LOS ANGELES - While it may already feel like summer, the first official day of the season officially kicks off Sunday, when many cultures from around the world celebrate and recognize the significance of the summer solstice.

But what is the summer solstice and why is it the longest day of the year? Here are some facts about the significant day.The summer solstice, which also marks the onset of summer, occurs when one of the Earth’s poles has its maximum tilt toward the sun.This occurs twice yearly, once in each hemisphere. RELATED: PHOTOS: Saharan dust brings beautiful skies to FloridaFor example, the summer solstice happens between June 20-22 in the northern hemisphere and between December 21-22 in the southern hemisphere (which the U.S..

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B.C. reports 229 new COVID-19 cases over 72 hours as seven-day average dips below 100

COVID-19 over the past three days along with three additional deaths.There were 94 cases from Friday to Saturday while 90 cases were reported from Saturday to Sunday. There were 45 cases recorded from Sunday to Monday, the lowest reported single-day number since the BC Centre for Disease Control reported 45 new cases on Aug.

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Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Jun 21, 2021

Respiratory virus detections and ambulatory antibiotic prescribing rates for respiratory tract infections (RTIs) fell dramatically during the pandemic compared with previous years, a finding that could have implications for future antibiotic stewardship and public health strategies, researchers from the University of Wisconsin reported today in JAMA Internal Medicine. Using surveillance data from the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hyg

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News Scan for Jun 21, 2021

In Brooklyn, New York, communities with higher rates of poverty and minorities may have less access to COVID-19 vaccination sites, according to a JAMA Network Open research letter late last week.The researchers looked at Brooklyn's 18 communities and found

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Covid vaccination: MP administers highest vaccine doses in a day, Bengaluru tops city rank. State-wise details

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US says delay in sharing Covid vaccines is due to logistical challenges

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Michigan dad witnesses head-on crash that kills daughters on Father's Day

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) - Michigan State Police said a father of two young women watched a car cross the I-75 median to avoid an accident and hit his daughter's car, killing them both.According to police, the crash happened around 2:30 p.m.

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Quebec reports under 100 COVID-19 cases for first time since last summer

COVID-19 cases Monday, marking the first time the province’s daily tally of infections has been under the 100 mark since last August.As the situation continues to improve, health officials say there are no additional deaths attributable to the pandemic to report.When it comes to immunization, another 60,990 doses of the novel coronavirus vaccine were administered since the last report. So far, more than 7.3 million shots have been administered.Anyone who is 30 and older can now move up their appointment for their booster shot.

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'Well done India!' PM Modi tweets as country administers record 75 lakh Covid vaccine doses in a day

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Child Tax Credit 2021: Here's who will receive monthly payments

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is working to make sure eligible families are aware of the upcoming monthly child payments, part of the expanded child tax credit under President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.Automatic payments from the Child Tax Credit will begin hitting bank accounts and mailboxes on July 15.

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Amarnath Yatra cancelled for 2nd consecutive year due to Covid; shrine board to arrange online darshan

Amarnath Shrine Board said it will arrange online darshan for devotees worldwide.

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London, Ont., nurse mourning 24-year-old brother who died of COVID-19

Editor’s note: To protect the identities of the deceased and his family, 980 CFPL has used alternative names for Amber and Josh. A phone call woke Amber* up at 3 a.m. on Wed.

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Over 47 lakh Covid vaccine doses given in a day under India's new vaccination policy

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Delhi clocks 89 Covid cases, lowest in nearly a year; 11 deaths in 24 hours

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Nicola Sturgeon receives second dose of covid jab as she urges Scots to 'roll up your sleeve'

First Minister took to social media to thank the staff at the covid hospital in the SSE Hydro for helping with the vaccination programme. In her message Sturgeon also urged her fellow Scots to make sure they get their second dose of the jab when invited for an appointment.

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Nominate your pandemic heroes in the Health and Care Champion Awards

Following a forced break due to Covid-19 in 2020, nominations are now open for the Greater Manchester Health and Care Champion Awards 2021.

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St Helens have another game postponed due to Covid cases at rival club

St Helens' game against Hull KR has been postponed after fresh coronavirus cases left Rovers unable to fulfil the fixture.

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GMB's Susanna Reid fumes at government minister as she grills him over Covid travel

Susanna Reid has been praised by ITV viewers after she gave one particular government minister a real grilling live on air.This comes after Business minister Kwasi Kwarteng appeared on Good Morning Britain on Monday to discuss Covid travel rules and vaccinations.This comes as foreign holidays for Brits could yet another setback amid the rise of the Delta variant, which is between 40 and 80 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha (Kent) strain.Less than a dozen countries have been on the UK's green list of travel destinations, which is set to be reviewed again at the end of the month.PM Boris Johnson recently admitted he was "so concerned" about the new strain and that it was "spreading faster than the third wave predicted in the February

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10-12 lakh Covid vaccine doses a day from next month: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

free vaccination policy for all kickstarted today, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that his government plans to administer 6 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses per day from today. This will eventually go up to 10 to 12 lakh doses per day from July first week, he added.

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Photos released of gunman in triple shooting that wounded 11-year-old and his father

DETROIT (FOX 2) - Detroit police have released photos of a suspect wanted in a triple shooting including an 11-year-old boy and his father Sunday morning on St. Marys and Plymouth Road.

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Father's Day weekend plagued by gun violence across Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - The surge of gun violence in Philadelphia continued over Father's Day weekend with more than a dozen shootings including three triple shootings that injured a 3-year-old and a young teen.Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department on Saturday afternoon were called to the 1600 block of North 55th Street for reports of gunfire. Investigators said two 23-year-old men and a 3-year-old boy arrived at Penn Presbyterian Hospital suffering from gunshot wounds.

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COVID-19: 3 die from Delta variant in this Madhya Pradesh district

Delta variant of COVID-19 died in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri, district hospital confirmed. COVID-19 Delta variant was first identified in India.

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Police: 14-year-old boy hurt in North Philadelphia triple shooting

Police say a 14-year-old and two adult were critically hurt in a shooting Sunday in West Philadelphia. NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Police say a 14-year-old is hurt and two adults are in critical condition following a shooting on Father's Day. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 2600 block of West Seltzer Street just after 7 p.m.

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Sesame Street creates family with two gay dads during Pride month

Two husbands, Dave and Frank, appeared on Sesame Street for "Family Day." (2021 Sesame Workshop / Richard Termine) A new family stopped by Sesame Street during Pride month, featuring two gay fathers.The show introduced the new characters Thursday as part of its "Family Day" episode.The episode featured Dave and his husband, Frank. The two men have a daughter named Mia who they took to Sesame Street for the Family Day celebration. The show didn’t provide any story background on the family, nor did it talk in-depth about the subject of same-sex marriages.

‘We can start living again’: 2nd-dose seekers line up for 1st dose drop-in vaccine clinics in B.C. interior

COVID-19 vaccine clinics to urban neighbourhoods in Kelowna, West Kelowna, Kamloops, Vernon, Penticton, and Salmon Arm starting next week.The first shot drop-in clinics are targeting B.C.

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Mrs Brown's Boys spin-off show axed by BBC due to coronavirus restrictions

Mrs Brown's Boys chat show All Round to Mrs Brown’s has been axed.Bosses have had to scrap the show, which stars Brendan O’Carroll as "mammy” Mrs Agnes Brown, due to coronavirus.A TV insider said: "Execs have tried just about everything to get this year’s series made, but the restrictions have made it impossible."It’s the first year since the show started that it won’t be airing.“It’s such a shame for everyone involved and of course its millions of viewers."All Round To Mrs Brown’s usually airs in the spring and pulls in bumper ratings for the Beeb.Losing it from the schedule has caused a major headache for execs.

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New on-street seating not covered by alcohol licences - gardaí

Gardaí have said that people cannot drink alcohol in seating spaces recently set up on streets in front of bars and restaurants, which are not covered by their licences.

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Father’s Day celebrations kick off ‘summer of freedom’ from virus

Restaurants and bars are open, some perhaps without capacity limits. People are returning to work.

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SAGE scientists say winter lockdowns are likely - but not due to Covid

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85,907 Covid vaccine doses administered in Delhi on Saturday: MLA Atishi

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Leaving Cert 2021: 'A lot of students lost motivation'

Like thousands of other students currently sitting the Leaving Cert, Cain Hopkins, a 17-year-old from Dublin, spent a large portion of his final year at his desk, in front of a screen.

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Over 3,85,000 died due to COVID-19, numbers likely to increase: Centre to SC

New Delhi: The Central government, in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, said that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 3,85,000 deaths, a number which is likely to increase further.

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Celebrate Father’s Day with these famous movie dads on Tubi

Air Force One (1997) - Starring Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, William H. Macy"Harrison Ford portrays a Vietnam vet and U.S President whose Air Force One flight with the First Family is hijacked by a terrorist bent on revenge."Any Given Sunday (1999) - Starring Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J"Pressured by the franchise owner, the coach of a once great, now losing football team struggles with a very personal choice between two quarterbacks."Draft Day (2013) - Starring Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Sam Elliot, Chadwick Boseman"On NFL Draft Day, General Manager Sonny Weaver Jr.

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Madhya Pardesh to mark International Yoga Day with Covid vaccination mega drive

International Day of Yoga with a mega vaccination drive against novel coronavirus on Monday. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged religious leaders, volunteer organisations, social workers, political parties, MPs, ministers, MLAs and public representatives to help make this initiative a success.

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Weather Authority: Mostly sunny Father's Day with chance of p.m. rain

PHILADELPHIA - Rain showers will continue to move offshore overnight leading to a sunny Father's Day with temperatures expected to reach 90 degrees. Morning conditions will start off with a healthy mix of sun and clouds as temperatures sit in the low-to-mid 70s. By noon, temperatures will climb into the 80s as clouds become more prevalent. FOX 29's Scott Williams says scattered rain showers will impact the region around 3 p.m.

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Belgium bans Britain travellers due to covid-19 variant

Belgium will ban entry to non-EU travellers from Britain in order to limit the spread of a Covid-19 variant that has forced London to delay the lifting of its pandemic curbs.

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Father’s Day 2021: Brands launch heartwarming pandemic themed campaigns

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Juneteenth: New federal holiday pressures US companies to give day off

NEW YORK (AP) - The declaration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday is putting the pressure on more U.S. companies to give their employees the day off, accelerating a movement that took off last year in response to the racial justice protests that swept the country.Hundreds of top companies had already pledged last year to observe Juneteenth in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd and the national reckoning on racism that followed.But most private companies take their cues from the federal government — the country's largest employer — in drawing up their holiday calendars.

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No new community cases; 4 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation

There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today.

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Police: 3 hurt in second triple shooting in West Philadelphia on Saturday

Police say three people were injured by gunfire in West Philadelphia just blocks away from where a child was wounded during a deadly shooting. WEST PHILADELPHIA - Hours after two people were killed and a child was injured during a shooting in West Philadelphia, police say three more people were injured by gunfire just blocks away.According to police, a 21-year-old man was shot twice in the back and a 36-year-old woman was hit in the leg on the 5900 block of Lansdowne Avenue around 7:30 p.m. Both victims were driven to Lankenau Hospital and are expected to survive, according to police. A third victim, an 18-year-old man, was taken to the hospital by police with a graze wound to the back of the head.

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Ways to save the most on Amazon Prime Day

HOUSTON - Amazon Prime Day, one of the biggest sales of the year, is June 21 - 22. It's expected to be twice as big as last year, with two million items on sale.SIGN UP FOR FOX 26 HOUSTON EMAIL ALERTSAmazon Prime Day begins at 2:00 a.m.

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COVID-19: Alberta reports 127 new cases, 6 more deaths on Saturday

COVID-19 cases and six deaths from the disease on Saturday.However, the number of active cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions continued to decline. COVID-19: Alberta public health measures to end on July 1 In the Calgary zone, a woman in her 60s with comorbidities, a man in his 60s without comorbidities and a man in his 80s without comorbidities died.Two people died in the Edmonton zone: a man in his 50s without comorbidities and a man in his 70s with comorbidities.A woman in her 60s without comorbidities died in the North zone.

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3-year-old hurt in West Philadelphia triple shooting that killed 2, police say

WEST PHILADELPHIA - Two people were killed and a 3-year-old child was hurt during a triple shooting Saturday afternoon in West Philadelphia, according to police. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department said all three victims arrived at Penn Presbyterian Hospital just before 2:30 p.m. suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Two 23-year-old men were shot throughout the body and pronounced dead just before 3 p.m., police said. A 3-year-old boy who was shot three times in the right leg is in stable condition, according to police. Authorities did not announce any arrests immediately following the deadly shooting.

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3-year-old injured in West Philadelphia triple shooting that killed 2, police say

WEST PHILADELPHIA - Two people were killed Saturday afternoon during a triple shooting in West Philadelphia that also injured a 3-year-old child, according to police. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department said all three victims arrived at Penn Presbyterian Hospital just before 2:30 p.m. suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Two 23-year-old men were shot throughout the body, police said.

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Government could ditch 10-day quarantine for people who've had two Covid vaccines

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxPeople who have had two Covid-19 jabs and come into contact with someone infected with the virus may soon be spared 10 days of self-isolating.Officials are reportedly considering scrapping the mandatory quarantine period under plans to use daily tests instead.The Times reported that Health Secretary Matt Hancock is said to be keen to replace quarantine with daily testing, but that the policy will only be approved after Professor Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England, is satisfied with the results of a study involving 40,000 people.Linda Bauld, professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh, told Times Radio it is

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