Most Now Say Pandemic Is Over, but Normalcy Remains Elusive

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities have identified five people who were killed when they say a gunman opened fire through the streets of a Philadelphia neighborhood Monday evening. Police say the barrage of gunfire began around 8:30 p.m. when officers were flagged down at the intersection of 56th and Chester streets in Kingsessing. Responding officers discovered multiple gunshot victims and spent shell casings at that scene and continued to hear gunfire coming from nearby on Frazier Street. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw says officers caught up with the gunman and were able to corner him in a back alley on the 1600 block of Frazier Street and take him into custody.Police say charges are pending against the 40-year-old male suspect.

NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA - A man is fighting for his life after someone stabbed him multiple times in Northeast Philadelphia.The incident happened on the 1400 block of Wellington Street Sunday evening, just after 6:30 p.m., officials said.Responding officers found the man, thought to be somewhere in his 50s, stabbed once in his back, once in the chest and once in the abdomen.He was taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital and listed in critical condition.Police are actively investigating the stabbing. They say no weapon has been found and no arrests have been made.___Tips can be submitted by calling 215-686-TIPS (8477) or texting PPD TIP (773847).

NEW DELHI : The Indian government is set to launch a curriculum focused on digital health for medical professionals, aiming to bridge the gap between healthcare and technology. In a first, the National Health Authority (NHA) has proposed to introduce an M.Sc programme in digital health. Considering that healthcare professionals play an important role in facilitating digitization of the healthcare ecosystem in India, the initiative holds significant promise.

A specialist Crown Office team investigating 5,688 Covid deaths has concluded its first cases but is yet to prosecute any organisations or individuals after three years.

A view of the accident site after a truck crashed into a bustling market in the Londiani area of Kericho in Western Kenya on July 01, 2023. At least 45 people have been killed and dozens were seriously injured in a road accident at a busy junction.

SEINE-SAINT-DENIS, PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 1: Clashes between police and protestors continue after the death of 17-year-old Nahel, who was shot in the chest by police in Nanterre on June 27, in Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, France on June 30, 2023. The poli PARIS (AP) - Rioting raged in cities around France for a fourth night despite a huge police deployment and 1,311 arrests, with cars and buildings set ablaze and stores looted, as family and friends prepared Saturday to bury the 17-year-old whose killing by police unleashed the unrest.France's Interior Ministry announced the new figure for arrests around the country, where 45,000 police officers fanned out in a so-far unsuccessful bid to quell violence.Despite an appeal to parents by President Emmanuel Macron to keep their children at home, street clashes between young protesters and police raged on.

Senior students at St Aidan’s High in Wishaw were treated to a variety of workshops and displays in a Health Fayre aimed at promoting positive physical, sexual, and mental health, write Joe Irvine and Chris McElroy.

An Alberta mother who alleges Starbucks Coffee Canada Inc. mistakenly thought her cancer symptoms were COVID-19 symptoms is now taking legal action against the company, arguing she was wrongfully fired over the mix-up.Lisa Pedersen has a rare type of blood cancer called myeloproliferative neoplasm and is undergoing chemotherapy treatments for it.

OLD CITY - Protesters filling Chestnut Street in Old City Thursday night outside the Museum of the American Revolution and demonstrators hurling insults at members of Moms for Liberty, arriving by bus for their opening night event and annual summit."I think these people are a sham and they’ve completely twisted reality and absolutely this is an insult to Philadelphians. This is the birthplace of democracy," Dorothy Daub Grossman stated.The Center City Marriott under heavy security as the headquarters for the group’s weekend event.

PHILADELPHIA - The FOX 29 Weather Authority has a new tool in the arsenal of forecasting, bringing on-the-spot weather and the latest updates to viewers in the form of the Weather Beast.It is a Ford F150, built as a storm chasing vehicle. It’s a large vehicle, with extra monster tires.

PHILADELPHIA - Businesses impacted by the fiery collapse of Interstate 95 earlier this month say they are starting to see normal volume of customers again following the highway's expedited reopening. Alison Korbik, Catering Manager at Sweet Lucy's Smokehouse, told FOX 29 that business has "definitely been busier" since the once cratered overpass was repaired with an innovative fix.Investigators say on the morning of June 11 truck driver Nathan Moody, 53, was navigating a curve on the Cottman off-ramp when his tanker truck overturned and caught fire. Soon, the southbound stretch of the highway collapsed, killing Moody and miraculously sparing other motorists and bystanders on the heavily trafficked artery of highway. Most Northeast Philadelphia residents are happy I-95 is reopened and traffis returning to normal.The collapse spiraled traffic into chaos, with ever-changing detours and reroutes designed to navigate motorists that sometimes sent motorists into unfamiliar parts of the city. Nearby businesses, like Sweet Lucy's Smokehouse and Sharkeys Grill and Ale House, had their customer bases stunted by having a main route to the restaurants severed. "We did have a lot of people come during that time and say that they weren't going to come here because of the closure even though there were other ways to get to us," Korabik said.Pennsylvania state leaders, together with the federal government, worked around the clock and concocted a plan for a temporary fix that would ensure the safe reopening of I-95. Meanwhile, businesses that weren't impacted by the collapse showed some neighborly hospitality by promoting the businesses that were feeling the pinch. I-95 COLLAPSE COVERAGE"If you're nearby and it's on your route, stop on

Madonna‘s close friend Debi Mazar is letting fans know how the Queen of Pop is doing.

Gok Wan arrived in Manchester this evening for a charity event but has admitted he might be forced to "hobble" on stage. The TV presenter turned musician is set to DJ at the Sedulo Foundation Ball tonight (June 29) but has issued a warning to fans about his health.

It sounds like Madonna really is on the mend.

Jamie Foxx is still recuperating from his mysterious health scare.

Police in Waterloo are investigating what led to a stabbing at the city’s main university that sent three people to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Madonna’s closest friends and family members have been by her side, after being found unresponsive and rushed to the hospital for a serious bacterial infection. It was previously reported by Page Six that her daughter Lourdes Leon had been accompanying her since the health scare happened on Saturday.

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. says a $70 million Lotto Max ticket that had gone unclaimed for a year has not been physically validated and is now expired.

The NHS reaches an amazing milestone this year when it celebrates its 75th anniversary.

Spoiler alert! If you haven’t watched the third episode of season 2 of “And Just Like That”, proceed with caution. 

Gogglebox star Ellie Warner has shared an update on life as a new mum after the Channel 4 show's latest series came to an end. Earlier this month, the hairdresser was seen introducing her newborn son to the world on the programme for the first time.

MSPs are being urged to copy Australia and make e-cigarettes prescription only in a bid to tackle a new “epidemic of vaping” among young people.

PORTLAND, Maine - Debris from the lost submersible Titan has been returned to land after a fatal implosion during its voyage to the wreck of the Titanic captured the world's attention last week.The return of the debris to port in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, is a key piece of the investigation into why the submersible imploded, killing all five on board.

CAMDEN, N.J. - A New Jersey man has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison after exchanging sexually explicit videos and images with a 13-year-old New York girl and later paying $20,000 in bitcoin to have her killed, eventually calling it off.John Michael Musbach, 34, of Haddonfield, received his 78-month prison term Tuesday during a court hearing in Camden, according to federal prosecutors. He will also have to serve three years of supervised release after prison.Musbach pleaded guilty in February to using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder-for-hire plot.He began communicating online with the girl in 2015 and eventually began using those chats to request and receive sexually explicit videos and photographs of the girl, and send her similar videos and images of himself.

Wildfire smoke from Canada has returned to the U.S., this time striking the upper Midwest. Such smoke poses health risks to millions of Americans, especially those with underlying conditions in affected regions. Air quality reached unhealthy levels Tuesday and alerts were issued in major cities like Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis.

Scotland's pandemic Health Secretary has said the country "could have been better prepared" for Covid.

Canada Day approaches, but a new poll suggests their minds aren’t full of the knowledge needed to pass a citizenship test.In a survey of 1,512 Canadian adults, Leger found that only 23 per cent would pass the citizenship test, based on their answers to 10 randomly selected questions.People who wish to become Canadian need to answer 20 questions about citizens’ rights and responsibilities, as well as Canada’s history, geography, economy, government, laws and symbols.They need to score at least 75 per cent to pass, but the average score of the Canadians who were surveyed was only 49 per cent.The questions focused on things like famous Canadians (Who is John Buchan?), history (Who established the first European settlements in Canada?) and national symbols (Whose portrait is on the Canadian $10 bill?).The correct answers, for those struggling along with most survey respondents, are: a popular governor general, the French and Viola Desmond.History questions seemed to trip up respondents the most: For example, only 24 per cent knew that the House of Commons recognized in 2006 that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada.Only 29 per cent knew the Constitutional Act granted legislative assemblies elected by the people, and only 41 per cent knew that English settlement began in 1610.They fared slightly better when it came to national symbols and influential people: 49 per cent knew that Marjorie Turner-Bailey is an Olympian and descendant of black loyalists, and 42 per cent recognized Canada’s motto, “From sea to sea.”Most Canadians were also in-the-know about the main groups of Indigenous Peoples in the country, with 79 per cent correctly identifying First Nations, Metis and Inuit.People in Western Canada scored

Police in riot gear stand guard as firefighters work to put out fires after a protest in Nanterre, west of Paris, on June 27, 2023, after French police killed a teenager who refused to stop for a traffic check in the city. (ZAKARIA ABDELKAFI/AFP via NANTERRE, France - France’s government on Wednesday announced heightened police presence around Paris and other big cities and called for calm after scattered violence erupted over the death of a 17-year-old delivery driver who was shot and killed during a police check.The death prompted nationwide concern and widespread messages of indignation and condolences, including from soccer star Kylian Mbappe.It also triggered unrest in multiple towns around Paris.

People gamble in a casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on May 8, 2016.Atlantic City, the famous US gambling resort town and setting for hit TV series "Boardwalk Empire" is in the crosshairs of financial crisis, in a battle pitting New Jersey Governo TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey's casinos want to expand the state's tops-in-the-nation internet gambling market for another 10 years, but state lawmakers may only approve it for an additional two years.A state Assembly committee approved a bill Tuesday that originally would have allowed online casino gambling to run through 2033.But the committee amended it to reduce the extension to just two years. The changes were not made public during the hearing, and lawmakers could not be reached for comment after the vote.It is unclear when a final vote might be held.Internet gambling has been a success story in New Jersey, which has won more from online gamblers than any of the five other states that also allow it.Since New Jersey began taking online bets in November 2013, Atlantic City's casinos and their online partners have won $6.29 billion from gamblers, according to the American Gaming Association, the casino industry's national trade group.

The Bronco Wildland Firefighting Command Rig. (Credit: Ford Motor Co.) Ford Motor Co.

Actor Kevin Spacey arrives at Southwark Crown Court at on June 28, 2023, in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) LONDON - Two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey walked into a London courtroom Wednesday to face trial on charges of sexually assaulting four men as long as two decades ago.The actor was dressed in a dark blue suit, light blue shirt and pink tie as he was called by his full name and asked if he was Kevin Spacey Fowler."I am," he said as he stood behind a window in the dock.Spacey, 63, has pleaded not guilty to a dozen charges including sexual assault, indecent assault and causing a person to engage in sex activity without consent.

West Lothian Council's three long-term placement care homes will remain open following an agreement by the West Lothian Integration Joint Board (IJB).

Actor Julian Sands, who starred in several Oscar-nominated films in the late 1980s and 90s including A Room With a View and Leaving Las Vegas, was found dead on a Southern California mountain five months after he disappeared while hiking, authorities said Tuesday.

Netflix documentary Take Care Of Maya, has shared an update on her health after years of chronic pain.As recounted in the documentary, Maya, aged 10, was rushed to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in Florida in October 2016 with crippling stomach pain, which her father Jack described as “so severe, her knees were going up to her chest, and she was screaming”.After arriving at the hospital, Maya’s mum Beata was accused of child abuse due to Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a mental disorder in which a caregiver fakes or causes symptoms to make a child look sick.Maya was separated from her parents for over three months after hospital staff raised concerns with child protective services over Beata, who had to complete a court-ordered psychological evaluation. Beata was later determined to not have an illness, but died by suicide 87 days after she had been separated from her daughter.In a note, she wrote: “I no longer can take the pain being away from Maya and being treated like a criminal.

The former health secretary Matt Hancock has said he is "profoundly sorry" for every death caused by Covid-19. This came as he said it was a "colossal" failure to assume the spread of the virus could not be stopped.

Mark Rylance has said that he took a “garlic solution” instead of the COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic.Rylance told The Sunday Times: “I was not convinced I needed it. I took a very distilled garlic solution every morning, and vitamin C, and I sailed through [Jez Butterworth’s] Jerusalem [play].”He also spoke about the response to the coronavirus, saying: “Science started to sound like a religion.

The patient who died in the Edmundston Regional Hospital emergency room waiting area in December 2022 had been dropped off by their care home without anyone with them, according to documents obtained by Global News.

New Delhi: Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya reviewed the health services for Amarnath Yatra to ensure that all devotees are being provided with adequate medical care during the pilgrimage.  Mandaviya has directed the officials to support the UT of Jammu and Kashmir so that yatris are provided the required health facilities and medical services.  The Amarnath Yatra is exceptional in terms of the geoclimatic challenges, especially the issues pertaining to high altitude.  As a part of the plan, 100 bedded hospitals at Baltal & Chandanwari has been established.  “The health ministry has fully funded and supported the establishment of two 100 bedded hospitals by DRDO at two axis routes Baltal and Chandanwari, which have been operationalised. These hospitals will include the accommodation facilities of staff deputed for yatra.

Gas taxes have been used for more than a century for the purpose.The problem that has developed is those taxes are generating less each year due to inflation, fuel efficiency and the rise of electric cars. States are experimenting with various ideas that could eventually replace those taxes.One proposal that seems to be gaining in popularity would be to charge drivers by the mile instead of the gallon. Other ideas that have been presented include taxing electricity from public vehicle charging stations.Another is to tack charges onto door-to-door package deliveries. States are now weighing whether to start making the programs mandatory.In 2015, Oregon began a pilot program charging motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather than the gas it guzzles.To participate, drivers plug a device into their vehicle and create an account to capture mileage data.The federal government is about to pilot its own program, funded by $125 million from President Biden's infrastructure measure that he signed in November 2021.So far, only three states, Oregon, Utah and Virginia are generating revenue from road usage charges.Hawaii will join them next.Last year, Colorado began adding a 27-cent tax to home deliveries from Amazon and other online retailers to help fund transportation projects.Other states have been testing electronic toll systems.Electric car sales in the U.S. rose from just 0.1% of total car sales in 2011 to 4.6% in 2021, according to the U.S.

Jackie Evancho is speaking out about her struggles with mental health.The 23-year-old singer took to Instagram Monday to share that her desire to be perfect led her to develop an eating disorder and anxiety amongst other things.«Growing up being told that in order to do the thing you love most, it must be perfection, you must look perfect, sound perfect, behave perfectly as a 10-year-old child, is a challenge. Big challenge,» Evancho shared.

Archäologie-Büro Dr. Woidich / Sergiu Tifui BERLIN (AP) - A bronze sword made more than 3,000 years ago that is so well-preserved it "almost still shines" has been unearthed in Germany, officials say.Bavaria’s state office for the preservation of historical monuments says the sword, which is believed to date back to the end of the 14th century B.C.

A Montreal woman captured in Syria has been refused government assistance returning to Canada because of the security threat she poses, a lawyer said Monday.

ATLANTA - People all over the world are enamored by a man who just returned from Turkey where he had surgery to grow from 5-feet-5-inches tall to 6-feet.Some men view their height as either a blessing or a curse. Dynzell Sigers says he always knew he was smaller and found himself saying those two words Skee-lo made a music hit: "I wish."He wished he was a little bit taller, but not to be a baller."I don’t do sports," he said.Not even to make all the pretty women holler.Dynzell Sigers said he wanted to have the surgery to become the best version of himself. "Women have said some crazy things to me, especially since the surgery.

PLEASANTVILLE, N.J. - Leaders at a New Jersey church are preaching forgiveness after they say the church was hit with two acts of vandalism just weeks apart. Surveillance video from Mount Zion Church shared with FOX 29 shows a young person riding a bike outside the church who may have been responsible for hurling rocks through the church windows and doors last Monday. "Faith-based institutions are the pillar of every human family in every community, and it is sacred places that we all must protect," Imam Amin Muhammad said.The Pleasantville Police Department is investigating the incident, but the church and local leaders say they're focused on forgiveness and support. "Hopefully we'll be able to find out who this is, turn the other cheek, and give them the support that they need so that they can then trickle that down to their community so that acts like this don't occur again," Atlantic City Councilmember Caren L. Fitzpatrick said.Church leaders say the damage will likely take thousands to repair.

NEW YORK - The United States has seen five cases of malaria spread by mosquitos in the last two months — the first time there’s been local spread in 20 years.There were four cases detected in Florida and one in Texas, according to a health alert issued Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Malaria is caused by a parasite that spreads through mosquito bites. Infected people can suffer fever, chills and flu-like illness.

FILE IMAGE - A bouquet of flowers are left at the crosswalk at Sunset Boulevard and Yorba Street in San Francisco, Calif. on Feb.

General view of an emergency shelter site in Sonoma County, California, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. The ESS is operated by DEMA Consulting & Management.

University of Idaho students.DNA from three other unidentified males was found at the crime scene, including on a glove found outside the Moscow, Idaho, home where Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20, were killed in November, according to the June 22 court filing.A split photo showing the crime scene and the victims, University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital | Instagram | @xanakernodle/@kayleegoncalves) "It remains unclear what the police first relied on in focusing their investigation on Mr.