25-mile string of trash on North Carolina beaches may be from Navy ship

GLOUCESTER COUNTY, N.J. - One local church is stepping up to answer their community's call for help to keep their residents happy and healthy in the face of food insecurity.Community members and leaders gathered at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Clarksboro Saturday to cut the ribbon on their new food pantry, and open their doors to new opportunities.The St.

Incandescent materials, ash and smoke are spewed from the Popocatepetl volcano in San Nicolas de los Ranchos, Puebla state, Mexico on May 20, 2023. (Photo by Osvaldo Cantero/AFP via Getty Images) MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico City's two main airports temporarily shut down operations on Saturday due to ash spewing from Popocatepetl volcano, located 45 miles (72 kilometers) southeast of the country's capital.The city's Benito Juarez International airport suspended operations at 4:25 a.m.

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BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. - Reports of a police impersonator in Bucks County have sparked an investigation by a local police department this weekend.The alleged impersonator pulled over a 31-year-old woman as she left a Wawa on West Trenton Avenue in Morrisville around midnight Saturday.Police say the suspect is a man in his 30s wearing a plain dark uniform with a gold badge, carrying a flashlight.

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. - "That's something you don't see every day!"Emergency crews found themselves on the scene of an unusual call - a "ginormous" snapping turtle got itself stuck in a storm drain on a busy Cross Keys Road!Lucky for the turtle, Gloucester Township officers and fire crews dislodged it from the drain with ease and set it free in a nearby pond.And lucky for officials, the snapping turtle appeared to be thankful!"Everyone completed the task with all of their fingers intact!" Gloucester Township police said in a Facebook post on Saturday.

Missouri man is thanking a cow for helping him catch his state fishing record.The Missouri Department of Conservation has announced that John Goad of Jefferson City, Missouri, has tied the current state record for longear sunfish. The previous sole record holder caught their fish on a private pond in Franklin County on July 3, 2021.Goad said he used a throw-line on Frieda Lake in Crawford County on May 8 when he caught the 5-ounce fish. "I’ve been fishing this lake for around 10 years, and I’ve caught crappie, bass, bluegill – all pretty good sizes," Goad said.

GULFPORT, Miss. - A federal judge says he will not block a Mississippi school district from requiring a transgender girl to dress as boy for high school graduation.U.S. District Judge Taylor McNeel filed his order late Friday after holding a hearing on a lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union filed on behalf of the 17-year-old girl against the Harrison County School District.The girl, listed in court papers by her initials L.B., had chosen a dress to wear with her cap and gown Saturday at Harrison Central High School in Gulfport, a coastal town about 160 miles (260 kilometers) south of Jackson.

A Florida man was caught on camera pointing a gun at another man who was making a deposit at an ATM machine.According to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, the victim said he was trying to make a deposit at a drive-thru ATM when an unknown man pulled up behind him in a black Cadillac sedan and started honking his horn.The victim told police he got out of his van to get a deposit slip from the back of the vehicle, and then the two men "exchanged words." That’s when the Cadillac driver stepped out of his car and pulled out a gun.READ MORE: Miami police hunt for nightclub vixen they say drugged, stole $600K jewelry from man she met at Dirty RabbitVideo shows the suspect is a bald man with tattoos who was armed with a semi-automatic handgun with an extended magazine.He’s believed to be in his 40s or 50s and can be heard yelling and cursing at the victim before driving away.Suspect wanted for pointing gun at man in drive-thru ATM line (Broward County Sheriffs Office) Anyone with information is asked to contact BSO Violent Crimes Detective Jennifer Petrofsky at 954-321-4238 or submit a tip through the SaferWatch app.

world – the Bermuda Triangle.The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an area of the Atlantic Ocean between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda that is best known for its stories of ships and airplanes that seemed to have disappeared without a trace.Conspiracy theories on their disappearance include everything from magnetic forces to aliens to methane bubbles to even the Lost City of Atlantis.HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHERAustralian scientist and author Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki explained this week that perhaps the legends aren’t as mysterious as they seem."Well, if you go to the facts, they come from both the United States Coast Guard and the massive insurance company, Lloyd’s of London," he told FOX Weather meteorologist Amy Freeze.

financial planner or advisor to guide decisions on everything from investments to getting out of debt.But as complicated as planning your own finances can be, experts say it’s no simple task getting the right help, either.“There’s still a lot of ambiguity, I find, with financial advisors in Canada to figure out what the heck they do,” says Jason Heath, managing director of Objective Financial Partners.Heath, who is a certified financial planner (CFP), and other experts also say relying on outside advice might not be right for every household budget when the costs of financial planning itself are factored in.Here’s how to decide if a financial planner is right for you, and how to navigate the market to find the right fit.There are many different types of financial guidance you can get, ranging from straightforward advice to hands-on management of your investments.But the first distinction to be made is the difference between a financial advisor and a financial planner.The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) differentiates the more general financial advisors, which could encompass anything from a bank employee to a stock broker to an insurance agent, from the more specific financial planner, which is a type of advisor who helps you make a plan for your long-term savings goals.

Gemma Owen has been flooded with praise and support as she revealed her next move in honour of her brother. The Love Island star has shared that she has become an ambassador for a charity which funds research into the prevention and treatment of blindness and eye disease.

NEW YORK - Timothy Keller, a pastor and best-selling author who founded the influential Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, died Friday morning at home after three-year bout with pancreatic cancer. He was 72.His family announced that he had been in hospice care, and that he died with his wife of 48 years, Kathy, by his side.Keller and his family launched Redeemer in 1989, and the congregation went on to welcome more than 5,000 attendees across its multiple locations each week.A new evangelical church in Manhattan filled with young adults was unique in a city known more for its secularism and the Gothic spires of its older sanctuaries.

PHILADELPHIA - Two people are dead after police say a man fatally shot a woman, then turned the gun on himself overnight in Philadelphia's Olney neighborhood.Officers arrived to find two people shot dead inside a home on the 100 block of East Roosevelt Boulevard around midnight.Both the 27-year-old man and 29-year-old woman were pronounced dead at the scene.Police say the murder-suicide likely stemmed from a domestic dispute as neighbors say they heard arguing from the house throughout most of the day.MORE HEADLINES:Two young boys, ages 4 and 6, were also found at the scene, but it is unclear if they witnessed the shooting. They were transported to St.

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia judge dismissed all charges against a former police officer accused of assaulting a woman who accidentally drove a sport utility vehicle into a 2020 protest — but prosecutors quickly refiled the case.The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the judge's action Friday came after a police officer who was a witness failed to appear Friday for the aggravated assault trial of 42-year-old Darren Kardos. The woman wasn't in court either, but prosecutors said they had video evidence to put the case on without her testimony.The municipal court judge agreed to a defense request to dismiss the case while acknowledging that prosecutors were likely to refile the charges — something Assistant District Attorney Lyandra Retacco said was done later in the day.

MIAMI - Miami police are looking for this woman who they say drugged a man in Miami, then raided his safe of expensive baubles – including a Rolex watch worth half a million.The brunette vixen chatted up the 35-year-old victim May 8 at the trendy Wynwood neighborhood bar The Dirty Rabbit. They headed back to his apartment at the luxury condo tower Paramount Miami Worldcenter at about 5:30 a.m., a police report says."They fell asleep, and when he woke up at about 12 p.m., he noticed the safe in his bedroom was open," according to the report obtained by Fox News Digital.FLORIDA ONLYFANS MODEL COURTNEY CLENNEY SUED BY FAMILY OF SLAIN BOYFRIENDMiami police say this woman drugged and stole $600,000 from a man she met at The Dirty Rabbit in Wynwood. (Miami Police) The woman had made off with a $456,000 Daytona Rainbow Rolex, a $46,000 Sky-Dweller Rolex, $93,000 in gold jewelry, and a $12,500 pair of Cartier sunglasses, according to the Miami Police Department.Authorities said the man had one drink with the woman at his apartment before passing out. As soon as he saw that his valuables were missing, he called 911.Miami police say this woman drugged and stole $600,000 from a man she met at The Dirty Rabbit in Wynwood.

LINCOLN, Neb. - The Nebraska Legislature on Friday approved a 12-week abortion ban and restrictions on gender-affirming care for people younger than 19 in a move so contentious that lawmakers on both sides have said they may be unable to work together in the future.Conservative lawmakers called in a visibly ill colleague so they would have enough votes to end a filibuster and pass a bill with both measures. Republican Gov. Jim Pillen, who pushed for the bill, has promised to sign it into law.The mood in the Nebraska Capitol has been volatile since lawmakers on Tuesday advanced by a single vote the hybrid measure that ties together restrictions that Republicans have pursued across the U.S.

sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury on Friday along with his Canadian-registered business and his Hong Kong firms.The 41-year-old’s company Asia Pacific Links Ltd.

New Delhi: The union health ministry on Saturday said that it has commenced cashless treatment facility for all Central Government Health Scheme or CGHS beneficiaries, serving and pensioners, at six All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). “Patient care facilities available at 6 fully functional AIIMS at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Jodhpur, Raipur and Rishikesh shall be extended to the CGHS beneficiaries on cashless basis. It will be particularly beneficial for the senior citizens (retired pensioner beneficiaries of CGHS) who find it difficult to submit individual reimbursement claims and follow up approvals.

India reported a daily increase of 782 covid-19 cases, marking a decline in the nation's active cases to 8,675, as per the health ministry data on Saturday. With a daily positivity rate of 0.61% and a weekly positivity rate of 0.77%, this marks a continuation of the downtrend seen in recent weeks. In the past three years, the nation has witnessed over 44.9 million cases and recorded 531,824 deaths due to the virus.

Lewis Capaldi has said that he’d be willing to step away from music to protect his mental health if he had to.The artist admitted that fame has proved a detriment to his mental health, and if necessary, he wouldn’t rule out walking away to look after himself.Speaking to Rebecca Judd on Apple Music, he said: “I think on this album in particular I talk a bit more about my mental health, which has taken a beating over the last little while.“I’m managing it better now but I think in 2020 I was kind of glad when we got put in lockdown because I had done my first arena tour in the UK, and we had just done an Australia and Asia tour before that.“I was in a bad way where I was just having panic attacks every single day on stage and I was just shy,” he continued. “I still haven’t quite got there, but it’s interesting that this thing that you love to do and you’ve always wanted to do becomes something that causes you such distress, but such is the modern world.“”If I did another album and my head was scrambled and I felt horrible, right now I’m at a point where I can balance my mental health and how I feel in general.

New York City‘s skyscraper skyline is iconic, but it may be causing the Big Apple to sink, a new study suggests.According to research published by the scientific journal Earth’s Future, the cumulative 1.68 trillion-pound weight of New York City’s buildings is causing the city to sink about one to two millimetres per year on average.The “subsidence rate” — the scientific term for the speed of sinking — was observed by three University of Rhode Island oceanologists and a researcher from the U.S. Geological Survey.

A Quebec woman is issuing a warning to users of online banking, after what she thought was a simple mistake cost her $1,000.

Canadian economists are growing increasingly nervous as the United States inches closer to a potential default due to an impasse in debt ceiling talks.

PHILADELPHIA - A man is dead and two teenagers are injured following a shooting Friday night in Southwest Philadelphia.Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 5600 block of Baltimore Avenue just before 9 p.m.

LOWER MERION, Pa. - Police in Montgomery County took off their badges and laced up their sneakers Friday night to play a friendly game of basketball with some of the local youth. For the eight straight year, the Race for Peace has organized the basketball game as a good-willed effort to strengthen community ties between police and the youngsters. The organization and police both hope that seeing each other on the court will increase the chances they can work together in public."It gives the youth an opportunity to trust the police a little bit more," Quron Banks from Race for Peace said. "There's been some friction in the community, and it bridges gaps between those two, so we can pretty much work together on all the things we need to get done and accomplish great things for our youth."MORE LOCAL HEADLINESFriday's basketball game took place at the Kobe Bryant gym in Upper Merion.

HADDON, N.J. - An amateur performance of School of Rock sparked some controversy at two New Jersey elementary schools after teachers made their students leave the theater due to coarse language. Over 150 fifth grade and third grade students, and accompanying staff and chaperons, from Hartford Upper Elementary School and Kellman Brown Academy left a midday performance at the Ritz Theater in Haddon Township.Kelly Hill chaperoned the field trip for her fifth grade daughter, and said while there was some language that may have been inappropriate, she was caught off-guard by the teachers decision. "I really didn't understand what was going on, I just saw one of the teachers get the kids in the front row and have them all stand up and walk out," Hill said. MORE LOCAL HEADLINES"It was enough where I thought to myself like ‘the school is going to get some phone calls later' but I didn't think we would leave because of it."The Ritz Theater Company claims it spoke with both schools before the Wednesday performance and explained that the show contains occasional strong language. The theater posted about the incident on their Facebook page and called the walk-out "a disservice to the cast and crew who all took the time to perform the show."Hill returned to the Ritz Theater with her daughter on Friday night to watch the performance in-full.

Authorities say Norelis Mendoza, 32, of Lindenwold, was found dead on the side of Route 440 near the Jersey City border. JERSEY CITY, N.J. - A New Jersey man is being charged in the murder of a missing Camden County woman whose body was found on the side of a highway near Jersey City. The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office announced several charges against 35-year-old Gregory Mallard in the death of missing Lindenwold woman 32-year-old Norelis Mendoza. The murder, according to prosecutors, is being investigated as an act of domestic violence. Mendoza was reported missing Sunday after she was last seen in Jersey City the previous day.

Brendan Shanahan started the week wanting to keep Kyle Dubas in the fold.A stunning, roller-coaster five days culminated with the Toronto Maple Leafs now in the market for a new general manager ahead of what could be a defining summer for the success-starved Original Six franchise.Shanahan, the team’s president, fired his 37-year-old GM on Friday, bringing an end to a tumultuous stretch that began with Dubas stating publicly Monday he wasn’t certain he wanted to remain in the role.The Leafs said in a press release issued shortly after 12 p.m. ET the organization was “parting ways” with Dubas, whose contract was set to expire June 30, after five seasons in charge.But in a detailed opening statement that lasted more than 11 minutes at a press conference in the bowels of Scotiabank Arena some three hours later, Shanahan said he decided to hand Dubas his walking papers that morning.

PHILADELPHIA - A man is dead after police say he was shot several times inside a Philadelphia barber shop Friday night. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 3000 block of Kensington Avenue around 7:30 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia music teacher is keeping her students on beat, despite losing all of her instruments in devastating fire that gutted the entire school building.The Mother of Consolation Parish School in Chestnut Hill went up in flames on Mar. 12, and took with it Elise Malizia's 30-year collection of instruments, CDs and music books. "I lost everything in my classroom – everything," Maliia told FOX 29's Joyce Evans. Despite the loss, she continued to help her students get ready for their spring concert at a chapel on the campus of Chestnut Hill College. "It's such a beautiful thing to be in music education and see the growth and development still happening after a fire, and happening so beautifully," Malizia said. Two months after the fire, there is still no timetable for when the school will be rebuilt.

RELATED: Taylor Swift interrupts Philadelphia show to defend fan against security guardAfter getting tickets for the popular tour, Watson knew it was an ideal time to propose. Walston told the social news platform Storyful that he and his significant other have been dating for three years, and their fans of Swift. He told Storyful that Swift’s song "has a special meaning" to his girlfriend Jenna, and she told him she wanted the tune to be their "first dance" at their wedding. RELATED: Massachusetts lawmakers introduce 'Taylor Swift Bill' to require transparent ticket pricing following debacleWhile in the hotel room, Walston shared with Storyful that he wrote a note to people attending the concert who would be seated around them. "In the note, I asked to be recorded during Lover as I planned to propose," Walston explained to Storyful. The touching moment was captured on video by another person at the concert, who Walston said agreed to film it after getting a note from him. This story was reported from Washington, D.C. 

A passenger on board a Royal Caribbean cruise ship is missing after they went overboard Tuesday evening during a trip from Brisbane, Australia to Honolulu, Hawaii.

banned firearms as it continues to rework some controversial gun control amendments.Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino made the announcement Wednesday morning, in what Ottawa is touting as a “significant step” towards the launch of the Firearms Buyback Program.The Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association (CSAAA), which represents the hunting and sport shooting industry in Canada, will work in collaboration with Public Safety Canada and retailers.The first phase of the program set to begin later this year will focus on businesses with banned firearms in their possession, according to a government statement.The CSAAA will help identify the number and types of banned firearms that are held by businesses and try to “streamline” the buyback process, the statement said.The second phase, which will come later but with no clear timeline yet, will focus on individual gun owners and will not involve the CSAAA.The Liberal government banned some 1,500 models and variants of firearms, including the AR-15 and Ruger Mini-14, through an order-in-council in May 2020.The proposed buyback program would require owners to either sell these firearms to the government or have them rendered inoperable at federal expense.“The successful implementation of this program is no small feat, and we appreciate the expertise of the Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association,” said Mendicino in a statement.“This is the first step towards getting assault-style firearms out of our communities,” he added.In February, the federal government withdrew an amendment to the federal bill that would have spelled out in law the various models covered by a ban on assault-style guns.Automatic firearms are already prohibited in Canada.The Liberals

The new Omicron sub-variant has begun to spread across the world.