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19.11.2020 / 02:27

New York City schools halt classes as Covid-19 cases soar

COVID-19 neared a world record of a quarter-million lives lost, and as state and local officials nationwide moved to further restrict social gatherings and commercial activity to stem surging cases and hospitalizations heading into winter.The move doubtless came as a relief to some teachers, many of whom have expressed fear of being placed at increased risk of exposure to the highly contagious respiratory virus.But it will cause hardship for working parents forced to make new childcare arrangements once more."I could lose my job... I am stuck between bills and my son, and it's a hard choice.

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Greece: No police custody for migrant unaccompanied minors

ATHENS – Greece is abolishing the practice of holding asylum-seeker children and teenagers who arrive in the country without parents or guardians in protective police custody, the migration minister said Wednesday.The practice, which saw newly arrived unaccompanied minors held in police stations across the country sometimes for months at a time and often along with unrelated adults, has been widely condemned by rights groups. It has also led to judgments against Greece by the European Court of Human Rights.Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi said Wednesday that as of Nov.

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LA County to implement 10 pm curfew for restaurants, bars and nonessential businesses

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County is expected to implement new restrictions later this week as COVID-19 cases continue to surge across California.A curfew will be implemented for all restaurants, breweries, wineries, bars and nonessential businesses from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., effective Friday, November 20.Restaurants with outdoor dining, breweries and wineries across Los Angeles County will also be reduced to 50 percent capacity, the source told FOX 11.

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German capital braces for protests of coronavirus measures

BERLIN – Berlin police, bolstered by forces from around the country, cordoned off a wide perimeter around the capital's government center on Wednesday ahead of expected protests as parliament votes on a bill that would strengthen the government's ability to impose coronavirus restrictions.A series of protests planned outside of Germany's Bundestag parliament building were banned over security concerns, but many other protests have been registered for other areas in Berlin. Fencing was put up around a wide area, including the Bundestag and nearby parliamentary offices, the federal chancellery and the presidential residence and offices in case any protesters decided to defy the ban.

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Photos emerge of Newsom inside posh restaurant amid coronavirus spikes

New photos of a birthday party attended by California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife at an upscale restaurant in the wine country earlier this month appeared to show an unmasked group eating shoulder-to-shoulder indoors, according to a report.

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Trump ally McCarthy is reelected leader of House Republicans

WASHINGTON – Rep. Kevin McCarthy easily won reelection as House Republican leader, a stunning turnaround as the entire GOP leadership team was rewarded by their colleagues for reducing the Democrats’ House advantage in the November election.

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OCPS teachers to receive pay increase, union says

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County Public School teachers will receive a pay increase, according to the Orange County Classroom Teachers Association.[TRENDING: ‘I took LSD:’ Disney guest accused in attack | What does vaccine effectiveness mean? | News 6 anchors share drama stories]The union said a base salary for full-time teachers who make less than $47,500 will be brought up to at least $47,500.This includes pre-K teachers.Any teacher who makes more than this will get a bump of 1.27 percent in their salary, according to the union.The OCCTA said the increases are retroactive to the first day of the school year.[RELATED: Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill that would provide over $500 million to raise teacher salaries]Back in June, Gov.

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Coronavirus: New state-of-the-art hospital in Vaughan to help tackle Ontario surgical backlog

Billed as Canada’s first smart hospital, Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital is set to open in early 2021. Shallima Maharaj stepped inside the brand new facility for a tour.

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Unbeaten Steelers still on top of AP Pro32 poll

NEW YORK – After some recent close games, the Pittsburgh Steelers didn't need nine lives to get to 9-0.The Steelers dominated the Cincinnati Bengals 36-10 on Sunday to remain the league's only unbeaten team and maintain control of the top spot of the latest AP Pro32 poll.Pittsburgh received 10 of the 12 first-place votes for 382 points in balloting Tuesday by media members who regularly cover the NFL.The 9-0 start is the best in franchise history and the Steelers are a strong favorite to stay perfect as they face the one-win Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.“Ben Roethlisberger is in the MVP conversation.

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Dr. Kieran Moore explains why the Kingston-area hasn’t moved to ‘Yellow’ status with a surge of COVID-19 cases.

The Kingston-area’s chief medical officer says he’s worried about the recent surge in new COVID-19 infections. Dr.

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Germany eyes ban on anti-lockdown protest at parliament

BERLIN – German security officials are considering banning protests this week outside the federal parliament by people opposed to coronavirus lockdown measures over fears a rally could turn violent.The unusual move comes amid concerns that extremist groups could try to use a rally initially planned for Wednesday to attack the Bundestag, echoing an unsuccessful attempt to storm the parliament building during a similar demonstration in August.According to an email sent to German lawmakers Tuesday by a parliamentary security official, a risk assessment by Berlin state police “has given rise to the expectation ...

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Foles carted off with injury in Bears Monday night loss to Vikings

Nick Foles #9 of the Chicago Bears is carted off of the field after being hit by Ifeadi Odenigbo #95 of the Minnesota Vikings during the fourth quarter of the game at Soldier Field on November 16, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/ CHICAGO - Kirk Cousins will take a victory any day of the week.

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NFL develops 7-point mobility plan for diversity hiring

recent resolution calls for draft picks as a reward to organizations for developing minority coaches and front office executives who become head coaches, general managers or team presidents for other clubs.

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Third of UK households plan on slashing Christmas spending due to reduced income as a result of Covid-19

GoCompare reveals that 9.7million households across the UK are facing Christmas on a reduced income, compared with this time last year. The research carried out ahead of the festive season, found that 35 per cent of UK households are living on less money than last year. More than half (54%) said their household income is roughly the same, while 11 per cent have seen their income increase over the last 12 months.

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Pandemic politics leave DC in gridlock as virus surges

WASHINGTON – With the nation gripped by a resurgent coronavirus and looking to Washington for help, President Donald Trump and lawmakers in Congress have a message for struggling Americans: Just keep waiting. The urgency of the nationwide surge in virus cases, spiking hospitalizations and increasing death tolls has hardly resonated in the nation’s capital as its leaders are vexed by transition politics and trying to capitalize on the promise of a coming vaccine.

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Cousins, Vikings overcome Patterson return, beat Bears 19-13

CHICAGO – Kirk Cousins threw for 292 yards and two touchdowns, and the Minnesota Vikings overcame a 104-yard kickoff return by Chicago’s Cordarrelle Patterson to beat the Bears 19-13 on Monday night.Cousins won for the first time in 10 career Monday night starts. He hit Adam Thielen with a 6-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter to put Minnesota ahead 19-13, and the Vikings (4-5) hung on for their third straight win.

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Coronavirus: Critics slam passing of Ontario Bill 218 saying it shields LTC homes from lawsuits

The Ontario legislature has passed a bill giving COVID-19 liability protection to long-term care operators despite critics arguing this makes it significantly harder for families with loved ones in facilities to hold them responsible for any negligence.

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Coronavirus: Ontario opens application for PPE grant, rebate program for small businesses

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Monday his government is now offering a grant of up to $1,000 for small businesses needing to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE), such as masks, gloves or physical barriers. He also said the government is taking applications for a $300-million rebate program to help small businesses pay costs associated with property taxes and energy bills.

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Across party lines, Americans embrace marijuana legalization in 2020 election

A file image taken June 18, 2020 shows marijuana plants. (Photo credit: Ricardo Castelan Cruz / Eyepix Group/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) HELENA, Mont. - Bill Stocker could be considered the archetype of a conservative voter: He's a retired Marine and former police officer who voted for President Donald Trump.

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Many challenges remain as US casinos financially recover from virus

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - America's casinos are recovering from months of closures necessitated by the coronavirus outbreak, having regained 81% of the gambling revenue they saw in the third quarter of last year, the casinos' trade association said Monday.But that recovery is threatened in places as the virus continues to surge throughout the country.

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US casinos recovering from virus, but challenges remain

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – America's casinos are recovering from months of closures necessitated by the coronavirus outbreak, having regained 81% of the gambling revenue they saw in the third quarter of last year, the casinos' trade association said Monday.But that recovery is threatened in places as the virus continues to surge throughout the country. Sunday night, Michigan's governor ordered numerous businesses including casinos to shut down for three weeks, and Atlantic City's top casino last week laid off or cut the hours of 422 workers in response to restrictions imposed by New Jersey's governor.

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Americans across party lines, regions embrace marijuana

HELENA, Mont. – Bill Stocker could be considered the archetype of a conservative voter: He's a retired Marine and former police officer who voted for President Donald Trump. But he's also among the majority of South Dakota voters who broadly legalized marijuana this month.

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After Trump, will the presidency recede a bit for Americans?

WASHINGTON – Calvin Coolidge, known by some as “Silent Cal” during his time in the White House, used his autobiography to live up to his nickname. “The words of a president,” he wrote in 1929 after leaving office, “have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately."The world is very different now.

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Hail Murray: Cardinals stun Bills 32-30 in final seconds

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Hail Murray!Kyler Murray completed a stunning 43-yard desperation pass to DeAndre Hopkins with 2 seconds left to lift the Arizona Cardinals to a 32-30 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.The catch was as sensational as the throw.The game appeared lost for the Cardinals until Murray rolled out to his left as the seconds ticked off the clock. He flung the ball toward the end zone, where Hopkins was waiting with three Buffalo defenders draped all over him.

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Brexit: Trade deal 'may not succeed' before year end

LONDON – The U.K.’s chief Brexit negotiator said Sunday before renewed talks that a trade deal with the European Union may not succeed, but he was still hopeful of a resolution.Arriving in Brussels, David Frost tweeted that “there has been some progress in a positive direction in recent days.”“We also now largely have common draft treaty texts, though significant elements are of course not yet agreed,” he said. “We will work to build on these and get an overall agreement if we can.

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Belgian racing pigeon fetches record price of $1.9 million

HALLE – New Kim is worth her weight in gold and then some — actually much, much more. A wealthy Chinese pigeon racing fan put down a world record price of 1.6 million euros ($1.9 million) for the Belgian-bred bird, saying a lot more than merely what kind of money can be made in the once-quaint sport, which seemed destined to decline only a few years back.

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What mandate? Biden's agenda faces a divided Congress

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden wants to “restore the soul of America.” First, he'll need to fix a broken and divided Congress. Biden is rushing headlong into a legislative branch ground down by partisanship, name-calling and, now, a refusal by some to acknowledge his win over President Donald Trump.

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Wedding shopping helps retailers tide over covid blues

BENGALURU/NEW DELHI : Niche and intimate wedding ceremonies with limited guests have replaced the big fat Indian affair, which retailers said has helped channel some of these cost savings into jewellery, saree and other personal buys.While consumer spending largely remains muted due to the ongoing pandemic and its economic repercussions, wedding shopping has seen a rise in the average billing on trousseau and jewellery buying by as much as 25%, helping unlock a significant portion of the country’s $50 billion wedding market.Pent-up demand, rescheduled weddings among other reasons has nudged gold sales in recent weeks but higher cost of the yellow metal may help match last year’s value though there will be a 15-20% decline in sales

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Round 2: Green jackets brace for more red numbers at Masters

It’s peak 2020 that even the Masters is being forced to slow-walk the results. According to the schedule, we’ve reached the halfway point of the tournament … except roughly half the field has yet to arrive.

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'This Christmas we have nothing'... the mum-of-four whose family have slipped through the Covid safety net after her husband lost three jobs

Have your say on this story in our comments section. Click here... To make her situation worse, Tina and her husband recently contracted coronavirus, and were forced to self-isolate with their kids for 14 days.They applied for the Test and Trace Support Payment, but this was denied because her husband was still being paid for his job as a bus driver."Having to isolate made our shopping more expensive as Aldi don't do delivery," Tina said."We put in for a Covid payment but we were told we weren't entitled because my husband was still getting full pay."The government don't consider anything like how shopping gets more expensive and the fact that we have to spend way more on electricity and food."That is not considered one bit."Tina's husband

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Covid-19 death toll mounts in US with difficult weeks ahead

Covid-19 cases, and it’s poised to get worse in the weeks to come.The country added more than 2,100 new deaths Friday, the highest in almost five months, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg. The seven-day average for fatalities in America was 1,052 on Thursday, close to the highest since mid-August, according to Covid Tracking Project data.

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Inmate firefighter injured battling California blaze now set to be deported to Laos

Bounchan Keola is with his parents. Their family fled Laos more than 30 years ago.

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Biden gives boost to retiring senator's climate change plan

WASHINGTON – A plan championed by retiring Sen. Tom Udall to harness the nation’s lands and ocean waters to fight climate change is getting a boost from President-elect Joe Biden, who has made slowing global warming a priority for his incoming administration.A New Mexico Democrat, Udall is the last serving member of a political dynasty that has represented the West in Washington for nearly seven decades.

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Trump to ban Americans from investing in Chinese companies

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) holds a grand ceremony to welcome U.S. President Donald Trump at the square outside the east gate of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov.

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Foster parents seek help from Angel Tree program ahead of the holidays

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As virus spreads, parents choose: Live or remote school?

NEW YORK – A resurgence of the coronavirus in New York City is threatening to halt the nation’s biggest experiment with in-person learning.The city's public school system this fall became one of just a few large, urban districts in the U.S. to welcome students back into classrooms.

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Biden has room on health care, though limited by Congress

Joe Biden is unlikely to get sweeping health care changes through a closely divided Congress, but there’s a menu of narrower actions he can choose from to make a tangible difference on affordability and coverage for millions of people.With the balance of power in the Senate hinging on a couple of Georgia races headed to a runoff, and Democrats losing seats in the House, Biden's proposals for a public health insurance option and empowering Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices seem out of reach.

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Millions of Brits could be owed £150 off council tax bills due to coronavirus

coronavirus pandemic, these struggling households in the UK will see money slashed off their bills.

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Tax experts warn Canadians to brace for huge tax bills due to COVID-19

Canadians are being warned a huge tax bill could be on the way if they received government support during the pandemic. Tomasia DaSilva explains why and how you can lessen the pain.

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Cannabis bill delayed while New Jersey's leaders talk taxes

Loose marijuana. (DEA file photo) TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A haze hung over New Jersey's recreational marijuana legalization effort on Thursday as negotiations over taxes delayed required legislation.Democrat-led Assembly and Senate committees had planned to consider legislation setting up the recreational marijuana market, just over a week after voters overwhelmingly approved recreational marijuana on the ballot. A critical vote had been scheduled for Thursday, but has been held up as Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Gov.

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McConnell cites economy as he pans Democrat demands for COVID bill: 'Not a place I think we’re willing to go'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday threw some cold water on hopes that a coronavirus stimulus bill may get done in the near future with comments that indicated the price tag Democrats are demanding for the legislation is still too high for Senate Republicans. There had been speculation that after the presidential election some of the political pressure would lift off of both sides and lead to compromise. Democrats in the weeks before the election were asking for about $1 trillion more than Senate Republicans were willing to spend.

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Millions of families can get £150 off their council tax bills because of coronavirus

Millions of people who are struggling to keep up with their bills in the wake of a second lockdown could be eligible for a council tax discount, the government has said.

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Post-election warfare clouds chances for COVID relief bill

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden's top allies on Capitol Hill adopted a combative posture on COVID-19 relief on Thursday, accusing Washington Republicans of dragging their feet in acknowledging Biden's victory while doubling down on a $2 trillion-plus relief bill that's a nonstarter with congressional Republicans.The message from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

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Watch rare shorebirds engage in a synchronized water dance

Erica TennenhouseRare shorebirds called phalaropes practice an unusual water dance to help them consume their prey: They spin in tight, quick circles on the water by kicking one foot harder than the other, creating upward jets that pump tiny, out-of-reach insects and crustaceans toward the surface. The birds then dip their bills into the upwelling and feed at high speed.

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California considers decriminalizing psychedelic drugs

SAN FRANCISCO - A California lawmaker wants the state to decriminalize possession of magic mushrooms and other psychedelics as part of an agenda to ratchet down the war on drugs.State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, plans to introduce a decriminalization bill in the Legislature next year.

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NJ lawmakers fast-tracking marijuana marketplace measure

TRENTON - Legislation to set up New Jersey’s recreational marijuana industry is getting fast-tracked in the Democrat-led Legislature, with Assembly and Senate committees set to take up legislation on Thursday.The 216-page measure comes just over a week after New Jersey’s voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to legalize recreational cannabis for people 21 and older.The measure is a thicket of technical details and jargon.How soon the market could be up and running is a question, but the measure says that the commission will adopt rules for the transition to a recreational marketplace in six months at the latest after the bill is signed into law.

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Steffen US No 1 keeper despite lack of Man City playing time

Zack Steffen figures to make a rare appearance in goal Thursday when the United States plays Wales in Swansea.The 25-year-old is the top American goalkeeper but has played two matches since December, missing the second half of last season with a knee injury while on loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf and then spending most of this season on Manchester City’s bench after taking over from Claudio Bravo as Ederson’s backup.“I’m really happy with where I’m at right now,” Steffen said Tuesday. “I want to be on the field, but I’ll keep working hard and keep pushing those guys in front of me and they’ll keep pushing me.”The U.S.

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Hong Kong legislature opens; democracy bloc set to resign

HONG KONG – Hong Kong's legislature opened Thursday ahead of the planned mass resignation of its pro-democracy bloc, one day after the government ousted four of its members. One of the pro-democracy lawmakers, Lam Cheuk-ting, unfurled a banner from a balcony of the legislative council building saying the city's leader Carrie Lam had brought disaster to Hong Kong and its people.The group had said they would hand in resignation letters on Thursday, but it was not immediately clear when they would do it or even what the proper procedure was.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0