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Native American boarding schools and more on Behind the Headlines

Paris Hilton speaks at a Stop Institutional Child Abuse event, Wednesday, May 11, 2022 in Washington. Hilton is in Washington advocating efforts to improve protections of youth in residential programs and facilities.
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Paris Hilton speaks at a Stop Institutional Child Abuse event, Wednesday, May 11, 2022 in Washington. Hilton is in Washington advocating efforts to improve protections of youth in residential programs and facilities.

Tribal leaders say a landmark federal report on the legacy of Indigenous boarding schools is just a “starting point.” Paris Hilton, urging federal oversight, reveals she was sexually abused at a Utah teen treatment center. And with the Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, what The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says (and doesn’t say) about abortion.

At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Jessica Miller, and Peggy Fletcher Stack join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the week’s top stories.

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