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The GBI is hoping you can identify a hiker found dead on the Appalachian Trail. (GBI) ATLANTA - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said investigators identified a man found on the Appalachian Trail in Fannin County. The GBI said the hiker was 41-year-old Pennsylvania resident Stephen Lucas Ryan.Investigators from the GBI crime lab, FBI and National Missing and Unidentified Persons System collaborated to positively identify the man.Officials said he was found on Jan.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (FOX 2) - The results of an independent autopsy performed on Patrick Lyoya will be shared Tuesday morning.Lyoya, 26, was shot and killed by a Grand Rapids police officer April 4.Related: Patrick Lyoya's funeral scheduled for FridayHe was pulled over on Griggs near Nelson just after 8:10 a.m.

West Philadelphia bike shop allows kids to learn about bikes all while earning their own. PHILADELPHIA, Pa - To a lot of kids, a bicycle is a symbol of freedom.

PHILADELPHIA - A spring nor'easter will impact the Delaware Valley Monday night with bouts of heavy rain and strong wind gusts that will continue into early Tuesday morning. Forecasters expect scattered showers to move in from the southwest during the mid-to-late afternoon and organize during the evening to engulf the region. Temperatures that hovered around 50 degrees on Monday will dip into the mid-40s overnight. FOX 29's Scott Williams says winds will gust close to 30 MPH. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for parts of the Lehigh Valley, including the Poconos, where they could see 3-6 inches of snow.The nor'easter will move out of the region ahead of Tuesday morning's commute.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa - The Philadelphia Police Department announced the newest member of its executive team on Monday in an historic appointment of a new position.Leslie Marant will be joining the police department as Chief Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer. The position has been established to oversee diversity and inclusion efforts throughout the department.The lifelong Philadelphian is a Temple University graduate who has over 20 years of service with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania as a staff attorney. Marant is the former Chief of Staff for Universal Education Company as well as the former Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.

A federal judge in Florida today struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mask mandate for airline flight and other travel, just days after the agency extended it by 2 weeks to assess activity related to the BA.2 SARS-CoV-2 subvariant.

LOS ANGELES - One of the men convicted in the 2018 death of rapper Mac Miller was sentenced Monday to 131 months — just shy of 11 years — for his role in supplying the late rapper fentanyl-laced pills which led to his fatal overdose in 2018.Ryan Reaves, 39, pleaded guilty last year to distributing fentanyl.Two others were also charged. Stephen Walter, 49, of Westwood, pleaded guilty to the distribution charge and is awaiting sentencing.

(Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania's acting health secretary is leaving the job and Gov.

Worldwide, 49% of COVID-19 survivors reported persistent symptoms 4 months after diagnosis, estimates a meta-analysis of 31 studies published late last week in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

FILE - A police patrol car sits in a neighborhood. The teenager, identified by local news media as Avery Cormier, was woken up by the sound of the intruder.

An image of a woman holding a cell phone in front of a LinkedIn logo displayed on a computer screen.On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) LinkedIn users can now add "Stay-at-Home Mom," "Stay-at-Home Dad," or "Stay-at-Home Parent" to their list of job titles.The professional networking social media site recently added the options.

The NYPD secures and investigates the scene of Orsolya Gaal's murder. (Fox News) NEW YORK - A married mother of two was stabbed nearly 60 times after she allegedly met up with a man at her $2 million New York City home while her teen son was upstairs, according to a new report.MURDAUGH DOUBLE MURDERS: SOUTH CAROLINA INVESTIGATORS RELEASE HARROWING 911 CALLSA preliminary autopsy revealed that Orsolya Gaal, 51, received 60 sharp blunt force injuries to her neck, torso and left arm, police sources told the New York Post. Her carotid artery and trachea had been sliced, and she had wounds on her fingers and the palms of her hands, the newspaper reported. Gaal allegedly told her 13-year-old son Friday that she was going out to watch a show but later met up with another man, police sources told WPIX.Gaal’s husband and older 17-year-old son were out of town scoping out colleges.The unidentified man allegedly killed Gaal in the basement of her home and then used her phone to send an ominous text to her businessman husband Howard Klein, "Your whole family is next!" police sources told WPIX.Gaal’s bloodied corpse was found stuffed inside a hockey duffel bag just after 8 a.m.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S.

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ORLANDO, Fla. - The forensic investigation into how 14-year-old Tyre Sampson fell to his death from the Orlando FreeFall drop tower ride at ICON Park concluded that one of the ride's harness sensors had been manually adjusted, falsely providing a safety OK, when Sampson was, in fact, not properly secured, according to the report's findings.Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said that findings by Quest Engineering, a forensics company hired by the state, determined that the operator of the Orlando FreeFall made manual adjustments to the ride's harness sensor "resulting in it being unsafe.""The report confirms that manual adjustments had been made to the sensor for the seat in question that allowed the harness to restraints opening to be almost double that of the normal restraints opening range," Fried said during a Monday afternoon press conference."These misadjustments allowed the safety lights to illuminate improperly satisfying the rides electronic safety mechanisms, that allowed the ride to operate even though Mr. Sampson was not properly secured in the seat."You can view a copy of Quest Engineering's report below.Fried said that there are many other potential contributing factors that may have played a role in the incident and the investigation continues. The drop tower will remain closed indefinitely, Fried said. Fried promised earlier this month a "complete and thorough investigation" into how Tyre Sampson fell from the Orlando FreeFall drop tower at ICON Park.

LINCOLN CITY, Ore. - Wesley Culver knows how to turn healing into an art form after battling cancer. The 17-year-old from Lincoln City, Oregon, said he was diagnosed with leukemia in December 2019. His cancer went into remission in 2021. Leukemia is the cancer of white blood cells that develops in the bone marrow and spreads into the blood and into other organs of the body, according to the U.S.

COLOMBO (News 1st); 21 new State Ministers took oaths in the presence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday (18).1. Professor G. L.

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. - A former personal assistant to Amber Heard said she never saw the actress suffer any physical abuse at the hands of then-husband Johnny Depp — but she said Heard once spit in her face when she asked for a higher salary.Heard descended into screaming fits of blind rage, sent incoherent text messages at 4 a.m. and was often drunk and high on illegal drugs, Kate James testified in a video deposition that was played in court Thursday during the trial for Depp's libel suit against Heard.Depp, on the other hand, was very calm, almost shy, "like a total Southern gentleman," James said.The "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor has accused Heard of indirectly defaming him in a 2018 opinion piece that she wrote for The Washington Post.

The Resilient Drug Supply Project (RDSP) has built the world's largest database on pharmaceutical manufacturing, procurement, and distribution. Composed of more than 60 public and proprietary datasets, it can monitor the drug supply chain from start to finish and predict likely shortages of essential drugs affecting the United States.

WASHINGTON - Monday is Tax Day 2022, the federal deadline to file income tax returns and pay taxes owed, and the IRS expects millions of last-minute filings both electronically and through the mail. The IRS said that as of April 8, it had received more than 103 million returns for this tax season. For comparison, last year more than 169 million people completed an income tax return by the end of the year. That probably leaves nearly 40% of this year's taxpayers still unaccounted for, with many scrambling to submit their documents by Monday.Meanwhile, some 15 million taxpayers are expected to request an extension of time to file, according to the agency.

FILE-President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his Administration efforts to make more in America. Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is taking a key step toward ensuring that federal dollars will support U.S.

Alex Jones, the founder of right-wing media group Infowars, addresses a crowd of pro-Trump protesters after they storm the grounds of the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) VICTORIA, Texas (AP) - Infowars filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website's founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.The bankruptcy filing Sunday in Texas puts civil litigation on hold while the business reorganizes its finances.In its court filing, Infowars said it had estimated assets of $50,000 or less and estimated liabilities of $1 million to $10 million.

BOSTON, MA - APRIL 16: Runners in the men's professional race run shortly after crossing the starting line of the BAA Invitational Mile on April 16, 2022, on Boylston Street in Boston, MA. (Photo by Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) HOPKINTON, Mass. - Runners were gearing up for the Boston Marathon on Monday, marking the return of the prestigious race to its springtime spot for the first time since the pandemic began.Race Director Dave McGillivray sent a group of about 20 from the Massachusetts National Guard that walks the course annually out at 6 a.m., announcing the start in Hopkinton of the 126th Boston Marathon.

PHILADELPHIA - Despite public frustration and a pending lawsuit, Philadelphia is reinforcing its indoor mask mandate Monday. One week ago, Philadelphia's Department of Public Health announced the reinstatement of the city's indoor mask mandate after a rise in COVID-19 cases. The department said coronavirus cases increased by more than 50% in a ten-day span in the city where there's now an average of 142 new cases per day, according to Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole.

According to a survey done by Angus Reid Institute one-fifth of Canadians, or 19 per cent, see themselves as non-believers when it comes to religion, with about 46 per cent considering themselves to be spiritually uncertain.

PHILADELPHIA - Tyrese Maxey had the breakout game of his young career, scoring 21 of his playoff career-high 38 points in the third quarter to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 131-111 victory over the Toronto Raptors in Game 1 on Saturday night.James Harden had 22 points and 14 assists in his first Eastern Conference playoff game as a Sixer. Joel Embiid, the NBA scoring champion, had 19 points and 15 rebounds. They combined to only make 11 of 32 shots from the floor.Tobias Harris scored 26 points for the Sixers, trying to get past the second round for the first time since 2001.

COVID patients in the last 24 hours, the active cases saw a minor decline to 11,542 which account for 0.03 per cent of the total cases.

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Western leaders have been quick to condemn Russia’s invasion. But many others have stayed neutral or muted, with some even blaming the West for what’s happening in Ukraine.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) complaint lodged in the Southern District of New York district court on Thursday. Sidoo and seven other people wee named.The complaint describes a scheme that operated from 2006 to 2020. David Sidoo, B.C.

COON RAPIDS, Minn (Fox 9) - A Minnesota couple visiting Mexico was murdered by gunmen on a highway near the popular tourist destination of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, according to reports in Mexican media outlets and an online fundraiser organized by the family to pay for the funeral costs. Miguel Abrego Hurtado and Leticia Carrillo Arellano of Coon Rapids, Minn. were reportedly shot on April 7.

Photo courtesy of A Future Super Hero and Friends VICTORVILLE, Calif. - Just days ago, Ava and her family were lined up to take pictures with the Easter Bunny at the Victor Valley Mall in Victorville. But those photos never happened. The nine-year-old girl was hospitalized after being hit by bullets. The alleged shooter, the owner of a shoe store at the mall, was firing a gun at suspected shoplifters, but hit Ava instead.

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA - APRIL 17: Jordan Ellis #31 of New Orleans Breakers scores a touchdown as Josh Banderas #52 of Philadelphia Stars defends in the third quarter of the game at Protective Stadium on April 17, 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama. (Photo by The New Orleans Breakers started off their United States Football League season with a bruising 23-17 victory over the Philadelphia Stars on Sunday.It was the second contest in an exciting triple-header.The game was supposed to be followed by the Tampa Bay Bandits facing the Pittsburgh Maulers, but the game was pushed to Monday due to bad weather."It's a blessing to be here.

The Melrose Police Department responded to a crash at Wyoming Cemetery on Saturday afternoon (Credit: Melrose Police Department) MELROSE, Mass. - Police in Massachusetts said a woman, working to get her learner's permit, lost control, crashed and knocked over 18 headstones while trying to drive in a cemetery. Officers with the Melrose Police Department responded to the incident at the Wyoming Cemetery Saturday afternoon, according to Chief Michael L. Lyle. Police say the crash involved an older model Range Rover.

Damian Thomas UPPER GWYNEDD TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Police in Upper Gwynedd Township, in Montgomery County, are asking the public to be alert and aware of someone, they say, is dangerous.In a social media post Sunday, the department stated the person wanted for aggravated assault with a firearm, Damian Thomas, was a person they were looking for in connection with a shooting on the 600 block of Sumneytown Pike.They said he was seen driving a 2017 Chevrolet Traverse with Pennsylvania tags.The post went on to say he was armed and dangerous.___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

In our top story: Mariupol, Ukraine is on the brink of falling to Russia, which would mark the first major victory for Russian forces in nearly two months of war. Redmond Shannon reports on the latest in the war. Even as Russia has become increasingly isolated as its invasion of Ukraine continues, one ally that has been steadfast in its support is Belarus.

BOSTON - A suspicious package triggered evacuations at Terminal A at Boston Logan International Airport Sunday. The Massachusetts State Police reopened the terminal after clearing a suspicious item inside a bag, later determining it was a degraded Playstation console, according to Boston 25 News. The outlet reported that the console caused "abnormalities" in the image produced when it was x-rayed.Videos filmed by Roy Hage outside the airport show emergency vehicles. An alarm sound can be heard.RELATED: Southwest passenger arrested for masturbating 4 times during flight"Due to recent delays and cancellations, passengers are advised to check with their airline on the status of their flight before coming to the airport," airport officials tweeted. AdvertisementStoryful contributed to this report.

The shocking image came in from Tallinn. Dozens of women had gathered outside the Russian embassy in the capital of Estonia to protest the sexual violence and rape inflicted on Ukrainian women. Covering their faces with black masks, the women were clad just in shirts. This is a poignant reflection of the brutal times that we are living in. The dark shadow of war is stretching further. This is why speculation is rife in Finland once again. Citizens are being asked to acquaint themselves with techniques of modern warfare. Apart from this, the government has issued orders to put together rations, petroleum products and essential medicines for a period of three to 10 months.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. - A Northern California teenager missing for nine months has been found, and her stepfather has been arrested.Katuana Nateya Whisenant, 14, was located Saturday afternoon in Churchill County, Nevada, during a routine traffic stop, police said. A trooper pulled over the vehicle she was traveling in with her stepfather, Santos Flores-Roman, 39, of Santa Rosa. Flores-Roman was arrested and charged on suspicion of keeping a child from their parents.SEE ALSO: California teen found alive in Utah nearly 3 years after disappearanceWhisenant was unharmed and healthy, Crescent City Police Chief Richard Griffin said."It’s like child abduction but different, because she voluntarily ran away," Griffin explained.Whisenant had run away from her parents’ home in Crescent City to Santa Rosa where her father stepfather had moved, according to the Press Democrat. Since she is a Yurok Indian, tribal police contacted the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which subsequently involved the FBI in the investigation.SEE ALSO: San Bruno police arrest woman in hit-and-run, assault of officer"We had last located him in Chico based on his license plate," said Griffin. "Then, out of the blue we get this call that they found her.

MARENGO, Illinois - Suburban Chicago 7th grader Kayden Myers is raising money for college by working as an Easter Bunny every spring.The Marengo 13-year-old started the gig in 2021. "This is my second year I did it and I feel like I did a lot better this year than last year," Myers said.He said a lot of his friends do not know he works part-time as an Easter Bunny, but that it's rewarding work."It feels pretty good, because I've always been pretty good with kids, and it's nice to see the smiles on all the kids faces," he said.Myers said the biggest challenge is the limited field of view inside the costume.AdvertisementDOWNLOAD THE FOX 32 CHICAGO APP FOR BREAKING NEWS ALERTS 

LITITZ, Pa. - State police say troopers opened fire and gave chase to two fleeing vehicles after one trooper was struck during a traffic stop on an interstate in Pennsylvania.Police said troopers tried to stop two sport utility vehicles, one black and one white, in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 76 in Elizabeth Township shortly after 11:30 p.m.

Chester Police investigate a double shooting that killed one man and injured another on Carla's Lane. CHESTER, Pa. - Chester Police are investigating a double shooting that killed one man and injured another.Officials say the call came about 1:30 Sunday morning.

New Jersey man has uncovered a medical mystery apparently linking 100 people diagnosed with rare cancers to a Woodbridge high school.In 1999, when he was just 27, Al Lupiano was diagnosed with a "very rare" and abnormally large brain tumor for someone his age called Acoustic Neuroma (AN). Last summer, Lupiano's wife and now-deceased sister were diagnosed with rare forms of brain cancer on the same day.

HAMPTON, S.C. - Authorities in South Carolina say they are investigating shooting at a club in Hampton County early Sunday that left at least nine people injured.The State Law Enforcement Division said in an email there were no reported fatalities. No information was available on the severity of the injuries.The SLED says it was asked to investigate by the Hampton County Sheriff’s Office.

William Tatman, 43, is facing multiple charges after leading Delaware State Police on a pursuit in a stolen car.  REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. - Delaware State Police is investigating after a man allegedly stole a car and led police on a pursuit across the state. Police say troopers responded to the 20,000 block of Coastal Highway in Rehoboth Beach just after 5 p.m. on Saturday. According to investigators, a suspect, later identified as 43-year-old William Tatman, was seen going through vehicles on the property and he was confronted by a witness. Tatman then fled towards the Loft apartments across the road and got into a 2006 Infiniti M35 that was running in the back of the complex, police say. Authorities say troopers saw Tatman driving off in the car as the 21-year-old car owner getting dragged as he tried to stop him. Investigators say the trooper activated his emergency lights and sirens in an effort to stop the suspect, but he fled in the victim's car. Police say the pursuit began westbound on the Lewes-Georgetown Highway where the suspect tried to strike a trooper who was trying to deploy stop sticks. According to authorities, the pursuit continues to Rt.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting at a busy shopping mall in South Carolina’s capital on Saturday that left 14 people injured.Columbia Police Chief W.H. "Skip" Holbrook said 22-year-old Jewayne M.

PHILADELPHIA - Delaware State Police is investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that sent four to the hospital and killed a teenager in Lewes, Delaware. According to police, the crash happened on Friday at 2:10 p.m. Investigators say a Honda CR-V traveling eastbound on Lewes-Georgetown Highway (Route 9) was approaching the intersection at Ebb Tide Drive when a 2009 Ram 1500 traveling westbound on the highway.The Honda failed to observe the stopped traffic and swerved into the westbound lane where the Ram swerved towards the shoulder, state police say. Police say the vehicles crashed "in a near head-on collision" and the Honda overturned and struck a utility pole before coming to a stop. According to investigators, five people were in the Honda, including an 18-year-old male and 17-year-old female from Bear, an 18-year-old female from Wilmington, and a 16-year-old female and 17-year-old male from Middletown. All of the passengers were transported to local hospitals with two having non-life-threatening injuries, two in critical condition and one who died from injuries at the hospital. According to police, 17-year-old Dakhyi Floyd of Middletown was identified as the teen who died. The 77-year-old driver of the Ram was treated and released from an area hospital, police say. Police are still working to determine who was driving the Honda and the crash remains under investigation, according to authorities. ___MORE LOCAL HEADLINES___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Police in East Falls investigate a shooting that killed a 17-year-old male and injured an 18-year-old on Berkley Drive. PHILADELPHIA - At least 16 people have been shot and four killed over the weekend during a violent stretch of days across Philadelphia. This comes after five people were killed and more than a dozen were injured in shootings across the city beginning Thursday night. Early Saturday evening, around 5:15, police responded to a report of a double shooting on the 2100 block of South Opal Street, in South Philadelphia. They arrived to find a 28-year-old man shot once in the buttocks.

South Carolina‘s capital on Saturday that left 14 people injured.Columbia Police Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook said 22-year-old Jewayne M.