India's daily Covid-19 cases above 8,000 mark for third day, active cases rise to 47,995

Police looking for man accused of shooting woman while she slept in Germantown apartment. PHILADELPHIA - A woman was allegedly shot in her sleep last month, and now police are asking for the public's help to identify a suspect.The victim arrived at Temple University Hospital with gunshots wounds to her left armed and shoulder on June 24.She reportedly told police a man shot her while she was asleep insider her Germantown apartment on Wayne Avenue.Two .45 caliber fired cartridge casings were found on the scene, according to police. A video shows the 21-year-old suspect entering and exiting the apartment complex carrying a firearm.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Florida man is facing animal cruelty charges after investigators said he killed his neighbor's pet rooster. Jacksonville resident James Nix told Action News Jax he was checking his mail in mid-May when his neighbor's rooster began attacking him."I just checked my mail and turn around and go, and I hear, ’Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!’ And I turn around, and there’s a chicken out there in the street. I said, ’Oh boy, here we go.’" he recalled.

Kourtney Kardashian - was admitted to hospital last week after suffering "excruciating pain" in his abdomen. He is now thought to have left the hospital and returned home. READ MORE: Kourtney Kardashian strips to lingerie to romp with Travis for raunchy photoshoot And a source told Us Weekly magazine that he is taking things slowly for now.

RICHMOND, Va. - Police in Richmond, Virginia, said Wednesday that they thwarted a planned July 4 mass shooting after receiving a tip that led to arrests and the seizure of multiple guns.Authorities announced the alleged plot in a news release, but did not release any additional information. Chief Gerald Smith planned a news conference for Wednesday afternoon.A spokesperson for the police department did not immediately respond to a call seeking additional details of the planned shooting.File: Richmond, Virginia seen in May 2022.

PHILADELPHIA - A man has died after authorities say he was fatally struck by a vehicle in Philadelphia’s Frankford neighborhood Wednesday. The incident occurred around 10:20 a.m. on the 4100 block of Aramingo Avenue.Police say the victim, a man in his 60s, walking along the street when he was struck by a silver Hyundai Sonata that was traveling southbound on Aramingo Avenue. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by responding paramedics.

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - Did you know some snails can cause meningitis? The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is warning Pasco County to beware of the giant African land snail (GALS) that can carry a rare rat lungworm called Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which may cause meningitis in humans, according to the state’s recent "Pest Alert.""The giant African land snail … is one of the most invasive pests on the planet, causing agricultural and environmental damage wherever it is found," the report added.  After receiving notice of a "possible" population of the snail in New Port Richey, Pasco County on June 21, FDACS said a property survey confirmed the presence of a white form of the giant African land snail two days later. "The phenotype in Pasco County has a creamy white flesh as opposed to the grey-ish brown flesh of the phenotype that was eradicated in the Miami area," said Erin M. Moffet, FDACS’s communications director.  INVASIVE SNAIL THAT LOVES DAMAGING PLANTS, LIVING IN HUMIDITY FOUND IN PASCO COUNTYMoffet told Fox News that Mellon, a mollusk detector dog, is actively surveying for the pest. The department said on their website that they will treat properties with a specific snail bait that is a metaldehyde-based molluscicide labeled by the U.S.

Kate Garraway has confirmed that her husband Derek Draper is back in hospital amid his Covid recovery.The Good Morning Britain presenter, 55, gave an update of husband's health at this afternoon's Tric Awards. She said: "He's okay.

KATE Garraway's husband Derek Draper is back in hospital, she revealed today. The Good Morning Britain star was appearing at the Tric Awards in London when she opened up about his condition.

Eamonn Holmes has given a health update as he continues to struggle with back issues.The Northern Irishman, 62, has been seen walking with a crutch after being hospitalised last month - where it was quickly discovered that he had two prolapsed discs in his back.Eamonn went on to spend over a week in hospital, before returning to work as a presenter for GB News the following week.READ MORE: Eamonn Holmes poses with rarely-seen lookalike daughter Rebecca in sweet Ascot snapIt appears that things are on the up for Eamonn though as he told the Daily Star at the TRIC Awards on Wednesday (July 6): "Everybody keeps telling me what's wrong with my knees, hips. I'm okay. "Doing my best.

Police looking for sexual assault suspect. PHILADELPHIA - Police are looking for a man they say sexually assaulted a victim in Center City Tuesday afternoon.The suspect entered an unlocked law firm office on the 200 block of North 13th Street, according to police.He allegedly assaulted the victim on the 8th floor around 2:14 p.m.Police say the suspect was last seen walking south on 13th Street.

COVID-19, according to new research compiled by Canada’s COVID-19 Immunity Task Force.But despite this “Omicron tsunami” in Canada, as task force experts call it, emerging data shows not everyone who gets sick with COVID-19 will develop immunity from the infection.In fact, one in every eight people who contract the virus do not develop antibodies in their blood from their illness. And children are half as likely to develop immunity from an infection, according to the data released in June.“So forget going to some kind of ‘COVID party,’” said Dr.

Chrystul Kizer MADISON, WIs. - A sex trafficking victim accused of killing a man who allegedly trafficked her can argue at trial that she was justified in killing him, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that could help define the limits of legal immunity for trafficking victims nationwide.Prosecutors say Chrystul Kizer traveled to Randall Volar’s home in Kenosha in June 2018. Kizer, who was 17 at the time, shot him in the head, burned down the house and stole his BMW, according to court documents.Kizer, now 22, contends she met Volar on a sex-trafficking website.

FILE IMAGE - American Airlines’ longest-serving flight attendant, Bette Nash (L), greets passengers disembarking from her daily return flight to Boston at Ronald Reagan Washington Airport in Arlington, Virginia on Dec. 19, 2017.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 29: Jerry Harris attends the Build Series to discuss "Cheer" at Build Studio on January 29, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Jim Spellman/Getty Images) CHICAGO - Jerry Harris, the former star of the Netflix documentary series "Cheer" who pleaded guilty in February to charges of receiving child pornography and soliciting sex from minors, will be sentenced in federal court Wednesday morning.Harris, 22, of Naperville, Illinois, pleaded guilty in February to two of seven felony counts against him, one for persuading a 17-year-old to send him sexually explicit photographs for money and the other stemming from a trip he took to Florida for to "engage in illicit sexual conduct" with a 15-year-old.

ANTIOCH, Calif. - A small fire sparked by illegal fireworks threatened a home in Antioch. It was just one of dozens that Contra Costa County crews responded to over the weekend. Nei Trotter said she was injured in one of those fires."The  smell was really bad," she said. "The smoke filled the house. 'Surveillance video of a fire that burned a bush near homes on Reseda Way. Neighbors said it was started by people who were playing with illegal fireworks around 10 p.m.

NEW DELHI : The union health ministry has reduced the covid-19 vaccine booster dose gap from existing nine months to six months.  In a letter to all states/UTs, Rajesh Bhushan, union health secretary said: “In view of the evolving scientific evidence and global practices, “Standing Technical Sub Committee (STSC) of “National Technical Advisory Group of Immunisation has recommended to revise the duration between 2nd dose and precaution dose from existing nine months or 39 weeks to 6 months or 26 weeks. This has been endorsed by NTAGI."  “Therefore, it has now been decided that the precaution dose for all beneficiaries from 18 to 59 years of age will be administered after completion of six months or 26 weeks from the date of administration of 2nd dose at Private Vaccination Centres (PVCs).

coronavirus ever since contracting it in early 2020, as she stated that there has been a development in his condition. Speaking to The Sun at the TRIC awards, Kate said of Derek's condition: "He's okay.

CHICAGO - The man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens more during a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade is due in bond court Wednesday morning.Robert Crimo III, 21, has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. He is expected to appear before a judge at 10 a.m. during the 19th Circuit Bond Call in Lake County.SUBSCRIBE TO THE FOX 32 YOUTUBE CHANNELLake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart said he expects to announce dozens of more charges against Crimo in the coming days, including attempted murder, aggravated battery, and aggravated discharge in an attack he described as "well-orchestrated and carefully planned.""These are just the first of many charges being filed against Mr.

Michael Klein, 57, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Sussex Correctional Institution on Monday morning and later died.  DOVER, Del. - Delaware officials say a man who was charged with murder last month has died in prison. Department of Correction officials said Tuesday that 57-year-old Michael A. Klein died at Sussex Correctional Institution on Monday. Authorities say Klein was being housed in a prison medical area and was found unresponsive in his cell around 8:15 a.m.

(L) Singer, songwriter, actress, and comedian Bette Midler walks the red carpet ahead of the 44th annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, December 5, 2021. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Both Bette Midler and Macy Gray faced criticism on Monday for comments they made that some have deemed as transphobic. Midler, 76, who has had many fans in the LGBTQ community throughout her decades-long career, shared a tweet that appeared to be in response to the U.S.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Most Pennsylvania lawmakers were absent from the state Capitol on Tuesday, five days into the new budget year without a state government spending agreement in place.Leaders were hoping negotiations would wrap up over the coming days and the House announced voting sessions were scheduled through Friday.Thursday "might be a strong possibility for a lot of budget action," a spokesperson for the majority Republicans in the state Senate told reporters in a Tuesday morning email update. Erica Clayton Wright, press secretary for Majority Leader Kim Ward, R-Westmoreland, said that could change "based on discussions and staff preparations."PREVIOUS: Pennsylvania to begin fiscal year without a budgetThe state House, whose schedule is also controlled by majority Republicans, planned to return to session Wednesday afternoon and also posted public notice of floor sessions to start Thursday and Friday mornings.

The govt had earlier cut the booster dose gap for those travelling abroad The central government on Wednesday cut the gap for taking the booster Covid-19 dose to six months from the earlier nine months after taking the second shot.  This comes after the Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) of the NTAGI last month recommended reducing the gap between the second and precaution doses of Covid-19 vaccines to six months.  The recommendation was endorsed by the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, according to the Union health ministry.  “Therefore, it has now been decided that the precaution dose for all beneficiaries from 18-59 years will be administered after completion of six months or 26 weeks from the date of administration of the second dose at a private vaccination centre," read a letter by Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan to all states.  "For beneficiaries aged above 60 years as well as the healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs), precaution dose would be administered after completion of six months at government vaccination centres free of cost," it added.

New research details risks of reinfection as more-infectious Omicron subvariants of the coronavirus circulate Covid-19 reinfections can bring some new risks of serious medical problems, hospitalization and death, a new study has found. Protection provided by vaccines and prior infection has greatly improved Covid outcomes since the pandemic’s early days, and reinfections are typically less severe than initial ones. Yet each new infection carries a risk of medical problems, including hospitalization, death and long Covid, according to preliminary data from a study of patients in the Veterans Affairs health system.

PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating a fatal shooting that left one man dead near his home in East Germantown.A 24-year-old man was found shot on the sidewalk of Nelson Street when police arrived.

Almost a third of people who get Covid-19 are getting long Covid, an Oireachtas committee has heard, with up to one in 20 of all Covid patients still being unable to work a year later.

NEW DELHI : The coronavirus pandemic is likely to reach the endemic stage in the United States, a study has suggested. The statement was made based on a modelling study conducted in rats. The researchers at the Yale School of Medicine in the US studied rats, which, like humans, are also susceptible to coronaviruses, to better understand when the Covid pandemic will get over.  Over the past two years, scientists have come to see that SARS-CoV-2 yields non-sterilising immunity.

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PHILADELPHIA - A man is dead after police say he was shot at least once behind an LA Fitness in Northeast Philadelphia Wednesday morning.Police say the man was found bleeding from his lower back around 2:30 a.m. He was pronounced dead about an hour and a half later.Another man was reportedly standing over the victim when police arrived.

GILBERT, Ariz. - It was a long day of Fourth of July celebrations for Brittney Meyer and her family after fireworks were shot into their home and reportedly damaged her baby's hearing on one side.Meyer was in bed with her young son to comfort him while he slept through the sounds of July 4th celebrations, but that all changed just a few hours later. It's believed a firework broke through their bedroom wall, creating a loud explosion.This all happened around 3:20 a.m.

Ginger Alden said the following: "His arms lay on the ground, close to his sides, palms facing upward. "It was clear that, from the moment he landed on the floor, Elvis hadn't moved. "I gently turned his face toward me.

FOX 2 - Music superstar Carlos Santana collapsed on stage at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston Tuesday night.Santana was 40 minutes into his set at the time of his collapse, according to witness Lori Pinson, a meteorologist at FOX 2. He was then treated onstage by EMS personnel.

Analysis: our current shots could soon be updated to target new variants rather than the ancestral strain

Macau has locked down one of the city's most famous hotels, the Grand Lisboa, after more than a dozen Covid-19 cases were found there, with infections spreading rapidly in the world's biggest gambling hub.

A predatory paedophile who repeatedly raped a schoolgirl and molested another girl has died after contracting Covid-19 in prison.

PHILADELPHIA - Perfect beach and fireworks weather was in store for the Fourth of July. Temperatures were in the high 80s across the Delaware Valley. Overnight temperatures will drop into the 60s for a clear, starry night. Temperatures will remain in the high 80s for a muggy morning before Tuesday evening storms. The humidity will increase throughout the day on Tuesday with heavy rain, lightning, and strong gusts of wind at night. Chances of rain are expected off-and-on for the rest of the week, until a beautiful weekend takes over.SEVEN-DAY FORECASTTUESDAY: PM storms.

Patrick Brown, a candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race, has been disqualified, according to a statement released by the party on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: India recorded 16,159 fresh coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, pushing active cases in the country to 1,15,212, as per data released by the Union health ministry. With this, total covid cases reported in the country so far stand at 4,35,47,809. About 28 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 525,270.

coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,35,31,650, while the active cases increased to 1,14,475, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll climbed to 5,25,242 with 19 new fatalities. The active cases comprise 0.26 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.53 per cent, the ministry said.

PTI has reported, quoting experts.  It has also been emphasised by the experts that people not wearing face masks or taking booster vaccine doses may have caused the surge as unlike a wave, it is not equally distributed across regions.  "A few states lead, others are not involved. In those states, the phenomenon is mainly a big city picture, not widely spreading.