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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Thursday that it will no longer consider people in same-sex marriages to be apostates. Here, a pride flag flies in front of the Historic Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City as part of a 2015 protest of the church's LGBT policies.

In Major Shift, Mormon Church Rolls Back Controversial Policies Toward LGBT Members

"We want to reduce the hate and contention so common today," said LDS President Dallin Oaks. Church doctrine will consider same-sex marriage "a serious transgression" but not apostasy.

San Diego City Council District 2 candidate Jen Campbell poses with state Assemblywoman Shirley Weber at an election night party, Nov. 6, 2018.

Democrats Set To Increase San Diego City Council Supermajority

Democrats' 5-4 majority on the technically nonpartisan San Diego City Council was on pace Wednesday to increase to 6-3, a majority immune to Mayor Kevin Faulconer's veto.

Syrians ride a motorcycle past a burned vehicle near the village of Barisha in the Idlib province of Syria, near where U.S. forces raided the compound of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Local residents tell NPR that noncombatant civilians were killed and injured in the van the night of the U.S. raid.

The U.S. Investigates Possible Civilian Deaths During Baghdadi Raid In Syria

The military is conducting a credibility assessment of claims of civilian casualties during the U.S. operation against ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The dried, cracked earth of a former wetland that was drained in an effort to prevent an outbreak of avian botulism which occurs in Tulelake, Calif., June 9, 2021.

Drought Prompts California To Limit Some Water Diversions

California regulators say some farmers will have to stop taking water out of major rivers and streams because of a severe drought.

Illegal Vapes Traced To Carlsbad Woman Who Was CBD Pioneer

Some of the people rushing to emergency rooms thought the CBD vape they inhaled would help like a gentle medicine. Others puffed it for fun.

Geoff Walser picks out a ristra, a wreath-like decoration made from dried chiles, to purchase at the annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival, which draws thousands of chile lovers from Colorado and beyond.

The Chile Pepper Rivalry Heats Up Between New Mexico's Hatch And Colorado's Pueblo

The Hatch chile has long been Goliath of peppers in the Southwest, but farmers in Colorado are trying to roast the competition by brazenly touting their lesser-known but mighty contender: the Pueblo.

A Spy Agency's Challenge: How To Sort A Million Photos A Day

The Earth's entire land mass is being photographed by satellites every single day. Trying to make sense of all these images falls to a U.S. spy agency many have never heard of.315

Veal braciolini from the cookbook, <em>Piatti: Plates and Platters for Sharing Inspired by Italy</em> by Stacy Adimando.

A Meal's Magical Beginning Inspires Cookbook Full Of Antipasti

Saveur magazine Editor-in-Chief Stacy Adimando considers the start of a meal as "the best moment," and her cookbook, Piatti, celebrates Italian antipasti with plates that are rustic and seasonal.

Teenagers play chess during a break at the main Los Patojos campus.

Seeds Of Maya Genius Grow In A New Kind Of School

It's in Guatemala, where the educational achievement of poor students is severely lacking. Students might dress up in cow costumes, bake bread — or frame a building.

Marchers raise a rainbow flag during the 2018 Pride parade in Salt Lake City. Late Tuesday, state regulators implemented a ban on "conversion therapy" aimed at changing the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ young people.

Utah Becomes Latest State To Ban Discredited LGBTQ 'Conversion Therapy'

A host of medical experts has rejected the practice — aimed at changing a patient's sexual orientation — as "futile and destructive." In Utah, the ban took effect with a regulatory change Tuesday.

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