It’s been a few days since the city of Jacksonville approved a $27 million permit for a new 29,000-square-foot temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Mandarin area.

Vice President Kamala Harris is stepping up her efforts to win over voters who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has issued a slew of new guidelines which would limit the role of transgender members in local congregations.

An Arizona judge has ruled that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may not use the state's “clergy-penitent privilege” to refuse to answer questions or turn over documents in a child sex-abuse case.

While many conservative-leaning religious voters warmed to him long ago, Trump has struggled to win over Latter-day Saints. Once just a headache for the White House, Trump's relative weakness with Latter-day Saints is now a growing political liability. This past week the Trump campaign launched its Latter-day Saints for Trump Coalition, sending Vice President Mike Pence to Mesa, a suburb of Phoenix, for the kickoff. But Latter-day Saints were less likely than other traditionally Republican religious groups to approve of the way Trump was doing his job. Hes a family guy.Bidens campaign is also targeting Latter-day Saints in Arizona and elsewhere.

Now, members of a Mormon community wracked by violence say they're forced to uproot and head back to the US. Now, members of a Mormon community wracked by violence say they're forced to uproot and head back to the US. So on Saturday, a convoy of 18 vehicles full of family members left La Mora, a community of fundamentalist Mormons that is not part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Devin Langford, 13, watched his mother, Dawna Ray Langford, and two brothers get killed. "A bunch of bullets just started shooting rapidly at us," Devin told ABC's "Good Morning America" in an interview that aired Monday.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Carrying a lethal weapon onto church property was considered "inappropriate" under the policies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. With the exception of current law enforcement officers, the carrying of lethal weapons on church property, concealed or otherwise, is prohibited." The previous rule said the carrying of lethal weapons was inappropriate. Lethal weapons include a number of possible items including guns, said Daniel Woodruff,a spokesman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The change applies to the entire church, but due to a Texas law change regarding firearms in places of worship, a letter referencing the prohibition was recently sent to church leaders in Texas and shared with members, Woodruff said.

George Frey/Getty Images(CNN) - Ed Smart, whose daughter Elizabeth Smart was abducted in 2002, has announced that he is gay but says he is not leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Smart, 64, of Salt Lake City, said it has taken most of his life to accept his sexual orientation. Smart is divorcing his wife, Lois, but said he's not leaving her for someone else. Smart said he hasn't removed his name from the church, though "if they were to push me to do so, I would." Smart and his family were thrust into the spotlight in 2002, when Elizabeth, then 14, was abducted from their home.

Elizabeth Smart's father, Ed Smart, has revealed he is gay. Ed and his wife, Lois Smart, split last month after three decades together. Why he also revealed he's leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After multiple pressure cookers were left around Manhattan during the peak of morning rush hour, police are searching for an individual of interest. Why the man wasn't offended.