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• COVID-19 vaccine latest flashpoint in White House campaign

  07-09-2020 23:56
  
  Washington • The prospect of a vaccine to shield Americans from coronavirus infection emerged Monday as a point of contention in the White House race as President Donald Trump accused Democrats of “disparaging” for political gain a vaccine he repeatedly has said could be available before the election.“It’s so dangerous for our country, what they say, but the vaccine will be very safe and very effective,” the president pledged at a White House news conference.Tr
  
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• Three Points: RSL goes diamond, defense has a rough night, and the goals that weren’t

  07-09-2020 23:55
  
  Here are three observations from Real Salt Lake’s 4-0 loss to Minnesota United.1. Diamond in the roughThe year 2014 was the last time RSL aficionados saw their beloved team play a 4-4-2 diamond formation. It’s a setup that harkens back to days of old, when Jason Kreis coached a squad that won a ton of games and legitimately contended for trophies.RSL dusted off the diamond against the Loons, but it wasn’t fan service or experimentation for experimentation’s sake. The deci
  
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• French Open will allow spectators amid virus resurgence

  07-09-2020 23:47
  
  Paris • Spectators will be allowed at the French Open this month despite the growing number of coronavirus cases in the country, organizers said on Monday.They unveiled the health protocols for the clay-court grand slam, which will take place at Roland Garros in western Paris from Sept. 27 after being postponed from its May start due to the pandemic.“Since the international circuit restarted, Roland Garros will be the first tournament with the privilege of hosting an audience,”
  
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• One more COVID-19 death reported in Utah. Total number of cases now exceeds 55,000.

  07-09-2020 21:32
  
  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 reported another coronavirus-related death on Monday, bringing the state’s total to 423, according to the state Department of Health.The total number of cases statewide has now exceeded 55,000. New cases fell slightly to 373 o
  
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• With some schools moving outdoors, retailers follow

  07-09-2020 18:42
  
  Amy Jackson, an early-education instructor at the Center School in Greenfield, Massachusetts, remembers one rainy day a few years ago when she was outside with her students.They thought they were prepared. Everyone was wearing rain gear, and ropes and tarps were used to erect a makeshift shelter. But soon the children were “cold, wet, droopy,” and heading back inside became inevitable.“The only child in good spirits was the one wearing the Oaki one-piece rainsuit,” Jackso
  
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• Spanish Fork all-abilities park opens this weekend

  07-09-2020 18:26
  
  Spanish Fork • The long-anticipated Spanish Fork all-abilities park that will feature a wheelchair swing, sensory garden, ground-level merry-go-round and other accessible amenities is set to open on Sept. 12.The Spanish Fork City Council announced during its Aug. 25 meeting that construction on the $5 million park, which began in February, was near completion and that it would be open to the public within weeks.“We’re excited for this park to open up,” said Councilmember C
  
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• Utah’s temperatures will drop dramatically — and there could be hurricane-force winds

  07-09-2020 17:37
  
  A cold front will bring dramatically colder temperatures to Utah on Tuesday, and possibly hurricane-force winds to some areas.The National Weather Service has issued a high-wind warning for the northern Wasatch Front beginning Monday at midnight and continuing through noon on Tuesday. East winds from 25 to 35 mph are expected, with gusts in excess of 60 mph.Some areas near Farmington, Centerville and the mouth of Weber Canyon could experience gusts up to 75 mph. According to the National Hurrica
  
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• Salt Lake City mayor promises ’swift’ investigation after police officer shoots 13-year-old boy

  07-09-2020 17:09
  
  Salt Lake City’s mayor is promising a swift and transparent inquiry into the police shooting of a juvenile Friday.According to police, they were called shortly after 10 p.m. to a home near 500 South and Navajo Street, where a boy having a “mental episode … made threats to some folks with a weapon.” The boy ran and police pursued. One officer shot the boy.Police have not identified the person who was shot, but family members said 13-year-old autistic boy Linden Cameron wa
  
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• Robert Gehrke: The long, strange trip of Steve Urquhart, from GOP lawmaker to founder of a church of magic mushrooms

  07-09-2020 14:15
  
  I first met Steve Urquhart when he was still serving in the Utah House, a prototypical conservative Republican from Washington County and line-toeing member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.He was a champion of school vouchers in 2007. He cast one of five votes against a hate crimes law a year earlier. And he sponsored legislation to repeal Utah’s progressive immigration laws.Then his worldview started to change.In the years since, Urquhart became a champion of LGBTQ righ
  
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• Opponents of Spencer Cox wait for audit of no-bid contracts

  07-09-2020 14:00
  
  In the background of this year’s governor’s race, State Auditor John Dougall has been quietly parsing through more than $80 million in state spending in the early days of the pandemic, a period when officials dispensed with normal rules meant to safeguard against corruption and favoritism.Candidates have demanded more transparency surrounding the no-bid contracts and purchase orders — some of which evolved into the cornerstone initiatives of Utah’s COVID-19 response.They
  
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• Helicopters rescue about 200 trapped in California wildfire

  07-09-2020 14:00
  
  It should have been an idyllic Labor Day weekend, the serenity of the High Sierra region of California providing a welcome respite from protests and a pandemic.But about 200 people — many of them unaware that a rapidly growing wildfire was closing in on a popular campground area in the Sierra National Forest — found themselves suddenly trapped while trying to flee Saturday night into Sunday morning.The very forest where they had come for a holiday escape now provided kindling that he
  
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• Heidi Matthews: Celebrating the role of labor in our schools

  07-09-2020 14:00
  
  For students and educators alike, Labor Day signals “back to school,” with fresh pencils, fresh classrooms, fresh starts.This pandemic Labor Day is very different. We teachers, who joke that “there ain’t no tired like back to school tired,” have come to realize we entirely underestimated the exhaustion of starting school with the uncertainties and hazards of a pandemic. And this year, reflecting on the battles fought and celebrated on Labor Day is especially importa
  
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• Letter: Who’s paying for all these McAdams ads?

  07-09-2020 13:30
  
  I am a lifelong Democrat, but the hundred or so commercials I’ve seen of Rep. Ben McAdams on television make me wonder who is paying for all those ads, and is McAdams being controlled by that person?Fred Civish Jr., Eagle MountainSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Enough with the Trump sycophants

  07-09-2020 13:30
  
  Do we really need another Republican in Washington who supports President Trump blindly? This country was built on checks and balances, not blind allegiance to a president who demands it. Please do not put Burgess Owens in Congress representing Utah. Please do not vote R because you have always done so.These demanding times call for extraordinary actions. The picture the RNC painted of the unrest that will ensue under a President Biden, we are actually witnessing now, under President Trump. Nume
  
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• ‘This hurts more than any loss I’ve ever had’: Game 7 miss punctuates Mike Conley’s first season with Utah Jazz

  07-09-2020 04:40
  
  Utah Jazz’s Mike Conley (10) attempts a shot in the final seconds of the second half of an NBA first round playoff basketball game as Royce O’Neale (23), Denver Nuggets’ Gary Harris, left, Jamal Murray, bottom front and Jazz head coach Quin Snyder, right rear, look on, Tuesday, Sept. 1,2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) | AP SALT LAKE CITY — When Mike Conley’s last-second 3-point try rattled out of the basket on Sept. 1, it was the first tim
  
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• ‘This hurts more than any loss I’ve ever had’: Game 7 miss punctuates Mike Conley’s first season in Utah

  07-09-2020 04:40
  
  Utah Jazz’s Mike Conley (10) attempts a shot in the final seconds of the second half of an NBA first round playoff basketball game as Royce O’Neale (23), Denver Nuggets’ Gary Harris, left, Jamal Murray, bottom front and Jazz head coach Quin Snyder, right rear, look on, Tuesday, Sept. 1,2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) | AP SALT LAKE CITY — When Mike Conley’s last-second 3-point try rattled out of the basket on Sept. 1, it was the first tim
  
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• RSL falls apart in second half in 4-0 loss to Minnesota United

  07-09-2020 04:11
  
  Real Salt Lake fell apart in the second half and lost 4-0 to Minnesota United on Sunday at a fanless Allianz Field in St. Paul, Minn.The game stood scoreless at halftime, but the Loons picked RSL apart on four counterattacks and beat Salt Lake keeper Zac MacMath, who has now conceded seven goals in the 2020 season.RSL changed its formation for the game against Minnesota and also used 10 different starters compared with the draw against the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday night.Sunday’s loss
  
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• Letter: The politicians are playing you

  07-09-2020 02:30
  
  During both the Democratic and Republican conventions, it was stated “this is the most important election in the history of our country” and “the soul of our nation is at stake with this election.” I’m calling bullhockey on that. They said that before the last election, and the election before that, and the election before that.The liberals would have you believe that if Donald Trump gets reelected, then he is going to destroy what’s left of America. If Joe Bi
  
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• Trump’s ‘plane loaded with thugs’ appears to be a Salt Lake City flight with Black Lives Matter protesters

  07-09-2020 02:02
  
  President Donald Trump raised some eyebrows earlier this week when he stated a plane “loaded with thugs wearing dark uniforms” flew into Washington, D.C., recently as part of his claim that shadowy groups were controlling Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Turns out that conspiracy theory might have a connection to Salt Lake City.Trump first made the claim about a plane full of agitators during an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham.“We had somebody get on a p
  
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• Biologists survey wildfire destruction on Utah tortoise habitat

  07-09-2020 01:09
  
  St. George • After the Turkey Farm Road Fire fried nearly 12,000 acres north of St. George in mid-July, including large swaths of the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area that was set aside in 2009 as habitat for the threatened Mojave desert tortoise, biologists worried what they would find in its wake.Now, they’re setting out to survey the destruction. On a scorching day in late August, Mike Schijf, a biologist with the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, led a crew of volunteers out into a
  
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• Tribune Editorial: After Bagley cartoon, it’s time for community and police to come together

  07-09-2020 01:00
  
  Nineteen years ago this week, America was brought together in a most horrible way.The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., killed thousands and shocked the world.One bright spot we took from that horrific day was the bravery and dedication of the firefighters, police officers and other public safety and medical workers who rushed to the scene, saved lives and, in many cases, gave the last full measure of devotion in the service of their communities.As a group, they came to be know
  
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• Nicholas Kristof: ‘I keep my promises,’ Trump says. Let’s check.

  07-09-2020 01:00
  
  Four years ago as a candidate, President Donald Trump made more than 280 campaign promises. Let’s see how he did:“I will build a great, great wall on our southern border ...” (speech, June 16, 2015)While Trump so far has built 307 miles of walls along the 1,984-mile border, much of this replaces previous barriers that were dilapidated or blocked only vehicles.“... and I will have Mexico pay for that wall.”Mexico is not paying for it. The new wall is costing about $3
  
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• Navajo woman who survived COVID-19 finds joy in simple steps

  07-09-2020 00:46
  
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • An ambulance whisked Carol Todecheene from her house in late March as some of her 13 rescue dogs barked and neighbors stood in their yards wondering what was wrong.Some thought she had died as the number of coronavirus cases rapidly rose on the vast Navajo Nation, which at one point had the highest infection rate in the U.S.Todecheene received so many calls and messages that her family let people know on social media that she had the virus. After weeks in the hospital, fo
  
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• Tribune Editorial: After Tribune cartoon, it’s time for community and police to come together

  07-09-2020 00:43
  
  Nineteen years ago this week, America was brought together in a most horrible way.The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., killed thousands and shocked the world.One bright spot we took from that horrific day was the bravery and dedication of the firefighters, police officers and other public safety and medical workers who rushed to the scene, saved lives and, in many cases, gave the last full measure of devotion in the service of their communities.As a group, they came to be know
  
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• Letter: A Fox News presidency in action

  07-09-2020 00:30
  
  Republicans for Trump believe that scientists, historians, scholars, economists and journalists have devoted their entire careers to deceive them, while a TV clown with decades of fraud and well-documented lying is their only beacon of honesty. President Donald Trump’s sycophants blame Democrats and the mainstream media for everything that continues to make their life an endlessly miserable experience.A new book by Brian Stelter titled “Hoax” describes the Trump-Fox feedback lo
  
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