New evidence suggests pandemic’s lasting impact on cancer patients

Moskva missile cruiser, the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet, has sunk while being towed to port following what it said was a fire and explosions involving ammunition stowed onboard.Ukraine says the Moskva’s fate was sealed by a missile strike launched by its forces from the coast which ripped open the hulking Soviet-era ship’s hull. Russia bombs Kyiv factory after Moskva warship sinks in Black Sea Russia’s defence ministry has not confirmed that version of events.

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.

Chrissy Metz is sharing all the details about her boyfriend, whom she met during the original run of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

New Jersey's recreational cannabis market is about to heat up but some questions are swirling about what this means for medical marijuana patients and if they might experience a supply shortage.Verano NJ is one of seven companies with dispensaries in the Garden State cleared to sell adult recreational marijuana starting next week. Executive Vice President James Leventis said the company is ready.Get breaking news alerts in the free FOX5NY News app!  |  Sign up for FOX 5 email newsletters"We have registered patients with us.

(Greenfield, Massachusetts Police Department) GREENFIELD, Mass. - A young bear cub is recovering after a traumatic incident.Police officers in Massachusetts discovered a young bear cub hiding in a tree after a car tragically struck and killed its mother and two siblings. Fortunately, officers were able to rescue the animal and brought it to a veterinary care facility in New Hampshire.Officers with the Greenfield Police Department responded to reports of the accident last week, according to a post on the department's Facebook page.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - He is a 40-year-old man who is known by many names such as "Natureboy," "The Messiah Demigod," "Master Chief," and who supporters on Thursday even called "God," but to the DeKalb County jail he is listed as Eligio Bishop.Bishop was taken into custody by the DeKalb County Police Department’s Special Victims Unit Wednesday evening at a home he rents on Arbor Chase. Just after 6 p.m., police executed search and arrest warrants."I came outside, police were circulating with the helicopter I’d seen first, then I come to the front window and see they are outside with guns pointed at the doors, pointed at the windows," one supporter who was with Bishop recounted to FOX 5.Bishop’s followers believe he shouldn’t have been arrest.Eligio Bishop (DeKalb County Sheriff's Office)Eligio Bishop is an American citizen who has ties to both Atlanta and New York."3God is a very caring being, a very loving being, he’s very caring, he’s very holy," one of his followers told FOX 5 on Thursday.According to reports, he used the nickname "Natureboy" because of the 1948 Nat King Cole by the same title. His other nicknames were similarly self-proclaimed.Bishop has a heavy social media footprint having made online music videos and life coaching tapes as well as soliciting for donations.Members of the Carbon Nation refer to Eligio Bishop as "3God" during an interview on April 14, 2022.

New Jersey will start selling recreational marijuana on April 21, about a year and a half after voters overwhelmingly approved a measure to legalize it.The newest industry in the Garden State has an estimated 800,000 potential recreational customers, and roughly 800,000 more potential marijuana "tourists," the commission regulating the state’s cannabis sales reported. Neighboring Pennsylvania has medical cannabis but not recreational, and New York won’t start recreational sales until later this year.In the 10 years since Colorado and Washington voters became the first in the nation to approve recreational marijuana use, 16 other states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational cannabis.

FILE - Liz Sheridan during 1st Annual Official TV Land Convention - Day One at Burbank Airport Hilton Hotel in Burbank, California, United States. (Albert L. Ortega/WireImage)Liz Sheridan, known for playing Jerry Seinfeld’s mom on the widely popular NBC show "Seinfeld," has died, according to multiple reports.

Al Pacino is confirmed to be dating Mick Jagger's ex-girlfriend Noor Alfallah, who is 53 years his junior, with sources claiming that the couple's romance began during the pandemic.The 81-year-old Hollywood legend was recently seen cozying up to his 28-year-old girlfriend during a dinner party with actorJason Momoa after visiting Julian Schnabel's latest Pace gallery in the Mid City area of LA.Now, insiders have shared new details about the pair's relationship, revealing that it first blossomed during the pandemic - and adding that the age difference between the two is not a 'problem', despite the fact that Al is older than Noor's father.'Pacino and Noor started seeing each other during the pandemic,' sources told Page Six.'She mostly dates very rich older men; she was withMick Jagger for a while, and then she dated Nicholas Berggruen.' Al Pacino, 81, was spotted out earlier this week with girlfriend, Noor Alfallah, who is 53 years his junior, and sources have told Page Six that the couple has been dating since the pandemicThe insider added: 'She has been with Al for some time and they get on very well. The age gap doesn't seem to be a problem, even though he is older than her father.Noor is vice president of Lynda Obst Productions at Sony, and is also reportedly developing two feature films with Obst.The VP, along with her sister Remi, reportedly struck a pod-producing deal with Imagine Entertainment chairman Brian Grazer in 2021.'She moves with the wealthy jet-set crowd, and she comes from a family with money,' sources added.Pacino was seen exiting Felix Restaurant after enjoying a swanky dinner with Alfallah in Venice Beach,California on Saturday night.

NEW JERSEY - A New Jersey man faces multiple charges after he allegedly ran over a woman, repeatedly, when she attempted to take pictures of his vehicle following a collision.According to the Union County Prosecutor's Office, Vincent Jean, 56, of Elizabeth, was driving a Mitsubishi SUV on Tuesday at about 8:30 a.m. when it collided with a 23-year-old woman's vehicle in the area of Salem Avenue and Aberdeen Road in Elizabeth.Witnesses told prosecutors that Jean attempted to flee the scene and the woman, who was standing on the sidewalk, began taking photos of his car in order to be able to identify him to the police.That's when Jean drove directly at the woman who ran onto a lawn.

FILE IMAGE - A woman puts compost into the garden beds as she tends to her plot in the Fenway Victory Gardens in Boston on May 20, 2020. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Whether it was more time to start a new hobby during the pandemic, or some just looking for a healthier, cheaper way to get vegetables and herbs for the family, more and more Americans are now growing their own food."Food gardening," which is defined as household participation in vegetable, fruit trees, berries or herbs gardening, has seen "a significant uptick" since the COVID-19 crisis began, according to researchers at the National Gardening Association. The association’s research division shares an annual survey to assess gardening activity and purchasing trends in the U.S.

NEW YORK, USA - APRIL 26: Full moon rises behind Empire State Building during sunset in New York City, United States on April 26, 2021. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) The first full moon of spring will shine this weekend, but don’t let its name fool you.April’s full moon is known as the pink moon - named for the pink wildflowers that bloom in early spring in eastern North America, according to the Farmer’s Almanac.

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Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said that the Pandemic Special Recognition Payment will be paid to eligible frontline healthcare workers in their next available payroll.

The ongoing trial of a driver who hit a family who were trying to help has had video evidence submitted. Global News has obtained those videos and images. Relatives of the family say they want people to see what really happened that day.

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NEW CASTLE, Del. - Three firefighters are expected to be okay after a crash involving a firetruck and tractor trailer on an interstate in Delaware on Thursday. The crash occurred before 7 p.m. on I-295 in New Castle County.

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The daily tally of Covid-19 cases in Shanghai, which is at the centre of China's epidemic, has fallen slightly, authorities said today, as the city's lockdown threatened to exact a heavier toll on the world's second-biggest economy.

COLOMBO (News 1st); SriLankan Airlines issued a clarification with respect to speculation circulating on social media with respect to SriLankan Aircraft uplifting printed material to Entebbe International Airport in Uganda last year. SriLankan Airlines on Thursday (14) said it received an air cargo order to transport about 102 tons of printed material from Colombo to Entebbe International Airport in Uganda in February 2021.The consignment was purely commercial in nature and brought in much-needed foreign revenue to the airline and country at the time. SriLankan wishes to emphasize that this cargo order was undertaken for commercial reasons only, it added.The details of the cargo consignment were withheld due to contractual obligations as per air cargo industry standards said the statement.However, in response to concerns raised following the statement the national carrier tweeted to say that the Ugandan government ordered Ugandan currency notes from a global security printer who operates several factories worldwide, including one in Sri Lanka, exporting to global markets.It went on to note that SriLankan aircraft which were underutilized at this time (2021) during the pandemic were chartered by a UK-based freight forwarder.What is now being misunderstood is the Airline Pilots Guild’s proud announcement of this achievement of using unutilized pax aircraft, it added.

Claire Foy stepped out this week with her A Very British Scandal co-star Paul Bettany to promote the limited series!

IMF updating global economic-growth forecasts, as it is set to publish the results in its World Economic Outlook scheduled for April 19. IMF in January said the global economy would expand 4.4% this year, down from an estimate of 4.9% in October.

PHILADELPHIA - The early preview of summer will end overnight as temperatures migrate back to more seasonable levels ahead of Easter weekend.A round of quick-moving showers that spawned brief Severe Thunderstorm Warnings on Thursday afternoon will drag cooler air into the Delaware Valley to stunt temperatures that previously reached into the 80s. Most of the region is in the clear, but areas towards the New Jersey coast should brace for severe weather expected before 7 p.m.Forecasters expect dry and partly cloudy conditions overnight, but temperatures will be noticeably colder in the low-to-mid 40s. Conditions will rally on Friday with a nice mix of sun and clouds to help kick off Easter weekend. Forecasters expect temperatures to approach 70 degrees in most parts of the region. Similar conditions will follow on Saturday with the chance of some nighttime showers that will help plunge temperatures for Easter Sunday.

FILE - The White Star Line passenger liner R.M.S. Titanic embarking on its ill-fated maiden voyage.

PEARLAND, Texas - A TikTok celebrity from the Houston area, known for drawing millions of views with his son now has a serious message to pass on after his recent cancer diagnosis.Randy Gonzalez, 34, and his 6-year-old son Brice - known as the Enky Boys to their millions of TikTok followers are becoming popular for another reason as well. MEET THE ENKY BOYS: Houston-area father-son duo getting Hollywood attentionThe 34-year-old was hit by colon cancer seemingly too soon and is now hoping to use his platform to spread awareness. "I don’t want this to happen to anyone else. I want them to catch it early," Mr.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - The conversation around safety, on and off campus at Temple, continued Thursday, as the university gave an update on new safety measures.Safety has been on the minds of students, their families and university staff after several off-campus shootings near the North Philadelphia campus this school year. Officials are trying to address concerns with a first of its kind campus safety briefing,"The safety of our community includes students, employees, faculty, staff and our neighbors here, in North Philadelphia, is hands-down our number one priority," Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Ken Kaiser stated.Just Tuesday, a 21-year-old man was shot more than eight times on North 9th Street, just off Temple’s campus.Kaiser is the COO at Temple. He acknowledges the university has faced challenges in the past six to seven months, but they are addressing those issues, beginning with a new program to add to the already existing 1,000 plus cameras on campus he says are monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week."We’ve started a grant program with landlords in our patrol area where we are reimbursing $2,500 for lighting improvements and camera improvements and new cameras," Kaiser explained.Temple freshman Ally Ryder commends what Temple is doing.

Jessica Bleasdale heard New Brunswick was removing COVID-19 public safety restrictions across the province, including in schools, she leaped into action for her young son River.River, 12, is in Grade 7 and has both neurodevelopmental and gastrointestinal issues. It is something he and his family know makes him more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19 and the complications that can arise from infection.It made her nervous to send him to school — and nervous about almost all the things a parent would be with an immunocompromised child.So, she filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission in New Brunswick, against chief medical officer of health Dr.

TRENTON - New Jersey residents over 21-years-old will be allowed to purchase recreational marijuana in the Garden State next week, according to Governor Phil Murphy. Call it a coincidence, but the newly-reelected governor said New Jerseyans can purchase pot without a medical marijuana card starting on 4/21."This is a historic step in our work to create a new cannabis industry," Murphy said.The news comes about a year after the state's regulatory commission started operating, and a year and a half after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot question to permit recreational marijuana for people 21 and older.New Jersey is one of 18 states, along with the District of Columbia, that have legalized recreational marijuana. There also are 37 states, including New Jersey, that have legalized medical marijuana.Three of the seven facilities, known as alternative treatment centers, are in the northern part of the state.

Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, speaks during a news conference. A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers flew to Taiwan for an official visit Thursday, defying threats from the Chinese government.Lawmakers from both the House and Senate landed in the country Wednesday morning to a warm welcome from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.

Ontario is “well into” the sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the province’s Science Advisory Table says.The science table released new projections on Thursday, saying the sixth wave is being driven by the “new, more transmissible BA.2 variant, waning immunity, and lifting of public health measures.”The table said there is “significant uncertainty around the impact of case growth on our health system and deaths,” but added that wastewater surveillance suggests that community transmission of the virus “may have peaked.”The advisory table said the province’s wastewater signal has “increased substantially” but that growth has slowed down, adding that it “may have crested.”“It is uncertain yet, whether the current plateau will remain or be followed by an increase after the holidays, or a decrease,” the document reads.

COVID-19 have died and 177 new patients were admitted to hospital last week.The latest COVID-19 data comes in the weekly epidemiology update covering April 3 to 9. Booster shots now available for all Manitobans aged 12-17 The hospitalizations include 19 new admissions to ICU.This marks the third week in a row the province has reported an increase in new hospitalizations.There were 141 new COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital March 27 to April 2 and 111 new patients reported the week before that.The province’s weekly updates don’t the total number of people currently in hospital and ICU as as result of of COVID-19, instead reporting only how many new admissions occurred during the previous week.While the province reported five deaths linked to COVID-19 in Thursday’s update, Manitoba’s total COVID-19 death toll rose to 1,759, eight more deaths than last week.

The National Health Authority (NHA) has directed its counterparts in the states to adopt the latest version of the Health Benefit Package (HBP 2022) within their jurisdiction. The total package count of HBP 2022 has climbed to 1,949 with the inclusion of 365 new medical procedures.

Ottawa convoy organizer Pat King is expected to face two new charges, the day after his bail review hearing came to an abrupt and unexpected halt when his lawyer’s computer appeared to be hacked.

COVID-19 crisis, according to recent data from U.S. health officials — one of many examples shared in recent days of the pandemic’s harmful impact on mental health. Stay-at-home orders, social isolation, loss of caregivers, economic hardships, and general fear of the virus have driven a surge in cases of depression, anxiety, trauma, loneliness, and suicidal ideation among children and teenagers, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. A study shared in late February by the U.S.

The national capital on Wednesday reported 325 new Covid-19 cases and zero deaths in a span of 24 hours. The positivity rate in the city remained at 2.39%.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Sinhala and Tamil New Year, traditionally a joyous period of celebration and festivities, dawned this year amidst many challenges faced by Sri Lankans. The shortage of fuel, gas, essential medicine and food all accumulated to formulate the Economic Crisis which Sri Lanka is currently undergoing, which had left the population reeling, the Cabinet Ministers in charge of critical subjects resigning, and nobody to take accountability for the crisis as the Parliament, which convened for several days, also concluding their sessions without any resolutions with regard to the people’s problems. This had led to masses engaging in protests in front of the Presidential Secretariat for the sixth day in a row today (14), as the farmers mark the New Year, traditionally celebrated in line with bountiful harvests, this time, without fertilizer, rice being purchased at low prices, and paddy fields abandoned with weeds. However, amid crises, Sri Lankans still managed to welcome the New Year by wishing prosperity to the country and all of Sri Lanka’s children. The ritual of ‘boiling milk’ was held at the Independence square and Galle Face both amid protests, while the protestors also engaged in the New Year ritual of ‘visiting relatives’ by walking from Independence Square to Galle Face, and proceeded to greet the Police who were guarding the Presidential Secretariat with betel leaves. Moreover, many avurudu celebrations such as avurudu games were held with a twist at Galle Face, which were creatively designed to convey the thoughts and complaints of the protesting public at the venue. One such youth, speaking to News 1st, stated that “They have decided to ruin our Avurudu, therefore we are ruining them for Avurudu”

COVID-19, the province recorded 26 new deaths and 94-patient rise Thursday.Pandemic-related hospitalizations stood at 2,154. Officials say 282 patients were admitted in the last day, while 188 were discharged.Intensive care units cases linked to the disease rose by 13 for a total of 96.The province also logged 3,190 new infections, though this daily count only paints a partial portrait of the situation since PCR testing is limited to a few high-risk groups.

Al Pacino is confirmed to be dating Noor Alfallah, who is 53 years his junior, and the romance is said to have begun during the pandemic.The 81-year-old Hollywood legend was recently seen cozying up to his 28-year-old girlfriend during a dinner party with Jason Momoa after visiting Julian Schnabel's latest Pace gallery in the Mid City area of LA.'Pacino and Noor started seeing each other during the pandemic,' sources told PageSix.'She mostly dates very rich older men, she was withMick Jagger for a while, and then she dated Nicholas Berggruen.' Lovers in LA: Al Pacino was spotted out earlier this week with girlfriend, Noor Alfallah, who is 53 years his junior, and sources told Page Six that the couple has been dating since the pandemicThe insider added: 'She has been with Al for some time and they get on very well. The age gap doesn't seem to be a problem, even though he is older than her father.Noor is vice president of Lynda Obst Productions at Sony, and is also reportedly developing two feature films with Obst.

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NEW YORK - Frank R. James, 62, the sole suspect in the shooting of 10 people aboard an N train in Sunset Park will be arraigned Thursday in federal court in downtown Brooklyn. James faces federal terrorism-related charges and could spend the rest of his life in prison if found guilty of throwing smoke grenades and opening fire on a crowded train during the morning rush earlier in the week.After a 30-hour manhunt, James was arrested without incident after a tipster — thought by police to be James himself — said he could be found near a McDonald’s on the Lower East Side.

Frank James, the man suspected in Tuesday’s Brooklyn subway shooting, appears to have uploaded videos to social media that show him ranting about violence, criticizing New York Mayor Eric Adams and sharing bigoted views.James, 62, was identified as a suspect Wednesday in the morning rush-hour attack that left 10 people with gunshot wounds and at least a dozen others injured.Frank Robert James is WANTED in connection with firing numerous gunshots inside of a subway car causing serious injuries to 10 victims. There's a reward up to $50,000 for info leading to the arrest & indictment of this person.

Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter, just days after the Tesla CEO said he would no longer be joining the social media company’s board of directors.Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Thursday that Musk, who currently owns slightly more than 9% of its stock and is the company's biggest shareholder, provided a letter to the company on Wednesday that contained a proposal to buy the remaining shares of Twitter that he doesn't already own. Musk offered $54.20 per share of Twitter's stock.He called that price his best and final offer."I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy," Musk says in the filing. "However, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form.

NEW YORK - Frank James posted dozens of videos ranting about race, violence and his struggles with mental illness. One stands out for its relative calm: A silent shot of a packed New York City subway car in which he raises his finger to point out passengers, one by one.Even as police arrested James on Wednesday in the Brooklyn subway shooting that wounded 10 people, they were still searching for a motive from a flood of details about the 62-year-old Black man’s life.An erratic work history.

A sixth coronavirus jab which may be more effective for longer has been approved for use in the UK by health officials.

A sixth coronavirus vaccine has been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The independent medicines regulator is the first in the world to approve the jab, developed by Valneva.

The manhunt for the prime suspect in the shooting inside a New York subway train has ended, with police arresting Frank James, 62. Jackson Proskow reports on what James has a history of doing, and the charges he’s facing.