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Month: May 2020

Estimated 57 million Americans job vulnerable under COVID-19: Report

Estimated 57 million Americans job vulnerable under COVID-19: Report

AzmanL/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Around 57 million Americans are now estimated to be job vulnerable because of the novel coronavirus crisis, with minorities affected most severely, according to a report by McKinsey Global Institute. The staggering figure was part of a McKinsey report in April called […]

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BYU and San Diego State Men’s Basketball To Meet In 2020 and 2021

BYU and San Diego State Men’s Basketball To Meet In 2020 and 2021

PROVO, Utah-Friday, BYU and San Diego State men’s basketball confirmed they will play a home-and-home series in 2020 and 2021. The Aztecs will host the Cougars December 1, 2020 with San Diego State visiting the Marriott Center the following season. The date for that contest has not yet been determined. […]

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Anxiety, relief mark reopening of Utah bars, restaurants

Anxiety, relief mark reopening of Utah bars, restaurants

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Under Utah’s phased reopening plan, hair salons, gyms, restaurants and bars are allowed to reopen Friday. Shani and Sergei Oveson were excited to restart dine-in seating at their small downtown Salt Lake City restaurant that saw an 85% drop in sales since mid-March. Now the […]

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Sanpete County dead sheep update

Sanpete County dead sheep update

On April 28th the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office received a report of dead sheep near Axe Handle Canyon, which is located several miles northwest of Ephraim City. With the assistance of a DWR officer, a total of 11 sheep carcasses were located. Five of the sheep had been shot, most […]

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Rural Health and Covid -19 Webinar

Rural Health and Covid -19 Webinar

Rural Health and COVID-19 Tuesday, May 12, 2020 2:00pm MDT Join the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for this informative webinar. Delivering healthcare in rural communities presents unique challenges that have always required coordination and […]

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Michigan governor extends state emergency order despite protest and Trump tweet

Michigan governor extends state emergency order despite protest and Trump tweet

Bill Pugliano/Getty ImagesBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (LANSING, Mich.) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pushed forward with her state’s emergency order late Thursday despite opposition from state leaders, protesters who rallied inside the State Capitol and the president. Whitmer signed a series of executive orders hours before the state of […]

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Michael Cohen’s early prison release over coronavirus concerns was rescinded: Sources

Michael Cohen’s early prison release over coronavirus concerns was rescinded: Sources

Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesBy VICTOR ORDONEZ, ABC News (OTISVILLE, N.Y.) — President Donald Trump’s former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen will not be leaving prison to serve out the rest of his term in home confinement, according to sources familiar with the matter. Two weeks ago, the Federal Bureau of Prisons […]

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Brooklyn, NY funeral home’s license suspended after storing dozens of bodies in rental trucks

Brooklyn, NY funeral home’s license suspended after storing dozens of bodies in rental trucks

JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty ImagesBy AARON KATERSKY, MARK CRUDELE and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — New York State health officials stripped a Brooklyn funeral home of its license Friday after it stored dozens of bodies inside rented trucks due to the surge in coronavirus cases. State Health Commissioner […]

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One new case of COVID-19 in Sevier County

One new case of COVID-19 in Sevier County

One more case of COVID-19 in Sevier County was posted on the Central Utah Public Health Department’s website on Apr. 30 and was  later confirmed by health director Nate Selin. That makes for a total of six confirmed cases in Sevier county and 23 total in the health district. 1,202 […]

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Coronavirus live updates: ‘Heroic’ Colorado paramedic who came to help NYC dies from virus

Coronavirus live updates: ‘Heroic’ Colorado paramedic who came to help NYC dies from virus

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 233,000 people worldwide. Over 3.2 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled […]

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