(FWC) GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Researchers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission managed to capture a 100-pound alligator snapping turtle near Gainesville.FWC said researchers were checking traps when they found the 100-pound male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle in the New River."This is a new species that FWC helped describe in 2014," FWC's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute posted.They said six 4-foot diameter hoop net traps were set in the blackwater stream north of Gainesville."The New River is a blackwater stream with low biological productivity, so finding a large turtle in such a small stream is unusual," FWC noted.AdvertisementAlong with the large male turtle, the researchers also caught a 46-pound female, while.

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Facebook threatens to block Australian users from sharing news if proposed payment law is enacted

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook threatened to block Australian publishers and individuals from sharing news stories on its platform in reaction to an Australian measure that could require it to compensate media organizations for its use of their stories.The social network said the Australian move would force it to pay arbitrary and theoretically unlimited sums for information that makes up only a small fraction of its service.The measure would force Facebook to choose between “either removing news entirely or accepting a system that lets publishers charge us for as much content as they want at a price with no clear limits,” the company's managing director for Australia and New Zealand, Will Easton, wrote in a blog post.

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Massive fraud investigation targets prominent Brazilian health researcher

Emiliano Rodríguez MegaGuilherme Franco Netto, a prominent public health scientist in Brazil, was sound asleep in his Rio de Janeiro apartment when his daughter woke him early on 6 August. She looked alarmed.

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Hubble telescope captures remains of dead star, and it’s kind of pretty

@NASAHubble image reminds us of the power of imagination. What does it look like to you?⁣⁣In reality, it's part of a supernova blast wave in the constellation Cygnus, ~2,400 light-years away: https://t.co/R81y1rR1tS pic.twitter.com/2eyktwoZEo

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Turtle hatchlings scramble across Outer Banks beach on journey to sea

COROLLA, N.C. - Dozens of loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings on North Carolina’s Outer Banks embarked on their life in the ocean on August 23.The footage, filmed by Meghan Agresto, shows the hatchlings scurrying across the sand toward the ocean.

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Rishi Sunak may hike fuel duty by 5p to pay for Covid – 'costing drivers £100s'

The Sun : “Now is not the time to clobber workers, families, white van men and women and our public services with a fuel duty increase.” These thoughts were echoed by an unnamed minister who spoke to The Telegraph.They argued: “This is not the time to be increasing tax.“The cost of coronavirus is a one-off, and to pay off the debt you have to grow the economy.

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LEADING OFF: Deadline deals, Pineda returns, Rays roll Yanks

A look at what’s happening around the majors Tuesday:___FACES IN NEW PLACESMike Clevinger, Starling Marte and Archie Bradley are among the notable players headed to new teams after a flurry of deals before Monday's trade deadline. The busy and aggressive Padres landed Clevinger in a multiplayer swap with Cleveland, bolstering their rotation in a rare deadline deal between contenders.

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Université Sainte-Anne closes Church Point campus after student tests positive for COVID-19

A case of COVID-19 has been reported at Université Sainte-Anne’s Pointe-de-l’Église campus in Church Point, N.S. N.S.

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Police seek suspects in connection with Point Breeze assault

Suspects sought in Point Breeze assault, officials say. POINT BREEZE - Police in Philadelphia are asking for help locating several individuals in connection with an assault in Point Breeze.Officials say a 34-year-old woman was assaulted by several men and women on August 24, about 11 p.m.According to the officials, the men and women forced their way into a property on the 1200 block of South 22nd Street.

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Ontario reports 114 new coronavirus cases with nearly 25,100 tests conducted

coronavirus on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 42,309.It’s a similar increase compared to Sunday, when 112 cases were reported.

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Howard Eskin completes 1,100 'Walk to Tampa' while raising thousands of dollars

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia broadcasting great Howard Eskin has completed his 'walk to Tampa' symbolizing the Philadelphia Eagles path to the Super Bowl.The longtime radio host began his journey a few months back as he set out with the goal to walk more than 1,100 miles. That is the distance between Philadelphia and Tampa, Florida, the site of this year's Super Bowl.Howard aimed to cover that distance around the Delaware Valley before the start of the Eagles season.

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Virus cases in Ireland per 100,000 show slight fall

Ireland's incidence of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people over the past 14 days is 30.6, according to the latest figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

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Schwarber homers twice as Cubs pound Reds 10-1

CINCINNATI – Chicago's starting outfield of Kyle Schwarber, Jason Heyward and Ian Happ each homered twice, and the Cubs pounded the Cincinnati Reds 10-1 on Sunday for a split of their four-game series.Schwarber hit the first and the last of the Cubs' season-high six homers, belting a solo drive in the fourth inning against Luis Castillo (0-5) and a grand slam off José De León in the ninth. Heyward connected for solo drives in the fourth and sixth, and Happ hit a two-run shot in the fifth and a solo homer in the seventh.The NL Central-leading Cubs hit 14 homers in the series.

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Sheldon Creed wins $100,000 bonus with victory at Gateway

MADISON, Ill. – Sheldon Creed beat Sam Mayer on a restart with 13 laps to go Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway to win his third Truck Series race of the season and a $100,000 bonus. Creed's victory pushed his bonus earnings to $150,000 this year in the Triple Truck Challenge.

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More than 1,100 people test positive for coronavirus and further 12 die in UK

coronavirus within the last 28 days.

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Bus Éireann reviewing 2,100 secondary school bus routes to meet new requirements

Bus Éireann says just 20% of its secondary school bus services are operating at the recommended 50% capacity as pupils go back to school.

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Half of Covid-19 mortgage payment breaks still active

Around half of the almost 86,000 mortgage payment breaks that have been granted to borrowers since they were introduced by lenders here in March were still active at the end of last week.

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The Ed Mirvish Theatre celebrates 100 years

Liem Vu takes a look at the iconic Ed Mirvish Theatre with John Karastamatis to talk about the venue’s century-long history and how it’s celebrating the milestone during a pandemic.

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Florida unemployment ‘over payment’ leaves unemployed chef without benefits for 5 months

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Joshua Arroyo is a chef without a job, unemployment benefits or his own place to live and he blames the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity for his predicament.The 30-year-old Ocoee man was furloughed from his job as executive chef at the Wyndham Hotel on March 20 and said he filed for unemployment benefits the same day.“I’m a working man, I should be working but nobody’s hiring,” the frustrated chef said.

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Canadians could join clinical trials for new COVID-19 vaccine, says researcher

coronavirus vaccine being developed overseas.Dr. Mark Loeb, a professor at McMaster University, says the new DNA-based vaccine could be a part of Phase 2 testing in Canada sometime in the late fall or early 2021.“It’s a DNA vaccine that’s been produced by using computer modelling and artificial intelligence,” said Loeb.

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Covid-19 Vaccine hesitancy is a growing concern for researchers, Health Official

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : Scientists and drugmakers are beginning efforts to overcome Americans’ safety and other concerns about Covid-19 vaccines, while US health authorities ready a campaign to encourage widespread uptake.As vaccine candidates advance closer to US authorization, health and industry officials want to make sure as many people as possible get vaccinated to reach the level, known as herd immunity, that would protect even people who aren’t immunized.Yet large percentages of Americans, including those at high risk of contracting the virus, are reluctant, skeptical or opposed to taking a vaccine, according to surveys and researchers.

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More than 100 coronavirus cases linked to controversial Smash Mouth gig

coronavirus in an outbreak that has been linked to a controversial Smash Mouth gig earlier this month.The band sparked outrage after performing to a large crowd of fans who were not wearing masks at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota.At one point, lead singer Steve Harwell told the crowd: “Fuck that Covid shit. Now we’re all here together tonight.”As The Independent reports, a spokesperson for the North Dakota Department of Health has subsequently told the Associated Press that 17 cases directly linked to the rally had been identified in the state.

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That Smash Mouth Concert Caused Over 100 New COVID-19 Cases!

Turns out, ignoring coronavirus pandemic protocols to see Smash Mouth in concert is NOT a smart idea.

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President Trump's big night: RNC acceptance speech aims to paint Biden as 'extreme'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump plans to tell voters that Democratic rival Joe Biden would pursue the “most extreme set of proposals ever put forward by a major party nominee” when the president delivers his acceptance speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention.Trump has complained that the Democrats' message was too dark and pessimistic when they held their own scaled-back convention last week.

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Outbreak of more than 100 coronavirus cases linked to massive motorcycle rally

Covid-19 infections has been linked to a motorcycle rally which went ahead despite social distancing concerns.

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Coronavirus found in toilet of a vacant flat. Researchers find possible cause

Respiratory DropletsSARS-CoV-2 spreads mainly through respiratory droplets -- spatters of saliva or discharge from the nose, according to the World Health Organization. Since the first weeks of the pandemic, however, scientists in China have said infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus in the stool of Covid-19 patients may also play a role in transmission.

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Ontario researchers make strides in predicting severity of coronavirus in patients

coronavirus.The two small studies, published back-to-back this week in Critical Care Explorations, focus on identifying ways to predict the severity of illness and on understanding and treating serious blood clots.“If we know ahead of time that someone’s going to get dreadfully ill and we think we have a variety of things that might help, we may implement them much, much earlier,” lead researcher Dr. Douglas Fraser told Global News.“We (also) want to have really frank, transparent talks with families and with patients.

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'Operation Screen Capture' nabs 21 suspected online predators, officials say

TRENTON - Prosecutors in New Jersey have brought charges against 21 people who were caught in a multi-agency sting operation targeting online sexual predators, state officials say.New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S.

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Covid-19 cases per 100,000 in Ireland at 28.5 - ECDC

The latest figures show that the 14-day cumulative number of cases of Covid-19 in Ireland for every 100,000 people is 28.5, according to the European Centre for Disease Control.

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Coronavirus disability payment cost pegged at $792M, says budget watchdog

disabilities this fall will cost the federal treasury $792 million.The majority of that amount will go to about 1.67 million people in payments of up to $600, which the Liberals say are aimed at offsetting any extra costs linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.The total cost should hit federal books this year, but the budget office warns there may be potential fiscal impacts in subsequent years.The first legislative push to provide the special payments failed in June when the minority Liberal government couldn’t gain opposition support for a wider spending bill.A few weeks later, a compromise was struck whereby the Liberals expanded eligibility for the payments to also include veterans.Payments will max out at $600, drop to $300 for any recipients

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NeuroRx’s RLF-100: the key to treating and preventing Covid-19 respiratory failure?

Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know.Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, a research and development (R&D) consultant at Swiss pharma company Relief Therapeutics, Yves Sagot, realised that a drug developed in the early 2000s for acute respiratory distress and other lung diseases and acquired by Biogen could be effective at treating Covid-19. Relief then reached out to US-based NeuroRx to help them co-develop this drug for Covid-19, because the latter has a “history of taking already known molecules and moving them very quickly through the FDA”, explains NeuroRx CEO and chairman Professor Jonathan Javitt.

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UK coronavirus patient zero identified as researchers investigate disease’s origins

Covid-19 on February 21. She is also believed to have been the first woman in the UK to die after contracting the disease.

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Bata plans to add 100 stores in FY'21 amid covid-19 outbreak

KOLKATA : Footwear major Bata India is planning to open around 100 outlets during this financial year despite the COVID-19 outbreak, an official said on Wednesday.The shoemaker, which currently has around 1,500 stores across India, plans to add 500 outlets by 2023 to strengthen its network in semi-urban and rural markets, he said."We will open around 100 stores this year and 80 per cent of these outlets will be opened through a franchise model in tier-II and tier-III cities," Bata India chairman Ashwani Windlass told PTI over the phone.The network expansion will be executed mostly in the rural areas where economic performance has been comparatively better than in urban areas during the current COVID-19 crisis, another company official

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Bucks County men on mission to fix up their former high school gym

BRISTOL, Pa. - Two Bucks County men are making their community better but they need your help.FOX 29 Photojournalist Bill Rohrer has their story.Tayron Thomas and D’Andre Webb are hard at work fixing up the former Delhaus high school gym in Bucks County. Their goal is to turn this old gym into Bristol’s only rec center under their nonprofit, One Team—One Goal.

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Coronavirus: Closed Canadian border leaves U.S. town landlocked from rest of country

Canada and the United States has severely impacted Point Roberts, Washington, which is landlocked from the rest of the country.The extended coronavirus-induced border closure shut down two border crossings for the town of about 1,300 people, who must commute 25 miles through Canada to get to the rest of Washington state.“We really need that border open to survive,” said Tamra Hansen, who owns the Saltwater Cafe in Point Roberts. U.S.

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State police are searching for 2 alligators stolen from enclosure at western Pa. pet store

INDIANA, Pa. - State police are searching for a pair of alligators stolen earlier this month from a pet store in western Pennsylvania.Police in Indiana County say the alligators -- a 6-foot-long female and a 4-foot-long male -- were taken from an outdoor enclosure at Pearce's Pet Place in White Township.The owner reported that the theft occurred between 10 p.m. Aug.

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11 arrested at house party thrown by banned FSU fraternity

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Eleven people were arrested Sunday in connection with a party hosted by a fraternity that was banned by Florida State University for hazing and alcohol violations earlier this year, campus police said.Police arrested seven students affiliated with Alpha Tau Omega fraternity on charges of hosting an open house party where alcohol was served to minors, the Tallahassee Democrat reported. Four of those arrested were charged with underage possession of alcohol.The arrests came as the university grapples with keeping students safe as they return to campus during the coronavirus pandemic.Campus police said in a report that they saw two women leaving the party with drinks around 10:30 p.m.

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Ontario reports 100 new coronavirus cases as more than 20K additional tests completed

coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 41,607.“Locally, 30 of Ontario’s 34 public health units are reporting five or fewer cases, with 18 reporting no new cases,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said on Twitter.Elliott said the province has processed over 20,000 additional tests.Two new deaths were also announced, bringing the provincial death toll to 2,800.

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Seminole County schools asks more than 100 people to quarantine after exposure to COVID-19

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County Public Schools has asked 102 people to quarantine after coming in contact with a student who tested positive for COVID-19, the district said Tuesday.SCPS says there was exposure across six different schools.Everyone who has been asked to self-quarantine has been switched to the district’s Seminole Connect remote-learning platform.

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RNC Day 1: Parade of supporters paint Trump's re-election as pivotal to avoid grim future

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Republicans predicted a national “horror movie” should President Donald Trump lose in November, flinging out dark warnings on Monday's opening night of their scaled down national convention.Trump's campaign had promised to offer an inclusive and uplifting prime-time message, hoping to broaden his appeal beyond his hard-core base by featuring the next generation of party stars including two Republicans of color, Rep.

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RNC Day 1: Speakers tout Trump's response to pandemic, paint bleak picture of future if president loses

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Researchers report first case of coronavirus reinfection

The first case of someone being reinfected with coronavirus has been reported by researchers in Hong Kong.

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1st coronavirus reinfection case reported by researchers in Hong Kong

Hong Kong man who recovered from COVID-19 was infected again four-and-a-half months later in the first documented instance of human re-infection, researchers at the University of Hong Kong said on Monday.The findings indicate the disease, which has killed more than 800,000 people worldwide, may continue to spread amongst the global population despite herd immunity, they said.The 33-year-old male was cleared of COVID-19 and discharged from a hospital in April, but tested positive again after returning from Spain via Britain on Aug. 15.

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Dodgers pound 7 homers, beat Rockies 11-3 to finish sweep

LOS ANGELES – Kiké Hernández hit a three-run drive and Mookie Betts went deep twice in the Dodgers' seven-homer attack, powering Los Angeles past the Colorado Rockies 11-3 on Sunday for a three-game sweep.The Dodgers are the only team in the majors yet to lose a series, unbeaten in 11. They have won 11 of 12 games overall and own the best record in baseball at 22-8 at the halfway point of this abbreviated season.Wearing sunglasses at the plate, Hernández's three-run shot with two outs in the fourth inning lifted the Dodgers to a 5-2 lead.

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'Hoax' book reveals extent of internal unease at Fox

NEW YORK – Brian Stelter knows critics accuse Fox News of bending the truth in order to maintain its staunch support of and closeness to President Donald Trump. As CNN media reporter and host of “Reliable Sources,” he's often one of them.He wasn't prepared to hear the extent of concerns about the network's direction by people who work there.It was one of the reasons he wrote “Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth,” which will be released Tuesday.

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100 children in Ireland test positive for virus in last two weeks - NPHET

The Chair of the NPHET Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group has said that 100 children, aged between five and 14, have tested positive for Covid-19 in Ireland in the last two weeks.

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Coronavirus: number of new cases in Quebec surpasses 100

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The case marks the first time someone under the age of 20 has died from COVID-19 in the province since the pandemic began.Quebec’s Health and Social Services Ministry said no other information about the circumstances of the young Montrealer’s death was provided due to privacy laws.On Saturday, the number of hospitalizations decreased by 12 compared to Friday for a total of 124.

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Trump ordered to pay $44,100 in Stormy Daniels legal fees

FILE - Stormy Daniels, the porn star who claims to have slept with US President Donald Trump over a decade ago, talks with a journalist during an interview. (RALF HIRSCHBERGER/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)A California court ordered President Donald Trump this week to pay $44,100 in attorney fees to porn actress Stormy Daniels to pay for her legal battle over her effort to cancel a hush money deal brokered to keep her quiet about their sexual relationship a decade ago.The order in Superior Count in Los Angeles determined Daniels won her lawsuit against Trump over the agreement that was signed 11 days before the 2016 presidential election.

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Washington state asks Canada for Point Roberts coronavirus exemption

Point Roberts fire chief calls for exemption on coronavirus border ban About 1,300 Washington residents live there.In a letter Friday to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Inslee noted that the residents of Point Roberts are isolated, but they are usually are able to drive through Canada and back into Washington state to obtain goods and services or to see family and friends.With the border closed to nearly all travel since March 21, that hasn’t been possible.

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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
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