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GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. - Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys for the men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery wrapped their closing remarks in the federal hate crimes trial on Monday in Brunswick, Georgia.The jury received the case at about 3 p.m. on Monday and deliberated almost three hours before court went in recess for the day. Deliberations are set to restart at 9 a.m.

Boris johnson today (February 21) said that the response to the pandemic would be "vaccine led" as he announced that all lockdown restrictions will be ending by Thursday. Speaking after he announced all remaining Covid restrictions will be axed, the PM said there "may be significant resurgences" and "it's very possible that those will be worse than Omicron".Whitty said at a Downing Street press conference that new strains were to be expected and while some "will just disappear" others could escape vaccines and result in a fresh wave in hospitalisations.Prof Whitty said: “Some of those new variants will just disappear, but some of them will cause us significant problems and they could be either more vaccine escaping but as severe as Omicron, but the net effect would be actually more people end up in hospital because a lot of our protection is from vaccination, or it could be more intrinsically severe, because Omicron came from a much earlier variant.”He added we “could certainly end up with something which is more likely to lead to hospitalisations than Omicron”, adding that winters are expected to be “tricky” even in the absence of significant new variants due to the combination of Covid, flu and other respiratory problems.The Chief Medical Officer also urged Brits who test positive for Covid to self-isolate, even though they will no longer be forced to do so under law.“As we look at the next weeks, we still have high rates of Omicron and I would urge people in terms of public health advice, and this is very much the Government’s position, that people should still if they have Covid try to prevent other people getting it and that means self-isolating," he said.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Three people and two dogs were found dead inside a Florida home after a roommate returned home Sunday evening, police said.The roommate who discovered the horrific scene called emergency services, who said each victim had gunshot wounds, WFLX reported.MORE NEWS: Florida woman allegedly stabbed husband 140 times, fractured skull with meat cleaver: police saidPort St.

FILE - Members of the Police and the Mexican Army patrol the center of Playa Del Carmen. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Two men were killed and a third was injured Saturday night after members of suspected rival drug cartels opened fire at a popular Mexican beach resort, officials say. Shots were reported around 8:30 p.m.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested on Monday that while protests surrounding Parliament Hill in Ottawa have mostly dispersed and the horns are no longer sounding, the work to heal the pandemic divisions in the country that the convoy exposed must now begin.

In an address to the House of Commons today, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a plan for "living with COVID," phasing out free testing for most people and removing requirements to self-isolate after testing positive.

The Prime Minister has announced that British workers should "learn from Germany" and not go to work if they are feeling ill.

PHILADELPHIA - A woman is fighting for her life after she was shot multiple times in the West Oak Lane section of the city. The shooting happened inside a home on the 100 block of Mayland Street at approximately 3:18 p.m.Police say the 56-year-old woman was shot multiple times throughout her body. Police took her to a local hospital where she was listed in critical condition. An arrest was made and a weapon was recovered, according to authorities.A motive for the shooting was not revealed. ___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

In this photo illustration, The Facebook and Instagram logos on the screen of an iPhone on March 9, 2021, in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany. (Photo by Tom Weller/DeFodi Images via Getty Images) MAGNOLIA, De. - Three suspected Delaware porch pirates are facing a long list of charges after authorities said one of them was identified by community members through a social media post. The Delaware State Police investigated numerous package thefts from homes in the Houston, Felton, Harrington, and Magnolia sections of Kent County over the past several months. The thieves also swiped decorations from front lawns, police said.Investigators in early February asked for the public's help in identifying a possible suspect through a social media post, according to police.MORE LOCAL HEADLINESPolice on Friday arrested Lawrence Evans, 43, and Dawn Shockley, 37, at a home on Riley Drive in Magnolia.

Lower percentages of US children visited an emergency department (ED) for any indication amid the COVID-19 pandemic, while adolescent girls accounted for the largest hikes in visits for mental illness, according to two Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) studies published late last week in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).For both studies, the researchers mined pediatric ED visit data in the

announced this week it will cancel $415 million in federal student loans by nearly 16,000 borrowers allegedly misled by for-profit colleges.The borrowers, who attended DeVry University, ITT Technical Institute, Westwood College and the Minnesota School of Business/Globe University, will receive the relief through a legal provision known as borrower defense, which allows individuals to discharge some or all of their student loan debt if their school misled them or otherwise engaged in other misconduct. "The department remains committed to giving borrowers discharges when the evidence shows their college violated the law and standards," Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement Wednesday.The department found that between 2008 and 2015, DeVry University, a for-profit university headquartered in Illinois, repeatedly misled students by claiming that 90% of its graduates actively seeking employment landed a job in their field of study within six months of graduation. The job placement level was actually closer to 58%, according to the department.The department has so far identified about 1,800 borrowers who will be eligible for more than $71 million in discharges because they "relied upon DeVry's misrepresentation in deciding to enroll." The number of borrowers who qualify for discharge is expected to grow as the department continues to review outstanding claims from former students.

PHILADELPHIA - A man is making a recovery after he was shot twice while driving in North Philadelphia. The incident happened at approximately 12:15 p.m. near 17th Street and Olney Avenue. Police say a 23-year-old man was shot once in the back and suffered a graze wound to the head.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - California authorities are trying to capture Hank the Tank, a massive black bear estimated to weigh at least 500 pounds. They say he’s responsible for breaking into several homes in the South Lake Tahoe area.South Lake Tahoe Police said the latest incident with Hank happened Friday morning when he broke into a home on Catalina Drive in the Tahoe Keys area. Officers banged on the exterior of the home until Hank moved outside through the back door. RELATED: Frederick buzzing over black bear sighting"This bear did not break into a garage where trash was kept that he was sniffing out," authorities posted on their Facebook page.

LOS ANGELES - A family is devastated after they say their five-month-old French bulldog was stolen by two men who were possibly armed in broad daylight in North Hollywood over the weekend. The puppy, named Seven, quickly became part of the Valencia family. "I feel like they took my kid. They took my child.

LOS ANGELES - Southern states were hit by tornadoes Thursday amid a dangerous severe weather outbreak which also brought large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding across the region.Calhoun County Emergency Management Agency confirmed five deaths in Calhoun County in Alabama Thursday afternoon, after severe weather ripped through the area. The latest spate of bad weather comes just one week after a significant tornado outbreak in the South spawned numerous violent twisters in multiple states.NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued a rare "high risk" severe weather forecast for Thursday from northern parts of Mississippi and Alabama into sections of south-central Tennessee."Thursday's threat could be as severe, or even worse, than

Lindsay Exhibition will return to a weeklong in-person event this September.The Lindsay Agricultural Society (LAS) says the 167th annual Lindsay Ex will be held Sept. 18-26, adding four additional days to reduce the number of visitors on the grounds and in barns and to provide better physical distancing amid the pandemic.

Star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. was feeling better a day after coming out of a game due to left shoulder discomfort, leaving the San Diego Padres and their fans breathing easier.

Months after some airlines suspended operations in Atlantic Canada, one air carrier plans to resume flights. But with the renewed optimism, there is concern over how long it will take to get back to pre-pandemic levels.

sperm counts are just two consequences of chemicals produced by increased pollution, according to a professor of medicine and public health. Dr Shanna Swan of the Mount Sinai Medical Centre in New York writes that humanity faces an “existential crisis” as a result of phthalates, a chemical used in the creation of plastics that impacts the hormone-producing endocrine system.

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TOLEDO, Ohio – Colleges throughout the U.S. are assuring students that the fall semester will bring a return to in-person classes, intramural sports and mostly full dormitories. But those promises come with asterisks.

COVID-19 infections in Niagara, says the region’s top doctor.Acting medical officer of health Mustafa Hirji suggests “more people interacting” across municipalities and a rising trend in community spread could impact the region’s ability to avoid a third wave amid the pandemic.Of concern for Hirji is a change in key epidemiological numbers from neighbouring cities “well above” the ‘red’ level threshold from the province’s COVID-19 response framework, particularly Hamilton.

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden's administration has tried for weeks to keep the public from seeing images like those that emerged Monday showing immigrant children in U.S. custody at the border sleeping on mats under foil blankets, separated in groups by plastic partitions.

SAN ANTONIO – Jordan Lewis had a career-high 32 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists to help seventh-seeded Alabama beat No. 10 seed North Carolina 80-71 on Monday in the first round of the women's NCAA Tournament.

outbreak at Peel Primary School in Livingston as infections spiked in the area. Now parents have been told that Peel Primary School will shut for a week and remote learning will be put back in place.The parents council released the news online last night.Speaking to The Courier today, a West Lothian Council spokesperson said: “Parents were informed over the weekend that due to staff requiring to self-isolate, all classes in P1 to P7 at Peel Primary will revert to remote learning from today until Friday.“The school will reopen on Monday 29 March in line with public health advice.

BEIRUT – Airstrikes on several locations in northwest Syria near the border with Turkey have killed at least one person and set afire several trucks used to distribute aid, opposition activists and a paramedic group said Monday.

cases of coronavirus and 212 related fatalities, which have taken the country's cumulative tally past 11.6 million and the death toll to 159,967 in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data.Here are the restrictions put in place by several states:MaharashtraThe worst-hit state on Sunday reported 30,535 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest rise in a single day, the state health department said. Night curfew has been announced in at least 10 districts including Aurangabad, Amravati, Yavatmal, Jalna and Parbhani.

HAMPTON, Ga. – Ryan Blaney became the sixth driver to win in six races to start NASCAR's Cup season, surging to the front with nine laps to go after Kyle Larson's dominant performance at Atlanta Motor Speedway fell apart on a fading set of tires Sunday.

NEW DELHI : The threat of coronavirus infection looms large in Delhi Prisons as it readies for the returning inmates who were granted parole during the coronavirus outbreak last year.According to jail officials, it will be difficult to maintain social distancing with the surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in the prisons.They said the situation could be more difficult to manage when the inmates, who were granted parole during the pandemic outbreak last year, would return.There are a total of 18,900 inmates in the Delhi Prisons comprising Tihar, Rohini and Mandoli jails.

ONTARIO, Calif. - A massive fireworks explosion that left two people dead in Ontario earlier this week caused at least $3.2 million worth of damage, officials said Friday.Residents began returning to their homes Friday evening after evacuating on Tuesday. About 80 homes were within the explosion’s radius and dozens were damaged.Although authorities still have not officially confirmed the victims’ identities, cousins Alex Paez, 38, and Cesar Paez, 20, were reported missing after the explosion. Fireworks are illegal in Ontario, as in many California cities, and investigators are using bar codes on the explosives to trace where they were purchased.

The Alberta government says in-person learning at post-secondary intuitions is expected to start up again in the fall. Nicole Stillger has reaction from universities and colleges across the province.

While Nova Scotia is loosening some restrictions– the return of the Atlantic travel bubble can’t happen fast enough for some people. As Shelley Steeves reports, there is growing excitement over its possible return.

As vaccine supply grows across Canada, more vaccination clinics are opening up. As Caryn Lieberman reports, retired health-care workers are stepping up to help vaccinate.

Calgary post-secondary students excited about possible return to campus in September Following the provincial government’s statement, the president of the University of Alberta said planning is well underway to welcome the university community back to campus this September.“We will continue to prioritize your health and safety as we plan and make adjustments this year.

NEW YORK – The two big, busy federal courthouses in Manhattan took the adage that justice delayed is justice denied to heart when the coronavirus hit, creating a pandemic-safe environment for jurors that could be a blueprint for courts elsewhere

The Atlantic premiers plan to remove restrictions on travelling between Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador starting April 19. Ross Lord looks at the burst of optimism in this region.

COVID-19 pandemic times will be postponed as the province tightens restrictions in the city.The Ontario government says Ottawa will move to the second-strictest “red” level of the province’s pandemic framework on Friday, which means outdoor events will be capped at 25 people.Organizers of the The Long Road Back planned to use rapid COVID-19 testing to screen 100 concert-goers at the outdoor show featuring soul band the Commotions at Lansdowne Park on March 27.

The Minister for Education has said the signs are very positive that the rest of school students can return to the classroom after the Easter break. 

On Sunday, the province reported no new cases of COVID-19 in the province’s care homes. On Monday, there were two and on Tuesday just one.

BARCELONA – Hundreds of yellow-and-black taxi cabs disrupted traffic in Barcelona on Thursday to protest the return of the ride-hailing giant Uber to the northeastern Spanish city after a 2-year hiatus.

‘The numbers don’t lie’: Atlantic bubble limits coronavirus despite local concerns Higgs says while there is no target date, they had been looking at mid-April and were “keen to move to the next level.” He also says the bubble will likely initially include just the three Maritime provinces, with Newfoundland and Labrador to join later.He adds, however, the premiers are cognizant of the high COVID-19 case counts in other parts of the country, especially cases involving variants of concern. That’s why premiers will be further discussing the Atlantic bubble with their cabinets and health officials.“For me, it’s about not rushing ahead,” he said.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Although no prescribed burns were scheduled for Brevard County, two large burns in Osceola and Indian River counties have been sending smoke to Central Brevard Wednesday afternoon, reports News 6 partner Florida Today.

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – An overturned semi-truck is causing backups on westbound I-4 in Seminole County.

posted to the university’s website, president Michael Benarroch says a “phased transition” is warranted based on health advice and the vaccine rollout.“We are a community that thrives on personal connections, and as I noted in my recent messages to the community, this past year has been hard on all of us and we are eager to see the end of it,” Benarroch wrote.

WILMINGTON, Del. – There is Major breaking news: President Joe Biden’s wayward pup is no longer in the doghouse.