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Republican Rep. Kera Birkeland looks on from the House floor, Feb. 1, 2024, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Transgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new bathroom law with thousands of hoax reports in an effort to shield trans residents and their allies from any legitimate complaints that could threaten their safety. Despite efforts to clog the enforcement tool they had outlined in the bill, the Republican sponsors, Birkeland and Sen. Dan McCay, said they remain confident in the tip line and the auditor's ability filter out fake complaints.
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The Utah State Auditor, charged with investigating enforcement, says the online portal already has received more than 10,000 submissions in its first week — and that none seem legitimate.

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Scholars say the New Testament was authored by these familiar names: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Paul. But they had important help: slave labor. That's the part biblical scholar Candida Moss wants to talk about — the enslaved people who helped create the foundational text of Christianity.
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