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PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. - A teacher at a South Florida elementary school ended up in the hospital after she was attacked by a 5-year-old student in her classroom, police said.However, charges against the child are not likely because the boy is "under the age of reasoning," Pembroke Pines police told WPLG Monday.The attack happened Wednesday morning at Pines Lakes Elementary School.According to the police report, "The incident began when two students in the classroom, 4 and 5 years old, began throwing things around the classroom and at the teachers along with flipping the chairs."Several faculty members split up the students, and the teacher brought the 5-year-old into another room.RELATED: Florida man drives through Manatee County golf course, hides in pond to avoid traffic stopStaff members then heard the teacher using her school radio, saying she needed help.

Queen Elizabeth II held an audience with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday in her first in-person engagement since recovering from COVID-19.

Police in Chester are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital Sunday night.  CHESTER, Pa. - An investigation is underway in Delaware County after a person was shot Sunday night. Police say the incident happened on West 9th and Lloyd Streets in Chester around 10:30 p.m. According to authorities, one person was shot in the head. They were taken to an area hospital and their condition is unknown at this time, police say. This is a developing story.

SAN JOSE, CA - MARCH 2: Cain Velasquez, center, is photographed with his attorney Alexandra Kazarian, second from right, during Velasquez’s first court appearance on an attempted murder charge at the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice on Wednesday, M SAN JOSE - Cain Velasquez will not be released on bail as he faces attempted murder charges from a shooting that injured one person, a Santa Clara County judge ruled Monday.Velasquez, a former champion mixed martial arts fighter, allegedly fired multiple shots at a car carrying a man accused of molesting a 4-year-old related to Velasquez.The stepfather of the accused child molester Harry Goularte was struck by the gunfire last week. Goularte was unharmed and had been on his way to get an ankle monitor that would track him ahead of his own case when the shooting erupted.Goularte's mother runs a daycare where Velasquez's relative was allegedly abused. The judge reportedly said that Velasquez, 39, of Gilroy, was "reckless" as he chased Goularte for miles through Santa Clara county before ramming his Ford 250 into Goularte's Chevy Silverado and opening fire in Morgan Hill. Velasquez faces 10 counts of attempted murder and multiple gun assault charges. Celebrity attorney Mark Geragos defends client Cain Velasquez outside court.

BUCKS COUNTY, Pa - A Bucks County family is waiting with bated breath as their newly adopted son is stuck in a bomb shelter in Ukraine. Maryana Kravchenko and her husband Dmitriy recently returned to Lower Southampton, Pennsylvania, from the Ukraine where they adopted 16-year-old Maksym. They met the teen three years ago as part of the Open Hearts and Homes for Children program. Maryana and her husband adopted Maksym from Ukraine on Feb.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 24: A USPS logo is seen on a mailbox on February 24, 2021, in New York City. The U.S Postal Service awarded a 10-year multi-billion dollar contract to Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Defense to replace its vehicles.

Several tornadoes were confirmed near Des Moines, Iowa, as a "large and extremely dangerous" storm took over the area, on Saturday, March 5, the National Weather Service said. (Credit: Jacob Tiernan via Storyful) DES MOINES, Iowa - Four of the seven people killed in devastating storms that tore through central Iowa were members of the same family who had sought shelter inside a home that was razed by a powerful tornado, authorities said.Two children, their father and their grandmother all died when a tornado hit the grandmother’s home near rural Winterset on Saturday afternoon, Madison County Sheriff Jason Barnes told television station KCCI.The children and their parents, from Blue Springs, Missouri, were visiting their grandmother, Melissa Bazley, 63, when the tornado hit.

holiday has just become a whole lot easier for jet-setting Brits eyeing up a Easter trip to Greece.A crucial coronavirus rule change by the Greek government could tempt more families to spend the school break abroad next month. From next week on March 15, holiday makers heading to Greece will no longer need to fill in a passenger locator form as travel restrictions around Europe are gradually relaxed.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that Canada was adding 10 new Russian individuals to its sanctions list who are “complicit” in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “This includes former and current senior government officials, oligarchs, and supporters of Russian leadership.

Queen Elizabeth was photographed for the first time in person after recovering from COVID-19.

WASHINGTON - A D.C. Metro employee was arrested last week in the District for his alleged participation in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherFederal authorities say Iraj George Javid was arrested on March 2 of this year.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Daytona Beach police are on the hunt for a killer after a couple was found stabbed to death and their throats were slashed while out on a bike ride.This happened on North Wild Olive Ave.Officials say that both victims, a husband and wife, suffered multiple stab wounds and lacerations. The Daytona Beach Police Chief says a suspect slashed the throats of a Daytona Beach couple while they were on their way home from Main Street. Officers found the couple early Sunday morning, according to the Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young.DOWNLOAD: FOX 35 NEWS APP | FOX 35 STORM TEAM WEATHER APPSUBSCRIBE: FOX 35 NEWSLETTER | FOX 35 Orlando on YouTube FOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter  The double homicide occurred Sunday after 1 a.m.

Yes, COVID is sadly still wreaking havoc around the world. After years of living in a pandemic, safety restrictions are being lifted (at least here in the United States), and it’s making it feel to some like the coronavirus crisis might finally be over.

By Brittani Coury, Paralympic snowboarder, is not the same athlete she was at the 2018 Paralympic Games in PyeongChang, where she won silver. Two years into a global pandemic, she’s not the same person either. Her perspective—as it has for all of us—has shifted. When the world ground to a halt in early 2020, the athlete was in the midst of her season.

COVID-19 hit, and two years of the pandemic hasn’t made them any cheaper.As restrictions continue to loosen in Manitoba, demand for events is rising, but the industry still has a number of hurdles to clear before it’s back to normal.“We’re struggling to bring staff back, we’re seeing supply chain issues, increase in labour costs, product shortages, flowers have gone up due to inclement weather impacting supply,” event planner Emma Singh told 680 CJOB’s The Start.“We’re seeing, overall, an almost 20 to 40 per cent increase on almost every budget line for an event.”Singh said the industry has had to learn to become adaptable and flexible over the past couple of years — and to have contingency plans, as things can change on short notice.“Things are continually changing,” Singh said. “We do have to follow the restrictions as the government and our health care puts them in place.

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COLOMBO (News 1st); The Head of Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Rajith has called on the support of the UHNRC to intervene to uncover the truth behind the Easter Sunday Attacks of 2019 and mete out justice to the victims.“The Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka on the 21st of April 2019 claimed the lives of 269 people including 82 children, and 47 foreign nationals belonging to 14 nations and injured more than 500 others,” said His Eminence to the 49th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.He said the first impression of the massacre was that it was purely the work of a few Islamist extremists. However, subsequent investigations indicate that this massacre was part of a grand political plot, he added.The Head of the Catholic Church said that despite repeated requests the incumbent government of Sri Lanka has failed to mete out justice to the victims.“Instead of uncovering the truth behind the attack and prosecuting those responsible, there are attempts to harass and intimate those who call for justice,” he said.His Eminence also noted that “as a result nearly three years after the horrendous crime were are still in the dark as to what really happened on that Easter Sunday.”“As this is a serious violation of the fundamental rights of the aggrieved victims, we earnestly call upon the UNHRC and its member countries to support the continuation of evidence gathering initiated by the council last year and to devise the means to ensure an impartial investigation to unravel the truth behind the Easter Sunday massacre,” he noted.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Central Bank of Sri Lanka has positioned the Rupee to Rs. 230/- against the US Dollar with effect from Monday (7), to allow flexibility in the exchange rate.FULL STATEMENT:Considering the severity of the external shocks and recent developments in the domestic front, the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka announced a comprehensive policy package on 04 March 2022 with the view to counter such economic headwinds.The Central Bank also indicated that it will continue to closely monitor the emerging macroeconomic and financial market developments, both globally and domestically, and will stand ready to take further measures as appropriate, with the aim of achieving stability in the fronts of inflation, the external sector, the financial sector, and real economic activity.In that context, greater flexibility in the exchange rate will be allowed to the markets with immediate effect.

MODESTO,Calif. - A Modesto mother faces close to 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty to conspiring with her son, who is on Death Row at San Quentin, to file fraudulent stimulus checks.Sheila Denise Dunlap admitted on Friday that she and her son obtained the personal information of more than 9,000 people to apply for stimulus checks in 2020.Investigators say she used her own bank account information to get more than $145,000 in these payments.In May, the US Department of Justice charged the 51-year-old woman with a wire fraud conspiracy after they said she filed fraudulent applications for Economic Impact Payment payments, commonly known as stimulus checks.  The EIP program was part of the CARES Act, a federal relief bill signed to address the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. MORE: California man charged with stealing $1M in COVID benefitsDunlap admitted in her plea agreement that her son, identified only by the initials D.W., sent her the personal information of his fellow prisoners along with information of others whom they suspected might qualify as non-filers of 2018 or 2019 income tax returns. Dunlap admitted she used this personal information to file multiple fraudulent claims through the Internal Revenue Service’s online EIP Portal.  In each of the applications, Dunlap listed her own Bank of America account to receive the payments, prosecutors said.In the plea agreement, Dunlap acknowledged that her son advised her to file the fraudulent claims by first using information of the youngest adults listed.  Both D.W.

data from AAA shows — and the figure is expected to soon surpass the all-time high reached in 2008. Gas is now a nickel shy of the highest-ever recorded average price, which was set on July 17, 2008, at $4.10 per gallon. On Monday, California had the highest average price per gallon among U.S. states at $5.34, while Missouri had the lowest at $3.627, according to AAA. Twenty U.S.

Guelph city council is returning to the horseshoe with in-person meetings set to resume, beginning with the committee of the whole meeting on Monday afternoon.Council has been conducting virtual meetings online since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. City of Guelph keeps mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy in place for employees “With the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and capacity limits across Ontario, we’re ready to welcome Guelph council members back to city hall and council chambers, if they so choose, under a new hybrid meeting model,” said Guelph city clerk Stephen O’Brien.“As we recover from COVID-19, we continue to provide an open and flexible municipal democratic process for our community.”Under the hybrid model, the meeting chair and up to six councillors, the city clerk, the city’s executive team and members of the media are allowed to attend meetings inside council chambers.The remaining six councillors may attend the meeting from another room located within city hall.The decision on whether to attend in person is up to each member of city council.

Ukraine on the advice of President Vladimir Putin’s top critic, Alexei Navalny.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the new sanctions while in the United Kingdom alongside British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte.The 10 individuals are “complicit in this unjustified invasion,” Trudeau said. Their identities were not immediately revealed.“This includes former and current senior government officials, oligarchs and supporters of Russian leadership,” he said.

Rachel Notley says she has tested positive for COVID-19.In a statement Monday morning, the Opposition leader said she tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, using a rapid antigen test.“I have been triple-vaccinated and my symptoms are mild,” Notley said.“I’m fortunate that I can continue to work on behalf of Alberta families while in isolation at my home. I look forward to returning to the legislature in person as soon as it’s safe to do so.” Alberta premier calls on Ottawa to ‘drop pointless’ COVID-19 travel restrictions In a post on social media, Notley used the chance to remind people to get their first, second or third dose of COVID-19 vaccine if they’re eligible.The weekend’s COVID-19 data will be released online on Monday afternoon.So far, 90.1 per cent of Albertans 12 and older have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 86.5 per cent have received two doses.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has landed in England and is holding talks to further aid Ukraine in the ongoing conflict. Europe bureau chief Crystal Goomansingh has the latest developments in Europe.

Air Transat says it is relaunching a significant number of its routes for the busy summer travel season including destinations in Europe and the United States.The Montreal-based airline says it will gradually restart flights to a total of 25 European destinations, including the six it currently serves, starting in April.Air Transat says that at the height of the season it will operate more than 250 direct flights weekly on 69 direct routes. Transat A.T.

COVID-19 on Monday as the province saw a slight rise in hospitalizations and intensive care unit cases.Pandemic-related hospitalizations increased by 16 to 1,254. This comes after 62 patients were admitted while 46 were discharged in the past 24 hours.The latest roundup shows 79 Quebecers in intensive care units, a bump of three compared with the previous day.The province recorded 775 new novel coronavirus cases, though this number is not representative of the situation since access to government-run PCR testing is limited to priority groups.

The EU’s foreign policy chief said on Friday he has urged China to use its influence with Moscow to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty, adding that if the U.N.

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A total of 19,852 new Covid-19 cases have been reported since Saturday, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, with more than 800 people with the virus now being treated in hospital.

The Chinese Foreign Minister on Monday called Russia Beijing’s “most important strategic partner” amid China’s continued refusal to condemn the invasion of Ukraine.

Queen Elizabeth, 95, made her first in-person appearance on Monday, March 7 after recovering from COVID-19. The British monarch was pictured graciously shaking hands with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, 50, at her residence at Windsor Castle in England. The Queen looked healthy and had a big smile on her face. She was dressed in a stylish blue floral dress for the meeting.

COVID on Monday with 249 in intensive care units.This is up by 9 hospitalizations and an increase of two for ICUs since the previous day, though officials noted not all hospitals reported updated figures due to the weekend.Last Monday, there were 849 hospitalizations with 279 in ICU.The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.Those figures aren’t updated on Mondays due to incomplete data reporting from hospitals over the weekend.However, latest figures from last week show roughly 47 per cent of those hospitalized with COVID were admitted for other reasons. Of those in intensive care with the virus, roughly 20 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

Queen Elizabeth II met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday in her first in-person meeting since battling COVID-19. The two were photographed together at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace confirmed the news on social media. "This afternoon The Queen received the Prime Minister of Canada, @JustinTrudeau, for an Audience at Windsor Castle," the official Twitter account wrote.

PHILADELPHIA - Three people are in the hospital after two motorcycles crashed in Rhawnhurst on Sunday afternoon, according to police. Authorities say a 2016 Suzuki motorcycle and 2019 Can Am motorcycle were traveling on Roosevelt Boulevard when the Suzuki attempted to pass. The two motorcycles made contact, causing the Can Am's operator to fall from her motorcycle and the Suzuki crashed to the ground, according to police. All three people were transported to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, police say. The operators of both motorcycles, age 37 and 34, are listed in critical condition, according to police.

The Queen has finally returned to face-to-face engagements as she met the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, 50.The 95 year old monarch had been avoiding all in-person plans on her royal schedule due to an extended bout of COVID-19. Aides and medics did their best to help the Queen isolate, as she continued to present with "mild symptoms" of Covid, and she hosted a number of official figures via Zoom and video link.

Greece is changing entry requirements for UK holidaymakers ahead of the Easter holidays.

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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday it will not take up the sexual assault case against comedian Bill Cosby, leaving in place a decision by Pennsylvania's highest court to throw out his conviction and set him free from prison.The high court declined prosecutors' request to hear the case and reinstate Cosby's conviction. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last year threw out Cosby's conviction, saying the prosecutor who brought the case was bound by his predecessor’s agreement not to charge Cosby.As is typical, the Supreme Court did not say anything in rejecting the case.

Queen Elizabeth II is back at work in a big way. On Monday, the 95-year-old monarch appeared in person for the first time since recovering from COVID-19.The queen received Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in audience at Windsor Castle.

Greece is once again relaxing its entry requirements, making it even easier for Brits to jet off to the holiday hotspot during the Easter break.

PHILADELPHIA - Gas prices around the globe continue to rise, causing pain at the pump for local drivers. RELATED: Average gas prices in Philadelphia area climb to around $4 per gallonAAA Mid-Atlantic reports that Sunday's average gas price in New Jersey hit $4.09 a gallon, breaking the old record of $3.99 set on July 8, 2008. The price is up 44 cents in the last week, 60 cents in the last month and $1.22 higher than a year ago, the company said.The Pennsylvania gas price average reached $4.17 per gallon Sunday, setting a new record high price for the region after breaking a 14-year record high Saturday, AAA said.

A view of an IRS 1040 Tax Form on a Laptop computer screen being prepared for an electronic filing. Robert Barnes, Getty Images The IRS is taking steps to relieve the backlog of tax returns.The agency plans to hire 10,000 new full-time workers to play a direct role in that mission, according to Politico.There are millions of unprocessed tax returns and other mail from individual and business taxpayers, according to the union that represents most of the IRS workforce.The hiring process is scheduled to run through Dec.

On Monday, Queen Elizabeth II held an audience with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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

COLOMBO (News 1st); Thousands of Sri Lankan health workers are on strike for the third consecutive day, citing several demands.The trade unions demand that the authorities eliminate existing salary disparities in the sector just as they eliminated the teacher and principal salary anomalies.Health workers across Sri Lanka including nurses, and Public Health Inspectors are on strike citing multiple demands.They resorted to the indefinite trade union action from Monday (7).As a result of the strike activities at the Colombo General Hospital, Kandy General Hospital, 24 Teaching Hospitals, 26 General Hospitals, 46 Base Hospitals, 410 District Hospitals, and 293 MOH Officers came to a complete standstill.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Talks between the Health Minister and the Health Trade Unions to solve a series of issues failed on Tuesday (8).Trade Union leaders have vowed to continue with their strike action.Earlier in the day, heavy traffic was reported along Deans Road in Colombo opposite the Health Ministry due to a protest by health workers.Hundreds of health workers marched from the Vihara Maha Devi Park in Colombo to the Health Ministry against the government’s failure to remove salary anomalies and address their grievances, despite recent token strikes.The unions demand that the authorities eliminate existing salary disparities in the sector just as they eliminated the teacher and principal salary anomalies.Health workers across Sri Lanka including nurses, and Public Health Inspectors are on strike citing multiple demands.They resorted to the indefinite trade union action from Monday (7).As a result of the strike activities at the Colombo General Hospital, Kandy General Hospital, 24 Teaching Hispitals, 26 General Hospitals, 46 Base Hospitals, 410 District Hospitals and 293 MOH Officers came to a complete standstill.