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Utah Headlines

Political news

• A look back on Utah’s last attempt to repeal the death penalty, and why it failed (KSL TV)
• Lawmaker Kera Birkeland to bring back proposed constitutional amendment legalizing lottery in Utah (Fox13)
• Several Weber County cities, entities to meet on proposed property tax hikes throughout August (Standard-Examiner)

Utah

• First California condor to fledge in Zion National Park dies of lead poisoning (Deseret News)

Olympics

• What Simone Biles eats in a day (Deseret News)
• Here’s how many New York Times readers know the 2034 Winter Games are in Salt Lake City (Deseret News)
• Former Utes Michelle Plouffe, Paige Crozon fall short of Olympic medal (Deseret News)
• Whittni Morgan’s remarkable Olympic journey just came to an end. Here’s what happened (Deseret News)
• Kenneth Rooks secures spot in men’s steeplechase final (Deseret News)
• University of Utah's Emilia Nilsson to make Olympic debut in diving competition (KUTV)
• Athletics-Duplantis breaks own pole vault world record after taking gold (Reuters)
• Olympic boxer Imane Khelif calls for end to bullying after backlash over gender misconceptions (AP)
• Boxing group answers some questions but raises many more about tests on Imane Khelif, Lin Yu-ting (AP)
• Why BYU has so many track athletes at the Olympics, and why this may be just the beginning (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Whale breach seen during Paris Olympics surfing semifinal competition in Tahiti (AP)

Business/Tech

• Google broke the law to maintain its monopoly, federal judge rules (Deseret News)

Crime/Courts

• Man fatally shot in Mount Olympus trailhead parking lot (KSL)
• Police identify father as person of interest after 'suspicious death' of Salt Lake County sheriff's deputy (KSL)
• Owner of West Valley tow company accused of targeting minority semitruck drivers (KSL)
• Man arrested after reportedly stealing car with 8-month-old baby inside (KUTV)
• Why Taberon Honie is asking Utah Gov. Cox to delay his execution (Salt Lake Tribune)

Culture

• Craft Lake City starts soon — take free public transportation to get there (KSL TV)
• Teen boys all seem to want a ‘broccoli’ haircut. What is it? (ABC4)
• Do Latter-day Saints turn to cosmetic surgery in a quest for perfection to please God? New body image study shows they undergo such procedures more often than most Americans, but BYU researchers say these members may be misunderstanding the church’s theology. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Education

• 'A dark day': Removal of 13 books from all public school libraries in Utah prompts strong reactions (KSL)

Environment

• Drying Utah: State keeps firefighters home over wildfire risks; soil moisture drop raises concern (KSL)
• Opinion: A balanced perspective on the PROVE IT Act (Deseret News)
• Opinion: Coal continues its precipitous decline (Salt Lake Tribune)
• The hunt is still on for the source of invasive mussels in the Colorado River (KUER)
• Who’s in charge of overseeing uranium shipments? Utah agencies can’t agree. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Health

• Study suggests that the fear your doctor is judging you may have merit (Deseret News)
• U. mathematics professor publishes model to explain cancer development (KSL)

Housing

• New homes shrink in size, but Utah's remain the largest in the U.S. (KUTV)

National Headlines

General

• Japan’s share benchmark soars nearly 11% a day after massive sell-offs that shook Wall Street (AP)
• US stock futures find footing after global selloff (Wall Street Journal)
• Exclusive: US personnel wounded in attack against base in Iraq, officials say (Reuters)
• Grieving loss and coping with trauma, Lahaina fire survivors feel their way through a difficult year (AP)

Political news

• Jay Evensen: Americans are too gullible to withstand political propaganda (Deseret News)
• Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis to cooperate in Arizona fake electors case, charges to be dropped (AP)
• Supreme Court rejects Missouri's bid to halt Trump’s sentencing in N.Y. hush money case (NPR)

Election news

• A Virginia man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Kamala Harris (NPR)
• Usha Vance says her husband’s platform focuses on family (Deseret News)
• A chief architect of Project 2025 is ready to shock Washington if Donald Trump wins a second term (AP)
• Republican congressman who voted to impeach Trump fights to survive Washington primary (AP)
• Kennedy fights to stay on ballot, but everyone’s talking about the bear (New York Times)
• As Trump fumes, Republicans wince at ‘public nervous breakdown’ (Politico)ukraine

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• With their nation under siege, Ukrainian athletes shine at Paris Olympics (NPR)
• Long battle for a ruined city takes a desperate turn (New York Times)

Israel and Gaza

• U.N. fires 9 more staffers over potential involvement in Oct. 7 attack on Israel (NPR)
• As Israel braces for Iran’s retaliation, diplomats work to avoid wider war (New York Times)

World news

• Protesters who toppled Hasina want a Nobel laureate to lead Bangladesh. Who is Muhammad Yunus? (AP)
• Putin calls for a project to promote ‘traditional Russian values’ overseas (AP)

Number of the Day 

City councils to vote on Alpine School District split

In a rare move, six cities in northern Utah County are scheduled to vote on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, to potentially put on the ballot a measure that would allow voters to decide whether to create a new school district. The city councils of Alpine, American Fork, Cedar Hills, Draper, Highland and Lehi will hold meetings throughout the day and the public is invited to attend. The move comes after a robust 45-day public comment period in which city officials conducted extensive public outreach, held a dozen public hearings and heard directly from hundreds of residents. (Read More)

GOEO announces new director and program analyst for USBCI

The Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity (GOEO) is excited to announce the appointment of Paul Jolley as the new director of the Utah Small Business Credit Initiative (USBCI) and Jack Rasmuson as program analyst. As director, Jolley will lead the strategic implementation of USBCI, ensuring efficient fund distribution and building lending and community partnerships to unlock approximately $690 million in private investment by 2030. As a program analyst, Rasmuson will analyze market trends, monitor fund allocation, prepare reports, and ensure program compliance, addressing capital access obstacles for Utah’s small businesses. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

• August 14 â€” Hatch Foundation "Titan of Public Service" recognizing Sen. John Thune, Grand America, Register here
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• October 15-16 — Interim Day
• November 15 â€” Women & Business Conference & ATHENA Awards Luncheon with the Salt Lake Chamber, Grand America Hotel, Register here
• November 19-20 — Interim Days

On This Day In History 

• 1787 - The first complete draft of the proposed Constitution is debated.
• 1911 - Lucille Ball is born.
• 1914 - Ellen Axson Wilson, US 1st Lady (1913-14), dies during Woodrow Wilson's 1st term of Bright's Disease at 54.
• 1926 - Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel
• 1945 - American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing 80,000 immediately. Another 60,000 would be dead by the end of the year from the effects of radiation.
• 1965 - President Lyndon B Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing African Americans the right to vote. This legislation meant that suffrage was finally extended fully to Black women. 
• 1991 - The World Wide Web makes its public debut as a means of accessing webpages over the Internet.

• 2011 - Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy commando unit that had slain Osama bin Laden; seven Afghan commandos also died.

Quote of the Day

“The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.”

—Lyndon B. Johnson

On the Punny Side

I bought my wife an elephant for her room.

She thanked me but I told her don’t mention it.

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