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A letter from current CDC staff recently submitted to Director Robert Redfield demands that the agency address structural racism toward Black employees.

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CDC Employees Call Out Agency's 'Toxic Culture Of Racial Aggressions'

Jul 13, 2020

Pointing to the coronavirus's disproportionate impact on people of color, 1,007 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call on the agency to declare racism a public health crisis.

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knpr's STATE OF NEVADA

Air Date: Monday, July 13, 2020

Coming up on Monday's program...
With coronavirus spiking, the governor has already ordered some bars and taverns to reclose - are casinos next?

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Church Asks Utah Mormons To Wear Face Coverings In Public

Jul 13, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is asking all its members in Utah to wear face coverings when in public.

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Navajo Nation Reports 44 More COVID-19 Cases, No New Deaths

Jul 13, 2020

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials are reporting 44 more coronavirus cases on the tribe's sprawling reservation but no additional deaths.

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Nevada Democrats Aim To Block Nellis Bombing Range Expansion

Jul 13, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's congressional Democrats gained backing from Gov. Steve Sisolak in a bid to block a measure to let the military widen boundaries of a vast U.S. Air Force bombing range in southern Nevada into a national wildlife refuge.

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Eldorado Must Sell 3 Indiana Casinos As Part Of Caesars Deal

Jul 13, 2020

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eldorado Resorts will have to sell three Indiana casinos by the end of this year as it takes over Caesars Entertainment.

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Nevada Legislature Pumps Brakes After COVID-19 Case Reported

Jul 13, 2020

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers pumped the brakes on their emergency special session Saturday, a day after someone in the legislative building tested positive for COVID-19.

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Utah Hospitals Call For Statewide Mask Mandate As Beds Fill

Jul 13, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah healthcare company executives called on state leaders to require masks as intensive care unit bed space dwindles amid a sustained surge in coronavirus cases.

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Body Found In Las Vegas Drainage Canal; Man Had Stab Wounds

Jul 13, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas are investigating the discovery of a man's body in a drainage canal. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police say they received a report of a deceased man in a drainage tunnel under an intersection about 9 a.m. Saturday.