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American Red Cross of Utah sends volunteers to Florida to help after Hurricane Idalia

08/31/2023 11:52pm
Salt Lake City — As Florida residents continue to assess the damage after Hurricane Idalia struck the state's Big Bend

Residents pick through rubble of lost homes, scattered belongings in Hurricane Idalia's wake

08/31/2023 10:59pm
Florida and Georgia residents living along Hurricane Idalia's path of destruction are picking through piles of rubble where homes once stood, throwing tarps over roofs and gingerly navigating through mazes of streets left underwater or clogged with fallen trees.

Capitol physician medically clears McConnell after health scares prompts questions

08/31/2023 9:59pm
Washington (cnn) — Senate Gop Leader Mitch McConnell is medically cleared to continue his schedule, the Us Capitol

This is a life-changing event’: Floridians start an arduous recovery

08/31/2023 9:48pm
(cnn) — Tropical Storm Idalia keeps pounding the Southeast’s Atlantic coast, bringing strong winds and storm surge in

Top US Senate Republican McConnell OK to continue duties, Congress' doctor says

08/31/2023 9:44pm
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has been medically cleared to continue with his schedule, the attending physician to Congress said on Thursday, one day after the 81-year-old froze up at an event in his home state of Kentucky.

Justice Clarence Thomas reports he took 3 trips on Republican donor's plane last year

08/31/2023 8:32pm
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is acknowledging that he took three trips last year aboard a private plane owned by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. It's the first time in years that Thomas has reported receiving hospitality from Crow.

Natural disasters nationwide keep members of Utah Task Force One busy this summer

08/31/2023 8:05pm
Members of Utah Task Force One have been busy this summer helping with natural disasters from Hawaii to Florida.

Labor Day weekend gas prices are near all-time highs

08/31/2023 7:34pm
Drivers hitting the roads this Labor Day weekend will be greeted by historically high gas prices for this time of the year.

US senators push drugmakers for details on low-cost insulin programs

08/31/2023 5:18pm
Two U.S. senators are demanding that the nation's three largest insulin makers, Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, and Sanofi, provide details by Sept. 15 of their programs to help Americans get their insulin for $35 a month or less.

US mortgage rates drop after five weeks of climbing, but stay over 7%

08/31/2023 4:32pm
U.S. mortgage rates ticked down this week, ending a five-week stretch of increases, but remained above 7% amid lingering inflation.

Police stop Nebraska man for bucking the law with a bull riding shotgun in his car

08/31/2023 4:07pm
A 911 call about a car driving with a cow inside it in northeast Nebraska was no bull. Norfolk Police Capt. Chad Reiman says it didn't take long for officers to track down the modified Ford Crown Victoria sedan with a bull riding shotgun Wednesday.

Natural disasters nationwide keep members of Utah Task Force One busy this summer

08/31/2023 1:40pm
Orlando, Fla. -- Members of Utah Task Force One have been busy this summer helping with natural disasters from Hawaii

Trump pleads not guilty to Georgia election subversion charges

08/31/2023 10:39am
Former U.S. President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a wide-ranging Georgia criminal indictment related to his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat.