Add the Kennedy Center Honors and the Mark Twain Prize to the long list of prestigious awards and honors that are being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 43rd annual Kennedy Center Honors have been moved to March 7, 2021 (the event is usually held in early December). The 23rd annual Mark Twain Prize has been moved to June 20, 2021 (it’s usually held in October).

Many award shows have been delayed due to the pandemic. The Oscars were postponed from Feb. 28 to April 25, 2021. In the wake of that move, the Golden Globes moved from their usual early January date to the Oscars’ vacated date, Feb.

28. A Recording Academy spokesperson said this week that, despite the Oscars’ move, the Grammys’ plan for now is to keep their Jan.

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Trump orders ‘national garden of American heroes’ in move to counter statue destruction

Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order establishing a “national garden of American heroes” filled with statues of notable historically significant figures, as he continues to criticize protesters for destroying existing monuments across the country.Trump’s announcement Friday during an Independence Day celebration at Mount Rushmore marked the latest move by a president who has made the protection of historical statues a cornerstone of his political messaging amid deepening conversations over systemic racism in the U.S. and around the world.

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American coach makes his mark by winning Austrian title

DÜSSELDORF – DÜJesse Marsch came to Europe to make a name both for himself and for every other American soccer coach.He managed that in a big way.Marsch led Salzburg to this season’s Austrian league title, the most significant trophy won by an American coach in Europe.“My main emphasis in coming to Europe — of course, ambition was a part of it — but it was more to see if my idea of leadership could thrive in this competitive setting of our sport,” the Wisconsin native told The Associated Press. “And, you know, I mean, it’s very sink or swim in Europe.”In his first season as coach of Salzburg, Marsch had little trouble staying afloat despite a raft of problems.

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Man arrested on charges of slashing 2-year-old boy in the face near Morningside Park

NEW YORK - Police in New York have arrested a man who is accused of attacking a toddler in upper Manhattan on Wednesday in a random and unprovoked attack.The NYPD says 35-year-old Anthony Gonzalez slashed a 2-year-old boy in the face with a sharp object. The attack happened on the sidewalk on West 110th Street near Morningside Park in Morningside Heights at about 9:30 a.m.

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Mint Covid Tracker: At current pace, India’s 1 million mark could be 13 days away

medical capacity and overburdened health system. Over the past few weeks, new infections and deaths have been rising faster in India than in most other badly-hit countries.

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Mount Dora businesses miss out on much-needed boost after leaders cancel Fourth of July events

MOUNT DORA, Fla. – Signs that read “Stars and stripes and BOGO buys” lined the sidewalks in Mount Dora Friday, instead of the hundreds of people usually downtown on a big Fourth of July weekend. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Mount Dora city officials canceled Friday night’s Freedom at the Waterfront fireworks show, as well as the Fourth of July parade that was scheduled for Saturday morning.[READ MORE: Holiday weekend plans? Here are the beaches, fireworks displays you can enjoy this July Fourth]“It’s just hard,” cried Lisa Winslow, owner of Home and Garden Treasures. “Fourth of July is a holiday -- it’s a weekend.

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Disney annual passholders incorrectly charged multiple monthly payments ahead of theme park reopening

ORLANDO, Fla. – Ahead of Walt Disney World’s reopening later this month, annual passholders began seeing charges Friday for their monthly membership fees, however, some have reported being overcharged for the past three months while the theme parks were closed due to the coronavirus.Disney confirmed the company is aware of the issue and working to fix the problem.“Passholders on the monthly payment program were incorrectly charged today.

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Patriotism amid pandemic: Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer honors everyday heroes this Fourth of July

ORLANDO, Fla. – This July Fourth weekend is going to look a little different at Lake Eola Park in Orlando due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Usually, the City of Orlando teams up with News 6 to present Fireworks at the Fountain to Central Florida, but this year, due to coronavirus concerns, Mayor Buddy Dyer had to make the decision to forego the in-person celebration.News 6′s Justin Warmoth sat down with Dyer to talk about the decision and what things will look like in Orlando moving forward.Dyer said the decision to cancel the in-person display was a tough one, but an equally important one.“It was a hard one to cancel this particular event because we recognize the patriotism of our veterans and what’s so special about our country,” Dyer said.

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London Ribfest, Airshow London latest to announce pandemic-related postponements

London Ribfest and Craft Beer Festival and Airshow London are the latest events to announce postponements due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.In a tweet Friday afternoon, Airshow London confirmed that the pandemic “has forced us to postpone our traditional festival-style event until next year” but that “we are working on ways to still bring you an air show — even if it’s a bit different than what you are used to.”At this point, no details are available about how that would look and organizers say they are “evaluating all opportunities” and will make another announcement “when we know if we can take flight.”The airshow also notes that 2020 ticket holders were messaged this week.

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Daveed Diggs asks: 'What to my people is the Fourth of July?'

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 25: Daveed Diggs attends The Vulture Spot presented by Amazon Fire TV 2020 at The Vulture Spot on January 25, 2020 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for New York Magazine) OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland-born actor, rapper and songwriter Daveed Diggs is getting a lot of attention for a video where he demands that Americans ask of themselves what the Fourth of July means to Black people right now. Speaking against a backdrop of historical images including the civil war to present-day photos of a kneeling Colin Kaepernick, Diggs recites: "My people who are failed every day by every country ...

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Kings Park Speedway near Regina given green light to resume races

Kings Park Speedway has officially been given the green light to resume racing.“We’re looking at July 18th and 19th to be open at the track here,” said Jeff King, the racetrack’s president. “We’re waiting for the provincial government to give us our guidelines for spectators this year but we’re hoping to have a good crowd.”The racetrack, which is located just outside of Regina, can normally hold 1,500 spectators, but due to the physical-distancing guidelines in place amid the coronavirus pandemic, King said the facility is hoping for 300 fans, with the final number to be determined by the provincial government.

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Govt postpones JEE, NEET exams to Sept due to surge in covid-19 cases

NEW DELHI : The Centre postponed the two-tier Joint Entrance Exam (JEE), and the National Eligibility-cum- Entrance Test (NEET) to September due to the surge in covid-19 cases.According to the revised schedule, the JEE (Main) exam will be held from 1 to 6 September, while the JEE (Advanced) exams will be held on 27 September. NEET is scheduled for 13 September.While JEE (Main) and NEET exams, for admissions to engineering and medical colleges, respectively, were to take place in July, JEE (Advanced), for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), was due in August.

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Katie Price's daughter Princess posts sweet tribute to Harvey after health scare

Princess Andre has paid tribute to her older brother Harvey Price following his health scare.

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Authorities searching for woman accused of stealing police bike from cruiser

CENTER CITY - Authorities are searching for a woman who is accused of stealing a bike from a police cruiser last month in Center City.Police say the suspect, a white woman in her 30's, took the bicycle off the back of a police car parked on North 6th street on June 14. The woman allegedly fled the area with the bike.The suspect is described as a 5-foot-6 with dark hair and a thin build.

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DeLand Wellness Center to offer rapid anitbody testing

DELAND, Fla. – The DeLand Wellness Center will offer antibody tests beginning next week.“We have been so blessed to have such a wonderful, supportive community,” the Center said. “Among our services, we will be offering rapid Antibody COVID-19 testing.”The test, which is available on Wednesday, will be offered to those currently infected or previously infected.“You will be given your results on site,” the Center added.

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Nova Scotia to hold coronavirus press briefing Friday

coronavirus press briefing on Friday.The briefing is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. AT and will be streamed on our website.

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Ontario reports 165 new coronavirus cases, lowest increase in deaths since late March

coronavirus on Friday, bringing the provincial total to 35,535.“Locally, 31 of the province’s 34 public health units—every unit except Toronto, Peel and York—are reporting five or fewer cases, with 14 of them reporting no new cases at all,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said on Twitter.“With 179 more resolved, there are 14 fewer active cases in Ontario.” CERB poses back-to-work dilemma: ‘We’re being incentivized to make just under $1,000’ A total of 30,909 cases are considered resolved, which makes up 87 per cent of all confirmed cases.Elliott said the province has processed over 24,000 additional tests.Two new deaths were also announced Friday, bringing the total fatalities attributed to the virus in the province to 2,682.

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Man slashes 2-year-old boy in the face near Morningside Park

NEW YORK - Police are trying to identify a man seen on security camera videos running away after attacking a toddler in upper Manhattan on Wednesday.The man slashed a 2-year-old boy in the face with a sharp object, police said. The attack happened on the sidewalk on West 110th Street near Morningside Park in Morningside Heights at about 9:30 a.m.

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Penn State student, 21, dies of coronavirus-related complications

(Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A 21-year-old Penn State student has died of coronavirus-related complications just 10 days after he was tested for the virus, the University announced on Thursday.Juan Garcia, a student at the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences student, died on Tuesday from respiratory failure and COVID-19, according to a release.Garcia was reportedly living off-campus when he began feeling ill.

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Steps taken for safe disposal of COVID-19 victims' bodies: BMC

MUMBAI : The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday told the Bombay High Court that it was taking adequate safety measures and scrupulously following the guidelines prescribed for the safe disposal of bodies of persons who died due to COVID-19.The civic body was responding to a petition filed by former journalist Ketan Tirodkar, which alleged that there were several lapses in handling of COVID-19 victims' bodies in crematoriums at Shivaji Park in Dadar, at Sion in central Mumbai and at the Chandanwadi crematorium in south Mumbai.As per the plea, the staff at these crematoriums are not provided with safety gears like PPE kits, masks and sanitizers.BMC counsel Anil Sakhare told a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and

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Pakistan's coronavirus tally crosses 221,000-mark

Pakistan on Friday reported that 113,623 persons have recovered from the deadly coronavirus, surpassing the number of active COVID-19 infections in the country for the first time, authorities said.According to the Ministry of National Health Services, “out of the total 221,896 COVID-19 positive patients, 113,623 have so far recovered from the disease across the country".The recovered patients have surpassed the number of active 108,273 COVID-19 infections.In Sindh, out of the 89,225 confirmed cases 49,926 have recovered, while in Punjab, out of 78,956 patients, 33,786 have recovered.

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Covid-19 causes 13% death increase between March and June

Covid-19 caused a 13% increase in deaths in Ireland between March and June 2020, according to a new report from the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).

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Toddler slashed in face near Morningside Park

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Deputy Chief Medical Officer press conference about COVID-19 on 3 July 2020

MICHAEL KIDD:My name is Professor Michael Kidd, Deputy Chief Medical Officer here at the Department of Health here in Canberra. This is the daily update in Australia as of 12 o'clock today, we have over- we have, sorry, 8066 people reported as COVID-19 positive.

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SAG Awards 2021 delayed due to coronavirus pandemic as glitzy ceremony moves to March

Next year's SAG Awards ceremony has been pushed back due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Vanilla Ice Postpones Concert Amid Backlash & Rising Coronavirus Cases

Vanilla Ice is holding off on that concert, after all.

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Vanilla Ice postpones 4th of July 2020 concert due to COVID-19

1990s-themed 4th of July concert in Austin, Texas, because of the coronavirus pandemic.“Due to the increase in COVID-19 numbers in Austin we’re gonna move the concert to a better date,” he wrote in a caption for a video posted Thursday on Twitter. “We were hoping for better coronavirus numbers by July but unfortunately the numbers have increased quite a bit so for the safety and health of everyone we’re going to stay home.”In the video, he said, “Basically, I’m not goin’ ” — with a quick chuckle.

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SAG Awards 2021 Is Latest Awards Show to Postpone Due To COVID-19

Coronavirus just caused another awards show to move out of its original date.

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SAG Awards 2021 postponed to March due to coronavirus

The glitzy Screen Actors Guild Awards have officially been delayed due to coronavirus.Commonly known as the SAG Awards, the event was originally set to take place on Jan. 24, 2021.The award show, which always attracts the A-List stars in line for an Oscar, has now been pushed to Sunday, March 14, 2021.

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Woman falls on SEPTA tracks, lifted to safety by good samaritan, police

CENTER CITY - A woman is recovering after she accidentally fell onto the tracks at a SEPTA station in Center City and was lifted to safety by a passerby.SEPTA says the incident happened on the westbound side of 15th Street Station's Market-Frankford line.Surveillance video shows the 44-year-old woman cross onto the yellow caution marker and fall onto the tracks below.

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Deputy Chief Medical Officer press conference about COVID-19 on 2 July 2020

MICHAEL KIDD: Good Afternoon everybody. My name is Professor Michael Kidd, Deputy Chief Medical Officer here at the Department of Health in Canberra.

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EPF covid-19 withdrawal: Know the process, tax implication and impact on corpus

₹1 lakh in your PF account and your basic wage plus dearness allowance is ₹20,000 per month, you will be eligible to withdraw only up to ₹60,000.The government introduced the facility in March to offer relief to people facing liquidity crisis amid the lockdown.If you are planning to go for it, here are some details about the tax implication on withdrawal, how it will impact your retirement savings and the withdrawal process.Tax implicationsNormally if you withdraw from EPF before the completion of five continuous years of service, the amount withdrawn is taxable in your hands.

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Prezzo begins sale process in desperate bid to survive coronavirus pandemic

Restaurant chain Prezzo is reportedly looking for a buyer to keep it running.

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No indication Americans have been killed in connection with Russian bounties: WH press secretary

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Wednesday that intelligence indicating Russia had secretly offered bounties for the killing of U.S. troops was “unverified,” and that the U.S.

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Canadians and Americans find loophole in closure of Peace Arch Park

Less than two weeks after the B.C. government closed Peace Arch Park because too many Canadians and Americans were using it, they’ve found a loophole to get around it. Nadia Stewart reports.

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Treaty signed in 1814 allows Canadians, U.S. citizens to still meet at Peace Arch Park

was a major spike in visitors.The park has served as a popular meeting spot for loved ones who are separated by the border and have been unable to visit each other because of a ban on non-essential travel due to COVID-19.The area was closed on April 8 as the novel coronavirus spread around the world and reopened on May 14 as cases began to dwindle in B.C.However, as the park straddles the Canadian and U.S. border, the American side of the park was never closed.“Anybody can access on the American side the Peace Arch Park and Canadians can access the American side on 0 Avenue,” Len Saunders, U.S.

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Katie Price ‘offered support’ by exes Peter Andre and Kieran Hayler amid son Harvey’s health scare

Katie Price has reportedly been offered support from her ex husbands Peter Andre and Kieran Hayler after her son Harvey’s hospital dash earlier this week.The 42 year old model is said to have “feared the worst” for her son Harvey, who is at “high risk” if he catches the coronavirus because of his health conditions. Harvey has been diagnosed with Prader-Willi Syndrome, autism, diabetes and an under-active thyroid.The teen, who recently celebrated his 18th birthday, is also blind.

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Coronavirus: White House press secretary describes COVID-19 outbreaks in U.S. states as ’embers’

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany described COVID-19 outbreaks in states including Texas, Florida and California as “embers” on Wednesday despite the massive number of cases being reported in these states. She also attempted to clarify that U.S.

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Newsom: Restaurants, bars, movie theaters must close again in 19 California counties

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday tightened coronavirus restrictions for most of California, as a COVID-19 surge and more deaths have been reported ahead of the Fourth of July weekend. Newsom told 19 counties to close their indoor operations, like bars, wine tasting rooms, zoos, restaurants and movie theaters for at least three weeks. The list includes Contra Costa County, Santa Clara and Solano counties in the Bay Area, as well as Los Angeles County.

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More than 30 arrested as Seattle cops start clearing CHOP zone

SEATTLE - Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an emergency order Wednesday morning directing protesters to leave the area of the CHOP, Capitol Hill Organized Protest, and Cal Anderson Park area. More than 30 protesters were arrested, police said.Officers in riot gear moved into the area at 5:00 a.m.

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Memorial Day events in Newfoundland and Labrador restricted during pandemic

Rick Zamperin: Reflecting on inspiring athletes on this Canada Day The city is hosting a television special that will air at 6:30 p.m. local time Wednesday.“We are pleased to have the Canadian Armed Forces’ support in highlighting our role in the Great War and the many remarkable monuments the City of St.

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Monmouth Park to open thoroughbred meet Friday with fans

Belmont Stakes on June 20 without fans. California and Maryland are not allowing fans.

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Peter Frampton launches new ‘Frampton Stays Inside!’ coronavirus-themed merch

Peter Frampton has launched a new coronavirus-themed t-shirt on his merch store which plays on the title of his classic 1976 live double-album ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’.The new t-shirt displays a doctored version of the live album’s original artwork — now showing the guitarist wearing a blue face mask — and bears the words “Frampton Stays Inside!”.On the back of the t-shirt the words ‘Shelter In Place House Tour 2020’ are printed in the style of a normal tour t-shirt, with a monthly schedule of rooms to visit in the home — February: Living Room, March: Kitchen, April: Laundry Room, May: Backyard — also included.

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Man lives at Amway Center for 45 days to lead Orlando’s PPE effort

ORLANDO, Fla. – One of the biggest concerns when it comes to battling COVID-19 has been personal protective equipment, but thanks to the help of one Orlando man, the city never saw a shortage. In April, the City of Orlando partnered with the Amway Center to turn the facility into a huge PPE warehouse.

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Police move in as Seattle mayor issues emergency order to disperse protesters from CHOP area

SEATTLE - Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an emergency order directing protesters to leave the area of the CHOP, Capitol Hill Organized Protest, and Cal Anderson Park area.Officers in riot gear moved in to the area at 5:00 a.m. Wednesday and issued a dispersal order over the loudspeaker.By 5:30 a.m., more than a dozen people were arrested, police said on Twitter."Due to ongoing violence and public safety issues in the East Precinct/Cal Anderson Park area.

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Osceola Parkway tolls increase by $1 for some drivers

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – Drivers without a prepaid toll transponder will have to pay a little more to use Osceola Parkway.Starting Wednesday, rates increased by $1 at the Shingle Creek and Poinciana Boulevard toll plazas.Drivers who have a SunPass or E-Pass won’t see an increase.The rate increase only applies to drivers who pay-by-plate and are billed each time they pass through a toll plaza.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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