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The new president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will inherit a global faith far more diverse than many realize

Staff Writer - October 10, 2025

Russell Nelson, center, sits during the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ biannual General Conference in Salt Lake City in 2019. George Frey/Getty Images

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Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, pushed it away from ‘Mormon’ – a word that has courted...

A makeshift memorial for Charlie Kirk outside the headquarters of Turning Point USA in Phoenix. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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Charlie Kirk and the making of an AI-generated martyr

Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas have all passed laws – now on hold – to mandate the biblical laws’ display in classrooms. mtcurado/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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3 states push to put the Ten Commandments back in school – banking on new guidance at the Supreme Court

Caskets of Irish railroaders whose remains were excavated from a mass grave outside Philadelphia. AP Photo/Matt Rourke

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Historian uncovers evidence of second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders in Pennsylvania who suffered from cholera, violence and xenophobia

Ixia Beach, located on the northwestern coast of the Greek island of Rhodes, is a popular destination. Norbert Nagel via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

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The beach wasn’t always a vacation destination – for the ancient...

Staff Writer - July 28, 2025

Beehive Geyser, in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. Thomas S. Bremer

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Yellowstone has been a ‘sacred wonderland’ of spiritual power and religious...

Staff Writer - July 24, 2025

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a church in Harlem during his failed campaign to become the Democratic nominee in the 2025 New York City mayoral race. Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images

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IRS says churches may endorse political candidates despite a decades-old federal...

Staff Writer - July 13, 2025

Pro-Palestinian students pass the flag of Israel while walking out of commencement in protest at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on May 30, 2024. AP Photo/Charles Krupa

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Conflicted, disillusioned, disengaged: The unsettled center of Jewish student opinion after...

Staff Writer - June 16, 2025

Supreme Court justices heard arguments April 30, 2025, and issued a 4-4 order just a few weeks later. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

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Supreme Court’s one-sentence order closes the door to Catholic charter school...

Staff Writer - May 25, 2025

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa meet in Turkey on April 11, 2025. TUR Presidency/ Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images

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Trump’s lifting of Syria sanctions is a win for Turkey, too...

Staff Writer - May 19, 2025

Players observe a minute of silence in memory of Pope Francis before the Spanish league soccer match between Real Madrid and RC Celta de Vigo at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on May 4, 2025. Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP via Getty Images

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From pulpit to pitch: Pope Francis used sport to get his...

Staff Writer - May 11, 2025

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican shortly after his election as pontiff, on May 8, 2025. AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis

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Pope Leo XIV: Why the College of Cardinals chose the Chicago...

Staff Writer - May 9, 2025

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EXPLORING NATURE

How do kids figure out how to sort things by order? Celeste Kidd

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Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...

Staff Writer - October 5, 2025

Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...

About 20% of patients report experiencing a fever during pregnancy. John Fedele/Tetra images via Getty Images Plus

As an OB-GYN, I see firsthand how misleading statements on acetaminophen...

October 3, 2025

A roadside assistance vehicle is swamped by floodwaters on a Houston highway in 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water

October 1, 2025

The Rapa Nui people are mostly invisible in the origin story of rapamycin. Posnov/Moment via Getty Images

A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what...

September 29, 2025

Do the seemingly endless doorways represent a woman trapped in domesticity or infinite ways out? Philadelphia Museum of Art

How Dorothea Tanning’s ‘Birthday’ painting challenged male-dominated surrealism

September 29, 2025