Weekend SCOOP: The News Break Roundup We All Need

We're in the final weeks of summer break. In this edition of Weekend SCOOP, you'll find the usual catch-up stories from the week and interesting conversation starters (including a foldable version of the iPhone 🤯). But if you're like us and in need of a little #newsbreak, we have a fun end-of-summer roundup on our Amazon page filled with items like these magnetic water balloons. Perhaps made for kids, but in our unbiased opinion ... fun for all ages. 😉

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"Make no mistake, this is an escalation—the first time Russia and China have sent a joint bomber task-force into the Alaska ADIZ." – NORAD intercepts Russian & Chinese jets.

🇮🇱 "I, too, appeal to America: Give us the tools faster and we will finish the job faster." – Prime Minister of Israel speaks before a joint meeting of Congress.

The Secret Service director resigns. Following bipartisan calls for her resignation, U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has stepped down from her position.

✈️ Southwest Airlines announces no more open seating. In addition to their assigned seating announcement, Southwest will introduce premium seating options and begin operating red-eye flights to boost appeal to existing and new customers. 

💊 New Parkinson's drug shows promise in patient. Damien Gath was diagnosed with Parkinson’s 12 years ago. After taking the new drug, he experienced "extraordinary and life-changing effects" within days. Want to see the video? Check it out on our Instagram HERE.

🇫🇮 Finland: The happiest place in the world, according to the UN World Happiness Report. Their happiness hacks? "To free yourself from hurry, and just enjoy." Read more about the places to find your happiness in Helsinki, Finland.

📱 Foldable iPhone: Expected to happen sooner rather than later.

🔥 Maui Wildfires: Historic preservation meets cutting-edge technology as college students draw on virtual reality in wake of the deadly 2023 fire.

🥇 Dreaming of Gold: A few unexpected figures who almost made it to the Olympics in recent decades.

🎧 Get Your Head In The Game: What Olympians listen to as they hype themselves up for competition.

⛷️ 2034 Winter Games: As of this week, the Olympics announced Salt Lake City will host the 2034 games. The Winter Games last took place in Utah's capital in 2002.

🥐 A French Olympic Diet: How the Olympic Village plans to feed its 15,000 athletes. (And yes, there are plenty of baguettes and croissants!)

SmartHER Dad Tip: Jenna's husband, Leif, recently discovered this gift while perusing social media – turns out this blow-up kid fort serves as a great distraction for five-year-olds stuck indoors during a rainy summer day.

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And that's your Weekend SCOOP!

❤️,  
Jenna and the SHN Team 

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