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• Utah Jazz’s young guys get a chance to prove themselves vs. Spurs

  07-08-2020 23:57
  
  Friday morning, Quin Snyder suggested that sitting out four starters would at least result in the ability to see what the deeper-in-the-rotation guys can do.The more cynical out there might argue that seems more like a secondary benefit of, rather than a primary motivation for, such a decision. And yet, in the aftermath of the Jazz’s 119-111 loss to the Spurs on Friday afternoon, in which the team started Georges Niang, Ed Davis, Mike Oni and Emmanuel Mudiay alongside stalwart Joe Ingles,
  
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• Utah State football seeks “the one” after Mountain West announces 8+2 format

  07-08-2020 23:41
  
  The Mountain West announced on Wednesday a plan to play eight conference-only football games, with all 12 programs given the option to add up to two nonconference games. Finding teams to fill those two empty slots, though, is quickly becoming a problem as other leagues circle their wagons, move their seasons to the spring or cancel them altogether.Utah State, specifically, has pushed back the start of training camp 10 days to Aug. 24 to accommodate a more condensed schedule. A Sept. 12 contest v
  
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• Jazz rookies show spirit, potential in loss to Spurs

  07-08-2020 23:26
  
  Utah Jazz’ Miye Oni reacts to his 3-point basket during the second half against the San Antonio Spurs in an NBA basketball game Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. | Kevin C. Cox/Pool Photo via APSALT LAKE CITY — The San Antonio Spurs are fighting for their playoff lives and the Utah Jazz went into Friday’s midday matchup without four of their starters, so the result of the game was never really in question.
  The Spurs won, 119-111, but the Jazz reserves put up more
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Blowing Up the Messenger

  07-08-2020 23:07
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:Goes to ElevenDr. Donald’s DevoteesCottonwood Heights LowsBusiness DocsJohn LewisMaking Moscow Great AgainLow BarrDidn’t See That ComingStorm TrumpersWhat Women Don’t WantWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Short-handed Utah Jazz drop competitive-but-forgone 119-111 decision to Spurs

  07-08-2020 23:06
  
  Three previously-unknown injuries and one curiously-timed rest day within the Utah Jazz’s starting lineup made the result of Friday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs a fait accompli.Shocker, everyone: The fully-stocked Spurs prevailed 119-111.Really, the only intrigue surrounding the early-tipoff seeding game in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., was coach Quin Snyder’s motivation for sitting out Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, Mike Conley and Royce O’Neale — 80% of the grou
  
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• Brent Scowcroft, Utah native and national security adviser to 2 presidents, dies at 95

  07-08-2020 23:02
  
  Washington • A lifetime before he served two presidents as national security adviser, Brent Scowcroft was just 12 when he decided to become a West Point cadet after reading about cadet life. After he graduated with the Class of 1947, he decided to join the Army Air Corps and train to be a fighter pilot. He achieved that goal, too, but then fate shot down his plans.Just months after earning his wings, Scowcroft was flying over New Hampshire when his F-51 crashed in a frozen swamp. A broken b
  
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• Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to 2 presidents, dies at 95

  07-08-2020 22:29
  
  Washington • A lifetime before he served two presidents as national security adviser, Brent Scowcroft was just 12 when he decided to become a West Point cadet after reading about cadet life. After he graduated with the Class of 1947, he decided to join the Army Air Corps and train to be a fighter pilot. He achieved that goal, too, but then fate shot down his plans.Just months after earning his wings, Scowcroft was flying over New Hampshire when his F-51 crashed in a frozen swamp. A broken b
  
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• Rich Lowry: Joe Biden’s authoritarian VP finalist

  07-08-2020 22:13
  
  Last year, Sen. Kamala Harris may have become the first presidential candidate in history to laugh derisively at the idea that the Constitution limits what a president can do.When former Vice President Joe Biden said that her plan for gun control by executive fiat didn't pass constitutional muster, she scoffed and deployed one of her canned one-liners, "I would just say, 'Hey, Joe, instead of saying no we can't, let's say yes we can!"'Yes, we can — flippantly blow by the constitutional req
  
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• Ballet West’s main costume designer is retiring after 31 years

  07-08-2020 22:12
  
  The man responsible for dressing Ballet West’s dancers, from the tutus for “Swan Lake” to the Sugar Plum Fairy’s wings, is retiring after working for 31 years with the company.David Heuvel, director of costume production, will retire from day-to-day management of Ballet West’s costume shop, the troupe announced Wednesday. As his final project, Heuvel will refurbish and redesign the costumes for the revival of Michael Smuin’s “Romeo and Juliet,” whi
  
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• Utah Jazz’s loss to Spurs was nearly a foregone conclusion

  07-08-2020 21:56
  
  Three previously unknown injuries and one curiously timed rest day within the Utah Jazz’s starting lineup made the result of Friday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs a fait accompli.Shocker, everyone: the fully-stocked Spurs prevailed 119-111.Really, the only intrigue surrounding the early tipoff seeding game was coach Quin Snyder’s motivation for sitting out Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, Mike Conley and Royce O’Neale — 80% of the group that has comprised his st
  
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• Ex-Angels employee charged in overdose death of Tyler Skaggs

  07-08-2020 21:56
  
  Fort Worth, Texas • A former Angels employee has been charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in connection with last year’s overdose death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, prosecutors in Texas announced Friday.Eric Prescott Kay was arrested in Fort Worth, Texas, and made his first appearance Friday in federal court, according to Erin Nealy Cox, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Kay was a communications director for the Angels.Skaggs was found dead in his hot
  
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• Salt Lake City police shot and killed man after he held a knife to another man’s throat

  07-08-2020 21:45
  
  A 34-year-old man shot and killed by Salt Lake City police in late July had held a knife to another man’s neck before officers opened fire, according to body camera footage released Friday.Two officers shot at Andrew Jacob Preece on July 25 after a worker at the Smith’s Food and Drug at 455 S. 500 East called 911 at 9:20 a.m. to report that two men had taken an umbrella from the store and were now fighting in the parking lot.“We kicked them out of the store as soon as possible,
  
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• New Utah coronavirus cases drop again on Friday

  07-08-2020 21:41
  
  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. After a spike in coronavirus cases Thursday, new diagnoses were down on Friday, with 460 cases reported and five new deaths.For the past week, Utah has averaged 441 new confirmed cases per day, the Utah Department of Health reported. Ut
  
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• The Stars were out in Orlando, plus two other keys in Jazz’s 119-111 loss to Spurs

  07-08-2020 21:28
  
  San Antonio Spurs’ Lonnie Walker IV (1) drives against Utah Jazz’ Tony Bradley during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.| Kevin C. Cox/Pool Photo via AP SALT LAKE CITY — In the first game of a back-to-back set, the Utah Jazz fell to the San Antonio Spurs 119-111 on Friday afternoon in Orlando.
  Here are three takeaways from the game:Four starters were out for Utah, with only one regular starter — Joe Ingles — pla
  
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• Utah Rep. John Curtis says millionaires shouldn’t receive unemployment benefits

  07-08-2020 21:11
  
  Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, wants to prevent millionaires from collecting unemployment insurance, at least during the pandemic.He and Rep. John Joyce, R-Pa., introduced the Returning Inappropriate Cash Handouts (RICH) Act on Friday to bar anyone with an income of $1 million or more this year from receiving such payments.He said the Labor Department currently prohibits state unemployment programs from denying unemployment claims by a person who lost a job even if the individual receives income from
  
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• Utah Sen. Deidre Henderson says she’s showing COVID-19 symptoms

  07-08-2020 20:32
  
  Utah Sen. Deidre Henderson on Friday tweeted that two of her immediate family members have tested positive for coronavirus and that she’s also starting to experience symptoms of the disease.“We have been in contact with the Department of Health, and my family and I are following strict isolation and quarantining protocols as guided by public health professionals,” the Spanish Fork Republican wrote on social media.This week two members of my immediate family tested positive for
  
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• Jordan Gibby: Church leaders have been warning us about racism. Are we listening?

  07-08-2020 20:00
  
  Fellow members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we have been warned by prophets and apostles with increased frequency and intensity about the reality of racism. Are we listening?Eleven of the 15 current members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles have made public statements specifically on race and racism, with two more having made more general statements on oppression and multi-cultural unity. Collectively, these statements have been made in six of the l
  
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• Don Izekor: We can condemn past actions by eternal standards

  07-08-2020 20:00
  
  Recently the Black Student Union at Brigham Young University called for all of the buildings at BYU to remove the names of various people from the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, many of whom promoted pro-slavery and other racist views, and instead name the buildings after the programs and colleges they serve.This is in response to some of the rebuttals I have received about our call. The most common of them is the presentism argument. This usually follows the lines o
  
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• Mike Lee, lawmakers aim to prevent Trump from bypassing ban on armed drone sales

  07-08-2020 19:40
  
  Washington • A bill that Democratic and Republican senators introduced Thursday would ban the sale of advanced armed drones to any nation that is not a close U.S. ally, according to lawmakers and congressional aides.The proposed legislation is aimed at halting an effort by the Trump administration to bypass an arms control pact that the United States helped establish in 1987. The agreement, known as the Missile Technology Control Regime, is not legally binding, but its 35 signatories have g
  
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• A Utah veteran kneeled for nine hours in protest at the Capitol Thursday

  07-08-2020 19:40
  
  A Marine Corps veteran knelt for nine hours at the Utah Capitol to call attention to racial injustice, police brutality and mental health.Shane Brooks said people of color with mental illness are “looked at as if they have already committed a crime” and some end up dead in encounters with police, KTVX-TV reported.Brooks said his marathon silent protest Thursday was inspired by Bobby Duckworth, a 26-year-old who was shot and killed by police in Wellington, Utah, in 2019.Officers respo
  
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• Live coverage: Utah Jazz take on San Antonio Spurs in Orlando

  07-08-2020 18:57
  
  Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder reacts during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers during an NBA basketball game Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.| Kim Klement/Pool Photo via AP SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz have reached the back half of their seeding games in Orlando.
  The Jazz will take on San Antonio at 11 a.m. MDT. The game will be broadcast on AT&T SportsNet. Utah will be without four of its starters — including Donovan Mitc
  
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• Parleys Canyon fire now at 80 acres, but I-80 to be closed all day

  07-08-2020 18:35
  
  The fire burning near Mount Aire in Parleys Canyon was said to be only 80 acres Friday morning, but that was still enough to close a major American thoroughfare and evacuate nearby home owners.Interstate 80 was closed 9 a.m. Friday between its junctions with Foothill Drive in Salt Lake City and Jeremy Ranch in Summit County. The closure is to last until 9 p.m. to give firefighters safe access to battle the blaze.The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands told motorists to detour on Inte
  
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• Photos: University of Utah students protest how Lauren McCluskey’s case was handled by campus police

  07-08-2020 18:29
  
  A group of University of Utah students protested Thursday evening outside the campus police department, saying officers there seriously mishandled student-athlete Lauren McCluskey’s case before she was killed.The rally came after a new report concluded that Officer Miguel Deras, who was assigned to look at McCluskey’s concerns of extortion, showed off the compromising photos she had taken to at least three of his co-workers. That display occurred outside of a work context, according
  
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• The best places in northern Utah to beat the heat

  07-08-2020 18:20
  
  Over the past week, the Utah summer has turned downright hellish, with temperatures dabbling in triple digits on a near-daily basis along the Wasatch Front. And due to the pandemic, many of the usual ways to find relief, such as community pools, water parks and skating rinks, are not available or ridiculously crowded.Fortunately for nearly all Wasatch Front residents, numerous cooler, higher-elevation destinations are within an hour’s drive. Our collective “backyards” are laced
  
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• Jason Day, Brendon Todd share lead at PGA as Tony Finau opens with a 67

  07-08-2020 18:11
  
  San Francisco • Jason Day took his first step toward a return to the spotlight in the majors Thursday at the PGA Championship.Brooks Koepka never seems to leave.Day took advantage of a TPC Harding Park that never felt this accommodating during the practice rounds. With only a mild breeze and a welcome appearance by the sunshine, he finished his bogey-free round of 5-under 65 with an approach to 6 feet for birdie on No. 9, the toughest hole on the course at 518 yards.That gave him a share of
  
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• Utah, EPA reach settlement worth at least $220 million over Gold King mine spill

  07-08-2020 17:53
  
  Utah will reap million of dollars’ worth of environmental cleanup and monitoring benefits in a “landmark” agreement arising from the disastrous 2015 Gold King mine spill.On Wednesday, officials announced a deal to settle Utah’s claims against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency associated with the massive spill from the breach that washed tons of toxic waste out of Colorado’s San Juan Mountains and into the Beehive State via the San Juan River.The Aug. 5, 2015,
  
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• Johnny Townsend: Train up a child in the bias he should know

  07-08-2020 17:00
  
  “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” — Proverbs 22:6.That’s as true for the biases we learn as well as for our religious worldview.Bias is a learned, automatic reaction, either positive or negative. When I was a Mormon missionary in Italy, my companion and I rented “Fiddler on the Roof” to show local members. We wanted to help those still struggling with Catholic backgrounds understand it was possible to br
  
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• Ford, Bush presidential adviser Brent Scowcroft dies at 95

  07-08-2020 16:53
  
  Washington • Brent Scowcroft, who played a prominent role in American foreign policy as national security adviser to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush and was a Republican voice against the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has died. He was 95.Scowcroft died Thursday of natural causes at his home in Falls Church, Virginia, Bush spokesperson Jim McGrath said.Scowcroft was the only person to serve as national security adviser to two different administrations. His appointment by Ford in 1975 ca
  
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• Brodi Ashton: How I got a staple stuck in my teeth on my first day at a new job

  07-08-2020 16:33
  
  I just started a new job. I know, I know, I write books and I write this column, but there’s one thing that writing for a living often doesn’t provide: sanity.Oh wait, I meant health insurance. Because let’s admit it, health is kind of a theme in 2020. Recently, I was in my backyard when I was approached by a murder hornet. I calmly explained that I had not hit my yearly out-of-pocket maximum, and would he be so very kind as to move along to the next person, preferably my neigh
  
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• Fire in Parleys Canyon forces evacuation; I-80 will be closed from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. on Friday

  07-08-2020 16:10
  
  A fire that broke out at Parleys Canyon has forced a mandatory evacuation of the Mount Aire area, per the Unified Fire Authority.As of Friday morning, the fire remained 0% contained and was estimated at 200 acres. The blaze was human caused and remains under investigation.The department wrote on Twitter on Thursday evening that structures are threatened and residents are advised to leave “immediately.” That evacuation order remained in effect on Friday. Mount Aire is located near Sal
  
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• Fire in Parleys Canyon forces evacuation; I-80 will close Friday morning

  07-08-2020 15:44
  
  A fire that broke out at Parleys Canyon has forced a mandatory evacuation of the Mount Aire area, per the United Fire Authority.The department wrote on Twitter that structures are threatened and residents are advised to leave “immediately.” Mount Aire is located near Salt Lake City and offers various types of outdoor recreation.Parley’s Fire update: Mandatory evacuations of the Mt. Aire area. Structures threatened, residents are advised to leave immediately! #ParleysFire—
  
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• Police identify man shot and killed by officer in Kearns

  07-08-2020 15:37
  
  A police officer shot and killed a suspect who reportedly pulled a gun during a foot chase Tuesday morning in Kearns, Unified Police said. He has been identified as Andrew S. Gwynn, 30.The shooting happened around 5:10 a.m. near the intersection of 5400 West and 5400 South in Kearns, FOX 13 reported.Detective Kevin Mallory of the Unified Police Department told FOX 13 that an officer on patrol made “a routine contact” with a man. When the officer took the man’s information and w
  
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• Sweating in sweltering northern Utah? Where you can go to beat the heat.

  07-08-2020 14:15
  
  Over the past week, the Utah summer has turned downright hellish, with temperatures dabbling in triple digits on a near-daily basis along the Wasatch Front. And due to the pandemic, many of the usual ways to find relief, such as community pools, water parks and skating rinks, are not available or ridiculously crowded.Fortunately for nearly all Wasatch Front residents, numerous cooler, higher-elevation destinations are within an hour’s drive. Our collective “backyards” are laced
  
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• Utah lawmakers push back on ideas for preventing police shootings

  07-08-2020 14:00
  
  State lawmakers on Thursday threw cold water on the Salt Lake County district attorney’s proposals for reforming Utah laws that shield police officers from consequences for using deadly force.Lawmakers on the criminal code task force vocalized support for only a couple of the ideas on the 22-item list released last month by Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill, whose office is itself buried under a mountain of criticism for its handling of police shootings. Their resistance to the p
  
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• Michael J. Petrilli: What’s a college degree worth in Utah?

  07-08-2020 14:00
  
  With Utah’s colleges and universities just weeks from starting classes, the state’s institutions of higher education have solidified their plans — at least for now — to maximize learning and minimize the spread of the coronavirus on campus. Yet, colleges aren’t the only ones who have to make tough decisions; students do too.Students have to consider whether they will feel safe attending in person, and if they don’t, whether it’s worth paying tuition with
  
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• Letter: Stand up for Salt Lake City School Board members

  07-08-2020 14:00
  
  While I’m grateful that Katie Krongard became suddenly aware of the importance of the Salt Lake City School Board, it’s unfortunate that she chose to call out one of its members based on a very narrow experience.Ms. Krongard clearly does not have a full understanding of Katherine Kennedy’s contributions to the students and educators of the Salt Lake School District. For over 14 years, I have witnessed firsthand Katherine’s tireless efforts stepping up to support educators
  
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• Letter: High school sports pose a risk

  07-08-2020 14:00
  
  During my morning walks, I’ve observed early morning practice by the Viewmont High School football team in Bountiful. It’s worried me that distancing and wearing masks has been nonexistent. I haven’t observed one player or coach wearing a mask. Dozens of players stand elbow to elbow on the track in preparation for practice sessions. The same thing later on the field when they gather together to shout their enthusiastic chants.I realize it’s outside, but does that eliminat
  
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• John Seaman: We overestimate how well we listen

  07-08-2020 14:00
  
  My seventh grade teacher, Mrs. Johnston, expressed great frustration with her class for not listening. We were a chatty and social bunch who enjoyed visiting with classmates or secretly sending notes across the classroom. Personally, I preferred daydreaming. We knew Mrs. Johnston would repeat a direction again and again.One day, Mrs. Johnston explained that she would only state a direction once. If she felt a student was not listening, the direction would not be repeated to the offender. Chaos e
  
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• Craft Lake City’s first virtual DIY Festival starts Friday. Here’s what you need to know.

  07-08-2020 14:00
  
  Many of Utah’s favorite summer events have been canceled due to COVID-19, but Craft Lake City isn’t letting the pandemic ruin its 12th annual DIY Festival — instead pivoting to an online format open to shoppers around the world.It will feature work by more than 240 Utah-based artisans — selling handmade paintings, pottery, jewelry, home decor, enamel pins, soap and skin care products, among other things.Engineers, specialty food creators, performers and vintage vendors &m
  
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• Coronavirus infections in Utah nursing homes are down, but the list of outbreaks is still long

  07-08-2020 14:00
  
  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. Ida Collard and Ralph Jones died last month as Utah’s coronavirus death toll continued to rise.Their families say Collard and Jones contracted the virus in long-term care facilities, which have accounted for about 45% of Utah&rsqu
  
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• Trump bans dealings with Chinese owners of TikTok, WeChat

  07-08-2020 07:01
  
  New York • President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered a sweeping but unspecified ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the legal authority to actually ban the apps from the U.S.The twin executive orders — one for each app — take effect in 45 days. They say they are necessary because the China-owned apps “threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States,” and ca
  
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• Letter: How many lives must be lost?

  07-08-2020 06:00
  
  With schools set to open in the coming month in spite of rising COVID-19 cases and deaths, I have only one question for all of Utah: When will the body count become unacceptable?Will it be 500? 1,000? 2,000? More? As of July 31 there have been 304 deaths from COVID-19 in Utah. and there will be more by the time this is published. Based on the actions, and inactions, of our elected officials and business leaders, 304+ deaths seem to be an acceptable cost to preserve the economy.Perhaps I'm being
  
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• Jamelle Bouie: Trump doesn’t need the most votes. What if he doesn’t even want them?

  07-08-2020 05:00
  
  Nearly everyone involved in reporting on, analyzing or forecasting the upcoming presidential election agrees that Donald Trump could win another term in office. But no one save his most dedicated sycophants thinks he could do so with a majority of the public on his side. We have accepted, as a matter of course, that Trump could be constitutionally reelected through the Electoral College, but not democratically selected by the voting public.That’s how he won in 2016, and the reason is strai
  
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• David R. Irvine: What would Barry Goldwater say?

  07-08-2020 05:00
  
  I have lived in the Bountiful bubble for a long time, and I didn’t have any experience with Black lives until I showed up for Army basic training at Fort Ord decades ago.I was in the Utah Legislature when the first bill was proposed to commemorate Martin Luther King’s birthday, but in Utah (and other places) King was suspected of communist ties, and a birthday holiday was too radical for Republicans.For as many times as my lead foot has had me pulled over by gendarmes, I’ve nev
  
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• Day, Todd share lead at PGA as Finau opens with a 67

  07-08-2020 04:57
  
  San Francisco • Jason Day took his first step toward a return to the spotlight in the majors Thursday at the PGA Championship.Brooks Koepka never seems to leave.Day took advantage of a TPC Harding Park that never felt this accommodating during the practice rounds. With only a mild breeze and a welcome appearance by the sunshine, he finished his bogey-free round of 5-under 65 with an approach to 6 feet for birdie on No. 9, the toughest hole on the course at 518 yards.That gave him a share of
  
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• Fire in Parleys Canyon forces evacuation of Mount Aire

  07-08-2020 04:45
  
  A fire that broke out at Parleys Canyon has forced a mandatory evacuation of the Mount Aire area, per the United Fire Authority.The department wrote on Twitter that structures are threatened and residents are advised to leave “immediately.” Mount Aire is located near Salt Lake City and offers various types of outdoor recreation.Parley’s Fire update: Mandatory evacuations of the Mt. Aire area. Structures threatened, residents are advised to leave immediately! #ParleysFire—
  
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• Todd, Day share lead at PGA as Finau opens with a 67

  07-08-2020 04:37
  
  San Francisco • Brendon Todd is back in the PGA Championship for the first time in five years and is tied for the lead. Todd, who recovered from a wicked case of the yips that dropped him out of the top 2,000 players in the world, won twice on the PGA Tour in the fall and now is among the top 50. He made a 10-foot par putt on his final hole to join Jason Day at 5-under 65. They were one shot ahead of nine players, including two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka. As the first round at Ha
  
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• Letter: I am perfectly comfortable with my school reopening

  07-08-2020 04:00
  
  Thank you, Ben Henderson, for your July 30 op-ed about teachers who are not against reopening schools this fall. The media makes it sound like most teachers oppose opening schools.I do realize that some school districts are struggling, but I don't think this is the case in Granite School District. I recently attended a faculty meeting at my school about reopening. After reviewing the safety plans, I am perfectly comfortable with the reopening of my school. Everything was carefully thought out an
  
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• Gail Collins: Vote for Trump’s Worst Cabinet Member

  07-08-2020 04:00
  
  OK, people, I know you’re feeling a little wan and helpless these days. Sure does seem like a long time until November.So let’s take an early vote and pick Donald Trump’s Worst Cabinet Member. The competition is intense this year. Some days it feels as if everybody in the administration is trying to grab the grand prize. That they’re running around with a list in their pocket titled Things to Screw Up.Vice President Mike Pence has been a faithful hanger-on from Day 1. He&
  
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• Fire in Parleys Canyon forces evacuation

  07-08-2020 03:18
  
  A fire that broke out at Parleys Canyon has forced a mandatory evacuation of the Mount Aire area, per the United Fire Authority.The department wrote on Twitter that structures are threatened and residents are advised to leave “immediately.” Mount Aire is located near Salt Lake City and offers various types of outdoor recreation.Parley’s Fire update: Mandatory evacuations of the Mt. Aire area. Structures threatened, residents are advised to leave immediately! #ParleysFire—
  
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