Mormonism

FILE - The angel Moroni statue atop the Salt Lake Temple is silhouetted against a cloud-covered sky, at Temple Square in Salt Lake City on Feb. 6, 2013. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment arm will pay $5 million in fines. The SEC alleges the church used shell companies to obscure the size of the portfolio under the church's control.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mormon church fined for obscuring $32 billion investment portfolio

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment arm will pay $5 million in fines.

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office shows Samuel Bateman. Bateman, a polygamous leader accused of taking more than 20 wives, including underage girls, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, to kidnapping and tampering with evidence charges stemming from a federal investigation into his community on the Utah-Arizona border. (Coconino County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)

Polygamous leader pleads not guilty amid FBI investigation

In this Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017 photo, Norma Richter, left, and Lori Barlow hug after an eviction notice was served on their Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints church meeting house in their community on the Utah-Arizona border. Authorities later canceled the eviction after working out a deal with church leaders. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Polygamous sect’s small hometown sees big changes

APNewsBreak: Mormon baptisms of Holocaust victims draw ire

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormons are posthumously baptizing Holocaust victims as well as grandparents of public figures like Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Steven Spielberg, despite church rules intended to restrict the ceremonies to a member’s ancestors, according to a researcher who has spent two