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Watch as a plane dumps thousands of fish into a lake

00:52 Thousands of fish were dropped from a plane into lakes in the U.S. state Utah, last Tuesday (July 6), to repopulate them with marine life.As the lakes are located in remote areas

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See how 19th century Chinese faced and dealt with widespread racism

03:46 CGTN’s Liu Xu spoke with Christopher W. Merritt, Utah State Historic Preservation Officer about the long history of racism against Asian Americans and how Chinese workers fought d

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Ramp looks to raise more capital as the corporate-spend market mints unicorns

Earlier this year Divvy, a Utah-based software company that provides corporate spend management software, raised a $165 million round at a $1.6 billion valuation. It followed its competitor Brex to un

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Audience engagement startup Trufan raises $2.3M

Trufan, a startup selling tools helping marketers analyze their social followings and collect audience data, announced today that it has raised a $2.3 million seed round.Despite raising a relatively s

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Square’s bank arm launches as fintech aims ‘to operate more nimbly’

Known for its innovations in the payments sector, Square is now officially a bank.Nearly one year after receiving conditional approval, Square said Monday afternoon that its industrial bank, Square Fi

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Buried by Utah avalanche, brothers survive

00:46 See the terrifying moment a massive avalanche buries a snowmobiler in Utah Saturday. He survived and was able to find his brother and dig him out.Four other people died in anothe

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Qualtrics raises IPO pricing ahead of debut

This morning, Qualtrics, a software company that tracks customer and employee sentiment, filed a new S-1 document. The new filing raises Qualtrics’ expected IPO price range, providing the Utah-b

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Mysterious monolith discovered in Utah

01:00 A mysterious metal monolith was found during a helicopter survey of bighorn sheep in Utah. The state officials are not revealing the exact location, worried people might get lost

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NASA spacecraft collects asteroid sample 200 million miles from Earth

There were cheers from the mission team in the US as they received confirmation of the touch-and-go manoeuvre.

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Three killed in plane crash in Utah: police

Three people on board a plane were killed Saturday when it crashed in West Jordan in the western U.S. state of Utah, local police said. A total of six people, includin

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COVID-19 on rise across most U.S. states

Coronavirus cases are on the rise in 36 U.S. states, as the total number of confirmed infections in the country tops 2.5 million. The surge is particularly apparent in the South and West of the count

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Mercato Partners just launched Savory, a $90 million fund focused on fueling fast-casual restaurant concepts

Mercato Partners, a 13-year-old, Salt Lake City, Utah-based investment firm that oversees a growth fund, a secondary investment fund, and a venture fund, has launched yet another fund — this on

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Marcus Smart announces he has recovered from COVID-19

Marcus Smart of the Boston Celtics handles the ball in the game against the Utah Jazz at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 26, 2020. /VCG The fourth NBA player to r

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Gobert, all NBA Jazz players and staff clear of coronavirus

Rudy Gobert #27 of the Utah Jazz drives to the basket against the Toronto Raptors during an NBA game in Salt Lake City, U.S., March 9, 2020. /VCG Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to test posi

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M5.7 earthquake hits Utah

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck 10 miles (16km) east of Salt Lake City, Utah in the U.S. on Wednesday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).The epicenter of the earthq

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US Soccer cancels men's and women's national team's friendly games

The U.S. Soccer Association announced on Thursday that it has canceled all soccer friendly matches in March and April for its men's and women's national teams. The U.S. men had been scheduled to play

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Basketball: FIBA, Euroleague suspend all competitions

Ferran Bassas of Spain in action against Emanuel Cate of Romania during the FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers Group match in Cluj Napoca, Romania, February 20, 2020. /VCG The sporting world is seeing