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Imagine my delight yesterday when I walked into the office and learned it was “Pi Day.” Ever the foodie, Hanna Seariac made pies — from scratch — and they were perfection.

Tell me: What is your favorite flavor of pie? 🥧

Also on our minds: What big award is President Russell M. Nelson receiving, is Zions Bank on the rebound and what’s a religion reporter’s secret weapon?

If there’s domestic violence, couples should seek help — separately

“He advised that it would be best that these issues be addressed in individual counseling and not marriage counseling.”

This curious line was discovered in documents referring to what a counseling specialist told Tausha Haight before Michael Haight murdered her, their five children and her mother before turning the gun on himself.

Lois Collins reports:

“Experts who truly believe in couples counseling to bolster communication and resolve issues between partners say there’s one situation where couples counseling is a bad idea.

"In households where one partner is physically and emotionally abusing the other, couples counseling is at best ineffective. It has great potential to be dangerous.”

Read the full story here.

Why Congress voted unanimously to declassify COVID-19 origins intelligence

The House and Senate voted unanimously on Friday to require the Biden administration to declassify intelligence related to COVID-19’s origins as well as any knowledge pertaining to a possible lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. Now that the bill has been passed, President Joe Biden is considering vetoing it. He said, “I haven’t made that decision yet.”

Utah Representative Chris Stewart believes it has taken so long for the investigation because intelligence agencies are “afraid of confronting China.” Rep. Stewart has since concluded the intelligence community was inadequately prepared for the pandemic and has questioned whether “they were ready institutionally to tell us the truth.”

Read the full story here.

Economy:

As banking worries persist, new data shows U.S. inflation eased to 6% last month (Deseret News)

Business:

CEO says Zions Bank is on solid ground as broader banking turbulence continues (Deseret News)
Perspective: The lessons of the Silicon Valley Bank failure (Deseret News)
What’s an HTRZ and how could it get more Utahns using public transit? (KUER)

Environment:

EPA proposes strict new limits on ‘forever chemicals' in drinking water (Deseret News)

Faith:

President Russell M. Nelson will receive Gandhi-King-Mandela Peace Prize (Deseret News)
This religion reporter’s secret weapon? Nonreligious friends (Deseret News)

Cache County:

Cache County high school student tests positive for tuberculosis (KSL)

Kane County:

Crews search for 2 overdue hikers at Buckskin Gulch in Kane County after flooding (KSL)

U.S. and World:

Pat Schroeder, family rights pioneer, dies at 82 (Deseret News)
A Russian jet forced an American drone down over the Black Sea Tuesday (Deseret News)

Sports:

Utah football just released a schedule update (Deseret News)
How Big 12 membership will impact BYU basketball, according to a couple Cougar greats (Deseret News)
Aggies seek first Big Dance win in 22 years Thursday against No. 23 Missouri (Deseret News)

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— Kathleen 🐝