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• Bagley Cartoon: No Visible Means of Support

  24-11-2020 23:59
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:You Can’t Go Home AgainGiuliani’s Gift HorsePolitical JunkieFight the PowerBrain DiseaseUseless ThingsBiden BouldersToo Little Too LateParty AnimalsPower GrabberWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Ex-politician in adoption scheme to be sentenced in 3 states

  24-11-2020 23:54
  
  Phoenix • U.S. prosecutors in Arkansas will seek a 10-year prison sentence for a former Arizona politician who acknowledged running an illegal adoption scheme in three states involving women from the Marshall Islands.Prosecutors say Paul Petersen defrauded state courts, violated an international adoption compact and took advantage of mothers and adoptive families for his own profit.Petersen, a Republican who served as metro Phoenix’s assessor for six years and also worked as an adopti
  
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• Like Joe Biden, many Catholics find the rosary to be a comfort and anchor in crisis

  24-11-2020 23:52
  
  After a series of health crises and the loss of her father, religion professor Arlene Sanchez-Walsh found herself in need of prayer.So she downloaded what she called “a modern, millennial Catholic app” for her smartphone, thinking it might help.It didn’t.What she needed was a ritual that was tangible and connected to the past, both of the Catholic Church and her own Mexican Catholic family. So she started praying the rosary, just as her great-grandmother had.“I needed som
  
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• In new book, Pope Francis addresses COVID-19 and politics, with an eye to the U.S.

  24-11-2020 23:33
  
  Vatican City • Just weeks after Pope Francis issued “Fratelli Tutti,” a 400-page encyclical on the themes of universal love and economic injustice, he is releasing a slimmer volume, “Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future,” reflecting on the pandemic and its aftermath, with an eye fixed on the United States.In both his encyclical and the new 160-page book, Francis looks at the inequalities and turmoil generated by COVID-19, but “Let Us Dream” focuses o
  
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• Crews are razing the old Salt Lake City International Airport to make way for the new

  24-11-2020 23:32
  
  Not many weeks ago, the International Terminal at Salt Lake City International Airport was still a shiny white building with gleaming floors and windows. Now it’s a twisted pile of rubble.Half of the airport’s old parking garage is also torn down. The rest of the former airport is fenced off as crews remove hazardous waste or salvageable material. Most of that old airport will vanish by spring, and all of it will by summer, to make way for more expansion of the new $4.1 billion airpo
  
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• New resolution would encourage Utah schools to retire their Native American mascots

  24-11-2020 23:30
  
  A state lawmaker is calling on Utah schools to retire any “hurtful and racist” mascots that depict Native Americans — including at Bountiful High, where the mostly white student body has for decades worn red face paint and feathers as “The Braves.”Rep. Elizabeth Weight, D-West Valley City, who is an alumna of Bountiful, said Tuesday that the ongoing discussions there over whether to replace the name and symbols led her to draft the resolution for this upcoming legis
  
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• Restorers remove dangerous Notre Dame cathedral scaffolding

  24-11-2020 23:13
  
  Paris • Restorers at Paris’ fire-damaged Notre Dame cathedral have completed key preliminary work by successfully removing all the perilous roof scaffolding, officials said Tuesday.The removal of the 200 tons of scaffolding was considered dangerous, with some experts fearing that it could cause more of the Gothic monument to fall down. It was thought that the scaffolding might have melded to the cathedral in the blaze, and be keeping it in place.When the Notre Dame fire broke out on A
  
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• Jonathan Thompson: Time for Biden to roll back the rollbacks

  24-11-2020 23:05
  
  In early 2017, not long after President Donald J. Trump moved into the White House, his chief advisor, Steve Bannon, said that the administration’s aim was the “deconstruction of the administrative state.” A charitable listener might have heard a run-of-the-mill libertarian goal, to downsize the bloated government in order to make room for personal liberties.It has since become clear that Trump cared more about freedom for government and corporations — and for that matter
  
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• Commentary: Nurses’ orders — How to stay healthy for the holidays

  24-11-2020 22:19
  
  As the year-end holiday season begins, we’re still treating patients and managing consequences of a coronavirus surge that followed Halloween. Those of us working the front lines, especially in emergency rooms and intensive care units, must now mentally prepare ourselves for a Thanksgiving surge, which may peak around gatherings for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and other observances.Many of us will not be with our immediate families on Thanksgiving Day either, because we’ll be on dut
  
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• Utah State basketball now playing VCU after COVID-19 knocks Wichita State out of Crossover Classic

  24-11-2020 21:40
  
  Utah State men’s basketball coach Craig Smith addressed head-on what has become to be a revolving door of teams scheduled to play at this week’s Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic in South Dakota, of which the Aggies are one.“It might be foreshadowing for what can be coming down the pike,” he said at his press conference Monday. “We’ve had to adapt and adjust. We told our guys from Day 1, ‘Guys let’s not take anything for granted.’”If he
  
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• Utah’s nonconference hoops schedule is soft, but blame COVID-19, not the Runnin’ Utes

  24-11-2020 21:20
  
  The University of Utah men’s basketball team will not play the nonconference schedule it originally intended, but at least the Utes will play a nonconference schedule.After opening the season Dec. 3 vs. Washington at the Huntsman Center, the Utes will play their first of four nonconference games Dec. 8 when they host Idaho State. Beyond that. Utah will travel to BYU on Dec. 12, then host Utah Valley on Dec. 15 and Idaho on Dec. 18.Nonconference scheduling across the country has been and co
  
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• Utah’s rate of new coronavirus cases plateaus, as deaths top 800

  24-11-2020 21:11
  
  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 2,701 new coronavirus cases reported Tuesday, Utah’s rate of new diagnoses plateaued after a lull in testing results that is typical in the first few days of each week.But with 11 new deaths, Tuesday marked the end of the dead
  
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• Mysterious shiny monolith found in otherworldly Utah desert

  24-11-2020 21:07
  
  Deep in the Mars-like landscape of Utah’s red-rock desert lies a mystery: A gleaming metal monolith in one of the most remote parts of the state.The smooth, tall structure was found during a helicopter survey of bighorn sheep in southeastern Utah, officials said Monday.A crew from the Utah Department of Public Safety and Division of Wildlife Resources spotted the gleaming object from the air on Nov. 18 and landed to check it out during a break from their work.They found the three-sided sta
  
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• Crews are razing parts of the old Salt Lake City International Airport to make way for the new

  24-11-2020 21:00
  
  Not many weeks ago, the International Terminal at Salt Lake City International Airport was still a shiny white building with gleaming floors and windows. Now it’s a twisted pile of rubble.Half of the airport’s old parking garage is also torn down. The rest of the former airport is fenced off as crews remove hazardous waste or salvageable material. Most of that old airport will vanish by spring, and all of it will by summer, to make way for more expansion of the new $4.1 billion airpo
  
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• Utah Jazz will initially allow 1,500 fans in lower bowl for home games

  24-11-2020 20:57
  
  The Utah Jazz announced Tuesday that home games at Vivint Smart Home Arena for the coming 2020-21 season will be played with a limited number of fans allowed in the building.Because on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, preseason games played at Vivint Arena will not have any fans, while the coming 72-game regular-season — which gets under way Dec. 22 — will see the team allow 1,500 fans into the lower bowl, and limited seating on the suite level, to go along with “a series of enha
  
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• The BYU men’s basketball team won’t pick up where it left off, but the Cougars should contend once again

  24-11-2020 20:35
  
  Provo • Last year, BYU became known as “the best locker room in America.” That’s still the goal, but the Cougars will have a much different look than what fans saw last year.There’s no TJ Haws nailing a fade-away jumper, driving down the lane for a hard basket or nailing a game-winning shot. Jake Toolson is no longer around to dazzle with three-pointers and his grit. And Yoeli Childs isn’t available to provide consistent double-double performances or to light u
  
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• Margaret Renkl: All the empty seats at the Thanksgiving table

  24-11-2020 20:18
  
  Nashville — In the box of old photos I found after my mother’s death, there’s a picture of me taken on Thanksgiving Day 1983, in the fall of my senior year of college. I’m lying on the sofa reading James Agee’s letters to Father Flye.
  (Courtesy Margaret Renkl via The New York Times)
  The author at home in 1983. (Courtesy Margaret Renkl/)I don’t know why the photo exists — we were not a family who documented ordinary moments. Our pictures centered on peopl
  
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• Utah Jazz will allow some fans into Vivint Arena at beginning of season

  24-11-2020 20:17
  
  Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City is pictured on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. | Steve Griffin, Deseret News As the NBA readies to start the 2020-21 season, a huge question has been whether or not teams will allow fans into arenas amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The Utah Jazz on Tuesday announced that they will allow 1,500 fans in the lower bowl and limited seating on the suite level at Vivint Arena. The arena seats 18,306.“The Jazz believe this is a responsible way to start the season fr
  
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• Commentary: Four experts on staying safe this Thanksgiving

  24-11-2020 20:17
  
  As the coronavirus pandemic intensifies, is there any safe way to celebrate Thanksgiving?We asked four experts to tell us about their plans and the science that shaped them.Linsey MarrDr. Marr is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech who studies how viruses and bacteria spread through the air and is one of the 239 scientists who signed an open letter in early July pressing W.H.O. to consider the risk of airborne transmission more seriously.WHAT ARE YOUR THANKSGIVING
  
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• Gordon Monson: BYU owns today, tomorrow belongs to Utah

  24-11-2020 19:36
  
  In this market, fans of BYU and Utah have made it clear through the years that they do not prefer essays that blend one program with the other, even though so many of them compare and measure the two quite often. This season, in a year when the teams likely will not play each other, ironically, the mix in it’s wild contrast is darn near impossible to avoid.Here’s why: Two teams located within 45 miles of each other are playing on different planets.The Utes pretty much have nothing to
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 197 additional virus cases, no deaths

  24-11-2020 19:09
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • The Navajo Nation is reporting 197 additional COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the virus as of Monday evening.A day earlier, officials had reported 383 cases, an all-time high for the vast reservation.In all, the tribe has reported more than 15,000 cases of the virus and 631 deaths since the pandemic began.The Navajo Nation is currently under a three-week stay-at-home order. Only essential workers are allowed to come and go. Others are permitted to travel in cases of e
  
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• Kansas City group interested in purchasing Utah Royals

  24-11-2020 18:39
  
  With a little more than two months remaining until the start of the 2021 National Women’s Soccer League season, a potential buyer has emerged for Utah Royals FC.An ownership group led by Chris and Angie and Long are looking to move the Royals to Kansas City, The Salt Lake Tribune confirmed. The story was first reported by The Athletic.The development is the latest in a still ongoing search for a buyer or buyers of Utah Soccer Holdings, which consist of the Royals, Real Salt Lake and Real M
  
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• Tyler Glenn, lead singer of Utah-founded band Neon Trees, is recovering from a stroke

  24-11-2020 18:31
  
  Salt Lake City rock star Tyler Glenn, lead singer and songwriter for the band Neon Trees, has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke last week, the musician wrote on his social media accounts.“I’m quite freaked out, being 36, ostensibly healthy and having this happen,” Glenn said in his posts he published Monday on his Twitter and Instagram accounts.“I woke up Thursday foggy and not seeing clearly out of my right eye,” Glenn wrote on his accounts (which have the
  
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• Gordon Hayward’s sweet new deal with Charlotte is a head-scratcher

  24-11-2020 18:30
  
  In this Jan. 24, 2020, file photo, Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward moves the ball on a fast break against the Orlando Magic during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Orlando, Fla. Hayward has been a player that the Charlotte Hornets have wanted for years. On Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, they finally landed him, according to Priority Sports, the agency that represents the veteran forward. ESPN, which first reported the agreement, said Hayward would sign a four-year deal worth $120 mil
  
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• Utah quarterback Cam Rising out for the year, Jake Bentley to start

  24-11-2020 18:09
  
  Cameron Rising lasted all of 14 plays as the University of Utah’s starting quarterback.Utah coach Kyle Whittingham opened his Tuesday morning Zoom press conference by announcing that Rising, a redshirt sophomore who won the starting job out of fall camp, is out for the season after sustaining a shoulder injury early in the second quarter of Saturday night’s 33-17 season-opening loss to USC. Jake Bentley, who went 16-for-28 for 171 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions in relief of
  
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• It might snow on Thanksgiving – but not much

  24-11-2020 17:06
  
  It’s going to be chilly on Thanksgiving day in Utah, and it might snow. But probably not much.If you’re driving on either Tuesday or Wednesday, the roads should be clear — there’s no precipitation in the forecast for the state, according to the National Weather Service. At least not until late Wednesday, when a cold storm system is expected to cross Utah.The front will drop temperatures to the mid- to upper 20s overnight Wednesday. And it’s not going to warm up much
  
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• Utes quarterback Cam Rising out for the year, Jake Bentley to start

  24-11-2020 16:39
  
  Cameron Rising lasted all of 14 plays as the University of Utah’s starting quarterback.Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham said Tuesday morning on a Zoom call with reporters that the redshirt sophomore will have season-ending shoulder surgery after sustaining an injury early in the second quarter of Saturday night’s 33-17 loss to USC.Jake Bentley, who came on in relief of Rising, will start Sunday’s game at Arizona State, and likely for the rest of the season.Bentley, who started
  
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• Fire destroys historic barracks at Wendover Airfield

  24-11-2020 16:23
  
  The Wendover Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a barracks at the historic Wendover Airfield.The World War II-era structure was “completely engulfed” in flames when firefighters arrived on Monday shortly after 5 p.m., according to a news release from the Wendover Fire Department. The structure was “completely destroyed,” fire officials said. There were no injuries.The former U.S. Air Force facility was a training base for B-17 and B-24 bom
  
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• Utah’s voter turnout in this election certified as state’s highest on record

  24-11-2020 14:00
  
  Utah’s voter turnout topped 90% in November’s presidential election, breaking records that stretch all the way back to 1960.The final election totals — which were certified Monday — show that more than 1.5 million Utahns cast a ballot, far and away the highest number in the state’s history. It was also the largest turnout on record by percentage, with about 90.1% of the state’s 1.7 million active registered voters participating, according to the final outcome.
  
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• Robert Kirby: What’s in your heart this Thanksgiving?

  24-11-2020 14:00
  
  For various reasons — first being not to contract COVID-19 — Thanksgiving this year will be the smallest holiday gathering of my family on record.Dinner will consist of my wife, me and possibly a couple of grandchildren from upstairs. Later, when the crowd has thinned out, cops might start dropping by.I knew this would happen. Not the cops. I mean the thinning of family attendance at Thanksgiving. Cops or soldiers have almost always been part of our turkey dinners.My daughter works f
  
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• New University of Utah study says air pollution hurts state’s homeless

  24-11-2020 14:00
  
  Nearly nine out of 10 people experiencing homelessness have sought medical attention for a condition related to the state’s dirty air, according to a new University of Utah study that provides a first-of-its-kind look at the disproportionate impacts air pollution has on those living on Salt Lake City’s streets.Of the 138 people who were interviewed as part of the research, 123 went to the doctor: 49.6% for chest problems; 17.9% for ear, nose and throat discomfort, including headaches
  
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• Lynn Johnson: There are other ways to ward off the virus

  24-11-2020 14:00
  
  There is an old saying, the baseball rule. “Never change a winning game, always change a losing one.” Is the COVID-19 fight a losing game?Some states, and some nations, have done lockdowns and others have not. Some mandate mask-wearing, others do not. The rate of infection is rising rapidly regardless of what we do. If our “game” is to lock down, socially isolate and wear masks, and if that game is a losing one, what can we add? Personal immunity!Immunity through vaccinat
  
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• Letter: Let’s rethink the Electoral College

  24-11-2020 13:30
  
  Roughly 80% of the states in the U.S. are considered safe, flyover, non-battleground, dead zones when it comes to presidential elections. Utah is one of them. Because of the current Electoral College winner-take-all system, people who vote for a Democratic presidential candidate in this historically “red” state are not represented, period. This is no different from a vote for a Republican presidential candidate in a historically “blue” state. All these votes are ignored.T
  
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• Letter: It isn’t going to be a Merry Christmas

  24-11-2020 13:00
  
  Here are some COVID-19 numbers for Utah (numbers from the Utah Department of Health dashboard). Our death rate is about 0.5% of all confirmed cases. That means for every 1,000 cases of confirmed COVID-19, five people will die. For every 3,000 cases, 15 people will die. For every 5,000 cases 25 people will die.Deaths follow about three to four weeks after diagnosis. Therefore, between Dec. 11 and Dec. 18, there will be about 92 deaths from the 18,403 cases diagnosed from the week ending Nov. 20.G
  
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• Charles M. Blow: Trump is vandalizing our democracy

  24-11-2020 06:30
  
  On Bill Clinton’s Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 1993, he found on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway desk in the Oval Office a gracious, handwritten letter left for him by the Republican president whom he had defeated.In it, the departing president reminded the arriving one:“You will be our President when you read this note. I wish you well. I wish your family well. Your success now is our country’s success. I am rooting hard for you. Good Luck — George.”In reflecting on
  
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• Letter: The ‘R’ is all that matters

  24-11-2020 05:00
  
  Why am I disgusted, but not surprised, that Laurie Stringham defeated Shireen Ghorbani for the Salt Lake County at-large council seat? As a responsible voter, I took time before marking my mail-in ballot to check the Utah.gov voter information website, where I could read about the candidates, judges and ballot propositions. That website posts useful information about the pros and cons of the propositions, the recommendations of judicial review panels, and the information submitted by the candida
  
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• Parents of autistic teenager shot 11 times by SLC police file lawsuit in federal court

  24-11-2020 04:44
  
  The parents of a 13-year-old boy with autism have filed a federal lawsuit against the Salt Lake City Police Department and the officer believed to have shot and injured the teen.On Sept. 4, Linden Cameron’s mother, Golda Barton, called police for help while her son was having a mental health episode. The responding officers opened fire on the unarmed teenager instead, severely injuring him. Linden’s family has sought justice in the months since, and his story has rallied groups seeki
  
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• Jonathan Thompson: Time for Biden to rollback the rollbacks

  24-11-2020 04:30
  
  In early 2017, not long after President Donald J. Trump moved into the White House, his chief advisor, Steve Bannon, said that the administration’s aim was the “deconstruction of the administrative state.” A charitable listener might have heard a run-of-the-mill libertarian goal, to downsize the bloated government in order to make room for personal liberties.It has since become clear that Trump cared more about freedom for government and corporations — and for that matter
  
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• Larry Krystkowiak tested positive for COVID-19, Runnin’ Utes Friday opener canceled after virus hits program

  24-11-2020 04:15
  
  Add Larry Krystkowiak to the list of college basketball coaches that have contracted COVID-19.At the top of his weekly ESPN700 radio show Monday evening, the University of Utah head coach revealed his positive test, which he says came back on Nov. 17. He has been quarantining since in an apartment that sits above his garage, which is where he conducted the radio show from.Krystkowiak will come out of quarantine on Friday morning, which means he is operating under a 10-day isolation period from t
  
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• Commentary: Donovan Mitchell’s player option no cause for concern

  24-11-2020 03:30
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell laughs while getting fouled by Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News If player option was required to reach a deal, agreeing to it was a no-brainer for Jazz brass
  On Sunday, the Utah Jazz and Donovan Mitchell’s representation came to an agreement on a five-year max extension worth up to $195 million, otherwise known as a designated rookie extension. The deal includes a p
  
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• U.S. agency determines Biden won election, lets transition begin

  24-11-2020 03:17
  
  Washington • The General Services Administration ascertained Monday that President-elect Joe Biden is the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election, clearing the way for the start of the transition from President Donald Trump’s administration and allowing Biden to coordinate with federal agencies on plans for taking over on Jan. 20.Trump, who had refused to concede the election, said in a tweet that he is directing his team to cooperate on the transition but is vowing to ke
  
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• Utah women’s hoops shutdown due to COVID-19

  24-11-2020 03:16
  
  The University of Utah women’s basketball team was set to open its 25-game schedule on Wednesday vs. Southern Utah, but COVID-19 had other plans.The program will pause all activities due to a positive COVID-19 case and ensuing contact-tracing protocols, the athletic department announced Monday evening. The Utes’ opener vs. the Thunderbirds is off, as is a Saturday matinee contest against Utah Valley. Both games were to be played at the Huntsman Center.“After consultation with o
  
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• Letter: Housing costs are out of control

  24-11-2020 03:00
  
  I really think the cost of houses in Salt Lake City is out of control. I understand if you have a house in a desirable area and you want to make money for the next house, but I am a teacher and really want to buy a house and have no way of doing it.Couldn’t someone help people with low income buy houses? I can pay the mortgage; I just can’t qualify because of my low credit. If I can pay, let me pay and buy a house.Please, it is ridiculous that a person with almost a master’s de
  
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• Letter: I’m still in shock over this election

  24-11-2020 02:00
  
  After four years of name-calling, such as lib-dumb, cheating, lying, stealing, spying, Deep State Cabal, do-nothing, left-wing wackos, coming after your guns, conspiracy, child sex-traffickers that eat children, godless, socialists, etc., it is hard to believe it will end.I’m still trying to wrap my head around that, especially in this heavily GOP state.True to its colors, this state went red for its top positions.Yet the very top slot went Democrat.Does that mean the GOP can get back to l
  
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• Utah Runnin’ Utes Friday opener canceled, new opener vs. Washington set for Dec. 3

  24-11-2020 01:48
  
  The University of Utah men’s basketball team will open its season a little later than expected due to COVID-19.The Utes’ season-opening game on Friday vs. the University of New Orleans, which was first reported last week by The Salt Lake Tribune, has been cancelled.“The Runnin’ Utes will not be playing New Orleans as reported after consulting with the team medical staff,” an athletic department statement read. “The decision to not play was made to keep the hea
  
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• Tamsen Maloy: Gratitude is nice, but it isn’t enough

  24-11-2020 01:30
  
  About 11 years ago, I was in the throes of what I now know to have been post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. To help myself through, I turned to the body I thought would heal me: my church.I’m no longer practicing but, as someone born and raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I was well-acquainted with lessons on gratitude. Gratitude will heal you, I was taught.Eleven years ago, I took that lesson to heart. I bought a bundle of small notebooks and each night before
  
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• Festival of Trees takes over Vivint Arena, going virtual for the first time

  24-11-2020 01:12
  
  Up close, the Festival of Trees doesn’t look too different in its 50th edition than in any other year: Ornately decorated Christmas trees, many of them with themes — the Utah Jazz, or the children’s game I Spy or “The Mandalorian” — all lit up and ready to be sold to benefit Primary Children’s Hospital.Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, though, the only way people will see these trees up close is on the internet.The festival opened inside the Vivint Smart
  
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• Utah State men’s basketball shoots to reconjure the magic of 2020 behind a new cast of players

  24-11-2020 00:42
  
  Half of Utah State’s players weren’t on its men’s basketball roster when the magic happened this spring.They didn’t live through night after night after night of down-to-the-wire, hold-your-breath-and-cross-your-fingers games in the Mountain West Conference Championships in Las Vegas, where any scoring or defensive lapse could have been their last. They didn’t get to cut down the net when the Aggies won the tournament for the second straight year, which gave them a
  
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• Utah Jazz unveil new ‘Dark Mode’ uniforms, court

  24-11-2020 00:33
  
  After three years of their Red Rock-themed gradient uniforms, the Utah Jazz unveiled a new version Monday — something similar but with a twist.The team’s new “Dark Mode” City Edition jerseys for the 2020-21 season are a predominantly black take-off on what they have been wearing since 2017-18 — “a continued celebration of the natural wonders across the team’s home state,” as the Jazz phrased it in a news release.The top portion of the jersey and th
  
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• Hey, remember Elijah Hughes? Here’s what the Utah Jazz’s second-round pick is bringing to the table

  24-11-2020 00:24
  
  Donovan Mitchell’s contract extension … the triumphant return of Derrick Favors … retaining Jordan Clarkson … draft-day maneuvering to select Udoka Azubuike in the first round … trading away big men Tony Bradley and Ed Davis …Oh, and in case you forgot, buying back into the second round to select Syracuse wing Elijah Hughes.If the high-scoring Orangeman somehow became a bit of an afterthought in your mental checklist of all the Utah Jazz’s recent ro
  
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