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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Ruby Franke's ex-husband asks lawmakers to reform Utah's child welfare laws (KSL)
• Who are ‘the elites’ anyway? (Deseret News)
• SLC Council votes to endorse downtown redevelopment plan with tax increase (KSL TV)
• Rep. Burgess Owens is co-sponsoring a bill that could put federal regulations on the chopping block (Deseret News)
• Rebate program offers Salt Lake City residents up to $1,300 off a new e-bike (ABC4)
• Natalie Gochnour: Why building a city is like a relay race (Salt Lake Tribune)

Utah news

• Moab residents say inadequate infrastructure flooded homes in recent storms (Salt Lake Tribune)

Olympics

• Utah delegation readies to head to Paris for 2034 Winter Games announcement. Here's who is going (Deseret News)
• Olympic Security: 2002 versus 2034 (KSL TV)
• A cost of war: Ukraine's bleak Olympic future (AP)

Crime/Courts

• Utah man accused of serial money fraud totaling nearly $4 million (ABC4)
• U.S. Army Reserve Captain in Utah accused of military pay fraud (Fox13)

Education

• Show Up for Teachers: Why connecting with others matters (Deseret News)
• Abby Cox: Parents love teachers ‘because they love our kids’ (Deseret News)
• Ben Horsley named new superintendent of Granite School District (KSL)
• WSU students, professor studying impact of service closures in wake of DEI legislation (Standard-Examiner)

Environment

• The Colorado River: Strategies from lower and upper basin states to reduce water consumption (Deseret News)
• Global lithium sector eyes Argentina's salt flats on tech test run (Reuters)

Health

• Tick linked to serious meat, dairy allergies spreading in U.S. (Deseret News)
• Ozempic's popularity leads to shortages for people with Type 2 diabetes (NPR)
• Why heat leads to headaches — and how to avoid them (Washington Post)

Housing

• Tiny homes provide alternative housing options, but probably not for Utahns (Cache Valley Daily)
• The Other Side Village — SLC’s delayed tiny-home community — breaks ground. Again. (Salt Lake Tribune)

National Headlines

General

• Mummified American climber found 22 years later in Peru as glaciers retreat (Reuters)
• Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s security detail shoots man during attempted carjacking, authorities say (AP)
• How to be a better tourist and not annoy locals (Washington Post)

Political news

• James Inhofe, long-serving Oklahoma senator, dies at 89 (Washington Post)
• What Biden said about Ukraine at NATO summit (Deseret News)
• Democratic lawmakers seek criminal investigation of Justice Thomas (Washington Post)
• 21-year-old becomes youngest female mayor in US history (The Hill)

Election news

• At Las Vegas event, Kamala Harris supporters ask: Why not her? (Deseret News)
• GOP set to shift platform on abortion, sparking disagreement (Deseret News)
• Could a VP Doug Burgum help Trump win the ‘Romney Republicans’? (Deseret News)
• Presidential battle could play role in control of state capitols in several swing states (AP)
• Hill Democrats remain divided on Biden, with one senator fearing Trump ‘landslide’ (Washington Post)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• High-tech American weapons work against Russia - until they don't (Wall Street Journal)

Israel and Gaza

• Deadly Israeli strike was 4th in recent days to hit school buildings in Gaza, U.N. says (New York Times)

World news

• A Moscow court orders the arrest of Alexei Navalny's widow, who lives abroad (NPR)

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On This Day In History 

• 1804 - Emma Hale (Smith) is born.
• 1850 - Millard Fillmore sworn in as the 13th US president
• 1856 - Nikola Tesla is born. The Serbian-American physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil,
• 1875 - Mary McLeod Bethune is born. An educator and founder of the National Council of Negro Women, she served as Minority Affairs Advisor to Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• 1882 - Ima Hogg is born. A Texas philanthropist, she was a patron of the arts, supporter of mental health and child welfare organizations, and savior of many historic structures.
• 1910 - Mary Bunting is born. A microbiologist, she was president of Radcliffe College (1959-72), oversaw the integration of Radcliffe into Harvard, founded the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe which helped women return to careers after family obligations and the first woman on the Atomic Energy Commission
• 1925 - The Scopes Monkey Trial begins, pitting evolution against creation
• 1942 - Himmler orders sterilization of all Jewish woman in Ravensbruck Camp
• 2012 The American Episcopal Church becomes the first to approve a rite for blessing gay marriages

Quote of the Day

“I’m not going to question the validity of the election. I think we should all be careful doing that. We need, as Americans, to be able to trust that our elections are free and fair. We need to be able to accept outcomes and move forward.”

—Rep. Celeste Maloy

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