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| | This week, Utah took a significant step towards assisting children who have lost a parent or caregiver in announcing a new initiative, The Utah Children’s Collaborative, that builds on community partnerships to identify and support bereaved children. The program will be supported by a $1 million grant by New York Life Foundation, an organization that has invested more than $70 million into supporting bereaved children in the last 12 years, according to the foundation's president. The collaborative will also work with the University of Utah’s Gardner Policy Institute to match birth records with death records of those who have children under 18 years old and then offer resources to families. | Fourteen years, 100 drafts and 180,000 words later, writer-historians Richard E. Turley Jr. and Barbara Jones Brown's “Vengeance is Mine; The Mountain Meadows Massacre and its Aftermath" officially released this weekend. Turley and Brown, both Latter-day Saints, poured over mountains of journals, newspaper articles, trial transcripts and other historical records, and personally traveled to virtually every place mentioned in the book. They also had unfettered access to the archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to aid them in their research. “We didn’t know what the end was going to be from the beginning; we entered with the attitude of let the chips fall where they may, no matter who they hit," Turley said. Read more about the authors and their findings on the massacre. More in Faith Perspective: In Dodgers Pride Night controversy, people of faith lose (Deseret News) Can we use AI to answer questions about faith? (Deseret News) Temple Square renovation update: 1st base isolator now installed, plaza to partially reopen June 1 (Church News) | FROM OUR SPONSOR UTAH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL Believe in the Power of Theatre: Utah Shakespeare Festival's 2023 Season Discover captivating performances like A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Play that Goes Wrong, Jane Austen’s Emma The Musical, and more this season. Enhance your experience with backstage tours, seminars, orientations, and nightly free Greenshows. For tickets, visit bard.org or call 800-PLAYTIX. | Health New technology has allowed a paralyzed man to walk again using brain signals (Deseret News) Using sugar alternatives for weight loss? New WHO study advises against it (Deseret News) Business Why Utah’s Olympic bidders are already finishing a pile of paperwork reserved for ‘preferred hosts’ (Deseret News) Opinion: 3 keys for success in Utah’s economic evolution (Deseret News) Culture Polynesian pioneers: Modern-day trailblazers (Deseret News) 10 ways to celebrate Memorial Day in Utah this year (Deseret News) Environment Supreme Court: EPA water rule went too far, was too vague (Deseret News) Here’s how 2 Utah cities conserved more water — and what others can learn from them (KUER) Courts Suspect in 2021 murder of radio host extradited to Utah from Mexico City (KSL NewsRadio) Utah psychologist was under sex assault investigation at time of murder-suicide (KSL) Salt Lake County Photo of the day: Delta Center once again (Deseret News) Little Cottonwood gondola to be included in Wasatch Front’s long-term transit plan after contentious meeting (Deseret News) The West San Francisco ended its travel ban to conservative states. Could others be next? (Deseret News) The Texas House votes to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton (Deseret News) The Nation Biden, McCarthy reach deal on debt ceiling; hurdles remain (Deseret News) VP Harris becomes the first woman to give a West Point commencement speech (NPR) The World Orcas are slamming into boats. What’s going on? (Deseret News) Ukraine prepares 'for a new phase of the war' as counteroffensive appears imminent (NBC News) Sports BYU’s Dallin Shurts, Casey Clinger, Kenneth Rooks, plus relay team, qualify for NCAA championships (Deseret News) Isaac Wilson just got put in an ‘Elite’ group of quarterbacks from around the country (Deseret News) Three of the top four draft picks could be on the move (Deseret News) How Utah’s bats woke up, staved off elimination in NCAA softball Super Regionals against San Diego State (Deseret News) |
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