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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Utah congressmen express anger after Speaker McCarthy ousted (Deseret News)
• Opinion: Call it ‘a victory for the forces of chaos within the Republican Party’ (Deseret News)
• Utah leaders say House stripping McCarthy of speaker position is 'hypocrisy' (KSL)
• ‘Congress set a new low’: Rep. John Curtis speaks out against the removal of Speaker Kevin McCarthy (ABC4)
• The House speaker is ousted, but the nation’s growing money problem is not going away (Deseret News)
• Sandy City Council unanimously approves code change for transitional housing (KUTV)

Election news

•  WATCH LIVE: The 2023 Salt Lake City mayoral debate, Oct. 4, 6 pm (KUER)
• Rep. Curtis explains Senate turnaround, will run for House again (KSL Newsradio)

General Utah news

• The ‘New Utah’: Bigger, more diverse and economically mighty but facing unprecedented challenges (Deseret News)
• 25 Centerville residents displaced after fire rips through apartment complex (KSL TV) 

Business

•  Qualtrics cuts workforce by 15% amid restructuring (Deseret News)

Culture

•  Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey’s recipe for a happier life (Deseret News)
• Perspective: In the NFL, brutality isn’t only on the field. The commentators bring it, too (Deseret News)
• With artificial intelligence, the future is here (Deseret News)

Education

• Home-schooling has become less religious, and other takeaways from new research (Deseret News)
• Utah Lake comes to life for fourth graders in experiential learning adventure (KSL)
• Riverton High teacher wins $50,000 for his automotive classes (KSL Newsradio)
• Lt. Governor Henderson proposes a community service requirement for high schoolers (Fox13)
• Davis School District still struggles with racial harassment, says DOJ-required report (KUER)

Environment

• Agency seeks public comment on draft management plan for Utah Lake (Daily Herald)
• Inland port proposes wetland protections near Great Salt Lake (Fox13)

Family

• October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month — here are the signs and what you can do to help (Deseret News)
• WIC funding is on the chopping block, and thousands of Utah moms-to-be are at risk (Salt Lake Tribune)

Health

•  5 surprising health benefits of colder weather (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• Police chief who led raid on Kansas newspaper has resigned (Deseret News)
• Five people, four of them students, wounded in shooting at Morgan State University (Washington Post)

Politics

• Public events will be held this week to celebrate the life of Dianne Feinstein (Deseret News)
• This national political reporter reads the Bible. Here’s why (Deseret News)
• Will bump stocks become legal again? U.S. Supreme Court could hear challenge to federal ban on gun accessory (Deseret News)
• New York judge issues limited gag order after Trump sends disparaging post about court clerk (AP)
• Acting Speaker McHenry orders Pelosi to leave her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday. She's in California for Sen. Feinstein's funeral (Politico)
• House is paralyzed, with no Speaker after McCarthy's historic removal (New York Times)
• Republicans are sick of Matt Gaetz, and they’re not quiet about it (Washington Post)
• Gaetz knocks Speaker pro tem for sending lawmakers home to ‘cry for a week’ (The Hill)

Election news

• Haley surpasses DeSantis in New Hampshire poll. The poll is the latest measure of Haley’s bounce — and DeSantis’ backslide — in the GOP primary. (Politico)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Inside Ukraine's plan to weaken Russia's military in Crimea (Wall Street Journal)
• In Ukraine, explosive DIY drones give an intimate view of killing (Washington Post)

World

• At least 21 dead in Italy after bus veered off elevated road near Venice (Deseret News)
• Worst dengue outbreak on record in Bangladesh kills more than 1,000 (Washington Post)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Utah Global Diplomacy adds Brad Winn, Edward Lopez, Raymon Burton and Thomas Appiah to board

Utah Global Diplomacy has announced the appointment of four new directors to its board. The addition of these directors supports the organization’s expanded efforts to promote respect and understanding between the people of Utah and other nations through citizen diplomacy. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day 

Upcoming

• Understanding Sexism in Utah with the Utah Women and Leadership Project— Oct. 10, 12:00-1:15 pm, Register here
• Civics Educator Conference with "Sharon Says So" — Oct. 10, UVU, More information and registration here
• Interim Day — Oct 10-11, le.utah.gov
• Martha Hughes Cannon Award with Utah Women Run — Nov 2, 6:00-8:00 pm, Nominate someone here
• Interim Day — Nov 14-15, le.utah.gov
• General election — Nov. 21
  

On This Day In History 

• 1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes is born. He became the 19th US President
• 1854 - Abraham Lincoln makes his 1st political speech at the Illinois State Fair
• 1896 - Dorothy Lawrence, the only woman to serve on the front lines in WWI, is born
• 1908 - Eleanor Flexner is born. An influential author and historian, she wrote Century of Struggle: The Women’s Rights Movement in the United States and Mary Wollstonecraft: A Biography.
• 1915 - Dinosaur National Monument is established
• 1927 - Work begins on Mount Rushmore
• 1944 - General Eisenhower warns of the risk of “shell shock”
• 1957 - Sputnik launched by the USSR, inaugurating the Space Age
• 1976 - Barbara Walters becomes the first woman co-anchor of the evening news 
• 1993 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg joins the U.S. Supreme Court as its second woman Justice
• 2006 - WikiLeaks is launched
• 2008 - Sheryl Sandberg becomes the COO of Facebook

Quote of the Day

“Success and likeability are positively correlated for men and negatively for women. When a man is successful, he is liked by both men and women. When a woman is successful, people of both genders like her less.”

—Sheryl Sandberg

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