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• Timothy Egan: Trump can’t avoid reality forever

  30-08-2020 23:32
  
  The alt-reality show on the screen this past week, a Republican National Convention without platform or ideas, mixed Dear Leader adoration with primal fear jabs aimed at the weary American voter. And it may work.But the reality outside the screen was a perfect fusion of elements central to the master con of Trumpism. The trick of tying the president to something more than the blimp of his ego — to religion, family, guns, a border wall, support for the forgotten man and woman, law and order
  
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• Utah State quarantining 287 students after elevated COVID-19 levels found in wastewater

  30-08-2020 22:27
  
  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.Utah State University is asking 287 residents across four student dormitories to quarantine after elevated levels of COVID-19 were found in wastewater samples.Citing a safety alert that went out Sunday over the university’s alert s
  
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• Chadwick Boseman’s death leaves saddening mark on rough 2020

  30-08-2020 22:20
  
  Los Angeles • Kobe Bryant. Rep. John Lewis. And now, Chadwick Boseman.So far, 2020 has been marred with bad news and tragedy with the deaths of several popular Black icons including Bryant, Lewis and recently Boseman, who died Friday. All three were viewed as leaders in their respective fields of sports, politics and film — places where people, particularly in the Black community, have often looked for inspiration during a year of racial tension and protests against the police brutali
  
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• Patriot Prayer founder: Man killed during Portland protest was a supporter

  30-08-2020 22:15
  
  Portland, Ore. • A man who was fatally shot after supporters of President Donald Trump clashed with left-wing protesters on the streets of Portland, Oregon, was a supporter of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer, its founder said Sunday.Joey Gibson, head of the group based in Washington state, told The Associated Press the man who was shot to death Saturday night was a “good friend,” although he did not identify him.Gibson said he was also in Portland on Saturday night when the
  
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• The Utah Jazz are pushing to increase voter registration and participation

  30-08-2020 22:06
  
  Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley (10) and Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) point to Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic (44) after Bogdanovic (44) tipped a missed free throw back to Mitchell at the end of the Brooklyn Nets and Utah Jazz NBA basketball game at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. | Steve Griffin, Deseret News KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Utah Jazz want you to vote.
  This isn’t about an All-Star ballot or any NBA-related honors. The Jazz, along
  
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• Antelope Island trail runner dies after possible bison attack

  30-08-2020 22:05
  
  Authorities are investigating after a man was found critically injured on a trail at Antelope Island State Park.Two women came upon the 55-year-old trail runner on the Lakeside trail, according to a news release. A medical helicopter transported the man to a local hospital.Officials don’t know what happened to the man — there were no known witnesses — but said his injuries are consistent with a bison attack.A herd of hundreds lives in the state park, which is connected to the G
  
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• Fad or future? Telehealth expansion eyed beyond pandemic.

  30-08-2020 21:11
  
  Washington • Telehealth is a bit of American ingenuity that seems to have paid off in the coronavirus pandemic. Medicare temporarily waived restrictions predating the smartphone era and now there’s a push to make telemedicine widely available in the future.Consultations via tablets, laptops and phones linked patients and doctors when society shut down in early spring. Telehealth visits dropped with the reopening, but they’re still far more common than before.Permanently expandin
  
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• Coronavirus in Utah: 448 new cases Sunday, no deaths for second straight day

  30-08-2020 20:41
  
  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.The Utah Department of Health on Sunday afternoon reported 448 new coronavirus cases but no new deaths for the second day in a row.The death count, which eclipsed 400 for the first time on Wednesday, has been at 407 since Friday. The 448
  
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• RSL owner Dell Loy Hansen will sell the team, as well as the Utah Royals and Real Monarchs

  30-08-2020 19:29
  
  Calls for Dell Loy Hansen to sell the three Utah soccer teams he owns have been answered.Hansen will sell Utah Soccer Holdings, which includes Real Salt Lake, Utah Royals FC and Real Monarchs, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber announced Sunday.The league in a statement said it will work with Hansen to support sale efforts and with the club’s executive staff to “support the operations of the team during the transition period.”“I want to acknowledge Dell Loy Hanse
  
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• Patriot Prayer supporter dead after clashing with Trump protesters in Portland, group founder says

  30-08-2020 19:26
  
  Portland, Ore. • The founder of Patriot Prayer, a right-wing group whose supporters have frequently clashed with left-wing protesters in Portland, Oregon, said Sunday that the man fatally shot in Oregon’s largest city was a supporter of the group and a “good friend.”Joey Gibson, head of the group based in Washington state, said he was also in Portland on Saturday night when supporters of President Donald Trump clashed with Black Lives Matter protesters in the streets of do
  
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• Patriot Prayer supporter dead after Trump supporters and protesters clash in Portland, group founder says

  30-08-2020 19:07
  
  Portland, Ore. • The founder of Patriot Prayer, a right-wing group whose supporters have frequently clashed with left-wing protesters in Portland, Oregon, said Sunday that the man fatally shot in Oregon’s largest city was a supporter of the group and a “good friend.”Joey Gibson, head of the group based in Washington state, said he was also in Portland on Saturday night when supporters of President Donald Trump clashed with Black Lives Matter protesters in the streets of do
  
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• Dell Loy Hansen will sell Real Salt Lake, Utah Royals and Real Monarchs

  30-08-2020 18:40
  
  Dell Loy Hansen will sell Utah Soccer Holdings, which includes Real Salt Lake, the Utah Royals FC and the Real Monarchs, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber announced Sunday.The league will work with Hansen to support sale efforts and also work with the club’s executive staff to “support the operations of the team during the transition period.”“I want to acknowledge Dell Hoy Hansen’s significant efforts to build the sport of soccer in the state of Utah and f
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 9 new coronavirus cases, 1 more death

  30-08-2020 18:30
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo Nation health officials report nine new confirmed cases of coronavirus and one additional death.The latest numbers released Saturday night brings the total number of people infected to 9,789 with 501 known deaths.Tribal health officials said 94,287 people have been tested for COVID-19 and 7,054 have recovered.The Navajo Nation lifted its stay-at-home order on Aug. 16, but is asking residents to leave their homes only for emergencies or essential activities. Much
  
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• Utah Museum of Fine Arts reopens, with shorter hours and safety protocols to battle COVID-19

  30-08-2020 18:06
  
  After five months shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts opened its doors last week.The museum has set new hours — Wednesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m., with an hour from 11 a.m. to noon on those days for seniors and people at high-risk for the coronavirus — and strict sanitation protocols, including masks and social distancing for all visitors and staff.UMFA is reopening with two exhibits it had opened before the pandemic closed everything in March. One
  
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• Outbreaks and masks: Which Salt Lake County workers are most at risk and where customers are covering up

  30-08-2020 17:34
  
  Where is the virus hiding?That’s been a consistent question during the pandemic, as we all try to balance our desire for normalcy with the risk that we could get sick. What kind of situations are likely to spread the virus, and which are more likely to be benign?Sure, we know that staying socially distanced is important, that enclosed places and tight spaces aren’t good, and that masks should be worn in public. But beyond that, details have been sparse — we’ve learned abo
  
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• Gerald Elias: Time to take a leap for anti-racism

  30-08-2020 17:00
  
  My son is Jacob. Not Jacob Blake, who was shot in the back seven times last week in Kenosha, Wisc. My Jacob is a few years older, but the main difference between them is that my son is white and Jacob Blake is Black. In this country that’s not supposed to be a difference, but clearly it is.Friday, thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., to celebrate Martin Luther King’s 1963 “I Have A Dream” address. I organized my own one-man demonstration, having recently listened to th
  
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• Gary Harris back for Game 6?

  30-08-2020 16:23
  
  Adrian Wojnarowski: Denver getting a boost today: Guard Gary Harris (strained hip) is planning a return to the Nuggets lineup for Game 6 vs. Utah, sources tell ESPN. Harris has been sidelined for the entire restart, but made significant progress in recent workouts. Jazz lead series, 3-2.
  
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• Maureen Dowd: The princess vs. the portrait in Trumpworld

  30-08-2020 16:04
  
  Washington • As long as the Trumps were hijacking the White House for their convention finale, they may as well have built a golden escalator from the Truman Balcony to the South Lawn.That way, Ivanka could have made her power move with true Trumpian flair. In every other sense, she went for it. With her blond mane rippling, she was full-on MAGA, shoving the amped-up Don Jr. and fortissimo Kimberly Guilfoyle out of the way and positioning herself as the heir to her father’s political
  
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• Outbreaks and masks: Which Salt Lake County workers are most at risk and where are customers covering up

  30-08-2020 16:02
  
  Where is the virus hiding?That’s been a consistent question during the pandemic, as we all try to balancing our desire for normalcy with the risk that we could get sick. What kind of situations are likely to spread the virus, and which are more likely to be benign?Sure, we know that staying socially distanced is important, that enclosed places and tight spaces aren’t good, and that masks should be worn in public. But beyond that, details have been sparse — we’ve learned a
  
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• Robert Kirby: Brawled to serve — the inner fight over whether to go on an LDS mission

  30-08-2020 15:00
  
  Being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints my entire life, I found that Mom and the Old Man placed enormous expectations on me.At times, it was suffocating.Under no circumstances was I ever to murder someone. It’s true. They were equally strict when it came to armed robbery, stealing cars and worshipping Satan.This may sound overly repressive, but it worked. For the most part. There was that motorcycle thing, but nobody is perfect.Looking back, I think my parents got
  
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• Fans hope Marvel comic book improves Native representation

  30-08-2020 15:00
  
  Past portrayals of Native American or Indigenous comic book superheroes would often follow the same checklist — mystical powers, an ability to talk to animals and a costume of either a headdress or a loincloth.“Poor research was done. They were just going off of TV and film,” said artist Jeffrey Veregge of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe in Washington state. One of his biggest complaints is that mainstream “heroes from every place else had actual costumes” whi
  
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• Inside Utah’s troubled teen industry: How it started, why kids are sent here and what happens to them

  30-08-2020 14:01
  
  A difficult kid in Alaska’s foster care system may soon find himself on a plane to Utah.Parents in New Jersey with a rebellious teen may send her here.A youth offender in Idaho may get sentenced to the Beehive State.When the nation has kids it doesn’t know what to do with, it often looks to Utah, where a lucrative for-profit industry thrives with minimal regulation from state officials.Utah is home to almost 100 youth residential treatment centers, and in the past five years, they ha
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Ridley Scott sends more scary androids our way in ‘Raised by Wolves’

  30-08-2020 14:00
  
  What is it with Ridley Scott and androids?He’s directed and/or produced five high-profile films that prominently featured artificial life forms — “Aliens,” “Alien Covenant,” “Prometheus,” “Blade Runner” and “Blade Runner: 2049.” And each of those films featured distinctive android characters.He’ll continue that trend in the forthcoming TV series “Blade Runner: Black Lotus,” and the four-time Oscar nominee h
  
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• Leonard Pitts: NBA calls timeout, because enough is enough

  30-08-2020 14:00
  
  Glenn “Doc” Rivers is reportedly paid $10 million a year to coach The L.A. Clippers. It is not enough.That’s not a statement of his market value, but an answer to those who think he had no business saying what he said last week.Rivers, who is African American, gave an impassioned post-game speech on Jacob Blake, the Black man who was shot seven times in the back by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin. “What stands out to me,” he said, “is just watching the
  
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• Eight rural Utah counties are competing to host a satellite inland port

  30-08-2020 14:00
  
  The inland port, a massive international distribution hub planned for Salt Lake City’s northwest corner, has been wildly unpopular with residents since its inception, prompting numerous protests over fears it will increase traffic and worsen air quality.But rural Utah counties with struggling economies made even more sluggish by the coronavirus pandemic see the project differently. And eight of them are now competing behind the scenes for the chance to host a “satellite” inland
  
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• Letter: Provo mayor has lost my support

  30-08-2020 13:30
  
  Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi vetoed a unanimous vote by the Provo City Council for a mask mandate. I originally voted for Kaufusi but I am regretting that vote now.After the City Council unanimously voted in favor of the mask mandate, Kaufusi wanted to turn around and make a statement against the health of her own constituents by vetoing the council’s vote. Kaufusi is obviously pandering to the far-right fringe base in Provo.The City Council later overrode the mayor’s veto.My wife te
  
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• Letter: Republicans keep changing the subject

  30-08-2020 13:00
  
  Dear Democrats,Do you all wonder sometimes why, at the current time most noticeably, that when you make an attempt to discuss anything political with Republicans, they don’t reply, they change the subject or they tell you about how their stock value is going up?Never discussed is moral values, a balanced budget, or fiscal conservatism. Things they claimed to corner the market on, at one time.Now what?Tom Kudla, Heber CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Real Salt Lake scores two late goals to salvage 4-4 tie with Portland

  30-08-2020 07:43
  
  Real Salt Lake’s duck looked cooked, down two goals with just five minutes left in the game.But RSL put away two of its own in the final five minutes — most of it was stoppage time — to come away with a 4-4 tie against the Portland Timbers on Saturday night at a fanless Providence Park.RSL forward Corey Baird said the comeback showed a lot of character.“To be two goals down when, I think, for the majority if not the entire game we were the better team, it could be really
  
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• RSL ties Portland 4-4 after trailing by two goals late

  30-08-2020 06:46
  
  Just two days ago, it was unclear whether Real Salt Lake and the Portland Timbers would play their scheduled game Saturday after RSL and LAFC decided not to play their game Wednesday in support of other sports leagues protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake.But the game went on as scheduled and made for an enthralling evening of soccer.RSL tied the Timbers 4-4 on Saturday at a fanless Providence Park in Portland. Real was down 4-2 in the 85th minute.Forward Giuseppe Rossi, who hasn’t
  
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• Letter: Keep our parks clean

  30-08-2020 06:00
  
  On a recent visit to Parley’s Historic Nature Park with our dog, my husband and I felt spurred to bag up after at least a dozen other dogs.If you visit this spacious off-leash dog-walking area, I urge you to be mindful of the location and actions of your canines, and be a conscientious and watchful dog owner who assumes a responsible role.Forget your bags? They are available at the main entrance, along with disposal bins.Let’s keep this pooch retreat where Fido can befriend and froli
  
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• Trail runner found critically injured at Antelope Island, possibly hurt by bison

  30-08-2020 05:21
  
  Authorities are investigating after a man was found critically injured on a trail at Antelope Island State Park.Two women came upon the 55-year-old trail runner on the Lakeside trail, according to a news release. A medical helicopter transported the man to a local hospital.Officials don’t know what happened to the man — there were no known witnesses — but said his injuries are consistent with a bison attack.A herd of hundreds of live on the state park, which is connected to the
  
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• Letter: I’ll stick with Rep. McAdams

  30-08-2020 05:00
  
  So let me get this straight: Burgess Owens not only voiced his full-throated support for QAnon, a group the FBI has said poses a domestic terrorist threat, and supported Steve Bannon in fraudulently fundraising for a border wall, he also plagiarized huge parts of his book.OK, 4th Congressional District GOPers. You do you, I guess. But I’ll probably stick with Rep. Ben McAdams. Because it looks to me like he represents my values just a bit better than Mr. Owens.Joan Lind, Salt Lake CitySubm
  
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• Police investigate suspicious death after body found near Great Saltair

  30-08-2020 04:30
  
  Unified police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found by a jogger found Saturday near the Great Saltair music venue, FOX13 reported.Police said the death is suspicious.The woman has been not been identified. She has black hair and tattoos that say “Joseff” and “J Grinn,” the police department tweeted.Anyone with information can call police at 801-743-7000.For more, visit FOX13.---Editor’s note: FOX13 and The Salt Lake Tribune are content-sharing
  
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• An emotional 72 hours in the NBA bubble: Jazz and Nuggets prepare to resume play while focusing on what’s important

  30-08-2020 04:18
  
  Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets players kneel during the national anthem before an NBA basketball first round playoff game Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool) | AP KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Donovan Mitchell wants you to understand that while sports have long been an escape for many from issues of racism and injustice, he isn’t able to escape those things.
  “We don’t really care if you don’t like it,” he said on Saturday. &ldquo
  
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• Letter: High school sports will only spread the pandemic

  30-08-2020 04:00
  
  As public schools across Utah begin to reopen there is much uncertainty, but one thing is for sure: There is no possible way for football players, basketball players, wrestlers, cheerleaders and all the other athletic programs to maintain social distancing.In the Davis School District, teachers are going to school full time, but their students are going to school part time.Within the four walls of their classrooms, teachers can maintain proper social distancing with a high degree of effectivenes
  
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• Replica of famous Mexican bell arrives in Salt Lake City

  30-08-2020 03:44
  
  A replica of Mexico’s famous Bell of Dolores arrived Saturday evening in Salt Lake City, where it will be on permanent display at the Centro Civico Mexicano.“For us its incredibly emotional,” said Brandy Farmer, president of Centro.The bell is a replica of the church bell rung by Father Miguel Hidalgo in the city of Dolores, Mexico, on Sept. 16, 1810, as a call to arms, launching the Mexican War of Independence.The original bell is rung by Mexico’s president in a re-enact
  
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• Joanna Schroeder: What if some kids are better off at home?

  30-08-2020 02:00
  
  In the early morning hours of Monday, March 9, I was locked in battle with my oldest son, Izac, then a freshman in high school, over what felt like his one-billionth request to skip his 7 a.m. physical education class. He said he was tired and anxious and begged for a break. I told him that when you commit to something, you show up. End of story. And so off he went to school, bleary-eyed and resentful.Four days later, all of my kids were home, with schools closed “out of an abundance of ca
  
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• George Pyle: NBA plays a great inside-out game for justice

  30-08-2020 02:00
  
  According to the story, American philosopher Henry David Thoreau, back in 1846, spent all of one night in jail as punishment for his refusal to pay six years’ worth of poll tax. It was his way of protesting both the Mexican-American War and slavery.He was visited there by his friend, Ralph Waldo Emerson. (Apparently, all famous American philosophers knew each other.)Emerson saw Thoreau in his jail cell and said, “Henry, what are you doing in there?”Thoreau replied, “Waldo
  
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• Utah Jazz players have heard criticism of boycott, but they point to progress already made — with more to come

  30-08-2020 01:28
  
  While the Utah Jazz sat out of Thursday’s game against the Denver Nuggets, just as the rest of the NBA did the day before, they heard the criticism.They heard fans who didn’t understand what they were doing it for. They heard the fans who said it wouldn’t bring about change. They heard the fans that said that they were making mountains out of molehills, or that Jacob Blake’s shooting was justified.Donovan Mitchell has a message for those people.“If I show my driver&
  
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• Utah Jazz are trying to balance their focus between real-world issues and Sunday’s Game 6

  30-08-2020 00:33
  
  For three days, if playing basketball wasn’t quite the last thing on most NBA players’ minds, it at least was not their primary focus. There has been dismay over yet another police shooting of a Black man. And with has come a renewed call to focus on racial equality, and police reform, and voter registration. And with that have come formalized agendas and negotiated partnerships with the league and its ownership to help bring about policies intended to enact lasting change.And now, t
  
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