MURRAY, Utah – Gary Brunson is the Assistant Nurse Manager in the Emergency Department at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray. The job can be tough, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. That’s why Brunson and dozens of his co-workers stood outside the hospital Thursday afternoon as the F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Squad and the 388th Fighter […]
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Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer
The US Supreme Court has planned test runs with lawyers for its first-ever livestreamed arguments next week and begun devising time limits for the justices' own questioning.
F-35 jets from Hill Air Force Base will take off to perform a flyover to salute medical workers across Utah around 1:00 p.m. on Thursday. They will fly over hospitals in the Salt Lake City area before heading to St. George. After flying over hospitals there, the jets will make their way back up to Park City, before flying over medical centers in Logan and Ogden then back to Hill Air Force Base.
Five candidates to be the next governor for Utah are outlining their plans in an online forum. The Envision Utah forum was hosted by KSL's Doug Wright.
Nearly 70 residents sickened with the coronavirus have died at a Massachusetts home for aging veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out what went wrong in the deadliest known outbreak at a long-term care facility in the U.S.
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SEAN MURPHY, BRADY McCOMBS and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press
State leaders in Oklahoma and Utah are facing scrutiny over the spending of millions of dollars combined to purchase malaria drugs promoted by President Trump to treat COVID-19 patients that many other states obtained for free and that doctors warned shouldn’t be used without more testing.
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SEAN MURPHY, BRADY McCOMBS and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press
Utah state leaders are being scrutinized after buying unproven malaria drugs promoted to treat COVID-19 patients that doctors warned needed more testing.
Lorna Breen, an ER doctor in the Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian hospital system, died by suicide, her father said.
The National Transportation Safety Board is planning to release its findings on the cause of a tourist duck boat accident that killed 17 people on a Missouri lake in July 2018. The board will hold a virtual meeting Tuesday to announce the results of an investigation into the tragedy at Table Rock Lake near Branson.
The state of Georgia has allowed restaurants to reopen for limited dine-in service. But some Georgia restaurants are still closed amid concerns of putting employees and customers at risk.
Tyson Foods is warning that "millions of pounds of meat" will disappear from the supply chain as the coronavirus pandemic pushes food processing plants to close.
The Trump administration is reviewing new federal plans designed to guide restaurants, schools and others as states look to gradually lift their coronavirus restrictions.
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LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press
The top Navy officer recommends reinstating the aircraft carrier captain fired for pleading for faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak.
Utah lawmakers have approved $255 million in federal stimulus money meant to help the state get through the COVID-19 pandemic despite reservations from some on just how the funds will be spent.
Over 100 locomotives owned by Union Pacific Railroad are parked in a Salt Lake City rail yard, causing Union Pacific labor unions to question the company's dedication to its employees and safety measures.
The American Lung Association released its latest "State of the Air" report, which ranks Salt Lake City and Logan, Utah in the top 20 cities for worst air quality in the country. However, it's not all bad news.
Share prices are down around the world after the price of U.S. crude oil plunged below zero. Shares are down Tuesday in London, Paris, Tokyo and Shanghai. New York stock futures also retreated by over 1%. Collapsing demand for fuel due to the pandemic has created a glut of crude, with storage capacity running short.
