It's a big weekend for college football in Utah. I'm really excited for the Cougars' game against the Razorbacks today! While living in Arkansas for two years, I bought my fair share of Razorbacks gear, and my family even chose the team as the theme for family photos one year. But I'm rooting for BYU, who will hopefully be healthy enough to pull off a win and right the ship. The Utes will have their hands full USC's vaulted offense and formidable defense, which leads the country in sacks and turnover margin.
After hopefully watching the Cougars win, I can watch my Arizona Cardinals beat the Seattle Seahawks. When Utah Today reader and Seahawks fan Catherine Bangerter emailed me last month about the "best team in the league," little did I know then that the Seahawks would be actually be the best offense in the NFL, despite trading Russell Wilson to the Broncos. The Cardinals defense will have their hands full.
Also on our minds: the chain reaction of postpartum depression,the lowest ACT scores in 30 years and why Stanford University apologized to the Jewish community.
The man who saw too much
History books give the CIA credit for spotting Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, sparking the Cuban Missile Crisis. But one Utahn says he was the first one to identify the missiles — not the CIA. On Oct. 15, 1962 at 2 a.m., Don Duff, a photo interpreter for Strategic Air Command, identified an SS-4 medium-range ballistic missile. What happened next is history.
He wants the Air Force and himself to get the credit they deserve.
“We knew it was pretty tense, and we knew that what he (Kennedy) was saying — ‘We have discovered missile sites in Cuba’ — that was our work,” Duff said. “We’re the ones who gave him that.”
Republican Sen. Mike Lee and Independent candidate Evan McMullin make up what Politico has called the strangest Senate race, one without a Democratic candidate. On Monday, the candidates will face off in their only debate before the election next month.
This election has featured Lee and McMullin taking shots at each other on social media and super PACs funding attack ads, including one that McMullin called false and sued Club for Growth over.
A poll by the Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics found that:
Lee leads McMullin with 41% to 37%.
20% of voters were undecided or would write-in a candidate.
Opinion: The Great Salt Lake Summit presents a next-level public education program (Deseret News)
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Health:
The chain reaction of postpartum depression on the family: how to break the cycle (Deseret News)
Why silence really is golden — for your health (Deseret News)
Long COVID study of 100,000 shows slow, sometimes partial recovery (Deseret News)
The FDA has officially declared a shortage of Adderall (NPR)
Culture:
Is the thumbs-up emoji canceled? 10 emojis that Gen Z says only ‘old’ people use (Deseret News)
Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas — new movies coming this October (Deseret News)
Education:
ACT scores are the lowest they’ve been in 30 years — here’s what we know (Deseret News)
Faith:
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland accepts rare gift from his friend, the Rev. Andrew Teal (Church News)
Why Stanford University apologized to the Jewish community (Deseret News)
Wasatch Front:
New Trader Joe’s location opening in Salt Lake City. Here’s what we know (Deseret News)
Utah hits record number of bicyclists dying after being hit by vehicles this year (KSL)
Southern Utah:
Multiple units burn at St. George over-55 community, fire chief warns about charging batteries (St. George News)
The Nation:
Shooting in Raleigh kills 5, including off-duty officer, teen (Deseret News)
Grocery store giants Kroger and Albertsons are merging — what you need to know (Deseret News)
The World:
Activists threw Heinz soup on a Van Gogh painting in climate protest (Deseret News)
The National Women's Soccer League's Kansas City Current broke ground on their new stadium, the first in the U.S. built specifically for women's professional soccer. The 11,500-seat stadium will be completed before the start of the 2024 season.
Formerly the Utah Royals, the team will make their first playoff appearance tomorrow against the Houston Dash since moving to Kansas City two years ago.
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