WASHINGTON - A Delta Air Lines passenger is facing a $27,5000 fine for allegedly assaulting a flight attendant amid a dispute over the flight attendant’s instructions and the airline’s mask policy, officials said.The Federal Aviation Administration said the incident occurred on a flight from Miami to Atlanta on Oct.

19.The FAA said the unnamed passenger was traveling with another person who refused to wear his mask, fasten his seat belt or put up the tray table in front of him.

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New pop-up FEMA vaccine site opens at Kelly Park in Apopka

APOPKA, Fla. – FEMA opened a new pop-up vaccination site at Kelly Park in Apopka on Sunday.

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Russian rights NGO disbands under 'foreign agent' pressure

MOSCOW – A longtime human rights organization in Russia announced Sunday it's disbanding because of pressure from the country’s foreign agents law.

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Mass testing, mask wearing help Detroit slow virus' pace

DETROIT – It was March 11 last year when Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced that the St. Patrick’s Day parade was canceled because a virus that had already sickened tens of thousands worldwide had reached Michigan.

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Three-quarters say NHS has dealt with Covid better than private firms in damning poll

Three-quarters of Brits say the NHS has been more effective than private firms in responding to Covid in a damning poll.

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Maharashtra district imposes night curfew, full lockdown on weekends amid surge in Covid cases: Details here

Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, the Sambhajinaga district in Aurangabad on Sunday ordered night restrictions from 9 pm to 6 am from 11 March to 4 April to contain virus spread.Along with that, there will be full lockdown on weekends, said Maharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde.During this period, schools, colleges, wedding halls to remain closed, he added.The announcement comes after a meeting was conducted with district authorities and other officials amid surge in Covid-19 cases there.The district reported 459 coronavirus cases on Friday, which took its overall infection count to 52,103.Till Friday night, there were 2,910 active cases in Aurangabad district, another official said.A total of 179 patients were discharged from hospitals, which

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Sunshine State dims for Dems amid election losses, cash woes

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Democrats may delight in their brightening prospects in Arizona and Georgia, and may even harbor glimmers of hope in Texas, but their angst is growing in Florida, which has a reputation as a swing state but now favors Republicans and could be shifting further out of reach for Democrats.

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Golden Globes vows reform amid scrutiny on diversity

Facing heightened scrutiny arounds its membership and practices, the group behind the Golden Globe Awards says that it is committed to immediate “transformational change” and reforms.

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Ontario PSW pay gap hurts home care services, advocate group says, calls for more funding

Ontario’s drive to bolster staffing in long-term care homes hit hard by COVID-19 is leading to “destabilization” of the province’s home care labour force, a group representing providers said Sunday as it pressed the government to standardize wages for personal support workers.Sue VanderBent, the CEO of Home Care Ontario, said a group of 50 service organizations is concerned with increasing worker movement from home care to higher wage jobs in long-term care homes, where personal support workers are paid an average of $5 an hour more than they earn in community care settings.The rate at which workers accept home-care assignments, a key indicator for service delivery levels, have dropped by nearly 40 per cent in recent months, she said.

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Coronavirus nearing ‘endemic’ phase in Delhi, says Health Minister Satyendar Jain

NEW DELHI : Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday said coronavirus was nearing an "endemic" phase in the national capital.An infection is said to be endemic in a population when it is constantly maintained at a baseline level in a geographic area without external inputs."Coronavirus is nearing an endemic phase in Delhi. Experts say some cases continue to occur in the endemic phase.

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Workers worry about safety, stress as states ease mask rules

JACKSON, Miss. – Leo Carney worries that bigger crowds and mask-less diners could endanger workers at the Biloxi, Mississippi, seafood restaurant where he manages the kitchen. Maribel Cornejo, who earns $9.85 an hour as a McDonald's cook in Houston, can't afford to get sick and frets co-workers will become more lax about wearing masks, even though the fast food company requires them.

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Brits warned to 'prepare for a hard winter' amid Covid variant and flu concerns

Britain will have to “prepare for a hard winter”, a medical chief warned today amid fears flu and new strains of coronavirus could surge at the same time.

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GP's shock after two of his trainee doctors refuse Covid-19 vaccine and patients claim it will 'make men gay'

direct to your inboxA Tameside GP has said it is ‘shocking and disappointing’ that two of his trainee doctors have refused to have the Covid-19 vaccine.The revelation came as Dr Asad Ali, who co-chairs the Tameside and Glossop clinical commissioning group, proposed the creation of a coronavirus vaccine hotline in the area to give advice to people with doubts about the jab.Speaking at a meeting of the primary care committee on Wednesday afternoon, Dr Ali said this would also take pressure off GP switchboards and reception staff.He explained they currently had ‘more and more people’ ringing up or getting in touch online ‘potentially clogging up capacity’ asking questions about the vaccine.‘Fake news’ and misconceptions about the vaccine

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Russia scores points with vaccine diplomacy, but snags arise

MOSCOW – Russia's boast in August that it was the first country to authorize a coronavirus vaccine led to skepticism at the time because of its insufficient testing. Six months later, as demand for the Sputnik V vaccine grows, experts are raising questions again — this time, over whether Moscow can keep up with all the orders from the countries that want it.

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‘Trolls accused me of faking mental health struggles for attention’ says Young Offenders actress Jennifer Barry

‘There were times when my hands would be physically shaking reading comments on my phone,’ The Young Offenders actress Jennifer Barry admits. ‘Sometimes I dread going online because I don’t know what I’m going to find, especially after a new episode of the show airs.’

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Scots doctors refuse to work at Covid treatment hub in row over wearing high-grade PPE

Acute Respiratory Illness Centre (ARIC) in Hamilton after NHS Lanarkshire told them they could no longer bring their own face masks.They had previously been allowed to wear FFP3 masks - respirator masks which protect by filtering out tiny virus particles from the air - which they bought themselves.

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Coronavirus: Vaccination bookings for seniors to begin Monday, says Interior Health

Interior Health region will soon be able to book vaccination appointments.The health agency says starting Monday, its call centre will begin booking vaccine appointments for two specific age groups — seniors 90 and over, and Indigenous people 65 and over.Then, as the month of March progresses, seniors in their 80s will be able to book their appointment. Coronavirus: Interior Health declares second outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital Interior Health’s call centre is open seven days a week, from 7 a.m.

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Montreal non-profit creates biodegradable COVID-19 face masks

A non-profit out of Pointe-Claire in Montreal has come up with a solution to created environment friendly face masks, made out of Canadian paper.

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Amid Covid-19 surge, night curfew imposed in these districts in Punjab

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'We can do big things,' Schumer says as Senate approves aid

WASHINGTON – Tensions were raw ahead of midnight as Republican leader Mitch McConnell rose in the Senate for the purpose of publicly ridiculing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over the daylong delay as Democrats argued among themselves over the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue package.

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Poet Amanda Gorman says security guard ‘tailed’ her for ‘looking suspicious’ near her home

NEW YORK (AP) - Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who captured hearts at the inauguration of President Joe Biden, posted to social media that she was followed home by a security guard who demanded to know where she lived because she "looked suspicious.""I showed my keys & buzzed myself into my building," she tweeted of the incident Friday night. "He left, no apology.

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Property next to John Coltrane House has applied to be demolished, city says

John Coltrane House BREWERYTOWN - The Brewerytown house that once belonged to famed jazz saxophonist John Coltrane will not be torn down, but a neighboring property has applied for demolition.Philadelphia Licenses and Inspection said Saturday the next door property at 1509 North 33rd Street has secured a zoning permit, but a demolition permit is still under review. The clarification comes after many have pointed out a "Notice of Demolition" sign on the home with a deadline of March 10. An L&I spokesperson told FOX 29 this message needs to be revised to show that a nearby property has filed for a demolition application which can not happen before March 10. The John Coltrane House has been a national landmark since 1999.

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United States says it will reduce detention of immigrant families

DILLEY, TX - AUGUST 23 : Portraits of President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are seen as U.S.

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US gives hope to previously denied asylum seekers in camp

MEXICO CITY – In a camp at the U.S.-Mexico border, some asylum seekers were told by officials that the U.S. government may reopen their cases and they would eventually be able to enter the U.S. to wait out the asylum process.

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Piers Morgan gets Covid jab and says it's less painful than working with Susanna Reid

Piers Morgan received his Covid 19 jab and joked that although he 'barely felt a thing' it it wasn't as painful as working with Susanna Reid.The Good Morning Britain star said the process was 'amazingly efficient' and that they 'treated me like the idiot I am' as he went for the important injection.Piers, 55, was given the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and told fans on Twitter: '"JABBED!""Thanks to everyone at the Violet Melchett Centre in Chelsea for an incredibly quick, efficient service."In and out in 9 minutes! Had the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

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Man faces 108 charges related to secret peeping, indecent liberties with a minor: authorities

Michael Justin Childers A North Carolina man has been charged with more than 100 counts related to secret peeping and indecent liberties with a minor, authorities said.Michael Justin Childers, 32, is being held under a $1.25 million secured bond after he was arrested Thursday following a monthslong investigation.DOWNLOAD THE FOX 32 NEWS APPChilders faces 53 counts of felony secret peeping, 55 counts of felony possession of secret peeping material and nine counts of felony indecent liberties with a minor, investigators announced.The Alexander County Sheriff’s Office commenced an investigation in December 2020, discovering numerous videos taken between 2016 and 2019.The investigation started with Wittenburg Elementary School in Alexander

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Spring Break veers toward ‘normal’ – despite coronavirus pandemic

MIAMI - Nary a face mask was to be found this week as college students flocked to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a traditional hotspot for the annual Spring Break ritual of beer, bikinis and boisterous behavior."Florida hasn’t skipped a beat," Michigan resident Jack Gumeinny, 21, told the Sun Sentinel of South Florida as he surveyed the sunny scene along the city’s famous Strip.He last visited two years ago but returned "to see what it’s like now with COVID," he told the newspaper.The Davenport University junior wasn’t fazed by a lack of social distancing among his fellow revelers.Dr.

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COVID-19: Over 500 new cases reported from Karnataka in last 24 hours

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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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Piers Morgan gets Covid jab and says it's 'not as painful than working with Susanna'

Good Morning Britain star Piers Morgan took to social media to alert his following that he had got his Covid jab. However the 55-year-old couldn't resist landing a tongue in cheek blow about his co-star Susanna Reid - even though she wasn't present to defend herself.

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Piers Morgan, 55, gets his Covid vaccine jab and says it’s ‘not as painful as working with Susanna Reid’ on GMB

PIERS Morgan got his Covid vaccine today and quipped the jab wasn't as "painful" as working with Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain. The 55-year-old told fans on Twitter he's getting his jab already because he's "that old" and praised the NHS staff for being "efficient".

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Pope Francis holds historic, symbolic meeting with top Iraq Shiite cleric

PLAINS OF UR, Iraq (AP) - Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority during a historic meeting in the holy city of Najaf.Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said religious authorities have a role in protecting Iraq’s Christians, and that Christians should live in peace and enjoy the same rights as other Iraqis.

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Covid vaccination: Aim to vaccinate 1.5 lakh people each day, says Karnataka min

Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Saturday.Stressing the need to avoid crowding and agitations at least for the next one month aimed at controlling COVID cases, he said not more than 500 people will be allowed at large gatherings and necessary steps will be taken in this regard.The minister today held a meeting to review the COVID-19 situation and progress of vaccination drive in the state.Pointing out that there will be 3,000 vaccination centres from Monday, the minister urged people to come forward in large numbers to take the shot, his office quoted him as saying in a release.Further noting that since the last several weeks about 200-250 cases were being reported in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP-city corporation)

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Kerala records over 2,500 new COVID-19 cases today; active cases at 42,819

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New Covid strains ‘very unlikely’ to stop return to normality this summer, expert says

A top scientist has said mutant strains of coronavirus are "very unlikely" to stop the UK having a normal summer.

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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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Covid antiviral treatment: Merck says 'this drug' causes quick reduction in virus

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Why Covid tests won't be forced on pupils and you won't be hearing the words 'catch-up' says headteacher

test centre has been set up at the school, with classical music playing on loop to make it a calming environment for pupils and staff. Ms Livesey wants parents to make their own informed decision, rather than school putting them under any pressure."We would not advocate staff forcing testing," she said.

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Covid-19: Multilayer masks most effective at preventing aerosol generation, says IISc study

BENGALURU : Multilayer masks are most effective at preventing aerosol generation, says a new study conducted by a team led by researchers at Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc).The study was carried out in collaboration with scientists in UC San Diego and University of Toronto Engineering.According to IISc, when a person coughs, large droplets (>200 microns) hit the inner surface of a mask at a high speed, penetrate the mask fabric and break up or "atomise" into smaller droplets, which have a greater chance of aerosolisation and thereby carrying viruses like SARS-CoV-2 with them.Using a high-speed camera, the team closely tracked individual cough-like droplets impinging on single, double and multi-layered masks, and noted the

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California to allow Disneyland, Major League Baseball to reopen amid coronavirus

California on Friday lifted some coronavirus restrictions on outdoor sports and entertainment venues, clearing the way for fans to attend games on Major League Baseball’s opening day and for theme parks like Disneyland to reopen for the first time in more than a year.The rules take effect April 1, but they only apply to people living in California. Baseball teams, event organizers and theme parks are not allowed to sell tickets to anyone living out of state as public health officials try to limit mixing while continuing to roll out coronavirus vaccinations.The San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Angels and Oakland A’s all announced they will have fans in the stands for opening day on April 1.

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‘I think we’re in the Black section:’ Couple says Orlando restaurant segregated diners

ORLANDO, Fla. – A New Jersey couple has come forward after a dining experience at Maggiano’s Little Italy at the Pointe Orlando location. Dorothy Moody and her husband Colin O’Hanlon have accused the restaurant of practicing segregated seating.

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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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UK 'well-equipped' to stay ahead of Covid variants, says top scientist

A top scientist says the UK is "well-equipped" to stay ahead of Covid variants amid hopes for a better summer.

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Gwyneth Paltrow Reveals Long-Lasting Symptoms Husband Brad Falchuk Faced After COVID-19 Battle

Gwyneth Paltrow is talking about the symptoms that husband Brad Falchuk battled for months after being diagnosed with COVID-19.

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States that eased mask mandates, restaurant restrictions saw increase in COVID-19 cases, CDC study says

released a study that found states that issued mask mandates saw a decrease in COVID-19 cases, but when those same states allowed relaxed restrictions last year, they saw a subsequent increase in new infections.The study observed data collected from 39 states that issued a statewide mask mandate starting in April 2020.

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Yellen says Congress needs to 'go big' for relief package

WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that despite the strong job gains last month, Congress still needs to “go big” by passing President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion relief package to get millions of people back to work sooner.

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City’s economy 58% recovered, Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority says

SREDA noted the 10-point jump is due to a strong housing market, high commodity prices and retail sales returning to pre-pandemic levels.

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Rink-turned-field hospital switching to mass coronavirus immunization site in Saskatoon

COVID-19 vaccine will be a hockey rink-turned-field hospital.In April 2020, the SHA chose Merlis Belsher Place as a possible location to treat coronavirus-related patients if needed.

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Delta passenger facing $27,500 fine for assaulting flight attendant amid mask dispute, FAA says

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