Elisabeth PainFrance will launch an initiative to bring scientists and journalists closer together and boost public access to reliable information, according to a provision in a 10-year science plan that moved one step closer to parliamentary approval this week. “At a time when French society is crossed by currents of irrationality and doubts about progress and knowledge, the Government has chosen to resolutely reverse the trend,” the science ministry stated in the draft bill preamble.

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Santa Claus is coming to town: ‘Drive-thru’ plan revives London’s 2020 parade

Coronavirus: London cancels all parades, including Santa Claus, for the rest of 2020 Last week, the City of London announced it would not issue any permits for parades for the rest of 2020.This decision impacted the Remembrance Day parade and all three of London’s annual Santa Claus parades in Hyde Park, Argyle, and downtown.“A parade makes it difficult to stay within the limits identified for social gatherings, and can also make physical distancing difficult to maintain,” the City of London said in a statement.Merton said to keep people safe and prevent crowds from gathering, the only way people will be able to see the parade is if they remain in their cars.Organizers are not that surprised the parade had to be altered.

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Amazon sees its palm recognition tech in stadiums, offices

SEATTLE – Amazon has introduced new palm recognition technology in a pair of Seattle stores and sees broader uses in places like stadiums and offices. Customers at the stores near Amazon's campus in Washington can flash a palm for entry and to buy goods.

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Virus, strife prompt 'resiliency' funds in Black communities

SAN FRANCISCO – The modest cash grant Iguehi James received from the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce helped the clothing designer defray costs, including surge prices on elastic and fabric that jumped dramatically due to the pandemic.The application process was simple and she qualified for a $5,000 “resiliency” grant, despite being a solo practitioner with no employees or storefront. Along with the fiscal help, the grant reminded the 38-year-old novice entrepreneur that she is part of a community with a tradition of mobilizing to help members in times of distress.

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Coronavirus: Quebec City pulls advertising from controversial FM radio station

Quebec Mayor Régis Labeaume has taken to social media to explain why the city has decided to pull all advertising from the airwaves of CHOI Radio X, for what it considers inappropriate messaging when it comes to COVID-19.

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Trump White House recruited climate science critics to work at NOAA

Scott Waldman, E&E NewsOriginally published by E&E NewsAt least three prominent researchers who question the severity of climate change rebuffed the opportunity to take a senior position at the U.S.

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CMS Seeks Input on Recommended Quality Measures for Home- and Community-Based Services

Request for Information (RFI) on a Recommended Measure Set for Medicaid-Funded Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS).The RFI seeks feedback on potential benefits of and challenges that could result from a nationally available set of recommended quality measures for voluntary use by states, managed care organizations, and other entities engaged in the administration and/or delivery of Medicaid-funded home and community-based services (HCBS). CMS is also requesting stakeholder comment on the purpose and organization of the recommended measure set, the criteria used to select measures, and a preliminary draft set of measures for assessing the quality and outcomes of Medicaid-funded HCBS.Comments should be submitted electronically to

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Phillies eliminated from race by AL East champion Rays, 5-0

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The Latest: Rain disrupts French Open, except under new roof

PARIS – The Latest from the French Open (all times local):___11:30 a.m.The new roof over Court Philippe Chatrier is again proving its worth on Day 2 of the French Open.The court is hosting the only play as rain thwarted the start of all other matches at Roland Garros. Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and 118th-ranked Oceane Dodin were dry for their first-round match with Chatrier’s retractable roof deployed from the outset.No other matches started as scheduled on 12 other courts with rain falling and forecasters predicting dryer weather for the afternoon.

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California wildfires force evacuation of hundreds of homes, hospital in wine country

wind-driven wildfires erupted on Sunday in the heart of northern California’s Napa Valley wine country and spread across more than 1,000 acres (404 hectares), forcing the evacuation of several hundreds homes and a hospital, authorities said.Fire crews were out in force, scrambling to fend off flames threatening neighborhoods and vineyards in the northwest corner of the famed wine-growing valley, about 75 miles (120 km) north of San Francisco.The blaze, dubbed the Glass Fire, broke out before dawn near Calistoga and raced toward the adjacent towns of Deer Park and St. Helena, with flames advancing to within a mile of the Adventist Health St.

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Cardinals beat Brewers, both clinch postseason berths

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Joe Montana saves grandchild from alleged kidnapper inside Malibu home

SANTA CLARA, CA - DECEMBER 20: Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana looks on from the sidelines during an NFL football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium on December 20, 2015 in Santa Clara, Ca MALIBU, Calif. - NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana and his wife had to grab his baby granddaughter from the arms of an intruder inside his Malibu home to prevent her from being kidnapped, authorities said Sunday.Around 5 p.m.

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Wawrinka routs Murray in Slam champ matchup at French Open

PARIS – That Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka were back together on Court Philippe Chatrier, all these years and operations later, was something of an accomplishment — not to mention a rare first-round matchup between past Grand Slam champions.Only one, Wawrinka, played like it.Having no trouble smacking his one-handed backhand and other strokes through the thick air as the fall-time French Open got going Sunday, the barrel-chested Wawrinka needed just 97 minutes to overwhelm Murray 6-1, 6-3, 6-2.The six games collected by Murray equaled the fewest he has managed in any of his 237 career Grand Slam matches; that also happened in a loss at Roland Garros in 2014 against 12-time champion Rafael Nadal.“I’ll need to have a long, hard think,” said

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COVID-19 positivity rate higher for B.C. First Nations than other communities: health officials

COVID-19 positivity rate among First Nations people is rising higher than the rate among other British Columbians.The rate of positive cases among First Nations members was at 200 per 100,000 people as of Sept. 15, compared with 144 per 100,000 people among other British Columbians.

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Joe Montana saves grandchild from alleged kidnapper inside Malibu home, reports say

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana looks on from the sidelines during an NFL football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium on December 20, 2015 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W.

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The Latest: Kei Nishikori reaches 2nd round of French Open

PARIS – The Latest on the French Open (all times local):___5:25 p.m.Kei Nishikori has reached the second round of the French Open by beating 32nd-seeded Dan Evans 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-4 in a match featuring 15 breaks of serve.The 30-year-old Nishikori has reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros three times, including last year.

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Health-care delays from COVID-19 won’t improve without major fed support: Pallister

coronavirus pandemic has caused major backlogs and delays in accessing health care across the country and Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says things will only get worse without major federal help.In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, Pallister said the delays in accessing health care were a significant problem before the pandemic hit and that provinces do not have deep enough coffers to bring down wait times set to worsen as Baby Boomers age.“This is an emerging long-term problem. It’s worsened over years now and it’s going to get worse.

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Former champ Halep reaches French Open 2nd round, Goffin out

PARIS – Top-seeded Simona Halep won 10 straight games in beating Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4, 6-0 to reach the second round of the French Open on Sunday and extend her winning streak to 15 matches.Wearing thick black leggings and a long-sleeved pink jersey to combat the chilly conditions on Court Philippe Chatrier, the 2018 champion made a series of unforced errors and trailed 4-2.But then she found her range, clinching the first set with a hold to love and sealing victory on her first match point when her Spanish opponent clipped a forehand wide.She is ranked second but seeded first at Roland Garros because defending champion Ash Barty skipped coming to Paris because of coronavirus concerns.

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French hospitals delay operations to cope with COVID surge

PARIS – Hospitals in the Paris and Marseille regions are delaying some scheduled operations to free up space for COVID-19 patients as the French government tries to stem a rising tide of coronavirus infections, the health minister said Sunday.As restaurants and bars in Marseille prepared to shut down Sunday night for a week as part of scattered new French virus restrictions, Health Minister Olivier Veran insisted that the country plans no new lockdowns.Two Nobel Prize-winning economists proposed in Le Monde newspaper this weekend that France lock down its population for the first three weeks of December, to allow families to get together safely for the end-of-year holidays and “save Christmas.”In response, Veran said on LCI television that

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The Latest: Goffin and Sinner begin main draw at French Open

PARIS – The Latest on the opening day at the French Open:___Postponed and its crowds nearly all driven away, the French Open is finally underway, defying both the coronavirus and autumn rain with play for the first time under the new roof at the revamped Philippe Chatrier showpiece court.A crowd, if it could be called that, of around 150 spectators was on hand to see David Goffin, seeded 11th, and Jannik Sinner from Italy hit the first balls in main draw play Sunday under the Chatrier roof that means the French Open joins the other majors as being able to guarantee play in inclement weather.It will need it: the forecast is grim for the coming days of its covid-enforced autumn slot, pushed back from May and June.With only 1,000 spectators

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LEADING OFF: NL race down to final day — and maybe Monday

A look at what's happening around the majors Sunday:___LET'S GET IT SETTLEDSt. Louis, Milwaukee, San Francisco and Philadelphia enter the last day of the regular season competing for two postseason spots, and the biggest game of the day pits Christian Yelich's Brewers against Yadier Molina's Cardinals.

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French virus testing labs under strain amid resurgent demand

ARGENTEUIL – France’s COVID-19 resurgence is palpable in the buzzing biology lab of this public hospital in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil.Tube after tube arrive with new nasal swabs, now about 240 per day. And the lab director struggles to obtain enough reagents to keep up with escalating demand.More than 1 million of France’s 67 million people took a virus test over the past week, putting labs like this under growing strain.

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Ukraine plane crash death toll rises to 26, with 1 survivor

MOSCOW – Searchers combing the area where a Ukrainian military aircraft crashed found two more bodies on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 26. One person survived.The plane, a twin-turboprop Antonov-26 belonging to the Ukrainian air force, was carrying a crew of seven and 20 cadets of a military aviation school when it crashed and burst into flames Friday night while coming in for landing at the airport in Chuhuiv, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of the capital Kyiv.Two people initially survived the crash, but one later died in a hospital.

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Perfect prep: Halep takes 14-match win streak to French Open

ROME – Two months of physical training. Then three months of practice on clay courts.

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Bolton Wanderers boss reacts to fan return plan pause and why postponed games from coronavirus is a 'reality check'

the plans on spectators returning to sporting events being paused and could potentially be the case for six months. Wanderers boss Evatt has had his say on the decision and admits it's been 'tough' to take.

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LEADING OFF: 3 NL playoff spots still open with 2 days left

A look at what's happening around the majors on Saturday:PLAYOFF CHASEAfter manager Don Mattingly’s Marlins clinched a most unlikely postseason spot, three NL playoff slots are still open with two days left in the regular season. St.

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Social Club of Palm Coast to reopen after COVID-19 outbreak closed establishment for 1 month

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – Renovations are underway at The Social Club of Palm Coast after dozens of COVID-19 cases shut down the facility last month, according to Club President George April.“When we found out, the next day we shut down,” he said.The club took to Facebook on Sept.12, calling it an outbreak and tried notifying everyone who attended the live music event. April said he was one of the many who tested positive.[TRENDING: DeSantis to lift restaurant limits in Fla. | Here’s how to track your mail-in ballot | How can I tell difference between flu and COVID-19?]“All I had was a headache for one day.

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US senators demand action after AP exposes palm oil abuses

seafood industry, resulting in the freeing of more than 2,000 men.President Donald Trump has since ordered the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to step up the seizure of unethically produced goods, from seafood and electronics to products believed to have been made by Muslim Uighurs in labor camps in China.“CBP needs to do its job and investigate credible allegations of products coming into our country that violate U.S.

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CMS Offering Millions In Funding To States To Move People With Disabilities From Institutions To Community-Based Settings.

Disability Scoop (9/25, Diament) reports officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) “are looking to ‘jump-start efforts’ to move people with disabilities from institutions to community-based settings and they’re offering up millions of dollars to do so.” The agency “said this week that up to $165 million is available to states for a program called Money Follows the Person.” CMS Administrator Seema Verma said, “The tragic devastation wrought by the coronavirus on nursing home residents exposes America’s overreliance on institutional long-term care facilities. ...

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Trump unveils 'Platinum Plan' for Black Americans at campaign event in Atlanta

ATLANTA - With less than six weeks until Election Day, President Donald Trump is looking to chip away at Democrats’ advantage in Georgia with a new plan focused on “economic empowerment” for Black Americans.Trump visited Atlanta on Friday for a campaign event and unveiled his plan to increase access to capital for Black Americans."I"m here today to announce a brand new plan to deliver more oppportunity, more security, more fairness, and more prosperity to Black communites.

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Slight improvement in Tarun Gogoi's health condition: Minister

GUWAHATI : The health condition of former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, admitted to the ICU of GMCH following post-COVID-19 complications, has marginally improved on Friday, Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.A video-conference was held with the Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, Dr Ranjit Guleria and the doctors attending on him at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital here to review the medical treatment given to him, Sarma said.

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Video gaming as a child related to improvements in memory

studies have shown that playing video games could improve learning and may even protect against dementia in older adults.The authors of a recent review of the evidence on video games concluded that gaming could have benefits for both cognitive and emotional skills.In a new study, which features in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, researchers from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in Barcelona trained volunteers to play “Super Mario 64” — a game that researchers have previously shown to induce structural changes in parts of the brain associated with executive function and spatial memory.The new study found that people who played video games as children showed greater improvements in their working memory than those who did not,

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EU leader Michel lashes out at Britain over post-Brexit plan

BRUSSELS – European Union leader Charles Michel used the virtual pulpit of the U.N. General Assembly on Friday to lash out at Britain for its threats to renege on parts of the withdrawal treaty it signed with the EU and warned that the 27-nation bloc won't back down in the final weeks of acrimonious talks on a free-trade deal.

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Virus again slashes French Open crowd sizes; now just 1,000

PARIS – Already repeatedly trimmed, crowd sizes for the French Open have been reduced again — to just 1,000 spectators per day — because of the worsening coronavirus epidemic in Paris.The new limit, reduced from 5,000 per day, was first announced by Prime Minster Jean Castex on Thursday night. His office confirmed Friday that the reduction relates only to spectators, not to players, coaches, organizers and others working at Roland Garros, as Castex first said, causing initial confusion.

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Canceled flights strand 25 Easter Islanders for 6 months

WELLINGTON – For people around the world, the coronavirus has caused distressing separations and delayed homecomings. But the situation for a group of 25 residents from remote Easter Island stands out.

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Coronavirus has stranded 25 people from Easter Island in Tahiti for 6 months

coronavirus has caused distressing separations and delayed homecomings. But the situation for a group of 25 residents from remote Easter Island stands out.For six months now the group has been stranded far across a vast stretch of ocean on Tahiti in French Polynesia.

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Florida man suing McDonald's, claims he was injured by Chicken McNugget

A cardboard box with Chicken McNuggets, McChicken Burger, a beverage cup with a soft drink, a bag with tomato ketchup and French fries. (Photo by Gerald Matzka/picture alliance via Getty Images) This was a pretty unhappy meal.A McDonald’s customer is suing the company after he says he was hurt biting into a Chicken McNugget.

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How to plan for a safe and healthy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is fast approaching as Canada’s COVID-19 continue spiking, adding to concerns over group celebrations. As Abigail Bimman explains, many people are carving out plans to celebrate safely.

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School District of Philadelphia officials confident in plan to begin hybrid learning in November

PHILADELPHIA - Officials with the School District of Philadelphia say they are sticking to their plan to reopen in-person learning in schools in a hybrid method planned for later this year.“We’ve said that we will phase in. We’ll do a phase in approach and begin no earlier than Nov.

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When COVID-19 silenced cities, birdsong recaptured its former glory

Erik StokstadScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.White-crowned sparrows are tough birds, able to survive the hustle and bustle of many North American cities. But growing noise pollution has forced males to sing louder, less effective songs in order to be heard by rivals and mates.

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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft cleared of massage parlor sex charge in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Thursday after courts blocked their use of video that allegedly shows him paying for massage parlor sex. Palm Beach County court records show that the charge was dropped Thursday.

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Brits find exercise and healthy diets top ways to improve lockdown gloom

Exercise, eating healthily and spending time with family are the most popular things Brits do to look after their mental health.

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Patriots owner Kraft cleared of massage parlor sex charge

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Individual health policies can be migrated to a family floater plan

I am 35 years old and thinking of buying health insurance. I want to know if I get hospitalized for suspected covid-19 and later test negative, will the policy cover hospitalization cost?—Name withheld on requestStandard health plans cover the cost of hospitalization for treatment and exclude the cost of hospitalization for diagnostics.

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City of Toronto considers action plan to stop spread of COVID-19, avoid a second lockdown

The City of Toronto says the plan could see bars and restaurants close early and pop-up testing locations in some neighbourhoods. Marianne Dimain reports.

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Mixed reaction from politicians, health workers to Winter Plan

The HSE's Winter Plan has been met with a mixed reaction from politicians and those working in healthcare.

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Will the HSE Winter Plan cure fundamental service ills?

Like winter, health service plans come and go. The question is will this new Winter Plan help cure some of the service ills?

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United Airlines to make rapid COVID-19 tests available to some passengers

SAN FRANCISCO - United Airlines will soon offer a COVID-19 pilot testing program for some of its travelers, the first U.S. airline to launch such a program, according to the carrier.Beginning Oct.

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