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One mother told KUER she worries about her son who’s in the facility and that the show is taking advantage of an “already marginalized group of people.”
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KUER asked two Utahns — one Palestinian, the other Jewish — about their thoughts on the pro-Gaza student protest movement that has now arrived at the University of Utah.
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With just a simple number, the Rural Utah Project has made it easier for Navajo residents to register to vote and access emergency services.
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With caseworkers stretched thin, community members are coming together to support the needs of Utah’s newest refugee families.
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Patrick Kearon was called to be the newest member of the second-highest governing body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He’s British and a convert to the faith.
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Hundreds of tribal leaders gathered in Washington this week for an annual summit where the Biden administration is celebrating nearly 200 new agreements to boost cooperation with the tribes.
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A former LDS bishop whom a top church official said committed “sexual transgression” with his own daughter was excommunicated after making a religious confession. Recordings obtained by The Associated Press show that instead of helping prosecutors, the church used a legal playbook that keeps sex abuse secret.
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BYU’s Native American Curriculum Initiative asked Utah’s eight sovereign nations what they want to be taught in schools and then they listened.
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Mountainland Continuum of Care says churches like the Provo Seventh-day Adventist Community Service Center, Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and St. Mary's Episcopal Church have stepped up.
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There hasn’t been anything at the University of Utah like the reports of violent antisemitism on some college campuses. However, students have felt targeted for being Jewish.
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M. Russell Ballard was second-in-line to the church presidency as the second-longest-tenured member of a top governing body called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He died Sunday at age 95.
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The Muslim Student Association at the University of Utah has been targeted with Islamophobic messages and threatening voicemails.
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A group of advocates is calling out New Mexico’s Democratic governor for disbanding a task force that crafted recommendations to address the high rate of killings and missing person cases in Native American communities.
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The Utah native and descendant of Hyrum Smith had served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles since 1985.