(SEPTA)PHILADELPHIA - SEPTA is providing the public with assistance in mask-wearing and social distancing beginning Tuesday, officials said.Anyone with questions can feel free to ask SEPTA’s new Social Distancing Coaches.

These coaches will be positioned in key locations throughout SEPTA’s system.Two coaches per location will be on hand at the designated spots to help riders with any questions they may have regarding mask-wearing and social distancing.The first locations the public will find the coaches will be on the Market-Frankford Line at the 69th Street Transportation Center, the Frankford Transportation Center and at the 15th Street Station in Center City.

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Parents, educators rally in Halifax seeking clarity on Nova Scotia’s back-to-school plan

coronavirus pandemic.They also lined up in single file to show much space is required to walk students from one classroom to another while keeping six feet between them.

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Orange County families have trouble connecting to LaunchED for first day of school

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The start of Abigail Dawson's first day of school was not a smooth one as she attempted to log into LaunchED Monday morning.She received a notice around 9:30 a.m.

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Central Bucks School District cites inadequate staff in decision to start school year online

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - Students in Central Bucks School District will start the upcoming school year entirely online until at least Nov. 11.Central Bucks, one of the state's largest districts, will start their school year online on Sept.

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As students head back to school virtually, Florida reports 93 new coronavirus deaths

ORLANDO, Fla. – More than 200,000 Orange County students began the fall semester virtually Monday in Central Florida’s largest school district as the Florida Department of Health continues to confirm thousands of coronavirus cases.Since March, 39,375 children in Florida have tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in seven juvenile deaths, according to the DOH pediatric virus report.

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California's public health director abruptly resigns in midst of coronavirus pandemic

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 27: California Department of Public Health Director and State Health Officer Dr. Sonia Angell (L) speaks as California Gov.

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Health watchdog says Manchester care provider is inadequate in damning report

Chorlton, provides personal care, respite and domestic cleaning to people living in their own homes.The Care Quality Commission (CQC) visited the provider in March and, in a report released on July 29, said 'clear systems and processes were not in place to help keep people safe'.Regulators also found 'policies and procedures to guide staff in safeguarding people were out of date' and the provider had 'yet to access relevant training for staff'.Despite this, staff were able to 'demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the individual needs of people'.When assessing safety monitoring, the watchdog said areas of potential risks ‘had not been appropriately accessed and planned for’.While it was noted that staff had made individual and

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Quebec education minister to provide update on back-to-school plan amid coronavirus crisis

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]As the summer draws to an end, parents and teachers have been pushing the provincial government to provide an update on its plan for the new school year.Quebec is the province with the highest number of cases and deaths attributed to the respiratory illness.

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North Paulding High School switches to digital learning after COVID-19 cases and viral photo

PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. - North Paulding High School officials announced the school will be closed to students on Monday and Tuesday. The announcement comes on the heels of 9 students and staff testing positive for COVID-19.In a letter sent to parents Saturday, principal Gabe Carmona says the school is aware of six students and three staff members who were at school last week and have since tested positive for the virus.Then on Sunday, Paulding County Schools Superintendent Brian Otott sent parents a letter telling them North Paulding High would temporarily switch to digital learning for August 10th and 11th. A copy of the full letter can be read below: AdvertisementThe positive tests come amid the fallout over photos taken by a sophomore

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Shift of covid-19 burden from Maharashtra and Delhi to other states

New Delhi: Even as 80% of the new covid-19 cases continue to emerge from 10 States, there has been a shift of coronavirus burden from Mumbai and Delhi to States like Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.The average of daily cases has increased to 65,000 in last few days which was hovering in between 55000-60000 till last week.

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Lebanon judge questions security chief; Cabinet minister quits over blast

BEIRUT (AP) - A Lebanese judge on Monday began questioning the heads of the country’s security agencies over last week’s devastating blast in Beirut as another Cabinet minister resigned in protest.The Cabinet was scheduled to convene later Monday, amid speculation that the government could resign en masse. Or, if four more ministers resign, the Cabinet would collapse, consigning it to caretaker status until a new one is formed.The massive blast on Aug.

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Renfrewshire Foodbank is ready to help those left struggling due to Covid-19

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Renfrewshire Foodbank is working harder than ever before as dedicated volunteers await an influx of people in need who have been left struggling due to Covid-19.Volunteers at the vital service which helps thousands of people in the local authority say they have numerous services now in place to help people who have been left struggling to make ends meet.More than 7,500 people in Renfrewshire are currently claiming unemployment benefits as a result of the pandemic, making the local authority one of the hardest hit areas in Scotland.But Renfrewshire Foodbank says, thanks to additional funding, it has now secured a number of additional lifelines to give people as much

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Half of coronavirus cases in UK city on lockdown are young people under 30

Young people are fuelling the coronavirus outbreak in Preston as around half the new cases reported last week were people aged under 30.

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Paulding County school reports multiple COVID-19 cases after photo of packed hallways goes viral

DALLAS, Ga. - The principal of North Paulding High School is alerting parents to newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 among students and staff.In a letter sent to parents Saturday, principal Gabe Carmona says the school is aware of six students and three staff members who were at school last week and have since tested positive for the virus.The positive tests come amid the fallout over photos taken by a sophomore showing packed hallways at the school during the first week of classes.Know how the COVID-19 outbreak is impacting GeorgiaHannah Waters, 15, posted the images on Tuesday, which quickly went viral.

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Coronavirus: Only half of Brits would definitely get vaccine for Covid-19, survey warns

Just over half the UK population would be certain or very likely to have a vaccine against coronavirus, with "damaging" misperceptions influencing people's intentions, research suggests.

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Back-to-School: OCPS students brace for first day of virtual learning

Orange County Public Schools will be the first district in Central Florida to log in for the opening of the 2020-2021 school year. Melissa Burstein said her son will begin kindergarten with more than 200,000 students planning to fire up their computers and tablets for LaunchEd.“I’m really upset, honestly,” Burstein said. “You don’t think that your kindergartner is going to be starting school on an iPad.” As a single mother, she said she is relieved a plan is in place and that her son’s elementary school has been organized.

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Coronavirus: Parents threaten legal action over Quebec’s back-to-school plan

Despite health officials warning that Quebec is on the cusp of a second wave of COVID-19 infections, the province is still moving forward with plans to get its students back to school.

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Man arrested after allegedly traveling to meet minor for sexual exploitation, deputies say

A 50-year-old Titusville man has been arrested for allegedly traveling to meet the parent of a child for the purpose of having sex with the parent’s child, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies took into custody Michael Gorycki, who traveled to a location in Brevard County to meet the child’s parents, only to instead be met by deputies at the site.

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Spurs help playoff chances, top Pelicans, Zion 122-113

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs helped their playoff chances. Zion Williamson might have to wait another year for his postseason debut.DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points, Rudy Gay added 19 off the bench and the Spurs wasted much of a 20-point, second-half lead before hanging on to beat New Orleans 122-113 on Sunday and hand a big blow to the Pelicans’ postseason hopes.Dejounte Murray scored 18 for the Spurs.

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Children may need coronavirus tests every week to go back to school in September

Schools should conduct weekly coronavirus tests to open in September, says the Children’s Commissioner.

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The Latest: Spieth says to expect fireworks on back 9 at PGA

SAN FRANCISCO – The latest from the PGA Championship, the first golf major of the year, at TPC Harding Park:___As if the final round of the PGA Championship didn't have enough possibilities, Jordan Spieth finished his final round at Harding Park and said the back nine was set up for good scoring.Spieth said he wouldn't be surprised if someone shot a 30 on the back nine. He said except for the pin at the par-3 11th, most are in spots where birdies can be made.Moments later, Byeong Hun An made a hole-in-one on No.

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Cold War rivalries split the Olympics in Moscow in 1980

U.S. to boycott the first Olympics held in the Soviet Union after Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in December 1979.

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Jennifer Aniston 'sad' that COVID-19 postpones 'Friends' reunion, tries to see 'glass half full'

Jennifer Aniston spoke out about the highly anticipated “Friends” reunion special being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Early reports indicated that the special was going to go into production in mid-August, likely paired down and lacking the previously planned live studio audience.The special will see Aniston joined by co-stars Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry, along with creators Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, reunite on the show's original Warner Bros.

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Native mascots still a sticking point in high school sports

BOUNTIFUL, Utah – At a mostly white high school near Salt Lake City, the steps leading to the football field are covered in red handprints, arrows and drawings of Native American men in headdresses meant to represent the mascot, the Braves. “Welcome to the Dark Side” and “Fight like a Brave” are scrawled next to images of teepees, a tomahawk and a dream catcher.While advocates have made strides in getting Native American symbols and names changed in sports, they say there's still work to do mainly at the high school level, where mascots like Braves, Indians, Warriors, Chiefs and Redskins persist.

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Coronavirus: Many questions remain as German students head back to school

coronavirus pandemic, the country’s famous sense of “Ordnung” has given way to uncertainty, with a hodgepodge of regional regulations that officials acknowledge may or may not work. Coronavirus: Here’s how each province, territory is handling back-to-school “There can’t, and never will be 100 per cent certainty,” said Torsten Kuehne, the official in charge of schools in Pankow, Berlin’s most populous district where 45,000 students go back to school Monday.

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Top cops wants magic mushrooms legalised to help fight UK mental health crisis

mental health crisis, a police chief says.Police and crime commissioner Arfon Jones is calling for a 49-year ban on psilocybin – a key component of the class A drug – to be overturned.He believes it should be reclassified as “a potentially revolutionary medicine” that could save the NHS billions.The drug rose to prominence in the 60s, with musicians including The Beatles taking “trips” using the mushrooms, which give a hallucinogenic effect like LSD.It has been illegal to take the drug since 1971.Jones says a rethink on psilocybin would mean it could be used for clinical trials to help treat PTSD and depression.The north Wales police leader has written to MPs urging them to support his campaign, especially with the pandemic linked

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Your COVID-19 questions answered ahead of the school year

As Canadian schools prepare to reopen in the pandemic, how worried should parents be for their families? What would be the right mask for children to bring to school? And should a whole household be quarantined if a student tests positive? Jeff Semple takes more of your COVID-19 questions to the experts.

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Coronavirus: Large social gatherings causing concern for B.C. health officials

COVID-19 cases emerge from large social gatherings.Three Vancouver police officers and two Vancouver police patrols are in isolation after breaking up an out-of-control party with more than 100 people attending, Ralph Kaisers, president of the Vancouver Police Union, said on social media on Friday.Kaisers told Global News the party took place in an apartment in downtown Vancouver in late July.Between 16 to 20 officers are in self-isolation as a result, Kaisers said.In addition, hundreds of people are now self-isolating following a house party in North Vancouver.“The numbers of contacts related to that are in the 400 range,” B.C. provincial health officer Dr.

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Public health warns of possible coronavirus transmission at Regina Superstore

Saskatchewan Health Authority issued an advisory on Saturday for possible coronavirus transmission through a Regina grocery store.Anyone who has visited the Real Canadian Superstore located on Rochdale Boulevard between 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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Trump to sign coronavirus relief executive orders Saturday to help unemployed Americans, renters

President Trump will sign executives orders Saturday aimed at delivering relief to Americans struggling with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, Fox News has learned.Trump is expected to announce the presidential action during a 3:30 p.m news conference at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, N.J., before heading to the Hamptons for fundraising events.Trump blamed Democrats Friday for the coronavirus deal stalemate in Congress and said he'd take matters into his own hands. Earlier this week, he previewed executive orders that would extend enhanced federal unemployment benefits, suspend payroll taxes until the end of the year, extend a moratorium on evictions and help with student loan payments.RELATED: Virus aid talks

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‘Divisive conversation’: Saskatchewan premier understands back-to-school worries

back-to-school plan are legitimate, the premier said Friday as doctors added to calls for more safety measures when schools reopen in September.Premier Scott Moe said the province’s chief medical officer and his team are looking at whether wearing masks should be mandatory for students and staff because of the COVID-19 pandemic.“There’s a large number of people that want mandatory masks in schools. There’s also a large number of people that don’t want mandatory masks in schools,” Moe said in an interview Friday.

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Families create 'learning pods' amid uncertain school year

Remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic DENVER - The unprecedented uncertainty whipped up by COVID-19 just weeks before the start of the school year is prompting an increasing number of parents to pursue what amounts to an academic side hustle — small-group “learning pods” that families hope will bring some stability amidst the chaos of a global pandemic.“I think it comes down to uncertainty — and I think the only certain thing is that last spring did not go well,” said Julie Simmons, a Boulder mom who administers the Boulder Valley School District Learning Pods Facebook page.

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Fatal Crash in Port Orange leaves one dead, officials ask for public’s help

PORT ORANGE, Fla. – The Port Orange Police Department is investigating a crash that left one driver dead.Officers responded to the crash Saturday morning around 1 a.m.According to police, the crash involved two vehicles and happened near the intersection of Nova Rd. and Madeline Ave.“One driver was pronounced deceased at the scene,” authorities said.

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Sign this petition to help our healthcare heroes get the reward they deserve

You can play a key role in getting healthcare heroes the reward they deserve by signing the Sunday Mirror’s petition on Parliament’s website.

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Back to school: You can now pay for those jeans in installments

the BBB serving Southern Alberta and East Kootenay.“College students may be targeted, high-school students may be targeted, because they may not have all that disposable money at once,” Thomas says.But the financial companies that offer the service tend to take a radically different view, arguing the new incarnation of BNPL can be a cheaper alternative to traditional credit card purchases.“It really is an alternative to a credit card in many ways,” says Wayne Pommen, president and CEO of PayBright, a Canadian payments platform that offers consumers the option to split smaller purchases into four bi-weekly payments or pay for larger expenses in monthly installments.Often, the option to buy now, pay later comes at check-out.

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Half of Direct Provision residents feel unsafe during pandemic - survey

A new survey of people living in Direct Provision has found that just over half of respondents said they did not feel safe where they are living during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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When 'Grey's Anatomy' Returns, It Will Be a Month & A Half Into Coronavirus, Giacomo Gianniotti Says

Giacomo Gianniotti has opened up about the upcoming season of Grey’s Anatomy and revealed just how the show is incorporating their coronavirus storyline.

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Orange County School District reaches agreement with Education Support Professionals Association

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Orange County School District has reached an agreement with the Education Support Professionals Association.The OESPA is the union of custodians, transportation workers, clerical workers, maintenance workers, technology workers, food service workers, paraprofessionals, and uniformed security guards.The district will provide masks and gloves to union members, according to OESPA.MOU highlights: *District is to provide masks, gloves, etc.

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Saskatchewan parents, teachers rally, calling for a safer back-to-school plan

Protests were held across Saskatchewan on Friday as parents, educators doctors and even children spoke out against the provincial government’s back-to-school plan.

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Central Okanagan Public Schools preparing for September

”We believe school will be available for in class instruction for all in the safest way possible and will meet the ministry’s expectations,” said Central Okanagan Public Schools Superintendent Kevin Kaardal.

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Child-care providers keeping safety top of mind following COVID-19 case at Manitoba daycare

COVID-19 at a daycare facility in St. Francois Xavier this week.

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Toronto Public Health criticizes school board over large class sizes

There is more criticism of the back-to-school plan being raised. As Caryn Lieberman, this time it’s Toronto’s public health agency that is raising alarm bells about class sizes.

4 things Orange County Public Schools wants parents to know before Monday

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – On Monday morning, 212,000 students enrolled in Orange County Public Schools will be starting the 2020-2021 school year by logging on virtually on the district’s LaunchEd at home platform. Then on Aug. 21, about 37% of students will return to face-to-face learning. Orange County Public Schools held a news conference at the Academic Center for Excellence with four important things they wanted parents to know ahead of school starting Monday morning. "We know that this start may be choppy and a little rough," said Orange County Public Schools spokesperson Scott Howat.

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PIAA believes school sports can resume despite Wolf's recommendation for a delay

(Photo by Madison Images, Inc./Corbis via Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA - A day after Governor Tom Wolf recommended postponing school sports until January 2021, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) doubled down on its belief that sports can resume safely and called on state reps to join their effort.The association, which oversees both junior high and high school sports, said Friday that the governor's recommendation has a "potential negative impact on student's physical, social, emotional and mental health." A PIAA spokesperson also pointed out the financial inability for student-athletes to participate in league sports outside of school.The recommendation from Wolf’s Health and Education departments applies to

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Social Security COLA Expected To Be Low, Possibly Zero.

USA Today (8/5, Powell) reports experts are predicting that the Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA) for 2021 will be small or nonexistent. The increases are “based on increases in the cost of living, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W),” and the “the year-over-year increase in the CPI-W through the second quarter of 2020 is 0.15%.” That figure could decline to COVID-19-related price deflation.

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3 of 4 new COVID-19 cases in Waterloo Region attributed to travel

Waterloo Region health official ‘disappointed’ over planned anti-masking event in Kitchener Another three people were also cleared of the virus, lifting the total number of resolved cases to 1,258.This means the number of active cases in the region rises by one to 21 including one person who remains in hospital with as a result of COVID-19.The outbreak at Columbia Forest has been declared over. It was first declared on July 23 after a staff member tested positive.There is one remaining active outbreak at A.R.

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Waterloo public school board extends opt-out deadline

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Saskatchewan doctors call for stronger back-to-school measures, mask mandate

Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) says the provincial government’s back-to-school plan needs stronger measures, like a mask mandate, to ensure students are safe when they return to classrooms in September.“Saskatchewan doctors think it’s prudent to set the safety bar higher at the outset, then lower it when we know what we are dealing with,” said SMA president Dr. Barbara Konstantynowicz in a statement.

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