Utah Headlines

Political news

• Opinion: Does Utah want to be known for the firing squad? (Deseret News)
• Juan Diego withdraws lawsuit in student recruitment case 1 day after filing it (KSL)
• Rep. Burgess Owens, who played in the NFL, is worried about NIL payments (Deseret News)
• Editorial Board: Utah Lt. Gov. Henderson stands up for democracy when so many others won’t (Salt Lake Tribune)
• As Trump attacks mail-in voting, Utah leaders defend state’s voting practices — and Trump (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah lawmakers discuss walking away from millions in federal education money. Here’s what’s at stake if they do. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Gov. Cox defends Utah Senate president (Deseret News)

Municipal

• Here’s who is running for Salt Lake City Council seats this fall (Salt Lake Tribune)
• SLC names developers for vacant Fleet Block. Here’s what to expect them to build. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Affordable housing, art installations highlight next step in Fleet Block revitalization (KSL)
• A potential uranium enrichment facility where most Utahns live? Why Salt Lake County’s mayor is worried. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Are there more fires in Salt Lake City than in other US cities? (Salt Lake City)
• Rural Utah police departments struggle with staff shortages, response times in covering vast areas (Fox13)

Utah

• Teens rescue dogs from burning home in West Jordan (KSL)
• Missing Utah man found dead in truck after week-long search (KUTV)
• End of an era: Utah high schools razed and rebuilt (KSL)

Biz/Tech/AI

• U. student heads new cutting-edge AI tech internship, streamlining full time jobs (KSL TV)
• New origami pattern discovered at BYU could have applications in space travel (KSL Newsradio)
• AI-powered search engines taking a toll on ad revenues for websites (KSL TV)
• Utah-based Homie lost its lawsuit blaming real estate competitors for its collapse. Here’s how it’s still fighting back. (Salt Lake Tribune) 

Crime/Courts

• Prosecutors to seek death penalty for man now charged with killing 2 Tremonton officers (KSL)
• Domestic violence is Utah's leading cause of homicide, new data shows (Fox13)
• ‘It’s personal’: Utah launches interactive database to fill information gap on domestic violence (KSL)
• Menzies asks Utah Supreme Court for new competency hearing (Deseret News)
• Utah’s Cold Cases: Mother, investigators hoping for answers in 2017 Ogden killing (KSL TV)
• Utah therapist accused of manipulating patients into taking off bra, shirt under ‘the guise of’ counseling. Provo police are asking for any possible additional victims to come forward. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Culture/Community

• Neighbors, mayor dig in to clean up site of Tremonton officer shootings (Fox13)

Education

• Washington County School District opens 4 more teen centers to support students in need (KSL)
• First graduating class at a Utah virtual school graduates (KSL TV)
• Utah Tech expands offerings in a high-demand, high-tech field: Cybersecurity (Deseret News)
• Utah's teacher workforce appears strong, but cracks widening inside classrooms (KUTV)

Environment/Energy

• Why the coal industry remains vital in Utah and the West (Deseret News)
• Utahns urged to use less water amid ‘drastic decline’ at reservoirs (KSL TV)

Family

• Perspective: Are conservative women embracing the ‘Supermom’ ideal? (Deseret News)

Housing

• Groundbreaking for new affordable housing near Salt Lake's Fairpark neighborhood (KSL)

National Headlines

General

• How this town in the West became the epicenter of global economic policy (Deseret News)
• Erik Menendez denied parole after 35 years in prison for parents' murder (Reuters)

Political news

• First wave of Epstein files is being sent to Congress, says Oversight Committee chair (NPR)
• New York appeals court overturns $500M Trump fraud penalty (Deseret News)
• Dads in Congress accuse Trump administration of sacrificing ‘babies for billionaires’ (Deseret News)
• FBI agents search ex-Trump adviser Bolton's home, source says (Reuters)
• These workers built America's nuclear arsenal. Trump hit pause on their medical claims. (Reuters)
• Americans worry democracy in danger amid gerrymandering fights, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds (Reuters)
• Judge says former Trump lawyer Alina Habba has been unlawfully serving as US attorney in New Jersey (AP)
• Newsom signs California redistricting plans to counter Texas Republicans (New York Times)
• Trump's DOJ hired lawyer who compared Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust (NPR)

Immigration/deportation

• Trump administration reviewing all 55M people with US visas for potential deportable violations (AP News)
• U.S. military presence along the southern border expands again (Deseret News)
• Federal judge orders Florida to dismantle Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention facility (Washington Post)

Ukraine/Russia

• Russia’s chief diplomat says no Putin-Zelenskyy meeting is planned, despite Trump’s efforts (AP)
• Russia needs a nuclear shield update due to 'colossal threats', nuclear chief says (Reuters)
• Exclusive: Putin's demand to Ukraine: give up Donbas, no NATO and no Western troops, sources say (Reuters)
• Major Russian attack on western Ukraine hits an American factory during US-led push for peace (AP News)

Middle East

• Netanyahu says Israel to resume Gaza negotiations to end war and free hostages (Reuters)
• Gaza City officially in famine, says global hunger monitor (Reuters)

World news

• Fire on U.S. Navy Ship in Japan Extinguished After 12 Hours (New York Times)

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On This Day In History

• 1485 - Richard III, King of England (1483-85), is killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field at age 32. His remains were discovered under a parking lot in 2012.
• 1775 - King George III proclaims colonies to be in open rebellion
• 1847 - The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square held its first ever performance.
• 1864 - The International Red Cross is founded.
• 1864 - The first Geneva Convention is adopted in Geneva "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field" signed by 12 nations
• 1883 - Ruth Underhill is born. An anthropologist and professor, she studied with Ruth Benedict who encouraged traveling with native women to learn their history, wrote of the Papago Native American culture, and taught in the Bureau of Indian Affairs schools.
• 1912 - Cornelia “Coya” Knutson is born. She became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress from Minnesota (1955-1959) and was the first woman on the Agriculture Committee. She was defeated after an infamous “Come Home Coya” letter supposedly written by her estranged husband
• 1921 - J. Edgar Hoover becomes Assistant Director of the FBI
• 1933 - Cedar Breaks is declared a national monument.
• 1950 - Althea Gibson becomes the first African American on U.S. tennis tour
• 1990 - US President George H. W. Bush calls up military reserves

Quote of the Day

"When morals decline and good men do nothing, evil flourishes. A society unwilling to learn from past is doomed. We must never forget our history."

— J. Edgar Hoover

On the Punny Side

I was gonna tell a joke about Sodium, but then I thought, “Na”.

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