It’s that time of year in the Wasatch Front when you might be minding your business at a Trader Joe’s and accidentally bump into that glorious specimen of an actor, Stanley Tucci.

If you’re you’re like all the other non-special people in the world, you probably don’t know what to do or how to keep your cool when you are so star-struck. Luckily, Meg Walter has a field guide on what to do when you see a celebrity during the Sundance Film Festival.

Attorney says abortion-related bill could limit child protections 🐝

A House Resolution making it easier to overturn the court’s hold on Utah's trigger abortion ban could impact family law cases and limit child protections.

What’s being said:

• Rep. Brady Brammer, who is sponsoring the bill, said: "There have been these statements that this applies to all of the family laws that could exist in the world … Lines 119 to 120 (of the resolution) specifically say nothing in this rule is construed to limit the equitable powers of the courts and domestic relations cases. This does not apply to family law.”
• Family law attorney Dani Hawkes disagrees: "I would say this will have a major impact on family law cases and that catch-all provision at the bottom of the rule has been there (for years), and it doesn't help with this rule.”

Would there be unintended consequences, and how would they play out? Read more at KSL.

More in Politics:

• This GOP Utah congressman was named to the House ‘weaponization’ committee (Deseret News)
• Opinion: This law would make Utah the worst state for crime victims (Deseret News) 🐝
• Lawmakers advance bill to ban possession or sale of child sex dolls (KSL) 🐝

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Health:

• Brain smog: New study shows traffic pollution’s negative effect on the brain (Deseret News)
• Your attention span is shrinking, but you can grow it back (Deseret News)
• Is an official end to the COVID-19 pandemic coming? Here’s what the World Health Organization may do (Deseret News)

Family:

• The new fight against pornography (Deseret Magazine)
• Unique baby names might be more trouble than they are worth — names carry weight (Deseret News)

Education:

• Utah bill would extend in-state tuition rates to refugees, asylum seekers (Deseret News) 🐝
• Utah Senate approves choice scholarship, teacher compensation bill on 2nd reading (Deseret News) 🐝

Police and Courts:

• Justice Department sues Google for alleged advertising violations (Deseret News)
• Utah Jazz expungement clinic gives Utahns second chances, clean slates (KSL)
• Inmate challenges state law he says was meant as retaliation against whistleblowers (Salt Lake City🔒) 🐝

Business:

• As hotels make a comeback, are hosts ruining Airbnb? (Utah Business)

Economy:

• Refund retreat: many taxpayers will see smaller refunds as pandemic-era breaks expire (Deseret News)

Culture:

• Prince Harry made millions, but did it cost him his popularity? (Deseret News)
• Still on the sidelines for Sundance? Here are a few films to get you in the game (KUER)

Faith:

• Pope Francis says homosexuality is a sin, not a crime in new interview (Deseret News)
• ‘Tremendous achievement’: Church publishes photographic record of original Book of Mormon manuscript (Deseret News)

Wasatch Front:

• Opinion: 30 years later, Salt Lake’s Ballpark neighborhood never hit a home run (Deseret News)
• Utah prosecutors dismiss decades-old sex assault case over evidence concerns (KSL)
• Local, federal law enforcers target bath salt distribution in Utah (KSL)

Southern Utah:

• Utah's 'Mighty 5' park visitation drops nearly 7% in 2022 (KSL)

The West:

• 4.2 magnitude earthquake hits in southern California (Deseret News)

The Nation:

• FDA wants baby food industry to reduce lead in products (Deseret News)
• Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts to be reinstated (The Hill)

The World:

• Germany and the U.S. will be sending tanks to Ukraine after all (Deseret News)

Sports:

• Analyzing the comings and goings: How did BYU football fare in the transfer portal? (Deseret News)
• Mikaela Shiffrin beats the record for World Cup wins for women’s alpine skiing (Deseret News)
• Remembering NFL All-Pro linebacker Fred Warner’s time at BYU (Deseret News)
• Aaron Rodgers has some words of advice and encouragement for Zach Wilson (Deseret News)

Photo of the Week

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, center, hugs her aunts Shauna Mayne, left, and Brenda Hulse Burr after SB117 passed a Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee hearing in the Senate Building in Salt Lake City on Tuesday.

Read the story here.

📸: Kristin Murphy