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Elections, Politics, & Government

Biden appearance...
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 months

Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home.
6 years ago
reduce coronavirus stages...
Boyd Matheson

Inside Sources: Conquering coronavirus through stages

How a lesson from rocket design could lead the way to conquering the pandemic. It has to do with coronavirus stages.
6 years ago
utah houses of worship reopen slowly...
Kelli Pierce

Utah houses of worship reopen, slowly

Some Utah houses of worship are starting to slowly reopen, and many have changed the way they offer services.
6 years ago
President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the W...
Cami Mondeaux

President Trump calls on governors to reopen churches “right now”

President Donald Trump is calling on all state governors to reopen churches and other houses of worship immediately, he said Friday.
6 years ago
Kaysville Mayor...
Kelli Pierce

Kaysville mayor apologizes for country music concert after an earful from angry residents

Kaysville Mayor Katie Witt got an earful from several angry residents and apologized during Thursday's city council meeting over her support for a now scuttled country music concert in the city. 
6 years ago
Pro-China lawmakers attend a press conference in respond to a proposal to enact new Hong Kong secur...
ZEN SOO Associated Press

Hong Kong opposition slams China national security law move

Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers are sharply criticizing China’s move to take over long-stalled efforts to enact national security legislation in the semi-autonomous territory.
6 years ago
Navajo family mourning nation coronavirus...
Curt Gresseth

Live Mic: Navajo Nation takes on coronavirus onslaught

The Navajo Nation, which spans parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, now has the highest per-capita cases of the coronavirus in the United States.
6 years ago
utah abortion...
Simone Seikaly

Sens Lee, Romney, concerned over PPP payments to Planned Parenthood

Utah Senators Lee and Romney want an investigation into wether PPP funds went to Planned Parenthood.
6 years ago
salt lake airport expansion...
Kelli Pierce

COVID-19 could help Salt Lake Airport expansion save $300 million

COVID-19 may help save the Salt Lake City airport $300 million on its ongoing expansion project, because crews can remove concourses sooner than planned. 
6 years ago
government virus approval...
HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press

AP-NORC poll: State and U.S. government virus approval dips

Views of how government at all levels is handling the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. have deteriorated somewhat over the past month.
6 years ago
Photos Getty / Kaysville City...
Kelli Pierce

Davis Co. Health Dept. worried about planned Kaysville country concert

Most of Utah is in a "yellow" COVID-19 risk level which means that events like the large country concert planned in Kaysville can be allowed, but the Davis County Health Department is worried that a planned concert in Kaysville won't follow health guidelines.
6 years ago
Tyler Marciniak, of Grand Rapids, carries hanging plants through floodwaters as he helps his father...
The Associated Press

Thousands evacuated as river dams break in central Michigan

Rapidly rising water has overtaken dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan, where flooding struck several communities along rain-swollen waterways.
6 years ago
Utah COVID-19 poll coronavirus management...
Kelli Pierce

Utah may shift COVID-19 plan to focus on elderly, minority communities

The Utah Leads Together Plan has been the roadmap for how the state fights the COVID-19 pandemic. But the focus may soon shift from designating "yellow" or "orange" risk areas to helping people most at-risk for getting a bad case of the virus.  
6 years ago
Utah insulin program...
Simone Seikaly

Utah’s Insulin Savings Program available sooner than predicted

Utah's Insulin Savings Program will be available for Utah diabetics to use far ahead of schedule.
6 years ago
cloth masks India Navajo...
Kelli Pierce

Utah-based group aims to help Navajo Nation deal with the COVID-19 pandemic

A non-profit legal center is gathering donations and will provide pro-bono legal work to the Navajo Nation as it struggles through the COVID-19 pandemic.
6 years ago
currency manipulators, FEMA assistance...
CNN

Some nursing homes are taking residents’ stimulus checks, FTC warns

The Federal Trade Commission reported that that nursing homes in several states are requesting residents sign over their stimulus checks.
6 years ago
veterans nursing homes utah...
Michele Rowe

A creative way you can honor our veterans in Utah nursing homes

Caregivers at the state-run nursing homes are concerned about the emotional toll this isolation is taking on the veterans. 
6 years ago
TAsmanian tiger...
Jack Guy, CNN

‘Precious’ footage from 1935 of last-known Tasmanian tiger released

Video footage of the last known thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, has been released by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA).
6 years ago
utah wildfire season 2020...
Kelli Pierce

Firefighters prep for a hotter and drier than normal summer in Utah

Utah fire officials are prepping for a busy summer after a prediction by the NOAA that this summer will be hotter than normal.
6 years ago
coronavirus cures scam...
Curt Gresseth

Live Mic: FTC warns consumers to beware of coronavirus “cures”

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sent warning letters to 10 multilevel marketing companies concerning claims of coronavirus cures.
6 years ago
President Donald Trump tells reporters that he is taking zinc and hydroxychloroquine during a meeti...
ZEKE MILLER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press

Pres. Trump taking malaria drug in case he gets virus

President Donald Trump says he is taking a malaria drug to lessen symptoms should he get the new coronavirus.
6 years ago
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about the coronavirus during news conference at the State Dep...
MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer

Democrats: Fired watchdog was looking into Saudi arms sale

Congressional Democrats say the State Department inspector general whom President Donald Trump fired last week was investigating possible impropriety in a massive arms sale to Saudi Arabia last year.
6 years ago
mayor resignation...
Cami Mondeaux

‘Better Utah’ calls for resignation of mayor holding concert amid COVID-19 concerns

A nonprofit political organization is calling for the resignation of Kaysville Mayor Katie Witt, who announced she would host a free concert.
6 years ago
mccluskey settlement Lauren McCluskey photos...
Mary Richards

Utah lawmakers act after new Lauren McCluskey report

Several Utah lawmakers are working on preventing re-victimization after a report alleged an officer involved in the Lauren McCluskey investigation improperly accessed her intimate images and showed them to someone else.
6 years ago