SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved thousands of dollars in tourist development tax money for funding and maintenance of the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens.The item was to authorize $300,000.[TRENDING: Eta still soaking Fla. | Do masks with antiviral coating work? | Shaq’s mansion discounted by $3M]The attraction has been struggling ever since the pandemic began, which led to low attendance and a loss in revenue.

During the summer, zoo officials applied for Emergency Operating Funds and applied for an additional $300,000 to recover the money they lost during the shutdown.“When the zoo came to the tourist development council originally prior to COVID, they originally wanted $600,000,.

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Johnson joins Masters lead after round of record scoring

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dustin Johnson made four birdies and a par that felt just as good Friday morning for a 7-under 65 and a share of the lead, finishing off a first round of record scores on rain-softened Augusta National at the first Masters in November.Dylan Frittelli ran off four straight birdies on the back nine to match Johnson at 65. The pair tied Paul Casey, who played his bogey-free round of 65 on Thursday.The opening round was delayed nearly three hours at the start by heavy rain, and with limited daylight in November, there was no way to complete the round.

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Texas AG whistleblowers sue for wrongful firing, retaliation

DALLAS – Four former deputies to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are suing him for wrongful firing and retaliating against them for reporting him to the FBI for alleged bribery and abuse of office.Their lawsuit adds to the deepening legal and political peril for the high-profile Republican, who is facing calls for his resignation and a potential federal investigation over his staff's charge that he used his office to benefit a wealthy donor.In September, top members of Paxton’s staff reported him to federal authorities for alleged crimes they say he committed in assisting Austin real estate developer Nate Paul.

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Watch this giant gator saunter across a Florida golf course during Tropical Storm Eta

NAPLES, Fla. – It doesn’t get more Florida than this, folks.While Tropical Storm Eta was wreaking havoc on parts of the state this week, causing widespread flooding, a gargantuan, prehistoric-looking alligator went for a nice stroll across Valencia Golf and Country Club in Naples.The big boy’s leisurely prowl toward the pond was captured in a 15-second video that has since made headlines.Out enjoying the tropical conditions! Filmed by Tyler StoltingAssistant golf professional Tyler Stolting captured the footage and told the New York Post that while he was initially impressed by the reptile’s size and stature, he didn’t think much else of the encounter.“It was pretty big, biggest one I’ve ever seen," he told the Post.People online, however,

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Coronavirus: Outbreak at Brantford KFC involves three people, says public health

Coronavirus: Indicators point to further COVID-19 restrictions in Hamilton, top doc says No customers have yet tested positive for COVID-19, and none have been identified as close contacts, according to the health unit.The outbreak is classified as low risk to customers, yet health officials are asking those who attended the restaurant in early November to monitor for symptoms and reach out to public health for assessment and testing, if needed.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The store is still operating following a deep cleaning as per public health guidelines.Brant County’s health unit reported nine new COVID-19 cases on Friday.

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Vancouver Islanders urged to avoid Lower Mainland amid surging COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 cases in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.Dr. Richard Stanwick, chief medical health officer for the Island Health Region, said Thursday that a new outbreak at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital’s transitional care unit was likely transmitted to the facility by someone who’d been in Metro Vancouver.

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Gooden gets year probation for New Jersey drug charge

FREEHOLD, N.J. – Former New York Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden has been sentenced to a year of probation in connection with a drug arrest in New Jersey in 2019.Gooden appeared before a judge in a virtual proceeding on Thursday. He had pleaded guilty in August 2019 to one count of cocaine possession stemming from a traffic stop in June 2019.

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Spain searches for answer to migrants eyeing Canary Islands

MADRID – Spain’s government is stepping up its response to a surge in the number of migrants crossing the Atlantic from Africa to the Canary Islands, though there was little new in the measures announced Friday.More than 16,000 migrants have arrived in the Spanish islands off northwest Africa this year, hoping to ensure a better life on European soil.

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Breakthrough for women: Miami Marlins hire Kim Ng as GM

MIAMI – Kim Ng became the highest-ranking woman in baseball operations in the major leagues when she was hired Friday as general manager of the Miami Marlins.Ng is believed to be the first female general manager for a men’s team in a major professional sport in North America, the Marlins said.She has 21 years of big league experience in the front offices of the Chicago White Sox (1990-96), New York Yankees (1998-2001) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2002-11).Ng becomes the fifth person to hold the Marlins' top position in baseball operations, and succeeds Michael Hill, who was not retained after the 2020 season.

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Sheriff: Woman, 74, pretended to be victim of assault; arrested on arson and embezzlement charges

SARATOGA, Calif. - A 74-year-old woman pretended to be the victim of an assault, where she was found bound and gagged inside her Saratoga office last year. But she was really the person who started a fire inside her building and she did so, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office said on Friday, because she wanted to hide the fact that she was embezzling from the company. Janice Carlstrom of San Jose was arrested on Thursday after the sheriff's office said she "confessed" to the bizarre string of crimes, which stem from a fire at her office, Pollack Investments at 14500 Big Basin Way, Suite C, in Saratoga, on Nov.

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Eta exits, but new tropical depression forms in Caribbean

TAMPA, Fla. - Florida is still drying out after Tropical Storm Eta, but the record-breaking 2020 hurricane season continues. The National Hurricane Center says yet another tropical depression has formed.A tropical wave in the central Caribbean has become better organized with winds of nearly 35 mph as of Friday morning, becoming Tropical Depression 31. The system is currently no threat to the U.S.

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Police: Elderly woman dies from injuries following hit-and-run crash in Logan

LOGAN - Philadelphia police are searching for a driver who they say fatally struck an elderly woman then got out of the car and kicked her before speeding off.Officers in Philadelphia's 35th district were dispatched to the area of 16th Street and Belfield Street around 5 a.m. Thursday for reports of an accident.A witness told police that a person driving a yellow infinity Q 35 struck a woman then got out of the car and kicked her before speeding away.

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Police: Body found inside laundry bag on roadside in Tacony

WEST WINDSOR, N.J. - Philadelphia police are trying to identify a body found inside a laundry bag on the side of the road Friday morning in Tacony.Police said the bag was found near the curb on the 6900 block of Edmund Street around 7:30 a.m.The person was pronounced dead at the scene by medics.

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COVID-19 outbreak in Stratford retirement home claims four lives

Demand for coronavirus testing is down, but positive cases spike across Canada “In terms of test results, we continue to test any symptomatic residents and staff and will be conducting another complete round of testing on any residents and staff who have not already tested positive, based on Public Health Ontario recommendations,” Huron Perth Public Health said in an update on its website.One of the two residents who are currently hospitalized is in intensive care.There have been 222 COVID-19 cases in Huron Perth since the pandemic began, 61 of which are currently active.Forty of the active cases involve staff or residents of the home with a further seven in the community being linked to the outbreak.

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Ontario reports 1,396 new coronavirus cases, 19 more deaths

coronavirus on Friday, ending three days of record-breaking case counts, bringing the provincial total to 91,180.Friday’s case count is a decrease from Thursday’s which saw 1,575 new infections — a record single-day high. On Wednesday, 1,426 cases were reported, Tuesday saw 1,388 and Monday with 1,242.However, this is the eighth straight day that daily case counts have been above 1,000.Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said 440 new cases were recorded in Toronto, 440 in Peel Region, 155 in York Region and 55 in Halton Region.All other public health units in Ontario reported under 50 new cases.Ontario is reporting 1,396 cases of #COVID19.

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Former Saskatoon councillor on second Election Day

It’s Election Day in YXE – again. Former city councillor Tiffany Paulsen joins Global News Morning to discuss the impact of the election delay – and some of the wards to watch.

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Coronavirus: Wellington County’s Old Order Mennonite churches, schools ordered to close

COVID-19 cases.The directive was issued on Thursday evening by Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health’s medical officer of health, Dr. Nicola Mercer.

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Moderna coronavirus vaccine trial volunteer details experience: Nothing to fear but minor side effects

A Moderna coronavirus vaccine trial volunteer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shared his experience with "Fox & Friends" Friday, urging everyone to get it to save lives and return to normalcy before COVID-19 restrictions. Following Pfizer's promising trial results showing 90% effectiveness, experts are looking forward to the results of Moderna's late-stage trial, which had 30,000 participants, in the coming days.

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Accused rapist missing after Cook County judge lets him out of jail for $500 due to COVID

Rene Chandler CHICAGO - A Chicago man accused of sexual assault and robbery was released on $500 bail after a judge ruled that he was at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 due to his precondition of asthma, but after hearing more evidence in the cases, he was ordered back into custody. He has not been seen since then. Rene Chandler, 31, was on an electronic monitor awaiting trial on charges that he sexually assaulted two women he met on dating apps when he assaulted and robbed a third woman in an Uber in April 2019.

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Coronavirus: Indicators point to further COVID-19 restrictions in Hamilton, top doc says

COVID-19 response framework.“Many of our indicators put us squarely into the orange category, and we’re continuing to work with the provincial government around the next steps here,” Richardson said.Health officials say there have been 407 positive coronavirus cases in Hamilton in the last 10 days with the city averaging around 43 cases per day over the last two weeks. Here’s how Toronto, Peel Region will enforce new ‘red-level’ social gathering rules The city is currently in the yellow tier of the province’s framework, which impacts businesses like bars and restaurants in that they can only stay open until midnight and serve alcohol between 9 a.m.

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Coronavirus: Student, 26, explains what it's like to volunteer in Oxford vaccine trial

With coronavirus cases around the world now at over 52 million, scientists have been working around the clock to develop a vaccine.

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500,000 people expected on Space Coast for astronaut launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Brevard County officials say two rocket launches in two days will have around half a million people on the Space Coast this weekend to witness history in the making.The clock is ticking toward SpaceX and NASA's next crewed mission from the Kennedy Space Center. Saturday will mark the first operational flight of the Crew Dragon capsule sending four astronauts into space.First though, United Launch Alliance (ULA) will send up an Atlas V rocket on Friday.

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Stirling nightclub secures share of Covid-19 support funding

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A popular Stirling nightclub has been given a financial lifeline as part of efforts to support culture venues during the coronavirus pandemic.City centre venue Fubar was one of 203 venues who received the boost from the Scottish Government’s Culture Organisations and Venue Recovery Fund, with the club securing a £145,000 grant.The fund has the aim of protecting jobs and firms which may be put at risk due to the continued shutdown of entertainment venues such as nightclubs due to Covid-19 guidelines.A total of 203 organisations and venues were provided with £11.75 million worth of backing, with a total of 348 applications made by various venues up until

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Video of Gregory Edwards, veteran who died in custody at Brevard jail, to be released

VIERA, Fla. – The Gregory Edwards video will be made public Friday.Brevard County Circuit Judge David Dugan recently signed off on an agreement between News 6 partner Florida Today and the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, calling for jail security footage to be released at 12:30 p.m.[TRENDING: Disney World increasing capacity | 250,000 space fans to drive near Cape for launch | Meteor shower coming soon]Edwards, a U.S. combat veteran, died Dec.

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Legoland hiring over 100 at Florida theme park, water park, hotels

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Just in time for the holiday season, Legoland announced that it’s looking to add over 100 new people to its workforce in Florida.The news comes months after the theme park industry was hit hard by the pandemic, causing each park to lay off a number of employees.The company said that because the holidays are approaching, extra staffing is needed at their theme park, water park and hotels.Legoland officials said that both part-time and full-time positions will be up for grabs and starting pay for non-salaried workers is $9 an hour.If you’re interested in checking out the available jobs, click or tap here.

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Speed bump: Gator survives collision with car

COCOA, Fla. – Talk about a speed bump.A driver in Cocoa ran over an alligator that wandered onto U.S. 1, police tweeted Friday.“The things that go bump in the night: patrol officers rescued this little guy as he wandered into dangerous territory.

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Household net worth hit srecord high as deposits rose and debt fell

A large rise in deposits and fall in debt saw household net worth rising to a record €817 billion in the second quarter of this year, according to figures from the Central Bank.

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2 dead, 4 wounded in Florida area dogged by violence

TAMPA, Fla. – A shooting in Florida left two men dead and four others wounded Thursday night, the second fatal shooting in the area this week, police said.Tampa police said officers were called to the scene around 8 p.m. on reports of several gunshots being heard in the area.When they arrived, officers found two men dead at the scene.

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Florida seeks death penalty for man accused of using hammer, knife to kill boys

MELROSE, Fla. – Prosecutors have decided to seek the death penalty in the case of a 30-year-old Florida man accused of killing two teenage brothers in their home over the summer.Officials filed a request notifying the court that they plan to pursue the death penalty against Mark Wilson Jr. after a grand jury indicted him Oct.

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Bikers urged to sit out traditional Friday the 13th motorcycle rally in Port Dover, Ont.

COVID-19 pandemic.Hordes of motorcyclists typically descend on the beach town every Friday the 13th, with provincial police regularly reporting upwards of 100,000 attendees.The mayor of Norfolk County, where Port Dover is located, says she knows that the motorcycle rally is important to the community, but that going ahead with it would put the area at risk.

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Coronavirus cases declining across UK and 'end in sight' - but rates on rise in Midlands

The number of daily coronavirus cases on average has fallen across the UK on the whole but infections have risen in the Midlands, new research show.

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17-year-old shot at Orange County condos

ORLANDO, Fla. – A 17-year-old was shot Thursday night at an Orange County condo complex, deputies said.The shooting was reported around 7 p.m.

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Schools across U.S. abandon classes as virus surges

School bus with sign, No mask, No entry, Queens, New York. (Photo by: Lindsey Nicholson/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) NEW YORK - School systems in Detroit, Indianapolis, Philadelphia and suburban Minneapolis are giving up on in-person classes, and some governors are reimposing restrictions on bars and restaurants or getting more serious about masks, as the coast-to-coast resurgence of the coronavirus sends deaths, hospitalizations and new infections soaring.The crisis deepened at hospitals, with the situation so bad in North Dakota that the governor this week said nurses who test positive but have no symptoms can still work.

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Covid situation in Delhi should come under control in 7-10 days: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday stated that the coronavirus situation in the national capital is expected to come under control in the next 7 to 10 days and that the AAP government is taking several steps in this regard.Addressing a press meet, Kejriwal said, "COVID-19 cases have been increasing for the last few days. I am also concerned about it.

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DUP tactics 'shameful and embarrassing' - Long

Alliance Party leader Naomi Long has said she has never in her 20 years of politics felt "more depressed and dispirited" with the state of affairs in Northern Ireland than this week.

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UK's "Yorkshire Ripper" serial killer Peter Sutcliffe dies

LONDON – Britain’s Prison Service says that serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, who was widely known as the “Yorkshire Ripper," has died in the hospital.The 74-year-old had tested positive for COVID-19 and was suffering from underlying health conditions. His cause of death will be investigated by the coroner.Sutcliffe was serving a life sentence after being convicted of murdering 13 women in northern England between 1975 and 1980.Sutcliffe was convicted in 1981.

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Eta races off to sea from Carolinas after soaking Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The former Tropical Storm Eta was classified as a post-tropical cyclone early Friday, racing off the Southeast Atlantic coast and bringing heavy rains and gusty winds to the Carolinas after blustering across north Florida.One death in Florida was linked to the storm, along with some scattered flooding, and forecasters said the system was on a path offshore of South Carolina that is expected to take it further out to sea.Early Friday, the storm was centered about 85 miles (135 kilometers) southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe dies from coronavirus at the age of 74

Peter Sutcliffe has died at the age of 74 after a battle with coronavirus. The notorious serial killer had tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from hospital for an unrelated health condition earlier this month.

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Round 1: Casey leads, Woods in hunt as field plays catch-up

Considering all the things they do control, it’s comforting to know the weather remains beyond the reach of the green jackets at Augusta National. Already short on daylight after the pandemic pushed the Masters back from April to November, they looked on helplessly as early thunderstorms stole three precious hours and turned Round 1 into something resembling one-half.When darkness halted play at 5:30 p.m.

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Official Myanmar vote count affirms Suu Kyi's party control

YANGON – Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy won enough seats in Parliament to return to power for a second five-year term, official results released by the election commission showed Friday.The NLD won 346 seats in the combined lower and upper houses of the legislature, far above the 322 needed to secure a majority, the Union Election Commission announced on television and in social media, even many seats from Sunday’s election have yet to be declared.The military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party, the main opposition party, won 25 seats, and the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, representing the ethnic Shan minority, won 15 seats.

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Feds pledge to fix Neskantaga First Nation’s long-standing water crisis

The Neskantaga First Nation in Ontario has endured dirty water for decades. Now Ottawa is promising things will be cleaned up in December, but as Mike Le Couteur reports, residents are skeptical, and it’s a promise they’ve heard before.

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Restrictions in New York amid surge in Covid cases

Bars and restaurants in New York will close early from today as the coronavirus outbreak surges across the United States and Europe, where Greece is being forced into a nighttime curfew.

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White supremacists killed Ethiopian man but his son thrives

SAN DIEGO – The California lawyer who for years made sure white supremacist Tom Metzger made payments on a judgment for his role in the killing of an Ethiopian man studying in the U.S. took no money for himself from the case but ended up with something priceless: a son.

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Skimmers found at pumps in Florida have decreased in 2020

(Scroll down to see which pumps were hit this year in your neighborhood.)Data from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services showed skimming devices found at pumps had decreased 16 percent this year and almost 40 percent locally.The pandemic might be a reason why the number is down this year.“They are really well-organized groups. Very coordinate,” said Dir.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau, premiers to meet in December to address health care funding

Justin Trudeau and Canada’s premiers have agreed to meet next month to address requests to increase long-term funding for provincial health care systems, sources tell Global News.News of the meeting comes amid a call between the First Ministers Thursday evening, in which the prime minister also told premiers that the federal government was ready to assist provinces now dealing with new lockdown measures amid a record-breaking second wave of the novel coronavirus.

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Gym owner fined £67k and could face jail for flouting Covid rules after police standoff

A gym owner has been been slapped with a £67,000 fine for opening his business during lockdown - and could even be jailed if he continues flouting coronavirus restrictions.

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Deputies arrest Daytona Beach man linked to 2 drive-by shootings

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A Daytona Beach man linked to two drive-by shootings was arrested on Thursday, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.[TRENDING: Eta floods Florida | Romaine calm: Florida man arrested after lettuce tirade | DeSantis accused of wanting herd immunity]The Sheriff’s Office said Kamara Elliott was arrested in the Daytona Beach area and was taken into custody without incident.Deputies said they are thankful for the public sharing Elliott’s photo when warrants were issued for him.The 18-year-old was considered armed and dangerous and was wanted on two counts of principal to attempted first-degree murder with a firearm.“We think he and a group of people from Daytona Beach came over here on two separate occasions

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Missing Delaware County 1-year-old boy, woman found safe

DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa. - Pennsylvania State Police say a missing 1-year-old boy and woman from Delaware County have been found safe.No other details have been released.___For the latest local news, sports and weather, download the FOX 29 News app.DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APPSign up for emails from FOX 29, including our daily Good Day Digest

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US reports over 144K COVID-19 cases in new single-day record, according to Johns Hopkins

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. recorded more than 144,000 coronavirus cases Tuesday, setting another single-day record for virus cases since the pandemic first began, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Well over 100,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases have been reported daily in the U.S.

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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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