Plus, Sen. Mike Lee wants answers from the Secret Service about the cocaine found at the White House last week.
Good morning! Here are today's temperatures: 🌤️ 56 - 90° in Logan | 💧 10% 🌤️ 69 - 97° in Salt Lake City ☀️ 69 - 103° in St. George Last month, I asked readers to share their proposal stories. Dave Stone shared his very creative story. I am sharing it with his permission. "To propose to my wife, I had contacted the local chief of police in our home town and told him of my plan and what my intentions were. I wanted him to go to her home around 11 p.m. (she would look fabulous at this time of the day) and tell her that she needed to come to the police station because one of her girlfriends had been arrested and they wanted her there. So he goes and gets her. Puts her in the back of the patrol car and goes to the police station and then escorts her to a cell. I was already in the parking lot waiting for them to arrive. I waited for a couple of minutes, and then I went in. The chief puts me into the same cell, and my future wife, has this really perplexed look on her face. The chief is standing there holding the keys to the cell (he did shut us in), and then I got to my knee and asked her to marry me. Well fortunately for me, she said yes, and we were then released for the holding cell. She did finally ask – where her girlfriend was." Also on our mind: BYU's approach to NIL, 10 unique performances of the national anthem and a practical guide to making friends as an adult.
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| #SheBelongs ready to spread message of inclusion through soccer on 16-day, three-continent trip |
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| | The Utah-based project #SheBelongs is sending 22 girls from Utah, half of which are from refugee backgrounds, to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand. On Sunday, the girls, as well as three coaches and 10 volunteers, will embark on a 16-day trip to three continents. They will play exhibition matches in San Francisco, meet with the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs in Tokyo and watch the U.S. women's national team play in the World Cup in New Zealand. #SheBelongs uses soccer to empower girls, foster belonging and “to create moments of hope and happiness.” Romisha Adhikari said leaving Nepal and moving to the U.S. was difficult, but through #SheBelongs she has made new friends and felt a sense of inclusion. Adam Miles, the project's founder, hopes the trip to Tokyo will give the non-refugee girls a small glimpse into how hard it was for their refugee teammates to adjust to a new language in a new country. “I want the non-refugee girls to have that experience of ‘This is Hard. I’m in a foreign country. I just want to get a loaf, I just want something to eat.’ Let alone signing up for schools, signing up for soccer like all these refugee families have gone through,” Miles said. |
Read more about the #SheBelongs mission and the team's trip abroad. |
| Republican lawmakers, including Sen. Mike Lee, want answers about the cocaine that was found in the West Wing of the White House on Sunday. “It’s one of the most heavily secured and constantly surveilled places on earth. They keep detailed records on who enters and exits and when,” Lee wrote on Twitter. “I find it difficult to accept that they can’t figure out who put the cocaine there.” Lee said that to use the West Wing's entrance visitors have to go through security screenings and vetting from the Secret Service or they have to be White staff or individuals with preapproved appointments. He said one of the requisites to enter is to empty your pockets, during which the Secret Service would have noticed “anyone walking in with even a small bag of white powder.” Read more about what other Republican lawmakers have said about the incident. More in Politics Rusty Bowers interviewed by FBI over Trump campaign’s efforts to overturn 2020 election (Deseret News) Idaho Sen. Risch criticizes Turkey, Hungary for NATO obstruction (Deseret News) Can America’s guardian Angel save it? (Deseret News) | FROM OUR SPONSOR PARK CITY SHOWCASE OF HOMES Explore Park City's Most Prestigious Homes Join the Park City Home Builders Association on August 25 - 27 and September 1-4 to experience some of Park City and Heber Valley's most gorgeous homes, both in person and virtually. Visitors can expect to see an exquisite range of homes, from traditionally styled mountain homes with reclaimed wood and rustic logs to contemporary homes that combine grand glass windows with clean lines. Don't miss out on the opportunity to see some of the Park City Home Builders Association's most gorgeous homes—get your tickets to the 2023 Showcase of Homes today. | Health FDA and FTC crack down on cannabis companies replicating snack products (Deseret News) Faith AI will be used to translate the Bible. How does Biblical translation work? (Deseret News) President Nelson: Forgive others ‘seventy times seven’ (Church News) Entertainment Taylor Swift drops 'Speak Now,' reminding fans of 2010 with original and new songs (Deseret News) The new Max: Where you can find ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Sesame Street’ (Deseret News) 10 unique (in a good way) performances of the national anthem (Deseret News) Culture How to make friends as an adult: An actually realistic and practical guide (Deseret News) Technology and Business Are you on Threads? Meta’s hoped-for Twitter killer explodes to 70M users (Deseret News) New report finds U.S. job growth at ‘Goldilocks’ mark, but will it keep Fed from going bearish on rates? (Deseret News) Salt Lake and Utah Counties Salt Lake City's 'living room' now 30 — still making an impact downtown (KSL) Salt Lake man arrested after randomly firing 20 shots from his home, police say (KSL) Footage from DPS helicopter captures rescue of firefighters in Utah County (KSL) The U.S. and World Oceangate suspends all operations after Titan submersible implodes (Deseret News) The controversial Wimbledon all-white dress code sees changes for the first time in 146 years (Deseret News) After days of destruction, French President Macron blames a familiar bogeyman: video games (NPR) Deforestation dropped 34% in the Amazon during Lula’s first 6 months in office (Deseret News) Sports Kalani Sitake explains BYU’s approach to NIL (Deseret News) Few programs are expected to win more games than Utah football this season (Deseret News) How athletes with Utah ties fared during Day 2 of USA Track and Field Championships (Deseret News) |
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