This week, the average price for a gallon of regular gas in Nevada crept up over $4 per gallon, for an average of $4.02 statewide, the highest the state has seen since 2014.

The driver who was hospitalized after she hit a patrol car and another vehicle in east Las Vegas last month has died, police said.

Gene Simmons, now a Las Vegas Valley resident, is moving some of his artwork into a Grand Canal Shoppes gallery.

Airmen provide an inside look at in-flight combat training during Red Flag exercises at Nellis Air Force Base.

The company still maintains high average daily room rates and occupancy rates in the 90s on weekends and 80s at midweek, but still reported a second-quarter loss.

Pro bettors account for most of the exhibition action, which explains why the preseason limits at sportsbooks are one-tenth of what they are during the regular season.

Gaming and financial technology company Everi reported a record $172.6 million in revenues during the second financial quarter.

Connor Fields, who went to Green Valley High School and UNLV, was badly injured in the BMX semifinals at the Olympics. He will go through rehabilitation in Henderson.

Before his professional baseball career, Thomas was a two-sport athlete at Oklahoma, playing both baseball and quarterback for the Sooners’ football team.

The South Dakota rally, which starts Friday, has become a haven for those eager to escape coronavirus precautions.

The Las Vegas Raiders signed free agent defensive tackle Gerald McCoy on Wednesday.

Metro Police on Wednesday released further details from a fatal multi-vehicle crash last month that involved four people — killing one and injuring another — though the person killed in the crash was not named.

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A tuna fishing boat based in the Pacific island nation of Fiji that has been accused of essentially enslaving its crew was blocked Wednesday from importing seafood into the United States ...

Three of the most popular attractions at Disneyland: the Matterhorn Bobsleds, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage and Disneyland Monorail. Disneyland unveiled the new Magic Key program. Here’s what to know. | Joshua Sudock, Disneyland Resort Disneyland unveiled the new Magic Key program. Here’s what to know Disneyland announced an annual pass program for fans on Tuesday. What is the new Disneyland annual pass program? The new program — called the Magic Key program — will require guests to make reservations before heading to the park. The Magic Key program is a “new, guest-centric offering that will deliver choice, flexibility and value for park admission, special access to unique experiences, savings opportunities, enhanced benefits and more,” according to a Disneyland press release sent to the Deseret News. Cost, benefits of the Magic Key program The new Magic Key program will have four options, which you can read in detail at Disneyland’s website. All of the plans can be bought at yearly or monthly rates, and allow access to both Disneyland and California Adventure Park. All of these plans are only available to California residents right now, per Disney. The cheapest option — called the Imagine Key — costs $399 per year. It has 218 block-out dates with no available weekends. Most of the summer is blocked on this option. Parking is not included. You can make two reservations at once with this plan. This is only available to Southern California residents, though. A secondary option — called Enchant Key — costs $649 per year, which allows theme park reservations on certain days of the year. It has 149 block-out dates, which include most of June, July and days around Thanksgiving and Christmas. There is no access to parking. You can make four reservations at once with this plan. The third option — titled Believe Key — goes for $949 per year with 48 block-out dates, including dates around Thanksgiving and Christmas. You get a 50% discount on parking with this pass and can make six reservations at once. Another option costs $1,399 per year to have access to no block-out days and flexibility for reservations. You get access to parking and can make six reservations at once. You get 20% discount off merchandise and a 15% discount off of food and beverages. The previous pass plan ranged from $419 to $2,199, according to The Los Angeles Times. The $2,199 option allowed access to Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, and Disneyland in California. The new program is only for Disneyland in California. When did Disney end its annual pass program? In January 2021, both Disneyland and the California Adventure theme parks said they would end the Annual Passport program due to uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic, as I wrote for the Deseret News.

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2021, file photo, Golden State Warriors’ Eric Paschall (7) dunks during the second half of the team’s NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis. | Darron Cummings, File, Associated Press On Wednesday the Utah Jazz continued their free agency wheeling and dealing by trading a future second-round pick to the Golden State Warriors for Eric Paschall. Soon after the trade was reported, Jazz All-Star Donovan Mitchell took to social media to show his excitement at the prospect of playing with Paschall. “Crazy full circle moment,” Mitchell tweeted along with photos of himself and Paschall. “Let’s get to it.” Crazy full circle moment!! Let’s get to it https://t.co/IZSC6Zrp5p— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) August 4, 2021 Mitchell and Paschall have known each other since they were very young, both growing up in the same neighborhood in Westchester, N.Y., and playing AAU ball together and have remained close friends throughout the years. If nothing else comes of the Jazz’s trade with the Warriors, it absolutely doesn’t hurt to add one of the best friends of your star player to the roster. As for the nuts and bolts of the trade, the Jazz gave the Warriors a 2026, top-42 protected pick via the Memphis Grizzlies, in exchange for Paschall. Why would the Warriors want to get rid of Paschall? Well, there seems to be two schools of thought here. The Warriors save about $12 million in luxury tax by not having Paschall on the books (even though his salary is $1.7 million). But the Warriors also could be looking to make a trade and having the roster spot open might be what they need to make it work. Either way, it was a low-cost move for both teams. It will be interesting to see how the Jazz ultimately use Paschall. Though his rookie season with the Warriors was one of success — he was named to the All-Rookie first team in 2020 — where he averaged 14 points and 4.6 rebounds per contest, he regressed in his sophomore NBA season. Paschall, at 6’6 had trouble playing either forward position while with the Warriors and as the San Francisco Chronicle’s Connor Letourneau reported, his defense was also a point of regression for the Villanova product. “His defensive issues — particularly on help side — were a source of frustration for head coach Steve Kerr,” Letourneau wrote. Paschall also didn’t show much in the way of scoring. He can do a lot of things just ok but he’s inconsistent. His biggest strength is his strength. He does well when he pushes through the defense around the rim and he’s an above-70% free throw shooter. All that being said, Paschall was successful for the Warriors when he played center in a small-ball lineup. For the Jazz, that gives them depth at and options for a small-ball lineup in a way that they were completely void of the last couple of years. Also, Jazz head coach Quin Snyder just has a way of getting guys to buy into the Jazz’s defensive scheme and putting in an extra effort. That’s not to say anything about Kerr and his coaching staff, obviously after three championships during his tenure, they know what they’re doing. Rather, my point is only that if you think about someone like Jordan Clarkson, who was often considered a net-negative on the defensive end before he came to the Jazz, has improved and bought in while with the Jazz. With the other offseason additions of Rudy Gay, Hassan Whiteside and Jared Butler, it is unlikely that Paschall breaks the Jazz’s regular rotation, but reliable and experienced depth was something that the Jazz were lacking last season and having Paschall, who’s current contract expires at the end of the 2021-22 season, is an upgrade.

The PlayStation 5 is Sony’s newest video game console and can be purchased with or without a disc drive. Sony Chief Financial Officer Hiroki Totoki announced during a quarterly earnings call that Sony plans to sell more devices in the next fiscal year because the company has secured more of the chips that it needs to make the systems, according to GamesRadar+. | Sony, PlayStation Why Sony will make it easier for you to buy a PlayStation 5 compared to 2020 Sony will make it easier for people to buy a PlayStation 5 this year because, simply, it can build more video game consoles. Will there be more PS5s in 2021? Per GamesRadar+, Sony plans to sell about 14.8 million units of the PlayStation 5 in the next fiscal year, which ends in March 2022. To put that in perspective, Sony has sold 10 million consoles since Nov. 12, 2020, which is the fastest-selling console in the company’s history, per Tom’s Hardware. Sony Chief Financial Officer Hiroki Totoki announced during a quarterly earnings call that Sony plans to sell more devices in the next fiscal year because the company has secured more of the chips that it needs to make the systems, according to GamesRadar+. The lack of semiconductor chips has made it more difficult for Sony to manufacture more devices. That said, reports earlier this year suggested Sony planned to sell between 16.8 million to 18 million units in 2021, according to DigiTimes. “The hope is that with this additional foundry capacity, downstream production will be able to ramp up as well. While PS5 stock will still be hard to come by in the coming weeks and months, it may not be too much longer before stock begins to catch up with demand,” according to Slash Gear. Why it’s hard to find a PlayStation 5 The PlayStation 5 has been one of the harder items to find within the last year, partly because of the chip shortage but also because of supply chain issues, as I wrote for the Deseret News. And it doesn’t help that scalpers often buy many of the new consoles before they make it into stores.

Top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci finishes his testimony before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee about the status of COVID-19, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Fauci issued a grave warning about the coronavirus pandemic this week, saying a variant worse than the delta variant could be lingering out there. | J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press Dr. Anthony Fauci said we’re lucky delta can be stopped by vaccines Dr. Anthony Fauci issued a grave warning about the coronavirus pandemic this week, saying a variant worse than the delta variant could be lingering out there. Fauci said the delta variant is spreading easily through the unvaccinated population, per the news site McClatchy. And it could get worse, as the virus has a number of opportunities to change into an even deadlier strain. Fauci said we’re lucky the COVID-19 vaccines can stop the delta variant. But a worse variant could still come from the mutation. “If we don’t crush the outbreak to the point of getting the overwhelming proportion of the population vaccinated, then what will happen is the virus will continue to smolder through the fall into the winter, giving it ample chance to get a variant which, quite frankly, we’re very lucky that the vaccines that we have now do very well against the variants — particularly against severe illness,” Fauci said, according to McClatchy. “We’re very fortunate that that’s the case. There could be a variant that’s lingering out there that can push aside delta.” “If another one comes along that has an equally high capability of transmitting but also is much more severe, then we could really be in trouble,” he said, according to The Sacramento Bee. “People who are not getting vaccinated mistakenly think it’s only about them. But it isn’t. It’s about everybody else, also.” Indeed, experts told Newsweek that there could be worse variants than delta out there. “I wouldn’t be incredibly surprised if something else came along that’s even more transmissible,” Eric Vail, director of molecular pathology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, told Newsweek. A new, deadly variant wouldn’t need much to spread, experts told Newsweek. One person could get it and spread it easily, which would lead to widespread infections everywhere. We’re already seeing concern over the lambda variant. A new study — which not been peer-reviewed — suggested the lambda variant can spread fast and potentially evade vaccines, as I wrote for the Deseret News.

Nick Fury and Hawkeye in Marvel Studios’ “What If...?” which premieres on Disney+. | Marvel Studios ‘What If...?’ head writer AC Bradley confirmed a second season It looks like Marvel’s “What If...?” will have a second season “What If...?” head writer AC Bradley told the Deseret News in an exclusive interview, and we already have some clues about what to expect in it. What to expect from ‘What If...?’ Season 2 Bradley said there were a number of stories considered for the Marvel show, which explores MCU events in alternate timelines. Bradley said some stories that weren’t featured in Season 1 will be considered for Season 2. “Well, the good news is is that there is going to be a second season,” she said. “So there will be some of the ideas left on the table that will hopefully find new homes.” Bradley told me that the writers of the show wanted to explore multiple characters in Season 1 and hoped to “spread around the love as much as humanly possible,” with different characters getting their own stories. Confirmed so far: Agent Carter Marvel producer Brad Winderbaum said Hayley Atwell will return as the voice of Captain Carter in the show’s second season, according to ScreenRant. “And we realized as we started developing the second season that Captain Carter was going to be the character who we would revisit in every season and continue that adventure,” Winderbaum told ComicBook.com. “Obviously, we’re telling a story on a giant multiversal canvas so you never really know who’s going to pop up where and when. It’s very much an anthology, but there’s always opportunity for fun connections to be made.

An iPhone displays the apps for Facebook and Messenger in New Orleans on Aug. 11, 2019. | Jenny Kane, Associated Press Politico reported that the Islamic State is using the new, pro-Trump social media platform GETTR to post graphic propaganda material A pro-Trump social media app that launched last month has discovered a problem with total free speech in the digital world: The Islamic States has embraced the platform to share its graphic propaganda, reported Politico. GETTR — which is pronounced similarly to Twitter, the social media platform that banned former President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot — launched last month and has since attracted scores of posts from followers or supporters of the terrorist organization ISIS, Politico reported. The Hill reported that GETTR was started by Jason Miller, a former Trump spokesperson and campaign assistant, as a new social media home for conservatives who want to avoid “censorship” from platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Miller told the Hill in a statement that “ISIS is trying to attack the MAGA movement because President Trump wiped them off the face of the earth,” adding that the only ISIS members remaining are “keyboard warriors.” Miller used his Twitter account on Tuesday to call the Politico story a “hit piece” while accusing Ayad of being “funded by Big Tech.” 1/ I knew something wasn’t right with the hit piece ⁦@politico⁩’s ⁦@tina_nguyen⁩ & ⁦@markscott82⁩ dropped yesterday…& this illustrates how Big Tech & the Fake News Media combine to attack the #MAGA movement… (cc: ⁦@cbudoffbrown⁩) https://t.co/NrooDeYiEM— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) August 3, 2021 Here’s what Politico reported Politico’s Mark Scott and Tina Nguyen also reported that Islamic State content found on GETTR was a “mere fraction” of the largely conservative-focused media found on the young social media platform. “Still, the fact that such jihadi material was readily available on the social network, and GETTR’s failure to clamp down on such extremism, underlined the difficulties that the company faces in balancing its free speech ethos with growing demands to stop terrorist-related material from finding an audience online,” Scott and Nguyen wrote. Islamic State-related posts included “graphic videos of beheadings, viral memes that promote violence against the West and even memes of a militant executing Trump in an orange jumpsuit similar to those used in Guantanamo Bay,” according to Politico. Moustafa Ayad, an executive director at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, told Politico that ISIS was “very quick to exploit GETTR.” A day after an Islamic State-associated Facebook account said “Oh, Trump announced his new platform. Inshallah, all the mujahideen will exploit that platform,” 15 or more ISIS related accounts joined GETTR,” Ayad told Politico. That number has since grown to around 250 regular posters, according to Politico’s research. Offensive content on GETTR On Tuesday afternoon, I registered for a GETTR account to understand more about the platform. I was interested to see if GETTR was littered with graphic or horrifying content and, as a veteran of the global war on terror, was somewhat familiar with ISIS propaganda. After several hours on the social media platform, it was unclear what percentage of GETTR actually harbored ISIS-propaganda, but none of the content GETTR suggested to me as a new user was ISIS-related. Just like Twitter, GETTR users can customize their newsfeed and choose which voices and other users they follow. During my time on the platform Tuesday, it was clear that a majority of these voices were conservative members of the American political and media world. GETTR’s Terms of Use included a section that said it “holds freedom of speech as its core value and does not wish to censor your opinions.” But, GETTR added that users may not post a long list of obscene or abusive content, which could be “identified as personal bullying, sexual abuse of a child, attacking any religion or race, or content containing video or depictions of beheadings.” If a GETTR user did post these materials, the Term of Use outlined that the social media platform may “reject, refuse to post or remove any posting.” The Terms of Use adds that the platform can restrict or terminate a user’s access to GETTR “at any time, for any or no reason, without prior notice or explanation and without liability.” Screenshot, GETTR A screenshot of Deseret News journalist Jeff Parrott’s GETTR homepage. Once successfully creating the account, I could access a homepage screen that was formatted similarly to Twitter. GETTR suggested I follow conservative media company Newsmax (which already had 1.32 million followers), actress and anti-cancel culture activist Gina Carano (nearly a million followers) and former Trump administration Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (1.58 million followers). Each of those accounts included a red “V,” presumable for “verified,” and was displayed similarly to the verified blue checks of Twitter. A search for Donald Trump on GETTR’s search tool resulted in no official-looking account — or no red Vs — for the former president. Politico reported that Trump was not directly involved with GETTR and had not registered for an account. A direct search for ISIS-related posts on Tuesday did result in videos of graphic combat footage and at least one video that included images of a severed head and a man holding what appears to be an ISIS flag. It took about a minute from the #isis search to find a beheading video, but there did not appear to be an abundance of similarly graphic content. I was able to report the post to GETTR under the category of “Sensitive content (Nudity, Porn, Violence, Gore)” and received a message that the report had been successfully submitted. Looking for something a little less traumatizing, I searched for “Disney.” That resulted in a large percentage of Newsmax stories about Disney and several posts by conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza.

Mike Richards poses in the press room with the award for outstanding game show for “The Price Is Right” at the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center on April 29, 2018, in Pasadena, California. Richards is reportedly in “advanced negotiations” to replace Alex Trebek as permanent host of “Jeopardy!” | Invision via Associated Press After 7 months of trying out 16 guest hosts, ‘Jeopardy!’ is coming extremely close to picking Alex Trebek’s successor After seven months of trying out 16 guest hosts, “Jeopardy!” is coming extremely close to picking Alex Trebek’s successor. According to an exclusive report from Variety released Wednesday, Mike Richards is in “advanced negotiations” with Sony Pictures Television to become the quiz show’s permanent host. Richards — who is the executive producer of “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” — was the second person to fill in as guest host, following “Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time” champion Ken Jennings’ six-week run. Although a Sony Pictures representative told Variety that discussions remain ongoing with several potential candidates, Variety has reported that Richards is the front-runner for the position. Deadline reported that Sony Pictures Television will likely make an official announcement sometime in the next few days. Richards served as “Jeopardy!” guest host for two weeks, filling in somewhat last minute as Jennings had to step down because of his obligations with the game show “The Chase” — a show that also features “Jeopardy!” giants James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter, the Deseret News reported. “I didn’t know I was going to be doing it until three days before, and so I had not prepared myself to host in the way that I know other guest hosts are,” Richards told USA Today at the time. “So there was just a lot to unpack. Plus, I also only owned one suit, so there was a little bit of scrambling there.” Stepping into the role, Richards frequently paid tribute to Trebek, who helmed “Jeopardy!” for 36 years. “As you can imagine, this has been a very difficult year here. But we’ve chosen to celebrate our hero, Alex Trebek,” Richards said during his second episode as host. “Working with Alex was even better than you could’ve imagined. His intensity for this show, his humor, his kindness, but most impressively, his love for his wife, Jean, and his kids. He was everything you could hope for and more. He was an idol of mine, and I will work every day to try to live up to the example he set.” Richards’ time as guest host was fairly well received by viewers — in terms of ratings, he ranks second out of all the guest hosts. First is Jennings, who drew in an average of 10.3 million viewers during the first week as host, second this season only to Trebek’s final week, the Deseret News reported. Jennings, who is a consulting producer for “Jeopardy!” this season, said earlier this year that he hoped to “get another chance” to host, the Deseret News reported. Richards also told USA Today that Jennings was “absolutely” being considered for the full-time gig. A number of guest hosts — ranging from “Big Bang Theory” actress Mayim Bialik to LeVar Burton to NFL star Aaron Rodgers — have expressed interest in becoming Trebek’s permanent replacement. Currently, financial journalist David Faber is guest hosting “Jeopardy!” through Aug. 6. Sportscaster Joe Buck will then conclude the 37th season as the final guest host from Aug. 9 through Aug. 13. Since Trebek’s death from pancreatic cancer in November 2020, Richards has been adamant that the show would not take the decision to replace Trebek lightly. ”Let’s make sure we get someone we are going to feel even better about in a decade than we do this year,” he told USA Today.

Illustration by Alex Cochran, Deseret News What to know about Dogelon, the cryptocurrency inspired by Dogecoin There’s a new Dogecoin cryptocurrency spinoff token making some headlines recently — Dogelon. And, apparently, the coin has been on the rise. What is Dogelon? Dogelon is a blending of Dogecoin and Dogecoin investor and fan Elon Musk, who is also the founder of Tesla. Per the Dogelon website, the coin is “a fork of Dogecoin, in the same sense that a knife is a fork of a spoon. I have named it after the capital city of Mars: Dogelon (pronounced Dog-a-lon, not Doge Elon because that would be arrogant).” It seems the goal of the coin is to help people reach Mars more than anything and to stay safe from scams, according to the Dogelon website. “We want to reach Mars and beyond. However, many of those good people are rugged, or buy scam tokens that can’t be sold,” the Dogelon website read. “For this reason, the Dogelon community pledges to send tokens over time to victims of rugs and scams, so that the worst day of their trading life can be turned into their best. And after some time, they will be able to join us on our regular flights to Mars....” The rise of Dogelon Per AMB Crypto, Dogelon has been “making crazy gains on its daily chart.” The token climbed by 120% earlier this week after jumping 1,015% in May. The coin has a max supply of 1 quadrillion (1,000,000,000,000,000), meaning there is plenty of supply to be bought and passed around, AMB Crypto reports. Per Kryptomoney.com, the coin has spiked to become the 10th largest cryptocurrency overall. It now ranks ahead of other tokens such as Chainlink, Litecoin and Solana. Why Dogelon matters According to AMB Crypto, the coin is a sign that Elon Musk has a big influence in cryptocurrency even if he isn’t hyping it up as much as he used to. “So, even though Musk may not be as influential as he once was, his presence certainly is overwhelming,” according to AMB Crypto. “Simply put, the Tesla CEO’s enthusiasm and promotion of meme-coins may have just spurred the growth of others like DOGE.”

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Country music superstar Garth Brooks performs at Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Saturday, July 17, 2021. Due to rising COVID-19 cases across the country, Brooks is reassessing his stadium tour. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Garth Brooks is reassessing his stadium tour that stopped in Salt Lake City on July 17 Two-and-a-half weeks after he sprinted back and forth on a large stage in Utah, sweating in 90-plus degree heat as he did his best to sing every fan request in a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd of more than 50,000 people, Garth Brooks is reassessing his stadium tour. The reevaluation comes amid a recent surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. For now, Brooks is still scheduled to play his upcoming sold-out shows in Kansas City and Lincoln, Nebraska, on Aug. 7 and Aug. 14. But during the three-week break that follows, he will make a decision regarding his tour dates in the fall, The Associated Press reported. Local officials in Jackson County, Kansas, have expressed concerns over the Aug. 7 show. “I was sitting here thinking that — why don’t we just cancel the concert? We might save 10 (thousand) to 15,000 lives there, I don’t know,” said Jackson County legislator Ron Finley earlier this week, according to the Kansas City Star. A new mask mandate — following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — went into effect for Kansas City on Monday, but doesn’t apply to outdoor spaces, the Kansas City Star reported. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas has said the city’s health department will have a vaccination clinic set up at the stadium ahead of Brooks’ concert, entering people who choose to get vaccinated into a raffle for a seat upgrade, according to the Kansas City Star. Since resuming touring in July, Brooks has encouraged fans to follow health guidelines. At his Salt Lake City concert on July 17, a video that showed the singer asking guests to be respectful about masks aired multiple times before the show. “Make your own rules up, too,” Brooks said earlier this week, according to the Kansas City Star. “You can’t be safe enough. You can’t be cautious enough. Keep your space. Keep your distance.” The country superstar has already halted ticket sales for his show in Seattle on Sept. 4, saying he doesn’t know “what is going to happen to concerts at this point,” according to the Seattle Times. “It breaks my heart to see city after city go on sale and then have to ask those sweet people and the venues to reschedule,” Brooks said in a statement, according to The Associated Press. “We have a three-week window coming up where we, as a group, will assess the remainder of the stadium tour this year. It’s humbling to see people put this much faith in you as an artist, and it kills me to think I am letting them down.” Although just a few shows into his stadium tour, Brooks has made it clear that he has a passion for performing and loves his fans. He spends a portion of every show reading off concert signs and posters, and playing song requests from fans. And while performing for a sold-out crowd at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, he promised the crowd that he would add a second show at the venue before his stadium tour concluded in the summer of ’22, the Deseret News reported. “All I can think about are those people who waited as long as you and they didn’t get a ticket,” he told his excited Utah audience. “Before this stadium tour ends, I would like to come back here!” Depending on the pandemic’s trajectory, Utah fans may have to wait a little longer than anticipated for the return.

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