Pfizer's Covid vaccines tailored for XBB.1.5 variant expected by July

Russian troops deployed to protect the capital withdrew Sunday after mercenary forces beat a retreat. But the short-lived revolt could have long-term consequences for President Vladimir Putin’s two-decade hold on power and his war in Ukraine.

Officials in northwestern Quebec have ordered residents of two villages near the Ontario border to leave their homes as a wildfire continues to spread in the area.Residents of the villages of Val-Paradis and Beaucanton, home to around 340 people, were given an hour and a half to evacuate on Friday night due to the approach of a nearby fire.Local officials said winds blew the flames away from the village Friday night but that a fire currently burning in Ontario continues to head towards the area and that the two fires will likely become a single blaze.Since Thursday, more than 6,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in northwestern Quebec due to heavy smoke from the fires.In Obedjiwan, an Atikamekw community, officials encouraged people not to go into the forest to check on their cabins.A video circulating on social media appears to show members of the community running from flames.

carbon tax kicks in, the Atlantic premiers are calling for a meeting with the prime minister “as soon as possible” — with hopes of halting it.They’ve sent a letter to Justin Trudeau to request the meeting.The premiers say the new clean fuel standards, which could see pump prices jump up in the region dramatically, will have a disproportionate impact on Atlantic Canadians.In a news release, the Council of Atlantic Premiers said they want a pause in the implementation of the carbon tax until steps are taken to mitigate the impact on the region.“Unfairly burdening Atlantic Canadians with increased costs on July 1st is not an effective way to mitigate the impacts of climate change,” the release read.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.J. - New Jersey State Police are sharing photos of a man they say spent thousands in stolen funds last month.A purchase of $5,889.32 was made using a victim's identity and Home Depot credit card information in Vineland, Cumberland County, on May 22.The suspect was pictured inside the Home Depot, then seen leaving in a U-Haul cargo van, according to authorities.MORE HEADLINES:Police are asking for the public's help to identity the man now wanted for identify and credit card theft.Anyone with information is asked to contact the Troop "A" Bridgeton Station.

This file photo taken on September 5, 2009 shows the Jetline roller coaster at the Grona Lund amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden. A carriage in the Jetline roller coaster has derailed and fallen from a height of several meters.

The worker was employed by Unifi Aviation, a company Delta and other airlines contract with to support ground handling operations. (Photo by Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images) An airport worker died after being "ingested" into a Delta Air Lines jet engine at San Antonio International Airport.Emergency responders were called to the scene at about 10:25 p.m.

Canadian running back Dahrran Diedrick, who led Nebraska to an NCAA championship berth and later won three Grey Cup titles over a 10-year CFL career, died early Saturday morning after a battle with cancer. He was 44.

With summer officially kicking off in Canada this week, travel, weddings, BBQs and other social events are on the table. Should a COVID-19 booster be part of your summer holiday plans?

EAST FALLS - A man sought because of a warrant becomes the subject of a barricade situation in East Falls Saturday night.According to authorities, police were on patrol in East Falls Saturday night, just after 8 p.m.While on the patrol, the officers tried to stop a 34-year-old man who had an active warrant.MORE HEADLINES:The man ran to a building on the 3200 block of Defense Terrace, heading inside and to the second floor and refusing to leave.The barricade situation was declared about 8:15 and Philadelphia SWAT was called.No other details were released regarding the incident or the suspect.___Tips can be submitted by calling 215-686-TIPS (8477) or texting PPD TIP (773847). Tips can also be submitted anonymously online, here.

FAIRMOUNT - Girard College hosted an event Saturday for youth to be able to have a safe place to gather and consider their future."Summers here! We wanted to wrap our arms around the youngest members of our community and have some folks come speak to them from a perspective of places they’ve come from." Said Jeanette Bavwidinsi, with Youth Engagement for the City of Philadelphia.The Future Now Summit featured several free areas students could wander around and interact with, including an art gallery featuring portraits of people who have been murdered in Philadelphia, as well as other locations in the United States.Zarinah Lomax helped curate the collection as a reminder to people of the violence, but also to provide support to victims left behind."These people had a life, had a legacy. They had family," Lomax explained.

MOSCOW, Idaho - An Idaho judge denied a request from around two dozen news organizations to lift a gag order in the case of a man accused of stabbing four college students to death.However, the gag order was significantly narrowed in response to the organizations' concerns.The document was filed Friday afternoon in Latah County. District Judge John C. Judge said in – what is formally called a "nondissemination order" – that any "prosecuting attorneys, defense attorneys, any agents of the prosecuting attorneys and defense attorneys and any attorneys representing witnesses, victims or a victim's family are prohibited from making extrajudicial statements (written or oral) that the lawyer or agent knows or reasonable should know will have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing or otherwise influence the outcome of the case." Judge said that to preserve the right to a fair trial, some curtailment of the dissemination of information in the case is "necessary and authorized under the law."That said, he also noted that the original gag order, which also barred law enforcement officers and others tangentially related to the case from speaking to the press, was "arguably overbroad and vague in some areas."Judge wrote that the revised order is "narrowly drawn to prohibit only extrajudicial statements that have a ‘substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing’ this case," including specific examples of what speech is prohibited and what is allowed. The judge also denied attorney Shanon Gray's request to be exempted from the amended order.

(L) Jay Bloom during a tour of Las Vegas Mob Experience at The Tropicana on March 28, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. - (R) An undated photo shows tourist submersible belongs to OceanGate descents at a sea.

There was no evidence that the Covid-19 virus was created in the Chinese government's Wuhan research lab, the head of US intelligence said.

It looked like a set from the BBC series Line Of Duty with a blizzard of sticky notes stuck to every wall of the home office. But Nik Bunney wasn’t trying to solve a crime; he was trying to solve himself. Now, more than five years on from that scene at his house in Essex, the City stockbroker-turned-author has used his research to write a book with a compelling message: taking control of your own mental health is as simple as ABC.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) action against some persons close to Uddhav Thackeeay's party in an alleged jumbo Covid facility ‘scam’, the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief slammed the Central agency and sought a probe into the PM CARES Fund. Uddhav Thackeray also sought investigations into the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, besides seeking a probe into the functioning of the Nagpur, Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune civic bodies. Uddhav Thackeray was addressing his party workers when he sought a probe into the PM CARES Fund.

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Covid-19 pandemic stemmed from an incident at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology," a four-page report by US intelligence agencies said on Friday.  It said the intelligence agencies could not rule out the possibility that the virus came from a laboratory. However, the agencies have not been to discover the Covid-19 pandemic origin, according to a report published by Reuters.  "The Central Intelligence Agency and another agency remain unable to determine the precise origin of the Covid-19 pandemic, as both (natural and lab) hypotheses rely on significant assumptions or face challenges with conflicting reporting," the report said.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - A family is in mourning after a father of three was shot and killed by a stray bullet while driving for Uber in North Philadelphia.Friday, a mass and religious service was held for 34-year-old Michael Almonte a the church he attended, while police still search for whoever fired the fatal shot.Almonte’s priest, Reverend Roberto Gurrola, says the church is where Almonte spent most of his time and it was at the church his family gathered to mourn Almonte and lay him to rest, describing him as a loving father, husband and God-fearing man."He’s one of those persons that you would think God would protect him," Father Gurrola said.But, on the night of June 14th, the 34-year-old’s life was cut short while working for Uber. Almonte was driving a passenger on the 1300 block of Lehigh Avenue when a stray bullet went through the back windshield, through his seat and into the back of his head."This really is a big concern.

Jennifer Coolidge is going into depth about why she almost turned down her award-winning role in The White Lotus.

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia teachers are once again calling on Pennsylvania lawmakers to do something to help fix, repair and update aging buildings in the district. Legislation is working its way through the house, but teachers say funding is needed now.Earlier in the week, two key pieces of legislation made it out of the Pennsylvania House Education Committee aimed at investing in school improvements.State Representative Elizabeth Fielder led a press conference Friday at South Philadelphia High School highlighting the bill."You can’t learn when you’re sweating to death, you can’t learn when you’re worried about eating," Philadelphia City Councilmember Mark Squilla stated.The bill would fund the already existing maintenance grant program and allow schools to apply to the Commonwealth Financing Authority for a maintenance grant for 75 percent of a project’s cost, up to $5 million."The message is clear," Fiedler said.

FILE - State Flag flies over Oklahoma State Capitol, Oklahoma City OK. ( Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)OKLAHOMA CITY - A man scheduled to be executed in September for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student plans to reject his chance for a clemency hearing, saying there is little hope the state's Republican governor would spare his life.Anthony Sanchez, 44, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Thursday from Oklahoma's death row that even in the rare case when the five-member Pardon and Parole Board recommends clemency, Gov.

Shahzada Dawood, a British-Pakistani businessman, were among five passengers aboard the Titan submersible, believed to have catastrophically imploded Sunday during a deep-water exploration of the Titanic shipwreck.All five passengers are presumed dead. It’s uncertain if authorities will be able to recover their bodies.Shahzada had been captivated by the story of the Titanic since he was young, according to his oldest sister Azmeh Dawood.

A vaccination outreach team on the move in Tanzania. ©WHO, 2023

HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Law enforcement in Delaware County is investigating the assault and robbery of a teenager, according to authorities. Sources tell FOX 29 a 15-year-old boy was attacked and robbed in Haverford Township on Monday after 9 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia is the City of Brotherly love and is a great example of how wonderful things can happen when you come together. In just 12 days, Philadelphia work crews finished reconstructing the collapsed portion of I-95 and reopened the roadway to motorists who depended on the critical roadway. Despite the success of the rebuilding, tragedy lingers due to the death of 53-year-old Nathaniel Moody, the tanker truck driver who died in the I-95 off-ramp crash that sparked a fire and the subsequent collapse.  Related Family members have identified a man they say was driving a tanker truck at the center of the I-95 fire and collapse as a local father.Family members described Moody as a father and experienced driver with a lot of experience. "He wanted to raise his girl to know what a good Dad was, to know what a hardworking Dad was," Issac Moody said. "He didn't drink, he didn't smoke, he damn-sure didn't use any drugs." RELATED COVERAGEOn Friday, the same day temporary lanes opened on the collapsed stretch of the roadway, officials announced donations to support Moody's daughter. According to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's office, the Philadelphia Flyers, Eagles, Phillies, 76ers and Union joined forces to donate $50,000 to Moody's family to build a trust for his daughter. The cousin of a truck driver whose truck flipped and sparked a fire that destroyed part of I-95 in Philadelphia is searching for answers.

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are more loved-up than ever.

FILE - The Costco Wholesale store in Severn, Maryland, on May 25, 2023. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) Costco Wholesale may be known for groceries bought in bulk, but the membership warehouse has items that go beyond the refrigerator or pantry.Costco's sectional sofa featuring a pullout sleeper and storage compartment appears to be the latest product to garner attention from social media users — receiving both praise and controversy.The account @costcohotfinds featured the "brand new model" sleeper sofa on its public page, calling the furniture item "a great deal," according to the now-viral video posted on both TikTok and Instagram.COSTCO ADDS CHURRO BUNDT CAKE FROM SMALL CALIFORNIA WHOLESALE BAKEHOUSE: 'CERTIFIED BANGER'The Coddle Aria Fabric Sleeper Sectional is priced at $999, but if purchased online, the cost increases to $1,249.99 due to "delivery, setup and packaging removal" being included, according to the Costco website.The video reveal of the sofa has received over 14.7 million views on TikTok and 4,191 comments to date.

the five people killed when the vessel imploded deep in the North Atlantic.The announcement Thursday that all aboard perished when the submersible imploded near the site of the iconic shipwreck brought a tragic end to a five-day saga that included an urgent around-the-clock search for the vessel known as the Titan.The investigation into what happened was already underway and would continue in the area around Titanic where debris from the submersible was found, said Rear Adm. John Mauger, of the First Coast Guard District."I know there are also a lot of questions about how, why and when did this happen.

The legal battle between Kevin Costner and his estranged wife Christine Baumgartner is only getting messier.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar was a plumber who served as president of a Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C. He was also wanted in India, where he was accused of being a leader of a militant separatist group.That contradiction did not die with him when he was gunned down in a temple parking lot on Sunday night.

implosion of a private submersible vehicle carrying five people to tour the wreckage of the Titanic, according to a senior military official. Coast Guard officials said during a news conference Thursday that they've notified the families of the crew of the Titan, which had been missing for days, bringing a tragic end to a saga that included an urgent around-the-clock search and a worldwide vigil for the missing vessel.Despite an international search and rescue effort, the Associated Press is now reporting that the Navy likely knew the search was futile soon after the sub was lost. After detecting the sound of the implosion just 500 meters from the Titanic shipwreck, the Navy went back and analyzed its acoustic data.The pilot and four passengers of a missing submersible that disappeared en route to the wreckage of the Titanic are believed to be dead, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday.They found that anomaly was "consistent with an implosion or explosion in the general vicinity of where the Titan submersible was operating when communications were lost," according to the senior Navy official.The official spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss the U.S.

FILE - A dog on a walk inside of a baseball stadium. (Elsa/Getty Images)An American family living in the United Kingdom has had to pull their ad for a live-in dog nanny that fetches a $127,000 (£100,000) salary because they received so many job applications. Fairfax and Kensington is a high-end international recruitment agency based in South Kensington, London, and are the original posters of the job. The company posted the live-in dog nanny position on LinkedIn about two weeks ago, but after local news outlets recently reported on it, the job applications have soared from 300 to over 2,000 in a span of a few days, George Dunn with Fairfax and Kensington, told FOX TV Stations. "This is the first role we’ve offered of its kind.

LOS ANGELES - The stepson of British billionaire Hamish Harding is defending his recent decision to attend a Blink-182 concert during the high-stakes search for his stepfather and four others aboard the Titanic tourist submersible. In an update Friday, the U.S Coast Guard confirmed all five people on the Titan were believed to be dead after the vessel suffered a "catastrophic implosion" near the Titanic wreckage site.Brian Szasz spoke out on social media following mounting backlash in response to his attendance at the group's concert earlier this week."Yes I went to @blink-182 last night," Szasz wrote on his Instagram Stories June 20 alongside a photo of him at the venue. "What am I supposed to do sit at home and watch the news? Not sorry this band has helped me through hard times since 1998."SUGGESTED: Missing Titanic sub: Underwater noises detected in search for OceanGate craftSzasz, who is from San Diego, describes himself as a "recording/Mixing Engineer," according to his Facebook page.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Faced with a rising number of Pennsylvania teachers leaving the profession, state House lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill to recruit more educators by giving student teachers a stipend while they’re in the classroom.The legislation seeks to remove the barriers for prospective teachers, whose work in the classroom usually goes unpaid as they finish their education. The proposal passed 141-62 and now goes on to the Senate.The program would award student teachers in Pennsylvania a minimum grant of $10,000.

NEW YORK - The names of the people who guaranteed Rep. George Santos' $500,000 bond have been unsealed.According to court records unsealed Thursday, Santos has two relatives to thank for keeping the New York Republican out of jail. The documents revealed that Santos' father, Gercino dos Santos, and an aunt, Elma Preven, were the two people who co-signed the $500,000 bond, which enabled his pretrial release as he awaits trial on federal charges of fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds.The Republican congressman, who represents communities on Long Island and in Queens, has lied about his professional accomplishments, his education and his family's history, statements which surfaced after he was elected last year.

MATADOR, Texas - At least four people have been killed, and nine others were injured when a tornado ripped through the town of Matador, Texas, Wednesday evening, according to local officials.According to Derek Delgado, the Public Information Officer with Lubbock Fire Rescue, everyone is currently accounted for, and search and rescue efforts resumed at first light Thursday morning.Initially, 10 people were reported to be injured, but one of the tornado victims died at the hospital, bringing the total number of injured to nine.Drone video shows extensive damage after a deadly tornado in Matador, Texas, on June 21, 2023. (Lubbock Fire Rescue/Twitter) This is now the deadliest tornado in Texas since the deadly Dallas County tornado in 2015, according to the National Weather Service."Coming in last night from Lubbock, coming in from the south, you really had to pass everything in order to get to where all the command post vehicles were," Delgado said on FOX Weather Thursday morning.

COVID-19 and COVID-19 mRNA vaccines on the heart is getting a boost in funding following reports of rare cases of myocarditis and pericarditis during the pandemic.The study, called the Canadian Cardiovascular Society National Active Surveillance Study of Myocarditis and/or Pericarditis following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination (MYCOVACC), will receive an additional $2 million from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) over two years.In all, the study will have a total investment of $3.6 million over three years.According to a news release, the funding will allow the study to expand and extend patient follow-up and perform cardiac imaging on those affected.“(The study) is working to determine if people who experience these rare heart conditions are at increased risk of future health problems,” said cardiologist Dr. Nathaniel Hawkins, who leads the study.MYCOVACC began in October 2022 in response to reports of rare cases of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the lining surrounding the heart muscle) following mRNA vaccines and COVID-19 infection.“While most people make a full recovery after myocarditis and pericarditis, long-term outcomes warrant further investigation,” the news release reads.

FILE - People wave miniature American flags during a naturalization ceremony in San Diego, California, on March 22, 2017. Photographer: David Maung/Bloomberg via Getty Images Without immigration, the white population in the U.S.

Every Sunday, the agricultural hamlet of Norwich, Ont., becomes a ghost town.

New Delhi: Union minister for labour and employment and environment, forest and climate change, Bhupender Yadav on Thursday highlighted the significant strides made in labour policy reforms over the past nine years, emphasizing the empowerment of workers through the provision of minimum wages, job security, social security, and health security.  Addressing a press conference held in New Delhi, focusing on the achievements of the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Yadav commended the country’s ongoing transformation and simplification of labour laws, resulting in the consolidation of 29 labour laws into four simplified labour codes. This streamlining is aimed at ensuring the empowerment of workers and providing them with essential protections.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visited San Francisco on Tuesday as part of his 2024 presidential campaign and had terse words for the city."We saw people defecating on the street, we saw people using heroin, we saw people smoking crack cocaine," DeSantis said in a video posted on Twitter. "And you look around, the city is not vibrant anymore, it’s really collapsed due to leftist policies."DeSantis’ harsh critiques of San Francisco come at a time when the city is facing record-breaking levels of overdose deaths and office vacancies.

New figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that at the end of April 2023, there were 3.3 million people across Great Britain claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP), including almost 300,000 living in Scotland. New claims for PIP across Scotland have been replaced by Adult Disability Payment (ADP).