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• ‘Utah Politics’ podcast: A postmortem on election 2020

  05-11-2020 23:48
  
  On the post-election edition of the “Utah Politics” podcast, we’re joined by Jason Perry of the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah.Perry discusses what happened in Utah on Election Day, whether Rep. Ben McAdams can hang on in his race against Republican Burgess Owens, and the mini-blue wave that rolled across Salt Lake County. He also talks about how Gov.-elect Spencer Cox will govern when he takes office in November.
  Then, host Bryan Schott is joined by M
  
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• Biden-Trump counting presses ahead 2 days after Election Day

  05-11-2020 23:40
  
  Washington • Election officials in key battlegrounds pressed forward Thursday with presidential vote counting as Democrat Joe Biden urged patience and President Donald Trump pursued legal options with little success, insisting the processing of ballots should be stopped.The president spent Thursday at the White House, working the phones and escalating efforts to sow doubt about the outcome of the race. In a series of tweets, he pushed baseless allegations of electoral misconduct and said th
  
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• Owens takes the lead over McAdams in close 4th Congressional District race

  05-11-2020 23:13
  
  Republican Burgess Owens took the lead over incumbent Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams in Utah’s close 4th Congressional District race after new ballots were released Thursday.The candidates are now separated by a mere 2,403 votes, with Owens in the lead at 48.10% to McAdams' 47.15%.All the new ballots released Thursday came from the more conservative Utah County, where Owens has outperformed his opponent. Salt Lake County was expected to post more results later in the day as well.Unofficial co
  
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• Navajo Nation warns of ‘uncontrolled’ COVID-19 spread

  05-11-2020 22:48
  
  Phoenix • The Navajo Nation Department of Health has issued a health advisory warning to residents about the “uncontrolled” spread of the coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases increases.The department announced Wednesday that 29 communities were affected by the spread throughout the reservation, including in the Arizona communities of Cameron, Leupp, Dilkon, Ganado and Round Rock.“The uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 means that people who are testing positive in thes
  
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• Rep. Chris Stewart says media pushed flawed polls to manipulate public opinion

  05-11-2020 21:37
  
  Utah Rep. Chris Stewart floated a theory online Thursday about why polls were so far off actual voting margins in two straight presidential elections: It’s because the mainstream media is intentionally skewing them to try to mold public opinion.“They weren’t just incredibly wrong again. They’re not that incompetent. They didn’t just make a mistake. They made a decision,” the conservative Republican posted on both Facebook and Twitter.He continued, “They
  
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• BYU will have to solve the hex of Boise State’s Albertsons Stadium if Cougars are to remain unbeaten

  05-11-2020 21:37
  
  At Boise State two years ago, on 2nd and goal with two yards to go and a chance to score a game-winning touchdown for BYU, Cougar quarterback Zach Wilson instead got sacked for a loss of two yards as time expired.Having been so close to making a comeback, the loss stung even more. But it was something BYU is all too familiar with: The Cougars have yet to win at Albertsons Stadium.Of the five games played in Boise in the series, three have been decided by one point and 2018′s game was decid
  
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• Vote counting presses ahead 2 days after Election Day as Biden stands on the edge of clinching

  05-11-2020 21:22
  
  Washington • Election officials in key battlegrounds pressed forward Thursday with presidential vote counting as Democrat Joe Biden urged patience and President Donald Trump pursued legal options, insisting the processing of ballots should be stopped.The president spent Thursday at the White House, working the phones and escalating efforts to sow doubt about the outcome of the race. In a series of tweets, he pushed baseless allegations of electoral misconduct and said the ongoing vote count
  
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• Ashley Patterson: Depot District needs to preserve open space

  05-11-2020 21:04
  
  With regard to the recent article: “Shelter’s demolition spurs building boom” (The Salt Lake Tribune, Oct. 25) about the development and progress in the Depot District, I feel that it’s important to offer a different view of this “building boom.”The dictionary defines progress as “a forward or onward movement” or “a gradual betterment.” As I read about the plans for “progress” in the Depot District of Salt Lake City, I had t
  
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• George Chapman: Well-intentioned justice initiative needs attention

  05-11-2020 20:59
  
  Over the past several weeks, there have been several commentaries on Utah’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative. JRI decreased penalties and prison sentences for drug use. JRI is an important goal and effort led by Rep. Eric Hutchings. Drug users should not be in prison.U.S. Attorney for Utah John W. Huber complained that “chronic offenders are slipping through the state system” in his Oct. 15 commentary. I disagree with his statement that JRI is the reason.Huber complained, correc
  
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• Utah will not divulge game-day positive COVID-19 tests of football players

  05-11-2020 20:42
  
  On Saturday morning, per the Pac-12′s game-day testing protocols, a third-party administrator, SafeSite, will conduct antigen testing for the University of Utah football team. If the Utes have a positive antigen test come back on Saturday morning, SafeSite has enough capacity to conduct two rapid-result PCR tests per hour in an effort to confirm the positive antigen test.However testing shakes out on Saturday morning ahead of Utah’s season opener vs. Arizona (1:30 p.m., ESPN2), neith
  
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• Utah Royals protect 11 players for upcoming expansion draft

  05-11-2020 20:35
  
  Utah Royals FC made its decision on who to protect for the upcoming expansion draft in the National Women’s Soccer League.The Royals will protect 11 players, including U.S. Women’s National Team defender Kelley O’Hara, who was rumored to have been traded to the Washington Spirit during the season. Others who were protected include young up-and-comers Tziarra King, Kate Del Fava and Gabrielle Vincent.Michele Vasconcelos, the Utah native who recently joined the the team via trade
  
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• Utah coronavirus cases, hospitalizations shatter records, with 2,807 new infections Thursday

  05-11-2020 20:18
  
  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 reported 2,807 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, obliterating the previous record increase of about 2,300.For the past week, the state has averaged 1,943 new positive test results a day, continuing a streak of new record highs, the
  
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• ‘Midvalley Connector’ bus rapid transit line may finally move from drawing board to the street

  05-11-2020 20:03
  
  For 12 years, a proposed bus rapid transit system from West Valley City through Taylorsville to Murray languished on the drawing board. The Utah Transit Authority could never figure how to cover its estimated cost, pegged at $84.2 million.But now officials say they have finally cobbled together enough local money to breathe life into the project — often described as sort of a TRAX on rubber wheels.The plan calls for getting $35.2 million from the three cities involved, along with Salt Lake
  
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• Gordon Monson: Measuring by their presidential votes, too many sports fans in Utah don’t care about racial equality

  05-11-2020 19:48
  
  Some people hate to see politics cross over into sports, and while I get that, in some cases it becomes unavoidable. If 2020 has indicated anything, it’s indicated that.The events of this year have either spilled over into sports or called out to athletes, drawing them in, especially athletes of color, in such a strong manner that it required a response from them, particularly in regard to racial injustices in this country.Nowhere is that more true than it’s been in Utah.Becoming the
  
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• Truck runs into outdoor COVID-19 testing site at the U. 9 people are injured.

  05-11-2020 19:45
  
  A pickup truck ran into a COVID-19 testing site in the Rice-Eccles Stadium parking lot at the University of Utah on Thursday at about 9:40 a.m., demolishing it and causing multiple injuries.According to a spokesman for the Salt Lake City Fire Department, first responders had to stop the truck, which was still moving forward after hitting two other vehicles before running into the the trailer when they arrived at about 9:45 a.m.“We have witnesses that indicate it was some sort of medical pr
  
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• Joe Ingles wished Trey Lyles a happy birthday. Yes, it involved 3-hour practices

  05-11-2020 19:36
  
  Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles laughs at the end of practice as the Jazz prepare to play the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 2 of the NBA playoffs in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Jazz jokester targets a former teammateJoe Ingles is certainly the primary comedian on the Utah Jazz roster, as he seems to have a quick-witted remark for almost every situation.
  On Thursday, he capitalized on a long-standing joke within the Jazz organization to wish a former
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Big NBA news coming tonight?

  05-11-2020 19:34
  
  The Weekly Run is a newsletter about the Utah Jazz. Not a subscriber? Sign up here.Is basketball about to be back? Looks like we’ll find out tonight.On Wednesday afternoon, while most of the country was fixated on some ballots or whatever in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, and Georgia (kidding, everyone), other intrepid individuals such as Marc Stein of The New York Times and Zach Lowe and Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN were busy looking into an altogether d
  
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• Truck runs into outdoor COVID-19 testing site at the U. Nine people are injured.

  05-11-2020 19:29
  
  A pickup truck ran into a COVID-19 testing site in the Rice-Eccles Stadium parking lot at the University of Utah on Thursday morning, demolishing it and causing multiple injuries.According to a spokesman for the Salt Lake City Fire Department, first responders had to stop the truck, which was still moving forward after hitting the trailer when they arrived.“We have witnesses that indicate it was some sort of medical problem, but that’s still under investigation,” said Universit
  
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• Denmark will kill all farmed mink, citing coronavirus infections

  05-11-2020 19:25
  
  The Danish government will slaughter millions of mink at more than 1,000 farms, citing concerns that a mutation in the novel coronavirus that has infected the mink could possibly interfere with the effectiveness of a vaccine for humans.Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen made the announcement at a news conference Wednesday. There are 15 million or more mink in Denmark, which is one of the world’s major exporters of mink furs. She said the armed forces would be involved in the culling of mink.
  
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• Gov.-elect Spencer Cox announces former Tribune editor as senior staffer

  05-11-2020 19:02
  
  Gov.-elect Spencer Cox on Thursday announced that Jennifer Napier-Pearce, The Salt Lake Tribune’s former executive editor, will serve as one of the senior staffers in his administration.“She is fair, community-minded and driven,” Cox said in a Thursday news conference announcing two key members of his Cabinet.Napier-Pearce — who resigned from her post at the Tribune in August — will serve as a senior adviser and communications director for Cox, the lieutenant govern
  
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• Rudy Gobert to the Dallas Mavericks? Signing a nonsupermax extension?

  05-11-2020 18:51
  
  Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert (27) goes up for a shot as Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic defends during the first half of an NBA basketball playoff game Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.| Ashley Landis, Associated PressAs the NBA draft and free agency period get closer with the possibility of a Dec. 22 start to the 2020-2021 season becoming more likely, transaction chatter is heating up.
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert continues to be an oft-mentioned name in that space, as he is
  
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• Eye on the Y: Buckle up. The BYU-Boise State game looks to be a grind.

  05-11-2020 18:36
  
  I wish BYU would just come out to say it: the upcoming Boise State game is the most important game in decades.But the Cougars won’t, so I will.This whole season, there have been two types of people watching BYU football — those that are happy the Cougars were able to play any sort of season and are happy they’re doing so well, and those who doubt BYU is good because they’ve just played a bunch of nobodies.First off, because BYU is not in a conference, there wasn’t m
  
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• Thousands in Utah, U.S. seek jobless benefits as the coronavirus continues to hobble economy

  05-11-2020 18:15
  
  The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 751,000, a still-historically high level that shows that many employers keep cutting jobs in the face of the accelerating pandemic.A surge in viral cases and Congress' failure so far to provide more aid for struggling individuals and businesses are threatening to deepen Americans' economic pain. Eight months after the pandemic flattened the economy, weekly jobless claims still point to a stream of layoffs.Before the
  
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• Utah mother and son shot to death in Nevada. Daughter is critically wounded.

  05-11-2020 18:05
  
  A Nevada shooting left four people dead, including a Utah woman and her 12-year-old son — and the woman’s 16-year-old daughter was critically wounded.Police in Henderson have not released the names of the victims, but, according to Juan Diego Catholic Schools, they include Diana Hawatmeh and her 12-year-old son, Joseph, who was a student at Saint John the Baptist Middle School in Draper. And Hawatmeh’s 16-year-old daughter, Yasmeen, suffered gunshot wounds and is hospitalized i
  
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• Red All Over: A Utah game day is here, so good for you and, yes, good for me

  05-11-2020 18:05
  
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering Utah athletics. Subscribe here.We have been weaving our way through the COVID-19 pandemic for eight months. It once looked like there was no way the Pac-12 would be playing football this fall, but we have indeed moved to within two days until a Utah game day, so good for you.No, not just you, all of you.Good for people like Tim Preece, Steve Harries and Jacob Johnsen, a small sampling of Utah’s robust season-ticket base. All three men spoke to m
  
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• Biden pushes closer to victory in race for the White House as Trump sues in multiple states

  05-11-2020 17:55
  
  Washington • Democrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to carry the White House, securing victories in the “blue wall” battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan and narrowing President Donald Trump’s path.With just a handful of states still up for grabs, Trump tried to press his case in court in some key swing states. It was unclear if any of his campaign’s legal maneuvering over balloting would succeed in shifting the ra
  
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• Weekends, holidays at Park City ski area up for grabs to pass holders starting Friday

  05-11-2020 17:35
  
  The run on coveted weekend and holiday access to the peaks around Park City begins Friday.Starting at 8 a.m., Park City Mountain Resort will allow season-pass holders to begin stock piling the seven days this season they most want to visit the ski area — or any other Vail Resort-owned property. That includes the resort’s Nov. 20 pass-holder-only opening day as well as weekends and holidays, like New Year’s Day and spring break.Reservations are required every day this winter at
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Liberals leery at BYU; Wyoming’s ‘Black 14’ team up with church; Uchtdorf approaches big birthday

  05-11-2020 16:30
  
  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.The right — and left — to free speech at BYUWhen asked to share their political views, liberal students at Brigham Young University, unlike their conservative classmates, may be more inclined to sit on their
  
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• Utah State club dedicates altar to honor COVID-19 deaths

  05-11-2020 15:45
  
  Logan • Utah State University’s Latinx Creative Society has dedicated an altar to those who have died due to the coronavirus pandemic.The club’s founders, alumni and community members on Monday made an “ofrenda” outside of the Taggart Student Center on campus. The altar features 30 photos of local residents who died as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, The Herald Journal reported.“A lot of people who died didn’t have the opportunity to say goodbye,&rd
  
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• Joe Biden pushes closer to victory in race for the White House

  05-11-2020 15:12
  
  Washington • Democrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to carry the White House, securing victories in the “blue wall” battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan and narrowing President Donald Trump’s path.With just a handful of states still up for grabs, Trump tried to press his case in court in some key swing states. It was unclear if any of his campaign’s legal maneuvering over balloting would succeed in shifting the race in his
  
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• Rare heart condition ends basketball career of former Aggies basketball player

  05-11-2020 15:06
  
  A former guard for the Utah State basketball team had his basketball career cut short after being diagnosed with a rare heart condition.Abel Porter, who spent four years with the Aggies before transferring to Ohio State, announced Wednesday on Twitter that he was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He said that while condition is “scary,” people generally lead healthy and normal lives.But, he won’t be playing basketball anymore.“This diagnosis has turned my life u
  
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• Robert Gehrke: The close race between McAdams and Owens. Did we expect anything else?

  05-11-2020 14:00
  
  We all saw it coming — yet another in a string of too-close-to-call battles in Utah’s 4th Congressional District.From the district’s creation nearly a decade ago, it has consistently been one of the nation’s most hotly contested seats.In 2012, then-Rep. Jim Matheson won it by 748 votes — a margin of 0.3%. Two years later, after Matheson’s retirement, Republican Mia Love beat Democrat Doug Owens by a relative landslide — about 7,500 votes.So with a Republ
  
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• Letter: We need The Tribune

  05-11-2020 14:00
  
  As a reader of The Salt Lake Tribune for the last 54 years, who greatly enjoys the morning paper with a cup of coffee, I understand the disappointment in losing the daily print edition. However, the importance of supporting the digital edition needs to be emphasized.The great public service and investigative reporting done by the writers and reporters is still needed. People should be aware of this option and support it fully. Some of us old curmudgeons may even learn to like it. Don’t let
  
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• Letter: UVU can afford to sponsor a football team

  05-11-2020 14:00
  
  Utah Valley University is the largest school in Utah by enrollment, with over 40,000 students. It shares Division 1 athletic status with six other Utah schools: Utah State, Weber State, University of Utah, Brigham Young, Southern Utah and Dixie State. Yet all those other schools have something Utah Valley doesn’t: a football team. Whether it is Utah State, Utah and BYU at the highest level of Division 1 in the bowl game subdivision (FBS), or Weber State, Dixie State and SUU at the smaller
  
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• Letter: Tribune print edition’s demise is understandable but the insulting spin isn’t

  05-11-2020 14:00
  
  As a 75-year-old who used to scrape together my dimes and quarters to buy the Washington Post 50 years ago, I am really disappointed to not have a local morning newspaper. However, I understand the financials, as much as I hate the idea of even more time looking at a screen.But when you announced the change, did you have to grossly insult me and other older readers by topping it off with that huge phoney picture of a deliriously happy, stupidly grinning white-haired couple? Just how dumb do you
  
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• Letter: Republicans show they are not pro-life

  05-11-2020 14:00
  
  It has been well more than two weeks since Gov. Gary Herbert and the coronavirus task force (led by Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox) implemented the new COVID categories in their efforts to decrease infections and save lives. The results of their failed leadership are a string of record COVID cases in nearly every corner of the state with no relief in sight.As our hospitals are overloaded and health care workers beg for help, the Republican leaders continue to offer no substantive solutions like statewide
  
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• Letter: Love the online Tribune

  05-11-2020 14:00
  
  I moved out of state over a year ago, and still read The Salt Lake Tribune daily on my computer. It looks just like the print version, and is easy to navigate. Plus, it’s available to me at 5 a.m.Love it, and love the coverage by Andy Larsen on the coronavirus.Collette Peck, Oro Valley, ArizonaSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Librarians serve us all

  05-11-2020 14:00
  
  What the hey is Nicholas Rush talking about (“Salt Lake City Library must be reimagined,” Oct. 30)? The downtown Salt Lake City library is (or rather, used to be before COVID-19) a vibrant place with programs to fire up the imagination of what’s possible for all who avail themselves of its programs.The librarians are caring, knowledgeable people who will help any and all who walk through the doors. I have acquired new skills by attending programs in the computer and technology
  
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• Legendary Ogden High girls basketball coach Philip Russell dies at 75 from COVID-19 complications

  05-11-2020 05:58
  
  Philip Russell, who coached the Ogden High girls' basketball team to five state championships in a career that spanned more than four decades, died Tuesday from complications due to COVID-19. He was 75.Mike Russell, Philip’s son, broke the news on his Facebook page, writing that his father died peacefully in the afternoon. Russell’s family was not able to visit his room in the hospital during his ordeal.“My family dejectedly had to watch most of this fight from a hospital windo
  
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• Four Utah schools moving online after COVID-19 outbreaks

  05-11-2020 05:45
  
  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.As coronavirus case counts continue to rise in Utah, four schools battling outbreaks announced Wednesday a switch to virtual learning for the next few weeks.Copper Hills High School in West Jordan, Syracuse High School in Syracuse, Cypru
  
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• Denver Broncos place two — including a former Ute — on COVID-19 list

  05-11-2020 05:04
  
  Englewood, Colo. • The Denver Broncos placed starting defensive end Shelby Harris and practice squad offensive lineman Darrin Paulo on the COVID-19/reserve list Wednesday and canceled practice for the second time in six days.Paulo, a former Utah Ute, tested positive for the novel coronavirus and Harris self-reported after coming into close contact with an individual who has the virus. Harris needs five consecutive days of negative tests in order to return to the team, putting his status for
  
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• Man drives car at code officer who was moving campaign signs, police say

  05-11-2020 04:04
  
  Cottonwood Heights police arrested a man Wednesday for allegedly driving his car toward a code enforcement officer because the officer moved campaign signs.The suspect was driving on Brighton Way when he saw a code enforcement officer taking down political signs on public property, according to a probable cause statement. The suspect allegedly drove another 200 feet before pulling over, turning around and driving back at a faster speed. The suspect allegedly drove toward the code enforcement off
  
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• Thomas L. Friedman: There was a loser in the election. It was America.

  05-11-2020 04:00
  
  We still do not know who is the winner of the presidential election. But we do know who is the loser: the United States of America.We have just experienced four years of the most divisive and dishonest presidency in American history, which attacked the twin pillars of our democracy — truth and trust. President Donald Trump did not spend a single day of his term trying to be president of all the people, and he broke rules and trashed norms in ways that no president ever dared — right
  
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• Salt Lake City school board member who called teachers ‘lazy’ loses seat

  05-11-2020 03:02
  
  A controversial Salt Lake City school board member — who called teachers “lazy” and drew attention for attending meetings with his head tucked into in a blanket while playing solitaire on his computer — has been unseated by a newcomer focused on helping west side students succeed during the pandemic and after.With additional votes counted Wednesday, incumbent Mike Nemelka fell behind by a widening margin of nearly 32 points. His opponent, Jenny Sika, collected 66% of the
  
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• Ross Douthat: 2020 will not be decisive

  05-11-2020 02:00
  
  An election is supposed to be a reality check. It promises the finality of decision, in which the back-and-forth of political argument gives way to the undeniability of a particular outcome on a particular day.Scoff at the possibility that Donald Trump could ever be the Republican nominee (as I did, once upon a time), and a succession of primaries will reveal the hollowness of your supposed expertise. Insist on the certainty of polling or political science, or some variable (rally size, yard sig
  
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• Farhad Manjoo: 2020 should be the last time we vote this way

  05-11-2020 02:00
  
  Now that the ballots have been cast and we wait to see whose will be counted and whose will be ignored, can we please take a moment to acknowledge what a huge mess this whole thing has been?I don’t mean the big things — the absurd twists in the ugly, never-ending, pandemic-blurred, possibly world-ending presidential election of 2020. No, I’m referring to the smallest, most particular act of this saga: the way we voted. The process of registering your democratic preference, the
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Count the votes. All the votes.

  05-11-2020 01:59
  
  The election of 2020 is not over. Few who know anything about American elections thought that it would be by this point.So, when the president of the United States not only claims victory but also spreads falsehoods about how the election is over and any votes that haven’t yet been counted shouldn’t count, it’s just a question of whether he doesn’t know any better, or assumes that the American people don’t.Technically, no presidential election is settled on Election
  
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• Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting outcome

  05-11-2020 01:56
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump’s campaign filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.The new filings, joining existing Republican legal challenges in Pennsylvania and Nevada, demand better access for campaign observers to locations where ballots are being processed and counted, and absen
  
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• By the numbers: What sticks out from the 2020 election in Utah and the U.S

  05-11-2020 01:47
  
  Yes, the vote counting process is still continuing, nearly 24 hours since polls closed on Tuesday.But already, we’ve gotten some significant election results. Let’s break down some key numbers that represent the most interesting fraction of the election action — key results from local, regional, and national races.3: The number of members in the Utah County Commission, which will stay unchanged in one of the most important local votes in Tuesday’s election. Voters turned
  
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• Local artist paints Gateway crosswalk for winter

  05-11-2020 01:29
  
  Work crews painted foxes and snowflakes in the intersection of 100 South and Rio Grande Street at the Gateway on Wednesday. The winter-themed crosswalk was designed by local artist Alli Vankleek. “I was very excited to have the opportunity to work with The Gateway on their winter crosswalk design. They always do such a wonderful job lighting up downtown throughout the holidays, so we decided to create something a bit brighter and bolder to match," Vankleek said in a statement." My illustra
  
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