The contestants for the 2024 “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions. Tyler Golden, Sony Pictures Television The highly anticipated “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions, which was delayed last year amid the writers strike, has finally arrived — and it includes the “largest contestant field in Tournament of Champions history,” according to a news release “Jeopardy!” shared with the Deseret News. Over the course of a month, the tournament will highlight contestants who won the most games since the last Tournament of Champions in 2022, players from Seasons 37 through 39 (the show is currentl ..read more

Cedar High School and Green Canyon High School compete in the 6A girls quarterfinals at the UCCU Center in Orem on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. Laura Seitz, Deseret News Cedar City 59, Green Canyon 54 In the quarterfinals of the 4A girls state basketball tournament Monday, a strong first half for Cedar City proved to be the difference in the game, as the Reds defeated Green Canyon 59-54. It was a tale of two halves. The first half was dominated by Cedar City on both sides of the ball, as the Reds took what appeared to be a comfortable 37-14 lead into the halftime break. “In the first half, we h ..read more

Fullcast co-founder Amy Cook talks with Brittany Davies and Dharmesh Singh at a company gathering in Huntsville on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Cook participated in funding Fullcast. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News A freshly reminted Utah-based tech company is finding success in disrupting industry norms that have put women-owned companies and women investors on the sidelines when it comes to the venture capital game. And Fullcast has successful names in technology backing the venture. A 2023 study helped define just how prevalent and pernicious gender disparities are among venture-backed entr ..read more

Westlake’s Jada Willis and Lone Peak’s Sarah Bartholomew reach for the ball during a 6A girls quarterfinal basketball game at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. Lone Peak won 59-50. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News Lone Peak 59, Westlake 50 In the final three minutes of Lone Peak’s 6A quarterfinal win over Westlake on Monday, senior Sarah Bartholomew almost single-handedly carried her team to the 59-50 win. Between her momentum-swinging blocked shot, two key offensive rebounds and seven points down the stretch, the senior was absolutely clutch when it mattered mos ..read more

Couple pictured in Saint Paul, United States, January 31, 2018 Photo by Samantha Gades on Unsplash The hullabaloo earlier this year regarding Pope Francis’ directive to allow priests to provide blessings to same-sex couples once again placed the issue of sexual minorities and religion in headlines. In the heated discourse around hot-button sexuality issues, it can sometimes feel like religions that hold a more traditional, heteronormative view on sexuality are a rarity. (“Heteronormative” is one label for institutions and practices that uphold heterosexual marriage as a uniquely special n ..read more

Finn Harrison, Quinn Page, Claire Johnson and Brooks Holt decipher soil samples during a visit by the FBI at Canyon Creek Elementary School in Farmington where second graders were taught how to use detective skills on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Marielle Scott, Deseret News A cookie caper was afoot on Friday in one Farmington second grade class as the FBI’s Salt Lake City field office paid a visit to Canyon Creek Elementary, thanks in part to one student’s determination. Last November, second grade student Uriah Mulwee and his peers were instructed in class to write letters of gratitude around ..read more

The Supreme Court is seen at sundown in Washington, on Nov. 6, 2020. J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday to determine if states can prohibit social media companies from banning users based on political speech if that speech violates the platform’s policies. The justices are grappling with how the First Amendment should be applied on social media platforms based on two cases: Moody v. NetChoice in Florida and NetChoice v. Paxton based out of Texas. The Florida law would stop social media companies from banning the accounts of political candid ..read more

Scientists are monitoring the degradation of the Y chromosome in humans, and explaining what it means for the human race. Adobe.com Sex determination at birth is decided on the chromosomes the baby has. A female has two X chromosomes, whereas a male has one X and one Y chromosome. According to Medline Plus, in every cell, humans possess 23 pairs of chromosomes, among which the sex chromosomes constitute one pair. The X chromosome, comprising roughly 155 million DNA base pairs, makes up around 5% of the total DNA in cells. The Y chromosome extends over more than 59 million DNA building blo ..read more

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Eliza Anderson, Deseret News This is the first in a series exploring stories of people who come back to faith. Ashly Stone never imagined how her life was about to change when she tried heroin. “I was sick without it,” she remembers — “totally emotionally unstable.” “Needing a substance to be able to function is a really rough way to live,” she remembers. This was a long journey from her happy upbringing as a “good kid” in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As Ashly recounted on the “All In Podcast,” she was eventually estranged from most people in her life — with th ..read more