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FILE - President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Russell M. Nelson waves as he departs the church's twice-annual conference, April 7, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

The Mormon church’s president, already the oldest in the faith’s history, is turning 100

By Hannah Schoenbaum and Deepa Bharath - Associated Press

Utah 2nd District Rep. Celeste Maloy speaks to the media while the results are still too close to call at a primary election watch party at the Utah Trucking Association in West Valley City on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Maloy is seeking her first full term on Capitol Hill after winning a special election last fall. She is facing challenger Colby Jenkins, a retired U.S. Army officer and telecommunications specialist. (Megan Nielsen/The Deseret News via AP)

Trump-backed Rep. Celeste Maloy wins Republican primary in Utah after recount, court case

By Hannah Schoenbaum - Associated Press

Pau Gasol arrives in Paris, France, before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Olympic member Pau Gasol details risks to IOC, sports officials from FBI interest in doping case

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks about Salt Lake City's bid to host the 2034 Winter Olympics, during the 142nd IOC session at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

IOC awards 2034 Winter Games to Salt Lake City. Utah last hosted the Olympics 32 years ago

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks about Salt Lake City's bid to host the 2034 Winter Olympics, during the 142nd IOC session at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

IOC awards 2034 Winter Games to Utah, pushes state to help end FBI probe

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

The marquee of the Egyptian Theatre appears during the Sundance Film Festival, Jan. 28, 2020, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File)

Sundance Film Festival narrows down host cities — from Louisville to Santa Fe — for future years

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This rendering provided the Utah Hockey Club, shows the new NHL team's home and away uniform. Utah Hockey Club will be the name of the NHL team playing its games in Salt Lake City beginning this fall, with a long-term identity still to come. Smith Entertainment Group announced the move Thursday, June 13, 2024, and unveiled the initial logos and jerseys that will be used in 2024-25 season. (Utah Hockey Club via AP)

Utah Hockey Club will be the name of hockey team in Salt Lake City for its inaugural season

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Bonneville Elementary School parents and students gather during a block party supporting trans and non binary students and staff on April 29, 2024, in Salt Lake City. Transgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new bathroom law with thousands of hoax reports in an effort to shield trans residents and their allies from any legitimate complaints that could threaten their safety. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Transgender activists flood Utah tip line with hoax reports to block bathroom law enforcement

By Hannah Schoenbaum - Associated Press

Arizona Coyotes season-ticket holders comfort one another as time expires in team's NHL hockey game against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Tempe, Ariz. The Coyotes won 5-2. Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo agreed to sell the franchise's hockey operations to Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith, who intends to move the team to Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) **FILE**

Coyotes leaving Arizona for Salt Lake City after approval of sale to Utah Jazz owners

By John Marshall - Associated Press

Canada's Chloe Dufour-Lapointe competes in a World Cup freestyle moguls competition at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 14, 2022. Salt Lake City's enduring enthusiasm for hosting the Olympics will be on full display Wednesday, April 10, 2024, when members of the International Olympic Committee come to Utah for a site visit ahead of a formal announcement expected this July to name Salt Lake City the host for the 2034 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Soon to be a 2-time Olympic host city, Salt Lake City’s zest for the Games is now an outlier

By Hannah Schoenbaum - Associated Press

The marquee in front of the Energy Solutions Arena, formerly the Delta Center and home of the Utah Jazz, NBA basketball team, shows conflicting signage at dusk before a game against the Toronto Raptors Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, in Salt Lake City. The owners of the NBA’s Utah Jazz said Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, they have the immediate ability to bring an NHL team to Salt Lake City and requested the initiation of an expansion process. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson, File)

Utah Jazz owners say they have the immediate ability to bring an NHL team to Salt Lake City

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Erin Mendenhall talks to reporters during an election night party in Salt Lake City on Aug. 13, 2019. Mendenhall is seeking reelection as mayor of Utah’s capital on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, in a ranked-choice contest that includes a challenge by former Mayor Rocky Anderson. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

Affordable housing and homelessness are top issues in Salt Lake City’s ranked-choice mayoral race

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FILE - M. Russell Ballard, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks during the World Congress of Families event, Oct. 27, 2015, in Salt Lake City. Ballard, one of the highest ranking leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, surrounded by family at his home, according to a church statement Monday morning, Nov. 13. He was 95. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

High-ranking Mormon leader M. Russell Ballard dies at age 95. He was second-in-line to lead faith

By Mead Gruver and Brady McCombs - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach speaks at a press conference after the second day of the 141st IOC session in Mumbai, India, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Olympic committee president Thomas Bach says term limits at the IOC ‘are necessary’

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach arrives to attend the first day of the executive board meeting of the IOC ahead of the upcoming 141st IOC session in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Olympic president Thomas Bach urged by IOC members to extend term limit and seek 4 more years

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during a news conference at the state Capitol on Friday, March 3, 2023, in Salt Lake City. Cox signed legislation on Wednesday, March 15 that will effectively ban clinics from providing abortions, setting off a rush of confusion among clinics, hospitals and prospective patients in the deeply Republican state. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Utah bans abortion clinics in wave of post-Roe restrictions

By Sam Metz - Associated Press

Millwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo, center, along with brothers Thanasis Antetokounmpo, right, and Alex Antetokounmpo award NFL player DK Metcalf the MVP award at the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rob Gray)

NBA All-Star Game: All you need to know about Sunday’s event

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Members of the media are taken on a tour during the transformation taking place inside Vivint Arena before the start of the NBA basketball All-Star weekend Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in Salt Lake City. More than 60 players are making their way to Salt Lake City for All-Star weekend, some of them for the first time, one of them for the 19th time. And while some events will tout the league's future, many will be celebrating the past.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

All-Star weekend arrives, as NBA heads to Salt Lake City

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints headquarters office building in Salt Lake City. The church's investment arm, Ensign Peak Advisors, is reported to be under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. (Mark A. Kellner/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

SEC investigating $100 billion investment fund owned by Mormon church

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Zee Kilpack is photographed at a rally where hundreds gathered in support of transgender youth at the Utah State Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Salt Lake City. Utah lawmakers on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, gave final approval for a measure that would ban most transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming health care like surgery or puberty blockers. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Utah lawmakers approve ban on transgender treatments

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