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Pub adds electric fence to remind customers of social distancing

ABCNews.comBY: GUY DAVIES, ABC NEWS(LONDON) — Many proprietors of pubs and restaurants in Britain have been forced to come up with atypical methods to serve customers in a world of social distancing.But while table service, sanitizing stations and one-way systems have become essential to the pub experience, one landlord has gone one step further to protect staff and customers: the installation an electric fence.Jonny McFadden, landlord of the Star Inn in Cornwall, said that the electric fence has so far been effective in helping his ...

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Demand for plastic surgery is up, even with coronavirus

FG Trade/iStockBY: DR. STEPHANIE E. FARBER, ABC NEWS(PITTSBURGH) — With stay-at-home orders leaving many bemoaning their webcam appearances, plastic surgeons have seen a rebound in demand for procedures with the reopening of their offices.“Across the country there has been some pent-up demand," said American Society of Plastic Surgeons President Dr. Lynn Jeffers. "Our statistics show that people are still interested.”Jeffers said breast augmentation and liposuction top the list of most common procedures, according to surveys of plastic surgeons' offices from across the country compiled by ...

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Coronavirus updates: Florida has 48 hospitals with no ICU beds

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy JON HAWORTH and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 573,000 people worldwide.Over 13 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding or downplaying the scope ...

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Olympic star Adam Rippon joins 'What Would You Do?' scenario about coming out

ABCBY: BRIAN MEZERSKI, ABC NEWS(WASHINGTON) — As a young figure skater, Adam Rippon thought he’d have to keep the secret of his sexuality secluded forever.After lacing up his first pair of skates at age 10, years of practicing difficult moves like the triple Lutz helped him to chip away the anxiety of being accepted for who he was.Now 20 years later, with his identity known to the world, Rippon said he’s using his success as an Olympian and openly gay athlete to serve as ...

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Biden unveils ambitious plan to reach 100% clean electricity by 2035, pour trillions into green energy

Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesBY: JOHN VERHOVEK AND MOLLY NAGLE, ABC NEWS(WASHINGTON) — Former vice president Joe Biden unveiled a sweeping new proposal on Tuesday that called for the United States to achieve a carbon-free power sector by 2035 and make a $2 trillion investment over his first four years in office in green energy and infrastructure to combat the threat of climate change.The campaign described the proposal, which would move the nation rapidly toward a quick reduction of its reliance on fossil fuels, as ...

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'Empire' actor Bryshere Gray arrested for domestic violence

FOX/Chuck Hodes(ARIZONA) -- Actor Bryshere Gray, who played Hakeem Lyon on Empire, was arrested Sunday after allegedly assaulting his wife at their Goodyear, Arizona home.Goodyear PD announced on their Facebook Monday that officers responded to a 9-1-1 call by a citizen who was flagged down by a woman at a nearby gas station. The woman claimed she had been assaulted "for several hours" by her husband,” who she identified as Gray.The victim was treated and released for non life-threatening injuries, according to Goodyear PD. "Goodyear ...

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In final days, Alabama Senate race revolves around support from Washington

Zach Gibson/Getty ImagesBY: MEGAN CUNNINGHAM, ABC NEWS(WASHINGTON) — Tuesday's Alabama Senate race has boiled down to one overarching theme: support from President Donald Trump. Though his name isn’t on the ballot, Trump is figuring in heavily in the race to replace one of the most vulnerable Democrats in the Senate.Former senator and Trump appointee U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is running against Tommy Tuberville, the former head coach of the Auburn football team, in a race which has, in the Deep South, revolved completely around ...

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