WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden plans to lay out new steps to stem a rising national tide of violent crime, with a particular focus on gun violence, as administration officials brace for what they fear could be an especially turbulent summer.The worry over crime is real and believed to be fueled by the pandemic, which has created economic hardship, displacement and anxiety.

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Assam govt abolishes all Covid curbs; reopens school, colleges today

Assam government had tightened Covid curbs to contain the transmission of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. The state prohibited the entry of non-vaccinated people to public places, except hospitals. It said that all people are required to carry proof of being fully vaccinated while visiting public places/spaces. The state had allowed classes 9-12 on alternate days and had suspended offline classes up to Class 8.

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In Mumbai, Omicron found in 95 per cent of latest covid samples

Omicron variant that triggered the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in late December and which has now ebbed in the metropolis, the city civic body said on Monday.

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Conestoga High School switches back to remote learning after school threatened over mask policy

Conestoga High School switched back to remote learning on Feb. 14 after the school received threats over its mask policy. BERWYN, Pa - Conestoga High School switched back to remote learning Monday after the school reported receiving threats. School officials updated the community with a special announcement from Superintendent Dr.

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Alberta students return to class with no mask mandate

Alberta kids who went back to class on Monday had one less thing to pack: a face mask. Morgan Black has more on the first day of the masking mandate in schools being dropped.

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The Ontario government has announced it will be fast tracking its reopening plans. Restaurant and gym owners react to the lifting capacity limits and vaccine mandates.

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Majority of Canadians want anti-mandate protestors to go home now: poll

New polling suggests Canadians have had enough of the protests, and while most indicate they’re tired of the mandates, few are happy with the way things have unfolded. Keith Baldrey has more on that side of the story.

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Ontario lays out plan to ease province’s COVID-19 public health restrictions

As hospitalizations linked to the Omicron variant decline, Ontario has unveiled its fast-tracked plans to remove pandemic restrictions on most businesses. Caryn Lieberman breaks down what rules are being lifted, which public spaces are affected, and the questions over what’s really motivating Premier Doug Ford.

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Edmonton police criticized for how convoy counter-protest was handled: ‘this is an operational choice’

Some people in Edmonton are angry with the way police handled the other side of the trucker convoy response on the weekend. While many drivers got away with blaring their horns and making noise in violation of a noise injunction, a large group of Edmonton Police Service officers showed up to threaten counter-protests with arrests and fines.

Premier Kenney steps up fight to win UCP leadership review

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is stepping up the fight to win his UCP looming leadership review. His chief of staff is stepping down to run a campaign to convince party members to keep Kenney.

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EPF & ETF NOT included in Surcharge Tax, assures Basil

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa on Monday (14) assured the Cabinet of Ministers that the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and the Employees’ Trust Fund (ETF) as well as 9 other funds will be exempted from the 25% Surcharge Tax proposed in the 2022 Budget.It had been proposed in the 2022 Budget to impose a 25% Surcharge Tax on individuals or companies earning an annual taxable income of Rs. 2,000 million or more.Concerns were voiced by experts, opposition politicians as well as members of the government itself that the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and the Employees’ Trust Fund (ETF) would also be subjected to the surcharge tax.They cited that any fund that exceeds Rs.

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Trucker protests: Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act for 1st time to aid convoy blockade response

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the never-before-used Emergencies Act on Monday, amid ongoing protests against COVID-19 restrictions.

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Photos: Kanye West, Drake and other celebrities at Super Bowl LVI

2 Chainz, Tyga, YG, Antonio Brown, Kanye West and North West attend Super Bowl LVI between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium on February 13, 2022 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)The Super Bowl is always one of the most-talked-about events of this year, drawing in a crowd from across the country.With the game taking place at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium, the halftime show wasn’t the only star-studded gathering.Celebrities from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who hyped up the crowd in his old wrestling persona and introduced the game, to Kanye West in his black full face mask were spotted.RELATED: Mickey Guyton gives powerful rendition of national anthem at Super Bowl 2022This year, getting into the Super Bowl at the last minute meant a big hit to the wallet.

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Russian skater can compete, medal ceremony won't be held amid doping case

Russia's Kamila Valieva attends a training session on February 13, 2022 prior the figure skating event at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games. (ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images) Russian teenager Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women's figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test, setting her up for an attempt at a second gold medal.Whatever happens on the ice, Valieva will not get a medal ceremony moment in Beijing.

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COVID-19: Saskatchewan businesses react to proof of vaccine requirement lifting

Saskatchewan government’s proof of vaccination health order, designed to stop the spread of COVID-19, is no longer in effect.That means Saskatchewan residents can attend events, go to restaurants and bar and work out with no limits.Business owners who spoke to Global News said they’re relieved — not because they think it’s the right or wrong thing to do, but because it’s one less thing they’re responsible for. Saskatchewan dropping proof of vaccination requirement “We’ve been operating throughout the entire pandemic and we’ve gotten pretty used to pivoting our business and changing on the fly,” Cierra Sieban-Shuback said.“So for us, it’s honestly moreso ‘normal’ than anything else.”Sieban-Shuback owns Living Skies Cannabis in Saskatoon.

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Nikki Bella Shares Health Update on Artem Chigvintsev's 'Terrifying' Pneumonia Battle (Exclusive)

Nikki Bella is opening up about fiancé Artem Chigvintsev's ongoing struggle with pneumonia. Nikki and her sister, Brie Bella, spoke with ET's Lauren Zima on Saturday at the 2022 Fanatics Super Bowl Party in Culver City, California, and the 38-year-old TV personality and pro wrestler shared some news about Artem's «terrifying» and persistent case of pneumonia.«He's doing well. He still has pneumonia, it's crazy!» Nikki shared.

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DCGI's expert committee recommends Corbevax Covid vaccine for 12-18 year age group: Report

Corbevax will be the second vaccine after Covaxin which has received EUA for those below 18 years of age. The Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company will be submitting data soon for clinical trials done on children aged below 12 years, the news agency added.

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COVID-19: Ontario dropping use of proof of vaccine March 1, masking to remain

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Monday that the province would drop the proof of vaccination requirement starting March 1, though masking would remain in place. Capacity limits will also be removed on restaurants, bars and other indoor venues on Feb.

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COVID-19: Challenge on lifting mask mandate in Alberta schools denied in court

Alberta students are no longer required to wear masks in school, and kids 12 and under don’t have to be masked in any setting.Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports on how students and parents reacted on Monday.

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Ontario fast tracks reopening plans

A few days ahead of schedule, Ontario will be moving forward with its reopening plans and within a few weeks, the province is scrapping the vaccine passport program. Caryn Lieberman reports.

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Trucker protests: Conservatives ‘concerned’ about Trudeau invoking Emergencies Act, Bergen says

Interim Conservative Party Leader Candice Bergen reacted Monday evening to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoking the Emergencies Act to help put an end to the anti-COVID-19 mandates protests. “Conservatives want to see the end of the blockades, we want them ended peacefully and quickly and in a way that Canadians feel that they’ve been listened to, heard and respected by their prime minister.

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DA: Bucks County man sentenced for selling guns he stole from unlocked cars

Bobby Andrew Johnson, 25, was sentenced to six to 15 years in state prison for selling five handguns he stole from unlocked cars in Bucks County. (Bucks County District Attorney's Office)BUCKS COUNTY, Pa - A 25-year-old man was sentenced to six to 15 years in state prison on Monday for stealing five handguns and selling them, authorities said. According to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office, Bobby Andrew Johnson, formerly of Richlandtown, stole handguns and other objects from unlocked cars in Upper Bucks County from April 2018 to September 2018.Johnson is accused of selling five stolen handguns, including one which was found at the home of a minor, according to the DA. During an investigation into stolen guns in multiple counties, police were led to Johnson, who admitted he took items from cars and made about $30,000 in profits. A previous 2015 felony burglary conviction also prevented Johnson from being able to possess a firearm. He pleaded guilty to multiple charges including five counts each of not to possess a firearm, illegal sale or transfer of firearms, theft by unlawful taking, theft from a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property. In addition to his sentence, Commons Pleas Judge Theodore C. Fritsch ordered Johnson to pay $1,785 in restitution.

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Allens Lane in Mount Airy rededicated to honor Black leader Richard Allen

PHILADELPHIA - A street in Mount Airy was rededicated Monday to honor Richard Allen, one of America’s most influential Black leaders. Allens Lane was originally named after former Philadelphia mayor William Allen. He was one of the wealthiest in Philadelphia during his time, using his money to support public interests including the building of Independence Hall and the establishment of the University of Pennsylvania. William Allen also opposed the Declaration of Independence and was a known slave owner. The street has now been rededicated to honor Richard Allen, a former slave who started the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which became the first national Black church denomination in the United States. Richard Allen fought endlessly for racial justice and equality.

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Police identify man shot and killed in Delaware gym parking lot

Police say 21-year-old Kwa’jree Turner was walking to his car outside of LA Fitness in Bear, Del. when someone shot him several times.

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More than 47,000 boosters given yesterday; 744 community cases; 40 in hospital

The Big Boost Week continues to see tens of thousands of people going out to get their booster dose each day. Yesterday, 47,573 booster doses were administered across the motu – that’s twice as many as Sunday – and brings the total so far to almost two million doses.

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Trump's accounting firm says financial statements 'contain discrepancies,' aren't reliable

Trump Tower, home to the Trump Organization, stands along Fifth Avenue on June 30, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) NEW YORK - The accounting firm that prepared former President Donald Trump’s annual financial statements says the documents, used to secure lucrative loans and burnish Trump's image as a wealthy businessman, "should no longer be relied upon" after New York's attorney general said they regularly misstated the value of assets.In a letter to the Trump Organization's lawyer Feb.

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California mask mandate ignored by high-profile celebrities spotted enjoying Super Bowl LVI

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Several high-profile celebrities were shown on NBC’s telecast of the Super Bowl flouting California’s indoor mask mandate.Social media erupted after seeing Jay-Z, Charlize Theron, LeBron James, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck enjoying themselves at the game without a mask while they were not eating or drinking, a violation of California’s indoor mask mandate that is in place until Feb. 15.Twitter users were quick to point out that children in California are forced to wear masks at schools where strict coronavirus restrictions include being forced to eat outside in the rain in some cases. "Here’s the video of every celebrity without a mask during the Super Bowl.

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Man, 21, driven to hospital by police after shooting in Hunting Park

A 21-year-old man was shot multiple times in the side Monday night in Hunting Park.

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Megadrought: American West's dry spell worsens to levels not seen in over a millennia

Nature Climate Change.The study calculated that 42% of this megadrought can be attributed to human-caused climate change."Climate change is changing the baseline conditions toward a drier, gradually drier state in the West and that means the worst-case scenario keeps getting worse," said study lead author Park Williams, a climate hydrologist at UCLA. "This is right in line with what people were thinking of in the 1900s as a worst-case scenario.

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Restaurant, gym owners react to lifting of capacity limits, vaccine mandates

On the heels of the Ford government’s announcement of the easing of restrictions, business owners in Ontario expressing a cautious optimism over the changes. Erica Vella reports.

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Biden to raise federal firefighter pay to $15 an hour ahead of wildfire season

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to temporarily raise pay for federal firefighters to ensure that no one fighting wildland fires is making less than $15 per hour, according to a senior administration official.Biden planned to announce plans for the higher pay -- and other moves to boost U.S. wildfire-fighting capacity and prevention efforts -- as he holds a virtual meeting Wednesday with governors from Western states to discuss what is shaping up to be a torrid wildfire season.

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President Joe Biden, First Lady will visit Surfside condo collapse site Thursday

SURFSIDE, Fla. - President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Surfside on Thursday to visit with the families of victims of the collapsed Miami-area condominium tower, according to the White House.Additional details, such as their time of arrival, will be announced later.Biden has offered federal help and extended his concerns to the community as people "grieve their lost loved ones and wait anxiously as search and rescue efforts continue," as he said in one tweet.The steady work of sifting through the remnants of the collapsed building stretched into a sixth day Tuesday.READ: Despite engineer’s 2018 warning, Surfside official deemed condo building in ‘good shape’AdvertisementTwo additional bodies were found Monday, raising

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White House begins final COVID-19 vaccine push

The White House launched a week-long blitz to encourage vaccination against COVID-19 this weekend, 1 week before the Fourth of July holiday, which the president has said will mark the country's independence from the pandemic.

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Biden supports federal investigation into Florida condo collapse

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden would back a federal investigation to determine what caused a condo to collapse in Surfside, Florida last Thursday, according to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. As of Monday, 10 people have been confirmed dead. More than 150 people remain missing."He does believe there should be an investigation," Psaki told reporters Monday.

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US airstrikes target Iran-backed militia groups in Syria, Iraq

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military, under the direction of President Joe Biden, carried out airstrikes against what it said were "facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups" near the border between Iraq and Syria, drawing condemnation from Iraq's military and calls for revenge by the militias.Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said the militias were using the facilities to launch unmanned aerial vehicle attacks against U.S.

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Biden names Jessica Stern as US special envoy for LGBTQ rights

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Friday named Jessica Stern to serve as the State Department’s U.S. special diplomatic envoy for LGBTQ rights ahead of planned remarks to commemorate Pride Month. Stern will work to ensure that U.S.

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Kamala Harris heads to US-Mexico border after criticism for absence

WASHINGTON - Kamala Harris faces perhaps the most politically challenging moment of her vice presidency Friday when she visits the U.S.

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Biden to urge vaccination in NC as US likely to miss original July 4 goal

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to visit North Carolina on Thursday to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations in the region as White House officials prepare to fall just short of his 70% goal by July 4. Biden will travel to a vaccination center in Raleigh to meet with workers and volunteers as part of a "national month of action" to drive up COVID-19 vaccines. The president will also give remarks at 5:15 p.m.

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White House reckons with COVID-19 vaccination drop-off as U.S. set to miss Biden’s goal

Joe Biden laid out a lofty goal to vaccinate 70% of American adults against COVID-19 by Independence Day, saying the U.S. would need to overcome “doubters” and laziness to do it.

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US President Joe Biden says he’ll use covid funds to hire cops to curb gun crime

Americans, to fulfill the first responsibility of a government in a democracy: to keep each other safe," Biden said at the White House. “Enough."

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Biden praises pro athletes Carl Nassib, Kumi Yokoyama for coming out

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden voiced his support this week for two professional athletes who recently announced that they’re part of the LGBTQ community, saying he’s "so proud" of their courage to publicly share their identities. "To Carl Nassib and Kumi Yokoyama — two prominent, inspiring athletes who came out this week: I'm so proud of your courage," Biden wrote on Twitter. "Because of you, countless kids around the world are seeing themselves in a new light today."Nassib, a defensive end for the Las Vegas Raider, came out as gay this week in a lengthy social media post — becoming the first active NFL player to do so. "I just want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay," the 28-year-old said in a video.

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Harris to make 1st visit to US-Mexico border Friday

WASHINGTON - Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday will make her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, her office announced, after she has faced criticism from members of both parties for failing to go there despite her role leading the Biden administration’s response to a steep increase in migration.Harris will visit the El Paso area, accompanied by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, according to a statement Wednesday from Harris senior adviser Symone Sanders.The visit comes as Harris has faced months of attacks from Republicans, and even some frustration from those in her own party, for declining to visit the area.

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Biden's effort to stem national tide of violent crime takes on law-breaking gun dealers

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is announcing new efforts to stem a rising national tide of violent crime as administration officials brace for what could be a turbulent summer, focusing on attacking gun violence, providing money to cities that need more police and offering community support.The worry over crime is real: It has created economic hardship, displacement and anxiety. But there are also tricky politics at play.

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Biden shares plan to ship remaining 55M COVID-19 vaccines globally

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is expected to fall short of his commitment to shipping 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad by the end of June because of regulatory and other hurdles, officials said as they announced new plans Monday for sharing the shots globally.The White House announced the final allocations for the doses, with 60 million shots going to the global COVAX vaccine sharing alliance and 20 million being directed to specific partners.

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Biden announces 300 million COVID-19 shots given in 150 days

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Joe Biden will announce 300 million COVID-19 shots have been administered in the 150 days since he took office on Jan. 20.But as Biden marks a new milestone in the fight against COVID-19 on Friday, another goal may fall short -- his self-imposed target to have 70% of Americans at least partially vaccinated by July 4.RELATED: Delta COVID variant expected to become dominant US strain, CDC saysThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 305 million vaccine doses had been administered as of June 1O.

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US Catholic bishops approve Communion document that could rebuke Biden

WASHINGTON - U.S. Catholic bishops approved the drafting of a "teaching document" that many of them hope will rebuke Catholic politicians, including President Joe Biden, for receiving Communion despite their support for abortion rights.The approval was announced Friday near the end of a three-day meeting of the U.S.

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Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden signed a bill into law on Thursday that will make Juneteenth, or June 19, a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. Biden signed into law a bill to make Juneteenth, or June 19, the 12th federal holiday. The House voted 415-14 on Wednesday to send the bill to Biden, while the Senate passed the bill unanimously the day before."This is a day of profound weight and profound power, a day in which we remember the moral stain, the terrible toll that slavery took on the country and continues to take," Biden said.Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — two months after the Confederacy had surrendered.

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Biden to sign bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday, marking end of slavery

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to sign a bill into law on Thursday that will make Juneteenth, or June 19, a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. Biden will sign the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act at 3:30 p.m. ET, according to the White House.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
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DOJ to target gun trafficking in Biden's push against violent crimes

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