TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature approved stiffer penalties against violent protesters on Thursday, handing a major legislative victory to Gov.

Ron DeSantis, who began campaigning for the measure last year following a summer of turmoil across the country over the killings of Black people by police.

A divided Florida Senate approved a so-called anti-riot bill as the trial of a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, was underway for the death of George Floyd, a Black man whose death under Chauvin's knee triggered waves of protests.

The measure was sent to Florida's Republican governor as new protests erupted this week in a Minneapolis suburb after another fatal police shooting of a Black man.

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Ontario on track to remove ‘almost all restrictions’ on businesses ‘very soon,’ Doug Ford says

Doug Ford says the province is on track to “very soon” lift “almost all” COVID-related restrictions on businesses.The premier made the remarks during a press conference Friday morning, where he declared a state of emergency in the province due to ongoing protests and blockades, sparked by opposition to COVID-19 measures.Ford said he understands many people are frustrated, but urged the “illegal occupation” in Ottawa and at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor to end.“There’s no doubt these were the right decisions,” Ford said of his government’s move to impose measures in a bid to combat COVID-19. Timeline to lift all COVID-19 measures in Ontario coming soon, top doctor says “There’s no doubt they protected our hospitals from collapse and saved lives.

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COVID-19: MLHU reports 3 deaths, LHSC has 87 COVID inpatients

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With low COVID vaccine uptake, rural US bore brunt of Delta surge

Rural US counties with low COVID-19 vaccination rates had 2.4 times more infections per 100,000 people than urban counties amid the summer 2021 Delta surge, according to a study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.

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Reality check on Alberta politicians’ statements on schools, COVID-19 transmission and vaccines

#AbEd #AbLeg pic.twitter.com/NIDW973Tg0— Adriana LaGrange (@AdrianaLaGrange) February 10, 2022Dr. Chris Mody, head of the department of microbiology, immunology and infectious disease at the University of Calgary, said there’s no data to suggest children “pose absolutely no threat” as the education minister claimed.However, Mody said the correlation between symptom severity and viral load taken with the observations that children tend to have less severe symptoms could mean children have less viral load with a COVID-19 infection, with a caveat.

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FDA postpones advisory meeting on COVID-19 vaccines for kids under 5

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. regulators on Friday put the brakes on their push to speed Pfizer's COVID-19 to children under 5, creating major uncertainty about how soon the shots could become available.The Food and Drug Administration had urged Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to apply for authorization of extra-low doses of its vaccine for the youngest children before studies were even finished — citing the toll the omicron variant has taken on children.Kids between the ages of 5 and 11 are now eligible to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.Next week, FDA advisers were supposed to publicly debate if youngsters should starting getting two shots before it's clear if they'd actually need a third.But Friday, the FDA reversed course and said it had become clear it needed to wait for data on how well that third shot works for this age group.

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‘10 Truths About Love’: Watch the ‘timeless’ rom-com on Tubi for Valentine’s Day

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76ers wait on Harden's debut following big trade for Simmons

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White House urges Americans to leave Ukraine in next ‘24 to 48’ hours; Russian invasion could be days away

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Canada trucker protest: Ontario declares state of emergency over truck blockades

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COVID and Americans' Trust in Government

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Queen's Covid scare sparks debate over role that could see Andrew step in for monarch

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Toronto officials prepare for weekend protests against COVID-19 measures

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Substitute teacher removed from Farmington High School after making racist comment toward Black student

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University of Alberta public health faculty calls plan to phase out COVID-19 restrictions ‘reckless’

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South Florida deputies told not to enforce anti-riot law

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Black Americans report more ‘poor mental health days’ due to deadly racial incidents

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Gov. Ron DeSantis makes food bank announcement

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'He was guilty.' Extra juror in favor of Chauvin conviction

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sued over state’s new ‘anti-riot’ law

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Daunte Wright to be eulogized at Minneapolis funeral

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After Floyd, Congress ready to plunge into policing laws

WASHINGTON – Bolstered with new momentum, Congress is ready to try again to change the nation’s policing laws, heeding President Joe Biden’s admonition that the guilty verdict in George Floyd’s death is “not enough” for a nation confronting a legacy of police violence.

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‘It was emotional:,’ Mount Dora man travels to Minneapolis to witness historic Chauvin verdict

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Lawyers who pursue police misconduct say they hope Chauvin verdict is a watershed moment

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Biden to America after Floyd verdict: 'We can't stop here'

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said the conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd “can be a giant step forward” for the nation in the fight against systemic racism. But he declared that "it's not enough.”

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Tears and relief sweep intersection where George Floyd died

MINNEAPOLIS – There was quiet, just for a moment, as hundreds of people standing in the intersection at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue crowded in to listen to the news.

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WATCH LIVE: George Floyd’s family reacts to guilty verdict

ORLANDO, Fla. – Reaction was swift Tuesday as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty in the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died last summer with Chauvin’s knee pinned to his neck.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs online sales tax bill estimated to produce $1 billion a year

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Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida’s controversial ‘anti-rioting’ bill into law

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GOP White House hopefuls move forward as Trump considers run

WASHINGTON – Less than three months after former President Donald Trump left the White House, the race to succeed him is already beginning.

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Florida FEMA-backed vaccination sites will continue first shots of Pfizer next week

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he doesn’t favor raising unemployment benefits

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds news conference in Lakeland

LAKELAND, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday will hold a news conference in Lakeland.

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FEMA-backed vaccine sites could resume providing first doses of Pfizer vaccine

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Florida pausing use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Gov. Ron DeSantis says

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Florida Gov. DeSantis provides update on Piney Point wastewater leak

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DeSantis attacks YouTube for yanking his pandemic video

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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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