ORLANDO, Fla. – The city of Orlando opened several learning pod locations on Monday as the school year began virtually for all students at Orange County Public Schools.The idea behind the learning pod concept is to gather a group of a few students together and their parents pay for a tutor who will teach the children in the pod exclusively through the semester.Orlando's program includes two nine-student pods at six of the city's community centers.The pods provide students with a place to access electronics and Wi-Fi as they complete their LaunchEd assignments.Children will not interact with other groups and they will be kept with the same students throughout the duration of the program.

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Students coming to Nova Scotia from outside Atlantic bubble to receive mandatory coronavirus tests

COVID-19 tests during their isolation period.Anyone coming from outside the bubble is already required to self-isolate for 14 days.But now all university and Nova Scotia Community College students will be tested for the novel coronavirus.“Testing university and NSCC students during their self-isolation periods can help with early detection and management of cases in the post-secondary population,” said Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed, N.S.

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Canada loses Lake Louise alpine ski event for 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic.FIS, the sport’s governing body, says all North American events will be realigned at existing technical and speed race venues in Europe. World Cup cross-country ski event cancelled in Quebec City due to coronavirus outbreak Men’s and women’s World Cup events were scheduled to be held in Lake Louise, Alta., Nov.

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Scientists may have found first human link between antibodies, coronavirus protection

coronavirus.The findings — which are not yet peer-reviewed and looked at only a small sample size — come from a case study focused on passengers on a fishing vessel that left Seattle in May. How close are we to a coronavirus vaccine? It examined whether they had a specific type of antibody scientists suspect is linked with coronavirus immunity at the time of departure, and whether they subsequently became infected when an outbreak emerged on board.Those who tested positive for the antibody in pre-departure tests, the case study states, did not become infected.

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Florida COVID-19 cases remain under 5,000 for fifth day as Orange County schools prepare to reopen

ORLANDO, Fla. – Central Florida’s largest school district, Orange County Public Schools, is set to reopen schools to less than half of its student population in less than 24 hours as the Florida Department of Health reported 4,555 new COVID-19 cases across the state.For the past five days, Florida has reported fewer than 5,000 new coronavirus cases every day.The new infections bring the state’s running total since March to 588,602 cases.

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Saskatoon Public Schools preparing for online learning

To prepare for this unique school year, Saskatoon Public Schools is upgrading its Online Learning Centre for K-12. Education Superintendent Colleen Norris joins to explain how it works.

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UConn students party during coronavirus pandemic, get kicked out of dorms

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Kingston-area public school board releases video as students’ return to classes nears

return to classes next month.The Limestone District School Board has posted a video on its website, walking parents through the new COVID-19 “pandemic protocols” both inside and outside the classroom. Limestone District School Board sets out COVID-19 plans for back to school Whether it’s elementary or secondary school, the video gives an overview of how the board plans to keep students and staff safe when school resumes.

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Report: Mom of 6 kicked off plane in Orlando after 2-year-old refused to wear mask

ORLANDO, Fla. – A mother from Brooklyn was forced off a JetBlue flight in Orlando on Wednesday when her 2-year-old daughter wouldn’t wear a mask, according to the New York Daily News.Chaya Bruck, a mother of six, posted video of the incident on her Facebook page. [WATCH VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STORY]According to the report, flight attendants ordered Bruck to get off the Newark-bound plane after her daughter, Dina, refused to keep on a face covering, which the airline says is required due to the coronavirus pandemic.When Bruck explained that the child wasn’t cooperating, the attendants told all passengers to get off the plane.“It was horrible.

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Coronavirus: Kingston parents worry school busing precautions might not be enough

Limestone District School Board sets out COVID-19 plans for back to school Tri-Board Student Transportation Services oversees student busing for the Limestone District School Board, Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board and the Hasting Prince Edward Public School Boards.Tri-Board is responsible for getting approximately 30,000 students going to and from school everyday.Physical distancing on buses will be helped somewhat by some parents opting for remote learning, according to the Tri-Boards head Gord Taylor.“We suspect those will be diminished by 20 or 25 per cent because some parents are opting to do remote learning so they won’t be using the bus.”Like schools, students Grade 4 and up have to wear masks, and Taylor is

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Stocks with inferior financials having their day in the sun, despite covid woes

A look at NSE’s strategy-based indices suggest the growth style of investing beat the value style hands down during the pandemic. Compared to the Nifty50 Value 20 index, The Nifty Growth Sectors 15 index fell more in the correction between 12 February and 23 March, and has also risen by a lower rate since then.

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DAY 2 UPDATES: Florida’s largest teachers’ union fights to keep schools closed

ORLANDO, Fla. – Day 2 of a hearing between the state of Florida and the largest teachers’ union will continue Thursday.[WATCH THE HEARING IN THE VIDEO PLAYER AT THE TOP OF THIS STORY]The state’s largest teachers’ union, Florida Education Association, is suing Florida Gov.

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Virtual press conference on COVID-19 in the Western Pacific

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Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast postponed due to Covid-19

'Jamie & Jimmy's Friday Night Feast' has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Channel 4 series - which sees TV chef Jamie Oliver and farmer Jimmy Doherty joined by a different celebrity guest in their pop-up bistro on Southend Pier for each episode - is unable to be filmed at the small location due to the ongoing social distancing rules.

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Husband of woman who prayed every day outside hospital for his recovery has died

TOMBALL, Texas - A woman from Tomball who spent every day praying outside her husband’s hospital window while he battled the Coronavirus says he lost his life last week.It’s not the outcome Michelle Gutierrez was praying for but says it’s important to share her story to give others hope."His last words was, ‘you know, I love you, I love you, see you later ...

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Covid-19: India records highest-ever cases in a day, new peak in testing numbers

COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, informed Union Ministry of Health on Thursday.The Ministry further stated that the positivity rate has come down to below 8%."India scales a new peak in daily testing. More than 9 lakh COVID19 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.

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COVID-19 pandemic.InjaNation made the announcement of its permanent closure Wednesday in a statement on its website. Alberta small business owners shut down amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic “The pandemic understandably made the public reluctant to venture out to participate in many activities and venues that they used to,” the statement read.

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DNC Day 3: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton urge Americans to vote as Kamala Harris accepts VP nomination

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president Wednesday night, cementing her status as a leader in a party staking its future on building a diverse coalition of voters as the first Black woman on a major party ticket.She addressed the Democratic National Convention's third night after former President Barack Obama, another barrier breaker, warned that American democracy itself was at risk if President Donald Trump wins reelection this fall.RELATED: Kamala Harris, in historic VP nomination acceptance speech, says America at 'inflection point'Harris, a 55-year-old California senator, issued an urgent plea for voters of all colors to rally behind Joe Biden and find a way to vote despite concerns

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DNC Day 3: With Biden nominated, Democrats hear from Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - The Democrats’ historic boundary breakers, led by former President Barack Obama, joined forces Wednesday night at the party’s national convention, pleading for Joe Biden’s diverse coalition to put voting ahead of everything else this fall to save the nation from the chaotic leadership of President Donald Trump.Their overriding message: Don't just complain about Trump; vote because your lives and democracy itself may be at stake.RELATED: In Obama, Democrats see a bridge between Joe Biden and young votersIn remarks remarkable for their urgency and dismissiveness of a U.S.

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News 6 anchor says he’ll get a tattoo if Orlando Magic defeat Milwaukee in opening round series

ORLANDO, Fla. – News 6 morning anchor Justin Warmoth said he will get a tattoo if the Orlando Magic defeat the Milwaukee Bucks in the opening round series of the NBA Playoffs.Warmoth said the statement Tuesday morning before the Magic played Game 1.We asked him where he got the idea.I intend to keep this promise if the @OrlandoMagic win the series against the @Bucks. cc: @KirstinNews6 pic.twitter.com/Cg2gccHINX“Honestly, I have no clue.

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Orlando Police looking for missing 82-year-old man

ORLANDO, Fla. – Officers with the Orlando Police Department are looking for a missing 82-year-old man.Police said John Bryson Early was last seen on around 12:30 p.m.

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Orange County shows what classrooms will look like when students return

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County Public Schools invited us inside a classroom Wednesday at Lake Como School, a teacher was teaching via the LaunchEd platform.School officials hosted the event prior to students’ expected return to face-to-face learning on Friday.Inside the classroom, a teacher had her laptop propped up on her desk, so students at home could see the board with materials behind her. OCPS Superintendent Dr. Barbara Jenkins said teachers will have access to technology, like Swivel cameras, to assist in teaching those in person and those learning from home.“It gives them the ability to move around the classroom and still be on camera with their students that are at home,” Dr.

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Back-to-school sparks anxiety for students who experience bullying, harassment

Back-to-school can be an exciting time of year for many students, but for others, it’s the complete opposite.“It’s kind of sad to say that some children have really benefited from not being in schools,” Dr. Syras Derksen, a registered psychologist in Winnipeg, said.

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Temple University reports two students tested positive for coronavirus

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Temple University confirm two positive cases of coronavirus on campus.

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TDSB change of plan: Making masks mandatory for all students

After its first back-to-school plan was rejected by the government, the Toronto District School Board is coming up with a new proposal — and this one has a significant change to it which doesn’t align with the government’s recommendations. Miranda Anthistle explains.

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Peterborough marina extending season to Thanksgiving Day

COVID-19.The marina didn’t open until June 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic. U.S.

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DNC Day 3: With Biden nominated, Democrats set to hear from Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and wife Dr. Jill Biden are seen in a video feed from Delaware after winning the votes to become the nominee on the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention at the Wisconsin Center on August WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden as their presidential candidate, with party elders, a new generation of politicians and voters in every state joining in an extraordinary, pandemic-cramped virtual convention to send him into the general election campaign to oust President Donald Trump.For someone who has spent more than three decades eyeing the presidency, the moment Tuesday night was the realization of a long-sought goal.

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Orlando City will allow fans to attend matches in person at reduced capacity

ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando City announced fans will be allowed at three upcoming games at Exploria Stadium at reduced capacity for phase one of continuation of play for Major League Soccer.The exact amount of fans allowed into games was not specified in the news release from the MLS. The matches will be the first to have fans in-person since the pandemic caused cancellations across all major league sports.Here are the three home games Orlando City will play with fans having the opportunity to watch in-person:The sale date for tickets has not bee announced.Ticket priority will go toward season ticket holders.Fans will be required to wear masks in the stadium.

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Montreal port workers and employers at an impasse as strike goes into 10th day

Port of Montreal say they are at an impasse with striking dockworkers, contradicting the federal labour minister’s upbeat assessment of talks as the port shutdown hit day 10.Martin Tessier, head of the Maritime Employers Association, told reporters Wednesday that “negotiations are not really progressing” and characterized any progress as “very slow.”The remarks follow Labour Minister Filomena Tassi’s depiction of “encouraging progress made between the two parties” this week, an appraisal that backs Ottawa’s decision to avoid intervening despite pleas from industry groups and the Ontario and Quebec governments.Tessier says he has asked the union to move 477 containers out of about 11,500 now on the waterfront in order to clear essential

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Temple University confirms two students test positive for coronavirus

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Temple University confirms two positive cases of coronavirus on campus.

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Health chiefs close Dundee school after six people test positive for coronavirus

Covid-19 outbreak has been forced to close after six adults tested positive for the virus. An investigation is under way after the cases linked to Kingspark School in Dundee rose from one to six overnight.

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Halifax non-profit’s school supply drive low on donations this year due to COVID-19

website and school supplies, hand sanitizer and masks can be dropped off at its location at 2415 Maynard St., Halifax, during regular business hours.Parker Street is accepting school supply donations until Aug. 21.

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Coronavirus: Manitoba reports 12th death due to COVID-19, 15 new confirmed cases

Manitoba’s chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin confirmed on Wednesday the 12th total death so ar related to COVID-19 in the province, a man in his 60s who was hospitalized in the ICU.

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The Latest: Wake Forest star receiver opts out of season

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Spain reports 3,715 new coronavirus cases in a day, sets post-lockdown record

Madrid: Spain reported 3,715 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday, marking a new daily record since the country came out of a strict lockdown in late June.Madrid bore the brunt of the increase, logging 1,535 new cases, followed by the Basque Country and Aragon regions with around 470 new infections each.Fourteen people died across Spain in the same period, down from 21 the previous day.

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'Owl House' makes history with Disney's first bisexual lead character

Disney Channel’s animated series “The Owl House” made history with the network’s first bisexual lead character.Series creator Dana Terrace confirmed last week that the 14-year-old lead character Luz Noceda is bisexual.The announcement comes after the two episodes “Enchanting Grom Fright” and “Wing It Like Witches” aired and showed a blooming relationship between Noceda and a female character named Amity Blight.Noceda previously expressed interest in male characters and later asked out Blight to grom, the witch world’s version of prom, where they danced together.“In [development] I was very open about my intention to put queer kids in the main cast.

Surgery waiting times in Scotland set to take hit due to 'significant impact' of coronavirus

Surgery waiting times in Scotland are set to take a hit due to the "significant impact" of coronavirus, the Health Secretary has warned. Jeane Freeman said up to 50% of all operating theatre use could be affected by the ongoing need for infection control.

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Coronavirus: Most students expected to return to school at 2 Ontario boards in Toronto, Ottawa

September.The Ministry of Education is giving parents the option to keep their kids out of the classroom, and the Toronto and Ottawa-Carleton district school boards are both reporting the responses to the surveys they sent out to parents.

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Florida man involved in DUI golf cart crash claims President Trump drove him to drink, deputies say

THE VILLAGES, Fla. – A man who crashed his golf cart while driving it drunk through The Villages said he was driven to drink after watching President Donald Trump on TV, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies said they were called to a single-vehicle golf cart crash the evening of July 30 on Rainey Trail and Buena Vista Boulevard and when they questioned the driver, 82-year-old Cary De Van, he said he hit a wall inside the golf cart tunnel while driving home.De Van’s red golf cart had what appeared to be a broken axle, leading deputies to believe he ran over a concrete curb, records show.The report said De Van was slurring his words and smelled of alcohol as deputies were questioning him about the crash.

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Masks will be mandatory for all Guelph public school students: board

Waterloo public school board makes masks mandatory for all students The school board said it would announce more details on Wednesday but there are expected to be medical exemptions to the policy.The province had previously mandated that students in Grade 4 and above were required to wear masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]A similar policy has been implemented by the public school boards in Waterloo and Toronto.Education Minister Stephen Lecce previously told Global News that the province supports local school boards making changes to support their needs.“Our plan is a living document — it is meant to be augmented and adapted, and we recognize that school boards

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Coronavirus: Toronto District School Board looks to make masks mandatory for all students

The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) wants all students — not just Grade 4 and up — to wear masks once schools are reopened in September amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The TDSB Finance Budget and Enrollment Committee will review the proposal Thursday and then the board will look to approve within the coming days.

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National Paralysis Resource Center High Impact Innovative Assistive Technology Grant Applications Due September 15

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation) opened the new grant application cycle for the High Impact Innovative Assistive Technology (HIIAT) grants program with applications due September 15. Eligible applicants are restricted to state programs funded through the State Assistive Technology Act, including implementing agencies and agencies subcontracted for Assistive Technology activities.Launched in 2015 in partnership with ACL, the National Paralysis Resource Center’s HIIAT grant program is a competitive grant program that awards a small number of one-year grants of up to $75,000.

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Covid lockdown forces father to cycle 105 km to ferry son to Class 10 exam centre in Madhya Pradesh

DHAR (MP) : In absence of public transport, a 38-year-old man travelled on a bicycle for 105 km carrying his son to ensure he does not miss Class 10 boards supplementary exam here in Madhya Pradesh.Though Shobhram, who paddled the cycle, is himself unlettered, he said he understands the importance of education and did not want his son to waste one year by missing the supplementary paper.Therefore, he decided to undertake the arduous journey, with his son on the cycle's rear seat, from his village Baydipur in Dhar districts Manawar tehsil to reach the exam centre on time.With no public transport available due to the COVID-19 lockdown and hardly any money, Shobhram decided to take his son on a bicycle to Dhar town, some 105 km away, so that

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One Oldham family has 30 coronavirus cases as town faces local lockdown due to spike

Just one family has contracted 30 cases of coronavirus in Oldham as the town faces a potential lockdown.

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Disorder complaints soar during lockdown due to people breaching Covid-19 guidelines

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.Disorder complaints in Renfrewshire rocketed during lockdown due to breaches of Covid-19 guidelines, fresh statistics indicate.New data from Police Scotland shows reports went up by almost two-thirds between April and June compared to the same period last year, with a total of 3,595 complaints received.And cops have said the spike can almost solely be put down to breaches - both actual and perceived - of coronavirus regulations.The figures emerged in documents presented to Renfrewshire Council’s police and fire scrutiny sub-committee, which met virtually yesterday.From the start of lockdown to now, police have issued a total of 133 fixed penalty

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Easy way to tell if your loss of smell is due to coronavirus - or a common cold

Scientists have revealed an easy to way to tell if your loss of smell is due to coronavirus or the common cold.

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Swindon lurching closer to first coronavirus local lockdown in south after outbreak

There are fears Swindon could be the next UK town plunged into a local lockdown because it has the highest coronavirus rate in the south of England.

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Coronavirus: Osceola school board approves plan to pool test students, staff

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – The Osceola School Board voted to approve a plan that will allow pool COVID-19 testing for students and staff members.The motion to approve an agreement with Applied Ingenuity Diagnostics LLC. for coronavirus testing of employees and students in Osceola County passed 5-0 during a school board meeting Tuesday afternoon.As part of the pool testing plan, a random sample of 10% of the student population will be tested using the following weekly rotation schedule:Pooled testing will also be administered for teachers, ESE paraprofessionals, and LPNs according to the above schedule.The superintendent said parents will need to sign a release giving consent for their student to participate in testing.

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