California shuts down bars over fears drinkers are spreading coronavirus

Philadelphia police detectives are investigating a carjacking where an Uber driver was shot on Thursday night.  PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department are investigating after an Uber driver was carjacked and shot around 11:34 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities in Delaware County responded to a gruesome scene Friday morning after they say a man murdered his girlfriend and attempted to decapitate her. Officers responded to the Willow Apartments on the 400 block of Springfield Road in Clifton Heights around 4 a.m. Friday morning.Law enforcement sources tell FOX 29’s Steve Keeley that police found the man using a machete in an attempt to decapitate the victim. The suspect was taken into custody at the scene and the victim was pronounced dead.

Former President Donald Trump speaks during the 'Save America' rally at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds on January 29, 2022 in Conroe, Texas. Trump's visit was his first Texas MAGA rally since 2019.

DOVER, Del. - Delaware’s universal indoor mask mandate ends Friday morning, as their school mask requirements remain in effect through next month.Earlier this week, Gov. John Carney signed a revision of the State of Emergency order that lifted the state’s universal mask mandate, effective at 8 a.m. Also in Monday's revision to the State of Emergency order, Governor Carney temporarily extended the mask requirement in both public and private K-12 schools and child care facilities. As a result, that requirement will expire at 11:59 p.m.

Simon Cowell will miss the next round of auditions for Britain's Got Talent as he has contracted Covid-19.The 62 year old will be unable to judge the latest round of hopefuls on the ITV talent show while he self-isolates. A spokesperson for the music mogul confirmed the news to Mail Online, saying: "Simon was unable to attend filming today as he was isolating at home after testing positive for Covid-19." Current rules for contracting Covid-19 state people need to isolate for ten days but may leave after five if certain conditions are met. Alesha Dixon, David Walliams and Amanda Holden were spotted heading in to film the show and will be left with golden buzzer duties until the show's creator returns.

COLOMBO (News 1st): The foreign exchange shortage experienced in Sri Lanka will be short-lived, said the country’s Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa.Speaking to officials at the Finance Ministry of Friday (11), Rajapaksa said the government expects to minimize the effects the forex shortage might have on the people.On Monday (7) President Gotabaya Rajapaksa instructed the officials to take steps to immediately release the containers containing essential items at the custody of Customs.The President also appointed a committee headed by Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa to ensure that there is no shortage of essential commodities including food, and this committee met for the first time on Friday (11).A statement from the Finance Ministry noted that though there is a shortage of Milk Powder, Gas, Wheat Flour, and Cement in the local market, there are sufficient stocks of all other essential items and there will be no shortage.In addition, the tax reliefs granted by the government for essential food items not being enjoyed by the people were discussed and it was revealed at the meeting that errant traders abuse the concessions granted by the government and sell goods at exorbitant prices.The implementation of a new mechanism to expedite the release of essential commodities including food to the market, and to regulate and oversee this matter, was also discussed.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are investigating after they say six people were stabbed inside if a Kensington home as they slept Friday morning.The incident happened around 4 a.m. on the 3000 block of North Front Street. Police say a family member went from bedroom to bedroom stabbing the six victims with two different knives that were described as kitchen knives.FOX 29’s Steve Keeley reports that all six of the stabbing victims are between the ages of 26 and 46. A 46-year-old woman is in critical condition after suffering stab wounds to the head and neck during the incident.

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France will deploy thousands of police in and around Paris and set up checkpoints at toll stations on major roads leading into the capital to keep so-called "Freedom Convoy" motorists out, the city's police force said.

₹9.57 lakh crore for the economy was far sharper than ₹2.12 lakh crore in GDP growth that was lost in 2008-09 global financial crises, yet the government was able to contain consumer price inflation (CPI) to within 6.2% as opposed to CPI ballooning to 9.1% during the global financial crisis.

Britain without taking any coronavirus tests starting Friday after the government scrapped one of the final restrictions imposed over the past two years in response to Covid-19.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Thousands of Sri Lankan health workers continued their strike action for the fifth consecutive day on Friday (11), despite a court issuing an order against a nurses trade union that is also taking part in the strike.Health workers in Sri Lanka have been staging demonstrations and strikes since November 2021 to draw attention to the issue of salary anomalies.Their major demands include the rectification of salary anomalies, higher allowances, and an increase in overtime rates.Supplementary and paramedical services, nursing services, and professionals from 16 health services including medical laboratory technologists, pharmacists, radiologists, public health inspectors, and family health officers are participating in the indefinite strike.Thousands of poor patients who visited government hospitals were turned away, as a result.A Sri Lankan court on Thursday (10) issued two enjoining orders preventing the strike action by the Government Nursing Officer’s Association from continuing.The Attorney General filed an action against the Government Nursing Officer’s Association and its president Saman Rathnapriya, seeking an enjoining order from the court to immediately suspend the trade union action of the said union.The Attorney General appraised the court of the present deplorable conditions in hospitals due to patient care being severely affected.District Court Judge of Colombo Aruna Aluthge issued two enjoining orders preventing the union from continuing the said trade union strike endangering the lives of the patients.As a result of the strike, over this week the activities at the Colombo General Hospital, Kandy General Hospital, 24 Teaching Hospitals, 26 General Hospitals, 46 Base Hospitals, 410 District

Prince Charles getting Covid again should be "ringing royal alarm bells," according to an expert who warns of some "regal whiplash". The 73-year-old is set to snatch an almost 200-year record by becoming the oldest person to be crowned monarch.

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Boris Johnson ending Covid isolation rules is a "distraction" from the PM's lockdown party scandal, according to a Scots health expert.

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Charli XCX has said that the criticism she’s received on social media lately has taken a toll on her mental health.The singer-songwriter, who releases her fifth album ‘Crash’ on March 18, issued a statement on Twitter yesterday (February 10) to explain that she’s temporarily stepping back from the platform due to the “negativity” surrounding her current campaign.“I’ve always had a pretty open dialogue with you guys and so I just wanna mention a few things that have been on my mind recently,” Charli began.“I have been feeling like I can’t do anything right at the moment.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The new University of Vavuniya was declared open by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday (11).The University of Vavuniya is the 17th State University in Sri Lanka and was established with effect from the 1st of August 2021 via an Extraordinary Gazette on the 8th of June 2021 that elevated the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, to a separate state university in Sri Lanka.The new state university was established for the purpose of providing, promoting, and developing higher education in the branches of learning of Business Studies, Applied Science, and Technology Studies.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of he World Health Organization (WHO), Buti Manamela, Deputy Dr Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of South Africa, Dr Joe Phaahla, Minister of Health of South Africa and Meryame Kitir, Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy of Belgium today visit a number of public and private sector partners that are collaborating to develop and build WHO’s global mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub in South Africa.

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Hilary Duff is calling out her fellow citizens who aren't protective wearing masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.

LOS ANGELES: For most of the spring, California was a coronavirus success story. Now, just weeks after it began to reopen, new cases of Covid-19 are exploding across America’s most populous state, and public officials are quickly retrenching.On Wednesday, Gov.

The United States and South Africa have both reported record new daily coronavirus infections, with U.S. figures surpassing 50,000 cases a day for the first time, underlining the challenges still ahead as nations press to reopen their virus-devastated economies.

When former soap opera producer Colleen Bell stepped into the role of California film commissioner slightly more than a year ago, she never could have predicted the challenges she'd soon face. But with production in her state and elsewhere grinding to a screeching halt in March, Bell found herself drawing on her crisis management training from her time as U.S.

coronavirus infections, with U.S. figures surpassing 50,000 cases a day for the first time, underlining the challenges still ahead as nations press to reopen their virus-devastated economies.The U.S.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday that the state would form a multi-agency strike team to target businesses not complying with public health orders amid the alarming coronavirus spike.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday tightened coronavirus restrictions for most of California, as a COVID-19 surge and more deaths have been reported ahead of the Fourth of July weekend. Newsom told 19 counties to close their indoor operations, like bars, wine tasting rooms, zoos, restaurants and movie theaters for at least three weeks. The list includes Contra Costa County,  Santa Clara and Solano counties in the Bay Area, as well as Los Angeles County.

California and Texas have both recorded record surges in the number of coronavirus infections, as nationally cases rise by more than 40,000.

PLACENTIA, CA - MAY 16: Bartender Brianna Van De Mortel fills a growler with craft beer at Kelly's Korner on Saturday, May 16, 2020 in Placentia, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES - Gov.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered the closing of bars in six counties, including Los Angeles, due to the rising spread of COVID-19. Newsom announced the new order on TwitterSunday,listing Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, L.A., San Joaquin and Tulare as counties required to close bars.

coronavirus milestones Sunday — 500,000 confirmed deaths, 10 million confirmed cases — and hit another high mark for daily new infections as governments that attempted reopenings continued to backtrack and warn that worse news could be yet to come.“COVID-19 has taken a very swift and very dangerous turn in Texas over just the past few weeks,” said Gov. Greg Abbott, who allowed businesses to start reopening in early May but on Friday shut down bars and limited restaurant dining amid a spike in cases.California Gov.

coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic.Governor Gavin Newsom’s order for bars to close in seven counties, including Los Angeles, is the first major rollback of efforts to reopen the economy in the most populous U.S. state.

Gavin Newsom is shutting down all bars in several counties in California amid climbing coronavirus cases.

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Gerard Butler has been known to take a break his home quarantine, amid the COVID-19pandemic these past few months, and head out to beach in Malibu.And on Thursday, with some safety restrictions now relaxed, the 300 star and his buddy met up with several other friends for dinner and drinks at Scopa Italian Roots restaurant in nearby Venice.Like he has in the recent past, the Scotland native did not wear a protective mask which was deemed mandatory for public outings by California Governor Gavin Newsom last week.Scroll down to video Social time: Gerard Butler, 50, met up with a buddy and headed to a restaurant near the beach in the Venice neighborhood of Los AngelesIn fact none of the Butler dinner party appeared to be covering their faces

Shameless alum Emmy Rossum dressed down in a black T-shirt and baggy blue jeans to stop by salad restaurant Sweetgreen in West Hollywood on Wednesday.The 33-year-old Golden Globe nominee protected herself with a cloth mask, which California Governor Gavin Newsom made mandatory for all public outings last Thursday.Mayor Eric Garcetti extended the stay-at home order indefinitely due to the 89K confirmed COVID-19 cases in LA County, which has led to 3,208 deaths as of Thursday - according to Johns Hopkins University.

Brazilian bombshell Alessandra Ambrósio went bra-less beneath her light-green jumpsuit to run errands at the celeb-favorite Malibu Country Mart on Thursday.The 39-year-old CAA Model eventually protected herself with a cloth mask, which California Governor Gavin Newsom made mandatory for all public outings last Thursday.Mayor Eric Garcetti extended the stay-at home order indefinitely due to the 89K confirmed COVID-19 cases in LA County, which has led to 3,208 deaths as of Thursday - according to Johns Hopkins University.

Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington stopped by the celeb-favorite Malibu Country Mart on Wednesday to pick up pizza to-go from Italian restaurant Tra di Noi.The 65-year-old legendary actor protected himself with a surgical mask, which California Governor Gavin Newsom made mandatory for all public outings last Thursday.Mayor Eric Garcetti extended the stay-at home order indefinitely due to the 89K confirmed COVID-19 cases in LA County, which has led to 3,207 deaths as of Wednesday - according to Johns Hopkins University.

Unions representing Disneyland Resort employees have planned a protest caravan around the Anaheim theme park on Saturday to express their concern over health and safety as the destination plans to reopen next month. The Coalition of Resort Labor Unions sent an open letterdated June 17 to Gov.

LONE PINE, Calif. - A preliminary 5.8M earthquake shook about 10 miles south/southeast of Lone Pine, California Wednesday morning. Lone Pine is located between Sequoia National Park and Death Valley National Park.RELATED: Are you prepared for an earthquake?The U.S.

America's Next Top Model alum Winnie Harlow flaunted her 5ft9in bikini body while chilling with her quarantine partner - LA Laker Kyle Kuzma - on a Los Angeles beach Tuesday.Neither the 25-year-old Society Management Model nor the 24-year-old NBA power forward wore masks, which California Governor Gavin Newsom made mandatory for all public outings last Thursday.Mayor Eric Garcetti extended the stay-at home order indefinitely due to the 88K confirmed COVID-19 cases in LA County, which has led to 3,171 deaths as of Tuesday - according to Johns Hopkins University.

When connecting with Jeff Goldblum over the phone to discuss his Disney+ series, The World According to Jeff Goldblum, the routine question-and-answer pattern went a little differently than expected. Gov.

Attorney-turned-action star Gerard Butler sported a black trucker cap emblazoned with the word 'Rad' while chilling on Venice Beach with a guy pal on Monday.As usual, the 50-year-old Scotsman was not protecting himself with a cloth mask, which California Governor Gavin Newsom made mandatory for all public outings last Thursday.Mayor Eric Garcetti extended the stay-at home order indefinitely due to the 83K confirmed COVID-19 cases in LA County, which has led to 3,121 deaths as of Monday - according to Johns Hopkins University.

Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo took a stroll with her husband Chris Ivery and their three-year-old son Eli Christopher near their home in LA's Los Feliz neighborhood on Monday.The married couple of 12 years protected themselves with matching black masks, which California Governor Gavin Newsom made mandatory statewide in public places last Thursday.Mayor Eric Garcetti extended the stay-at home order indefinitely due to the 83K confirmed COVID-19 cases in LA County, which has led to 3,121 deaths as of Monday - according to Johns Hopkins University.

A number of unions representing Disneyland Resort workers are pushing back against the company's plan to reopen the theme park, shopping district and hotels next month as cases of coronavirus are spiking across the country. TheCoalition of Resort Labor Unions sent an open letter on June 18 to Gov.