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• Report on USU president Noelle Cockett investigation expected to be released Friday

  13-01-2021 23:59
  
  Results of an investigation into the conduct of Utah State president Noelle Cockett will be released Friday, a spokesperson for the Utah Board of Higher Education told The Salt Lake Tribune.The board will meet in a closed session Friday morning to review and discuss the results of the investigation into Cockett. Afterward, the board will issue a statement and the results of the investigation will be released. The spokesperson said the board will not necessarily make a disciplinary decision at th
  
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• Judge rejects last-ditch move to block helium drilling in Utah wilderness

  13-01-2021 23:50
  
  Helium producers are expected to begin drilling soon inside newly designated Utah wilderness after a federal judge turned down environmental groups’ request for an emergency injunction that would have blocked the project.In a ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras concluded the project might not result in “irreparable harm” to the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness given the safeguards the Bureau of Land Management [BLM] and Twin Bridges Resources have put in place to m
  
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• Trump impeached after Capitol riot in historic second charge

  13-01-2021 23:33
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift and stunning collapse of his final days in office.With the Capitol secured by armed National Guard troops inside and out, the House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump. The proceedings moved at lightning speed, with lawmakers voting just one week after violent pro-Trump loyalists stormed
  
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• David B. Magleby: President Trump must be held accountable

  13-01-2021 23:30
  
  President Trump’s actions in recent weeks require a response from Congress, and it should come before he leaves office on Jan. 20.Today the House of Representatives took the first step by voting to impeach President Trump for inciting a mob to “fight” to stop a constitutional process and for pressuring the secretary of state in Georgia to rig the vote count in that state. Now Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should join Minority Leader Charles Schumer in bringing the Sena
  
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• The Utah Jazz went 4-2 on their shortened road trip. Here’s what worked and what didn’t.

  13-01-2021 23:11
  
  If you had told the Utah Jazz beforehand that they’d be coming home from their marathon road trip with a 4-2 mark in those games … well, initially they’d be confused, considering it was supposed to be a seven-game trip.Once they figured it out, though, they’d probably be pretty happy with those results.And with good reason, as there was a good amount to be pretty happy about. Which doesn’t mean that there isn’t yet still plenty to work out.Before hitting the
  
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• AP source: James Harden traded to Brooklyn Nets

  13-01-2021 23:04
  
  Houston • The Brooklyn Nets have agreed to acquire three-time scoring champion James Harden from the Houston Rockets, a deal that reunites him with Kevin Durant and gives him the move that he has sought for weeks, said a person with knowledge of the situation.Harden is going to the Nets as part of a four-team deal that also involves Indiana and Cleveland, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the trade call with the NBA &mda
  
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• Donald Trump is impeached for the second time, first in U.S. history

  13-01-2021 22:44
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift and stunning collapse of his final days in office.With the Capitol secured by armed National Guard troops inside and out, the House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump. The proceedings moved at lightning speed, with lawmakers voting just one week after violent pro-Trump loyalists stormed
  
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• Former Utah State interim coach Frank Maile headed to Boise State

  13-01-2021 22:42
  
  Former Utah State interim football coach Frank Maile reportedly has a new home.Maileaccepted a position with Boise State as its new associate head coachand defensive line coach, per a report by the Herald Journal.Maile was passed over for the head coaching job at USU, which was eventually filled by Blake Anderson.The decision was mired in controversy after USU President NoelleCockett allegedly made comments disparaging Maile’s ethnic and religiousbackground, seemingly using them as reasoni
  
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• UPDATE: As House again impeaches Trump, Utah’s all-GOP delegation calls it a mistake that will divide nation

  13-01-2021 22:40
  
  As the House impeached President Donald Trump for a second time on Wednesday for inciting violence that led to storming the Capitol last week, Utah’s all-Republican House delegation called it a mistake that will divide the country and denies the president due process.Ten Republicans joined Democrats in passing the impeachment resolution 232-197.“The articles raise serious constitutional questions that deserve a full hearing and considerable debate, a lengthy task that will delay the
  
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• No. 1 Stanford women’s basketball set to visit Utah as Pac-12 schedule remains unrelenting for Utes

  13-01-2021 22:14
  
  Lynne Roberts knows what she signed up for when she agreed to coach a Pac-12 women’s basketball team. If any of her players aren’t quite sure what they signed up for, they’re quickly finding out.Life in the Pac-12 on the women’s side is often unrelenting. The league has five teams ranked in the AP Top 25, with a sixth receiving votes. Most recently, the Utes (3-7, 2-7 Pac-12) lost a last-second crusher at USC on Friday night, then were overwhelmed two days later at No. 9
  
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• Watch: Dr. Angela Dunn answers Utahns’ COVID-19 questions in Tribune Q&A

  13-01-2021 22:10
  
  Dr. Angela Dunn, Utah’s state epidemiologist, answered residents’ questions about COVID-19 Wednesday in a live Q&A on Facebook with The Salt Lake Tribune.Dunn touched on teachers’ concerns as they begin to be vaccinated, the effectiveness of the vaccine, the state’s rollout plan and technological issues Utahns ages 70 and older faced when signing up for appointments Wednesday in Salt Lake County.For those who were unable to register Wednesday, Dunn encouraged people n
  
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• Utah Capitol is closed to the public for start of legislative session

  13-01-2021 22:00
  
  The worry over violence surrounding the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden is prompting the closure of the Utah Capitol to the public for the first part of next week as the 2021 legislative session is scheduled to get underway Tuesday.The FBI has warned that armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitals and Washington, D.C., surrounding Biden’s inauguration next Wednesday. An armed protest by a group affiliated with the far-right anti-government Boogaloo movement is sche
  
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• Leonard Pitts: We cannot afford to ‘Let them up easy’ again

  13-01-2021 22:00
  
  On April 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln went to Richmond.With the Civil War all but won, the president wanted to tour the rebel capital. There, he met a Union general who asked how the conquered city should be treated. “If I were in your place, I’d let ‘em up easy,”’ said Lincoln. “Let ‘em up easy.”This was in concordance with his desire to, as he’d said in his second inaugural address, “bind up the nation’s wounds.” That magnanim
  
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• Video: Dr. Angela Dunn, Utah’s state epidemiologist, answers your COVID-19 questions

  13-01-2021 21:43
  
  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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• Utah State center Neemias Queta stayed in Logan during quarantine. Now the Aggies are reaping the benefits from his improved game.

  13-01-2021 21:42
  
  New Mexico Lobos guard Keith McGee drove baseline with designs on getting an easy layup. It was the first half in the second of a two-game series against the Utah State Aggies, who won both matchups, and McGee was about to get a taste of Neemias Queta.McGee got to the rim, but Queta easily swatted away his attempt. The block marked Queta breaking USU’s all-time record in blocks set by Gilbert Pete at 155 in the late 1980s.A game earlier against those same Lobos, Queta received the ball bey
  
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• Utah state Capitol is closed to the public for start of legislative session

  13-01-2021 21:40
  
  The worry over violence surrounding the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden is prompting the closure of the Utah Capitol to the public for the first part of next week as the 2021 legislative session is scheduled to get underway Tuesday.The FBI has warned that armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitals and Washington, D.C., surrounding Biden’s inauguration next Wednesday. An armed protest by a group affiliated with the far-right anti-government Boogaloo movement is sche
  
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• Utah reports another 27 COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday

  13-01-2021 21:27
  
  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.As county health departments across the state struggle to register older Utahns to receive COVID-19 vaccines, the death toll continues to rise. Another 27 deaths were reported Wednesday by the Utah Department of Health, with some dating
  
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• As House debates impeachment, Utah’s Burgess Owens, John Curtis, Blake Moore oppose it

  13-01-2021 21:04
  
  As the House began debate Wednesday about whether to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time, Utah Reps. Burgess Owens, John Curtis and Blake Moore announced they will vote against it.“With only seven days until President-elect [Joe] Biden takes office, any debate on impeachment will not only deepen the divide, it will also be rushed, purely political, and distract from the unprecedented challenges facing Utah families,” Owens tweeted Wednesday morning.We have a transfer of
  
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• Watch Live: Dr. Angela Dunn, Utah’s state epidemiologist, answers your COVID-19 questions

  13-01-2021 21:03
  
  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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• Verdict on USU president Noelle Cockett investigation expected to be released Friday

  13-01-2021 20:51
  
  Results of an investigation into the conduct of Utah State president Noelle Cockett will be released Friday, a spokesperson for the Utah Board of Higher Education told The Salt Lake Tribune.The board will meet in a closed session Friday morning to review and discuss the results of the investigation into Cockett. Afterward, the board will issue a statement and the results of the investigation will be released, the spokesperson said.The board authorized the investigation after Cockett came under f
  
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• During impeachment debate, Utah’s Burgess Owens, John Curtis, Blake Moore oppose it

  13-01-2021 20:43
  
  As the House began debate Wednesday about whether to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time, Utah Reps. Burgess Owens, John Curtis and Blake Moore announced they will vote against it.“With only seven days until President-elect [Joe] Biden takes office, any debate on impeachment will not only deepen the divide, it will also be rushed, purely political, and distract from the unprecedented challenges facing Utah families,” Owens tweeted Wednesday morning.“The articles ra
  
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• COVID silver lining: Traffic congestion plummeted by 31% in Salt Lake area in 2020

  13-01-2021 20:40
  
  Because of COVID-19 and its stay-at-home orders, delays caused by traffic congestion in the Salt Lake metro area plummeted by a steep 31% last year, a new study says.In 2019 before the pandemic, congestion typically added 5.7 minutes to a trip that would take 30 minutes in clear conditions in the Salt Lake area. In 2020, that dropped to 3.6 minutes.That’s according to a global study by TomTom, a Netherlands-based navigation software company, based on data from drivers who use its navigatio
  
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• BYU reschedules postponed basketball game vs. San Diego to Feb. 2

  13-01-2021 19:41
  
  BYU men’s basketball has gotten another game back.Duringthe holiday break, the Cougars had three consecutive games postponeddue to COVID-19 related issues within the opposing programs. BYU wasoriginally scheduled to face San Diego Jan. 2, but will now face theTorreros Feb. 2.The date opened up after BYU and Gonzaga were able to move up their game (originally scheduled for Feb. 2) to Jan. 7.The first game to be postponed, at Pepperdine, has been moved to Jan. 27.The Cougars are still lookin
  
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• As Trump impeachment debate begins, Utah’s Burgess Owens and John Curtis publicly oppose it

  13-01-2021 19:05
  
  As the House began debate Wednesday about whether to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time, Utah Reps. Burgess Owens and John Curtis announced they will vote against it.“With only seven days until President-elect [Joe] Biden takes office, any debate on impeachment will not only deepen the divide, it will also be rushed, purely political, and distract from the unprecedented challenges facing Utah families,” Owens tweeted Wednesday morning.“The articles raise serious C
  
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• Salt Lake County residents frustrated by problems with COVID-19 vaccine registration

  13-01-2021 18:05
  
  The Salt Lake County Health Department’s online registration for COVID-19 vaccinations ran into major problems on Wednesday morning, leaving older residents and their families frustrated and unhappy.“We recognize our system for scheduling failed and are working to address,” tweeted Mayor Jenny Wilson. “We apologize. Please stand by.”The county had planned to begin registering residents age 70 and older to receive coronavirus vaccines at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, but thos
  
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• Thomas L. Friedman: Trump is blowing apart the GOP. God bless him.

  13-01-2021 17:50
  
  When all the facts come out about the treasonous attack on the U.S. Capitol inspired by President Donald Trump, impeaching him three times won’t feel sufficient. Consider this Washington Post headline from Monday: “Video Shows Capitol Mob Dragging Police Officer Down Stairs. One Rioter Beat the Officer With a Pole Flying the U.S. Flag.”That said, while I want Trump out — and I don’t mind him being silenced at such a tense time — I’m not sure I
  
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• Julie Hall: We reap the disinformation and distrust we have sown

  13-01-2021 17:30
  
  Like so many other citizens across the nation, I was heartbroken and horrified to watch the recent violence and desecration at our nation’s Capitol by extremists.There has been much discussion on social media about who is to blame for this insurrection. Was it Trump supporters fired up after a rally, or left-wing extremists capitalizing on the moment? Although I think it is important to bring these individuals to justice, debating the particular label or group they represent ignores a larg
  
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• Rich Lowry: How Twitter has deranged our politics

  13-01-2021 16:36
  
  Donald Trump was the president of Twitter.What radio was to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and TV was to Ronald Reagan, communicating 280 characters at a time on a social media platform that is a watchword for hyperactive inanity was to President Trump.It is symbolically appropriate that the effective end of his power after the siege of the U.S. Capitol has coincided with the suspension of his Twitter account.He may well get impeached a second time, but for now, the punishment that really stings is T
  
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• The Triple Team: Jazz rout shorthanded Cavs, Rudy’s offensive experiments and the new COVID-19 restrictions

  13-01-2021 16:21
  
  Three thoughts on the Jazz’s 117-87 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Jazz take advantage of very shorthanded Cavs teamThat was a really bad Cavs team the Jazz were lucky enough to face up against tonight. No Collin Sexton or Darius Garland (the surprisingly successful backcourt that has been dubbed “Sexland” by those in Cleveland), no Kevin Love or Andre Drummond, and not even a Dante Exum revenge game appearance. Instead,
  
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• As impeachment debate begins, Utah’s Burgess Owens and John Curtis publicly oppose it

  13-01-2021 16:06
  
  As the House began debate Wednesday about whether to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time, Utah Reps. Burgess Owens and John Curtis announced they will vote against it.“With only seven days until President-elect [Joe] Biden takes office, any debate on impeachment will not only deepen the divide, it will also be rushed, purely political, and distract from the unprecedented challenges facing Utah families,” Owens tweeted Wednesday morning.“The articles raise serious C
  
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• David Burns: Trump’s enablers sit down to a banquet of consequences

  13-01-2021 16:00
  
  “Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences” — Robert Louis StevensonJanuary 6, 2021, a day that will live in — let’s see, infamy is already taken, how about — ignominy, the United States sat down to a banquet of consequences. The result was the trashing of the nation’s symbol of democracy, the Capitol building.How We Got HereHow we got to ignominy began on July 2, 1964, when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil R
  
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• Live: Trump on the verge of 2nd impeachment after U.S. Capitol siege

  13-01-2021 15:28
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump is on the verge of being impeached for a second time in an unprecedented House vote Wednesday, a week after he encouraged a mob of loyalists to “fight like hell” against election results just before they stormed the U.S. Capitol in a deadly siege.While Trump’s first impeachment in 2019 brought no Republican votes in the House, a small but significant number of leaders and lawmakers are breaking with the party to join Democrats, saying Tr
  
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• Trump declares Utah a disaster area after September’s hurricane-force winds

  13-01-2021 15:20
  
  Remember the hurricane-force winds that hit the Wasatch Front last September? President Donald Trump late Tuesday formally declared Utah a disaster area to trigger extra federal assistance for recovery efforts.A White House statement said, “President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the state of Utah and ordered federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by straight-line winds from September 7 to September 8, 202
  
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• After a summer of protests, Utah lawmakers will consider dozens of police reform bills this session

  13-01-2021 15:18
  
  In the wake of a summer of protests against police brutality, Utah’s state lawmakers are poised to consider a slate of bills that would bring more uniformity to how officers do their jobs — including how they’re held accountable if they do something wrong.But it’s been several months since the last protesters marched. And in the midst of a breakneck 45-day session that will also be marked by the coronavirus pandemic, it remains to be seen whether the Republican supermajor
  
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• Wasatch Community Gardens getting $250K loan from city to grow not tomatoes, but apartments

  13-01-2021 15:06
  
  It may be going up next to famous tomato plots, but this isn’t your garden-variety housing project.Elected leaders said Tuesday that Salt Lake City will chip in $250,000 to help Wasatch Community Gardens plow forward with a quirky mix of converted homes and new micro-dwellings going up next to the nonprofit’s shared growing beds at 615 E. 800 South.But the city Redevelopment Agency rent toward the campus expansion is aimed at keeping rents on those eight studio apartments more afford
  
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• Conservation groups seek federal probe of Virgin River reservoir proposal

  13-01-2021 15:04
  
  A coalition of environmental groups is calling for an investigation into the proposed Cove Reservoir, alleging the southern Utah project’s environmental review brazenly mischaracterized the dam’s purpose to win federal subsidies intended to support rural communities and agriculture.Designed to impound 6,000 acre-feet of water on the Virgin River’s East Fork, this reservoir proposed by the Kane County Water Conservancy District is supposed to irrigate nearly 5,000 acres of alfal
  
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• Letter: Trump is a Democrat in disguise

  13-01-2021 14:00
  
  Democrats now have the majority in the House and Senate, they have the presidency and the Republican Party is in shambles.Why? Donald Trump — the Democrat in disguise.Fares Arguello, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Sign-ups for vaccine are a travesty

  13-01-2021 14:00
  
  I just got a spot for the teacher sign-ups for the vaccine.  Let me rephrase, I barely got a spot.  They are releasing the sign-up emails at 5 a.m. and you have to sign up like you’re in a mad dash to get concert tickets. I guess I somehow expected more than 10 slots per hour at these locations.  This seems like a dribble of help instead of a mass vaccination of people and on par for the competence of the Utah government. What a sham. At this rate, it’s going to take y
  
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• Letter: Impeachment wouldn’t be a rush

  13-01-2021 14:00
  
  George Pyle’s opinion in the Jan. 12 Tribune (“Stewart and Owens must go ...”) is worthy of time and consideration by every elected official in Utah. I’m sorry Rep. John Curtis (who suggests that we shouldn’t rush impeachment) we have had four years and longer to watch as T---- has spread his lies and disruption into the willing ears of Republicans. Impeachment would certainly not be a rush. It should not go without mention that Republicans running for president in
  
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• Letter: Congress should censure Trump

  13-01-2021 14:00
  
  In the 1950s, Sen. Joseph McCarthy was censured for his numerous lies and false statements. Whereas Donald Trump’s lies, cheating and corruption have been far more damaging to this nation than McCarthy’s nefarious deeds, we believe that both chambers of Congress should censure Trump.Recently he even called a Georgia official to pressure him into “finding” over 11,000 votes that would then win the state for him.Lying is second nature to Donald Trump. He has no discernible
  
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• All-Star wrestling dual tries tournament within a tournament for three weight classes

  13-01-2021 06:59
  
  Orem • The Utah High School All-Star dual is an event that allows the best wrestlers in the state to congregate in an effort to get meaningful practice for the state tournament. Some wrestlers, particularly first-timers, use it as a proving ground.But with COVID-19 forcing absences and canceled matches throughout the current wrestling season, athletes and teams all over the state won’t be able to get in the maximum amount of bouts allotted to them. So the organizers came up with a twe
  
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• Georges Niang, Jordan Clarkson, Miye Oni give Utah Jazz some breathing room in blowout win in Cleveland

  13-01-2021 05:49
  
  There was plenty of reason for the Utah Jazz to potentially be stressed, with news of their Wednesday game in Washington being postponed breaking shortly before Tuesday night’s tipoff in Cleveland.Georges Niang, though, was not about to get distracted or upset — not after the meditation session he’d just had.“Just being where my feet are, just being present, not overthinking things. For the first time in a while, I sat in my room and just closed my eyes and just tried to
  
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• House passes resolution urging Pence to invoke 25th Amendment to oust Trump

  13-01-2021 05:32
  
  Washington • The U.S. House rushed ahead Tuesday toward impeaching President Donald Trump for the deadly Capitol attack, taking time only to try to persuade his vice president to push him out first. Trump showed no remorse, blaming impeachment itself for the “tremendous anger” in America.Already scheduled to leave office next week, Trump is on the verge of becoming the only president in history to be twice impeached. His incendiary rhetoric at a rally ahead of the Capitol uprisi
  
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• House ready to ask VP to help oust Trump, on the verge of impeachment

  13-01-2021 05:10
  
  Washington • The U.S. House rushed ahead Tuesday toward impeaching President Donald Trump for the deadly Capitol attack, taking time only to try to persuade his vice president to push him out first. Trump showed no remorse, blaming impeachment itself for the “tremendous anger” in America.Already scheduled to leave office next week, Trump is on the verge of becoming the only president in history to be twice impeached. His incendiary rhetoric at a rally ahead of the Capitol uprisi
  
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• The Triple Team: Jazz roll over shorthanded Cavs; are Rudy Gobert’s offensive experiments a good idea?

  13-01-2021 05:04
  
  Three thoughts on the Jazz’s 117-87 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Jazz take advantage of very shorthanded Cavs teamThat was a really bad Cavs team the Jazz were lucky enough to face up against tonight. No Collin Sexton or Darius Garland (the surprisingly successful backcourt that has been dubbed “Sexland” by those in Cleveland), no Kevin Love or Andre Drummond, and not even a Dante Exum revenge game appearance. Instead,
  
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• Early observations from the Utah Jazz’s 117-87 blowout in Cleveland

  13-01-2021 04:29
  
  In this season of craziness, could a Cleveland Cavaliers team missing eight rotation guys possibly pull off  monumental upset Tuesday night against the visiting Utah Jazz?Nah.All of the Jazz-related craziness occurred pregame, when a half-hour before tipoff, it was announced that Wednesday’s road trip finale in Washington had been postponed by the Wizards’ COVID-19 contact-tracing issues.As for Tuesday’s game vs. the Cavs … well, their 117-87 victory was about what
  
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• Forecast: Cold rain could cause slick roads, National Weather Service says

  13-01-2021 03:39
  
  Northern Utah might experience pockets of freezing rain Wednesday, according to National Weather Service Salt Lake City.The rain is expected to impact areas near the Idaho border including I-84 from Snowville to Tremonton and I-15 north of Cache Valley and Bingham City.While large ice accumulations are not expected, the rain could create slick road conditions, especially in the morning and evening, according to the NWS.Pockets of freezing rain will be possible Wednesday across far northern Utah.
  
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• American Fork police find woman reported missing

  13-01-2021 03:29
  
  The American Fork Police Department said Tuesday that it has located Kylee Marie Hreinson.Hreinson hadn’t been seen since Jan. 3. Police had said they believed she might be in danger.“At this point, it appears that Hreinson intentionally left her family’s home and that the circumstances surrounding her whereabouts during the past several days have also been intentional and voluntary,” police said in a news release.In a statement on Monday, the American Fork Police Departm
  
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• House races to oust Trump; president blames impeachment process for America’s ‘anger’

  13-01-2021 03:23
  
  Washington • The U.S. House rushed ahead Tuesday toward impeaching President Donald Trump for the deadly Capitol attack, taking time only to try to persuade his vice president to push him out first. Trump showed no remorse, blaming impeachment itself for the “tremendous anger” in America.Already scheduled to leave office next week, Trump is on the verge of becoming the only president in history to be twice impeached. His incendiary rhetoric at a rally ahead of the Capitol uprisi
  
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• Utah social workers often must rely on government assistance and second jobs to get by

  13-01-2021 03:13
  
  Many child welfare caseworkers at Utah’s Division of Child and Family Services don’t make enough money to get by without government assistance, FOX 13 reports.Social worker Crystal Rose told FOX 13 that she works as a housekeeper after her shift ends at the DCFS. She and her husband are living with her parents as they try to save money to buy a house.Rose’s situation is not unique.A report from Gov. Spencer Cox’s transition team found that many employees in Utah’s D
  
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