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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Sen. Romney says Biden’s ‘morally questionable’ efforts to cancel student debt need to stop (Deseret News)
• Weber County development plan calls for 'attainable' homes to spur homeownership (KSL)
• Are liberal Californians moving to Utah? Not really, Mike Lee says (KSL)
• Utah political power broker, who coined the phrase ‘Greatest Snow on Earth,’ dies (Salt Lake Tribune)

Election news

• Here's how much it will cost to attend Trump's Park City fundraiser next month — it's a lot (KSL)
• Colby Jenkins refiles challenge to state law over mail-in ballot deadline (KSL Newsradio)
• Is the ‘Kamala effect’ doing anything for Democrats in reliably red Utah? (KUER)
• Strategizing before election, Utah Democrats plead ‘come back home’ (Daily Herald)

Utah

• Veterans cemetery opens next year in Cedar City (KSL Newsradio)
• LDS influencer Ballerina Farm is adamant: She is not ‘oppressed’ (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Man bitten by black bear in Big Cottonwood Canyon (KUTV)
• Utah’s Capitol Reef is working hard to save fruits you’ve probably never heard of (KUER)

Olympics

• Jimmer Fredette seeks out medical attention during second Olympic game (Deseret News)
• ‘Living in the Olympic Village makes it hard to perform’: Athletes are complaining about their accommodations in Paris (Deseret News)
• American swimmer wins bronze medal — and learns he’s having a baby girl (Deseret News)
• Snoop Dogg goes viral for his Olympics appearances (Deseret News)
• Intermountain Health psychologist works with some Team USA athletes (KSL TV)
• Gymnast Simone Biles responds to former Ute MyKayla Skinner’s criticism after winning gold (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Did you spot the celebrities in Utah’s bid presentation for the 2034 Winter Games? (Deseret News)
• US tops South Sudan 103-86 at Paris Olympics, earns spot in men’s basketball quarterfinals (AP)
• Léon Marchand pulls off one of the most audacious doubles in swimming history at the Paris Olympics (AP)
• ‘It Didn’t Taste Great.’ Olympic Swimming in the Seine Finally Happens. (Washington Post)
• From a Utah dorm room to an Olympic dream: Why Utes make up most of Canada’s medal-favorite 3x3 women’s basketball team (Salt Lake Tribune)

Business/Tech

• Fed holds on rates, signals September cut could be in the works (Deseret News)
• Low-cost carrier option lands in Salt Lake City, offering Sonoma Valley flights (KSL)
• Vegan SLC barbecue spot becoming ‘destination’ restaurant (ABC4)
• Boeing names aerospace veteran Kelly Ortberg CEO to steer turnaround (Reuters)

Crime/Courts

• Vandals cause at least $60K in damage to Magna church (KSL)
• Preparation underway for Utah’s first execution by lethal injection in nearly 25 years (KSL TV)

Culture

• Already itching for fall leaves and sweater weather? Here are the best television-inspired locations to visit this autumn (Deseret News)

Education

• Alpine School District wants to raise taxes for the sixth time in 10 years (KSL TV)
• Opinion: Splitting Alpine School District will give parents more of a say and will help students succeed (Salt Lake Tribune)
• USU expands 'stackable programs' to enhance career readiness (Cache Valley Daily)

Environment

• A gas tax on livestock? What one country is doing to cut greenhouse gas emissions (Deseret News)
• Brigham City battles algae on Mantua Reservoir, hopes to avoid another trout kill (KSL)
• Utah environmental officials may have figured out what killed 500 fish in Herriman pond (KSL)
• Study: Wildfire smoke may be worse for your brain than other air pollution (KSL TV)
• Salt Lake City ranks 14th for the worst air quality in the world (ABC4)

Health

• Ozempic-like drugs seem to shrink risk of dementia (Deseret News)
• Suicide rate for preteens increased over 15 years (Deseret News)
• Ground cinnamon products recalled by FDA due to ‘elevated levels of lead’ (Deseret News)
• Americans walk mostly for leisure but some for transportation (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• The nun at the border. In southwest Texas, a border town needs Catholic Charities — but the state is trying to shut it down (Deseret News)
• 911 calls before Sonya Massey’s shooting include 1 from her mother asking officers not to ‘hurt her’ (AP)
• Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11, agrees to plead guilty (NPR)
• Wildfires rage through Colorado, prompting hundreds to evacuate; 1 killed (Washington Post)

Political news

• Arizona county official who took on election skeptics loses primary (Washington Post)
• Biden admin proposes free family seating mandate for airlines (The Hill)

Election news

• 'Is she Indian or Black?' Trump questions Harris' identity at Black journalists' convention (Reuters)
• Harris calls Trump’s false claims about race ‘the same old show’ of divisiveness and disrespect (AP)
• What Kamala Harris’ pastor said to her as she launched her presidential campaign (Deseret News)
• Opinion: How early childhood care can support women this election cycle (Deseret News)
• Kitchen table, not culture war: How Reno voters could decide the 2024 Senate battle on economic issues (Deseret News)
• JD Vance has much to learn about the spotlight, Senate Republicans say (Washington Post)
• Trump allies launch $20 million effort to reach young men (Wall Street Journal)
• Harris slices Trump’s national lead in half: New polling average (The Hill)
• Top Senate Republican says Trump should focus on issues, not race in campaign against Harris (The Hill)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Report: Ukraine receives first batch of U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets (NPR) 

Israel and Gaza

• Mohammed Deif, Hamas military leader who eluded Israel for decades, is claimed to be dead (AP)

World news

• How Africa’s ‘ticket’ to prosperity fueled a debt bomb (Reuters)
• Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro Relies on Army, Patronage and Fear to Stay in Power (Wall Street Journal)

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On This Day In History 

• 30 BC - Mark Antony [Marcus Antonius], Roman politician and general, commits suicide after he is defeated by Octavian at the Battle of Actium at 53
• 1779 - Francis Scott Key is born.
• 1818 - Maria Mitchell is born. After discovering a comet while searching the night sky with her telescope, Mitchell became America’s first female astronomer. The official name of the comet is 1847 VI. However, during Mitchell’s lifetime, it came to be known as “Miss Mitchell’s Comet” around the world.
• 1834 - The British Empire abolishes slavery.
• 1907 - U.S. Army establishes the Signal Corps, the first aeronautical division in the United States military. It was the precursor to the U.S. Air Force.
• 1911 - Harriet Quimby passes her pilot's test and becomes the 1st US woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate
• 1933 - Death penalty imposed for anti-fascists in Germany
• 1936 - Adolf Hitler presides over the opening ceremonies of the Berlin Olympics
• 1944 - Anne Frank writes her last diary entry
• 1961 - The Joint Chiefs of Staff establishes the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) under the direction of Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara. The organization integrated military intelligence efforts.
• 1974 - Beverly Johnson becomes the first African American to be featured on the cover of Vogue.
• 1981 - MTV launches
• 2020 - Egypt tells Elon Musk its pyramids were not, in fact, built by aliens, after Musk tweets in support of a conspiracy theory that they were.

Quote of the Day

“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

On the Punny Side

What’s a frog’s favorite treat in summer?

A Hop-sicle!

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