What was supposed to be a "no news" edition of the show turned into a full news edition, with donations and updates and a great talk at Women's Conference. All that plus more on the Report! SIGNATURE'S BOOK OF THE MONTH

If Mother Braids a Waterfall by Dayna Patterson

HEADLINES

* (0:04:29) Many Latter-day Saints across the globe are holding virtual Sunday services, but not in Utah? Here’s why that is. (Salt Lake Tribune)

* (0:11:52) LDS missionary tales from the coronavirus pandemic: Wet clothes, empty streets, surprise endings (Salt Lake Tribune)

* (0:14:23) Latter-Day Saints donates $40,000 PPEs to Lagos (The Sun Nigeria)

* (0:16:44) LDS Church giving $5.5M in cash to relief agencies to help against coronavirus (Salt Lake Tribune)

* (0:18:48) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donates $10,000 to City of Flint (City of Flint)

* (0:19:57) Association for Mormon Letters 2019 award finalists announced; virtual conference May 2 (Deseret News)

* (0:25:01) Final Hill Cumorah Pageant in Finger Lakes postponed to 2021 because of pandemic, church says (Deseret News)

* (0:27:17) Church Cancels 2020 Treks and Pageants (Church Newsroom)

* (0:28:48) Judge declines to further reduce bond for mom of missing Idaho kids (Deseret News)

* (0:30:23) Saints and symbols: Former church designer has something to say about new LDS logos (Daily Herald)

* (0:33:52) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints works to reassign missionaries (ABC 4)

* (0:42:02) BYU Women’s Conference (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

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