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US records over 1,000 coronavirus deaths for fourth straight day

COVID-19 deaths, according to a Reuters tally. Texas lost a record 206 lives on Wednesday, Florida had a record increase of 173 deaths on Thursday and California's record was 159 on Wednesday.U.S.

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Confusion and frustration build over ‘locals first’ boarding rules for BC Ferries.

Under new rules put in place as part of the provincial coronavirus state of emergency, local residents can ask for preferred boarding on some BC Ferries sailings. But there is growing confusion over just who is eligible, and who is supposed to be enforcing those rules.

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Concerns raised over inconsistent COVID-19 messaging in Alberta

Two doctors say certain actions taken by the province may be sending inconsistent messages to Albertans about public health measures related to the coronavirus. This comes as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Alberta. Julia Wong reports.

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No virus bill yet: White House, GOP at odds over jobless aid

WASHINGTON - Negotiations over a new COVID-19 rescue bill were in flux Friday after the White House floated cutting an unemployment benefits boost to as little as $100 and President Donald Trump turned to a new priority, adding money to build a new FBI headquarters.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sent senators home, promising a Republican proposal would be ready on Monday.

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Weather Authority: Hot Saturday with chance of isolated thunderstorm

PHILADELPHIA - The Delaware Valley is in for a sunny Saturday with a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm.FOX 29's Scott Williams expects a high of 90 degrees for Philadelphia.

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Lake County to offer housing, business assistance with CARES Act money

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Lake County is slated to receive $64 million in federal CARES Act money that it will use to providing rent and mortgage assistance to residents and financial relief to businesses that have been struggling as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.Applications are not yet open but officials said when the time comes, they’ll be posted on elevatelake.com/reopen.The housing assistance program will help eligible residents pay their rent, mortgage, utilities, emergency home repairs, insurance deductibles, housing re-entry costs including deposits or storage of furniture and eviction prevention, including rent and fees.The county plans to spend $16 million to help businesses that had to shut down or scale back operations to stop

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Family issues outside bubble calling some NBA players home

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Being separated from families is certainly a tough element of being in the NBA bubble. So, too, is being separated when issues within the family happen.Two people with knowledge of the situations said Friday that both Lou Williams of the Los Angeles Clippers and Austin Rivers of the Houston Rockets have added themselves to the list of players who have left the NBA campus at Walt Disney World to tend to family issues.

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Fiona Phillips: Stop trivialising real mental health issues

There’s a lot of talk about mental health around right now as we all share stories of how we’ve coped – or not – with the coronavirus lockdown and its consequences.

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Coronavirus: White House says negotiations are ‘ongoing’ over Phase 4 stimulus package

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany held a briefing on Friday where she addressed the latest regarding the negotiations for the Phase 4 stimulus package, characterizing them as “ongoing” between the parties.

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Fiona Phillips says 'stop trivialising mental health issues' amid Kanye West concerns

There’s a lot of talk about mental health around right now as we all share stories of how we’ve coped – or not – with the coronavirus lockdown and its consequences.

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N.B. Nurses union concerned over level of casual staffing in long-term care homes

New Brunswick Nurses Union wants to see an increase in permanent full-time positions in nursing homes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.According to a 2019 New Brunswick Association of Nursing Homes hiring forecast that the union obtained through a freedom of information request, New Brunswick nursing homes were expected to fill 170 of their 224 open positions with casual non-guaranteed labour.That’s a problem for those who live in the homes, according to the New Brunswick Nurses Union (NBNU).

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AP sources: NFL owners offer opt-out guidelines for players

The NFL has offered opt-out guidelines to players who do not want to participate in the upcoming season due to the coronavirus, two people with knowledge of the offer told The Associated Press on Friday.Players who decide they want to opt out have until Aug. 3 to do so, and they will receive a stipend from the owners, the people said on condition of anonymity because the offer has not been made public.

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Manitoba sees 9 new COVID-19 cases Friday, health officials say 2 are in intensive care

novel coronavirus in Manitoba Friday and said two patients are in intensive care with the virus.The new cases include five people in southern Manitoba, two people in the east Interlake, one from the Prairie Mountain Health region, and one person in Winnipeg. Manitoba reports 8 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, 7 tied to Hutterite colonies There had been only one patient in intensive care Thursday.COVID-19 Bulletin #139 https://t.co/nvn5XIz0wK pic.twitter.com/jdHGotTV7e— Manitoba Gov News (@MBGovNews) July 24, 2020The new cases bring the province’s total number of lab-confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases reported since March to 384, and health officials say the five-day test positivity rate sits at 0.86 per cent.

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COVID-19 outbreak at Calgary’s Ride Cycle Club now linked to over 40 cases

COVID-19 cases linked to a downtown Calgary fitness centre is now over 40.AHS says as of Thursday, 42 cases are connected to Ride Cycle Club, which has been added to the province’s list of confirmed outbreaks in Calgary.

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Sending federal employees home with pay during coronavirus pandemic may cost over $600M

COVID-19 pandemic.The Parliamentary Budget Office says most of that total was a result of employees at the Canada Revenue Agency staying home, unable to work, between March 15 and May 31.

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Murphy says schools should offer all-remote option, N.J. won't mandate one plan

TRENTON, N.J. - New jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says the state's Department of Education will release guidance for school reopenings this Fall, but the state will not be mandating just one way forward.Murphy said the guidance will "make clear that giving the parents the option of choosing all-remote learning for their children for the upcoming school year."The governor went on to say that, with today's guidance, the Garden State is "providing districts with even greater flexibility to ensure that they can meet this need.

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‘So many incidents’: Former drivers say Columbia Icefield tour buses fraught with safety issues, poor maintenance

fatal rollover on the Columbia Icefield didn’t come as a surprise to some former employees who drove the same buses.Pursuit’s Ice Explorer drivers take thousands of visitors across uneven, rocky terrain that changes daily, up and down the steep hill of a moraine, across the slippery surface of a national treasure — the Athabasca Glacier, all the while, entertaining the dozens of guests aboard the bus.Two former drivers told Global News it’s a harrowing journey, where their safety and the safety of the passengers is always a concern. Jasper bus crash investigation likely to have 3 focuses, including road conditions: mechanical engineer An Ice Explorer rolled on the icefield on July 18, killing three people and injuring 24 others.

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Scots salon owner makes face masks 'non-mandatory' over coronavirus 'hoax' claims

coronavirus pandemic is a ‘hoax’. Brent Burnett, who is the owner of Glenwood Salon in Glenrothes, Fife, has shared a number of conspiracy theories that claim to refute the existence of Covid-19 over social media.

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Prue Leith, 80, 'quits Junior Bake Off' over coronavirus fears as contestants can't quarantine

Prue Leith has been forced to pull out from filming Junior Bake Off due to coronavirus concerns, according to reports.

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Harry and Meghan sue over paparazzi photo of son Archie at Los Angeles home

LOS ANGELES - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sued Thursday to stop the sale and publication of a photo of their son Archie that they say was shot at their Los Angeles-area home in invasion of their privacy.The royal couple gives a detailed account in the lawsuit of the media harassment they say they’ve had to constantly fight in the months since they moved to Southern California.“This action arises out of the relentless and quite frankly shocking efforts of the tabloid media to profit from serial intrusions of the privacy of a 14-month-old child in his own home,” the suit says, ”and the desire and responsibility of any parent to do what is necessary to protect their children from this manufactured feeding frenzy.”Meghan and Harry said the

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UK government 'looking at' whether public should wear gloves to halt coronavirus

The UK government is "looking at" whether the public should wear gloves to slow the spread of coronavirus, a health minister said today.

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Jeremy Renner Flew Young Women From All Over For Wild ‘Camp Renner’ Party — Putting Daughter At Risk For Coronavirus, Ex-Wife Claims

Yet another chapter in the ugly custody battle between Jeremy Renner and his ex-wife, Sonni Pacheco.

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Vietnam bans wildlife trade over coronavirus pandemic fears

Vietnam announced Friday that it was banning wildlife imports and would close wildlife markets in response to renewed concerns about the threat from diseases that can jump from animals to humans, such as the virus that causes COVID-19.An order signed by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday bans all imports of wildlife dead or alive and includes eggs and larvae. It also merits tougher penalties for crimes involving the trade in wildlife.

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Portion of I-76 westbound to close for repairs Friday, remain closed through the weekend

PHILADELPHIA - A portion of I-76 will be closed this weekend as crews continue working to repair and repave parts of the roadway.The westbound lanes of the Schulykill Expressway will be closed from noon Friday through 5 a.m. Monday morning.The closure will extend from University Avenue and 30th Street interchanges.

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Weather Authority: Not as hot Friday, but chance of storms lingers

PHILADELPHIA - The Delaware Valley is in for a warm Friday with a chance of a storm before a dry weekend.Friday is expected to bring a break from 90-degree temperatures, but will not be much cooler than Thursday with highs forecasted in the upper 80s. Highs should return to the 90s for the weekend, and we should also be staying dry. For the latest forecasts and conditions, download the FOX 29 Weather Authority app.___AdvertisementFor the latest local news, sports and weather, download the FOX 29 News app.DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP

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Lanarkshire churches unveil hands-free Holy Water dispensers in COVID-19 battle

Lanarkshire churches have installed hands-free Holy water dispensers in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Parishioners at St Francis Xavier Carfin, at Carfin Grotto, and The Sacred Heart Church in Bellshill, are now able to bless themselves thanks to a generous parishioner’s ingenious idea.

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National Gallery of Canada reopens this weekend with free admission

OTTAWA -- The National Gallery of Canada opens its doors to the public this weekend for the first time in four months.

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Could your Fitbit or Apple Watch detect early Covid-19 symptoms?

COVID-19 infection nine days before more obvious symptoms were reported."We can tell when someone's getting ill before symptoms. That's super powerful," Snyder said.

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Weather Authority: Warm Friday with chance of storms

PHILADELPHIA - The Delaware Valley is in for a warm Friday with a chance of a storm before a dry weekend.Friday is expected to bring a break from 90-degree temperatures, but will not be much cooler than Thursday with highs forecasted in the upper 80s. Highs should return to the 90s for the weekend.For the latest forecasts and conditions, download the FOX 29 Weather Authority app.___For the latest local news, sports and weather, download the FOX 29 News app.AdvertisementDOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP

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Great British Bake Off’s Prue Leith, 80, pulls out of junior version over coronavirus fears

PRUE Leith is as essential to The Great British Bake Off as butter is to a Victoria Sponge. But while her involvement in the main series was in doubt because of Covid-19, I can now reveal she has had to pull out of the junior version instead.

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Dodgers ace Kershaw out with back issue, was starting opener

LOS ANGELES – Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was put on the injured list because of a back issue hours before he was scheduled to start Thursday night for Los Angeles against the San Francisco Giants on opening day of the shortened season.Manager Dave Roberts said Kershaw’s back stiffened up in a weight room workout two days ago.

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‘This needs to be a wakeup call’: Hinshaw issues warning to Albertans amid rising number of COVID-19 cases

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, spent much of her update on Thursday warning residents of the risk of COVID-19 amid rising case numbers.

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Ontario nurse under investigation over anti-mask, conspiracy theory Facebook posts

controversial views reportedly expressed by a local nurse practitioner — now under investigation — as “the most extreme example I have seen in my own profession.”“I have never encountered something like this,” CEO Doris Grinspun told Global News on Thursday, in response to social media posts on accounts tied to nurse practitioner Kristal Pitter.“Thankfully, I don’t know of anyone else in nursing that has such extreme views.

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Montana man accused of over 60 child sex abuse crimes gets one-year sentence

William Edward Miller Jr, 51, of Great Falls plead guilty to one count of felony sexual abuse of children and one count of misdemeanor unsworn falsification to authorities. (Cascade County Detention Center) GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A man in Montana who was initially charged with more than 60 counts of child sex abuse has received a deferred one-year sentence after agreeing to a plea deal, according to reports.William Edward Miller Jr., 51, of Great Falls, was arrested in February 2019 after a 14-year-old high school student accused him of raping her at her home a year prior.

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Weather forecast seem off? Low air travel amid coronavirus could be to blame

weather forecast seems a bit more unreliable lately, the coronavirus might be partly to blame.Air travel was one of the most significantly impacted sectors when the world locked down in March. According to a new study, that’s having an impact on the accuracy of forecasts globally.When air traffic dropped, “the accuracy of surface meteorology forecast in March-May 2020 decreased remarkably,” according to Dr.

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Two new towns 'areas of intervention' over rising coronavirus levels

Public Health England has announced that two UK towns are now 'areas of intervention' over coronavirus levels.

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Coronavirus: On-site staff to ‘educate’ and offer face masks in response to Niagara Falls video

coronavirus crisis.“This was the busiest crowd that we’ve had all year,” said Jim Diodati who said the video showed a rare moment in a city that’s “been very quiet” and “desolate” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Coronavirus: Video shows large crowds and little physical distancing in Niagara Falls In a press conference Thursday morning on Clifton Hill, Diodati said the response will be a “Crush the Curve” ambassador program featuring local employees dressed in bright yellow t-shirts and hats offering free hand sanitizer as well as face masks at cost.“I’m proud of the industry for doing a 24-hour turnaround.

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WHO head rejects U.S. criticism questioning his independence

World Health Organization said on Thursday that reported comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo questioning his independence were untrue and would not distract the organization from its work in fighting the coronavirus.Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has come under criticism, especially from U.S.

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Protesters disrupt Toronto mayor’s press conference over rent evictions

Mayor John Tory was interrupted during a press conference while he was announcing a new development project in Toronto. The protesters demanded more protection for tenants amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Watch: Threatened pools in Mexican desert hold clues to early life

Meagan CantwellThe microbes from the crystal blue pools of Cuatro Ciénegas, a butterfly-shaped basin among the mountains of Northern Mexico, are tied to marine life that originated hundreds of millions of years ago.

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Florida Department of Health reports over 10,000 new coronavirus cases

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health on Thursday reported 10,249new cases of COVID-19.The new cases bring the state’s overall total number of confirmed coronavirus cases since the virus was first detected in Florida to 389,868.The new cases halt Florida’s trend of having below 10,000 cases daily. Wednesday marked two days in a row where coronavirus cases didn’t exceed 10,000.[MORE: Study: Florida social interactions rose before virus spike]The state is now also releasing data about currently hospitalized coronavirus patients.

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Southwestern Public Health issues order to enforce self-isolation, quarantine

coronavirus.In particular, the order aims to address issues with self-isolation or quarantine of people diagnosed with COVID-19; those with signs and symptoms who are awaiting test results; those who otherwise have reason to believe they have symptoms of COVID-19; or those who are a close contact of anyone who does. Coronavirus: Pair of Americans in Ontario fined, charged under Quarantine Act The health unit has not explicitly said that any particular cases or incidents prompted the order.

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How this summers weather is affecting crops in Saskatchewan

After two growing seasons of poor weather, Saskatchewan’s farmers have had big hopes heading into this growing season.

Unsung immune cells take over when covid antibodies wane

Unsung warriorsT cells, by contrast, are able to kill virus-infected cells, remember past diseases for decades, and rouse fresh antibody soldiers long after the first have left the battlefield. People infected with another coronavirus that was responsible for the SARS epidemic in 2003, for example, still have a T-cell response to the disease 17 years later.That suggests T cells may still, at least hypothetically, be ready to protect SARS survivors against the infection almost two decades later, and might bolster their defense against Covid-19.“Antibodies wane after a certain period of time," said Thomas Schinecker, who heads the diagnostics unit of Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG.

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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

Weather Authority: Intense heat ramps up over the weekend; heat watch issued

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