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Construction work at Temple University came to an unexpected halt this week after workers unearthed human remains and fragments of caskets at a site on North Broad Street, part of a planned ...

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Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced plans to build a new temple in Rapid City during the Church’s 195th Semi-Annual General Conference on ...

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