Police: Man, woman open fire on SEPTA station stairwell from van, lead police on chase

LOS ANGELES - A police chase that went about two hours finally ended in an arrest late Friday night.The suspect, believed to be driving a stolen car, led police on a chase across the San Fernando Valley before eventually ending up in handcuffs in the Tujunga area.Over the course of the lengthy chase, the suspect passed through parts of North Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, Studio City and Sunland-Tujunga.The Los Angeles Police Department, Burbank Police Department and the California Highway Patrol took turns taking over the pursuit before one of the responding officers finally stopped the suspect.Officials did not say where the car may have been stolen from. A car, believed to be stolen, is leading LAPD on a chase across the San Fernando Valley.

Texas jury on Friday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a child who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, adding to the $4.1 million he has to pay for the suffering he put them through by claiming for years that the nation’s deadliest school shooting was a hoax.The total – $49.3 million – is less than the $150 million sought by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis was among the 20 children and six educators killed in the deadliest classroom shooting in U.S. history.

(FOX 9) - A 24-year-old woman who was stabbed while tubing down the Apple River on Saturday is sharing her story from a hospital bed. Ryhley Mattison suffered a punctured lung as well as an injured diaphragm and stomach in the July 30 attack on the Apple River in Wisconsin that left three other people injured and 17-year-old Isaac Schuman dead. Mattison had to be resuscitated when she arrived at Regions Hospital in St.

Police are searching for 31-year-old Shameeka Thompson who they say was abducted by 26-year-old Dehmier Harmon. PHILADELPHIA - Authorities in Pennsylvania are searching for a woman who they say was abducted on Friday by a man wanted for murder.The Pennsylvania State Police issued a Missing Endangered Person alert for 31-year-old Shameeka Thompson on Friday night. According to police, Thompson was abducted 26-year-old Dehmier Harmon.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Democrats are poised to strip Iowa of its traditional lead-off spot in the presidential nominating calendar in 2024, part of a broader effort to better reflect the party’s deeply diverse electorate by allowing less overwhelmingly white states to vote first.The Democratic National Committee's rule-making arm had planned to recommend on Friday which states should be the first four to vote, while considering adding a fifth before Super Tuesday, when a large number of states hold primary elections. But it delayed the decision until after November's election, lest it become a distraction affecting Democrats in key congressional races.Still, the position of Iowa's caucus remains precarious after technical glitches sparked a 2020 meltdown.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a driver was killed after being followed into a parking lot by a gunman in another vehicle Friday afternoon in Philadelphia.Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 7200 block of Elmwood Street just before 3 p.m. for reports of a shooting. Police found a 43-year-old man behind the wheel of a car suffering from a gunshot wound to the armpit.

Keyshlyne Patterson UPPER ROXBOROUGH - Philadelphia Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a woman suspected in a double shooting that critically injured a 23-year-old woman in North Philadelphia.Officials say 24-year-old Keyshlyne Patterson is the suspect in an attempted murder of a man and the woman July 31st, on the 2100 block of North Darien Street.Patterson lives on the 7900 block of Henry Avenue. She is 5’4" and weighs approximately 115 pounds.Police say she is considered armed and dangerous.MORE HEADLINES:According to officials, a 23-year-old woman was shot twice in the head while sitting inside a car on the 2100 block of North Darien Street, July 31st, just before 10 in the morning.

Philadelphia police investigate a shooting in North Philadelphia that injured a 15-year-old boy. NORTH PHILADELPHIA - A teenager has been injured in a shooting in North Philadelphia, according to officials.Police were called to the 2300 block of North Cleveland Street Friday afternoon, just after 2:30, on the report of shots fired.A 15-year-old boy was found with a gunshot wound to the foot when police arrived.

PHILADELPHIA - Two men are in the hospital after police say they were shot while attempting to put air in a tire at an East Oak Lane gas station. Officers responded to the 400 block of West Cheltenham Avenue around 1:30 a.m. after receiving numerous 9-1-1 calls.When police arrived they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds.

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia man was shot multiple times while walking his dog with his teenage son in North Philadelphia late Thursday night, police say.The shooting happened just after 11:30 p.m. on the 2500 block of Myrtlewood Street. Police say the victim, a 35-year-old man, was walking with his son and dog when they heard gunshots.

PHILADELPHIA - A shooting in Philadelphia’s Overbrook neighborhood early Friday morning left a man dead, Philadelphia police say. The victim, a 30-year-old man, was found laying on the sidewalk just after 3 a.m. after police received multiple calls for a fight and shooting. First responders found that the man was suffering from gunshot wounds to the neck and torso.

The family of a vulnerable man with severe mental health issues have questioned how he was able to walk out of a ward at Hairmyres Hospital where he is currently sectioned.

long Covid-19 as more than half a billion coronavirus cases recorded worldwide since the onset of this global pandemic. During this study, a total of 76,400 adults in the Netherlands were asked to fill out an online questionnaire on 23 common long Covid-19 symptoms.

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - It’s cooking for a cause for a group of young people from Philadelphia and the goal? A trip to Washington D.C. and the Smithsonian."It's 105 degrees in here, so we're going to make it short and sweet today," said Chef Mike, heading a culinary class for youth at Nomo South, on South Broad Street in South Philadelphia. "I got a chicken breast and a little bit of oil," Chef Mike said to a group of young people learning to make chicken fajitas.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (FOX 9) - A shooting at Mall of America sent the mall into lockdown on Thursday afternoon, with police calling it an isolated incident. As of 5:40 p.m. on Thursday, the mall was in the process of lifting the lockdown and police have secured the scene, Bloomington police said.

PHILADELPHIA - A man has died and a teenager is in the hospital after police say both were shot early Thursday morning in West Philadelphia. The shooting occurred along the 5300 block of Parrish Street around 6:48 a.m. Police say a 17-year-old boy was shot once in the neck and a 23-year-old man was shot multiple times throughout the body. MORE HEADLINES: 1 dead, 1 injured in Kensington shootout that happened near elementary school, police sayMan found dead behind wheel of crashed car in Frankford, police saySuspects sought in string of armed robberies, assault of cashier in North PhiladelphiaBoth victims were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where the 23-year-old victim was later pronounced dead.

TSA confiscated a revolver and five knives from a Cumberland County man July 30. (Courtesy: TSA Philadelphia International Airprt)SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - Three guns and five knives were confiscated at Philadelphia International Airport security checkpoints in five days, the Transportation Security Administration announced.July 30th, TSA officers recovered a revolver and five knives from a Millville, New Jersey man, prior to boarding a flight.

Police are searching for a white truck cab after a witness reported seeing a woman inside screaming for help and bleeding from the face. SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Authorities in New Jersey are searching for a truck cab and its driver after a witness reported seeing a woman inside screaming for help and bleeding from her face. Officers from the South Brunswick Police Department were called to Route 130 near Dayton Toyota around 2 p.m.

New Castle County Police investigate an incident in which a 49-year-old man died after a hay bale fell on him. HOCKESSIN, Del. - A 49-year-old man died after a large hay bale fell on him in Hockessin, Delaware, officials said.The incident occurred Wednesday on McGovern Road.New Castle County Police were called to the location on the report of an injured person.New Castle County Police investigate an incident in which a 49-year-old man died after a hay bale fell on him.

A Lanarkshire mum who suffered severe postnatal depression is now educating children on how to cope when their parent struggles from a mental health condition.

Santos Diaz, 45 (Philadelphia Police)PHILADELPHIA - A man wanted in connection with a shooting that injured a 10-month-old baby over the weekend has been taken into police custody. Santos Diaz, 45, was arrested Thursday afternoon and is expected to be formally charged in the incident, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. The shooting occurred around 10:40 a.m. on the 2000 block of Ontario Street, following a wedding reception the previous evening.

NEW YORK - A New York City man accused of smearing feces on a New York City subway rider had his face scalded with boiling water after another inmate attacked him at Rikers Island, Fox News Digital has learned.Frank Abrokwa, 37, is expected to have permanent facial scarring after an inmate who goes by the name of "Burns" attacked him with boiling water at the Anna M. Kross Correctional Facility, a jailhouse source confirmed to Fox News Digital.In February, Abrokwa allegedly defecated in a bag before he approached a 43-year-old woman who was sitting on a bench inside a Bronx subway station at East 241st Street and "struck her in the face and the back of the head with human feces," police have said.Get breaking news alerts in the free FOX5NY News app!  |  Sign up for FOX 5 email newslettersVideo of the attack shows Abrokwa standing behind the woman as he continues to strike her in the head before walking away.

MCHENRY COUNTY, Ill. - A Rolling Meadows father who was critically injured in a two-vehicle wrong-way crash that killed his wife and four children, and another child who was a family friend, has died.Around 2 a.m. on Sunday, the family's minivan collided with a car on I-90 in McHenry County and burst into flames. The mother and five children inside were all killed.

COVID-19 vaccine beginning on Friday, the province said.Until now, the limited amount of vaccine the province had on-hand had been earmarked for children who fit certain criteria, including those with specific medical conditions.

ARLINGTON, Texas - A woman who police say set her boyfriend on fire will soon face a murder charge, according to Arlington police.According to police, 24-year-old Breana Johnson got in an argument with her 25-year-old boyfriend, Ricky Doyle, on July 18 at a gas station on East Mayfield Road.Investigators say Johnson pumped gasoline into the backseat where the victim was sitting, and intentionally set it on fire.As bystanders rushed to put out the flames with fire extinguishers, police say Johnson drove off.Johnson was arrested on one count of aggravated assault the next day.Doyle suffered burns on most of his body.

A 27-year-old man was shot six times and killed in North Philadelphia, police say. NORTH PHILADELPHIA - A 27-year-old man is dead after he was shot in the chest in North Philadelphia.Officials say 39th District officers were called to the 2800 block of North Taney Street Wednesday evening, just before 6, on a report of gunshots.When officers arrived, they found the 27-year-old victim suffering from two gunshot wounds to his chest.Medics rushed the man to Temple University Hospital where he died a short time later.Officials said the man made contact with the shooter and pulled a weapon.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The U.S. Justice Department has charged four Louisville police officers involved in the deadly Breonna Taylor raid with civil rights and other violations.Federal charges against former officers Joshua Jaynes, Brett Hankison and Kelly Goodlett, along with Sgt. Kyle Meany were announced by U.S.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police say they are investigating a homicide by arson after a man was found dead in a burned field Thursday morning. Police say an unidentified man was found unresponsive in a field after firefighters extinguished a small brush fire on the 3100 block of South 81st Street. The victim, believed to be between 30 and 40 years old, was pronounced dead at the scene. The Fire Marshal later determined the fire was intentionally set.

Janya Williams | Chicago police CHICAGO - A security guard who worked Chicago’s Lollapalooza music festival last weekend is accused of making fake mass shooting threats to get out of work early.Janya Williams, 18, allegedly sent her supervisor an anonymous message via TextNow Friday afternoon that said, "Mass shooting at 4pm location Lollapalooza.

MOSCOW - Closing arguments in Brittney Griner's cannabis possession case in Russia are set for Thursday, nearly six months after the American basketball star was arrested at a Moscow airport in a case that has reached the highest levels of U.S.-Russia diplomacy.Griner faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. Although a conviction appears almost certain, given that Russian courts rarely acquit defendants and Griner has acknowledged that there were vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage, judges have considerable latitude on sentencing.Lawyers for the Phoenix Mercury center and two-time Olympic gold medalist have pursued strategies to bolster Griner's contention that she had no criminal intent and that the canisters ended up in her luggage due to hasty packing.

Nicola McLean has spoken out on how the Wagatha Christie court case affected the mental health of everyone involved, explaining that the whole situation is "really sad". Rebekah Vardy, 40, who is married to Leicester City ace Jamie Vardy, 35, lost her libel trial against fellow WAG Coleen Rooney, 36, with Mrs Justice Karen Steyn delivering the verdict on 29 July. Coleen, wife of former Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney, 36, accused Rebekah of leaking false stories about her to the press back in 2019 – Rebekah has continued to deny the allegations.

FILE - A sign on facade of Casper mattress store on Santana Row in San Jose, California, Sept. 25, 2021.

FILE - Choco Taco. (Klondike)Klondike officials on Wednesday said they would look to bring back the apparently beloved Choco Taco "in the coming years" after facing uproar over its removal."We know this is disappointing - we’ve heard our fans, and we’re hoping to bring this favorite treat back to ice cream trucks in the coming years," the ice cream dessert maker said in a tweet. KLONDIKE DISCONTINUES CHOCO TACO AFTER NEARLY 4 DECADES ON THE MARKETThe message was a direct response to one heartbroken customer who said she had been looking all over in her "area and surrounding cities" for the last of the Choco Tacos but had come up short."Absolutely heartbreaking," she wrote.A 1966 blizzard in Rochester, NY led one fun-loving mother to invent a new holiday: Ice Cream for Breakfast Day.

PHILADELPHIA - Owners of certain Hyundai and Kia models are being advised to take special precautions securing their vehicles due to a rash of thefts that has been sweeping cities across the nation.The Lower Moreland Police Department in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania issued a warning Wednesday that a new TikTok challenge "encourages teens and young adults to break into these cars and steal them." Videos shared on social media demonstrated how the ignition systems in mainly 2011-2021 Kias and 2015-2021 Hyundais with physical keys could be easily hacked using a screwdriver, pliers or the end of a USB cable, because the vehicles are not equipped with immobilizers that require the presence of a key fob with a transponder to work.MORE LOCAL HEADLINESNo local cases have been reported, but the Lower Moreland Police Department suggested that owners of the targeted vehicles might consider using a steering wheel locking device. "It’s pretty much just hot-wiring a car with no hot wiring required," said David Young, a Software and Car Analyst.The problem first came to the nation's attention in Milwaukee last year, where over 5,700 of the brands' cars were stolen through November, according to authorities. Additional cities followed, including Columbus, Ohio, where Kias and Hyundais have accounted for 38% of all thefts so far this year.Both Kia and Hyundai released statements about the rash of thefts:"Kia America is aware of the rise in vehicle thefts of a subset of trim levels.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities in Philadelphia say the driver of a car found smashed into a pole was shot to death by a passenger who fled the scene. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the intersection of Torresdale Avenue and Gillingham Streets around 10 p.m.

Philadelphia police investigate a shooting in Germantown that left a 28-year-old man in extremely critical condition. GERMANTOWN - Philadelphia police are investigating a shooting that left a 28-year-old man in extremely critical condition in Germantown.According to authorities, police were called to the 200 block of Zeralda Street Wednesday night, a little before 7 p.m., on the report of a shooting.Responding officers found a 28-year-old man with three gunshot wounds to the head and an additional gunshot wound to the back.The man was taken by medics to Temple University Hospital where he was placed in extremely critical condition.Police are actively investigating motives into the shooting.

Credit: South Brunswick Township Police Department NEW JERSEY - Police in New Jersey are asking for the public's help finding a tractor cab after a bleeding woman was reportedly seen inside of it, yelling for help.The South Brunswick Township Police Department says they responded to a call of a woman yelling for help at 2 p.m.

BENTLEYVILLE, Pa. - A teenager is being hailed as a hero for his quick thinking after using a trampoline to rescue pets, children and adults trapped in a house fire. Bentleyville Fire-Rescue in Pennsylvania said the blaze broke out early Tuesday morning at an apartment complex. Falon O’Regan, 17, said he was just about to go to sleep when he noticed something wasn’t right. "I had just laid down and I saw orange in my door," he told FOX Television Stations. "So I walked over to the door...

CAMDEN, N.J. - A New Jersey man has been charged in the death of a toddler who investigators say had cocaine and fentanyl in her system when she died. Authorities say on the evening of July 23 emergency crews responded to a home on the 300 block of Evergreen Avenue in Cherry Hill. Police found a 2-year-old girl who was not breathing inside the home. She was brought to Cooper University Hospital where she died just after 9 p.m. An investigation found that there was cocaine and fentanyl in the child's system at the time of her death, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESInvestigators also found drug paraphernalia inside the home where the child was found unresponsive. Prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against 27-year-old Walter H.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - A 27-year-old man is dead after he was shot six times in North Philadelphia.Officials say 39th District officers were called to the 2800 block of North Taney Street Wednesday evening, just before 6, on a report of a man shot.When officers arrived, they found the 27-year-old victim suffering from six gunshot wounds.Medics rushed the man to Temple University Hospital where he died a short time later.Police say a weapon has been recovered and an arrest has been made.

Donald Pride, 72, was charged with aggravated assault of a 9-year-old. PEMBERTON, N.J. - A New Jersey school bus aide was arrested after authorities say he assaulted a young passenger aboard a bus Monday afternoon. Police were contacted by the Pemberton School District around 2:30 p.m.

The North Carolina pilot who died after falling out of a plane actually jumped out of the aircraft, according to a recording of a 911 call his co-pilot made after the incident.Charles Hew Crooks, 23, was flying a 10-person aircraft with only one other co-pilot on board when he fell to his death on July 29. It was initially unclear whether he fell out of the plane or jumped of his own accord.