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For many mothers who took time away from careers to focus on childrearing and are looking to reintegrate back into the workforce, the decision comes with a slew of dilemmas: How do you explain the gap on your resume, and does it need to be explained at all? And how do you find work that’s compatible with the demands of parenting?

Read more about one mom’s viral LinkedIn post and the conversation it ignited about mothers and careers.

Also on our minds:

A Georgia nonprofit’s gift to honor fallen Utah officer
What Congress can do to address antisemitism on college campuses
The offseason status of NFL players with Utah ties

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Statue of Responsibility inches closer to home in Utah

The Statue of Liberty has become an American icon. It’s a colossal beacon of freedom welcoming the poor, the tired, the huddled masses, the homeless and the tempest-tost, as the inscription says, to American shores where it stands in the New York Harbor.

More than 2,000 miles away in the Beehive State, there may soon be a companion statue looming 305 feet high as well, known as the Statue of Responsibility.

Steve Cohen, president and CEO of the Statue of Responsibility Foundation, sat down with the Deseret News at the Little America Hotel to share how the foundation is inching closer to securing a location at the Point of the Mountain in Draper.

Read more about what the statue means and what it would take to construct it.

Cell phones, speed and cars: Bad combos as ‘100 deadly days’ begin

A smartphone in hand is like gasoline on a fire when it comes to driving safety. Things can blaze out of control shockingly fast.

Throw in speeding or aggressive driving, sleepiness or recklessness in its many forms, or general lack of attention, and you have some of the key factors that make the 100 days between Memorial Day and Labor Day a time when drivers make the roads an especially scary place to be if everyone isn’t paying close attention to their actions and those of others.

Law enforcement officials in nearly every state are using the few days leading to the Memorial Day weekend to warn drivers to be smart and keep the roads safe this summer. This weekend, they’ll be out in force.

Read more about the "deadly days" of summer and how Utah is working to prevent fatalities.

More in Utah

Georgia nonprofit sends scripture-inscribed dog tags to honor fallen Utah officer (Deseret News)
Police investigating report about Utah AG candidate (Deseret News)
SLC residents weigh in on downtown revitalization, Abravanel Hall future (Deseret News)
Box Elder County solar farm is one of several new clean energy sites in Utah (KSL)

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Faith

Supporting inclusion means embracing Harrison Butker, Catholic nonprofit tells NFL (Deseret News)
‘Sister Clutch’: Florida catcher Jocelyn Erickson, SEC Player of the Year, tells about her ‘leap of faith’ (Church News)

Entertainment

More sequels, prequels and spinoffs: 13 movies coming to theaters this summer (Deseret News)
Sen. Mitt Romney got a shoutout during the ‘Jeopardy!’ Masters finale. Can you answer the clue? (Deseret News)

Politics

Deficits vs. climate: Here’s what Sen. Romney thinks the Budget Committee should prioritize (Deseret News)
RNC headquarters evacuated after vials of blood addressed to Trump found (Deseret News)

Sports

The offseason status of NFL players with Utah ties. How many of the 101 are Utah and BYU players? (Deseret News)
First baseman or cupid? Phillies’ Bryce Harper helps with promposal (Deseret News)
Utah beats Oregon in Pac-12 baseball tournament, but season comes to an end (Deseret News)
Deseret News archives: Jerry Sloan followed his own path to greatness (Deseret News)

The U.S.

U.S. airlines are suing the Department of Transportation over fee disclosures — here’s what it means for you (Deseret News)
Tornado-spawning storms left 5 dead and dozens injured in Iowa and now threaten cities from Texas to Vermont (CNN)

The World

Some European countries move to recognize Palestinian state (The Wall Street Journal)
Archaeologists say they’ve discovered an ancient river that helped Egyptians build the pyramids (Deseret News)

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