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Michelle Budget, Deseret News This article was first published in the State of Faith newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Monday night.The time has come yet again for end-of-year reflections and lots and lots of lists. And so I revisited the many stories I wrote in the past year to find the ones that best reflect the themes of 2022 (and make me most proud of myself.) To no one’s surprise, several of the articles that stuck out to me were about the Supreme Court. In the past 12 months, the court has issued a dizzying...

What a weekend in sports. Every so often, we are mesmerized by what we see. The impossible becomes possible as teams and athletes write magnificent stories of overcoming adversity and finding a way to win when most would be resigned to defeat. In case you spent the weekend in a secluded cabin outside of Telkwa, it was a weekend for the ages when it came to just that. Where do we start? How about a fantastic World Cup Final between France and Argentina? Argentina saw a 2-0 lead evaporate in the last ten minutes of the match, then Lionel Messi...

LOS ANGELES –– Though the World Cup drew to a close Sunday on the pitches of Qatar, there was some international competition on the ice at Crypto.com Arena on Monday night, where the U.S. women’s national hockey team fell to the Canadian women’s national team, 3-2, in overtime. To say these are the two world powers in their sport would be a vast understatement. The two sides have accounted for all seven gold medals won in the history of Olympic women’s hockey, with Canada capturing five and the U.S. earning two. They’ve also won every International Ice Hockey Federation women’s...

This will be my last post before we wind down for the holiday and the year. When I look back at 2022, I am blown away by how it started and how it ended. If you recall, my word of the year for 2022 was expansion, and expand I did. From where I stand now, I can look at all of it with immense pride as I took bold leaps, faced the challenges of growth, and scaled my business. In addition to business growth being at around 200% this year, Bridgette Raes Style Group is now a team of three...

Football star Cristiano Ronaldo has officially parted ways with Manchester United. This announcement came in the early hours of November 23, on the back of explosive remarks Ronaldo had made about his club in an interview interview with British broadcaster Piers Morgan. Cristiano Ronaldo — one of our generation’s most decorated players with an astounding list of footballing records — tore into his club with scathing words about feeling pushed out and betrayed by his teammates. He also said he didn’t respect Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag. “I don’t have respect for him because he doesn’t show respect for...