(Photo by Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images) HARRISBURG, Pa. - With concerns rising in Pennsylvania that tens of thousands of mail-in ballots will be discarded in the presidential election over technicalities, officials in the presidential battleground told counties they aren't allowed to reject a ballot solely because an election official believes a signature doesn't match the one in the voter’s file.The new guidance from Pennsylvania’s Department of State — that state law does not allow counties to set aside mail-in ballots based on their signature analysis — prompted the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh to drop a lawsuit in federal court Monday.The groups had cited.

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Pennsylvania will not count naked ballots in the 2020 election

NORTHERN LIBERTIES - There’s a new buzzword going around – naked ballots.Will they be like hanging chads were in 2000?Does anyone know what a naked ballot is? For people mailing ballots in, they need to know what naked ballots are.City Commissioner Al Schmidt explains it’s a way to separate the identity of the voter from the vote they cast.“Naked ballot is intended to separate the identity of the voter from the vote that they’re casting.

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Coronavirus: Fauci spars with Sen. Rand Paul over New York COVID-19 death rate

America’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, sparred with Sen.

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Police: Man wanted for operating meth lab near Upper Southampton playground

Upper Southampton Township Police seek information on the whereabouts of Charles Glenn Barton SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. - Police in Upper Southampton Township are seeking the location of Charles Glenn Barton in connection with a narcotics investigation. Officials say an arrest warrant is being held for Barton.The case revolves around an incident on June 1, 2020 when Upper Southampton Township police responded to an address at Belmont Station for a possible burglary.Responding officers went into the dwelling and could see, in plain view, drugs and drug paraphernalia.

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2020 election: Requesting ballots by email is safe, cybersecurity experts say

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A group of leading cybersecurity experts told an Ohio court that absentee ballot applications can be safely transmitted using email, countering the secretary of state's assertions that the practice would open up voting in the presidential battleground to outside interference.In a filing late Monday, eight experts in computer information and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgetown, Princeton and other universities joined the American Civil Liberties Union and the Brennan Center for Justice in asking a state appellate court to allow the ballot applications to be accepted by electronic means."Election officials can easily facilitate electronic submission of applications at little cost while

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High court fight adds to pile of issues weighing on voters

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The Republican Party headquarters in this former steel town was buzzing Saturday as supporters filed in to pick up Trump 2020 stickers and yard signs, including ones declaring: “Your pro-life vote matters."But even as coverage of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death played on Fox News on an office television, the political fight brewing in Washington over her replacement felt like a world away to some.“I don't really pay attention to the news much," said Dan Thomas, a 24-year-old from Johnstown, in western Pennsylvania, after he filled out paperwork to vote for the first time. It wasn't the court that brought Thomas in.

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Coronavirus: CDC director challenged over removing guidance on airborne transmission

When questioned on Wednesday about the ‘error’ by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in posting and then abruptly removing guidance about airborne transmission of COVID-19, Director Robert Redfield said the document posted was a draft and “had not been technically reviewed.”

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Metropolitan Opera to remain closed through 2021 due to Covid-19

the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.“We regret to inform you that we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020–21 season, based on the advice of health officials,” the Met tweeted Wednesday just after noon. “However, we are pleased to be able to announce the Met’s 2021–22 season, which will open Sep.

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Over 15,000 flags in Austin yard for every Texan life lost to COVID-19

AUSTIN, Texas - An artist has planted over 15,000 flags in his yard as a tribute for every Texan life lost to COVID-19. The North Austin artist is showcasing the deadly impact COVID-19 is having on the State of Texas by placing one flag for every Texan killed from the virus.Shane Reilly started the display back in May, when the state’s death toll was under 1,000.

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NFL fines five head coaches, teams over $1.7M for failing to wear masks in Week 2

LOS ANGELES - The NFL has fined five head coaches and teams this week, totaling more than $1.7 million in fines, after they violated the league’s guidance on wearing face coverings during games.San Francisco 49ers’ Kyle Shanahan, Denver Broncos’ Vic Fangio, Seattle Seahawks' Pete Carroll, New Orleans Saints’ Sean Payton and Las Vegas Raiders’ Jon Gruden were all individually fined $100,000 for failing to wear masks during Week 2’s matchups, ESPN reported.NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told USA Today on Tuesday that the fines are “consistent with the message” the league established before the start of the season.“You can’t let up,” he said.

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12 new coronavirus cases, 2 recoveries reported in London and Middlesex: MLHU

coronavirus in London and Middlesex and two people have recovered, officials with the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported Wednesday.It’s the third time in the last seven days health officials have reported a single-day case jump in the double digits. Fourteen cases were reported on Sept.

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McClean Lake uranium mill employee tests positive for the coronavirus

McClean Lake uranium mill in northern Saskatchewan has tested positive for the coronavirus.The news comes shortly after the mill restarted production mid-month, following a temporary shutdown in March because of the pandemic.“The health and safety of our employees is our highest priority,” said Jim Corman, Orano Canada president and CEO.“While we regret having to share this news, McClean Lake has prepared for this circumstance. We were able to isolate the appropriate people and get them tested as soon as possible.” Outbreaks and potential COVID-19 exposures in Saskatchewan for the past two weeks McClean Lake mill is where ore from Cameco Corporation’s Cigar Lake mine is processed.

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Ontario nurses groups concerned over regulatory body’s plan to expand RPN duties

Nurses Association of Ontario and the Ontario Nurses Association say their regulator recently approved what they consider a problematic change at a recent council meeting. Coronavirus: Toronto nurses open up about struggles, challenges amid pandemic They say the move planned by the College of Nurses of Ontario would make the scope of practice for registered nurses and registered practical nurses virtually identical.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]They argue that would put patient safety at risk.

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Met Opera skips this season, 1st Black composer opens '21-22

NEW YORK – The Metropolitan Opera will skip an entire season for the first time in its nearly 140-year history and intends to return from the pandemic layoff next September with the company’s first presentation of a Black composer, Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.”This season was to have started this week, but the company announced June 1 it had pushed back opening night until Dec. 31.

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Florida man, 67, hit girl in face with flagpole in spat over Trump, deputies say

ORANGE PARK, Fla. – A Florida man was arrested last week after striking a 12-year-old girl in the face with a flagpole during a small rally for President Donald Trump near an intersection, authorities said.Norbert Logsdon Jr., 67, of Orange Park, was charged Sept. 16 with child abuse without great bodily harm and later released on bail, the Florida Times-Union reported.Logsdon and others had been participating in a sidewalk support event for the Republican president near an Orange Park intersection, according to a Clay County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

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Health chiefs' warning over winter A&E visits due to Covid-19 pandemic

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.HEALTH chiefs are urging Monklands to think twice about attending A&E departments this winter as the NHS deals with the added pressure of the Covid-19 pandemic.Dr Crawford McGuffie, medical director and emergency department consultant, said it as important to remind people that A&E is not always the best place to treat certain conditions.He said: “As we move towards the winter months, our emergency departments (EDs) are getting busier.“This year, with the added pressure of Covid-19, our EDs are under even more pressure.However, we know that some people who attend our EDs would receive more appropriate and quicker treatment elsewhere.“So, we are asking

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Asian shares mixed as worries percolate over pandemic

Markets were mixed in Asia on Wednesday as investors kept a wary eye on how the coronavirus pandemic will affect the economic outlook. Stocks slipped in Japan and Hong Kong but rose in Seoul and Shanghai and jumped more than 2% in Sydney after the government reported retail sales have fared better than expected.

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Dodgers clinch NL's top seed, West title with win over A's

LOS ANGELES – Corey Seager had three hits, including one of Los Angeles' four home runs, as the Dodgers clinched the National League’s top postseason seed and eighth straight West title Tuesday night with a 7-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics. The Dodgers, who own the best record in the majors at 39-16, were the first team in the majors to clinch a playoff berth on Sept.

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How Trump’s attacks on science led to over 200,000 dead from coronavirus

Donald Trump said.Huddled with aides in the West Wing last week, his eyes fixed on Fox News, Trump wasn’t talking about how he had led the nation through the deadliest pandemic in a century. In a conversation overheard by an Associated Press reporter, Trump was describing how he’d just publicly rebuked one of his top scientists — Dr.

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Police investigate suspected road rage shooting in Chester County

WEST BRADFORD, TWP., Pa. - Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a suspected road rage incident in Chester County.According to police, on Sept. 9 the driver of a gray or silver 2014 to 2018 Audi A7 started beeping his horn and yelling at another driver at a stop sign along Beacon Hill Road.

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Ramírez, Indians clinch playoff spot with 5-3 win over WSox

CLEVELAND – With one sweet swing, José Ramírez pushed the Cleveland Indians in the playoffs and strengthened his case for the AL MVP award.Ramírez hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning, giving Cleveland a 5-3 win over the Chicago White Sox that clinched a postseason berth Tuesday night.Ramírez’s drive to right off José Ruiz scored César Hernández and Francisco Lindor, setting off a wild celebration at home plate as the Indians reached the postseason for the fourth time in five years.Lindor had pulled Cleveland within one on a two-out double that plated Roberto Perez, who began the inning on second base.

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World leaders clash over coronavirus during virtual United Nations meeting

U.N. chief exhorted them to unite and tackle the era’s towering problems: the coronavirus, the “economic calamity” it unleashed and the risk of a new Cold War between the United States and China.As Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the first virtual “general debate” of the U.N.

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‘Black Mirror’ Director Toby Haynes Takes Over Directing ‘Rogue One’ Spinoff Series Due To COVID Concerns

The forthcoming “Rogue One” spinoff series has a new director.

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Over 800 COVID-19 tests conducted in Saskatchewan schools last week: SHA

novel coronavirus in Saskatchewan schools last week, according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA).The tests were voluntary and performed in schools in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert.

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200,000 COVID-19 deaths memorialized by 20,000 American flags across National Mall

Chris Duncan, whose 75 year old mother Constance died from COVID on her birthday, walks through a COVID Memorial Project installation of 20,000 American flags on the National Mall as the United States crosses the 200,000 lives lost in the COVID-19 pa WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The United States officially marked a grim milestone on Tuesday when the number of American deaths attributed to COVID-19 hit 200,000.READ MORE: More than 200,000 dead in US from COVID-19, according to Johns HopkinsThe COVID-19 Memorial Project Volunteers organization is commemorating those whose lives have been taken during the novel coronavirus pandemic by installing 20,000 American flags on the National Mall in D.C.READ MORE: Coronavirus case totals and deaths in the

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Senate OKs bill to loosen virus limits on restaurants, bars

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‘I just want this suffering to be over.’ Brazilians flock to COVID-19 vaccine trials

Herton EscobarScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.SÃO PAULO—Brazilian physical therapist Graziela Domingues is waging a life-and-death struggle against COVID-19. As head of the rehabilitation team at the Emilio Ribas Institute of Infectious Diseases hospital here, she helps COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit exercise their lungs—all the while taking every possible precaution not to get infected and carry the virus home to her family.

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Push to register voters becomes priority on National Voter Registration Day

GERMANTOWN - There are less than 45 days until the election and the final push is underway to make sure all voters are registered.Regardless of how a person will vote, this election season has gotten the attention of many people, one way or the other and that is why the push to register people to vote takes on special meaning.“Today is National Voter Registration Day, a day for people to take a minute to make sure they’re registered to vote so they can participate in the process,” said Commissioner Lisa Deeley.With registration deadlines of October 10 in Delaware, October 13 in New Jersey and October 19 in Pennsylvania, time is getting short.“It’s just a wake-up call.

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Company behind Irish Covid tracker app launches in Pennsylvania

The Irish company behind Ireland's Covid-19 tracker app has launched a similar service in the US state of Pennsylvania.

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AHS notified after Langdon-area residents voice concerns about large gathering over the weekend

The RCMP and Alberta Health Services were contacted following a large gathering at a local restaurant in southern Alberta over the weekend. Alberta adds 358 COVID-19 cases since Friday, no plans to further restrict gatherings like Ontario [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] New COVID-19 gathering restrictions expanded to all of Ontario

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Congress seeks to block goods from China over forced labor

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan bill aimed at keeping goods out of the U.S.

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Trudeau to address the nation over coronavirus pandemic after Wednesday’s throne speech

Justin Trudeau will address Canadians after the new throne speech is delivered on Wednesday.In a statement emailed to Global News, the Prime Minister’s Office said Trudeau will “address Canadians directly on the urgency of fighting COVID-19 as we face down the prospect of a second wave of the virus.” More than half of Canadians think coronavirus deficit too big but split on election need “He will also give a summary of the government’s plans in the Throne speech to fight the virus and build our economic recovery,” the statement reads.Trudeau is slated to speak at 6:30 p.m. ET.

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Close call with storm renews debate over Houston barrier

GALVESTON, Texas – Houston, a Gulf Coast city that barely rises above sea level, has long worried about a worst-case weather scenario — a direct hit from a powerful storm that sends a wall of water barreling into the region's petrochemical facilities, possibly triggering an environmental disaster.When it was spared a blow from Hurricane Laura last month, the city breathed a sigh of relief.

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Federal judge declines to stay ruling on Pennsylvania crowd size

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)PITTSBURGH, Pa. (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday declined to stay his own ruling that Gov.

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These are the latest coronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester as Bolton tips back over 200

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Coronavirus: Ford says “fall preparedness” plan to be released over several days

While releasing the “first pillar” of his government’s fall preparedness plan on Tuesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said officials would be releasing details of the plan over several days.

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Coronavirus: More than 20,000 mail-in ballots already requested for B.C. election

provincial election, just one day after it was called, according to Elections BC.CEO Anton Boegman told a news conference on Tuesday that the unprecedented surge because of the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted officials to expect 35 to 40 per cent of all ballots on Oct. 24 to be cast by mail.Compare that to the 6,500 requests for mail-in ballots made during the entire campaign in 2017.

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Pennsylvania nears launch of a new health insurance website

Pennie, Pennsylvania's new healthcare website HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania is getting ready to launch its own website to sell Affordable Care Act-compliant policies that will replace the federally operated Healthcare.gov to enroll people for the 2021 insurance year.State officials said Tuesday that it is named "Pennie."Lawmakers approved the idea last year in a bid to get more people into it, lower their insurance costs and save money for the state government.Starting Nov. 1 through Jan.

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900 schools could have sent home pupils over coronavirus - this could mean more than a million students

here“If schools are to remain open during this second wave, tests need to be readily available for everyone so that those who get negative results can get back into school quickly.”The DfE statistics, based on responses from 76 per cent of state schools, suggest that hardly any schools have completely closed with 99 per cent of state schools recorded as open on September 17.

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Toomey supports Senate voting on Trump high court nominee

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Over 500 public social distancing complaints reach council COVID team

Perth and Kinross Council has received hundreds of complaints from worried residents about people not adhering to social distancing, the PA understands.The council’s COVID regulatory team has received over 500 complaints, the bulk of which are understood to relate to people breaking physical distancing rules.Flood damage at Perth Leisure pool prevents it opening any time soonThe team has also undertaken over 600 checks on establishments in the region during the pandemic.The figures come as debate rages over whether people should “grass” on their neighbours if they break the new ‘rule of six’.Currently, people in Perth and Kinross are only allowed to meet in groups of six people from two households as the nation battles the coronavirus

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Glasgow's fireworks display and Christmas light switch-on cancelled over coronavirus fears

Glasgow’s biggest end of year events have been cancelled due to coronavirus fears. Glasgow Life confirmed the city’s fireworks display and Christmas light’s switch on events have been impacted by the ‘current guidance on physical distancing’.Thousands of people would normally attend both events, which take place over November.

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Vanessa Bryant sues LA County Sheriff Villanueva, LASD over leaked helicopter crash scene photos

LOS ANGELES - Vanessa Bryant, the widow of the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant, is suing Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and his department after his deputies allegedly took personal photographs on their phones of the bodies of Kobe and Gianna Bryant at the scene of the deadly helicopter crash in Calabasas, according to a lawsuit obtained by FOX 11 Tuesday.According to the lawsuit, "no fewer than 8 sheriff's deputies at the crash site, pulled out their personal cell phones and snapped photos of the dead children, parents and coaches. The deputies took these photos for their own personal gratification."Get breaking news alerts in the FOX 11 News app. Download for iOS or Android.The lawsuit goes on to allege that a deputy was at a bar

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Vanessa Bryant sues LA County Sheriff Villanueva, LASD over leaked crash scene photos

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Pennsylvania launches new virus exposure notification app

COVID Alert PA Mobile App (Pennsylvania Department of Health) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania's new coronavirus exposure-notification app is now available on app stores.The release of the app Tuesday is part of Pennsylvania's effort to more quickly break chains of transmission by using the new technology to notify people who may have been exposed.The state has a $1.9 million contract, using federal grant dollars, to deploy and maintain the app with software developer NearForm Ltd, an Ireland-based company whose app there has been downloaded by more than one-fourth of that country’s residents.Gov.

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