McDonald’s to enter the metaverse, files trademark for virtual restaurant, goods and services

Bill Gates is sharing some health news. The tech mogul and Microsoft founder has tested positive for COVID-19.Gates took to Twitter on Tuesday afternoon to share the news, writing, «I've tested positive for COVID.

new Covid variant could be "even more transmissive and even more fatal" than the Delta and Omicron variants. To tackle the situation in advance, he stressed the need for increased global surveillance

iPod touch (Photo Courtesy: Apple Inc.) PHOENIX - Officials with Apple Inc. announced on May 10 that the company will discontinue the last product on its iPod line, thus bringing an entire product line to an end after decades on the market."Music has always been part of our core at Apple, and bringing it to hundreds of millions of users in the way iPod did, impacted more than just the music industry — it also redefined how music is discovered, listened to, and shared," said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, in a statement released on May 10.Here's what you should know about the once sought-after music player.iPod, as released in 2001 (Photo Courtesy: Apple Inc.) In a statement published by Apple in 2001, officials describe the product as a "breakthrough MP3 music player.""With iPod, Apple has invented a whole new category of digital music player that lets you put your entire music collection in your pocket and listen to it wherever you go," said Apple's then-CEO, Steve Jobs, in the statement.

FILE - Merrick Garland, U.S. attorney general, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, D.C.

Idaho's Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin speaks at a campaign event on March 19, 2022 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. McGeachin, who had received an endorsement from Donald Trump, is challenging the current governor Brad Little in 2022 Idaho gubernatorial BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho Republican Lt.

Evidence markers scattered the ground following a triple shooting Tuesday afternoon in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA - Two men are fighting for their lives after police said they were shot several times during a triple shooting Tuesday afternoon in Philadelphia.Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 1300 block of West Rockland Street just before 5 p.m.

Hilary Duff is letting the world see her in her most natural state for her latest magazine spread.On the cover of Women’s Health, the How I Met Your Father actress posed nude, opening up in the mag about how she’s learned to embrace her body over the years. As someone who has been in the spotlight for so long, Duff admitted the “horrifying” pressure to be a certain size as a young actress on television resulted in her battle with an eating disorder at 17. Now, at 34, she’s gotten to a point where she’s fully accepting her body--regardless of whether it lives up to Hollywood’s standards.“I’m proud of my body,” Hilary told the publication.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 25: U.S. Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA) speaks during a news conference on health care September 25, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

A baby formula display shelf is seen at a Walmart grocery store in Orlando. Stores across the United States have struggled to stock enough baby formula, causing some chains to limit customer purchases.

GANADO, Texas - The driver of an 18-wheeler that was found packed with illegal immigrants in Jackson County, Texas is facing federal charges.Authorities say Codi Denise Hartman was behind the wheel of the red box truck when it broke down last week off Highway 59 near County Road 202.ORIGINAL STORY: Dozens of migrants discovered in tractor-trailer that broke down in TexasAccording to court documents, a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) State Trooper spotted the disabled tractor-trailer on the side of the road and pulled up behind it to assist.When he asked the driver, later identified as Hartman, what was wrong, she said she "ran out of diesel." She also told the topper that she was transporting "energy drinks."When the trooper asked for a bill of lading, he noticed Hartman's behavior and demeanor to be nervous. Hartman stated that it must be in the cab of the tractor-trailer. The trooper observed multiple people through the cracked door of the trailer, and secured the door to call for backup.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 03: Bill Gates discusses his new book 'How To Prevent The Next Pandemic' onstage at 92Y on May 03, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates tested positive for COVID-19, he announced Tuesday on Twitter. Gates wrote in a series of tweets: "I've tested positive for COVID.

PHILADELPHIA - Pleasant spring conditions will stick around for the next two days before another round of rain washes over the area during the weekend. Forecasters expect temperatures to dip into the 40s and 50s across the region overnight Tuesday. More sunshine on Wednesday will help temperatures stretch back into the uppers 60s and 70s across the region. FOX 29's Kathy Orr says high temperatures in Philadelphia and its suburbs will exceed 70 degrees on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned voters unhappy with soaring inflation and his stalled domestic agenda against turning power over to "ultra-MAGA" Republicans in the midterm elections as he increasingly tries to cast former President Donald Trump and his adherents as a political foil.Speaking at the White House less than six months before the elections, Biden acknowledged that he could "taste" the country’s dissatisfaction with Washington, particularly over rising prices, but he sought to channel the anger against the GOP."Look, I know you’ve got to be frustrated," he said. "I know, I can taste it.

FILE - Students throw their mortarboards in the air during their graduation photograph. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)Students from Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, were not only given their diplomas on May 7 but were gifted with complete student loan forgiveness after an anonymous donor paid off their debts. During the commencement ceremony on Saturday, over 100 graduates were given the wonderful news by the college’s president and CEO, Dr.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - It appears that Kyle Rittenhouse is coming to Texas for college. Rittenhouse, the Illinois teen acquitted of fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2020, posted pictures of himself at Texas A&M University on social media with the caption "Ready or not…!!!"Last week, the 19-year-old wrote "I’m thinking about staying" on an Instagram post, hinting at the possibility of attending the Texas college in College Station."ASU has been fun, but becoming an Aggie might be better.." he wrote in another Instagram post.During his trial in November, Rittenhouse said he was taking online courses at Arizona State University, but soon after the school said he was no longer enrolled at the school. ASU officials released a statement at the time:"Kyle Rittenhouse has not gone through the admissions process with Arizona State University and is not enrolled in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation. ASU can confirm that Mr. Rittenhouse enrolled as a non-degree seeking ASU Online student for the session that started Oct.

RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) - Two beach houses have fallen into the waves along North Carolina’s coast, U.S.

The coronavirus infection rate has gone up in one area of Greater Manchester, as the weekly rates continue to plummet across the other nine areas. However, the infection rate across the region remains below the national average.

BROWNS MILLS, N.J. - Authorities say a young man was killed and another driver was seriously hurt in a multi-vehicle accident Tuesday morning in Burlington County.Emergency responders were called to the area of State Route 70 and Spring Lake Boulevard in Browns Mills just before 7 a.m. for reports of a serious crash. Authorities say five cars were involved in the crash, including a Chevy Trail Blazer driven by 28-year-old William Benner Jr.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) today warned that rising COVID-19 cases are creating a volatile situation, posing the most risk for countries with low vaccination coverage.

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, rising tech star Shopify became Canada’s most valuable company, beating out established player Royal Bank of Canada for the top spot.

HANFORD, Calif. - Prosecutors in central California on Monday dropped a murder charge against a woman in connection with the death of her unborn child through drug use.The decision by the Kings County district attorney’s office to dismiss the charge against Adora Perez was a "victory for justice and the rule of law," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement.Perez gave birth to a full-term, stillborn baby on Dec. 31, 2017, at a hospital in the San Joaquin Valley.

FOX NEWS - A massive great white shark stalking the East Coast was spotted near the Carolinas on Monday after earlier being tracked off the coast of New Jersey, according to researchers.Ironbound, the 12-foot, 4-inch shark weighing nearly 1,000 pounds, made headlines after migrating from the Carolinas up the coast to New Jersey late last month.As of Monday, it appears the great white returned to the Carolinas, according to OCEARCH shark researchers who keep track of sharks’ migratory patterns via a tag tracking system.Researchers believe a white shark mating site is located off the Carolinas, the Boston Herald reported.OCEARCH Chief Scientist Robert Hueter told the outlet last week that Ironbound may have left the site early ahead of the other sharks, adding that is unclear what sparked the migration.Despite Ironbound’s apparent return to southern waters, New Jersey may not have seen the last of the great white. Hueter said that the sharks will usually start migrating to northern waters in mid-to-late May and arrive in those areas beginning in June.Ironbound is considered the "leader of the pack," according to Hueter, who described the apex predator as "formidable" and "not the prettiest animal."Ironbound was first tagged in October 2019 near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

A general view of the Duke University Chapel on the campus of Duke University. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images) DURHAM, N.C. - Duke University administrators said they are looking into a student’s graduation speech after reports that it mirrored a 2014 Harvard graduation speech."We are aware of and concerned about these allegations and have initiated a process to understand the facts of the situation," Duke’s Chief Communications Officer Michael Schoenfeld said in a statement to FOX Television Stations.

Halsey is sharing an update about their health. The «Bad at Love» singer took to their Instagram Stories on Tuesday to fill fans in on what's been going on after being hospitalized for anaphylaxis -- or a severe allergic reaction.Tuesday's Instagram update was a follow-up to their TikTok video about being allergic to coffee and a long list of foods, which Halsey said on Instagram was «literally everything.»Halsey, who was wearing a heart monitor in their video, revealed that they've been diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Sjogren's syndrome, mast cell activation syndrome and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Ehlers-Danlos syndrome affects connective tissue, primarily the skin, joints, and blood vessel walls, Sjogren's is an immune disorder characterized by dry eyes and dry mouth, mast cell activation syndrome is marked by repeated episodes of anaphylaxis and POTS is a blood circulation disorder.«My health has changed a lot since I got pregnant and gave birth.

Fred Eisenberger has ended the city’s COVID-19 emergency declaration.The action was first declared in unison with Ontario’s state of emergency enacted on March 17, 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic first began.A temporary order under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA) allowed municipalities the flexibility to deploy staff where they were needed to manage the city’s vital services.Eisenberger said the measure was “not rescinded lightly” by the city and that the community still needs to be “aware and be vigilant” as it eases into a “normal state.”The change means the city will return to in-person meetings, also offered in a hybrid format, on May 25 with committee meetings coming back on the week of May 30.City advisory committees will also return the week of May 30 while full-on advisory committees will still be limited as staff work through the process of a full return. Ontario COVID numbers: 1,555 people in hospital, 188 in intensive care The city’s mask mandate for its employees will also be lifted on May 25 with in-person public engagement allowed on the same day.“I do want to recognize the importance of this moment,” Eisenberger said in a virtual media conference on Tuesday. “It’s taken us two and half years to get here.”Public health epidemiologist Michelle Baird characterized the community’s current COVID situation as better having past the peak of transmission in the most recent wave.Case numbers, the percentage of PCR tests coming back positive and wastewater signals continue to show declines in spread of COVID.“Although transmission is decreasing, we are still in a pandemic,” said Baird.“But we are now in a phase where we are learning collectively what it means to live with COVID.

At a World Health Organization (WHO) media telebriefing today on a variety of global health issues, officials said 348 probable cases of hepatitis in children, potentially linked to adenovirus, have been reported from 20 countries across five global regions.

American Indian/Alaska Native and Black Americans died of murder, suicide, vehicle crashes, and drug overdoses at higher rates than their White and Asian/Pacific Islander peers amid the twin threats of the opioid epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic, finds a US modeling study published yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

London Health Sciences Centre says it will extend its virtual pediatric urgent care clinic beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.The move by the London, Ont., hospital network will be done in consultation with regional partners, LHSC said. Children’s Hospital in London, Ont., launches virtual emergency clinic The service currently provides patients with a chance to connect with a care provider remotely.This could include having a family discuss a child condition’s with a pediatric emergency room physician by video.The virtual clinic has seen more than 5,600 patients since its launch in May 2020 as a response to the pandemic.

BRIGANTINE, N.J. - A local man is thanking heroes who saved his life, after he suffered a serious health scare while out to dinner. He feels lucky to be alive."I feel good! I do feel good, I do feel good!" Frank DeAngelis exclaimed.One would never know from the exuberant and joyful laugh that 83-year-old Frank DeAngelis just survived the scare of his life April 20."I’m blessed and it’s true, God does work in mysterious ways," he stated.Frank was dining with friends and family at one of his favorite restaurants, Cordivari’s, in Brigantine, New Jersey, when he suffered a heart attack.MORE HEADLINES:"I just ran, I knew something was wrong. As I ran over, I grabbed him from underneath his armpits and Christina was already calling 911," Brandi Gunning explained.Gunning and Christina Muhlbaier were eating just feet away.

All West Lothian Council employees will get an extra day’s holiday to say thank you for going “beyond the call of duty” during the pandemic.

FILE-Images of burgers from McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - As people file their taxes to meet Monday’s deadline, businesses nationwide are offering great promotional deals on Tax Day from meal discounts to free workouts. The tax filing process can be overwhelming and stressful, but these deals are available to offer a bit of relief.Some deals are only for April 18 while others are available past Monday.

Alex Jones, the founder of right-wing media group Infowars, addresses a crowd of pro-Trump protesters after they storm the grounds of the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) VICTORIA, Texas (AP) - Infowars filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website's founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.The bankruptcy filing Sunday in Texas puts civil litigation on hold while the business reorganizes its finances.In its court filing, Infowars said it had estimated assets of $50,000 or less and estimated liabilities of $1 million to $10 million.

SALADO, Texas - Only a few days ago, the town of Salado, Texas, was rocked by an EF-3 tornado, destroying nearly everything in its path.Amongst the rubble is the site of the Victory Baptist Church, which is essentially now nothing more than a concrete slab.Billy Borho has been a pastor in the community for 43 years and has never experienced the destruction he saw on Tuesday."We’re doing fine. We’re shocked at what happened.

PHILADELPHIA - Pandemic-weary restaurant owners in Philadelphia are wondering how the city's reintroduction of the indoor mask mandate will impact business. Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole on Monday announced that Philadelphia will bring back its indoor mask mandate on Apr.

A public school in Brampton is dropping the name of Canada’s first Prime Minister and switching to an indigenous name. Ahmar Khan reports.

SALADO, Texas - Gina Brown’s freezer is capable of making ice, but the frozen chunk she is keeping in this zip lock bag wasn’t made there. It fell from the sky. After posting about it on social media, the National Weather Service contacted her and asked Brown to preserve it, so they can study it. "They are coming to 3D scan it is what I’m told," said Brown.Brown lives just north of Salado.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said during a news conference Thursday.

Cuba Gooding Jr. arrives at court in lower Manhattan on January 22, 2020 in New York City.

NEW DELHI :

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has extended the import restrictions imposed on 367 non-essential goods via an extraordinary gazette dated the 9th of April 2022. 

Indian Embassy, citizens need following documents to avail of consular services--education, trade/commercial. affidavits, birth certificate (self), civil documents, power of attorney, gift documents, marriage certificate, mortgage documents, purchase documents, sale documents, the true copy of attestation etc.Consulate General of India, Shanghai, to remain inaccessible and not be in a position to provide consular services in person, in view of the #COVID19 lockdown in Shanghai: Embassy of India, Beijing, China pic.twitter.com/kXvp1AjmyH

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Secretary to the Ministry of Finance states that Sri Lanka will suspend normal debt servicing of all affected debts for an interim period pending an orderly and consensual restructuring of those obligations in a manner consistent with an economic adjustment program supported by the IMF. Moreover, the Finance Ministry states that the Government is taking emergency measures to prevent further deterioration of the Republic’s financial position and to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all creditors in comprehensive debt restructuring.

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Gentleman Jack returns this Sunday evening for its long-awaited second season. Suranne Jones once again takes the lead as Anne Lister for the BBC One hit period drama.

COVID-19, as staffing shortages hamper sectors from health care to hospitality and retail — though the interruption remains more manageable than last winter’s Omicron variant surge.Dr. Kevin Smith, chief executive at the University Health Network in Toronto, said Thursday that cases have shot up in the past few days, “so much so that staffing is challenging once again.”Rachel Reinders, who heads administration at the Lieutenant’s Pump pub in Ottawa, says it shut down its lunchtime kitchen for a week in March because four cooks were on sick leave simultaneously.In Montreal, parka maker Quartz Co.

Hong Kong as authorities scramble to add mortuary space in the global financial hub’s battle on COVID-19, which is swamping funeral parlours.“I have never seen so many bodies piled up together,” said funeral director Lok Chung, 37, who has been working round the clock, with about 40 funerals organised in March, up from roughly 15 in an average month.“I have never seen family members so upset, so disappointed, so helpless,” Chung, wearing a sober grey suit with a black polo T-shirt, told Reuters.Since the fifth wave of coronavirus hit the former British colony this year, it has reported more than a million infections and more than 8,000 deaths.Scenes of bodies stacked in emergency rooms next to patients have shocked many as places in mortuaries have filled up.

supervised consumption as part of its health care.“We see a supervised consumption service as a critical health care necessity,” said Casey House CEO, Joanne Simons.Casey House’s supervised consumption services are open to registered clients 24-hours a day for the inpatient unit and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. for outpatients.“There is a tremendously toxic drug supply on the streets right now, and so to provide a safe space for people who use substances is really critical to their health and their care,” added Simons.

A historic first for Ontario in the face of Canada’s overdose crisis: a hospital will provide a safe and supervised space for substance use. Caryn Lieberman reports.