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Philly to dim lights to make it safer for birds in flight

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The lights of Philadelphia might not shine as bright in the coming weeks as a coalition in the City of Brotherly Love tries to prevent millions of migrating birds that pass through twice a year from slamming into skyscrapers and crashing to the sidewalk. Bird Safe Philly on Thursday announced the Lights Out Philly initiative. The voluntary program, which is in 33 other cities, seeks to turn off or dim as many external and internal lights in buildings during the spring and fall. Scientists estimate between 365 million and one billion birds are killed by collisions with buildings or other outdoor structures in the U.S. every year.

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

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MARCH 5 – 11, 2021 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by the Associated Press from the Europe and Africa regions. The gallery was curated by AP photographer Pavel Golovkin in Moscow. Follow AP visual journalism: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews AP Images on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP_Images AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com Categories: AP…

The Latest: Japan to tighten border control against variants

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TOKYO — Transportation minister Kazuyoshi Akaba says Japan will tighten border controls and limit the number of entrants to up to 2,000 per day to guard against the more contagious variants of the coronavirus. Japan has confirmed 345 cases of the more contagious new variants, mostly the kind first found in Britain, the health ministry said. The health authorities have…

The Latest: Biden urges Americans to ‘stick with the rules’

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package (all times local): 8:30 p.m. President Joe Biden is urging Americans to “stick with the rules” as he wraps up his address to the nation on the one-year anniversary of the beginning of coronavirus pandemic. He is voicing optimism that the United States will edge toward…

Biden Aims For Quicker Shots, Virus ‘Independence’ By July 4

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Official portrait of Vice President Joe Biden in his West Wing Office at the White House, Jan. 10, 2013. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any…

VIRUS TODAY: Biden signs aid bill; ex-presidents get shots

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Here’s what’s happening Thursday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.: THE NUMBERS: VACCINES: More than 64.0 million people, or 19.3% of the U.S. population, have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some 33.8 million people have completed their vaccination, or 10.2% of the population. CASES: The seven-day…

Vermont’s Peter Hall, US court of appeals judge, dies at 72

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The Vermont judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has died. Judge Peter Hall died Thursday at the Rutland Regional Medical Center in Rutland. Hall’s judicial assistant Rose Rizzico, who confirmed his death, said he had been suffering from cancer. Hall was appointed to the seat on the New York appeals court in 2004 by former President George W. Bush. Before he was appointed a judge, Hall had served as Vermont’s United States attorney, as a federal prosecutor and in private practice. Vermont U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy said Hall was a good friend and Vermont and the country are richer for his years of service.