Duke investigating student’s graduation speech that mirrored 2014 Harvard speech

The economy grew by 10.8% in GDP terms in the first three months of this year but shrank by 1% when measured by Modified Domestic Demand, which more closely tracks the domestic economy, new Central Statistics Office figures show today.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - JUNE 17: Semi-automatic weapons for sale are on display at Texas Gun, one of the 6,700 gun dealers located near the 2,000 miles long U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Gilles Mingasson/Getty Images) DOVER, Del. - Democratic lawmakers in Delaware have introduced legislation outlawing the sale or possession of a wide variety of semiautomatic firearms and prohibiting anyone under age 21 from buying a firearm. The bills are part of a package of gun restrictions proposed Thursday with the support of Democratic Gov.

Doug Ford’s re-election Thursday evening was watched closely by federal Conservatives looking for lessons on how to bring their party back to power after three straight election losses.The main takeaway from multiple party insiders – including those helping to run leadership campaigns – was that the federal Conservatives need to emulate Ford’s blue-collar messaging and build a new voter coalition to take on Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party. Ontario Progressive Conservatives win another majority government “This majority is a testament to the relentless hard work of Doug Ford and Monte McNaughton over the past four years to build relationships and trust with labour union workers,” said Melanie Paradis, who served as director of communications to former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole.“Blue-collar workers should absolutely be voting Conservative, but we haven’t appealed to them for years.

A woman who spent more than 40 years working at Paisley's hospital has returned to give up her time as a volunteer.

Covid-19 protocols. DGCA’s advocate Anjana Gosain, who herself is inflicted with Covid-19 and appeared through video conferencing, said the authorities are seriously implementing norms regarding masking at airports and in aircraft by all concerned.

An East Kilbride-based mental health charity that has proved to be a lifeline for members for more than 40 years has folded.

India on Friday recorded another surge in the number of fresh cases of Covid-19 as 4,041 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours. This is the highest daily tally in nearly three months. Earlier, India had recorded as many as 4,194 COVID-19 cases on March 11.

Iowa, authorities said.The three people died outside the Cornerstone Church, a megachurch on the outskirts of Ames, according to the Story County Sheriff’s Office.

school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.Trey Ganem, the owner of SoulShine Industries, a company specializing in custom caskets and urns, told Good Morning America he was contacted by a trooper and funeral directors to see if he’d be willing to help. Uvalde school police chief says he’s cooperating with probe into shooting response “They know I deal with a lot of children and that I can make sure that things get done as far as doing customization and doing something special because this wasn’t your typical funeral arrangements,” Ganem said.Ganem, 50, told CBS News he visited with each family to learn about their child’s interests.A post shared by SoulShine Industries (@soulshine_industries)“Being able to go to the homes is something that is very emotional for me,” Ganem told CBS Mornings.

dog walker, Scott Howley of Fun Dog picked up Cochrane and his wife Anne Chirakal’s dog, Chilly, from their High Park home around 1:30 p.m. This was the routine that had been set in place for three years.

Justin Trudeau says his government will be addressing reports of Chinese fighter jet pilots “buzzing” Canadian planes over international waters directly with Chinese officials to ensure it is not part of an “escalatory pattern.”Global News first reported citing multiple government sources that Chinese jets have repeatedly flown so close to a Canadian surveillance plane in the Asia-Pacific region that Canadian pilots could make eye contact with Chinese pilots, who have sometimes shown their middle fingers.“We take this situation very seriously,” Trudeau told reporters while speaking at an event in the Siksika First Nation in Alberta on Thursday.“The fact that China would have chosen to do this is extremely troubling, so we will be bringing it up directly with Chinese officials and (government) counterparts and ensuring that this doesn’t continue to be part of an escalatory pattern.” Canada alarmed as Chinese fighter pilots ‘buzz’ Canadian planes over international waters The Canadian CP-140 Aurora plane is currently taking part in Operation Neon, part of United Nations efforts to enforce sanctions against North Korea and prevent the rogue nation’s development of weapons of mass destruction. The plane is flown frequently by multiple, rotating crews.Sources told Global News there have been approximately 60 of these types of intercepts with Chinese fighter jets since Christmas.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said people should use face masks, vaccinate themselves and follow discipline if they don't wish to experience Covid-19 restrictions again. Speaking at the state Covid-19 task force meeting amid a rise in the number of cases over the past few days, Thackeray said the government will keep a watch over the situation for a fortnight. Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 1,045 new coronavirus infections and one death, taking the active tally to 4,559.  The state's caseload stands at 78,89,212, and death toll is 1,47,861.

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FRANCONIA TOWNSHIP, Pa. - In Montgomery County, an NRA fundraiser had some people protesting, but gun rights supporters weren’t backing down at all.Inside the Franconia Heritage Banquet Facility, a major fundraiser supporting the National Rifle Association, organized by Montgomery County PA Friends of the NRA.The event, complete with gun raffles, live and silent auctions, according to a flyer, while outside dozens of area residents decrying the event, after recent mass shootings like the one at an elementary school in Texas."Nobody deserves to be mowed down with an automatic rifle. And, that’s why I’m here standing the rain, saying peace," stated one protestor.RELATED HEADLINES:FOX 29 went to the door of the NRA fundraiser, seeking comment and reaction to the protests, but were turned away and told cameras were not allowed inside.Montgomery County NRA protest.

LANGHORNE, Pa. - After the brutal cold of a long winter and the gradual warm-up through spring, it's around this time when people are eager to hit the road for summer travel. But not so fast. The average cost for a gallon of regular fuel reached a new national high on Thursday of $4.71, according to AAA. Closer to home, Pennsylvania's average price at the pump rose to $4.80 per gallon. Motorists in New Jersey are paying an average of $4.79 per gallon, although south jersey skews slightly cheaper at $4.75.

PRINCETON, N.J. - Authorities in New Jersey are searching for a man who allegedly tried to grab a teenage girl's buttocks as she entered her car. The Princeton Police Department said the incident happened Tuesday morning in the Franklin Avenue Parking Lot. According to police, the 17-year-old victim was entering her car when the suspect approached her from behind and grabbed her left leg in an apparent attempt to grab her buttocks. The suspect, described by police as a 5-foot-5 Hispanic man, fled south through the parking lot towards Princeton Cemetery.

Global News is projecting that the Ontario Progressive Conservatives will form a majority government, with the party expected to win at least 63 seats.

strengthen T cells to fight some types of leukemia and lymphoma. They add an artificial receptor to patients’ T cells so the immune fighters can recognize a marker on the outside of blood cancer cells, and attack.But that CAR-T therapy doesn’t work against more common solid tumors, which don’t carry that same danger marker.The new twist: At Oregon’s Providence Cancer Institute, researcher Eric Tran genetically engineered Wilkes’ T cells so they could spot a mutant protein that's hidden inside her tumor cells -- and only there, not in healthy cells.How? Certain molecules sit on the surface of cells and give the immune system a sneak peek of what proteins are inside.

DALLAS - A 21-year-old man who police said broke into the Dallas Museum of Art, destroying $5 million worth of ancient artifacts, reportedly said he did it because he was "mad at his girl."This happened just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, when a spokeswoman for the museum said someone "forcibly entered" the museum.Police later identified the suspect as Brian Hernandez, who was taken into custody shortly after leaving the scene.

Today we are reporting 6,232 community cases, 390 current hospitalisations, and 14 deaths. 

WILDWOOD, N.J. - Authorities say a swimmer from Philadelphia who went missing in the ocean off the coast of New Jersey was not found after an exhaustive search. The Wildwood Police Department said 19-year-old Alfred Williams was among a group of four swimmers who needed to be rescued from the water last Tuesday. Emergency crews responded to the beach near Andrews Avenue around 4 p.m. and observed two swimmers in distress at least 100 yards off the shore. The two swimmers were pulled from the water by members of the Wildwood Fire Department, according to authorities. A 3-year-old girl is in critical condition after being rescued from a pool in Camden County, and three people were pulled from the ocean off the coast of Wildwood.

HARRISBURG - A state court agreed Thursday night in a ballot-counting lawsuit with the campaign of David McCormick, who is in a neck-and-neck Republican primary contest for the U.S. Senate against celebrity heart surgeon Dr.

FILE - An artist’s illustration of two suited crew members working on the lunar surface. The one in the foreground lifts a rock to examine it while the other photographs the collection site in the background.

Maharashtra, the state government will decide to make masks mandatory. The Government is keeping an eye. Discussions have been held with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray regarding the Covid-19 situation in the state," Ajit Pawar said.

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden delivered an impassioned plea to Congress to act on gun control Thursday night in an address to the nation, calling on lawmakers to restore limits on the sale of assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines after a string of mass shootings in the country.Speaking at the White House, Biden sought to drive up pressure on Congress to pass stricter gun limits after such efforts failed following past attacks."How much more carnage are we willing to accept," Biden said after last week's shootings by an 18-year-old gunman, who killed 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and another attack on Wednesday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where a gunman shot and killed four people and himself at a medical office.And those came after the May 14 assault in Buffalo, New York, where a white 18-year-old wearing military gear and livestreaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood, killing 10 people and wounding three others in what authorities described as "racially motivated violent extremism."All major broadcast networks broke away from regular programing to carry Biden’s remarks at 7:30 p.m. EDT, before the start of primetime shows.

MALVERN, Pa. - The Chester County District Attorney's Office on Thursday determined that an officer who shot and killed an armed woman during a wellness check at a townhome in Malvern last month was justified in using lethal force, according to a release. The investigation stems from an incident on the 800 block of Charleston Green on May 19. Officers from the Malvern Police Department were dispatched to a townhome just after 11 a.m.

WHAT TO DO WHEN HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR YOUR TOWNOn the forecast track, Potential Tropical Cyclone One is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Alex before landfall on Saturday in Southwest Florida.The potential tropical cyclone is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Alex within the next 24 hours. (Credit: FOX Weather) Once the system's sustained winds reach 40 mph or higher and gains a true center of circulation, it will become a tropical storm and receive the name "Alex," the first name on this year's list of storm names for the Atlantic Basin.WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TROPICAL DEPRESSION, TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE?Scattered downpours should arrive in portions of South Florida Thursday night, increase in intensity on Friday as winds gust to or near tropical-storm force (40-plus mph), and continue falling into Saturday.Satellite imagery of Atlantic coast and Florida.

North Korea has opted to lift its Covid-19 restrictions despite recording almost 100,00 cases each day.The World Health Organisation (WHO) have questioned the country's reports of “progress” however, instead assuming that Pyongyang's Covid crisis is actually worsening. Despite no access to data, the WHO are sceptical over state media claims that cases of coronavirus are falling.The country, which announced its first Covid case on May 12, claimed the outbreak is under control, but WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan questioned that belief.“We assume the situation is getting worse not better,” he said, acknowledging, though, that the secretive totalitarian state had provided very limited information.Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s lead on Covid-19, meanwhile said the country had registered more than three million suspected cases, although the official accounts only mention cases of “fever”.The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Thursday (June 2) some 96,600 “fevered cases” in 24 hours, for a total of 3.8 million cases since late April.

POTTSTOWN, Pa. - One week after the deadly explosion in Pottstown that killed five, including four children, local building inspectors say they’ve completed their search of homes nearest the blast site and will now look at homes a distance away.It was a week ago Thursday evening when the massive blast leveled two homes at the corner of Butler Avenue and Hale Street.Pennsylvania State Police and agents from the federal ATF are searching for the cause of the blast. Agents with ATF were back on the scene Thursday snapping photos of a battered store and nearby gas lines.RELATED HEADLINES:Justin Valentine grew up in the neighborhood.

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WASHINGTON - The Biden administration says it will cancel federal student loans for some 560,000 borrowers who attended the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain. Under the new action, hundreds of thousands of students who attended the now-defunct chain will receive $5.8 billion in full loan discharges – the largest of its kind in the Department of Education's history. "As of today, every student deceived, defrauded and driven into debt by Corinthian Colleges can rest assured that the Biden-Harris Administration has their back and will discharge their federal student loans," Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement. "For far too long, Corinthian engaged in the wholesale financial exploitation of students, misleading them into taking on more and more debt to pay for promises they would never keep."U.S.

Lexi LaPorte, rests in her hospital bed. (Erin LaPorte)"I go off into the oncoming lane; I go off the road; I hit a street sign; I hit the tip of the guardrail and my car goes airborne," Lexi continued. Lexi’s car had driven off what started off as a 20-foot embankment and her car rolled over several times and came to rest at the bottom of a ravine in a creek bed which was about 100 feet below. Lexi’s car seen down the ravine.

COVID-19 deaths last week, according to provincial health data.The province’s latest epidemiology update shows 15 new deaths were reported between May 22 and 28, up from six reported the week earlier. COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations down in Manitoba But Manitoba’s total COVID-19 deaths recorded since March 2020 rose to 1,980 in the latest report — an increase of 52 over the previous week.The government has previously told Global News the number of deaths fluctuates as previous cases are confirmed or removed from the list.Information about COVID-19 deaths, including age, gender and health region, is no longer included in the province’s weekly updates.The government’s latest data shows 120 people with COVID-19 were admitted to hospital last week, including nine into intensive care units.

PHILADELPHIA - A former Philadelphia police officer who was hurt during an arrest called out District Attorney Larry Krasner for offering a plea deal to the person who fired at him. Officer Patrick Keller said the D.A.'s office contacted him last week about a plea deal for the defendant of 4-8 years behind bars, plus three years probation. Keller, who now serves as a police officer in the suburbs, believes the punishment is not enough. Keller was one of two Philadelphia police officers that responded to a home on South 56th Street in late December 2020 for reports of a domestic incident.

A DJ displays music as people dance at the nightclub "La Dune" in the French southern city of La Grande Motte, on early July 10, 2021. (Photo by SYLVAIN THOMAS/AFP via Getty Images) Across France, more than 300 people have reported being pricked out of the blue with needles at nightclubs or concerts in recent months.

CENTER CITY - An energized and motivated crowd of activists and council members are calling on the Kenney Administration to properly fund Philadelphia Parks and Recreation and the Free Library of Philadelphia as a hot and humid summer draws near."We’re constantly being asked to do all of these different things, and our budget always seems to get smaller and smaller or stagnate, despite the fact that the needs of this community are ever growing. At Christy alone, we lost four kids last summer," said Quan Brown, a local volunteer at Christy Park. "I don’t mean lost like on a field trip, I mean they were gunned down."16-year-old Kahree Simmons was one of those teens.

KENSINGTON - Fire crews battled a large fire in a Kensington junkyard Thursday afternoon.Crews were called to Aramingo Avenue and Wheatsheaf Lane about 4:30 in the afternoon. They were met with heavy flames.Plumes of thick, black smoke could be seen billowing across the river and into New Jersey by drivers along northbound I95.A PennDOT camera also managed to capture the flames as the fire raged.AdvertisementFirefighters were able to bring the blaze under control just after 5:30 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas - Following the deadly mass shooting in Uvalde last week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has called on state lawmakers in a letter to find solutions to prevent future massacres. In the letter, Abbott details a list of areas to focus on for potential solutions to the problem of mass shootings but gun control was left out. "As Texans mourn the tragedy that occurred at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde last week, we as a State must reassess the twin issues of school safety and mass violence.

Star Jones has one major regret from her time on . In honor of the show's 25th anniversary, the 60-year-old TV personality reunited with Meredith Vieira, Debbie Matenopoulos, and Joy Behar, three of the four women alongside whom she served as an original co-host, and discussed what she wishes she'd been open about during her tenure.

Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska is advocating for the importance of mental health during war.

As new Omicron subvariants fan out across the globe, a few more countries are reporting rising cases, including Portugal and India.

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration said Thursday that children under 5 may be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccination doses as soon as June 21, if federal regulators authorize shots for the age group, as expected.White House COVID-19 coordinator Ashish Jha outlined the administration's planning for the last remaining ineligible age group to get shots. He said the Food and Drug Administration's outside panel of advisers will meet on June 14-15 to evaluate the Pfizer and Moderna shots for younger kids.