A view of the Delaware River from a vehicle bridge connecting Damascus Township, Pa., and Callicoon, N.Y. (FOX 5 NY File Photo) The regulatory agency responsible for the water supply of more than 13 million people in four states has permanently banned natural gas drilling and fracking near the Delaware River.The Delaware River Basin Commission cited "significant immediate and long-term risks" from gas extraction and asserted that drillers have "adversely impacted surface-water and groundwater resources, including sources of drinking water, and have harmed aquatic life in some regions."The interstate-federal commission is made up of the governors of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and a representative from the federal.

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Weather Authority: Sunny, chilly weekend across the region

PHILADELPHIA - A sunny and chilly weekend is in store for the Delaware Valley with temperatures about 10 degrees below average for this time in March. The cold weekend will give way to milder conditions on Monday and spring-like temperatures by mid-week.DOWNLOAD THE FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPNearly identical weather days are ahead for Saturday and Sunday.

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NASA's new Mars rover hits dusty red road, 1st trip 21 feet

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s newest Mars rover hit the dusty red road this week, putting 21 feet on the odometer in its first test drive.

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WATCH LIVE: NASA provides update on Perseverance Mars rover

NASA engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California plan to provide another update on Perseverance Mars rover and the Ingenuity helicopter Friday as they begin to prepare for science operations ahead on the red planet.

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Local lawmakers introduce legislation to increase doses to more populated counties

PHILADELPHIA - Officials in Bucks County will introduce legislation on Friday that aims to retool vaccine distribution after claims that larger, more populated counties were not getting a proportionate allocation of doses from the state.Leaders in many southeastern counties who have noticed an insufficient amount of shots hoped to get answers from the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Thursday, but their meeting was canceled at the last minute. In an op-ed piece for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Delaware County representative Mike Zabel called Pennsylvania's distribution of doses "unnecessarily chaotic" and a "scavenger hunt." He said the plan to have residence scour the internet for vaccine appointments has resulted in inequitable

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Local lawmakers introduce legislation to retool vaccine distribution

MORE: More vaccine doses coming to Delaware County through new partnership"We really want it to be solely based on population, the federal government is dispersing the vaccine to states based on the state's population and that should trickle on down to the counties," Pa. Rep.

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Violent Senegal protests supporting opposition leader kill 1

DAKAR – Days of violent protests in Senegal have killed at least one person, local reports say, as young people take to the streets nationwide in support of the main opposition leader who was detained Wednesday.

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Police investigating after 15-year-old reports home invasion in Aston

ASTON, Pa. - Police are investigating a reported home invasion in Aston, Delaware County.According to police, officers responded to the 100 block of Nottingham Court Thursday around 1:20 p.m.Officers spoke to a 15-year-old who was home attending school virtually. The teen reported seeing a white male wearing a black baseball cap with a logo on the front, a black hooded flannel shirt, mask, and sunglasses walking in the area of Nottingham Court as early as 1030 a.m.Around 1 p.m., when the teen was making lunch he saw the man at the rear sliding door of the home.

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Alberta to begin Phase 2 of COVID-19 vaccine rollout the week of March 15

Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro announces that Phase 2A of the province’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout will begin the week of March 15.

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Alberta to begin offering AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to those eligible

Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro outlines the details surrounding how the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be administered in the province.

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More vaccine doses coming to Delaware County through new partnership

DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa. - More doses are coming your way Delaware County all thanks to a new partnership, vaccines will be given out at Springfield Hospital.For a county that does not have its own health department, Delaware County is still doing all it can to provide vaccination options for its resident. Delaware councilmember Kevin Madden says he’s bothered by the lack of availability of vaccine to his county. "We’re beyond frustrated. We’re angry.

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Deb Haaland nomination for interior secretary approved by key panel, moves to full Senate

WASHINGTON - A key Senate committee on Thursday approved the nomination of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland to be interior secretary, clearing the way for a Senate vote that is likely to make her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet agency.The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved Haaland's nomination, 11-9, sending it to the Senate floor.

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COVID-19 vaccine pilot at some Ontario pharmacies to begin next week with Oxford-AstraZeneca

COVID-19 vaccines next week.Health Minister Christine Elliott says many of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine doses expected to arrive in the province will go to the pharmacies for the pilot program.Canada received 500,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca this week and Ontario has said those doses will be given to people between the ages of 60 and 64.

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Bombardier expects business jet deliveries to begin gradual recovery this year

The company noted that its outlook assumes the continued successful rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, a gradual lifting of international border restrictions and a continued economic recovery.Bombardier recently completed a restructuring of the company that included the sale of its commercial aircraft and railway divisions.The company says it intends to use the proceeds from the sale of Bombardier Transportation to pay down debt with a priority on near-term maturities.

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Senate could begin debating COVID-19 relief bill, $1,400 stimulus checks Thursday

WASHINGTON - As law enforcement remains on high alert around the U.S. Capitol amid reports of a "possible plot" by a militia group to storm it again, the Senate is still set to meet Thursday and could begin debating the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. Democrats hope to push the aid package, which includes $1,400 stimulus checks, through the upper chamber — but Republicans have presented a unified front against the bill and looked to slow efforts with mountains of GOP amendments and other delays that could take days to plow through. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has said he wants unanimous GOP opposition.

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COVID-19 restrictions lifted in Halifax as Nova Scotia reports 3 new COVID-19 cases

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Unchanged is the requirement for residents of long-term care facilities to only have visits from their two designated caregivers and can only leave the facility for medical appointments or for a drive with a designated caregiver,” the province stated.This restriction remains in effect until March 27 in HRM and surrounding municipalities.Affected by the restrictions were the suburban and urban areas of Halifax, including Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, Sackville, Cole Harbour, Eastern Passage, Middle Porters Lake, Fall River, Enfield, Lantz, Hammonds Plains, Herring Cove, the Prestons, Lake Echo, Timberlea, Tantallon, Mount Uniacke and St.

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WATCH LIVE at 9:30 a.m.: Gov. DeSantis holds news conference in Crystal River

CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference Thursday morning in Crystal River.

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Probe into EU border agency leaves some questions unanswered

BRUSSELS – An inquiry into claims that the European Union’s border and coast guard agency was involved in illegally pushing back migrants has cleared Frontex of links to most of the incidents but has been unable to establish what happened in five cases, according to the official report into the allegations.

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Ayrshire nurse asks Nicola Sturgeon to extend £500 Covid bonus to agency staff

Ayrshire agency nurse.Claire Smith, from Ayr, has written to the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to ask if the government would reconsider their stance on the £500 Covid-19 bonus not being extended to agency staff.The 38-year-old staff nurse says when the NHS became overwhelmed by coronavrius cases, it was agency staff who ‘stepped up to help’.The mum-of-two was sent oversees to British territory Gibraltar at the start of the pandemic last year, by her then employers, Newcross, to support NHS staff as they struggled with the pandemic.Claire, who worked at Saint Bernard's Hospital, Gibraltar, said: “When the NHS were under immense pressure from the Covid infection rate and staff absences, it was agency staff that stepped in.“I am naturally

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Canada has set aside $5B for COVID-19 vaccines, treatments

Public Health Agency of Canada expects to spend up to $5 billion on vaccines and other COVID-19 treatments.Procurement Minister Anita Anand previously said vaccines alone would cost at least $1 billion but the specific contract costs are protected by confidentiality clauses with drug makers.Federal budget documents show $5.3 billion was approved in December for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, including the purchase of doses, research and development.

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Melbourne police begin body-worn camera pilot program

MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Melbourne Police Department began a new body-worn camera pilot program on Wednesday.

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T.I. attends 2019 A3C Festival in Atlanta.

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Pharmacists to begin vaccinating for COVID-19 in Montreal

Global’s Gloria Henriquez has the details.

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Delaware County woman desperately searching for liver donor for husband

DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa. - A retired teacher who has given so much to his community is now asking for some help for himself. He needs someone to step up and save his life."It was a great, great job," said 70-year-old Ron Romoff.

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COVID-19: Waterloo will begin vaccinating those over the age of 80 on Thursday

coronavirus vaccination clinic planned for the Boardwalk in Waterloo will open its doors on Thursday.It will begin vaccinating those over the age of 80 years of age and will then move on to other parts of the priority population.

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Senate confirms Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo as commerce secretary

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo delivers remarks after U.S.

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Girl, 5, hurt in crash involving ex-Chiefs coach Britt Reid 'likely has permanent brain damage,' lawyer says

PITTSBURGH, PA - DECEMBER 21: Quality control coach Britt Reid of the Kansas City Chiefs looks on from the sideline before a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field on December 21, 2014 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Steelers defeated t A 5-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a crash involving then-Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid "likely has permanent brain damage," an attorney for the child’s family said Tuesday.Tom Porto appeared on ABC’s "Good Morning America" and gave the update on Ariel Young.

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Watchdog agency says 2020 census is still on high-risk list

A watchdog agency on Tuesday again classified the 2020 census as high risk because of efforts last fall by the Trump administration to shorten the door-knocking and data-processing phases of the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident.

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Bosnia receives jabs from Serbia amid COVAX dispute

SARAJEVO – SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Bosnia on Tuesday received 10,000 vaccines from neighboring Serbia amid a dispute with the international COVAX mechanism over a delay in planned shipments.

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Report details disproportionate supply of vaccine distributed to Philadelphia suburban counties

PENNSYLVANIA - A Philadelphia Inquirer report details the disproportionate supply of vaccine distributed to Philadelphia suburban counties, compared to counties in other parts of the state. Shortly after vaccines started going into arms local county officials started sounding the alarm.From Chester to Delaware, Bucks, and Montgomery, vaccines don't seem to be coming in fast enough.The Inquirer investigation into Department of Health data revealed local health officials had good reason to be concerned when it comes to getting their fair share of vaccines. Columnist Maria Panaritis broke the story."There didn’t seem to be something right.

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Seminole fire crews search for missing person in St. Johns River

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Crews with the Seminole County Fire Department are searching for a missing person in the St. Johns River in the Geneva area.

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Long line-ups as mass vaccination begin

It was day one of mass vaccination on the island of Montreal on Monday, with 15 public sites open. Montrealers complained of long line-ups and some delays as Phil Carpenter reports.

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COVID-19 cases rebound globally as COVAX immunizations begin in Africa

After a 6-week decline, global COVID-19 cases are on the rise again, a concerning development balanced against the backdrop of promising vaccine launches in Ghana and Ivory Coast, the first nations to receive their COVAX doses.

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Hastings Prince Edward Public Health announced COVID-19 vaccine clinics have begun

COVID-19 vaccine clinics will begin Monday, March 1 at Loyalist College for phase one priority groups.This group consists of long-term care residents, First Nation communities, adults age of 80 and older, and other higher risk demographics.The statement released by the health unit says that today’s appointments will mainly be filled with long-term care, retirement home staff and essential workers at Loyalist College.

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Mother accused of killing 6-year-old son, dumping his body in river

James Robert Hutchinson, 6, was murdered and his body dumped in a river, police say. The Middletown Ohio Police say the couple admitted that the 6-year-old was killed in Preble County and then the body was brought back to Middletown and put in the Ohio River.Police are still looking for the body.

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Wilmington officials seek assistance in solving 2017 homicide

Investigators in the Wilmington Police Department Cold Case Unit seek assistance in the 2017 murder investigation of Tajuane Helton. WILMINGTON, Del. - Wilmington police are asking for help in solving a cold case 2017 homicide.Officials with Wilmington’s Cold Case Unit say the murder of Tajuane Helton has gone unsolved and they are seeking assistance in a resolution.According to authorities, police responded to the 900 block of Marshall Street nearly three years ago, March 8, 2017, on a reported shots fired call.Responding officers found Helton shot at the location.

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Apple's 270 US stores all open for first time since pandemic began

This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

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Disappearing seagrass hurting beloved manatees in Florida

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Tens of thousands of acres of seagrass that is critical to the health of the Indian River Lagoon have disappeared, according to a report in the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

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Biden to meet with Mexican president amid migration issues

WILMINGTON, Del. – President Joe Biden is planning a virtual meeting Monday with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador — a chance for the pair to talk more fully about migration, confronting the coronavirus and cooperating on economic and national security issues.

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Europeans get 'right to repair' for some electrical goods

BERLIN – Companies that sell refrigerators, washers, hairdryers or TVs in the European Union will need to ensure those appliances can be repaired for up to 10 years, to help reduce the vast mountain of electrical waste that piles up each year on the continent.

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Discussion about banning conversion therapy in Regina moves forward

Following Mayor Sandra Masters’ expression of support for a ban on conversion therapy earlier this week city officials have begun to discuss how best to start the conversation in Regina.

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‘Schitt’s Creek,’ Chadwick Boseman among winners at Golden Globes

‘Schitt’s Creek,’ the Canadian comedy series created by father-son duo Eugene and Dan Levy, won the Golden Globe for best comedy or musical TV series, with Dan Levy and Catherine O’Hara both picking up awards.

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Golden Globes 2021 winners: ‘The Crown,’ Chadwick Boseman, ‘Borat,’ ‘Schitt’s Creek’ take home awards

Golden Globes, the 78th version of the annual TV-and-movies ceremony — though it was an unusual one.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was delayed two months; normally taking place in January as the first awards show of the season, for the first time, this year’s show was held bi-coastally and at the end of February.Tina Fey hosted live from New York’s Rainbow Room and co-host Amy Poehler broadcasted from the awards’ normal home at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Nominees appeared remotely from locations around the world.

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Phased reopening of schools to begin this morning

More than 300,000 children, and young adults, will return to their classrooms this morning for the first time since they left them last December.

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Covid vaccines for over-40s 'to begin this month' as more than 20 million receive jab

Vaccines for people aged in their 40s in the UK will begin this month, reports have claimed.

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Philadelphia to receive 13,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine in coming days

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia is expected to receive 13,000 doses of the newly approved Johnson and Johnson single-shot coronavirus vaccine, FOX 29's Chris O'Connell has learned. The initial shipment will arrive in the coming days as Philadelphia prepares to open its federally-supported mass vaccination clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Wednesday.Unlike its counterparts from Pfizer and Moderna, the Johnson and Johnson vaccine only requires one dose to provide significant protection against COVID-19 and can be stored in refrigerated temperatures for up to three months.MORE: Delaware expecting 8,000 doses of newly approved Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine next weekShortly after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an

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Toronto to begin vaccinating homeless population

Toronto will soon begin vaccinating its homeless population of about 10,000 people. As Morganne Campbell reports, advocates question why some of the city’s most vulnerable haven’t already been designated as a priority and suggest the inoculation measure may be reactionary.

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Agency permanently bans fracking in Delaware River basin

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