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Good morning! Here are the top stories from last week:

Trump on ‘Meet the Press’: The economy, a third term and how he wants to change the White House

Sarah Jane Weaver: The lessons of 3 images — 2 from a pope, 1 from a president

A Box Elder County farm boy grabs Trump’s attention to help farms

FBI-led operation rescues 115 child exploitation victims; Utah charter school director among those charged

Gravel pits: Not attractive, but you need them

Here’s what’s on first Chinese ships arriving in U.S. subject to Trump’s 145% tariff

How a prayerful surgeon — Dr. Russell M. Nelson — helped ensure many joyful Mother’s Days for BYU coach Heather Olmstead and her family

How the NBA draft lottery will determine the way Danny Ainge and Justin Zanik will be judged

Tonight’s NBA draft lottery could be a game-changer for the Jazz.

Because the Jazz finished with the worst record in the 2024-25 season, they have a 14% chance of getting the No. 1 overall pick and are guaranteed a top-five pick.

If the Jazz get the first pick, they would select Duke’s Cooper Flagg. According to Sarah Todd, landing Flagg “could be the beginning of something great.”

“It‘s not hard to imagine, that in that world, Ryan Smith, Danny Ainge and Justin Zanik are applauded, praised, thanked and revered for the decision to tear down the Donovan Mitchell-Rudy Gobert Jazz team and rebuild by tanking for the sheer possibility of landing Cooper Flagg,” Sarah writes.

Read more about tonight’s NBA draft lottery and what it could mean for the Jazz.

From Jan’s kitchen to the shelves at Costco

Lee Benson writes:

To understand how a protein snack the size of a ping-pong ball made it from a kitchen in Highland to a collection of Costco stores along the Wasatch Front — with reportedly more to come — you have to go back to the 2020 Utah high school 6A tennis championships.

Allison Story and her partner, Emma Reynolds, won the state championship that year in doubles, helping their school, Lone Peak High, to a second-place finish in the large school division.

The girls attributed their victory in no small part to the tasty PES (performance-enhancing snack) they took before every practice and every match: the protein-packed balls of nutrition that came from the above-mentioned kitchen.

Read more about how the creators of Stephen’s Gourmet Hot Cocoa made protein balls that even teenagers enjoy.

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Utah

Opinion: Without child care reform, Utah will fall apart. Here's what we can do (Deseret News)
New lead may bring police closer to answers in disappearance of South Jordan teen (KUTV)
'Keepers of people': Emmy-nominated Utahn's documentary highlights rural West through quilters (KSL.com)

Deseret Magazine

Why politics takes a back seat to parenting (Deseret News)
A French photographer captures life on the range (Deseret News)

The U.S. & World

Hamas to release US-Israeli hostage as part of efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire (BBC)
Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Gaza and Ukraine, saying 'Never again war' (NPR)
U.S., China say positive trade news coming Monday (Axios)

Health

8 tips to help you start a garden (Deseret News)
At least 10 people sickened in U.S. listeria outbreak linked to prepared foods (The Associated Press)

Entertainment

‘American Idol’ reveals its top 5 (Deseret News)
These are the best TV moms of all time (Deseret News)

🗓️ Events Calendar

We put together a list of events and activities going on around the state of Utah in May. Check it out and let us know if we are missing anything!

Here are some highlights for events in Utah today:

May 1–17 — Tulip Festival | Thanksgiving Point, Lehi
May 5–31 — “Finding Neverland” | Hale Centre Theatre, Sandy

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