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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Juneteenth special session criticized by NAACP Salt Lake Branch (KSL TV)
• School Safety Security Task Force discuss new requirements for schools as part of new bill (KSL TV)
• Mike Lee compares listening to KSL radio to waterboarding (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah legislature's organized crime subcommittee talks border security, retail theft and gangs (Fox13)
• Spencer Cox elected vice chairman of the Western Governors’ Association (KSL)

Election news

• How will Trump’s endorsement influence Utah Republican primaries? (Deseret News)
• Trump endorses Rep. Celeste Maloy for reelection, putting the former president at odds with Sen. Mike Lee (Salt Lake Tribune)

Utah news

• What did this 5th grader do when a truck barreled toward a schoolmate?Hector Lara grabbed the girl by her backpack to pull her to safety (Deseret News)
• Good Samaritans take action after Tooele man badly burned at campsite (KSL)
• Salt Lake City in rarified air as one of world's happiest cities (Fox13)

Olympic news

• Utah Olympian named USA Bobsled head coach (Fox13)
• Pair of Utahns, BYU teammates are Olympics bound (Fox13)

Culture

• In the search for spiritual truth, put down your phone and read a good book instead (Deseret News)

Education

• The sometimes amusing, sometimes troubled history of Utah's school mascots (KSL)

Environment

• Utah trail access for Americans with disabilities important aspect of new bill (Fox13)
• The forecasts for Utah’s monsoon season are in. And it’s not very good news (KUER)

Family

• School’s out. Here’s how to help your kids cut down on screen time this summer. (New York Times)

Health

• Intermountain Health announces plan for $96 million pediatric behavioral health campus (Deseret News)

Housing

• Utah homeless groups report influx of Venezuelans, say resources are taxed (KSL)
• Utah homeless rates are increasing. How much are evictions to blame? (Daily Herald)
• Southern Utah families sought for sweat-equity homeownership program (St. George News)

National Headlines

General

• The state of patriotism in America: This Fourth of July, will people celebrate with pride or pessimism? (Deseret News)
• No lie: Perfectly preserved centuries-old cherries unearthed at George Washington’s Mount Vernon (AP)

Political news

• How can ordinary Americans build peace and strengthen the rule of law in response to the Trump and Biden convictions? (Deseret News)
• Secret Service agent robbed at gunpoint during Biden’s Los Angeles trip, police say (AP)
• Biden gives legal protections to undocumented spouses of US citizens (New York Times)
• Mike Johnson’s Intelligence Committee choices anger some GOP lawmakers (Washington Post)

Election news

• ‘Politically homeless’ Latter-day Saints dissatisfied with 2024 candidates (Deseret News)
• Trumpworld keeps overstating Trump’s support among Black voters (Washington Post)
• New polling shows the real fallout from the Trump conviction (Politico)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Russian official says Ukraine pouring troops into contested Kharkiv region (Reuters)

Israel and Gaza

• ‘A hellscape’: Dire conditions in Gaza leave a multitude of amputees (New York Times)
• Israeli forces deepen Rafah invasion, kill 17 in central camps (Reuters)

World news

• Thailand passes marriage equality bill, first in Southeast Asia (Reuters)

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On This Day In History 

• 1812 - War of 1812 begins
• 1873 - Judge Hunt orders a jury of twelve men to find Susan B. Anthony guilty. Anthony was charged with illegally voting in a New York election in April of that year. When Anthony’s counsel requested the jury polled, the request was denied. Anthony was fined $100 plus court costs. In a separate hearing, the poll workers who accepted her vote were fined $25 plus court fees.
• 1928 - Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic successfully by air.
• 1929 - Ann Mara is born. She became the first lady of football, co-owning the New York Giants from 1959 until her death in 2015. She was also mom to 11 kids.
• 1963 - Three thousand Black students boycott Boston public schools as a protest against de facto segregation.
• 1983 - Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space
• 1985 - Karl Malone is chosen in draft by the Utah Jazz

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"Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender."

—Keith Ellison

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