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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Donald Trump Jr. visits Utah as Harris continues Latter-day Saint outreach (Deseret News)
• Campaign against Amendment A launched on Utah screens (Deseret News)
• State lawmaker says it's time to educate Utahns about road rage incidents (FOX 13)

Election news

• Utah Republicans knock doors in neighboring battleground states (KUTV)

Municipal news

• Plan ahead for full closure of southbound I-215 in West Valley City, UDOT says (KUTV)
• Cache Valley concerns include growth, agriculture, immigration (KSLTV)
• Salt Lake County Council to sign resolution to preserve Abravanel Hall (FOX 13)
• 75 cars ticketed, 21 towed for illegally parking along popular Utah County canyon road (FOX 13)

Utah

• Utah Jewish community, elected officials and faith leaders remember Oct. 7 terror attack (Deseret News)
• How NHL hockey exploded onto the Utah sports scene (Deseret News)
• Utah has the last conventional uranium mill in the country. What does it do? (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• Former DCFS worker calls Utah's child welfare system 'broken,' urges reform (KUTV)
• New study suggests changes to how you pay for water in Utah (FOX 13)

Biz/Tech

• US judge orders Google to open up app store to competition (Reuters)
• Spacecraft launches towards asteroid knocked off course by Nasa (BBC)
• Nobel Prize in medicine goes to two American biologists for work on the discovery of microRNA (CNN)

Crime/Courts

• Driver arrested for investigation of murder in Monday road rage confrontation (KSL)
• Man told to move out to make room for boyfriend now charged with murder (KSL)
• Lehi massage parlor being investigated for sex trafficking (KUTV)
• Opinion: Utah corrections officers play a crucial role in public safety (Deseret News)

Culture

• The youngest state in the nation is getting older — is Utah prepared for an aging population? (Deseret News)
• What’s keeping teenagers from getting their driver’s license? (Deseret News)
• Bison art charges up St. George LGBTQ community (FOX 13)

Education

• This Utah field station was used by New Deal workers and wounded soldiers. Now, it has another shot at life. (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• 13 books were banned across Utah schools. How often did students actually check them out? (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Environment

• Record high temperatures in Salt Lake City raise concerns amid Yellow Lake wildfire (Deseret News)
• Why this geothermal project in Utah has the attention of the Department of Energy (Deseret News)
• Beware of harmful algal blooms while hunting in Utah, agencies say (KSL)

Health

• Most of today’s children are unlikely to live to 100, analysis says (CNN)
• New research puts Utah as 3rd least nicotine-addicted state (FOX 13)

National Headlines

General

• Reports find explosion in antisemitic incidents in U.S. since Oct. 7 attacks (Deseret News)
• In the aftermath of Helene and ahead of Milton, Florida schools are becoming shelters (Deseret News)
• State Department reports shortest turnarounds in years for U.S. travel documents (Deseret News)
• US disaster programs are teetering. Milton could topple them. (POLITICO)

Political news

• President Biden, Trump and Harris mark anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks on Israel (Deseret News)
• Supreme Court declines Biden’s appeal in Texas emergency abortion case (The Associated Press)
• Mike Lee lays out demands for McConnell successor (POLITICO)
• Opinion: How anti-MAGA Republicans can reclaim their power (Deseret News)
• Lisa Murkowski is one of the last moderates left in the Senate. How does she survive? (Deseret News)
• Opinion: The Social Security crisis our candidates keep ignoring (Deseret News)

Election news

• Walz and Harris’ schedules packed with media appearances this week (Deseret News)
• Harris is pressed for more specifics in a wide-ranging interview with '60 Minutes' (NPR)
• US expecting foreign actors to question validity of election (Reuters)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Harris sets terms for Putin peace talks as Kyiv faces hypersonic missile attack (The Independent)
• Ukraine strikes oil depot in occupied Crimea (BBC)

Israel and Gaza

• 'All this blood, all this death': Palestinians protest Israel war with no end in sight (NPR)
• Israel begins ground operations in southwest Lebanon as Iran sends warning (Reuters)

World news

• Sudan's warring sides target local aid volunteers fighting famine (Reuters)
• European beverage stocks fall after China imposes brandy tariffs (The Wall Street Journal)

Number of the Day 

Owens observes anniversary of October 7 attack on Israel

Congressman Burgess Owens (R-UT), alongside Utah’s congressional delegation, released the following statement to mark the one-year anniversary of the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks against Israel, America’s top ally in the Middle East. 

“This October 7th, we, the Utah Congressional Delegation, acknowledge and condemn the evil and depraved act of terrorism inflicted on the Israeli people by Hamas one year ago today. We call for the immediate return of all hostages held by Hamas and stand with those fighting the scourge of antisemitism in our world.

“We pray for the return of the seven American citizens still being held hostage by Hamas at this very hour. We call for Hamas to immediately return all remaining hostages to their families with immediate effect.” (Read more)

Romney joins Senate Republican colleagues in standing with Israel, condemning Iran-backed Hamas

One year since the October 7 terrorist attacks that killed dozens of Americans, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined every Senate Republican, led by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), in fully condemning Iran-backed Hamas for its actions, supporting Israel’s right to self-defense, and calling for the safe release of the remaining American hostages.

The entire Senate Republican Conference stands united in opposing violent antisemitic protests and Iran-backed Hamas’ use of rape as a weapon of war. They also reiterate Israel’s right to defend itself and emphasize the importance of denying Hamas the ability to reconstitute in the region to ensure the horrific events of that day are never repeated. Text of the resolution can be found here. (Read more)

Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

• Oct. 7-9 — One Utah Summit, SUU. Register here
• Oct. 8 â€” CD1 Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 10 — US Senate Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 14 â€” CD2 Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 15-16 — Interim Days
• Oct. 16 — Nurturing Hope in Ourselves and Others: The Science of Hope and Well-Being sponsored by the Utah Women and Leadership Project, 12:00 - 1:15 pm. Register here
• Oct. 17 — CD3 Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 24 — CD4 Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Nov. 5 — Election Day!
• Nov. 15 — Women & Business Conference & ATHENA Awards Luncheon with the Salt Lake Chamber, Grand America Hotel. Register here
• Nov. 19-20 — Interim Days
• Jan. 9 — What’s Up Down South Economic Summit. St. George. Register here
• Jan. 10 — Rural Utah Data Symposium. St. George. Register here

On This Day In History

• 1793 - John Hancock, American merchant and statesman who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence, dies at 56.
• 1869 - Franklin Pierce, 14th US President (Democrat: 1853-57), dies from severe cirrhosis of the liver at 64.
• 1871 - The Great Chicago Fire begins in Patrick and Catherine O’Leary’s barn. The two-day blaze kills 200 to 300 people, destroys 17,450 buildings, leaves 100,000 homeless and causes an estimated $200 million (in 1871 dollars; roughly $4 billion in 2021 dollars) in damages.
• 1901 - Sugar gets a brand when the American Sugar Refining Co. registers the Domino trademark.
• 1919 - Congress passes the Volstead Act, ushering in the Prohibition Era.
• 1945 - Microwave oven patented by U.S. inventor Percy Spencer.
• 2001 - The Office of Homeland Security is formed.
• 2019 - FBI confirms Samuel Little is America's most prolific serial killer, after verifying more than half of his 93 confessed murders.
• 2020 - FBI charges 13 men with plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and storm the Michigan Capitol.

Quote of the Day

"While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles."
—Franklin Pierce 

On the Punny Side

I helped my friend move into his new house.

In gratitude, he gifted me two small aquariums.

That’s the tanks I get.

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