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The US actress stepped out at an Oscars party with a cane, four months after her diagnosis. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NvNBSH

Three acts had refused to represent the country at the contest in a political row involving Russia. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2H6rPUs

The moment Kim Jong-un answered a question from a foreign reporter at the US-North Korea summit. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Nw2apo

US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un discuss the day ahead as they begin talks. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2EBgV7I

From hacked emails to hush money, the explosive things Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen told Congress. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2EE0A2d

The downing of aircraft marks a significant escalation of the dispute between India and Pakistan. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2SvQx2L

The former service dog of the late President George HW Bush has a new job with the US Navy. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2T4jHuY

The US president and North Korean leader shook hands at the start of their summit in Vietnam. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2U6PRm8

Several hundred fighters from the Islamic State group are holed up in Baghuz. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ICOOcj

The outfit Melissa McCarthy wore to present best costume design is branded "tasteless and insulting". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2tIZaNe

Joe Cuba wanted 100 cards for his 100th birthday - but he received a few thousand instead. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2tEY31h

Athens city planners aim to uncover an ancient river long hidden underground. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2H4NCfs

A town in Iceland wants the state to stop an island becoming private property. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Sp8kbT

Douglas, the parrot star of a Pippi Longstocking children's film, has died. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2H6ldW2

For the men who remain to farm the land in emptying Spanish villages it can be hard to meet women. The 'caravans of women' are one solution. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2XuhjMv

The fighter pilot who has 16 years of experience is from the southern city of Chennai. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2H9ecnx

Mexico’s president promised to put an end to the murders of journalists, but attacks continue. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2EB9L3b

Five lessons from a controversial poll. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2GPfwN9

A large shipment of US humanitarian aid has been refused entry into Venezuela. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2SyYtjC

As Georgia aims to boost wine exports, can its unique but sometimes challenging bottles find more fans? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2BUcgMe

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Mr. Cohen, the president’s former lawyer, said he had lied to Congress to protect President Trump. “I am not protecting Mr. Trump anymore,” Mr. Cohen said. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2GPxKhx

Michael Cohen's words were blunt, salacious and verged on ad hominem. But his appearance put old facts in a new light, with a named accuser testifying under threat of perjury outlining a vivid bill of particulars against the president of the United States. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2tHjBKG

In congressional testimony, the president’s former personal lawyer traced the lifelong myth-making practice that created the brand of Donald J. Trump, self-made billionaire. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2H2EqYZ

The bond, as Michael D. Cohen and associates described it, was a mix of father and son, lawyer and client, and the blind loyalty of henchman to crime boss. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2IGA6B6

Representative Mark Meadows had a HUD official, Lynne Patton, stand silently behind him, drawing scorn from Democrats, one of whom accused him of using “a black woman as a prop.” from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2H7is7e

The president’s former lawyer, speaking to Congress, also implicated Donald Jr. and the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer in an arrangement to pay off Stormy Daniels. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2GMDk4d

President Trump and Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, cut short their second day of meetings in Hanoi, Vietnam. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2VqaiKW

How does it feel on the streets of Hanoi during the second summit meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un? These images give a taste. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2XpFEDd

Hostilities grow with a second day of airstrikes and the first planes downed. Other countries call for the nuclear-armed rivals to show restraint. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2Su7fj1

The crossing where two Long Island Rail Road trains slammed into a vehicle, killing three people, had been considered dangerous and was supposed to be eliminated. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2Uh8nbD

L. McCrae Dowless Jr., whose illicit voter-turnout effort led the state to order a new election, has been indicted over his work in a previous election. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2H7HjHJ

No one had spotted a new painting by the Dutch master for four decades — until the scion of a storied Amsterdam family found two. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2GSRWiH

Exhibitions around the world to commemorate the anniversary are celebrating the painter as one of art’s great rebels. But it wasn’t always so. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2NwbMR3

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2EgJWUN

Let us help you start your day. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2Uccbuy

He said working for Donald Trump was “intoxicating.” We’re all feeling hung over. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2TdvQ03

What they left out of their questioning of Michael Cohen says more about the degradation of my former party than anything they said. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2Ei58tr

They’ve got better things to do in Dripping Springs. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2T6UJeo

Amy Klobuchar needs to make amends for her behavior. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2EiT4YW

The Israeli prime minister enters into an alliance with a radical right-wing party to save his political career. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2IQKc26

Nixon was bad, but nothing compared to Michael Cohen’s portrayal of “gangster” Trump. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2UdSiTS

Republicans can attack his credibility, but his charges are specific, persuasive and backed by strong evidence. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2GQ4bwq

Fifty years ago, the band recorded the most entrancing version of its most hypnotic composition. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2tHlgQw

Ranked-choice voting in the mayoral election would have significantly smoothed the decision-making process for overwhelmed voters. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2NvXWhG

Social media has been taken over by warmongers in the nuclear-armed neighbors. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2IDPE8A

Nicolás Maduro stole my television crew’s cameras and expelled me from the country, all because he was afraid of an interview. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2H4a4p0

Gaspar Noé has had to make his peace with the reaction to his newest film, “Climax.” Then again, it’s the first of his movies with a happy part. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2Eh8xsz

A nuisance or a great way to earn income? from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2BTtJ7K

In “Nervous States,” William Davies says profound uncertainty and heightened alertness have encouraged us to approach politics as a matter of instinct rather than rationality. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2GMsZoV

Making a rare admission of a mistake, the special counsel’s office filed a memo in federal court revising its account of the evidence it used in asserting that Paul Manafort breached his plea deal. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2tI10hD

Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 111-105 win over the Los Angeles Clippers from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen. 1. Chippy game decided by Clippers’ missed shots Reading the Clippers’ quotes coming out of tonight’s game, it appears they were pretty pleased with most aspects of their performance tonight. Take Doc Rivers. “It was amazing how hard both teams were paying,” Rivers said. “It really came down the stretch to loose balls. We missed some wide open, some great looks, but so did they.” Or Lou Williams: “I think we just went dry. I think we missed a lot of opportunities that we usually would make, shots we would make with our eyes closed.” Or Danilo Gallinari: “I thought we played with a great intensity and they were able to win the game, but I thought we played a pretty good game... If me and Lou make shots, we win the game, bottom line. It’s called basketball, that means you have to put the ball in the basket.” Or Patrick Beverley: “They made some tough shots...

What’s something that the NBA’s best scorers have in common? They all get to the free-throw line with regularity. James Harden is the gold standard in this field, averaging 36 points per game while getting to the free-throw line 11 times each contest. But he’s not alone: Joel Embiid is second in free-throw attempts, Giannis Antetokounmpo is third and Anthony Davis is fourth. All of them find themselves in the league’s top seven in scoring. But Donovan Mitchell has become much better at that since the turn of the calendar into 2019. In October, November, and December, Mitchell got to the line four times per contest, one of the lowest rates among 20-point-per-game scorers. But since then, he’s averaged 6.6 free throws per game, as he’s raised his aggression to a new level. That’s been a big part of Mitchell’s scoring totals rising, too. Mitchell averaged 20.1 points per game in 2018 this season, but has averaged 27.0 points in 2019. Truth be told, much of the story probably comes dow...

Three bills aimed at changing Utah’s ballot initiative process earned committee approval on Wednesday, setting up various debates on the Utah House floor over signature thresholds, ballot certification and the timeline for codifying propositions into state law. And while two of the bills earned unanimous or near-unanimous committee approval, the House Government Operations Committee split along partisan lines for the third proposal, HB133 , which would delay the implementation of a successful initiative until after a subsequent general session of the state Legislature. HB133′s sponsor Rep. Brad Daw, R-Orem, pointed to December’s special session and the replacement of Proposition 2 , the legalization of medical marijuana, saying a delay is necessary to allow lawmakers to make corrections and adjustments to ballot initiatives. But Rep. Patrice Arent, D-Millcreek, noted that the Legislature has been called into special session only once over an initiative, but is regularly called back ...

Between 2013 and 2017, the number of Utah youth who were experimenting with or hooked on vaping more that doubled, health data show. McGyver Clark, a Brigham Young University student advocate, says he’s afraid to imagine what those numbers will look like in Utah one, two or three years down the road if lawmakers don’t do something to halt the trend. “From the National Youth Tobacco Survey, 1 in 5 students [is] addicted,” Clark said Wednesday. “It’s an epidemic.” That’s why Clark and other members of Students Against Electronic Vaping are pressing Utah legislators this year to pass an 86 percent tax on e-cigarettes, a proposal they believe will dramatically cut youth vaping. Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, is sponsoring legislation this session that would tax vape products, a change estimated to generate a net $14.6 million for the state in fiscal 2020 and $23.6 million the following budget year. Of that, $2 million each year would go to local health departments to design tobacco cess...

Washington • There have been many memorable — and eventually consequential — Supreme Court dissents that affirmed principles that, in time, commanded a court majority. It is, however, rare that a justice’s opinion concurring in a unanimous ruling is more intellectually scintillating and potentially portentous than the ruling itself. This happened last week, when the court dealt with an Indiana civil forfeiture case in which a man’s $42,000 Land Rover was seized by the state as part of his punishment for a drug offense (selling $225 of drugs to undercover police officers) for which the maximum fine is $10,000. In an excellent decision, the court held that the Constitution's Eighth Amendment ban on "excessive fines" applies to states. The court has explicitly applied ("incorporated") most of the Bill of Rights' protections, piecemeal, against states' actions. The court's standard has been that a particular protection must be "deeply rooted...

Clippers coach Doc Rivers said of the Jazz on Wednesday, “You knew they would get it back, you knew sometime they would get a rhythm.” Technically, he uttered the words at his team’s morning shootaround, and in reference to Utah’s slow start to the season, but it turns out they were equally applicable to the game which followed later that night. After mediocre play in the game’s first two quarters, the Jazz rallied back in the third, and held on for dear life in the fourth, but eventually prevailed 111-105 in a key Western Conference contest. Facing a team that trailed them by just a half-game going into the matchup, the Jazz outscored L.A. 62-49 after halftime to get a little breathing room — though they had to overcome some questionable offense and a late Clippers free-throw onslaught to finally seal the deal. The Jazz are now 34-26 on the season. “That’s a big win for us. Everybody is so close right now in the standings,” said big man Derrick Favors. “We need every win that we ...

Normally, presidents who are in trouble exploit historic foreign policy moments to associate themselves with the majesty of their office and demonstrate their seriousness of purpose. Only President Trump could use his encounter with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un to reinforce some of the worst things his former lawyer Michael Cohen said about him in congressional testimony on Wednesday. Nothing Trump does should surprise us anymore, yet it was still shocking that the man who holds an office once associated with the words “leader of the free world” would refer to a murderous dictator as “my friend.” It’s clear by now that Trump feels closest to autocrats and is uneasy with truly democratic leaders, as Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, among others, has learned. The president's apparatchiks also gave us an instructive hint as to what an unrestrained Trump might do to the free press. They excluded White House reporters Jonathan Lemire of the Associated Press and Jeff Mason o...

This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below: <a href="https://ift.tt/2Nwbfyq" target=_blank><u>The Nordic Menace</u></a> <a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/02/25/bagley-cartoon-utahs-hot/"><u>Utah’s Hot Topic</u></a> <a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/02/22/bagley-cartoon-state-flag/"><u>State Flag Redesign</u></a> <a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/02/21/bagley-cartoon-partners/"><u>Partners in Crime</u></a> <a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/02/20/bagley-cartoon-purity/"><u>Purity Voters</u></a> <a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/02/19/bagley-cartoon-between/"><u>Between a Woman and Her Doctor</u>...

The NAACP is celebrating its 100th anniversary in Utah and an amazing — at times horrifying — journey it’s been. The civil-rights organization that aims to transform and unite communities began in the state in response to an act of violence. On this week’s episode of “Trib Talk,” Jeanetta Williams, longtime leader of the Salt Lake Chapter of the NAACP, Salt Lake Tribune reporter Courtney Tanner and Tribune director of photography Jeremy Harmon join Dan Harrie to explore the group’s fascinating history and continuing crucial role in our community. Click here to listen now . Listeners can also subscribe to “Trib Talk” on SoundCloud, iTunes and Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and other major podcast platforms. “Trib Talk” is produced by Sara Weber. Comments and feedback can be sent to tribtalk@sltrib.com , or to @danattrib or @tribtalk on Twitter. from The Salt Lake Tribune https://ift.tt/2EhbXvx

Nearly half of all enslaved Africans once disembarked on Gadsden’s Wharf in Charleston, S.C., waiting to be sold and distributed throughout the country. Indeed, Christopher Gadsden used slave labor in the 1760s to build his 840-foot-long wharf, which is one of the most significant and sacred sites of the African-American experience in the Western Hemisphere. That long swath of land now is the future home of the International African American Museum — and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is partnering to preserve and present the stories, sacrifices and contributions of all who arrived there and their descendants. The church contribution comes in the form of a $2 million donation, announced Wednesday at the opening keynote session of the annual RootsTech family history and technology conference at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City. Latter-day Saint apostle David A. Bednar presented Michael Boulware Moore, president and CEO of the International African...

Politicians traditionally vacate their prior seat after being elected to higher office, but a bill that received final passage in the Utah House on Wednesday would require someone to choose between a municipal or county position if elected to simultaneous roles. SB50 passed unanimously with no debate and now heads to the governor for his signature. Sen. Evan Vickers, the bill’s sponsor, filed the proposal after a councilman in his hometown of Cedar City who had promised to resign his seat if he won election to the Iron County Commission made the surprising and apparently unprecedented announcement late last year that he planned to hold both seats . During the bill’s House committee hearing on Tuesday , Cedar City Councilman and Iron County Commissioner Paul Cozzens said an “overwhelming” number of his constituents urged him to retain his municipal seat after winning county office in November . He described himself as a “strong fiscal conservative” and said he decided to keep his s...

In speaking about the balance beam after losing to UCLA on Saturday, Utah gymnast MyKayla Skinner said she felt bad that Kari Lee is now the leadoff because she was winning the event so often. “But she makes the rest of us feel confident,” Skinner said, turning to Lee and adding “Thanks, grandma.” Lee just gave a satisfied laugh in response. The fifth-year senior was never really sure what her final year might look like, all she knew is she wanted to compete as much as possible, but she has certainly slipped into the motherly role of taking care of the rest of her teammates. With the move into the balance beam leadoff spot for the last two meets, Lee now starts every rotation for the Utes except for floor, where she goes second behind Macey Roberts. Lee has won four beam titles this season, so moving into the leadoff spot could be seen as a sort of sacrifice since the first gymnasts up rarely score high enough to win event titles. However, she isn’t seeing her role as any kind of s...

Washington • Utah Rep. Ben McAdams joined fellow Democrats to pass legislation Wednesday expanding federal background checks for gun purchases while Utah’s three House Republicans voted against the measure. The bill, which passed 240-190, is the first time Congress has significantly acted on gun control legislation since the 2012 Newtown, Conn., massacre of schoolchildren and staff and a slew of mass shootings since. “As a gun owner and a supporter of the Second Amendment, I believe that with rights come responsibilities, including keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, terrorists and domestic abusers,” McAdams said, adding that background checks are a “proven way to stop dangerous individuals from getting a gun, while not interfering with law-abiding gun owners.” Federal law already requires background checks for people purchasing weapons from licensed dealers but gun control advocates argue that loopholes allow people to buy firearms at gun shows and in private sales that b...

A few days ago I ran across a tweet posted by a friend that struck me as especially relevant. The friend was posting anonymous “secrets” sent by followers as a way to put a voice to their most difficult thoughts – to surrender their fears to the therapy of group encouragement. The tweet said: “I took a break from working right before I had a baby last year and don’t plan on going back for a couple of years. I feel so guilty for abandoning my career. I’m terrified I have ruined my future because of this indefinite leave that I took so early on in my professional development. I also feel anger that I’m doing what all of the women in my husband’s family expect women to do. I also love being with the baby whenever I want.” pic.twitter.com/qEu9g2NoN0 — BCC (@ByCommonConsent) February 24, 2019 There’s a lot to unpack in this familiar refrain. Mostly, I’m sad for her, and disappointed in us. At a time that should be so validating, this woman feels alone in her discomfort and remorse. ...

By all accounts, the amateur museum that Donald C. Miller ran out of his home in the cornfields of central Indiana wasn’t exactly a secret. Newspaper reporters, Boy Scout troops and residents of the rural farming community of Waldron were all invited to drop in and look around in his basement, where glass cases covered most of the walls. Tens of thousands of rare cultural artifacts were on display including pre-Columbian pottery, Ming Dynasty jade, an Egyptian sarcophagus and a dugout canoe that had traveled down the Amazon River. And the eccentric nonagenarian collector was part of the attraction. “This man, he’s an amazing piece of history,” Amy Mohr, a friend of Miller’s from church, told the Indianapolis Star in 2014 . “He’s an artifact himself.” But when the FBI's art crime detectives showed up and began sifting through Miller's extensive collection in April 2014, suspecting that many of the relics carefully laid out in the cabinets had been obtained illegally in viol...

Utah received its second visit by a 2020 presidential candidate Wednesday from Democrat Julian Castro — the former secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama, and a former mayor of San Antonio. “I see myself as the antithesis of Donald Trump. I'm trying to bring the country together instead of divide Americans. I've demonstrated honesty and integrity in my public service,” he told The Salt Lake Tribune in an interview. The 44-year-old aims to become the third-youngest president ever — behind Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy — and visited mostly Utah Latino groups. The trip is part of his vow to visit all 50 states as he tries to break from the pack of 10 announced Democratic candidates and perhaps 10 more expected soon. “Everybody counts to me," he said. “That’s why I’m going into all 50 states during my campaign, including states like Utah that many candidates don’t come to.” Castro was the first presidential hopeful to visit the Bee...

Montreal • Johnny Manziel’s time in the Canadian Football League is over. The CFL terminated the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner's contract with the Montreal Alouettes on Wednesday. The league also informed the eight other teams that it wouldn't register a contract for Manziel if any tried to sign him. "We advised Montreal that Johnny had violated one of the conditions we had set for him to be in our league. And Montreal announced his release today," CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie said in Vancouver. "We didn't release the terms of those conditions then and we're not going to do that now. "We're trying to do what we believe is in the best interests of the entire league. The conditions we set, we thought were the right ones. Those conditions have been violated and we feel it's best, and Montreal feels its best, to let Johnny move on. And we think it's best for our league that he do the same. And we wish him well." A post on Manziel...