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• Rejecting Trump, both parties’ leaders pledge orderly election

  24-09-2020 23:18 via sltrib.com
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election drew swift blowback Thursday from both parties in Congress, and lawmakers were already turning to unprecedented steps to ensure he can’t ignore the vote of the people.Congressional leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, rejected Trump’s suggestion that he’d “see what happens” before agreeing to
  
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• ‘This one feels personal for me,’ Donovan Mitchell tweets after grand jury ruling on Breonna Taylor killing

  24-09-2020 23:17
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell plays against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first half of an NBA game Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, in Minneapolis.| Jim Mone, Associated PressSALT LAKE CITY — Having gone to college at the University of Louisville, Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell has been outspoken in the months since the death of Breonna Taylor by police in Louisville, Kentucky, became national news, even opting to have “Say Her Name” on the back of his jersey as the Jazz pl
  
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• Grand jury ruling on Breonna Taylor killing was personal for Donovan Mitchell

  24-09-2020 23:17
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell plays against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first half of an NBA game Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, in Minneapolis.| Jim Mone, Associated PressSALT LAKE CITY — Having gone to college at the University of Louisville, Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell has been outspoken in the months since the death of Breonna Taylor by police in Louisville, Kentucky, became national news, even opting to have “Say Her Name” on the back of his jersey as the Jazz pl
  
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• As Utah’s COVID-19 cases spike, Gov. Gary Herbert praises the state’s economic response

  24-09-2020 23:01 via sltrib.com
  
  As Utah’s coronavirus cases continue to spike — reaching an all-time high on Thursday — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert praised the state’s “balanced” approach to addressing the health effects of the pandemic while also protecting the economy.“On balance, we’ve done a pretty good job,” he said at his televised monthly news conference with PBS Utah.Nearly 450 people in the state have lost their lives to the coronavirus, and the case rate spiked to 1,19
  
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• Susan R. Madsen: There can be an inclusive face to conservatism

  24-09-2020 22:30 via sltrib.com
  
  A few weeks ago, WalletHub released its “2020′s Best & Worst States for Women’s Equality,” and Utah ranked worst in the nation — yet again.As one of the primary researchers in Utah on a variety of issues related to women’s challenges and opportunities, it was not a big surprise. However, after working persistently for over 12 years on these issues, combined with the decades of work by so many other Utah women (and some men), I must say this is getting old.
  
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• Don’t expect chaos from Utah’s presidential electors even if Trump tried this extreme maneuver

  24-09-2020 21:40 via sltrib.com
  
  Social media was thrown into a tizzy Wednesday when The Atlantic published a story that President Donald Trump’s campaign was considering maneuvers to circumvent the election results in several battleground states should he lose in November.“With a justification based on claims of rampant fraud, Trump would ask state legislators to set aside the popular vote and exercise their power to choose a slate of electors directly,” writes Barton Gellman.Reaction on Twitter was quick and
  
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• Gordon Monson: Here’s evidence the Utah Jazz can make what they say they want real

  24-09-2020 21:33 via sltrib.com
  
  DonovanMitchell has said it. Rudy Gobert has said it. Mike Conley has said it.Dennis Lindsey has said it. Gail Miller has said it. Darn near everyonearound the team has said it. Has anyone not said it?The Jazz aim to contend for and win an NBA title.Hold on, stop the belly laughs. Just because it’s never been done — the winning part, anyway — doesn’t mean it can’t be done.Takea look at what’s happening in the postseason right now. There areencouraging signs th
  
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• BYU lineman Tristen Hoge got COVID-19 and now has pneumonia. His father is pleading to take the virus seriously.

  24-09-2020 21:11 via sltrib.com
  
  “Health — more important than football.”That’s the message Marty Hoge, father of BYU offensive lineman Tristen Hoge, has for Cougar Nation.In a video shared on his personal Twitter account on Wednesday, the elder Hoge said he had recently received the second-worst news from the last couple of weeks: his son has been diagnosed with pneumonia following a COVID-19 diagnosis.Cougar Nation!!We’ve got to take COVID-19 serious! #nojoke #wearyourmask#scary @BYUfootball @Cin
  
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• Salt Lake City, Tree Utah team up to replace hundreds of trees lost in recent storm

  24-09-2020 21:04 via sltrib.com
  
  Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall announced a new partnership Thursday to replace hundreds of city trees that went down in hurricane force winds earlier this month.The “ReTree SLC” initiative will raise funds for the effort and Tree Utah is recruiting volunteers to help replant the city’s urban forest. Rocky Mountain Power is providing $10,000 to aid in the effort, which the city hopes to match with donations from residents. The initiative is in addition to Mendenhall’
  
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• Roy officers won’t be charged for killing man who shot police dog, fired on officers

  24-09-2020 20:47 via sltrib.com
  
  The Davis County Attorney’s Office has determined the Roy officers who shot and killed a 21-year-old man who shot at police, injuring a K9 officer, after an August traffic stop were legally justified.The Roy Police Department announced the county attorney’s finding on Thursday and released a video statement on the confrontation. The video showed, for the first time, some body and vehicle footage and photos of the scene.The traffic stop that precipitated the deadly shootout was routin
  
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• Marian Edmonds-Allen and Derek Monson: Politics aside, RBG had the secret to healing our nation

  24-09-2020 20:30 via sltrib.com
  
  With the recent death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, our thoughts turn to the legacy of such a unique, progressive and outstanding woman. Today in our bitterly divided country, one lesson from her legacy ought to stand above the rest: the unique and beautiful friendship with one of her seemingly most staunch ideological opponents — Justice Antonin Scalia.Those who rightly admire and lionize one or both of these two formidable leaders for their legal and intellectual accomplishments should
  
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• Letter: Gubernatorial and presidential debates

  24-09-2020 20:22 via sltrib.com
  
  The Utah Debate Commission has scheduled the only debate between Spencer Cox and Chris Peterson, candidates for governor of our state, at the same time and on the same day, Sept. 29 at 6 p.m. MST, as the first debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.In what universe does a responsible, nonpartisan body do this?We Utahns should have the right to watch both Cox and Spencer, and Trump and Biden live.Please support Utah residents in pursuing responsible voter preparation for choosing leaders at bo
  
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• Gov. Herbert addresses coronavirus spike at monthly news conference

  24-09-2020 19:09 via sltrib.com
  
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is expected to discuss the state’s recent coronavirus spike at his monthly news conference Thursday.The governor will take questions from members of the Utah media, including on the state’s response to the pandemic as Utah’s rate of new diagnoses has continued to rise this week. For the past seven days, Utah has averaged 876 new positive test results per day — far exceeding July’s top weeklong average of 671 new daily cases, the Utah Departmen
  
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• Three Points: RSL’s hockey assists lead to goals, dueling fan sections, and Rusnák fills the stat sheet

  24-09-2020 19:08 via sltrib.com
  
  Here are three observations from Real Salt Lake’s 2-0 win over the L.A. Galaxy.1. RSL’s hockey assists lead to goalsPerhaps not enough is made of passing in soccer.RSL’s two goals came directly off one-two-three passing sequences that led directly to chances. Forward Justin Meram was the final recipient on a sequence that led to him getting fouled in the box and midfielder Albert Rusnák taking a penalty. And forward Damir Kreilach put one in off of a similar sequence.But
  
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• Gov. Herbert: Thursday brings record high 1,198 new coronavirus cases to Utah

  24-09-2020 19:02 via sltrib.com
  
  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 recorded 1,198 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, Gov. Gary Herbert said in a news conference.The number is a new record high single-day increase in cases, according to data from the Utah Department of Health.The previous highest on
  
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• Watch live: Gov. Herbert expected to address coronavirus spike at monthly news conference

  24-09-2020 18:20 via sltrib.com
  
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is expected to discuss the state’s recent coronavirus spike at his monthly news conference Thursday.The governor will take questions from members of the Utah media, including on the state’s response to the pandemic as Utah’s rate of new diagnoses has continued to rise this week. For the past seven days, Utah has averaged 876 new positive test results per day — far exceeding July’s top weeklong average of 671 new daily cases, the Utah Departmen
  
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• Appeals court weighs automatic U.S. citizenship for American Samoans

  24-09-2020 18:10 via sltrib.com
  
  Denver • Whether people who live in territories controlled by the U.S. automatically become citizens under a constitutional amendment that secured citizenship for freed slaves was a major focus of arguments Wednesday in a federal appeals court in Denver in a case seeking citizenship rights for residents of American Samoa.American Samoa, a cluster of islands some 2,600 miles southwest of Hawaii, is the only U.S. territory where residents have no birthright claim to citizenship.Instead, they
  
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• Several more high schools postpone football games as COVID-19 takes toll

  24-09-2020 17:53 via sltrib.com
  
  Postponement of high school football games due to COVID-19 continues.Layton High postponed its next two football games after the team had to be quarantined for two weeks due to positive coronavirus cases, Davis School District spokesperson Christopher Williams told The Salt Lake Tribune. The two-week quarantine began Tuesday.As a result, game against Clearfield and Fremont were postponed.Meanwhile, in Jordan School District, West Jordan High won’t play its sophomore of varsity games schedu
  
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• Gov. Herbert expected to address coronavirus spike at monthly news conference

  24-09-2020 17:42 via sltrib.com
  
  Sample HTML blockUtah Gov. Gary Herbert is expected to discuss the state’s recent coronavirus spike at his monthly news conference Thursday.The governor will take questions from members of the Utah media, including on the state’s response to the pandemic as Utah’s rate of new diagnoses has continued to rise this week. For the past seven days, Utah has averaged 876 new positive test results per day — far exceeding July’s top weeklong average of 671 new daily cases, t
  
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• Secondary effects of the pandemic: deaths from these causes are up, but cases of the flu are down

  24-09-2020 17:10 via sltrib.com
  
  The official coronavirus death toll in the United States passed 200,000 this week.That makes it the fourth most deadly thing to happen in the United States, only surpassed by the 1918-19 pandemic, World War II, and the Civil War. That number is equal to nearly all the deaths in World War 1 times two. It is the equivalent of nearly four Vietnam wars, five-and-a-half Korean wars, 28 Iraq/Afghanistan wars, 45 Revolutionary Wars, and 67 9/11 terrorist attacks. People always say a high casualty count
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s review of ‘The Book of Mormon’ and looking back at three church milestones

  24-09-2020 17:03 via sltrib.com
  
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this free newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.What Nelson missesRussell M. Nelson 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 a
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s review of ‘The Book of Mormon' and looking back at three church milestones

  24-09-2020 16:35 via sltrib.com
  
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this free newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.What Nelson missesRussell M. Nelson 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 a
  
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• Cedar High’s Dallin Grant commits to Utah State for basketball

  24-09-2020 15:46 via sltrib.com
  
  Dallin Grant used to play pickup basketball with former Utah State players Sam Merrill and Abel Porter. Little did he know that he would one day follow in their footsteps.Grant, a senior at Cedar High School, committed to play basketball for the Aggies on Wednesday. He announced his decision on an Instagram Live video.The 6-foot-7 forward is a three star recruit and the only high school basketball player in Utah from the class of 2021 yet to commit to a university, per 24/7 Sports. He fielded of
  
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• Long lines of mourners pay respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg at court

  24-09-2020 15:38 via sltrib.com
  
  Washington • With crowds of admirers swelling outside, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was remembered Wednesday at the court by grieving family, colleagues and friends as a prophet for justice who persevered against long odds to become an American icon.The court’s eight justices, masked along with everyone else because of the coronavirus pandemic, gathered for the first time in more than six months for the ceremony to mark Ginsburg’s death from cancer last week at age
  
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• Commentary: RBG, an incrementalist, not a revolutionary, once questioned Roe v. Wade

  24-09-2020 15:30 via sltrib.com
  
  As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s casket lies in repose at the Supreme Court, she is being lionized by progressives and feminists. But that wasn’t always the case. Ginsburg’s nomination to the highest court in 1993 almost didn’t happen because President Bill Clinton had heard that some feminists didn’t like her.The reason was Ginsburg’s criticism of Roe v. Wade, the court’s 1973 decision that effectively made abortion legal in all 50 states. Ginsburg thou
  
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• Jana Riess: For adult Latter-day Saints, there’s more to spirituality than ‘endure to the end’

  24-09-2020 15:26 via sltrib.com
  
  In 10 years as an opinion columnist, I’ve received a decent amount of reader feedback, which tends to fall into predictable categories. There’s the usual angry rejoinder that I’m endangering the faith and undermining the prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, yada yada. On the flip side are angry missives from people who have left the church themselves and can’t understand why I am still happy to be a member.Other messages are simply sad. Some are wri
  
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• Cash payments no longer the only option for Utah cannabis patients

  24-09-2020 15:20 via sltrib.com
  
  Utah’s medical cannabis patients are now allowed by the state to spend their money inside marijuana pharmacies, but that doesn’t mean the nation’s major financial institutions want their fingerprints on transactions involving the federally illegal substance.Credit card companies generally avoid cannabis transactions, for fear of federal repercussions. PayPal and Venmo are also leery of wading into the industry, state health officials say.That leaves many patients carrying wads
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Utah’s ‘troubled teen’ industry

  24-09-2020 15:07 via sltrib.com
  
  Paris Hilton recently went public with allegations that she was abused at a Utah teen treatment facility and it motivated others to speak out. Critics of the industry say weak oversight and regulations lead to children being harmed at for-profit therapeutic treatment centers, like Provo Canyon School.On this episode of “Trib Talk,” reporter Jessica Miller speaks with Jen Robison, who founded Breaking Code Silence, an online movement which aims to bring awareness to the troubled teen
  
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• Robert Gehrke: In the age of a broken Congress, hypocrisy is the name of the game

  24-09-2020 15:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Utahns who had pinned their hopes on Sen. Mitt Romney to delay the filling of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court were disappointed this week when he said he would support a quick vote.And that’s fine to be disappointed. But don’t be surprised.Romney is a Republican and a pretty conservative one. He has, since being elected, bucked President Donald Trump, but he has not bucked the Republican Party. And even then he votes with Trump more ofte
  
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• Utah’s tax referendum backers hope to oust the speaker with a long shot candidate

  24-09-2020 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  January was a heady time for the group that sprang up to oppose Utah’s massive tax reform package. These citizen activists successfully leveraged social media to collect more than 117,000 signatures to put the measure to a public vote in November. Knowing they were defeated, lawmakers decided to repeal the bill they had approved in a special session just one month earlier.It was impressive.The group then harnessed its newfound political muscle this summer to help businessman Chris Wilson o
  
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• Letter: What is it that Trump has done for the economy?

  24-09-2020 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  I don’t get it. The polls show more people trust Donald Trump handling the economy than Joe Biden. Under George W. Bush, the stock market dropped nearly 50% and about 4 million jobs had been lost. Then Barack Obama and Biden took office, and for the next eight years the stock market and jobs increased. Trump took over with a good economy, stock market and job market. Three years later, we are in the worst recession since the Great Depression and over $5 trillion in debt. I look for better
  
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• Letter: We need a leader who cares for our planet

  24-09-2020 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  When it comes to climate change and the environment, President Donald Trump wins as the most apathetic U.S. president. In his four years in office, he pulled out of the Paris climate agreement, dropped climate change from the list of national security threats, loosened regulations on toxic air pollution, and downsized Utah’s national monuments to allow more mining. He turns a blind eye toward renewable energy. His political lobbyists, especially oil and mining corporations, “trump&rd
  
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• Letter: Scheduling gubernatorial and presidential debates at same time is a travesty

  24-09-2020 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  The Utah Debate Commission has scheduled the only debate between Spencer Cox and Chris Peterson, candidates for governor of our state, at the same time and on the same day, Sept. 29 at 6 p.m. MST, as the first debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.In what universe does a responsible, nonpartisan body do this?We Utahns should have the right to watch both Cox and Spencer, and Trump and Biden live.Please support Utah residents in pursuing responsible voter preparation for choosing leaders at bo
  
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• Letter: Owens is a leader in hypocrisy and making up absurdities just like his idol

  24-09-2020 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Recently I received a flyer in the mail informing me that Burgess Owens is “A Leader in the Fight to End Human Trafficking and Child Slavery,” and that “Utah Families Pay a Heavy Price” (with no explanation of how Utah families are paying that heavy price). But apparently that is the only issue facing the country, if the flyer depicts Owens' priorities. Burgess Owens is also a rabid Trump supporter and a fan of QAnon, the conspiracy clearing house that claims Democrat lea
  
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• Letter: Let’s work to forge a more positive outlook on life

  24-09-2020 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  Marcus Aurelius said: “A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it.” This means that what we think about determines how we view the world around us. Our consistent, conscious thoughts shape our beliefs. Our beliefs about the world form our mindset on reality. If we only give attention to negative things, we will convince ourselves that the world is a horrible, rotten place. Granted, there seems to be an endless flow of gloomy news, tragedies and political division that permeat
  
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• Letter: BLM owes us a hearing before clearing trees

  24-09-2020 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  As someone who came to Utah in the early 21st century, I was awed by its desert landscapes, especially in southern Utah. My arrival coincided with the government’s attempts to eradicate the invasive, water- guzzling tamarisk trees that were everywhere along the waterways with a beetle that, amazingly, ate only tamarisks. Ingenuous, I thought, to use such a targeted pest. Alas, the annihilation of the tamarisks invaded someone else’s home — the flycatchers who lived only among t
  
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• Farhad Manjoo: I built a time machine to the 1960s

  24-09-2020 14:00 via sltrib.com
  
  After the 2016 election, I was deeply shaken not just by the outcome, but by the terrifying sense that I did not understand the nation as well as I’d thought I did. To blunt the shock, I went on a bender through American history. I dove into books about the Civil War, the Progressive era and, finally, Robert Caro’s titanic biography of Lyndon B. Johnson, where I washed up on the shores of the turbulent 1960s.I discovered something amazing: After 1960, much of history as many American
  
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• Grading the Utah Jazz: Final season marks for every player on the roster

  24-09-2020 06:00
  
  Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert (27) celebrates a defensive stop with teammates Royce O’Neale (23), Joe Ingles (2) and Donovan Mitchell (45) during the first half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game against the Denver Nuggets, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.(AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool) | AP SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz’s 2019-2020 season came to an end on Sept. 1 in a Game 7 loss to the Denver Nuggets in the opening round of the playoffs.
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• RSL moves above playoff line in 2-0 win over L.A. Galaxy

  24-09-2020 05:32 via sltrib.com
  
  Sandy • Real Salt Lake came into Wednesday’s matchup against the L.A. Galaxy badly needing a win at home.They got it.RSL beat the Galaxy 2-0 in front of 3,943 fans at Rio Tinto Stadium. The win put Salt Lake at 17 points and moved it above the playoff line after entering the game in 11th place in the Western Conference.RSL’s goals came off connecting pinpoint passes. Albert Rusnák and Damir Kreilach became the beneficiaries and added to their goal totals.RSL quickly got o
  
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• 2 Louisville officers shot amid Breonna Taylor protests

  24-09-2020 04:54 via sltrib.com
  
  Louisville, Ky. •Hours after a Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for Breonna Taylor’s death and protesters took to the streets, authorities said two officers were shot and wounded Wednesday night during the demonstrations expressing anger over the killings of Black people at the hands of police.Interim Louisville Police Chief Robert Schroeder said a suspect was in custody but did not offer details about whether that person was participating in the demons
  
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• Thomas L. Friedman: Trump’s motto is, Your money or your life

  24-09-2020 04:07 via sltrib.com
  
  Whenever I talk about COVID-19 or climate change with skeptics, I use a simple analogy: Imagine that your child is sick with a disease and you decide to take her to 100 different doctors to get multiple opinions — and 99 doctors give you the same diagnosis and prescribed treatment and one tells you that there’s nothing to worry about, that your child’s disease will “disappear … like a miracle, it will disappear.”What parents in their right minds would follow
  
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• Utah State Prison under lockdown due to potential spread of COVID-19

  24-09-2020 03:35 via sltrib.com
  
  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 Corrections announced the State Prison in Draper is under a 24-hour lockdown as of 3 p.m. Wednesday. The cited cause is possible COVID-19 transmission to the general public.Law enforcement officials are working wit
  
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• Provo High tried to move its homecoming game to Spanish Fork, but got rebuffed

  24-09-2020 03:25 via sltrib.com
  
  Provo High School made plans Wednesday afternoon to move its homecoming football game to Spanish Fork. Hours later, the Nebo School District stepped in to nix the idea.Gov. Gary Herbert had moved Provo City back to the “orange” or moderate pandemic response phase on Wednesday following a recent surge in COVID-19 infections. The governor’s order once again limits large gatherings to 20 people or fewer to help prevent spread of the coronavirus. Spanish Fork is not under those res
  
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• Trump won’t commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses. Mitt Romney responds.

  24-09-2020 03:01 via sltrib.com
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Wednesday again declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election.“We’re going to have to see what happens,” Trump said at a news conference, responding to a question about whether he’d commit to a peaceful transfer of power. “You know that I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster.”Trump has been pressing a monthslong cam
  
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• Trump won’t commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses

  24-09-2020 02:23 via sltrib.com
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Wednesday again declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election.“We’re going to have to see what happens,” Trump said at a news conference, responding to a question about whether he’d commit to a peaceful transfer of power. “You know that I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster.”Trump has been pressing a monthslong cam
  
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• Jamie Fendler: Wasatch Boulevard should embrace bicycles

  24-09-2020 02:05 via sltrib.com
  
  “It’s a hot, steep, unpleasant slog,” is what many road bikers are thinking peddling south on Wasatch Boulevard beyond the 7-Eleven store located across from mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon. Beginning the black asphalted ascent, made even more hot and hideous by cars zooming past your left shoulder, one might be thinking, “Isn’t there a better way?”More and more cyclists are riding Wasatch Boulevard, and they are ready for improvement.The Utah Department of Tra
  
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• Coaches, athletic directors testify that they do not discourage girls from playing high school football

  24-09-2020 01:42 via sltrib.com
  
  Alta High athletic director Morgan Brown remembered a former kicker on the varsity football team whose foot was second to none. In one game, the kicker, who was a freshman at the time, attempted eight PATs and converted them all.That kicker was a girl.Brown joined high school athletic directors and football coaches in testifying that they don’t discourage girls from playing on football teams that predominantly feature boys, and that to their knowledge, girls have had positive experiences i
  
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• FBI raises reward for info on Navajo Nation double homicide

  24-09-2020 01:16 via sltrib.com
  
  Phoenix • The FBI now is offering up to a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for a double homicide on the Navajo Nation six months ago.The bodies of 39-year-old Matthew Reagan and his 29-year-old brother Philip Reagan were found on March 21 in Sawmill, Arizona.FBI officials said the two men were traveling from Ohio to California and were passing through Sawmill at the time of their deaths.They said it appears the brothers' car becam
  
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• Terms of Service

  24-09-2020 01:10 via sltrib.com
  
  The Salt Lake Tribune Terms of ServiceLast Updated on December 7, 2017Acceptance of Terms of Service (“Terms”)These terms and conditions are entered into by and between you and The Salt Lake Tribune (“SL Trib”, “we”, “our”, or “us”). These Terms govern your access to and use of our website (www.sltrib.com) (the “Website”), and any of our mobile applications (“Apps” together with the Website, the “Services&r
  
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• Spencer Cox says he has ‘no choice but to agree’ with Gov. Gary Herbert on mask mandates

  24-09-2020 00:11 via sltrib.com
  
  As Gov. Gary Herbert’s right-hand man, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox says he must stand by his boss’ decision not to impose a statewide mask order, even as coronavirus cases have recently surged to record levels in Utah.“I’m still the lieutenant governor,” Cox, the Republican nominee to replace Herbert as governor, said during a candidate forum Wednesday. “I have no choice but to agree with the actions of the governor. And, look, I think there is wisdom in that.”
  
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