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MISSION, Texas - Wildlife officials say a mystery animal that was seen lurking in the Rio Grande Valley might have been identified. Park rangers with the Texas Parks and Wildlife were scratching their heads earlier this month as they tried to identify an elusive creature captured on a game camera at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park in Mission.After posting the photo on social media, the agency said they received much attention and have come up with a likely suggestion.WHAT IS IT? WILDLIFE OFFICIALS STUMPED AS MYSTERIOUS ANIMAL CAUGHT ON TEXAS TRAIL CAMERAA mystery animal is lurking in the Rio Grande Valley, wildlife officials say.

PHILADELPHIA - An early morning crash ended with at least four people being rushed to the hospital Saturday.Police say the serious crash happened on Interstate 76 between the Roosevelt Boulevard and Kelly Drive exits around 2 a.m.Four people were transported to a local hospital, but their conditions are not known at this time.MORE HEADLINES:Police have yet to release what led to the crash, which is under investigation.Interstate 76 did remain open, but all lanes to Route 1 were shut down.

Emmerdale fans labelled Samson Dingle "shameless" after he nastily branded Amelia Spencer 'selfish' during Friday evening's episode. Amelia (played by Daisy Campbell) opened up about her health scare to Samson (Sam Hall), explaining that she had been struggling to feed the pair's daughter Esther and found a lump in her breast.

Jamie Foxx is reportedly doing better after enduring a 'medical complication' earlier this week. A source told People that the 55-year-old Oscar winner is 'steadily improving' following his hospitalization in Atlanta. Fans were initially alerted about the health scare when the actor's daughter Corinne Foxx shared a grave statement on social media this past Wednesday.

Read more: NDP challenges Alberta Premier Smith to explain whether she shares ‘extremist views’ The election is not set to formally begin for two more weeks, and Smith invoked the new rule, not at a United Conservative Party event, but at a government-funded media availability to unveil a new panel to address multicultural issues.The Opposition NDP responded quickly, promising to answer any and all questions put to them, including followups.“Leaders take questions — it’s part of the job,” NDP Leader Rachel Notley said on social media.“If Danielle Smith isn’t willing to explain herself to Albertans, she shouldn’t be premier. Albertans deserve better.”Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi also weighed in on social media.“Folks, this is really wrong,” said Nenshi.

Leonard Dyck had a habit of not texting his family when travelling.But in July 2019, the 64-year-old Vancouver resident finally broke that trend.“This was the first trip where I was able to convince him to text us every day if he could, because normally he was never letting us know where he was,” said his wife, Helen Dyck.“So, this time I said, ‘Text us,’ and so he did. He actually texted us.” Read more: The northern B.C.

Emmerdale viewers fumed as Samson called Amelia 'selfish' as she opened up about her health scare to him. He saw her crying on a bench and went up to her to see how she was doing. She ended up explaining that she was struggling to feed their daughter Esther and found a lump in her breast.

SAN FRANCISCO - Before Nima Momeni allegedly stabbed high-profile tech executive Bob Lee three times with a kitchen knife, he drove his victim to a secluded area, fuming over some dispute involving his younger sister and vowing to "come down hard" on him, prosecutors alleged in court papers released Friday. Prosecutors outlined the hours before the deadly April 4 encounter, describing Lee hanging out with Momeni's younger sister, Khazar, and other friends, in a court motion seeking to detain the 38-year-old defendant in custody. The San Francisco district attorney's office charged Momeni with murder and an enhancement of using a knife after police arrested him at his Emeryville home on Thursday morning. Momeni made his first court appearance on the charges Friday but did not speak. His sister, Khazar Momeni, and her husband, Dr.

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FILE - In this photo illustration, a Tik Tok logo seen displayed on a smartphone. (Thiago Prudêncio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)HELENA, Mont. - Montana lawmakers gave final passage Friday to a bill banning the social media app TikTok from operating in the state, a move that's bound to face legal challenges but also serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America many national lawmakers have envisioned.The measure now goes to Republican Gov.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - A 21-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was shot multiple times on a North Philadelphia street.Officials say the shooting happened Friday evening, around 5:45, on the 2400 block of North Sydenham Street.The 21-year-old victim was shot many times throughout his body. Someone took him to Temple University Hospital in a private vehicle where he was listed in critical condition.MORE HEADLINES:Police are investigating possible motives for the shooting.

Filing U.S. tax returns — especially for the first time — can seem like a daunting task, but there are steps you can take to make it less stressful.Whether you do your taxes yourself, go to a tax clinic or hire a professional, navigating the tax system can be complicated and stressful.

PHILADELPHIA - Another Philadelphia high school is closing its doors due to environmental concerns sparked by asbestos. According to Principal Michael J. Calderone, asbestos was discovered on school grounds, including on the first floor where the cafeteria is. Calderone says the asbestos is present mostly above ceiling tiles and on top of ductwork, which was identified after the school district accelerated the routine for its three-year asbestos inspection. "We know this news is disappointing.

SAN FRANCISCO - As Nima Momeni is set to appear in San Francisco Superior Court on Friday to face a murder charge, the wider public is asking: How did he know Cash App founder Bob Lee? And why would he allegedly stab him to death earlier this month? At a news conference Thursday, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott would only say that the two knew each other.But he did not say how."I can't say anything at this point," Scott told KTVU. In a brief interview by phone in Miami, Lee's former wife, Krista Lee, told KTVU that the name sounded familiar and she believes she had met Momeni's sister, but she didn't give out too many details. And she said she simply had no idea as why Momeni, 38, who owned his own IT company in Emeryville, would be charged with violently attacking her former husband, 43, with a knife at 2:30 a.m. on April 4.

BOISE, Idaho - Friday marks the 10th day of the "Doomsday mom" trial in Idaho.Lori Vallow is accused of murder conspiracy in the deaths of her two youngest children, J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan,The prosecution contends that Vallow, her husband Chad Daybell, and her late brother Alex Cox, hatched a plan to kill Vallow’s two kids, as well as Chad’s previous wife, Tammy Daybell.A judge decided the couple will have separate trials.Investigators say Vallow and Daybell used their religious beliefs to justify these three killings.

WASHINGTON - A drug manufacturer asked the Supreme Court on Friday to preserve access to its abortion drug free from restrictions imposed by lower court rulings, while a legal fight continues.Danco Laboratories filed its emergency request with the high court less than two days after an appeals court ruling in a case from Texas that had the effect of tightening the rules under which the drug, mifepristone, can be prescribed and dispensed.The new limits would take effect Saturday unless the court acts before then.The fight over mifepristone lands at the Supreme Court less than a year after conservative justices reversed Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright.An appeal from the Biden administration also is expected.The abortion drug Mifepristone, also known as RU486, is pictured in an abortion clinic February 17, 2006 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Canada Revenue Agency says it will not extend the deadline to file taxes even if thousands of its workers go on strike amid an ongoing labour dispute.“There are no plans to extend the T1 tax filing deadlines, as a potential strike in no way impedes the ability of Canadians to file their taxes electronically or on paper,” an agency spokesperson told Global News in an email Thursday.“Canadians should take steps to ensure their return is filed by May 1, 2023, along with payment for any balance owing.” Read more: Tax delays, passport backlogs: How you’ll be impacted if public servants strike As of Friday, more than 35,000 agency workers, represented by the Union of Taxation Employees (UTE) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), were in a legal position to strike after voting ended last week.That’s in addition to the 122,000 other Public Service Alliance of Canada federal workers who entered a strike position as of Wednesday.The labour dispute over contracts, wages and remote work comes as the May 1 deadline to file income tax and benefit returns for 2022 is approaching.In the event of a strike, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has warned some services may be delayed or unavailable.Specifically, the CRA anticipates there may be delays in processing some income tax and benefit returns, particularly those filed by paper, and increased wait times in contact centres.Even if there is a labour disruption, the agency says on its website that benefit payments will be prioritized and the child benefit will continue.As negotiations continue, CRA is encouraging Canadians to file their taxes “as soon as possible, not only this year but every year.” Read more: CRA ‘confident’ a compromise is possible as tax season strike

WASHINGTON - A senior Federal Reserve official said Friday that there has been little progress on inflation for more than a year and that more interest rate hikes are needed to get prices under control.Christopher Waller, a member of the Fed's governing board, did not specify how many more increases he supports, but said in written remarks that inflation "is still much too high and so my job is not done."Last month, inflation slowed as food and gas prices fell, but excluding those volatile categories, "core" prices kept rising and are 5.6% higher than a year ago. Waller pointed out that core prices have risen at about that same pace, or higher, since December 2021.Waller's comments expressing support for more rate hikes follow a forecast by the Fed's staff economists, revealed in Fed minutes Wednesday, for a "mild recession" later this year.The Federal Reserve building is seen January 22, 2008 in Washington, DC.

With a population of just over 20 000, Ménaka is the largest outpost in the Malian southeast frontier with Niger.

A new report by the Work and Pensions Committee has found that the health assessments system used by people who cannot work or face extra costs due to disability or ill-health to access vital benefits “continues to let down those who rely on it”. However, the committee of cross-party MPs, led by chair Sir Stephen Timms MP, proposes several “quick and easy wins” to help restore confidence in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and “drive down the high rate of decisions reversed on appeal”.

PHILADELPHIA - When an emergency happens in Philadelphia, the first people callers talk to are housed at the police department's new communications center. The city's first first responders field over 2 million emergency calls a day that deal with everything from shootings and violence, to fires and medical episodes."It can be very stressful, because you are taking to people in their worst moment in time," Dispatcher Jan Nina Morton said. "And then it can be comical when a 2-year-old calls and tries to cuss you out." The Philadelphia Police Department moved its headquarters last year to the old Philadelphia Inquirer building on Broad and Callowhill streets.

SKYFOX over the area of 70th Street and Cobbs Creek Highway, where police say a woman was struck by a car.  PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash in Philadelphia that left a woman critically injured, authorities say. According to law enforcement, the incident occurred in the area of 70th Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway in the southwest section of the city just after 10:45 a.m.

NORTH DIGHTON, Mass. - FBI agents arrested Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira at a home in North Dighton, Massachusetts, on Thursday in relation to a trove of classified documents that have been leaked online in recent months. Police vehicles were seen at a Massachusetts location believed to be connected with the guardsman. The guardsman's security clearance and access to classified government systems have been revoked, according to an internal government document reviewed by Fox News.The guardsman worked on military intelligence systems on a full-time basis, Fox News is told.The National Guard said in a statement it is aware Thursday of the "alleged role a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman may have played in the recent leak of highly-classified documents" from the Pentagon."The National Guard takes this issue very seriously and will support investigators," the National Guard said in a statement.

₹596.51 crore to analyze 50 million soil specimens in the coming three years. The revamped programme is set for a launch by the month-end. Intense cultivation and excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides have been affecting India’s soil fertility.

NEW DELHI : Coronavirus infections continue to rise across India, with 10,158 new cases detected in the preceding 24 hours, the highest since July 2022. The day also saw 19 deaths due to the viral disease, taking the pandemic’s overall toll to 5,31,035. Three out of four infections in the latest surge are due to XBB.1.16, a sub-variant of Omicron.

BOISE, Idaho - Melanie Gibb, the former best friend of Lori Vallow, the so-called "Doomsday mom" who's accused of killing her two youngest children," is testifying in an Idaho courtroom on Thursday. The focus in court on April 12 shifted to the relationship between Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell. A captain in the Madison County Jail who manages the jail's Telmate system for inmates took the stand, and the jury heard a call between the couple that took place in June 2020, as Fremont County Sheriff's deputies and the FBI searched Daybell's property.In the call, Vallow can be heard asking if they are seizing stuff, and Daybell replied that authorities were searching.Cameras are not permitted in the courtroom, but you can listen to the audio.

MISSOURI - It looks like Kansas City is still celebrating victory in Super Bowl LVII based on a new promotion from a milk company in the state. The Shatto Milk Company in Osborn, Missouri, located about 59 miles from Kansas City, is releasing limited-edition milk bottles trolling Philadelphia Eagles fans. The clear bottles are labeled with the title "Eagle Tears" in green letters. According to the company, the milk is cheesecake flavored and only 11,000 bottles will be made. The brand took to social media, saying, "Bottling them was no easy feat. We had to conquer the West, defend our home turf (twice!) and travel all the way to the desert and back.

Firefighters respond to the Our Lady of Consolation Parish School to fight a 3-alarm blaze.

PHILADELPHIA - Homicide detectives with the Philadelphia Police Department are investigating the shooting death of a man in Philadelphia, authorities say. According to officials, the shooting occurred on the 2100 block of Gould Street in the city's Southwest Philadelphia section just after midnight on Thursday. Authorities say a 28-year-old man was shot once in the stomach. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESHe was transported to Penn Presbyterian Hospital by police, where he was pronounced dead at 12:58 a.m., per police. Officials say the shooting scene has not been found and no arrest has been made. 

An Ayrshire-based MSP has said she will use her new role on Scottish Labour’s frontbench to champion women’s health support and find solutions to mounting pressure on NHS staff.

A teacher in Etobicoke, Ont., is going viral on social media because of how she dresses for school.

PHILADELPHIA - Students from a Philadelphia Catholic school are heading to a new location to learn after a fire tore through and damaged the original building. The students who attend Our Lady of Consolation Parish School in Chestnut Hill will now take classes on the campus of Chestnut Hill College. The three-alarm fire initially broke out on March 21, when 39 students were inside for an after-school program and had to be evacuated from the building. A day after a 3-alarm fire torched a Philadelphia catholic school, students who have been forced to learn virtually visited the charred remains of their school.A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Fire Department said the building sustained heavy damage to the entire second floor and roof. The cause of the fire was later identified as an electrical wiring issue, according to the Fire Marshal's Office. Officials have identified the source of a fire at damaged the Our Mother of Consolation Parish School in Philadelphia.

PORT RICHMOND - A local mom says her teen with autism was dropped off at the wrong bus stop, then disappeared. He was missing for days and his outraged mother is speaking out and demanding answers."I was just happy to see him.

witnessed a significant increase in Covid-19 cases, with 7,830 new cases reported on Wednesday, a notable surge from Tuesday's count of 5,675 cases. Earlier on Tuesday, the ministry announced that a successful two-day mock drill for Covid-19 was conducted in 35 states and union territories, covering 724 districts, as part of India's nationwide efforts to combat the pandemic. The mock drills were subsequently undertaken on April 10 and 11in a total of 33,685 health facilities, including 28,050 govt.

EAST MOUNT AIRY - A 40-year-old man has been critically injured after a shooting on an East Mount Airy street.Officials said 14th District officers responded to the 6600 block of Ross Street Wednesday night, around 7:15, on the report of a shooting in Philadelphia’s East Mount Airy neighborhood.Officers found the 40-year-old victim suffering with a gunshot wound to his leg.MORE HEADLINES: Police rushed him to Einstein Medical Center and placed in critical condition.Officers are actively investigating the shooting and say no weapons have been recovered and no arrests have been made.___Tips can be submitted by calling 215-686-TIPS (8477) or texting PPD TIP (773847). Tips can also be submitted anonymously online, here.

₹3,400 crore to the nation.  The Prime Minister will reach Guwahati airport around noon. Then he will visit the AIIMS Guwahati campus to inspect its newly built campus and subsequently, dedicate it to the public. Apart from AIIMS, he will also dedicate three other medical colleges - Nalbari, Nagaon, and Kokrajhar -- to the nation.

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - APRIL 12: President Joe Biden is pictured at Ulster University on April 12, 2023 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. US President Joe Biden spends the day in Belfast meeting with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and delivering a sp BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Northern Ireland must "not go back" to the violence that scarred it for years before a U.S.-brokered peace deal 25 years ago, nudging politicians to resolve a political crisis that has left this part of the United Kingdom without a functioning government.Speaking of the economic growth Northern Ireland has experienced since the Good Friday Agreement ended 30 years of sectarian bloodshed, Biden said: "It’s up to us to keep this going."On his first presidential visit to Northern Ireland, Biden dangled the prospect of more American investment to help fuel economic growth — especially if Belfast’s fractious politicians resolve a stalemate that has put their government on pause."The simple truth is that peace and economic opportunity go together," Biden said during a speech at Ulster University’s new campus in Belfast.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The second of two Black Democrats expelled from the Republican-led Tennessee House will return to the Legislature after a Memphis commission voted to reinstate him Wednesday, nearly a week after his banishment for supporting gun control protesters propelled him into the national spotlight.Hundreds of supporters marched Justin Pearson through Memphis to the Shelby County Board of Commissioners meeting, chanting and cheering, before entering the commission chambers, where officials quickly voted 7-0 to restore his position."The message for all the people in Nashville who decided to expel us: You can’t expel hope. You can’t expel justice," Pearson said at the meeting, his voice rising as he spoke.

TACOMA, Wash. - A woman in Washington state who was diagnosed with tuberculosis was found in contempt of court Friday after she allegedly refused to pursue treatment and took a public bus to a casino rather than isolate while under surveillance.Judge Philip Sorenson authorized law enforcement to detain the unidentified woman following a civil arrest warrant issued March 3.The warrant permits the woman's involuntary detention, testing and treatment at the Pierce County jail.The woman has reportedly refused to take medication and follow protective guidelines despite the efforts of her own family members and the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.The unidentified woman has reportedly refused to take medication and protect herself and the community despite the efforts of her own family members and the health department.

₹1120 crores, is a state of the art Hospital having capacity of 750 beds New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam on 14 April to lay the foundation stone of various projects worth more than ₹3,400 crores. Modi will dedicate to the nation the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Guwahati and three other medical colleges in the state, according to an official release. ‘The operationalization of AIIMS, Guwahati will mark a momentous occasion for the state of Assam and the entire North-East region.