BRIAN MAHONEY and TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writers
Boycott: NBA playoff games called off amid player protest
All three NBA playoff games scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed, with players around the league choosing to boycott in their strongest statement yet against racial injustice.6 years ago
MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press
Kenosha police: 3 shot, 2 fatally, during Wisconsin protests
Police say two people have died and one person was injured as shots were fired during the third night of unrest in Wisconsin following the shooting of a Black man by police.6 years ago
JEFF MARTIN, JOHN MONE and STACEY PLAISANCE
Laura now forecast to be a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane
Forecasters say Hurricane Laura is rapidly intensifying and will become a “catastrophic” Category 4 hurricane before landfall.6 years ago
DAVID PITT Associated Press
Iowa farmers unsure what’s next after winds flatten corn
About a month before corn would be ready for harvest, a derecho blew in from the west with hurricane-force winds that cut a swath through Iowa.6 years ago
MATTHEW PERRONE and DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press
FDA chief apologizes for overstating plasma effect on virus
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn is apologizing for overstating the benefits of using convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients.6 years ago
Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business
McDonald’s launches first new Chicken McNuggets flavor in nearly 40 years
McDonald's is putting a new spin on an old favorite as it tries to lure customers back during the pandemic. Spicy Chicken McNuggets will hit US restaurants on September 16, for a limited time.6 years ago
Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business
Pumpkin Spice is back earlier than ever
If it feels like pumpkin spice season begins earlier every year, you're right. Beginning Wednesday, Starbucks will begin selling Pumpkin Spice Lattes across the United States and Canada, marking the drink's earliest release ever.6 years ago
STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press
Revved by Sturgis Rally, COVID-19 infections move fast, far
The hundreds of thousands of bikers who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally have departed western South Dakota. But public health departments in multiple states are trying to measure how much and how quickly the coronavirus spread in the bars, tattoo shops and gatherings before people traveled home to nearly every state in the country.6 years ago
Kelli Pierce
Intermountain Healthcare asks recovered COVID-19 patients to donate plasma
Intermountain Healthcare is asking people who've recovered from COVID-19 to donate plasma.6 years ago
Chandelis Duster, CNN
More than two dozen former Republican lawmakers endorse Joe Biden on first day of GOP convention
More than two dozen former Republican lawmakers announced Monday they are endorsing Joe Biden for president.6 years ago
By MARTHA MENDOZA and FRANK BAKER Associated Press
Massive Northern California wildfires rage on; 1 man dead
Authorities in Northern California say a 70-year-old man has died in one of the three giant wildfires burning around the San Francisco Bay Area.6 years ago
FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press
Planned execution of Native American man stirs emotion within tribe
As a Navajo man sits on federal death row awaiting his upcoming execution date, his tribe is asking officials to spare his life.6 years ago
JONATHAN LEMIRE and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press
Pres. Trump pushes for COVID-19 treatments, claims slowdown at FDA
White House officials are suggesting that the FDA is behind COVID-19 treatment and therapeutic delays.6 years ago
REBECCA SANTANA and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press
Residents flee as Gulf Coast sees possible tandem hurricanes
Residents are fleeing coastal areas in Louisiana as the state braces for a possible hit from consecutive hurricanes.6 years ago
EVENS SANON Associated Press
Marco becomes hurricane headed for US Gulf Coast
Marco became a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico Sunday on a path toward the Louisiana coast. Tropical Storm Laura battered the Dominican Republic and Haiti and headed to the same part of the U.S. coast, also as a potential hurricane.6 years ago
CURT ANDERSON Associated Press
Florida Keys to release modified mosquitoes to fight illness
Sometime next year, genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the Florida Keys in an effort to combat persistent insect-borne diseases such as Dengue fever and the Zika virus.6 years ago
Todd Fooks
Out of state wildfire smoke expected to build this weekend along the Wasatch Front
A massive wildfire is churning outside Sacramento, along with hundreds more throughout California. More of this smoke is expected to drift, Wasatch Front6 years ago
Madeleine Porter
Sen. Mike Lee apologizes for comments critical of Edgemont Elementary
Senator Mike Lee apologized Thursday after parents complained about his response to COVID-19 precautions taken by Edgemont Elementary School in Provo.6 years ago
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
US jobless claims jump back above 1 million in face of virus
The number of laid-off workers seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose to 1.1 million last week after two weeks of declines, evidence that employers are still cutting large numbers of jobs as the coronavirus bedevils the U.S. economy.6 years ago
Madeline Holcombe and Topher Gauk-Roger, CNN
Los Angeles mayor shuts off utilities at Hollywood Hills ‘party house’
The city of Los Angeles shut off utility service at a Hollywood Hills home that hosted several large parties, violating public health orders to prevent the spread of Covid-19.6 years ago
Paul Nelson
Officers complete sex offender investigation, Operation Reboot
Investigators and prosecutors say it’s one of the biggest coordinated sex-offender investigations they’ve ever conducted. “Operation Reboot,” and over the span of almost two weeks6 years ago
LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press
Postal Service halts some operational changes amid outcry
The Postmaster general says he is halting some postal service changes until after the November election out fo public concern.6 years ago
Kelli Pierce
Utahns skipping needed cancer screenings because of COVID-19 fears
Plenty of Utahns are hunkered down in their homes to protect themselves from COVID-19. But many are also unnecessarily avoiding needed cancer screenings because they may be too scared to go to the doctor.6 years ago
