(Rick Bowmer | AP) Stephanie Grant, left, and Tiffany Barker joins others during an anti-mask rally Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in Orem.Provo • A few hundred people demonstrated Wednesday in Utah to protest face covering requirements they say curtail civil liberties.The protesters walked around without masks carrying signs that said “Don’t Mask Our Kids” and “COVID 1984,” The Daily Herald The state has reported 421 newly confirmed virus cases Wednesday and 327 confirmed deaths.The "Rally for Liberty" in Orem, Utah featured speakers like Ammon Bundy and Shawn Cox, anti-government activists who...…(Rick Bowmer | AP) Stephanie Grant, left, and Tiffany Barker joins others during an anti-mask rally Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in Orem.Provo • A few hundred people demonstrated Wednesday in Utah to protest face covering requirements they say curtail civil liberties.The protesters walked around without masks carrying signs that said “Don’t Mask Our Kids” and “COVID 1984,” The Daily Herald The state has reported 421 newly confirmed virus cases Wednesday and 327 confirmed deaths.The "Rally for Liberty" in Orem, Utah featured speakers like Ammon Bundy and Shawn Cox, anti-government activists who...WW…

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2012, file photo, Venezuela's starting pitcher Tyson Brummett throws in the first inning against against Dominican Republic at a Caribbean Series baseball game at Quisqueya stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Brummett and three others died in a plane crash in rural Utah. The Utah County Sheriff’s Office says ex-pitcher 35-year-old Brummett of Salt Lake City was flying the small plane, which crashed near Box Elder Peak in American Fork Canyon just before 8 a.m. Friday, July 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)American...…FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2012, file photo, Venezuela's starting pitcher Tyson Brummett throws in the first inning against against Dominican Republic at a Caribbean Series baseball game at Quisqueya stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Brummett and three others died in a plane crash in rural Utah. The Utah County Sheriff’s Office says ex-pitcher 35-year-old Brummett of Salt Lake City was flying the small plane, which crashed near Box Elder Peak in American Fork Canyon just before 8 a.m. Friday, July 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)American...WW…

(Courtesy of the Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President) Screengrab of Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez speaking at a town hall event in May.Window Rock, Ariz. • The Navajo Nation is resuming lockdowns for at least the next two weekends as the number of coronavirus cases off the reservation increases, most notably in Arizona.Tribal President Jonathan Nez made the announcement Tuesday in a virtual town hall. He cited Arizona, which hit an alarmingly high new daily number of cases with nearly 2,400 — almost double the previous record, in urging people to stay home....…(Courtesy of the Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President) Screengrab of Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez speaking at a town hall event in May.Window Rock, Ariz. • The Navajo Nation is resuming lockdowns for at least the next two weekends as the number of coronavirus cases off the reservation increases, most notably in Arizona.Tribal President Jonathan Nez made the announcement Tuesday in a virtual town hall. He cited Arizona, which hit an alarmingly high new daily number of cases with nearly 2,400 — almost double the previous record, in urging people to stay home....WW…

Casper, Wyo. • Construction plans for an immigration detention center in Uinta County have been canceled after several groups protested against the southwestern Wyoming facility.CoreCivic was planning to build the facility for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold about 1,000 people in civil detention while awaiting deportation proceedings in Salt Lake City, about 80 miles west of Uinta County, the Casper Star-Tribune ."After participating in the process to date in good faith, there were ultimately a number of factors that made it difficult for us to consider proceeding," the...…Casper, Wyo. • Construction plans for an immigration detention center in Uinta County have been canceled after several groups protested against the southwestern Wyoming facility.CoreCivic was planning to build the facility for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold about 1,000 people in civil detention while awaiting deportation proceedings in Salt Lake City, about 80 miles west of Uinta County, the Casper Star-Tribune ."After participating in the process to date in good faith, there were ultimately a number of factors that made it difficult for us to consider proceeding," the...WW…

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The grave of German POW Paul Eilert, with the Knights Cross and Oak Leaves as well as a swastika, in the Fort Douglas Cemetery in Salt Lake City on Friday, May 15, 2020.San Antonio • The process to remove grave headstones of German prisoners of war that display swastikas and markings related to the Nazi regime at cemeteries in Texas and Utah will begin later this month, Veterans Affairs announced.The VA said Monday in a statement that it has decided to replace the headstones on gravesites of three German POWs. Two are located at Fort Sam Houston...…(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The grave of German POW Paul Eilert, with the Knights Cross and Oak Leaves as well as a swastika, in the Fort Douglas Cemetery in Salt Lake City on Friday, May 15, 2020.San Antonio • The process to remove grave headstones of German prisoners of war that display swastikas and markings related to the Nazi regime at cemeteries in Texas and Utah will begin later this month, Veterans Affairs announced.The VA said Monday in a statement that it has decided to replace the headstones on gravesites of three German POWs. Two are located at Fort Sam Houston...WW…