Speaking on Friday while departing the White House, U.S. President Joe Biden took aim at social media sites like Facebook for spreading COVID-19 disinformation, saying such sites “are killing people.” He added that the “only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated.”.

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Coronavirus infection rates down almost 40 per cent across Greater Manchester

Coronavirus infection rates across the region have fallen by almost 40 per cent, figures have revealed.

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Trudeau government actively considering emergency powers to end blockades: Blair

the blockades that have snarled cross-border traffic and paralyzed the City of Ottawa.“Certainly,” responded Minister Bill Blair when asked Sunday if his government was prepared to invoke the Emergencies Act, rarely-used legislation that grants federal authorities exceptional powers to address national threats.“I want to assure you that we recognize the threat to Canada, to Canadians, to our livelihoods and to our prosperity that these protests represent. This isn’t about vaccines anymore.

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Trucker protests: Police remove blockade in Windsor, Ont. make arrest

Police removed protesters that have been blocking the Ambassador bridge in Windsor, Ont., on Sunday. They also made an arrest when drivers refused to remove their vehicles. Sean O’Shea has the details.

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Russian skater to testify by video Sunday in doping case hearing

Kamila Valieva of Team ROC skates during a figure skating training session at Winter Olympic Games. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) Russian skater Kamila Valieva will testify by video Sunday at a court hearing about her doping case.Valieva’s right to compete in the women’s event at the Beijing Olympics will be decided at a hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.Both the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Testing Agency — on behalf of the IOC — said Friday they would fight the decision by Russia’s anti-doping agency to allow the 15-year-old Valieva to skate. The Russian agency provisionally banned Valieva Tuesday because she failed a doping test in December.

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COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations decline in Quebec ahead of further reopening

COVID-19 on Sunday, a drop that comes a day before the province prepares to allow gyms and spas to reopen for business.The Health Department says 2,081 people are in hospital with the disease after 121 patients were admitted in the past 24 hours and 183 were discharged.#COVID19 – En date du 12 février, voici la situation au Québec: https://t.co/pwoUoaBgaF pic.twitter.com/zwEv6UuVP9— Santé Québec (@sante_qc) February 13, 2022It says the number of overall virus-related hospitalizations is down by 62.Officials say 140 patients are listed in intensive care, a drop of 13.The province is also reporting 1,870 new cases confirmed by molecular testing, which is limited to certain higher-risk groups.They say 25,040 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered on Saturday, and 49 per cent of provincial residents have received their third dose.

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Game day food facts: Americans to consume the most amount of food on Super Bowl Sunday

LOS ANGELES - From pizza to chips and wings to beer, Super Bowl Sunday is known for its food!After Thanksgiving, Americans will consume the most amount of food on Super Bowl Sunday.According to TigerFitness, the average household buys about 6,000 calories worth of snacks per person.RELATED: Super Bowl LVI: Where to eat near SoFi StadiumBelow is a list of Super Bowl food facts from TigerFitness.Get your top stories delivered daily! Sign up for FOX 11’s Fast 5 newsletter. And, get breaking news alerts in the FOX 11 News app. Download for iOS or Android.Tune in to FOX 11 Los Angeles for the latest Southern California news.Advertisement

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Police: Man in critical condition after shooting in West Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - A man is in critical condition after a shooting in West Philadelphia.The shooting happened at approximately 1 a.m.

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Ukraine's president asks for evidence on new Russia invasion warnings

possible Russian invasion within days, saying he had yet to see convincing evidence, even as the U.S. warned Sunday of more Russian troops pressing closer to Ukraine's borders and some airlines canceled or diverted flights there.The White House said President Joe Biden would talk later in the day with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.The Ukrainian leader's repeated statements urging calm among his people — while Russian forces surround Ukraine on three sides in what Russia insists are military exercises — grew this weekend to Zelenskyy questioning strident warnings from U.S.

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Liam Payne Admires 4-Year-Old Son’s ‘Childish Deviousness’ After Lying About Having COVID To Skip School

Liam Payne is sharing an anecdote indicating his 4-year-old son Bear has a bit of a mischievous streak.

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Trucker protests: Police arrest protesters blocking US-Canada bridge

Police clear a roadway at the Ambassador Bridge US-Canada border crossing blocked by truckers as they protest anti-vaccine mandates in Windsor, Ontario. (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images) Police moved in to clear and arrest the remaining protesters near the busiest U.S.-Canadian border crossing on Sunday, trying to end a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions that has hurt the economy of both nations even as they held back from a crackdown on a larger protest in the capital, Ottawa.Local and national police formed a joint command center in Ottawa, where protests have paralyzed downtown, infuriated residents who are fed up with police inaction and turned up pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.The protests have reverberated across the country and beyond, with similar convoys in France, New Zealand and the Netherlands.

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French anti-vaccine pass convoy heads toward Brussels

Around 300 vehicles taking part in a Canada-style protest convoy against Covid regulations have arrived in Lille, northern France.

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Covid deaths in UK drop by 30 percent week-on-week

The UK has recorded another 41,270 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours - down from 46,025 on Saturday.

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2 men shot and killed in Kingsessing, police say

PHILADELPHIA - Two people are dead after a late night shooting in the Kingsessing section of the city.The shooting happened shortly after midnight on the 5700 block of Belmar Street. When police arrived on the scene, they found two men shot and killed.

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Police: Man extremely critical after shooting in West Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - A man is fighting for his life after he was shot in the back in the head in West Philadelphia. The shooting happened just after 1 a.m. Sunday on the 200 block of North Wanamaker Street. Police say they found the 40-year-old man suffering from the gunshot wound to the head and he was rushed to a local hospital.

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Ukraine Olympic team calls for peace amid Russia tension, IOC wants no protests

Vladyslav Heraskevych of Team Ukraine looks on after sliding during the Men's Skeleton Heat 4 at the Winter Olympic Games. (Adam Pretty/Getty Images) The Ukrainian Olympic team has followed the lead of skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych in calling for peace.Heraskevych held up a sign with a Ukrainian flag and the message "No War in Ukraine" after completing a run in the skeleton competition on Friday at the Beijing Games.

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Winter Olympics: Erin Jackson becomes 1st Black woman to win gold medal in speedskating

Gold medallist Erin Jackson of Team United States poses with a Bing Dwen Dwen mascot and the winning time during the Women's 500m at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. (Catherine Ivill/Getty Images) Erin Jackson has become the first Black woman to win a speedskating medal at the Winter Olympics.And a gold one, at that.Jackson won the 500 meters Sunday with a time of 37.04 seconds, giving the American speedskating program its first speedskating medal of the Beijing Games and first individual medal since 2010.But this one meant much more than national pride.The 29-year-old Jackson, a former inline skater who switched to the ice shortly before the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, joined fellow American Shani Davis as the only Black athletes to win speedskating medals at the Olympics.The silver went to Miho Takagi of Japan, while Angelina Golikova of the Russian team took the bronze.Jackson's gold came after the native of balmy Ocala, Florida, slipped at the U.S.

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White House blames YouTube, Facebook for spread of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

Facebook, on its list of social media platforms officials say are responsible for an alarming spread of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and are not doing enough to stop it, sources familiar with the administration’s thinking said.The criticism comes just a week after President Joe Biden called Facebook and other social media companies “killers” for failing to slow the spread of misinformation about vaccines. He has since softened his tone.

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Biden to sign bill boosting Crime Victims Fund

WASHINGTON - A long-sought-after boost to the Crime Victims Fund will be signed into law Thursday, shoring up funding for an institution that dates back nearly 40 years.When President Joe Biden signs H.R. 1652, revenues collected from deferred prosecution and non-prosecution agreements can be deposited into the Crime Victims Fund.

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Biden says pandemic goes on for unvaccinated, shots 'gigantically important'

CINCINNATI - President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged Americans to get inoculated against COVID-19 as the U.S. vaccination rate slows while the spread of the delta variant has led to a surge in infections around the country.Biden spoke during a televised town hall in Cincinnati, saying the pandemic has turned largely into a problem for those who are still refusing to get vaccinated."We have a pandemic for those who haven’t gotten the vaccination — it’s that basic, that simple," he said on the CNN town hall. U.S.

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Biden pleads with Americans to get COVID-19 vaccines: ‘It’s gigantically important’

Joe Biden expressed pointed frustration Wednesday over the slowing COVID-19 vaccination rate in the U.S. and pleaded that it’s “gigantically important” for Americans to step up and get inoculated against the virus as it surges once again.Biden, speaking at a televised town hall in Cincinnati, said the public health crisis has turned largely into a plight of the unvaccinated as the spread of the delta variant has led to a surge in infections around the country.“We have a pandemic for those who haven’t gotten the vaccination — it’s that basic, that simple,” he said on the CNN town hall.

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Biden pushes ahead on infrastructure plan after GOP blocks vote

CINCINNATI, Ohio - President Joe Biden aimed to rev up support for his economic agenda with a visit to Cincinnati Wednesday.The trip comes as the fate of his infrastructure proposal remains unclear after Senate Republicans rejected a $1 trillion blueprint in a key test vote Wednesday.

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Biden to host King Abdullah II of Jordan amid Middle East tensions

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to host King Abdullah II of Jordan during one of the most difficult moments of the Jordanian leader's 22-year rule and at a pivotal time in the Middle East for Biden.Abdullah arrives Monday afternoon at the White House. Last week a Jordanian state security court sentenced two former officials to serve 15 years in prison over an alleged plot against the king uncovered earlier this year that involved Abdullah's half-brother.Meanwhile, Biden, who has put much of his foreign policy focus on China and Russia in the early going, faces some difficult issues in the Middle East.

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YouTube revamps videos on health as Biden chides social media

YouTube will start adding fact-check labels and re-order its ranking system for videos about health with help from a nonprofit group just days after President Joe Biden tore into social media for “killing people" by spreading falsehoods about vaccines.

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Facebook says it’s ‘not the reason’ U.S. is failing to meet COVID-19 vaccine goals

Facebook on Saturday defended itself against U.S. President Joe Biden‘s assertion that the social media platform is “killing people” by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to proliferate, saying the facts tell a different story.“The data shows that 85% of Facebook users in the US have been or want to be vaccinated against COVID-19,” Facebook said in a corporate blog post by Guy Rosen, a company vice president.

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Olivia Rodrigo reads vaccine tweets with Dr. Fauci

WASHINGTON - Pop singer and songwriter Olivia Rodrigo made a trip to the White House Wednesday, where she met with the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, to encourage people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The "Drivers License" singer and multi-platform recording artist met with President Joe Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci Wednesday, assisting in the administration’s efforts to get more youth vaccinated.Video shared by the White House shows Rodrigo and Fauci reading vaccine tweets aloud.One social media user tweeted, "I’m taking an immunology course and I got an A on my last exam.

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Biden: Social media 'killing people' with misinformation

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said Friday that social media companies are "killing people" by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines.Biden’s comments came a day after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared misinformation about the vaccines a threat to public health, and as U.S.

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Social media disinformation is 'killing people' - Biden

US President Joe Biden has said that social media disinformation about Covid-19 and vaccinations is "killing people".

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Biden says US may lift travel restrictions with Europe

US President Joe Biden has said the United States is reviewing when it can lift restrictions that ban most-non US citizens from traveling to the US from much of Europe.

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US surgeon general calls COVID-19 misinformation ‘serious threat’

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden’s surgeon general issued his first formal advisory to the public Thursday, warning Americans of the urgent threat of health misinformation during the ongoing pandemic, calling for a new approach to addressing the falsehoods swirling around the coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccines."Amid all this information, many people have also been exposed to health misinformation: information that is false, inaccurate, or misleading according to the best available evidence at the time," U.S. Surgeon General Dr.

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PHOTOS: Olivia Rodrigo visits White House to urge young people to get vaccinated against COVID 19

has recently visited the White House to record a series of videos encouraging the youth in US to get vaccinated against coronavirus. The singer, 18, went on to attend a meeting with President Joe Biden and USA’s top COVID-19 expert, Anthony Fauci.

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Biden to welcome German Chancellor Merkel on her farewell visit to US

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House for what is likely to be her last official visit and one to which she's bringing a bag full of issues and an overarching message for Berlin's close ally: You've got a friend.The veteran German leader is expected Thursday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic, the rise of China and a Russian gas pipeline that Washington opposes. She will meet with Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other senior U.S.

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Olivia Rodrigo Visits The White House To Encourage Young People To Get Their COVID-19 Vaccines

Olivia Rodrigo headed to the White House on Wednesday to help spread an important message.

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Olivia Rodrigo visits White House to record videos promoting COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON - Pop singer and songwriter Olivia Rodrigo made a trip to the White House Wednesday to encourage people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, a White House spokesperson confirmed to FOX Television Stations.The "Drivers License" singer and multi-platform recording artist met with President Joe Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci Wednesday, assisting in the administration’s efforts to get more youth vaccinated, as young adults have shown less urgency to get the shots.During her visit, Rodrigo will record videos "about the importance of young people getting vaccinated." This will include answering questions young people have about getting vaccinated.

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Olivia Rodrigo: 1st Photos Of Pop Star At The White House To Promote COVID Vaccines

Teen popstarOlivia Rodrigo, 18, was recruited by the White House to help promote the COVID-19 vaccine. The Sour singer visited Washington D.C. on Wednesday July 14 to send a message to younger Americans to get vaccinated. Olivia looked like she belonged on Capitol Hill, wearing a pink-patterned jacket and matching skirt. She also wore white high heels with black socks. She gave off some serious Jackie Kennedy vibes with her style.

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Biden to begin evacuating Afghans who aided US military during war

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is set to begin evacuations of Afghans who aided the U.S. military effort in the nearly 20-year war during the last week of July, according to a senior administration official.The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly, said Wednesday that Operation Allies Refuge flights out of Afghanistan will be available first for special immigrant visa applicants already in the process of applying for U.S.

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Cuba protests, Haiti unrest putting political pressure on Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) - They are two tiny Caribbean states whose intractable problems have vexed U.S. presidents for decades.

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Olivia Rodrigo will visit the White House and appear in COVID-19 vaccine campaign

Olivia Rodrigo will visit the White House and appear in a video campaign encouraging young Americans to vaccinate themselves against COVID-19.The 18-year-old pop artist is scheduled to meet with US President Joe Biden and Dr Anthony Fauci, chief of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, today (July 14).As CNN reports, Rodrigo will “record videos about the importance of young people getting vaccinated” and “[answer] important questions young people have about getting vaccinated”.

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‘Anti-American’: Biden slams voting restrictions as part of ‘big lie’

PHILADELPHIA - President Joe Biden traveled to Philadelphia on Tuesday to deliver a speech on voting rights as he faces pressure to combat efforts of Republican-led state legislatures seeking to pass measures restricting access to the ballot.Biden gave remarks at the National Constitution Center, a museum devoted to the Constitution located in the birthplace of U.S. democracy.

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Biden to lay out 'moral case' for voting rights in Philadelphia speech

PHILADELPHIA - President Joe Biden is traveling to Philadelphia on Tuesday to deliver a speech on voting rights as he faces pressure to combat efforts of Republican-led state legislatures seeking to pass measures restricting access to the ballot.Biden will give remarks at 2:50 p.m. at the National Constitution Center, a museum devoted to the Constitution located in the birthplace of U.S.

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First lady Jill Biden to attend Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony

WASHINGTON - First lady Jill Biden will attend the opening ceremony of the summer Olympics in Tokyo, the White House announced Tuesday, even as the city has entered a new state of emergency over a rise in coronavirus cases.Biden will attend the opening ceremony on July 23 without President Joe Biden. It will be her first solo trip abroad as first lady.

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Biden to discuss reducing crime with city, police leaders nationwide

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will host New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate and other city and law enforcement leaders from around the country to talk about reducing crime.Eric Adams, Brooklyn borough president and the likely next mayor of New York, plus Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser and San Jose, California, Mayor Sam Liccardo are among those expected to attend the meeting Monday, according to the White House. Biden will also host Memphis Police Chief C.J.

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Fully vaccinated Americans do not need COVID-19 booster shots right now: Fauci

COVID-19 vaccine in the coming months, but it is too soon for the government to recommend another shot. Pfizer says we need a 3rd COVID-19 vaccine.

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Sean Penn criticises Donald Trump’s “obscene” COVID response at Cannes

Donald Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic at Cannes today (July 11).Speaking at the press conference for his latest directorial feature, Flag Dag, Penn said watching Trump’s “obscene administration” handle the crisis “really felt like someone with a machine gun gunning down people from a turret in the White House” (per The Hollywood Reporter).The actor added that he felt there was “no effort or integrity from the government until the Trump administration was dismissed.”Penn has been a longtime critic of the former President of the United States, who was defeated in the 2020 presidential election by Joe Biden, despite repeated false claims of widespread voter fraud from Trump.The Milk star also set up a free Malibu

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Biden nominates Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as ambassador to India

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has officially been nominated to serve as U.S. ambassador to India. Garcetti was nominated for the position by President Joe Biden.

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President Biden to give speech on voting rights in Philadelphia Tuesday

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the May jobs report on Friday, June 4, 2021, at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

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Biden to sign executive order targeting worker non-compete clauses

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Friday will sign an executive order aimed at promoting competition across the U.S. economy by pushing federal regulators to ban or limit non-compete agreements, occupational licensing restrictions and other measures that officials say make it harder to land a job.The order is designed to improve workers’ opportunities in the economy, increase their chances of employment and generate more competition among U.S.

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Biden says social media sites like Facebook ‘are killing people’ by spreading COVID-19 disinformation

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