"Do we want to envision, write and be in charge of a future in which we are respected as individuals and in which we can enhance and enrich our society? Or do we want our future to be written by a few giant corporations, whose technology, algorithms and devices steadily chip away at our humanity?"
Frank H. McCourt Jr. writes that he would choose a future in which the internet has a far more positive impact on our lives than it does today. He envisions a digital future that has humans at its center.
Read more about what McCourt Jr. calls Silicon Valley's "threat to democracy."
Rep. Celeste Maloy wins primary recount by 176 votes but holds off on declaring victory
Brigham Tomco of the Deseret News reports that Rep. Celeste Maloy has defeated Colby Jenkins in the 2nd Congressional District Republican primary recount by the closest margin in 30 years — 176 votes from the initial 214-vote lead after counties certified the initial count on July 9.
Both candidates issued tentative statements as the Utah Supreme Court considers a lawsuit from Jenkins contesting the election results.
Maloy praised the job done by county election workers.
“The county clerks and their staffs have done amazing work to count and recount the ballots. Their process has been thorough, transparent and their remarkable accuracy should inspire confidence in our election system,” Maloy said in a statement.
Read more about the race results and what comes next for Jenkins and Maloy.
The first California condor to hatch and take flight in Zion National Park died of lead poisoning just shy of its fifth birthday.
Dubbed “1K” in 2020 because it was the 1,000th bird trapped and tagged since the start of the California condor recovery program in the 1980s, its radio tag indicated the young male had stopped moving last March. Biologists traversed several miles through rugged terrain in a remote canyon to locate the bird. Necropsy results confirmed the cause of death as lead poisoning, according to the The Peregrine Fund.
The conservation group along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Zion National Park announced the death Monday.
Read more about why this is important and what is being done to help the California condor.
More in Utah
Utah inmate scheduled for execution Wednesday asks governor to delay (Deseret News)
Drying Utah: State keeps firefighters home over wildfire risks; soil moisture drop raises concern (KSL)
Downtown Salt Lake is about to drastically change. Will it bring back office workers? (KSL)
Star 8 airlifts hiker from Snow Canyon State Park (St George News)
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The U.S.
Google broke the law to maintain its monopoly, federal judge rules (Deseret News)
Kamala Harris will announce her running mate Tuesday (Deseret News)
Jay Evensen: Americans are too gullible to withstand political propaganda (Deseret News)
The World
Rachel Miner: Mothers call for peace in Israel-Palestine (Deseret News)
U.S., global markets skid as recession fears loom again (Deseret News)
Sports
These players with Utah ties have been named to 2024 college football award watch lists (Deseret News)
How serious is Puka Nacua’s knee injury? (Deseret News)
What you need to know about NBA’s new TV deal (Deseret News)
‘We gotta perform in the games’: BYU coaches mostly reserving their praise in preseason camp (Deseret News)
Olympics
How BYU great Kenneth Rooks lived to run another day (Deseret News)
Whittni Morgan’s remarkable Olympic journey just came to an end. Here’s what happened (Deseret News)
Faith
2 million meals — what the Church of Jesus Christ’s donation to a Canadian food bank means (Deseret News)
‘You were made to soar,’ Elder Uchtdorf tells young adults in Utah Area devotional (Church News)
The Guinness records broken at the Utah YSA conference (Deseret News)
Health
Study suggests that the fear your doctor is judging you may have merit (Deseret News)
Entertainment
Here are 16 movies coming to theaters this fall (Deseret News)
Accusations of unprofessional handling and mistreatment of contestants on ‘Beast Games’ come to light (Deseret News)
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