Once upon a time, the Utah Jazz were actually the New Orleans Jazz. One of the big reasons they came to Utah — and stayed here — is because of 90-year-old Frank Layden and his larger-than-life personality!

The former general manager and head coach got the team to their first playoffs ever by his fourth year and was even named NBA Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year.

Super PACs are playing a supersized role in the Senate race between Mike Lee and Evan McMullin

You may have noticed a steady increase in the nasty attack ads in the Senate race between current Sen. Mike Lee and challenger Evan McMullin. The reason is that political action committees, or super PACs, are ramping up their spending to promote their candidate — or in many cases, tear down the opposing one.

Are the attack ads working, and what are their effects? Learn more here.

More in Politics:

• Perspective: The shadow side of the fight against white Christian nationalism (Deseret News)
• Media messaging that humanizes communities doesn't change attitudes, study says (KSL)
• Utah Supreme Court declines to lift injunction on abortion ban (FOX13)

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Health:

• New report ranks the states on how good they are for mental health (Deseret News)

Family:

• Perspective: How do you know when it’s time to leave a neighborhood, a state or a country? (Deseret News)
• Perspective: The courts are coming for monogamy. We should resist (Deseret News)
• As a Black American, I envied the ancestral connections of others. Then a single DNA test changed my world (Deseret News)

Business:

• New report reveals trends in Utah's booming tech industry (KSL)
• Renewable energy roundtable (Utah Business)

Police and The Courts:

• Task force aims to solve, prevent murders and disappearances of indigenous people (KSL)
• Brazen burglars hit 3 homes in a Logan neighborhood (KSL)
• Utah woman forcibly stopped by fake police officer (ABC4)

Faith:

• What is happening at Hill Cumorah? See photos of the Church’s reforestation project (Church News)

Central Utah:

• Hard Freeze Warning issued for Sanpete Valley (ABC4)

The Nation:

• Top states for UFO fans (Deseret News)
• Mississippi River faces drought and unsustainable conditions for commerce (Deseret News)

The World:

• Thousands take to the streets of Paris to protest soaring prices (Reuters)

Sports:

• How No. 20 Utah beat No. 7 USC in a thriller, remained alive in the Pac-12 race (Deseret News)
• BYU football: Is the struggling Cougars’ leaky defense fixable, or is the talent just not there? (Deseret News)
• How high did Utah rise in the polls after handing USC its first loss? (Deseret News)