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• Letter: Jimmy Kimmel was stating the obvious

  20-09-2020 23:30
  
  Jimmy Kimmel has found the dumbest person on earth living right here in Utah. This would be news if not for the fact that the Beehive State cornered the market on stupidity long ago — just look at Utah County and a commission chamber full of COVID-19 conveyors.Our reputation for idiocy perhaps is most apparent in the hypocrites Utahns elect to public office. Two examples:• Mike Lee, a senator who buys a house he can’t afford and leaves his bank holding the bag, yet wants to teac
  
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• Utah Royals fall 3-0 to Portland in NWSL Fall Series opener

  20-09-2020 23:12
  
  Utah Royals FC went into Sunday’s game against the Portland Thorns without its head and assistant coaches because they were placed on administrative leave. But the Royals still had a game to play despite what was happening off the field.The Royals opened their four games of the National Women’s Soccer League Fall Series with a 3-0 loss to the Thorns. It was Utah’s first game since losing to the Houston Dash in penalties in the quarterfinals of this summer’s NWSL Challenge
  
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• Frank Bruni: From Trump, no respect for Ginsburg, or for the rules

  20-09-2020 22:30
  
  I was prepared for Mitch McConnell’s hypocrisy, but his brazenness left me breathless. He pledged a speedy Senate vote on a Trump-nominated replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg less than two hours after news of her death broke.He couldn’t have waited, I don’t know, six hours? A day? Out of respect?Silly question. Silly me. I sometimes forget the era we’re living in and the president we’re living under. McConnell understands that neither is about propriety, procedure,
  
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• BYU students make glasses to help autistic kids' eye contact

  20-09-2020 22:06
  
  Provo • Heidi Kershaw was sitting in on a therapy session with her 7-year-old son, who has autism, when she noticed he kept getting distracted from the therapy exercises. His eyes were glued to the corner of the room, where Mickey Mouse was on the TV.If only there were an image of Mickey Mouse on her face, the mom told the therapist, she would finally be able to establish eye contact with her son.Kershaw, who is the senior vice president of operations at the Entertainment Industry Foundatio
  
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• Utah Royals coach, assistant put on administrative leave before club’s game at Portland

  20-09-2020 21:59
  
  Utah Royals FC won’t have two coaches for the foreseeable future.Head coach Craig Harrington and assistant Louis Lancaster have been placed on administrative leave by the club, a spokesperson said Sunday afternoon. The news was first announced during the broadcast of the game between the Royals and the Portland Thorns.Amy LePeilbet has been named head coach in the interim, a club spokesperson said. She coached Sunday’s game against Portland.The Athletic reported that Harrington and L
  
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• Ginsburg’s impact on women spanned age groups, backgrounds

  20-09-2020 21:59
  
  New York • Sure, there were the RBG bobbleheads, the Halloween getups, the lace collars, the workout videos. The “I dissent” T-shirts, the refrigerator magnets, the onesies for babies or costumes for cats. And yes, the face masks, with slogans like: “You can’t spell TRUTH without RUTH.”But the pop culture status that Ruth Bader Ginsburg found — or rather, that found her — in recent years was just a side show, albeit one that amused her, to the uniqu
  
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• Southern California wildfire grows, burns nature center

  20-09-2020 21:10
  
  Los Angeles • The destruction wrought by a wind-driven wildfire in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles approached 156 square miles Sunday, burning structures, homes and a nature center in a famed Southern California wildlife sanctuary in foothill desert communities.Firefighters were, however, able to defend Mount Wilson, which overlooks greater Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Mountains and has a historic observatory founded more than a century ago and numerous broadcast antennas serving S
  
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• Utah wildlife officials save moose trapped in golf course cistern where her calves drowned

  20-09-2020 20:41
  
  The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources responded to a call at Mountain Dell Golf Course after a family of moose became trapped in a cistern on the grounds. Two calves drowned, but crews were able to save the mother.A small herd lives in the area and frequents the golf course. The family got through a fence, fell into the cistern at some point last night and were discovered Sunday morning, according to a Mountain Dell employee.“We’re just beside ourselves right now,” the employ
  
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• LDS leader Russell Nelson misses going to the hospital to welcome newborns into his family

  20-09-2020 20:35
  
  President Russell M. Nelson, leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has spent much of his life going to hospitals — as a renowned heart surgeon caring for patients, as a mindful minister tending to ill congregants, and as a father, grandfather and great-grandfather welcoming new babies into his vast family.“This treasured experience brings me unspeakable joy every time,” the 96-year-old prophet-president wrote Sunday on Facebook. “I love holding these
  
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• Gail Collins: Ruth Bader Ginsburg knew what to do with her time

  20-09-2020 20:30
  
  “Now I happen to be the oldest,” Ruth Bader Ginsburg told me in 2015, when she was still 81 and I was asking her about retirement for a piece in this newspaper. “But John Paul Stevens didn’t step down until he was 90.”She was good at extending the deadline. For a long time, she would point out that Justice Louis Brandeis didn’t retire until 82. Then, when she approached that mark, she found a new goal post.Now that she’s gone, the world is talking about
  
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• Raiders eager to show off new digs in Vegas debut vs. Saints

  20-09-2020 19:45
  
  The Raiders finally have a home to call their own.After spending almost their entire 60-year existence sharing stadiums that were sometimes old and out of date, the Raiders are set to open their $2 billion palace in the Las Vegas desert. The Raiders (1-0) will host the New Orleans Saints (1-0) on Monday night when they get to show off Allegiant Stadium to the world more than three years after getting approval to move from Oakland to Las Vegas. “It’s got everything you could imagine,
  
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• Utah wildlife officials try to save moose trapped in golf course cistern where her calves drowned

  20-09-2020 19:43
  
  The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is responding to a call at Mountain Dell Golf Course after a family of moose became trapped in a cistern on the grounds. Two calves have drowned, but crews are trying to save the mother.A small herd lives in the area and frequents the golf course. The family got through a fence, fell into the cistern at some point last night and were discovered Sunday morning, according to a Mountain Dell employee.“We’re just beside ourselves right now,”
  
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• Coronavirus in Utah: Cases dip under 1,000, but the current spike continues

  20-09-2020 19:25
  
  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 recent coronavirus spike in Utah isn’t showing any signs of slowing down, but it did see a slight decrease in case numbers Sunday after two consecutive days of more than 1,000 cases reported per day.On Sunday, the Utah Departme
  
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• Maureen Dowd: Will the election turn on RBG?

  20-09-2020 18:46
  
  Washington • I used to feel pretty optimistic that the country would get through the Trump years intact.In 2016, America got mad — and went mad. This administration has unleashed so many fresh hells that a portrait of the past four years looks very Hieronymus Bosch. But the idea of this country is so remarkable; surely it could withstand one cheesy con man who squeaked in.Now we might have passed a point of no return. No matter who wins in November, can the harsh divisions abate?The s
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 17 new coronavirus cases, 4 more deaths

  20-09-2020 18:16
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo Nation health officials report 17 new confirmed cases of coronavirus with four additional deaths.The Navajo Department of Health says there now have been 548 known deaths since the pandemic began and 10,107 confirmed cases on the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.Tribal health officials say 101,899 people have been tested for the coronavirus and 7,230 have recovered as of Saturday.The number of infections is thought to be far high
  
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• RSL offense good in loss, home struggles, and better play with 10 men

  20-09-2020 16:51
  
  Here are three observations from Real Salt Lake’s 2-1 loss to the Vancouver Whitecaps.1. Tough loss, but good offenseIn less than a month, RSL got off at least 25 shots in two separate games — the 4-4 draw to the Portland Timbers and Saturday’s loss to the Vancouver Whitecaps.Coach Freddy Juarez said he was disappointed in Saturday’s result but proud of how the team played. And it’s not difficult to see why.Of those 25 shots, 16 came from inside the 18 yard box. The
  
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• Maud’s Cafe is open for takeout

  20-09-2020 16:36
  
  Maud’s Café has reopened for takeout services, after a monthslong closure due to the coronavirus.The Salt Lake City coffee shop at 422 W. 900 South is operated by Volunteers of America, Utah and gives homeless youth a chance to get training and job experience and work for an hourly wage.It’s also a chill place to get a caramel macchiato or golden milk latte.“We have taken the necessary measures and are so excited to be opening again,” said Geoff Doiron, the VOA&rsq
  
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• Robert Kirby: Back to church — otherwise known as rounding up the herd

  20-09-2020 15:00
  
  While leaving church recently, I ran into the bishop of my Latter-day Saint ward. This wouldn’t have been all that unusual if we still went to the same church.We don’t.Since the quarantine began, I’ve been attending church at the home of the Clegg family across the street. It’s great — as church goes. The five of us laugh, argue, call one another names. Nobody gets any feelings hurt.I have no idea where Bishop Tom Geertsen goes to church. We used to go to the one do
  
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• How two 20-somethings and their dance parties helped set back Utah’s pandemic progress

  20-09-2020 15:00
  
  The Instagram post began by saying the planned dance party for Aug. 7 in Provo was canceled due to health and safety concerns.“However,” the post — as written — continued, “due to us not being little b****, we are replacing it with THE UNDERGROUND DANCE PARTY.”The address in Provo was disclosed the day of the party to prevent any efforts to quash it, according to social media posts from the organizers, a company calling itself Young/Dumb. Admittance was $10.A
  
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• Utah County’s first distillery takes the unconventional route

  20-09-2020 14:00
  
  Pleasant Grove • He is a software consultant. She is a sixth grade teacher.When they’re not working those day jobs, they’re inside a brand new warehouse in one of the state’s most conservative communities distilling spirits that don’t fall into traditional vodka-gin-whiskey categories.Matt and Stephanie Eau Claire are clearly unconventional — dare we say defiant?In March, when the coronavirus was shutting down most businesses, the couple launched Clear Water Di
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Disaster is almost certain to strike the Emmys on Sunday

  20-09-2020 14:00
  
  The producers in charge of the Emmy Awards telecast on Sunday are warning that things will go wrong.They’ll be at the Staples Center with host Jimmy Kimmel, but — because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — pretty much everybody else you’ll see on air (6 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) will be at one of more than 130 locations across the United States and in 10 countries around the world. And that, executive producers Reginald Hudlin and Ian Stewart acknowledged, is a recipe for disaster
  
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• Provo Canyon School’s history of abuse accusations spans decades, far beyond Paris Hilton

  20-09-2020 14:00
  
  When celebrity Paris Hilton went public recently with allegations that she was physically and mentally abused at Provo Canyon School in the 1990s, the treatment facility’s owner quickly brushed off responsibility.Universal Health Services didn’t own or run the school then, so it said it couldn’t weigh in on what Hilton says happened to her.But people who were residents at Provo Canyon School in recent years have made similar accusations. There is a pattern of controversy and al
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Let’s talk Chicago

  20-09-2020 14:00
  
  This is for the people who keep asking me about Chicago.Other cities too, sometimes, but it is mostly the City of the Big Shoulders, with its spiraling murder rate, that sends many of you rushing to your keyboards. Why are black people so exercised about police killings of unarmed African Americans, you demand, but not about so-called “Black on Black crime” in the core of our cities? In response, let me just say this for the record:We are exercised about it all.It is galling for thos
  
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• Letter: Our leaders fail us

  20-09-2020 13:30
  
  Thanks to Gov. Gary Herbert and his sidekick and heir apparent Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, who’s also chairman of Herbert’s COVID-19 task force, Utah is once again sinking into the doldrums of rapidly rising COVID-19 infections. The governor and Cox have failed to extend requirements for all parts of Utah to wear face masks. Fortunately, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Grand County and Summit County have held fast in requiring face masks, which has reduced infection transmission in those
  
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• At U. law vigil for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, speakers urge attendees to honor her legacy and ‘all be notorious’

  20-09-2020 06:02
  
  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being remembered for her brilliant legal mind, her flair for fashion and her unwavering tenacity, in and out of the courtroom. But on Saturday, gender studies professor Wanda Pillow told a crowd on the University of Utah’s campus they should be thinking about her dissents, too.And to take notes.Because in this unprecedented political and cultural moment, when a presidential election that many Americans see as a referendum on the fate of the
  
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• RSL finishes with 10 men in 2nd straight game in 2-1 home loss to Vancouver

  20-09-2020 05:43
  
  Sandy • For the second straight game, Real Salt Lake finished with 10 players on the field. And for the second straight game, it happened when RSL was already trailing.Unlike the beating it took from the Colorado Rapids last week, RSL fought much harder. But the result proved the same.RSL lost 2-1 to the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday in front of 3,409 fans at Rio Tinto Stadium. It’s the second consecutive loss for Salt Lake and the second consecutive win for Vancouver.RSL went down
  
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• Letter: Educate yourself, Sen. Lee

  20-09-2020 03:43
  
  We rejoice when exalted authorities such as Sen. Mike Lee tweak our nation’s standards, as he is attempting to do when he advocates sale by the LDS Church of KSL.com — allegedly for being excessively liberal. Otherwise, how would we recognize when the nation is veering toward a conspiratorial extreme? We hate to see him take time out from Fox, Breitbart and other bedrock indexes of his reality, to remind us that The Associated Press is distorting the news.Honestly, when your objectiv
  
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• Matthew Wolff, 21, leads U.S. Open; Tony Finau tied for 21st after 3 rounds

  20-09-2020 02:41
  
  Tony Finau plays his shot from the sixth tee during the third round of the US Open Golf Championship, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, in Mamaroneck, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (John Minchillo/)Mamaroneck, N.Y. • Matthew Wolff might be too young to realize he’s supposed to hit fairways to have a chance to win the U.S. Open. Or maybe he’s so good it doesn’t matter.Wolff hit only two fairways Saturday and still matched the lowest score ever at Winged Foot in a major, a 5-under
  
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• Letter: Rio Tinto’s sullied name

  20-09-2020 01:41
  
  The Tribune on Sept. 15 published the New York Times article “Executives to step down after Rio Tinto destroys sacred Australian site.” The article details how, with full knowledge of caves containing artifacts proving human habitation of the caves for some 45,000 years, the company proceeded to destroy them last May by expanding its iron ore mine.Let us now debate how long the University of Utah will tolerate the name “Rio Tinto” on its world-class Natural History Museum
  
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• Utahn Tony Finau loses ground in the third round of the U.S. Open

  20-09-2020 01:21
  
  After bogeying four of the last eight holes in Saturday’s third round of the U.S. Open, Tony Finau will need a rally Sunday to earn another top-10 finish in a major golf tournament.The West High School graduate was 1 under par for the day through 10 holes, before his trouble with driving accuracy took a toll at Winged Foot Golf Club in New York. Finau posted a second straight 3-over-par 73 after opening with a 69 and is tied for 21st place at 5 over. He placed in the top 10 in six of the p
  
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• What we learned from the NBA bubble and what it means for the 2020-21 season

  20-09-2020 00:53
  
  An NBA sign is posted on a basketball arena at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla.| Ashley Landis, Associated Press So far, the NBA’s Orlando bubble has been a huge success, especially when you consider the circumstances. SALT LAKE CITY — The NBA’s Orlando bubble has, so far, been a huge success, especially when you consider the circumstances and skepticism amid which planning for the massive undertaking began.
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