NORTH PHILADELPHIA - A woman is fighting for her life after police say she was shot in the face Friday morning in North Philadelphia.The 32-year-old victim was shot once in the cheek on the 700 block of West Russell Street, according to police.Officers from the city's 25th district arrived on the scene around 6:30 a.m.

and drove the woman to Temple University Hospital. She is reportedly in critical condition.Investigators are working to determine what sparked the shooting.

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Oregon's sports teams have gotten plenty of coronavirus tests while nurses, hospitals struggle: report

Professional and top-tier college athletes in Oregon are tested about 1,700 times a week combined, while some health care workers are struggling to just receive one, according to a report. The Portland Trail Blazers, Portland Timbers, Oregon Ducks and Oregon State Bears are tested multiple times per week.The Trail Blazers get tested daily, the top schools get tested six times per week and the Timbers four times.

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Parents, teachers cry foul over Florida sheriff’s student database

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Some parents and teachers in the Tampa Bay area are asking for changes in a program used by a Florida sheriff to profile students as potential criminals.The Pasco County Council PTA asked school district officials to review the program and its data sharing agreement with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies, the Tampa Bay Times reported Friday.In addition, a group of teachers is circulating a petition calling for the sheriff's database of “at-risk" children to be deleted, the newspaper reported.

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'Tragic accident': Bicyclist killed after striking side of pickup truck, police say

PHILADELPHIA - A man has died after Philadelphia police say was involved in a collision with a pickup truck as he rode his bike in the city's Lawndale neighborhood.The incident occurred just before 3 a.m. Friday morning at Longshore and Oxford Avenues.Police say the victim, a 36-year-old man, was riding a mountain bike when he struck the side of the pickup truck.According to investigators, the bicycle appears to have been the striking vehicle.

Pakistan asks UN to probe fake pro-India NGOs, media

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's foreign minister on Friday called for the United Nations and the European Union to investigate a recent report's findings that exposed a 15-year disinformation campaign to serve India's interests and discredit Pakistan.The extensive report was published earlier this week by EU DisinfoLab, a Brussels-based nongovernmental organization. The findings detail how 10 defunct but U.N.-accredited NGOs were “revived” in order to influence the EU and the U.N.

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Richard Hinch, New Hampshire's House speaker, dies of COVID-19

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4 injured when Florida teen pours gasoline on bonfire, causing explosion

POLK CITY, Fla. – Four Florida teenagers were injured Thursday night when one of them poured gasoline on a bonfire, causing it to explode, officials said.Officials said two boys and two girls were injured.

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Another delay expected in Harvey Weinstein extradition

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Convicted former movie producer Harvey Weinstein is expected to appear briefly via video from a New York prison Friday as part of legal efforts to send him to California to face sexual assault charges. Authorities say the extradition proceeding, originally scheduled for August, likely will be postponed again, this time until April 9.Weinstein, 68, is serving a 23-year prison sentence after being convicted in New York City earlier this year on charges of rape and sexual assault against two women.He faces similar charges involving five women in California, stemming from alleged assaults in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills from 2004 to 2013.

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Turn your living room into the North Pole by booking a virtual visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus

ORLANDO, Fla. – Christmas isn’t canceled but, like most things this year, it does look very different than what so many of us are used to due to the coronavirus pandemic.CDC guidelines have made spending time with Santa slightly more challenging, especially those in-person visits the kids look forward to every year.Fortunately, with the help of Mrs. Claus, the big jolly guy in red has learned to adapt to make sure that one-on-one time with Santa is still possible in the era of COVID-19.[RELATED: Sorry, Grinch, but coronavirus won’t stop NORAD from tracking Santa | SANTA-tized: Here is where you can get Santa photos this Christmas]Thanks to the elves, who helped Mrs.

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Jalen Hurts gets first start vs. Saints, NFL's No. 1 defense

Jalen Hurts #2 of the Philadelphia Eagles warms up prior to the game against the Seattle Seahawks at Lincoln Financial Field on November 30, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Eagles picked the toughest spot to give Jalen Hurts his first career start.Hurts, the 2019 Heisman Trophy runner-up, takes over for Carson Wentz and leads the Eagles (3-8-1) against the New Orleans Saints (10-2) on Sunday.

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Thousands of school kids to be mass tested for coronavirus over fears of third spike

oronavirus through a massive new testing programme amid fears of a third spike.

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Coronavirus: Punjab govt extends night curfew across the state till 1 Jan

ANI quoted Punjab CMO as saying.Meanwhile, Punjab on Thursday reported 28 more deaths due to COVID-19, as the toll crossed the 5,000-mark, while 635 fresh cases took the infection count to 1,58,556, according to a medical bulletin.Six new fatalities were reported from Mohali; four each from Amritsar and Hoshiarpur; three each from Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala; two from Sangrur and one each from Barnala, Mansa and Moga, the bulletin said.The new fatalities pushed the death toll to 5,007 in Punjab.The state has 7,423 active COVID-19 cases, according to the bulletinClick here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

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South Lanarkshire hits dubious landmark with 20k COVID cases recorded

link.As of December 3, 653 people in Lanarkshire have died after testing positive for the virus.Lanarkshire has been the second-worst affected region in Scotland by coronavirus after Greater Glasgow and Clyde where 33,797 people have tested positive.Between March and June, during the first wave of the pandemic, only 2724 people in the region had tested positive for coronavirus.However, the total number of people infected with the virus is thought to be higher as testing capacity was lower and mass testing wasn’t available for the whole of the first wave.By June 5, 353 people in Lanarkshire had died after testing positive.From July 1 to August 16 just 100 cases of the virus were recorded in Lanarkshire before the start of the second wave.WIN

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New report says part of South Sudan is in 'likely famine'

JUBA – One county in South Sudan is likely in famine and tens of thousands of people in five other counties are on the brink of starvation, according to a new report by international food security experts.Nowhere in the world has been in famine since one was declared nearly four years ago in South Sudan’s Unity state as civil war raged. Now western Pibor county is feared to have reached that crisis level, the result of massive flooding and deadly violence that has prevented access to aid.The new report stops short of declaring famine, which would kick aid efforts into higher gear, because of insufficient data.

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Piers Morgan slams 'village idiot' who said Bill Gates paid him to promote coronavirus vaccine

Piers Morgan has slammed a conspiracy theorist who accused him of being funded by Bill Gates.

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The Latest: South Korea expanding virus testing, tracing

are scrutinizing the company’s data for any red flags or oversights. If approved, shots could begin within days for health care workers and people in nursing homes.U.

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US experts vote to approve Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine

A panel of experts in the US has voted to recommend granting emergency approval for Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for the United States to become the next country to move ahead with mass immunisation.

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Over 100 GOP members of Congress sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit

election is demonstrating U.S. President Donald Trump’s enduring political power even as his term is set to end.

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Hundreds of GOP members sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit

HOUSTON – The Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory has quickly become a conservative litmus test, as 106 members of Congress and multiple state attorneys general signed onto the case even as some have predicted it will fail.The last-gasp bid to subvert the results of the Nov.

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Mother assaulted, robbed after arranging to sell iPhone on marketplace app

SALEM, N.J. - A Salem County mother is warning others to be careful when arranging to sell items on a marketplace app after she was assaulted and robbed during a recent exchange. Angela Soth found a buyer for her iPhone on a marketplace app and agreed to make the exchange on Wednesday. She was going to use the money to buy her kids Christmas presents.Soth became wary of the transaction when she said the buyer tried to pass potentially fake money.

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In Arizona, Trump's false claims have torn open a GOP rift

PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey spent much of Donald Trump's presidency trying not to provoke confrontation with the president or his fervent defenders.

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Congress stuck, McConnell resists state aid in COVID-19 deal

WASHINGTON – An emerging $900 billion COVID-19 aid package from a bipartisan group of lawmakers has all but collapsed after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republican senators won't support $160 billion in state and local funds as part of a potential trade-off in the deal.McConnell's staff conveyed to top negotiators Thursday that the GOP leader sees no path to an agreement on a key aspect of the lawmakers' existing proposal — a slimmed-down version of the liability shield he is seeking for companies and organizations facing potential COVID-19 lawsuits — in exchange for the state and local funds that Democrats want.The GOP leader criticized “controversial state bailouts” during a speech in the Senate, as he insists on a more

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Sen. Rand Paul delays defense bill vote over troop drawdowns

WASHINGTON – A Senate vote on a wide-ranging defense policy bill was delayed after Kentucky Republican Rand Paul objected to the measure, casting the next steps in doubt and raising the slim prospect of a government shutdown if a short-term spending bill caught up in the dispute is not approved by Friday.Paul said on the Senate floor that he opposes provisions in the defense bill that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to draw down U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Germany.

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$4.8 billion meant to keep Floridians employed during pandemic went to businesses with ‘zero’ employees

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U.S. election: More than 100 GOP members of Congress sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit

More than 100 Republican members of Congress signed onto a Texas-led election lawsuit, which is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate president-elect Joe Biden’s victory in four swing states.

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U.S. election: How legitimate are the Trump lawsuits?

The Donald Trump campaign has launched lawsuits in several states — including Georgia, Nevada and Michigan — in an attempt to stop vote counting and invalidate ballots that have yet to be counted in the 2020 Presidential Election. Jasmine Pazzano explains whether the campaign’s claims are legitimate and if it has a chance of winning the cases.

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NJ family uses Christmas lights display to give back to those in need

PITTSGROVE, N.J. - What started out as an ordinary light display to spread holiday cheer has grown into a holiday extravaganza drawing visitors from around the county who come to marvel at the lights and chip in for a good cause.Take a leisurely 3 mph drive down Lawlor Lane in Pittsgrove, New Jersey and don't forget to turn your radio dial to 88.1 FM to get in the socially-distant holiday spirit. Like most holiday traditions, Pete and Missy Lawlor's amazing Christmas display has tender beginnings. The Lawlors began decorating their home in Fishtown for their daughter, Melissa, who loved Christmastime as a child.

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India's active covid cases dip to 3.63 lakh, total tally nears 98 lakh

Also read: Why Hollywood studios’ romance for Bollywood has prematurely souredThe total number of active cases has reached 3,63,749. Meanwhile, the total discharged cases stand at 97,96,770 with 37,528 new discharges in the last 24 hours.According to a health bulletin by the Delhi government, 3,307 people also recovered from the virus in the last 14 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 5,72,523.

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Pennsylvania blasts Texas’ bid to overturn Bidens' election win

HARRISBURG - Lawyers for Pennsylvania responded in the U.S.

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California pastor blasts 'tyranny masquerading as safety' from politicians who break own COVID rules

California pastor Mike McClure is refusing to shutter his church despite a wave of coronavirus regulations he says subvert the nation's founding principles. "I think the shutdowns are an absolute violation of the centrality of our liberty -- and that is the freedom to believe, the freedom to express our belief, [and] the freedom to worship," he told Fox News on Thursday.

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San Francisco rent plunges 35% as tech giants flee area

A pedestrian walks by a building advertising an apartment for rent on September 01, 2020 in San Francisco, California.(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO - New data following 10 months of the coronavirus pandemic shows rents continuing to fall in tech hubs around the nation, and San Francisco is still leading the way. Remote work and high cost of living are a few of the mentions for why an astronomically expensive city is becoming more reasonable, according to a November rent report by realtor.com. It compared current rent prices to rates from the same time last year and found the median rent for a studio apartment in San Francisco has dropped 35 percent to $2,100 a month.

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Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, who played Deebo in 'Friday,' dies

LOS ANGELES – Tommy “Tiny” Lister, a former wrestler who was known for his Deebo character in the “Friday” films, has died. He was 62.Lister's manager, Cindy Cowan, said Lister was found unconscious in his home in Marina Del Rey, California, on Thursday afternoon.

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Bea from Tennessee: Philadelphia Zoo adds 15-month-old giraffe

Zookeepers say Bea was warmly welcomed from Knoxville. Tenn.

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Tourism task force reports to B.C. government on state of the industry

The Tourism Task Force set up in September has reported on how the industry has been impacted by the pandemic, and is offering a number of recommendations on how to keep businesses viable until a vaccine is widely available.

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Police: Man, 55, killed in North Philadelphia double shooting

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Authorities in North Philadelphia are investigating a double shooting that left one man dead and another in critical condition.Officers from the city's 22nd district responded to the 2300 block of North 30th Street around 5:30 p.m. for reports of a shooting. A 55-year-old man was fatally shot in the back, according to police.

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Cuomo gets new award for COVID-19 pandemic 'leadership'

New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Massachusetts Republican Gov.

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South Okanagan pastor questions COVID-19 vaccines

A pastor at a South Okanagan church has sent out an email to his congregation – warning his parishioners about taking a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a local media report.

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From Cape Cod to Alaska, college leagues eye MLB changes

Years before he became commissioner of the Alaska Baseball League, Chris Beck pointed to the 6-foot-7 slugger in the Anchorage Glacier Pilots' uniform and told his son to say hello.Beck had a feeling about the freshman from Fresno State — a towering outfielder named Aaron Judge.“I told my son to go get his autograph, because he just was different,” Beck said.It was a quintessential college summer league experience, an up-close look at a major league star long before his big break. It's one Beck hopes fans in the 49th State will have for years — but he’s not entirely confident they will.

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Applications to medical school up amid COVID-19 pandemic

PHOENIX - As COVID-19 continues to spread in Arizona and elsewhere, applications to medical school are at an all-time high.From a young age, Jon Kelley had a passion for medicine, as well as music. When the music stopped, his drumbeat took him to med school.

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Piers Morgan lays into ‘village idiot’ Covid conspiracy theorist who said Bill Gates paid him $1bn to promote vaccine

PIERS Morgan pulled no punches when he laid into a "village idiot" who accused him of being bribed to take the Covid vaccine. The GMB host, 55, scathingly replied to the Twitter user named Wayne who had asked him, "how much of that gates money u received..." "Hi Wayne, yes, @billGates paid me $1 billion to big up the vaccines so that we could implant a chip inside you, control your brain, & turn you into a village idiot. And it's clearly working!" Many of Piers' Twitter fans backed the GMB host's comments, lashing out at 'anti-vaxxers' generally.

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6 new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation

There are six new cases of COVID-19 to report in managed isolation since the Ministry’s last update on Wednesday. There are no new community cases.

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Delaware sets 10 p.m. curfew for bars and restaurants, revises indoor capacity limits

Delaware Gov. John Carney announced the reopening guidelines for businesses during Phase 2.

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McDonald’s Happy Meals could get pricier in 2021

LOS ANGELES - Happy Meals could get pricier next year after McDonald’s decision to end a two-decade-old deal with its franchisees that has subsidized the price of Happy Meal toys for customers. According to an internal memo from the company obtained by FOX TV Stations, the fast-food chain will no longer issue a $300 per month contribution to its 14,000 U.S. restaurants under the “Happy Meal Rent and Service Fee,” which it has been doing for about 20 years. The company will eliminate the monthly contribution starting in 2021. A photo illustration of a Happy Meal at McDonald's on November 3, 2010 in San Francisco, California.

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Florida to get 179,400 initial doses of Pfizer vaccine

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida will receive 179,400 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 within a week and use them to inoculate nursing home patients and health care workers most exposed to the virus, Gov.

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Olson comes up aces and takes 1-shot lead in Women's Open

HOUSTON – Amy Olson got back to under par with one swing, an 8-iron for a hole-in-one on her seventh hole Thursday, and kept right on going until she had a 4-under 67 and a one-shot lead in the U.S. Women's Open.On a perfect day, the scores made it perfectly clear that Champions Golf Club was primed to provide a stern test.Olson, a prolific winner at North Dakota State and still winless in seven years on the LPGA Tour, was among only 11 players who broke 70 on the Cypress Creek and Jackrabbit courses.

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Orange County looking for volunteers to help administer COVID-19 vaccine

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Florida is preparing to receive its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines within the week and has a plan in place to begin distributing the shots to the state’s most vulnerable, Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a video update on Thursday.In the shipment, Florida is set to receive more than 170,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, which was endorsed for widespread use on Thursday by a U.S.

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COVID-19 case increase tied to Thanksgiving but --so far-- not in long-term care facilities in Orange County

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Florida is now seeing COVID-19 cases connected to Thanksgiving gatherings held more than two weeks ago but fortunately not in the most vulnerable populations, according to Orange County’s leading health official.Last week, Orange County experienced a 17% increase in new cases, according to Dr. Raul Pino, with the Florida Department of Health- Orange County.“I think that we are experiencing a bump, from the holiday, the Thanksgiving holiday,” Pino said providing an update Thursday.

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Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
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Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Police: Woman, 32, shot in face in North Philadelphia

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