WASHINGTON (AP) — An estimated 2.1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week despite the gradual reopening of businesses around the country, bringing the running total since the coronavirus shutdowns took hold in mid-March to about 41 million, the government said Thursday. The figures underscored the continuing damage to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players will take at least a few days and possibly until next week to respond to Major League Baseball’s proposed sliding scale of salary slashing for a pandemic-delayed season in ballparks without fans. Stars Mike Trout and Gerrit Cole would lose the most under the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Three teenage boys were severely injured in a vehicle crash at the Bonneville Salt Flats in northwestern Utah, authorities said. The Wendover Police Department said a car was traveling about 100 mph (160 kph) on the flats Tuesday around 10 p.m. when it collided with […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Cheyenne Frontier Days, billed as the world’s largest outdoor rodeo, has been canceled for the first time in its 124-year history due to the coronavirus, the city’s mayor told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Event organizers decided the risk of spreading the virus was too great […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks hired three executives Wednesday as they build the front office around new President Leon Rose. Brock Aller was hired as vice president of basketball and strategic planning, Walt Perrin is the assistant general manager for college scouting and Frank Zanin the assistant […]
SANDY, Utah (AP)-Pro soccer returns to the U.S. next month when the National Women’s Soccer League starts a 25-game tournament in a pair of stadiums in Utah that will be kept clear of fans to protect players from the coronavirus. Players from the nine teams will train and live at […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz (AP) — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said Tuesday that recent data indicates the coronavirus peak for hospitalizations on the vast reservation occurred from April 21-26, a month earlier than initial projections During a live online town hall, Nez said initial projections showed the Navajo Nation’s COVID-19 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two major universities in Utah have announced that students will return to campus this fall for in-person classes with preventive measures implemented to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. The announcement came Tuesday from the University of Utah and Utah State University and included measures […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A presidential task force charged with coming up with ways to address missing and slain Native Americans will resume tribal listening sessions Wednesday. The task force held a handful of sessions in person with tribes and tribal organizations before the coronavirus hit. It’s now turning to […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-The Pac-12 Conference will allow voluntary workouts on campus for all sports beginning June 15, subject to the decision of each individual school and where allowed by local and state guidelines, the conference announced Tuesday. The decision was made by the presidents and chancellors of the conference schools […]
