During another time, if the country wasn’t battling a global pandemic, a passerby might have confused the gathering as a festive “Make America Great” rally.
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State unemployment website temporarily down
The State Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation site will be dark for six hours beginning at 1 p.m. to improve system performance and “access expansion” …
Nevada’s reported death toll from coronavirus exceeds 140
Nevada health officials report that the state has had at least 151 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak as of Saturday morning …
As scammers seek to capitalize on virus fears, authorities in Nevada mobilize
The scam artists are going after the recently issued stimulus checks. They’re also looking to take advantage of people’s goodwill via fraudulent fundraisers and their desperation …
Nevada physicians, health experts weigh in on coronavirus treatments
While a vaccine for COVID-19 won’t be available for the next several months and into 2021, hospitals and labs around the world are racing to find the best effective treatment for supportive care to buy time for patients’ survival. Some of the most tal…
With new virus plan, Trump passes buck to states
President Donald Trump’s guidelines for states to reopen their economies had the hallmarks of a permission structure. But what he really created was a blame structure.
Experts worry politics will guide voters’ virus precautions
Laura Herd says she sleeps better because her state’s governor, Michigan Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, imposed one of the nation’s strictest stay-at-home orders to combat the coronavirus pandemic. President Donald Trump’s actions are another story.
Horse racing gets more TV time with other sports on hold
Socially distanced crews in New York and California are keeping horse racing on television in the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic.
Reinstate? Reassign? Navy to decide fate of fired captain
The Navy’s top admiral will soon decide the fate of the ship captain who was fired after pleading for commanders to move faster to safeguard his coronavirus-infected crew on the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
ESPN, NFL Network ready to tackle challenges of remote draft
The NFL draft is annually one of the most ambitious productions that ESPN does. Next week’s coverage might go down as THE most ambitious in the network’s 40-year history.