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8,671 butterflies released in BBP’s Butterfly Park Breeding Centre

BBP released 8,671 butterflies in the conservatory dome for public observation. Majority of the butterflies were Common Mormon (6,532) and Common Lime (1,013). The centre has a separate host plant garden for caterpillar food. It faces difficulties like lack of food plants, protecting eggs, larvae and pupa from parasitoids, and…

The Hindu

How September 1993, when Latter-day Saints leaders disciplined six dissidents, continues to trouble the church

Lavina Fielding Anderson knew she was delivering a bombshell. Anderson, a dedicated Mormon who had previously edited the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ magazines, was also a scholar, writer and feminist. And on this day in August 1992, she was giving a conference presentation detailing how Latter-day Saints…

The Conversation

Mormon leaders – whose church is often associated with the GOP – push back against one-party politics

Top leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dropped a bombshell in June 2023 by telling their flock to vote for Democrats – well, almost.

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CIA experiments, Mormon ravers and reformed racists: the untold history of MDMA

A new book, I Feel Love, explores the rollicking history of the 90s club drug turned 21st-century therapeutic treatment

The Guardian - US

Blood-red crickets invade Nevada town, residents fight back with brooms, leaf blowers, snow plows

The small town of Elko in rural northeastern Nevada is being invaded by a swarm of blood-red crickets

The Independent UK

Bug swarm: Nevada crawling with thick carpet of Mormon crickets

Millions of crickets – or rather shield-backed katydids – migrating across state, after hatching was delayed in spring

The Guardian - US

Thousands of bugs descend on hospital as 'biblical' swarm of crickets plague town

The Mormon cricket - which got its name in the 1800s after ransacking crop fields in Utah - can grow more than two inches long and turn cannibalistic when their food supplies, crops and other vegetation, runs out

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Utah school district that banned Bible considers removing Book of Mormon

Davis school district says it will assess text after complaint for ‘pornographic or indecent materials’ under law passed last year

The Guardian - US

Mormon Church buys Wembley Amazon warehouse for £74 million via charitable company

The property was bought by a registered charity that manages the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints’ investments

Evening Standard

Ex-NRL star Fainu appeals verdict after stabbing

Former Manly Sea Eagles hooker Manase Fainu has appealed what he says is an "unreasonable" verdict finding him guilty over a stabbing at a Mormon church.

AAP

Mormon church has $100bn ‘clandestine hedge fund’, says whistleblower

Former church investment manager claims funds were intended for charity work but spent on for-profit initiatives as a tax dodge

The Guardian - US

Ex-members of extremist Mormon sect plead for help to find missing children

The leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints issued a ‘revelation’ that has parents worried

The Guardian - US

A dozen years after its debut, ‘Book of Mormon’ hasn’t lost any of its irreverent charm or biting satire

“Book of Mormon” isn’t puerile or shocking simply for the sake of being so. Good satire has a point, and “The Book of Mormon” has enough for a solid crown of thorns.

Chicago Sun-Times

Things to do in Chicago March 23-29: The Mix

‘The Book of Mormon,’ Lyric Opera’s ‘Proximity,’ Wilco in concert and the Greek Heritage Parade are among the highlights in the week ahead.

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Pew Stats Show Americans View Jews, Protestants, Catholics More Favorably Than Muslims, Mormons

A new poll shows Americans on favorability on different religious communities as the most dominant communities are viewed highly

The Independent UK

Former mayor, Mormon bishop gets prison for child sex abuse

A former Utah city mayor and one-time bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will likely spend the rest of his life in prison on child sexual abuse charges

The Independent UK

Push for clergy to report abuse stalls in deeply Mormon Utah

A push to mandate members of religious clergy report child sexual abuse when it's brought to their attention is facing pushback from churches throughout the United States

The Guardian - UK

The Mormons Are Coming review – lovely, kind and deeply unsettling

You can’t fail to warm to the cheery young Mormons in this unprecedented documentary … even as they try to fill your emotional void with their beliefs

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The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Jane Fonda, Gloria Hendry and Rose McGowan talk sex on screen

From Barbarella exploitation to intimacy coordinators, the film industry comes under the spotlight. Plus, a look at Britain’s Mormon missionaries. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Independent UK

Mormon church fined $5m for using shell companies to hide investments from the SEC

The US Securities and Exchange Commission says The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment arm will pay $5m

The Independent UK

Mormon church fined $5M for obscuring size of portfolio

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment arm will pay $5 million in fines

The Independent UK

George Santos fires back at Mitt Romney over SOTU snub: ‘Not very Mormon of him’

New York Republican has admitted to lying about virtually his entire background

The Independent UK

George Santos fires back at Mitt Romney and says SOTU snub ‘wasn’t very Mormon of him’

New York Republican has admitted to lying about virtually his entire background

Tribune News Service

Patrick Reusse: Gobert deal nears worst-trade territory for Timberwolves

This was the early 1980s and Danny Ainge was at a table playing cards with Boston Celtics teammates Kevin McHale and Larry Bird. In the humor of the time, Red Auerbach, then the Celtics' general manager, made a habit of needling Ainge about his Mormon faith.

The Independent UK

Sex-abuse video victimizes child long after abuser is gone

A video of a man raping his nine-year-old daughter triggered a global search for the little girl in 2016

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