Latest from LDS General Conference: All-virtual session underway, with leaders wearing masks

The 190th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints got underway Saturday, with speakers addressing believers — watching online or on TV — from a theater in downtown Salt Lake City’s massive Conference Center.For the second time, it is an all-virtual event, with no public attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first one was in April.The conference is taking place under the direction of 96-year-old church President Russell M. Nelson,