The Conservation Officer Service is warning residents of the Tri-Cities to keep their dogs, and even their children, close by, in the wake of a number of frightening cougar encounters.

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New US envoy to UN gets red carpet welcome from Russia

CAMEROON – Linda Thomas-Greenfield takes up her post as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday and a senior Russian diplomat said the red carpet will be rolled out and Moscow is ready to work with the Biden administration -- but “it takes two to tango.”

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Honduras leader warns drug cooperation with US endangered

TEGUCIGALPÁ – TEGUCIGALPÁHonduran President Juan Orlando Hernández warned Wednesday that antinarcotics cooperation with the United States could “collapse” if U.S. authorities believe “false testimony” in U.S. courts accusing him of cooperating with traffickers.

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Floridians under 65 with high-risk conditions search for hospitals to receive vaccine

Some Floridians who are eligible to receive a vaccine have said they can’t secure an appointment.

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No. 20 Arkansas’ big run flusters No. 6 Alabama

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Freshman Jaylin Williams scored 10 of his season-high 13 points during a decisive run and No. 20 Arkansas beat sixth-ranked Alabama 81-66 on Wednesday night.

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Facebook bans all Myanmar military-linked accounts and ads

YANGON – Social media giant Facebook announced Thursday it was banning all accounts linked to Myanmar’s military as well as ads from military-controlled companies in the wake of the army’s seizure of power on Feb. 1.

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Police: Ring of burglars targeting homes in Bridgeton, surrounding communities

BRIDGETON, N.J. - A ring of burglars is hitting homes in Bridgeton and the surrounding communities.Investigators say the burglars are ripping electrical boxes off the outside of homes in an attempt to disable any surveillance cameras and home security systems.New Jersey State Police are working closely with Bridgeton police to identify and arrest the burglars. It’s believed they are striking unoccupied homes between 5 and 10 at night, leaving neighbors worried.Williston Jamison III was recently arrested and charged with stealing $200,000 worth of jewelry from a home on Hitchner, according to police.Police patrols have increased since the burglaries started.

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Country singer Trisha Yearwood tests positive for COVID-19, Garth Brooks confirms

FILE - Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks attend "Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On" Biography Celebration at The Bowery Hotel on Nov. 18, 2019 in New York City.

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Negative Covid-19 report now mandatory to enter several states. Complete list here

DelhiThe Delhi government is likely to ask travellers from five states, including Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab, to show negative COVID-19 test report before entering the national capital, officials said on Wednesday. They said an official order will be issued soon and it will be effective till March 15.

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New coronavirus variant spreading in New York City, researchers say

coronavirus variant that shares some similarities with a more transmissible and intractable variant discovered in South Africa is on the rise in New York City, researchers said on Wednesday.The new variant, known as B.1.526, was first identified in samples collected in New York in November, and by mid-February represented about 12% of cases, researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, said on Wednesday. ‘Minefield’ of variants: How the California strain is different from the others The variant was also described in research published online this week by the California Institute of Technology.

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AAA: Gas prices to spike nationwide as country thaws from crippling winter weather

A view of a BP gas station in Queens Borough of New York City. (Photo by Ron Adar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Drivers are temporarily in for higher prices at the pump after snow, ice and sub-freezing temperatures brutally crippled parts of the South and Midwest last week, according to AAA. The association said the national average for a gallon of regular gas is now $2.66.

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Pilot reports unknown flying ‘object’ in airline audio of close encounter

unidentified flying object reportedly whizzed past an American Airlines passenger flight over New Mexico in a close encounter captured in a radio transmission from the pilot.The incident happened around 1 p.m. local time on Sunday, while American Airlines flight 2292 was en route from Hebron, Ky., to Phoenix, Ariz.A 15-second audio clip captures the pilot’s excited voice as he tries to make sense of something he spotted above the clouds during the flight.

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Pfizer's COVID-19 shot is 92% effective at reducing severe illness, 'real world' mass vaccination study finds

FILE - An Israeli health worker of the Maccabi Healthcare Services prepares to administer a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine on Feb. 24, 2021 in Tel Aviv.

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Biden revokes Trump orders on 'anarchist' cities and more

President Joe Biden on Wednesday formally revoked a series of presidential orders and memorandum signed by Donald Trump, including one that sought to cut funding from several cities the 45th president deemed “anarchist” havens and another mandating that federal buildings should be designed in a classical aesthetic.

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Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news

CANBERRA – Australia’s laws forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news are ready to take effect, though the laws' architect said it will take time for the digital giants to strike media deals.

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Will temperatures reach the 90s this week in Central Florida?

ORLANDO, Fla. – Are you ready for some heat?

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US military begins delivering COVID-19 vaccine doses to Texas, New York

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. military on Wednesday began delivering shots at coronavirus vaccination centers in Texas and New York and announced that service members will start staffing four centers in Florida and one in Philadelphia next week.The expanded vaccination effort came as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with military commanders overseeing the COVID-19 response effort.

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Suns' Booker replaces Lakers' Davis in NBA All-Star Game

NEW YORK – Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker was selected Wednesday to replace injured Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis in the NBA All-Star Game.

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Florida vaccine supply about to get a boost, governor says

Gov. Ron DeSantis said between the four FEMA mass vaccination sites, an increase in Pfizer vaccine, and Johnson & Johnson on the way, the state of Florida is going to start seeing more coronavirus vaccine very soon.

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Jose Abreu tests positive for virus; Miller says he had it

American League MVP José Abreu tested positive for COVID-19 and will spend a few days away from the Chicago White Sox, while Cardinals reliever Andrew Miller told a St. Louis newspaper he tested positive 10 days before reporting to camp.

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How microscopic evidence from plants can help investigators solve rapes, murders

ORLANDO, Fla. – The first time most Floridians heard about forensic botany was during the Casey Anthony murder trial in 2011.

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Marion County pastors, NAACP hold vaccination events in underserved areas

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Some pastors in Marion County started a partnership with a local NAACP chapter and the county’s health department to make COVID-19 vaccines more accessible to minorities in the area.

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Coronavirus: Business traveller lamenting lack of private testing sites in Okanagan

With the new federal regulations governing international travel, some Okanagan residents who have to travel for work are finding it tough to obtain the necessary COVID-19 test before boarding a flight.

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Real-world trial of Pfizer COVID vaccine finds high 2-dose, good 1-dose protection

A large observational, real-world study from Israel estimates that the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is 46% effective at preventing infection 14 to 20 days after the first dose and 92% 7 days after the second dose, backing the results of an earlier randomized, controlled trial, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

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Germán apologizes after serving domestic violence suspension

NEW YORK – Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán gave a public apology Wednesday for actions that led to a lengthy suspension under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy, a day after he spoke with New York teammates and admitted he had engaged in dangerous conduct.

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Swastikas, other hate symbols found on Palm Coast playground

PALM COAST, Fla. – A palm coast playground was vandalized with graffiti of swastikas and other hate symbols. A mother is now working to get the community talking about the issue.

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Rapid tests in Ottawa schools found no COVID-19 cases last weekend: OPH

coronavirus testing in Ottawa schools found zero cases among more than 1,000 staff, students and family members, the local public health unit says.Ottawa Public Health has partnered with local schools and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario to provide rapid antigen testing at community clinics for the past four weekends looking for asymptomatic cases of COVID-19.OPH selects schools in neighbourhoods with higher COVID-19 rates for the testing, and sometimes includes those with symptoms, high-risk contacts of cases as well as family members of staff and students. Ottawa school board chair urges Ontario ministers to vaccinate teachers, staff against COVID-19 At the most recent clinic, held at St.

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Potential COVID-19 case identified a Polson Park school in Kingston

COVID-19.All students and staff connected to the cohort have been told to self-isolate “out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of protecting the school community,” the Limestone District School Board said.Note that a positive case has yet to be detected for sure, but the health unit is simply investigating a potential case of the virus at the moment. COVID-19 found at 3 Kingston schools The health unit will be reaching out to students and staff who may have been in close contact with the person being investigated.

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30 more positive tests for COVID-19 reported in Waterloo Region

coronavirus on Wednesday, lifting the total number of local COVID-19 cases to 10,468.The rolling seven-day average of new cases falls to 40.9 with Wednesday’s announcement.

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Coronavirus: City of Toronto cancels major events up to July 1

coronavirus concerns.Officials said in a news release Wednesday that the cancellation affects City-led and City-permitted “major outdoor events.”Included are festivals and other large in-person gatherings on City property.

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Latest coronavirus infection rate for Greater Manchester shows overnight increase for the first time since early January

that the effects of the national lockdown may be wearing off.At a press conference today, Sir Richard Leese, the leader of Manchester council ad the region's health lead, admitted our infection rates are 'not going down fast enough'.He pointed to Bury where there has been several days of positive cases increasing and said while it’s 'too early to say' if it is a trend, it is an ‘area of concern’.Bolton is once again the borough with the highest infection rate in Greater Manchester with 236.5 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending February 20. There were 446 positive tests in Bury for the same period, and that is 60 more than in the previous week.

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Lawsuits filed against auto insurers over excessive rates amid COVID-19 pandemic

LAS VEGAS - Class action lawsuits were filed in Nevada against 10 major auto insurance companies on Tuesday, contending that the companies charged excessive insurance premiums during the pandemic by failing to account for a drop in driving and crashes.The lawsuits acknowledge that some insurers provided discounts over the emptier roads and drop in accidents and claims, but the discounts did not offer "any meaningful relief that actually reflects the reduction in cars on the road and reduced driving during the pandemic," according to the court filings.

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Hectic finish awaits all NBA teams in 2nd half of season

The second half of the NBA schedule will be hectic, all the way to the end.

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‘We can handle this right now:’ Man accused of shooting victim during fight outside Casselberry strip club

CASSELBERRY, Fla. – A man accused of shooting someone during a fight outside a strip club last month has been taken into custody on an attempted murder charge, according to the Casselberry Police Department.

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Florida reports 7,000 new COVID-19 cases as Johnson & Johnson vaccine clears another hurdle

ORLANDO, Fla. – A third, easier-to-use coronavirus vaccine is nearing its final approval.

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NHS Director Warns COVID Sufferers Against Following Gwyneth Paltrow’s Recovery Regime

A UK NHS boss is reminding influencers who use social media about their “duty of responsibility,” after Gwyneth Paltrow discussed her long COVID-19 regime on her Goop blog.

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Coronavirus: 10 new cases in London-Middlesex, 4 total in nearby regions

coronavirus on Wednesday and no new deaths.The region’s pandemic case tally stands at 6,126, of which 5,844 have resolved and 181 people have died. The most recent death was reported on Feb.

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‘Minefield’ of variants: How the California strain is different from the others

COVID-19 snakes through cities and countries, it has changed, morphed and mutated.The latest iteration of the respiratory disease making waves is one first identified in California. The Western state is now teeming with the variant, known as B.1.427/B.1.429.Its recent role in creating a heavily-mutated virus hybrid has raised eyebrows worldwide, but experts are growing increasingly concerned about its individual behaviours.Here’s what we know so far:“A lot of the variants have very common mutations,” said Gerald Evans, chair of the infectious diseases division at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.The N501Y mutation, for example, is found in the variants that arose in the U.K, South Africa and Brazil.

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Strangeways prison hit with major Covid-19 outbreak as 200 new cases confirmed among staff and inmates

direct to your inboxStrangeways prison has been hit by a major outbreak of Coronavirus after nearly 200 members of staff and inmates tested positive, the M.E.N understands.Over 90 members of prison staff, and over 100 inmates have contracted the virus, a source has confirmed. Official government figures show the number of cases in the Strangeways district of Manchester rose by more than 105 per cent in the week ending February 16.

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Suspect charged in sexual assault, robbery of woman at Macy's in Center City

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia man is facing a number of charges after police say he sexually assaulted and robbed a woman inside a Macy's bathroom Sunday afternoon in Center City. Philadelphia Police Captain Mark Burgmann said 22-year-old Jaleel Uqdah has been charged with rape, aggravated assault robbery and related offenses.

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Maitland woman becomes 100,000th person vaccinated at Orange County Convention Center

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – As Florida works to vaccinate people 65 and older, the Orange County Convention Center celebrated a new milestone: vaccinating its 100,000th person.

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Ghana first country to get Covid vaccines through Covax

Covid-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization-backed Covax program, which aims to provide at least 2 billion doses to lower-income countries.The West African nation took delivery of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Plc vaccines in the capital, Accra, the WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund said in a statement Wednesday.President Nana Akufo-Addo, 76, will take the first shot on March 2 to build trust in the vaccine’s efficacy, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said by phone.Ghana is expecting up to 2.4 million doses from the program, according to Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, a Ghana Health Service epidemiologist.

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New Brunswick reports 2 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday

coronavirus on Wednesday.One of the cases involves an individual in the Moncton region and is under investigation.The other case involves a staff member of Manoir Belle Vue, an adult care home in Edmondston. Coronavirus — No new cases reported in New Brunswick for first time in 2021 To date, New Brunswick has confirmed 1,426 cases of COVID-19 and has seen 1,335 recoveries.

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Coronavirus: ‘Real possibility’ Ottawa moves to red zone next week, Etches says

coronavirus restrictions less than two weeks after emerging from a province-wide lockdown.Dr. Vera Etches said in a presentation to Ottawa city council on Wednesday morning that COVID-19 trends in the nation’s capital are moving in the wrong direction and the province could act as soon as next week to impose tighter restrictions on the city under the colour-coded reopening framework.“We are not heading towards yellow.

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NYPD releases photos of woman who punched boy, 2, in face on subway

NEW YORK - The NYPD is on the hunt for the woman who repeatedly punched a two-year-old boy who was sitting on his mother's lap aboard a subway car in Manhattan.Police released photos of the woman wanted for the assault in East Harlem on Feb. 20 at about 3 p.m.The northbound 'C' train was entering the 116th Street subway station when the woman struck the toddler in the face multiple times, police said. Get breaking news alerts in the FOX5NY News app. Download for FREE!The NY Post reports the suspect was asking passengers for money when she approached the mother who told her she was too close and to stay six feet away.

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Disney, Carnival cruise lines suspend sailings through May

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – Both Disney and Carnival cruise lines have extended their suspensions on sailings for at least another month, according to updated travel advisories from the companies.

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Sanctions prompt Venezuela to expel head of EU delegation

CARACAS – Venezuela’s government on Wednesday ordered the expulsion of the head of the European Union delegation in the South American nation following the bloc’s decision to impose sanctions on several Venezuelan officials accused of undermining democracy or violating human rights.

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Houston Rockets release DeMarcus Cousins after 25 games

HOUSTON – The Houston Rockets have released DeMarcus Cousins after just 25 games.

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Lawsuits filed against auto insurers over rates in pandemic

LAS VEGAS – Class action lawsuits were filed in Nevada against 10 major auto insurance companies on Tuesday, contending that the companies charged excessive insurance premiums during the pandemic by failing to account for a drop in driving and crashes.

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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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