Former Digital Content Producer

Colby Walker

Colby Walker is a former digital content producer with KSL NewsRadio.

Travel advice for coronavirus: Everything you need to know

With cases reported in locations around the world, the spread of novel coronavirus has travelers on edge. Here's everything you need to know about traveling.
6 years ago

All of Italy is in lockdown as coronavirus cases rise

"All the measure of the red zones are now extended to all of the national territory," Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said at a press conference on Monday evening as he also announced a ban on all public events.
6 years ago

To eat, or not to eat breakfast — that is the question

Is breakfast still the most important meal of the day?
6 years ago

What to watch as Biden and Sanders face off in six states on Tuesday

The one-on-one showdown between former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders begins Tuesday with a test of the candidates' ability to win in the crucial general election battleground state of Michigan.
6 years ago

Xi Jinping visits Wuhan, in major show of confidence

Chinese President Xi Jinping has made his first visit to Wuhan since the novel coronavirus outbreak began more than two months ago, as new cases of the virus slowed to a trickle in the country where the disease first emerged
6 years ago

No fans, no fun: Athletes uneasy over empty-arena solutions

As U.S. sports leagues weigh whether to bar fans from ballparks and stadiums to help stall the coronavirus outbreak, San Francisco Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija is one of the few players who can tell them exactly what that looks like.
6 years ago

Thousands on virus-hit cruise ship await disembarkation

Thousands of passengers aboard a cruise ship struck by the novel coronavirus are waiting anxiously Tuesday for their chance to leave the vessel, even if means being shipped to military bases for weeks of quarantine.
6 years ago

Stocks slide on Wall Street over coronavirus and oil crash

Stocks went into a steep slide Monday on Wall Street as coronavirus fears and a crash in oil prices spread alarm through the market, triggering the first automatic trading halt in over two decades.
6 years ago

FDA and FTC issues warnings to companies claiming coronavirus cures

The FDA, as well as the FTC, have issued warnings to a number of companies fraudulently selling products they claim have coronavirus cures.
6 years ago

US stocks are nearing a bear market. Here’s what caused the last 12 bears

The longest bull market in American history turns 11 years old on Monday. But investors are hardly celebrating. The bull market faces its gravest test yet: a rapidly-spreading virus that threatens to tip the world economy into a recession.
6 years ago

Five reasons you should take a nap on National Napping Day

If the lurching forward of the clock for Daylight Saving Time on Sunday made you noticeably more tired, you're not the only one. This time change was actually the inspiration for National Napping Day, which takes place annually the day after the clocks move ahead.
6 years ago

Australian paper prints blank pages to help tackle toilet paper shortage

An Australian newspaper has printed an extra eight pages to be used as toilet paper after coronavirus fears prompted customers to bulk buy supplies, leaving some supermarket shelves bare.
6 years ago

2 GOP Senators will self-quarantine after interacting with individual with coronavirus

Two Republican members of Congress on Sunday announced they will self-quarantine after interacting with an individual who tested positive for the novel coronavirus at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference.
6 years ago

CPR has improved, here’s what to do (and sing) to save a life

It only takes two hands to save a life. Your two hands, pushing strongly on the chest bone in a regular beat, can take the place of a heart that has stopped.
6 years ago

SpaceX’s 20th station shipment arrives with candy, science

A SpaceX cargo ship has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering experiments, candy and other goods.
6 years ago

Experts: Cruise ships no place for a coronavirus quarantine

Countries on four continents have quarantined or kept at sea ships that have experienced outbreaks. But experts warn that the strategy can backfire. That's because the ventilation systems and close quarters of cruise ships make them ideal places for illness to jump from one person to the next.
6 years ago

Royal farewell: Harry, Meghan on final duty before new life

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, are fulfilling their last royal commitment this week when they appear at the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey.
6 years ago

Juul Labs sought to court AGs as teen vaping surged

The nation’s largest electronic-cigarette company, Juul Labs, donated tens of thousands of dollars to the campaigns of state attorneys general.
6 years ago

S&P 500 index drops 7%, triggering a 15-minute trading halt

Stocks plunged 7% on Wall Street Monday, triggering a trading halt for 15 minutes. The steep drop followed similar falls in Europe after a fight among major crude-producing countries jolted investors already on edge about the widening fallout from the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
6 years ago

Church adjusts missionary assignments due to COVID-19 concerns

All church missionaries that are serving in Korea who are not native to Korea will be temporarily reassigned in their home countries according to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
6 years ago

Trump signs $8.3B bill to combat coronavirus outbreak in US

President Donald Trump has signed an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. Trump had planned to sign the bill during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, according to Vice President Mike Pence.
6 years ago

Daylight Saving: It’s almost time to spring forward

Get ready to "spring forward." Come Sunday morning at 2 AM we'll lose an hour of sleep as the clock jumps forward as we enter Daylight Saving Time.
6 years ago

EPA releases list of products that kills the coronavirus

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is arming consumers with a list of disinfectants that people can use to protect themselves and that potentially kills the novel coronavirus.
6 years ago

Utah Senate approves, tables ban on driver cellphone use

The Utah Senate has voted for preliminary approval of a bill to ban hand-held cellphone use while driving.
6 years ago