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• Bagley Cartoon: The Case FOR Trump

  22-10-2020 23:39
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:Pride PopeDog BiteWhat Women WantKiller AsteroidSupreme SphinxThe Persecution GameCovidiotsThe Liars' ClubPandemic’s BoxA Royal PainWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• ‘Educated’ author discusses memoir, answers questions in Utah Valley University virtual event

  22-10-2020 23:38
  
  Whether someone grows up like Tara Westover — without a formal education and living in the Idaho mountains — or in a more “functional” family, “you’re going to have some kind of emotional inheritance,” Westover said.“But the reality is even that inheritance doesn’t have to be permanent, and there are ways to address and deal with those things,” she said.That’s something Westover is still figuring out for herself, she told Utah Val
  
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• Trans-Siberian Orchestra, without a 2020 tour, will perform ‘Christmas Eve’ online on Dec. 18

  22-10-2020 23:21
  
  Utah fans of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra won’t get to see their favorite holiday-themed music-and-lasers extravaganza in the Vivint Smart Home Arena this year — but they can simulate the experience at home a week before Christmas.The progressive rock group announced Thursday it will present its first-ever livestream show, “Christmas Eve and Other Stories Live in Concert,” on Friday, Dec. 18, at 6 p.m. Mountain time. The online performance will be in place of TSO’s
  
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• Plot thickens over origins of pope’s civil union endorsement

  22-10-2020 23:13
  
  Vatican City • Questions swirled Thursday about the origins of Pope Francis' bombshell comments endorsing same-sex civil unions, with all evidence suggesting he made them in a 2019 interview that was never broadcast in its entirety.The Vatican refused to comment on whether it cut the remarks from its own broadcast or if the Mexican broadcaster that conducted the interview did. And it didn’t respond to questions about why it allowed the comments to be aired now in the documentary &ldqu
  
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• Woman set on fire in Murray; police have suspect in custody

  22-10-2020 22:51
  
  A woman was critically injured early Thursday morning when a man set her on fire in a domestic incident at a Murray hotel, police said.Murray Police issued a statement noting that officers responded to the Studio 6 hotel at 975 E. 6600 South about 2:55 a.m., where they located a 34-year-old woman who had been doused in accelerant and intentionally set on fire.The woman was transported to the University of Utah Hospital’s Burn Center in critical condition, with burns on approximately 70% of
  
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• Utah State’s goal is a Mountain West football title, but with many new faces, Aggies will have to gel in a hurry

  22-10-2020 22:33
  
  The 2020 football season for several college programs has been as on-again-off-again as Ross and Rachel’s relationship on “Friends.”Just two days into Utah State’s spring practices, the remainder of their sessions were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Coach Gary Andersen vowed to stay connected to the players during that time, even though there was no guarantee football would start as scheduled, or even at all.A few months later, the Mountain West Conference was
  
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• Week Without Violence provides sobering reminder of the devastation of domestic violence

  22-10-2020 22:32
  
  In Utah, one out of every three women will experience domestic violence at some point in their lifetime.Since 2000, 42% of adult homicides in the Beehive State were domestic-violence related.A firearm was a weapon in 59% of these cases.These were among the chilling statistics recited during the global Week Without Violence campaign sponsored by YWCA annually, which pushes to end gender-based violence and increase support for survivors.The COVID-19 pandemic has only worsened the issue, with the p
  
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• Republicans advance Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination over Democratic boycott

  22-10-2020 22:24
  
  Washington • The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, with majority Republicans skirting the panel’s rules to recommend her confirmation as Democrats boycotted the session in protest.The lopsided 12-0 outcome set up a vote by the full Senate to confirm Barrett on Monday, a month to the day after Trump nominated her to fill the seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsb
  
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• Eye on the Y: Breaking down BYU football’s early season success

  22-10-2020 22:14
  
  Hey guys! It’s been a hot minute since I last graced your inboxes and so much has happened — so let’s get right into it.There’s no denying, 12th-ranked BYU is having a good season, but how much of it is from improvements the Cougars have made since last season and how much is due to the pandemic? It can get tricky, but I will say this: BYU had one of the largest advantages going into the season because the Cougars were able to start voluntary team workouts and official te
  
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• Owner of Salt Lake City brownie bakery honored for helping other small businesses

  22-10-2020 22:12
  
  It took Molly Kohrman about a year to develop the perfect recipe for her “Razz” brownie — a chocolatey twist on a raspberry cheesecake.She couldn’t give it up, working late into the night — after her full-time job in suicide prevention — trying to calculate the right balance of raspberry puree and white chocolate.It was the same story with each of the dozen brownies on the menu at her Salt Lake City bakery, BROWNIES! BROWNIES! BROWNIES!After training with a fo
  
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• Red All Over: How I assess Utah football over Zoom

  22-10-2020 21:58
  
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering Utah athletics. Subscribe here.Here’s an industry secret for you, the newsletter subscriber, just because I like you.As the University of Utah football team continues on with fall camp in these weird, winding COVID-19 times, I have about as much insight into position battles right now as you do. The only difference between us is that I have the ability to get on a Zoom call with Kyle Whittingham, an assistant coach, and a few players three times
  
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• ‘Antarctic Dinosaurs’ will go on display at Natural History Museum of Utah

  22-10-2020 21:19
  
  Millions of years before it was covered in ice, the land mass we know as Antarctica was a lush habitat where dinosaurs lived — and, starting this weekend, visitors to the Natural History Museum of Utah will get to see what those creatures looked like.“Antarctic Dinosaurs” is a new touring exhibit, developed by Chicago’s Field Museum — in partnership with NHMU, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and Discovery Place in Charlotte, N.C. It will run at NHMU
  
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• Utah’s Festival of Trees is moving to The Viv, ‘reimagined’ for virtual viewing

  22-10-2020 21:13
  
  The Festival of Trees, one of Utah’s Christmas traditions, will have a new home for its 50th anniversary — though people will be encouraged, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, to enjoy the event from their own homes.Organizers made the announcement Thursday in a virtual news conference from the front of Vivint Smart Home Arena, which will play host to the event, Dec. 1-5 — with the theme “Make Good Grow.”Every year, festival volunteers gather hundreds of Christmas tr
  
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• Roy High teacher arrested for allegedly trying to arrange sex with a 13-year-old

  22-10-2020 20:59
  
  A Roy High School teacher has been arrested for trying to arrange a sexual encounter with a person he believed was 13 years old.Brady Glenn Allen, 30, was booked into the Weber County jail for investigation of enticement and attempted exploitation of a minor, pending formal charges. He is being held without bail.According to the Weber School District, Allen has been placed on administrative leave “while the district conducts an internal investigation. ... We were told that the alleged crim
  
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• Here’s an updated timeline of the slaying of University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey and reform that has followed

  22-10-2020 20:51
  
  University of Utah student-athlete Lauren McCluskey was fatally shot outside her dorm in 2018 by a man she had dated. Her murder exposed serious flaws in the school’s responses to intimate partner violence, and continuing revelations have spurred widespread reform.Here is a timeline of events leading up to her death and the fallout, as compiled by campus police, an independent team who reviewed the university’s handling of her case, and additional reporting by The Salt Lake Tribune.&
  
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• ‘Real Housewives’ fans can get a sneak peek at SLC drive-in event

  22-10-2020 20:43
  
  If you can’t wait until “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” premieres on Nov. 11, well, you don’t have to. Bravo is offering a couple of sneak-peek, drive-in events — including one in Utah.Scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. in the parking lot adjacent to the Vivint Center at 301 S. Temple, the event will feature a “winter wonderland,” “Real Housewives” trivia, free snack boxes and a special greeting from “Housewives” ex
  
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• Sen. Mike Lee calls Democratic protest of Supreme Court vote ‘pious pearl-clutching’

  22-10-2020 20:29
  
  Sen. Mike Lee ripped his Democratic colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee for boycotting the vote on Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court.“It is a shame that our colleagues on the other side, having failed to lay a glove on Judge Barrett during the hearings, have chosen to walk out on this process. And in so doing, walk out on the American people,” he said.Democrats claimed the Republicans violated the rules of the committee, which say at least two m
  
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• Gov. Herbert warns Utah hospitals starting to fill up and ‘should cause us all alarm;' 1,543 new cases Thursday

  22-10-2020 20:14
  
  Gov. Gary Herbert warned that as the state experiences record-high coronavirus hospitalizations and case counts continue to climb, the health care system is at or near capacity.As 1,543 new cases were reported, Herbert said “our hospitals are starting to fill up.”Warning that the state’s current trajectory is not sustainable, the governor said, “It should cause us all alarm.”The Utah Health Department on Thursday reported 1,543 new cases. Some 301 Utah patients conc
  
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• Gov. Herbert warns Utah hospitals starting to fill up and ‘should cause us all alarm;' 1,500 new cases Thursday

  22-10-2020 20:13
  
  Gov. Gary Herbert warned that as the state experiences record-high coronavirus hospitalizations and case counts continue to climb, the health care system is at or near capacity.As 1,534 new cases were reported, Herbert said “our hospitals are starting to fill up.”Warning that the state’s current trajectory is not sustainable, the governor said, “It should cause us all alarm.”The Utah Health Department on Thursday reported 1,500 new cases. Some 301 Utah patients conc
  
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• Spencer Fong: Sort through the lies to understand all sides

  22-10-2020 20:03
  
  Politics today are nothing like they were 10 years ago, when I was first exposed to politics. There is a hugely increasing amount of partisan division; it seems like these days, simply belonging to one party or another is enough to cause division between people.It’s apparent to me, though, that these divisions are not solely because of hard policy disagreements, but because misinformation fuels partisan division.I see daily how much misinformation has invaded politics. I see it in both the
  
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• Jen Dailey-Provost: Find a way to keep fewer people in jail

  22-10-2020 20:02
  
  As we face the economic and social challenges of the pandemic, it behooves us to remember our fellow Utahns who have the least control over their circumstances — the approximately 14,000 people incarcerated in Utah.This spring, to allow for more adequate physical distancing to prevent the spread of COVID–19, the Salt Lake County jail released many low-risk, nonviolent inmates who pose no threat to public safety.The laudable move to reduce the jail’s population protects the heal
  
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• Woman set on fire in Murray; police seek help locating suspect

  22-10-2020 19:59
  
  A woman was critically injured early Thursday morning when a man set her on fire in a domestic incident at a Murray hotel, police said.Murray Police issued a statement noting that officers responded to the Studio 6 hotel at 975 E. 6600 South about 2:55 a.m., where they located a 34-year-old woman who had been doused in accelerant and intentionally set on fire.The woman was transported to the University of Utah Hospital’s Burn Center in critical condition, with burns on approximately 70% of
  
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• Watch live: Gov. Herbert warns Utah hospitals starting to fill up and ‘should cause us all alarm;' 1,500 new cases Thursday

  22-10-2020 19:40
  
  Gov. Gary Herbert warned that as the state experiences record-high coronavirus hospitalizations and case counts continue to climb, the health care system is at or near capacity.As 1500 new cases were reported, Herbert said “our hospitals are starting to fill up.”Warning that the state’s current trajectory is not sustainable, the governor said, “It should cause us all alarm.”The Utah Health Department on Thursday reported 1,500 new cases. Some 301 Utah patients concu
  
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• Britain Covey is key for the Utes, as a receiver and a return specialist

  22-10-2020 19:33
  
  Early in the fourth quarter of his third collegiate game, Britain Covey lined up at his own 31-yard line on the right hash mark, awaiting a punt from Fresno State’s Garrett Swanson.Swanson let loose a booming kick that sent Covey back eight yards to the 23. Then a true freshman in 2015, Covey fielded the kick cleanly. After a quick burst to his left, Covey began moving upfield. He caught a block at his own 40, another around his own 45 and after beating Swanson around the Fresno State 40,
  
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• Britain Covey’s value as a receiver is immense for Utah football, but so is his value as a return specialist

  22-10-2020 19:00
  
  Early in the fourth quarter of his third collegiate game, Britain Covey lined up at his own 31-yard line on the right hash mark, awaiting a punt from Fresno State’s Garrett Swanson.Swanson let loose a booming kick that sent Covey back eight yards to the 23. Then a true freshman in 2015, Covey fielded the kick cleanly. After a quick burst to his left, Covey began moving upfield. He caught a block at his own 40, another around his own 45 and after beating Swanson around the Fresno State 40,
  
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• Watch live: Gov. Herbert warns Utah hospitals ‘starting to fill up’ as state’s COVID-19 cases continue to soar — 1,500 new cases Thursday

  22-10-2020 18:53
  
  Gov. Gary Herbert told reporters Thursday that as the state experiences record-high coronavirus hospitalizations and case counts continue to climb, the health care system is at or near capacity.As 1500 new cases were reported, Herbert warned “our hospitals are starting to fill up.”Fifteen of Utah’s counties rose to the highest coronavirus restriction levels on Thursday, with 21 of the state’s 29 counties now deemed to have “high” transmission levels under new
  
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• Watch live: Gov. Herbert, state health officials to address media as state’s COVID-19 cases continue to soar

  22-10-2020 18:16
  
  Gov. Gary Herbert will be speaking to reporters Thursday morning as the state experiences record-high coronavirus hospitalizations and case counts continue to climb.Herbert will be joined by state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn; Dr. Eddie Stenehjem, infectious disease medical director at Intermountain Healthcare; and Rich Saunders, interim executive director at the Utah Department of Health.It’s been more than a week since Herbert declared Utah’s continuing surge of coronavirus cases
  
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• University of Utah agrees Lauren McCluskey’s murder was ‘preventable,’ will pay her parents $13.5 million

  22-10-2020 17:28
  
  Acknowledging for the first time that the on-campus murder of track star Lauren McCluskey was “preventable,” the University of Utah agreed Thursday to pay her parents $13.5 million as part of a historic legal settlement in the case.The deal effectively ends two civil rights lawsuits filed against the school, one in state court and the other in federal court, that alleged the U. could have done more to protect McCluskey after she repeatedly went to campus police in the weeks before sh
  
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• Gordon Monson: Donovan Mitchell continues to be a strong leader. How you follow is up to you.

  22-10-2020 17:00
  
  Prior to this year, Donovan Mitchell was the most popular Jazz player of them all. Unquestionably. Everybody around here loved him. Everybody. His jersey and shoe sales were off the charts. His play on the court was at an All-Star level, eliciting huge cheers in the arena. His personality had captured the imagination and adoration of fans all over Utah and beyond. That admiration was universal. Dude was randomly being invited over to private backyard pool parties. The young man could have been v
  
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• Lauren McCluskey’s parents reach settlement with the University of Utah

  22-10-2020 16:38
  
  The parents of slain track star Lauren McCluskey are set to announce a settlement of their lawsuit against the University of Utah on Thursday.The U. confirmed in an email that the decision would be discussed at 10 a.m.Jill and Matt McCluskey have asked for $56 million and for the university to acknowledge that their daughter’s death was preventable.Lauren McCluskey was killed onon Oct. 22, 2018, and U. President Ruth Watkins insisted shortly after that there wasn’t “any reason
  
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• Roy High teacher arrested for trying to arrange sex with a 13-year-old

  22-10-2020 16:14
  
  A Roy High School teacher has been arrested for trying to arrange a sexual encounter with a person he believed was 13 years old.Brady Glenn Allen, 30, was booked into the Weber County jail for investigation of enticement and attempted exploitation of a minor, pending formal charges. He is being held without bail.According to a probable cause statement, a Layton police officer — working with the FBI child exploitation task force — went online “using a popular chatting applicatio
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Church opposes Arizona marijuana measure; Utah bishopric rocks out; Black milestone is remembered.

  22-10-2020 16:11
  
  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.Pot shot
  (Richard Vogel | AP file photo) This Monday, May 20, 2019, file photo, shows a marijuana leaf on a plant at a cannabis grow in Gardena, Calif. This fall, Arizona voters will decide whether to legalize recreatio
  
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• Gordon Monson: Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell continues to be a strong leader. How you follow is up to you.

  22-10-2020 16:04
  
  Prior to this year, Donovan Mitchell was the most popular Jazz player of them all. Unquestionably. Everybody around here loved him. Everybody. His jersey and shoe sales were off the charts. His play on the court was at an All-Star level, eliciting huge cheers in the arena. His personality had captured the imagination and adoration of fans all over Utah and beyond. That admiration was universal. Dude was randomly being invited over to private backyard pool parties. The young man could have been v
  
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• Letter: We are no longer a democracy

  22-10-2020 15:07
  
  One hundred years ago, my grandparents emigrated from Italy to the United States to escape the oppression of fascism. When World War II began, my uncle Nicholas joined the 82nd Airborne as a paratrooper to fight Nazism and fascism. After earning a Purple Heart, he was killed at the Battle of the Bulge.Wouldn’t my grandparents be horrified that their son lost his life defending the adopted country they so loved, only to have it become like the country they were forced to abandon?Donald Trum
  
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• Letter: The weaponization of the Supreme Court

  22-10-2020 15:06
  
  The death of one Supreme Court justice should not instill widespread fear for the future of our country.The citizens of America have lost confidence in the highest court in the land. As a liberal, female member of Gen-Z, having a court that doesn’t represent my views (and are as old as four times my age) is very concerning. The decisions made by this court will affect my future, the future of my generation, and my children’s generation.As we all know, the Supreme Court’s purpos
  
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• Letter: An example for all politicians

  22-10-2020 15:06
  
  I was so elated to see the wonderful political ad with your lieutenant governor, Spencer Cox, and his opponent, Chris Peterson. What a civilized and elevating exchange this was.“We can debate without degrading each other’s character and without hating each other” and “we will work together whoever wins.”This is to be commended and congratulated and should set an example to every other politician in the country and every country.Maria Varvarikos, Montreal, CanadaSubm
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Friends are rallying to help Dave The Flower Guy, they shouldn’t have to

  22-10-2020 14:00
  
  For 48 years, Dave Matson has been making the rounds, mowing lawns. Maybe you’ve seen him in downtown Salt Lake City on his riding mower, going between the roughly 50 lawns he’s responsible for maintaining.“My doctor says it’s good physical therapy,” Matson said, which is important, because Dave was born with cerebral palsy.Back in 1992, Matson started selling flowers to make a little extra money, which has earned him the nickname “Dave The Flower Guy” w
  
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• Letter: Time to rebuild from scratch

  22-10-2020 14:00
  
  I write in response to an Oct. 6 commentary by Margaret Woolley Busse and to everyone calling on my compatriots and me to “not let ourselves be divided” and that democratic values are what unite us.The reality is that we do not have a shared sense of reality in this country. Has it occurred to you that our entire framework of shared meaning is well past due for a reckoning?Considering that nations like North Korea refer to themselves as “democratic republics,” considering
  
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• Letter: Romney won’t win patriotism award

  22-10-2020 14:00
  
  Sen. Mitt Romney,Over time, my assessment of you has improved as I saw times when you stood up to your party to speak with integrity rather than blind party obedience. So I was discouraged and disappointed when you announced your intention to support the diluting of the balance in the Supreme Court.I think it’s a bad choice that can have ramifications for you, your party, the court and the country.I think of the case of Rudy Giuliani, who had a good reputation when he dealt with the 911 at
  
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• Letter: Carry on George Romney’s legacy

  22-10-2020 14:00
  
  Dear Sen. Romney,As a native Michigander, your father, George Romney, was the first governor that I remember. I was just a young girl when the Vietnam War was raging, and he, then running for president, returned from a trip there to admit that he had been “brainwashed.”As we know, it was a stunning break from the GOP messaging and one that brought an end to his presidential aspirations. But when I think of your father and that episode, I think of a person who had the courage to speak
  
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• Letter: Before you vote, ask yourself ...

  22-10-2020 14:00
  
  If you have not yet voted for president, please ask yourself the following simple questions.Is it possible to vote for Donald Trump and not simultaneously:Approve of his efforts to sow fear, chaos and division among Americans?Excuse his diminishing of the world’s respect for America as leader of the free world?Pardon his disparagement of women and attacks upon women leaders?Be complicit in his overt racism, racist policies and support of violent extremist groups?Support his denial of clima
  
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• Katharine Biele: Utah is no bastion of women’s rights

  22-10-2020 14:00
  
  Could we not make everything about abortion? Should it be the one issue on which senators confirm a nominee to the Supreme Court? Should it be the overriding reason that Republicans cannot bring themselves to vote for a Democrat? And, most importantly, should it be the one barrier to women’s equality under the law?Perhaps you say women already are equal, and there is no need to worry your little heads about it. We see billboards proclaiming Seraph Young who, in 1870, became the first woman
  
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• Sean Reyes, Greg Skordas trade barbs in attorney general debate

  22-10-2020 06:34
  
  During his opening statement at Wednesday night’s attorney general debate, Attorney General Sean Reyes complained about Democratic nominee Greg Skordas’ negative campaign tactics — and then went on to read a series of negative online reviews from the attorney’s clients.And the hits just kept on coming.Skordas accused Reyes of putting a “for sale sign” on the attorney general’s office “the size of Central Park” and of taking questionable campa
  
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• Francis becomes first pope to endorse same-sex civil unions

  22-10-2020 06:32
  
  Rome • Pope Francis became the first pontiff to endorse same-sex civil unions in comments for a documentary that premiered Wednesday, sparking cheers from gay Catholics and demands for clarification from conservatives, given the Vatican’s official teaching on the issue.The papal thumbs-up came midway through the feature-length documentary “Francesco,” which premiered at the Rome Film Festival. The film, which features fresh interviews with the pope, delves into issues Fran
  
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• World Series Game 2: Lowe powers Rays past Dodgers, 6-4

  22-10-2020 06:00
  
  Arlington, Texas • Brandon Lowe hit two home runs to break out of an extended postseason slump and the Tampa Bay Rays held off the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Wednesday, tying the World Series at one game apiece.Down 5-0, the Dodgers closed within 6-4 on Corey Seager’s solo homer in the eighth. Aaron Loup relieved and struck out Cody Bellinger with a runner on base to prevent further damage.Joey Wendle also drove in three runs for Tampa Bay. Will Smith and Chris Taylor homered to help
  
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• Leland Myers: Saving Great Salt Lake, one drop at a time

  22-10-2020 05:13
  
  Recently, my neighbor and I had a discussion about water conservation. Now, as someone who has worked in the water industry for the better part of five decades, you’d think I’d get into these discussions quite frequently.This conversation was different, however, because he asked me two very direct questions: Why should he conserve water and why should he care about Great Salt Lake. My answer? Because the future is not far off and a quality future requires action today. For all of us,
  
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• Sean Reyes, Greg Skordas square off in attorney general debate

  22-10-2020 04:45
  
  During his opening statement at Wednesday night’s attorney general debate, Attorney General Sean Reyes complained about Democratic nominee Greg Skordas’ negative campaign tactics — and then went on to read a series of negative online reviews from the attorney’s clients.And the hits just kept on coming.Skordas accused Reyes of putting a “for sale sign” on the attorney general’s office “the size of Central Park” and of taking questionable campa
  
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• UnsafeU protests Sim Gill ahead of the anniversary of Lauren McCluskey’s killing

  22-10-2020 04:19
  
  On the eve of the second anniversary of Lauren McCluskey’s murder, UnsafeU organized a march in downtown Salt Lake City on Wednesday evening to protest Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill and police misconduct. Gill announced this week that criminal charges would not be filed against a former University of Utah police officer who showed explicit photos of McCluskey, a University of Utah student, to his co-workers.About 40 protesters wearing purple chanted “Justice for Lauren&
  
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• U.S. officials link Iran to emails meant to intimidate voters

  22-10-2020 03:34
  
  Washington • Iran is responsible for emails sent to Democratic voters in multiple states aimed at intimidating the recipients into voting for President Donald Trump, U.S. officials said Wednesday night in calling out both Tehran and Russia for activities meant to interfere in the upcoming presidential election.The activities attributed to Iran mark a significant escalation for a nation that some cybersecurity experts regard as a second-rate player in online espionage. Most public election i
  
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• James Randi, dazzling magician and skeptic, dies at 92

  22-10-2020 03:30
  
  James Randi, a magician who later challenged spoon benders, mind readers and faith healers with such voracity that he became regarded as the country’s foremost skeptic, has died, his foundation announced. He was 92.The James Randi Educational Foundation confirmed the death, saying simply that its founder succumbed to “age-related causes” on Tuesday.Entertainer, genius, debunker, atheist ̶ Randi was them all. He began gaining attention not long after dropping out of high sc
  
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