ROME : Europe’s second wave of coronavirus infections has struck well before flu season even started, with intensive care wards filling up again and bars shutting down.

Making matters worse, authorities say, is a widespread case of “COVID-fatigue."Record high daily infections in several eastern European countries and sharp rebounds in the hard-hit west have made clear that Europe never really crushed the COVID-19 curve as hoped, after springtime lockdowns.Spain this week declared a state of emergency for Madrid amid increasing tensions between local and national authorities over virus containment measures.

Germany offered up soldiers to help with contact tracing in newly flaring hotspots. Italy mandated masks outdoors and warned that for.

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Virus curbs widen England's north-south rift, stir animosity

LIVERPOOL – Liverpool, the English port city that gave the world the Beatles, weathered decades of industrial decline before becoming a celebrated symbol of urban renewal. Now, the coronavirus is putting the city’s hard-won revival in jeopardy, and raising tensions between the north of England and the wealthier south.Scarred by abandoned buildings and government neglect during the 1980s, Liverpool made itself vibrant again by promoting local culture, nightlife, soccer and ties to the Fab Four.

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St Mirren boss Jim Goodwin opens up coronavirus anxiety as protective bubble bursts

Jim Goodwin insists the bubble supposedly protecting the Scottish Premiership has well and truly burst. St Mirren have once again been hit by coronavirus, with two players testing positive ahead of their match against Motherwell tomorrow afternoon.

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Asian shares mixed amid 2nd wave coronavirus, election fears

TOKYO – Asian shares were mixed on Friday as investors weighed concerns about the U.S. presidential election and an economic stimulus package, on top of flaring outbreaks of coronavirus.

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Household visits restricted, three counties on Level 4

A countrywide restriction on household visits is in effect for four weeks as part of efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19.

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Trump insists pandemic almost over, Biden says he did 'nothing'

US President Donald Trump delivered a combative defence at a town hall style event last night, while his Democratic rival Joe Biden - offering a glaring contrast in style in a rival town hall - accused him of doing "nothing" to end the pandemic.

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Thousands arrive in Hawaii on first day pre-travel testing

HONOLULU – About 8,000 people landed in Hawaii on the first day of a pre-travel testing program that allowed travelers to come to the islands without quarantining for two weeks if they could produce a negative coronavirus test. Angela Margos was among the first passengers in San Francisco to get on a plane to Hawaii Thursday morning.“Vacation, peace of mind,” said Margos, a nurse from San Carlos, California, of why she’s flying to Hawaii.

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Martin Lewis explains whether shops can refuse to accept cash payments during coronavirus pandemic

Martin Lewis weighed in on one of the most-talked about debates of the coronavirus pandemic during his latest Money Show Live programme on Thursday night. In an episode dedicated to saving money this winter, one viewer got in touch to ask the financial journalist if cash payments should always be accepted for purchases in shops.

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3 key Trump policies teed up for Supreme Court action

WASHINGTON – Controversial Trump administration policies on the census, asylum seekers and the border wall, held illegal by lower courts, are on the Supreme Court's agenda Friday.The most pressing case before the justices when they meet privately, and by telephone because of the coronavirus pandemic, involves the census. They are considering the Trump administration's appeal to be allowed to exclude people living in the U.S.

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Lives Lost: A woman of uncommon kindness, unshackled again

She was the little girl whose vocabulary burgeoned as she devoured book after book, and the student who earned a degree and went back for one more.

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New Zealand to vote on legalizing marijuana and euthanasia

AUCKLAND – New Zealanders are poised to decide on two landmark social issues during an election Saturday: whether to legalize recreational marijuana and whether to legalize euthanasia.A “yes” vote on both referendums would arguably make the nation of 5 million one of the more liberal countries in the world. Polls indicate the euthanasia referendum is likely to pass while the result of the marijuana measure remains uncertain.The two referendums are being held at the same time as people cast votes for lawmakers and political parties.

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Australia allows flights from New Zealand without quarantine as coronavirus cases fall

New Zealand plane passengers started arriving in Sydney on Friday as part of a new trans-Tasman travel bubble amid a rapidly falling growth rate in cases at the epicentre of Australia’s coronavirus outbreak.In a tentative re-opening to international tourism, travellers on the approved flights won’t be required to quarantine in Sydney, authorities said.

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SPINCO member says gym went ‘way beyond’ keeping her safe amid pandemic reopening

COVID-19 pandemic hit and she wasn’t able to participate in an exercise she truly enjoys, spinning.“It doesn’t just help with your cardio, it helps with your mental health,” Smith said.“And depending on the instructor and how they address the class and what they say, it really can change your day.”However, not getting on an indoor bike wasn’t the only adversity the 53-year-old would deal with during the pandemic, contracting the virus was also a setback.

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7-year-old girl forced to perform sexual act during online learning

CHICAGO - CPD says a 7-year-old girl was observed performing a sexual act on a male offender live on an online learning application on Thursday.Police say this happened at approximately 1:30 p.m. in the 200 block of E. 89th Pl.DOWNLOAD THE FOX 32 NEWS APPA male suspect is currently being questioned by detectives.The female victim was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital.Police did not say who witnessed the incident or whether the online learning application was associated with a specific school.AdvertisementArea Detectives are investigating.

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Durham Region sees spike in COVID-19 cases over 2 days

COVID-19 cases.This comes after weeks of steady increase.“It’s largely in the community,” says Durham’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Robert Kyle.“Either people are unaware of how they are contracting it or they are spreading it in their households, that sort of thing.”Wednesday’s 42 cases marked the highest daily jump in the region since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, with another 28 reported Thursday.Kyle says what we are seeing now is the effects of schools being open.“It’s children, it’s students, it’s teachers, health-care workers.

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Should parents sanitize Halloween candy when kids get home from trick-or-treating?

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed low-risk activities for the holiday: CDC officials said candy should be not be given out to trick-or-treaters this year.Health officials said individually wrapped goodie bags lined up in yards for families to grab and go is considered a moderate risk. Traditional trick-or-treating is considered a high-risk activity, according to the CDC.

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President says he will accept results of 'honest election'

President Trump and moderator Savannah Guthrie after an NBC News town hall event at the Perez Art Museum in Miami on October 15. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images) MIAMI, Fla. - President Donald Trump appeared on NBC from Miami Thursday for a town hall after backing out of plans for a virtual presidential faceoff following his COVID-19 diagnosis.Savannah Guthrie hosted the event, during which the president discussed his recovery from the coronavirus, how he would react to election results, and when he last received a negative COVID-19 test result.Trump, less than two weeks after being diagnosed with COVID-19, dodged directly answering whether he took a test the day of the first debate with former Vice President Joe Biden, Sept.

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USPS agrees to reverse changes that slowed mail service

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Wife and 4 daughters of doctor on ventilator fighting coronavirus 'may have to leave UK'

The wife and daughters of a "loved and respected" hospital consultant paralysed on a ventilator after contracting coronavirus face an anxious wait to see if they will have to leave the UK while he remains in intensive care.

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President Donald Trump says he did an “amazing job” handling coronavirus

Trump said Thursday he did an “amazing job" handling the coronavirus pandemic and defended his retweets of conspiracy theories while Democrat Joe Biden at the same moment was faulting the president’s leadership on the pandemic and stewardship of the economy.The two candidates -- who appeared in dueling televised town halls Thursday night -- contrasted sharply in style and substance, with Biden giving what amounted to a public policy seminar while Trump discussed topics including the far-right conspiracy theory movement QAnon’s views on pedophilia.“We saved 2 million people," Trump said on NBC in Miami, as he praised his handling of the coronavirus, which has killed more than 217,000 in the U.S.

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Biden, Trump squabble over coronavirus response in dueling town halls

Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, as the two candidates held dueling televised town halls after their second planned debate was canceled.The prime-time split-screen showdown offered a stark reminder of how deeply unusual this year's campaign has been amid a coronavirus pandemic that has infected nearly 8 million Americans, including the president himself. Millions have already voted early ahead of Election Day on Nov.

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Correa hits walkoff homer to keep Astros alive in ALCS

SAN DIEGO – Carlos Correa homered with one out in the ninth inning and the Houston Astros beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 Thursday behind sensational pitching from five rookies to remain alive in the AL Championship Series.Correa drove a pitch from Nick Anderson to straightaway center field, watched the ball for a few steps and then flung his bat. He was greeted at home by his ecstatic teammates.

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Coronavirus: Insurance claim for $6,000 cancelled flight denied after woman offered voucher

COVID-19 pandemic hit in March, the trip was off.A month later, Ron was unexpectedly admitted to hospital and died soon after from a non-COVID-related illness.“The trip was for April 17 and he got sick and was in the hospital on April 14, and he passed away just eight days later,” Jansen said.Devastated, she asked her travel agent to request a full refund from WestJet on her behalf. Instead, she was told to contact her insurance provider through Scotiabank.

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Alberta snowbirds run into unexpected turbulence when filling prescriptions

Alberta Blue Cross, which administers a number of programs on behalf of the Government of Alberta.“Finally I got another person who said, ‘Oh you can’t get six months because of the travel advisories,'” Young added.

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B.C. confirms first case of rare inflammatory syndrome in children linked to COVID-19

COVID-19.At her Thursday briefing, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, known as MIS-C, involved a child younger than five who had since recovered and returned home.The case was confirmed when serology testing revealed this week the child had contracted COVID-19, Henry said.

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Coronavirus: Daily cases hit 330,000 worldwide as virus surges in Europe

Coronavirus cases around the world have climbed to all-time highs of more than 330,000 per day as the scourge comes storming back across Europe and spreads with renewed speed in the U.S., forcing many places to reimpose tough restrictions eased just months ago.Well after Europe seemed to have largely tamed the virus that proved so lethal last spring, newly confirmed infections are reaching unprecedented levels in Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy and Poland. Most of the rest of the continent is seeing similar danger signs.

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Canada tops 190,000 total coronavirus cases as deaths near 9,700

Canada added another 2,342 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus Thursday, one of the highest daily case counts yet since the pandemic began early this year.The new positive cases pushed the country’s total to 191,532 infections. It took five days for Canada to add over 10,000 new coronavirus cases, after taking just four days to jump from 170,000 to 180,000.The new cases also represented about 2.5 per cent of the 92,796 new tests performed over the past 24 hours.

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U-18 AAA hockey returns to Saskatchewan on Oct. 17

Saskatoon’s Blazers and Contacts both ready for Mac’s Hockey Tournament in Calgary Although both of Saskatoon’s teams have been back on the ice for the past few weeks, playing intersquad games as they prepare for a season with an undetermined start date, they see this return to play as a light at the end of the tunnel for their 2021 season.“The fact that we get to play against other teams soon is… It’s pretty exciting,” Contacts head coach Dale Lambert said. “It’s a welcome relief.” Saskatoon Blazers treating stretch run like a mini playoff series “It’s exciting, and daunting all at the same time.

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Chiefs sign Le'Veon Bell 2 days after release from Jets

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City Chiefs have signed running back Le’Veon Bell two days after he was released by the New York Jets.The team announced the move Thursday to add another potential dynamic offensive player to an offense that already features Patrick Mahomes, Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce.“Kansas City, #ChiefsKingdom, thank you for the opportunity let’s go!” Bell tweeted.Bell was cut by the Jets after a disappointing tenure in New York that lasted less than two full seasons. Bell and coach Adam Gase appeared to not mesh since the running back signed a four-year, $52.5 million contract with $35 million guaranteed last year as a free agent.

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US coronavirus cases surpass 8 million as infections spike nationwide

novel coronavirus crossed 8 million on Thursday, rising by 1 million in less than a month, as another surge in cases hits the nation at the onset of cooler weather.Since the pandemic started, over 217,000 people have died in the United States. The United States reported 60,000 new infections on Wednesday, the highest since Aug.

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Ricky Gervais fears a second pandemic 'worse than Covid' will wipe out humanity

Ricky Gervais has spoken out about his fears that another pandemic will be the one that wipes out humanity.

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Grammy Winner Christopher Cross Reveals He Was Paralyzed by Coronavirus Battle

Christopher Cross is getting candid about his experience with coronavirus.

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Gloves linked to forced labor in China stopped at LA port

WASHINGTON – A shipment of women’s gloves at a California port has been traced to a factory that uses forced labor of people caught up in a brutal crackdown on ethnic minorities in China, U.S. authorities said Thursday.

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Nebraska Sen. Sasse rips Trump over COVID-19, foreign policy

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City of Edmonton announces new measures to address rise in COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 cases in Edmonton, the city announced it is taking additional measures to address the situation.“We continue to be concerned by the continuing increase in case numbers,” interim city manager Adam Laughlin said in a news release on Thursday.“We need all Edmontonians to adhere to the health precautions and practise them daily to prevent COVID-19 case numbers from increasing any further.“As the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, we will not let it wear down our resolve to protect our city, including our most vulnerable community members.”The city said it plans to increase monitoring and enforcement of public health rules and guidelines at city-run recreational facilities and to make adjustments to the Edmonton Transit Service’s cleaning

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Coronavirus: Parkview Place, Manitoba’s deadliest care home outbreak, in ‘staffing crisis’

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Whoopi Goldberg Joy Behar Doubt Donald Trump Ever Had COVID-19: ‘He’s A Liar’ — Watch

Whoopi Goldberg, 64, and Joy Behar, 78, are now wondering if Donald Trump, 74, lied about his COVID-19 diagnosis. Despite testing positive for the virus on Oct. 1, Trump left the hospital just four days later and resumed his campaign rallies on Oct. 12. So, Whoopi went out on a limb on the Oct. 15 episode of The View to admit, “The more he talks, the less I think he had it, personally.”

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GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson, wife finance anti-Biden group

WASHINGTON – Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson and his wife have given $75 million to a new super PAC that is attacking Democratic nominee Joe Biden, an investment made amid GOP concern that President Donald Trump's campaign is flailing and might not be able to correct course.The money from Adelson has been the driving force behind a $68 million attack campaign against Biden by the group Preserve America, which launched in August.

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Christopher Cross Says He ‘Wasn’t Sure’ If He Would Recover From COVID-19

Christopher Cross is one of the many who has fallen fell ill with COVID-19 and now the “Sailing” singer is detailing his terrifying battle.

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Limestone School Board trustees approve funding to boost COVID-19 spending

COVID-19 spending.The extra money will help maintain the current two models of learning, in class and at home. Director of Education Krishna Burra says around $2.5 million will be used to help staffing, as well as accommodate those virtual learners.

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London, Ont., researchers develop faster, cheaper method to test possible COVID-19 drug treatments

COVID-19 drug treatments.”The team is hoping that the development will allow pharmaceutical companies to rapidly screen a bunch of potential drug treatments for COVID-19, speeding up the process of approving new treatments. Coronavirus: meet the Ontario researchers responsible for 3 world-firsts Principal investigator Abdulla Mahboob’s team has developed a special kind of artificial copy of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, that researchers can use to rapidly test treatments without having to use expensive materials in a high level laboratory.A non-infectious copy is called a replicon and they’ve been used with many viruses before.

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Black man serving life for stealing hedge clippers paroled in Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Black man whose life sentence for making off with hedge clippers in a 1997 burglary drew scathing criticism from the chief justice of Louisiana’s Supreme Court was granted parole Thursday.The 3-0 vote during an online meeting of the Committee on Parole means freedom, with conditions, for Fair Wayne Bryant.Louisiana’s Supreme Court had denied release for Bryant, 63, earlier this year for the burglary from a carport storage room.The case drew national attention for a dissent by Chief Justice Bernette Johnson, the high court's only Black justice.

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COVID-19 cases climb in the US and Europe

A third COVID-19 spike in the United States continues to intensify, as several European countries take more steps to reverse steep case rises, some of which are at record levels.

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'Sweet 16' party becomes 'superspreader' event in New York

A 16th birthday party in New York state became a super-spreader event with dozens of attendees contracting coronavirus, according to officials.

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United Airlines-DOD study: Face masks make COVID-19 risk on flights ‘almost non-existent’

LOS ANGELES - After publishing a study conducted in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Defense on exposure to the novel coronavirus on flights, United Airlines announced that the risk of such exposure aboard their aircrafts is “almost non-existent,” but some experts say that the claim could be misleading.That is, if you wear a face mask. Using a mannequin, researchers ran 300 aerosol release tests in order to replicate breathing and coughing.

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Police: No charges over slur aimed at wife of Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor

BRADDOCK, Pa. - The woman who was recorded by the wife of Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor directing a racial slur against her at a grocery store won’t be charged, state police said Thursday.A news release said investigators concluded the woman’s actions were a violation of state criminal law, but Gisele Fetterman and Lt. Gov.

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Election workers transform Amway Center into early voting site

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – For the first time ever, voters will have the chance to cast their ballots for early voting at the Amway Center. Early voting begins on Monday.Thursday afternoon, election workers with measuring tapes in hand set up and spaced out 50-60 voting booths six feet apart inside the Walt Disney World Atrium at the Amway Center.

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UK coronavirus testing mega-lab 'chaotic and dangerous', scientist claims

Working practices at one of the UK's coronavirus swab testing "mega-labs" were "chaotic and dangerous", a scientist has alleged.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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