Bridge from PA to NJ over Delaware River, to Lumberville, part of the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, Pennsylvania, USA. (Photo by: Jumping Rocks/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA - A regulatory agency that’s responsible for the water supply of more than 13 million people in four Northeastern states voted Thursday to permanently ban natural gas drilling and fracking near a crucial waterway, asserting that gas development poses an unacceptable risk.The Delaware River Basin Commission cited "significant immediate and long-term risks" from gas extraction, saying in a resolution that drillers have "adversely impacted surface-water and groundwater resources, including sources of drinking water, and.

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Atlanta rapper T.I. accused of sexual assault

T.I. attends 2019 A3C Festival in Atlanta.

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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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Neera Tanden, Biden's OMB pick, withdraws her nomination amid opposition

FILE - Neera Tanden, President Joe Bidens nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies during a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb. 10, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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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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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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UPDATE: Arrest made in fatal shooting near downtown Orlando

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Orlando Police Department made an arrest in a fatal shooting near downtown Orlando.

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

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4 hurt in shooting outside IHOP in Dover, police say

DOVER, Del. - Four men were wounded early Sunday in Delaware’s capital city, according to police who had responded to reports of shots being fired outside a restaurant.Officers arrived shortly after 2:30 a.m. outside an IHOP in Dover and found one man shot in the cheek, city police said in a news release.

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Travellers booking COVID-19 quarantine hotels report long wait times, lack of options

Flying back to Canada? Here’s what you can expect at the new COVID-19 quarantine hotels Travellers like Dr. Wu say they have paid the price of a chaotic rollout for the quarantine program even as they travel to Canada for reasons other than vacations.Gogul Kumar, who flew to Vancouver this week from India to start a new job, said he spent hours on hold on the phone only to be disconnected each time.

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Delaware expecting 8,000 doses of newly approved Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine next week

Coronavirus vaccine PHILADELPHIA - Health officials in Delaware wasted no time planning for the arrival of the new federally approved Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine.Delaware said Saturday it's estimated to get an initial shipment of around 8,000 doses sometime next week. The game-changing vaccine could start rolling out across the U.S. as early as Monday to combat severe illness caused by the COVID-19 virus."There is light at the end of the tunnel, but we are not out of the woods yet," Governor John Carney said. "Let’s all do what works until we can vaccinate enough Delawareans.

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Spain: Violence flares back up at protests for jailed rapper

BARCELONA – After a brief respite, protests have again turned violent in Barcelona as supporters of a Spanish rap artist imprisoned for glorifying domestic terrorist groups and insulting Spain's monarch returned to the streets Saturday.

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Police: Pennsylvania man found in pickup that crashed a week before

WILMINGTON, Del. - Delaware transportation work crews discovered a pickup truck with the body inside of a Pennsylvania man that authorities later determined had gone down an embankment on a busy highway more than a week earlier, police said.Transportation workers on Interstate 495 in Wilmington noticed damage to a guardrail along the northbound lanes on Thursday. They later found the Ford truck at least 200 feet (61 meters) off the highway, Delaware State Police Cpl.

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Archeologists find intact ceremonial chariot near Pompeii

MILAN – Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site in Italy announced Saturday the discovery of an intact ceremonial chariot, one of several important discoveries made in the same area outside the park near Naples following an investigation into an illegal dig.

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House passes $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill on near party-line vote, sends it to Senate

US Capitol Building (DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II)WASHINGTON - The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill early Saturday in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they'd revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage.The new president's vision for flushing cash to individuals, businesses, states and cities battered by COVID-19 passed on a near party-line 219-212 vote.

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House passes $1.9T pandemic bill on near party-line vote

WASHINGTON – The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they’d revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage.

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Bus driver injured in shooting near Space Coast Area Transit station

COCOA, Fla. – A bus driver suffered superficial injuries during a shooting Friday afternoon near the Space Coast Area Transit station, according to the Cocoa Police Department.

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City leaders call for action against gun violence following shooting near Olney Transportation Center

PHILADELPHIA - City of Philadelphia and state leaders want legislation to reduce gun violence. They met at the Olney Transportation Center Friday where eight people were shot last week.Reverend David Brown made note of the obvious ambulances on the regular as stakeholders and officials called on Harrisburg to pass stricter gun control laws or grant Philly the power to do it. Mayor Jim Kenney led off. "The Pennsylvania General Assembly has not only refused to enact common sense gun regulations at the state level.

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Police searching for 3 suspects in shooting near Olney Transportation Center

Philadelphia police are searching for three men in connection to a brazen shooting at Olney Transportation Center that injured 8. PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police on Friday released information on three suspects being sought in connection to a brazen shooting near a crowded SEPTA station in Olney that injured eight people. Detectives are searching for three men who were wearing dark-colored clothes at the time of the shooting.

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UN: Carbon-cutting pledges by countries nowhere near enough

The newest pledges by countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions are falling far short of what's needed to limit global warming to what the Paris climate accord seeks, a new United Nations report finds.

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New Development Bank's covid-19 lending push lauded by rating agency

BRICS) is gradually growing into its role of a countercyclical lender as exemplified through disbursements made despite the covid-19 pandemic, S&P Global Ratings said on Friday.NDB was established with an international treaty signed in 2014 and headquartered in Shanghai, the bank started its operations in 2015. The institution’s mandate is to mobilize resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in BRICS and other emerging economies.Also Read | The limits to India’s privatization pushThe bank, the agency said, has responded strongly to the covid-19 related needs of its member countries, despite its short period of operations.

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Water near Arizona Air Force base is tainted in latest case

PHOENIX – The U.S. Air Force says it will be distributing bottled water to thousands of residents and business owners near its base in suburban Phoenix until at least April, marking the latest case of chemicals from military firefighting efforts contaminating the water supply in a nearby community.

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University of Delaware has seen over 200 COVID-19 cases this week

NEWARK, Del. - The University of Delaware is tightening its coronavirus restrictions and urging students to reduce time indoors with others amid an explosion of new coronavirus cases on campus over the last two days. According to the school's website, more than 140 new infections have been reported since Tuesday.

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A view of the Delaware River from a vehicle bridge connecting Damascus Township, Pa., and Callicoon, N.Y.

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Florida bans commercial breeding of iguanas, other invasive reptiles

Commercial breeding of non-native tegu lizards and green iguanas in Florida will end in three years despite the objections of reptile dealers and owners warning of the potential destruction of their industry.

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Take a look around Mars with Perseverance rover’s HD photo panorama

NASA‘s Perseverance rover is offering Earthlings the next-best thing to standing on Mars with a series of high-definition panorama photos that allow you to look around the Red Planet at your leisure.The space agency released the panorama footage on Wednesday, a few days after it successfully landed its Perseverance rover in the Jezero Crater on Mars.“The newly released panorama reveals the crater rim and cliff face of an ancient river delta in the distance,” NASA said in a news release.

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Public health agency investigating reports of 2 quarantine sexual assaults

quarantine periods.A spokesperson for Health Minister Patty Hajdu said allegations of assaults reported in the media this week are “really concerning.” Quarantine compliance officer faces sexual assault, extortion charges Cole Davidson said the public health agency would review its own procedures as well as those of its service providers to ensure the safety of travellers returning to the country.The response follows reports that a quarantine screening officer as well as a returning traveller have been charged in separate sexual assault cases that allegedly occurred last week.The Opposition Conservatives immediately demanded a suspension of the obligation for travellers to quarantine in hotels until better safety measures are in place, as

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NASA releases 1st video of Perseverance rover landing on Mars

NASA released a 3-minute video of the historic landing of its Perseverance rover as it descended onto the surface of Mars last Thursday.

Coronavirus: Ottawa adds 62 COVID-19 cases as hospitals near capacity

COVID-19 on Thursday as the city’s health-care system begins to strain once more amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.There have now been 14,532 cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa since the start of the pandemic nearly a year ago, with 457 of those cases currently considered active, according to OPH’s dashboard.Two additional people have also died in connection with COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the city’s coronavirus death toll to 439.

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Deltona man struck, killed while standing near intersection

DELTONA, Fla. – A 31-year-old Deltona man died Wednesday night after being struck by a vehicle, deputies said.

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New, permanent vaccine site opening at Kissimmee community center, governor says

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A new COVID-19 vaccine site is opening at a Kissimmee community center in Osceola County, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday.

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University of Delaware has seen over 140 COVID-19 cases since Tuesday

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Facebook bans all Myanmar military-linked accounts and ads

YANGON – Social media giant Facebook announced Thursday it was banning all accounts linked to Myanmar’s military as well as ads from military-controlled companies in the wake of the army’s seizure of power on Feb. 1.

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Public Health Agency of Canada ‘looking into’ non-compliance incidents of new travel rules

international travellers entering Canada are not compliant with the new rules under the federal Quarantine Act amid concerns over the spread of more contagious COVID-19 variants.As of Monday, anyone entering Canada must take a novel coronavirus test on arrival and at the end of their mandated 14-day quarantine. Air travellers landing in Canada must also reserve a three-night stay at a government-authorized hotel at their own expense as they wait out the results of their COVID-19 test.

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Police: Man who stabbed, robbed woman in Newark parking lot chased down by witness

Jake Gillespie, 33, has been charged with assault, robbery and related offenses. NEWARK, Del. - A New Castle County man who police say stabbed a woman in the parking lot of a department store was subdued after a witness chased him down and held him until officers arrived. Delaware State Police say the 46-year-old victim was talking on her cellphone while walking to her car in the parking lot of Ross on Churchmans Road in Newark around 1 p.m.

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Neera Tanden committee votes abruptly delayed as Biden budget pick’s nomination in jeopardy

postponed planned business meetings Wednesday where they were supposed to vote on Neera Tanden, President Biden's pick to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget. An official notice that the Tanden markup was postponed went out on the HSGAC website. A source familiar told Fox News that "Tanden's budget markup is postponed" shortly before the Budget Committee sent out its official notice. Tanden's nomination was on shaky ground ahead of the scheduled committee votes after Sen.

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Police: 2 critically wounded in shooting near speakeasy in North Philadelphia

Police are investigating after two men were found critically shot on the 1800 block of Susquehanna in North Philadelphia. NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Authorities are investigating after two men were found shot multiple times early Wednesday morning near a speakeasy in North Philadelphia.Officers were called to the 1800 block of Susquehanna Street just before 3 a.m.

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The impact of the Montford Point Marines during segregation

ORLANDO, Fla. – Sgt. Charles Foreman joined the Marine Corps at 18 after he graduated from Howard high school in Wilmington, Delaware in 1942.

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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

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