WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has been slow-walking its work on the extension of a legislative order that would keep in place a sweeping tool that's helped federal agents crack down on drugs chemically similar to fentanyl, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

In recent weeks, the people said, the White House and Justice Department leaders have, on several occasions, canceled meetings with officials at the Drug Enforcement Administration to discuss the plan around so-called fentanyl analogues, which are generally foreign-made drugs with a very close chemical makeup to the dangerous opioid.

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Ayrshire's tragic COVID-19 care home death toll is laid bare in interactive map

Ayrshire has been laid bare.New data reveals that 284 vulnerable residents from 43 of the region’s care homes passed away as a result of the killer virus since the pandemic gripped the country more than a year ago.All those local deaths, as well as others around the country, are now being investigated.A Crown Office unit has been established to gather information on the circumstances surrounding the deaths.Crown Office figures have revealed that at least 3,400 Scottish care home residents may have died from coronavirus since March 2020.An interactive map created by BBC Scotland journalist Marc Ellison shows exactly where the deaths took place.In South Ayrshire, 14 care homes were affected with a total loss of life of 110.Berelands House, in

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COVID-19: City of Kingston aims to clarify public health guidelines with new online tool

Science suggests low risk of outdoor COVID-19 transmission. Here’s why Due to a high number of calls from residents about the ever-changing COVID-19 restrictions, the city has created an online tool to help clarify how the lockdown measures are impacting the Kingston area and its facilities.“We are getting a lot of questions about the restrictions,” says Mayor Bryan Paterson.“So we put together this page to help people keep track of everything.”Paterson says the most common question they get is what facilities and amenities are open, and which ones are closed.

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Longhorn Band will be required to play 'The Eyes of Texas'

AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas has announced that its traditional marching and pep bands will be required to play “The Eyes of Texas” when they return to performing, but a new band will also be created that won't play the school song with racist elements in its past.

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Rob Bonta confirmed as California AG, promises action on police misconduct

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Assemblyman Rob Bonta on Wednesday, Mar.

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Covid 3rd wave peak in France 'appears to be behind us': PM

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EU preparing legal case against AstraZeneca over cuts to vaccine delivery: sources

European Commission is working on legal proceedings against AstraZeneca after the drugmaker cut COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to the European Union, sources familiar with the matter said.The move would mark a further step in an EU plan to sever ties with the Anglo-Swedish company after it repeatedly cut supplies to the bloc, contributing to major delays in Europe’s vaccine rollout. Trudeau, EU leader talk vaccines but no assurance Canada exempt from export controls The news about the legal case was first reported on Thursday by Politico.

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7 Covid hotspots in India’s second wave, beyond Delhi and Maharashtra

Growing SpreadAs the death curve steepens across states, new infections continue to rise. With 315,909 new cases of Covid-19 in India on Wednesday, India reported the biggest daily increase in any country ever, setting a new record.

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Haryana govt shuts schools till May-end amid COVID-19 surge

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AP source: NFL exploring changes to scouting combine

The NFL is exploring changes to the annual NFL scouting combine to improve the professional and medical experience for draft prospects, a person familiar with those discussions told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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George Floyd and Emmett Till families see parallels in loss

CHICAGO – A Black Chicago teen’s lynching in 1955 galvanized the civil rights movement. A Black Minneapolis man’s killing by police last year propelled a worldwide call for racial justice and ending police brutality.

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AP source: DOJ to announce Minneapolis police probe

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to announce that the Justice Department is opening a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis after the guilty verdict in George Floyd's death, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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New enrollments push Anthem beyond expectations in Q1

INDIANAPOLIS – Anthem delivered a better-than-expected first quarter and pushed its 2021 forecast past expectations, as growing enrollment and a pharmacy benefits business lifted the health insurer.

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Puducherry imposes lockdown till April 26 due to covid spike. Check all details

Back to home by 10 pmAccording to an official letter, all shops should decide on the timings of closing their shops in such a manner that all of them will be back to their residences by 10 pm.Dine-in services closed by 8 pmHotels have been asked to close down dine-in services by 8 pm, with only home delivery services open till 10 pm.Active cases surgePuducherry reported 4,692 active cases of Covid-19 till yesterday, according to Union Health Ministry. The COVID-19 situation in India has been worsening amid the second wave of coronavirus infections.

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Manitoba well behind North Dakota in race to herd immunity

COVID-19 hotspot, North Dakota is now administering vaccines at a rapid pace, well ahead of its neighbour to the north, Manitoba.Last fall, when cases peaked in North Dakota, the state announced it was allowing health-care workers who were COVID-19-positive, but asymptomatic, to continue working in coronavirus units. It was a move meant to help maintain staffing levels amid heavy patient counts.

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AP sources: Biden to pledge halving greenhouse gases by 2030

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will pledge to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by 2030 as he convenes as a virtual climate summit with 40 world leaders, according to three people with knowledge of the White House plans.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones says pandemic for her was ‘lovely’ as it helped her bond with her kids like never before

Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones recently opened up about the good part of the COVID-19 pandemic. While appearing virtually on Late Night with Seth Meyers Monday, the 51-year-old actress opened up about how she and her family — husband Michael Douglas and their two kids, Dylan and Carys — were able to spend some much-needed time with one another during the onset of the pandemic. Noting that it had been an "unprecedented year for everybody," Zeta-Jones explained, "I must say, personally, it was lovely when we were in a vulnerable and unknowing time to have my peeps, my loved ones around." "I had my son home from college and my daughter home from school — she goes to school in Switzerland — so we were all back in our bubble," she continued.

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Karnataka issues fresh Covid curbs: Night curfew till 4 May. What's allowed, what's not

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Andhra Pradesh logs 8,987 new COVID-19 cases, 35 deaths push toll to 7,472

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Japan says Chinese military likely behind cyberattacks

TOKYO – Tokyo police are investigating cyberattacks on about 200 Japanese companies and research organizations, including the country’s space agency, by a hacking group believed to be linked to the Chinese military, the government said Tuesday.

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Maharashtra issues fresh Covid-19 guidelines for groceries, dairies, other shops till 1 May

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Covid-19: Telangana imposes night curfew till April 30

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Indore: No permission for weddings till April 30 amid Covid surge

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McDonald's teams up with band BTS for latest collaboration

BTS Meal Will Hit Participating U.S. Restaurants Starting May 26 (Credit: McDonald's) BTS isn’t too cool for McDonald’s.McDonald’s has announced a partnership with band BTS for its newest Celebrity Signature Order.

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Budget 2021: What’s behind the government’s eye-popping deficit spending?

Canada’s net debt is now over $1 trillion for the first time ever, after a $354 billion deficit for the pandemic year just over. It is expected to keep climbing with deficits of $155 billion this year, and $60 billion in 2022-23.

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UK records lowest daily coronavirus death toll in more than seven months

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AP source: Guantanamo prisoners now getting COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON – Prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center can begin getting the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Monday, a senior defense official told The Associated Press, months after a plan to inoculate them was scuttled over outrage that many Americans weren’t eligible to receive the shots.

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Cancer screening numbers behind target last year over Covid

The impact of Covid-19 on the national cancer screening programme has been revealed in new figures from the National Cancer Screening Service.

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Punjab extends night curfew timings, shuts cinema halls, bars till April-end. Know COVID-19 rules

state government has also reduced the price of RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) by private labs to ₹450 and ₹300 respectively.The government has extended the night curfew timings from 8 pm till 5 am from an earlier 9 am to 5am. It has also ordered the closure of all bars, cinema halls, gyms, spas, coaching centres, sports complexes from 20 April 20 to30 April.

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Super League clubs tell FIFA legal action already started

LONDON – The 12 European clubs pursuing a Super League have told the leaders FIFA and UEFA that legal action is already being pursued to stop them from action intended to thwart the launch of the breakaway competition, according to a letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press.

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Delhi's Chandni Chowk market to remain shut till April 25 amid Covid spike

New Delhi: Delhi's Chandni Chowk market will remain shut till April 25 in view of the exponential rise in COVID-19 cases, the traders association announced on Sunday.The Delhi Kirana Committee of Khari Baoli Market and the Chemical Merchant Association of Tilak Bazaar also announced closure of markets till April 21."Today Chandni Chowk Sarv Vyapar Mandal in an emergency meeting with its members has decided to request its members to keep their establishment closed till April 25 in light of very serious condition of the virus spreading at a very large volumes.

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Delhi's Chandni Chowk market to remain shut till Apr 25 amid covid spike

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COVID-19: Staff shortages, emotional toll weigh on health-care staff during Ontario’s 3rd wave

COVID-19 patients and young people fighting for their lives – weigh heavily on her.There is no escaping that reality even when she’s home with her family, who she tries not to burden with her worries. Ontario reports 4,250 new COVID-19 cases, 18 more deaths “Sometimes when I sleep, I just keep thinking,” she says during a short break after her team has intubated another COVID-19 patient struggling to breathe.

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J&K issues fresh Covid curbs: Schools, colleges to be shut till 15 May. Details here

Jammu and Kashmir has issued new measures in order to curb the outbreak of Covid-19. The Office of Lt Governor has issued the new guidelines which includes rules for schools, colleges and universities.

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Bihar imposes night curfew; schools, cinema halls to remain shut till 15 May amid Covid surge: Details here

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Iran sees highest daily death toll in months as virus surges

TEHRAN – Iran's daily coronavirus death toll climbed over 400 for the first time in months on Sunday, as the country, which has long had the region's largest outbreak, battles a post-holiday infection surge.

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More Asian British Columbians coming forward to tell stories of hostility and racist treatment

There have been more troubling incidents of anti-Asian racism, while the Burnaby RCMP says new stats show hate crimes are on the rise. Jordan Armstrong reports.

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Ontario to ‘scope down’ new police COVID-19 powers, source says

Ontario government is expected to backtrack on new police powers to enforce anti-pandemic measures.A source with knowledge of the discussions – but who was not authorized to speak publicly about them – says a “scoping-down” clarification is currently being approved.The new powers allow police to stop anyone at random and ask why they’re not at home and where they live.

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Over 12.25 cr vaccination doses administered till now: Health ministry

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Schools, coaching centres closed in Leh till April 30 amid COVID-19 outbreak

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Global COVID-19 death toll passes 3 million people

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Uttar Pradesh records highest one-day Covid death toll, over 27,000 cases

LUCKNOW : Uttar Pradesh today reported 120 deaths, its largest one-day toll from the pandemic pushing the fatality count to 9,703, while 27,357 fresh COVID-19 cases raised the infection tally to 8,21,054, according to an official statement.36 fatalities were reported from state capital Lucknow, followed by 15 from Kanpur, eight from Varanasi, four each from Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar and Jaunpur among other districts.Lucknow accounted for 5,913 of the fresh COVID-19 cases, Allahabad 1977, Kanpur 1826 and Varanasi 1,664, the UP government said in a statement issued here.So far, 6,41,292 COVID-19 patients have recovered from the disease in the state, it said.The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 1,70,059 in Uttar Pradesh, the statement

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Maharashtra: Covid-19 curbs may extend beyond 1 May, says health minister Tope

New Delhi: As Maharashtra is reeling under the second wave of novel coronavirus surge for the past few weeks, the state's health minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said that the Covid-19 restrictions imposed in the state to curb the spread "may be extended beyond May 1 depending on the outbreak situation."Speaking to reporters in Jalna, over 400 kilometres from Mumbai, Tope said people have been supportive of the restrictions, though some violations of prohibitory rules under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) have also been reported."We are taking stock of the situation. There have been some violations of CrPC section 144 invoked to curb the COVID-19 spread.

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Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million

RIO DE JANEIRO – The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France.

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The Recovery Room: News beyond the pandemic — April 16

here to visit our new Parkinson’s disease resource page.Learn more here.Our new article exploring the role that carbohydrates play in diabetes was also very popular, with over 117,000 page views so far this week.First, our editors looked at the relationship between carb consumption, insulin, and blood sugar. They also explored how many carbs a person with diabetes should consume, “good” carbs, foods to include in the diet and foods to avoid, and the effects of specific diets, including a low carb diet.The takeaway is that not all carbs are bad for a person with diabetes, but the focus should be on healthy, whole foods rather than processed foods and those high in refined sugars.

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Teen soccer team rallies behind coach's daughter who has rare brain cancer

SANTA ROSA, Calif. - A North Bay family - fighting long odds - has found unexpected help from a teenage soccer team. "We're going through a lot," admits soccer coach Chris Daly, whose young daughter is battling brain cancer. "But when you have people supporting you it's easier to get through hard times."Among several club teams he coaches, Daly guides a squad of 16-year-old girls. "I have them for one more year, then they're off to college," he said, as the North Coast Football Club 04' Girls ran drills behind him.During three years of competition, the players became aware of their coach's off-field challenges."Everything seemed normal at first," said spouse Amber Daly, recalling how daughter Blake developed flu-like symptoms at 11 months

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Covid-19 death toll in Northern Ireland approaching 3,000

The Covid-19 death toll in Northern Ireland is approaching 3,000.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
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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

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