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• Bodycam shows Salt Lake City police shooting 13-year-old boy with autism

  21-09-2020 23:58
  
  Salt Lake City police on Monday released body camera footage showing an officer shooting and injuring a 13-year-old boy who has autism.The shooting occurred Sept. 4 when officers were called to a home near 500 South and Navajo Street to help with what officials have called a “violent psych issue.” A mother reported that her young son allegedly “had made threats to some folks with a weapon,” the department has said. The boy ran at about 10 p.m., and police followed.During
  
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• Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan’s Riverton estate goes on the market for $2.9 million

  21-09-2020 23:56
  
  Four months after the death of legendary Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, his Riverton estate is going on the market.Berkshire Hathaway, the real estate company that is managing the sale, described the home in a news release as a “one of a kind,” “custom-built estate” that Sloan cared for with the same meticulous nature “he portrayed with his care of our beloved Jazz basketball team.”The 9,860 square foot home is on the Riverbend Golf Course and has an 18-car gara
  
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• Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan’s Riverton estate goes on the market

  21-09-2020 23:40
  
  Four months after the death of legendary Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, his Riverton estate is going on the market.Berkshire Hathaway, the real estate company that is managing the sale, described the home in a news release as a “one of a kind,” “custom-built estate” that Sloan cared for with the same meticulous nature “he portrayed with his care of our beloved Jazz basketball team.”The 9,860 home is on the Riverbend Golf Course and has an 18-car garage, a custom
  
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• Jennifer Walker Thomas: Legitimacy of government depends on deferring Supreme Court appointment

  21-09-2020 23:00
  
  Americans are already casting votes in what portends to be the most contentious and pivotal election of a generation. Voting is the seminal point from which all legitimate governance flows, and political decisions that compromise public perception of a free and fair election could have lasting consequences.In the heat of the moment, it is critical that we remember there is no political gain or partisan benefit that can justify damage to the integrity of our elections.The process of filling the S
  
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• BYU quarterback Zach Wilson says he had the coronavirus over the summer

  21-09-2020 22:22
  
  After having to postpone their game against Army and canceling team practices last week after some athletes tested positive for the coronavirus, the Cougars are back to a regularly-scheduled game week as BYU welcomes Troy to LaVell Edwards Stadium for the home opener.While some quarantined players have already been cleared to return to team practices, others may not be expected until game day. Some may have to continue quarantining.The players affected, whether by testing positive or due to cont
  
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• Two BYU students withdraw over COVID-19 safety requirements enforced on campus

  21-09-2020 22:13
  
  Two students at Brigham Young University have withdrawn from the school in protest of safety requirements there meant to control the spread of the coronavirus.The students who left were among the 15 that the Provo university had announced last week would be disciplined for refusing to wear masks and socially distance, confirmed BYU spokesperson Carri Jenkins. They withdrew, she noted in an email, in the middle of “going through the disciplinary process for not following the COVID-19 safety
  
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• Utes ready for a Pac-12 restart, but Oregon and California teams may need time

  21-09-2020 21:59
  
  The Pac-12 has multiple contingency plans in place to start a football season.League presidents and chancellors will meet again Thursday, and are expected to provide more clarity on potential start dates, with Oct. 31 and Nov. 7 getting the most traction at the moment.Regardless of which start date and accompanying training camp calendar gets green-lit, there are going to be significant questions and hurdles facing the league.The biggest question ahead of that key Thursday meeting is a matter of
  
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• Sen. Mike Lee supported the use of political might in past court nomination fights

  21-09-2020 21:48
  
  Utah Sen. Mike Lee — who will play an important role in the confirmation of a replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court — has never been shy to say it is fine for Republicans to wield their political muscle as the Senate’s majority party in such proceedings.He made that clear during a 2016 campaign debate, when Republicans were criticized for blocking confirmation hearings for Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s court nomination. The GOP argued it was
  
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• Another 622 cases of COVID-19 in Utah; Gov. Herbert weighing options for regulations

  21-09-2020 21:21
  
  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 622 new coronavirus cases reported on Monday, Utah’s rate of new diagnoses continued to rise.For the past seven days, Utah has averaged 847 new positive test results per day — far exceeding July’s top weeklong aver
  
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• Test drive turns into alleged kidnapping when Utah man won’t return car — or the car salesman

  21-09-2020 20:08
  
  A Utah man is in jail after he refused to return a car he was test driving — while the salesman was still inside.The 43-year-old Centerville man was booked into the Salt Lake County jail for investigation of kidnapping, pending formal charges.According to a probable cause statement, the suspect went to a Salt Lake City dealership on Saturday and took a car on a test drive, stopping at “different locations” along the way. When the salesman told the suspect to return to the deale
  
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• Where will Mitt Romney come down on a quick vote on Supreme Court nominee?

  21-09-2020 19:43
  
  Sen. Mitt Romney — whom President Donald Trump this month called “our worst senator” — may hold the key to whether Trump can force a quick Senate vote before the election to put his upcoming nominee on the Supreme Court to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday.Romney may reveal his stand as soon as Tuesday. His office said he will wait at least until the Senate reconvenes that day to make a statement on the issue.Romney is a key because Republicans hold a 53-47 edg
  
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• Ginsburg’s death puts Roe v. Wade on the ballot in November

  21-09-2020 19:14
  
  It’s been a throwaway line in presidential campaigns for years: Roe v. Wade is on the ballot.This time it is very real.The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg so close to a presidential election and the vacancy it creates on the Supreme Court, coupled with President Donald Trump’s political imperative to energize social conservatives in key states, urgently provided a new frame for Trump’s case for a second term. And it has animated supporters of abortion rights at least as mu
  
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• Jazz mailbag: Will fans be in arenas next season? Mike Conley for Paul George? And, who else should the Jazz target?

  21-09-2020 18:48
  
  Benny the Bull plays a Rubik’s cube on the virtual fan boardof an NBA basketball game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.| Kevin C. Cox/Pool Photo via APSALT LAKE CITY — Just because the Utah Jazz aren’t playing basketball doesn’t mean we can’t talk basketball.
  The mailbag is still fully operational and will continue to be throughout the offseason, so keep sending in your questions.
  Jazz season t
  
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• Two more Bed, Bath and Beyond stores in Utah are closing

  21-09-2020 17:01
  
  Bed, Bath and Beyond has announced plans to close two more of its Utah locations, after closing two others earlier this year.Stores at Jordan Landing in West Jordan (7142 S. Plaza Center Drive) and in Layton (2159 Harris Blvd.) are on a list of 63 stores in 29 states the company will shutter by the end of 2020.The two Utah closures come just months after Bed, Bath and Beyond closed two other stores in the state. Locations at the Family Center at Fort Union in Midvale and at the Valley Fair Mall
  
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• A second look at Burgess Owens’ Second Chance 4 Youth nonprofit

  21-09-2020 14:30
  
  The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.Utah congressional candidate Burgess Owens’ campaign is built largely on the foundation of his personal narrative: The descendant of a slave, he found fame and fortune as a professional football player only to later fall victim to his own sense of invincibility. He struggled through bankruptcy and despair before his redemption through hard work and self-reliance.In the pr
  
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• Historic parts of Utah prison shouldn’t get torn down, groups argue

  21-09-2020 14:15
  
  Draper • Its notorious concrete walls and iron bars might hold some of Utah’s ugliest memories, but many believe portions of the old state prison should be saved.Questions of preserving part of the 70-year-old Draper prison took on new urgency Monday with the state’s announcement of stepped-up planning efforts to develop the coveted land beneath it.The hulking penitentiary, which has housed prisoners since the mid-1950s, is currently headed for demolition sometime in 2022 once o
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Gov. Gary Herbert failed and now the coronavirus is burning through Utah

  21-09-2020 14:00
  
  If a wildfire was blazing through the state, threatening the health and lives of thousands of Utahns, what would you do?Mobilize fire crews? Sound the alarms? Evacuate people? Run air tankers and cut fire lines?Or would you do nothing?Because nothing is exactly what Gov. Gary Herbert has done for 10 days as COVID-19 has burned through the state.Really, we could have seen this coming as early as Sept. 1, when the state had four days averaging about 470 new cases, nearly a hundred more each day th
  
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• Homeless service providers throughout Utah see spikes in people seeking help as the pandemic wears on

  21-09-2020 14:00
  
  In the six months since the coronavirus pandemic came to Utah, the Lantern House homeless shelter in Ogden has served 1,116 new people experiencing homelessness — 45% of whom say they’re unsheltered for the first time.At the other end of the state, Washington County is reporting an increase in the number of homeless “individuals, families, youth, and veterans who have been fleeing from other pandemic hot spots throughout the country” and are coming to southern Utah &ldquo
  
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• Broderik S. Craig: Romney should heed Ginsburg’s wishes, support Biden

  21-09-2020 14:00
  
  Dear Sen. Romney,We are writing to you as a group of students at Brigham Young University. We are a coalition of progressives, moderates and conservatives fighting to help restore decency to the White House through the election of Joseph R. Biden.This week America mourns the passing of the legendary U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ginsburg was a well-respected progressive and champion for women’s rights and equality. She will certainly be missed.Ginsburg’s dying wish
  
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• Letter: Rep. Ben McAdams puts party before people

  21-09-2020 13:00
  
  I am a conservative Republican. I voted for Ben McAdams for Salt Lake County mayor and felt he did a reasonable job in that position. However, something seems to happen to people who get elected to a national office and move to Washington D.C. When McAdams was running for Congress against Mia Love (a disappointment), his slogan was “People before Party.” Nothing in his history as mayor of Salt Lake County would have led me to believe otherwise.His campaign against Burgess Owens sugge
  
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• A sweep for ‘Schitt’s Creek’; ‘Succession’ tops Emmy Awards

  21-09-2020 06:08
  
  Los Angeles • “Schitt’s Creek,” the little Canadian show about a fish-out-of-water family, made history at Sunday’s Emmy Awards with a comedy awards sweep, something even TV greats including “Frasier” and “Modern Family” failed to achieve.Zendaya, 24, became the youngest lead drama actress winner for her role as a troubled teenager in “Euphoria.”“I know this seems like a really weird time to be celebrating,” Zendaya sai
  
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• Biden urges GOP senators to hold off on nominating new Supreme Court justice

  21-09-2020 05:54
  
  Philadelphia • Joe Biden on Sunday slammed President Donald Trump and leading Senate Republicans for trying to jam through a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and urged more senators to stand with a pair of GOP colleagues who oppose the election-season rush.The extraordinary televised plea from the Democratic presidential candidate to Republican senators reflected the ferocious maneuvering that has followed Ginsburg’s death at 87 on Friday. Her passing upended a cam
  
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• Letter: Sean Reyes is Trump’s pawn

  21-09-2020 05:30
  
  Our attorney general, the guy who seldom passes up a photo op with our president and chief COVID denier Donald Trump, has been tested 20 times for COVID-19 in the last month. Do you know anyone else who receives that much COVID testing? Do the meat packers in northern Utah receive that level of concern? How about our teachers — do they?Seems like if you are tested every two or three days, you would start getting careless, like by attending illegal indoor rallies in other states even as new
  
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• Skyline-Brighton football game canceled after players test positive for COVID-19

  21-09-2020 05:11
  
  COVID-19 has claimed another high school football game in Utah.The game between Skyline and Brighton, two teams that boast 6-0 records in 5A, has been canceled due to four players on the Eagles testing positive for the coronavirus, a Granite School District spokesperson told the Salt Lake Tribune. Skyline is canceling all team activities until Oct. 2.The Eagles are scheduled to play Highland on Oct. 2. That game could also be in jeopardy considering that Skyline would have no time to prepare for
  
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• Police find body of missing hiker in High Uintas

  21-09-2020 04:07
  
  The body of an Idaho man who was reported missing in the High Uintas Wilderness Area was found Sunday afternoon, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release.Kyle S. Wimpenny, 25, of Boise, left his home on Sept. 13 for the High Uintas Wilderness Area, with plans to hike to Kings Peak, according to police. He told his roommate he would be home by Wednesday, and he was reported missing on Thursday.Search and rescue teams found Wimpenny’s body on Sunday afternoon, aft
  
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• Letter: We must let go of our anger

  21-09-2020 03:30
  
  On a recent morning, I finished the newspaper and continue to be amazed by the anger it reports while at the same time heartened by the good many people are doing during this pandemic and the terrible fires in the West.This strange juxtaposition leaves me somewhat optimistic. That is because I believe that most people want the same things: a safe place to live and raise a family, financial and health security, a decent job, quality of life from schools and housing to community amenities. Opportu
  
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• Jana Riess: Trump’s twisted interpretation of ‘The Power of Positive Thinking’ is killing Americans

  21-09-2020 03:22
  
  On Wednesday, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told a Senate subcommittee that while progress is being made on a coronavirus vaccine, it won’t be available until the summer or fall of 2021, if one is found to be safe and effective and receives Food and Drug Administration approval soon. It is possible that “a very limited supply” could be available to health care workers by the end of 2020.On Thursday morning, the White House directly contradicted
  
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• California wildfire likely to grow from wind, low humidity

  21-09-2020 03:06
  
  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.The blaze, known as the Bobcat Fire, is expected to grow through Sunday and Monday as critical fire weather conditions continued due to gusty wind and low humidity. Additional evacuation warnings were issued Sunday afternoon.F
  
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• ‘Schitt’s Creek’ dominates early at pandemic Emmy Awards

  21-09-2020 02:50
  
  Los Angeles • “Schitt’s Creek” stars Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy won top comedy acting Emmy Awards as the ceremony kicked off Sunday, a sign that the quirky little Canadian show was having a big night.O’Hara accepted the award virtually in the pandemic-safe ceremony.“Though these are the strangest of days, may you have as much joy being holed up in a room or two with your family as I had with my dear Roses,” O’Hara said, surrounded in a d
  
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• Letter: It’s beyond me

  21-09-2020 01:30
  
  Things I don’t understand:How record-setting wildfires on the West Coast and record-setting tropical storms are not climate change related.How promising to not have military and government employees pay back the payroll tax “break” is not attempting to buy votes.How cutting payroll taxes will not cause Social Security to run out earlier.How ignoring COVID-19 somehow will make it go away.How fighting to prevent your taxes from being released fulfills your promise to release them
  
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• Bryson DeChambeau wins U.S. Open; Utahn Tony Finau ties for 8th place

  21-09-2020 01:27
  
  Mamaroneck, N.Y. • Call him a mad scientist in a tam o’shanter cap. Call him a game-changer in golf. Any description of Bryson DeChambeau now starts with U.S. Open champion.In a breathtaking performance Sunday at Winged Foot, on a course so demanding no one else broke par, DeChambeau blasted away with his driver and had short irons from the ankle-deep rough on his way to a 3-under 67.When his 7-foot par putt fell on the 18th, DeChambeau thrust those two powerful arms into the air. Thi
  
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• Justin F. Thulin: Trump is a menace to Americans’ health

  21-09-2020 00:30
  
  Americans' cherished belief in our own exceptionalism is often warranted. However, in some cases, we have clearly failed. Such is the case in our management of the COVID-19 pandemic. The question is why?Why was the most medically sophisticated nation in the world, which had advance notice of a brewing pandemic first in China and then in Europe, so poorly prepared for the largest health emergency in over 100 years?Why can an innovative and industrial powerhouse not produce enough personal protect
  
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• 11-year-old South Salt Lake boy missing

  21-09-2020 00:17
  
  Police are looking for a missing boy who is considered endangered due to his age and being in the state’s custody.Kaydyn Christensen, 11, was last seen around 11:40 a.m. Saturday walking away from the Juvenile Receiving Center, South Salt Lake Police said.The 11-year-old is 4-foot-9, 80 pounds, has blond hair and blue eyes and was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt and blue jeans.Anyone who has seen him is asked to call 801-814-4000.
  
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