We have one more week until the Super Bowl, and even though he isn't playing in it this year — or ever again — Tom Brady gave sports fans everywhere something to talk about this week when he announced he's retiring "for good."
The Deseret News' Doug Robinson took a look at the GOAT's career and both of his retirements. Like many athletes that unretire, Robinson said Brady botched his perfect ending, but despite that botched ending, he can walk away from his last season as a "pioneer for the limits of age."
There's little he can do to change the end of his career, but if Patriots owner Robert Kraft has it his way, Brady will end it the same way he started it — as a New England Patriot.
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Jobs report blows by expectations, unemployment at 54-year low
January's Employment Situation Summary released by the U.S. Labor Department on Friday revealed that the unemployment rate had dropped to its lowest since 1969.
Last month, non-farm payroll employment increased by 517,000 and unemployment dropped to 3.4%.
“Today’s jobs report is almost too good to be true,” Julia Pollak, the chief economist at ZipRecruiter, wrote, according to CNBC. “Like $20 bills on the sidewalk and free lunches, falling inflation paired with falling unemployment is the stuff of economics fiction.”
Rep. Kera Birkeland's bill focused on providing services to rape victims and holding rapists accountable is already facing opposition, most notably from Birkeland's sister, Samantha Hansen, a rape survivor.
If passed, rape survivors would be unable to get an abortion after 18 weeks pregnant without seeking an exemption by providing the physician with “a copy of the case report by the applicable law enforcement agency” or “sign a certification that the woman reported to law enforcement the incident.”
Having waited six months to tell her mother and a year to notify the police after her own rape, Hansen opposes forcing rape survivors to relive their rape so they can tell law enforcement and meet the requisites to get an abortion.
“It is absolutely cruel to rape survivors,” Hansen said. “It is not going to accomplish what my sister claims she wants it to accomplish.”
Birkeland's bill would also provide mental health therapy to sexual assault victims and health care to rape victims during their pregnancy.
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Health:
Can your achy joint predict the weather? (Deseret News)
Survey: Half of U.S. adults want tobacco products banned by FDA (Deseret News)
Education:
The USDA wants to limit added sugars and sodium in school meals (NPR)
Environment:
Opinion: Why won’t lawmakers set a goal for Great Salt Lake water levels? (Deseret News) 🐝
Family:
Online dating: Lots doing it, but safety still a concern for many (Deseret News)
Studies show friendships for middle-aged men are dwindling (Deseret News)
Why teens are ditching their smartphones — and how to live without one (Deseret News)
Faith:
Satellite bishops’ storehouse in Maui, Hawaii, helps those in need in unique way (Church News)
USU study finds positive impact on women who serve missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Cache Valley Daily)
Science:
Scientists discover 319-million-year-old brain — could be oldest ever discovered (Deseret News)
China claims it successfully cloned 3 ‘super cows’ (Deseret News)
The Nation:
Was Ilhan Omar ousted from committee as retribution? (Deseret News)
China’s response to a spy balloon flying over the U.S. prompted Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken to cancel his trip to Beijing (Deseret News)
Suspect charged and arrested in the disappearance of Dallas Zoo monkeys (Deseret News)
The World:
Iran protesters turn to silent defiance rather than riots that erupted in the country months ago (Deseret News)
Why it matters that researchers found an ancient Egyptian mummy workshop (Deseret News)
Texas and Oklahoma will not be able to leave the Big 12 earlier for the SEC like they had hoped. The two schools will remain in the Big 12 for two more seasons, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported.
Earlier this week, there was a report that the teams had proposed leaving a year earlier but the offer was rejected.
“There’s no formal timeline or brink from which you can’t come back, but this is where things are right now — a deal is unlikely,” a source told Thamel.
BYU will play Texas on Oct. 28 and Oklahoma on Nov. 18.
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