Top News Headlines

Cosmo Hey everybody, welcome to Top News Headlines! [] Today is Friday, October second, twenty twenty-six. []

Carrie Glad you're with us! [] Quick heads-up before we start: today's feed came back really thin. []

Cosmo Yeah, it's a strange one. [] For most of our national stories, we only got headlines, with no details behind them. []

Carrie Right. [] So here's what those headlines say. [] First, another aircraft carrier is heading to the Middle East, as Trump contemplates what the headline calls a restart after the midterms. [] We didn't get any more detail than that. []

Cosmo And one more headline from the entertainment side: Christopher Reeve's son has received what's being called a shocking diagnosis. [] The source didn't say what the diagnosis is, so we won't guess. []

Carrie Beyond that, The Washington Times only had a header for a special advertising supplement called America's Energy Edge. [c] It's in the print edition only. [c]

Cosmo And that's an ad, not news. [c] The Fox News feed didn't help either. [d] It was just the sign-up page for their weekday newsletter, Fox News First. [d]

Carrie So that's all we can tell you nationally. [] We'd rather give you just the headlines than make something up. []

Cosmo On world news, we got one headline. [] British authorities have arrested a dual national on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts, in a case tied to Royal Air Force Fairford. []

Carrie That's all the source told us, so that's all we'll say. [] We'll be back on track next time. []

Cosmo Now, Utah! [] We do have one real local story, and it's a good one. []

Carrie It is! [] It's about the mental health of very young children. [i] Rebecca Dutson is president and C E O of The Children's Center Utah. [i]

Cosmo She says plenty of adults just don't realize the littlest kids can struggle too. [i] In her words, "So many adults don't understand that infants, toddlers, and preschoolers have mental health needs." [i]

Carrie That's a big misconception. [i] People tend to think mental health is an adult issue and that kids are resilient enough to bounce back on their own. [i]

Cosmo But she's seeing progress. [i] Communities are talking about it more openly and starting to realize help is out there. [i]

Carrie I love how she put it: "I believe we are turning the tide the tiniest bit." [i]

Cosmo Small steps, but in the right direction. [] For any parents listening, it's worth knowing that support exists for the youngest kids too. [i]

Carrie Absolutely. [] That's all we've got on this light news day. [] Thanks for listening! []

Cosmo See you next time, everybody! []

Cosmo Hey everybody, welcome to Top News Headlines! [] Today is Thursday, October first, twenty twenty-six, and we have a quick, tight rundown for you. []

Carrie Let's jump right in, starting with the national news. [] Former special counsel Jack Smith is back in the conversation. [b] He's put out a statement explaining why President Trump was investigated in the first place. [b]

Cosmo And he doesn't soften it. [] Smith says President Trump was investigated because the President, quote, "preyed on party loyalty and fear." [b]

Carrie That's a pointed way to put it. [] Smith is framing the President's conduct as exploiting the pressure and loyalty inside his own party. [b]

Cosmo Right. [] That statement is all we have today. [] There are no new filings or charges with it, just Smith's account of what drove the investigation. []

Carrie Expect that line to get a lot of airtime from both sides. [] Okay, let's go overseas. []

Cosmo Our top world story comes from the United Kingdom. [e] British authorities say a dual national has been arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. [e]

Carrie And this one is tied to R A F Fairford, the Royal Air Force base in Gloucestershire, in western England. [e]

Cosmo Any case linked to a military base gets serious attention. []

Carrie Authorities haven't released much more than that yet. [] There's no name and no details about the alleged plan. [] We'll share more when they do. []

Cosmo We'll keep watching that one. [] Now let's head home to Utah. []

Carrie Here's one with a hopeful ending. [] The Utah County Sheriff's Office says a young boy riding an electric scooter was hit by a vehicle in Vineyard on Tuesday evening. [i]

Cosmo Oh no. [] Where did it happen? []

Carrie On Center Street, just before eight at night. [i] He was crossing the road when he was struck. [i]

Cosmo His injuries looked serious at first. [i] An ambulance took him to Primary Children's Hospital in critical condition, and the sheriff's investigations team was called to the scene. [i]

Carrie But here's the good news. [] The sheriff's office says he's recovering well, and he's expected to go home today or tomorrow. [i]

Cosmo That's a huge relief for his family. [] And it's a good reminder for drivers and scooter riders alike to be extra careful at crossings, especially as the evenings get darker. []

Carrie Absolutely. [] We're glad he's on the mend. []

Cosmo That's the rundown for today. [] Thanks for listening to Top News Headlines. []

Carrie Stay safe out there, and we'll see you next time! []

Cosmo Hey everybody, welcome to Top News Headlines! [] It's Wednesday, September thirtieth, twenty twenty-six. [] Great to have you with us. []

Carrie Glad you're here! [] It's a light news day for us, so we'll stick to what came through clearly and keep it quick. []

Cosmo Love it. [] National news first. [] Former special counsel Jack Smith is explaining why he investigated President Trump. [b] That report comes from a conservative-leaning national outlet. []

Carrie And Smith's explanation is blunt. [b] He says the President was investigated because he, quote, "preyed on party loyalty and fear." [b]

Cosmo That's a sharp way to put it. [] Smith is pointing to how Trump used loyalty and fear within the party as the reason for the whole investigation. [b]

Carrie Expect that line to get plenty of pushback from the President's allies. []

Cosmo What else do we have nationally? []

Carrie Just a headline on this next one, so we'll keep it short. [] Senator Tom Cotton is pushing the Pentagon to investigate missing F thirty-five components that ended up in China. [d]

Cosmo Wow. [] Parts from America's most advanced fighter jet showing up in China. [d] That's a national security story to keep an eye on. []

Carrie Definitely. [] We'll bring you more details once the full reporting comes through. []

Cosmo One more headline before we move on. [] The son of the late actor Christopher Reeve has received what's being called a shocking diagnosis. []

Carrie We only have the headline on that one. [] The report we received didn't say what the diagnosis is, so we won't guess. [] We'll share more if details come through. []

Cosmo On to world headlines. [] What do we have? []

Carrie Honestly, not much. [] Our wire service feeds didn't deliver any usable world stories for this window. [] We'd rather tell you that than guess. []

Cosmo Agreed. [] No filler, and no made-up headlines. [] We'll have a full world roundup next time. []

Carrie So let's head home to Utah. [] The biggest local item comes from a season preview, and it's hockey! [i] The Utah Mammoth open their season tomorrow night, October first, against Chicago. [i]

Cosmo Let's go! [] Quick recap: last season the Mammoth went forty-three wins, thirty-three losses, and six overtime losses. [i] They made the playoffs but lost in the first round. [i]

Carrie So there's unfinished business. [] Head coach Andre Tourigny is back behind the bench. [i] His career record so far is one hundred seventy wins, one hundred ninety-five losses, and forty-five overtime losses. [i]

Cosmo So there's continuity at the top, but a lot of change on the ice. [i] Several familiar faces are gone, including forward J J Peterka and defenseman Sean Durzi. [i]

Carrie Also gone are defenseman Ian Cole, forward Alex Kerfoot, and goaltender Vitek Vanecek. [i] That's a lot of turnover, so it'll be fun to see how the new additions fit in. [i]

Cosmo The big question is whether this reworked roster can get past the first round. [] We'll find out soon enough. []

Carrie That's all for today's Top News Headlines. [] Thanks for listening, everyone! []

Cosmo See you next time! []

Cosmo Hey everybody, welcome to Top News Headlines! [] Today is Tuesday, September twenty-ninth. []

Carrie Glad you're here! [] Quick heads-up before we start. [] Most of our news feeds came back almost empty today, so this is a shorter show. [] We'll only tell you what we can actually confirm. []

Cosmo That's the right call. [] Let's start with national news. [] Our main story is a statement from former Special Counsel Jack Smith. [b]

Carrie Smith says President Trump was investigated because Trump, in Smith's words, "preyed on party loyalty and fear." [b]

Cosmo Those are strong words from the man who led that investigation. [b]

Carrie They are. [] But that one line is all we have. [b] There's no timeline and no further detail, so we'll leave it there. [b]

Cosmo Fair enough. [] One more national item. [] There's a new headline tying a certain food to a higher risk of disease. [a]

Carrie But hold on. [] All we got was the headline. [a] We don't know which food, which disease, or who did the study. [a]

Cosmo Right, so don't change your grocery list just yet! [] We'll bring you the details if the full report comes through. []

Carrie One quick tech note, too. [] We saw a headline saying Mark Zuckerberg is pushing for open A I models. [] The headline asks whether he's doing it for economic gain or for safety reasons. []

Cosmo Good question, but again, the headline is all we have. [] We don't know his arguments or what's driving the push, so we'll leave that one open for now. []

Carrie Now for world headlines. [] I'll be honest. [] Our wire service feeds didn't give us any stories today. []

Cosmo Nothing from Reuters, nothing from the A P. [] We're not going to guess about conflicts or world leaders. [] Getting it wrong would be worse than skipping it. []

Carrie Exactly. [] We'll be back to full world coverage next time. [] So let's head home to Utah! []

Cosmo Let's go! [] It's a big week for girls volleyball. [i] The local sports listings show several high school matches. [i]

Carrie On Wednesday, Freedom Prep visits Salt Lake Academy at six o'clock in Region Sixteen. [i] Then I C S visits American Heritage at seven in Region Seventeen. [i]

Cosmo Thursday night is packed. [i] Cedar Valley visits Mountain Ridge at six thirty in Class six A, Region Two. [i]

Carrie And here's the one I'd circle! [] Corner Canyon visits Skyridge, also at six thirty, in Class six A, Region Three. [i]

Cosmo Lone Peak plays Thursday too, but we didn't get their full listing. [i] If you're a Lone Peak fan, check the school's website for details. []

Carrie And one more Utah note. [] The Salt Lake Tribune is a nonprofit newsroom that runs on reader donations. [h] If you care about local coverage, that's one way to support it. [h]

Cosmo That's the show for today. [] Thanks for sticking with us on a quiet news day! []

Carrie We'll see you next time on Top News Headlines. [] Take care, everybody! []

Cosmo Hey everybody, welcome to Top News Headlines! [] Today is Monday, September twenty-eighth. []

Carrie And fair warning for our listeners: the news feeds came back pretty thin today. []

Cosmo They really did. [] On the national side, a lot of what we got was newsletter sign-up pages and a print advertising supplement. [c][d] That's not news, so we're skipping it. []

Carrie We did get two national headlines, though. [] The first says a certain food has been linked to a higher risk of disease. [a]

Cosmo Which food? [] What disease? []

Carrie That's the catch. [] The headline doesn't say, and we don't have the study details, so we're not going to guess. [a]

Cosmo Smart. [] If you see that one going around, read the full article before you change your grocery list. []

Carrie Exactly. [] The second national headline is about tech. [] Mark Zuckerberg is pushing for open artificial intelligence models. []

Cosmo Open models, meaning A I systems that are shared openly instead of kept locked up by one company. []

Carrie Right. [] And the headline asks the big question: is he doing it for economic gain, or for safety reasons? []

Cosmo We only have the headline, not the full story, so we can't tell you which way the reporting lands. [] But it's a debate worth watching. []

Carrie Agreed. [] Now for our biggest story of the day, which comes from the world desk. []

Cosmo President Xi Jinping of China is planning a visit to the United States. [b] Ahead of that trip, the White House and the Chinese delegation are in a dispute. [b]

Carrie And it's not about trade or security. [b] It's about media placement, meaning where reporters and cameras go and who gets access to what. [b]

Cosmo That sounds small, but at a summit, the optics are part of the message. [b]

Carrie Right. [] Where the cameras stand shapes what the world sees. [] And this friction is happening before the visit even starts. [b]

Cosmo So it's unresolved going in. [b] The reporting doesn't say yet how it will get settled. [b]

Carrie We'll keep an eye on it. [] Okay, let's head home to Utah! []

Cosmo Our Utah story is a big one for Utah County. [] The Utah City development has unveiled plans for a new retail district called Broad Street. [i]

Carrie And it's going on the site of the old Geneva Steel mill in Vineyard. [i] That's a real landmark! []

Cosmo It sure is. [] The project covers two hundred fifty thousand square feet and runs east to west across the site. [i]

Carrie Plans call for dining, fashion, and entertainment. [i] The developer has hired a firm called Odyssey Retail Advisor to help plan it. [i]

Cosmo Davis Harris, Utah City's senior vice president of retail, is leading the effort. [i]

Carrie And the timeline? [] Construction is expected to begin in twenty twenty-seven. [i]

Cosmo So old steel country becomes a shopping and dining district. [] Quite a change. []

Carrie It really is. [] That's our show for today. [] Thanks for listening, everybody! []

Cosmo See you next time on Top News Headlines! []

Cosmo Hey everybody, welcome to Top News Headlines! [] Today is Sunday, September twenty-seventh. [] Glad you're here. []

Carrie And I'm glad to be here too! [] I'll be upfront with our listeners. [] It's a very thin news day. []

Cosmo Very thin. [] Our national sources didn't come through with any full stories today, so we're not going to guess at headlines we can't back up. []

Carrie It's the same on the world desk. [] We have no reports on conflicts or major international events, so we're skipping that segment instead of filling it with guesswork. []

Cosmo That brings us home to Utah, and one big story. []

Carrie An independent review has been released on the Turning Point U S A event at Utah Valley University. [i] That's the event where Charlie Kirk was assassinated on September tenth of last year. [i]

Cosmo The university commissioned the report, and it runs one hundred fifty-seven pages. [i] Its central finding is that the event had no action plan, and the safety measures already in place weren't properly carried out. [i]

Carrie The review lists ten key findings, along with recommendations for improvement. [i] It also includes a detailed timeline of that day. [i]

Cosmo Here's an important point. [] The review team found that no university employee acted in bad faith or deliberately ignored safety. [i]

Carrie So the report blames the system, not individual people. [i] The problems were in how the event was planned and how safety rules were followed. [i]

Cosmo It's a sobering read, and it matters for every campus in Utah that hosts large public events. []

Carrie Absolutely. [] That's our briefing for this Sunday. [] Thanks for listening, everyone! []

Cosmo We'll see you next time on Top News Headlines! []

Cosmo Hey everybody, welcome to Top News Headlines! [] Today is Saturday, September twenty-sixth. []

Carrie Great to be here! [] Quick heads up, folks. [] Our source feeds came back thin today, so this will be a short one. [] We'd rather keep it brief than pad it with guesses. []

Cosmo Honest and quick. [] I like it. [] Let's start with the national headlines. [] The big one is about money. [a] One headline says President Trump's promise of a five thousand dollar check faces major obstacles. [a]

Carrie That's a big promise for a lot of households. [] But we only got the headline, not the full story. [a] So we can't tell you yet what those obstacles are. []

Cosmo Right. [] We'll bring you the details when we have them. [] The other national headline is about tech. [e] It raises a question about Mark Zuckerberg and Open A I's models. [e]

Carrie Again, that's just a headline with no article behind it. [e] So we'll leave it there and not guess. []

Cosmo Now for the world headlines. [] What have we got? []

Carrie Honestly, we've got nothing we can use. [] None of today's world sources gave us actual reporting. [] So instead of making something up, we're skipping the world segment today. []

Cosmo Fair enough. [] That brings us home to Utah, where we do have a real story, and it's a heavy one. []

Carrie It is. [] Utah Valley University has released an independent review of the Turning Point U S A event on September tenth, twenty twenty-five. [i] That's the event where Charlie Kirk was assassinated. [i]

Cosmo The university published the report on Friday. [i] It's one hundred fifty-seven pages long and lists ten key findings, plus recommendations. [i]

Carrie A central finding is that there was no action plan for the event. [i] The review also says the safety measures the university already had were not properly carried out. [i]

Cosmo But here's the nuance. [] The review did not blame any one person. [i] It found no bad faith and no willful disregard by university employees. [i]

Carrie So the problem was the system, not individuals. [i] The report points to gaps in the school's procedures and rules for events. [i]

Cosmo That makes the recommendations the part to watch as the university decides what to change. []

Carrie Absolutely. [] That's the news for this Saturday. [] It was a lighter lineup, but we had a serious story at home. []

Cosmo Thanks for listening, everybody. [] We'll be back with more headlines next time. []

Carrie Take care, Utah! []

Cosmo Hey everyone, welcome to Top News Headlines! [] Today is Friday, September twenty-fifth. [] Glad you're here. []

Carrie Glad to be here! [] Fair warning, our news feeds came in thin today, so this one's a quick one. [] Let's get into what we've got. []

Cosmo Starting with national headlines. [] One headline says President Trump's promise of five thousand dollar checks faces major obstacles. [a]

Carrie We only got the headline on that one. [a] No details on what the obstacles are. [a] So file it under stories to watch. []

Cosmo Fair enough. [] Next up, a man is going to court to challenge a ban on making liquor at home. [a]

Carrie That one's also just a headline. [a] We don't know where it's happening or what his legal argument is. [a] We'll share more if details come in. []

Cosmo One more from the tech world. [] Mark Zuckerberg is pushing for open A I models, and the headline asks whether he's doing it for economic gain or for safety reasons. []

Carrie Another headline-only story, so we can't tell you which way the answer goes. [] But it's worth watching as the fight over open A I models heats up. []

Cosmo Now for world headlines. [] What have we got? []

Carrie Honestly, nothing solid came in from overseas today. [] No wire reports we could use. []

Cosmo Then we'll skip it instead of guessing. [] Hopefully we'll have more next time. []

Carrie Now to Utah, and this is today's biggest story. [] Utah Valley University has released an outside review of the Turning Point U S A event where Charlie Kirk was assassinated. [i] That shooting happened on September tenth of last year, twenty twenty-five. [i]

Cosmo It's a big report. [i] One hundred fifty-seven pages, published today. [i]

Carrie The biggest problem it found? [i] The event had no action plan. [i] And the safety measures the university already had weren't properly put in place. [i]

Cosmo The review lists ten key findings, plus recommendations and a timeline of the day. [i]

Carrie It also says no university employees acted in bad faith, and none showed willful disregard for anyone's safety. [i]

Cosmo So the failures were in planning, not intent. [i] That's an important distinction for Utah families and students trying to understand what went wrong. []

Carrie Absolutely. [] We'll keep an eye on how the university responds to those recommendations. []

Cosmo That's the rundown for today. [] Thanks for listening to Top News Headlines! []

Carrie See you next time! []

Cosmo Hey everybody, welcome to Top News Headlines! [] Today is Thursday, September twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-six. []

Carrie Glad to be here! [] Fair warning, it's a lean news feed today, so we're keeping it quick and sticking to what we can actually confirm. []

Cosmo Love that. [] Let's start with national news. [] The top headline says President Trump's promise of a five thousand dollar check is running into major obstacles. [b]

Carrie Five thousand dollars is a big promise. [b] What are the obstacles? []

Cosmo Honestly, we only have the headline today. [b] No details yet on what's standing in the way. [b] So treat this as one to watch. []

Carrie Got it. [] Here's the other national headline. [] A man is going to court to challenge a ban on making liquor at home. [a]

Cosmo Oh, home distilling! [a] That's a fun fight. []

Carrie It is! [] But again, it's just a headline for now, so no word on who he is or where the case stands. [a] We'll bring you more when we have it. []

Cosmo Now for world news. [] What have we got? []

Carrie One headline. [] Mark Zuckerberg is pushing for open A I models, and the question being asked is whether he's doing it for economic gain or for safety reasons. []

Cosmo That's a big question. [] We only have the headline for now, so we can't say which way the answer goes. [] That's one to follow up on tomorrow. []

Carrie Exactly. [] Now let's head home to Utah, where we have a fuller story. []

Cosmo We do! [] Back on August twenty-fifth, the Provo City Council updated its outdoor lighting rules to follow dark sky standards. [i] This week, the council went back and tweaked those rules. [i]

Carrie And the rules are strict. [i] New or replaced outdoor lights have to be three thousand Kelvin or lower. [i] That means a warmer, softer light. [] They also have to be fully shielded, so the light points down and not up into the sky. [i]

Cosmo Holiday lights have always had their own exception. [i] Under the August rules, they were only allowed in November, December, and January. [i] This week's change drops that limit. [i]

Carrie There's a catch, though. [] Holiday lights now have to be off by ten at night. [i]

Cosmo So you can keep the twinkle lights, just turn them off at bedtime. [i]

Carrie Sounds fair to me! [] That's the news for today. [] Thanks for listening, everybody. []

Cosmo See you tomorrow! []

Cosmo Hey everybody, welcome to Top News Headlines! [] Today is Wednesday, September twenty-third. [] Glad you're here. []

Carrie Great to be here! [] Quick heads up before we start. [] Our news feeds came back really thin today. [] A lot of what we pulled in was sign-up pages and donation banners, not actual stories. [d][h]

Cosmo So we'll keep it short and stick to what we can actually stand behind. [] Nothing made up. []

Carrie Love that. [] So what have we got nationally? []

Cosmo The biggest national headline is President Trump visiting New York City Mayor Mamdani at the mayor's official residence. [] Trump said the new mayor has great potential. []

Carrie That's surprisingly warm coming from Trump! []

Cosmo It is. [] But all we have is the headline, so we don't know what they talked about or whether anything came out of it. []

Carrie Fair enough. [] Over in tech, one headline asks whether Mark Zuckerberg is pushing for open-source A I models to make money, or because of safety concerns. [e]

Cosmo Business or safety. [e] That's a real question. []

Carrie Right, and again it's only a headline. [e] There's no announcement or detail behind it that we could confirm. [e]

Cosmo Okay, on to world news, and this is where our sources really let us down. []

Carrie Yeah, nothing solid came through from the wire services today. [] No conflict updates and no international stories we could check. []

Cosmo So we're not going to guess. [] For world news today, go straight to Reuters or the Associated Press. []

Carrie Good call. [] Let's head home to Utah, where we actually have a real story. []

Cosmo We do! [] The Utah County Commission has given final approval to its twenty twenty-six funding list for regional transportation projects. [i]

Carrie How many projects are on it? []

Cosmo Fifteen, spread out over the next four years. [i] And the money comes from Utah County sales tax dollars. [i]

Carrie Here's how the list came together. [] Utah County mayors and other elected officials sit on a regional planning board. [i] That board is run by the Mountainland Association of Governors, and it picked the projects back in August. [i] The commission has now signed off. [i]

Cosmo Got it. [] The mayors picked them, and the commission made it official. [i]

Carrie Exactly. [] If you drive around Utah County, these fifteen projects will shape your commute for the next few years. []

Cosmo Worth watching for sure. [] That's it for today, a short one while our sources catch up. []

Carrie Thanks for listening, everybody. [] We'll be back with more tomorrow! []

Cosmo Hey everybody, welcome to Top News Headlines! [] Today is Tuesday, September twenty-second. [] Glad you're here. []

Carrie Great to be with you! [] Quick heads up before we start. [] Our news feeds came through thin today, mostly headlines without full stories. [] So we'll tell you what we know and skip the guessing. []

Cosmo Works for me. [] Our top national story is a big media fight. [a] C N N, Politico, and M S Now are suing President Trump over a White House ban. [a]

Carrie Three major news outlets taking the White House to court together. [a] That's a lot of firepower! []

Cosmo It is. [] The headline doesn't say what the ban covers or which court they filed in. [a] Still, a joint lawsuit from three newsrooms tells you they see this as a serious fight over press access. []

Carrie Next up is tech. [] Mark Zuckerberg is pushing for open A I models. [e] That means artificial intelligence systems that anyone can inspect and build on. []

Cosmo And the question hanging over it is why. [e] The coverage frames it as a puzzle. [e] Is this about his company's bottom line, or is it about safety? [e]

Carrie Great question, and we don't have the answer today. [] But when one of the biggest players in tech takes a side on how A I gets built, everyone else pays attention. []

Cosmo Let's head overseas. [] Our world headline comes from Britain, and it's a royal family story. [a]

Carrie Oh, this one's juicy. [] Princess Diana's brother is accusing King Charles of gaslighting. [a]

Cosmo Gaslighting! [] That's a heavy word to throw at the King. []

Carrie Very heavy. [] We only have the headline, though. [a] No details on what incidents he means, when this happened, or whether the palace has responded. [a]

Cosmo So it's a sharp public accusation, and we'll have to wait for the substance. [a] Diana's family and the royals have a long, complicated history, and this adds a new chapter. []

Carrie Now let's come home to Utah. [] It was a quiet day in our local feeds, so we'll keep this short. []

Cosmo We do want to note one passing. [] Darlene Newbold Little died on Monday, September twenty-first. [i] She was ninety-four. [i]

Carrie Ninety-four years. [i] Walker Mortuary in Morgan is handling her funeral services, so check with them for details. [i] Our thoughts are with her family and friends. []

Cosmo We'll be keeping an eye on Utah news, and hopefully tomorrow's feeds give us more to work with. []

Carrie To recap: three news outlets are suing the White House over a ban, Zuckerberg is backing open A I, and Diana's brother has taken aim at King Charles. []

Cosmo That's the rundown. [] Thanks for listening to Top News Headlines! []

Carrie See you tomorrow, everybody! []

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Cosmo Welcome to Top News Headlines. [] It's Monday, September twenty-first, twenty twenty-six. []

Carrie The lead national story today is a legal fight over press access. [b] C N N, Politico, and M S Now have filed suit against President Trump over a White House ban. [b]

Cosmo Three major news organizations suing the President at once. [b] That's a big deal. []

Carrie It is. [] The headline tells us who is suing and what it's about, but the filing details and the legal claims haven't been laid out yet. [b] We'll follow it as it develops. []

Cosmo Here's another one to watch. [] Mark Zuckerberg is out front advocating for open A I models, and people are asking whether that push is about safety or about Meta's bottom line. [e]

Carrie Nobody has answered that question yet. [e] It's being posed, not resolved. [e]

Cosmo And one lighter item. [] A man says a meat-only eating plan cured him. [a] He calls it the lion diet. [a] No details on what it cured or how long he did it, so file that one under curious. [a] [S E G M E N T: World Headlines]

Carrie Now to world headlines, and I have to be straight with you. [] Our wire feeds came up empty in this window. []

Cosmo Nothing from Reuters, nothing from the Associated Press? []

Carrie Nothing usable landed in the last twenty-four hours, and we're not going to make something up to fill the time. []

Cosmo Fair enough. [] If a major international story broke overnight, we'll have it for you tomorrow with the sourcing to back it up. [] [S E G M E N T: Utah Local Headlines]

Cosmo Let's turn to Utah, and the top local story is a tragedy on Mount Timpanogos. [i]

Carrie According to the Utah County Sheriff's Office, a nineteen-year-old man was killed Friday morning when lightning struck a small shelter near the summit. [i]

Cosmo That shelter is known as the Tin Shack. [i] A group of hikers had reached the top early Friday when a large thunderstorm rolled in, and they ducked inside for cover. [i]

Carrie The lightning hit the structure directly. [i] The nineteen-year-old was critically injured and did not survive. [i] Several other hikers were hurt, though the sheriff's office hasn't given an exact count. [i]

Cosmo Search and Rescue responded around six in the morning and provided medical aid on the mountain. [i]

Carrie It's a hard reminder about early fall storms in the high country. [] A summit shelter feels safe, but a metal structure on an exposed peak is exactly where lightning wants to go. []

Cosmo Our thoughts are with that young man's family and everyone who was up there with him. []

Carrie That's the top news for Monday. [] Thanks for listening. []

Cosmo We'll see you tomorrow. []

Cosmo Welcome to Top News Headlines. It's Sunday, September twentieth, twenty twenty-six.

Carrie We have to be straight with everyone right up top. Our source pull came back nearly empty today.

Cosmo It really did. On the national side, the only actual headline that landed was a story about a man who credits an all-meat plan he calls the lion diet with curing an illness the headline never names. That one line is all we have, with no name and no details, so there's nothing we can responsibly build on.

Carrie The rest of the national pull was noise. A Washington Times advertising supplement called Gateways to Health, and a Fox News First newsletter sign-up page. Neither one is a news story.

Cosmo World headlines were the same picture. Nothing from the wire services made it into today's material, so we're not going to make anything up to fill the slot.

Carrie Utah is thin too. The Salt Lake Tribune reminded readers that it's a nonprofit newsroom and that its reporting depends on donations. That's a real note, but it's an appeal, not a headline.

Cosmo So today is a short one. We'd rather give you two honest minutes than three invented ones.

Carrie We'll be back tomorrow with a real slate. Thanks for listening.

Cosmo Welcome to Top News Headlines. [] It's Saturday, September nineteenth, twenty twenty-six. []

Carrie I have to be upfront with our listeners today. [] There was very little fresh news in our sources this morning, so this is going to be a short one. []

Cosmo It is. [] Let's start with what we do have on the national side. [] One headline from our national feed says Representative Joyce Beatty detailed what she called President Trump's Kennedy Center tantrum. [a]

Carrie And the same headline notes she says the venue is still open. [a] That's all we can confirm, so we're not going to speculate past it. []

Cosmo Right. [] The other national item that crossed the wire is a health headline. [] A man claims a meat-only eating plan, what he calls the lion diet, cured him. [a]

Carrie The headline didn't say what it cured him of. [a] So file that one under curious, not confirmed. []

Cosmo On to world headlines. [] This is where it gets even thinner. []

Carrie It does. [] None of our wire or international sources had anything new enough to report today, so we have no world stories we can responsibly pass along. [] We would rather say that plainly than fill the time. []

Cosmo Agreed. [] That leaves us with Utah, and there is one local item worth passing along. []

Carrie Barbara Carter Sandstrom of the Provo area passed away on September eleventh. [i] Her viewing is today, Saturday, at Nelson Family Mortuary in Provo, from ten in the morning until noon. [i]

Cosmo A graveside service will follow the viewing. [i] Our thoughts are with her family. []

Carrie That's everything we can stand behind today. [] We'll be back tomorrow with, hopefully, a much fuller rundown. []

Cosmo Thanks for listening to Top News Headlines. [] Have a good Saturday. []

Cosmo Welcome to Top News Headlines. It's Friday, September eighteenth, twenty twenty-six, and I'm Cosmo.

Carrie And I'm Carrie. Cosmo, I'll be honest with our listeners right up front. Our national desk came back thin today. We have two stories on the board, and neither one arrived with much detail.

Cosmo So let's tell people exactly what we know and not one word more. First up, families living in communities hit by rare cancer clusters are pushing for answers. They want to know what is causing the disease patterns in their neighborhoods, and they want someone held accountable.

Carrie That's the emotional core of it. This is families organizing and demanding explanations. We don't have the locations or the specific cancer types in front of us, so we won't guess at them.

Cosmo Right. The second national item is about Mark Zuckerberg and artificial intelligence. He's pushing for open A I models, meaning models that other people can freely use and build on.

Carrie And the question being raised is why. Is it a business play that helps Meta's bottom line, or is it a genuine safety argument? The coverage frames that as an open question rather than settling it.

Cosmo Fair enough. Now, world headlines. Carrie, what have we got?

Carrie Cosmo, this is the part I don't love saying. Our wire feeds from Reuters and the Associated Press did not deliver any usable stories today. What came through was not reporting we can stand behind.

Cosmo So rather than fill sixty seconds with stories we cannot verify, we're going to skip the world segment today and come back tomorrow with the real thing.

Carrie Exactly. We'd rather give you nothing than give you something made up. Let's move to Utah, where we actually have some results to share.

Cosmo We do, and it's sports heavy. From Thursday's high school roundup, in six A Region three football, Skyridge beat Lehi twenty-eight to twenty.

Carrie Girls soccer had a busy night. In six A Region two, Cedar Valley and Salt Lake Academy played to a two-two draw, and Cedar Valley took the shootout three to one.

Cosmo Over in six A Region three, Mountain Ridge edged Westlake one to nothing. And Corner Canyon needed double overtime to get past Skyridge, two to one.

Carrie American Fork also beat Lehi two to one. And in five A Region seven, Pleasant Grove beat Salem, scoring twice, though we don't have the final score.

Cosmo One more Utah note. The Salt Lake Tribune is reminding readers that it runs as a nonprofit newsroom and depends on donations to keep local coverage going.

Carrie That's a wrap for today. A lighter show than we'd like, but an honest one.

Cosmo We'll be back tomorrow. Thanks for listening.

Cosmo Welcome to Top News Headlines. It's Thursday, September seventeenth, twenty twenty-six, and I'm Cosmo.

Carrie And I'm Carrie. Cosmo, I have to be upfront with our listeners. Our national feeds came in unusually thin today. Several sources delivered headlines with no story text behind them, so we're going to tell you what we can and stop there.

Cosmo That's the honest way to do it. So here's the headline that caught my eye. Representative Joyce Beatty is describing what she calls a Trump tantrum over the Kennedy Center, and she says the venue is still open. That last part is the one solid detail we have.

Carrie Still open. Good to know if you had tickets. Next up, a headline says families want answers on rare cancer clusters. That's the entire story as it reached us. No locations, no numbers. We'll dig for the full piece tomorrow.

Cosmo And one from the tech side. A headline says Zuckerberg is pushing for open A I models. Interesting direction, but again, just a headline with no quotes or details behind it.

Carrie Which brings us to world news, and Cosmo, this is where it gets even thinner.

Cosmo It really does. We normally lead this block with Reuters and the Associated Press. Today, none of our wire service pulls returned any article content at all. Not a single world story landed in the notes.

Carrie So we're going to skip ahead. If there's a major geopolitical story you're following today, treat this as a heads up that our sources missed it, not that nothing happened.

Cosmo Exactly. Okay, Utah local news, and here we finally have a real story with real substance.

Carrie We do. The Daily Herald is reporting that the family of Charlie Kirk has filed a notice of claim against Utah Valley University and several other parties. The document was shared with the Herald by the family's law office.

Cosmo And for anyone who doesn't know the term, a notice of claim is the required first step before suing a government entity in Utah. It was filed September ninth, one day short of a year after Kirk was shot and killed during a speaking event on the U V U campus on September tenth of last year.

Carrie The claim uses some pointed language. It cites what it calls stunning failures and reckless decisions by the university and related parties.

Cosmo And the list of parties is long. It names Utah Valley University itself, the U V U police department, the state of Utah, U V U Police Chief Jeffrey Long, and former university president Astrid Tuminez.

Carrie So the family is pointing at every layer of institutional responsibility, from the campus police chief up to the state. This one is going to be closely watched across Utah, and we'll follow it as it moves toward an actual lawsuit.

Cosmo A serious story to end on. Thanks for sticking with us on a thin news day.

Carrie We'll be back tomorrow, hopefully with fuller feeds. Take care, everyone.

Cosmo Welcome to Top News Headlines. [] It is Wednesday, September sixteenth, twenty twenty-six. []

Carrie I have to be upfront with our listeners. [] Our national feed came in thin today. [] A lot of headlines, not a lot of substance behind them. [] So we are going to be honest about what we actually know. []

Cosmo Fair enough. [] Let's start with the headline that got the most attention. [] Representative Joyce Beatty is weighing in on an incident involving President Trump at the Kennedy Center, and she is calling it a tantrum. [b]

Carrie That is her word, tantrum. [b] And the other thing she made a point of clarifying is that the Kennedy Center is still open. [b] Whatever happened, the venue is operating. [b]

Cosmo We do not have the details of the incident itself in our notes, so we will leave it there rather than guess. [b] Another headline that came through today reads simply, Mark Zuckerberg and open models. [d] That is all we have. [d] The article body never arrived. [d]

Carrie So file that under watch this space. [] And one health headline that caught my eye. [] Very hot drinks are being linked to a higher cancer risk. [a]

Cosmo Which is one of those findings where you immediately look at your coffee mug. []

Carrie Right? [] Same story there, though. [] No study details in our notes, so we will flag it and move on. [a]

Cosmo Now, world headlines. [] This is where it gets even thinner. []

Carrie It really does. [] Our source feeds today came back with navigation menus, a copyright notice, and a newsletter sign-up page. [c][e][f] No actual international stories landed. []

Cosmo That is frustrating, because we know the world did not stop turning. [] But the rule on this show is simple. [] We do not make things up. []

Carrie So rather than fill sixty seconds with guesses, we are going to tell you plainly. [] No world stories cleared our sources today. [] We will make it up to you tomorrow. []

Cosmo That brings us to Utah, and finally, a real story with real numbers. [] The Huntsman Cancer Institute in Vineyard has gone vertical. [h]

Carrie This is the big one. [] Nearly a year and a half after breaking ground, the facility began vertical construction this month, in the Utah City development in Vineyard. [h]

Cosmo And the scale here is impressive. [] Two hundred eighty-four thousand square feet. [h] A price tag of four hundred million dollars. [h] A five-story clinical care building and a separate three-story research building. [h]

Carrie Scheduled to open in twenty twenty-eight. [h] And here is why it matters for so many people. [] It is built to serve patients across Utah County, plus central and southern Utah, who currently have to travel to Salt Lake for this level of cancer care. [h]

Cosmo It also supports the existing Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, and it opens up new research opportunities for the region. [h]

Carrie Big investment, big footprint, and a big deal for families south of the Point of the Mountain. []

Cosmo That is our show. [] Thin day nationally, but a strong one for Utah. []

Carrie We will see you tomorrow. []

Cosmo Welcome to Top News Headlines. [] It's Tuesday, September fifteenth, twenty twenty-six. []

Carrie I'll be honest with our listeners right up front. [] Our source pile came in thin today. [] Several of the pages we pulled were signup forms and menus rather than actual stories, so we're going to give you what's real and not pad it. []

Cosmo That's the deal. [] Let's start with national headlines. [] The one item that came through is about Mark Zuckerberg, who is pushing for open A I models. [d] The report we're working from frames it as a question of motive. [d]

Carrie Right, is it about economic gain, or is it about safety? [d] The piece raises that question but doesn't answer it, and we don't have the underlying statements from Zuckerberg himself, so we're not going to guess. [d]

Cosmo Why it matters, though, is clear enough. [] Open models versus closed models is one of the central fights in the A I industry, and Meta's founder putting his weight behind the open side keeps that debate alive. []

Carrie There's also a health story in the pile today. [] A new report links very hot drinks to a higher risk of cancer. []

Cosmo That's the headline, and that's about all we have on it. [] The write-up we pulled doesn't give us the study details, the temperatures involved, or the size of the risk, so we're not going to fill in those blanks ourselves. []

Carrie Fair enough. [] But it's worth flagging, because if it holds up it's the kind of finding that touches a daily habit for a lot of people. [] Let it cool a little. []

Cosmo Okay, let's move to world headlines, and this one is the most consequential story of the day. []

Cosmo Tehran says one person is dead after an Iranian cargo ship was struck in the Strait of Hormuz. [] That's the headline from the wire coverage we have. []

Carrie And the Strait of Hormuz is why this matters. [] It's one of the most important shipping chokepoints on the planet for oil. [] Any strike on a vessel there gets attention in capitals and in energy markets. []

Cosmo We should be careful here. [] We have the claim from Tehran and the fatality count, but we don't have details on who struck the ship, what kind of weapon, or any independent confirmation. [] We'll follow it as more reporting lands. []

Carrie Good call. [] Now to Utah, and this one actually has some meat on it. []

Cosmo Provo City School District is going to demolish and rebuild Timpanogos Elementary, but not where it sits now. [h] The new school goes on the old Dixon Middle School property. [h]

Carrie And that Dixon site has already been torn down, so the ground is ready. [h] The district plans to put the construction out to bid in December, with groundbreaking in early twenty twenty-seven. [h]

Cosmo What happens to the current Timpanogos building? [h] It doesn't go away. [h] The district says it'll be repurposed for other district programs. [h]

Carrie Here's the wrinkle. [] Earlier this year, the district had preliminary discussions about closing elementary schools. [h] So some residents are upset. [h] They want to know how the district can justify a brand new elementary school so soon after floating the idea of closing existing ones. [h]

Cosmo That contradiction is the through-line of the local coverage, and it's a fair question for Provo parents to be asking. [h]

Carrie That's the show for today. [] Thanks for listening to Top News Headlines. []

Cosmo We'll see you tomorrow. []

Cosmo Welcome to Top News Headlines. [] It's Monday, September fourteenth, twenty twenty-six. []

Carrie We've got a lighter slate than usual on the national front today, so let's get right into it. [] What's leading? []

Cosmo A health headline that's going to make a lot of people look at their coffee mug differently. [] Very hot drinks are being linked to a higher cancer risk. [] The emphasis in the headline is on the word very, so we're talking about scalding temperatures, not your average warm cup. []

Carrie That's one of those stories where the details matter, and the headline is all we've got, so we'll leave it there rather than guess. [] Here's the other national item catching attention. [] Mark Zuckerberg is out front again pushing for open A I models. [d]

Cosmo And the framing on that one is interesting. [] The question being asked is whether his motivation is economic gain or genuine safety concerns. [d]

Carrie Right, the headline poses the question. [d] It doesn't answer it. [d] But when the head of Meta keeps making the case for open models, people notice, and they ask who benefits. []

Cosmo Which is a fair thing to ask. [] Now let's go overseas, because the world story today is a serious one. []

Carrie It is. [] Tehran is reporting that an Iranian cargo ship was struck in the Strait of Hormuz. [b] One person is dead. [b]

Cosmo And the location is everything here. [] The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most critical chokepoints for global oil shipping on the planet. [b] Anything that goes wrong there gets the whole world's attention fast. []

Carrie Details are still thin. [b] We know the vessel type, an Iranian cargo ship. [b] We know the casualty count, one dead. [b] And we know Tehran is the party reporting it. [b] Beyond that, no word yet on who or what struck the ship. [b]

Cosmo That's the kind of story that can change by the hour, so watch that space. [] Let's bring it home to Utah. []

Carrie Big business news out of Utah County. [] Meta announced Monday it's expanding its Eagle Mountain Data Center campus again. [h]

Cosmo And this is not a small add-on. [] The plan calls for three new data center buildings, plus an administration building and a warehouse. [h]

Carrie The groundwork for this was laid back in October of twenty twenty-five, when the Eagle Mountain City Council approved expanding south of the existing campus. [h] So this announcement is the follow-through. [h]

Cosmo Some history for context. [] That facility first opened in twenty eighteen, and it's gone through several expansion phases since. [h] The campus already spans more than five hundred acres. [h]

Carrie Meta is also making contributions to various local entities as part of the announcement. [h] So there's a community piece bundled in with the construction. [h]

Cosmo That's a lot of concrete headed for Eagle Mountain. [] And that's your Monday briefing. []

Carrie Thanks for listening to Top News Headlines. [] We'll see you tomorrow. []

Cosmo Welcome to Top News Headlines. [] It's Sunday, September thirteenth, twenty twenty-six. [] I'll be honest right up front, our source feeds came in thin today. []

Carrie They really did. [] But we've got several items worth your time, so let's get to them. [] Starting with the national side, Vice President Vance gave what one outlet is calling the speech of his life. []

Cosmo The headline frames it two ways. [] He talked about his hopes for his baby son, and at the same time laid down a marker for twenty twenty-eight. []

Carrie That's the presidential race two years out. [] We only have the headline, not the full text, so we can't tell you what he promised or who he called out. [] But the read from the coverage is that this was a speech meant to position him for a run. []

Cosmo Also in Washington, Senator Markwayne Mullin marked the anniversary of September eleventh with a call for Americans to reject the politicization of the Department of Homeland Security. []

Carrie Again, that's headline depth. [] We don't have his full remarks, so we won't speculate on who he was aiming that at. [] But it's a notable statement from a sitting senator on a day that usually stays above the political fray. []

Cosmo One more national item, and this one lands close to home for anyone who drinks their coffee scalding. [] Very hot drinks are being linked to a higher risk of cancer. [a]

Carrie We only have the headline, not the study details, so I'm not going to tell you what temperature counts as too hot or which cancers are involved. [a] What we can say is that the temperature of the beverage itself is being flagged as the risk factor, not the coffee or the tea. [a]

Cosmo So maybe let it cool a minute. [] Fair enough. [] On the world front, I've got nothing to give you today. [] None of our wire-service or international sources delivered usable content in this window. []

Carrie Rather than make something up, we'll say so and move on. [] We'll have the world picture back for you as soon as the feeds cooperate. []

Cosmo Let's head to Utah, where I do have a real story. [] Downtown Provo launched a brand new pregame celebration on Friday night called First Down Provo. [h]

Carrie Oh, tied to the B Y U game? []

Cosmo Exactly. [] It ran the night before the Cougars opened Big Twelve conference play against Arizona. [h] It was free, held right at the corner of Center Street and University Avenue. [h]

Carrie And this was organized by Explore Utah Valley along with Utah County. [h] The whole idea is to pull the Cougar fanbase into downtown Provo, not just into LaVell Edwards Stadium on game day. [h]

Cosmo One organizer put it plainly, saying they're all about tourism and bringing in visitors, and trying to get more people downtown. [h]

Carrie A first-time event, a new conference, and a reason to hang around Provo the night before kickoff. [h] That's a nice local win. []

Cosmo That's the rundown for today. [] Thanks for listening to Top News Headlines. []

Carrie We'll see you next time. []

Cosmo Welcome to Top News Headlines. [] Today is Saturday, September twelfth, twenty twenty-six, and we are working from a thin stack this morning. []

Carrie We really are, but let's start with the national picture. [] The headline drawing attention this morning is Vice President Vance talking about his hopes for his baby son, while at the same time positioning himself for the twenty twenty-eight race. [b]

Cosmo A personal story wrapped around a political one. [b] And that twenty twenty-eight framing is the part to watch, because it signals how early the next presidential cycle is already taking shape. [b]

Carrie Right. [] And on the anniversary of the September eleventh attacks, Senator Markwayne Mullin called on Americans to reject the politicization of the Department of Homeland Security. [d]

Cosmo That is a pointed message on a solemn day. [] We only have the headline on that appeal, not the details behind it, so we will leave it there rather than guess at the substance. [d]

Carrie Fair. [] One more headline crossing this morning: very hot drinks are being linked to a higher cancer risk. [] Again, headline only, so treat it as a flag, not a verdict. []

Cosmo Let's turn to the world. [] And I have to be straight with listeners here. []

Carrie Go ahead. []

Cosmo We did not receive any verified international coverage from Reuters or the Associated Press today. [] We do not have a world story to bring you, and we are not going to invent one. []

Carrie Absolutely not. [] If we cannot verify it, it does not go on the air. [] We will have the world roundup back when the feeds come through. []

Cosmo So let's go to Utah, where we do have a real story, and it is the biggest item of the day. []

Carrie It is. [] According to local Utah coverage, Turning Point U S A returned to Utah Valley University in Orem for a one-year memorial for its founder, Charlie Kirk. [h]

Cosmo Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at a Turning Point event on that same campus one year ago. [h] Five thousand people filled the U C C U Center for the night of remembrance. [h]

Carrie Many of them wearing America the Beautiful hats. [h] Speakers focused on Kirk's faith and his beliefs, and the evening blended the feel of a political rally with a worship service. [h]

Cosmo That fusion of faith and grassroots conservatism was the through-line. [h] Turning Point members and conservative commentators used the stage to reassure supporters that Kirk's mission continues. [h]

Carrie A five-thousand-person turnout one year on says a lot about the commitment of that base. [h] And for Orem and the wider Utah County community, it is a heavy anniversary. []

Cosmo That is where we leave it today. [] Thanks for listening to Top News Headlines. []

Carrie We will see you next time. []

Cosmo Welcome to Top News Headlines. It's Friday, September eleventh, twenty twenty-six, and I'm Cosmo.

Carrie And I'm Carrie. Cosmo, a quick heads-up for our listeners. Our national news feed came in thin today. Most of what we received was sign-up pages and filler, not actual reporting.

Cosmo So rather than fill sixty seconds with things we can't verify, we'll keep it short. The one national story we can stand behind today actually happened right here in Utah, and it has national weight.

Carrie It does. Turning Point U S A came back to Utah Valley University this week, one year after its founder, Charlie Kirk, was shot and killed while speaking at a Turning Point event on that campus.

Cosmo We'll give that story the full treatment in our Utah segment, because it deserves the time. Let's turn to the world.

Carrie World headlines were just as thin. The wire coverage we normally lean on didn't come through in today's material. We had one headline about divers uncovering ancient relics near a shipwreck.

Cosmo Which sounds fascinating. But the headline is all we got. No location, no date, no details on what was found or who found it.

Carrie If that story fills in, we'll bring it to you properly. Consider it a teaser for now.

Cosmo Fair enough. Now let's get to the story we do have, and it's a big one for Utah.

Carrie According to the local coverage we're working from, Turning Point U S A held a memorial event Thursday at the U C C U Center, the arena on the Utah Valley University campus in Orem. It came one year after Charlie Kirk was killed on that same campus.

Cosmo About five thousand people showed up. And here's a detail I loved: many of them wore America the Beautiful hats.

Carrie The event was described as part political rally and part worship service. Speakers highlighted Kirk's faith and his beliefs as central to who he was.

Cosmo And the through-line from the stage was continuity. Speaker after speaker assured supporters that Kirk's work will continue, even without him.

Carrie What strikes me is the setting. Orem is where the tragedy happened. The organization chose to come back to that same community to mark the anniversary, rather than hold it somewhere else.

Cosmo It's a statement of solidarity, and a refusal to stay away from the campus where it happened. For Utah residents, five thousand people gathering in Orem on a Thursday is a real community moment, whatever your politics.

Carrie That's our show for today. We'll be back with a fuller slate when the sources cooperate.

Cosmo Thanks for listening to Top News Headlines. See you next time.

Cosmo Welcome to Top News Headlines. [] It's Thursday, September tenth, twenty twenty-six. []

Carrie It is a lean day on the wires, so we're going to keep it tight and honest and give you what we actually have. []

Cosmo Fair enough. [] Let's start with the national story leading this morning's headline roundup. [] Donald Trump is publicly praising Alternative for Germany, the far-right party known as the A F D, after their election victory. [b]

Carrie And he did it in his signature style. [] The post was in all capital letters, and it said, quote, "They are on the rise." [b]

Cosmo And that's the thread here. [] An American president openly cheering a far-right European party's win is a headline on both sides of the Atlantic. [b]

Carrie Exactly. [] It matters at home because it signals where Trump wants American conservatism aligned overseas. [] And it matters abroad because Germany is the anchor of the European Union, and its mainstream parties have kept the A F D at arm's length for years. []

Cosmo So that story carries us straight into world headlines. [] The German election result itself is the big geopolitical development. [b] A far-right party winning, and then getting a public endorsement from the White House, is the kind of thing that reshapes how European leaders talk to Washington. []

Carrie We don't have the vote totals or the details of that election in front of us, so we won't guess at them. [] What we can say is the win happened and the president celebrated it. [b]

Cosmo Smart. [] One more international item, and it's a lighter one. [] Divers have uncovered ancient relics near a shipwreck. [a]

Carrie Oh, I love a shipwreck story. [] Do we know where? []

Cosmo We don't. [] The headline is all we've got. [a] No location, and no date on the artifacts. [a] If details land, we'll bring them tomorrow. []

Carrie Deal. [] Now to Utah, and this one has real substance. [] According to the Daily Herald, the old Dixon Middle School in Provo was demolished last month. [h]

Cosmo And there's already a plan for the site. [h] The Provo City School District said at Tuesday's board meeting that Timpanogos Elementary will be rebuilt right there on the former Dixon property. [h]

Carrie With a timeline, too. [] Bid plans for the new elementary school are expected to go out in December. [h] That rebuild was originally approved nearly a year ago, around September of twenty twenty-five, so this is the plan actually moving. [h]

Cosmo Here's where it got contentious. [] There was a motion to rename Timpanogos Elementary to Dixon Elementary, honoring the historic location. [h] The board voted it down. [h]

Carrie And the board remains divided on the naming question, so don't be surprised if that comes back. [h]

Cosmo There's also a consolidation piece. [] Other district programs will be moved into the Timpanogos building as part of the reorganization. [h]

Carrie So for Provo families, that's one demolition done, one rebuild bidding in December, and one naming fight unresolved. [h]

Cosmo That's the day. [] Thanks for listening to Top News Headlines. []

Carrie See you tomorrow. []

Cosmo Good afternoon, and welcome to Top News Headlines. It's Wednesday, September ninth, twenty twenty-six, and Carrie, we owe our listeners some honesty right at the top.

Carrie We do. Our wire came in thin today. So here's how we're playing it. We tell you what crossed, we tell you what we actually know, and we don't dress up anything we can't stand behind.

Cosmo Starting with national news. President Trump is insisting his ground zero story is exactly accurate, even after a wave of fact checks.

Carrie That one reached us as a headline with no story attached, so we're not going to characterize what the fact checkers found. What we can tell you is that the President is not backing off the claim at all.

Cosmo And that's the part with weight. Once a president digs in after a round of fact checks, the fight stops being about the original claim. It becomes about the standoff itself.

Carrie Our second national story has real operational teeth. Air traffic controllers are publicly criticizing the head of the Federal Aviation Administration, and the dispute is out in the open.

Cosmo That is not a small thing, Carrie. When the people sequencing airplanes are at odds with the person running their agency, that friction eventually shows up in your travel day.

Carrie Here again, we have the headline and not much else. No names, and no specifics on the grievance. We're flagging it because it matters, not because we can fill it in.

Cosmo Overseas, one international item surfaced, and it's a good one. Divers have uncovered ancient relics near a shipwreck.

Carrie I love a shipwreck story. And I'm going to resist the urge to invent a location, because we truly don't have one. No site, no era, and no list of what came up.

Cosmo Which is frustrating, but underwater archaeology tends to come out in pieces anyway. Today we have the fact of the find. The detail follows later.

Carrie Now to Utah, where we finally have some real reporting. This is from the Salt Lake Tribune. The Orem City Council has sent a letter to Provo Mayor Marsha Judkins and the Provo City Council opposing the Vesper Amphitheater project in Provo Canyon.

Cosmo So the opposition just changed shape. The project already had pushback from residents and from environmental groups. Now a neighboring city government is on the record.

Carrie And the tone of the letter is careful. Orem says it deeply values its longstanding relationship with Provo, and that it respects Provo's authority over land use inside Provo's own borders.

Cosmo Polite, but pointed. The letter has already gone out, and Orem plans to voice that opposition formally at its council meeting next Tuesday.

Carrie If you live along that canyon, that's your meeting. That's the news. Thanks for listening.

Cosmo Good afternoon, and welcome to Top News Headlines. It's Tuesday, September eighth, twenty twenty-six, and Carrie, we are working with a thin wire today.

Carrie We are, and we're going to be straight with you about it. Where the reporting is solid, you'll hear it. Where the reporting is thin, we'll say so.

Cosmo Fair enough. Top of the national file, and it's a business story. Conservative commentary out today makes the case that heavy state-level regulation is pushing large corporations to pack up and look elsewhere.

Carrie That's the whole through line. Regulation drives location. Companies weigh the rules where they sit, and when those rules get restrictive, they start shopping for friendlier ground.

Cosmo And that matters well beyond the boardroom. When a headquarters moves, the jobs, the tax base and the suppliers tend to follow it out the door.

Carrie One caveat, Cosmo. That came to us as a short summary, not a full report. No company names, no numbers, no destination states. So take the direction, not the detail.

Cosmo Noted. One more from the national desk, and this one's a charmer. A woman in Georgia has turned one hundred twelve years old, and the headline promises she's sharing her secret to a long life.

Carrie One hundred twelve. And here's the problem. The secret itself never reached us. We have the headline and nothing behind it.

Cosmo So we'll chase that one down and bring it back with the answer attached.

Carrie To the world desk. And Cosmo, this is where today gets genuinely lean.

Cosmo It does. We lead with wire copy, Reuters and the Associated Press, because that's the reporting that holds up under pressure. Today, none of it reached us.

Carrie What did reach us were subscription pages, navigation menus, and one copyright notice. That is not international news.

Cosmo So no conflict update, no summit, no election result from us today. Not because nothing happened, but because we don't have anything we can stand behind.

Carrie We'd rather hand you a short true report than a long invented one. The world desk will be back tomorrow.

Cosmo Home to Utah, and we do have something here. Down in Sanpete County, the county fair has wrapped, and this year's theme was Red, White and Moo.

Carrie Red, White and Moo. That is central Utah in four words.

Cosmo The write-up we got called the fair a success. Then, to its credit, it said plainly there were no facts or figures behind that. Just what the writer saw with their own eyes.

Carrie I'll take that over a made-up number any day. Also on the Utah file, and this one is about the news itself. The Salt Lake Tribune is asking readers to donate. It's a nonprofit newsroom, and it makes the case that independent local reporting in Utah runs on reader support.

Cosmo And that argument lands awfully close to home on a day like this one. Local coverage costs money. When it thins out, days like today are what you get.

Carrie That's the brief. Short, thin, and honest.

Cosmo Top News Headlines. We'll be back tomorrow with a fuller wire.

Cosmo Welcome in. It's Monday, September seventh, twenty twenty-six, and we are starting with national headlines.

Carrie And the big one is defense. The Pentagon has announced a long-term deal to significantly expand production of two missile systems.

Cosmo Which two?

Carrie The Patriot system, and T H A A D. That's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense.

Cosmo Those are the workhorses of American air defense. Patriot handles shorter-range threats. T H A A D is built to hit ballistic missiles high up, at the very top of the atmosphere and just beyond it.

Carrie Right, and the word doing the heavy lifting here is long-term. This is not a one-off order. It's a commitment to keep the lines running.

Cosmo Which tells you something about how stretched those stockpiles have gotten. Interceptors get used up fast, and they take years to build.

Carrie Details beyond the announcement are still thin, so we will watch for the numbers.

Cosmo One lighter note before we go global. A woman in the state of Georgia has just turned one hundred and twelve.

Carrie One hundred and twelve. That's a life that has outlasted two world wars.

Cosmo To the world desk. Carrie, this is the day's most consequential story.

Carrie It is. The Associated Press reports an Israeli airstrike destroyed a building today in southern Lebanon.

Cosmo Tell me where.

Carrie The village of Kfar Rumman. And the images are grim. Rescue crews are working the site with excavators.

Cosmo Excavators, not shovels. That tells you the building came down completely, and that crews believe people are still under the rubble.

Carrie That's the read. This is an active rescue operation, not a recovery. So the casualty picture is still unsettled.

Cosmo And it puts southern Lebanon back at the center of the regional picture. Any strike there raises the same question every time: does this stay contained, or does it escalate?

Carrie We don't have that answer yet. What we have is one destroyed building and crews digging.

Cosmo We'll follow it. Closer to home now, Utah headlines.

Carrie And this one is heartbreaking, Cosmo.

Cosmo It is. A sixty-three-year-old man was struck and fatally injured this morning in Provo while riding his bicycle.

Carrie Walk me through it.

Cosmo A vehicle coming off the freeway hit him, just after eight fifteen, near Lakeview Parkway and the University Avenue off-ramp from Interstate fifteen.

Carrie Right in the thick of the commute.

Cosmo Exactly. He was taken to Utah Valley Hospital, and he did not survive his injuries.

Carrie The Provo Police traffic team closed the road at that off-ramp for most of the morning while they worked the scene. And police said their condolences are with his family and loved ones.

Cosmo A reminder to give cyclists room, especially at freeway ramps where drivers are still carrying highway speed.

Carrie Well said. That's your update.

Cosmo Thanks for listening.

Cosmo Good afternoon, and welcome to Top News Headlines. It's Sunday, September sixth, twenty twenty-six, and we are leading with a public health story.

Carrie We are. A city has recorded its first death from a mosquito-borne virus. First death. That's the phrase that changes how a place talks about the rest of its warm-weather season.

Cosmo And let's be straight with our listeners. The report we received is thin. We don't have the person's age, we don't have the specific virus, and we are not going to fill those blanks in for you.

Carrie Agreed. Here's what we can say. A first fatality is usually the moment mosquito control districts step up spraying, and start pushing hard on the message about standing water.

Cosmo Our other big story is defense. Fox News is reporting that the Pentagon has announced a long-term deal to expand missile production.

Carrie Two systems specifically. The Patriot air defense system, and the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system. Those are the workhorses of American air and missile defense.

Cosmo And the key word is long-term. This is not a one-time order. It's a commitment to expand manufacturing capacity, which tells you the Defense Department expects demand to keep climbing.

Carrie The dollar figures and the timeline were not in the announcement we saw, so we will bring you those numbers once they are confirmed.

Cosmo Turning overseas, and here we owe you some honesty. We came up empty this cycle.

Carrie It happens on a Sunday. The curated feeds we pull from, the wire services and the international desks, did not deliver anything substantive in the last twenty-four hours that we could stand behind.

Cosmo So rather than pad this segment with speculation, we will leave it there. The missile production story is the closest thing we have to an overseas thread today, and it is a real one.

Carrie Back tomorrow with a fuller world roundup.

Cosmo Now to Utah, and this one is genuinely lovely. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, a family in Springville has turned their basement into something called the Springville Revolving Closet.

Carrie Elizabeth Delano runs it out of the family home. Free children's clothing. Newborn all the way up to age sixteen.

Cosmo Parents book a fifteen-minute appointment, walk in, and take what their kids need. No eligibility forms. No income check. No questions asked.

Carrie Think about what most basements are. Storage. A treadmill nobody uses. This one is a working clothing bank.

Cosmo Fifteen minutes, and no barriers. That is a good note to end on.

Carrie That's Top News Headlines. Thanks for listening.

Cosmo Welcome in, this is Top News Headlines. Today is Saturday, September fifth, twenty twenty-six.

Carrie Good to be with you, Cosmo. And I'll level with everybody right at the top. The material we pulled today came back unusually thin. So we're going to give you what we actually have, and we are not going to pad it.

Cosmo That is the deal we make every single day. Let's start national, because there is one story here with real weight. The Pentagon has committed to a long-term expansion of production for the Patriot missile system and the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system.

Carrie And that comes straight from the Pentagon's own announcement. Cosmo, the words doing the heavy lifting there are long term. This is not a one-time order. This is a commitment to build out capacity.

Cosmo Exactly right. What we do not have is a dollar figure, a timeline, or a production volume. Those numbers were not in what reached us, so we are leaving them blank.

Carrie Appreciate that. The second national item is a public health story, and it is a sad one. A headline crossed our desk saying a city has recorded its first death from a mosquito-borne virus.

Cosmo And that headline is all we got. No city named. No virus named. No timing.

Carrie So treat it as a flag, not a finished report. If the details fill in, you will hear them here first.

Cosmo World news next. Nothing cleared for us from overseas in the last twenty-four hours.

Carrie Which does not mean nothing happened out there. It means our sources came back empty.

Cosmo Though I would argue the Pentagon story is a world story wearing a domestic jacket. Air and missile defense is what allies ask America for first. Expanding that production line will be read closely in a lot of foreign capitals.

Carrie That is a fair point. Let's come home to Utah.

Cosmo Please do. What have we got?

Carrie The Sanpete County Fair has wrapped for the year. The theme was Red, White and Moo.

Cosmo Now that is a fantastic theme. Any word on how the fair went?

Carrie The report we read called it a success, but the writer said plainly they had no figures to back that up. Just what they saw with their own eyes.

Cosmo We will take it. A county fair, a great theme, and a very light news day in the Beehive State.

Carrie A short show today, and that is on purpose. We would rather be brief than make things up.

Cosmo This has been Top News Headlines. We are back tomorrow. Thanks for listening.

Cosmo Good morning, and welcome to Top News Headlines. [] It's Friday, September fourth, twenty twenty-six, and we've got a busy one for you. []

Carrie We do indeed. [] Let's start with money in politics. [] Elon Musk's America P A C is officially in the twenty twenty-six midterms, and the spending has already started. [b]

Cosmo How much are we talking? []

Carrie More than eight hundred thousand dollars so far on campaign activity. [b] And remember, we are still early in this cycle. []

Cosmo That's the part that stands out to me. [] Eight hundred thousand this early is a floor, not a ceiling. [] Musk has the resources to make that figure look small by November, and both parties know it. []

Carrie Agreed. [] Right now the spending says more about intent than about any one race. []

Cosmo Over at the White House, Vice President J D Vance took questions from reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room yesterday afternoon. [c]

Carrie A vice president at the podium is always worth noting. []

Cosmo It is. [] Briefings are usually the press secretary's job, so when the number two steps up instead, the administration is making a point about who speaks for the White House. []

Carrie Also on the national front, a public health story we're watching. [] A city has recorded what's being reported as its first death from a mosquito borne virus. [a]

Cosmo Do we have a location? []

Carrie Not confirmed, and the rest of the details are thin, so we're not going to name a city and get it wrong. [a] But a first death changes how a city responds to an outbreak, and that's why we're flagging it now. []

Cosmo Fair enough. [] We'll bring you more as the reporting fills in. []

Carrie One more national story, and this one touches anyone who flies. [] United States Customs and Border Protection is unlocking what it calls a contactless experience at airports. []

Cosmo Contactless meaning what, exactly? []

Carrie The reporting frames it as the future of air travel, with the agency moving toward a process that doesn't require you to hand over a document at every stop. []

Cosmo That's a real change to the rhythm of a trip through an airport. [] Fewer stops at a counter, fewer documents out of the pocket, and a border agency that leans harder on technology to confirm who you are. []

Carrie Worth watching how it rolls out, and which airports see it first. []

Cosmo Turning overseas now, and this is where we have to be straight with you. []

Carrie Right. [] Our international wire feed came back light this morning. [] We pull world coverage from Reuters and the Associated Press, and nothing in the overnight queue met our bar for reporting. []

Cosmo So we're leaving this segment short rather than padding it with speculation. [] No invented headlines here. [] We'll be back with a full world block tomorrow. []

Carrie Let's head to Utah, where there's real news out of Provo. []

Cosmo The amphitheater fight. [] Provo City Council announced Wednesday evening that the applicant behind the Vesper Amphitheater is withdrawing its current application. [i]

Carrie So the vote's off? []

Cosmo Postponed. [i] The Council was expected to take it up as early as this coming Tuesday. [i] That's now delayed while the applicant prepares an amended proposal. [i]

Carrie And this is where it gets interesting for anyone following Provo development. [] The changes target two specific sticking points. [i] The first is the Critical Hillside Overlay Zone, which governs what you can build on steep terrain. [i]

Cosmo And the second? []

Carrie Parking. [i] That sounds mundane until you picture what an amphitheater does to a neighborhood on a concert night. []

Cosmo That's the real story here. [] A withdrawal isn't a defeat, it's a rewrite. [] The applicant looked at the room, counted the votes, and decided to come back with a stronger version. []

Carrie And it means Provo residents get another round of public comment before anything is decided. [] If you live near that hillside, that's your window. []

Cosmo Well said. [] That's your Friday briefing. []

Carrie Thanks for listening. [] We'll see you tomorrow. []

Cosmo Welcome in. It's Thursday, September third, twenty twenty-six, and we've got a short but interesting rundown for you today.

Carrie Short is the word, Cosmo. Let's start with money and politics, because that's where the clearest story is.

Cosmo Right. Elon Musk's America P A C has officially jumped into the twenty twenty-six midterms. The headline number is more than eight hundred thousand dollars in spending this cycle.

Carrie And that's the part worth sitting with. It's not the dollar figure by itself. It's the entry. This is the political action committee planting a flag in the midterm races.

Cosmo Eight hundred thousand is a modest opening bid in national terms. But an opening bid is exactly what it looks like.

Carrie Which is why it matters. Wherever that money lands, it tells us which races he cares about. We'll be watching the targets as they come into focus.

Cosmo Fair warning, listeners. The national news was quiet today. That's the one story we can stand behind, so that's the one we're giving you.

Carrie Honesty over filler. Let's go overseas.

Cosmo On the world side, the story we've got is a ferry capsizing, with passengers still unaccounted for.

Carrie That's the kind of report where the early numbers are almost always incomplete. A vessel goes over, and the count of who was aboard and who's been recovered keeps moving for hours.

Cosmo Exactly. What we know is that the ferry went down and passengers are reported missing. We don't have a location, a passenger count, or a cause.

Carrie And we're not going to guess at any of them. Ferry disasters usually come down to two things. How overloaded the boat was, and how fast rescue crews reached the water.

Cosmo Both of those are unknown to us right now. So we'll flag it and come back when the reporting firms up.

Carrie That's the responsible call. Let's bring it home to Utah.

Cosmo Utah news today is high school sports, and honestly, that's not a bad place to land in early September.

Carrie It really isn't. Start with Wednesday night volleyball. Skyridge beat Weber three sets to one, taking the match in four.

Cosmo Good result for Skyridge. And Friday night is loaded. Every game kicks off at seven o'clock.

Carrie Start with the road trip. Skyridge travels to Liberty in Nevada. That's a real haul for a Friday night.

Cosmo And the traffic goes both ways. Bishop Gorman comes to Lone Peak. Gorman making that trip is the marquee item on the schedule.

Carrie Then closer to home, Desert Hills plays Spanish Fork, and Farmington faces American Fork.

Cosmo Plus Ben Lomond takes on A L A. Five games, one kickoff time, a lot of Friday night lights across the state.

Carrie That's your Thursday. Musk's America P A C opening its midterm wallet, a ferry capsizing with people still missing, and Utah high school sports filling the week.

Cosmo Quiet day, straight talk. We'll be back tomorrow with more. Thanks for listening.

Cosmo Good afternoon, and welcome to Top News Headlines. It's Wednesday, September second, twenty twenty-six, and we have a heavy news day ahead.

Carrie We sure do, Cosmo. Let's start with the biggest national story. The Justice Department alleges Chinese hackers targeted the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the United States Senate, and the Federal Reserve.

Cosmo That is a stunning list of targets. The space agency, the legislative branch, and the central bank, all in one alleged campaign.

Carrie Right. Details on scope and timing are still thin, but the agencies named tell you how serious this is.

Cosmo And it comes from federal prosecutors, not an anonymous leak. That matters.

Carrie It does. What else is moving nationally?

Cosmo A postal whistleblower. Someone inside the United States Postal Service says the work to carry out President Trump's mail-in voting order is rushed and sloppy.

Carrie Rushed and sloppy is not what you want to hear about anything touching an election.

Cosmo No. And the claim comes from inside the agency doing the work. We will watch for the specifics as they come out.

Carrie Turning overseas now. Reuters is reporting that a ferry has capsized and that passengers are missing.

Cosmo That is the kind of alert where the numbers usually grow before they settle. Any word on location, or how many people were aboard?

Carrie Not yet. Right now it is a bare-bones report. The ferry has gone down, and people are unaccounted for. The search is the story to follow.

Cosmo We will bring you more as it firms up. The other major world item is out of Iran. Iranian state media, the news agency I S N A, reports that a home in Kuhestak, in southern Iran, was struck early this morning.

Carrie A home. Was anyone hurt?

Cosmo A wedding was being held there. At least one child was injured and taken to a hospital in Menab.

Carrie A wedding. That is about as civilian as a target gets.

Cosmo It is, and Iranian media is leaning hard on exactly that framing. We do not yet have independent confirmation of who carried out the strike.

Carrie Worth saying plainly. We are reporting what Iranian media has reported, and nothing beyond it.

Cosmo Closer to home now, and this is the Utah story of the day.

Carrie It is. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, a judge has ordered Tyler Robinson to stand trial in the shooting death of Charlie Kirk.

Cosmo The ruling came down Tuesday, just after five in the evening, from Judge Tony Graf at the Fourth District Courthouse in Provo.

Carrie It was the closing day of the preliminary hearing. Judge Graf found probable cause and sent Robinson to trial on all seven counts.

Cosmo All seven. That includes aggravated murder, which is the most serious charge Utah can bring.

Carrie Remind listeners of the timeline here, Cosmo.

Cosmo Kirk was shot and killed on September tenth of last year, at a Turning Point U S A event at Utah Valley University in Orem.

Carrie In front of thousands of students who watched it happen. That is what has made this case so raw for so many Utahns.

Cosmo Now, nearly a year later, the case moves toward trial.

Carrie That is your news for Wednesday. Thanks for listening to Top News Headlines.

Cosmo We will see you tomorrow.