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deseret.com > sports > 04/04/2026 > utah-mammoth-beat-vancouver-canucks-7-4

Mammoth’s Dylan Guenther makes Canucks regret trading his draft pick all over again

6+ hour, 39+ min ago  (1056+ words) If the Vancouver Canucks could hit the "undo" button on one trade in the last decade or so, it would have to be the one that ultimately landed Dylan Guenther with the Utah Mammoth. In a draft day trade in…...

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deseret.com > entertainment > 04/04/2026 > rob-gardner-lamb-of-god-performances-easter-tradition

I followed ‘Lamb of God’ from the Salt Lake Tabernacle to New York City

7+ hour, 55+ min ago  (1892+ words) At the start of a two-hour rehearsal, where roughly 90 musicians were crammed together in a room at St. Olaf Catholic Church, conductor Jane R. Fjeldsted got emotional as she began to speak. I was sitting just a few feet away from…...

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deseret.com > opinion > 04/03/2026 > zayd-ayers-dohrn-parents-new-yorker-weather-underground

Opinion: When children become unwilling casualties in their parents’ war

8+ hour ago  (529+ words) With good reason. In a piece last week in The New Yorker, Zayd Ayers Dohrn, the son of Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, describes what it was like to grow up with domestic terrorists as parents. Zayd's parents were part…...

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deseret.com > faith > 04/04/2026 > new-creatures-and-celestial-citizens

Christ can make us ‘new creatures’ and ‘celestial citizens,’ say Latter-day Saint leaders

8+ hour, 7+ min ago  (1312+ words) After welcoming the global membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the faith's general conference on Saturday, President Dallin H. Oaks also greeted non-Latter-day Saint observers whom he said may be interested in the church's "remarkable progress....

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deseret.com > faith > 04/04/2026 > easter-rising-resurrection-road-to-emmaus

Opinion: Why Jesus rose

9+ hour, 32+ min ago  (551+ words) Resurrection Sunday, also known as Easter, is a sacred day of celebration. When we consider why Jesus rose, it helps us realize that resurrection happens daily. We are invited by him to rise every day. Consider this passage from the…...

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deseret.com > sports > 04/04/2026 > donovan-mitchell-fiancee-coco-jones-visit-utah-jazz

Why Donovan Mitchell’s most recent trip back to SLC was particularly special

9+ hour, 32+ min ago  (391+ words) Even after being gone for almost four years, Donovan Mitchell still gets in his feels when the Cleveland Cavaliers make their lone annual trip to Utah. Having spent the first five years of his NBA career with the Utah Jazz,…...

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deseret.com > sports > 04/04/2026 > jane-hedengren-breaks-ncaa-10000-meter-record

BYU’s Jane Hedengren breaks NCAA 10,000-meters record

12+ hour, 47+ min ago  (540+ words) BYU freshman Jane Hedengren set the NCAA record in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational on Friday. Less than a month after she claimed the NCAA indoor titles in the 5,000 meters and 3,000 meters, Hedengren ran the 10,000 meters in 30:46.80, breaking the…...

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deseret.com > faith > 04/04/2026 > latter-day-saint-membership-passed-1788-million-in-2025-as-churchs-growth-accelerates

Latter-day Saint membership passed 17.88 million in 2025 as church’s growth accelerates

10+ hour, 43+ min ago  (264+ words) With a solemn assembly for a new prophet, a nearly 25% increase in the number of new converts and the first general president from Africa, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints looked the part Saturday of a vibrant, growing,…...

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deseret.com > faith > 04/04/2026 > meet-new-primary-president-from-africa-latter-day-saints

Meet the church’s new Primary general presidency, including the first president from Africa

12+ hour, 50+ min ago  (550+ words) For the first time in history, an African will lead a general presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President Rosemary K. Chibota will lead the Primary general presidency, President D. Todd Christofferson announced Saturday during the afternoon session…...

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deseret.com > faith > 04/04/2026 > new-general-authorities-church-of-jesus-christ

Latter-day Saints sustain 8 new general authorities, 6 leaders given emeritus status

12+ hour, 50+ min ago  (1683+ words) Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sustained eight new General Authority Seventies during the Saturday afternoon session of the 196th Annual General Conference. The sustaining of new authorities was conducted by President D. Todd Christofferson. Members also sustained…...