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• Salt Lake City residents still have plenty of questions about the pandemic. Here are some answers.

  21-08-2020 23:42
  
  Masks work, the end of the pandemic is not yet in sight and Salt Lake City has resources for residents and businesses facing financial uncertainty.Erin Mendenhall, mayor of Utah’s capital city, and state epidemiologist Angela Dunn answered myriad coronavirus questions during a live lunchtime “ask me anything” event hosted on Facebook Friday afternoon.Participants had questions about masks, including whether they made a difference on COVID-19 cases and whether they could cause o
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Explaining QAnon

  21-08-2020 23:38
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:Boat ParadeDon’t Know MuchThe Old White, Blue and RedPostal Service in DistressLong National NightmareFire FighterVeepQuality vs. QAnonBlowing Up the MessengerGoes to ElevenWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Salt Lake City officer deemed justified in shooting a suspected car thief

  21-08-2020 23:35
  
  Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill has ruled that an officer was justified when he shot and injured a 20-year-old man suspected of stealing a car.Prosecutors won’t file criminal charges against Salt Lake City Officer Jordan Winegar, Gill added, saying the officer reasonably believed he needed to use deadly force to prevent himself from being seriously injured or killed.It’s the second time Gill has cleared Winegar in a police shooting. The officer also shot and injured a Som
  
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• National brewer goes after small Utah distillery for using ‘stone’ in its name

  21-08-2020 23:33
  
  A small Utah distillery has been pulled into an expensive legal fight with a large national brewer, over the use of the word “stone” in its name and a winged creature on its label.Holytone Distilling in Murray is one of nearly 100 U.S. companies — from small breweries and bars to restaurants and pizza joints — that have been targeted by Stone Brewing Co. for unauthorized use of its trademark.Earlier this year, the California-based beermaker began issuing trademark cancell
  
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• BYU adds Western Kentucky to its football schedule; Cougars unofficially now have an 8-game slate

  21-08-2020 22:33
  
  Slowly but surely, BYU is continuing to cobble together a fall football schedule.The latest scheduling addition out of Provo has the Cougars hosting Western Kentucky on Oct. 31 at LaVell Edwards Stadium.“We are grateful that Western Kentucky was able to quicklyput together a game that will enable our teams to play football,” BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe said in a statement. “We are looking forward to the matchup and hosting theHilltoppers at LaVell Edwards&nb
  
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• RSL wants more offense, better position in table as it prepares for restart to season

  21-08-2020 22:21
  
  The 2020 Major League Soccer season has felt like that childhood game Red Light, Green Light with all the stops and starts it’s had due to the COVID-19 pandemic.But for now, it’s green light. Ten teams have already restarted their seasons in the last few days in what’s being called Phase 1, where teams will play six games in certain regions through Sept. 14. Canadian teams play only each other due to travel restrictions, while FC Dallas and Nashville SC will make up the three g
  
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• Live coverage: Utah Jazz lead Denver Nuggets 59-42 at halftime of Game 3

  21-08-2020 21:53
  
  Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic (15) looks to pass under pressure from Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert (27) and Donovan Mitchell during the first half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. | AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool The series is tied at one game apiece. SALT LAKE CITY — With their first-round playoff series tied at a game apiece, the Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets will square off Friday afternoon in a big Game 3 in Orlando.
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• Live coverage: Utah Jazz lead Denver Nuggets 25-14 after 1st quarter of Game 3

  21-08-2020 21:53
  
  Utah Jazz’s Royce O’Neale (23) and Rudy Gobert, right, defend as Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic (15) tries to shoot during the second half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.(AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool) | AP The series is tied at one game apiece. SALT LAKE CITY — With their first-round playoff series tied at a game apiece, the Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets will square off Friday afternoon in a big Game 3 in Orland
  
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• Live coverage: Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets face off in big Game 3

  21-08-2020 21:53
  
  Utah Jazz’s Royce O’Neale (23) and Rudy Gobert, right, defend as Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic (15) tries to shoot during the second half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.(AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool) | AP The series is tied at one game apiece. SALT LAKE CITY — With their first-round playoff series tied at a game apiece, the Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets will square off Friday afternoon in a big Game 3 in Orland
  
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• As California burns, Utah chokes

  21-08-2020 21:53
  
  Air quality along the Wasatch Front took a dive late Thursday after shifting weather patterns pushed smoke billowing from California’s raging wildfires over northern Utah, erasing mountain views and pushing people indoors.“We’re being inundated with smoke from a lot of fires. It’s parking here, so we are being smoked out,” said Bo Call, who heads the Utah Division of Air Quality’s monitoring program. “There isn’t a lot we can can do until a storm c
  
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• 3 keys in the Utah Jazz’s 37-point Game 3 win over the Denver Nuggets

  21-08-2020 21:53
  
  Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell (45) dunks against the Denver Nuggets during the second half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.| AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool The series is tied at one game apiece. SALT LAKE CITY — For the second game in a row, the Utah Jazz rolled over the Denver Nuggets Friday afternoon, winning Game 3 of their first-round playoff series 124-87 to take a 2-1 game lead.
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• Utah man charged with murdering handyman who was working next door

  21-08-2020 21:48
  
  A West Valley City man has been charged with shooting and killing a handyman who was working at his next-door neighbor’s house.Jesus Adolfo Valdez Jr., 30, was charged in 3rd District Court with one count of murder and three counts of felony discharge of a firearm, first-degree felonies; and possession of a firearm by a restricted person, a second-degree felony.According to court documents, Melbin Martinez, 39, was found lying on the ground on May 28 at a house near 2900 South and 3000 Wes
  
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• Utah coronavirus numbers up again, with 463 new cases

  21-08-2020 21:11
  
  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 jump in new coronavirus cases on Thursday, Friday brought even more, with 463 new diagnoses reported by the Utah Department of Health.But the week-long average remained under the governor’s target of fewer than 400 cases p
  
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• Live: Utah Jazz take on Denver Nuggets in Game 3 of playoff series

  21-08-2020 21:11
  
  Follow along for live updates from today’s Jazz-Nuggets playoff game.A Twitter List by sltribsports
  
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• Weber State football had eyes on FCS national title, but instead has to pick up the pieces from lost fall

  21-08-2020 20:00
  
  The Weber State athletic department began the process of bringing student-athletes back to Ogden for voluntary workouts on June 1.Screening for issues related to COVID-19 commenced, followed by athletes being allowed back into campus facilities on June 8. From there, Wildcats football coach Jay Hill acted accordingly.A former University of Utah cornerback in the late-1990s and a Utes assistant from 2001-13, Hill began steering his players’ focus towards their Sept. 5 season opener against
  
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• Carl Slater: Lezmond Mitchell’s death sentence is an affront to the Navajo people

  21-08-2020 19:54
  
  On Aug. 26, the federal government plans to execute Lezmond Mitchell, 38, the only American Indian under a federal death sentence. This a profound insult to Navajo sovereignty. I am a leader of the Navajo Nation, and along with its president, vice president and legislative branch, I call on President Donald Trump to commute his sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of release.In 2001, 20-year-old Lezmond Mitchell and a juvenile co-defendant, both Navajo citizens, were charged wit
  
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• Twilight Concert organizers launch virtual benefit to aid Utah musicians hit by COVID-19 pandemic

  21-08-2020 19:51
  
  Music fans can’t go to Salt Lake City’s Twilight Concert Series — which was canceled because of COVID-19 — but they can support the program and its artists through a monthlong fundraiser aimed at helping musicians who have been hurt economically by the pandemic.The fundraiser, “Light Up Locals,” launches on Monday and runs through Sept. 25 via the concert ticket portal 24tix.com. It’s being organized by the Salt Lake City Arts Council and the concert pro
  
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• Twilight Concert organizers will throw a virtual benefit show to aid Utah musicians hit by COVID-19 pandemic

  21-08-2020 19:35
  
  Music fans can’t go to Salt Lake City’s Twilight Concert Series — which was canceled because of COVID-19 — but they can support the program and its artists through a monthlong fundraiser aimed at helping musicians hurt economically by the pandemic.The fundraiser, “Light Up Locals,” launches on Monday and runs through Sept. 25 via the concert ticket portal 24tix.com. It’s being organized by the Salt Lake City Arts Council and the concert promotion firm S&
  
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• If Utahns cast by-mail ballots a week early, postmaster general is confident of on-time delivery

  21-08-2020 18:54
  
  The U.S. Postal Service earlier this month urged Utah voters to cast their by-mail ballots a week before Election Day, Nov. 3, and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Friday that he’s “extremely, highly confident” about on-time delivery if all Americans will do that.That came as Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, asked DeJoy in a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, “If people vote within seven days of the election, are you highly confident that those ballots would be recei
  
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• Utah’s unemployment rate in July was the lowest in the country

  21-08-2020 18:45
  
  Unemployment in Utah declined for a third straight month in July, giving the state a jobs outlook substantially better than any other state.The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that Utah’s 4.5% unemployment rate was the country’s lowest and well below the national average of 10.2%.In signs of further recovery from the pandemic, four of the Beehive State’s 10 major industries added jobs in July — with construction leading the way — although overall employme
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 19 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths

  21-08-2020 18:14
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo Nation health officials have reported 19 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and three additional deaths.That brings the total number of people infected to 9,519 with the known death toll at 487 as of Thursday.Navajo Department of Health officials said 90,304 people have been tested for the coronavirus and 6,996 have recovered.The Navajo Nation lifted its stay-at-home order last Sunday, but is encouraging residents to leave their homes only for emergencies or essenti
  
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• Report: BYU adds Western Kentucky to its football schedule; Cougars unofficially now have an 8-game slate

  21-08-2020 18:06
  
  Slowly but sure, BYU is continuing to cobble together a fall football schedule. The latest scheduling addition out of Provo, according to a report from Stadium’s Brett McMurphy on Friday morning, has the Cougars hosting Western Kentucky on Oct. 31 at LaVell Edwards Stadium.Western Kentucky will visit BYU on Oct. 31, sources told @Stadium— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 21, 2020BYU, one of four FBS independents still planning to play in 2020, officially has five games sc
  
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• Tabernacle Choir’s Christmas concert canceled because of the coronavirus

  21-08-2020 17:52
  
  The Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert has fallen victim to COVID-19. The event has been canceled for 2020 because of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ prohibition of large public gatherings during the pandemic.This year’s television broadcast of the Christmas concert will be unaffected. The December 2020 telecast of “Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir” on PBS and BYUtv was recorded in December 2019, and features performances by Broadway star Kelli O&rsquo
  
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• University of Utah pays more than $450,000 in ransomware attack on its computers

  21-08-2020 17:44
  
  The University of Utah paid extortionists almost half a million dollars after a ransomware attack on some of its computer servers, and is now telling students, staff and faculty to change their university passwords.According to a statement issued by the university, it paid $457,059.24 to an “unknown entity” that hacked the College of Social and Behavioral Science servers on July 19, rendering them “temporarily inaccessible.”The cyber criminals encrypted about 0.02% of the
  
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• Report: Mike Conley will be available for Utah Jazz in Game 3 vs. Denver Nuggets

  21-08-2020 17:13
  
  Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley (10) watches his shot fall through the net during the Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers basketball game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. | Steve Griffin, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — It has been widely figured for a few days that Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley would be available for Game 3 of the team’s playoff series against the Denver Nuggets on Friday after he left the NBA’s Orlando bubble Sunday when his wife gave birth.
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• Mike Conley will be available for Utah Jazz in Game 3 vs. Denver Nuggets

  21-08-2020 17:13
  
  Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley (10) watches his shot fall through the net during the Utah Jazz-Indiana Pacers basketball game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. | Steve Griffin, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — It has been widely figured for a few days that Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley would be available for Game 3 of the team’s playoff series against the Denver Nuggets on Friday after he left the NBA’s Orlando bubble Sunday when his wife gave birth.
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• Mike Conley to play Game 3 vs. Nuggets

  21-08-2020 16:55
  
  Adrian Wojnarowski: Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley Jr., is clearing quarantine soon and will be in lineup for Game 3 against Denver today, sources tell ESPN. Conley returned to Orlando on Monday night after attending the birth of his son, Elijah.
  
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• The coronavirus pandemic is behind Utah’s record number of human-caused wildfires, officials say

  21-08-2020 15:38
  
  Utah fire officials are attributing this year’s “staggering” spike in human-caused wildfire to the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed summer recreation into the outdoors.Because so many recreational opportunities — from community swimming pools to music festivals — are unavailable or restricted, record numbers of people are enjoying Utah’s open spaces and that’s led to increase in fire starts, according to Utah State Forester Brian Cottam.“We k
  
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• Letter: Sen. Mike Lee props up partisan divide with conservative grievance

  21-08-2020 15:14
  
  Complaints about search function “bias” against conservative perspectives as in the recent article “Utah Sen. Mike Lee goes after Google” is part of a recent push for “balance” and “equal coverage” to portray a permanent moral equivalence of “right” and “left” on all matters.We saw this thinking unveiled at Charlottesville to legitimize “both sides” in 2017 and it is the same wrong perspective animating the conse
  
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• Letter: Ditch Hemlock Man for a more rational candidate

  21-08-2020 15:14
  
  On Aug. 4, The Salt Lake Tribune published an article with the headline “Stewart fears a divided U.S. will ‘commit national suicide.’”That article concluded, "Stewart isn't the first to claim that China deliberately allowed the virus to spread. President Donald Trump made that very assertion in June but quickly acknowledged that it could just as well have been unintentional. The president conceded he had no evidence to support the assertion. ... Stewart didn't offer such
  
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• Letter: An experiment in Sturgis

  21-08-2020 15:14
  
  In the first 24 hours of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, 84 arrests, 226 citations and 18 crashes were reported.One can only hope that the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention or some other higher education group is doing a scientific study of these individuals. It would be “almost” impossible to get a group of sane or even rational people to volunteer for such an experiment.My money is on the virus.Robert Hoff, TaylorsvilleSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Send Ben McAdams back to Congress

  21-08-2020 15:13
  
  Rep. Ben McAdams was sent to Washington to work for better lives for the people in Utah’s 4th Congressional District and in the country.As he listened to voters' needs and interests, he said yes to protecting older workers against discrimination, and he voted against war with Iran. When constituents expressed concerns, he voted to protect the American Wilderness and to support the Great American Outdoors Act.After the life-altering coronavirus spread to the United States, McAdams voted for
  
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• Letter: If anything, the pandemic is getting worse

  21-08-2020 15:13
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic is still just as much of a problem as it was when it first started. Actually, it might be even more of a problem than it used to be.So, why is it that every day I hear about another person going on a trip? Why do all of my friends keep on telling me about how their cousins and grandparents are coming to visit? Why is everyone refusing to complete a simple action like wearing a mask? Does no one care anymore?It really feels like everyone has decided the pandemic is over. I j
  
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• Farhad Manjoo: Yes, we are living in a computer simulation

  21-08-2020 15:12
  
  I was flying recently from Los Angeles to Temuco, the largest city in the Araucanía region of Chile, when I got to thinking — as one inevitably does during globe-spanning flights — about the fallacy of maps.In a way that is relatively novel in human history, people today are constantly bombarded with abstract representations of geography. Consider the red and blue of the polarized American electorate, the first-person view of a GPS navigator, and the blistering crimsons and or
  
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• Milk delivery returns to Salt Lake County

  21-08-2020 15:11
  
  Farm-fresh milk, cheese and other foods left on the front porch before dawn may be an idea from a bygone era — except when a pandemic hits.The month of March — when the majority of Utahns were staying home and limiting their trips to the grocery store — was the ideal time for Andrew and Samantha Stolworthy to launch Wasatch Milk.The dairy delivery business serves residents in Salt Lake County and Park City and fills the milk delivery void created last year, when Winder Farms en
  
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• Gail Collins: Who’s the best first lady?

  21-08-2020 15:11
  
  Already sorta looking forward to the Republican convention next week. The White House says Melania Trump will be speaking to the American people from the Rose Garden on Tuesday.Chances are her speechwriters won’t lift any lines from Michelle Obama like they did four years ago. Although if you hear Melania urging her audience to “grab our comfortable shoes, put on our masks, pack a brown-bag dinner and maybe breakfast, too,” when they go to the polls, you will know what happened
  
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• Hollywood is ready for theaters to reopen. Are Utah moviegoers?

  21-08-2020 15:10
  
  Mark Gill, a veteran Hollywood executive who’s now president and CEO of new film distributor Solstice Studios, knows opening his company’s first movie during a pandemic is “definitely a gamble.”“You don’t get into the movie business if you’re not interested in risk,” Gill said in an interview this week.Gill, whose company is releasing the Russell Crowe revenge thriller “Unhinged” in theaters nationwide this weekend, was talking about th
  
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• David Brooks: The Democrats who rose to the moment

  21-08-2020 15:10
  
  Some people speak from their depths, and some speak from their shallows. Some speak to make a name in some political game they’re playing. But others speak from wells of a moral conviction. Their words are not applause lines; they endure.Barack Obama spoke at the Democratic convention from his depths. His speech was not just meant to help the Democrats win an election; it was to identify a historical crisis and address a spiritual need. The former law professor spoke from his deep love for
  
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• Meet MASN, a Utah County pop singer going from TikTok success to a new EP of ‘edgy, indie-pop’ songs

  21-08-2020 15:09
  
  In an alternate universe, Mason Rupper might be in quarterback drills on a college practice field somewhere, tossing spirals in anticipation of his season opener.In this universe, Rupper broke his collarbone as a sophomore at Westlake High School in Eagle Mountain, messing up his throwing arm. After briefly playing as a wide receiver, “I quit my junior year, and just randomly decided that I wanted to do music,” Rupper said in a phone interview.This week, Rupper, 19, is releasing his
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: ‘Love in the Time of Corona’ is not what you want to watch during a pandemic

  21-08-2020 15:08
  
  Someday, somebody is going to make a really good TV show that beautifully encapsulates what life is like during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Freeform’s “Love in the Time of Corona” isn’t it.Oh, the four-part, 4½-hour show isn’t terrible. But — despite the fact that the whole pandemic thing is still relatively new — there’s nothing here. Nothing unexpected. It feels like it was built out of spare parts left over from umpteen other production
  
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• Jeff Daybell: The beginnings of a new housing crisis

  21-08-2020 15:07
  
  The perfect storm for evictions is about to come ashore, and it will impact landlords, renters and the economy as a whole.According to the Eviction Lab at Princeton University, Utah has a renting population of approximately 824,000. A recent study conducted by Stout Risius Ross estimates that 29% of renters in Utah will face a rental shortfall or are eligible for eviction.The potential for a serious crisis is already here, but we can make changes to help calm the storm before the damage is reall
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: The Utah Jazz all agree their defense was better but they’re pretty vague on why

  21-08-2020 15:00
  
  Editor’s note: Want to subscribe to the Weekly Run newsletter? Click here.Should you ever want to experience the reality of the idiom “beating your head against a wall” without, you know, suffering any legitimate cranial trauma, might I suggest instead simply asking members of a sports-ball team to discuss specific details of strategy and schemes.In the aftermath of the Jazz’s Game 2 win over the Nuggets on Wednesday, it was universally agreed that Utah’s defense ha
  
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• Robert Kirby: Love means putting up with a lot — even broccoli for dinner

  21-08-2020 15:00
  
  Earlier this week, a 61-year-old man became furious with his wife over dinner arrangements at a campground on the Provo River. In a rage, he allegedly dragged her to the water, saying that he would drown her.Witnesses called the cops. The man was arrested and booked into jail after it was determined that his wife had been injured, which sometimes happens when people don’t wish to be murdered.The story has since made national news. None of the reports specifies what about dinner caused the
  
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• Pandemic is behind Utah’s record number of human-caused wildfires, officials say

  21-08-2020 15:00
  
  Utah fire officials are attributing this year’s “staggering” spike in human-caused wildfire to the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed summer recreation into the outdoors.Because so many recreational opportunities — from community swimming pools to music festivals — are unavailable or restricted, record numbers of people are enjoying Utah’s open spaces and that’s led to increase in fire starts, according to Utah State Forester Brian Cottam.“We k
  
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• Minnesota wins NBA draft lottery; Golden State gets No. 2 pick

  21-08-2020 06:40
  
  The NBA draft lottery was delayed three months. The Minnesota Timberwolves are certainly feeling like the wait was worthwhile.The Timberwolves won the lottery Thursday night, giving them the No. 1 pick. The lottery was conducted virtually because of the pandemic, with NBA officials doing the actual draw in Secaucus, New Jersey.Golden State holds the No. 2 pick, Charlotte got the No. 3 pick and Chicago will pick fourth. The Hornets and Bulls both bucked some odds to move into the upper echelon.&l
  
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• Former Utah State QB Love learning from Packers’ Rodgers

  21-08-2020 06:39
  
  Green Bay Packers rookie Jordan Love says he has tried not to pay attention to all the media speculation surrounding the team’s long-term quarterback plans now that they’ve drafted him as Aaron Rodgers’ potential successor.Love instead is trying to soak in as much as possible as the former Utah State quarterback watches Rodgers go about his business.“It’s great for me just being able to sit there, be in the same room as him, and just hear how he thinks about plays a
  
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• At least 3 people killed in Northern California wildfire

  21-08-2020 05:45
  
  Santa Cruz, Calif. • Dozens of wildfires raging throughout Northern California have now claimed at least three lives, including the first civilian, and threaten tens of thousands of homes, authorities said Thursday.The death of a resident in Solano County, in the northeastern San Francisco Bay Area, was reported Thursday by Sheriff Thomas A. Ferrara, although he didn't have any additional details.A Pacific Gas & Electric utility worker assisting with advance clearing was found dead Wedn
  
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• Biden accepts Democratic presidential nomination in convention finale

  21-08-2020 05:37
  
  Wilmington, Del. • Joe Biden vowed to unite an America torn by crisis and contempt Thursday night, accepting the Democratic presidential nomination and achieving a pinnacle in an unfinished quest that has spanned three decades and been marred by personal tragedy, political stumbles and more dynamic rivals.The past hurdles fell away as Biden addressed his fellow Democrats and millions of Americans at home who he hopes will send him to the White House to replace Donald Trump – though hi
  
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• At least 1 resident killed in Northern California wildfire

  21-08-2020 04:17
  
  Santa Cruz, Calif. • Authorities say at least one resident has died in wildfires that are raging through Northern California and threaten tens of thousands of homes.Solano County Sheriff Sheriff Thomas A. Ferrara announced the man's death Thursday, but he didn't have additional details.At least two other people have died in the dozens of major fires that have forced tens of thousands of people from their homes in the San Francisco Bay Area, wine country and portions of the Sierra Nevada. A
  
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• Biden seeks Democratic, national unity in convention finale

  21-08-2020 04:10
  
  Wilmington, Del. • Joe Biden is accepting the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night, achieving the pinnacle — so far — of his nearly five-decade political career on the final night of the most unorthodox national convention in modern history.The former vice president is hoping the night helps the Democrats make progress toward not only unifying the diverse party but a deeply divided America as well.Biden, who at 77 years old would be the oldest president ever elected
  
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