LDS

The world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir will now be known by a different name.

Easter weekend held big news for LDS faithful. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced two new apostles, and a couple of changes to its longstanding priesthood quorums and home and visiting teaching programs.

He also addressed the religious liberty case heard this week by the Supreme Court of the United States.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Attorneys are battling over whether Mormon Church President Thomas S. Monson should be required to testify in a case about alleged sexual abuse that occurred within a now-defunct church program that placed thousands of American Indian children with Mormon families.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Idaho State University's former assistant tennis coach and the university have denied allegations made in a lawsuit in which a former tennis player says he was discriminated against because of his Mormon faith.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Another member of the Navajo Nation is suing the Mormon Church, alleging she was sexually abused in a former church program.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church will allow women serving as missionaries to wear dress pants during rainy seasons in parts of the world where mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika and dengue are prevalent.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church isn't coming out directly in support or against the Obama administration's recent directive that transgender students be allowed to use facilities that match their gender identity.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Students at Brigham Young University have reported fewer annual on-campus sexual assaults than many other major Western universities over the last decade.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A telephone scam is targeting grandparents of Mormon missionaries, asking for money to release their relatives from jail.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon missionary injured in the Brussels bombing attack is back at home after he was released from a Salt Lake City hospital.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has named a new managing director of public affairs to oversee its widespread media operation.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brigham Young University students who say they have been sexually assaulted can find themselves under investigation for possible violations of the Mormon school's code against sex and drinking.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon missionary wounded in the Brussels airport attack says he considers himself blessed to have such minor injuries.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) – The shelves are not as full as they used to be, but the friendly greeting is the same. Customers who’ve come to know Dwight Bell and his small staff of booksellers over the past 37 years will miss that greeting once his store finally closes at the end…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon leader is telling members to be more thoughtful and sensitive toward children of all backgrounds, many of whom don't come from "picture perfect" families.

SHARON, Vt. (AP) — A Utah businessman's plan for a large-scale development in Vermont based on the papers of Mormon leader Joseph Smith has sparked concern in the largely rural and mountainous area.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A high-ranking Mormon leader says the church policy against same-sex marriage was a revelation from God.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon Church is set to begin giving public tours of the religion's newest temple: A renovated historical tabernacle in Provo that nearly burned down in 2010.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several hundred people with roots in the Mormon faith gathered in Salt Lake City on Saturday to renounce the church's new policies targeting gays and their children in the latest illustration of the fervor the rule changes have caused.