President Joe Biden has backed some measures that may offer them help. The Protecting the Right to Organize Act would make it easier for workers to unionize and collectively bargain, even if their companies claim they are contractors rather than employees.

But it faces a tough passage through the Senate, with Democrats short of votes to overcome a filibuster on top of a backlash from business.

The National Retail Federation called it the “worst bill in Congress." Another bill in the Senate would allow big-name gig corporations to provide benefits to workers who aren’t formally employees -- but only for the duration of

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Extracurricular school activities, non-emergent surgeries set to resume in Ontario

The chief medical officer of health announced Thursday that extracurricular school activities and non-urgent, non-emergent surgeries are set to resume in Ontario. Erica Vella reports.

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Timeline to lift all COVID-19 measures in Ontario coming soon, top doctor says

Ontario’s top doctor says a timeline for lifting all COVID-19 measures in the province is coming soon.Dr. Kieran Moore was asked during a COVID-19 media briefing Thursday whether the public can expect an update soon on when measures, including masking and the proof of vaccination system, will be lifted.“We will be reviewing the evidence and … the evidence is showing we’re making remarkable improvement in all of the key metrics in Ontario and that forces us to review all public health measures that are in play,” Moore said.

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Doctors and travel industry urge Canadian government to ease travel restrictions

Medical officials and members of the travel industry are calling on the Canadian government to ease travel restrictions for fully vaccinated people. Shallima Maharaj reports.

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Fast and Furious’ Tyrese Gibson Shares Updates As His Mother Fights For Her Life With Covid And Pneumonia In The Hospital

Instagram, informing us that at this point the doctors have done everything that they can to help her. It seems at this point it’s just a case of waiting to see if it has been enough. Tyrese certainly is not losing faith.

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Virginia deputy attorney general resigns after social media posts praising Jan. 6 rioters surface

Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherAccording to The Post, Monique Miles falsely claimed Donald Trump won the election, praised the Capitol rioters as "patriots" and espoused conspiracy theories about voter fraud on Facebook. The newspaper reported it had obtained screenshots of the posts, authenticated them with people who interacted with Miles, and shared them with the office of Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares.A spokeswoman for Miyares confirmed Miles’ resignation and said that her posts had been unknown to the office before Thursday morning."The Attorney General has been very clear - Joe Biden won the election and he has condemned the January 6th attack," spokeswoman Victoria LaCivita said in a statement to The Associated Press.READ MORE: Virginia's new attorney general removes 2 lawyers at public universitiesThe Post reported that the social media comments from Miles were not publicly visible but that Miles said they had not been deleted.Miles, who could not immediately be reached by the AP for comment, told The Post in an email that the posts were being taken out of context and were shared in a "character assassination to stir up controversy.""The posts were made at a time when the news was still developing re: the facts around the election, the court cases, the Rally on the Ellipse and what happened at the capitol," Miles said in the email, the Post reported.

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Kanye West threatens to pull out of Coachella after Billie Eilish disses Travis Scott at concert

Los Angeles - Ye, commonly known as Kanye West, is threatening to cancel his performance at Coachella over comments Billie Eilish made about rapper Travis Scott at a recent concert.The rapper posted a screenshot to his Instagram Thursday regarding Eilish’s reported comments about Scott at a concert in Atlanta. "Billie Eilish dissed Travis Scott at her concert after she stopped the show to give her fan an inhaler! ‘I wait for the people to be okay before I keep going,’" the post West screenshotted read. In the comments, West wrote, "COME ON BILLIE WE LOVE YOU PLEASE APOLOGIZE TO TRAV AND TO THE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES."He continued: "NO ONE INTENDED THIS TO HAPPEN TRAV DIDN’T HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN HE WAS ON STAGE AND WAS VERY HURT BY WHAT HAPPENED AND YES TRAV WILL BE WITH ME AT COACHELLA BUT NOW I NEED BILLIE TO APOLOGIZE BEFORE I PERFORM." At a recent concert, Eilish was seen stopping her show to make sure a fan who could not breathe was given an inhaler and seemingly dissed Travis Scott by saying "I wait for the people to be OK before I keep going."Billie Eilish performs onstage during her "Happier Than Ever" tour opener at Smoothie King Center on February 03, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation) Scott was the headliner for the sold-out Astroworld Festival in NRG Park in Houston in November, which was attended by an estimated 50,000 people.

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Super Bowl 2022: Bengals try for first title against hometown Rams

Helmets of the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals sit in front of the Lombardi Trophy. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - And then there were two. On Sunday, Feb.

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Nevada, Vegas casinos rescind mask mandates effective immediately

LAS VEGAS - Nevada and its casinos have rescinded requirements for people to wear masks in public, joining most other U.S. states lifting restrictions that were imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus.Democratic Gov.

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Quebec opposition parties call for end of COVID-19 state of emergency

Quebec logs 35 new deaths as hospitalizations continue to drop Health Minister Christian Dubé has said he would introduce a bill in March to lift the state of emergency, but he has also said it would be up to the opposition as to whether the legislation passes before June.Eric Duhaime, the leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec, which has one seat in the province’s legislature but has seen its support rise in recent polls, said he thinks the government is delaying the introduction of the bill to avoid scrutiny.Quebec’s Public Health Act requires the government to submit a report on the state of emergency, including details about contracts that were awarded without public tenders, within a specific period after the emergency order is lifted. If the bill is passed in June, Duhaime told reporters in Quebec City on Thursday that the government could avoid tabling that report until after an October election.“The (legislature) will not be in session until November,” he said.

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COVID-19: Peterborough reports 1 new death, 18 in hospital, 2 resolved outbreaks

Peterborough Public Health reported a new death and hospitalized case along with 26 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to data released late Thursday afternoon. Timeline to lift all COVID-19 measures in Ontario coming soon, top doctor says The health unit’s COVID-19 tracker, issued at 4:22 p.m., reported the following data for the jurisdiction of Peterborough, Peterborough County, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation: 54 since the pandemic was declared. The health unit says death reported Thursday was a woman in her 90s who was vaccinated.: 26 since the Wednesday, Feb.

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COVID-19: Ontario’s top doctor says province will be advised as soon as next week on plan to lift measures

Dr. Kieran Moore was asked on Thursday about the eventual removal of COVID-19 restrictions in the province, including mask mandates and proof of vaccination.

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Beijing Olympics 2022: Canada brings home multiple medals on day 6 including in skiing and snowboard

Canada brought home another four more medals on day 6 of the Beijing Olympics with a bronze in freestyle skiing, a bronze in speed skating, a bronze in alpine skiing — a first-time podium placement for the country in the event — and a silver in snowboard cross.

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CDC readies for COVID-19 vaccine in youngest kids

The Washington Post is reporting that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials are telling vaccine providers to prepare for a Feb 21 rollout of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months to 4 years, just 1 week after advisers from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are set to vote on an emergency authorization of the vaccine.

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NCAA athletics not linked to increased COVID-19, data suggest

A cross-sectional study of more than half a million National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 athletes and 3.5 million nonathletes suggests that participation in collegiate athletics was not tied to higher COVID-19 test positivity in the 2020-21 academic year.

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Ontario to resume non-urgent surgeries following drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations

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Schools get green light to resume extra-curricular activities

On Thursday, due to a decrease in COVID-19 cases and higher rate of youth vaccinations, Ontario’s top doctor Dr. Kieran Moore announced schools have the green light to resume extra-curricular activities such as sports and musical practices – to which students could remove their face masks.

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Bob Saget’s Autopsy Report Reveals He Tested Positive For COVID-19 At Time Of Death

Bob Saget’s autopsy report showed that he had contracted COVID-19 at the time of his death. The report, which showed that he’d died from head trauma and internal injuries, also found that a test on his respiratory system showed that he was positive for COVID when he died on January 9.

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COVID-19 leads to stillbirths in infected women, destroys placenta, study finds

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Astra: Payloads failed to reach orbit following company's first Florida launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astra Space, Inc. launched its first rocket from Florida on Thursday marking a historic milestone for the Alameda, California-based company.

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Police solve 1964 rape, murder of Pennsylvania girl with DNA, volunteer

HAZLETON, Pa. - DNA and a 20-year-old genealogy expert helped state police identify the man who abducted, raped and murdered a young girl in a case that rattled a Pennsylvania coal town nearly six decades ago, officials announced Thursday.State police exhumed the long-dead assailant's body last month and said his DNA precisely matched DNA left on the jacket of the victim, 9-year-old Marise Ann Chiverella, who was snatched on the morning of March 18, 1964, as she walked to school in Hazleton, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) north of Philadelphia.Her body was found that afternoon in a nearby waste coal pit. Authorities say she was raped and strangled.Police identified her killer as James Paul Forte, a bartender with a record of violent sexual assault, who died of natural causes in 1980 at age 38.

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Masks help prevent COVID-19, yet another study shows

ATLANTA - While several studies already show that face masks and respirators effectively filter virus-sized particles and help reduce the spread of COVID-19 transmission, yet, another study is backing this evidence up. According to a study, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week, consistent use of a face mask or respirator in indoor public settings was associated with lower odds of a positive COVID-19 test. The study enrolled randomly selected California residents who had received a test result for COVID-19 between Feb. 18, 2021 and Dec.

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Piers Morgan feels ‘deep unease’ over Queen Covid fears after Charles tests positive

Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan has opened up on his fears for the Queen after Prince Charles tested positive for Covid-19 just two days after seeing her. Piers said he feels "deep unease" about the news.It is the second time Charles has contracted the virus, testing positive on Thursday (February 10) morning.

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COVID-19: Dropping First Nations infections brings hope Omicron wave has passed

Patty Hajdu says the number of COVID-19 infections in First Nations communities has begun to decline, bringing hope that the worst of the Omicron wave has passed.Hajdu says she understands why Indigenous leaders are sounding an alarm that progress could be lost in regions where provincial governments are rapidly moving to lift public health orders.“Indigenous leaders obviously are concerned,” Hajdu said during a news conference Thursday. High anxiety levels expected in Canadians wary of COVID restrictions lifting - experts Daily active case counts in Indigenous communities have declined 13.2 per cent from last week.

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News Scan for Feb 10, 2022

A study in Qatar estimates that previous COVID-19 infection imparts 56% protection against future symptomatic infection caused by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, down from about 90% for other SARS-CoV-2 strains.The study, published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medici

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COVID-19: Saskatchewan weekly report shows 5,401 new PCR-confirmed cases

COVID-19 update since Sunday, the Saskatchewan government reported 5,401 provincial PCR confirmed cases and 22 new deaths between Jan. 30 and Feb.

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Trucker protest could impact Super Bowl fans, officials warn

Super Bowl this weekend. The DHS said in a bulletin sent to local and state law enforcement agencies that it has received reports that truckers are planning to "potentially block roads in major metropolitan cities" in a protest against vaccine mandates and other issues. DHS said the convoy could begin in Southern California as early as this weekend, possibly disrupting traffic around the Super Bowl, and reach Washington in March in time for the State of the Union, according to a copy of Tuesday’s bulletin obtained by The Associated Press. It said that the protest could be disruptive and tie up traffic but that there have been no calls for violence. Meanwhile, the truck blockade by Canadians protesting the country’s COVID-19 restrictions is tightening the screws on the auto industry, forcing Ford, General Motors and other car companies to shut down plants or otherwise reduce production on both sides of the U.S.

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COVID-19: MLHU offering choice of Pfizer, Moderna vaccine at all its clinics

Middlesex-London Health Unit said Thursday that anyone who visits any of its vaccine clinics will be able to choose between the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.However, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is currently the only COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada for children aged five to 11 years old. COVID-19 vaccine and booster tracker: How many Canadians are vaccinated? The MLHU’s decision impacts all of the health unit’s mass vaccination clinics, as well as the pop-up vaccination clinics hosted by the Middlesex-London Paramedic Service and the Community Hub COVID-19 vaccination clinics in schools.Since late December, the MLHU had been prioritizing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people age 29 and under and providing the Moderna vaccine to clients 30 and over, citing limited supply of the Pfizer vaccine.The health unit is hoping the ability to choose will help increase vaccine availability and uptake, noting that only 51.9 per cent of eligible residents aged 18 and older had received a third dose as of Jan.

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$20K reward offered for suspects in shooting death of 18-year-old in North Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department are offering a $20,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in a homicide from January. According to police, the department is working to identify the people responsible for the death of an 18-year-old woman on Jan. 13, 2022.

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Biden to call on Congress to lower prescription drug prices

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Thursday will call on Congress to act on legislation gearing toward lowering prescription drug prices, including allowing Medicare to negotiate the prices it pays for drugs and imposing a penalty on drug companies that raise their prices faster than inflation.In his speech, Biden is set to "lay out his vision for reducing the high cost of prescription drugs" as part of his Build Back Better agenda, the White House said.In a fact sheet, the White House said Medicare should be able to "negotiate the price for a subset of expensive drugs that don’t face any competition in the market." Medicare negotiators would be given a framework for what constitutes a fair price for each drug — and there should be

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Employers charging unvaccinated workers higher health care costs, consultants find

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Airlines split on COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees

In a bid to encourage companies to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for employees, President Joe Biden will meet with United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby and other business owners who have announced mandates today at the White House.

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US Pentagon to mandate Covid-19 vaccine for military

The Pentagon has said it will make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for all members of the US military by mid-September, amid an alarming surge in infections by the Delta variant.

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Weekend Senate session stretches on to pass $1T infrastructure bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators will resume a weekend session toward passage of a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package after running into opposition from a few Republicans who want to drag out final votes on one of President Joe Biden’s top priorities.The measure would provide what Biden has called a "historic investment" in public works programs, from roads and bridges to broadband internet access, drinking water and more. In a rare stroke of bipartisanship, Republicans joined Democrats on Saturday to advance the measure and more votes are expected Sunday.

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Senate clears vote threshold to advance $1T infrastructure bill toward passage

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate moved closer to passing a $1 trillion infrastructure package Saturday after lawmakers from both parties came together and voted to clear a key procedural hurdle. More votes will be needed before Senate passage of one of President Joe Biden’s top priorities.The measure would provide a massive injection of federal money for a range of public works programs, from roads and bridges to broadband internet access, drinking water and others.

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Covid-19: Half of US population fully vaccinated, says White House

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US President Joe Biden to announce new eviction ban due to Covid-19 spread

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US has sent more than 110M vaccines to 60 countries, White House says

WASHINGTON - The United States has donated and shipped more than 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 60 countries worldwide, the White House announced on Tuesday.The Biden administration said in a statement that the donations to countries ranging from Afghanistan to Zambia are "just the beginning." At the end of August, the U.S.

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US hits vaccine milestone as 70% of US adults now have at least 1 dose

WASHINGTON - The United States hit a notable milestone on Monday in its urgent vaccination effort against COVID-19: 70% of U.S. adults have now received at least one dose of a vaccine. The U.S.

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COVID-19 vaccine incentive: Biden calls for $100 payout to newly vaccinated

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden called on local governments Thursday to draw from COVID-19 relief funds to give $100 to newly vaccinated people, hoping to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country. Local governments can pull from their State and Local Recovery Funds issued through the American Rescue Plan, Biden said in remarks on Thursday. The American Rescue Plan has allocated $350 billion to help local governments respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The cash reward for vaccination was one idea in Biden’s latest plan to boost lagging vaccination rates in many parts of the nation.

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Biden urges cash reward to get vaccinated, new rules for federal workers

US President Joe Biden has urged local governments to pay people to get vaccinated against Covid-19, and set new rules requiring federal workers to provide proof of vaccination or face regular testing, mask mandates and travel restrictions.

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Biden, corporate America launch tactics to get more people vaccinated

COVID-19 vaccinations have stalled in the U.S., where cases are resurging.

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Biden calls on states to offer $100 COVID-19 vaccine incentive

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday called on states to provide people who get vaccinated with $100, as an incentive to encourage more people to get the shot.

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Biden tells federal workers to get vaccinated or face weekly COVID-19 testing

Speaking on Thursday about the U.S. government’s next steps in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, President Joe Biden said federal government employees would need to “attest to their vaccination status” or face weekly COVID-19 testing.

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Biden: Federal workers must get COVID-19 vaccine

President Joe Biden today announced all civilian federal workers and contractors need to be vaccinated against COVID-19, or face regular testing, mandatory mask wearing, and limits on travel. The president also announced a new incentive program that calls on states and territories to give the newly vaccinated $100 when they get the shot.

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Biden sets COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers, directs DOD to do same

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden announced Thursday that millions of federal workers must show proof of having received a COVID-19 vaccine or submit to regular testing, social distancing, masking and restrictions on travel. Biden is also directing the Pentagon to determine how and when the COVID-19 vaccine will be made mandatory for members of the U.S. military.Until now, defense leaders have said that the vaccine will remain voluntary for troops around the world until the Food and Drug Administration gives final approval to the drug.

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White House says ‘we see ourselves as a model for other companies’ as Biden expected to mandate vaccines for federal employees

White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday that “we see ourselves as a model for other companies and organizations” after news broke that President Joe Biden is expected the mandate COVID-19 vaccines or regular testing for federal employees.

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Biden plans to require COVID-19 vaccine for federal workers or take regular tests

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is expected to announce on Thursday that millions of federal workers must show proof of having received a COVID-19 vaccine or submit to regular testing, social distancing, masking and restrictions on travel. An individual familiar with the president’s plan spoke on the condition of anonymity with the Associated Press. The official emphasized that the new guidance is not a vaccine mandate for federal employees and that those who decide not to get vaccinated aren’t at risk of being fired.On Wednesday, the Biden administration was still reviewing details of the expected guidance, and significant questions about its implementation and scope remained.

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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

End of Covid safety net sends gig workers back to square one

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