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Letter: President has jeopardized our recovery




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Letter: Who wants what they did at 17 made public?




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Utah governor pressured to extend rent deferrals and eviction moratorium to July 15




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Robert Kirby: This year just keeps getting worse, but screaming won’t help




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Utah cook to compete on ‘Bakeaway Camp with Martha Stewart’




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Live coronavirus updates for Friday, May 8: West Jordan canceling the Western Stampede rodeo due to COVID-19 concerns




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Pac-12 to move football media day to virtual format amid COVID-19 pandemic




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U.S. unemployment spikes to a Depression-era level of 14.7%




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BYU’s Alex Barcello broke his wrist at the end of the college basketball season; he’s now healed and ready for what’s next




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For Latinos and COVID-19, doctors are seeing an ‘alarming’ disparity




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Q&A: Lost your job? Here’s what you need to know




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LHM Sports & Entertainment — the company that runs Jazz, Bees and Megaplex Theaters — furloughing 40% of workforce




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Jana Riess: What history tells us about Donald Trump’s reelection prospects




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Kyle Roerink and Steve Erickson: The tale of two pipelines for desert cities




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Utah gun lobbyist loses his appeal to block the ban on bump stocks




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Did you order a grocery pickup? Don’t expect that six-pack to be in your bag. In Utah, you have to buy beer inside.




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Utah man pleads guilty to vandalizing Logan Latter-day Saint temple




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Utah man charged with murder. He says he shot and killed a man breaking into his house.




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Jean Norman: Why we can’t call them Generation Z anymore




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Utah Royals begin voluntary individual training sessions




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Bagley Cartoon: Well-run State




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Harmons Grocery helps Girl Scouts of Utah sell cookies during COVID-19




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Daryl Austin: If our recent trip to Hogle Zoo is the future, we’re going to be OK




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No charges for family of boy who drove car onto highway




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Ivy Farguheson: The risk of running while black or brown




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VP Pence’s press secretary tests positive for coronavirus




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Rich Lowry: Everyone deserves to live under the Biden standard




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Nicholas Kristof: McDonald’s workers in Denmark pity us




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New book: War against yellowface in the arts won a victory in Salt Lake City




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Letter: Why we need a nosy press




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Letter: Agriculture secretary is ineffective and clueless




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Holly Richardson: Mother’s Day gifts for the burned out mom




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Charlie Warzel: Is the cure for COVID-19 in the Rocky Mountains?




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Acting National Park Service director talks about what to expect in Utah and why it will vary from park to park




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Little Richard, flamboyant rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 87




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Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies from coronavirus at 75




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The State Room holds a poster auction, selling 11 years of music memorabilia




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Live coronavirus updates for Saturday, May 9: Five more Utahns die from COVID-19, bringing state’s death toll to 66




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Kobe Bryant’s death raises concerns about helicopter safety

The frequency of fatal helicopter accidents has slipped in recent decades.




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Supermarkets limiting meat purchases amid tight supply and buyer panic

Meat is going the way of toilet paper, and grocery stores are rushing to stay ahead of panic buying as supplies tighten during the coronavirus pandemic. Just as scared shoppers snapped up hand sanitizer, soap and yes, toilet paper at the beginning of the pandemic, now they are rushing to stock meat. Grocery chains across the country have begun limiting meat purchases in response to the dual pressures.




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Elon Musk publicly corrects Grimes over their newborn son’s bizarre name

Tesla and SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk publicly corrects girlfriend Grimes on Twitter after she explains the origin of their newborn son's unusual first name, X Æ A-12.




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Robert De Niro says he’d play Gov. Cuomo in a coronavirus movie: ‘He’s doing what a president should do’

De Niro, 76, also voiced his support for Joe Biden as a presidential candidate on "The Late Show," and was critical of President Trump’s handling of the response to the COVID-19 outbreak.




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Another 3.2 million Americans file for unemployment as coronavirus continues to slam U.S. economy

The coronavirus crisis has forced another 3.2 million Americans to file for jobless aid, bringing the total number to 33.5 million in the seven weeks since the pandemic forced millions of companies to close and layoff huge amounts of staff.




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Former Bad Company lead singer Brian Howe dead at 66

Singer and songwriter Brian Howe, a former lead vocalist for the British rock band Bad Company, died Wednesday after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in Florida. The 66-year-old English musician had a brief conversation with first responders, but he then “slipped away" and could not be revived, longtime friend and manager Paul Easton said Thursday.




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Jimmy Glenn, boxing cornerman and owner of ‘Jimmy’s Corner’ bar in Times Square, dies at 89 of coronavirus

Glenn, a former boxer and owner of popular Times Square bar Jimmy's Corner, died of coronavirus early Thursday morning at 89.




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Unheard-of May snow, icy cold temps, and high winds blasting in for Mother’s Day weekend

Weather extreme enough to shatter records across large swaths of the U.S. is heading our way this weekend, just in time for Mother’s Day. A storm system heading into the Northeast on Friday will smash into the polar vortex as it makes swing down from the Arctic, reported NBC News. This might sock the region in with heavy, wet snow all the way into New England.




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Ahmaud Arbery supporters are running 2.23 miles on what would be his 26th birthday

Supporters for Ahmaud Arbery, the unarmed black jogger who was fatally shot by two white men on a Georgia road in broad daylight, are planning to run 2.23 miles Friday to celebrate what would be his 26th birthday and call for justice in the case. Organizers of the virtual run are asking people to go for a walk, jog or run and post a photo, video or written message on social media with the hashtag #IRunwithAhmaud.




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Woman goes mad after being told McDonald’s is closed, shoots and injures 3 employees, OKC cops say

Things were not OK.




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DC Comics superhero Hershey bars are coming but sent to frontline coronavirus workers first

Talk about a sweet gesture. A line of DC Comics superhero chocolate bars is coming, but before you can get your hands on them, Hershey’s is first giving them out to workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Ex-NFL star Brett Favre to repay $1.1 million for no-show speeches: auditor

Former NFL star Brett Favre said Wednesday he would repay the state of Mississippi $1.1 million after a state auditor discovered the Mississippi Department of Human Services paid the ex-quarterback for speaking engagements that never happened.