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The Better Business Bureau is warning shoppers of the risk of online shopping scams as the busy holiday shopping season gets underway. (Courtesy of Better Business Bureau)

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FILE - Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. A lawyer for Sandy Hook families said Monday that significant punitive damages need to be imposed on Jones to deter him and other conspiracy theorists from continuing to tell their followers the 2012 Newtown shooting was a hoax. Attorney Christopher Mattei's comments came during a video conference hearing before a Connecticut judge on how much punitive damages the Infowars host and his company, Free Speech Systems, should pay victims' families. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

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        Now allowed:

        Personal outdoor gatherings up to 50 people and personal indoor gathers of five other people or one household.

        Church services up to 50 people or 10 per cent capacity of the building for larger congregations.

        Outdoor organized gatherings of 50 people and indoor organized gathers of 10 people with COVID safety plan in effect.

        Indoor and outdoor dining for up to six people not restricted household or bubble.

        Gradual return to workplace.

        Indoor low intensity group exercise allowed with limited capacity, outdoor games and practices for both adults and youth group/team sports.

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