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• The Triple Team: Denver’s shotmaking outshines Donovan Mitchell’s superstar performance in Game 1

  17-08-2020 23:48
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 135-125 loss to the Denver Nuggets from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Denver’s shotmaking wins them the gameWhat a game. Denver and Utah went toe-to-toe with difficult shot make after difficult shot make in the fourth quarter, before the Jazz slipped in overtime. First, Jamal Murray hit numerous difficult shots time and time again in the fourth quarter and overtime, scoring 36 points. He got just a little bit of separation from Jo
  
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• Hacker targets Utah Gun Exchange, revealing usernames and emails

  17-08-2020 23:43
  
  An anonymous hacker accessed databases associated with Utah Gun Exchange last week, dumping information linked to tens of thousands of users.The Salt Lake Tribune has reviewed the leaked information, which was released on a hacking forum. Data includes email addresses, usernames and hashed passwords, which are themselves difficult to hack. Nevertheless, Utah Gun Exchange has urged its users to change their login credentials.“If you use the same email/username and password combination on an
  
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• BYU’s O-line leading a dominating offensive group through fall camp

  17-08-2020 23:32
  
  Monday may have been the start of the third week of fall camp for the BYU football team, but it was also the three-week mark until the Cougars open their season — during a pandemic no less.The Cougars — the only team left in the west ready to play — are set to open the 2020 season in Annapolis on Labor Day, when they go up against Navy.While the players have shown they are mentally ready to play, offensive line coach Eric Mateos doesn’t believe his Cougars could be ready
  
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• Mark Reynolds and Jim Wightman: Entering a period of consequences

  17-08-2020 23:30
  
  At the onset of the rise of Nazi Germany, before Hitler’s blitzkrieg incursions into the Rhineland, Czechoslovakia and France, Winston Churchill issued a sober warning: “Owing to past neglect, in the face of the plainest warnings, we have now entered upon a period of danger. ... The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.”The “period of conseque
  
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• Granite District will now have elementary schools open only 4 days a week

  17-08-2020 23:27
  
  With less than a week until classes start, Granite School District is bowing to pressure from teachers and will now reduce the number of days that elementary students attend school in person.The move came during an emergency meeting by the district’s board of education Monday morning. Members met to address concerns from educators, who have rallied in the hundreds and sent a strong letter to the board last week demanding that it do more to limit their exposure to the coronavirus — or
  
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• Donovan Mitchell’s career-high 57 not enough as Utah Jazz lose to the Nuggets

  17-08-2020 23:26
  
  Donovan Mitchell was doing it all. Draining 3s. Slithering through the lane and throwing down double-clutch dunks. Bulldozing through contact and earning trips to the free-throw line.Burdened with the narrative of being a questionable playoff performer, the 23-year-old did everything he could Monday afternoon — including a career-high and franchise postseason-high 57 points, to go along with nine rebounds and seven assists — to put the Utah Jazz on his back and carry them to a victor
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Postal Service in Distress

  17-08-2020 22:58
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:Long National NightmareFire FighterVeepQuality vs. QanonBlowing Up the MessengerGoes to ElevenDr. Donald’s DevoteesCottonwood Heights LowsBusiness DocsJohn LewisWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Donovan Mitchell’s career-high 57 not enough to beat the Nuggets

  17-08-2020 22:24
  
  Donovan Mitchell was doing it all. Draining 3s. Slithering through the lane and throwing down double-clutch dunks. Bulldozing through contact and earning trips to the free-throw line.Burdened with the narrative of being a questionable playoff performer, the 23-year-old did everything he could Monday afternoon — including a career-high and franchise postseason-high 57 points, to go along with nine rebounds and seven assists — to put the Utah Jazz on his back and carry them to a victor
  
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• Stay-at-home order lifted as Navajo Nation starts reopening

  17-08-2020 22:10
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • The Navajo Nation has lifted its stay-at-home order, but is still encouraging its residents to leave their homes for only emergencies or performing essential activities and errands.The stay-at-home order was rescinded Sunday, when 24 additional coronavirus cases and zero deaths were reported. The numbers are a vast change from earlier this year, when the tribe had one of the highest per-capita rates of infection in the U.S.Last week, the tribe released its reopening pla
  
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• New air quality monitors going up in area near planned inland port

  17-08-2020 22:10
  
  The Utah Department of Environmental Quality is working to place two new air quality monitors in the area that will become the future home of the inland port, a massive import and export trading hub planned for Salt Lake City’s northwest side.The Lake Park monitor, located at the Monticello Academy charter school in West Valley City, was set up in May. And a second monitor located near the new state prison site is expected to be operational in the next few weeks.Jared Mendenhall, a spokesm
  
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• Salt Lake Valley LDS temples to expand their operations next week

  17-08-2020 22:09
  
  All three operating Latter-day Saint temples in the Salt Lake Valley will expand their services next week as more and more of these edifices come back on line amid the coronavirus pandemic.Starting Aug. 24, the Draper Temple, along with the Jordan River and Oquirrh Mountain temples in South Jordan, will begin offering “all temple ordinances for living individuals,” including a newly altered “endowment,” a religious rite that schools members of The Church of Jesus Christ o
  
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• Kanye West files as an unaffiliated presidential candidate in Utah

  17-08-2020 22:00
  
  Kanye West will appear on the November ballot in Utah after the rapper officially filed as a candidate for president of the United States in the state Monday.West and his running mate, self-described “biblical life coach” Michelle Tidball, belong to no particular party and run will run as “unaffiliated” according to their filing.The Utah Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Monday confirmed that West had filed the necessary paperwork and 1,000 signatures to appear on the
  
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• Paul Van Dam: Salt Lake County prosecutor’s overreach doesn’t make sense

  17-08-2020 21:30
  
  I’ve known Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill for many years and have much respect for him based on those years. I’ve had his job and can relate to the obligations and pressure he feels.There’s a lot going on in Salt Lake City these days and the vandalizing of his office was shocking. All the paint, the paper stuck to the windows, and the graffiti, what a mess! Enough to really anger any law-abiding citizen, much less a law-enforcing one. But was the reaction reasonabl
  
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• Utah COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to drop

  17-08-2020 21:27
  
  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. With 242 new coronavirus cases reported on Monday, Utah’s rate of new diagnoses continued to decline, staying under the governor’s target of less than 400 cases per day.For the past seven days, Utah has averaged 354 new posi
  
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• The first schools have opened in Salt Lake County. This is what it looked like for elementary students.

  17-08-2020 21:14
  
  Murray • Marilyn Armenta wasn’t at all nervous for her first day of first grade — but the same couldn’t be said for her dad, Juan.While she twirled about in her new maroon dress and a backpack almost as big as she is, he sat nearby tapping his foot and watching the other parents dropping students off at McMillan Elementary. Did the kids have masks? Would they keep them on during the school day? Would there be enough sanitizer? Would the teachers be able to maintain distanc
  
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• 2002 Olympic freestyle ski coach Diana Williams dies at 56

  17-08-2020 20:09
  
  Diana “Dee” Williams saw something in Matt Gnoza’s blind spot.After a year on the freestyle ski team at Killington Mountain School in Vermont, Gnoza thought it was obvious that he wasn’t cut out to be an athlete. He saw no future in the sport. It took considerable coaxing by Williams to convince him otherwise.“The athletes that she worked with, she made lifelong impressions on these athletes, whether they turned out to be Olympic athletes or just happily did a littl
  
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• Utah mink test positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans

  17-08-2020 20:04
  
  Two mink farms in Utah have the nation’s first confirmed animal cases of the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans — the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Monday.The affected farms also reported positive cases of coronavirus in people, according to a statement from the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories.Utah is the second largest mink pelt producer in the country.After unusually large numbers of mink died at the farms, the Utah veterinary lab completed necrop
  
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• Who is Juwan Morgan? Seldom-used Utah Jazz rookie starts Game 1 of playoffs

  17-08-2020 19:54
  
  Utah Jazz forward Juwan Morgan (16) grabs the rebound away from Detroit Pistons guard Bruce Brown (6) during an NBA game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019. Morgan will start for the Jazz in the NBA playoffs. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — With Mike Conley in Ohio for the birth of his son, the Utah Jazz are turning to seldom-used, undrafted rookie Juwan Morgan to take the fifth spot in the starting lineup for Monday’s Game 1 of their first-rou
  
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• Mitchell’s franchise playoff record 57 not enough, plus two other keys as Jazz fall to Nuggets 135-125 in Game 1

  17-08-2020 19:26
  
  Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell, right, goes up for a shot against Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic during the second half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. | AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool SALT LAKE CITY — The underdog and shorthanded Utah Jazz almost stole Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets on Monday but ultimately fell short in overtime, losing 135-125.
  Here are three keys from the game.
  
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• Live coverage: Utah Jazz trail Denver Nuggets 59-52 at end of first half in Game 1

  17-08-2020 19:26
  
  Utah Jazz’s Juwan Morgan (16) and Denver Nuggets’ Torrey Craig compete for a rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.| AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool SALT LAKE CITY — There’s certainly a different feeling surrounding the 2020 NBA playoffs, but nevertheless, they’ll begin Monday morning in the NBA’s bubble in Orlando when the Utah Jazz take on the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of the
  
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• Live coverage: Utah Jazz trail Denver Nuggets 31-25 at end of first quarter in Game 1

  17-08-2020 19:26
  
  Utah Jazz’s Juwan Morgan (16) and Denver Nuggets’ Torrey Craig compete for a rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.| AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool SALT LAKE CITY — There’s certainly a different feeling surrounding the 2020 NBA playoffs, but nevertheless, they’ll begin Monday morning in the NBA’s bubble in Orlando when the Utah Jazz take on the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of the
  
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• Live coverage: Utah Jazz take on Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of playoff series

  17-08-2020 19:26
  
  Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell, front right reacts to teammate Nigel Williams-Goss (0) who scored a three-point basket against the San Antonio Spurs during the third quarter of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.| Kevin C. Cox/Pool Photo via AP SALT LAKE CITY — There’s certainly a different feeling surrounding the 2020 NBA playoffs, but nevertheless, they’ll begin Monday morning in the NBA’s bubble in Orlando when the Utah Jazz t
  
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• Live coverage: Utah Jazz lead Denver Nuggets 83-78 at end of third quarter in Game 1

  17-08-2020 19:26
  
  Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell, right, goes up for a shot against Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic during the second half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. | AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool SALT LAKE CITY — There’s certainly a different feeling surrounding the 2020 NBA playoffs, but nevertheless, they’ll begin Monday morning in the NBA’s bubble in Orlando when the Utah Jazz take on the Denver Nuggets in Gam
  
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• Man arrested after he allegedly stabbed a woman to death and pushed her out of car on I-15

  17-08-2020 19:10
  
  An 18-year-old man is in custody after he allegedly stabbed a woman to death and then pushed her body out of a car on Interstate 15 on Sunday night. The victim’s identity has not yet been released.According to a probable cause statement, the suspect told police “he had stabbed the victim multiple times, unbuckled her seat belt, reached over and opened the door and then pushed the victim out the driver side door.”Shortly before 10 p.m., the Utah Highway Patrol received a report
  
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• Juwan Morgan to start for Utah Jazz in Game 1 against Denver Nuggets with Mike Conley out

  17-08-2020 18:57
  
  Utah Jazz forward Juwan Morgan (16) splits the Houston defense during the Houston Rockets at Utah Jazz NBA basketball game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. | Steve Griffin, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — As the Utah Jazz prepared for Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets Monday morning, the question of who would start in place of Mike Conley was the main item of conversation as media met with head coach Quin Snyder via Zoom. Conle
  
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• Live: Utah Jazz open NBA playoffs against Denver Nuggets

  17-08-2020 18:30
  
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• Joe Biden’s Catholic politics are complicated, but deeply American

  17-08-2020 18:02
  
  Washington • In spring of 1980, Pope John Paul II had one of the longest meetings of his fledgling papacy. It wasn’t with a world leader, a U.S. president or even a secretary of state. It was with a 37-year-old Joe Biden, a U.S. senator barely a year into his second term.According to a Catholic News Service account of the encounter, the pope shooed away Vatican aides several times when they attempted to interrupt the 45-minute conversation. After waving them out of the room, John Paul
  
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• West Nile Virus found in Riverton mosquitoes

  17-08-2020 18:01
  
  Mosquitoes carrying the potentially deadly West Nile Virus have been detected in the Riverton area.The city tweeted Monday morning that the South Salt Lake Valley Mosquito Abatement District has found the virus — which can be fatal to humans — in the insects. There have been no reports on human infections in Utah in 2020.We have been notified that cases of West Nile Virus have been found among the mosquito population in the area by the SSLV Mosquito Abatement District. Here's a link
  
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• Budweiser wants to be Utah’s official state beer, suggests can with Delicate Arch and LDS Temple

  17-08-2020 17:42
  
  Utah has a state fruit (the cherry), a state vegetable (the sweet onion), and even a state snack food (Jell-O).It does not have an official state beer. None of the 50 states do.Still a new advertising campaign aims to make Budweiser the official beer of the Beehive State — complete with its own red, white and blue commemorative can, which would include Delicate Arch, snowboarding, the Capitol and the Salt Lake Temple.On Monday, Anheuser-Busch InBev — which owns Budweiser — rele
  
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• LDS Church will close Murray Cannery, move operations to Weber County facility

  17-08-2020 17:08
  
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will close its cannery in Murray, and move its operations to its newer cannery in Weber County.Church officials announced Monday it would consolidate operations of the Murray Cannery, at 4373 S. Main St., with those of its cannery in Harrisville, north of Ogden, starting in January. Employees at the Murray Cannery will be reassigned to similar positions in other church operations.The church also operates canneries in Garden City, Idaho; Houston, Te
  
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• Woman found dead on I-15; investigation is continuing

  17-08-2020 16:40
  
  The Utah HIghway Patrol is investigating after a woman was found dead on Interstate 15 in Davis County on Sunday night.The body was found in the northbound HOV lane just south of the 200 West off-ramp in Farmington at about 10 p.m., according to UHP. She is believed to be in her 20s or 30s, and her identity has not been released.A car was parked nearby, and a man who was in the vicinity was questioned, according to UHP. As of Monday morning, no arrests had been made and the investigation into ho
  
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• Heat wave prompts California power outages and worry across the West

  17-08-2020 16:17
  
  A heat wave rolling through the Southwest has forced intermittent power shut-offs in California, a state already struggling with wildfires and a recent surge in coronavirus cases, raising fears that the rising temperatures could turn deadly.Californians used so much electricity to try and stay cool Friday night that the agency that oversees much of the state’s power grid declared an emergency and, for the first time in 19 years, shut off power to hundreds of thousands of customers for seve
  
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• Utah Shakespeare Festival selling tickets for 2021, after this summer’s season was canceled due to COVID-19

  17-08-2020 16:08
  
  After canceling this summer’s season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Utah Shakespeare Festival is holding out hope that next summer will be spectacular.The 2021 season “will be like no other in our history,” Frank Mack, the festival’s executive producer, said in a statement. The season will mark 60 years since the festival’s founding in Cedar City — and the season will be dedicated to founder Fred C. Adams, who died Feb. 6 at the age of 89.Tickets for th
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Trump’s attack on the Postal Service and election integrity matters to Utahns

  17-08-2020 14:00
  
  The post office is older than the country itself, but don’t think that will stand in President Donald Trump’s way as he tries to demolish the institution to help him win a second term.By now you’ve heard about the president’s attacks. The Postal Service, like this country’s private businesses, has been hurt by COVID-19 and is looking for money from Congress to keep it on its feet. And because of the pandemic, it is about to receive scores of millions of mail-in ball
  
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• Letter: ‘Safety’ doesn’t mean much in Utah

  17-08-2020 14:00
  
  Has anyone else noticed the increase in smashed bumpers of newer cars since the repeal of Utah’s vehicle safety inspections? I can’t help but think they are caused by an increase of worn brakes or missing brake and taillights.But then again, safety hasn’t quite found its way into Utah’s lexicon.Masks, distancing, fireworks...Let's change the state motto from "Industry" to "Impervious."Scott Perry, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Have Salt Lake City homeless encampments gotten out of control again?

  17-08-2020 14:00
  
  A mattress sits on a park strip, the grass yellowing around it in the summer sun. A woman hand-washes her laundry in a bucket, while a few feet away a couple seek refuge from the heat under a shady tree, all their belongings spread out on a tarp beside them.The scene on the median near The Gateway mall this day is nothing new. Encampments of people experiencing homelessness have for years comprised a piece of Salt Lake City’s downtown landscape.But growing choruses of state leaders, Salt L
  
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• Letter: Americans have the right to disagree

  17-08-2020 13:00
  
  In response to the letter from Clement A. Kester published on Aug. 8:Mr. Kester, you are correct that many have died for the freedoms that our flag stands for. Lost in all the righteous indignation about young and mostly Black athletes taking a knee is the fact that the First Amendment to the Constitution protects the right to peacefully assemble and protest.We are a nation that was started by brave men who not only protested the tyranny of the king of England but decided ultimately to risk thei
  
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• Latter-day Saints cool on Trump are finding new influence in Arizona

  17-08-2020 06:03
  
  Mesa, Ariz. • Yasser Sanchez has twice worked to defeat Joe Biden’s bids for the vice presidency by building support for Republican candidates among his fellow members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It wasn’t hard.Now the lifelong Republican finds himself in the surprising position of supporting Biden — and repelled from his party, he says, by President Donald Trump.“We’re taught to be steady, to be basically the opposite of the way he&rsqu
  
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• Telephone calls between the UAE and Israel ring for the first time

  17-08-2020 05:52
  
  Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Telephone calls began ringing Sunday between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, marking the first concrete step of a U.S.-brokered diplomatic deal between the nations that required Israel to halt plans to annex land sought by the Palestinians.Anger over the deal however continued as well, with protesters in Pakistan criticizing the UAE and Iran making new threats about the accord, which will see the Emirates become only the third Arab nation to currently reco
  
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• Report: Utah Royals trade Kelley O’Hara to Washington Spirit

  17-08-2020 04:44
  
  It appears another high-profile player is leaving the Utah Royals FC via trade.The Royals have traded defender Kelley O’Hara to the Washington Spirit, per a report Sunday in The Athletic. The report did not say which players or assets the Royals will receive in the deal.The move leaves just one U.S. Women’s National Team player on the Utah roster in Christen Press.O’Hara has been injured for much of the last two seasons. She appeared in two games during the National Women&rsquo
  
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• Commentary: If the Utah Jazz aren’t going to win an NBA title, what should they be playing for?

  17-08-2020 04:21
  
  Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic, left, celebrates with Mike Conley during game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Nov. 20, 2019, in Minneapolis. The Jazz will start their NBA first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets Monday without either player on the court. | AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King SALT LAKE CITY — I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what exactly the Utah Jazz are playing for, what a realistic outcome is for them in the NBA bubble’s playoffs.
  I know t
  
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• Letter: School district was thrown a curveball

  17-08-2020 03:30
  
  In response to the op-ed by Lisa Ann Thomson, “Salt Lake City School Board gets an F in pandemic planning,” I would argue that Ms. Thomson should take her own advice and show up to the table having done her homework.Like the author, I was shocked at the display by our elected officials. I agree that they should have come to such a crucial meeting prepared having done the proper research. I also think that Ms. Thomson could do the same in writing about such meetings. Her article is fu
  
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• Intruder stabs two female Latter-day Saint missionaries after breaking into their apartment overnight

  17-08-2020 03:27
  
  Two female missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were stabbed early Sunday morning after an intruder broke into their Houston apartment.“The young women were taken to the hospital and are expected to recover,” church spokesman Daniel Woodruff wrote in an email. “We sincerely pray for them and their families as they deal with and heal from this ordeal.”Harris County deputies arrested a neighbor, according to ABC13 in Houston, after an investigato
  
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• Pelosi to call House back into session to vote on Postal Service bill

  17-08-2020 03:16
  
  Washington • Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she is calling the House back into session over the crisis at the U.S. Postal Service, setting up a political showdown amid growing concerns that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency ahead of the election.Pelosi is cutting short lawmakers' summer recess with a vote expected the Saturday after the Democratic National Convention on legislation that would prohibit changes at the agency as tensions mount. President Donald Trump's
  
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• Former BYU golfer Peter Kuest completes a Utah Open runaway

  17-08-2020 02:26
  
  Provo • Organizers of the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship could have created a much more dramatic finish Sunday in the Siegfried & Jensen Utah Open if they had awarded former BYU star Peter Kuest a sponsor exemption as a rookie pro.Kuest instead returned to Riverside Country Club and turned the Utah Open into a runaway on the Cougars’ home course, claiming the $15,000 first prize. As the final round unfolded, the only question became whether Kuest could challenge former BYU
  
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• Letter: Leisure activities should be available to all

  17-08-2020 01:30
  
  In today’s climate, articles about Black Lives Matter are finally flooding the media, Black voices are finally being elevated and it is the job of white people to listen and learn. The fight for basic human rights to be universal could go even further than we realize.The construct of leisure has turned into an elitist activity when it should be a fundamental human right. Everyone should have equal access to activities of leisure to help combat the stresses of everyday life. The Black commu
  
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• House Democrats summon postal leaders to hearing on mail delays

  17-08-2020 00:25
  
  Bedminster, N.J. • The Democratic-run House on Sunday demanded that leaders of the U.S. Postal Service testify at an emergency oversight hearing Aug. 24 on mail delays as concerns grow that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency during the coronavirus pandemic while states expand mail-in voting options for the November presidential election.The House Oversight and Reform Committee said it wants to hear from new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and from the chair of the Postal
  
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• Lightning sparks new wildfires across California

  17-08-2020 00:18
  
  Los Angeles • A rare summer thunderstorm brought lightning that sparked several small blazes in Northern California on Sunday and stoked a huge forest fire that has forced hundreds of people from their homes north of Los Angeles.More than 4,500 buildings remained threatened by the wildfire, which was burning toward thick, dry brush in the Angeles National Forest. Firefighters already battling the blaze in steep, rugged terrain in scorching heat faced more hurdles Saturday when hundreds of l
  
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