A new wildfire that sparked Sunday morning, called the Glass Fire, has swept through California’s Napa County, forcing a hospital to move patients and is threatening many of the region’s popular vineyards.

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Kate Garraway says she’s tempted to show Covid rule-breakers pic of Derek and warns ‘you don’t want this in your life’

KATE Garraway has revealed she's tempted to show coronavirus rule-breakers a picture of ill husband Derek as she warned "you don't want this in your life". The Good Morning Britain star urged people to stick with government guidelines to stop the spread of the virus as her husband Derek remains seriously ill in hospital.

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Russia's Navalny accuses Putin of being behind poisoning

BERLIN – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is recovering in Germany after being poisoned in Russia by a nerve agent, accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind the attack in comments released Thursday. Navalny's supporters have frequently maintained that such an attack could have only been ordered at the top levels, though the Kremlin has steadfastly denied any involvement in it.Navalny, a politician and corruption investigator who is Putin’s fiercest critic, was flown to Germany two days after falling ill on Aug.

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Belarus activist shares ‘Alternative Nobel’ with 3 others

STOCKHOLM – A prominent Belarus opposition figure and an imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer on Thursday were awarded the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes referred to as the “Alternative Nobel,” together with activists from Nicaragua and the United States.Ole von Uexkull, the head of the Swedish Right Livelihood Foundation behind the prize, said that it “highlights the increasing threats to democracy globally.

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Astronomers spy galaxies caught in the web of a voracious black hole

Daniel CleryAstronomers staring out to the farthest reaches of the universe, and hence the deepest depths of time, have been puzzled to find supermassive black holes. How could such behemoths have had time to swallow up so much matter when the universe was so young? With new observations of one of these youthful giants—a black hole 1 billion times the mass of the Sun and less than 1 billion years old—astronomers now have a possible answer.They found the black hole was connected to six nearby galaxies by filaments: feeding tubes for the monster in their midst.

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Schools 'not driving surge in coronavirus' despite infection rise in UK, new study finds

New research claims the number of coronavirus infections among children has not increased since schools reopened.

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Kate Garraway wants to show mask flouter Stanley Johnson a photo of Derek after Covid-19

Kate Garraway has admitted that she has been left frustrated by those flouting the rules and ditching masks in shops, despite potentially receiving a £200 fine by doing so.

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GMB's Kate Garraway overcome with emotion discussing Derek's coronavirus battle

Kate Garraway has issued a heartfelt plea to the country to follow the guidance from government to stop the spread of coronavirus.The 53-year-old ITV star has revealed that she wants to show people flouting lockdown rules pictures of her poorly husband Derek Draper in his current state.Discussing the latest coronavirus news during Thursday's edition of Good Morning Britain with hosts Susanna Reid and Adil Ray, Kate said that she has sympathy with people who are "fed up" with the pandemic but suggested that people need to keep on following the "basic rules".The former I'm A Celebrity contestant said: "I have huge sympathy with people who are fed up with it [coronavirus]."I think if you haven't been touched by it directly, but your livelihood

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Yanks rally, beat Indians 10-9 to reach ALDS vs rival Rays

CLEVELAND – DJ LeMahieu's tiebreaking single in the ninth inning off Cleveland closer Brad Hand sent the New York Yankees into the AL Division Series with a wild 10-9 win over the Indians early Thursday in a rain-delayed Game 2 that started in September and ended in October.At 4 hours, 50 minutes — even without the delays — it was the longest nine-inning game (regular season or postseason) in major league history.LeMahieu, the AL batting champion during the shortened, 60-game regular season, grounded his hit into center field to score Gio Urshela, who hit a go-ahead grand slam earlier.

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Joyce Echaquan’s family calls for justice after her death

Warning: Disturbing content. Three investigations are underway into the death of Joyce Echaquan, the 37-year-old Indigenous woman who recorded her final moments alive in a hospital bed, as staff made racist and abhorrent remarks to her.

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Indigenous woman captures hospital staff’s abhorrent behaviour on video before she died

An Indigenous woman shot video from her hospital bed on Monday, showing how medical staff hurled racist and vile remarks at her shortly before she died.

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How the coronavirus crisis threatens to set back women’s careers

Without the optionBut the benefits of enhanced flexibility don’t apply to millions of women whose jobs require them to be on site, including retail, health-care and service workers. Nearly four in 10 female workers in the U.S., or 38%, say it isn’t possible for them to do their job by working from home, according to a Wall Street Journal/SurveyMonkey poll conducted earlier this year, compared with 37% of men.Three years ago, in search of better work-life balance, Breanna Del Toro left a career as a funeral director and embalmer and is now a courtesy-center manager at a Schnucks grocery store in Peoria, Ill.

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Treatment of dying Indigenous woman in Quebec hospital sparks outrage

Quebec’s coroner’s office will be looking into the death of Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous woman from the Atikamekw Nation of Manawan, who passed away amid troubling circumstances in a Joliette hospital on Monday.The mother of seven went to hospital after experiencing stomach pains and died a few days later.Before her death, Echaquan took a cellphone video from her hospital bed and livestreamed it on Facebook. In the video shared on social media, Echaquan appears to be in distress.

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Donald Glover Reveals He Welcomed Baby No. 3 During Pandemic

Donald Glover and his longtime love, Michelle White! The couple welcomed their third child together, he revealed in a conversation with Michaela Coel published by on Tuesday. «You know, I had [a kid] during the coronavirus,» Glover said. The star — who has been private about his personal and family life — shared that his baby's birth came amid the protests over George Floyd's death. «Yeah, it was nuts.

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11 times we were reminded there is good, despite the dud of a year we’ve had

"Something Good," now's your chance.We’ve made it our mission to seek out and find people who have seen, experienced, been the recipient of, or who are doing positive things for the community. There are so many people doing good things, but we’ll start by sharing these 11 stories with you.Each morning, this man would arrive at the long-term facility where his wife lived to help her with her makeup, get her jewelry on and comb her hair.

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Donald Glover reveals he welcomed his third child months ago amid the coronavirus pandemic

Donald Glover is now a father three times over.The Atlanta star revealed in a BritishGQ interview published Tuesday that he and his girlfriend Michelle White had welcomed their third child months ago amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.The 37-year-old actor and writer spilled the beans while chatting with I May Destroy You star and creator Michaela Coel, who graced the November issue's cover. New baby: Donald Glover, 37, revealed that he welcomed his third child amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic while interview Michaela Coel for British GQ; shown in November 2019'I had [a kid] during the coronavirus,' Glover admitted.'It was nuts.

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Patient who lost partner to coronavirus threw box of vomit on NHS nurse after booze binge

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A hospital patient whose partner had just died of coronavirus threw a cardboard box filled with vomit at a nurse after a drinking binge.Sarah Ogilvy abused staff while undergoing treatment at the accident and emergency department at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.The city’s sheriff court heard Ogilvy’s partner had passed away from the virus the day before the incident.The accused’s name was given as Matthew Clark on the charge but she identified as Sarah Ogilvy, the court heard.Ogilvy, 55, pled guilty yesterday to assaulting, obstructing or hindering medical workers and shouting, swearing and behaving in an aggressive manner at the ERI on March 9.Ogilvy

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New Jersey gas tax going up more than 9 cents starting Thursday

TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey’s gas tax is going up 9.3 cents a gallon, a roughly 22% increase.The increase to 50.7 cents a gallon from 41.4 cents goes into effect on Thursday. It stems from a 2016 law that requires the state fund supporting bridge and road infrastructure maintain a $2 billion program annually. It also requires an annual adjustment to the fuel tax if receipts don’t meet that level.Treasurer Elizabeth Muoio said gasoline consumption dropped about 39% from March to May — coinciding with the COVID-19 outbreak — and leading to a drop in receipts for the fuel tax.It’s the third year Murphy, a Democrat elected in 2017, has had to review the gas tax.

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Ottawa still promising but not delivering on new commercial rent relief program

Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program (CECRA) comes to an end Sept. 30, nothing has been announced.“We’re aware of that — I can tell you we’re not going to let them down,” said MP Pablo Rodriguez in Ottawa.In an email to Global News, a government press secretary added, “we will have more to announce soon.”Laura Jones of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says they’ve been waiting on a new plan for months.“Anxiety is putting it mildly for a lot of business owners,” she says.

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Parscale steps back from Trump team after hospitalization

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's former campaign manager is stepping away from the reelection campaign days after he was hospitalized after Florida law enforcement officials said threatened to harm himself.Parscale, one of Trump's closest political aides, served as the campaign manager for the reelection effort until July, when he was demoted by Trump. He remained a senior adviser.

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California governor signs corporate boardroom diversity law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Hundreds of California-based corporations must have directors from racial or sexual minorities on their boards under a first-in-the-nation bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.The diversity legislation is similar to a 2018 measure that required boardrooms to have at least one female director by 2019.

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‘Super Healthy’ 19-Year-Old Athlete Dies Of Coronavirus After Returning To College

COVID-19 is still taking lives, whether certain politicians are forcing schools to open or not. And no, it isn’t just something otherwise healthy people don’t have to worry about.

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12 new cases of COVID-19

There are 12 new cases of COVID-19 to report today, all detected in managed isolation. All have been transferred to a dedicated quarantine facility.

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Canada adds 1,796 new coronavirus cases, highest total yet for second wave

Canada reported a total of 1,796 new cases of the novel coronavirus Wednesday, the highest daily total seen since the spring and proof that the second surge of the pandemic may be just beginning.The country has now seen a total of 158,592 COVID-19 infections to date. Of those, 134,971 patients have since recovered — 1,234 of them over the past 24 hours, according to provincial health officials.

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COVID-19: Some Foothills hospital cardiac patients being diverted to Edmonton

With nearly 300 health-care workers in isolation due to COVID-19 outbreaks at Calgary’s Foothills hospital, some cardiac patients are being diverted to Edmonton due to staffing restraints. Lauren Pullen reports.

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Fears increasing cases could overwhelm Ontario hospitals

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is facing pressure from health officials to tighten restrictions as a second COVID-19 wave hits the province. Eric Sorensen looks at how economic fears are stacking up against fears the health-care system could be overwhelmed.

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Renfroe slam helps Rays sweep young Blue Jays in 1st round

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Hunter Renfroe hit a grand slam and the top-seeded Tampa Bay Rays won a postseason series for the first time in 12 years, overpowering the young Toronto Blue Jays 8-2 Wednesday to finish a two-game sweep of their AL wild-card matchup.Renfroe launched the first playoff grand slam in franchise history during a six-run second inning.

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New COVID-19 outbreak at Vancouver care home where 13 died

COVID-19 at a long-term care home in downtown Vancouver that was the site of one of B.C.’s worst outbreaks of the disease last spring.Vancouver Coastal Health declared a new outbreak in the special care unit of Haro Park Centre on Tuesday. B.C.

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Pelosi and Mnuchin have 'extensive' talks on new COVID-19 relief package

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin held an “extensive conversation" Wednesday on a huge COVID-19 rescue package, meeting face to face for the first time in more than a month in a last-ditch effort to seal a tentative accord on an additional round of coronavirus relief.After a 90-minute meeting in the Capitol, Pelosi issued a statement saying the two would continue to talk. “We found areas where we are seeking further clarification," she said.“We made a lot of progress over the last few days.

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B.C. reports 125 new cases of COVID-19, number in hospital edges upward

COVID-19 on Wednesday.In a written statement, health officials said the number of deaths linked to the coronavirus remained unchanged at 234.The number of active cases edged up slightly from Tuesday to 1,284, while another 3,202 people remained in isolation due to potential exposure. B.C.

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Premier Doug Ford calls new COVID-19 modelling data ‘troubling’

Ontario has released modelling data which the premier is calling “deeply concerning.” The numbers show an upwards trend, but health experts say it’s not too late to change the trajectory of the virus. Miranda Anthistle reports.

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A's hold off Abreu, White Sox 5-3, force series to Game 3

OAKLAND, Calif. – Marcus Semien and Khris Davis homered early and the Oakland Athletics held off José Abreu and the Chicago White Sox in the late innings for a 5-3 win Wednesday that sent their AL playoff series to a deciding Game 3.A's reliever Jake Diekman walked home a run in the ninth, then retired the big-hitting Abreu on a sharp grounder to end it and even the best-of-three wild-card matchup at 1-all.Game 3 is Thursday at the Coliseum.The White Sox went 14-0 in the regular season against left-handed starters during the regular season and beat southpaw Jesús Luzardo in the opener.

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California wildfire evacuees return home to find devastation

SANTA ROSA – Nikki and Kevin Conant returned to their home in California's wine country Wednesday to find only the charred remains of their home and wine-barrel repurposing business.“It was like a part of me is gone, burnt up in the fire. Everything we built here, everything we made here is gone," Nikki Conant said.

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Fans to be allowed at World Series, NLCS in Arlington, Texas

NEW YORK – Fans can take themselves out to the ball game for the first time this season during the NL Championship Series and World Series at new Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Major League Baseball said Wednesday that about 11,500 tickets will be available for each game.

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‘The Conners’ Cope With The Pandemic In First Look At Sitcom’s New Season

“The Conners” is one of the first TV series — and the first multi-camera sitcom — to get back into production amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and Wednesday brought a first look at what fans of the “Roseanne” spinoff can expect to see in the third season.

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Patients diverted to other hospitals as Calgary’s Foothills COVID-19 outbreaks continue to grow

COVID-19 outbreaks at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary.As of Tuesday, 290 health-care workers were quarantined and monitoring for symptoms of the novel coronavirus in relation to the outbreak. Alberta Health Services said it would update the number of staff isolating twice weekly.

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Toronto council approves COVID-19 measures targeting, assisting restaurant industry

At its September meeting, Toronto city council approved new regulations to help stall the spread of COVID-19 in the hospitality sector. But the move came with added calls for support for restaurants and more. Matthew Bingley reports.

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House approves second bill aimed at forced labor in China

WASHINGTON – For the second time in two weeks, the House on Wednesday approved a bill aimed at cracking down on U.S. imports of goods made with the forced labor of detained ethnic minorities in China.The bill would require publicly traded companies in the U.S.

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‘Move to Canada’ searches explode during chaotic Trump-Biden debate

Donald Trump and Joe Biden during Tuesday night’s debate, many were considering a third option: move to Canada.Google data shows a huge spike in “move to Canada” as a search term on Tuesday night, with traffic exploding shortly after the debate started at 9 p.m. Eastern Time.

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Coronavirus: 2nd wave likely to extend delays for surgeries at McMaster Children’s hospital

COVID-19 in the community could further hamper the hospital’s efforts to catch-up on a backlog of surgeries and procedures created by the pandemic.Bruce Squires told Global News that a mid-March hold on non-essential surgical procedures – to free up bed space and limit the spread of the virus in hospitals – resulted in the cancellation of 58 per cent of surgeries and 70 per cent of procedures at McMaster Children’s.“We saw the number of kids that were waiting beyond what we would call a clinically acceptable wait time,” Squires said. Ontario reports 625 new coronavirus cases as province continues on upward trend “The short version of that, waiting too long went up by 133 percent.

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Coronavirus: Quebec Premier Legault introduces new restrictions for people in ‘red zones’

Quebec Premier François Legault on Wednesday introduced new restrictions for people living in “red zones,” which are regions with the highest concentration of COVID-19 cases, amid a rising number of COVID-19 cases. As of midnight on Thursday, he said people in these areas will no longer be allowed to invite people into their homes and outdoor gatherings will be banned.

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Mother shot dead through window of 3rd floor Queens apartment

NEW YORK - The NYPD is investigating the shocking shooting death of a woman struck in the neck by a bullet that went through the window of her seventh-floor apartment in Jackson Heights, Queens.Bertha Arriaga's 14-year-old son told police he heard a commotion and loud noises at about 12:45 a.m. Wednesday outside their building at 91-16 34 Avenue.

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Parents say one New Castle County school district is providing unfair choices for students

WILMINGTON, Del. - The clock is ticking for parents in one New Castle County school district. They’ve got until Friday to decide either remote or in-person learning for their kids.“Don’t rush a decision,” said Kira Rose.Rose has a 10th grade son enrolled at the Red Clay School District in Delaware.

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Pilot program aimed to allow more N.B. seniors to live at home hopes to expand

New Brunswick seniors stay in their homes longer would like to expand across the province.Nursing Homes Without Walls is a pilot project that provides support for 170 seniors in Southeast New Brunswick and those living along the Acadian Peninsula to allow them to stay in their homes rather than move to a nursing home.“Any problems that they have they can come to us and we help them sort it out,” said Pam Van Egmond, senior navigator for the Cape Tormentine region.

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Police: 1 dead, 1 wounded in Kingsessing shooting

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and another wounded in the city’s Kingsessing neighborhood.It happened at 55th and Kingsessing around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.Police say a 20-year-old man was shot multiple times.

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Coronavirus: 1 new case in Peterborough area, overall total increases to 121

novel coronavirus for Peterborough and area on Wednesday.That increases the overall case total to 121 for the health unit’s jurisdiction of Peterborough, Peterborough County, Hiawatha First Nation and Curve Lake First Nation.Of the health unit’s cases, 11 are active and 108 cases have been resolved. Latest COVID-19 modelling suggests Ontario could see around 1,000 cases a day in October An outbreak remains in effect at Fairhaven long-term care in Peterborough after a second employee tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The health unit also reports more than 29,150 people have been tested for the virus.

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Fredericton Food Bank prepares for surge in demand as CERB comes to an end

Canada’s Emergency Response Benefit funds come to end, more and more New Brunswickers are struggling to make ends meet amid the coronavirus pandemic, and food banks in New Brunswick are gearing up for a surge in demand.Fredericton Food Bank says there’s been an increase in the number of users since the pandemic began.“We’ve seen people in these last seven months who have never been to a food bank in their entire lives, they’ve been gainfully employed,” said executive director Alex Boyd.Food bank volunteer Linda Wood said new users are a mix of students who are isolating, seniors and others who don’t have enough.

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Astros sweep as Twins lose 18th straight in playoffs

MINNEAPOLIS – Carlos Correa hit a two-out, tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning for the Houston Astros, who produced another stifling pitching performance and swept Minnesota with a 3-1 victory Wednesday that sent the Twins to a record 18th straight postseason loss.Nine months after Houston's rules-breaking, sign-stealing system was revealed, the Astros advanced to the Division Series in Los Angeles. As the sixth seed, they'll face the Oakland Athletics or Chicago White Sox in a best-of-five matchup starting Monday at Dodger Stadium.The Twins are 0-18 in the playoffs since winning Game 1 of their Division Series at the New York Yankees on Oct.

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Serious consequences of delayed aortic valve replacement in pandemic spelled out

Two research letters published today in JAMA Network Open describe the serious ramifications of deferring transaortic valve replacement (TAVR) for patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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