PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police have closed the Benjamin Franklin Parkway from City Hall heading north towards the Art Museum as the deadline for homeless encampment residents to clear out has passed.Last week, the city posted formal notice, for the third time, requiring the encampments on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Ridge Avenue to close by Wednesday.Businesses around the Parkway also took precautions ahead of the deadline.

Whole Foods Market has boarded up its windows and hired security in case the situation becomes unruly.Keeley reports that that several members of local clergy arrive at the homeless encampment around 7:30 a.m.

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Wanted: Philadelphia police identify 1 of 2 gunmen who fired at plainclothes officers

Jeffione Thomas, 28, is wanted for opening fire on three plainclothes officers Friday night, leaving two of them injured. (Philadelphia Police Department PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police have issued an arrest warrant for one of the suspects they say opened fire on three plainclothes officers in the city's Cedarbrook neighborhood Friday night.Jeffione Thomas, 28, has been identified as the suspect who first opened fire on the officers after they approached him while he was riding a bike.Thomas is wanted for attempted murder, as well as firearms violations.

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‘We just need to be counted:’ Orlando commissioner ramping up census response efforts as deadline approaches

ORLANDO, Fla. – With less than two weeks until the deadline to complete the 2020 Census, an Orlando city commissioner is taking his efforts to the streets to get more people to respond.Orlando City Commissioner Bakari Burns and a group of volunteers walked down Nimons Street Saturday morning. They stopped at each home, knocked on the doors, and left a flyer that could have a lasting impact on the community.[TRENDING: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87 | Trump pushes for 2nd round of $1,200 direct payments | Daylight Saving Time debate]“We just need to be counted so we can get the necessary resources in our community,” Burns.Burns was leading the efforts in the Richmond Heights neighborhood.

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COVID-19: Quebec reports 427 new cases, 5 more deaths and outbreak at pork factory

COVID-19 cases continue to surge as the province reported 427 new confirmed cases on Saturday as well as five more deaths.Officials say only two of the five additional deaths were in the last 24 hours — the other three happened between Sep. 12 and 17.

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Hamilton Covid scare, Tottenham illness and Auchinleck Talbot injuries - a look at ravaged squads and results

Boss Brian Rice confirmed there will be at least four players missing through injury and doesn't expect to be able to fill his bench.It's not all doom and gloom for the New Douglas Park today, as they are expected to delve deep into their academy, with some other sides facing similar woes.

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Majority of likely voters want 'Blue Lives Matter' laws punishing attacks on police: Poll

MORE NEWS: Ohio high school football players suspended after carrying Blue Lives Matter, Thin Red Line flags before gameRasmussen conducted the poll with 1,000 likely voters on Sept. 15-16, as news surfaced that law enforcement officers were attacked in Compton, Calif., and other cities.

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Police: Gunmen open fire on plainclothes officers in Cedarbrook, injuring 2

PHILADELPHIA - Police say two gunmen opened fire on three plainclothes officers inside a car in the city's Cedarbrook section.It happened on Sharpnack and Fayette streets Friday around 8 p.m.According to police, a man on a bike started slowly riding next to the vehicle the officers were in.

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Police: 2 dead, 14 wounded in shooting at party in Rochester, New York

As many as 100 people were at the gathering in Rochester, New York when gunfire claimed the lives of two people and left 14 others injured. (Photo: WHAM/WUHF) ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Gunfire at a backyard party killed two people and wounded 14 others early Saturday in Rochester, New York, a city that has been roiled in recent weeks by outrage over the suffocation death of Daniel Prude.As many as 100 people were at the gathering when the shooting started just before 12:30 a.m., Acting Police Chief Mark Simmons told reporters.Police were still trying to piece together who opened fire and why.

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Which president has selected the most Supreme Court justices?

WASHINGTON - One of the most influential decisions a U.S. president can make is appointing a justice to the Supreme Court.Justices on the Supreme Court serve lifetime appointments so the ripple effects of their appointment can be felt for decades after a president leaves office.Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, presidents have submitted 163 justice nominations, and of those, 126 were confirmed by the U.S.

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Man, 35, facing sex charges including HIV exposure for alleged sexual relationship with 12-year-old girl

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (FOX 2) - A 35-year-old man from Pontiac, Mich.

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Rajya Sabha passes bill to punish those attacking doctors, healthcare workers

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Saturday passed a legislation that provides for up to five years in jail for those attacking doctors and healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 outbreak or during any situation akin to the current pandemic.The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was introduced by Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan in the Upper House on Saturday to replace an ordinance issued by the government in April.The Union Cabinet had promulgated The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, to protect healthcare service personnel and property, including their living/working premises against violence during epidemics.The Bill intends to ensure that during any situation akin to the current

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Pujols 2 HRs, passes Mays for 5th place, Angels beat Rangers

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols homered twice to pass Willie Mays for fifth place on the career home run list in a 6-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Friday night.Pujols hit No. 661 in the fifth inning to break the tie with Mays, then connected again in his next at-bat.The 40-year-old Pujols now trails only Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755), Babe Ruth (714) and Alex Rodriguez (696).Pujols had hit just four home runs this season before posting the 60th multi-HR game of his career and first since May 11 last year at Baltimore.

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Large police scene in northeast Edmonton

There was a large police presence in northeast Edmonton Friday afternoon, and ASIRT said it had been directed to investigate an officer-involved shooting. Sarah Komadina reports live.

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Pujols passes Mays for 5th on HR list with No. 661, adds 662

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols passed Willie Mays for fifth place on the career home run list, hitting No. 661 on Friday night against Texas.Pujols connected for a solo homer with two outs in the fifth inning.

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Florida leaders react to the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

died at her home on Friday at the age of 87.She died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, according to the AP.“There are lessons in her life and death. She was a very, very courageous woman.

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Police: Gunman opens fire on plainclothes officers in Cedarbrook, injuring 2

PHILADELPHIA - Police say a gunman opened fire on plainclothes officers inside a car in the city's Cedarbrook section.It happened on Sharpnack and Fayette streets Friday around 8 p.m.According to police, a man on a bike started slowly riding next to the vehicle the officers were in. Police say the man yelled an expletive and fired on the car.Police say the driver's bulletproof vest was able to stop the bullet.

Durham College students return to class and face changes amid coronavirus pandemic

Students are taking a gap year because of COVID-19: ‘It won’t be a normal first year’ “I think everyone is settled back in and they are enormously happy to be back on campus.”For Jones, who teaches a number of courses for the program, he says it’s important students are back in class, saying it can be difficult to teach someone how to care for plants over the internet.“It doesn’t work. We have to be hands-on; we have to have hands on soil,” he says.“It’s hard to adjust,” says Brouwer.

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Alberta records 1st ‘likely’ case of in-class COVID-19 transmission at school in Edmonton

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health says the province likely has it’s first transmission of COVID-19 in a school. Dr.

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Regina mom frustrated as public division moves 25 teachers out of class to meet e-learning demand

coronavirus pandemic. Coronavirus: What online schooling will look like for students in Saskatoon as interest grows “You start students with the stress of new rules, new protocols, new procedures,” she said.

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Emergency protocols in place if coronavirus forces schools to close: Quebec education minister

The province’s education minister says COVID-19 emergency protocols are in place and schools across Quebec are ready for online learning, if necessary. Despite reassurances, some teachers’ groups question whether schools and teachers really are ready to learn remotely.

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Quebec launches vast police operation to enforce coronavirus rules in bars, restaurants

Public Security Minister Geneviève Guilbault announced a major police operation will be taking place over the weekend. Officers will be targeting bars and restaurants to make sure public health guidelines are being followed.

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Controversial Stanley Park bike lane to be removed next weekend

The Vancouver Park Board is removing a controversial separated bike lane in Stanley Park next weekend.In a Friday media release, the board said the designated lane was being taken out and that cyclists could return to using the seawall as of Saturday, Sept. 26.

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Walmart Canada is getting rid of price-matching program

Walmart Canada will discontinue its ad-matching program throughout the country.“Over time, we have seen minimal usage of our ad match program, while at the same time the program has been causing delays at the checkout,” a spokesperson told Global News in an email. Walmart Canada making masks mandatory in all stores starting Aug.

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Disney World Is Planning to Reopen One Water Park in March 2021 Amid Pandemic

Walt Disney World is revealing their reopening plans amid the pandemic.

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Police: 2 charged after kidnapping elderly man during home invasion

Monee Wilson, 23, and Malik Singleton, 20 (New Castle County Police Department) NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Del. - New Castle County police say two people have been arrested and charged following a home invasion and kidnapping.Police were called to the unit block of Sville Avenue on Sept. 17 around 1:30 a.m.

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Guelph police report shows COVID-19 impact on calls for service

Guelph police shows the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on their calls for service.The report prepared by the service’s research analyst shows decreases and increases in certain calls that were likely caused by the measures put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The province’s COVID-19 database was ‘used as intended’ Guelph police say The effects cannot be connected to the pandemic directly without “strict methodological controls,” the report stated.

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Police warning ahead of sizzling hot weekend across UK as coronavirus cases soar

The Met Office has forecast temperatures nearing the mid-20Cs this weekend as a warm weather front wafts upwards from the Netherlands. The weather is predicted to be largely dry, bright and fine – while the mercury is expected to hit 24C around parts of the South East.

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COVID-19 data scandal prompts tweaks to elite journal’s review process

Kelly ServickScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.Three months after retracting a high-profile COVID-19 paper, editors at The Lancet hope to assure the research community that they’ve learned their lesson. The journal yanked a study on risks of hydroxychloroquine—an antimalarial drug whose proposed use as a COVID-19 treatment has stirred scientific and political controversy—in June when its authors couldn’t prove the underlying patient data even existed.

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Surveillance video helps police arrest woman in fatal drive-by shooting in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – A 10-page arrest warrant for a woman accused in a fatal drive-by shooting in July provides details as to how she was identified as a suspect, but it doesn’t shed any light on why shots were fired.The Orlando Police Department on Thursday announced the arrest of Marqia Angelia Hamilton in connection with the death of 41-year-old Eloy Lebron, who was found dead behind the wheel of his 1998 Toyota Tacoma on West Anderson Street on July 23.Records show a person who was in the truck with Lebron was among the first to be interviewed.

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Coronavirus: Quebec to boost police presence at bars, restaurants

Public Security Minister and Deputy Premier Geneviève Guilbault announced Friday that police presence will be boosted over the weekend at 1,000 bars, restaurants and other establishments with alcohol permits, to help stop the growing spread of the coronavirus.

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Push is underway to test COVID-19 vaccines in diverse groups

TAKOMA PARK, Md. – In front of baskets of tomatoes and peppers, near a sizzling burrito grill, the “promotoras” stop masked shoppers at a busy Latino farmers market: Want to test a COVID-19 vaccine?Aided by Spanish-speaking “health promoters” and Black pastors, a stepped-up effort is underway around the U.S. to recruit minorities to ensure potential vaccines against the scourge are tested in the populations most ravaged by the virus.Many thousands of volunteers from minority groups are needed for huge clinical trials underway or about to begin.

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Yosemite National Park closes because of hazardous air quality

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Yosemite National Park closed because of hazardous air quality from the wildfires raging along the West Coast. All entrances and roads closed at 5 p.m. on Thursday and will reopen when conditions are safe.Park rangers anticipate Yosemite to be closed at least through the weekend.Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks and surrounding national forests have also closed due to hazardous air quality.Meanwhile, in the Bay Area, air quality conditions were finally good after a month of Spare the Air alerts. Smoke and bad air quality has closed Yosemite National Park as of Sept.

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Board of Police Commissioners on approving police budget

Saskatoon’s Board of Police Commissioners has given approval to the police budget for next year, including a body camera pilot project and hiring new constables.

Ohio limit of 1 ballot drop box per county blocked, appealed

COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio judge has temporarily blocked the Republican secretary of state’s order limiting counties to one ballot drop box, and both the state and the Republican Party have appealed. A judge in Franklin County, home to the state capital, blocked the directive Wednesday after Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose failed to voluntarily respond to his declaration that the order was arbitrary and unreasonable.

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Emergency protocol in place if coronavirus forces schools to close, Quebec education minister says

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]In the event of a school closure, the education ministry has 200,000 laptops and electronic devices on reserve.The back-to-school plan currently allows only online learning options for students who have a medical exemption or for a novel coronavirus outbreak.Roberge’s announcement comes as a Montreal high school has already temporarily shuttered and suspended in-class learning after 15 COVID-19 cases were reported.An elementary school in Quebec City is also the site of a massive testing operation this week amid an outbreak of the virus.To date, the education ministry says there are 453 confirmed coronavirus cases across 247 schools.

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Lawmakers introduce Senate bill that would make attacks on police officers a federal crime

WASHINGTON - Several US senators have introduced legislation that would make it a federal crime to target police officers.The Protect and Serve Act was introduced Thursday by Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina. The bill would make it a federal crime to knowingly cause or attempt to cause serious bodily injury to an officer, with up to 10 years in prison for convictions.Related: Oklahoma senator wants to make attacks on officers a hate crimeIf the crime includes murder, attempted murder, kidnapping or attempted kidnapping, the offender could receive a life sentence.Fifteen other Republican senators signed on to support the bill, including Florida Sen.

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Commissioners urge Hispanic, Latino communities to fill out census ahead of deadline

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Disney World guest without mask is escorted from park while attempting to garner support, video shows

The road to the entrance of Walt Disney World has few cars Monday, March 16, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

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Why close pubs and restaurants when outbreaks are in homes?

Questions have been raised as to why restaurants and pubs that serve food might be closed to control outbreaks of Covid-19, when many outbreaks are in private households, and very few confirmed outbreaks have been linked to settings such as pubs and restaurants.

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Price of beef, vegetables increasing during the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 safety measures, you may have noticed certain items are becoming more expensive.“We’ve seen prices increase since the beginning of the year really — even before COVID — especially at the meat counter,” Sylvain Charlebois, director of Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab, said.“Things have calmed down now — the food inflation rate is actually not as high as it was at the beginning of the pandemic.”“Of course the problem is the overall inflation rate, which is actually quite low, and so when you’re charging two per cent more for food and everything (else) is cheaper or not more expensive, then people actually notice that food is actually more expensive.” Expect higher prices, not food shortages due to coronavirus pandemic,

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Kolkata Police DCP tests positive for COVID-19, admitted to hospital

Kolkata: A Deputy Commissioner of Kolkata Police has been admitted to hospital after she tested positive for COVID-19, police sources said on Friday.Deputy Commissioner of South East Division of Kolkata Police Debasmita Das was taken to the hospital on Thursday where she is undergoing treatment, they said.

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Greece: Police move more homeless migrants to new tent camp

KARA TEPE – Police on the Greek island of Lesbos on Friday resumed relocating migrants rendered homeless when fires ravaged the country's largest refugee camp amid a local COVID-19 outbreak.Of the 5,000 people moved to a new army-built camp on the island, 135 so far have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said.More than 12,000 migrants and refugees fled the fires that the Greek government maintains some Afghan migrants deliberately set last week to protest a virus lockdown at the Moria camp. Thousands have slept outdoors on a nearby roadside in the nights since the blazes.Police began moving more people into the new camp early Friday.

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88-year-old man killed by police used to work for West Sacramento PD

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. - An 88-year-old California man who was shot and killed by police over the weekend was a former police department employee who had been struggling with mental illness, officials said.Robert Coleman died during the encounter with West Sacramento police officers early Saturday, the Yolo County Coroner’s Office said.

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Vancouver Police Board hears arguments on banning police street checks

The Vancouver Police Board has heard arguments for and against banning the practice of police street checks. Nadia Stewart reports.

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Biden says Trump’s downplaying of coronavirus threat is ‘close to criminal’

Joe Biden on Thursday went after President Donald Trump again and again over his handling of COVID-19, calling Trump’s downplaying of the pandemic “criminal” and his administration “totally irresponsible.”“You’ve got to level with the American people — shoot from the shoulder. There’s not been a time they’ve not been able to step up.

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1 dead, 2 wounded in Hunting Park shooting

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police say one person has died and two others were wounded in a shooting in Hunting Park.It happened on the 1600 block of West Bristol Street around 8 p.m. Thursday.According to police, a 36-year-old man was shot once in the back and chest.

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Mayfield throws 2 TD passes, Browns hold off Burrow, Bengals

CLEVELAND – Baker Mayfield threw two touchdown passes, Nick Chubb ran for two scores and 124 yards and the Cleveland Browns gave coach Kevin Stefanski his first NFL victory Thursday night by beating the Cincinnati Bengals 35-30 on the NFL's 100th birthday.Mayfield connected with Odell Beckham Jr. on a 43-yard scoring pass in the first half, and the Browns (1-1) rebounded from an atrocious performance last week in Baltimore, where they were roughed up 38-6 by the Ravens and looked mostly inept in Stefanski's debut.Things went much more smoothly against the Bengals (0-2) and No.

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Deadline nears for Orange, Osceola County parents to change their kid’s learning option

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The window of time for students in two school districts to switch to a different learning model will close on Sept. 18.Orange and Osceola County Public Schools want those who want to make a change to do so before the deadline.

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Police close Benjamin Franklin Parkway as deadline to vacate homeless encampment passes

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