PHILADELPHIA - As more states continue to drop mask mandates amid a steady decline in COVID-19 cases, schools are also deciding if students and teachers can ditch the mask to bring normalcy back to the classroom.

Garnett Valley School District became the latest local district to make masks optional for students and faculty members effective immediately.

Radnor Township School District is also expected to make masks optional after officials heard over 3 hours of public comment on Tuesday mostly in favor of dropping the requirement."I’m ready to take it off because I’m ready to see people's faces again and I think they’ll make personal connections more meaningful again," said Jordan Paszamant, a 12th grader at Friends Central.

According to Johns Hopkins University data over the weekend, total confirmed cases of COVID-19 barley exceeded 100,000, a sharp downturn from around 800,850 five weeks ago on Jan.

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New Zealand to ease domestic virus restrictions

New Zealand will relax its strict Covid-19 rules this week because case numbers have peaked and the population has high levels of immunity, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said.

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Govt revokes provisions of Disaster Management Act for Covid containment measures, use of face mask to continue

COVID containment measures. Accordingly, after the expiry of the existing MHA Order No. 40-3/2020-DM-1 (A) dated 25 February, 2022, no further Order may be issued by MHA. However, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MDHFW) advisories on COVID containment measures. including on the use of face mask and hand hygiene will continue to guide the overall national response to the pandemic.National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs revokes the provisions of the Disaster Management Act for Covid containment measures. Advisories on Covid containment measures, including the use of face masks will continue, reads the official order pic.twitter.com/nC4rJB8L9a

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President speaks to Qatar Emir on cooperation

Doha; The Emir of Qatar H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held a telephone conversation with President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Tuesday (22).During the phone call, they discussed relations of cooperation between the two countries and prospects for supporting and developing them, in addition to a number of regional and international issues of common interest.

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Thousands of Canadian seniors scramble to file taxes following federal error

Canadians in for another ‘unique’ tax season amid COVID challenges, CRA says Dave Sim, 80, of Calgary has been checking his mailbox daily — but no luck yet.“This is getting ridiculous,” he told Global News.Employers and other payers have a deadline of Feb. 28 to provide an information slip, usually a T4 Statement of Remuneration Paid, which informs the recipient and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) exactly how much was earned in the previous year.But this year, some seniors faced a delay that was no fault of their own.“It gets a craw in my backside,” Sim said.

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Troubling new information reveals Calgary murder victim was on her way to work when she was stabbed to death

Disturbing new details on the tragic murder of a young Calgary woman are coming to light. The athletic and vibrant 31-year-old was killed while she was on her way to work.

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Albertan father and daughter travel to Poland to help Ukraine refugees

Edmonton-area businessman Dale Wishewan and his daughter, Sienna, are in Poland to help those fleeing the war in Ukraine, while also shedding light on the plight of refugees and how to help. Morgan Black reports.

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Canadian seniors face delays in getting tax slips due to federal error

Tens of thousands of Canadian seniors are still waiting to do their 2021 taxes through no fault of their own. As Tomasia DaSilva reports, the delay is due to a federal government error.

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Zelenskyy says ‘confrontational’ talks between Ukraine and Russia moving forward

Ukraine and Russia are confrontational but moving forward, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday, as the West plans to announce more sanctions against the Kremlin amid a worsening humanitarian crisis.Intense Russian air strikes are turning besieged Mariupol into the “ashes of a dead land,” the city council said on Tuesday, as street fighting and bombardments raged in the port city.Hundreds of thousands are believed to be trapped inside buildings, with no access to food, water, power or heat. Both civilians and Ukrainian troops were coming under Russian fire, said regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko.

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Jamaica to remove ties to monarchy as soon as William and Kate leave, sources say

Queen Elizabeth could soon be removed as the head of state of Jamaica as local politicians plan to push ahead with turning the country into a republic by August.Noel Phillips, Good Morning Britain‘s North American correspondent, says he’s heard rumblings that Jamaica will begin to remove their ties to the monarchy as soon as Prince William and Kate Middleton leave the island.In a segment posted to Twitter, Phillips commented on the couple’s current Caribbean tour, saying, “the timing just doesn’t seem to be right. The people here in Jamaica, they don’t want William and Kate here.”“They don’t have a problem with the Queen, they have a problem with the institution.

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Ukraine is Russia’s gateway to Europe, Zelenskyy warns Italian government

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is warning his country could become Russia’s gateway to Europe. Redmond Shannon reports on Zelenskyy’s new pleas to Italian lawmakers; how Russian forces bombed a psychiatric hospital in Mykolaiv, Ukraine; and how the U.S.

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NDP strikes deal to keep Liberals in power until 2025

The federal Liberals and NDP have struck a confidence-and-supply deal, which would see the Liberal minority government stay in power until 2025.

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Massive JVP protest in Nugegoda on Wednesday (23) afternoon

COLOMBO (News 1st); The ‘Jana Bala Virodaya’ protest march and rally organized by the National People’s Power will be held in Nugegoda on Wednesday (23) afternoon.This protest is held against the Government for its failure to control the rising cost of living and demanding to solve the economic crisis.The protest march will start from Delkanda Town at 3 PM and will proceed to Nugegoda.

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India reports 1,778 new COVID-19 cases, 33 deaths in last 24 hours

COVID climbed to 5,16,605 with 62 new fatalities.

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Star Health launches premier insurance policy

Star Health Premier Insurance Policy designed to cover the expenses incurred on hospitalization due to illness or accident for customers who are 50 years or older.

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Delaware County bartender crafts fundraiser for Ukraine refugees

WAYNE, Pa. - A local bartender concocted a way to help Ukrainian refugees after he was inspired by a connection he made with a Ukrainian woman and her young daughter. A week before Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine, Sam Whitaker hired Vika, a Ukrainian woman, to design a web page for a project he was working on. Days later, Vika and her 5-year-old daughter fled to Italy to stay with relatives as Russian forces pillaged Ukraine.Sam managed to stay in touch with Vika during the ongoing war in Ukraine.

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'All hands on deck': North Philadelphia residents sound of on scourge of violence

PHILADELPHIA - Residents fed up with gun violence in their neighborhoods sat down with city officials Tuesday night in North Philadelphia to share ideas on what could save lives as the gun violence crisis worsens. "If we don’t continue to stay on track and recognize what are the issues that are kind of the root causes to the violence that we are seeing, we are never going to come out of this," Senior Director of Criminal Justice and Public Safety Erica Atwood said. Tuesday's meeting was the third stop on a citywide listening tour that supports the City’s Roadmap to Safer Communities initiative that supports a comprehensive gun violence reduction plan. North Philadelphia in particular has dealt with a number of recent shootings, including a 15-year-old boy who police say opened fire on a car full of girls and was later linked to two other shootings involving teens as young as 14. Temple University's police union recently admitted that it's operating at 60% of its normal workforce and officers have worked at least 42 overtime shifts since last summer. The department believes the staffing crisis is impacting the safety of Temple's campus. The union says it's operating at 60% of its typical workforce and each officer has worked about 42 overtime shifts since last July.

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Gov. DeSantis issues proclamation declaring Sarasota swimmer 'real' winner over transgender athlete

SARASOTA, Fla. - In a proclamation, Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a Sarasota woman to be the "real" winner of a 500-yard freestyle event held last week. The top spot in the NCAA Division I swimming event went to University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who was deemed the first known transgender woman to win the title.

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Hillary Clinton tests positive for Covid-19; Bill Clinton quarantining

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Tornado tears through New Orleans as storms hit Deep South

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans on Tuesday night, spawned by a storm that produced multiple tornadoes through parts of Texas and Oklahoma, killing one person and causing multiple injuries and widespread damage.The National Weather Service retweeted a video of the tornado in the eastern part of New Orleans that was visible in the darkened sky.The tornado appeared to start in a New Orleans suburb and then move east across the Mississippi River into the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans and parts of St. Bernard Parish before moving northeast.Guy McGinnis, president of St.

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Hillary Clinton Tests Positive for COVID-19

Hillary Clinton has tested positive for COVID-19. The former first lady and secretary of state took to Twitter Tuesday to announce the news and stressed that she's feeling «fine» despite experiencing «mild cold symptoms.»«Well, I've tested positive for COVID. I've got some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine.

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New concerns about BA.2 variant of COVID-19 in B.C.

Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey has more on the presence and spread of the COVID-19 BA.2 variant in the province.

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MLA Thomas Dang said he felt obligated to expose COVID vaccine website flaws

Edmonton-South MLA Thomas Dang said he used Premier Kenney’s publicly available personal info because he felt obligated to expose the vaccine passport website’s security flaws. Sarah Reid reports.

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European authorities continue to seize superyachts belonging to Russian oligarchs

MADRID - Authorities in Gibraltar seized a superyacht belonging to a notorious Russian billionaire on March 21, local media reported. In recent footage obtained by Storyful, the ship, the Axioma was seen arriving at a dock in the British overseas territory. ThE footage shows the Axioma coming in to dock in the British overseas territory. The vessel was reportedly seized for its ties to Dmitry Pumpyansky, owner of Russian steel company TMK.The 240-foot boat has an estimated value of $75 million.

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Castellanos, Phillies finalize a $100 million deal

MILWAUKEE, WI - JULY 10: Cincinnati Reds outfielder Nick Castellanos (2) hits a three-run home run in the sixth inning of the MLB game against the Milwaukee Brewers on July 10, 2021 at American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Ico CLEARWATER, Fla. - Nick Castellanos and the Philadelphia Phillies finalized a $100 million, five-year contract on Tuesday.The All-Star outfielder agreed to the deal last week after the Phillies added slugger Kyle Schwarber.

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20,087 community cases; 960 hospitalisations; 31 in ICU; 11 deaths reported today

Today we are reporting 20,087 community cases, 960 hospitalisations and 11 deaths.

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Trudeau says Liberals, NDP governance deal offers ‘stability’ for Canadians

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday a deal with the federal NDP to govern until 2025 in a decision he says will offer “stability” to Canadians in uncertain times.

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VIDEO: 5 suspects target Beverly Hills jewelry store in brazen 'smash and grab' robbery

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - A brazen "smash-and-grab" robbery is under investigation in Beverly Hills.The robbery occurred at about 2 p.m. Tuesday at Luxury Jewels of Beverly Hills in the area of South Beverly Drive and Charleville Boulevard, near Reeves Park. The suspects shattered the front windows with sticks or sledgehammers and fled the scene with several items from the store, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department.A video shared by Street People of Beverly Hills showed a group of suspects targeting a jewelry store in the area.

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2 wanted for allegedly siccing dog on family's cat in Frankford

PHILADELPHIA - The Pennsylvania SPCA is searching for two men spotted on video allegedly siccing a dog on a family's cat as it sat on the porch of a Frankford home Tuesday morning.The organization shared disturbing video that shows two men and dog walking past the house then abruptly stop when they see the cat. The dog lunges towards the cat and the man holding the leash allows the dog to walk onto the porch closer to the cat. The man then drops the leash, allowing the dog to attack the defenseless cat.

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Some Colorado high schools are doing away with 'valedictorian'

Students wearing academic regalia attend their graduation ceremony at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), June 14, 2019 in Los Angeles California.

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6 students killed in Oklahoma crash involving semi truck

TISHOMINGO, Okla. - Six teenage students have been killed in a two-vehicle collision in southern Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Tuesday.The students were in a passenger vehicle that collided with a semi about 12:30 p.m. in Tishomingo, a rural city of about 3,000 located about 100 miles (161 kilometers) southwest of Oklahoma City, according to OHP spokesperson Sarah Stewart.Stewart said she did not have details of the collision or the exact ages of the students, but that all six victims were female.

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Covid update: Novavax says its COVID vaccine gets authorisation for teens

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COVID-19 still spreading among children, Saskatchewan government data shows

Saskatchewan government data shows children from the ages of one to four visit emergency rooms with COVID-19-like symptoms nearly two and a half times more than the provincial average.And the rate for young children is rising.According to the latest COVID-19 data update, 72.6 per every 1,000 children between the ages of one and four years visit ERs with COVID-19 symptoms compared to just 27.1 for the entire population, as of March 12. BA.2 could mean new COVID-19 wave: scientists Children ages five to 11 visit at a rate of 30.7 per every 1,000 people.And while the rate for the entire population has been decreasing since the province began issuing provincial reports at the start of February, the rate has been increasing for young children over the last three weeks, from 64.9 on Feb.

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Hillary Clinton tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild cold symptoms’

Hillary Clinton said Tuesday she has tested positive for COVID-19 with “mild” symptoms.On social media, the former Democratic presidential candidate said she was “feeling fine” and that former President Bill Clinton had tested negative and was quarantining until their household was fully cleared.Bill tested negative and is feeling fine. He's quarantining until our household is fully in the clear.

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Quebec budget includes $500 payment to adult residents, if you make $100,000 or less

inflation, and the cash is scheduled to arrive a few months ahead of the provincial election.The money will be transferred directly into Quebecers’ bank accounts after they file their 2021 tax returns, Finance Minister Eric Girard told reporters Tuesday after tabling the budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year. It’s his fourth and last budget before Quebecers head to the polls in October.Girard insisted the payments aren’t to curry votes and help his government win a second mandate but to help Quebecers weather significant inflation that the government expects will reach 4.7 per cent in 2022.

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Gas price stimulus checks proposals head to Congress

An electrical contractor repairs a sign with gasoline fuel prices above six and seven dollars a gallon at the Shell gas station at Fairfax and Olympic Blvd in Los Angeles, California, on March 8, 2022. (Photo by Patrick T.

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Hillary Clinton tests positive for COVID-19, has mild symptoms

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 17:Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the 2022 New York State Democratic Convention at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel on February 17, 2022 in New York City. Former Secretary of State Hillar Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton announced she tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday. "Well, I've tested positive for COVID," she tweeted Tuesday. "I've got some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine.

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Ottawa mayor urges feds to bring workers back downtown to save local businesses

Ottawa has one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates of any big city in the country, saying it’s safe for workers to return.“A healthy city must have a healthy core,” the mayor said in a statement. Year-end interview: Jim Watson defends his 3-term record as mayor of Ottawa Approximately 94 per cent of adults in Ottawa are fully vaccinated, and 98 per cent of the core public service has attested that they’ve received two shots of a COVID-19 vaccine.Even so, many public servants are still logging in from home.Business and government employees working from home have taken a huge bite out of small commercial enterprises, said Dan Kelly, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.The federation is one of several business groups that have also asked the government to send its workers back to the office.“So many (businesses) are related to serving office workers.

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Employers embracing hybrid model as workers go back to the office

Public and private sector employees are heading back to the office, and for many, it’s a departure from the pre-pandemic work model. Shallima Maharaj explains.

2 boys damaged dozens of school buses at Philadelphia bus depot, officials say

An 11 and 12-yea-old boy are accused of using items to damage over two dozen yellow school buses. PHILADELPHIA - Two boys are suspected of smashing windows and headlights on over two dozen school buses parked at a Philadelphia bus depot over the weekend, according to authorities.Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the Shallcross Bus Garage on the 3800 block of Woodhaven Road just after 7 p.m.

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COVID-19: LHSC has 22 COVID inpatients, MLHU reports 40 cases

Ottawa Senators will no longer require fans to be masked as of Saturday’s home game Of the 22 inpatients with COVID-19, 12 are being treated for COVID-19 while 10 are being treated for something other than COVID-19 but were found to have an incidental infection.The organization says at least 167 staff were positive for COVID-19 as of Tuesday, up eight from Monday.At St. Joseph’s Health Care London, there are 76 health-care workers with active cases of COVID-19 and one patient or resident case, at Parkwood Institute Main Building.On Tuesday, the MLHU reported zero deaths and 40 new lab-confirmed cases.Due to changes in eligibility for PCR testing, daily case counts are not considered a fully reliable reflection of COVID-19 activity in the region.The most recent death was reported Saturday and involved a woman in her 80s who wasn’t linked with a long-term care facility and who was unvaccinated.

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Surgical, diagnostic backlog continues to grow: Doctors Manitoba

COVID-19 pandemic began. Diagnostic procedure, surgery backlog swells under Omicron: Doctors Manitoba That’s roughly 6,300 more than the group calculated last month.“Our latest estimates reflect the continued disruptions to surgery and diagnostic testing that occurred during the Omicron wave,” Doctors Manitoba president, Dr.

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TTC bus driver pulls over to help man in distress on bridge

A Toronto bus driver is being called a hero after stopping to help a person in distress. Caryn Lieberman reports.

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Man finds 'extremely rare' pink grasshopper in Texas

Texas, Dirk Parker came across a bright pink grasshopper. While he initially thought it was cool, he didn't think much of it and continued on his way.It wasn't until later that night that he realized he discovered an incredibly rare specimen.Dirk Parker showed off the pink grasshopper he found during a walk in Texas. (Dirk Parker) "I was sitting in my hotel room later that night," Parker told Fox News.

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Inside Bob Saget's hotel room: Photos released of comedian's Orlando Ritz-Carlton suite

Photos of the hotel room where comedian Bob Saget died in Orlando, Florida were released by the Orange County Sheriff's Office. ORLANDO, Fla. - The Orange County Sheriff's Office in Florida on Tuesday released a batch of photos that were taken inside actor and comedian Bob Saget's hotel room in Orlando, where he died earlier this year.The "Full House" / "Fuller House" actor was found dead inside his hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando on Jan.

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Water for People in Queues: #Gammadda Volunteers ‘Step Up’.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Gammadda Movement took a small step towards helping ordinary Sri Lankans forced to stand in queues by distributing chilled bottles of water at selected locations around Sri Lanka. The effort is led by the Gammadda V Force Volunteers, who stepped up at short notice to help ease the burden of people standing for hours in queues in the scorching heat.The volunteers made sure that used bottles were collected and removed responsibly as well.“It made a huge difference to the people we were able to help.

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“I opposed to searching women in Hijab’ – Ranil reveals events on Easter Sunday

COLOMBO (News 1st); Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesighe states that he objected to searching Muslim women who were wearing hijabs at the time which followed the Easter Sunday bombings. Speaking at the Parliament during the debate on the second reading of the Prevention of Terrorism Act today (22), the UNP MP stated that in countries such as UK, they did not search women wearing hijabs at all, while in France, when conditions were placed on women wearing hijabs, many exhibited acts of aggression. However, the former Prime Minister said that if the Government went onto harass Muslim women, the truth of what happened on that day would not have come forth from a Muslim woman. Although the intelligence services were incapable of analyzing the facts and presenting them, it was out of MP Kabir Hashim’s Secretary’s tip off that they were able to fall to the correct track, he stated. Therefore, the former Prime Minister emphasized that the lack of ability for analysis within the intelligence sector poses serious problems, in addition to the lack of professionalism which is contrasted greatly with foreign intelligence services. “This house should do an investigation as to why member of the house Rishad Bathiudeen was being kept,.

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