SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The International Olympic Committee was effusive in its support Wednesday for a decadeslong effort to bring back the Winter Games to Utah’s capital city in 2034. Unlike so many other past hosts that have decided bringing back the Games isn’t worth the time, money or hassle, Salt Lake City remains […]
Soon to be a 2-time Olympic host city, Salt Lake City’s zest for the Games is now an outlier
Many other past Olympic hosts around the world have decided in recent years that bringing back the Games isn’t worth the money or hassle
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Reminders of the 2002 Winter Olympics are nestled in every nook and cranny of Utah’s capital city, from a towering Olympic cauldron that overlooks the Salt Lake Valley to an Olympic emblem stamped on manhole covers downtown. As visitors leave the airport, they are greeted
The student exchange program began in 2002 as part of the sister-city partnership formed by Reading and Reutlingen more than a quarter-century ago.
As the war in Sudan moves into its second year, 1,000 refugees a day continue to cross its southern border. Within the small town of Renk in South Sudan, a rapidly growing refugee population faces desperate shortages of water, food and shelter. For many, South Sudan marks a return to a land they thought they had left behind, having fled the country after civil war broke out in 2013. Now new fighting in their adopted country has forced them back againUK Foreign Office holding secret talks with...
The U.S. now boasts a record 550 “million-dollar” cities, where the typical home is worth $1 million or more, according to a new analysis by Zillow.
The ground heaved and shook, buildings collapsed, fires ignited and thousands of San Franciscans died. The city was nearly leveled. That was in 1906. But early Thursday morning, well before daybreak, dozens of people gathered on Market Street in front of Lotta’s Fountain to commemorate the 118th anniversary of the huge earthquake and fire that destroyed then reshaped San Francisco. The annual ceremony, which takes place leading up to 5:12 a.m. — the moment the earthquake struck — featured...
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The City Council will receive a design update on the the West Hollywood City Playhouse and a revision to the project’s estimated budget at a Regular City Council meeting on Monday, April 15, 2024. The West Hollywood City Playhouse will be a 99-seat, approximately 7,700-square-foot civic space, arts, and cultural event center that will support […] The post Here’s the Latest Update on West Hollywood’s City Playhouse Design Project first appeared on WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and...
Olympic officials praised the city for preserving facilities and public enthusiasm as they kicked off their final visit ahead of a formal announcement expected this July.
Manager praises ‘fantastic goals’ in quarter-final first leg draw‘Real are kings of this competition, I don’t know what’ll happen’Pep Guardiola praised “fantastic goals” from Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Josko Gvardiol and Manchester City’s emotional stability as the holders drew 3-3 at Real Madrid in their Champions League quarter-final first leg.The lead changed three times in a six-goal thriller. City went ahead on two minutes via Silva but Real equalised via a Rúben Dias own goal and were...