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Sundance co-founder, LDS temple video director sentenced again in second sex abuse case

A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced a movie whose lead actress won an Oscar in the mid-1980s was sentenced Tuesdayon a sexual abuse charge for the second time in as many weeks.

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LDS Church considering lowering age for youth interviews with clergy to 8, survey says

A survey commissioned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints inquires about lowering the age of youth interviews with clergy from age 12 to eight.

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BYU makes more changes to Honor Code Office to reduce students’ ‘anxiety,’ boost transparency

Brigham Young University announced updates Wednesday to its Honor Code Office that officials say will “reduce misunderstanding and anxiety” that has occurred at the Provo school.

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Jewish and Latter-day Saint scholars just had an interfaith dialogue in Jerusalem. Now they’re going to publish a book

At the beginning of June, an event at the BYU Jerusalem Center featuring two prominent religious leaders — Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Rabbi Michael Melchior, the chief rabbi of Norway and a recognized leader in Israel — served as both a highlight and illustration of something even greater that is taking place between the two faiths.

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Latter-day Saint Church defends involvement in death penalty case

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints defended its involvement in a death penalty case.

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Meet the Mormon YouTube Influencers Shaping Millions of Teen Minds: ‘Church Is a Big Part of Our Life’

The same introduction prefaces each of Summer Mckeen’s YouTube videos. A message, in lowercase Courier font and splashed across a distorted backdrop of a rainbow, reads, “Hello I’m Summer Mckeen & here’s my video.” Depending on the type of video—vlog, beauty tutorial, Q&A—the 20-year-old will then launch into a one-way conversation with her camera.

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A Message to Those Tired of Being Single

It was the week before I met my fiancée—but for all I knew, I was going to be waiting another 10 years.

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Latter-day Saint NASA Engineer Creates World’s Largest Pool Full of Jell-O

Mark Rober—a BYU graduate and former NASA engineer—has put his education to work creating machines every little kid dreams of—a snowball machine gun, the world’s largest Nerf gun, a Guinness World Record-winning Super Soaker, a glitter bomb.

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Salt Lake City offers glimpse of socialism, Mormon-style

Utah has one of the nation’s lowest rates of income inequality in part because of the Church of Latter-day Saints’ welfare system, but it also ranks dead last for economic equality for women

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Guided journal helps heal women going through a divorce

Most people can probably agree that “divorce is crappy,” but Alisha Straatman, creator of Life Goes On Journals, wanted to make sure that “crappy” divorce didn’t turn her into a “crappy person.”

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Why the Cross Is “Vitally Important” to Our Faith, Even If We Don’t Wear Them

In 2018, President Russell M. Nelson placed increased emphasis on using the full and correct name of the Church:

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Why did Latterday-day Saints change brands? That news story (oh no) may be linked to doctrine

In the months since the leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the attempt to tone down use of the word “Mormon,” I have heard two questions over and over from people outside the Latter-day Saint fold.

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Will Suzie Be In ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4? Fans Already Want More

This post contains spoilers from Season 3 of Stranger Things. On Stranger Things’ summer-themed season, Dustin returned from science camp to find his friends entrenched in summer romances and, in Will’s case, experiencing signs of the Mindflayer’s return. Joining Will as a singleton wasn’t in the cards, as Dustin came home with stories of his camp girlfriend Suzie. After the others doubted this girl’s existence for most of the season, Dustin contacted Suzie for help in saving the world, leading to a standout musical moment. Will Suzie be inStranger Things Season 4? Nothing’s official, but fans want her romance with Dustin to be a never-ending relationship.

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Vandalism at Mormon church may be a hate crime, sheriff’s deputies say

Deputies are investigating whether vandalism at a local Mormon church is a hate crime.

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 6 Latter-day Saint Authors Whose Books Became Movies

Did you know that many successful Hollywood movies were based on books written by Latter-day Saints? Some of these might surprise you!

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Pocatello LDS Temple Making Serious Headway

KPVI’s Deanne Coffin met with an LDS missionary couple who are watching over construction of the new temple and showed her some of the work done since the ground breaking last March.

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Cost of Mormon mission to increase for members of the faith

Serving a mission with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be more expensive for many members of the faith.

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Massive crowds expected for Hill Cumorah Pageant

Church members are hard at work, building the stage, casting the show and rehearsing all the special effects for the start of the 82nd Hill Cumorah Pageant.

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