Orange County Fire Rescue responded to the brush fire before 5 p.m. along North Fort Christmas Road. The blaze is about 4 to 5 acres with a few spot fires, according to fire rescue.

Fire rescue officials said initially there were two structures close by but those are no longer considered to be in danger. [TRENDING: 18+ can soon get vaccine in Fla. | That’s not lint: Family finds snake in dryer | So Florida: Gator swims with shark] Ft Christmas Fire, 60% contained @ 5 acres.

Updates to follow. #FLFire pic.twitter.com/FGAS77e3vP The Orange County Sheriff’s Office Chase helicopter is assisting fire rescue to keep an eye on the brush

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Coronavirus: Kingston businesses react to province’s ’emergency brake’ shutdown

COVID-19 continues to sweep through Ontario, the Ford government is pulling the “emergency brake” across the entire province.For some businesses it will mean staying open, with restrictions, while for others it means another complete shutdown.“We’re really heavily booked over the next couple of weeks, but now we have to cancel everybody,” says Steve Wallace, co-owner of Luce Hair Studio.“So everyone, from staff to folks that come in here, are going through a really tough emotional rollercoaster right now.

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COVID-19: 84 new cases in London-Middlesex as shutdown plans unveiled by province

Eighty-four new cases have been reported in London-Middlesex, local health officials said Thursday as the province unveiled plans to put all of Ontario into a month-long shutdown Saturday to curb a growing third wave of the pandemic.The health unit also reported that 49 additional local cases had screened variant positive, while another two had been confirmed through genomic sequencing to involve the B.1.1.7 variant, first detected in the U.K.Thursday’s update puts the regional pandemic case tally at 7,176, of which 6,424 have resolved, an increase of 26 from the day before.

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Orange County vaccine appointment portal will open for ages 16+ Friday

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Anyone over 16 years old will be able to register for upcoming vaccine appointments at the Orange County Convention Center site starting Friday, days before the next age group becomes eligible in Florida for the coveted shots.

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Social worker serves Orange County library members for free

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orange County Library System has a full-time social worker on staff, providing services to members.

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Another accused Capitol rioter in custody in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – For the second time this week, a man accused of participating in the riot at the Capitol in January has been arrested in Central Florida.

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Colombia midfielder Viafara gets 11 years on US drug charge

SHERMAN, Texas – A former midfielder for Colombia’s national soccer team has been sentenced in a Texas courtroom to more than 11 years in prison for drug trafficking, according to U.S. prosecutors.

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Fake German heiress taken into US custody, faces deportation

NEW YORK – U.S. immigration authorities said Thursday they have detained Anna Sorokin, the con artist who passed herself off as a wealthy German heiress and served more than three years behind bars for defrauding New York banks and hotels.

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Making Easter plans? Here’s what happened to COVID-19 cases after past holidays

coronavirus cases and hospitalizations spike across the country, officials are urging Canadians to rethink their spring holiday plans this year — such as Easter and Ramadan.Many provinces are battling high COVID-19 rates as deadlier, more transmissible variants are spiking among Canadians — especially young people.

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Amid glow open day, cloud looms over MLB All-Star Game

ATLANTA – Amid the glow of baseball's opening day, there is a cloud looming over the All-Star Game still more than three months away.

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Lindor: Easy decision to sign $341M, 10-year deal with Mets

NEW YORK – Francisco Lindor was alone in a Washington, D.C., hotel room Wednesday night when he got the call from agent David Meter: the New York Mets had offered $341 million — $1 million more than Fernando Tatis Jr. got in February.

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Cabrera homers off Bieber in snow, Tigers beat Indians 3-2

DETROIT – Miguel Cabrera homered through the snow in his first at-bat of the season, then added a sparkling play at first base to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 3-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday.

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Bond denied for Harris Co. mother accused of giving her son toxic amounts of drugs

HOUSTON - A 25-year-old mother has been charged in the death of her 6-year-old son in Harris County. Ashley Marks is charged with capital murder in the death of Jason Sanchez-Marks.According to court documents, Ashley Marks is accused of causing the death of Jason Sanchez-Marks by "administering toxic amounts of Chlorpheniramine, Dextromethorphan, and Diphenhydramine with Methamphetamine," in order to collect life insurance money. SIGN UP FOR FOX 26 HOUSTON EMAIL ALERTSShe is also accused of causing Jason’s death by "introducing methamphetamine and cocaine into the body," the documents said. Court documents stated that Jason Sanchez-Marks died of an apparent overdose. According to the District Attorney’s Office, there were two life

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Shocking video captures moment deer crashes through school bus windshield, landing on student

Freeze frame of surveillance video after deer crashes through a Virginia school bus windshield. RELATED: Police use dog toys to entice coyote out of South Carolina woman’s kitchenThe footage, which was captured by a surveillance camera inside a Powhatan County school bus on April 1, shows the deer thrashing about inside the bus and clumsily getting back to its feet.

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'Light it up blue': April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day

A public service advertisement for autistic children around the world is displayed on a large screen at Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street in Shanghai, China, on April 1, 2021. (Photo credit: Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) Thanks to a declaration passed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007, April 2 will forevermore be known as World Autism Awareness Day.Autism is a bio-neurological developmental disability that presents itself with a spectrum of symptoms with varying severity.

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'No joke': April Fools' Day snow blankets parts of Northeast, Midwest amid cold snap

CLEVELAND - The first day of April — commonly referred to as April Fools’ Day — was no joke for many people waking up to freezing temperatures and even snow in some parts of the U.S.Residents in upstate New York saw fresh snow Thursday morning amid a cold snap in the area. The National Weather Service said record-breaking temperatures were forecast across the Midwest, South and up to the Northeast over the next few days.Video captured by a Twitter user in the town of Owego in New York’s Tioga County, located outside of Binghamton, shows snow covering trees and front lawns on Thursday morning."Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring tingle tingling too....

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After blank front page, newspaper learns it's appreciated

NEW YORK – Stories are back on the cover of Kansas City’s Northeast News this week after the newspaper intentionally printed a blank front page of its previous edition to show community members what they'd miss if the newspaper folded.

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New Brunswick reports 10 new COVID-19 cases, confirms outbreak at special care home

Canada’s Atlantic provinces have kept COVID-19 largely at bay — here’s howStaff and residents of the facility were retested several times to confirm the end of the outbreak, which has been officially declared over by Dr.

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MLB to distribute $1.5 million in free tickets to essential workers

NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball and its teams said Thursday they will distribute $1.5 million in free tickets this regular season to essential workers of the novel coronavirus pandemic.The tickets will go to doctors, nurses and other hospital staff; police, firefighters, public safety personnel and corrections workers; teachers, daycare personnel and support staff; public transit workers; grocery store and delivery workers; food and agriculture workers; and construction and manufacturing workers.The tickets will be divided evenly among the 30 teams, and each club will select recipients, games and seat locations.

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Katie Price and Peter Andre appear to break Covid rules by letting Princess stay with pal

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Manitoba reports 2 COVID-19 deaths, 59 new cases

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Gov. Ron DeSantis rails against President Biden’s immigration policy

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis railed against the Biden Administration’s immigration policies during a news briefing in Titusville on Thursday.

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Ontario’s COVID-19 ’emergency brake’ shutdown takes effect on Saturday

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Suspect in Orange mass shooting that left 4 dead including child identified as Aminadab Gonzalez

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'One and done': Gov. Gavin Newsom receives Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Baldwin Hills

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Here’s what you can and can’t do during Ontario’s COVID-19 ’emergency brake’ shutdown

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Provincial portal allows people to register for non-existent Beamsville vaccination clinic

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It’s electric: 100 new vehicle charging stations popping up throughout Orlando

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Florida farm changes sunflower picking policy after ‘an overwhelming amount of theft’

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Some pharmacies in Simcoe Muskoka to offer AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to adults age 55+

Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit will begin offering the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to adults who are age 55 and above.The expanded immunization rollout for Ontario pharmacies will see more than 350 additional locations offer vaccines, with some beginning to do so on Saturday, April 3. Ontario expands AstraZeneca vaccine program to pharmacies across the province “Ontario’s capacity to get needles in arms continues to grow by the day,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in a statement.“We are ahead of schedule and administering more vaccines than all of the other provinces combined.

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Students in residences urged to move out early, most classes and exams moving online: Western University

Western University says the majority of its in-person classes and final exams will be moved online starting April 5 due to the spread of COVID-19 variant cases and the anticipation of additional restrictions province-wide.In a statement on Thursday, the London, Ont., university added that it is also encouraging students in residence to move out early if possible.

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‘Viruses are always mutating:’ AdventHealth researchers say genomics can combat COVID-19 variants

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COVID-19: Variants sending more young people to ICU, Ontario official says

Presenting the province’s latest modelling data on Thursday, Dr.

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Dog who repeatedly stole stuffed unicorn from dollar store gets adopted

KENANSVILLE, N.C. - A stray dog who stole the hearts of many after his story of determination to reach a purple stuffed unicorn was shared widely online has finally found a "furever" home.Sisu, a 1-year-old male dog, tried multiple times to take the same stuffed unicorn from a Dollar General store in Duplin County, North Carolina. He attempted to snag the toy so many times that animal control was called on the dog, according to Duplin County Animal Services.The officer who responded to the call purchased the unicorn for Sisu and made sure he could have it at the shelter.

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Orange County deputy under review after husband’s arrest in Capitol riots

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Supreme Court sides with Facebook in text message dispute

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Facebook in a lawsuit over unwanted text notifications it sent, rejecting a claim that the messages violated the federal ban on robocalls.

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Suspect arrested in road rage shooting that killed Pennsylvania mom of 6

LUMBERTON, N.C. - A 29-year-old man was arrested in connection to the death of a Pennsylvania mother who was shot and killed through a passenger-side window during a road rage incident in North Carolina, authorities said.Dejywan R. Floyd, 29, of Lumberton, was arrested early Thursday, according to the Robeson County Sheriff's Office.

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‘Schools will remain open’ and April Break will go ahead, Ontario education minister says

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Oklahoma St star freshman Cade Cunningham to enter NBA draft

STILLWATER, Okla. – Cade Cunningham announced Thursday that he will enter the NBA draft after a dynamic freshman season that saw him named a first-team AP All-American.

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Brevard County motorcyclist driving 100 mph claims he is ‘trained to drive like that,’ deputies say

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A Brevard County man riding his motorcycle at more than 100 mph while weaving in and out of traffic told deputies his need for speed was OK because “he was trained to drive like that,” according to his arrest report.

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Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams retiring after 33-year run

North Carolina announced Thursday that Hall of Fame basketball coach Roy Williams is retiring after a 33-year career that includes three national championships.

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Coal India’s shipments sink to 4-year low amid covid crisis

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Ontario reports more than 2,500 new COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths

COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the eighth straight day cases are above 2,000, bringing the provincial total to 352,460.Thursday’s case count is higher than Wednesday’s which saw 2,333 new infections. On Tuesday, 2,336 new cases were recorded and 2,094 on Monday.It is also the highest case count since Jan.

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Supreme Court gives Georgia win in water war with Florida

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled unanimously for Georgia on Thursday in its long-running dispute with Florida over water.

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Plan to revamp police force proceeds in Ithaca, New York

ITHACA, N.Y. – Officials in an Ivy League town in upstate New York voted to proceed with a hotly debated plan to revamp the police force as part of the nationwide reexamination of law enforcement after the killing of George Floyd.

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Groups rush to get Florida farmworkers vaccinated

MIAMI – It's a race against time for nonprofits, organizations and officials who are trying to vaccinate thousands of farmworkers who were denied priority access in Florida but now have to travel north to harvest crops in other regions.

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Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation calling for province-wide remote learning after Easter break

As southern parts of Saskatchewan try to contain COVID-19 variants, Saskatoon could be dealing with cases in several schools.

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‘Hit the hardest’: Why COVID-19 cases are rising among young Canadians

COVID-19, Canada is seeing a shift in the coronavirus spread with an increasing number of cases among the younger population.While infections have declined in Canadians aged 80 and older since January, cases are now highest among young adults aged 20 to 39, according to the latest national public health modelling released March 26.

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Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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