MNStudio/iStock(NEW YORK) — The novel coronavirus pandemic has turned America’s urban restaurant hot spots into virtual ghost towns. Dine-in restaurants, shuttered over public health concerns, are forecast to lose $225 billion in business nationwide over the next three months, according to an industry trade group. Five to seven million restaurant […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Because COVID-19 canceled his pro day at the University of Utah, former Utes tailback Zack Moss has taken matters into his own hands, enhancing his draft stock in the process. During a private workout he posted to social media, Moss has been seen running an electronically timed 4.52 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Utah attorney general who resigned amid a public corruption scandal filed to take another run at his old job. John Swallow was acquitted of bribery charges at trial and said on a campaign website he’s now better prepared to return and finish his […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Most national parks are open as a refuge for Americans tired of being stuck at home because of the coronavirus. Entry fees have been eliminated, but many parks are closing visitor centers, shuttles and lodges to fight the spread of the virus. Parks are trying […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor has repealed local orders creating criminal penalties for people who gather in groups of 10 or more as health officials warn that the coronavirus make take months to deal with. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday the orders in Salt Lake and Utah […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a man upset about not getting tested for the coronavirus threatened to bring a bomb to a Utah hospital earlier this week. A probable cause statement alleges that Brian James Gosh made the threat after he called the hospital Wednesday and was told he […]
WASHINGTON-Friday, United States president Donald Trump again spoke to the press at a White House briefing, announcing more plans concerning the COVID-19 outbreak. Trump announced he is closing the border with Mexico for all non-essential travel. He cited this as a way to curb the “viral spread” from undocumented immigrants. […]
iStock(NEW YORK) — As people around the world adjust their daily routines in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the new limits on social gatherings have impacted a societal norm that might have once seemed unwavering and untouchable: religious services. Faith leaders across the United States are now tasked with keeping […]
mrtom-uk/iStock(NEW YORK) — The novel coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 10,400 people worldwide, mostly in Italy and China. The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has reached every continent except Antarctica as well as every European country since emerging in the Chinese city of Wuhan […]
Zach Kreitzer/U.S. Navy, FILE(SEATTLE) — A U.S. Navy hospital ship is expected to head to the Seattle region next week, with the intention of helping to alleviate the strain on the city’s hospital system due to the influx of patients infected by the novel coronavirus. The USNS Mercy — one […]
