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03.05.2021 / 06:01

Lowry leads depleted Raptors past Lakers; LeBron exits early

LOS ANGELES – Kyle Lowry had 37 points and 11 assists, Pascal Siakam had 39 points and 13 rebounds and the short-handed Toronto Raptors defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 121-114 on Sunday night.

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Bid to censure Romney for Trump impeachment votes fails

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Republicans booed Sen. Mitt Romney but ultimately rejected a motion to censure him Saturday for his votes at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trials.

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Booms in Idaho, Utah buck the curve of slowing US growth

SALT LAKE CITY – Two Western states known for their rugged landscapes and wide-open spaces are bucking the trend of sluggish U.S. population growth, which dipped to the lowest level since the Great Depression, though different forces are powering the population booms in Utah and Idaho.

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Suns beat Jazz 121-100, now tied for NBA's best record

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Suns had their All-Star backcourt on the court and playing well. As for the Utah Jazz, their All-Star backcourt was injured and on the bench.

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Timberwolves beat Jazz for 3rd time this season, 105-104

MINNEAPOLIS – D’Angelo Russell had a season-high seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points, and Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and 11 rebounds as the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied to beat the Utah Jazz 105-104 on Monday night.

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Dog ‘wins’ high school relay race after interrupting track meet, outrunning athletes

LOGAN, Utah - Gracie Laney thought the eruption of cheers was for her as she was about to win a high school relay race.Turned out, it may have been for her competitor: a dog who got on the track and beat Lacey to the finish line in the final seconds of the heat.Lacey was participating in the 2021 Grizzly Invitational in Logan, Utah, on April 17. She was the anchor of the Logan High School team and had the lead in the second heat of the girls’ 4x200 relay event.Video, captured by MileSplit, showed a dog, named Holly, breaking loose from the audience section and running onto the track.

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Walker ties season high with 32 points, Celtics beat Suns

BOSTON – Kemba Walker matched his season high with 32 points and the Boston Celtics rolled to a 99-86 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night.

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Black Americans report more ‘poor mental health days’ due to deadly racial incidents

ORLANDO, Fla. – According to recent studies, the mental health of Black Americans is under strain. It’s a combination of a lot of things including the pandemic, racial disparity and police shootings.

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Medical cannabis legal in Utah, but not always affordable

SALT LAKE CITY – Pain left from oil-field work defeated traditional pain pills and dominated William Adams’ life — until he tried medical cannabis. But even as he began venturing outside his home for the first time in years, Adams discovered he couldn't afford the cost.

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Utah governor defends support for NBA minority scholarship

SALT LAKE CITY – The governor of Utah has defended his position to support a minority scholarship program sponsored by the Utah Jazz despite criticism from some who have called the program racist.

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Lakers hold off NBA-leading Jazz 127-115 in OT

LOS ANGELES – Dennis Schröder hit the tying basket to force overtime and finished with 25 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Utah Jazz 127-115 on Saturday in a game between short-handed teams.

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Minus injured Mitchell, Jazz rally to beat Pacers 119-111

SALT LAKE CITY – Donovan Mitchell scored 22 points before leaving the game with a sprained ankle in the third quarter, and the NBA-leading Utah Jazz beat the Indiana Pacers 119-111 on Friday.

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Dwyane Wade joins Utah Jazz ownership group

SALT LAKE CITY – Dwyane Wade is an NBA owner.

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Jazz rout Trail Blazers for 23rd straight home victory

SALT LAKE CITY – Donovan Mitchell scored 37 points to lead the Utah Jazz to their 23rd straight home victory, 122-103 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night.

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Booker, Paul lead Suns to 117-113 OT win over Jazz

PHOENIX – Devin Booker scored 35 points, Chris Paul added 29 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Utah Jazz 117-113 in overtime Wednesday night in an entertaining matchup between the top two teams in the NBA.

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Interior secretary steps into Utah public lands tug-of-war

SALT LAKE CITY – For decades, a public lands tug-of-war has played out over a vast expanse of southern Utah where red rocks reveal petroglyphs and distinctive twin buttes bulge from a grassy valley.

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Dads required to pay half of woman's pregnancy costs under new law in Utah

A father and a mother look at their newborn son during the Covid-19 pandemic, novel coronavirus at the maternity of the Diaconesses hospital in Paris, on November 17, 2020. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP) (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images) SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Biological fathers in Utah will be legally required to pay half of a woman’s out-of-pocket pregnancy costs under a new law unique to the state that critics say doesn’t do enough to adequately address maternal healthcare needs.The bill’s sponsor has presented the measure as an effort to decrease the burden of pregnancy on women and increase responsibility for men who have children.

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Utah dads to be required to pay half of pregnancy costs

SALT LAKE CITY – Biological fathers in Utah will be legally required to pay half of a woman’s out-of-pocket pregnancy costs under a new law unique to the state that critics say doesn’t do enough to adequately address maternal healthcare needs.

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Former Utah police officer arrested for alleged role in Capitol riot after someone tipped off the FBI

Tear gas is fired at supporters of President Trump who stormed the United States Capitol building. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - FBI officials arrested a former Salt Lake City police officer for his alleged role in the Jan.

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Sleep with the Dinosaurs: Step into this new Central Florida vacation home

DAVENPORT, Fla. – Do you love Jurassic Park or have you ever wanted to step back in time?

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Jazz set record for 3s in half, beat Magic 137-91

SALT LAKE CITY – Even with the best record in the NBA, the Utah Jazz are always looking for ways to improve.

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'Real Housewives' star pleads not guilty to fraud charges

NEW YORK – A Utah woman with a star role in “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” reality show pleaded not guilty Friday to charges accusing her of ripping off hundreds of people in a nationwide telemarketing scheme.

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2 members of Salt Lake City's 'Real Housewives' arrested for alleged 10-year-long telemarketing scheme

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2 members of Salt Lake City's 'Real Housewives' arrested for alleged 10-year-long telemarking scheme

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2 members of Salt Lake City's 'Real Housewives' arrested

NEW YORK – Two members of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” reality television show were arrested Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging that they used a business to cheat hundreds of people nationwide over a 10-year period in a telemarketing scheme.

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Olympic gold medalist charged with child sex abuse in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY – A gold medalist in sledding at the 2002 Winter Olympics has been charged with sexual abuse of a child in Utah, authorities said.

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Romney gets Profile in Courage Award for impeachment vote

BOSTON – U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney was named the recipient of the Profile in Courage Award on Friday for splitting with his party and becoming the only Republican to vote to convict former President Donald Trump during his first impeachment trial.

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Former San Francisco medical examiner lab analyst charged with meth theft from evidence room

Benicia Police recover blue methamphetamine. Photo: Benicia Police SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco prosecutors on Thursday announced charges against a former laboratory analyst with the city's medical examiner's office who was arrested last August after authorities in Utah found methamphetamine in evidence bags in his vehicle.Justin Volk surrendered Thursday and faces misdemeanor theft and receipt of stolen property charges, District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced.Volk's duties with the medical examiner's office included the processing and storing of evidence collected at death scene investigations.He was arrested Aug.

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Mitchell scores 27, Jazz rout short-handed Nets 118-88

SALT LAKE CITY – Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points and the Utah Jazz routed the short-handed Brooklyn Nets 118-88 on Wednesday night.

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Utah governor signs divisive measure to require porn filters

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah is a step closer to requiring all cellphones and tablets sold in the conservative state to automatically block pornography after the Republican governor signed legislation Tuesday that critics call a significant intrusion of free speech.

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Irving to miss Nets' road trip to tend to family matter

NEW YORK – Kyrie Irving will miss the Brooklyn Nets' three-game road trip this week while dealing with a family matter.

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Raptors' Nurse fined $50,000 for mask-throwing, profanity

TAMPA, Fla. – The NBA has fined Toronto coach Nick Nurse $50,000 for throwing his facemask behind the scorer’s table and toward the stands, plus for directing profanity toward game officials before leaving the floor at the end of a game Friday night.

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Juzang carries No. 11 UCLA past sixth-seeded BYU, 73-62

INDIANAPOLIS – Johnny Juzang poured in 27 points in his second big game of the NCAA Tournament, Jules Bernard provided a big second-half lift, and No. 11 seed UCLA beat sixth-seeded BYU 73-62 on Saturday night to advance in the East Region.

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Former Dallas Maverick Shawn Bradley paralyzed after bicycle accident

DALLAS, UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 10: NBA 98/99, Dallas; DALLAS MAVERICKS - UTAH JAZZ 79:90; Shawn BRADLEY/DALLAS (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Bongarts/Getty Images) AdvertisementThe 7-foot-6 is taking part in "grueling physical therapy," but remains in "good spirits" as his wife, Carrie, remains at his side."We are saddened to hear of Shawn’s accident. Shawn has always been incredibly determined and shown a fighting spirit.

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Devin Booker scores 35 points, Suns beat Blazers 127-121

Devin Booker returned from the knee injury that kept him out of the All-Star Game to score 35 points and the Phoenix Suns beat the Portland Trail Blazers 127-121 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory.

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March 11, 2020: The night sports, as we knew them, ended

Nobody knew exactly what to say in Oklahoma City around 7:10 p.m. local time on March 11, 2020. That was an issue for Mario Nanni, whose job as the Oklahoma City Thunder public-address announcer is to tell fans exactly what’s happening.

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AdventHealth workers reflect on their journey throughout the pandemic

Orlando, Fla. – It was March 5, 2020 when AdventHealth saw its first COVID patient.

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'Healthy' mum, 39, died 4 days after taking second coronavirus vaccine dose

Covid vaccine jab.Kassidi Kurill, 39, who received the Moderna vaccination in Utah, US, died suddenly on February 5 having complained "her heart was racing and she felt like she needed to get to the emergency room." Her tragic death comes after four people died and a spate of 153 from the same state reported bad reactions after receiving at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, The Sun reports.

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Disney cruise passengers sue, claiming they caught coronavirus on board ship last year

Disney Cruise Line faces four lawsuits filed this past week by passengers from Arizona and Utah who claim they contracted COVID-19 during a cruise at the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, News 6 partner Florida Today reports.

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Here’s where Florida ranks in U.S. News & World Report Best States list

Living in Florida can be great, and U.S. News & World Report seems to think so as well.

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Curry sinks final shot, tops Conley for second 3-point title

ATLANTA – Stephen Curry shot his way to another 3-point title and Domantas Sabonis made sure the Skills Challenge still belongs to the bigs.

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Joel Embed to donate $100,000 to Philadelphia homeless shelters

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - MARCH 03: Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts after scoring during the first quarter against the Utah Jazz at Wells Fargo Center on March 03, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly a PHILADELPHIA - Joel Embiid announced Saturday that he will donate his winnings from Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game to Philadelphia homeless shelters.The homeless shelters benefitted include Project HOME, Sunday Breakfast Mission and Youth Service INC.In total Embiid has committed $100,000 to these organizations. "So many have fallen on such hard times during the pandemic," Embiid said.

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Injured Booker won't play in All-Star Game, Conley replaces

PHOENIX – Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker won't play in the NBA All-Star Game this weekend because of a mild sprain in his left knee, opening up space for Utah's Mike Conley to make his first All-Star appearance.

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Embiid, Harris lead 76ers to OT victory over Jazz

PHILADELPHIA – Joel Embiid isn’t content with being one of the NBA’s best players. He wants more for himself and the 76ers — and it showed.

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NBA reveals All-Star skills, 3-point, dunk participants

Golden State’s Stephen Curry and Phoenix’s Devin Booker have been 3-point champions at All-Star weekend before, and they’ll try to win that trophy again Sunday.

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Williamson pushes Pelicans past NBA-leading Jazz, 129-124

NEW ORLEANS – Zion Williamson had 26 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, and the New Orleans Pelicans held off a late Utah charge to beat the NBA-leading Jazz 129-124 on Monday night.

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Romney knocked unconscious in fall, but 'doing better'

WASHINGTON – Sen. Mitt Romney said Monday that he was knocked unconscious in a fall over the weekend, but he was “doing better.”

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NBA-leading Jazz rebound from loss to beat Magic

ORLANDO, Fla. – Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points and Joe Ingles filled in well again at point guard in place of Mike Conley to help the Utah Jazz beat the Orlando Magic 124-109 on Saturday night.

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