Delta Air Lines, which now provides around 70% of departures from Salt Lake City International Airport, takes the need for masks on its flights seriously. “We have already banned 120 future passengers from traveling with Delta for refusing to wear masks on board,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian wrote to company …
Read More »Sharks are now “functionally extinct” off the reefs. That is bad news for our oceans.
Sharks are recognized as some of the most robust creatures on Earth. Not only have they existed in a similar way for over 300 million years and have survived multiple extinction events across the planet, but sharks have evolved to be able to repair their own DNA, making them extremely …
Read More »California coronavirus deaths top 8,000 after record day
California recorded the most coronavirus-related deaths in a single day amid a spike in infections that has brought the state’s cumulative case count to the highest in the nation. The 157 deaths Wednesday, the highest one-day figure in the state so far, according to The Times’ coronavirus tracker, brought California’s …
Read More »FHSAA votes 11-3 to allow athletics in public schools to begin on August 24.
MIAMI – Coaches and student-athletes in South Florida felt a slight relief Thursday night when the Florida High School Athletics Association board of directors voted 11-3 to allow school athletics to begin on August 24 , and not on Monday as previously planned. . Dissenting votes were from Bobby Johns, …
Read More »Arizona Governor Extends Formwork Order for Bars, Gyms, Theaters
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) on Thursday extended his executive order to close water parks, theaters, bars and gyms for another two weeks. Ducey also declined to postpone the school’s reopening target date, but ordered the state Department of Health Services to create baseline data for in-person classes by August …
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