years after being acquired by SAP

  27-07-2020 18:30
  
  New York • SAP says it plans to spin off Qualtrics and take it public less than two years after acquiring the survey-software provider.SAP said Sunday it will retain majority ownership of Qualtrics' shares.The German software giant announced in November 2018 that it agreed to pay $8 billion cash for Qualtrics, just days before the Provo company was set for its initial sale of stock to the public. The deal closed in early 2019.SAP says Qualtrics has already been operating with greater autono
  
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• Utahns are receiving mysterious seed packets from China in the mail. Don’t plant them, officials warn.

  27-07-2020 18:24
  
  Officials in at least four states are urging residents to report any unsolicited packages of seeds that appear to have been sent from China, warning that they might be invasive or otherwise harmful.The agriculture departments in Washington State, Louisiana, Kansas and Virginia have issued statements in recent days, noting that residents had reported receiving packages of seeds in the mail that they had not ordered. Based on photos, the seeds appear to have been mailed in white pouches displaying
  
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• Key factors in the Pac-12′s soon-to-be released football schedule

  27-07-2020 18:12
  
  For better or worse, the Pac-12 is going to offer some college football-related clarity this week.As first reported by Jon Wilner of The Mercury News, the Pac-12 will release a revised football schedule no later than Friday. This, after the league announced July 10 that all of its fall sports will play a conference-only format.Here is a breakdown of some key factors.How many games will each team play?Even before Wilner’s reporting Thursday, the prevailing notion was that the Pac-12 was loo
  
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• Families of drowned Saratoga Springs teens propose Utah Lake life jacket loaner station

  27-07-2020 18:10
  
  Provo • The family and friends of two Saratoga Springs teenagers who drowned in Utah Lake after a catastrophic windstorm hit the area in May are proposing building a “life jacket loaner station” to prevent similar accidents from happening in the future.Priscilla Bienkowski, 18, and Sophia Hernandez, 17, were reported missing on May 6 after disappearing from the Knolls area of Utah Lake. Nine days later, a search and rescue crew discovered their bodies miles away from where they
  
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• 2 MLB games postponed Monday due to COVID outbreak

  27-07-2020 17:43
  
  Miami • Two major league games scheduled for Monday night were postponed as the Miami Marlins deal with a coronavirus outbreak that stranded them in Philadelphia.The Marlins' home opener against Baltimore was called off, as was the New York Yankees' game at Philadelphia. The Yankees would have been in the same clubhouse the Marlins used last weekend.The Marlins postponed their flight home Sunday night after their series finale against the Phillies.Major League Baseball announced the cancell
  
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• MLB games postponed Monday due to COVID outbreak

  27-07-2020 17:18
  
  Miami • The Miami Marlins’ home opener Monday night against Baltimore has been postponed as the Marlins deal with a coronavirus outbreak that stranded them in Philadelphia.The Marlins postponed their flight home Sunday night after their series finale against the Phillies.A person familiar with the decision to postpone Monday's game told The Associated Press that the move was made due to health precautions. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the postponement h
  
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• Texas man dies after falling from cliff at Dead Horse Point State Park

  27-07-2020 16:20
  
  A Texas man died Sunday after falling from a cliff at Dead Horse Point State Park near Moab.The man, 54-year-old Charles Campassi from Houston, was hiking with his family about noon about 100 yards off the West Rim Trail when he lost his footing and fell from the cliff.Crews found Campassi’s body about 4 p.m., according to a news statement by park officials. They believe he fell about 200 feet.“The Utah Division of Parks and Recreation extends our deepest condolences to Campassi&rsqu
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Can Utah become a swing state? Maybe, just maybe, in my lifetime.

  27-07-2020 14:00
  
  Nate Silver, the data guru behind fivethirtyeight.com, got my attention when he offered his thoughts on the possibility that Utah could turn into a political battleground.“I do think people underrate the chance that Utah could become a swing state in another couple cycles,” Silver tweeted last week.I guess that was a dull tweet. But I do think people underrate the chance that Utah could become a swing state in another couple cycles, between Mormons not being super found of Trumpian p
  
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• Nicholas Kristof: In Portland’s so-called war zone, it’s the troops who provide the menace

  27-07-2020 14:00
  
  Portland, Ore. — To watch Fox News is to learn from Sean Hannity that the “Rose City” of Portland is “like a war zone” that has been, in Tucker Carlson’s words, “destroyed by the mob.”So I invite Hannity and Carlson to escape their bubbles and visit Portland, Oregon, stroll along the Willamette River and enjoy a glass of local pinot noir. They’ll be safe — unless they venture at night into the two blocks beside the federal courthouse.Ci
  
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• Navajo Nation residents hope federal act, aid will finally bring big water projects

  27-07-2020 14:00
  
  Editor’s note • This is the last installment 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. Parts 1 and 2 looked at current challenges with water availability and midterm solutions to bringing indoor plumbing to Navajo Nation residents. Last summer, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez sat before the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee and pleaded for the passage of a bil
  
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• Letter: Time to tune into ‘The Trump Show’ — or not

  27-07-2020 14:00
  
  I read recently that President Trump will be bringing back the daily coronavirus briefings. Apparently he likes being in the spotlight and these briefings will give him a lot of exposure. I, for one, am thrilled that he will be doing these briefings again. I doubt that I will watch any of them, because the few I did watch back in March and April were too painful to endure. However, these briefings will allow him to say more idiotic things on national television and hopefully convince more Americ
  
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• Letter: The Salt Lake City police department has work to do

  27-07-2020 14:00
  
  ACLU of Utah says that Salt Lake City Police Department officers used unnecessary force during recent protests. SLCPD spokesman Greg Wilking claims that the ACLU made their evaluations in a vacuum “versus making it in real time.” Police officers do not operate in a vacuum — we know that. Officers receive training to act and react under extraordinary circumstances. It is only fair that we expect better from those with whom we trust our lives and safety.Earlier this month, SLCPD
  
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• Letter: Sen. Kirk Cullimore should resign

  27-07-2020 14:00
  
  I understand that Utah Sen. Kirk A. Cullimore works full time as a lawyer. If the claim that his law firm works with 80% of the landlords in Utah and is providing quality service is correct, I applaud him. Unfortunately, he is a senator and if The Tribune is correct (Feb. 27 and July 19), then his work as a senator is in conflict of interest with his job. He will need to either avoid participating in legislation that affects his business or resign as a senator.I have been a government worker for
  
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• Letter: Let’s acknowledge our leaders’ tainted legacies

  27-07-2020 14:00
  
  Designers sliced the leather of Barry Bonds’ home run record-breaking baseball in the shape of an asterisk before placing the ball for permanent display in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The asterisk, a punctuation symbol indicating a footnote, cautions that while Barry Bonds achieved an incredible feat, the accomplishment was likely — if not certainly — tainted by steroid use.And there the ball sits, permanently defaced, the leather cut and the yarn exposed, an acknowledgement tha
  
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• Business, public building closures leave Salt Lake City’s homeless with few places to use restrooms

  27-07-2020 14:00
  
  For Salt Lake City’s homeless population, the sweeping impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have created another looming crisis: a lack of accessible restrooms.With the closure of many public buildings across the city, there are just 10 public spaces where those who are unsheltered can use the restroom — a reality that has implications for human rights, public health and criminal justice, as some people have few choices but to find a place to relieve themselves on the streets.It&rsquo
  
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• Alex Porpora: Use the outdoors to revive education

  27-07-2020 14:00
  
  School closures and the sudden shift to at-home learning have brought significant challenges for families, teachers and even the employers of parents. We applaud the efforts of Utah’s schools and educators who have worked to ensure that students still receive quality instruction and support.Even with this work, hours of instructional time have been lost, not all families have access to virtual learning, working parents struggle to balance work and school expectations, schools are not desig
  
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• Michael Thompson wins 3M Open; Utahn Tony Finau ties for third place

  27-07-2020 06:31
  
  Michael Thompson holds the trophy after winning the 3M Open golf tournament in Blaine, Minn., Sunday, July 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton- King) (Andy Clayton-King/)Blaine, Minn. • Without a gallery around him on the 18th green, Michael Thompson settled for a subdued victory celebration at the 3M Open with a FaceTime call home to his wife and children in Georgia.The tears came from him and his wife as soon as they saw each other on the screen.Thompson birdied two of the last three holes
  
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• Analysis: Can the Utah Jazz keep both Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell?

  27-07-2020 06:00
  
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) blocks Atlanta Hawks forward Taurean Prince (12) for Utah Jazz Donovan Mitchell (45) at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb.1, 2019. | Laura Seitz, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — As the 2019-20 NBA season was rolling along, the Utah Jazz front office knew that when things wrapped up, big decisions would have to be made regarding the future of the roster — most notably, the future of Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert.
  Then the Jazz
  
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• Poll: 80% of Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction

  27-07-2020 05:55
  
  Washington • With the November election 100 days away, more Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction than at any previous point in Donald Trump’s presidency, putting the incumbent in a perilous position as his reelection bid against Democrat Joe Biden enters a pivotal stretch.A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also finds Trump’s approval for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic falling to a new low, with just 32% of A
  
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• Some U.S. police resist enforcing coronavirus mask mandates

  27-07-2020 05:47
  
  Little Rock, Ark. • Lang Holland, the chief of police in tiny Marshall, Ark., said he thinks the threat of the coronavirus has been overstated and only wears a face mask if he’s inside a business that requires them. He doesn’t make his officers wear them either.So the day after Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed an order requiring masks to be worn in public throughout Arkansas, Holland made it clear his department wasn’t going to enforce the mandate in the Ozarks town o
  
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• Fire in Box Elder County scorches nearly 1,000 acres and continues to grow, threatening Promontory structures

  27-07-2020 05:13
  
  A wildfire in Box Elder County has scarred an estimated 988 acres and was still growing Sunday, according to authorities.Dubbed the Messix Fire, referring to Messix Peak, which is the high point of the Promontory Mountain Range, the blaze remained under investigation.Per Utah Fire Info, crews began responding to the fire early Sunday morning. It threatened five to six structures Sunday evening in the old town of Promontory, roughly 70 miles northwest of Salt Lake City. It was 15% contained on Su
  
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• Oakland protesters set fire to courthouse, smash windows

  27-07-2020 03:46
  
  Oakland, Calif. • A protest in Oakland, California, in support of racial justice and police reform turned violent when a small group of demonstrators wearing helmets and goggles and carrying large signs that doubled as shields set fire to a courthouse, vandalized a police station and shot fireworks at officers, authorities said.About 700 demonstrators participated in what started as a peaceful march Saturday night but then some broke from the larger group and smashed windows, spray-painted
  
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• Fire in Box Elder County scorches 250 acres and continues to grow, threatening Promontory structures

  27-07-2020 03:01
  
  A wildfire in Box Elder County has scarred an estimated 200 acres and was still growing Sunday, according to authorities.Dubbed the “Messix Fire,” a play on Messix Peak, which is the high point of the Promontory Mountain Range, the blaze remained under investigation.Per Utah Fire Info, crews began responding to the fire early Sunday morning. It threatened five to six structures Sunday evening in the old town of Promontory, roughly 70 miles northwest of Salt Lake City.“Dozers ar
  
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• Bret Stephens: The two China fires

  27-07-2020 02:00
  
  We’ll probably never know exactly what sorts of documents were incinerated at China’s Consulate in Houston in the days before the United States forced it to close Friday, after accusing it of being a hub of espionage. We may also never know what caused this month’s catastrophic fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard, a massive amphibious assault ship that was being fitted out to double as a small aircraft carrier, in the port of San Diego.What we should know is that the two fires
  
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• NBA Draft Combine — if it happens — would include Yoeli Childs, Sam Merrill

  27-07-2020 01:01
  
  There is no promise of an NBA Draft Combine this year amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, but if it does take place, two college seniors with ties to the state of Utah will participate.BYU power forward Yoeli Childs and Utah State shooting guard Sam Merrill have both received Combine invitations, multiple sources told The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday.In a normal draft cycle, that would be pretty straightforward, but this has been anything but a normal draft cycle.Earlier Sunday, ESPN NBA Draft analyst
  
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• Sunday sees 350 new coronavirus cases, a significant drop that may have been influenced by holiday weekend

  27-07-2020 00:01
  
  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, the past week still ranked as the deadliest since the COVID-19 pandemic began in mid-March.For the seve
  
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• Maureen Dowd: AOC and the jurassic jerks

  27-07-2020 00:00
  
  President Donald Trump is oh so proud of having mastered the ability to intone, “Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.”But the more pressing issue is whether he is a person who can master talking to women through a TV camera without sounding like a caveman.We continually debate whether Trump is a madman, but there’s no doubt he’s a Mad Man. He’s a ring-a-ding-ding guy, stuck in a time warp redolent of Vegas with the Rat Pack in 1959, talking about how “broads”
  
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