WASHINGTON (AP) — As businesses reopen across the U.S. after coronavirus shutdowns, many are requiring customers and workers to sign forms saying they won’t sue if they catch COVID-19. Businesses fear they could be the target of litigation even if they adhere to safety precautions from the Centers for Disease […]
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) —A pair of rallies in Cottonwood Heights drew one group calling for police reform and another voicing support for law enforcement on Monday. There were a few verbal arguments between members of the two groups, but overall the evening remained peaceful, KUTV reported. More than 100 demonstrators […]
EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah (AP) — A child in Utah was critically injured when he was accidentally shot in the back of the head with a BB gun, authorities said. The 6-year-old boy and his 12-year-old brother were playing with BB guns at their Eagle Mountain home around 7:45 p.m. when […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man accused of choking and stabbing a woman he met on the dating app Tinder pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday. The lawyer for Ethan Hunsaker, 24, said he’s planning to get a psychological evaluation done on his client. Attorney C. Markley […]
FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. (AP)-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday the U.S. Open tennis tournament will held on its scheduled dates starting in late August as part of the state’s reopening from shutdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Tennis Association had decided to go forward with its marquee […]
ATLANTA (AP)-Georgia cornerback Champ Bailey, Syracuse defensive end Dwight Freeney and Kansas State running back Darren Sproles will appear on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot for the first time. The National Football Foundation on Tuesday announced the 78 players and seven coaches from major college football who are […]
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Spoiler alert: 2020 has been rough on the American psyche. Folks in the U.S. are more unhappy today than they’ve been in nearly 50 years. This bold — yet unsurprising — conclusion comes from the COVID Response Tracking Study, conducted by NORC at the University of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered in Salt Lake City over the weekend to again speak out against police brutality and discrimination. They marched to the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s office on Saturday, and to the spot and where Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal was killed by police. Body […]
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court convicted an American corporate security executive Monday of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in prison after a closed trial that the U.S. denounced as a “mockery of justice,” and it angrily said his treatment in jail was “appalling.” Paul Whelan, a former […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Markets worldwide are swinging sharply Monday, with Wall Street slumping to a big morning loss only to erase all of it within a few hours, as uncertainty weighs about where the economy and the coronavirus pandemic are heading. The S&P 500 was down as much as […]
