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• Jennifer Senior: Happiness won’t save you

  01-12-2020 23:00
  
  This article discusses suicide. If you are having thoughts of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK). You can find a list of additional resources at SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resourcesMore than 40 years ago, three psychologists published a study with the eccentric, mildly seductive title, “Lottery Winners and Accident Victims: Is Happiness Relative?” Even if you don’t think you know what it says, there’s a decent chance you do. It has
  
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• Bret Stephens: Thank you, Justice Gorsuch

  01-12-2020 23:00
  
  It may take a terrorist attack, a war or some other national emergency, but America will one day thank Justice Neil Gorsuch for his stirring words last week in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo. “Government,” he wrote in a concurrence to the 5-4 majority opinion, “is not free to disregard the First Amendment in times of crisis.”The case arises from restrictions Andrew Cuomo imposed by executive order in October that sharply limit attendance at houses of worship
  
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• Paul Petersen gets 6-year federal sentence in Marshall Islands adoption scheme

  01-12-2020 22:54
  
  Phoenix • A former Arizona politician who admitted running an illegal adoption scheme in three states involving women from the Marshall Islands was sentenced in Arkansas to six years in federal prison. It was the first of three punishments he’ll face for arranging adoptions prohibited by an international compact.Paul Petersen, a Republican who served as metro Phoenix’s assessor for six years and also worked as an adoption attorney, illegally paid women from the Pacific island na
  
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• USC routs slow-starting BYU basketball 79-53 in Roman Legends Classic opener

  01-12-2020 22:31
  
  Last week, it became evident that BYU tends to start basketball games a bit slow before eventually finding its rhythm and shifting into cruise mode. But on Tuesday, the Cougars never got into the swing of things.Instead, BYU fell to USC 79-53 at the Roman Legends Classic in Uncasville, Conn.The loss is the first real surprising blowout loss of the Mark Pope era.While the game stayed close throughout much of the first half, the Trojans pulled away in the final minutes on a 14-2 run to lead 31-20
  
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• Utah man charged with trying to kill his grandparents after huffing canned air

  01-12-2020 22:29
  
  A Utah man has been charged after he allegedly assaulted his grandparents while high on fumes from canned air.Jacob Tolman Klein, 23, of St. George has been charged in 5th District Court with attempted murder, a first-degree felony; aggravated assault, a second-degree felony; assaulting a police officer, a Class A misdemeanor; and making threats a violence, criminal mischief and psychotoxic abuse, all Class B misdemeanors.St. George police say they received a report on Sunday at about 8 p.m. tha
  
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• Utah’s coronavirus deaths surge again, as new cases rise by 2,510 Tuesday

  01-12-2020 21:29
  
  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.Deaths in Utah due to the coronavirus have surged again, with 19 new fatalities reported since Monday along with a record-high number of hospitalizations.But with 2,510 new coronavirus cases reported, the state’s rate of new diagno
  
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• Moab’s ‘Mr. Slackline’ claims he was behind the removal of the Utah monolith

  01-12-2020 21:15
  
  The origins of now-famous “monolith” sculpture in San Juan County are still unclear, but its disappearance Friday night is becoming less of a mystery.“Sketchy” Andy Lewis, a BASE jumper and slackliner in Moab, posted a video to his “Mr. Slackline” YouTube account on Tuesday morning announcing he was part of the four-person group that knocked down the sculpture.“We REMOVED the Utah Monolith,” reads the title of the 23-second video, which includes cl
  
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• Salt Lake police looking for person of interest in homicide investigation

  01-12-2020 21:00
  
  Salt Lake City police are asking for the public’s help to identify and locate a person of interest in what they believe was a homicide on Nov. 24.The body of Michael Paul Furbush, 31, was found in a field at 1075 S. Redwood Road a week ago. The victim is believed to have been homeless, and was staying in the field “with other individuals,” according to police, who arrived on the scene at 1:58 a.m.Police have not released any information about how Furbush died.Police are looking
  
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• Attorney General Barr: No evidence of fraud that would change election outcome

  01-12-2020 20:33
  
  Washington • Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.His comments come despite President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the election was stolen, and his refusal to concede his loss to President-Elect Joe Biden.In an interview with The Associated Press, Barr said U.S. attorneys and FBI agents have been working to follow up specific complain
  
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• Ethan Blevins and Daniel Ortner: Herbert’s unconstitutional power grab threatens state’s separation of powers

  01-12-2020 20:10
  
  On Nov. 9, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert once again declared a state of emergency in Utah, imposing a mask mandate, limits on business activities and restrictions on social gatherings.What is most notable about the governor’s actions is that this is the second time in eight months that he has limited social and business activity across the state without legislative approval — or even input.Before debating the wisdom or folly of his actions, we ought to step back and ask whether we’re
  
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• David Hart: How Do we get to the truth of it?

  01-12-2020 20:10
  
  How do we begin to heal as a nation? Ultimately, it comes down to finding common ground, shared truths where we can join together to solve difficult issues.John Stuart Mill said, “The well-being of mankind may almost be measured by the number and gravity of the truths which have reached the point of being (accepted) untested.” The world today is very different than when Mill said that. With today’s social media, there appear to be many “truths.”Patrick Moynihan said
  
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• Utah tax officials mailed out 13,000 incorrect billing notices

  01-12-2020 19:53
  
  State tax officials have accidentally mailed out thousands of erroneous penalty and interest notices to Utahns because of a computer problem triggered by this year’s extended filing deadline.Officials with the Utah State Tax Commission say the incorrect notices — meant to alert people that they owe the state money — only went out to about 13,000 of the roughly 1.5 million Utahns who submitted income tax returns. But those affected by the problem might have been alarmed by billi
  
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• Offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig “disgusted” by Utah football’s turnover problem

  01-12-2020 19:38
  
  The University of Utah football team has a turnover problem, and it really isn’t up for debate.In losses to USC and Washington to open the season, the Utes have turned the ball over nine times. That puts Utah in a three-way tie for last in turnovers lost in the Pac-12, while its total turnover margin of minus-4 places it in the Pac-12′s bottom third.Utah offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig addressed reporters Tuesday morning in the wake of Saturday night’s 24-21 loss to Washingto
  
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• Gordon Monson: Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell wants an NBA championship that he must win

  01-12-2020 18:32
  
  A discussion with one of the NBA’s most respected observers broke out a couple of seasons ago regarding the Jazz, the future of the Jazz, the ceiling on the Jazz, the best- and worst-case scenarios for the Jazz.This was his conclusion: “They’ve got some nice players. Their problem is, they don’t have a bona fide star to lead them through the playoffs.”He was right then.He’s wrong now.The Jazz, indeed, have their star.Actually, they did back then, as well. He j
  
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• Eccles Theater’s 2021 dates for ‘Anastasia’ and ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ postponed

  01-12-2020 18:32
  
  Live theater’s return to Salt Lake City’s Eccles Theater is being delayed again.The organizers of Broadway at the Eccles told subscribers Monday night that two touring musicals will be moving off of their early 2021 dates, due to continued concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.The musical “Anastasia,” about a woman who may be a missing Russian princess, was scheduled for Feb. 9-14, 2021. It’s now moving to Feb. 15-20, 2022.“Jesus Christ Superstar,” the An
  
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• Navajo Nation lawmakers consider extending junk food tax

  01-12-2020 18:08
  
  Farmington, N.M. • Lawmakers on the Navajo Nation are considering a bill to extend a 2% sales tax on unhealthy food and beverages sold on the reservation.The bill sponsored by Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty is making its way through Navajo Nation Council committees, the Daily Times in Farmington reported.Lawmakers approved the Healthy Dine Nation Act in November 2014 that taxed food with minimal or no nutritional value, widely known as the junk food tax. It expires this year unless lawmaker
  
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• Romney and bipartisan group propose a $908 billion emergency COVID-19 relief package

  01-12-2020 17:52
  
  A bipartisan group of senators and representatives — including Utah Sen. Mitt Romney — unveiled a proposed $908 billion emergency pandemic relief package on Tuesday, hoping to break a monthslong impasse among congressional leaders and President Donald Trump.“COVID has created a crisis, and people expect the Congress to act,” Romney said at a Capitol news conference. “This group has come together to propose action that could respond to this crisis.”Sen. Mark Wa
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: How COVID-19 has changed skiing and snowboarding in Utah

  01-12-2020 17:31
  
  Utah’s ski season is different this year thanks to the coronavirus. But what exactly can skiers and snowboarders expect?On today’s episode of “Trib Talk,” Ski Utah’s Anelise Bergin and Visit Salt Lake’s Shawn Stinson will join reporter Julie Jag for a discussion about how COVID-19 has changed skiing and snowboarding for the 2020-2021 season.Watch live at 1:30 p.m. on our Facebook page. Tweet your questions using #TribTalk, or email them to [email protected].
  
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• Utah man allegedly assaults his grandparents after huffing canned air

  01-12-2020 17:10
  
  A Utah man has been jailed after he allegedly assaulted his grandparents while high on fumes from canned air.St. George police say they received a report on Sunday at about 8 p.m. that a 23-year-old man with a “psychiatric problem” was attacking and threatening to kill his grandparents.The grandmother told police that when she asked the suspect — who had been renting a room in the home for about two weeks — to stop his loud cursing, he began attacking both her and her hus
  
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• Review: ‘The Prom’ is an energetic high-school musical with laughs and heart

  01-12-2020 16:00
  
  It’s fitting that Ryan Murphy, the man who gave us “Glee,” would return to high school by directing the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical “The Prom” — and even more fitting that a story about fresh-faced kids winning out over self-absorbed adults should succeed because a first-time lead outshines the big stars.The story starts in Edgewater, Indiana, where high-school senior Emma Nolan (Jo Ellen Pellman) asks the PTA at James Madison High School for one
  
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• Earthlings, it seems, not aliens, removed the Utah monolith

  01-12-2020 15:43
  
  It was, by most standards, a short stay. The pop-up metal monolith that became the focus of international attention after it was spotted in a remote section of the Utah desert on Nov. 18 was dismantled just 10 days later. Government officials continued to insist Monday that they had no information about either the installation or removal — and possible theft — of the piece, which had been placed on public land.The office of the San Juan County Sheriff at first announced that it was d
  
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• Why are Utah hunters killing so many trumpeter swans?

  01-12-2020 15:15
  
  For the second year in a row, Utah wildlife officials shut down the state’s swan season early after hunters killed an excessive number of rare trumpeter swans, which can be mistook for tundra swans.The large-bodied trumpeters were hunted to near extinction a century ago, but a few pockets survived in remote parts of Idaho and Montana where they could find open water year round. Now they appear to be migrating again in large numbers and consequently finding themselves in hunters’ cros
  
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• Paul Krugman: How will Biden deal with Republican sabotage

  01-12-2020 15:14
  
  When Joe Biden is inaugurated, he will immediately be confronted with an unprecedented challenge — and I don’t mean the pandemic, although COVID-19 will almost surely be killing thousands of Americans every day. I mean, instead, that he’ll be the first modern U.S. president trying to govern in the face of an opposition that refuses to accept his legitimacy. And no, Democrats never said Donald Trump was illegitimate, just that he was incompetent and dangerous.It goes without say
  
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• Utah to submit its COVID-19 vaccine plan, expects up to 400K early doses

  01-12-2020 14:00
  
  When the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine start rolling out in December, state officials say they expect somewhere between 100,000 and 400,000 doses to come to Utah.Needless to say, that’s not nearly enough.The Utah Department of Health will submit its proposal for the vaccine rollout to the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention this week. Previously, the department said Utah would prioritize front-line health care workers with the first wave of vaccinations, while the rest of
  
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• Stansbury Park employee arrested after allegedly embezzling public funds

  01-12-2020 14:00
  
  A Stansbury Service Area office manager faces three felony charges after allegedly using public funds to pay for cars, clothes, pizza and her son’s utility bills.A probable cause statement filed by the Tooele County Sheriff’s Office accuses Tracey L. Schmidtke of using her position overseeing bills and financial transactions to embezzle tens of thousands of dollars from her employer over the past year.The exact amount allegedly stolen is unknown, but Schmidtke, 59, admitted to a Tooe
  
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• South Jordan police officer charged with kidnapping uncle on Thanksgiving in ‘paranoid’ attack

  01-12-2020 14:00
  
  A South Jordan police officer has been charged with kidnapping his uncle in what investigators are calling an “irrational and paranoid” attack on Thanksgiving.Scott Elliott Russell, 44, could face life in prison if convicted on the charges. On Monday, the counts against him included three felonies for aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault and obstructing justice, as well as three other misdemeanors.He is currently being held without bail in Juab County jail. And South Jordan poli
  
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• Robert Kirby: Christmastime is here. Let the gift-hinting begin.

  01-12-2020 14:00
  
  Tuesday is the first day of Christmas. I know because when I opened my door this morning, I found a jar of festive cookie spread on the porch. It was frozen solid.Someone decided to get a jump on the holiday by delivering a Christmas treat on the last day of November.I used a wood chisel to get enough out of the jar to put on a cracker. Placed next to a heat register, the rest will be fine in a couple of days.This is just one of the many dangers of leaving Yuletide goodies on the porch. Not only
  
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• Letter: How to avoid myopia

  01-12-2020 13:00
  
  When I close one eye, my field of vision decreases by one-half and I lose depth perception. Opening my other eye corrects those defects. This exercise reminds me of the dictionary definition of myopia: “Not able to clearly see things far away … only thinking or caring about things happening now or that relate to a particular group rather than things that are in the future or that relate to many people.”My second eye literally provides another point of view. It is the principle
  
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• Letter: The American flag belongs to us all

  01-12-2020 06:00
  
  The American flag belongs to all of us. It represents all of us. We need to save/keep the flag for the whole country.I saw a parade of mostly big-truck Trump supporters recently, flying the American flag and Trump flags and filling the streets with “Stop the steal.” The steal from what? From what America means?When can we agree that we live in a democracy, which means the voice of all the people, not just a few with a particular narrative? When can we have the flag back where it belo
  
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• Native American students, alumni emotional as Bountiful High plans to drop its Braves mascot

  01-12-2020 05:59
  
  Lemiley Lane, one of the few Native American students at Bountiful High, was so happy that she cried Monday when she found out she’d no longer be graduating as a “Brave.”For months she’d been pushing to change her school mascot that, as a Navajo, she finds offensive and demeaning. So she couldn’t help it after her principal announced it was actually happening, that the name would be dropped before she got her diploma.“I just got so emotional,” said Lane,
  
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• Letter: One Thanksgiving apart means more Thanksgivings alive

  01-12-2020 05:00
  
  I was criticized for not gathering for a large Thanksgiving dinner with extended family.One family member had this quick retort when I said I wasn’t coming, “It’s not a pandemic. It’s the flu and I am grateful for people who don’t live their lives in fear.”Unfortunately, I think there are far too many people who agree with my relative, who I love but feel is misguided.In one recent 24-hour period, 2,313 people in the U.S. died of COVID-19. That is 2,313 people
  
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• Thomas L. Friedman: Dear Joe, It’s not about Iran’s nukes anymore

  01-12-2020 04:01
  
  With the assassination by Israel of Iran’s top nuclear warhead designer, the Middle East is promising to complicate Joe Biden’s job from day one. President-elect Biden knows the region well, but if I had one piece of advice for him, it would be this: This is not the Middle East you left four years ago.The best way for Biden to appreciate the new Middle East is to study what happened in the early hours of Sept. 14, 2019 — when the Iranian Air Force launched 20 drones and precisi
  
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• Biden gets access to president’s daily intelligence brief

  01-12-2020 03:39
  
  Wilmington, Del. • Joe Biden on Monday got his first look as president-elect at the President’s Daily Brief, a top secret summary of U.S. intelligence and world events — a document former first lady Michelle Obama has called “The Death, Destruction, and Horrible Things Book.”Biden has already had eyes on different iterations of the so-called PDB, which is tailored to the way each president likes to absorb information.More than a decade ago, Biden read President Georg
  
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• California speed flyer dies near Moab after falling 400 feet

  01-12-2020 03:25
  
  A 23-year-old California man died after falling about 400 feet while speed flying near Mineral Bottom, about 40 miles west of Moab, according to an official from the Grand County Sheriff’s Office and Grand County EMS.Grand County EMS responded just after 4:30 p.m Friday to a 911 call to the area, which is just north of the Canyonlands National Park border. Rescue personnel climbed up about 1,000 feet of scree to reach the individual, according to Grand County EMS Director Andy Smith. The m
  
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• Americans face new COVID-19 restrictions after Thanksgiving

  01-12-2020 03:11
  
  Americans returning from Thanksgiving break faced strict new coronavirus measures around the country Monday as health officials brace for a disastrous worsening of the nationwide surge because of holiday gatherings over the long weekend.Los Angeles County imposed a stay-at-home order for its 10 million residents, and Santa Clara County, in the heart of Silicon Valley, banned high school, college and professional sports and decreed a quarantine for those who have traveled more than 150 miles outs
  
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• Stewart Walz: Lee should know more about the law than this

  01-12-2020 02:00
  
  One of the first things I learned during my career of over 41 years as a lawyer for two departments of the U.S. government was just because you can, does not mean that you should.The law gives great power and latitude to an agency, but the exercise of power does not always do credit to, or enhance the image of, the agency. Citizens have a right to expect that their government will behave in a fair way. When an agency or branch of the government acts unfairly, its credibility diminishes.As stated
  
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• John G. Taylor: I’m buying into truth with trust

  01-12-2020 02:00
  
  St. George • I start with coffee, Cheerios and “the news.”I transact with nine paid news sources daily. Most subscriptions are as satisfying as a stack of dirty dishes. I’m so hungry for a news relationship that I stop everything and beam when NBC newscaster José Díaz-Balart signs off with, “Thank you for the privilege of your time.”So, I just donated the equivalent of three Denny’s Grand Slam breakfasts to the now-nonprofit Salt Lake Tribun
  
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• Former Ute Andrew Bogut announces retirement from pro basketball

  01-12-2020 01:12
  
  An all-time great University of Utah men’s basketball player has called it a career.Andrew Bogut, a consensus first-team All-American as a sophomore in 2005 and the No. 1 overall pick in that spring’s NBA draft, announced his retirement Monday afternoon on his Rogues Bogues podcast.One of eight players to have his/her number retired by Utah at the Huntsman Center, Bogut was oft-injured, but managed to play 14 NBA seasons, picking up his lone championship ring in 2015 when he averaged
  
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• Utah Jazz banking on continuity and familiarity for the 2020-21 season

  01-12-2020 01:00
  
  Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder talks to Joe Ingles on an inbounds play as the Utah Jazz and the Miami Heat play at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020.| Scott G Winterton, Deseret News The Jazz made small and subtle moves during the offseason, and have solid nine-man rotation that won’t require a significant learning curve.
  There are teams in the NBA that are heading into the 2020-21 season with the expectation of winning a championship. Anything short of a title would
  
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• U.S. District Judge Dee Benson dies at age 72 from brain cancer

  01-12-2020 00:59
  
  Longtime federal Judge Dee Benson, known for his kindness, legal acumen and deep political connections, died at his home Monday.He was 72.Benson had been diagnosed with brain cancer in April, according to his twin brother, Lee.Lee Benson said his brother had lost some mobility after a biopsy in April, but continued to work in his office every day, as recently as last Wednesday. He had taken the weekend off for the Thanksgiving holiday, Lee Benson said, and the “tumor kind of took over.&rdq
  
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• It’s Major: Pets poised for a return to the White House

  01-12-2020 00:56
  
  Washington • Major Biden is getting an early start in the spotlight as a presidential pet after a play date ended with his owner, President-elect Joe Biden, suffering a broken foot. As if that weren’t enough for one weekend, it was also confirmed that Major will have to share the White House with, of all things, a cat.It’ll get better, Major.In a few weeks, Major, fellow German shepherd Champ and the TBD feline are expected to make the move to the White House. Presidential pets
  
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• RSL looks to improve roster despite unknown ownership situation

  01-12-2020 00:19
  
  Real Salt Lake thought it would make the playoffs in 2020. It didn’t.RSL thought it had found a striker to help with goal scoring. Now the hunt begins for another.So with the goals for 2021 and beyond outlined, the club made its first push Monday to achieve them when it announced which players would stay and go. RSL picked up the contract options on eight players and declined the options on four others. Three players — Kyle Beckerman, Andrew Putna and Luke Mulholland — are out
  
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• Bountiful High will drop its Braves mascot

  01-12-2020 00:13
  
  Bountiful High will drop its controversial Native American mascot — the Braves — after community pushback that argued it was insensitive and hurtful.Principal Aaron Hogge announced in a video Monday that the school will begin the process of finding a new, “culturally sensitive mascot” immediately. It will be in place by the beginning of the next academic year.“At times, depictions of Native Americans have crossed the line of cultural respect,” Hogge said.The d
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 177 more COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths

  01-12-2020 00:09
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • The Navajo Nation is reporting more than 170 new COVID-19 cases and five additional deaths.Navajo health officials announced Sunday a new tally of 177 newly confirmed virus cases, bringing the total to 16,427, including 27 delayed unreported cases. The death toll from COVID-19 on the vast reservation that includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah now stands at 653.So far, 8,676 have recovered from COVID-19, and 157,860 COVID-19 tests have been administered.Resident
  
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• Harrison Raine: It’s time to come to the aid of wildland firefighters

  01-12-2020 00:00
  
  By mid-September, there was no one left to call. The West, with its thousands of federal, state and local fire engines and crews, had been tapped out.Wildfires across the West had consumed the labor of all available wildland firefighters, and though there were fewer fires burning, those fires were larger and more difficult to contain. They consumed 13 million acres — an area almost the size of West Virginia.In the midst of the 2020 wildfire season, John Phipps, the Forest Service’s d
  
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