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• U.S. Capitol complex secure after violent occupation

  06-01-2021 23:58
  
  Washington • Officials have declared the U.S. Capitol complex “secure” after heavily armed police moved to end a nearly four-hour violent occupation by supporters of President Donald Trump.An announcement saying “the Capitol is secure” rang out Wednesday evening inside a secure location for officials of the House. Lawmakers applauded.The occupation interrupted Congress’ Electoral College count that will formalize President-elect Joe Biden’s upcoming inaug
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: The Beer Gut Putsch

  06-01-2021 23:53
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Jan. 7, 2021. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:Mr. Cox Goes to Governin’Coup Coup for ConspiraciesAmerica’s EnemiesWe Are Still HereHell of a YearCriminal ClassMaking a ListHo Ho HerpetologyHalf a LoafPlaying ThroughWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• ‘Insurrection:’ Mitt Romney blames Trump as a mob of his supporters storm the U.S. Capitol

  06-01-2021 23:46
  
  Utah Sen. Mitt Romney was furious after protesters — fired up by President Donald Trump at a rally saying he was robbed in the election — stormed the U.S. Capitol and managed to stop the official count of the Electoral College vote, .“This is what the president has caused today, this insurrection,” he told New York Times reporter Jonathan Martin after senators arrived at a secure location..@MittRomney summoned me as lawmakers and press arrived at a secure location“T
  
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• Ask Dr. Angela Dunn, Utah’s state epidemiologist, your COVID-19 questions in The Tribune’s Facebook Live session, Jan. 13

  06-01-2021 23:35
  
  If you could put a question to Dr. Angela Dunn, Utah’s state epidemiologist, about the COVID-19 pandemic, what would you ask?Here’s your chance. Dunn will take part in a Facebook Live question-and-answer session with The Salt Lake Tribune, Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 1 p.m. Mountain time.Moderated by Tribune reporter Sean P. Means, the session will give readers a chance to get information from Dunn about the concerns they have about COVID-19, the current surge in cases, the testing proces
  
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• Breaking: Hundreds protest the presidential election result at the Utah Capitol, causing some evacuations

  06-01-2021 23:09
  
  The Salt Lake Tribune will update this story.3:00 p.m. Gail and Larry Tomlinson from Park City attended the rally in red Trump caps. “We wanted to show our support for Trump,” said Gail Tomlinson. “We voted for him and we feel as though the election was fraudulent.”Utah State Treasurer David Damschen says he “didn’t feel too motivated” to evacuate the Capitol, although, “It was suggested by the Department of Public Safety that the reason they wante
  
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• Breaking: Hundreds protest the presidential election result at the Utah State Capitol, causing evacuations

  06-01-2021 22:56
  
  The Salt Lake Tribune will update this story.2:36 p.m.: Dana Jones, deputy director of the Capitol Preservation Board, said she asked building staff to work from home Wednesday afternoon at the advice of the Utah Highway Patrol and Public Safety Commissioner Jess Anderson.She described it “more as aprecaution,” she said, adding that it was not an evacuation.The Highway Patrol, which is responsible for security at the Capitol, have beefed up their presence at the building just to be o
  
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• Police find missing Herriman boy

  06-01-2021 22:47
  
  Herriman police located an 11-year-old boy who left his home on Sliding Rock Way (near 4000 West and 14900 South) about 2 a.m. on Wednesday. Police did not say why Jaxon Allen left.Police said they had no reason to believe that Allen was in immediate danger, but they were concerned for his safety because of his age. The boy was found unharmed.
  
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• Gordon Monson: What is happening to our country?

  06-01-2021 22:42
  
  Iknow I’m a sports columnist, but what has happened at the U.S. Capitolon Wednesday is too big, too threatening, too serious to ignore.Everyone should think about it, write about it, fight against it.Pro-Trump protesters storming Congress, romping across the Senate floor, is 1,000 steps too far.What have we become as a country? A mob inspired by a bully of asitting president, a man so thirsty for power that he is unwilling toaccept the results of a national election, with challenges to tha
  
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• Warnock, Ossoff win in Georgia, handing Democrats Senate control

  06-01-2021 22:39
  
  Atlanta • Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats — and with them, the U.S. Senate majority — as final votes were counted Wednesday, serving President Donald Trump a stunning defeat in his last days in office while dramatically improving the fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s progressive agenda.Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Democratic challengers who represented the diversity of their party’s evolving coalition, defeated Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler
  
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• Tribune Editorial: False accusations of voter fraud lead to treasonous violence on Capitol Hill

  06-01-2021 22:37
  
  “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.”— Constitution of the United States, Article III, Section 3Wednesday’s violent assault on the United States Capitol building, the likes of which have not been seen since the British attack on Washington during the War of 1812, is a direct result of deliberate incitements from Donald Trump.These incitements have been supported by
  
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• Salt Lake City won’t reopen junior high and high schools until teachers can get vaccinated — jeopardizing deal to secure $1,500 bonuses

  06-01-2021 22:34
  
  Salt Lake City will delay reopening its junior high and high schools in early February as planned, postponing any in-person return to classrooms until after teachers can get both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.The decision came just before midnight Tuesday after nearly four hours of debate by the city’s board of education, with members bickering back and forth over the impacts. Their 5-2 vote now directly puts into jeopardy an agreement that the district made with lawmakers to allow seconda
  
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• Breaking: Utah Capitol staff evacuated as hundreds protest the presidential election result

  06-01-2021 22:21
  
  The Salt Lake Tribune will update this story.2:18 p.m.: Some lawmakers continued working in the Capitol and downplayed any sense of danger from the protest.“The Utah State Capitol has not been evacuated as of 1:38pm. I do not expect that to happen. We are still hard at work,” tweeted Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley City.But new Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson responded that “the Governor’s and Lieutenant Governor’s offices have sent staff home.”2:00 p.m.: At the
  
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• National guard headed to break up mob that has infiltrated House and Senate

  06-01-2021 22:15
  
  Washington • Angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in a chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer of power, forcing lawmakers to be rushed from the building and interrupting challenges to Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.Trump issued a restrained call for peace well after the melee was underway but did not urge supporters to disperse. Earlier he had egged them on to march to Capitol Hill. The Pentagon said about 1,100 Distri
  
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• ‘He was just a special young man.’ Late Utah freshman running back Ty Jordan’s life celebrated in Texas.

  06-01-2021 22:14
  
  Earlier this week, Ty Jordan’s funeral was moved to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, a switch that had been in the works, but needed to clear several logistical hurdles before being OK’d.As services unfolded at the home of the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday, the scene felt quite apropos given Jordan’s early success as a Ute. His casket lay on the 50-yard line, Jordan dressed in his Utes football uniform. To the left of the casket, a framed No. 22 Utah jersey, and a block &lsq
  
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• Amber Alert issued for Utah infant

  06-01-2021 22:08
  
  The Davis County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Amber Alert for a 2½-week-old boy who has been taken from Salt Lake City.Police are searching for Maria Ann Torres, 36, who is believed to have taken the boy from Salt Lake City. She’s described 5-feet-3 and 130 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She’s believed to be driving a red, 2004 Volvo S80 with Utah license plate F55-1PE.Anyone with information about Torres and the missing child is asked to call police at 801-451
  
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• NBA world reacts to D.C. protests

  06-01-2021 22:03
  
  Jordan Clarkson: wild
  
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• Breaking: Utah Capitol staff evacuated as dozens protest the presidential election result

  06-01-2021 21:58
  
  The Salt Lake Tribune will update this story.1:45 p.m.: The crowd of pro-Trump demonstrators at the Utah state Capitol was estimated at more than 100 on Wednesday afternoon as staffers inside were told to evacuate.A speaker with a megaphone addressed the crowd from the steps, repeating unproven claims that the election was stolen and saying “We need to stand up and make sure our legislators are in full awareness that this is a nation of laws.”The speaker called on protesters to conta
  
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• Ask Dr. Angela Dunn, Utah’s state epidemiologist, your COVID-19 questions Thursday in The Tribune’s Facebook Live session

  06-01-2021 21:58
  
  If you could put a question to Dr. Angela Dunn, Utah’s state epidemiologist, about the COVID-19 pandemic, what would you ask?Here’s your chance. Dunn will take part in a Facebook Live question-and-answer session with The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday at 2 p.m. Mountain time.Moderated by Tribune reporter Sean P. Means, the session will give readers a chance to get information from Dunn about the concerns they have about COVID-19, the current surge in cases, the testing process and the v
  
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• Report: Two Utah schools in plans for return of WAC football in 2022

  06-01-2021 21:52
  
  It appears Western Athletic Conference football is making its way back to Utah.Southern Utah University and Dixie State University are included the formation of a new WAC league starting in 2022, per a Yahoo Sports report. The news is set to be officially announced Jan. 14.Sources: The WAC plans to announce on Jan. 14 at NRG Stadium in Houston the formation of its FCS league, which starts play in football in 2022. The initial 7 WAC members: Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austi
  
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• In photos: U.S. Capitol stormed during vote to certify Electoral College

  06-01-2021 21:27
  
  Angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, marching through the building, shouting and waving Trump and American flags and forcing a halt to congressional deliberations over challenges to Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.
  U.S. Capitol Police try to hold back protesters outside the east doors to the House side of the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Jan 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (Andrew Harnik/)
  Police with guns drawn watch as protesters try to break
  
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• Utah Capitol staff ordered to evacuate amid election protests

  06-01-2021 21:26
  
  Staffers in the Utah state Capitol were ordered to evacuate the building by 2 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon as pro-Trump protests outside ramped up in intensity.A spokesperson for Gov. Spencer Cox said he remained inside the building while other staffers inside the building were ordered to leave.The demonstration at the Utah Capitol occurred as pro-Trump protesters in Washington, D.C., stormed the U.S. Capitol and interrupted the official certification of the Electoral College vote for president,
  
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• ‘Insurrection:’ Mitt Romney blames Trump as his supporters storm the U.S. Capitol

  06-01-2021 21:25
  
  After protesters — fired up by President Donald Trump at a rally saying he was robbed in the election — stormed the U.S. Capitol and managed to stop the official count of the Electoral College, Sen. Mitt Romney was furious.“This is what the president has caused today, this insurrection,” he told New York Times reporter Jonathan Martin after senators arrived at a secure location..@MittRomney summoned me as lawmakers and press arrived at a secure location“This is what
  
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• Park City might get into the rental game to increase housing for workers

  06-01-2021 21:12
  
  Park City • When Nolan Murray, 25, moved to Park City for a job on the ski patrol, he hoped he would find a place to live near his work.But as soon as he saw the prices for rental housing, he realized he wasn’t going to be able to afford anything locally. Murray said he considered moving to Salt Lake City, but felt that the daily commute would be dangerous in his old car if there were snowstorms or bad road conditions.Instead, he has been sleeping in his car. It isn’t the first
  
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• Another 18 Utahns die from COVID-19, state reports Wednesday

  06-01-2021 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.The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Utah spiked on Wednesday to 18 — equaling the number who died in the previous three days combined.Vaccinations reported in past day/total vaccinations • 4,661 / 60,462.Cases reported in
  
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• Utah abandons plan to test college students weekly just days before it was supposed to start

  06-01-2021 20:56
  
  Utah is dropping its plan to require all college students attending classes in person or living on campus get tested weekly for the coronavirus.The decision to walk back the measure came Tuesday, shortly before it was supposed to take effect for the coming semester. Dave Woolstenhulme, the commissioner who oversees the state’s public and technical colleges, said they’ll instead be taking “a more refined approach.”“We are building on what we learned this past fall an
  
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• Protesters swarm to Capitol, halt session on presidential election results

  06-01-2021 20:52
  
  Washington • As demonstrators swarmed the U.S. Capitol, Congress was forced to abruptly halt deliberations Wednesday over Republican challenges to Joe Biden’s presidential victory.President Donald Trump’s relentless effort to overturn the election results and cling to the White House drew a massive crowd to the White House, and then Trump sent them to the Capitol.Lawmakers had convened for an extraordinary joint session to confirm the Electoral College results but protests erupt
  
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• Jeff Flake: Trump can’t hurt you. But he is destroying us.

  06-01-2021 20:39
  
  Today, in what is meant to be a solemn ritual of democracy, Congress meets in joint session to consecrate the will of the American people and mark the election of Joe Biden as president.Unfortunately, President Trump refuses to accept the reality of his substantial loss, and so becomes determined to create an alternate reality in which he won. As he crosses that rubicon, Trump has taken many in my party with him, all of whom seem to have learned the wrong lessons from this anomalous presidency.
  
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• U.S. Capitol locked down as Trump supporters clash with police

  06-01-2021 20:27
  
  Washington • The U.S. Capitol locked down Wednesday with lawmakers inside as violent clashes broke out between supporters of President Donald Trump and police.An announcement was played inside the Capitol as lawmakers were meeting and expected to vote to affirm Joe Biden’s victory. Due to an “external security threat,” no one could enter or exit the Capitol complex, the recording said.Both chambers abruptly went into recess.The skirmishes occurred outside in the very spot
  
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• BYU’s Zach Wilson one of five finalists up for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award

  06-01-2021 19:50
  
  Zach Wilson has landed on another list of finalists for a post-season award. This time, Wilson is one of five players up for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award, as announced by the organization Wednesday.The award is “presented annually to the most outstanding college football player of Polynesian ancestry that epitomizes great ability and integrity.” For those unfamiliar, Wilson is of Polynesian decent through his father’s side of the family.The other 202
  
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• Utah gymnastics was on the cusp of something special last season. The same cast is back for 2021.

  06-01-2021 19:46
  
  Utah’s gymnastics team was an unknown going into 2020 with a new coaching staff and the need to fill 14 routines from that performed in the 2019 NCAA Championships.This year the fourth-ranked Utes feel like they know who they are as far as talent goes. The question is whether the team can find the magic and chemistry that seemed to have the Utes on the precipice of something big before the season was abruptly called in March due to the COVID-19 breakout.The end, which came just before the
  
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• Congress convenes to confirm Biden while Trump allies object

  06-01-2021 19:42
  
  Washington • Congress convened Wednesday for an extraordinary joint session to confirm the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden, in the face of President Donald Trump’s relentless effort to overturn the election and cling to the White House.The typically routine proceeding was anything but, as Trump mounts his desperate attempt to stay in office. Trump’s Republican allies in the House and Senate planned to object to the election results, heeding supporters’ pleas to &ld
  
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• Funeral held for late Utah freshman running back Ty Jordan in Arlington, Texas

  06-01-2021 19:19
  
  Late University of Utah running back Ty Jordan is being laid to rest this morning at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, 12 days after he died of an apparent accident, a self-inflicted gun shot wound to his abdomen.Jordan last month was named Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year, as well as the conference’s Newcomer of the Year by the Associated Press after rushing for 597 yards and six touchdowns in only five games for the 3-2 Utes.A large University of Utah contingent has made the tri
  
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• Live: The funeral of Utah freshman running back Ty Jordan in Arlington, Texas

  06-01-2021 18:34
  
  Ty Jordan’s celebration of life, which is being held at AT&T Stadium, will be live streamed today starting at 10am MT. #LLTJ
  Click here to watch: https://t.co/NV3h9GM3kV— Utah Football (@Utah_Football) January 6, 2021
  
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• Mitt Romney heckled by Trump supporters on flight from Salt Lake City to D.C., and later by President Trump

  06-01-2021 18:30
  
  As Sen. Mitt Romney flew to Washington from Utah on Tuesday, he was heckled with chants of “traitor” and was called an “absolute joke, a disgusting shame” by right-wingers on the same plane who are upset he won’t support President Donald Trump in a challenge to electoral votes.Then on Wednesday at a White House rally, Trump joined in the heckling, saying about Romney, “I wonder if he enjoyed his flight in last night.”The videos went viral and generated n
  
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• Letter: Republican’s must not attempt to overthrow election

  06-01-2021 18:20
  
  The Republican party has long claimed to revere the Constitution, so it’s shocking to see GOP Congress members rushing to override the people’s vote by challenging the validity of Joe Biden’s election when they meet to certify his electoral college win.Fortunately, a few Republicans are working to sustain our democracy, like Utah’s own Sen. Mitt Romney, who recognizes this attempt to overthrow the election as an “egregious ploy.”Texas Republican Chip Roy also
  
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• Utah man arrested for repeatedly running over store clerk with his car

  06-01-2021 18:19
  
  A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly shoplifting from a West Jordan store and then repeatedly — and intentionally — running over a store clerk who confronted him in the parking lot.According to police, security video from inside Smokey’s Discount Cigarettes at 1597 W. 9000 South on Dec. 21 shows the suspect exit the business, pursued by the clerk. Additional security video from a nearby business shows the suspect get in a car and drive over the clerk “multipl
  
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• Mitt Romney heckled by Trump supporters on flight from Salt Lake City to D.C., and later by Trump

  06-01-2021 18:18
  
  As Sen. Mitt Romney flew to Washington from Utah on Tuesday, he was heckled with chants of “traitor” and was called an “absolute joke, a disgusting shame” by right-wingers on the same plane who are upset he won’t support President Donald Trump in a challenge to electoral votes.Then on Wednesday at a White House rally, Trump joined in the heckling, saying about Romney, “I wonder if he enjoyed his flight in last night.”The videos went viral and generated n
  
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• Letter: Suckers are back indeed

  06-01-2021 18:12
  
  When I glanced at Brian Maffly’s article in The Salt Lake Tribune about June suckers, I expected to read a story about Utah Rep. Chris Stewart.He, like fellow Rep. Burgess Owens, joined a challenge against electoral votes in yet another attempt to keep Donald Trump in office. Maffly got the month wrong, however. We’re talking about January suckers. The challenge is not only a ridiculous long shot, it is yet another embarrassing demonstration of bottom-feeding by Stewart.As for Owens,
  
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• Larry Krystkowiak defends Utah basketball’s offense, while continuing to lean on analytics

  06-01-2021 18:12
  
  Some of the University of Utah men’s basketball team’s raw offensive numbers are not good.Through seven games, the Utes (4-3) are shooting just 41.9% from the floor, which ranks them 253rd nationally and ninth in the Pac-12. They’re shooting 32.4% from 3-point range (206th nationally, ninth in the Pac-12), and scoring 69.3 points per game (235th nationally, 10th in the Pac-12).Utah’s offense has become a topic of conversation this week after profound struggles during a 64
  
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• Letter: E-edition needs to have Public Forum

  06-01-2021 18:06
  
  Although letters to the editor appear on your website, they’re missing in The Salt Lake Tribune’s e-edition. If the e-edition is truly going to fulfill the functions of the late, lamented print edition, the letters must be there. They are an essential means of people expressing their views to a broad audience, and therefore a vital function of any local newspaper (a term that’s already starting to sound anachronistic).David R. Scheer, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: If everyone is armed, there’s no need for the police, right?

  06-01-2021 18:01
  
  If Rep. Walt Brooks’ bill allowing Utahns to carry firearms openly without a permit passes in the 2021 legislative session, I propose a companion bill that is sure to gain the support of budget-conscious Republicans.I propose that all police departments and many other public safety units be disbanded. They will become unnecessary, as individuals will accept responsibility for their own safety with immediate access to weapons, should they feel threatened.This would represent a massive savin
  
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• Letter: Wear a mask for us all

  06-01-2021 17:52
  
  Our nephew died of COVID-19. He had no co-morbidities, spent six weeks on a ventilator and had good care. Please wear a mask and distance and urge others to. We have more family and friends out there, where you are. Thanks.Gaylord Smith, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: No opinion content in the e-edition Tribune? How sad.

  06-01-2021 17:44
  
  I just found out that letters to the editor and op-eds are not going to be in the e-edition digital format every day. This is the second huge disappointment coming on the heels of eliminating seven-day printed editions.And “Dream headlines,” another yearly event I always participated in, although not always chosen for publication, were also eliminated this year.I originally subscribed to The Tribune back in 1968, as I was upset that the Desperate News would no longer include R-rated
  
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• Mitt Romney heckled by Trump supporters on flight from Salt Lake City to D.C.

  06-01-2021 17:37
  
  As Sen. Mitt Romney flew to Washington this week from Utah, he was heckled with chants of “traitor” and was called an “absolute joke, a disgusting shame” by right-wingers on the same plane who are upset he won’t support President Donald Trump in a challenge to electoral votes.The videos went viral and generated national news stories.One shows several people chanting, “traitor, traitor, traitor” for 20 seconds on the plane.One yelled, “Resign, Mitt.
  
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• Jana Riess: Author Brian McLaren says there’s a good reason your beliefs stopped working

  06-01-2021 16:42
  
  Brian McLaren’s new book “Faith After Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About It” was released this week. It’s the book I’m going to start recommending to all the people who write to me in desperation because their old faith seems to be slipping away, and the loss is making them feel angry and afraid.McLaren went through that process, too, years ago when he was serving as a pastor. His main message is that there is faith after doubt, and that&rs
  
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• Burgess Owens rallies support for today’s challenge of the presidential election results

  06-01-2021 16:32
  
  Utah Rep. Burgess Owens joined a group of 37 House Republicans urging others to join their challenge of electoral votes contending several states broke their own election laws. It is an attempt to reverse the election results that is highly unlikely to succeed, but it will consume Congress on Wednesday“Proud to sign this statement alongside so many of my colleagues. We owe it to the American people to protect the integrity of our electoral system. Period,” Owens tweeted.Proud to sign
  
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• Police are searching for missing Herriman boy

  06-01-2021 16:19
  
  Herriman police are asking for the public’s help to locate an 11-year-old boy who left his home on Sliding Rock Way (near 4000 West and 14900 South) about 2 a.m. on Wednesday. Police did not say why Jaxon Allen left. Allen is described as 4-feet-7, 80 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie and black sweatpants.According to police, they have no reason to believe that Allen is in immediate danger, but they are concerned for his safety because of his a
  
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• What to monitor for each NBA team in 2021 with Mark Medina and Michael Scotto

  06-01-2021 16:09
  
  On the latest episode of the HoopsHype podcast, Michael Scotto discusses the top storylines for each NBA team in 2021 with Mark Medina of USA TODAY Sports. Topics included a potential contract extension for Lloyd Pierce, LaMelo Ball’s ceiling, the trade market for James Harden, LaMarcus Aldridge and DeMar DeRozan, the free agency of Jrue Holiday, Kawhi Leonard, Lauri Markkanen, and more. Listen to the podcast above or check out some snippets of the conversation in a transcribed version be
  
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• Thomas L. Friedman: Never forget the names of these Republicans attempting a coup

  06-01-2021 16:00
  
  The New Testament asks us in Mark 8:36: “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, but lose his soul?”Sens. Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson and all their fellow GOP coup plotters clearly have forgotten that verse — if they ever knew it — for they are ready to sacrifice their souls, the soul of their party and the soul of America — our tradition of free and fair elections as the means for peacefully transferring power — so that Donald
  
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• Salt Lake City won’t reopen junior high and high schools until teachers can get vaccinated

  06-01-2021 15:20
  
  Salt Lake City will delay reopening its junior high and high schools in early February as planned, postponing any in-person return to classrooms until after teachers can get both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.The decision came just before midnight Tuesday after nearly four hours of debate by the city’s board of education. Members bickered back and forth, often interrupting each other and parsing each word of the controversial proposal before it passed 5-2.“What we’ve done tonig
  
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