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Alex Boye's American dream comes true with U.S. citizenship

The American dream—it’s an evolving concept that covers anything from the Leave It to Beaver house on 211 Pine Street to a vision of driving the classic 1966 Ford Mustang. Many American dreams never become reality, but on February 22, Alex Boyé, the famous pop singer and member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, watched his dream of becoming an American citizen come true.

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BYU Professor Helps Create New Civil Rights American Girl Doll

BYU history professor Rebecca de Schweinitz helped create the newest addition to the American Girl BeForever doll series, which pays tribute to young girls throughout American history. A board of experts, including de Schweinitz, created Melody and her story to represent "a 1964 Detroit civil rights character" to share important, yet difficult, elements of history with children.

Latter-day Saint Mom Competes on American Ninja Warrior

By Jeff Hampton

Despite having aired for six seasons, no contestant of the hit NBC show American Ninja Warrior has ever won the grand prize. This year, though, a Mormon mother of three hopes to change that.

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Latter-day Saint Nurse Advances to "American Ninja Warrior" National Finals

Mady Howard had a secret.

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Tolstoy's Surprising Opinion of Mormons and 'The American Religion'

In his diary, Leo Tolstoy wrote: “God is that infinite All of which man knows himself to be a finite part.”

From the Church

Church Donates $1.8 Million 'Meet the Mormons' Proceeds to U.S. Non-Profit

LDS Charities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gave a $1.8 million donation to the American Red Cross Thursday from the proceeds of “Meet the Mormons,” a film the Church released last October. Gary E. Stevenson, the Church’s presiding bishop, presented the check to Cliff Holtz, president of Humanitarian Services of the American Red Cross, at an event in Salt Lake City.

American Icons James Taylor and Mormon Tab Choir Relish Chance to Collaborate on Concert

In a match that was years in the making, on a stage in the Salt Lake LDS Conference Center, two American icons formed an unlikely union, and the result was a remarkable night of music, with an encore still to come. Who knew James Taylor and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir would ever even appear in the same sentence, yet alone on the same stage, but there they were Friday night. Tonight they will do it all over again.

Church Announces Early Releases for Many American and Canadian Missionaries

Editor's note: Additional updates regarding which missionaries will return to their native countries were announced Monday evening at 10 p.m. MDT. Read more here.

Ed and Wanda Willis: From Black Panthers to Latter-day Saints

Ed Willis’s life began in a place literally called “The Lower Bottom.” Drugs, Alcohol, Prostitution—you name it, and it could be found in the lower bottom. Ed was always searching for something. It was this searching that led him to become a Black Panther. Ultimately, Ed can now see that the dignity he was seeking all along could be found in understanding that he is a child of God. On this week’s episode, Ed and his wife, Wanda, share how their membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints changed their lives.

27: “He Is Risen” (Matthew 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20–21)

The story that follows the events after Christ’s death tells of those who loved Him most. There were the women who prepared His body with spices and oils, wrapping Him in linen before He was placed in a tomb. And there were His disciples who rejoiced when they realized that the Savior of the world had risen. While thousands of years have passed since that time, the joy and love that these witnesses of Christ experienced is felt by us today. So while we may not have the opportunity to be at the same tomb as they did, our study of Matthew 28, Mark 16; Luke 24; and John 20–21, will help you feel like you're there—and, we hope, help remind you of your love for Him.