Police: 26-year-old dead after South Philadelphia shooting Wednesday night

WASHINGTON - A United States drone strike in Afghanistan this weekend killed Ayman al-Zawahri, who took over as al-Qaida’s leader after Osama bin Laden’s death in a U.S. raid in 2011.President Joe Biden is set to announce the killing Monday, delivering a significant counterterrorism win just 11 months after American troops left the country after a two-decade war.Al-Zawahri, on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list, had a $25 million bounty on his head for any information that could be used to kill or capture him.RELATED: Top al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed by US airstrike in AfghanistanAccording to the FBI wanted poster, al-Zawahri was born June 19, 1951, in Egypt. Some of his physical characteristics are unknown but he was listed as having black/brown hair, dark eyes and an olive complexion. He was also known to speak Arabic and French. The FBI said al-Zawahri went by several aliases including Abu Muhammad, Abu Fatima, Muhammad Ibrahim, Abu Abdallah, Abu al-Mu'iz, The Doctor, The Teacher, Nur, Ustaz, Abu Mohammed, Abu Mohammed Nur al-Deen, Abdel Muaz, and Dr.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a young man was shot to death Monday afternoon in Philadelphia's Frankford section. Investigators say the 19-year-old victim arrived at Frankford-Torresdale Hospital with gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen. The unnamed victim was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital, according to police. Investigators believe the victim was fatally shot on the 4700 block of Frankford Avenue around 3:30 p.m. No arrests were reported immediately following the deadly shooting. 

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 15: A "For Lease" sign is posted in front of a house available for rent on March 15, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Single-family rental home prices are soaring and increased a record 12.6 percent in January compared What are the cities with the highest rent in the United States? If the area has a warm climate, chances are that it’s probably costly. Rent.com, an online property rental site, compiled the 100 most expensive cities for renters in the country.

In this aerial view, floodwater surrounds a house as the Kentucky National Guard flies a recon and rescue mission on July 30, 2022, in Breathitt County near Jackson, Kentucky. (Photo by Michael Swensen/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - The White House is making more than $1 billion available to states to address flooding and extreme heat exacerbated by climate change.Vice President Kamala Harris is set to announce the grant programs Monday at an event in Miami with the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other officials.

(FOX 9) - The man accused of a stabbing that killed a teenager and injured four others has been charged with murder, according to court documents. Nicolae Miu, 52, of Prior Lake, Minnesota, is charged with one count of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of 17-year-old Isaac Schuman of Stillwater, Minnesota, and four counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide in connection to the Saturday afternoon incident. The four injured victims, a 24-year-old woman from Burnsville, Minnesota, a 20-year-old and 22-year-old male from Luck, Wisconsin, and a 22-year-old male from Elk River, Minnesota, are in stable condition. Their injuries range from serious to critical with stab wounds to their torsos and chest areas, officials said in a news release Sunday.

The head of a snake popping out of a bag of popcorn inside a Virginia grocery store.  (Kimberly Slaughter)A Virginia woman's trip to the grocery store took an unexpected turn on Thursday when she was startled by a snake in her shopping cart. Kimberly Slaughter was inside a Shoppers Value store in Lunenburg County, Virginia when she saw what she believed to be mouse feces inside of her shopping cart, WTVR reported. "I was like, I'm not getting that bag," Slaughter told the news outlet. "So I put it on the bottom shelf because there was already mouse poop covering the bottom shelves."Slaughter, who said she noticed rodent traps on the bottom shelf, went to grab another grab of popcorn and saw that it had a small hole in the top right corner. PENNSYLVANIA MAN DIES AFTER BEING SUFFOCATED BY PET BOA CONSTRICTOR THAT WAS SHOT BY POLICEWhen Slaughter went to put the bag in her cart to take up to the front because it couldn’t be sold, she discovered a snake inside."The thing had popped out, and you know, I was like, oh, well, hi!" Slaughter said.A North Carolina woman who found a snake with two heads in her house decided to find it a home.She explained that when she brought the cart to the front of the store the snake emerged from the bag and slithered around before returning inside the bag. "It was the full length of the cart," Slaughter, who says friends told her she encountered a rat snake, said.

Drake has confirmed that he has COVID-19 and, as a result, his planned Toronto show with Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne has been postponed. The Young Money reunion show was due to take place tonight, August 1, as part of Drake's October World Weekend concert series.

MADRID - Spanish offices, stores and hospitality venues will no longer be allowed to set their cooling systems below 27 degrees Celsius (81º Fahrenheit) in summer nor raise heating above 19ºC in the winter under a new set of energy-saving measures passed Monday.Shops will also be obliged to keep doors closed and heating systems must be checked more often to increase efficiency under the new measures, Spanish Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera said.The measures include switching off store window lights after 10 p.m. Street lighting will not be affected.The government passed the bill as part of a bid to reduce the country’s gas consumption by 7% in line with the recent European Union energy agreements to limit dependency on Russian gas.Ribera said the measures would initially be maintained until November 2023.Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the new package last week, saying, "You just need to walk into a shopping mall to realize that maybe the temperature is set too low."Spanish public institutions already operate similar energy-saving regulations.The government says the measures will not only save energy but will also bring down bills for households and businesses.Spain is one of the hottest European countries in summer.

Fewer pregnant women had severe COVID-19 in the Omicron variant-era than during periods dominated by previous strains, and vaccinated patients were better protected than their unvaccinated peers, according to research published yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.

President Joe Biden today tested positive again for COVID-19 today, 2 days after his doctor announced that the president was experiencing "rebound" positivity after treatment with Paxlovid.

Santos Diaz, 45 PHILADELPHIA - Police are asking for the public's help to locate a suspect in connection to a shooting that left a baby and teen boy injured this weekend.The 10-month-old baby girl was reportedly shot in the hand on the 2000 block of East Ontario Street Sunday morning.Police say the shooting erupted the morning after a wedding reception, when a guest returned and engaged in a verbal argument.The guest, identified by police as 45-year-old Santos Diaz, reportedly pulled out a handgun, fired four shots at the family, then fled.One shot hit the 10-month-old in the left hand. A 17-year-old boy also suffered a graze wound to the right leg.The baby is said to be in stable condition at CHOP.

PHILADELPHIA - Two people were rushed to the hospital after being attacked by a dog in North Philadelphia, authorities say, According to officials, it happened just after 4 a.m. on the 700 block of Tioga Street. Animal control was spotted on scene and investigators are still working to find out what led to the attack. Authorities say the two people were transported to Temple University Hospital. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESTheir conditions are unknown at this time. No additional details were released at the time and officials did not say what type of dog was involved in the attack. This is a developing story.

Kate Ferdinand has broken her silence after losing her baby in a tragic miscarriage. She wrote: “I’ve been taking time off of my phone to be with my family but have just caught up with all of your messages. “Thank you so much for all of your love and well wishes.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania third-party candidates for governor and U.S. Senate have filed paperwork ahead of a Monday deadline to get on the Nov.

NEW JERSEY - A Jersey City councilwoman has no plans to resign after allegedly smashing into a bicyclist in an intersection in an apparent hit-and-run accident.  Councilwoman Amy DeGise was cited for failure to report an accident and leaving the scene of an accident after the incident at the intersection of Forrest Street and Martin Luther King Drive around 8 a.m.

The poisitivity rate for COVID in Delhi has climbed to 11.41%, highest in 6 months. Delhi had reported a positivity rate of 11.79% on January 24 when the third COVID wave struck the city.  On Monday, the city also saw a total of 822 new COVID-19 cases and 2 deaths.

Lil Durk is giving fans an update about his health.

PHILADELPHIA - A devastating fire may have destroyed parts of a beloved Philadelphia cheesesteak shop, but it is still no match for the spirit of its community and staff.Shocking scenes on South Street last week as Jim's Steaks went up in flames. Smoke poured from the building as fire crews worked for several hours to get the blaze under control.Immediately following the fire, the iconic shop experienced an outpouring of support as the president vowed to rebuild."We will be back," said Jim's Steaks president Kenneth Silver.

vehicles and rivers and creeks rose out of their banks.Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced the latest death toll Monday morning in addition to the latest recovery efforts."We can now confirm that we have lost 30 Kentuckians to this flooding," Beshear said in a news conference.

YREKA, Calif. - A puppy was found wandering among the debris left by the raging McKinney Fire in Northern California, which had been hanging out near a home destroyed by the blaze.AIO Filmz photographer Jonathan Rivas filmed the encounter on Saturday, as he showed the destruction of the state's largest wildfire burning near the Klamath River in Siskiyou County. Rivas said he brought the black-and-white pup to the Rescue Ranch adoption center in the city of Yreka.MORE: 2 found dead in car as crews battle largest California wildfire in Siskiyou CountyIn a post on Facebook, the facility said on Sunday that it had taken in roughly 140 fire dogs in less than 48 hours. This story was reported in Oakland, Calif.  

LINCOLN, Del. - Delaware State Police has launched an investigation after a man was found dead in Lincoln. According to police, the department's homicide unit began investigating on Sunday morning. Officials say troopers responded to the area of Staytonville Road near North Union Church Road for a report of a "subject lying near the roadway." Troopers arrived on scene and found an unknown man dead, according to authorities. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESThe man has not yet been identified and the investigation is ongoing, police say. Anyone with information on the case is urged to contact Detective Bluto at 302-741-2859. 

After a diagnosis of meningoencephalitis and proper IVIG treatment, there would be light at the end of the tunnel in Johnny’s road to recovery. (Jamie Simoson) Fifteen minutes. That’s all it took to transmit a rare, dangerous and debilitating tick-borne disease that seriously sickened an energetic, witty and generally healthy 3-year-old Pennsylvania boy.Jamie Simoson’s motherly intuition pushed her to seek further medical treatment for something her youngest son’s pediatrician assured her was a virus that needed to run its course. However, it was something she later learned required weeks of medical care and came with the possibility of lifelong effects.Jonny Simoson was swimming in a neighbor’s pool on June 15 when his mom noticed a small speck on his right shoulder blade.

YREKA, Calif. - Two people were found dead inside a car in a driveway in Siskiyou County, the sheriff announced Monday, as crews were battling California's largest wildfire in Northern California's Klamath National Forest. The sheriff tweeted that the pair were found along Doggett Creek Road near Highway 96, west of the Klamath River. No other details were released. The McKinney Fire has been burning out of control just south of the Oregon state line, said U.S.

Six people are injured after an overnight shooting at the back of an Ajax, Ont., restaurant, police say.

FILE - A worker places chicken breasts in a machine to be weighed and packaged in Paramus, New Jersey, on May 12, 2020. Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images The CDC says approximately one in every 25 packages of chicken sold at grocery stores contains salmonella bacteria.Since 1998, breaded and stuffed raw chicken products have been associated with 14 salmonella outbreaks and approximately 200 illnesses, the USDA said in a statement.

FILE IMAGE - Redwood National Park trees in Northern California. (Photo by: Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) After too many trampling visitors at the world’s tallest tree in California, National Park Service officials have made it off-limits and posed the question: "Will you be part of the park’s preservation? Or part of the problem?"Hyperion, a coast redwood in Northern California, was dubbed the world’s tallest living tree by Guinness World Records.

PHILADELPHIA - Friends and family came out Sunday to remember a West Philadelphia woman who was the life of the party.It was a somber celebration, after police say 54-year-old Mary Johnson was found bleeding in the road after being shot in the neck Thursday.Mary Johnson, or MJ as her friends called her, was a daughter, a mother, a grandmother and a friend to so many. Friends and family say MJ was an event planner, and she was always letting people into her home and helping them out.  "I’m gonna miss her so much", her sister Yvonnie Johnson said.

New Zealand's borders have fully re-opened to visitors from around the world for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic closed them in March 2020.

exercise. Back in 2013, the star was snapped up by paparazzi leaving a food market in Hollywood with multiple packs of blueberries in his arms. The food is known to be great for anti-ageing because of its antioxidant properties.

PHILADELPHIA - There's a growing concern among Philadelphia's gay community about the health risks of Monkeypox and the stigma linked to it. Darryl Moore, a Philadelphia man, believes the public needs clear and concise information on the spread of the virus with a focus on at-risk groups, like gay men."I don’t want this to turn into another gay disease because it’s not true this affects everybody," Moore said. "I know they're saying that men with men are the most at-risk, but this can affect everyone." Philadelphia's Health Department has reported 63 cases of Monkeypox, a considerable rise from 11 cases earlier this month.

Their secret recipe has helped raise more than $1,500 dollars.Things took an unfortunate and unexpected turn on Saturday, however.“To have such a beautiful story turn into such a nightmare disaster like it did yesterday, I was shaking,” Ayana recounted on Sunday.The mother says the boys were periodically using a megaphone to attract customers, and one angry man angrily approached them.“He said, ‘you little mother-effers. I’m going to shut you down.’ So I told him to get the hell off my property.

A view from the auto road on Mount Washington, standing at an elevation of 6,288.2 ft, looking out to the surrounding White Mountains, in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains in New Hampshire on June 12, 2020. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso/AFP v CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Members of a rescue group had to carry the body of a hiker nearly a mile in freezing temperatures and high winds after the man died on the Northeast's highest mountain, authorities said.A group of hikers found the man unconscious and not breathing on Mount Washington’s Jewell Trail on Saturday afternoon, the New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game said.

Today we are reporting 5,312 community cases, 759 current hospitalisations.

Three men critical after two shooting Sunday evening, police say. PHILADELPHIA - Three men are in critical condition after two separate shootings in Philadelphia Sunday evening.Police say a double shooting erupted on the 800 block of Brill Street around 5:15 p.m.

Two children sort through Mars Inc., Hershey Co., and Mondelez International Inc. brand Halloween candy in an arranged photograph taken in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Sunday, Sept.

Kevin Miller (Credit: Massachusetts State Lottery) MONTAGUE, Mass. - A Massachusetts man knows exactly where to go to win the lottery after scoring his second win from the same location. Kevin Miller of Montague, Massachusetts, recently won the $25,000-a-year for life prize after matching the first five numbers on his Quick Pic ticket for the multi-state Lucky for Life game. The drawing took place in February, but lottery officials said Miller claimed his prize in July. Miller purchased the winning ticket at the Food City, 250 Avenue A in Turners Falls.In 2016, he bought a winning ticket from that same location and took home the $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s "Cadillac Riches" instant ticket game.RELATED: Des Plaines residents speculate about who won the $1.3 billion Mega Millions jackpotFor his latest win, lottery officials said Miller chose the cash option and received a one-time payment of $390,000 (before taxes).The Mega Millions lottery jackpot now sits at an astounding $1.1 billion ahead of Friday night’s drawing — which would be the second-highest number in the lottery's history.As Miller collected his win, another person became a billionaire in the highly-publicized Mega Millions drawing, which had a $1.337 billion jackpot.According to megamillions.com, there was one jackpot-winning ticket in the draw Friday night, and it was bought at a Speedway gas station and convenience store in Des Plaines.The winning numbers were: 13-36-45-57-67, Mega Ball: 14."We are thrilled to have witnessed one of the biggest jackpot wins in Mega Millions history," Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald, the current Lead Director for the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement on the lottery’s website.

CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. - Conflicting reports have led to an investigation after a three-year-old boy was reportedly shot in Chester County this weekend.Police say the child suffered a single gunshot to the torse while inside a parked car at the Caln Plaza Shopping Center around 11:45 a.m. Saturday.The shot was fired from a 9mm handgun, which was recovered at the scene.The boy was transported to a local hospital in critical condition after his father 23-year-old Jameer Walker called for help, according to police.

DALLAS - Dallas police are investigating the death of a 26-year-old man who investigators said was killed after shooting a woman in the neck, before the bullet exited and hit him in the leg.The shooting happened just after 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, in the 2200 block of Medical District.Responding officers found a large amount of blood and a blood trail in front of an apartment, but didn’t find anyone inside the apartment.READ MORE: Dallas homeowner fatally shot suspect who was 'harassing' neighborhood, police saidA call then came in at a nearby hospital about a man and woman with gunshot wounds who were found in a vehicle.

PHILADELPHIA - A double shooting in North Philadelphia has reportedly left a woman in extremely critical condition and a man injured.Police say the 23-year-old woman was sitting in her car on the 2100 block of North Darien Street when she was shot twice in the head around 9:30 a.m. Sunday.She was transported to Temple University Hospital, where she is said to be in extremely critical condition.A man who was standing next the woman's car was also reportedly shot.

Basketball Hall of Fame member Bill Russell waves as he is introduced at a game between the Minnesota Lynx and the Las Vegas Aces at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 21, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) BOSTON (AP) - Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first Black head coach in any major U.S.

Police say a 1-year-old was shot in the hand in Kensington. PHILADELPHIA - Police say a one-year-old girl became the victim of shooting after an argument turned violent Sunday morning.The shooting reportedly erupted during a wedding reception on the 2000 block of East Ontario Street around 9:30 a.m.A verbal argument "became heated" when one attendee pulled out a handgun on the back porch of the home, according to police.Four shots were reportedly fired, one hitting the one-year-old in the hand.

PHILADELPHIA - An investigation is underway after police say a 5-year-old boy was found critically injured and bleeding after falling in Fishtown Saturday evening.Officers responded to a person screaming on East Girard Avenue around 4:48 p.m. when they reportedly found the boy on the ground.Police say he was bleeding from the nose and mouth.The boy was transported to Jefferson Hospital, where he is said to be in critical condition.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.J. - A fatal shooting is under investigating after it ended with a car crashing into a home early Sunday morning.Police say the shooting happened around midnight on the 1100 block of East Elmer Road in Cumberland County.The victim died as a result of the shooting, according to police.A car also reportedly crashed into a home nearby where the shooting took place.The identity of the victim has to be released, and no information regarding a motive was given.The shooting is under investigation. 

PHILADELPHIA - Michael Chavis made the right call. He just didn't make the right throw. Didi Gregorious and the surging Philadelphia Phillies were only too happy to take advantage.Gregorious raced home when Chavis' attempt to cut down Gregorious at third sailed wide of the target, helping the Phillies edge the sliding Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Saturday night.Philadelphia's Rhys Hoskins led off the 10th with a sharp grounder to Chavis at first base.

HINDMAN, Ky. - The number of deaths from massive flooding in Kentucky climbed to 26 on Sunday and several dozen people remained missing amid a renewed threat of more heavy rain.Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said on NBC’s "Meet The Press" that the death toll had risen by one since Saturday from last week's storms.Beshear has said the number would likely rise significantly and it could take weeks to find all the victims. As many as 37 people were unaccounted for, according to a daily briefing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.On top of that, more flash flooding was possible in portions of Appalachia on Sunday and Monday as the latest storms roll through, the National Weather Service said.

My neighbourhood is lousy with electric vehicles: all flavours of Teslas, scattered Volts and Bolts, a selection of Hyundais and KIAs, a couple of Nissan Leafs (Leaves?) along with some Taycans, at two Polestars that I’ve seen, and at least one Lucid. They’re all loaded with so much fabulous spaceship tech that the mind boggles at what our driving experiences will be in the next 10 years.

Dave and Erica Harrig stayed true to their values when they won a lottery jackpot of more than $61 million in 2013. It made all the difference.