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• Pope commits to clean finances amid scandal in backyard

  08-10-2020 23:53
  
  Rome • Pope Francis told European anti-money laundering experts Thursday that the Vatican was committed to “clean finance,” as he denounced financial speculation amid a spiraling corruption investigation in the heart of the Holy See.It is rare for a head of state to meet with the Council of Europe’s Moneyval teams, who make periodic on-site visits to member states to evaluate their adherence to international standards to fight money-laundering and terrorist financing.But a
  
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• Mike Lee opposes new pandemic aid package for airlines

  08-10-2020 23:32
  
  Utah Sen. Mike Lee is trying to prevent the take-off of another round of relief for airlines, which say they will need to lay off tens of thousands of employees without it.That comes after President Donald Trump earlier this week tweeted that he would be willing to sign a $25 billion stand-alone aid package for airlines as soon as Congress gives him one.But Lee, who is chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, joined Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., in a statement saying that an airline-only aid bill wou
  
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• Chris Stavros: Amendment D will protect water customers in Utah

  08-10-2020 23:13
  
  It is not often you get a Salt Lake City Democrat and a Utah County Republican to agree on policy, but that is what we have with Utah constitutional Amendment D that will be on your upcoming ballot.Salt Lake City Democratic Rep. Joel Briscoe and Utah County Republican Rep. Keven Stratton have both publicly expressed support for this constitutional amendment.Amendment D resolves a decades-old issue that has quietly been lurking behind the scenes. It involves Utah’s water law, issues of tran
  
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• ‘Utah Politics’ podcast: Wrapping up the V.P. debate with McKay Coppins

  08-10-2020 22:51
  
  Wednesday’s historic vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris at the University of Utah was remarkable if for only being the polar opposite of last week’s chaotic, interruption-filled presidential debate.“It almost felt like a throwback to the pre-Trump normal period of politics,” says McKay Coppins, a writer for The Atlantic. "You had two candidates who spoke in complete sentences. Who, for the most part, abided by the rules and didn’t cut each
  
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• National security adviser explains why he backs Nobel Peace Prize for Donald Trump

  08-10-2020 21:50
  
  President Donald Trump’s break-the-mold “America first” diplomatic style has defied skeptics to make the world safer and more prosperous — and he should get serious attention for a Nobel Peace Prize, his national security adviser said Thursday in Salt Lake City.“I came out and said he should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize” after brokering an accord to normalize relations between Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, National Security Adviser Ro
  
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• Gordon Monson: Love or hate the King, watch and appreciate him as he makes history

  08-10-2020 21:20
  
  This might be painful for Utah Jazz fans, simply because it praises andappreciates an obvious aspect of the Lakers, and no self-respecting Jazzfan likes to praise and appreciate any aspect of the Lakers, not even a very important obvious aspect.But … heading into Friday night’s Game 5 of the NBA Finals, a game in whichthe Lakers could eliminate the Heat and gain yet another championship —the club’s 17th title overall, oops, sorry … it is rewarding, still.LeBron Ja
  
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• A statistical look at Utah’s 500 coronavirus deaths

  08-10-2020 21:11
  
  Five hundred dead.After Thursday’s report, Utah officially passed that threshold, with 501 official COVID-19 deaths in our state. And the medical examiners are very clear: these are deaths that would not have happened if it weren’t for COVID-19.Let’s break down those deaths to try to further understand the toll of the pandemic. How does that compare to other causes of death in Utah? How old were those who died, and how healthy were they? Were men or women more effected, and whi
  
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• Brecklynn, a Utah 8th grader, gets national attention after V.P. candidates answer her debate question

  08-10-2020 21:09
  
  Utah is frequently associated with the Osmonds, the Utah Jazz, actor Robert Redford, musician Post Malone, and, more recently, Sen. Mitt Romney.But on Wednesday evening, during the vice presidential debate at the University of Utah, the Beehive State’s two most temporarily famous residents arguably became the fly that perched itself atop Vice President Mike Pence’s head and Brecklynn Brown, an eighth grader from Springville Junior High whose essay became the last question of the nigh
  
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• Scott Williams: Dear Utah, It’s OK to vote for Joe

  08-10-2020 21:07
  
  QAs a child, I saw the Wasatch Front was our fortress wall, a moral and mighty barrier to protect us from “Easterners” — the inhabitants of those chaotic lands of Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Washington, D.C., — images of which moved across our small TV screen with protests, discord, wild performance art and edgy music.Sex, drugs and rock and roll, and race, were the playgrounds of other souls, a strangeness not found in 1960s Salt Lake City. To the west, California wa
  
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• Utah football camp opens Friday. Here are 5 questions facing the Utes in 2020.

  08-10-2020 20:42
  
  The University of Utah was supposed to start the 2020 football season on Sept. 3. That got moved back to Sept. 26, followed by one more move to Nov. 7. Regardless of the start date, one thing was a certainty.These Utes are going to look quite different from the group that won 11 games and got to the doorstep of the College Football Playoff 10 months ago.Utah will open fall camp on Friday and will do so with a host of position holes to fill. The quarterback will be new, as will the primary runnin
  
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• LDS Church President Russell Nelson, other top leaders test negative for COVID-19; apostle Gong recovering at home

  08-10-2020 20:28
  
  Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can breathe easier.After apostle Gerrit W. Gong came down with COVID-19 recently, concerns arose that other top leaders, including 96-year-old President Russell M. Nelson, may have been infected.That’s not the case.“Out of an abundance of caution, all members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles were tested, and all tests were negative,” church spokesman Eric Hawkins said Thursday in a news release.
  
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• Three Points: RSL changes formation again, not enough offensive aggression, and too many open Sounders

  08-10-2020 20:11
  
  Here are three observations from Real Salt Lake’s 2-1 loss to the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday from beat writer Alex Vejar.1. Another change in formation on short restWith just two days in between games and virtually no practice time, RSL again opted to shift some things around. Six new players featured in the starting lineup Wednesday compared to Sunday’s loss to LAFC.The last time that many changes occurred out of necessity was last month on the road against Minnesota United. RSL
  
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• Bridget Romano: In Utah, democracy includes voting on judges

  08-10-2020 20:06
  
  At my house, we have two things to celebrate as the upcoming election nears. We have a newly minted adult, a son who is now 18 and excited to vote, and a killer yard sign that reminds everyone who passes by to “Know Your Judges” and to “Vote.”Voting is important. Knowing why you are voting is that and more.From afar, many are transfixed as the president and Congress grapple over the appointment of a new justice to the U.S. Supreme Court. We cannot help but be enthralled b
  
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• Utah coronavirus cases up a record 1,501 on Thursday

  08-10-2020 19:51
  
  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 1,501 new coronavirus cases reported on Thursday, Utah set a new record for one-day diagnoses.For the past week, the Utah Department of Health has tallied 1,114 new positive test results a day, on average — continuing a streak
  
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• Utah, U.S. jobless claims remain persistently high and are expected to rise in the weeks to come

  08-10-2020 19:40
  
  Applications for jobless benefits remained high last week, even as the collapse of stimulus talks in Washington raised fears of a new wave of layoffs.More than 804,000 Americans filed new claims for state unemployment benefits, the Labor Department said Thursday. That is up from 799,000 the week before, before accounting for seasonal patterns. Another 464,000 people applied for benefits under the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, which covers freelancers, self-employed workers an
  
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• Algae in skis? Salt Lake company believes its technology could change the snow-sports industry

  08-10-2020 19:11
  
  Traditionally, the skis you want to carry you into and out of the isolated and unforgiving backcountry is not the pair with algae on it. Or in it.But a Salt Lake City ski maker would like to change your perspective on that.WNDR Alpine is entering its second year of building backcountry skis with microalgae oil. Used in place of petroleum in the plastic of the core and sidewalls, the company says the microalgae is not just more environmentally friendly than its fossil-fuel counterpart, but also a
  
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• Trump, Biden teams debate the next debate: Virtual or not, next week?

  08-10-2020 19:07
  
  Washington • It’s suddenly up in air when the next presidential debate, or maybe debates, may take place.President Donald Trump said Thursday he would skip next week’s faceoff with Democratic nominee Joe Biden after organizers said it would be held virtually after Trump got COVID-19, the back-and-forth further disrupting the president’s efforts to shift focus away from a virus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans this year.Biden’s campaign countered by asking
  
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• Day care assistant at Copper Hills High put on leave after she posted blackface photo

  08-10-2020 19:05
  
  A day care assistant at Copper Hills High has been put on leave after school officials say she posted a photo of herself in blackface on social media.Jordan School District learned about the picture this week after receiving tips from several parents. Sandy Riesgraf, spokesperson for the district, said the woman was immediately removed from her position while an investigation was launched into her conduct.The district has not named the employee but confirmed she was a part-time aide at the high
  
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• Frank Bruni: Pence’s debate performance bugged me out

  08-10-2020 19:04
  
  We need to talk about that fly.It was a fly, wasn’t it? If not, it was a bug doing an ace interpretation of a fly, and about two-thirds of the way through the debate in Salt Lake City on Wednesday night, it took up residence in Vice President Mike Pence’s hair, a smudge of black against a shock of white, where it lingered for a few minutes before undoubtedly realizing that there was warmer, more demonstrably human real estate to be had.Off it flew, and on Pence droned. He never exhib
  
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• BYU men’s basketball team to play 16 WCC games in 2020-21 season, finishing off with Gonzaga at home

  08-10-2020 18:55
  
  Provo • The BYU men’s basketball season is set. Well, at least the conference schedule.The WCC regular season will be spread over a nine-week span and include 16 conference games. Conference play will begin on Dec. 31 and conclude Feb. 27.The Cougars, who finished second in the WCC last season with a 13-3 conference record, will kick off WCC play at Pepperdine on Dec. 31 and will play its first home game league game on Jan. 7 against Pacific.BYU will play home-and-home series with Gon
  
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• Red All Over: Utah football is actually happening this time, right?

  08-10-2020 18:08
  
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering Utah athletics. Subscribe here.I readily admit I am a pessimist too much of the time, but at this point, I am reasonably sure the University of Utah is going to open its football season on Nov. 7. I’ve been skeptical this whole time, and, really, can you blame me? The COVID-19 pandemic wiped away the original Sept. 3 start vs. BYU, then the Sept. 26 start vs. Washington State. At that point, the Pac-12 said there would be no sports until at leas
  
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• Mike Lee tweets that ‘rank democracy’ threatens liberty and prosperity

  08-10-2020 17:53
  
  Some people upset with what they saw during Wednesday’s vice presidential debate may have yelled at their TV or turned it off. Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee took a different approach, launching a twitter storm that attacked — of all things — democracy.One tweet that especially created a firestorm on social media was: “Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prosperity are. We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that.”So,
  
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• 11-year-old Arizona boy dies after watercraft accident at Sand Hollow State Park

  08-10-2020 16:59
  
  An 11-year-old Arizona boy died as a result of injuries he suffered in a watercraft collision at Sand Hollow State Park, Utah State Park officials said Wednesday.On Monday afternoon, two personal watercraft — each holding an adult and two children — collided on Sand Hollow Reservoir, causing a father and two children to be thrown into the water.Another group who witnessed the accident from the beach soon arrived in a boat to provide aid and bring the three injured people back to shor
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Conference recap, a quotation gender gap and COVID-19 reaches the brethren

  08-10-2020 16:36
  
  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.Timely talks
  (Photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
  President Russell M. Nelson speaks at the Sunday morning session of General Conference on Oct. 4, 2020.Aside from the naming of six new te
  
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• Woman arrested for tasing 9-year-old Utah boy

  08-10-2020 16:32
  
  A 37-year-old woman has been arrested after she reportedly threatened, chased and tased a 9-year-old Riverton boy.The victim told police that he and his 10-year-old friend were riding their scooters in a church parking lot at 12920 S. 2700 West on Friday when they saw a woman pull up in her car and hold up her phone, “possibly filming” them and making them feel “uncomfortable.”The boy said he and his friend left the parking lot and went to a park just north of the church,
  
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• Read the essay by Utah student Brecklynn Brown that was featured in Wednesday’s debate

  08-10-2020 15:22
  
  When I watch the news, all I see is arguing between Democrats and Republicans. When I watch the news, all I see is citizen fighting against citizen. When I watch the news, all I see are two candidates from opposing parties trying to tear each other down. If our leaders can’t get along, how are the citizens supposed to get along?Our nation’s capital is setting a poor example of unity and respect. No matter who we are and what we stand for, we all want to be heard and we all want to be
  
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• Ayoola Ajayi pleads guilty to killing University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck

  08-10-2020 15:22
  
  An attorney for Ayoola Ajayi, accused of murdering the University of Utah student whose burned and bound body was found in a northern Utah canyon last year, said Ajayi had planned to kill MacKenzie Lueck even before he picked her up at a park.Defense attorney Neal Hamilton said Ajayi and Lueck met on Seeking Arrangement, a dating website where wealthier men pay for dates — and sometimes sexual intimacy — with women. Police had not previously specified how Ajayi and Lueck met, althoug
  
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• Trump vows not to participate in virtual debate with Biden

  08-10-2020 15:17
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump vowed Thursday not to participate in next week’s debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden after organizers announced it will take place virtually because of the president’s diagnosis of COVID-19.“I’m not going to do a virtual debate,” Trump told Fox Business News, moments after the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates announced the changes.The shakeup comes a week before Trump and Biden were set to square off for th
  
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• Utah district gives teachers a ‘COVID bonus’ for working during the pandemic

  08-10-2020 15:04
  
  Teachers and administrators in Granite School District will get a “COVID bonus” this month for their work to educate students during the pandemic.The district’s board of education approved the one-time bonuses this week, calling them a thank you gift after “the craziest quarter of your career.” All contract educators will receive a 1% bonus. And hourly employees will get $100.“You are working so hard under difficult circumstances,” said Granite school bo
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Utah’s worst coronavirus outbreak hasn’t peaked and everyone seems to have given up

  08-10-2020 15:00
  
  For seven months now, I’ve been nagging anyone who will listen to take the coronavirus seriously.It gets old, so let’s start with some good news: Utah’s doctors and nurses are doing tremendous, if exhausting, work in fending off the disease.In the course of the pandemic, thanks to better treatments such as antiviral drugs, steroids and convalescent plasma, our health care professionals have shortened the average hospital stay to right around eight days.This improvement lets hos
  
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• Review: Utah-made ‘Wolf of Snow Hollow’ mixes horror, comedy and drama to depict a lawman’s breakdown

  08-10-2020 15:00
  
  Monsters come in many forms, and in the sometimes comedic filmed-in-Utah horror thriller “The Wolf of Snow Hollow,” those monsters are both external and internal.In a small Utah ski town, a couple is enjoying a getaway in a rental cabin — until P.J. (Jimmy Tatro) leaves the hot tub to take a shower, and doesn’t hear his girlfriend, Brianne (Annie Hamilton), being brutally attacked and dismembered. The one clue left by the killer is a bloody paw print, like a wolf’s,
  
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• Half of Utah’s public colleges see lower enrollment, including major drop at Salt Lake Community College

  08-10-2020 15:00
  
  Half of Utah’s public colleges saw a decline in student enrollment this fall — and, alarmingly, the biggest drops were at the most affordable and accessible schools in the state.The concerning headcounts were released Wednesday about halfway through a semester like no other. While losses were largely anticipated as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, state officials say the uneven impact was not.“This is now possibly making the inequities in higher education even worse,&rdquo
  
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• Letter: Vote to make America’s leaders honest and good again

  08-10-2020 14:00
  
  I’ve recently had conversations with Utahns who support the re-election of President Donald Trump. Many say that they “like what he has done,” even though they acknowledge that he is not at all a “good person” and that he “doesn’t tell the truth.” That’s putting it mildly: Trump’s unprecedented non-stop lying is as pathological and dysfunctional as his selfish narcissism.Just how important are honesty and goodness in leaders? Well, they
  
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• Letter: Vote to keep Barrett off the court

  08-10-2020 14:00
  
  Dear Sen. Romney,We commend many of your wise decisions, as our Utah senator, such as your recent warning concerning Iraq. While we were disappointed that you supported holding confirmation hearings for the open Supreme Court seat, we can imagine the immense pressure to stand firm with McConnell’s Senate.Nevertheless, confirming Judge Amy Barrett to the Supreme Court would be an irrevocable mistake with serious consequences for our nation. While Barrett is an outstanding achiever, her &ldq
  
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• Letter: Staggs cares about diversity and inclusion

  08-10-2020 14:00
  
  We need to elect Trent Staggs as the next Salt Lake County mayor. I first met Trent when I asked him to start a diversity and inclusion committee in Riverton. He was one of the few elected officials who would listen to me. He loved the idea and got the committee started right away.Salt Lake County also has a diversity and inclusion committee, but it appears to be more symbolic than empowered to achieve real change. This seems to be the case with many county functions.I know that with Staggs as c
  
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• Letter: DABC takes another step backward

  08-10-2020 14:00
  
  Well, the cat is finally out of the bag. Tucked away in a corner of a recent edition of The Salt Lake Tribune is the announcement that Department of Alcoholic Beverage control outlets will now begin checking ID on all patrons. This presumably is to curtail underage drinking. I respectfully disagree. One of the newest outlets, whose manager takes himself far too seriously, seems to have personally targeted me. What is so ludicrous is that I will turn 70 this month, and look every day of it.I will
  
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• Latter-day Saints for Biden launches list of endorsers

  08-10-2020 14:00
  
  Latter-day Saints who break politically from the majority in their heavily Republican church membership to vote for Joe Biden no longer need feel alone. An online list was launched Thursday to reveal like-minded souls.“We do want to present ourselves as a community of refuge and to let people know they are not alone,” Rob Taber, national director of Latter-day Saints for Biden-Harris, said about the new online list of Latter-day Saints who choose to show they are endorsing Biden.It i
  
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• George Pyle: American laws must pass the atheist test

  08-10-2020 14:00
  
  A lucky circuit breaker built into the American system of government is the fact that, even if the courts fail to stand up for the rights of individuals, you may be all right anyway, depending on where you live.Our courts set a floor for human rights, not a ceiling. If the U.S. Supreme Court tomorrow ended its insistence that states permit same-sex marriage, protect abortion rights, integrate their schools or, as has already been demonstrated, heed the Voting Rights Act, that would be dreadful,
  
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• Read the essay by Utah student Brecklynn Brown that was featured in Wednesday’s debate: We need to break the partisan trend of arguments and anger

  08-10-2020 07:08
  
  When I watch the news, all I see is arguing between Democrats and Republicans. When I watch the news, all I see is citizen fighting against citizen. When I watch the news, all I see are two candidates from opposing parties trying to tear each other down. If our leaders can’t get along, how are the citizens supposed to get along?Our nation’s capital is setting a poor example of unity and respect. No matter who we are and what we stand for, we all want to be heard and we all want to be
  
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• Vice presidential debate in Utah shows contrast but leaves important questions unanswered

  08-10-2020 06:36
  
  The sole vice presidential debate of the election cycle, held at the University of Utah’s Kingsbury Hall on Wednesday, left a number of questions unanswered, as both candidates dodged specifics on issues critical to the American public just weeks ahead of the election.As President Donald Trump battles the coronavirus, Vice President Mike Pence declined to answer a question about whether he’d had a conversation with the commander-in-chief about safeguards in the event of presidential
  
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• RSL dips below playoff line with 2-1 loss to Seattle

  08-10-2020 06:21
  
  Real Salt Lake needed points and other results to go its way to hold on to its playoff positioning in the Western Conference.Neither happened.RSL lost 2-1 to the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday at a fanless CenturyLink Field. The loss cemented Salt Lake out of the playoff picture with a road game against the Portland Timbers looming on Saturday.Midfielder Kyle Beckerman told KMYU after the game that he was proud of the team’s effort.“Nothing to put our head down [about],” Beckerm
  
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• Vice presidential debate in Utah shows contrast between candidates but leaves important questions unanswered

  08-10-2020 06:04
  
  The sole vice presidential debate of the election cycle, held at the University of Utah’s Kingsbury Hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, left a number of questions unanswered, as both candidates dodged specifics on issues critical to the American public just weeks ahead of the election.As President Donald Trump battles the coronavirus, Vice President Mike Pence declined to answer a question about whether he’d had a conversation with the commander-in-chief about safeguards in the even
  
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• The V.P. debate captured the nation’s attention and could be more impactful than most

  08-10-2020 05:31
  
  When Susan Page, the moderator of Wednesday’s vice presidential debate, welcomed viewers to the campus of the University of Utah, many Utahns probably felt a thrill as the nation’s attention turned to the Beehive State. After all, it’s not often that Utah is anything but an afterthought during a presidential election.But, when the sun rises over the Wasatch on Thursday, will there be any lasting impact from the long-awaited face-off between Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Ka
  
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• Pence and Harris debate at the University of Utah

  08-10-2020 04:44
  
  6:30 p.m.: Who is in the hallThe vice presidential debate will look different this year in a number of ways, among them the much smaller live audience allowed inside to accommodate for social distancing.About 20 seats for guests were set up at Kingsbury Hall in front of the stage, spaced at least 6 feet apart, ahead of the debate Wednesday night. Behind that was theatre-style seating, with rows left empty “in observance of social distancing.”At least 60 seats were given to Universit
  
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• Paul Krugman: Bidencare would be a big deal

  08-10-2020 04:40
  
  On Monday morning, America’s most prominent beneficiary of socialized medicine, in the process of receiving expensive, taxpayer-financed care at a government-run hospital, was tweeting furiously. One of President Donald Trump’s manic missives particularly caught the eyes of health care experts: his exhortation to “PROTECT PREEXISTING CONDITIONS. VOTE!”As always, it’s not clear whether Trump is merely being cynical or whether he is also genuinely ignorant.He’s
  
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• Ayoola Ajayi pleads guilty to killing Mackenzie Lueck and the murder was planned before they met

  08-10-2020 04:31
  
  An attorney for Ayoola Ajayi, accused of murdering the University of Utah student whose burned and bound body was found in a northern Utah canyon last year, said Ajayi had planned to kill Mackenzie Lueck even before he picked her up at a park.Defense attorney Neal Hamilton said Ajayi and Lueck met on Seeking Arrangement, a dating website where wealthier men pay for dates — and sometimes sexual intimacy — with women. Police had not previously specified how Ajayi and Lueck met, althoug
  
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• Ayoola Ajayi enters guilty plea to the murder of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck, his attorney explaining the killing was planned before

  08-10-2020 03:53
  
  An attorney for Ayoola Ajayi, accused of murdering the University of Utah student whose burned and bound body was found in a northern Utah canyon last year, said Ajayi had planned to kill Mackenzie Lueck even before he picked her up at a park.Defense attorney Neal Hamilton said Ajayi and Lueck met on Seeking Arrangement, a dating website where wealthier men pay for dates — and sometimes sexual intimacy — with women. Police had not previously specified how Ajayi and Lueck met, althoug
  
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• Before entering guilty plea, attorney says Ayoola Ajayi planned to kill Utah student Mackenzie Lueck

  08-10-2020 03:03
  
  An attorney for Ayoola Ajayi, accused of murdering the University of Utah student whose burned and bound body was found in a northern Utah canyon last year, said Ajayi had planned to kill Mackenzie Lueck even before he picked her up at a park.Defense attorney Neal Hamilton said Ajayi and Lueck met on Seeking Arrangement, a dating website where wealthier men pay for dates — and sometimes sexual intimacy — with women. Police had not previously specified how Ajayi and Lueck met, althoug
  
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• Watch live: Pence and Harris debate at the University of Utah

  08-10-2020 02:40
  
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• Breanna Stewart and Storm could be poised to win more WNBA titles

  08-10-2020 01:36
  
  Breanna Stewart and the Seattle Storm never really got a chance to defend their 2018 championship because of key injuries.If the team can stay healthy next year, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the Storm contend for a third championship in four years and become the first team to win consecutive titles since the 2001-02 Los Angeles Sparks. “I don’t know if any of us are thinking that way,” Stewart said after the Storm completed a three-game sweep of the Las Vegas Aces on
  
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