File photo shows a Best Buy employee bringing a TV to a customer’s car in Orlando, Fla. OAKLAND, Calif. - Best Buy laid off 5,000 full-time employees at its big box stores in February and plans to add 2,000 part-time workers as the pandemic has changed the way consumers shop.On an earnings call Thursday, the electronics retailer said it’s making structural changes to meet enhanced digital demands as online sales account for 43% of domestic sales so far in 2021, up from 19 percent in the 2020 fiscal year.The sharp increase forced the retailer to make operational changes.

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Westwood has career-low at Bay Hill and takes 1-shot lead

ORLANDO, Fla. – Lee Westwood made a pair of 30-foot putts over the final three holes Saturday, one for eagle and the other a closing birdie, for a 7-under 65 that gave England's ageless wonder a one-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

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Fast-spreading variants boost coronavirus surge across Europe

virus swept through a nursery school and an adjacent elementary school in the Milan suburb of Bollate with amazing speed. In a matter of just days, 45 children and 14 staff members had tested positive.Genetic analysis confirmed what officials already suspected: The highly contagious coronavirus variant first identified in England was racing through the community, a densely packed city of nearly 40,000 with a chemical plant and a Pirelli bicycle tire factory a 15-minute drive from the heart of Milan.“This demonstrates that the virus has a sort of intelligence.

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18-year-old buys first lottery ticket four days after her birthday, wins $25,000

TOPEKA, Kan. - Sloan Stanley likes cows and thinks they are cute. And her favor towards cattle ultimately paid off when she won $25,000 in the Kansas Lottery.Stanley was barely old enough to even buy a $5 Cash Cow lottery ticket, having turned 18 just four days prior.

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'No evidence of mutant Brazil covid strain spreading in Scotland' after three oil workers tested positive for bug

coronavirus strain after three Scots oil workers tested positive.Jeane Freeman said there is currently no evidence that the mutant bug has been transmitted within the community after extensive contact tracing took place.A total of six cases of the P1 variant were discovered in the UK last month - with three occurring amongst a team of workers who flew into Aberdeen Airport.The trio, who are employed by oil services firm Bureau Veritas, fell ill with the bug after working in Brazil and immediately entered quarantine on their arrival home.Since then, approximately 300 contacts or contacts of contacts linked to the three Scottish cases have been reached, told to self-isolate and offered a Covid-19 test.Ms Freeman has now announced that there

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Fugitive comes out of hiding to buy new 'Call of Duty' video game, police say

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - A man who escaped prison last November came out of hiding to buy a video game and attacked officers when he was confronted, police say. It happened on Jan.

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Joel Embed to donate $100,000 to Philadelphia homeless shelters

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - MARCH 03: Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts after scoring during the first quarter against the Utah Jazz at Wells Fargo Center on March 03, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly a PHILADELPHIA - Joel Embiid announced Saturday that he will donate his winnings from Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game to Philadelphia homeless shelters.The homeless shelters benefitted include Project HOME, Sunday Breakfast Mission and Youth Service INC.In total Embiid has committed $100,000 to these organizations. "So many have fallen on such hard times during the pandemic," Embiid said.

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Missing 9-year-old Mount Dora boy may be traveling out of state with 42-year-old man

MOUNT DORA, Fla. - Mount Dora police are searching for a 9-year-old boy who they say may be traveling with a 42-year-old man. John Weldon was last seen on Wednesday. Police believe he is with Daryl Weldon, 42, and they could be traveling to Colorado or Wisconsin. Authorities say the two could be in a silver Mitsubishi Outlander with the Florida license tag IB14FR. MORE NEWS: Tennessee teen, kidnapped in 2019, may be being held in Tampa areaJohn is described as 4-feet, 6-inches tall and weighing 55 pounds.

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Edinburgh Airport blunder as Dublin passengers wrongly ordered to buy costly covid testing kits

Edinburgh Airport were wrongly stung with hefty fees amid travel restriction confusion in Scotland.All 36 arrivals on a flight from Dublin Airport were mistakenly asked to buy coronavirus test kits worth £210 by Border Force in a costly error with full refunds issued to each passenger.Those flying on the Ryanair service, which arrived in Edinburgh on Friday 26 February, told officials that they did not need the testing kits because they had come from Ireland - a "common travel area", Dublin Live reports.Under original Scottish Government guidance, travellers were told to take a test on the second and tenth day after arrival.However, this was corrected to reflect that it did not apply to this group of fliers who had "travelled within the

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Covid-19: Punjab records more than 1,000 for second time in March, night curfew imposed in four districts

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Maharashtra reports over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases for second day in a row

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Bye, Bismarck: 144 cities could lose status as metro areas

Bye-bye, Bismarck. So long, Sheboygan.

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Police: Boy, 2, safe after woman steals car, crashes in Olney

PHILADELPHIA - A young boy is safe after a woman stole a car with him inside and then crashed into a building in the city's Olney neighborhood.Police say the female suspect stole a running car with a two-year-old boy inside around midnight at 5th and Olney Streets.The dramatic scene came to an end just before 1 a.m.

Russia reports over 11,000 new COVID-19 cases, 441 deaths

Russia's coronavirus tally has increased by 11,022 cases over the past 24 hours, slightly down from the 11,024 cases recorded the day before, the government's coronavirus response center said in an update on Saturday."Over the past day, 11,022 coronavirus cases were confirmed across 85 Russian regions, including 1,290 cases (11.75) without clinical symptoms," the center said.The highest local daily increases were confirmed in Moscow (1,820), St.

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Canada adds 3,370 COVID-19 cases as country approves 4th vaccine

COVID-19 on Friday as the country approved its fourth coronavirus vaccine for use — the Johnson & Johnson shot.News of the approval comes as the country’s total caseload grew to 881,766 on Friday, of which 829,045 have since recovered. Another 41 deaths were reported by health authorities as well, raising Canada’s death toll from the pandemic to 22,192.

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Number vaccinated in Ireland expected to pass 500,000 this weekend

The number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered to people in Ireland is expected to pass the milestone of half a million this weekend as the roll-out continues.

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Food processing workers remain vulnerable to COVID-19

Olymel’s pork-processing plant in Red Deer, Alberta has reopened after being shut down by the industry’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreak.

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Coronavirus: Should food processing workers get vaccine priority?

COVID-19 crisis edges into a second year, the food processing industry wants provinces to include plant workers in the next phase of vaccinations.After a two-week shutdown, the Olymel pork processing plant in Red Deer, Alta., resumed operations Thursday.

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Missing Mount Dora boy may be traveling to Colorado or Wisconsin with 42-year-old man

MOUNT DORA, Fla. – Mount Dora police have issued an alert for a missing 9-year-old boy who may be traveling out of state with a 42-year-old man.

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COVID-19: Edmonton artist crafts mural made out of health-care workers words

A picture is worth a thousand words, but a mural filled with them speaks for itself. Morgan Black shares the story of an Edmonton artist who’s giving health-care heroes a voice.

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Conners builds 1-shot lead at Bay Hill as McIlroy lurks

ORLANDO, Fla. – Corey Conners spent more time grinding out pars than chasing birdies, and that proved to be the right recipe Friday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational as Bay Hill began to bake under a warm sun.

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COVID-19: Edmonton artist creates mural made out of health-care workers’ words

Friends of University Hospitals project to sum up the pandemic -— good or bad.Edmonton artist AJA Louden is transforming those words into a mural.

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UPS driver moved to tears after residents on his route throw ‘thank you’ party and give him $1,000

Dauphin, Pa. - A Pennsylvania UPS driver was moved to tears after being surprised by his regular clients with a "thank you" party and $1,000.Video shared on March 2 shows a group of neighbors lining up to greet their UPS driver, Chad Turns, with a surprise party to thank him for his services over the past year.In the footage, people gather near a table adorned with balloons and goodies as Turns pulls up in his big brown truck.Freeze frame of Turns wiping away his tears during his thank-you party.

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Florida missing child alert issued for 15-year-old Pasco County boy

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida missing child alert has been issued for a 15-year-old Pasco County boy who went missing Friday.

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Ryan Andrews’ terrifying ordeal as ‘best friend’ dad placed in COVID coma

Fair City actor and Dancing With The Stars winner Ryan Andrews has opened up about the terrifying experiences that faced his family after his ‘best friend’, his father Jimmy, contracted COVID-19 and was rushed to hospital.

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Tennessee teen, kidnapped in 2019, may be being held in Tampa area

TAMPA, Fla. - A Tennessee teenager, who was kidnapped by her father in 2019, could be in the Tampa Bay area, authorities say.According to the Hamilton County District Attorney’s Office, 17-year-old Daphne Westbrook was kidnapped by her father, John Oliver Westbrooks, in October 2019. They said she didn’t return home from a weekend visit with her dad.

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North Bay, Parry Sound to move to red-control zone of Ontario’s COVID-19 response framework March 8

Toronto, Peel Region moving to grey lockdown restrictions under Ontario’s COVID-19 framework “Our government is taking a safe and cautious approach to returning to the framework and due to our progress, all regions of the province will soon be out of the province-wide shutdown,” Ontario health minister Christine Elliott said in a statement.“Despite this positive step forward, a return to the framework is not a return to normal.

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Manitoba health official lays out vaccination plan for First Nations communities

Dr. Marcia Anderson, the public health lead for Manitoba’s First Nations pandemic response coordination team, on Friday provided an outline for the province’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan.

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Israel postpones drive to vaccinate Palestinian workers

JERUSALEM – Israel on Friday postponed plans to vaccinate Palestinians who work inside the country and its West Bank settlements until further notice.

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'Wholly responsible:' Rep. Swalwell sues Donald Trump for inciting Capitol riot

Police use tear gas around Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol. Rioters broke windows and breached the Capitol building in an attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election.

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Quebec adds 798 new coronavirus cases, 10 deaths as vaccination ramps up

coronavirus cases Friday, bringing its total to 291,175 over the course of the pandemic.The province reported 10 additional deaths, including three in the past 24 hours, attributable to COVID-19. The health crisis has claimed the lives of 10,455 Quebecers to date.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The number of patients in hospital related to the virus dropped by nine to 617.

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Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on March 5

coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Friday.Ontario will decide Friday what level of restrictions to place on three COVID-19 hot spots still under strict stay-at-home orders.The government extended those orders for Toronto, Peel Region and North Bay two weeks ago due to high virus case numbers.Top doctors in Toronto and Peel have recommended that the highest level of public health restrictions take effect in their regions on Monday.

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Maharashtra records over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases for first time since October

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Covid-19: Death toll in Russia passes 200,000 mark

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In hopeful sign for economy, US adds 379,000 jobs in February

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers added a robust 379,000 jobs last month, the most since October and a sign that the economy is strengthening as confirmed viral cases drop, consumers spend more and states and cities ease business restrictions.The February gain marked a sharp pickup from the 166,000 jobs that were added in January and a loss of 306,000 in December.

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In hopeful sign for economy, US adds a 379,000 jobs in February

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Pope Francis lands in Iraq to rally Christians despite pandemic

Pope Francis waves as he departs for his trip to Iraq from Leonardo Da Vinci airport on March 05, 2021 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) BAGHDAD (AP) - Pope Francis arrived in Iraq on Friday to urge the country’s dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns to make his first-ever papal visit.The pope, who wore a facemask during the flight, kept it on as he descended the stairs to the tarmac and was greeted by two masked children in traditional dress.

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A new Covid-19 battle plan from Asia: Letting companies buy vaccines

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Border Force blunder sees Scots passengers arriving from Ireland wrongly told to buy £210 Covid tests

Covid test kits due to a Border Force mix up.The 36 Ryanair passengers arriving from Dublin last Friday, February 26 argued they were not required to buy the home-testing kits because they had been in Ireland for more than 10 daysThe UK Government's Border Force has apologised for its mistake which caused "general panic."The airport blamed inaccurate guidance from the Scottish Government for the confusion and accused it of a 'lack of engagement', saying 'passengers were paying the price'.Full refunds have been offered to the travellers involved, but the said the mix up was said to have caused "stress, shock, and indignation".Speaking on condition of anonymity, the passenger said: "The officers would not allow us to leave the airport without

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Decision on public health restrictions expected in Toronto, Peel Region and North Bay

COVID-19 hot spots still under strict stay-at-home orders.The government extended those orders for Toronto, Peel Region and North Bay two weeks ago due to high virus case numbers. Peel Region’s top doctor recommending moving to grey lockdown in Ontario’s COVID-19 framework Restrictions loosened in the rest of the province last month as regions moved back to the government’s colour-coded pandemic response framework.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Top doctors in Toronto and Peel have recommended that the highest level of public health restrictions take effect in their regions on Monday.

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Stirling Uni team part of long Covid recovery study

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Researchers from Stirling University are taking part in a collaborative study looking at the rehabilitation of those suffering from long-Covid.The study – in collaboration with Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University and funded by the Scottish Government’s chief scientist office – will examine community rehabilitation delivered by physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and other health professionals to find out what works best for long-Covid patients.The principal investigators are Stirling University associate professor or applied health research Dr Edward Duncan and Robert Gordon University and NHS Grampian clinical professor of allied health

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Maharashtra Guv Bhagat Singh Koshyari gets first dose of Covid-19 vaccine

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Jobless French culture workers occupy theater to demand aid

PARIS – Out-of-work French culture and tourism workers are occupying an iconic theater on Paris’ Left Bank to demand more government support after a year of pandemic that has devastated their incomes and put their livelihoods on indefinite hold.

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The Latest: Iraqis gather ahead of pope's arrival

BAGHDAD – The Latest on Pope Francis' historic visit to Iraq to deliver a message of hope to the country's dwindling Christian community following years of unrest and amid a devastating pandemic (all times local):

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Quake-ravaged part of Croatia sees gaping sinkholes emerge

MECENCANI – After the deadly earthquake came the sinkholes.

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Amid pandemic, pope goes to Iraq to rally fading Christians

BAGHDAD – Pope Francis heads to Iraq on Friday to urge the country’s dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns to make his first-ever papal visit.

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A timeline of disaster and displacement for Iraqi Christians

BAGHDAD – In Iraq, two decades of back-to-back conflicts have left ancient Christian communities that were once a vibrant and integral part of the landscape scattered and in ruins.

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Canada adds 2,832 new COVID-19 cases as premiers blame feds for delayed vaccine shots

COVID-19 on Thursday, as several premiers shifted the blame for stretching the time between vaccine doses on the federal government’s delayed vaccine promises.The new data brings the country’s total COVID-19 cases to 878,396, of which at least 826,300 have since recovered. Another 56 new deaths were reported on Thursday as well, with Canada’s death toll from the pandemic standing at 22,161.Over 25.3 million tests and 2.16 million vaccine doses have also been administered to date, while 1,992 people are currently in hospital due to the disease.

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Best Buy lays off 5,000 workers, adds part-time roles

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