SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A teenage girl died at Detroit Lake in northwest Oregon on Sunday afternoon after the top of a large tree fell and hit two pontoon-style boats tethered together near the shoreline in the Box Canyon area. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the 13-year-old girl, who was visiting from Utah […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday further limited travel from the world’s coronavirus hotspots by denying entry to foreigners coming from Brazil, which is second to the U.S. in the number of confirmed cases. Trump had already banned certain travelers from China, Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has a new pitch to voters for this fall: Trust me. As the economy faces a once-in-a-century recession, with more than 38 million people out of work, Trump is increasingly talking up a future recovery that probably won’t materialize until after the November election. He’s asking […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The coronavirus hasn’t been kind to car owners. With more people than ever staying home to lessen the spread of COVID-19, their sedans, pickup trucks and SUVs are parked unattended on the streets, making them easy targets for opportunistic thieves. Despite silent streets and nearly non-existent traffic, […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A man pets a wild bison on the head. Rescuers pull a treasure seeker from a snowy canyon. A woman taking photos stumbles into scalding water. Visitors to Yellowstone National Park often leave common sense and situational awareness at home, as those examples in the past […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials report 104 new cases of the coronavirus with four more deaths from the pandemic. The Navajo Nation has been hit hard from the outbreak and tribal officials said the latest figures raised the tribe’s total number of cases as of Saturday night […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah prison officials announced Tuesday evening that they will close the Serving Time Cafe, a popular breakfast and lunch joint staffed by incarcerated women. The cafe, which was located adjacent to the Draper prison location, had been open to the public for the last 13 […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)-The NBA is in talks with The Walt Disney Company on a single-site scenario for a resumption of play in Central Florida in late July, the clearest sign yet that the league believes the season can continue amid the coronavirus pandemic. The National Basketball Players Association is also […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man was shot and killed by a Salt Lake City police officer who responded to a report of a group of people being threatened by two people with a gun, a spokesperson said. Officers were dispatched at about 2 a.m. Saturday, said Salt Lake […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A judge threw out a lawsuit on Friday from a coalition of states, environmental groups and American Indians which sought to revive an Obama-era moratorium against U.S. government coal sales on public lands in the West. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris said President Donald Trump’s administration […]
