PLUS: The deathbed confession of an 1853 murder, your vacuum is watching you and and how fresh-baked bread sanctifies a kitchen 🍞
Good morning, my little pumpkin seeds! Here’s your forecast: ☀️ 50 – 96° in Logan ☀️ 71 – 103° in Salt Lake City ⚠️ ☀️ 78 – 107° in St. George | 💧 10% chance ⚠️ ⚠️ Heat Advisory We’re starting off our Monday with another one of the petty hills you would die defending. This one is from Anastasia Lott — and let me tell you, it’s a controversial one! 🌶 “The smallest, petty hill I will die on is that the Aggie Creamery is better than the BYU Creamery. BYU is good, but Utah State is superior and a better value as well. Why people go south instead of north for ice cream, I just don’t understand. Besides selling better products, the drive through Sardine Canyon is much preferable to Point of the Mountain.” Mic drop… 🎤 Tell me: Do you agree or do you bleed BYU creamery’s chocolate milk? Also on our minds: A shocking story of a deathbed confession of an 1853 murder, your printer is watching your every move and how fresh-baked bread transforms a kitchen into a sacred space. |
| These two Salt Lake men are fighting hard to restore the taxicab to its former glory |
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| | From Somalian refugee, to The Road Home, to driving taxi cabs, to the American dream, to a counterrevolution, there’s no stopping Almoh Bahaji and his taxi business. Although Uber and Lyft have challenged the ride-share industry, Bahaji chose to adapt and forge a new strategy with his business partner Jay Wacker to “CURB” the competition. | Utah State Sen. Ann Millner is concerned with literacy rates in Utah schools citing that by third grade, 50% of students are not up to grade level. In her opinion piece for the Deseret News, she presents SB127, or the Early Literacy Outcomes Improvement bill, to enact and improve strategies to get kids reading more. Read her piece here. More in Politics: Perspective: A union for thee, but not for me (Deseret News) Guest opinion: Closing the digital divide in rural Utah (Utah Policy) They’ve spent 2 decades influencing clean energy policy. Here’s where they’re headed next (Deseret News) | Technology: The walls (and the vacuums) have eyes! How Big Tech watches us (Deseret News) Lifestyle: Do families even eat Sunday dinners together anymore? (Deseret News) I took a cold shower every day for 2 months. Here’s what happened (Deseret News) Faith: The deathbed confession of an 1853 murder (Deseret News) Sacred history: Latter-day Saint women and bread baking (Deseret News) Wasatch Front: NASA scientist takes to the skies to search for clues of meteor origin on the Salt Flats (KSL) Southern Utah: Local nonprofit feeds 800 Washington County hungry children a week (St. George News) The Nation: Situation remains dire for residents of Jackson, Mississippi, as effort to restore water supply suffers setbacks (CNN) The World: Saskatchewan RCMP say 10 dead, 15 hospitalized after stabbings, suspects still at large (CBC) Flood-hit Pakistan breaches lake to avert overflow (Reuters) Sports: No. 25 BYU looks to shore up kickoff coverage, long pass defense as they turn attention to No. 10 Baylor’s visit (Deseret News) What we learned about Utah State against Alabama (Deseret News) How Florida chomped Utah in dramatic ending at The Swamp (Deseret News) |
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