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• Bagley Cartoon: Party Animals

  11-11-2020 23:26
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:Power GrabberFer Heck’s SakeSnipe HuntBig NewsPants on FireWaiting in the WingsVote!Look for the HelpersCaptain LunacyZombie LogicWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• ‘Utah Politics’ podcast: Mitt Romney on the election, conspiracy theories and more

  11-11-2020 22:48
  
  Sen. Mitt Romney says he thinks there are issues a Republican-controlled Senate can work with President-elect Joe Biden on when he takes office in January. The economy, federal deficit and immigration reform are all areas where he sees opportunities for compromise.Romney was a guest on the “Utah Politics” podcast Wednesday where he discussed the post-election controversy, President Donald Trump’s legal challenges to the election results and whether Americans would accept the vo
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: BYU political scientist talks about LDS voters: Did they help Biden win Arizona? Will they stick with the GOP?

  11-11-2020 22:30
  
  Before the presidential election, some pollsters and pundits suggested that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints might play a key role — despite their relatively small numbers.Indeed, many members became actively involved on one side or the other, forming groups like Latter-day Saints for Trump and Latter-day Saints for Biden. They seemed especially visible in Western swing states like Nevada and Arizona.So, for instance, did Latter-day Saints help turn the traditiona
  
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• Utah gymnastics seals one of its strongest recruiting classes by signing a pair of world champions

  11-11-2020 22:09
  
  Two of the nation’s elite gymnasts — Kara Eaker and Grace McCallum — inked national letters-of-intent with Utah gymnastics on National Signing Day.As two of the most decorated signees in programhistory, the duo will vie for a 2021 Olympic Team berth prior tocontinuing their illustrious gymnastics careers in Salt Lake City.Tallying four gold medals between the two future Utes, Eaker and McCallum were World champions with Team USA back-to-back years at the World Championships.At
  
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• Elizabeth Avery: Why is wearing masks still an issue?

  11-11-2020 22:08
  
  Listening to the news reports and the debates about the pros and cons of wearing a mask, and how a mask takes away personal freedom, I must ask, “Why are we even debating this issue?”The discussion about whether to wear a mask should be over. Every medical professional has declared the necessity of this. Our state hospitals are now overfilled, and they sometimes must send patients to other hospitals to receive the most desperate patients.How can a friend or family gathering be more i
  
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• Police searching for Utah man who allegedly shot his wife to death

  11-11-2020 21:56
  
  Police have issued an alert for an “armed and dangerous person of interest” after a woman was shot half a dozen times in the back and killed in her Weber County home. The shooter is believed to be her husband.Police are searching for Scott William Russell, who is believed to have driven from the area in a black 2017 Toyota Land Cruiser with black rims and Utah license plates G143AP. Russell is believed to be headed to Colorado.He has been charged in 2nd District Court with murder, a
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Here’s what some Draft prospects had to say about the Utah Jazz

  11-11-2020 21:45
  
  The Weekly Run is a newsletter about the Utah Jazz. Not a subscriber? Sign up here.We’re just eight days away from the NBA Draft.Seems kinda crazy, doesn’t it, following the longest season ever and a decidedly unique offseason? But here we are.After spending the past month or so reaching out to agents, trying to get a feel for who the Jazz might have some interest in, my latest bit of predraft work came Wednesday morning, when the NBA conducted the first eight of 29 scheduled Zoom in
  
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• Police arrest alleged serial Salt Lake Valley bank robber

  11-11-2020 21:18
  
  The Unified Police Department has arrested a man suspected of half a dozen bank robberies in Salt Lake County over the past six weeks.The 53-year-old man allegedly robbed the Wells Fargo Bank at 1720 S. Redwood Road on Oct. 2; the Cyprus Credit Union at 7160 S. Union Park Ave. on Oct. 16; the University Federal Credit Union at 3088 S. Richmond St. on Oct. 28; the Chase Bank at 6275 S. Highland Drive on Oct. 29; the University of Utah Credit Union at 7220 S. Highland Drive on Nov. 5; and the Chas
  
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• Pandemic puts kink in UTA experiment to offer free rides for low-income people

  11-11-2020 21:12
  
  In an experiment, the Utah Transit Authority found 51 agencies willing to buy bus and train passes — at a 75% discount — to give to low-income people for free. The idea was to help many more poor people secure trips for such essentials as jobs, doctor visits and school.Then the pandemic hit.Many of those new partners — from school districts to social agencies, homeless shelters, health departments and job agencies — reported that were hit hard financially and struggled to
  
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• Utah coronavirus cases up 2,335 on Wednesday

  11-11-2020 21:09
  
  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 2,335 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday and six additional deaths. For the past week, the state has averaged 2,584 new positive test results a day, continuing a two-week streak of new record highs, the Utah Department of H
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Acknowledging a bitter defeat is never easy

  11-11-2020 21:00
  
  We turn, one last time, to Hans Christian Andersen.Over the past four years, many observers, this one included, have found one of the Danish writer’s most famous tales irresistible for explaining both Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s slavish sycophancy toward him. In “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” a monarch parades through town naked, having been convinced by swindlers that he’s actually draped in an exquisite outfit made of a fabric visible only to those
  
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• Gordon Monson: The strange saga behind Gary Andersen leaving Utah State ... again

  11-11-2020 20:48
  
  It was Nietzsche, the philosopher, not the Hall of Fame Packers linebacker, who said: “I obviously do everything to be ‘hard to understand’ myself.”The same could be said for and about Gary Andersen.The man doesn’t move at the same pace or in the same way as others. He doesn’t think like others. He doesn’t react in expected form. He is apuzzle with a sweatshirt on his back and a whistle around his neck, a sweatshirt and whistle that are now left on the g
  
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• Commentary: Sizing up this year’s NBA draft class (hint: the strength is in the role players)

  11-11-2020 20:16
  
  Oregon guard Payton Pritchard is one of the players available in this year’s draft who does all the little things and has lot of quality experience under his belt. | AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, Fle
  SALT LAKE CITY — Weak. That’s the word most commonly associated with the 2020 NBA draft.
  Sports Illustrated’s Jeremy Woo called the 2020 draft “the worst NBA draft in years.” Many writers have already started looking toward the 2021 draft because they’re expecting
  
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• Roger Terry: Romney can be the balance by leaving the GOP

  11-11-2020 20:08
  
  Sen. Romney,Soon you may find yourself in a unique position to save our government from perpetual gridlock, but it will take more courage than you exhibited in voting to impeach Donald Trump.In the coming weeks, if we can survive Trump’s attacks on the foundation of our democracy, we will likely have a Democratic House, a Democratic president and a Republican Senate.The country has many urgent needs, among them economic relief for those ravaged by the raging pandemic, legislation to repair
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Burgess Owens has a lead, but Utah’s 4th District race could be a rerun of 2018

  11-11-2020 20:00
  
  If you’re watching the votes being counted in the 4th District race between Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams and Republican challenger Burgess Owens and having flashbacks, you aren’t alone.And you aren’t wrong.In 2018, it was the same story with McAdams and Republican Rep. Mia Love.Then, McAdams held a small lead on election night — 2.8% — stretched the margin out slightly to 3 percent the next day and to as much 3.5% the day after, building a 7,128-vote lead, which look
  
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• Commentary: Worse than bungling, McCarrick report shows Vatican failed to take abuse seriously

  11-11-2020 19:57
  
  The sex abuse scandal involving former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has always been disturbing in at least two ways: the alleged abuse itself and the idea that an abuser could rise so high in the Catholic hierarchy.The failure of the Vatican vetting process to take seriously multiple allegations over decades suggests incompetence; appointing the subject of those allegations to be the cardinal archbishop of Washington, as McCarrick was, is equivalent to the FBI clearing an enemy agent for a U.S. C
  
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• Study says most Google searches in Utah related to government distrust focus on Mitt Romney

  11-11-2020 19:22
  
  Sen. Mitt Romney is no stranger to attacks on his character. He took them from Democrats in his 2012 presidential bid and more recently from Republicans who criticize his occasional opposition to President Donald Trump. Those criticisms may be taking a toll on his reputation among Utah residents.A recent report found the most common Googled term related to government distrust in Utah is “Mitt Romney corrupt.”The report was compiled by Not Free America, an advocacy group founded by Ne
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Burgess Owens has a lead, but Utah’s 4th District race could be a re-run of 2018

  11-11-2020 19:22
  
  If your’e watching the votes being counted in the 4th District race between Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams and Republican challenger Burgess Owens and having flashbacks, you aren’t alone.And you aren’t wrong.In 2018, it was the same story with McAdams and Republican Rep. Mia Love.Then, McAdams held a small lead on election night — 2.8% — stretched the margin out slightly to 3 percent the next day and to as much 3.5% the day after, building a 7,128-vote lead, which look
  
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• Utah’s Tony Finau wants more than just another top-10 finish in the Masters

  11-11-2020 19:20
  
  Tony Finau is No. 10 in PGATour.com’s power rankings for the 2020 Masters. That’s an interesting number, because a fourth consecutive top-10 finish in a major tournament would give the West High School graduate a place in Utah golf history.Billy Casper is the only player with Utah ties to have finished in the top 10 of four majors in a row, and that happened more than 50 years ago. Finau’s ambitions at Augusta National Golf Club are far above merely completing a “Tony Top
  
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• Utah State basketball picked third in Mountain West Conference

  11-11-2020 18:38
  
  Utah State, fresh off back-to-back Mountain West Conference Tournament championships, has been tabbed to finish third in the conference this season. That’s according to the MW preseason poll released Wednesday morning.San Diego State was picked to repeat as the regular-season champion, while Boise State took the No. 2 spot. The Aztecs picked up 14 first-place votes, the Broncos four and USU two.The Aggies tied for second with Nevada at 12-6 in conference play in 2019-20 before winning the
  
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• Utah Runnin’ Utes ink Serbian guard Lazar Stefanovic as early signing period begins

  11-11-2020 17:48
  
  With the early signing period for Division I basketball recruits opening Wednesday, the University of Utah wasted no time in inking its one class of 2021 commit.Lazar Stefanovic, an 18-year-old Serbian shooting guard with professional and national team experience, signed his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday morning, the Utes announced.“We’re excited to have Lazar join us next season,” Utes head coach Larry Krystkowiak said in a statement. “Lazar is a tremendous play
  
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• Utah store customer dies after she was shoved; woman faces homicide charge

  11-11-2020 16:41
  
  A woman is facing a homicide charge after she shoved a woman in a Utah store in July, causing injuries that led to the victim’s death.Cashell Kelly Carr, 45, was charged in 3rd District Court with homicide by assault and criminal mischief, third-degree felonies.According to charging documents, the assault that led to the death of Kathryn Wells happened July 11 at Felt Lighting at 1220 E. 3300 South. Store employees told police that Carr came in pushing a child in a wheelchair, laid down on
  
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• Police searching for man after homicide in Weber County

  11-11-2020 16:07
  
  Police have issued an alert for an “armed and dangerous person of interest” after a homicide in Weber County.According to the Weber County Sheriff’s Office, someone was killed at a Huntsville home on Tuesday. Police are searching for Scott William Russell, who is believed to have driven from the area in a black, 2017 Toyota Land Cruiser with black rims and Utah license plates G143AP.Russell is believed to be headed to Colorado.Anyone with any information about Russell’s l
  
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• Thomas L. Friedman: Only truth can save our democracy

  11-11-2020 15:15
  
  On Saturday morning I was sitting in the kitchen with my wife, Ann, who was stirring her Cream of Wheat, when out of nowhere she surprised me with a question: “Is not lying one of the Ten Commandments?”I had to stop and think for a second myself, before answering: “Yes. Thou shalt not bear false witness.”The fact that the two of us even momentarily struggled over that question is, for me, the worst legacy of the Trump presidency.You remember the old joke? Moses comes down
  
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• Study shows light pollution attracts deer to urban areas, and cougars follow

  11-11-2020 15:13
  
  It might come as no surprise to people living in the hills of Highland and Bountiful that deer like munching on neighborhood gardens and flowerbeds. New research shows that urban light also appears to be attracting those herds, and that cougars follow behind to hunt them.The study analyzed artificial nighttime light detected by the NASA-NOAA Suomi satellite and paired it with GPS data from 117 mountain lions and 486 mule deer in Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California, along with 1,562 sites where
  
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• Robert Gehrke: These Utah leaders put our democracy ahead of clinging to power (hint: not Mike Lee)

  11-11-2020 14:17
  
  It seems like there’s nothing in this country we value enough that some people won’t try to destroy it.The latest once-sacred institution getting smashed to bits is the integrity of our electoral process — and some high profile Utahns are gleefully helping with its destruction.To be clear, most Utah leaders have been willing to accept the inevitable — that whether they like it or not, Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States.To be even more clear and I re
  
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• Letter: Trump is eroding democracy

  11-11-2020 14:00
  
  I understand why so many support Trump. I get it. I am crazy conflicted by it because I am surrounded by people I love who happen to be Trump disciples. They have voted in a way that they believe will best serve our nation. I disagree with their viewpoint but I have learned to tolerate it, even to respect it whenever I can.But how can any of us tolerate when the sitting president of the United States unleashes completely unsubstantiated claims that our voting system is fraudulent? Or even more r
  
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• Letter: Tech keeps us together

  11-11-2020 14:00
  
  We’re living in a peculiar year. As much of our professional, social and personal lives have largely moved into the technological realm, the industry keeping things together is under attack. Sen. Mike Lee recently participated in a Senate Commerce Committee hearing addressing concerns that conservative voices are being censored online. One wayward suggestion is to break up the tech companies we rely on and roll back free speech protections for social media companies. I hope Sen. Lee rememb
  
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• Letter: Herbert’s mask mandate is overdue

  11-11-2020 14:00
  
  Surprise! The election is over; the electoral risk of further enraging the anti-maskers in the Republican base has passed; the office of governor will continue to be held by a Republican; and Gov. Gary Herbert has finally found a little courage.He now gives us a statewide mask mandate.Just think of the infections and deaths that might have been prevented, not to mention the toll on the health care system and our doctors and nurses that might have been avoided, had Herbert put politics to the sid
  
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• Letter: Herbert order is too little, too late

  11-11-2020 14:00
  
  While it is good to finally see Gov. Gary Herbert get off dead center and initiate a bit stronger emergency health order, it unfortunately falls short.Not to include specific restrictions on risky businesses will seed new hot spots of infection that will challenge the already inadequate contact tracing. And the capacity for increased testing hasn’t been planned for, so not ready to take immediate effect.We already have more than 20% of Utahans infected walking around unbeknownst. To get en
  
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• Letter: Don’t forget the ‘misery level’

  11-11-2020 14:00
  
  That the number of deaths as a percentage of COVID-19 infected individuals has gone down is often cited as evidence that the overall threat is overblown or, particularly by President Trump, that the worst is over.That is only part of the picture. Left out is what I would call the “misery level,” which includes both the suffering experienced by many of those who survive, whether or not hospitalized, and the long-term health problems that afflict many who carry on.Details as to the suf
  
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• 7 things you need to know about Utah’s plan to test college students for COVID-19

  11-11-2020 14:00
  
  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.When Utah Gov. Gary Herbert announced his plans this week to curb the staggering spread of COVID-19 in the state, colleges were a key component of the emergency orders.College-age adults, he said, are contracting and transmitting the vir
  
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• Frank Bruni: Joe Biden’s radical humility

  11-11-2020 13:00
  
  You no doubt saw or heard at least some of Joe Biden’s pitch-perfect victory speech last weekend, but what about the victory video that his campaign released hours earlier, just after CNN and other networks declared him the president-elect?It’s a gorgeous two minutes of music (a rendition of “America the Beautiful” by Ray Charles) and images, precisely none of which show Biden. He cedes the frame and the moment entirely to Americans themselves — to Black Americans,
  
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• Police identify man who died after falling from Lake Powell’s Willow Gulch

  11-11-2020 04:42
  
  Police have identified an Arizona man who died last month as a result of a fall at Lake Powell.Witnesses saw Cory James Christensen fall from Willow Gulch in the Escalante Arm of Lake Powell on Oct. 8. People on a nearby boat tried to help him, but a medical professional on the boat pronounced him dead upon recovery.The Kane County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that Christensen fell 350-400 feet.The Sheriff’s Office said information and keys from Christensen’s backpac
  
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• The NBA’s new start date and financial changes: What it means for the Utah Jazz, and what we still don’t know

  11-11-2020 02:30
  
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) makes his way off the court after beating the Detroit Pistons 100-94 at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Provo on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. | Silas Walker, Deseret News After weeks of negotiations, the NBA and National Basketball Players Association announced Monday night that they have reached an agreement on the start of the 2020-21 season.After weeks of negotiations the NBA and National Basketball Players Association announced Monday night that they have reached
  
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• Video footage released of fatal police shooting in Huntsville

  11-11-2020 02:01
  
  It was dark out when deputies from the Weber County Sheriff’s Office arrived near a home in Huntsville on Oct. 23 on a report about a man with a gun breaking into the homeowner’s camping trailer and firing a gun inside it.Deputies, using police headlights to illuminate the scene, yelled for anyone inside an enclosed trailer or the RV next to it to come out with hands up, video footage released Tuesday shows.One of the officers said he couldn’t see anyone, but after a few second
  
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• RSL just ended its most chaotic season — but still expected to make the playoffs

  11-11-2020 01:35
  
  Looking back on the 2020 Real Salt Lake season requires a telescope about as strong as the Hubble. That’s how the season feels when considering how much has transpired since last December, when Freddy Juarez was named as the club’s permanent coach and Elliot Fall its new general manager.There was so much optimism then. The shadow of Mike Petke and Craig Waibel had dissipated. The club was coming off a 2019 season where it finished third in the Western Conference. The organization soo
  
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• Salt Lake City gives another loan in hopes of turning this State Street pit into affordable apartments

  11-11-2020 01:17
  
  Salt Lake City will loan another $1.15 million to a Chicago developer in hopes of keeping afloat the long-delayed affordable housing project at 255 S. State Street.Different developers have struggled to build on the key downtown plot for more than eight years now for a variety of reasons, from soil problems and contractor disputes to financial issues and now a pandemic.The additional cash for Brinshore Development — on top of $13.4 million in lending and other guarantees the city has alrea
  
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• EPA: Wasatch Front air now in compliance with pollution standards

  11-11-2020 01:11
  
  Years of investments in emission reductions and cleaner fuels have improved Utah’s air quality to a point that federal authorities on Tuesday declared the Wasatch Front’s air quality “in attainment” for particulate matter, the gritty pollution that often fills the valleys during wintertime inversions.While state officials crowed about Utah’s progress, clean air advocates say the Salt Lake Valley’s airshed still has an unacceptable pollution load, with more ind
  
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• Midvale mayor opposes using a hotel to house the homeless this winter

  11-11-2020 01:09
  
  The Salt Lake Valley Coalition to End Homelessness is closing in on two overflow sites to house unsheltered people experiencing homelessness this winter — but at least one of the spots is coming under fire.Midvale Mayor Robert Hale said Tuesday that he’s opposed to the proposal to use a hotel on 7200 South to move people off the streets this winter, arguing the location has not been "well thought out.”“It’s within a half mile that we try to protect [because of] our
  
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• Four Utah House seats remain too close to call

  11-11-2020 01:06
  
  It certainly looked like Democrats had picked up at least three seats in the Utah House on Election Day, but those races have tightened as more results have rolled in.And in another race a Democratic challenger for other Salt Lake County seat remains tantalizingly close to the Republican incumbent. New results were added Tuesday and more votes are expected to be tallied in the days to come.The closest race right now is in House District 39 between Republican Rep. Jim Dunnigan, R-Taylorsville, an
  
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• Utah officials plan to require college students get tested for COVID-19 weekly

  11-11-2020 01:01
  
  Utah leaders want to require that all college students in the state get tested for COVID-19 once a week.A mandate that would enforce that is expected to be announced early next week as part of Gov. Gary Herbert’s plans to address the record-setting spread of the virus — which has spiked with schools reopening this fall. The measure would apply to more than 230,000 students across the state.Utah Senate President Stuart Adams, who has worked with Herbert to draft the requirement, confi
  
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• Mitt Romney in Joe Biden’s Cabinet? Utah senator quashes that rumor.

  11-11-2020 00:36
  
  Rumors swirled that Sen. Mitt Romney is being considered for Joe Biden’s Cabinet — which is perhaps not too surprising since he is among few GOP leaders who acknowledge Biden as president-elect, and he scolded President Donald Trump for saying the election is being stolen.Romney tried to quash such talk Tuesday in a phone call to Utah news reporters.When asked if Biden has approached him for his Cabinet, Romney said, “I have not been approached, nor will I be approached. And I&
  
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• Analysis: As NBA owners approve amended CBA, here’s how the cap and tax figures could impact the Utah Jazz

  11-11-2020 00:29
  
  After the National Basketball Players Association announced Monday night that it had agreed to terms with the NBA on an amended Collective Bargaining Agreement that will allow the 2020-21 season to proceed, the league’s Board of Governors followed suit with their approval Tuesday — making the deal official.A joint statement from the NBA and NBPA issued late Monday night announced the formalization of both some already widely-reported details — for instance, that the season will
  
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• Frank Fish: Time to think about changes to save our democracy

  11-11-2020 00:17
  
  Now that Donald Trump has been defeated, let’s reflect on our “democracy” and the changes needed to make the United States a good example to the rest of the world, not the laughingstock we are today.Many citizens still think that America is the envy of the world. And that our president is the free world’s leader. Neither is remotely true. Trump’s approval rating in European countries averages in the low teens, lower than Russia’s Vladimir Putin or China’
  
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• Utah men’s basketball to open season against Dixie State Nov. 25 at Huntsman Center

  11-11-2020 00:08
  
  The University of Utah men’s basketball team will open its season against a new in-state rival.The Utes are finalizing a deal to face first-year Division I program Dixie State on Nov. 25 at the Huntsman Center, multiple sources told The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday afternoon.Utah already has scheduled nonconference games against Idaho State (Dec. 8), at BYU (Dec. 12) and vs. Utah Valley (Dec. 15). The Utes will pay the Bengals $45,000 and the Wolverines $40,000 in one-off guarantees for th
  
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• Burgess Owens widens his lead in Utah’s 4th Congressional District as ballots continue to drop

  11-11-2020 00:03
  
  Republican Burgess Owens grew his lead over Rep. Ben McAdams on Tuesday after new ballots were dropped from Salt Lake and Utah counties.Owens now has a 1,780-vote lead in the closely-watched race, with 47.61% of the vote to McAdams' 47.10%. The contest remains too close to call, and it could be days before a clear winner emerges.The race has been close since election night and at one point shrunk to just 18 votes separating the two candidates. Owens, a former NFL player and frequent Fox News com
  
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