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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes releases statement distancing himself from Tim Ballard lawsuit (Deseret News)
• Utah AG's spokesman tries to shut down 2News questions about lawsuit against Tim Ballard (KUTV)
• After weeks of dysfunction, Rep. John Curtis calls GOP nomination of speaker candidate ‘positive’ (Deseret News)
• Editorial Board: War in Israel highlights the need for a functioning House (Deseret News)
• Lawmaker eyes changing the office of Utah Attorney General from elected to appointed (KSL Newsradio)
• Will Utah legislators define ‘road rage,’ and make laws to address it? Lawmakers debate harsher penalties, towing vehicles and educating drivers. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah lawmaker proposes 'right to repair' bill (Fox13)
• Here’s how lawmakers could change Utah’s sensitive materials law for books in 2024 (KUER)

Election news

• Trump, Haley gaining support among Utah Republicans (Deseret News)
• Lawsuit accuses Brad Wilson of fraud, breach of contract and becoming a lawmaker to chase ‘sweetheart deals.' Attorney for Wilson calls the complaint ‘baseless’ (Deseret News)
• The third-party craze reaches Utah (Deseret News)

General Utah news

• For a Utah rabbi who was in Israel when Hamas fighters attacked, ‘this is personal’ (Deseret News)
• ‘We cannot be here’: Utah’s Rabbi Chaim Zippel was in Israel as Hamas attacked (KUER)
• Utah family trapped in Gaza amid escalating Israel-Hamas violence awaits help from U.S. Embassy (KUTV)
• Utahn dedicated to helping immigrants, refugees recognized with Dream Team surprise (Fox13)

Business

• Instant loan scam blackmails with sextortion, steals data, drives suicide (Deseret News)
• The dusty origins of life? NASA reveals first look at asteroid sample (Deseret News)

Crime

• 23andMe confirms hack — here’s how to protect your data (Deseret News)
• Kouri Richins' attorneys ask for case dismissal, say she won't receive a fair trial due to publicity (KSL)
• Police arrest Utah man engaging in 'fantasy' chats about raping and murdering young boys (KSL)

Culture

• Master violinist Itzhak Perlman is back in Utah — this time on a performing spree. Perlman’s website only lists 5 performances for the remainder of the year — and 3 of them are in Utah (Deseret News)
• Eboo Patel: The paradox of privilege. Is the push for diversity training working? (Deseret News)
• ‘Think Celestial’ resonated among Latter-day Saints. It didn’t take long for President Russell M. Nelson’s conference catchphrase to be written on hats, tote bags and shared across social media (Deseret News)

Education

• Herriman High opens free clothing store for student refugees (KSL TV)
• Homeless Davis County students will get temporary shelter with newly planned residential center (Salt Lake Tribune)

Environment

• Utah’s clawing way out of an extreme water deficit. Will it last? (Deseret News)
• Poll shows support among Utahns for keeping Bears Ears National Monument at current size (Deseret News)
• ‘Couldn’t stop smiling’: Rare fossils found along shallow Lake Powell shoreline. Scientists think it’s a sign there’s more ancient life to discover as the lake’s water levels recede. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• USU Institute brings researchers and policy makers together in regards to the environment (Cache Valley Daily)
• Mayor of small town in Utah to eclipse viewers: ‘Don’t try to come here’ (Salt Lake Tribune)

Family

• Holly Richardson: ‘Do you have help?’ Yes. They’re called my kids (Deseret News)
• ‘Being a mom is the most important thing in my entire life,’ Meghan Markle says at mental health summit (Deseret News)
• Utah close to falling off 'Child Care Cliff' (Fox13)

Health

• Worried about long COVID? According to new study you can get long cold too (Deseret News)
• Raw milk causing ‘illness outbreak’ in Salt Lake County, health officials say (ABC4)

Housing

• Is the housing market in a bubble? Looks like it — but it likely won’t pop, 2008 regulator says (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• She's the star witness against Sam Bankman-Fried. Her testimony was explosive (NPR)
• Inflation holds steady as Fed mulls more rate hikes (The Hill)

Politics

• Republican Steve Scalise is seen as a fighter, but becoming House speaker might require a brawl (AP)
• Scalise says he's a unifier. The current state of the GOP will test that skill (NPR)
• Supreme Court seems inclined to reinstate disputed South Carolina map (Washington Post)

Elections

• Democrat Thomas Suozzi launches bid to take back George Santos’s seat (Washington Post)
• Biden edges out Trump in Fox News poll, loses to DeSantis or Haley (The Hill)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Ukraine's next target: Russian supply lines (Wall Street Journal)
• Russia mounts major attack on key city in eastern Ukraine (Washington Post)
• In eastern Ukraine, small assault teams quietly advance against Russia (Washington Post)

Israel 🇮🇱

• Trump says Netanyahu ‘let us down’ before the 2020 airstrike that killed a top Iranian general (AP)
• Trump faults Netanyahu, calls Hezbollah ‘very smart’ amid Israel war (Washington Post)
• Donald Trump attacks President Biden on foreign policy as Israel-Hamas war rages (AP)
• Blinken arrives in Tel Aviv as Israel mobilizes along its border with Gaza (NPR)
• NATO ministers shown 'horrific' video from Hamas attack (Reuters)
• Harrowing scenes as Israeli forces enter border towns attacked by Hamas (Reuters)
• Israel aims to dismantle Hamas as U.S. tries to prevent wider war (Wall Street Journal)
• Hamas vows to broadcast hostage executions. Tech firms can’t stop them. (Washington Post)

World

• Mount Vesuvius once coated this city in ashes. Now archaeologists are helping Pompeii rise (Deseret News)
• Afghanistan earthquakes a 'disaster on top of a disaster', World Food Programme says (Reuters)
• In an ‘eviscerated’ state, Yemenis suffer in heat and poverty (Washington Post)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Utah’s economy confirms elite status with high labor force participation and low unemployment

The Salt Lake Chamber, in partnership with the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah, has released the September 2023 Roadmap to Prosperity Economic Dashboard to support business leaders in understanding impacts on Utah’s economy. This tool prioritizes key data on the state’s economic outlook and actionable context for decision-makers.

“Amidst the economic landscape, where concerns about inflation echo in the halls of Washington D.C., Utah stands as a beacon of stability. And while inflation has crept up in recent months, Utah’s economy remains strong with a high labor force participation rate and low unemployment,” said Derek Miller, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber. “These positive trends are a testament to the business community’s ability to navigate uncertainties, including those emanating from Washington D.C., and this dashboard is a great indicator of Utah’s continued economic resilience and strength.” (Read More)

Dr. Cameron Martin installed as new president of Rocky Mountain University

Marking a pivotal moment in Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (RMU) history, Cameron K. Martin, PhD, took the oath of office as the graduate healthcare institution’s second president on Friday, October 6 at the Utah Valley Convention Center. Students, faculty, staff, community members, and local and national education, healthcare, business, nonprofit, political, and community figures attended the inauguration ceremony, filling the hall with an atmosphere of anticipation and excitement for Martin’s tenure as president. (Read More)

National Science Foundation grant to fund open access education research in Utah

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has granted $387,295 to a group of researchers at universities in the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) to create open access responsible and ethical conduct of research and mentoring trainings across academic institutions. 

The project is titled “Scaling Open Access Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research and Mentoring Trainings across Academic Institutions” and will run from 2023 to 2026. One of the researchers in this inter-institutional effort is Dr. Weihong Wang, associate professor and chair of the Earth Science Department at Utah Valley University. (Read More)

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On This Day In History 

• 1285 - 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany and are set on fire
• 1492  - Columbus reaches the "New World"
• 1900 - The first modern submarine is commissioned by the U.S. Navy as the USS Holland, named for its designer John Philip Holland
• 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt renames the "Executive Mansion" as "The White House"
• 1915 - British nurse Edith Cavell executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied prisoners escape
• 1960 - Nikita Khrushchev allegedly brandishes his shoe at the United Nations
• 1972 - Racial violence breaks out aboard US Navy ships
• 1973 - US President Richard Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as Vice President
• 1997 - John Denver dies in an aircraft accident at age 53
• 1998 - Matthew Shepard, victim of anti-gay hate crime, dies
• 1999 - Wilt Chamberlain dies of congestive heart failure at age 63
• 2000 - USS Cole attacked by terrorists
• 2002 - Terrorists kill 202 in Bali

Quote of the Day

"Faith is a kind of knowing; it is different from hope. My faith is that life is purposeful; of that I'm sure. There is a God, there is intelligence, there is consciousness. And behind all of this, there is incredible compassion."

—John Denver

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