MIDDLESEX, Vt. – The town meeting, for centuries, was a staple of New England life — but the coronavirus pandemic could accelerate the departure from the tradition where people gather to debate everything from the purchase of local road equipment to multimillion-dollar budgets to pressing social issues.

The basis of the town meeting is to bring everyone together in the same room — sometimes a literal town hall, sometimes a school gymnasium — where voters will hash out local issues until a decision is made.

The restrictions on in-person gatherings imposed by the pandemic make that impossible. Some communities are delaying meetings this year until the virus will, hopefully, be more under control.

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Ontario reports 17 more COVID-19 deaths as total surpasses 7,000 since start of pandemic

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How will Prince Harry and Meghan make their money, now that royal duties are behind them?

As Prince Harry and Meghan Markle recently completed their North America transition, many things have changed for them, including from where they are getting their income.

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Solid sign-ups for Biden's new 'Obamacare' coverage offer

WASHINGTON – More than 200,000 people signed up for coverage in the first two weeks after President Joe Biden re-opened HealthCare.gov as part of his coronavirus response, the government said Wednesday.

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Construction resumes on Universal Orlando's Epic Universe

ORLANDO, Fla. - It looks like Universal Orlando's fourth theme park is back under construction after stopping during the pandemic. Universal Orlando announced on Wednesday that work is resuming on its Epic Universe. The company says the restart will begin immediately but is expected to take several months before reaching full-speed "as Universal re-staffs for the project and reassembles its vendor and contractor teams."RELATED: Construction on Universal Orlando’s new Epic Universe theme park delayed due to coronavirus pandemicUniversal says the restart will result in hundreds of jobs within Universal and thousands of jobs across Central Florida.

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₹49,000 crore till Feb amid pandemic

₹7.12 lakh crore so far in the current financial year, which is over 30% higher than what these states and union territories borrowed last year KOLKATA : The market borrowing by West Bengal in the 11 months of the current fiscal rose by 4% at ₹49,000 crore amid the COVID-19 pandemic, latest available data showed.The latest RBI data collated by Care Ratings shows that 28 states and two union territories collectively borrowed ₹7.12 lakh crore so far in the current financial year, which is over 30% higher than what these states and union territories borrowed last year.The West Bengal Finance department officials claimed that borrowings rose by only four per cent because of better financial management in difficult times by prioritising expenses

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Miss Universe competition to air live from Florida in May

NEW YORK – After a year and a half, the Miss Universe competition will return with a live telecast on May 16.

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Closure of 1.5 mn schools due to COVID impacted 247 mn children in India: UNICEF study

New Delhi: Closure of 1.5 million schools due to coronavirus pandemic and the resultant lockdowns in 2020 impacted 247 million children enrolled in elementary and secondary schools in India, a UNICEF report has found.Globally, schools for more than 168 million children have been completely closed for almost a full year, it said.The report stated that online education is not an option for all as only one in four children has access to digital devices and internet connectivity.

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Dr. Oz, Port Authority officer revive passenger at Newark airport

NEW JERSEY - A man who went into cardiac arrest at Newark Liberty International Airport was saved due to quick work by Port Authority Police Officers and Dr. Mehmet Oz, who just happened to be in the airport at the same time.It happened at approximately 11:07 p.m.

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Covid-19 update: Karnataka records 528 new cases,3 deaths push toll to 12,346

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Mass Covid-19 testing in Moston and Harpurhey uncovers 31 new cases

direct to your inboxMore than 30 new Covid-19 cases have been found in an area of north Manchester where a new strain of the virus was discovered. The cases were discovered as part of a mass testing programme to contain the further spread of the virus in Moston and Harpurhey, which is being wound down today (March 3).

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Universal Orlando resumes work on Epic Universe, resort’s 4th theme park

ORLANDO, Fla. – Universal Orlando on Wednesday announced that work is resuming on Epic Universe, the resort’s fourth park “that will create an entirely new level of theme park entertainment.”

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Las Vegas Sands sells the Venetian, Sands Expo for $6.25B

Las Vegas Sands is selling the Venetian casino resort and Sands Expo and Convention Center for $6.25 billion.

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UK economy to regain pre-pandemic size earlier than forecast - Sunak

The UK economy is expected to regain its pre-pandemic size in the middle of next year, six months earlier than previously forecast, finance minister Rishi Sunak said today in his annual budget speech.

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Scottish Government announce 35 coronavirus deaths in Scotland amid 543 new cases

coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Scottish Government has announced.Jeane Freeman also announced 543 new cases of the virus have been identified overnight across the country.Since the start of the pandemic, 7, 371 people have lost their lives to coronavirus in Scotland with total positive cases in Scotland 203,555.A total of 750 people are being treated in hospital, with 65 in ICU.It comes after Nicola Sturgeon announced all school kids in Scotland will go back to the classroom after the Easter holidays.During her statement to MSPs at Holyrood the First Minister said lockdown across the country could be accelerated after cases continued to fall.She said there was "good evidence" the national vaccination programme was already reducing

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US lawmakers introduce new bill aimed at making Puerto Rico a state

ORLANDO, Fla. – A group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill have introduced a new bill that would give Puerto Rico statehood.

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Shining discovery: Glow-in-the-dark sharks found off New Zealand

NEW ZEALAND – Scientists have made a shining discovery in the waters off New Zealand.

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'Scared' funeral boss says relatives 'secretly have Covid but still attend services'

A funeral director has lifted the lid on the "forgotten trade" of the pandemic - saying she's had people confess to having Covid after attending a service.

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Hungary pulls its ruling party out of EU's conservatives

BUDAPEST – Hungary’s governing party pulled out of its conservative group in the European Union’s legislature on Wednesday following years of conflict over the rule of law and European values.

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UK Treasury boss to extend job support, tax breaks in budget

LONDON – Britain’s treasury chief is expected to extend job support programs and temporary tax cuts to help workers and businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic when he delivers his budget to Parliament on Wednesday.

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Fiat Chrysler, PSA profits dropped in pandemic before merger

MILAN – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Peugeot on Wednesday reported their last financial statements as independent companies, each contributing full-year profits of around 2 billion euros to the new company, Stellantis, formed in January.

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Asian airlines remain worst hit by covid-19 pandemic

Air passenger traffic in Asia, including in India, remains the worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with January traffic slumping 94.6% year-on-year, aviation lobby group IATA said in a statement.December air traffic was down 94.4% on year.Also Read | How citizen data led India’s covid battle"The region continued to suffer from the steepest traffic declines for the seventh consecutive month.

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NHS staff and care workers could be forced to have Covid jab under new plans

Ministers are discussing plans to force NHS workers to have coronavirus vaccines, according to reports.

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‘Nobody wants to take responsibility’: Calgary parents demand new southwest high school

Parents who are part the West Calgary Catholic High School Advocacy Group say their need for a new high school has been ignored for years. Carolyn Kury de Castillo explains.

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'We're a small hospital with a big heart': How Rochdale Infirmary is making sure thousands of patients who don't have Covid get urgent care in the pandemic

direct to your inboxOn the edge of the town centre, with the snow-capped Pennines looming in the far distance, Rochdale Infirmary is bustling with patients.From the first member of staff the Manchester Evening News encounters - Jimmy, who works as a groundsman, and knows everyone - to the clinicians, everyone is welcoming. The hospital has an important role in the coronavirus pandemic as a green (or Covid secure site), which has taken on essential surgery from other hospitals across Greater Manchester that otherwise would have been delayed.

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US brings forward vaccine goal, Brazil deaths hit new peak

The United States will have enough Covid-19 vaccines for its adult population by the end of May, President Joe Biden has said, while Brazil's troubles deepened as it registered its highest 24-hour death toll.

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Dubai developer Emaar to take over mall unit as coronavirus weighs

Emaar Properties PJSC, the Dubai-based developer of the world’s tallest tower, plans to take over its malls unit as the coronavirus pandemic exacerbates a property downturn in the Middle East business and tourism hub. The shares of both companies climbed.The developer, which already owns 85% of Emaar Malls, proposed to pay 0.51 share for every Emaar Malls share, valuing the business at 24 billion dirhams ($6.5 billion).

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Pandemic asks questions on our divided land

Borrowing some observations from the musical, Hamilton, 'It's Quiet Uptown' as we deal with The Unimaginable.

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Biden vows enough vaccine for all US adults by end of May

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccine for all adults by the end of May — two months earlier than anticipated — and he pushed states to get at least one shot into the arms of teachers by the end of March to hasten school reopenings.

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Fauci donates his personal 3D COVID-19 model to Smithsonian

WASHINGTON (AP) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of the U.S.

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Coronavirus India updates: Active cases goes up again, nearly 15,000 new cases in 24 hours

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‘Now is not the time to relax’: CDC director warns of possible 4th surge amid easing of COVID-19 restrictions

FILE - Socially-distant fans look on during the fifth inning of the MLB spring training game between the Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants on March 01, 2021 in Surprise, Arizona. RELATED: Scientists say COVID-19 could become endemic but pose less of societal threat over time"Please hear me clearly: At this level of cases, with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained.

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Canada adds 2,457 new coronavirus cases as country set to receive 1st AstraZeneca shots

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Unusual alliance pushes seeks policing reforms in New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. – Policing reforms are making for strange bedfellows in New Mexico as the co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and the conservative-backed nonprofit group Americans for Prosperity lobby for a bill to eliminate police immunity from lawsuits on civil rights violations.

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No new COVID-19 community cases; 2 cases in managed isolation

There are no new COVID-19 cases to report in the community.

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After dodging COVID-19 for months, the Toronto Raptors are feeling full force of pandemic

Toronto Raptors had largely dodged COVID-19 for the first half of an NBA season reeling from the global pandemic.But the Raptors are feeling the full force of it now, preparing to host the Detroit Pistons with a skeleton roster and coaching staff.Starters Fred VanVleet, Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby, plus Malachi Flynn and Patrick McCaw have all been ruled out of Toronto’s rescheduled game Wednesday against visiting Detroit, along with head coach Nick Nurse and most of his coaching staff.Asked what he’s learned from the team’s first major brush with the virus, GM Bobby Webster said: “That you don’t ever want to go through it again.

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Pandemic blamed for Canada’s biggest GDP drop

Canada’s real gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 5.4 per cent in 2020, far more than predicted at the start of the pandemic, and more than it ever has since the Great Depression.

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Alberta considers further extending time between doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Currently in Alberta, the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is being delayed up to 42 days – a decision that was made after supply issues earlier this year. As Julia Wong explains, that timeline could soon be expanded even further.

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Authorities search for 2 suspects wanted in home invasion, robbery in Gloucester City

CAMDEN COUNTY, N.J. - Authorities are searching for two suspects in connection with a home invasion and armed robbery in Gloucester City.It happened on the 300 block of Market Street on Feb. 28.The victims told detectives two masked men entered the residence around 2:15 a.m.

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NBA reveals All-Star skills, 3-point, dunk participants

Golden State’s Stephen Curry and Phoenix’s Devin Booker have been 3-point champions at All-Star weekend before, and they’ll try to win that trophy again Sunday.

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Alberta identifies 257 new COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths related to the disease Tuesday

Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw provides an update on the COVID-19 situation in the province on Tuesday. The province recorded two more COVID-related deaths and 257 new cases of the disease.

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B.C. officials report 438 new cases of COVID-19, two additional deaths

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports 438 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, March 2, and two additional deaths in the last 24-hours. Dr. Henry also provides the latest update on the COVID-19 vaccines administered so far.

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2 Philadelphia men charged in fatal crash on Tacony-Palmyra Bridge

Brandon Moore and Jonathan Ramos (Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office) BURLINGTON COUNTY, N.J. - Two Philadelphia men who were traveling at a high rate of speed on the Tacony-Palmyra bridge in December have been charged with causing a five-car collision that killed one of the drivers, according to prosecutors.Jonathan Ramos, 28, faces vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a fatal accident, causing death while driving with a suspended license, and related charges. Brandon Moore, 23, was charged with vehicular homicide and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.When police arrived on the scene on Dec. 28 around 7 p.m., they found a heavily damaged Honda Civic and discovered that the driver had been killed by the collision.

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Steel CEOs see demand surge building amid pandemic recovery

steel demand that the already bullish executive didn’t anticipate back in February.“I was optimistic two weeks ago, but what I learned the last couple weeks is the extent of the end market demand," Stelco Chief Executive Officer Alan Kestenbaum said Tuesday in a phone interview. “It’s there, and I think we’re going to see a historic rebound here as people get out and start living again."Also Read | How citizen data led India’s Covid battleIt’s a more exuberant tone for the CEO of the Hamilton, Ontario-based steelmaker, who was already upbeat about demand during the company’s Feb.

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UK's Sunak to promise 'whatever it takes' in new Covid budget plan

Rishi Sunak will promise on Wednesday to do "whatever it takes", including a five-month extension of Britain's huge jobs rescue plan, to steer the economy through what he hopes will be the final months of Covid restrictions.Sunak has already racked up Britain's highest borrowing since World War Two and will turn to the bond markets again in his budget speech, saying the task of fixing the public finances will only begin once a recovery is in sight.Also Read | How citizen data led India’s Covid battle"We're using the full measure of our fiscal firepower to protect the jobs and livelihoods of the British people," Sunak will say, according to excerpts of his speech which is due to begin around 1230 GMT."First, we will continue doing whatever

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Twins newcomer Happ back on mound after positive virus test

Eager for a fresh start with a new team, J.A. Happ needed to slow down before throwing a single pitch for the Minnesota Twins.

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Fauci presents his personal virus model to Smithsonian

WASHINGTON – Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of the U.S. government’s pandemic response, has donated his personal 3D model of the COVID-19 virus to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

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N.J. Gov. Murphy signs bill requiring schools teach diversity, inclusion

HADDONFIELD, N.J. - Governor Phil Murphy, with the stroke of a pen, signs a bill into law requiring diversity and inclusion to be taught in New Jersey schools."I think so! I mean, you’ve got to start somewhere," James Gaddy exclaimed.Gaddy likes the sound of the new law, as he works with young people through fitness and yoga. He calls the new diversity in education law a concrete step that long needed taking."So, I love where it’s actually being known that it is a law where it needs to be taken more seriously.

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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

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