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Corey Jurgensen runs along East Henry Avenue wearing an inflatable unicorn costume. Jurgensen has b...
Associated Press

Florida jogger dons costume to cheer up neighborhood

More than a week after Easter, there’s still one mythical creature hopping around a Florida neighborhood trying to spread happiness.
6 years ago
A woman wearing a mask against the spread of the new coronavirus walks past an electronic stock boa...
ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer

World shares skid as oil price plunges below zero

Share prices are down around the world after the price of U.S. crude oil plunged below zero. Shares are down Tuesday in London, Paris, Tokyo and Shanghai. New York stock futures also retreated by over 1%. Collapsing demand for fuel due to the pandemic has created a glut of crude, with storage capacity running short.
6 years ago
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall talks COVID-19, Stay at Home orders, and business during onlin...
Kelli Pierce

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall talks COVID-19, Stay at Home orders, and business during online Q&A

Salt Lake City mayor Erin Mendenhall talks COVID-19 and how the city is handling it during an online Q&A with the Emerging Leaders Initiative of Utah.
6 years ago
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Cami Mondeaux

Summit County unveils plan to begin lifting stay-at-home restrictions

Summit County unveiled its strategy to begin lifting stay-at-home orders at the start of May, entering the Stabilization Phase of the governor's plan. 
6 years ago
Utah River Council...
Dan Bammes

Earth Day turns 50: City Nature Challenge

The City Nature Challenge is an online opportunity to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
6 years ago
rabies vaccine...
Emma Reynolds, CNN

Some anti-vaxxers are changing their minds because of the coronavirus pandemic

Scientists are racing to produce a coronavirus inoculation on an unprecedented timescale, and some political leaders have warned that the restrictions on our lives may not be completely lifted until one is available. That's something of a challenge to the anti-vaccine movement, many of whose members are strongly opposed to mandatory vaccines.
6 years ago
porch performances...
Colby Walker

Virginia woman debuts her creative porch performances

While everyone is battling to keep the cabin fever away as states across the US have issued stay at home orders, one Virginia woman is trying to make her neighbors smile with some creative porch performances.
6 years ago
Amber Alert...
Colby Walker

What’s happening with the AMBER Alert system in Utah?

Since September, there have been at least three incomplete AMBER Alert notifications sent to Utahns' cell phones that have had little to no information.
6 years ago
David Williams, CNN

Matterhorn in Swiss Alps lit up with American flag, messages of hope during coronavirus crisis

Switzerland's famed Matterhorn mountain was illuminated with an American flag for a few hours as a symbol of solidarity during the coronavirus pandemic.
6 years ago
West Jordan murder...
Mary Richards

UPDATE: West Jordan police identify a suspect in double-murder

West Jordan police say progress is being made in the search for the suspect who killed Tony and Katherine Butterfield Saturday night.
6 years ago
Lyrid Meteor Shower...
Ashley Strickland, CNN

Watch for the Lyrid meteor shower this week

The first meteor shower of spring, known as the Lyrid meteor shower, will present a night skywatching show beginning on Sunday evening and peaking on Wednesday night.
6 years ago
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Kelli Pierce

New report says teleworking has benefits for Utah employees and employers…with one drawback

Working from home has benefits for both Utah employees and employers, but there is a drawback
6 years ago
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Michelle Toh, CNN Business

Shake Shack returns $10 million emergency loan to the US government

Shake Shack is returning a $10 million loan it received from the US government under an emergency program that was touted as a way to help small businesses pay workers and keep their operations running during the coronavirus crisis.
6 years ago
FILE - In this April 16, 2020, file photo, Richard Eberhardt walks along a corridor at a nursing ho...
RAF CASERT and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press

Nations seek to ease nursing home loneliness yet keep safe

Countries across Europe are struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic with whether to allow families to visit the elderly, especially when they're dying.
6 years ago
FILE - In this Friday, April 10, 2020, file photo, amid coronavirus concerns, a healthcare worker t...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer

Reports suggest many have had coronavirus with no symptoms

A flood of new research suggests that far more people have had the new coronavirus without any symptoms. That means the virus may turn out to be much less lethal than originally feared. But it also makes it tough to know who's contagious because people who don’t feel sick can still spread the bug.
6 years ago
FILE - In this April 16, 2020, file photo, a man wears a mask while walking in front of a closed bu...
TED ANTHONY AP National Writer

Losing face: The rise of the mask, and what’s lost behind it

Smile, they say, and the world smiles with you. Unless you’re wearing a mask. Then the world can’t see your smile, much less smile back.
6 years ago
FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2020, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean lead...
HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press

North Korean defectors, experts question zero virus claim

North Korea says it has zero coronavirus infections, but experts doubt it and say it’s likely the virus has already spread in the country.
6 years ago
infrastructure bill addresses too many topics critics say...
Mark Jackson

Nasty weather leads to slide-offs, wrecks on I-15 in Juab, Utah counties

A freak weather squall of heavy rain and hail came pouring down on drivers Sunday morning just south of Santaquin, causing wrecks on I-15.
6 years ago
AMBER Alert...
Cami Mondeaux

AMBER Alert system on pause after empty message in middle of night

The Utah Department of Public Safety is pausing its AMBER Alert system for the time being after Utahns got a 3:33 a.m. alert with no additional information. 
6 years ago
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Cami Mondeaux

Senior missionary dies from COVID-19 complications

A senior missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints died Saturday after a recent diagnosis of COVID-19.
6 years ago
COVID-19 deaths in Utah rise to 27 with 679 cases considered recovered...
Ryan Meeks

COVID-19 deaths in Utah rise to 27 with 679 cases considered recovered

Both reported COVID-19 deaths are  SLCO residents, one male, and one female. They were both older than 85 years old and were hospitalized
6 years ago
Amber Alert canceled after police take birth mother into custody...
Marc Giauque

Amber Alert is canceled after police take birth mother into custody

Early Sunday morning, police issued an Amber Alert for an abducted child whose birth mother was the suspect in the abduction.
6 years ago
Queen Elizabeth...
Alaa Elassar and Max Foster, CNN

Queen Elizabeth cancels birthday plans, traditional gun salutes

For the first time in 68 years, Queen Elizabeth II will not be marking her birthday with the traditional royal gun salute.
6 years ago
Attorney General Utah, employers to require employee vaccinations...
Kelli Pierce

Stimulus money could be coming to regular Utahns, small businesses, and farms hit financially by COVID-19

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah is expected to get $1.5 billion in federal stimulus money next week. Tens of millions of dollars of that could go to regular Utahns, small businesses, and farms who have been hurt financially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Utah State Senate approved SB 3006 on Friday, which sets up several […]
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