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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Would an ombudsman outside the public school system result in better handling of reports of racism? ‘Something has to change,’ said Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, describing names her son has been called at school such as the ‘N word’ (Deseret News)
• Bills getting conserved water to Great Salt Lake, bans on outdoor watering introduced (Fox13)
• Rep. John Curtis responds to calls for his arrest in Hong Kong (Deseret News)

Election news

• Here's who's running for Utah House speaker, other leadership positions (KUTV)
• A race for Utah House speaker is underway. Here’s why it’s not attracting much attention (Deseret News)
• Attorneys for Brad Wilson call fraud lawsuit an attempt to ‘hurt his political campaign,’ file motion to dismiss (Deseret News)
• US Senate hopeful Brad Wilson warns of ‘radical big government policies’ out of DC (Standard-Examiner)
• Congressional candidate runs abortion rights ad in red state Utah (Fox13)

Utah news

• Water project to bring running water to one southern Utah community for the first time (KSL)
• What's next after 'significant leadership loss' with President Ballard's passing (KUTV)
• President M. Russell Ballard’s humanitarian service will always be remembered by his friends (KSL TV)
• Seriously? Utah apparently does well among states with pothole problems (Fox13)
• Smaller Utah towns were banking on the promise of nuclear replacing coal. Now what? (KUER)

Business/Tech

• New study says Google and Facebook owe U.S. news outlets $14B every year for content (Deseret News)
• Judge upholds decision to block Park City Mountain Silverlode, Eagle upgrades (KPCW)
• Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout

Crime

• A ‘lethal combination’: Domestic violence and guns in Utah (KSL TV)

Culture

• ‘The truth is one thing’ — a conversation with Mitch Albom (Deseret News)

Education

• What a rabbi and an imam are doing to bring peace to college campuses (Deseret News)
• New program at USU promises better healthcare outcomes for non-English patients (KSL TV)
• U professor finds new way to clean up space junk (KSL Newsradio)
• Davis School District outlines changes after racial discrimination settlement (Fox13)

Environment

• Reaching for Air: How a historic mistake led to Salt Lake City’s pollution nightmare (KUER/Salt Lake Tribune)
• Great Salt Lake rally brings Native and youth voices to Utah’s Capitol Hill (UPR)

Family

• Facing financial ruin as costs soar for elder care (New York Times)

Health

• This sleep trick may be the most important for a long life (Deseret News)
• How to avoid overeating this holiday season (Deseret News)

Housing

• Where home prices are falling the most: 4 Utah cities rank in top 25 (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• Donald Trump Jr. testifies about 'sexiness' of father's real estate (Reuters)
• Lawyer says Trump aide told her after 2020 election: ‘The boss is not going to leave’ (New York Times)
• Maryanne Trump Barry, the former president’s older sister and a retired federal judge, dies at 86 (AP)

Political news

• The Supreme Court adopts first-ever code of ethics (NPR)
• Vote to avert US government shutdown first big test for new House speaker (Reuters)
• The right is already rebelling against Mike Johnson’s spending plan (Washington Post)
• Freedom Caucus announces opposition to Speaker Johnson stopgap plan (The Hill)
• ‘He’ll be out': Santos’ GOP critics anxiously await report they hope will help boot him (Politico)
• Senate panel will move resolution Tuesday to break Tuberville’s hold on military nominees (The Hill)

Election news

• The 2024 Republican presidential field is rapidly shrinking. But is it too late to stop Trump? (AP)
• Nikki Haley will launch a $10M ad campaign to try to overtake Ron DeSantis in the GOP primary (AP)
• Trump’s plans if he returns to the White House include deportation raids, tariffs and mass firings (AP)
• Trump’s incendiary ‘vermin’ remarks prompt backlash (The Hill)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• 'We need to record everything': This team stayed behind in a Ukrainian war zone (NPR)
• Ukraine says Russians intensify bombardment of Avdiivka (Reuters)
• Amid competing U.S. security priorities, Ukraine could get left behind (Washington Post)

Israel 🇮🇱

• As fighting empties north Gaza, humanitarian crisis worsens in south (AP)
• Renowned Candian-born Israeli peace activist, Vivian Silver, confirmed killed in Hamas attack (AP)
• We were interviewing a Palestinian farmer. Then the drone and soldiers appeared (NPR)
• Mass grave inside Israeli-encircled Gaza hospital, no plan to rescue babies (Reuters)
• Killed by Hamas, Israeli filmmaker was inspired by border horrors (Reuters)
• Israel dominates battlefield with technological advantage over Hamas (Wall Street Journal)

World

• Putin approves new restrictions on media coverage ahead of presidential elections (AP)
• Iceland evacuates town and raises aviation alert as concerns rise a volcano may erupt (AP)
• Mexico's first openly non-binary magistrate found dead at home (Reuters)

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News Releases

Kennedy Jr High opens new Family Engagement Center during “Evening of Excellence”

Join us for Kennedy Jr. High’s “Evening of Excellence” on Wednesday, November 15th, from 5:30pm – 7:30 P.M, featuring The Grand Opening of the school’s Family Engagement Center. The new Family Engagement Center will host a variety of resources for students and their families. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• Interim Day — Nov 14-15, le.utah.gov
• Celebrating 30 years of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, with the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation — Nov 16, 10 am, MST, Register here
  
• General election — Nov. 21
  

On This Day In History 

• 1889 - Journalist Elizabeth Cochran, aka Nellie Bly, sails around the world in 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes, and 14 seconds, beating the fictional record set by Phineas Fogg in Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days
• 1948 - King Charles is born.
• 1954 - Condoleeza Rice is born. She is the first black woman, second African American (after Colin Powell), and second woman (after Madeleine Albright) to serve as US Secretary of State.
• 1959 - Bryan Stevenson is born. An American social justice activist and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, he is also the author of Just Mercy
• 1960 - Six-year-old Ruby Bridges walks into William Frantz Elementary School accompanied by federal marshals
• 1970 - Plane crash devastates Marshall University football team
• 1985 - Volcano erupts in Colombia, burying nearby towns and killing over 20,000
• 1994 - First public trains run through the Channel Tunnel linking England and France under the English Channel

Quote of the Day

"Simply punishing the broken--walking away from them or hiding them from sight--only ensures that they remain broken and we do, too. There is no wholeness outside of our reciprocal humanity.”
― Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

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