The Mormon church has admitted that founder Joseph Smith married about 40 women including a 14-year-old and others who were already the wives of his followers, having maintained for nearly 200 ...

Born on December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Smith Jr. grew up on a series of tenant farms in Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. Though in his youth ...

Joseph F. Smith, nephew of the founding prophet, and his family. Courtesy: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much ...

Reality series Sister Wives premiered on TLC in September 2010 and follows the lives of Kody Brown and his four wives — Robyn, Christine, Janelle and Meri Brown — with whom he shares a total ...

His latest book, the graphic-novel biography “Joseph Smith and the Mormons,” will be published at the end of July. It is a nuanced and complicated portrait of Mormonism’s founder.

Season 19 of Sister Wives is just weeks away from its premiere. This season will be markedly different from previous seasons. There is absolutely no polygamy going on within the Brown family anymore.

For Latter-day Saints across the globe, Thursday marks the 180th anniversary of a tragedy — on June 27, 1844, an armed mob stormed into Carthage Jail and took the lives of the prophet Joseph ...

"Sister Wives" is incorporating all the drama, from marital woes to betrayal in the upcoming season. In the trailer for the TLC reality show, which was released on Monday, Kody Brown is seen ...

Knowledge. Community. Generosity. These three concepts capture Smith’s identity as an institution. Since its founding in 1871, Smith has remained at the forefront of higher education. A leader in ...

In the season premiere of our newly updated weekly feature, students will listen to the story of one reporter's humorous odyssey into the world of muppet cookies. Can bribes instill a lifelong ...

In ET's exclusive look at TLC's 'Sister Wives,' Christine has an awkward run-in with her ex, Kody, and his only remaining wife, Robyn. 'Sister Wives' star Janelle Brown is mourning her late son ...