LOS ANGELES - Within the Arctic Circle lies a phenomenon, where months go by when the sun doesn't rise above the horizon for more than 24 hours.This is called the polar night, and residents of America’s northernmost town, Utqiaġvik, Alaska – formerly known as Barrow — will watch this happen Wednesday.According to the National Weather Service in Fairbanks, Alaska, Wednesday will begin a 66 day period of near-darkness in this city along the Arctic coast.The sun will set below the horizon for the final time in 2020 at 1:30 p.m.

Alaska Standard Time and will not see the sun rise again until Jan. 23, 2021.The farther north of the Arctic Circle, the longer the polar night becomes.

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UK stocks up on vaccines, hopes to start virus shots in days

LONDON – Britain said Sunday it has secured 2 million more doses of a promising coronavirus vaccine as it gears up to launch within days the country's most ambitious inoculation program in decades.The U.K. has had Europe’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak, with more than 58,000 confirmed virus-related deaths.

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Covid-19 vaccine: Govt might buy 300-400 mn Covishield doses by 2021, says Adar Poonawalla

Covidshield' doses by July next year.Poonawalla's statement comes after PM Modi on Saturday visited the company's pandemic level facility in Pune to personally review the development of Covid-19 vaccine and the manufacturing process.Addressing a press conference, Poonawalla said, "As of now we don't have anything in writing of how many doses the Government of India would purchase, but the indication is three to four hundred million doses by July 2021."'Applying for emergency use of Covid vaccine in 2 weeks'The Serum Institute chief also said that the SII will apply for emergency authorisation of the coronavirus vaccine within two weeks.

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San Francisco enters 'purple' tier, imposes new coronavirus lockdown measures

San Francisco’s surge in coronavirus cases placed the city back in the state’s most restrictive “purple tier,” signaling new rules starting Monday, Mayor London Breed announced on Twitter Saturday. A limited stay-at-home order will mean all nonessential indoor businesses will close and members from different households will not be permitted to gather between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.

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49ers may need temporary home because of new COVID-19 rules

The San Francisco 49ers and other teams may need to find a temporary new home after Santa Clara County on Saturday banned all contact sports from holding games and practices for the next three weeks.County officials issued the directives in response to rising cases of the coronavirus in the area. The rules take effect Monday and will last until Dec 21.The 49ers have home games scheduled for Dec.

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REPORT: Mom of teen killed by Brevard deputy shot by gunman at son’s burial service

COCOA, Fla. – Florida Today is reporting burial services for Sincere Pierce at Riverview Memorial Gardens ended abruptly Saturday afternoon when an unknown gunman fired a single shot and hit the deceased’s mother.The gunfire came as guests were paying their last respects to the 18-year-old who was killed two weeks ago by a Brevard County Deputy Nov. 13 in Cocoa.[RELATED: ‘Why was the first thing to shoot?’ Community mourns Cocoa teens killed in deputy-involved shooting]The shot rang out followed by stunned silence before Quasheda Pierce could be heard yelling that she’d be hit.

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Florida reports more than 6,000 new cases of coronavirus 2 days after Thanksgiving

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health reported 6,276 new cases of COVID-19 just two days after Thanksgiving.The state has now reported 979,751 cases since the beginning of the pandemic in March.[TRENDING: Trump says he will leave if ... | Marion deputies search for missing endangered 4-month-old | Disney to lay off thousands more workers]Health officials said we will not know the impact of the Thanksgiving holiday had for about two weeks.State testing sites in Central Florida reopened this past Friday after being closed for the holiday.Experts said anyone who wants to get a coronavirus test after attending a large gathering or hosting one should wait a few days after the holiday.[RELATED: Testing demand remains high post

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All the potential COVID-19 exposure sites in Nova Scotia over the past 14 days

COVID-19 exposure sites Nova Scotia Health has issued a warning for over the past 14 days.The list will be updated as health officials provide more locations and exposure dates no longer become relevant, for example, if there is no longer a chance of someone developing symptoms due to 14 days having passed.Nova Scotia recommends visiting the province’s website to do a self-assessment if, in the past 48 hours, individuals have had or are currently experiencing:Or two or more of the following symptoms:It is anticipated that anyone exposed to the virus at the location on this date may develop symptoms up to, and including, Dec.

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Maryland man found shot dead near car in Sussex County, police say

GEORGETOWN, Del. - Authorities in Delaware have opened a homicide investigation after a Maryland man was found shot dead near his car on a rural road in Sussex County.Delaware State Police responded to Old Furnace Road around 5:30 p.m. Friday for reports of a shooting.

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COVID-19 testing demand continues in Florida days 2 after Thanksgiving

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County Medical Director Todd Husty said even though we’re seeing an increase in COVID-19 testing after the Thanksgiving holiday, he doesn’t believe our positive cases will go up.“When we see an increase in testing it’s usually due to the worried and now it’s the required also,” Dr. Husty said.

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10 Covid-19 vaccines likely by mid-2021, global pharma group head says

vaccines could be available by the middle of 2021 if they win regulatory approval, but their inventors need patent protection, the head of the global pharmaceutical industry group said.Covid-19 vaccines by American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNtech, as well as Moderna and AstraZeneca have shown promising results in large clinical trials, but there is no question of "cutting corners", said Thomas Cueni, director-general of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA)."So far 3 we have 3 out of 3 were hits.

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Bay Area teen gets surprise phone call from Kamala Harris after portrait goes viral

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Fourteen-year-old artist Tyler Gordon received a call at his home in San Jose Wednesday afternoon. On the other end was someone he's wanted to meet for quite a while — Vice President-elect Kamala Harris."I wanted to call to say thank you for that beautiful work you've done," Harris told Tyler.Harris called about a portrait Tyler recently painted of her.He posted a fast-motion video of himself making the painting on social media. It's received a million views and Harris was one of the viewers.Advertisement"The way you've done it and for you to be my homeboy, it really touches me deeply.

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Florida reports more than 17,300 COVID-19 cases reflecting 2 days of data

ORLANDO, Fla. – The state of Florida on Friday released new data about coronavirus cases in the Sunshine State, a day after no new information was provided due to the Thanksgiving holiday.Testing sites were closed across the state Thursday but reopened on Friday morning.Florida has reported more than 979,000 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic was first reported here in March. The state will likely surpass 1 million cases within the next week as the United States closes in on 13 million confirmed coronavirus cases.Ahead of Thanksgiving, health officials warned against holiday gatherings, which they said could cause the virus to easily spread.

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Covid vaccine 'rolled out to NHS at England hospitals in 10 days time'

the Guardian reports that NHS England expect to get stocks of vaccines produced by Pfizer/BioNTech on December 7, 8 or 9.

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Practice canceled for LA Rams after 2 positive COVID-19 tests within organization

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 18: A Los Angeles Rams helmet is shown against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium on October 18, 2020 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W.

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San Francisco stuns No. 4 Virginia 61-60 in Bubbleville

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Jamaree Bouyea scored 19 points and San Francisco pulled the biggest upset of the young college basketball season, using a late 8-0 run Friday to beat No. 4 Virginia 61-60 in the Homelight Classic.Khalil Shabazz added 14 points and Taavi Jurkatamm had two big 3-pointers in the second half for the Dons (2-1), who were playing their third game in three days.Reece Beekman and Justin McCoy each scored 11 points for Virginia (1-1), a 15 1/2-point favorite.

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Brief buzz: Danish Mayfly named 2021 insect of the year

BERLIN – The Danish Mayfly was selected Friday by an international group of entomologists and others as the Insect of the Year for 2021, but it won't have long to celebrate its 15 minutes of fame.The insect, whose scientific name is Ephemera danica, only has a few days to fly, mate and lay new eggs."What makes the mayfly unique is its life cycle: from the egg laid in the water to the insect capable of flight and mating, which dies after a few days,” said Thomas Schmitt, chairman of the commission of scientists and representatives from research institutions and conservation organizations from Germany, Austria and Switzerland that made the choice.

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NYC SantaCon canceled amid coronavirus pandemic concerns

Ho Ho No! The annual SantaCon pub crawl has been canceled this year in the Big Apple due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers announced the news on the event’s website.

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US economy sprints toward normal in 2021 but with coronavirus scars

may return to normal by the second half of next year.Here's the rub: "Normal" probably won't look like what consumers left behind in March when whole industries were shuttered or sharply restricted to halt the spread of the deadly airborne disease.The experience-based economy, with its emphasis on travel and entertainment, has been replaced during the pandemic-based lockdowns with a focus on goods reminiscent of the materialistic 1980s as families forced to spend more time in their homes stocked up on items from televisions to exercise equipment to make their isolation more comfortable."There will be some real lingering changes due to all of this," said Michelle Meyer, chief U.S. economist at Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America.

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Father and son spend 2 nights outside Cherry Hill GameStop for Playstation 5

CHERRY HILL, N.J. - How long would you wait outside in the chill of late fall to secure the hottest item of the holiday shopping season? For a father and son from Northeast Philadelphia, the answer is two nights.Jason and Anthony Yates were among the lucky few who walked out of GameStop in Cherry Hill with the incredibly hard-to-find game console that runs upwards of $500.After searching three other GameStops for the Playstation 5, Jason caught wind of 2 available systems in Hainesport. He called Anthony on Wednesday, who was driving with his girlfriend at the time, and told him they are going to camp outside.

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Victoria, Australia eliminates COVID-19 after border closure, going 28 days with 0 new infections

FILE - commuter sits on a tram bench next to an LCD screen with an Australian Government directive regarding Coronavirus and social distancing. MELBOURNE, Australia - Victoria, Australia has reported 28 consecutive days without a new case of COVID-19, according to the Victoria State Government’s Department of Health and Human Services.Victoria, which is located at the southernmost tip of the Australian continent, reported the positive milestone on Nov.

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The Latest: Australian state marks 28 days with no new case

Black Friday offers beacon of hope to struggling stores— Empty seats, delivered feasts as virus changes Thanksgiving— UK asks regulator to assess AZ-Oxford vaccine amid questions— The pandemic is turning this into a holiday shopping season like no other. Toy companies are targeting stuck-at-home grown-ups with latte-smelling Play-Doh and Legos that turn into Warhols.

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Australia COVID-19 hotspot goes 28 days infection-free after long lockdown

COVID-19 hotspot, said on Friday it has gone 28 days without detecting any new infections, a benchmark widely cited as eliminating the virus from the community.The state also has zero active cases after the last COVID-19 patient was discharged from hospital this week, a far cry from August when Victoria recorded more than 700 cases in one day and active infections totaled nearly 8,000.

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Colorado-USC canceled by COVID cases; Buffs book SDSU

LOS ANGELES – No. 19 Southern California’s scheduled home game Saturday against unbeaten Colorado has been canceled due to positive COVID-19 tests for the Trojans.Colorado (2-0) immediately booked a replacement game against San Diego State in Boulder on Saturday afternoon.In a statement Thursday night, the Pac-12 said USC (3-0) didn’t have the minimum number of scholarship players available at a specific position group as a result of at least two positive COVID-19 cases and the resulting isolation of additional players under contact tracing protocols.

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Scots Covidiots fined for sneaking across tier zones for sun bed tanning session

tanning fanatics have been fined for illegally crossing council borders to use sun beds. The men, age 32 and 33, were hauled over by police while driving along High Street in Greenock, Inverclyde at around 8.30pm on Wednesday November 25.

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COVID-19 vaccine will be available to all Canadians in 2021: Ottawa

As Nadia Stewart reports, while health officials in B.C. work with their federal counterparts on who will get the vaccine first — distribution plans are being put in place across the country.

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Ontario may now not receive COVID-19 vaccines in early 2021, health minister says

COVID-19 vaccine in early 2021 as previously stated.Premier Doug Ford said on Monday the province was expecting to start receiving the vaccine in the early part of the year. Elliott said the same on Nov.

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Ontario may not get coronavirus vaccine in early 2021: Health minister

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said the province may no longer be receiving the coronavirus vaccine in early 2021, as previously stated. Elliott said the news is concerning and hopes the Prime Minister takes care of Canada.

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Coronavirus: ‘Let’s get some answers,’ says Ford after feds say Ontario may not get vaccines in early 2021

After Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott on Thursday mentioned the Canadian federal government reportedly said the province may no longer be receiving COVID-19 vaccines in early 2021 anymore as details have not yet been finalized, Premier Doug Ford told reporters during a press conference in Mississauga, Ont., “let’s get some answers,” regarding the rollout of vaccines.

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Coronavirus: Canadian health official expects COVID-19 vaccine in early 2021, says initial supply ‘will be limited’

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Disney increases layoffs to 32,000 workers by March 2021

LOS ANGELES - The coronavirus pandemic continues to hurt businesses across the world and Disney is no exception. On Wednesday, Disney provided an update on the company's finances and it says it plans to let thousands of workers go in 2021.According to Disney's Form 10-K that was filed to the U.S.

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German Chancellor Merkel says COVID-19 restrictions set to last into 2021

Berlin: Germany will probably have to stick with measures to dampen the coronavirus pandemic into January, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, while her chief of staff suggested that restrictions might be needed until March."Given the high number of infections, we assume that the restrictions which are in place before Christmas will continue to be valid until the start of January, certainly for most parts of Germany," Merkel told parliament.Merkel agreed with leaders of Germany's 16 federal states late on Wednesday to extend and tighten the coronavirus lockdown until Dec.

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Africa CDC sees COVID-19 vaccinations in 2nd quarter of 2021

NAIROBI – Vaccinations against COVID-19 in Africa might not start until the second quarter of next year, the continent's top public health official said Thursday, adding that it will be “extremely dangerous” if more developed parts of the world vaccinate themselves and then restrict travel to people with proof of a vaccination. The director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, John Nkengasong, told reporters that “I have seen how Africa is neglected when drugs are available” in the past.

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Mitchell, Schakel lead SDSU to 73-58 win over No. 22 UCLA

SAN DIEGO – Matt Mitchell and Jordan Schakel scored 15 points apiece and San Diego State used its disruptive defense and 3-point shots to beat No. 22 UCLA 73-58 Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams.

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Adjusted 2021 city budget still sees Saskatoon property taxes increasing 3.87%

Saskatoon City Council will consider an adjusted 2021 budget next week.Administration was up against a $21.8 million increase compared to the previous budget and is doing so with what city chief financial officer Kerry Tarasoff describes as an “additional budget risk”.Tarasoff said it was a challenge adjusting to the impacts of COVID-19, but maintaining services was a priority while still balancing the budget.“The operating and capital budgets together is a $1.2 billion program and so a few million dollars here and there isn’t going to break us,” Tarasoff explained.“We’ve kind of pushed the limit on some of them with the hopes that we’re going to meet those targets.” Saskatoon city council votes to implement power rebate Some aspects of

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Devastating hurricanes to spur more Central American migration

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras - At a shelter in this northern Honduran city, Lilian Gabriela Santos Sarmiento says back-to-back hurricanes that hit with devastating fury this month have overturned her life. Her home in what was once a pretty neighborhood in nearby La Lima was destroyed by flooding.The 29-year-old woman who never finished middle school had managed to build a life for herself, most recently cleaning COVID-19 wards at a local hospital.

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Canadian swimmers return from bubble competition in Hungary

Brent Hayden is in the middle of his 14-day quarantine after returning from the International Swimming League season.The league, in just its second year, was held in a bubble this season because of COVID-19. The competition was on Margaret Island, on the Danube River in the middle of Budapest, Hungary.The ISL sees swimmers selected to teams, and there’s competition for points.

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Manitoba RCMP hand out two dozen COVID-19 enforcement fines in one week

Two businesses fined $5,000 as Winnipeg steps up COVID-19 enforcement Other incidents included a man fined by Norway House RCMP for having more than five people gathered, a woman fined by Cross Lake RCMP for being with someone not from her household and a woman fined by Steinbach RCMP for not self-isolating as directed.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Since April, RCMP have issued a total of 137 warnings and 75 fines in Manitoba (outside of Winnipeg).

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California can't ban vanity license plates it considers 'offensive,' judge rules

Vanity License Plate - California (Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO - California can’t enforce a ban vanity license plates it considers “offensive to good taste and decency” because that violates freedom of speech, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.U.S.

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Cascades to close its napkin plant in Laval in 2021

The Laval plant has an annual capacity of 1.4 million cases.The company says the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced the number of visitors to restaurants, hotels and public buildings, key markets served by the plant.It says the situation, combined with high logistics costs, has prompted the company to move production to other operations.

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Americas region sees record 1.5 million COVID-19 cases in 7 days: WHO

BRASILIA: The Americas reported more than 1.5 million cases of COVID-19 in the last 7 days, the highest weekly number since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization regional branch PAHO said on Wednesday.The rapid surge of infections in the United States continues and cases have accelerated in countries of North, Central and South America, PAHO said. In Canada, infections are rising particularly among the elderly and indigenous communities, PAHO Assistant Director Jarbas Barbosa said.

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California prisons take no 'meaningful steps' to reducing San Quentin population: attorneys

SAN QUENTIN, CALIFORNIA - JULY 08: An aerial view San Quentin State Prison on July 08, 2020 in San Quentin, California.

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COVID-19: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board to close schools on ‘snow days’

COVID-19 directives, school board officials voted on Tuesday night.Trustees with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board agreed on the decision during their regular meeting. They cited the inability of schools to “keep established student cohorts separate” on inclement weather days amid the coronavirus pandemic as the main concern.

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With US in COVID-19 panic, Sen. Perdue saw stock opportunity

WASHINGTON – As the ravages of the novel coronavirus forced millions of people out of work, shuttered businesses and shrank the value of retirement accounts, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged to a three-year low. But for Sen.

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Coronavirus remains infectious on surfaces for days by forming a 'pancake-like film'

Coronavirus can remain infectious on surfaces for days by transforming into a ‘pancake-like film’, a new study has revealed.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

66 days of near-darkness: Alaskan town won't see the sun until 2021

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