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7 years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen

“The first responsibility of the church in abuse cases is to help those who have been abused and protect those who may be vulnerable to future abuse,” according to the 2010 handbook for Mormon church leaders. But church officials tolerated abuse in at least one family for years.

Pope Francis goes to Rome hospital for intestinal surgery

The Vatican said the pope had been diagnosed with “symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon,” a reference to a narrowing in the large intestine.

Mormon leader issues plea for members to help end racism

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ president issued another plea for members to help end racism, saying Sunday at the faith’s signature conference that God loves people of all races equally and that it pains him to see Black people suffer prejudice.

WHO ending hydroxycholorquine trial for COVID

The World Health Organization says it is ending a trial into whether anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine helps patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

US death toll hits 11; California declares state of emergency

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed to 11 on Wednesday with a patient succumbing in California as federal authorities announced an investigation of the Seattle-area nursing home where most of the victims were stricken.

Researchers find drug can curb dementia’s delusions

If regulators agree, the drug could become the first treatment specifically for dementia-related psychosis and the first new medicine for Alzheimer’s in nearly two decades.

France drafts law to extend IVF to lesbians, single women

While the French government says it is responding to changes in society, its bill is sure to generate debate when it comes up next month in parliament.

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