Looking for somewhere to eat this week? Katherine Heigl revealed some of her go-to restaurants in Utah. She mentions having a penchant for FatBoy ice cream sandwiches, which hail from Utah's very own Cache County, and I have to agree with her taste on that one.
Sen. Mitt Romney, Secretary of State Antony Blinken explore progress in Middle East, Ukraine, China
Israelis and Palestinians have both been “absolutely traumatized” by the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, and the subsequent war in Gaza, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Utah Sen. Mitt Romney Friday.
“And when this conflict ends, building back from that trauma is going to be an extraordinary task,” Blinken said.
At the time of the attack, Israel and Saudi Arabia were just days away from normalizing relations, Blinken said, something he hopes might still happen.
Romney interviewed Blinken at the McCain Institute’s 2024 Sedona Forum, held Friday and Saturday in Sedona, Arizona. They discussed the war in Gaza, and the possibilities for a cease-fire, as well as the relationship between China and the U.S., and the continuing war in Ukraine.
Now that hockey has arrived, does it help or hurt the effort to land a Major League Baseball team in Utah?
MLB will no doubt keep an eye on how the Utah hockey club performs in a market that for decades had only the Utah Jazz and, to a lesser extent, Real Salt Lake to compete for corporate dollars and fans. Salt Lake City, almost overnight, became home to two of the “Big Four” sports leagues in the country.
“The ability to generate revenue depends not just on the size of the market, but also the size of the corporate presence in the region and the competition for the entertainment dollar,” David Carter, principal at The Sports Business Group and an adjunct professor of sport business at the University of Southern California, told the Deseret News via email.
Read more about the possibility of baseball expansion.
Health
400 days and counting: ER doc's exercise streak improves his mental health (KSL-TV)
Adult acne: Why you get it and what you can do about it (Deseret News)
Faith
The enduring myth of ‘Christians in name only’ (Deseret News)
Hope and healing possible for those hurt by pornography, Elder Renlund says (Deseret News)
Ryan Jensen: How ‘seeing inside the temple’ gave our daughter a glimpse into eternity (Church News)
Sports
BYU hoops momentum signals new vision in Big 12 era (Deseret News)
It’s clear what kind of players the Jazz need, right? (Deseret News)
The pope now has a Mark Pope jersey (Deseret News)
What Spencer Petras said about being named the Aggies' starting QB (Deseret News)
Paula Findlay takes command on bike, captures her second Ironman 70.3 women’s title (St. George News)
Utah
Warning issued for parts of Utah ahead of 'significant' late season winter storm (KSL)
Gaza memorial in Salt Lake City sparks debate on free speech and antisemitism (Deseret News)
UDOT launches volunteer litter-cleanup program to Keep Utah Beautiful (KSL)
Program that helps feed Utah children loses major funding after donation pull (KSL)
The U.S. and World
China could be first to retrieve samples from dark side of the moon (Deseret News)
Israel-Gaza war: Ceasefire talks intensify in Cairo (BBC)
3 bodies found in Mexican region where Australian, American surfers went missing, FBI says (CBS News)
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