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Good morning, Utah Today readers! Here’s today’s forecast: 🌤️ 54 – 90° in Logan 🌤️ 70 – 94° in Salt Lake City |💧 10% chance 🌥️ 74 – 96° in St. George | 💧 20% chance ⚠️ Flood Watch Happy Monday! Do you have anything big happening this week? I’m headed off to Boston to visit an old college friend for a few weeks, and I’m excited to see all the historical sites back there! But don’t worry my little blueberries! 🫐 I’ll still be sending you the news from back east. Tell me: While I’m in the Boston area, what should I go see? Email me with your recommendations! Also on our minds: It might be time to start building new academic institutions, a military football star might join the NFL for the first time in 82 years and we have all the cookie-related news you need. |
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| | Anyone with firmly-held beliefs can attest to the delicate balancing act required to live your values in the face of challenges. This week on Fox News Sunday, Mitt Romney opened up in a vulnerable interview about how at times he was not always “100% accurate or 100% honest” which he says he now looks at with regret. In this interview, he also reflects on the importance of religion, his relationship with Twitter and his prognosis for the nation’s social fabric. | The vast majority of deaths by firearm in Utah are suicides, and over half of death by suicides in Utah are by a gun. In order to make a dent in this number and hopefully save lives, Rep. John Curtis introduced a bipartisan effort to create a national “Do not sell” registry. Those at risk of suicide would be able to join it voluntarily and restrict themselves from possessing a dangerous weapon. How would the law work and how effective would it be? Read more here. Perspectives: Peter Boghossian: ‘It’s time to build new institutions’ (Deseret News) Jacob Hess: How modern science is calling us back to ancient wisdom (Deseret News) Evan Ward: ‘Dialogue deflates the drumbeats of conflict’ — What we can learn from an Australian airline CEO (Deseret News) | FROM OUR SPONSOR UTAH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL Dinner Party Anyone? For those who love to play the timeless board game Clue or who love to watch the cult classic film of the same name, you don’t want to miss Utah Shakespeare Festival’s production of "Clue." Same zany characters, same zany whodunnit! Visit bard.org or call 1-800-PLAYTIX for tickets and info. #utahshakes | Business: Crumbl and Traeger are actually tech companies (Utah Business) At Adaptive Ski Day, everyone gets in the water at Last Chance Lakes (Deseret News) Politics: Republicans push for more answers on FBI Mar-a-Lago search; White House offers no comment (USA Today) Education: Davis School District reveals new resources for 1,300 students without a home (KSL) School lunch no longer free for students in Gunnison (FOX13) The Roads: Salt Lake County Animal Services encourages pet seat belts after crashes kill dogs (KSL) FATAL CRASH: Person ejected from pickup truck in Tooele County (ABC4) The Environment: Utah’s monsoon has loosened some fire restrictions but the drought still persists (KUER) The Nation: Man dies after crashing car, firing gunshots near U.S. Capitol (Reuters) The World: Has foreign military aid made a difference in Ukraine? (Deseret News) Sports: This Army player could be the first service academy student drafted in the first round of the NFL draft since the 1940s (Deseret News) Meet the quarterback who’s played for 14 different NFL teams (Deseret News) Why would the Utah Jazz trade Donovan Mitchell and start a rebuild? (Deseret News) Trending: ‘Something special is happening in Salt Lake — always has been’: Brandi Carlile thanks Utah for being with her from the start (Deseret News) Salman Rushdie's 'road to recovery has begun,' author's agent says, as stabbing suspect pleads not guilty (CNN) |
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