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BYU students heading to D.C. to cover election night

By Laura Spilsbury
November 04, 2016 12:00 AM
BYU news media majors Sarah Averett, left, and Haley Hilton, right, sit with their adviser Carrie Moore, center, on the UNLV campus to cover the final presidential debate watch party. BYU's communications program will send another group of students on a trip to Washington, D.C., next week to cover election night. (Gianluca Cuestas)
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Local

Provo Mayor John Curtis enjoying last year in office

By Laura Spilsbury
November 03, 2016 12:00 AM
Provo Mayor John Curtis poses on a street in downtown Provo. (John Curtis)
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Campus

BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii reviewing own sexual assault policies

By Laura Spilsbury
October 31, 2016 12:00 AM
This April 19, 2016 photo shows a welcome sign to Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. BYU-Idaho and BYU-Hawaii are currently reviewing a report from the BYU's Advisory Council Study of Sexual Assault released on Oct. 26, 2016. The report resulted in BYU changing some of its sexual assault policies. (Associated Press)
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Religion

LDS Church releases updated 'Mormon and Gay' website

By Laura Spilsbury
October 25, 2016 12:00 AM
The LDS Church released an updated Mormon and Gay website on Tuesday, Oct. 25. The website is meant to be a resource for gay LDS members and their families. (mormonandgay.lds.org)
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Nation

LDS Church urges members to vote against recreational marijuana

By Laura Spilsbury
October 19, 2016 12:00 AM
Flowers bloom at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. LDS Church leaders sent a letter Wednesday, Oct. 12 to its members in Arizona, California and Nevada urging them to vote against legalizing recreational marijuana. (AP Photo)
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Religion

Interfaith leaders criticize government's religious liberty report

By Laura Spilsbury
October 14, 2016 12:00 AM
Elder Dallin H. Oaks said people will continue attempting to override religious freedom on college campuses during a BYU devotional in September. He emphasized the importance of this freedom, as well as the freedoms of speech and assembly. (Gianluca Cuestas)
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Local

Provo residents gather for food, fun at All-Wheels Festival

By Laura Spilsbury
October 13, 2016 12:00 AM
Provo residents celebrated the opening of Lakeview Parkway on Wednesday, Oct. 12 with a celebration called the All-Wheels Festival.
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Local

Utah Supreme Court to hear from BRT opponents

By Laura Spilsbury
October 11, 2016 12:00 AM
The Route 830 bus waits at the Provo FrontRunner Station. (Natalia Rogers)
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Nation

Herbert, Chaffetz pull Trump endorsement after leaked video emerges

By Laura Spilsbury
October 08, 2016 12:00 AM
In this Oct. 6, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a town hall in Sandown, N.H. Trump made a series of lewd and sexually charged comments about women as he waited to make a cameo appearance on a soap opera in 2005. (AP Photo)
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