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Despite battling a medical condition, Alan Jackson vows to make more music for his fans.  The 64-year-old country music star revealed his creative gears are always turning as he brainstorms new tracks. "I’m always scribbling down ideas and thinking about melodies… I feel like there’ll be some more music to come, yes," Jackson said during his daughter Mattie Jackson’s "In Joy Life" podcast.

BURLINGTON COUNTY, N.J. - What began as an innocent act of kindness became one woman's fight for her life across the country in New Jersey's Burlington County.New Jersey State police say 57-year-old James Parillo met the victim in New Mexico last February when she agreed to drive him to Arizona.The suspect and victim then entered into a month-long relationship, which ended when he assaulted her in California."During their time together, the suspect allegedly took away the woman’s phone, confiscated and utilized her debit cards, and isolated her from her family," police said.The pair ended up renting a room at a house in New Gretna, New Jersey, where police say the woman was kidnapped, beaten and choked by the suspect.On February 7, the woman made her escape, running bare foot in 40-degree weather to a nearby gas station.MORE HEADLINES:A gas station attendant was sitting outside on break when she heard people screaming, and running around the corner."He was screaming you don't wanna do this, and then she got up to me, and she said I've been kidnapped, call 911," Jammie Garthaus said.The woman then ran inside and locked the deadbolt, an escape plan she told police she devised during a prior visit."She was saying that he choked her. She had like a red mark around her throat," Garthaus said.

PHILADELPHIA - Flashes of gunfire can be seen erupting in the dark on a North Philadelphia street, and police are looking for the suspect who pulled the trigger.Police say three young male suspects were disrupting traffic when they crossed the 4600 block of C Street over the weekend.One driver honked, prompting the suspects to yell obscenities, and one of them to fire his weapon, according to police.MORE HEADLINES:Three shots struck the driver's side of the car, hitting the driver in the left thigh.Video from the scene shows shots being fired as the vehicle drives off and the suspects flee.Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

PHILADELPHIA - The widow of slain Temple University police officer Chris Fitzgerald was among several family members and loved ones who spoke Tuesday at a vigil on campus. Officer Fitzgerald, 31, was shot and killed during a struggle with a suspect Saturday night on the 1700 block of Montgomery Avenue. Less than 24-hours later, authorities tracked down Officer Fitzgerald's alleged killed, 18-year-old Miles Pfeffer, at his mother's house in Buckingham Township. "He was so proud, he was so proud to wear that uniform," Officer Fitzgerald's widow Marissa told a group of mourners during Tuesday's vigil.

LOS ANGELES - A third of U.S. parents are giving their kids fever-reducing medication when it may not be needed, according to a new C.S.

FILE - Michael Hutto mug shot. (Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office)Michael Hutto pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2020 fatal shooting of his teenage girlfriend, which the 56-year-old Salt Life clothing brand co-founder's lawyer called "an accident that destroyed two families' lives." Hutto was sentenced to 12 years in prison after Thursday's guilty plea in Palm Beach County, Florida court for the fatal shooting of his 18-year-old girlfriend, Lora Grace Duncan, in a Florida hotel and left her to decompose. Hutto told police that he and Duncan were "playing" inside the hotel by pretending to shoot each other with finger guns when he pointed his real gun at her and "it went off," according to the probable cause affidavit. Duncan was shot in the stomach and bled out on the floor, and Hutto fled the scene but left behind his wallet and ID, the affidavit says. Hutto's attorney, Donnie Murrell Jr., said he didn't know why Hutto pulled his real gun out during the "playful" exchange, according to the Palm Beach Post. "This was an accident," Murrell Jr.

Heather Rae El Moussa is opening up about her breastfeeding journey, which started off on a bumpy road when she and husband Tarek El Moussa welcomed their first child together three weeks ago.

PHILADELPHIA - Shocking video captured the moment a store clerk was shot in the face after an argument escalated inside a Philadelphia grocery store over the weekend.Police say a woman pulled a gun on a security guard after she and a male suspect got into an argument with a store manager at the Save A Lot on Chew Avenue.The security guard quickly disarmed the woman, and escorted both suspects out of the store.MORE HEADLINES:However, both suspects were caught on camera rushing back to confront the manager, shooting him point-blank in the face, then fleeing.The store manage was left in critical condition.Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia officials and Temple University leaders held a press conference Tuesday morning to address the fatal shooting of Temple University Police Officer Chris Fitzgerald. Mayor James Kenney was joined by Temple University President Dr. James Wingard, Temple University Public Safety Director Dr.

Revelers catch beads from a float in the 2023 Krewe of Proteus parade during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Feb. 20, 2023.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for his annual meeting with the Federal Assembly on Feb. 21, 2023, in Moscow, Russia.

Russian officials and state media downplayed President Joe Biden’s surprise visit to Ukraine on Monday, painting Kyiv as a U.S. puppet and maintaining Moscow’s forces will prevail despite Washington’s pledges to send more weapons to Ukraine.

President Joe Biden’s motorcade slipped out of the White House around 3:30 a.m. Sunday. No big, flashy Air Force One for this trip -– the president vanished into the darkness on an Air Force C-32, a modified Boeing 757 normally used for domestic trips to smaller airports.The next time he turned up — 20 hours later — it was in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine.Biden’s surprise visit to Ukraine on Monday was the first time in modern history that a U.S.

China is “deeply worried” about the escalation of the Ukraine conflict and the possibility of the situation spiraling out of control, China’s foreign minister Qin Gang said on Tuesday.

LOWER FREDERICK, Pa. - The weather outside hasn't been frightful so far this winter, but one Pennsylvania ski slope is ‘letting it snow’ with help from an army of artificial snow guns. Skiers and snowboarders hit the slopes on President's Day at Spring Mountain Ski Area in Montgomery County with temperatures that peaked in the 60s. "It's definitely weird because the weather is really warm," said Amelia Burke, who was at Spring Mountain on Monday. Rick Buckman, the owner of Spring Mountain Ski Area, told FOX 29 that their artificial snow machines can keep the slopes powdered even when the temperatures climb into the 60s and 70s. "It’s our answer to global warming we think it’s necessary for a ski slope at our latitude," Buckman said. "It can’t cover the whole slope but it keeps us going."Real snow or fake snow, visitors had no complaints as they were able to whoosh down the slopes and enjoy the long weekend.

cost of living in Canada.After giving birth to her first child in August of last year, 24-year-old Autumn Oliver-Giasson has decided to hold off on having more children until the high cost of living in Canada eases.“It’s just not plausible. It doesn’t make sense,” she told Global News from McQuade, N.B.

The U.S. has dodged a major wintertime Covid-19 surge as the pandemic continues to recede into the background. But the death toll is still growing.

new polling from the Angus Reid Institute appears to show.“People feel like tipping is getting out of control,” Angus Reid Institute Research Director David Korinski told The Roy Green Show on Sunday.“I think that it’s compounded by the fact that everything is more expensive.” Read more: 1 in 4 Canadians can’t afford $500 unforeseen expense as inflation bites: report Read next: Part of the Sun breaks free and forms a strange vortex, baffling scientists While 62 per cent of respondents say they’re being asked to tip more, one-in-five also reported leaving a tip of 20 per cent or more the last time they dined out, suggests the polling, which was released Feb. 16.“When you get the tipping machine, instead of 12, 15, and 18 per cent for the suggested tip, it now says 18, 24, and 30 per cent.

Booking photo for James W. Parrillo Jr., released by New Jersey Attorney General and State Police Superintendent.

Also Read: Wearing masks did 'little to nothing' to help curb Covid spread, study reveals However, researchers caution that their findings should not discourage vaccination because it is the most secure method of obtaining protection. They suggested people should recognise the natural immunity in individuals who have recently been infected with COVID-19.

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retirement planning, children's education, and a balanced lifestyle. Besides, career growth, travelling abroad and ensuring adequate care for aging parents are also emerging as important life goals for Indians, the survey mentioned. “The pandemic has certainly shaped our outlook towards life, career, health and family.

Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history during the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests in Ottawa last year, the public inquiry that probed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision has found.Justice Paul Rouleau, who led the independent public inquiry into the federal government’s use of the emergency powers, released his final report Friday afternoon.In the over 2,000-page report, Rouleau called the “Freedom Convoy” a “singular moment in history” exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as online misinformation and disinformation. Read more: Emergencies Act inquiry fact-finding phase wraps after 6 weeks of hearings: ‘An amazing feat’ Read next: Part of the Sun breaks free and forms a strange vortex, baffling scientists Had various police forces and governments been prepared for and anticipated an event like it, the “emergency that Canada ultimately faced could likely have been avoided.”“Unfortunately, it was not,” Rouleau said in the report.“I have concluded that in this case, the very high threshold for invocation was met.

South Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board (IJB) has published its Annual Performance Report.

Idaho taxpayers will be on the hook for thousands of dollars toward the legal defense of accused killer Bryan Kohberger, whose lead attorney is contracted to be paid $200 per hour to represent him, according to a local report.Anne Taylor is a public defender for Idaho’s Kootenai County, but is being contracted to represent Kohberger in Latah County, where the Moscow student slayings were carried out, because of her expertise in handling capital murder cases. As such, Latah County has agreed to pay Kootenai County officials $200 per hour for Taylor’s services, with the expectation that she will be working 40 hours per week, local news station KREM 2 reported.Latah County will pay Taylor directly for any overtime hours worked, though the hourly amount will remain the same, the report states.Bryan Kohberger sits as his attorney, public defender Anne Taylor, right, speaks during a hearing in Latah County District Court on January 5, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Eli Hart's mother Julissa Thaler has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her 6-year-old son on May 20, 2022.Thaler was sentenced Thursday, Feb. 16, to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted of first-degree murder. Before the judge handed down her sentence, she said she was innocent, used an expletive and called everyone "garbage." (Watch in the player above.)Prior to her sentencing, Eli's dad, Tory Hart, and his stepmom, Josie Josephson, both spoke, at points dabbing away tears.

FILE - View of the Downtown Miami skyline from the Miami South Channel on April 05, 2021, in Miami, Florida. ( AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)Planning to spend time (or party) with friends before tying the knot? To mark National Weddings Month, Lawn Love ranked 2023’s Best Bachelorette Party Destinations. The lawn care company surveyed more than 500 U.S.

omicron. However, such patients were able to avoid hospitalization with omicron, and death, almost 90% of the time over the same period. The findings are derived from a meta-analysis of 65 studies from 19 countries.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Disturbing video obtained by FOX 29 shows what appears to be a random, unprovoked attack at one of the busiest intersections on Temple University’s campus, while two security officers appear to be present.The video shows a group swarming a man by the SEPTA station at Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue and start attacking him Wednesday afternoon, just before 5 p.m.Students first saw it on the "Keep Us Safe TU" Instagram page."I shouldn’t be finding out attacks from an Instagram page," student Allison O’Toole said.Student Carmen Dephillippo added, "It was terrible and frightening.

Selena Gomez is speaking out about her weight after some criticized her recent appearance at the Golden Globes. Gomez went live on TikTok Thursday, where she shared that her body changes depending on whether she's taking medication for lupus, an autoimmune disorder she was diagnosed with in 2014.«I tend to hold a lot of water weight and that happens very normally, and then, when I'm off of it, I tend to kind of lose weight,» Gomez said of the ups and downs she experiences while on her medication.The  actress turned the response to body shaming into a message about self-love, telling her followers, «I just want people to know that you're beautiful and you're wonderful,» Selena continued.

Pink is opening up about her mental and physical health.

Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo, sits high in a tree branch, Feb. 12, 2023, in Central Park, New York City, New York.

PHILADELPHIA - Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday he will not allow Pennsylvania to execute any inmates while he is in office and called for the state's lawmakers to repeal the death penalty.Shapiro, inaugurated last month, said he will refuse to sign execution warrants and will use his power as governor to grant reprieves to any inmate whose execution is scheduled.In doing so, he is exercising an authority used for eight years by his predecessor, Gov.

ATLANTA - The Fulton County special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to overturn his electoral defeat in Georgia says they found that there was "no widespread fraud" in the state's 2020 presidential election.The report’s introduction and conclusion, along with a section in which the grand jurors expressed concerns that some witnesses may have lied under oath, were released Thursday. But any recommendations on potential criminal charges will remain under wraps for now.For nearly eight months, the grand jury has considered evidence and heard testimony from dozens of witnesses, including high-profile Trump associates and top state officials. While the special grand jury, by law, cannot indict anyone, the jurors voted to have their findings made public.In the introduction, the special grand jury states that they received evidence or heard from 75 witnesses during the investigation.

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office has filed charges against two men in connection with a Super Bowl block party near Temple University that caused property damage. According to the DA's Office, Nicholas Faraglia, 22, and Edward Pearce, 23, both of Delaware County, were charged with criminal mischief, riot, criminal conspiracy, reckless endangerment of another person and disorderly conduct. RELATED: Crowd flips car near Temple University's campus ahead of Super Bowl LVIIAuthorities say on Super Bowl Sunday, around 4:20 p.m., officers from the 22nd Police District and Temple University Police responded to a call for a large unruly crowd on the 1700 block of West Arlington Street. When officers arrived on scene, they found a silver 2008 Volvo S80 sedan flipped over on its roof in the middle of the street, police say. According to officials, the car's windows were broken and the license plate was removed.

Several employees at a Tesla gigafactory in Buffalo, New York have been fired after launching union organizing efforts two days ago Elon Musk's Tesla has fired several employees in its Buffalo's gigafactory for launching union organizing efforts two days ago.  “I feel blindsided, I got COVID and was out of the office, then I had to take a bereavement leave. I returned to work, was told I was exceeding expectations and then Wednesday came along," organizing committee member Arian Berek, who is one of the fired employees, said in a statement, as reported by AP. "I strongly feel this is in retaliation to the committee announcement, and it’s shameful." Apparently, workers received an email on Wednesday evening updating them on a new policy that prohibits them from recording workplace meetings without all participants’ permission.

ALSO READ: Wearing masks did 'little to nothing' to help curb Covid spread, study reveals For the fourth quarter, the laboratory operator's sales declined about 9% to $3.67 billion and missed estimates of $3.74 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. However, it beat analysts' estimates for quarterly profit, helped by growth in sales in the company's base business, which excludes COVID-19 testing.

captured the attention of millions around the world.Thomas Pethick is only 15 months old but he already loves to help out in his parent’s Water Utility Company in Quesnel.He started going to work with his mom last September.“Since then, he’s just been watching what we do every day,” mom Tamara Pelletier said.On Friday, Pelletier posted a video on TikTok of Thomas helping to move and load empty four-gallon water jugs in the store, setting it to the music of I Like to Move it.The video amassed more than 33 million views and has been seen in dozens of countries.“It’s tough to get people working, it’s tough to get kids involved and that kind of message just blew up, I think,” Pelletier said.“We have the delivery truck come and go a couple of times a day and we load it up in the morning and we unload it throughout the day and he just watches and likes to pack the jugs around.”Even Canadian comedian Howie Mandel shared the video on his TikTok account, joking about child labour and how Thomas works from the moment he wakes up until his bedtime with no health benefits.Pelletier said Thomas has attracted quite the following in Quesnel already.“He’s got quite the fan base around here,” she said. Read more: New Brunswick boy driving a mini-Zamboni noticed by NHL Read next: Part of the Sun breaks free and forms a strange vortex, baffling scientists “He likes to sweep, he likes to mop.

Emmerdale are set to make history this week, as they air a soap first to highlight the importance of men talking to each other about their mental health.An episode of the ITV soap, due to be broadcast on March 10, 2023, will see Marlon Dingle set up a late-night lock in at The Woolpack Pub with the aim of getting men talking to each other - and will feature a male only cast for the first time in the soap's 50 year history.The pub gathering follows Marlon's discovery that his best friend Paddy Kirk had attempted to commit suicide, with Marlon aiming to do whatever he can to help Paddy, as he continues to struggle with his mental health.READ MORE: Paddy Kirk's story to take a heartbreaking turn in Emmerdale after marriage breakdownViewers recently saw Paddy continue to struggle with the breakdown of his marriage, constant reminders of Chas' infidelity and their shared grief over the death of their daughter Grace, which has all taken a toll on Paddy's mental health.Feeling alone and struggling to find his place in people's lives, Paddy considered taking his own life, where the audience saw the true extent of his deep depression.Marlon actor Mark Charnock explained that Marlon wants to help Paddy and other characters in the village to open up and talk, saying: "Despite Paddy being home and safe back in the heart of the village Marlon is finding it hard to get through to him and is worried Paddy will never find the courage to open up and talk. "When Chas and Jimmy both unwittingly give Marlon this idea it’s not long before Marlon is acting on their information and setting up this lock-in.

PROSPECT PARK, Pa. - For a high school football player from Delaware County, the sky is the limit, as he prepares to head to Yale on a full scholarship. After that? Maybe the NFL?And, he is making his parents and his Prospect Park hometown proud."Today it actually hit reality, cause I was thinking, I’m actually going to Yale on a full scholarship. Not many can say that they’re going to a top school in the country and also playing Division I football," Abu Kamara stated.It is the dream of a lifetime for Interboro senior Kamara.

GERMANTOWN - On Chelten Avenue in Germantown, you can end your gas pumping experience on a high note.The Speedway station recently started playing opera music from their outdoor speakers. The noise level seems to vary by the song and time of day.A social media post from a resident who lives near the station called out the tactic, out of sheer frustration about the late night noise.That’s how Tina Jones heard about it."If I was a resident and it was in the middle of the night, blasting where it’s disturbing, having kids and stuff like that where I gotta’ get up for school, I would have a problem with it, but if it’s something like this, it’s peaceful to me," she says.

FAIRMOUNT - Three days post-Super Bowl and Philly is still grappling with the Eagles loss.But, the city is showing their love for the only MVP Quarterback, Jalen Hurts and his teammates.A mural is on display in Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighborhood, at Brown and Corinthian, right near Eastern State Penitentiary.Folks have been writing "Thank You" and "Congratulations" all over the mural to give the team a clear sign the city loves them, no matter the loss and the region is behind them all the way.And, while we await Eagles camp in July, there are the Flyers, the 76ers, the Union and the Phillies to keep us going.

A congregant places money in the offering basket during noon mass on Wednesday at St. Basil's Catholic Church in Los Angeles.

Kane Brown is currently sitting comfortably at the top of the charts with his newest single, “Thank God”, featuring his wife, Katelyn, but the accomplishment is only motivating the 29-year-old country star to write another one with a darker tone.

Mint report, organized events and activations is a ₹10,000 crore industry in India but if the unorganized segment is included, the industry size could be ₹5 trillion.

HOUSTON - Houston police shared video of the terrifying moment a Houston mother was robbed while getting her baby out of her car. They are asking for the public’s help to find the person responsible.According to police, the robbery occurred around 8:20 p.m.

FILE-Lamar Johnson, who St. Louis' circuit attorney says was wrongly convicted in a 1994 murder, speaks at the Jefferson City Correctional Center in Jefferson City in 2022.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are asking for the public's help to identify two teenage suspects wanted in connection with a deadly shooting from January. Authorities say the shooting occurred on the 1400 block of Erie Avenue on January 11 at 5:30 p.m. Officers who responded on scene found 16-year-old Semaj Richardson unresponsive on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds to the chest, back and arm, police say. According to officials, the teen was transported to Temple University Hospital, where he later died. Police released surveillance video from the shooting in hopes someone will identify the suspects, who police say are in their teens. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESThe City of Philadelphia is offering a $20,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case. Anyone who sees the suspects is urged to contact 911 immediately.