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• Letter: It’s time for younger generations to speak out

  25-10-2020 22:33
  
  Dear millennials and Gen Z humans,You are the largest segment of the population in the nation, and in Utah, you are 20% larger than Gen X and 39% larger than the baby boomers who reside here. You represent 30% of all of the people here.In 2016, you were excited, united, and you were a force. You stood with Bernie. Your enthusiasm and activism was contagious. I attended those rallies with you and it was refreshing and inspiring.In 2020, hardly a word is being said about you.In 2016, the system fa
  
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• Paul Krugman: How many Americans will Ayn Rand kill?

  25-10-2020 21:03
  
  A long time ago, in an America far, far away — actually just last spring — many conservatives dismissed COVID-19 as a New York problem. It’s true that in the first few months of the pandemic, the New York area, the port of entry for many infected visitors from Europe, was hit very hard. But the focus on New York also played into right-wing “American carnage” narratives about the evils of densely populated, diverse cities. Rural white states imagined themselves immun
  
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• Coronavirus in Utah: COVID-19 numbers continue to climb as cold weather settles in

  25-10-2020 20:26
  
  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.Snow is falling. COVID-19 numbers are rising.Utah extended its record streak Sunday when the Utah Department of Health announced 1,765 people had tested positive for the virus. That’s the second most for the state since the outbrea
  
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• Fear and anxiety spike in virus hot spots across U.S., including Utah

  25-10-2020 19:53
  
  Preslie Paur breaks down in tears when she thinks of her state’s refusal to mandate face masks.The South Salt Lake City, Utah, woman can’t work at her special education job due to an autoimmune disease. Her husband, also a special ed teacher, recently quit because his school district would not allow him to work remotely to protect her and their 5-year-old son, who has asthma.“I feel forgotten,” Paur said. “We’re living in a world we no longer fit in. We did ev
  
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• Two Utah House candidates have COVID-19 and a third is in self-quarantine

  25-10-2020 18:17
  
  At least two candidates for the Utah House of Representatives are quarantining after testing positive for COVID-19 and another is in self-isolation after being exposed.Candidates Robert Burch, the Democratic challenger for District 30, and Fatima Dirie, the Democratic challenger for District 33, announced their positive tests on social media on Saturday. That was the same day that state Sen. Ron McCay, R-Riverton, announced he has COVID-19. All three began experiencing symptoms on Wednesday.On W
  
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• BYU’s strong offensive and defensive performance, along with a strong arm from Zach Wilson, leads Cougars to fourth dominating win

  25-10-2020 17:54
  
  After a pair of games that tested the Cougars, BYU brought another dominating performance on Saturday over Texas State, beating the Bobcats 52-14.Even if the win came easily, the Cougars still gave their best possible performance. That was made fairly evident early on when, tied at 7-7 in the first quarter, BYU decided to go for it on 4th-and-3.And, instead of getting just a first down, Zach Wilson found Keanu Hill for a 33 yard touchdown reception.By the end of the night, the Cougars converted
  
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• RSL’s unlucky shot attempts, Rusnák’s solid return, and a lackluster second half on offense

  25-10-2020 17:34
  
  Here are three observations from Real Salt Lake’s scoreless draw with FC Dallas from beat writer Alex Vejar.1. RSL knocking on wood proves unluckyThree.That’s the number of times an RSL player’s shot attempt hit the outside edges of the goal. Crossbar, posts — all of it. It’s like there was a lid on the mouth of the goal Saturday night for Salt Lake. That’s how unlucky the team was with its shot attempts.The official stats had RSL with just three shots on goal
  
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• Utah’s hospitals prepare to ration care as a record number of coronavirus patients flood their ICUs

  25-10-2020 17:04
  
  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 new coronavirus cases shattering records on a daily basis, Utah’s hospitals are expected to begin rationing care in a week or two.That’s the prediction of Greg Bell, president of the Utah Hospital Association, who said a
  
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• Sven E. Wilson: Veterans play key role in rebuilding civic culture

  25-10-2020 15:03
  
  The United States has been at war for nearly two decades in faraway places across the globe. There is much talk today about ending these “endless wars,” though it remains the case that thousands of our troops are still deployed in dangerous battle zones. Regardless of where one stands on the wisdom of these conflicts, it is hard to argue with the claim that making war is perhaps the most consequential act a nation undertakes, and service members who fight have their lives changed for
  
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• Susan R. Madsen: Show support for victims of domestic violence

  25-10-2020 15:02
  
  “He Hit Me (and it felt like a kiss)” is the name of a song that Carole King wrote in 1962. She composed it after she discovered that her babysitter was being beaten up by her boyfriend. When King asked why she stayed with him, she said he did it because he loved her.Almost 60 years later, the problem of domestic abuse persists. In fact, one in three Utah women will experience some form of domestic violence in her lifetime, and our rate is slightly higher than the national average (3
  
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• Robert Kirby: Hey, Latter-day Saints, why not a debate before our sustaining votes? All in favor?

  25-10-2020 14:00
  
  President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off last week in the final presidential bone pick of the 2020 campaign.I didn’t watch it. I later got the key points from my wife, who did. As a citizen of another country, she feels no shame when the wannabe leaders of this one contend for office like fourth graders on a set of monkey bars.My interest in the second debate vanished when behavior in the first one forced serious consideration of employing microphone cutoff swit
  
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• With coronavirus cases shattering records, Utah’s hospitals say rationing care will start in next two weeks

  25-10-2020 13:00
  
  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 new coronavirus cases shattering records on a daily basis, Utah’s hospitals are expected to begin rationing care in a week or two.That’s the prediction of Greg Bell, president of the Utah Hospital Association, who said a
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Strip dodgeball just proves ‘The Bachelorette’ has nothing to do with love

  25-10-2020 13:00
  
  The strip dodgeball match on “The Bachelorette” (Tuesdays, 7 p.m., ABC/Ch.4) is proof positive of something other than the fact that the franchise remains riddled with grotesque sexism. It’s another clear sign that the contestants on the show aren’t there to find love — they’re there for their 15 minutes of TV fame.These guys sacrificed their self-respect (no matter how hunky they are, and with digital blurring of private parts or not) to strip naked in front
  
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• Salt Lake City’s Depot District sees building boom after homeless shelter is demolished

  25-10-2020 13:00
  
  Salt Lake City’s bold plans five years ago to push its downtown westward into the Depot District all but fizzled. Now, those visions are gaining traction.The run-down neighborhood is drawing new housing like never before, with several projects involving hundreds of town homes and apartments coming before City Hall for approval since January’s demolition of the massive homeless shelter run by The Road Home at 210 Rio Grande St.City officials recently approved spending $865,000 for ear
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Make the presidency boring again

  25-10-2020 13:00
  
  Allow me, please, a point of personal privilege.Folks keep telling me how easy Donald Trump has made my job. For four years, I’ve had these discussions where we ruminate on the singular awfulness of that man and then the other person says, by way of consolation, “At least you never have to worry about finding something to write about.”I wish it were that simple. As a columnist, I’ve always tried to mix things up, move week to week from righteous outrage to snarky sarcasm
  
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• Here’s a rundown of the first-ever partisan races for the Utah Board of Education

  25-10-2020 13:00
  
  The Utah Board of Education is going to look dramatically different after next month’s election. Many of the seats will be filled with new faces — and most of those will be Republicans.That comes with the first partisan school board races in the state.Whether to allow education candidates to run with a party affiliation was a source of serious contention for years, including a high-stakes lawsuit and several bills from the state Legislature pushing for the change. The law finally wen
  
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• Colin Green and Franque Bains: A strong and bitter tea — A response to the governor’s Economic and Energy Summit

  25-10-2020 13:00
  
  Two mismatched mugs sit 10 feet apart, full of hot water, steeping cinnamon, anise and pepper, their aroma filling the home with their sweetness and adding to the warmth of our conversation. We’ve grown weary of the responsibility of creating change and we’ve sat down to have a cup of tea and we wonder, “Who should be here with us?”We know that Spencer is holding a big event to discuss the economic and energy security of all Utahns, but we don’t want to go. We don&r
  
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• Gordon Monson: BYU always wanted to play football the way it did 40 years ago. Now, it is.

  25-10-2020 07:02
  
  It is the first quarter of BYU’s game against Texas State and I’m cogitating the most lopsided of football questions: How much will the Cougars win by … 30 points? … 40? … 50? A hundred? A thousand?That’s the only swing thought in mind.It’s not who will win. It’s not whether BYU will fail. It’s not wondering if the Bobcats can find their way to victory.It’s by how massive a margin, exactly, will 1-5 Texas State drop to 1-6 and 5-0 BY
  
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• No. 12 BYU hammers Texas State 52-14 to improve to 6-0

  25-10-2020 06:55
  
  Provo • Texas State may have pulled a fast one on BYU in the opening drive of Saturday night’s game at LaVell Edwards Stadium, but the Cougars quickly got their feet under them and ran away with the game.No. 12 BYU followed up with 49 unanswered points to put the game far out of reach, 52-14, and improve to 6-0 on the season for just the fifth time in program history.The Cougars' offense fired on all cylinders. Led by Zach Wilson, who threw for 287 yards and four touchdowns
  
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• Rays walk off for 8-7 win over Dodgers to even World Series

  25-10-2020 06:05
  
  Arlington, Texas • Brett Phillips squatted on the field crying, and Randy Arozarena was on the ground slapping his hands on home plate.Tears of joy, smacks of celebration — and a crucial, wild win for the scrappy Tampa Bay Rays.Light-hitting Phillips delivered a tying single off Kenley Jansen with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning that turned into the game-ending hit when the Los Angeles Dodgers dropped the ball twice, allowing Arozarena to score and lift the Rays to an 8-7 v
  
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• Young Utah State has just one surprise for Boise State in Aggies' 42-13 loss: RB Jaylen Warren

  25-10-2020 04:36
  
  Coach Gary Andersen promised second-string quarterback Andrew Peasley would see some time along with starter Jason Shelley this season. Perhaps hoping to catch Boise State unprepared, the coach brought the sophomore in five minutes into the second quarter of the Mountain West foes' season opener Saturday night.The move did little to unsettle the Broncos. Instead, they were the ones keeping their opponent off balance on offense during their 42-13 win in an empty Albertsons Stadium in Idaho.Hank B
  
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• Sen. Dan McCay tests positive for coronavirus; at least one other Utah senator in self-isolation with symptoms

  25-10-2020 04:30
  
  At least one other Utah senator is quarantining at home after Sen. Daniel McCay announced Saturday that he’d tested positive for the coronavirus.McCay, R-Riverton, said he was diagnosed Friday morning but began to feel ill after leaving the Capitol on Wednesday. He said he’s isolating at home and noted Saturday that the illness has fatigued him.Sen. Kathleen Riebe, D-Cottonwood Heights, has been quarantining at home since McCay called her about his diagnosis.Riebe sits near McCay and
  
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• RSL plays FC Dallas to a scoreless draw despite many chances at goal

  25-10-2020 04:30
  
  Sandy • Perhaps a scoreless draw was the appropriate result.Real Salt Lake had multiple opportunities to score. But as has occurred several times this season, it couldn’t find the back of the net.FC Dallas had virtually no chances to score, mainly because RSL mostly kept it out of the attacking third. And when Dallas got opportunities, Andrew Putna stopped them.So RSL and Dallas left Rio Tinto Stadium with a point apiece. If the Vancouver Whitecaps tie their game against San Jose, Sal
  
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• Bachmeier passes Boise State past Utah State 42-13 in opener

  25-10-2020 03:39
  
  Coach Gary Andersen promised second-string quarterback Andrew Peasley would share time with starter Jason Shelley this season. Perhaps hoping to catch Boise State unprepared, the coach brought the sophomore in five minutes into the second quarter of the Mountain West foes' season opener Saturday night.The move did little to unsettle the Broncos. Instead, they were the ones keeping their opponent off balance on offense during their 42-13 win in an empty Albertsons Stadium in Idaho.“Hillbill
  
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• Rocky Mountain Power ends ‘Public Safety Power Shutoff’ watch; won’t cut power for Utah customers

  25-10-2020 02:51
  
  Rocky Mountain Power crews expected to cut power for customers living near Sundance and Summit Park to reduce wildfire risk during anticipated strong winds on Saturday, but by the evening they realized there was no need.“Weather conditions did not necessitate a power shutoff,” the company said in a news release.The move — called a “Public Safety Power Shutoff" — would have affected approximately 1,800 customers in Utah and Summit counties, the company said. The acti
  
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• Downtown Farmers Market wraps up its outdoor season Saturday

  25-10-2020 02:23
  
  The last day of the Downtown Farmers Market at Pioneer Park was held Saturday, giving local farmers one final chance to sell their fall produce, including onions, potatoes, carrots, beets, winter squash and fall greens. The indoor Winter Market begins at The Gateway on Nov. 14.
  
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• Vendor thrown out of Lehi Farmer’s Market after asking customers to wear a mask

  25-10-2020 00:59
  
  Even with Utah’s coronavirus infections spiking to alarming levels, masks continue to be a contentious matter as evidenced Saturday at a Utah County farmers market, where a vendor says he was thrown out for wearing a mask and encouraging others to do so.Like most of Utah, people in Utah County are under a mandate to wear masks in public, which public health experts say reduces the chances of disease transmission.So RJ Walker didn’t think handing out masks would be controversial while
  
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• Utah holds final football scrimmage of preseason, QB decision coming as soon as Monday

  25-10-2020 00:11
  
  If you’re waiting for white smoke to appear from the Eccles Football Center, followed by Kyle Whittingham announcing who his starting quarterback is, unfortunately, you’ll be waiting a while longer.The University of Utah football team conducted a 100-play live scrimmage Saturday afternoon, its second and final extended live session of fall camp. Without the benefit of having looked at the film, Whittingham said shortly after the scrimmage that “we had good play from the quarter
  
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• Downtown Farmer’s Market wraps up its outdoor season on Saturday

  25-10-2020 00:08
  
  The last day of the Downtown Farmers Market at Pioneer Park was held Saturday, giving local farmers one final chance to sell their fall produce, including onions, potatoes, carrots, beets, winter squash and fall greens. The indoor Winter Market begins at The Gateway on Nov. 14.
  
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• COVID-19 keeps surging in Utah, with 1,608 new cases

  25-10-2020 00:02
  
  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 continues its sharp surge in coronavirus infections with another day of elevated positive tests for COVID-19.After back-to-back record days, 1,608 new infections were reported Saturday by the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) a
  
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