Ottawa girl set to become the youngest university graduate in Canadian history

The Food and Drug Administration told vaccine manufacturers their fall Covid-19 vaccines should target the widespread XBB.1.5 offshoot of Omicron. The directive, which the agency announced Friday, means the fall booster campaign will bring the third version of a Covid-19 shot, after the initial jab targeted the original strain of the virus and the most current vaccine takes aim at both the original virus and an earlier Omicron variant.

Donald Trump had an eventful Tuesday to say the least.

PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - The National Weather Service tornadoes touched down in Burlington County, New Jersey and Chester County, Pennsylvania, in the wake of severe weather Friday.As storms made their way into the Delaware Valley, a tornado warning was issued for Chester County just after 11 Friday morning. The storm was situated in northern Chester County and also contained the threat of quarter-sized hail.A second tornado warning was issued for southern Chester County, extending into Delaware County, around 11:30, with the same threat for quarter-sized hail.Friday night, the NWS confirmed a tornado in West Caln Township, saying there was a tornado damage path, along with straight-line wind damage.

MONROE TOWNSHIP, Ohio - An Ohio man accused of fatally shooting his three young sons admitted to planning the killings and lined them up before executing them with a rifle, prosecutors said Friday.Chad Doerman, 32, who is also accused of wounding the boys' mother at the family’s home, has been charged with aggravated murder, authorities said.Clermont County's chief prosecutor of Municipal Court, David Gast, said during Doerman's arraignment Friday that one of the boys tried to flee into a nearby field but Doerman "hunted" his son down and brought him back to their home before killing him.Doerman's bail has been set at $20 million. Court records did not indicate whether he was represented by a lawyer at his arraignment.

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers are hosting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence on the team's LGBTQ+ Pride Night after a month-long public debate that drew national headlines. Leading up to the Friday, June 16 LGBTQ+ Pride Night, it has been a public relations roller coaster ride for both the Dodgers and the Sisters, to say the least, over the last several weeks as both organizations faced backlash from individuals and groups from various walks of life.The Sisters, who aren't actual nuns but are known for dressing like them in public, made headlines earlier in the Spring after religious organizations and Sen. Marco Rubio accused the group of mocking Catholics and Christians.

PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - The National Weather Service sent crews into Chester County, Pennsylvania and Burlington County, New Jersey to assess possible tornado damage, in the wake of severe weather Friday.As storms made their way into the Delaware Valley, a tornado warning was issued for Chester County just after 11 Friday morning. The storm was situated in northern Chester County and also contained the threat of quarter-sized hail.A second tornado warning was issued for southern Chester County, extending into Delaware County, around 11:30, with the same threat for quarter-sized hail.Burlington County’s tornado warning was issued around 1:30 Friday afternoon, and included Browns Mills, Pemberton, Buddtown and Country Lakes in the warning.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities are searching for a group of young men who they say have stolen several rental cars off the lots of major car rental companies at Philadelphia International Airport. Investigators say the pattern of thefts began in January, when groups of two-to-six people would sneak onto the rental car lots that are often protected by fences, gates, or barriers. Police believe the suspects have several methods of stealing the rental cars, including simply using the keys that were left inside the vehicles by some of the car rental companies.Investigators are looking into a series of thefts and robberies from car rental companies located near the airport.When the rental companies enhanced their security due to the thefts, police say the group resorted to threatening the parking lot attendant at gunpoint to open the exit gate. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESA video shared by the Philadelphia Police Department shows several vehicles lined up at the exit booth, when the driver of the first vehicle demands the gate to be opened at gunpoint.Authorities are searching for a group of young men who they say have stolen several rental cars off the lots of major car rental companies at Philadelphia International Airport. Four vehicles are seen on video driving through the open gate. Police estimate the suspects to be between 16 and 22-years-old, often wearing dark clothing and face masks.Frank Vanore Deputy Commissioner of Investigations with the Philadelphia Police Department held a briefing Friday and explained, "There’ve been 17 of the 23 that they’ve gotten away with recovered in Southwest Philadelphia area.

one of the most watched and most notorious live events in United States TV history: O.J. Simpson’s low-speed police pursuit. On June 17, 1994, just two days after the brutal murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, Orenthal James (O.J.) Simpson would lead police on a 90-minute-long pursuit which ultimately ended in his arrest at his home in the affluent neighborhood of Brentwood, California. It’s been several decades since the infamous chase took place, so here’s a refresher on what happened. FILE - Motorists stop and wave as police cars pursue the Ford Bronco (white, R) driven by Al Cowlings, carrying fugitive murder suspect O.J. Simpson, on a 90-minute slow-speed car chase June 17, 1994, on the 405 freeway in Los Angeles, California.

LOS ANGELES - Do you remember where you were during the pursuit of O.J. Simpson in his infamous white Ford Bronco?Hanna Zoey Tur does."It was one of the strangest things I've ever covered.

PITTSBURGH - A truck driver who expressed hated of Jews was convicted Friday of barging into a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find, killing 11 congregants in an act of antisemitic terror for which he could be sentenced to die.The guilty verdict was a foregone conclusion after Robert Bowers’ own lawyers conceded at the trial’s outset that he attacked and killed worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S.

Supreme Court of Canada on Friday said the between Canada and the United States is constitutional.The Supreme Court in its decision noted that the agreement does not violate Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom – the right to life, liberty and security of a person.The , which came into effect in 2004, recognizes Canada and the U.S. as safe places for migrants to seek protection.Under the agreement, migrants must seek asylum in the first of the two countries they land in, making it illegal to cross the border and seek asylum in the other country.Opponents of the treaty asked the top court to declare that the legislation underpinning the pact violates the right to life, liberty and security of the person, saying the U.S.

Cessna aircraft, which he operated on June 9th, his 14th birthday, for his first solo-manned flight out of Brampton Flight Centre and Flying Club. Distler isn’t eligible to drive, but he can man a vehicle thousands of feet off the ground — and comfortably.The age to fly an aircraft solo in Canada is 14, and there’s training required before you can eventually take off.

TORONTO - A bus carrying seniors to a casino collided with a semi-trailer truck at a highway intersection in a rural part of the Canadian province of Manitoba Thursday, killing 15 people and injuring 10 more, police said.Rob Hill, Commanding Officer of the Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said the bus was carrying 25 people and authorities in Manitoba were deploying all their resources to the scene. Ten people were taken to hospitals.TV broadcasters aired images of what looked like a large van or bus smoldering in a ditch near a transport truck with a smashed engine on a road.

PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department's Shooting Investigation Group are working to find a suspect who they say shot a man twice early Friday morning. According to Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small, the shooting took place on the 300 block of S 40th Street just after 1 a.m. Officials say officers responded to the street and found a 33-year-old man lying on the ground with two gunshot wounds to his abdomen. He was rushed to Presbyterian Hospital, where he is in critical condition going in and out of consciousness, Small says. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESAuthorities say three spent shell casings were discovered on the sidewalk a few feet from the victim. Police have not arrested the shooter but believe he is a male who fled south on foot with a woman, according to investigators. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

US President Joe Biden delivers the commencement address for his alma mater, the University of Delaware, at Delaware Stadium, in Newark, Delaware, on May 28, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) DOVER, Del. - The state Supreme Court is mulling whether the University of Delaware was justified in denying requests from Judicial Watch and the Daily Caller News Foundation for records related to the school’s receipt of President Joe Biden’s senatorial papers.The justices heard arguments for the second time Wednesday in a long-running legal battle over the records, which have been the subject of multiple FOIA requests.

FILE - Blake Linkous mug shot. (Horry County Police Department)An Ohio teenager who graduated from high school last month was allegedly strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend on a senior trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, police said.Natalie Martin, 18, was staying with friends, including her ex-boyfriend, Blake Linkous, at a holiday apartment rental on Maison Drive, according to an incident report. The trip took a tragic turn on June 6 when Linkous allegedly attacked Martin."Blake William Linkous did with malice aforethought cause the death of Natalie Martin," the incident report says.

Former prime minister Boris Johnson’s diaries have revealed 16 other gatherings he was involved in which may have broken lockdown rules.

Golden Knights delivered their city a true Vegas-style party from dazzling passes to Mark Stone’s hat trick to all-out goal celebrations, capturing the young organization’s first Stanley Cup with a 9-3 romp over the beaten up and exhausted Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.Coach Bruce Cassidy, in a nod to the Knights’ brief history, started five of the original Vegas players known as the Misfits and put the sixth on the second shift. Cassidy sounded confident the day before the game that his team would play well, and it certainly did, blowing open a one-goal game in the second period to lead 6-1.Vegas closed out the series in five games to win the Cup before a delirious franchise-record crowd of 19,058 at T-Mobile Arena that drowned out the pre-game introductions of forward Jonathan Marchessault and goalie Adin Hill and cheered all the way through the final buzzer.Stone’s hat trick — with the third into an empty net with 5:54 left — was the first in a Stanley Cup final since Colorado’s Peter Forsberg in 1996, also against the Panthers.The Knights got the rest of their scoring from Nic Hague, Alec Martinez, Reilly Smith, Michael Amadio, Ivan Barbashev and Nicolas Roy.

View of Neuschwanstein from the Marienbrücke. (Frank Rumpenhorst/picture alliance via Getty Images)BERLIN - An American man has been arrested over the death of one U.S.

PHILADELPHIA - The parents of a young man who was shot and killed by Pennsylvania State Police on Interstate 95 during a chaotic car meet-up earlier this month opened up about the night they lost their son. Police say 18-year-old Anthony Allegrini Jr. was on I-95 during a car meet-up where vehicles were doing doughnuts and burnouts in the middle of the highway in the early morning hours of June 4. "It's not what we would have advised him to do, we’ve always tried to instill in him right from wrong," Jennifer Allegrini, Anthony's mother, told FOX 29. Officers responded to a stretch of highway rear Penn's Landing around 3:30 a.m.

DOVER, Del. - The University of Delaware has agreed to pay $6.3 million to settle a lawsuit over its campus shutdown in 2020 and the halting of in-person classes because of the coronavirus pandemic.According to court papers that were filed this month and signed by the plaintiffs and university president Dennis Assanis, some 21,000 current and former students could receive cash reimbursements.While agreeing to settle the case, the university continues to deny all allegations of wrongdoing.Court records indicate that the university reached an agreement in principle in late April, less than a month after a federal judge ruled that the case could proceed as a class action on behalf of thousands of students who were enrolled and paid tuition in the spring semester of 2020, when the campus was shut down. Related A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the University of Delaware over its campus shutdown and halting of in-person classes because of coronavirus can proceed as a class action on behalf of thousands of students who were enrolled and paid tuition in spring 2020.Under the settlement, which is awaiting final court approval, the university will pay $6.3 million into an escrow account overseen by a settlement administrator.

chemical weapons program.Working from Damascus and Beirut, the company is accused of importing materials used to produce “chemical weapons delivery systems.”According to the allegations, the firm purchases metals and alloys from foreign suppliers for the branch of Syria’s chemical warfare department that manufactures missiles.It also allegedly attempted to procure the aeronautical-grade aluminum and steel that goes into Fateh-110s, Iranian ballistic missiles used by the Syrian regime and that Russia reportedly wants.The allegations have landed the company and its owners, Chadi and Mohammad Houranieh, on European sanctions lists.Their shipments have been seized in three countries, their assets have been frozen, and they are banned from travelling to Europe.The Houraniehs are the only Canadian citizens sanctioned by the European Union, aside from a Hezbollah bomber from Vancouver who blew up a bus in Bulgaria.But in interviews with Global News, Chadi Houranieh called the allegations “absurd.”While he once did business with Syria, he said it was unrelated to weapons.“I have nothing to do with any chemical program.”Houranieh, 44, grew up in Mississauga, in a house near the Sheridan Mall. He went to Toronto Blue Jays games at what was then called SkyDome.“I personally love it,” he said of Canada.He wanted to stay, but after studying at the University of Miami, he returned to Damascus to help with the family business.Founded in 1949, Houranieh & Sons imports sheeting, piping and other metal products it purchases from Canada, Europe and China.

FILE - Democratic and Republican parties logos are pictured in a file image dated Aug. 25, 2022.

A Nova Scotia man accused of sexual offences against two children has had his charges stayed due to excessive delays in proceedings, prompting the children’s mother to call the process “an abhorrent waiting game.”

PHILADELPHIA - Flying high! The American flag made quite the Flag Day entrance in Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon.Crowds gathered as four parachuters dropped from the sky, and descended right onto Independence Mall.Two giant American flags waved in the wind, along with two red, white and blue banners.Cheers erupted in honor of Flag Day tribute in a city filled with so much American history.

committee was also highly critical of his attacks on its integrity and recommended a suspension of 90 days from Parliament had he not resigned. While a condemning indictment of the former prime minister’s conduct, the recommendation is largely symbolic because Johnson angrily quit as a lawmaker on Friday after the committee informed him of its conclusions. “We have concluded above that in deliberately misleading the House, Mr Johnson committed a serious contempt," the committee's report said.

PHILADELPHIA - Temple University is set to honor the first campus police officer killed in the line of duty with a street renaming. Investigators say the 31-year-old officer was on patrol alone on February 18 on the 1700 block of Montgomery Avenue when he saw three young people wearing masks and dark clothes. Authorities say he attempted to investigate their activity due to a rise in robberies in the area. Officials say Fitzgerald radioed dispatchers that he was in a foot chase with the three individuals.

NEW YORK - Martian-like orange skies that eerily stopped the bustling streets of New York City last week could return this week.The culprit was spotted Thursday as northerly winds drove wildfire smoke in Canada down into the Upper Midwest. Forecast models suggest it could now swing back into the Great Lakes and Northeast by Friday, according to the FOX Forecast Center.As of Thursday morning, there are 107 fires burning in Quebec, the province’s fire agency reported.

New Delhi: In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, the government on Tuesday announced the appointment of 15 senior officers to various central ministries and departments. Sudhansh Pant, a 1991-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Rajasthan cadre, has been appointed as the new health secretary, replacing Rajesh Bhushan who retires on 31July.

OCEAN CITY, N.J. - Two ordinances aimed at controlling large crowds of young people are now official and enforcement begins this weekend.Ocean City council members voted Thursday to ban backpacks on the boardwalk between 8 p.m. and 1 a.m.

The White Bird Grade on US Highway 95 going north from the Salmon River Canyon in central Idaho. (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) RIGGINS, Idaho - The Idaho County Sheriffs' Office believe a teenaged driver fell asleep at the wheel before ther car went off a cliff and crashed into a river below, killing everyone in the vehicle including her father and younger siblings. The county coroner listed the victims as Calvin "CJ" Miller, age 36; Dakota Miller, age 17; Jack Miller, age 10; and Delihia Miller, age 8, all of Spokane, Washington. Authorities said the family was heading from Spokane to a vacation destination, but were reported missing June 10 after they were overdue for their arrival. RELATED: Fisherman finds vehicle overturned in river with family of 4 dead insideHours later, a fisherman located an upside-down Toyota Prius in the Salmon River in Riggins, Iadho, with the family deceased inside. According to the accident report, deputies believe Dakota was fatigued as she drove from Spokane to Council, Idaho, and "fell asleep" behind the wheel. UNITED STATES - 2017/05/18: View of the Salmon River and a barn near Riggins, Idaho, USA.

Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense and brittle took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as "The Road," "Blood Meridian" and "All the Pretty Horses," died Tuesday. He was 89.McCarthy died of natural causes in Santa Fe, New Mexico, publisher Alfred A. Knopf said.Writer Cormac McCarthy attends the HBO Films & The Cinema Society screening of "Sunset Limited" after party at Porter House on February 1, 2011 in New York City.

Canada said it is seizing a Russian-registered cargo aircraft, Moscow is warning that ties between the two countries are “already on the verge of being severed.”And the seizure would have “serious repercussions” for Canada-Russian relations, the Kremlin said.The Antonov 124 plane will be the first Russian physical asset captured by Canada under its asset forfeit law and second under the federal government’s sanctions regime. It comes more than a year after the plane first landed in the country at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.Ottawa announced the planned seizure of the aircraft on Saturday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a surprise visit to Kyiv, Ukraine.

The company behind the Instant Pot is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as the craze over its kitchen contraption appears to have fizzled.

The World Blood Donor Day is celebrated every year on June 14 to thank the altruistic acts of selflessness of voluntary blood donors and celebrate life and humanity. Blood is the most precious gift that anyone can give to another person – the gift of life. A decision to donate blood can save a life, or even several lives, if the blood is separated into its components – red cells, platelets and plasma – which can be used individually for patients with specific conditions.

PHILADELPHIA - Four students at Philadelphia High School for Girls claim they were denied their diplomas on stage at graduation after their expressions of excitement drew reactions from the audience.Hafsah Abdur Rahman danced across the stage at the Kimmel Center when she heard her name called during last Friday's graduation ceremony, only to be denied her diploma by the principal. "I was really embarrassed, I didn't think she was not going to give me my diploma because I didn't think I broke any rules," Hafsah said. The graduates families were told not to cheer and hold their applause until the end of the ceremony. Hafsah's family in the crowd respected the rules, but her dance moves elicited a reaction.MORE LOCAL HEADLINES"Miss Mesi said she didn't give me my diploma because the crowd chuckled," Hafsah told FOX 29's Dawn Timmeney. Hafsah said the outburst of joy was brought on by reaching the end of a tumultuous four-year high school career that was partly ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. "After four years of high school, all these girls went through a lot - through COVID, mentally, physically - and you just humiliate them," Hafsah's mother Jasmine Reid said. Hafsah feels she had one of life's most memorable moments unnecessarily stolen.

LISBON, PORTUGAL - OCTOBER 07: Travelers are silhouetted while sitting under Starbucks Coffee logo in the arrivals hall at Terminal 1 in Humberto Delgado International Airport Humberto Delgado International Airport on October 07, 2022 in Lisbon, Port PHILADELPHIA - Jurors in federal court have awarded $25.6 million to a former Starbucks regional manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished after the high-profile arrests of two Black men at a Philadelphia location in 2018.Shannon Phillips won $600,000 in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages on Monday after a jury in New Jersey found that race was a determinative factor in Phillips’ firing, in violation of federal and state anti-discrimination.In April 2018, a Philadelphia store manager called police on two Black men who were sitting in the coffee shop without ordering anything. Phillips, then regional manager of operations in Philadelphia, southern New Jersey, and elsewhere, was not involved with arrests.

Justin Trudeau’s office says staff were alerted in March to the “possibility” that notorious serial killer Paul Bernardo would be transferred to a medium security prison.But the PMO says that Trudeau himself was only briefed on the day it took place, May 29.That briefing was one day before Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he was told about the transfer, despite his office also knowing for nearly three months that Bernardo was being moved out of maximum-security.The ever-evolving timeline comes as the Conservatives call for Mendicino’s resignation over how his office handled the information.

Slot machines stand on the floor at the Resorts World Casino, operated by Genting, in Queens, New York, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.

OLNEY - A 30-year-old woman is in critical condition and her 2-year-old daughter was shot in both legs after a shooting in Olney.The shooting happened on the 100 block of East Albanus Street Wednesday night, just after 8:15.Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said the little girl was shot in both legs. She was taken to Einstein Medical Center and is listed as stable.MORE HEADLINES:The mom was shot in the head, back and chest.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities are searching for a group of young men who they say have stolen several rental cars off the lots of major car rental companies at Philadelphia International Airport. Investigators say the pattern of thefts began in January, when groups of two-to-six people would sneak onto the rental car lots that are often protected by fences, gates, or barriers. Police believe the suspects have several methods of stealing the rental cars, including simply using the keys that were left inside the vehicles by some of the car rental companies.When the rental companies enhanced their security due to the thefts, police say group restored to threatening the parking lot attendant at gunpoint to open the exit gate. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESA video shared by the Philadelphia Police Department shows several vehicles lined up at the exit booth, when the driver of the first vehicle demands the gate to be opened at gunpoint.Four vehicles are seen on video driving through the open gate. Police estimate the suspects to be between 16 and 22-years-old, often wearing dark clothing and face masks.Anyone with information of the suspects or the thefts is asked to contact the Philadelphia Police Department's Major Crimes Unit.

PHILADELPHIA - Just days after a tanker carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline crashed under near I-95, causing part of an overpass to collapse, city leaders and officials are set to announce the timeline for repairs as part of a reconstruction plan. On Sunday, a tanker truck with 8,500 gallons of gasoline was traveling in the northbound lanes when it overturned on the curve of an off-ramp, officials say. The crash caused gasoline to leak into the roadway and sparked a large fire under I-95 at Cottman Avenue, causing it to collapse into the roadway underneath it. Newly obtained surveillance video captured the moment a tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline crashed and caught fire underneath I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia. The resulting fire caused a portion of the roadway to collapse.The collapse left the tanker operator, 53-year-old Nathaniel Moody, whose family says he was an experienced driver with more than 10 years of experience, dead. RELATED: I-95 collapse: Truck driver involved in tanker crash identified by familyIt also left the northbound and southbound lanes of I-95 closed between the Woodhaven Road and Aramingo Avenue exits. The damage has caused delays and traffic nightmares for commuters in Philadelphia, the Delaware Valley, and across the northeast. In a Tuesday press conference, U.S.

HADDONFIELD, N.J. - A South Jersey mom says she has a ‘Hail Mary’ of a request — and thousands of people are now sharing her plea for help on Facebook.Kim O’Callaghan says she saved more than a decade of her son’s t-shirts and jerseys, and had a quilt made for him, that he can bring to his first year of college at Franklin Marshall later this summer."It’s something they can actually wrap themselves up in if they’re homesick, things like that, in their first year of college especially," she says.In late-May, when dropping off what she thought was a bag of leftover shirts she didn’t use for the quilt at a Goodwill in Haddonfield, she accidentally dropped off the quilt instead.O’Callaghan says she had no idea until she went to wrap the quilt on Saturday, and found the leftover shirts in the tote instead."That moment when I realized what I had done was just horrible," O’Callaghan said.After searching at a number of local Goodwill locations, Kim decided to post about what happened on Facebook. It instantly took off—getting thousands of shares."I thought maybe if I just put this on there, maybe 10 to 15 of my family members will share it, who knows I might get lucky," O’Callaghan said.