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• Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt urges Trump to begin handoff to Biden

  09-11-2020 23:42
  
  Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt is urging the Trump administration to initiate the transfer of power to President-elect Joe Biden, a process stalled by the president’s refusal to admit his election loss.“This is a very significant part of the way you preserve a democracy, to have smooth transitions,” Leavitt said during a Monday appearance on MSNBC. “It requires both sides to enter into it with the right attitude.”On Sunday, the former Republican governor joined other
  
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• Gregory A. Clark: It took many sacrifices to get where we are

  09-11-2020 23:35
  
  The drama of the presidential election may overshadow a different historic achievement and reason for celebration: It’s the first time that the vice president-elect of the United States of America is a woman. And a woman of color.We didn’t get here by accident. We got here by the sacrifices and efforts and persistence of those who came before us.This legacy is brilliantly exemplified by an imagined graphic of Kamala Harris striding forward powerfully, casting a shadow of one of her h
  
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• How to navigate Utah’s emergency COVID-19 order: Schools, bars, football and more

  09-11-2020 23:34
  
  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.At its heart, the emergency order Gov. Gary Herbert issued Sunday night in an effort to turn back Utah’s surge in COVID-19 cases comes down to one rule: If possible, stay home.“For the next two weeks, I urge you to only hang
  
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• How Utah’s new coronavirus restrictions came to be, and why some lawmakers are fuming

  09-11-2020 23:29
  
  The statewide mask mandate announced by Gov. Gary Herbert on Sunday night has been in the works for more than a week. It is part of a new approach to combating the wildfire-like spread of the coronavirus.He generally has the support of Utah’s legislative leaders, but the changes aren’t going over well with some lawmakers, who worry the governor has overstepped his bounds.Herbert accelerated talks on new restrictions shortly after meeting last week with Dr. Robert Redfield, director o
  
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• Burgess Owens widens lead over Ben McAdams as new ballots drop in 4th Congressional District race

  09-11-2020 23:21
  
  Republican Burgess Owens grew his lead slightly over Rep. Ben McAdams in the closely-contested race for Utah’s 4th Congressional District as about 100 new ballots dropped from Sanpete and Juab counties on Monday, almost all of them for the first-time political candidate.Owens now has a 758-vote lead over McAdams, the incumbent Democrat who’s vying for a second term in office, with 47.60% of the vote to McAdams' 47.35%.Salt Lake County is expected to release ballots in the race later
  
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• Like Mitt Romney, Utah Rep. John Curtis now recognizes Joe Biden as president-elect

  09-11-2020 23:07
  
  Like Sen. Mitt Romney did on Saturday, Utah GOP Rep. John Curtis on Monday publicly recognized Democrat Joe Biden as the new president-elect — something that other Republicans in the Utah congressional delegation are hesitant to do.“Until a judicial decision determines wrongdoing, Joe Biden should be acknowledged as the president-elect,” Curtis said in a news release Monday. He adds, however, that President Donald Trump should also be given every legal opportunity to make his c
  
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• Solitude postpones ski opener, cites lack of snow

  09-11-2020 22:59
  
  Solitude Mountain Resort is postponing its opening date, which was originally scheduled for Nov. 20, citing a lack of snow.“Considering current conditions, as well as our goal of providing ample space for guests to distance from one another,” resort president and COO Kim Mayhew said in a news release, “we believe that a later opening date will create a higher-quality outdoor experience for our guests.”The announcement came a day after a storm left a foot of snow or more i
  
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• Letter: The party follows the church, not the other way around

  09-11-2020 22:35
  
  Three points regarding Blair Bateman’s Nov. 8 letter commenting about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Utah politics.First, while many of Mr. Bateman’s Republican friends believe Donald Trump is a personal disaster, their refusal to vote for a Democrat is based in their greater distaste for Democratic socialist politics.Second, I have been a member of the LDS Church for 55 years and have never heard from the pulpit, specifically or implied, any recommendation, admo
  
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• NCAA approves transfer for former Runnin’ Ute Both Gach to play for Minnesota

  09-11-2020 22:30
  
  Minneapolis • Minnesota junior guard Both Gach was granted immediate eligibility Monday by the NCAA after he transferred from Utah.Gach and the Gophers had applied for a waiver to play this season, having switched schools to be closer to his family during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 6-foot-6, 183-pound Gach is from Austin, Minnesota, about 100 miles south of Minneapolis.The versatile wing will likely start for the Gophers along with another transfer, center Liam Robbins, who also gained NCAA
  
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• Man found dead inside burning house in Ogden

  09-11-2020 21:56
  
  Ogden fire officials are investigating the cause of a house fire that killed a man on Sunday.Crews were called to a house at 2867 Lincoln Ave. at 7:37 p.m. Sunday, and found “active fire coming from the attic,” according to Ogden Fire Department deputy chief Shelby Willis. Firefighters were unable to locate anyone inside at first, but later found the body of a man in a closet. The victim, whose name has not been released, is believed to have been in his 60s.According to Willis, the h
  
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• Solitude postpones opener, cites lack of snow

  09-11-2020 21:55
  
  Solitude Mountain Resort is postponing its opening date, which was originally scheduled for Nov. 20, citing a lack of snow.“Considering current conditions, as well as our goal of providing ample space for guests to distance from one another,” resort president and COO Kim Mayhew said in a news release, “we believe that a later opening date will create a higher-quality outdoor experience for our guests.”The announcement came a day after a storm left a foot of snow or more i
  
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• Scott Beckstead: Time to put an end to mink farming in Utah

  09-11-2020 21:19
  
  Many of my fondest childhood memories are of time spent with my grandfather, a mink farmer in the tiny town of Franklin, Idaho, located just a few miles north of the Utah border. A soft-spoken, kind and generous man, my grandfather doted on his children, including my mother, and on me and his other grandkids.It is no exaggeration to say Grandpa talked about his mink constantly. I remember him holding his mink firmly but gently and speaking to them softly as he stroked and examined their fur. I r
  
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• Utah coronavirus cases up 2,247 on Monday

  09-11-2020 21:05
  
  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 2,247 new coronavirus cases reported on Monday, Utah’s rates of new diagnoses and hospitalizations continue to shatter records.For the past week, the state has averaged 2,437 new positive test results a day, continuing a strea
  
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• Rep. Rob Bishop says it’s not his job to say if Biden is president-elect — so he won’t

  09-11-2020 21:04
  
  Retiring GOP Rep. Rob Bishop said Monday that it’s not really his role to say whether the presidential election is decided and Democrat Joe Biden is indeed president-elect — so he isn’t saying.“For me to pontificate on that is meaningless,” he said in an interview. “I could, but for what purpose…? Whether I speak out or not, that doesn’t make a difference. I should be doing things that make a difference.”Bishop, a former history teacher who
  
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• Trump fires Mark Esper as Pentagon chief after election defeat

  09-11-2020 20:56
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday, an unprecedented move by a president struggling to accept election defeat and angry at a Pentagon leader he believes wasn’t loyal enough.The decision, which could unsettle international allies and Pentagon leadership, injects another element of uncertainty to a rocky transition period as Joe Biden prepares to assume the presidency.Presidents who win reelection often replace Cabinet members, including the
  
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• Utah Royals fire coach Craig Harrington

  09-11-2020 19:54
  
  Utah Royals FC has fired head coach Craig Harrington, the team announced Monday. Amy LePeilbet will continue as interim coach after being named to that position earlier in the season.“As Coach LePeilbet has already demonstrated, she is well-positioned to serve in this interim role and embodies the club’s dedication to the highest standards of conduct, civility, and professionalism,” the club said in a statement.Harrington was placed on a leave of absence from the team before th
  
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• Biden names former aide to Sen. Orrin Hatch to help lead his COVID-19 response

  09-11-2020 19:44
  
  President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named his new Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board, which will help guide his response to the pandemic. And one of the three co-chairs is a former aide to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.Dr. David Kessler, who is both a lawyer and a pediatrician, led the Food and Drug Administration from 1990 to 1997, first appointed by President George H.W. Bush, and later reappointed by President Bill Clinton.Before that, he was Hatch’s physician adviser for two years on the Se
  
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• As Romney, Leavitt urge Trump to move on, other Republicans decline to recognize the election outcome

  09-11-2020 19:25
  
  Washington • President-elect Joe Biden prepared Sunday to start building his administration, even as Republican leaders and scores of party lawmakers refrained from acknowledging his victory out of apparent deference to President Donald Trump, who continued to refuse to concede.With Biden out of the public eye as he received congratulations from leaders around the world, his team turned its attention to a transition that will swing into action Monday, with the launch of a coronavirus task f
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Diving deep into Utah’s 4th District results, where Owens has a tenuous lead

  09-11-2020 19:14
  
  If you’ve been tracking the Ben McAdams-Burgess Owens race (and I have) the latest batch of votes that posted Saturday probably seemed a little surprising.The expectation has always been that when the tens of thousands of Salt Lake County votes started rolling in they would favor McAdams, the Democratic House freshman who has been winning the county by a decent margin.But when the votes hit Saturday, they broke heavily in Owens' favor, enough to put him back into the lead by 688 votes.It g
  
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• What’s known about the abusive U.S. ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick

  09-11-2020 19:13
  
  Rome • The Vatican on Tuesday will release its report into the rise and fall of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the once-influential American cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican investigation confirmed decades of rumors that he was a sexual predator.The McCarrick scandal is different from other cases of clergy abuse, primarily because there is evidence that Vatican and U.S. church leaders knew of his penchant for bedding seminarians but turned a blind eye as M
  
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• Gov. Gary Herbert says data drove decision for new state of COVID-19 emergency

  09-11-2020 18:49
  
  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.Gov. Gary Herbert said his decision to declare a new state of emergency late Sunday “has only to do with data” about the state’s fight against COVID-19.“It has absolutely nothing to do with politics,” he sai
  
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• Utes had a player hospitalized with COVID-19, UCLA game remains in doubt

  09-11-2020 18:46
  
  The COVID-19 outbreak inside the University of Utah football program is bad, if not worse than most outsiders may have assumed.In the wake of a rash of infections, plus the ensuing contact-tracing protocols, the Utes' season opener vs. Arizona was cancelled and declared a no-contest. The athletic department announced Sunday that the football team had “two consecutive days of no positive COVID-19 test results.” Practice was set to resume Monday afternoon, and Friday night’s game
  
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• Biden names aide to Sen. Orrin Hatch to help lead his COVID-19 response

  09-11-2020 17:49
  
  President-elect Joe Biden named his new Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board, which will help guide his response to the pandemic. And one of the three co-chairs is a former aide to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.Dr. David Kessler, who is both a lawyer and a pediatrician, led the Food and Drug Administration from 1990 to 1997, first appointed by President George H.W. Bush, and later reappointed by President Bill Clinton.Before that, he was Hatch’s physician advisor for two years on the Senate Labor
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 124 additional virus cases, 2 deaths

  09-11-2020 17:42
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Health officials have reported 124 additional coronavirus cases and two additional deaths from the virus for the Navajo Nation as of Sunday.In all, the tribe has reported more than 12,000 known cases and 593 deaths from the virus since the pandemic began.The tribe imposed a weekend curfew that ended early Monday due to the uncontrolled spread of the virus in 29 of its communities that has affected 29 communities throughout the reservation, which spans more than 27,000 s
  
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• More snow is headed to northern Utah through the weekend

  09-11-2020 16:56
  
  After seeing snow throughout much of Utah on Sunday, residents of the northern part of the state should brace for more storms throughout the week.Yes, that’s plural. Multiple snowstorms are in the National Weather Service’s forecast.There’s a 40% chance of snow and patchy fog Monday, and a 20% chance of snow showers Monday night. That probability is 30% Tuesday and 50% Wednesday. Not much accumulation is expected in the Salt Lake City area — less than half an inch Tuesday
  
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• Three Points: Frightful weather for RSL, saying goodbye to Onuoha, and a look at the team awards

  09-11-2020 16:29
  
  Here are three observations of Real Salt Lake’s 2-0 loss to Sporting Kansas City from beat writer Alex Vejar.1. A snowy final gameFall in Utah can sometimes look more like winter, and Sunday evening was the epitome of that. Before RSL and SKC kicked off their final game of the 2020 season, the field was so covered in snow that none of the field’s lines were visible.As play started, the players running and the temperature helped melt much of the snow. But for most of the second half,
  
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• Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is looking 90% effective

  09-11-2020 15:56
  
  Pfizer said Monday that an early peek at the data on its coronavirus vaccine suggests the shots may be a surprisingly robust 90% effective at preventing COVID-19, putting the company on track to apply later this month for emergency-use approval from the Food and Drug Administration.The announcement, less than a week after a presidential election that was seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis, was a rare and major piece of encouraging news lately in the bat
  
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• Thousands of Utah students are struggling with online learning during the coronavirus pandemic

  09-11-2020 15:17
  
  Editor’s note • Through a grant from the Walton Family Foundation, The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting in-depth on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education.West Valley City • Kyle and his mother are huddled over a Chromebook inside Hillsdale Elementary with his concerned fifth grade teacher.He’s learning online this fall as a safeguard against COVID-19 for his grandparents, who have significant health issues and share his family’s home. His mother works 12-hou
  
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• Utah’s cancer docs urge people to get screenings despite the COVID-19 spike

  09-11-2020 15:04
  
  In the spring, Dr. Melissa Brackmann made difficult calls to her patients in Michigan, telling them they had to delay their cancer surgeries because of the rising COVID-19 cases in the state.Now, as Brackmann watches Utah’s coronavirus spike while working as a gynecologic oncologist in Salt Lake City, she’s encouraging her patients to schedule their surgeries as soon as possible.“We don’t know," she warned, “what the coming days and weeks will bring.”Brackmann
  
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• Utah’s solar advocates plan to fight decision by state regulators

  09-11-2020 14:00
  
  Rooftop solar advocates are gearing up to challenge last week’s ruling by Utah utility regulators lowering the credit Rocky Mountain Power awards its customers for the excess electricity they generate from rooftop photovoltaic panels and “export” into the grid.Even more troubling to solar-installation companies is the Public Service Commission’s decision to reevaluate “solar export credit” every year. They say throwing such uncertainty into homeowners’ c
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Five takeaways from this election and one prediction for the next one

  09-11-2020 14:00
  
  Some of the 2020 votes are still being counted but, for the most part, the races are largely decided and we can start sorting through some of the numbers to figure out what it all means.Just how popular — or unpopular — was President Donald Trump in the Beehive State? What went wrong for Burgess Owens? And what comes next for Utah Democrats?Here are a few thoughts and a prediction on the heels of a historic election.Trump still lagged in UtahThe speculation heading into this election
  
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• Letter: Who votes for slavery?

  09-11-2020 13:30
  
  Can someone please explain to me why 235,733 Utahns voted against removing language from the Utah Constitution that allows the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as criminal punishments? It seems to me that even if 576 had voted against it, that would have been 576 too many.Gerald Elias, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: SLC school board leaders are doing their best

  09-11-2020 13:00
  
  Dear people of Salt Lake City School District:I have known Melissa Ford for four or five years now, since I had her son in my class. She was a friendly, informed, involved parent and I liked and respected her right away.I’ve watched and read with disappointment the negative attention our school board has received since the meeting a few months ago where some members exhibited unprofessional conduct, and more recently their vulgar and disrespectful emails and texts among themselves. I&rsquo
  
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• Letter: Are we still our brother’s keeper?

  09-11-2020 06:35
  
  At the end of a horrific year, are Americans still our brother’s keeper? At least, we all want justice and need each other to get it. Black Lives Matter taught us that.Throughout history the worldview of a people in a specific age depended upon what they knew about nature. Because the heavens influenced the earth — wind, rain, daytime heat for crops, and nighttime light — the heavenly orbs were worshipped for their powers and their generally gracious ethics.Religious storytelle
  
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• Utah governor orders statewide mask mandate, new coronavirus restrictions

  09-11-2020 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.Utah’s governor declared a new state of emergency late Sunday after the state’s most devastating week of the pandemic, as COVID-19 infections skyrocketed and deaths hit new highs. His big concern is the surge in hospitalizati
  
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• Utah governor to issue new coronavirus restrictions

  09-11-2020 05:00
  
  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.Gov. Gary Herbert plans to release new coronavirus restrictions at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a message sent to Utahns through the state’s emergency alert system.Earlier this week, Herbert said he intended to put new policies i
  
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• Letter: Head in the sand

  09-11-2020 04:33
  
  Solutions advanced by a self-certified “stable genius”:COVID-19: Stop testing.Election outcomes: Stop counting.By any reasonable standard, the solution (and its author) is the problem.Kim M. Clark, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Real Salt Lake’s season ends with 2-0 loss to Sporting Kansas City

  09-11-2020 02:52
  
  Sandy • Real Salt Lake’s season has come to a close in unceremonious fashion.RSL lost its final match of the 2020 season 2-0 to Sporting Kansas City, which secured the top spot in the Western Conference. Salt Lake finished with a 5-10-7 record and just 22 points on the year.Despite RSL’s deep desire to give the fans a show and end the season on a strong note, the game transpired much like many others in 2020 — not enough attack, and getting burned for defensive mistakes. R
  
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• Letter: Speak up, Sen. Lee

  09-11-2020 02:30
  
  Sen. Lee,You and your colleagues in the Senate are, in many important ways, the first line of defense in protecting American democracy. You already know that the president’s recent remarks contained disturbing claims about election tampering that have been widely discredited by thousands of election officials, poll watchers, independent experts and news agencies. I believe his words will have the effect of emboldening vigilante groups and increasing the likelihood of violent protests in th
  
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• Elliott drives from back of the field to first NASCAR title

  09-11-2020 01:27
  
  Avondale, Ariz. • NASCAR’s most popular driver is now a Cup champion, too.Chase Elliott took the torch from teammate Jimmie Johnson by winning his first Cup title Sunday, driving from the back of the field to victory lane at Phoenix Raceway. The win for Hendrick Motorsports and Chevrolet was the first since Johnson, who retired after the race, won his seventh and final crown in 2016.“I just, man, I’m at a loss for words,” Elliott said. “This is unbelievable. Oh
  
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• Nursing home COVID-19 cases rise four-fold in surge states, including Utah

  09-11-2020 01:05
  
  Washington • Despite Trump administration efforts to erect a protective shield around nursing homes, coronavirus cases are surging within facilities in states hard hit by the latest onslaught of COVID-19.An analysis of federal data from 20 states for The Associated Press finds that new weekly cases among residents rose nearly four-fold from the end of May to late October, from 1,083 to 4,274. Resident deaths more than doubled, from 318 a week to 699, according to the study by University of
  
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• Utah football reports consecutive days of negative COVID-19 tests, UCLA game moved from Friday to Saturday

  09-11-2020 01:04
  
  The University of Utah football team still plans to play UCLA this week, just on a different day.After its season-opener vs. Arizona was cancelled due to multiple positive COVID-19 tests and ensuing contact tracing, the athletic department on Sunday evening reported no positive tests on Saturday or Sunday. As a result, the Utes expect to resume practice on Monday, while their game at UCLA has been moved to Saturday night at the Rose Bowl.Utah-UCLA was originally scheduled for Friday night on Fox
  
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• Nicholas Kristof: Republicans and Democrats agree. It’s time to end the war on drugs.

  09-11-2020 01:00
  
  One of America’s greatest mistakes over the last century was the war on drugs, so it’s thrilling to see voters in red and blue states alike moving to unwind it.The most important step is coming in Oregon, where voters easily passed a referendum that will decriminalize possession of even hard drugs like cocaine and heroin, while helping users get treatment for addiction. The idea is to address drug use as a public health crisis more than as a criminal justice issue.In Arizona, Mississ
  
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• Fraud claims aimed in part at keeping Trump base loyal

  09-11-2020 00:53
  
  Washington • The Trump campaign’s strategy to file a barrage of lawsuits challenging President-elect Joe Biden’s win is more about providing President Donald Trump with an off-ramp for a loss he can’t quite grasp and less about changing the election’s outcome, according to senior officials, campaign aides and allies who spoke to The Associated Press.Trump has promised legal action in the coming days as he refused to concede his loss to Biden, making an aggressive pit
  
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• Letter: Walking, talking cliches

  09-11-2020 00:30
  
  We all mourn the Tribune’s dumping its daily print paper. Sad, we do love our print paper. But damn, people, you are all a walking cliche.Do all Tribune subscribers get up early, wait for the “thump” of the paper hitting the driveway, bring in the “crisp” paper, sit at the kitchen table with coffee at hand and read the paper?Oh, come on. I’m betting you all proudly call yourself grumps.Michael Greer, Cottonwood HeightsSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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