More mask mandates fall as poor COVID vaccine protection noted in young kids

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - A Washington state man who acknowledged organizing a rim-to-rim hike at Grand Canyon National Park for 139 people when the size of such groups is limited pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor charge connected to the October 2020 trip.Joseph Don Mount admitted violating the park’s rule limiting group size and was sentenced to two years of probation.

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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 15: U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) walks through the Capitol Building on October 15, 2013 in Washington, DC.

As COVID-19 restrictions lift, and people return to work, there’s some good news from Statistics Canada. The latest labour report finds the job market has bounced back to pre-pandemic levels.

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COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan authorities have decided to impose power cuts on Monday (28).Monday (28)Groups PQRSTUVW:2 hours and 15 minutes from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM1 hour 50 minutes from 5:30 PM to 11 PMGroups ABCDEFGHIJKL:3 hours and 20 minutes from 8 AM to 6 PM 1 hour 40 minutes from 6 PM to 11 PM

The level of antibodies in a person's blood could be the most effective way to determine if they need a fourth Covid-19 vaccine, and if so when they should get it, new research has indicated.

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Bloomberg reporter. The data showed Shanghai reported 2,676 new Covid cases on Saturday, recording a 66 per cent rise in 48 hours. 

Nearly two months after the so-called “freedom convoy” spent weeks encamped in Canada’s capital, another vehicle demonstration rolled through Ottawa on Saturday, the city’s police said.

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The level of Covid-19 in the community is "vastly under-reported" due to antigen testing, a consultant in infectious diseases has said.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Government has decided to hold a debate on the International Monetary Fund report on recovering Sri Lanka’s debt sustainaibility.Chief Government Whip Johnston Fernando stated that the Parliament had decided to hold the debate within the first week of April.Representatives of several parties, including UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, called on the Government to hold a Parliamentary debate on the report.

COVID-19 vaccines are incredibly effective in preventing severe disease and deaths. We do see waning over time and that is why we take more than one dose. And as we enter the 3rd year of the pandemic, we expect to see some waning over time. It depends on the type of vaccines you have taken, the number of doses and also age and underlying conditions.While there is some waning immunity over time, #COVID19 vaccines remain incredibly effective to prevent severe disease and death.Visiting the WHO Western Pacific Region this week, Dr @mvankerkhove explains ⬇ pic.twitter.com/BnPskAcPcR

TB symptoms did not seek treatment, according to a 2019-21 nationwide government survey released on World TB Day on Thursday.

Covid-19 variants will arise that are more dangerous than the current versions, Moderna Inc.’s chief executive officer said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. Meanwhile, nearly half of the European companies in Hong Kong plan to fully or partially relocate operations and staff out of the city amid the travel and quarantine restrictions, a new survey suggests, according to Bloomberg report.

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A group of Indigenous peoples from across the country is making history with a journey to Vatican City for meetings with Pope Francis to talk about reconciliation. Neetu Garcha is in Rome and brings us the latest.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, visibly irritated, on Saturday demanded Western nations provide a fraction of the military hardware in their stock piles and asked whether they were afraid of Moscow.

Hong Kong has said it will halve the period for which it suspends international flights that bring in passengers infected with Covid-19, as the aviation industry increasingly voices alarm over the continued difficulty of operating in the city.

PHILADELPHIA - Forecasters say a final jolt of rain will sweep across the Delaware Valley overnight to end t a wet and gloomy Thursday. Sunshine and milder temperatures will return on Friday, but won't stick around for the weekend. Following an evening lull in rain, FOX 29's Kathy Orr says another round of showers will impact parts of the region between 9 p.m.

A plume of dense smoke was seen rising after two rocket strikes hit Ukraine’s western city of Lviv on Saturday. The Mayor of Lviv says a facility storing fuel is burning after rocket strikes on the city’s outskirts.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) states that due to the unexpected high energy demand during the weekend, the PUCSL has permitted for the existing power cuts to be extended.The decision has been reached at the Ceylon Electricity Board’s request, and accordingly, power cuts for areas P,Q,R,S,T,U,V and W between 9 AM until 3 PM will be extended by one hour for today (27).The existing power cut schedule for today (27) will be thus amended as follows;Sunday Groups PQRSTUVW:1 hour from 9 am until 3 pm2 hours from 3 PM to 11 PMGroups ABCDEFGHIJKL:2 hours and 15 minutes from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM 1 hour 15 minutes from 5:30 PM to 10:30 PMPower Cut Schedule: Click Here

After 31 years of broadcasting teen pregnancies, mysterious illnesses and its trademarked “Who’s the Father” segment, Maury is going off the air.

Covid-19 cases earlier this week, India on Sunday recorded decline in cases once again, logging 1,421 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the updated Union Health Ministry data. Additionally, a total of 149 Covid-19 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, the data further stated. The country's active Covid-19 cases stood at 16,187 on Sunday, the Health Ministry data revealed.

Hong Kong government said in a statement.

An investigation is underway into how a teenager fell to his death late on Thursday at Icon Park in Orlando during the operation of a ride deemed the “tallest free-standing drop tower in the world.”

BOSTON - Boston authorities said one construction worker was killed when part of a building collapsed Saturday."This is a terrible tragedy," Mayor Michelle Wu said to reporters. "My heart goes out to the family and loved ones of the worker here tonight.""Companies working at a partial building collapse at 1 Congress St.," the Boston Fire Department tweeted.According to Boston 25 News, the fire commissioner said the worker was in a bobcat when the floor collapsed and he fell 9 stories.

First Dates bartender Merlin ­Griffiths has given a health update amid his ongoing cancer battle. The Channel 4 star announced that he was diagnosed with bowel cancer in September of last year. He told of how he was set to face a year of treatment with doctors telling him he has a 75% chance of living more than five years.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - MARCH 26: Nnanna Njoku #22 of the Villanova Wildcats celebrates after defeating the Houston Cougars 50-44 in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) ((Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images))SAN ANTONIO - Jermaine Samuels had 16 points and 10 rebounds as Villanova advanced to its third NCAA Final Four in the last six NCAA Tournaments with a grind-it-out 50-44 victory over Houston in the South Region final Saturday.Caleb Daniels added 14 points for the Wildcats (30-7), and fifth-year senior Collin Gillespie's only made field goal was a clutch shot late.With both teams willing to limit possessions, the first spot for this year's Final Four in New Orleans was settled in a game that was ugly to watch with all the missed shots.Villanova shot 28.8% from the field (15 of 52).

Today we are reporting 10,239 community cases, 848 hospitalisations and 4 deaths.

DEPTFORD, N.J. - "You can do anything you set your mind to!" That's the message female firefighters in Deptford are hoping to spread. As Women's History Month comes to a close, it's fitting that Saturday's shift at the Deptford Fire Department featured a company staffed by all women. It's a sight not often seen in the male-dominated field. "It’s very rare, very rare. I mean, we’ve had obviously a couple of us on duty for duty crews together, but this is the first time we’ve done a truck of just females running the station.""We run duty crews in Deptford and they are typically a five-person crew., Jennifer Smith said.

Lin-Manuel Miranda won't be hitting the Oscars red carpet on Sunday. The actor revealed on Saturday that he won't be attending the star-studded awards show out of an abundance of caution for public health.«Made it to Hollywood… This weekend, my wife tested ➕ for COVID,» Miranda, 42, wrote on Twitter. «She's doing fine.

Solar Orbiter (Credit: European Space Agency) The European Space Orbiter reached its closest approach to the sun Saturday, providing researchers with unprecedented detail. According to the European Space Agency, the spacecraft passed at about one-third of the sun-Earth distance, or 30 million miles, around 7:50 a.m. ET. The agency said the spacecraft is now in the orbit of the planet Mercury. The space mission is a project of the European Space Agency in conjunction with NASA.

RaDonda Vaught (Credit: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A former Tennessee nurse is guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a patient who was accidentally given the wrong medication, a jury found Friday.

Visitors view aGrizzly Bear at the Bear and Wolf Recovery Center just outside of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Corbis via Getty Images) BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A Montana man who went missing while hiking earlier this week was killed in a suspected encounter with a grizzly bear north of Yellowstone National Park, authorities said Friday.The victim was identified as Craig Clouatre, 40, of Livingston.

Wilson Ventura-Cruz, 18, was arrested and charged with 1st-degree murder.  READING, Pa. - The Reading Police Department has announced the arrest of a suspect accused of fatally shooting a 19-year-old man on Friday. According to police, the shooting happened on the 1400 block of Schuylkill Avenue around 5:17 p.m. Officers arrived in the area and found the victim dead and were directed toward a car fleeing the scene of the shooting, police say. Authorities say officers located and stopped the vehicle in the 700 block of Schuylkill Avenue.Police identified the driver of the car as the shooting suspect, 18-year-old Wilson Ventura-Cruz, according to police. Ventura-Cruz was taken into custody and charged with 1st-degree murder and related charges. The Reading Police Department is asking anyone with information to contact authorities at 610-655-6116. ___MORE LOCAL HEADLINES___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. - An Illinois man now holds the Missouri paddlefish state record, and he can thank Mother Nature for some of that title.Jim Dain snagged a monster 140-pound, 10-ounce paddlefish on March 18 at the Lake of the Ozarks. The latest record breaks the previous record of 140-pounds, 9-ounces set in 2015 on Table Rock Lake."We went last year and really didn’t have much luck.

RCMP in Fort St. John, B.C., have issued an Amber Alert for two abducted children, possibly travelling with their mother and father.

Philadelphia Police Cruiser PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department are looking into several violent incidents that left at least six people injured Friday night and Saturday morning. According to Philadelphia police, officers with the 25th District responded to the 1200 block of West Silver Street around 9:54 p.m. A 26-year-old man was found inside a residence on the 2700 block of North 11th Street with multiple gunshot wounds, police say. He was transported to Temple University Hospital where he is in stable condition, according to officials. At 10:44 p.m., officers responded to the 7900 block of Roosevelt Boulevard and found a 28-year-old with a graze wound to the chest, authorities say. Officials say, the shooting incident happened on the 2600 block of Ryan Avenue and the victim is in stable condition at Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital. At 12:30 a.m., a shooting victim flagged down police on the 3600 block of Roosevelt Boulevard with a gunshot wound to the buttocks, according to police. Authorities say the shooting happened near Harbison Avenue and Comly Street and the man is at Albert Einstein Medical Center in stable condition. One hour later, officers with the 16th district responded to a call for a shooting victim in a vehicle at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, police say. According to police, the shooting happened on the 5100 block of Haverford Avenue and a 25-year-old man was shot in the thigh. He is in stable condition, police say. ___MORE LOCAL HEADLINESOfficials say a 40-year-old man is in critical condition after being struck by a car on the 2300 block of North 22nd Street around 1:33 a.m. According to authorities, a person was driving southbound on 22nd Street when it veered

Dozens of members with the Philadelphia Fire Department responded to a fire in Kensington on Saturday morning.  PHILADELPHIA - More than 80 members of the Philadelphia Fire Department jumped into action to fight a Saturday morning fire in Kensington. According to fire officials, the fire took place on the 3000 block of Kensington Avenue around 11:50 a.m. It took over one hour to put the fire out. Officials did not release any information on the cause of the fire. ___MORE LOCAL HEADLINES___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Ukraine is developing into a prolonged stalemate, which experts predict will be devastating to the forces on both sides of the conflict as well as to the Ukrainian people.Russia’s unexpected failures on the battlefield have led to a downward spiral in morale amongst its troops that stands in stark contrast to the Ukrainians, according to the latest assessments, who have managed to hold back Russian advances and have even managed to regain territory in recent days.“The Russian commanders have really set their troops up for failure by designing a very stupid invasion and executing it very badly,” said Fred Kagan, a senior fellow and director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.“The ineffectiveness of the campaign is so clear, and the ferociousness of the Ukrainian defence is so obvious … (that) it’s created an equalizer where neither side can move much from where they are now.” How the war in Ukraine stands a month after Russia’s invasion — and what may be next In both his remarks to Global News and an assessment published this week by the Institute for the Study of War, Kagan makes clear a stalemate does not mean the war is over, or that its outcome is certain. Either side could still win, he says — though victory will come at a very high cost.“The damage and devastation to Ukrainian cities is likely to increase even in a period of stalemate,” he said.But he also echoed comments from U.S.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - This weekend, union members are voting on a tentative agreement that was reached between the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and Minneapolis Public Schools to end the strike. If union members approve the agreement, the educators will return to work on Monday, March 28, and students would return to class on Tuesday, March, 29.MPS announced at 4 a.m. Friday, March 25 that a tentative contract agreement has been reached with the MFT and Education Support Professionals (ESPs), ending the strike if ratified.

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WARSAW, Poland (AP) - President Joe Biden on Saturday marveled at the spirit and resolve of Ukrainian refugees in the aftermath of Russia’s deadly invasion as he embraced mothers and children and promised enduring support from Western powers.Biden, while in Poland's capital, listened intently as children described the perilous flight from neighboring Ukraine with their parents. Smiling broadly, he lifted up a young girl in a pink coat and told her she reminded him of his granddaughters.

many COVID-19 mandates starting Monday.“Our current guidance is through April 30, and we are scheduled to update that guidance on April 1,” Broadway League president Charlotte St. Martin said in a statement.