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'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' cast aren't the only influencers sowing curiosity about the church

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Until quite recently, the prevailing image to outsiders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been male missionaries wearing white shirts and name tags, evoked by the hit Broadway show “The Book of Mormon.”

But another unofficial face of the male-led church has emerged in American pop culture: digitally savvy, female influencers, often seen sporting athleisure, a giant soda in hand — and varying degrees of adherence to church teachings.

These influencers have found an enthusiastic audience across the country, curious about... Read More

The Latest: Iran launches missiles at Israel and Gulf states as explosions hit Tehran

Iran's missiles set alight a refinery and damaged a desalination plant in Kuwait on Friday as Israeli and U.S. strikes kept hitting Iran.

As the war that began Feb. 28 was to enter its sixth week, Israel, Bahrain and Kuwait warned about incoming missile fire, although it was unclear if anything was struck. Activists in Iran reported strikes around Tehran and the central city of Isfahan.

Iran’s attacks on Gulf region energy infrastructure and its tight grip on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas transits in peacetime, has... Read More

Iran fires on targets across the Mideast while Israel and US hit Tehran as war nears end of 5th week

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired on targets Friday across the Middle East, damaging a desalination plant and setting a refinery ablaze in Kuwait, while American and Israeli airstrikes hit the Islamic Republic as the war neared the end of its fifth week.

Tehran has kept the pressure on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbors, despite U.S. and Israeli insistence that Iran’s military capabilities have been all but destroyed. In a sign that part of Iran’s theocracy could be willing to negotiate, the country's former top diplomat published a proposal for ending the... Read More

Trump offers murky path forward for Republicans as Iran war clouds midterm elections

NEW YORK (AP) — This is not the run up to the midterm elections that Republicans wanted.

A year and a half after winning the White House by promising to lower costs and end wars, Donald Trump is a wartime president overseeing surging energy costs and an escalating overseas conflict that many in his own party do not like.

He offered little clarity to a nation eager for answers this week during a prime-time address from the White House, his first since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran more than a month ago, simultaneously suggesting that the war was ending and... Read More

Russia strikes targets in Kyiv region as Ukraine holds door open for Easter truce

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a “massive” missile and drone strike on Friday near the Ukrainian capital, killing one person and injuring eight, regional authorities reported, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signaled Kyiv's openness to a potential Easter truce. The holiday is celebrated on April 12 in both Ukraine and Russia.

Another person died Friday after a Russian bomb struck an apartment block in northern Ukraine, according to local officials.

“The Kyiv region is once again under a massive Russian missile and drone attack," said Mykola... Read More

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'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' cast aren't the only influencers sowing curiosity about the church

The Latest: Iran launches missiles at Israel and Gulf states as explosions hit Tehran

Iran fires on targets across the Mideast while Israel and US hit Tehran as war nears end of 5th week

Trump offers murky path forward for Republicans as Iran war clouds midterm elections

Russia strikes targets in Kyiv region as Ukraine holds door open for Easter truce

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