US President Joe Biden has taken aim at vaccine resistance in America. In a speech at the White House, Mr Biden announced policies requiring most federal employees to get Covid-19 vaccinations.

He also pushed large employers to have their workers inoculated or tested weekly. The new measures will apply to about two-thirds of all US employees, those who work for businesses with more than 100 workers. "We've been patient," Mr Biden told the tens of millions of Americans who have declined to get coronavirus shots. "But our patience is wearing thin, and your refusal has cost all of us." Taken together, the policies and speech represented Mr Biden's most aggressive steps yet to prod Americans resistant to getting shots as the fast-spreading

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COVID-19: Ontario health minister says ‘not in the clear’ yet to end proof of vaccination, masking

As Alberta and Saskatchewan drop most COVID-19 restrictions, Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said on Wednesday there was no plan to drop the proof of vaccination or masking requirements yet as the province is “not in the clear” to do so.

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The Healing: Black men yoga takes shape to combat mental health

CHICAGO - When friends Tristan Lewis and Andrew Smith invited a few Black men to take part in a yoga class in Chicago in 2020, they didn’t know it would spur a nationwide movement.The two men created The Healing, a nonprofit aimed at promoting mental health for Black men and offering resources for improvement. Services include events where participants can share with each other about various struggles or sessions with mental health professionals.Most notably, the organization offers virtual yoga classes for Black men with the next one scheduled to place on Feb.

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Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong's stolen classic car recovered in OC

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 24: Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs onstage during the 2019 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for dcp) ORANGE, Calif. - The Costa Mesa Police Department announced Wednesday the cherished classic car belonging to Green Day’s lead vocalist, Billie Joe Armstrong, has been recovered days after it was reported stolen.Green Day, formed in San Francisco's East Bay Area, is a Grammy award-winning rock band whose biggest hits include "Wake Me Up When September Ends," "When I Come Around," and "Holiday." The band's music is also featured in the musical "American Idiot." On the morning of Feb.

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Camden officials distribute KN95 masks, as slow rollout of free masks nationwide begins

CAMDEN, N.J. - Thousands of KN95 masks, recently donated by Cooper University Hospital, were given out in Camden County Wednesday, by city officials, in an effort to help halt the spread of COVID-19.Last month, the U.S. Government announced it would be handing out 400 million N95 masks to everyone in the country and those masks have started to appear in some stores.

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Lanarkshire locals encouraged to beat winter blues with health walks

Lanarkshire locals are being encouraged to shake off the winter blues with free health walks throughout the area.

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‘It’s a lot’: At least 2M Quebecers infected during fifth wave of COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19: Quebec announces staggered reopening plan through to mid-March Nearly one million infections have occurred since Dec. 31, Boileau said.The government on Tuesday presented a road map to gradually lifting restrictions over the coming weeks, with most expected to be gone by March 14 — except mask mandates and the vaccine passport system.

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Global COVID cases top 400 million as levels decline again

The global COVID-19 total has passed the 400 million mark early into the third year of the pandemic, with cases last week declining in the world's fourth and biggest surge, fueled by the more transmissible Omicron variant.

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Police: Gunman opens fire on officer during shootout in Germantown, no injuries reported

PHILADELPHIA - No one was injured after a gunman opened fire on a Philadelphia police officer during a shootout Wednesday afternoon in Germantown.Philadelphia Police Sergeant Eric Gripp told reporters that two plainclothes officers in an unmarked car were patrolling the 4800 block of Keyser Street around 2 p.m. when they came upon a shootout between a 23-year-old and a 20-year-old. The officer in the passenger's seat identified himself as police and ordered both men to drop their weapons when one of the men fired towards the officer, Gripp said. The officer ducked behind cover as the suspect attempted to flee down Keyser Street. According to investigators, the officer that was still inside the vehicle drove after the suspect and fired once through the windshield but missed. Both suspects were uninjured and captured nearby due to a massive police response, Gripp said.Investigators believe something happened between the men before police arrived that involved more than just the two gunmen. Gripp said police are still looking for other suspects, but he did not provide a description. "It just continues to speak to level the gun violence that we're seeing almost every day in this city," Gripp said.

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CDC head says COVID-19 mask guidance stands, for now

Today Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said the agency is working on updating and evaluating its mask guidance, but said COVID-19 transmission and hospitalization rates were still high throughout the country, and the recommendation of masking in indoor settings regardless of vaccination status remains in place.

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Body of missing Philadelphia woman, Kim Ezell, found on Delaware college campus, family says

Kim 'Darlene' Ezell (Family Handout) NEWARK, Del. - The body of a missing Philadelphia woman has been found weeks after she was reported missing when authorities found her roommate dead inside their home, family members tell FOX 29.The family of Kim Ezell says authorities informed them that they identified a body that was found in a vehicle at the Delaware Technical Community College - Stanton Campus in Newark as their mother. Ezell, 59, was also known as Darlene. Family members say Ezell last spoke to her daughter on the phone on Jan.

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Judge restores visiting rights for Quebec father unvaccinated against COVID-19

Quebec judge suspends unvaccinated man’s visitation rights with child With the suspension due to end Tuesday, the child’s mother had asked the court for it to be extended.The father, who described the suspension of his parental rights as “draconian,” argued that he is not a conspiracy theorist and that while he does not plan to be vaccinated, he will respect all public health regulations during visits with his son, who is vaccinated against COVID-19.Paquette ruled that the man, who has not had any parenting time with his son since Dec.

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COVID-19: Free rapid antigen tests now available at these Guelph locations

announced on Wednesday that it will be distributing 5.5 million rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 each week for eight weeks to various pharmacy and grocery store locations across the province.Over 2,300 locations will provide the tests while supplies last with a limit of one box of five tests per household. Free COVID rapid antigen tests now available at Ontario grocery stores, pharmacies at one-box limit Some participating retailers include Costco, Shoppers Drug Mart, Loblaws, Metro, Food Basics, Rexall, Sobeys, Real Canadian Superstore, Longo’s, Walmart, among others.There are at least 34 locations in Guelph that are offering the tests.

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COVID-19: 116 patients at LHSC, MLHU adds 139 cases but no deaths

Middlesex-London Health Unit reported zero deaths and 139 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, compared with two deaths and 190 cases last Wednesday. Wednesday marks only the second day this month that no new deaths were reported, the other being Monday.LHSC is caring for 116 inpatients with COVID-19, 22 of whom are in adult critical care.As noted, LHSC is caring for 116 COVID-19 inpatients, with 22 inpatients in adult critical care.

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COVID-19: 4 new deaths reported in Waterloo Region as hospitals care for 91 patients

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Alberta restaurants and customers react to COVID-19 restriction changes

Alberta has announced the end of the restrictions exemption program, and reaction to the news is divided. Jackie Wilson reports.

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Betty Davis, Queen of Funk, dies at 77

Portrait of American Funk, Soul, and R&B singer singer Betty Davis (nee Mabry), New York, New York, 1969. (Photo by Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)LOS ANGELES - Funk icon Betty Davis has died, Rolling Stone reported on Wednesday.

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CDC: Health care-associated infections up amid COVID-19 pandemic

WASHINGTON - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the health care sector has experienced an increase in infections, another grim announcement to an industry impacted severely by the pandemic."We know the COVID-19 pandemic has placed tremendous stress on the health care sector, from hospitals to nursing homes to outpatient clinics," Dr.

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Biden tasks OSHA with enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates

WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t make many headlines. Charged with keeping America’s workplaces safe, it usually busies itself with tasks such as setting and enforcing standards for goggles, hardhats and ladders.But President Joe Biden this month threw the tiny Labor Department agency into the raging national debate over federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

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Biden meets with CEOs, business leaders to discuss COVID-19 vaccine mandates

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden met Wednesday with the CEOs of Walt Disney and Columbia Sportswear, and other business executives and leaders, to discuss his recently announced vaccine requirement for companies that employ at least 100 people.The White House meeting comes less than a week after Biden said that the Labor Department is working to require businesses with 100 or more employees to order those workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or show a negative test result at least weekly.Some 80 million workers would be subject to the requirement, Biden said.

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Biden to visit Colorado Tuesday to pitch investments in clean energy

DENVER - While legislators craft the details back in Washington, President Joe Biden is pitching his massive domestic spending package with a visit to a renewable energy lab in Colorado to highlight how the investments in clean energy in his plan would help combat climate change.The trip to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Denver will cap off the president’s two-day swing to the West, and offer Biden the chance to continue linking the need to pass the spending package to the urgent threat posed by climate change.

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Biden to speak in person before UN General Assembly

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to deliver his first address to the United Nations General Assembly next week in New York, the White House announced Monday.The annual convening of world leaders will take place in-person this year, after being held virtually in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The White House says Biden will deliver remarks on Tuesday, Sept. 21.RELATED: More than 100 world leaders to attend UN gathering in personFILE - US President Joe Biden walks to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on Sept.

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Cleanup continues in Wilmington after remnants of Ida left behind widespread destruction

WILMINGTON, Del. - Nearly two weeks since Ida struck Wilmington, Delaware, cleanup goes on while residents hope for a federal emergency declaration in the home state of the President Joe Biden. It’s estimated some 250 homes took on water as the Brandywine Creek rose well beyond his banks on the morning after Ida hit. On Monday, a city trash truck rolled along 14th.

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Biden to talk COVID-19, climate change in first Quad Leaders Summit Sept. 24

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will meet with leaders from Australia, India and Japan in his first-ever Quad Leaders Summit on September 24, according to the White House.Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan are expected to take part in the meeting.

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COVID-19 boosters not yet needed, says group of health experts

they concluded.The opinion piece, published in The Lancet, illustrates the intense scientific debate about who needs booster doses and when, a decision the U.S. and other countries are grappling with.FILE - Nurse of Curative prepares the Pfizer vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccination clinic.

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Manchin opposes Biden’s $3.5T spending plan, could back $1.5T instead

WASHINGTON - As the Senate returns on Monday following a summer recess, congressional Democrats pushing ahead with President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion plan for social and environmental spending — but a moderate Democrat who is key to its fate said he can’t support it.Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said the cost will need to be slashed to $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion to win his support.

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Biden to survey wildfire damage in Idaho and California

WILMINGTON, Del. - President Joe Biden will promote his administration’s use of the Defense Production Act to aid in wildfire preparedness during a western swing in which he’ll survey wildfire damage in Idaho and California.The administration activated the wartime provision in early August to boost the supply of fire hoses for the U.S. Forest Service, by helping to ease supply chain issues affecting the agency’s primary firehose supplier.

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FBI releases first declassified record on 9/11 attack after Biden order

WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI late Saturday released a newly declassified document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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Biden admin expecting wave of GOP-backed lawsuits following sweeping vaccine mandates

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden’s sweeping new vaccine requirements have Republican governors threatening lawsuits. His unapologetic response: "Have at it."The administration is gearing up for another major clash between federal and state rule.

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President Biden approves major disaster declaration in Pennsylvania following remnants of Ida destruction

PENNSYLVANIA - President Joe Biden approved Governor Tom Wolf's request to declare a major disaster in Pennsylvania following heavy rainfall, severe flash flooding, and tornadoes from Tropical Depression Ida that impacted Pennsylvania."Pennsylvanians continue to recover from this deadly storm, which is why my administration made it a top priority to quickly seek federal assistance," Gov. Wolf said.

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President Biden approves major disaster declaration in Pennsylvania following remnants of Ida destruction

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US COVID-19 vaccine mandates met with mixed response

"Vaccination requirements work; that's why so many organizations have supported the president's plan," Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator said today, a day after President Joe Biden announced the most sweeping mandates Americans have seen during the pandemic.

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'Unlawful overreach': Georgia governor vows to fight Biden vaccine mandate

ATLANTA - During President Joe Biden's announcement of a vaccine mandate that will affect as many as 100 million Americans, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp vowed to fight the federal plan.Kemp responded on Thursday during the president's address with a tweet saying he will pursue legal avenues to fight the federal mandate.Kemp described the White House move as "blatantly unlawful overreach."Biden's announcement on Thursday included a new mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require employees are either vaccinated or tested for the virus weekly.

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Biden calls President Xi Jinping amid growing US-China tension

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden spoke with China's Xi Jinping on Thursday amid growing frustration on the American side that high-level engagement between the two leaders' top advisers has been largely unfruitful in the early going of the Biden presidency.Biden initiated the call with Xi, the second between the two leaders since Biden took office.

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Biden imposes vaccine mandates for federal employees

In an effort to combat the Delta variant wave sweeping the U.S., President Joe Biden has announced new COVID-19 vaccine mandates and requirements for millions of workers. Jackson Proskow explains Biden’s ‘Path out of the Pandemic’ plan and the concerns over how the fourth wave is impacting the country’s youth.

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TSA will double fines on mask mandate violations at airports, on flights

WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration will increase the range of fines that can be imposed on individuals who violate the federal mask mandate on public modes of transportation, the agency announced in conjunction with President Joe Biden on Thursday. The federal mask mandate applies to individuals at airports, on commercial aircraft and in various modes of surface transportation, including passenger railroads, intercity bus services and other public transportation."We appreciate the majority of travelers each day who voluntarily follow the requirement, but find this action necessary to maximize the protections for those who use and work within the transportation system, and to contain

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Biden details new plan of attack for COVID-19

Keep schools open, mandate vaccines for all federal employees, and increase testing—these are three of the goals President Joe Biden outlined today during a briefing on America's ongoing battle against COVID-19.

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Biden announces vaccine mandate for employers with more than 100 workers

WASHINGTON - In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant.Speaking at the White House, Biden sharply criticized the roughly 80 million Americans who are not yet vaccinated, despite months of availability and incentives."We’ve been patient. But our patience is wearing thin, and your refusal has cost all of us," he said, all but biting off his words.

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Biden to announce vaccine mandate for employers with more than 100 workers

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Thursday is announcing sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant that is killing thousands each week and jeopardizing the nation’s economic recovery.The expansive rules mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly, affecting about 80 million Americans.

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Biden to outline US effort to boost COVID-19 vaccinations, curb delta surge

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Thursday is set to give an address to the nation and present a six-pronged federal effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States and curb the surging delta variant of the coronavirus.The latest uptick of cases has led to more hospitalizations that have overwhelmed hospitals and killed thousands of people each week — largely among those who are unvaccinated. It also threatens to jeopardize the nation’s economic recovery. Biden, who is set to speak at 5 p.m.

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US COVID-19 cases top 40 million; Biden to deliver new plan

In 2 days President Joe Biden will announce a new six-point plan to battle the current surge of COVID-19 cases caused by the highly transmissible Delta (B1617.2) variant and an uneven vaccination campaign that has left only half of the nation fully protected from the novel coronavirus.

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Biden to survey damage in NY, NJ caused by Ida's deadly flooding

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will travel to the Northeast on Tuesday to survey storm damage from remnants of Hurricane Ida, which dropped record rainfall on the region and caused catastrophic flash flooding. Biden will tour Manville, New Jersey, and the New York City borough of Queens, and give remarks at 4 p.m. ET, according to the White House. At least 50 people were killed across six states after rain overwhelmed rivers and sewer systems last week.

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Moderna COVID-19 booster shot may not be approved by Sept. 20

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's plans to start delivery of booster shots by Sept.

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Biden: SCOTUS ruling on Texas abortion ban is 'unprecedented assault' on women's rights

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Thursday slammed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in place, saying the move "insults the rule of law and the rights of all Americans to seek redress from our courts.""The Supreme Court’s ruling overnight is an unprecedented assault on a woman’s constitutional rights under Roe v.

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Biden to detail US response to Hurricane Ida ahead of Louisiana visit

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Thursday will discuss his administration’s response to Hurricane Ida, which knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people along the Gulf Coast and later spawned deadly flooding and tornadoes in the Northeast. The president, who is set to visit Louisiana on Friday to survey damage and meet with local and state leaders, is scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m. ET from the White House.Ida made landfall on Sunday as the fifth most powerful storm to strike the U.S., bringing maximum winds of 150 mph.

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Biden defends departure from Afghanistan, ending 'forever war'

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Tuesday following the departure of the last remaining troops from the Kabul airport, marking the United States’ complete withdrawal from Afghanistan and ending America’s longest war. Biden is under heavy criticism, particularly from Republicans, for his handling of the final evacuation, which successfully airlifted thousands of people from Kabul airport but left more than 100 Americans behind.In his remarks from the White House about the U.S.

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Biden to address end of Afghanistan war after last US troops leave Kabul

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will address the nation on Tuesday following the departure of remaining troops from the Kabul airport, marking the United States’ complete withdrawal from Afghanistan and ending America’s longest war. House ahead of Biden’s Aug. 31 deadline for shutting down a final airlift, Air Force transport planes carried a remaining contingent of troops from the airport. Thousands of troops had spent a harrowing two weeks protecting the evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghans, Americans and others seeking to escape the country following the Taliban’s takeover.

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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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