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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Andrew Sandstrom: Mitt Romney is right about the Budget Committee — and climate (Deseret News)

Election news

• 4 state school board incumbents in Utah faced GOP primary election opponents. How did they fare? (Deseret News)
• Utah primary election: Full results for federal, statewide and statehouse races (KSL)
• Utah's presidential debate officially canceled after Biden, Trump opt for other plans (KSL)
• Boothe leads Bartholomew in contentious state school board primary (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Here’s what to expect for the Nov. 5 general election in Utah (ABC4)
• Utah Sen. Balderree heads to reelection; other state races come into view (Daily Herald)
• 2024 Primary election results for Iron, Washington counties (St. George News)

Utah news

• Trespassing at 'extremely unsafe' historic Utah County mill on the rise, again (KSL)
• Two Utah ski resorts will be powered by a Tooele solar farm this year (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Search underway near Moab for missing couple last seen Friday (Fox13)
• Historic military vehicle stolen from Fishlake National Forest; info sought to assist with recovery (St. George News)

Olympic news

• Utahns want to host the Olympics ‘again and again and again’ (Deseret News)
• Swimmer Michael Phelps says China doping scandal threatens the Olympic movement (NPR)

Business

• As Utah’s bid to keep Sundance Film Festival moves ahead, other cities are promising millions (Salt Lake Tribune)

Culture

• Post Malone to go on tour with highly anticipated country album ‘F-1 Trillion’ and is starting in Utah (Deseret News)
• Help! I’m downsizing and can’t let go of my fabric stash, canning jars or books! (Deseret News)

Environment

• Herriman pond closed after hundreds of fish found dead (KSL)
• California utility inks deal to buy southwest Utah-generated geothermal power (KUER)
• This area accounted for 80% of Utah avalanche victims last winter (Salt Lake Tribune)

Health

• A crisis of crises: guns, social media and porn. Can the surgeon general’s warnings help? (Deseret News)
• How to avoid summertime foodborne illnesses (Daily Herald)
• Here’s how you can improve your health by stopping negativity and embracing optimism (AP)

Housing

• Opinion: If we don’t build dense housing, we won’t save the Redwood swap meet (Salt Lake Tribune)

National Headlines

General

• Falsely accused Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in court for start of secret Russian trial (Wall Street Journal)
• 'I hope it doesn't wash away': Severe flooding puts Minnesota dam at risk (Reuters)
• The Lahaina fire worsened Maui’s housing shortage. Now officials eye limiting tourist Airbnb rentals (AP)
• Astronauts’ return from space delayed indefinitely, reflecting high stakes for Boeing and NASA (Washington Post)

Political news

• Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban (AP)
• Joe Biden: The old-school politician in a new-school era (New York Times)
• There are 14 Supreme Court decisions left. Some could dramatically reshape American life. (Politico)
• Judge Cannon is skeptical that evidence from Mar-a-Lago should be thrown out (Politico)

Election news

• George Latimer, a pro-Israel centrist, defeats Rep. Jamaal Bowman in New York Democratic primary (AP)
• Rep. Lauren Boebert wins GOP primary after switching Colorado districts; Hurd, Crank also notch wins (AP)
• Trump, progressives suffer a rough night: 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries (The Hill)
• Most Americans plan to watch the Biden-Trump debate, and many see high stakes, an AP-NORC poll finds (AP)
• Trump trusted more than Biden on democracy among key swing-state voters (Washington Post)
• The deep, generational skepticism that’s influencing the 2024 race (Washington Post)
• Ex-GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger endorses Biden for president (The Hill)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Zelenskyy's formidable task: Keeping the West and his citizens on board (Wall Street Journal)
• Ukraine’s Zelenskyy scolds officials who shirk their duties in the country’s war effort (AP)

Israel and Gaza

• Israeli forces pound north and south Gaza, battle Hamas in Rafah (Reuters)
• High risk of famine across Gaza as hunger spreads, experts say (NPR)

World news

• Anti-tax protesters enter Kenya’s parliament as clashes with police intensify, resulting in deaths (AP)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Caroline Gleich officially welcomes Rep. John Curtis to the Senate general election

After a contentious Republican primary, Rep. John Curtis has been declared the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate by the AP. Democratic nominee Caroline Gleich issued the following statement: “I’d like to welcome Representative John Curtis to the general election race to be Utah’s next Senator." (Read More)

Mount Liberty College places second graduate in Ralston College Master’s program

The Trustees of Mount Liberty College are pleased to announce that Ralston College, in Savannah, Georgia, has accepted a second graduate of Mount Liberty College to its prestigious Master of Humanities program. Mount Liberty will have two alumnae in Ralston’s 2024-25 class. Ariella Nounna, of Las Vegas, Nevada has been accepted for the fall of 2024, and awarded a full scholarship, covering her tuition and expenses, worth more than $60,000. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

• August 14 â€” Hatch Foundation "Titan of Public Service" recognizing Sen. John Thune, Grand America
• August 20-21 — Interim Days
• September 17-18 — Interim Days
• October 15-16 — Interim Day
• November 19-20 — Interim Days

On This Day In History 

• 1884 - Coney Island opens its first roller coaster.
• 1922 - Carolyn Sherif is born. She became a social psychologist and pioneer researcher in group psychology, self-system and gender identity.
• 1934 - FDR signs the Federal Credit Union Act, establishing credit unions.
• 1945- United Nations charter is signed by 50 countries
• 1948 - Start of the Berlin airlift
• 1956 - Congress approves the National Highway Act
• 1968 - The US flag is raised on Iwo Jima.
• 1981 - US Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration as constitutional
• 2000 - Researchers release the first draft of the human genome.
• 2003 - Former US Senator Strom Thurmond dies. He was born in 1902, graduated from what is now Clemson in 1923, served in WWII where he participated in D-Day at Normandy. He became the governor of South Carolina in 1946. In 1954, he ran for the US Senate on a pro-segregation platform. He served in the Senate for a record 46 years.
• 2015 - Same-sex marriage legalized in the US
• 2020 - New York Times says Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked forces to kill US and coalition troops in Afghanistan

Quote of the Day

"Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes." — Eleanor Roosevelt

On the Punny Side

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