Utah Headlines

Political news

• Rep. Blake Moore addresses Epstein files, immigration and Trump's tax bill during Utah visit (KSL)
• Utah Supreme Court throws out lawsuit against SLC over homelessness (Fox 13)
• Why Utah Reps. Maloy, Owens say things are baaaaaad for U.S. sheep industry (Deseret News)
• Utah lawmakers to get first report from Olympic organizers since last year’s 2034 Winter Games award (Deseret News)
• Trump’s DOJ wants Utah voter data. Lt. Gov. Henderson says they need a lawful purpose. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Lt. Gov.'s Office releases DOJ letter requesting voter information, Utah response (KUTV)
• Great Salt Lake issues to be part of Utah legislature's special session (Fox13)

Municipal

• UDOT launches Salt Lake transportation survey, but not everyone is happy with it (Deseret News)
• Utah mayoral candidate broke the law with a campaign mailer (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Here’s what candidates for Logan mayor had to say about growth and housing (Salt Lake Tribune)

Utah

• 'Dad is not coming home': Alarming spike in motorcycle deaths prompts urgent message (KSL)

Biz/Tech

• Amid nursing shortage, some nurses face difficulty finding a job (KSL Newsradio)
• Utah inaugurates new intermodal hub, hoping for more jobs and cheaper goods (Utah News Dispatch)
• Ford posts first quarterly loss in two years after $800 million tariff hit (The Hill)

Crime/Courts

• Jay Evensen: The surprising fact about crime in America (Deseret News)
• Utah man stabbed co-worker, said he wanted to know what it's like to kill someone, police say (KSL)
• Inmate accused of killing Santaquin officer now accused of attacking jail deputies (KSL)
• Arrested Eagle Mountain man 'fantasized about taking children,' police say (KSL)

Culture/Community

• The ultimate back-to-school movie marathon guide for families (Deseret News) 
• Justin Timberlake says he’s been diagnosed with Lyme disease (AP)

Economy

• This national snack-food maker is bringing hundreds of jobs to Salt Lake City (Salt Lake Tribune)

Education

• How Portuguese dual language immersion is shaping young minds at Rose Springs Elementary (Fox 13)
• Poll: Broad support for Utah Fits All funds being utilized on learning activities. Outdoor adventures? Not so much (Deseret News)
• Granite School District proposes to increase property taxes (KUTV)
• Washington County brewers tackling $55K school lunch debt, student health needs (St.George News)

Environment/Energy

• Advisories issued for Utah Lake, Jordan River as harmful algal blooms return (KSL)
• New Torrey campground? BLM wants your opinion (KSL Newsradio)

Faith

• Latter-day Saints aid in flood recovery efforts alongside armies of Texas volunteers (Deseret News)
• Why many American churchgoers are attending more than one congregation regularly (Deseret News)
• How Teddy Roosevelt helped a Latter-day Saint woman and changed the view of the church (Deseret News)

Health

• Is your heart older than the rest of you? Here’s how to find out (Deseret News)
• US childhood vaccination rates fall again as exemptions set another record (AP)

Housing

•  What’s happening with U.S. mortgage rates? (Deseret News)
• How a special partnership helped Miami reach an 11-year low on homelessness (Read More)

National Headlines

General

• Opinion: Why eliminating USAID undermines American values (Deseret News)
• Perspective: When constitutional norms are challenged, that should matter to us all (Deseret News)
• Fewer Americans see discrimination as anti-DEI push gains traction, AP-NORC poll shows (AP)
• Rural Texas county’s top leaders were asleep, out of town during initial hours of flood crisis (AP)

Political news 

• Virginia Giuffre’s family expresses shock over Trump saying Epstein ‘stole’ her (AP)
• Perspective: Where are the pro-family senators? (Deseret News)
• Countries with no trade deal will hear from US by midnight, White House says (Reuters)
• A look at colleges with federal money targeted by the Trump administration (AP News)
• Trump tells drug makers to cut drug prices in U.S. (Deseret News)
• Trump says sharper tariffs to take effect in a week; 35% for Canada starts Friday (Washington Post)
• Trump injects new dose of uncertainty in tariffs as he pushes start date back to Aug. 7 (AP)
• White House announces new $200M ballroom as part of Trump’s latest makeover of ‘The People’s House’ (AP)
• American history museum removes Trump's name from impeachment exhibit (Reuters)

Immigration/deportation

• Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for 60,000 from Central America and Nepal (AP)

Ukraine/Russia

• Russian strikes kill 12 people in Kyiv, 6-year-old boy among dead (Reuters)
• Trump wants deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine by Aug. 8, US tells UN (Reuters)

Middle East

• 'If the baby could speak, she would scream': the risky measures to feed small babies in Gaza (Reuters)

World news

• El Salvador scraps presidential term limits, opening door for another Bukele term (Reuters)

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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

"I do feel well qualified to tell a beginner how she must dress and what she must do if she expects to be a flyer. If a woman wants to fly, first of all, she must, of course, abandon skirts and don a knickerbocker uniform."

— Harriet Quimby

On the Punny Side

What do you call a factory that makes okay products?

A satisfactory.

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