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Utah guard Timmy Allen declares for NBA draft

Utah guard Timmy Allen declares for NBA draft

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah sophomore guard Timmy Allen is testing the NBA waters. The do-everything guard from Mesa, Arizona, joined teammate Both Gach among the 205 players on the league’s most recent early-entry draft list. Players have until June 3 to withdraw from the June 25 draft. The […]

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Scrutinized malaria drug purchase to be refunded in Utah

Scrutinized malaria drug purchase to be refunded in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will be refunded $800,000 it spent to buy malaria drugs once touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus despite warnings from doctors, officials said Wednesday. Leaders in both Utah and Oklahoma have faced scrutiny for spending millions of dollars combined to […]

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Utah halts crime-detection deal over company’s past KKK ties

Utah halts crime-detection deal over company’s past KKK ties

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s attorney general has suspended a $20.7 million contract with a technology company using government surveillance data to develop a crime-detection program amid reports its founder once belonged to a white supremacist group and was involved in a drive-by shooting. Attorney General Sean Reyes said […]

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Study: Wasatch Front fault lines prone to large earthquakes

Study: Wasatch Front fault lines prone to large earthquakes

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Fault lines along the Wasatch Front in north-central Utah are much bigger than initially thought, a study said. The Utah Department of Natural Resources released new maps accompanied with a four-year study showing there is a significant risk in densely populated and developing areas near […]

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Boy dies in dirt-bike accident

Boy dies in dirt-bike accident

EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah (AP) — A 10-year-old Utah boy has died in dirt bike crash. Traygen Shane Johnson was riding in Eagle Mountain when he hit a curb, lost control and crashed into a tree Tuesday, Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon told KSL-TV. People nearby called 911 and administered CPR, […]

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Navajo Nation continues weekend lockdown due to coronavirus

Navajo Nation continues weekend lockdown due to coronavirus

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Residents on the Navajo Nation will be under another lockdown this weekend as the tribe seeks to keep the coronavirus from spreading even further into communities. The lockdown is the fourth the tribe has implemented. It comes around the first of the month when tribal […]

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Debate flares over legal protections as businesses open up

Debate flares over legal protections as businesses open up

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The effort to reopen the economy in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic has set off a conflict at the state and federal level that is escalating by the day over how much legal protection companies should get if their returning workers get sick. The […]

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Leaders chart path back to playing fields for amateur sports

Leaders chart path back to playing fields for amateur sports

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Doctors, scientists and sports leaders are outlining the path back to playing fields for children in grassroots sports — an exercise that will help inform major organizations on how to get their industries up and running as well amid the COVID-19 pandemic. From New Zealand to Austria to the northwest corner […]

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Pandemic puts additional strain on international MLS players

Pandemic puts additional strain on international MLS players

SEATTLE (AP) — Kelvin Leerdam has been fortunate compared to many of the other foreign players in Major League Soccer, and it was completely by accident. Born in Suriname but raised in the Netherlands, Leerdam still makes his full-time home in Europe when he’s not playing for the Seattle Sounders. […]

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NCAA board supports name, image and likeness compensation

NCAA board supports name, image and likeness compensation

INDIANAPOLIS (AP)-The NCAA is moving forward with a plan to allow college athletes to earn money for endorsements and a host of other activities involving personal appearances and social media content. The NCAA announced Wednesday that its Board of Governors supports permitting athletes the ability to cash in on their names, […]

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