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Month: March 2020

Utah woman attacked by parolee freed due to virus

Utah woman attacked by parolee freed due to virus

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a man who was released early last week from a Utah halfway house because of the spread of the coronavirus attacked a woman in her home two days later. Utah Department of Corrections spokeswoman Kaitlin Felsted confirmed that the virus played a role […]

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Mormon church suspends temple activities over virus

Mormon church suspends temple activities over virus

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is suspending all temple activity due to concerns over the coronavirus. The Utah-based faith said Wednesday that the temporary suspension would start at the end of the day. Meanwhile, a Utah county hard hit by the new […]

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Coronavirus live updates: Cuomo calls stimulus bill ‘reckless’

Coronavirus live updates: Cuomo calls stimulus bill ‘reckless’

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 22,900 people around the world, including at least 1,070 people in the United States. Worldwide, there are more than 510,000 diagnosed cases of COVID-19, spanning every continent except Antarctica, according to data compiled by the Center […]

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Workforce Service Temporary Layoff Virtual Workshop

Workforce Service Temporary Layoff Virtual Workshop

Temporary Layoff Virtual Workshop for Employees: This online workshop provides information on how to apply for unemployment insurance, what temporary financial assistance may be available and tips for finding a new job. To register, sign into ‘my Job Search’, and then find the date and time you want to sign […]

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CDC to issue new guidelines on preventing coronavirus spread in state, national parks

CDC to issue new guidelines on preventing coronavirus spread in state, national parks

RiverNorthPhotography/iStock(ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to issue new guidelines on Thursday aiming at preventing parks from becoming viral hotspots as the novel coronavirus continues to spread and Americans seek time outside as a break from staying home. The National Park Service, as well as […]

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Coronavirus live updates: Global death toll over 20,000

Coronavirus live updates: Global death toll over 20,000

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 22,000 people around the world, including at least 1,046 people in the United States. Worldwide, there are more than 487,000 diagnosed cases of COVID-19, spanning every continent except Antarctica, according to data compiled by the Center […]

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Coronavirus live updates: Diagnosed cases approach half a million worldwide

Coronavirus live updates: Diagnosed cases approach half a million worldwide

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 22,000 people around the world, including at least 1,000 in the United States. Spain’s death toll has eclipsed that of China where cases of the illness caused by the new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, […]

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Severe storm moving across country as South braces for record heat

Severe storm moving across country as South braces for record heat

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A storm continues to move east as heavy snow falls in the west and hail falls in the Bay area. Up to a foot of snow fell from California to Wyoming and Montana as parts of I-80 had to be shut down overnight due to heavy […]

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Man arrested in alleged coronavirus cure investment scheme

Man arrested in alleged coronavirus cure investment scheme

BlakeDavidTaylor/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — A California man was arrested by the FBI on fraud charges Wednesday for allegedly soliciting investments for a phony coronavirus cure. Officials said the man, 53-year-old Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, claimed his company would use the investments to market pills that would prevent COVID-19 and an injectable cure […]

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Domestic terror suspect allegedly plotted to bomb hospital during coronavirus outbreak

Domestic terror suspect allegedly plotted to bomb hospital during coronavirus outbreak

Raghu_Ramaswamy/iStock(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — The FBI announced on Wednesday night that a domestic terrorism suspect who was allegedly planning to use a car bomb at a local medical facility was killed during an attempt to apprehend him just outside of Kansas City, Missouri. Timothy Wilson, 36, was “actively planning to […]

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