Chinatown fears community, business loss in Philadelphia 76er new arena plan

on TikTok.  Officer Lance Hofmeister with the Murfreesboro Police Department figured he was just doing his job when he helped escort 84-year-old Elizabeth Goode to her hair appointment in April. But unbeknownst to him, his good deed did not go unnoticed.

Pedestrian killed by car in Burlington County.

NEW DELHI: Niva Bupa Health Insurance Company Ltd. (formerly known as Max Bupa Health Insurance) has announced a new offering - Smart Health+ Disease Management Rider - for its ReAssure customers.

The central government reviewed the covid-19 situation in 115 districts of nine states showing an upsurge in cases and positivity and flagged concerns regarding low levels of testing and vaccination. Covid cases in India declined sharply with 13,734 new infections and 34 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. The country has 1,39,792 active cases so far with 4.40 crore covid cases reported in the last 2 years.

COVID-19 vaccination rates among Ontario’s urban Indigenous population were lower compared with the general population despite priority rollout, according to a new study.The research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) on Tuesday found that between March 2020 and December 2021, the two-dose COVID-19 vaccine uptake for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people living in Toronto and London, Ont., was 20 per cent lower than the overall population.However, the study also showed that COVID-19 testing rates in the two cities were 10 per cent higher among the Indigenous community compared with local and provincial rates. Don’t wait for updated COVID-19 vaccines if you’re high risk, experts say Researchers looked at data including 1,087 Indigenous people above the age of 15 in Toronto and London.“Indigenous people were one of the three very first priority groups for access to vaccine in Ontario, along with health-care workers and people that were living in long-term care homes, but despite that prioritization, we’re actually still seeing significant gaps,” said co-author Janet Smylie, who is a family doctor at St.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia is set to receive millions in federal money to address flood concerns nearly a year after the remnants of Hurricane Ida made the Vine Street Expressway into a river. Interstate 676, known locally as the Vine Street Expressway, quickly filled with water when the Schuylkill River overflowed into the city last September. Videos of people kayaking and tubing down the transient waterway quickly filled social media; one man was even spotted backflipping off an overpass into the water. "I looked out and I couldn’t see the street signs, that’s how high the water was," Barbara Krassenstein recalled.

Covid-19: The active caseload in India currently stands at 1,39,792. For the second consecutive day, India witnessed a record decline in daily Covid-19 cases with the country reporting 13,734 new infections in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. The country logged 16,464 Covid-19 cases on Monday, while over 20,000 infections on Sunday.

PHILADELPHIA - A South Philadelphia community gathered Monday to remember a local musician who was gunned down outside his family's home. Authorities say 26-year-old Joelill Foy was fatally shot in the neck while sitting outside his family's South Philadelphia home on Sigel Street around 7 p.m. Foy was a member of the singing group ‘Brotherly Love,' an act that performed on Good Day Philadelphia in 2014 and once sang for former President Barrack Obama.Tangalee Lewis, Foy's mother, joined Monday's "Peace, Not Guns" outreach as part of public safety week still in shock about her son's untimely death. Joelill Foy, 26, was shot and killed outside his family's South Philadelphia home, according to police.

PHILADELPHIA - There have been over 750 carjackings in Philadelphia through the first seven months of the year, according to data obtained by FOX 29 from a law enforcement source.The report found that of the 758 total carjackings in Philadelphia between the start of 2022 and July 31, more than 500 involved a gun and over 500 happened when the victim's vehicle was parked. More than 90 delivery drivers have been carjacked in Philadelphia so far this year, and over 30 ride share drivers have been victims. Carjackings that happened while the vehicle was stopped occurred more than 50 times, according to the data first reported by FOX 29's Steve Keeley. Thefts that happened at a gas station, when the vehicle was left running or during an accident combined to account for nearly 60 carjackings.

residential school students in the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate archives in Rome, he knew he was looking at something important.“It did have a very historic feeling to it, very profound,” the head archivist for the Winnipeg-based Centre for Truth and Reconciliation said in a recent interview with The Canadian Press.Few archivists are able to explore the religious order’s private records in the Italian city, Frogner said. But he spent five days early last month looking through the archives at the Oblate General House, where photos, personnel files and manuscripts describe the group’s actions around the world since its founding in 1816.That legacy includes a significant presence in Canada.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say more than 150 one-gallon jugs of gasoline were found inside an abandoned West Philadelphia home on Monday night. Police were called to the 100 block of North 59th Street around 9 p.m.

Ice T and Charis B in Jersey City, N.J. (Promotional Photo courtesy of The Medicine Woman) JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Actor, rapper, and New Jersey native Ice T is going into the legal recreational marijuana business in the Garden State.Ice T has partnered with Charis B, founder of cannabis brand The Medicine Woman, to open a dispensary in Jersey City this fall.

Today we are reporting 7,113 community cases and 738 current hospitalisations. 

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a young man was shot to death Monday afternoon in Philadelphia's Frankford section. Investigators say the 19-year-old victim arrived at Frankford-Torresdale Hospital with gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen. The unnamed victim was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital, according to police. Investigators believe the victim was fatally shot on the 4700 block of Frankford Avenue around 3:30 p.m. No arrests were reported immediately following the deadly shooting. 

(FOX 9) - The man accused of a stabbing that killed a teenager and injured four others has been charged with murder, according to court documents. Nicolae Miu, 52, of Prior Lake, Minnesota, is charged with one count of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of 17-year-old Isaac Schuman of Stillwater, Minnesota, and four counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide in connection to the Saturday afternoon incident. The four injured victims, a 24-year-old woman from Burnsville, Minnesota, a 20-year-old and 22-year-old male from Luck, Wisconsin, and a 22-year-old male from Elk River, Minnesota, are in stable condition. Their injuries range from serious to critical with stab wounds to their torsos and chest areas, officials said in a news release Sunday.

Nursing homes in US states with COVID-19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers saw a 7 percentage-point increase in staff vaccine uptake over homes in non-mandate states during a 5-month period in 2021, with no worsening of worker shortages, finds a study published late last week in JAMA Health Forum.The study, led by a researcher from the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York,

Is the pandemic over? What to expect from COVID-19 in the months ahead There were 927 new COVID-19 cases declared by PCR test out of 8,865 tests, for a positivity rate of 11.4 per cent.The government says there are currently 5,014 health-care workers off the job for reasons linked to COVID-19.The province’s public health director said last week that the seventh wave of COVID-19 in Quebec was nearing a plateau and that the number of new cases is expected to slowly decline in the coming days or weeks.

PHILADELPHIA - Two people were rushed to the hospital after being attacked by a dog in North Philadelphia, authorities say, According to officials, it happened just after 4 a.m. on the 700 block of Tioga Street. Animal control was spotted on scene and investigators are still working to find out what led to the attack. Authorities say the two people were transported to Temple University Hospital. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESTheir conditions are unknown at this time. No additional details were released at the time and officials did not say what type of dog was involved in the attack. This is a developing story.

NEW YORK - The NYPD was on the hunt for a man who attacked a woman in Times Square.  It happened at about 10 a.m.

NEW JERSEY - A Jersey City councilwoman has no plans to resign after allegedly smashing into a bicyclist in an intersection in an apparent hit-and-run accident.  Councilwoman Amy DeGise was cited for failure to report an accident and leaving the scene of an accident after the incident at the intersection of Forrest Street and Martin Luther King Drive around 8 a.m.

The poisitivity rate for COVID in Delhi has climbed to 11.41%, highest in 6 months. Delhi had reported a positivity rate of 11.79% on January 24 when the third COVID wave struck the city.  On Monday, the city also saw a total of 822 new COVID-19 cases and 2 deaths.

FILE - A worker places chicken breasts in a machine to be weighed and packaged in Paramus, New Jersey, on May 12, 2020. Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images The CDC says approximately one in every 25 packages of chicken sold at grocery stores contains salmonella bacteria.Since 1998, breaded and stuffed raw chicken products have been associated with 14 salmonella outbreaks and approximately 200 illnesses, the USDA said in a statement.

PHILADELPHIA - Friends and family came out Sunday to remember a West Philadelphia woman who was the life of the party.It was a somber celebration, after police say 54-year-old Mary Johnson was found bleeding in the road after being shot in the neck Thursday.Mary Johnson, or MJ as her friends called her, was a daughter, a mother, a grandmother and a friend to so many. Friends and family say MJ was an event planner, and she was always letting people into her home and helping them out.  "I’m gonna miss her so much", her sister Yvonnie Johnson said.

cancer back in 2015, the star shared that she had "really cried a lot" throughout the whole ordeal, but now having been given the all clear he has this "incredible feeling of relief". Instead of cancer it turns out that the singer's growth was a large vocal polyp, which was removed immediately with surgery. Appearing on ITV's Good Morning Britain, after celebrating her marriage to Linda Olsen, Fox shared that numerous consultants and doctors had missed the polyp before finally, after an endoscopy, the lesion was found.

New Zealand's borders have fully re-opened to visitors from around the world for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic closed them in March 2020.

NEW DELHI: The Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) in collaboration with National Institute for Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW) has initiated a weeklong training programme for various categories of employees in CGHS. The training has been launched for senior administrative medical officers who are hold posts in various CGHS offices/Wellness Centres or are likely to hold these positions in the near future.

PHILADELPHIA - There's a growing concern among Philadelphia's gay community about the health risks of Monkeypox and the stigma linked to it. Darryl Moore, a Philadelphia man, believes the public needs clear and concise information on the spread of the virus with a focus on at-risk groups, like gay men."I don’t want this to turn into another gay disease because it’s not true this affects everybody," Moore said. "I know they're saying that men with men are the most at-risk, but this can affect everyone." Philadelphia's Health Department has reported 63 cases of Monkeypox, a considerable rise from 11 cases earlier this month.

NEW DELHI: India added 16,464 fresh coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, pushing up the active caseload to 1,43,989, and the total case tally till date to 4,40,36,27, according to data released by the Union health ministry on Monday. Death toll climbed to 5,26,396 with 24 new fatalities, as per the data.

A view from the auto road on Mount Washington, standing at an elevation of 6,288.2 ft, looking out to the surrounding White Mountains, in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains in New Hampshire on June 12, 2020. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso/AFP v CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Members of a rescue group had to carry the body of a hiker nearly a mile in freezing temperatures and high winds after the man died on the Northeast's highest mountain, authorities said.A group of hikers found the man unconscious and not breathing on Mount Washington’s Jewell Trail on Saturday afternoon, the New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game said.

Covid-19: India's active caseload currently stands at 1,43,989. After recording an upward journey over the past few days, India witnessed a decline in daily Covid-19 cases on Monday with the country reporting 16,464 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, according to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data. With this, the country's active caseload has gone up to 1,43,989 at present.

Today we are reporting 5,312 community cases, 759 current hospitalisations.

Three men critical after two shooting Sunday evening, police say. PHILADELPHIA - Three men are in critical condition after two separate shootings in Philadelphia Sunday evening.Police say a double shooting erupted on the 800 block of Brill Street around 5:15 p.m.

NEW DELHI : As part of its marketing strategy, Page Industries Ltd, the exclusive licensee of American brand Jockey, has increased its advertisement spending after a brief lull. Last week, it launched a new campaign for its men’s premium inner-wear collection. In an interview, Karthik Yathindra, chief marketing officer, Jockey India, said the company is back to spending 4-5% of its revenue on ads.

PHILADELPHIA - A double shooting in North Philadelphia has reportedly left a woman in extremely critical condition and a man injured.Police say the 23-year-old woman was sitting in her car on the 2100 block of North Darien Street when she was shot twice in the head around 9:30 a.m. Sunday.She was transported to Temple University Hospital, where she is said to be in extremely critical condition.A man who was standing next the woman's car was also reportedly shot.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.J. - A fatal shooting is under investigating after it ended with a car crashing into a home early Sunday morning.Police say the shooting happened around midnight on the 1100 block of East Elmer Road in Cumberland County.The victim died as a result of the shooting, according to police.A car also reportedly crashed into a home nearby where the shooting took place.The identity of the victim has to be released, and no information regarding a motive was given.The shooting is under investigation. 

PHILADELPHIA - Michael Chavis made the right call. He just didn't make the right throw. Didi Gregorious and the surging Philadelphia Phillies were only too happy to take advantage.Gregorious raced home when Chavis' attempt to cut down Gregorious at third sailed wide of the target, helping the Phillies edge the sliding Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Saturday night.Philadelphia's Rhys Hoskins led off the 10th with a sharp grounder to Chavis at first base.

Dave and Erica Harrig stayed true to their values when they won a lottery jackpot of more than $61 million in 2013. It made all the difference.

one-two punch of inflation and rising crime has caused at least one New York City store to lock up its inventory of Spam in a plastic case. Shoppers, store employees, and social media users expressed disbelief after discovering the $3.99 canned meat product out of reach behind lock and key at a Duane Reade inside New York City’s Port Authority bus depot, the New York Post reported."I’ve never seen that before!" one cashier laughed while removing the Spam from its plastic anti-theft covering."Some of these things are pretty ridiculous," said Jenny Kenny, a 43-year-old visiting town from Kentucky who says she was aware of the crime spike in the city but still couldn’t believe there were "so many" items in boxes.NYPD OFFICER OF 40 YEARS: I'VE NEVER SEEN NYC CRIME AS BAD AS IT IS RIGHT NOWOther shoppers wondered why Spam, along with $1.89 cans of Starkist tuna, were locked up while more expensive products like $5.49 cans of Amy’s soup were not."To put Spam in a cage is stupid — and kind of insulting to the customers that would buy it," 46-year-old shopper Dennis Snow said.Closeup of cans of Spam (Photo by: Newscast/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Crime in New York City is up this year in six of seven major categories and the New York Post reported that petty larceny complaints are up 52% in the precinct where the Port Authority is located compared to last year."I don’t think they stop anything," a store clerk named Iggy said about the anti-theft cases. "It’s security theater.

The consumer who fueled the U.S. economy through the pandemic is starting to crack.

Covid-19: The country's active caseload currently stands at 1,43,676.  Covid-19 cases in India witnessed a marginal dip on Sunday with the country recording 19,673 fresh infections in the past 24 hours. India has been crossing the 20,000-mark in reporting the daily Covid-19 cases over the past few days.  According to the Union Health Ministry data, the country has 1,43,676 active cases at present, that accounts for 0.33% of the total coronavirus infections reported in the country so far since the onset of Covid-19 pandemic. To the date, 4,40,19,811 people got infected with the virus in India.

monkeypox cases and Calafornia had 799 infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data as quoted by AP. New York Governor Kathy Hochul had also declared a state disaster emergency in the last two days due to the rising monkeypox cases, with the state health department calling it an “imminent threat to public health." In an official statement, Adams and Vasan said that they will work with their federal partners to secure the doses of monkeypox vaccine as soon as they become available.

Manatū Hauora/the Ministry of Health announced today that the same vaccination rules for passengers arriving by air will apply to arrivals on cruise ships and recreational vessels such as ocean-going yachts.  That means anyone arriving by sea, unless exempt, will need to be vaccinated when New Zealand’s maritime border reopens at 11:59 pm today.

Today we are reporting 4,238 community cases, 806 current hospitalisations.