strevell/iStock(NEW YORK) — The only thing people seem to be talking about besides coronavirus is baking. As Americans stay home to “flatten the curve” and practice social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most tweeted about activities for those at home has been cooking and baking. The hashtag […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah-Friday, Dixie State men’s basketball created sports news amid a dead period by announcing a home game against UC Davis in the 2020-21 season. This November 14 date at Burns Arena against the Big West Conference-affiliated Aggies is historic for the Trailblazers. This will be Dixie State’s first […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Attorney General’s Office is investigating the hacking of a video call hosted by a gubernatorial candidate who saw the call hijacked by pornographic images and racial slurs on Thursday. A spokeswoman for Republican Aimee Winder Newton said she was about five minutes into […]
iStock(NEW YORK) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s daily press briefings have become a source of comfort, calm and inspiration as the novel coronavirus pandemic intensifies. New York has become the epicenter of the pandemic. With over 44,000 diagnosed cases, New York has by far the most cases of any […]
iStock(NEW YORK) — Even before President Donald Trump said he hoped to reopen the U.S. by Easter, millions were wondering: Is social distancing really worth it? And either way, when can it end? According to two studies published this week, the answer to one of those questions became quite a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — The Salt Lake City Police Department has launched an investigation Thursday into a possible hate crime after a man was arrested on multiple sexual misconduct charges. The Deseret News reported that 34-year-old Adam Quinn Atwood was accused of sexually assaulting a lesbian woman, who […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nearly 20,000 people applied for unemployment in Utah last week, an explosive increase that’s in line with national data released Thursday amid widespread business closures related to the new coronavirus. The food preparation and services industry took the biggest hit, with a 37% increase in […]
iStock/sergeyryzhov(NEW YORK) — The coronavirus pandemic has touched seemingly every aspect of our lives – from our health, to our work, to where we go, and what we buy. It’s even effecting our trips to the bathroom. Georgia-Pacific, the maker of toilet paper brands Angel Soft and Quilted Northern, had […]
Starflamedia/iStock(NEW YORK) — An MTA motorman is dead and at least a dozen other people are injured in a suspicious fire on a Harlem subway car that spewed heavy smoke through stations and tunnels and further delayed service already curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic. The fire broke out inside a […]
Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James C. McConville speaks at the Pentagon about the latest COVID-19 developments in the Army, March 26, 2020, in Washington. (Lisa Ferdinando/Office of the Secretary of Defense)(WASHINGTON) — More than 9,000 retired soldiers have responded to the U.S. Army’s call for retired medical […]
