Gap between 2nd Covid jab, booster dose reduced for those flying abroad: Report

Maharashtra reported 711 new Covid cases while Delhi logged 373 cases in the past 24 hours. Mumbai registered more than 500 Covid cases, the highest daily count since February 6 this year, on Tuesday.

Cale Makar had three points, including a controversial goal, as the Colorado Avalanche outscored the Edmonton Oilers 8-6 to take Game 1 of the NHL’s West Final.

U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday his administration will send more advanced rocket systems and munitions to Ukraine, answering urgent pleas for weapons the Ukrainians view as critical in the effort to stall Russia’s latest advances.

The Robb Elementary School teacher who propped open an exterior door that law enforcement said a gunman used to get inside and kill 19 students and two teachers had closed the door but it did not lock, state police said Tuesday.

A Global News investigation has uncovered disturbing allegations linked to numerous policing agencies in B.C., and the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner has confirmed that its own probe is underway.

PHILADELPHIA - Family members of a Philadelphia father and son who police say were killed in a drive-by shooting last weekend gathered to share memories and demand answers. "You can't believe this is actually happening," said Karaina Beckett. "No parent should be burying their child, that's how we feel, and it's a senseless crime."Investigators say Jerry Parks and his 10-year-old son Jamel were pulling into a parking spot on the 2100 block of Carver Street Sunday night when at least two shooters inside an SUV unloaded 13 shots. Jerry and Jamel were both struck several times by gunfire and died at different hospitals, police said.

MEDIA, Pa. - A Pennsylvania volunteer fire department called off its gun raffle fundraiser following an uproar from community members.The Rocky Run Fire Company Spring Special Gun Raffle charged $10 a ticket, and advertised prizes like a 9mm pistol, a shotgun and an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.Some believe that the holding the raffle in the wake of the Texas elementary school shooting was in poor taste. "That’s scary as it is, in this day and age we don’t need any more rifles," Kehinde Ajayi said. "If it’s for something different I’m for it.

PHILADELPHIA - Following two water rescues Tuesday in New Jersey, experts are urging caution around pools and bodies of water as the summer weather ramps up. Emergency crews in Camden County were called to a home on Branch Avenue where a 3-year-old girl had to be saved from a backyard pool. She was flown to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in critical condition. Elsewhere in New Jersey, the coast guard and local authorities pulled three people from the ocean off the coast of Wildwood and scoured the water for a man. Alana Mauger, a spokesperson for the Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania, says that it's particularly important to take water safety measures around children."The reality is that it can happen so quickly," Mauger said.

President of Mexico Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador talks at a press conference during a Latin-American tour for migration development on May 6, 2022 in San Salvador, El Salvador. MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador signed a decree Tuesday outlawing the sale of e-cigarettes, continuing the government’s anti-vaping policy.Mexico had already prohibited imports of the devices since at least October.

Today we are reporting 8,182 community cases, 373 current hospitalisations, and 13 deaths. 

Hailey Bieber is getting candid about her mental health journey.

Importance of India Goh highlighted India as a key growth area, saying it is expected to become the world’s third-biggest aviation market by the middle of this decade, if not before.  Singapore Airlines teamed up with Indian conglomerate Tata Sons Pvt. to form full-service carrier Vistara, which started flying in 2014.

SEATTLE - The Seattle City Council has unanimously passed legislation that would guarantee a minimum wage for app-based delivery drivers and gig workers, making it the first city in the nation to do so.Currently, drivers for organizations like UberEats, Grubhub and DoorDash get paid per ride, plus tips. The legislation passed, introduced by Councilmembers Lisa Herbold and Andrew Lewis, would set a minimum wage for those drivers at $17/hour. "We live in an expensive city; many delivery workers earn below the minimum wage after expenses and tips are accounted for," said Herbold.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia students gathered outside City Hall on Tuesday to demand action against gun violence by presenting the finding out a survey that highlight how shootings have impacted the city's youth. The 13-question survey called ‘Enough Is Enough: Students Against Gun Violence’ was organized by Councilman at large Isaiah Thomas and distributed to nearly a dozen Philadelphia schools. While some of the findings showed just how many lives gun violence has touched, other figures revealed shortcomings in the city's efforts to quell the rampant shootings. Over 58% of students surveyed at Strawberry Mansion High School have seen shootings in their neighborhood. More than 60% of students have a family member who died from gun violence. MORE LOCAL HEADLINES"It's one thing for us to feel like we know what to do, it's another thing for the young people to tell us what we need to do," one of the few adults who spoke on Tuesday said. "They have a perspective and an experience none of us have."Many believe that one way to tame gun violence is through community leaders and outreach programs.

RELATED: White House: Federal transportation mask mandate 'not in effect at this time'After the judge’s ruling the DOJ said it would appeal the judge’s ruling if the CDC deemed it necessary. The DOJ has told the federal appeals court that the CDC order, issued in January 2021, was "within" the agency’s legal authority, Reuters reported.RELATED: Majority of Americans want masks for travelers: AP-NORC pollThe ruling from U.S.

Texas Department of Public Safety, said the delayed police response to the mass shooting was "the wrong decision."Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district police chief, has not responded to Texas Rangers in two days for a follow-up interview from his initial statements following the shooting, a DPS spokesperson told Fox News in a statement. FILE - People visit a memorial for the 19 children and two adults killed on May 24th during a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 30, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. "The Uvalde Police Department and Uvalde CISD Police have been cooperating with investigators," the statement said.

This morning police in Fridley were called to the Two Stooges bar in Fridley after a report of an altercation involving gunfire. NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An elderly woman was killed and two males wounded when an argument between two females erupted into gunfire Tuesday at a university campus after a high school graduation there, New Orleans police said.The males received wounds that were not life-threatening — one hit in a shoulder, the other in a leg, authorities told news outlets.

Johnny Depp has been camped out at the Ritz-Carlton in Virginia during his marathon defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, recuperating from his daily courtroom grind with chicken Parmigiana dinners and red wine, sources told Fox News Digital.Jurors received the sensational case on Friday and deliberated for two hours before breaking for Memorial Day weekend. They returned Tuesday to continue weighing the case.Located roughly 15 minutes away from the Fairfax County Courthouse, the five-star property is in McLean, Virginia, conveniently connected to a high-end shopping mall that boasts Louis Vuitton and Gucci among other luxury retailers.The actor has a suite at the hotel and takes most of his meals at The Palm, a fine-dining steakhouse with more than 30 locations across the U.S., Puerto Rico and Mexico, sources told Fox News Digital.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 19: Musician Snoop Dogg of Mount Westmore performs on stage at Pechanga Arena on May 19, 2022 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Daniel Knighton/Getty Images) Rapper Snoop Dogg announced on social media that he will cancel all non-U.S. tour dates for the remainder of the year."Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts, including family obligations and upcoming tv and film projects, Snoop Dogg regrets he is canceling all upcoming non-U.S.

Ivy Queen has fans concerned. This week the singer revealed that she is battling an issue with her health. ‘La Caballota’ announced this on social media by sharing an emotional video on her TikTok account from the hospital.

PHILADELPHIA - The rash of gun violence that continues to plague Philadelphia has come to the doorstep of residents in one neighborhood twice in less than two weeks.Investigators say two men, ages 23 and 26, were targeted by a group of shooters who unleashed nearly 70 shots on the 1700 block of West Oxford Street Monday. The 26-year-old, who has not been identified by police, died from gunshot wounds. The younger victim was hit seven times and taken to Temple Hospital in critical condition, according to police. "It was ugly, what I saw was just like the Wild Wild West," said James Dandy, whose lived on Cecil B.

WILDWOO - One person is missing and three people were recovered from the ocean Tuesday afternoon in Wildwood, according to officials. The Coast Guard said it's helping to scour the water near Andrew Avenue beach for the missing person, described as a Black man wearing a white tank top.Authorities are using boats and air crews to scan the water for the missing man. Officials have not said what caused the victims to need to be rescued. Advertisement

COVID-19 pandemic, is going beyond health-care facilities and is affecting home care as well.This April, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) cancelled nearly 27,000 appointments. That’s 166 per cent more than over the same month in 2021.That same month, recorded home-care cancellations by the WRHA were more than 10,000 higher than the numbers from April of 2020, in the early days of the pandemic.The WRHA says its home-care program continues to experience staffing shortages, but cancellations related to heavy winter storms across the province also contributed to those numbers.

British Columbia has become the first province to be granted an exemption under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to remove criminal penalties for possession of some hard drugs.

Grant Fuhrman (PHOTO: WLUK) OSHKOSH, Wis. - The judge presiding over a case involving a violent altercation in a Wisconsin high school postponed the trial after defense attorneys argued that public sentiment related to the school shootings in Texas could taint the jury pool.Grant Fuhrman, accused of stabbing a high school resource officer multiple times with a barbecue fork in Oshkosh in 2019, is charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. The 19-year-old man has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.During a struggle, the officer shot the then-16-year-old student.

Experts say the combination of cool water, abundant sunshine and enough nutrients triggered a massive phytoplankton bloom off the coast of the mid-Atlantic during May.A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite captured the stunning image of the bloom off the U.S. East Coast.Ecologists say the bloom might have been provoked by persistent upwelling that made sea temperatures cooler than average.When the predominant wind direction is out of the west or even southwest, cooler water from deeper depths can mix with surface layers, thus cooling the overall sea temperature.Water temperatures in blue were colder than average.

FOX Sports announces Greg Olsen, left, and Kevin Burkhardt, right, as the top broadcast team for the NFL season. Olsen photo (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM) Burkhardt photo (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - FOX Sports has unveiled its new broadcast team for the 2022-23 NFL season and Super Bowl LVII.

MORRO BAY, Calif. - Stanley the rooster gets to do a lot of cool things.He gets to take rides in the car, go to the beach and pose for silly pictures, posted on Jennifer Guelker's Facebook page, BackYard Chickens.But because this rooster lives in Morro Bay – a seaside city in San Luis Obispo County -- he's also an expert surfer.Guelker took video of Stanley perched on top of her robotic vacuum cleaner, calmly sucking up dirt and dust from the hardwood floors.A child's voice can be heard giggling in the background. Guelker described Stanley as "special rooster" who "likes to hangout with everyone." For more of Stanley's adventures, click here. Advertisement 

Stock photo of a cow and calf moose in State Forest State State Park. Photo Credit CPW / Vic Schendel BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. - A female runner was injured when she came across a cow moose, believed to have been protecting her newborn, while running on a Colorado trail. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said the incident happened last Thursday morning on the Campion Trail in Breckenridge. "The runner was focused on the trail and looking down at her feet," CPW District Wildlife Manager Jacob Kay said in a news release.

In signs that the country may be over the worst of its Omicron surge, restrictions began easing in two of China's largest cities, Shanghai and Beijing.

A meta-analysis of 158 observational studies from 49 countries on six continents reveals severe disruptions in cardiovascular (CV)-related hospitalizations, diagnostic and interventional procedures, and outpatient visits during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three Vancouver Island men are facing multiple charges in connection with a dark web drug-trafficking ring, funded by cryptocurrency.

About 75% of COVID-19 deaths in the least-vaccinated Chicago areas could have been prevented if their uptake would have equaled that of the highest-coverage areas during the Alpha and Delta variant surges, suggests a study late last week in JAMA Network Open.University of Chicago researchers studied vaccine uptake and outcomes of

Michael Wiggnis UPPER MERION, Pa. - A woman was reportedly assaulted on a popular walking trail last week, and now a suspect has been arrested.Michael Wiggins is charged with two counts of indecent assault and one count of simple assault.The victim told police that the suspect approached her from behind while she was walking on the Schuylkill River Trail to the rear of Valley Forge Towers around 1:36 p.m. Friday.He then grabbed her hips and tried to forcibly pull down her pants, according to police.Police say she was able to push him away and escape.AdvertisementWiggins was located and taken into custody minutes after the victim provided a description.

Materials used to make homemade explosives found in the home of 82-year-old Francis Beck of Margate.  (Longport Police Department)MARGATE, N.J. - Police say one neighbor's 911 call led to an arrest and seizure of numerous weapons at a home in Margate.On May 16, a resident on 36th Avenue told police an 82-year-old neighbor was caught shooting holes in their fence on surveillance footage.Police say Francis Beck, 82, fired two rounds from a CO2 powered handgun. He was taken into custody on May 26 and initially charged with possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of weapons and criminal mischief. However, more charges followed after officers conducted a search of his home.Weapons found and removed from the home of 82-year-old Francis Beck of Margate.  (Longport Police Department)Multiple homemade explosive devices, a large cache of firearms and a large quantity of ammunition were all reportedly found inside the home.Materials used to make homemade explosives found in the home of 82-year-old Francis Beck of Margate.  (Longport Police Department)The explosives were seized by bomb squad units, who said the immediate area was safe.Training grenades found in the home of 82-year-old Francis Beck of Margate.  (Longport Police Department)AdvertisementBeck was then charged with possession of destructive devices and multiple weapons violations.

LAWRENCE, Kan. - A father and his 12-year-old son are being hailed as heroes after authorities said they helped rescue a drowning, 4-year-old boy with autism from a pool. Authorities in Lawrence, Kansas said little boy, Xavier Rigney, briefly got out of his mother's sight and somehow made his way through a locked fence before jumping into the pool."His head goes completely under the water. His mouth and nose never come up above the water, and that's why we say they don't have the ability to scream," Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Lt.

Here are the important developments in India's Covid-19 vaccine drive:

ANI on Saturday, quoting sources. 

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