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Samuel Bateman pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport underage girls across state lines. But his deal hinged on whether others charged in the case would also plead guilty.
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Authorities say Bateman took more than 20 wives, including 10 underage girls. They say he created a network spanning at least four states as he tried to start an offshoot of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
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Kansas’ Republican attorney general argues that Biden overstepped his authority in creating the SAVE Plan, which was made available to borrowers last year and has already canceled loans for 150,000.
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John Goodrich was the subject of an Associated Press investigation into how the church protects itself from allegations of sexual abuse.
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More than 300,000 cases await expungement review by the Utah Department of Public Safety and more records are added every month.
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Holt traveled to Venezuela in 2016 to marry a fellow Latter-day Saint he met on the internet. Shortly afterward, the couple was arrested on what were considered bogus weapons charges and Holt was accused of being a “CIA terrorist” sent to topple President Nicolás Maduro.
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Republican Rep. Karianne Lisonbee’s bill would allow abortion clinics to be licensed to perform abortions in the state, but it is her hope that the law would lead to a faster ruling on the state’s near-total abortion ban.
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This week is a pretty heavy topic — abuse. And specifically, child abuse.
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Two laws signed by Gov. Spencer Cox prohibit minors from using social media between 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. unless authorized by a parent. It also requires age verification to open or maintain a social media account in the state. The restrictions take effect March 1, 2024.
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Two transgender minors and their parents are suing the Utah High School Activities Association, the Granite School District and the Jordan School District over the state’s 2022 ban on transgender girls competing in girls’ sports.
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The Washington state Supreme Court has granted a request by the University of Washington and the Pac-12 to put on hold a lower court’s ruling that gave Oregon State and Washington State control of the conference.
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A judge has granted Oregon State and Washington State a preliminary injunction in their legal battle with 10 departing Pac-12 schools, including the University of Utah.