Queen opens up about 'exhausting' Covid battle: 'It was a very frightening experience'

In highly anticipated findings today, the technical advisory group for the World Health Organization (WHO) released excess death data for 2020 and 2021, which suggest that the real COVID-19 number is nearly three times higher than officially reported.

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - Could the government be moving to cancel college student loan debt? It's an issue that's gaining more attention as the Biden administration moves closer to a possible decision.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherThe topic sparked political divisions on Capitol Hill on Thursday during a hearing.It's estimated about 43 million Americans owe $1.6 trillion on their student loans. This is more than both credit card or car payments.The political battle lines are sharp.

Bed sheets and pillows. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday that Kohl’s and Walmart have agreed to pay a combined $2.5 million and $3 million in civil penalties, as part of settlements to resolve allegations of violations around the use of "bamboo" in marketing campaigns. According to the press release, the two companies allegedly violated the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (Textile Act) and associated rules and the Federal Trade Commission Act by making deceptive claims about products supposedly made of bamboo. In complaints filed in the U.S.

AUSTIN, Texas - An ancient Roman portrait dating from the first century BC or first century AD was discovered in a Goodwill Store in Austin in 2018, according to the San Antonio Museum of Art. The bust depicts famed Roman commander Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, also known as Drusus Germanicus or Drusus the Elder. Laura Young reportedly purchased the 2,000-year-old Roman bust at a Goodwill store for $35 in 2018. After bringing it home, she began researching its provenance and discovered that it had once stood in the Pompejanum museum.

With over 25 million inhabitants, Shanghai is one of the world's largest cities, a global financial centre and a glittering monument to China’s economic boom. But, today, the vibrant megacity has been reduced to a ghost town.

Two studies based on phase 3 clinical trials published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine show promising results for two novel COVID-19 vaccine platforms—a plant-based coronavirus-like particle vaccine, and a receptor-binding domain (RBD)–dimer-based vaccine.

A study of more than 160,000 COVID-19 tests of South African healthcare workers concludes that two doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines are about 71% effective against hospitalization caused by Omicron 1 to 2 months after the second dose, with little waning at 5 months or longer.Investigators from the South African Medical Research Council led th

Rag ‘N’ Bone Man, IDLES, Portishead and a number of other musicians appear in a new film about mental health called Man Down.The film, which is directed by Gemma Jennison, founder of the Man Down Programme, focuses on men working in the music industry and looks at topics such as isolation, depression and suicide.Jennison, a qualified mental health nurse based in Bristol, told BBC News that male musicians in particular were at high risk of experiencing serious mental health issues.She launched the Man Down Programme after seeing a number of people she cared about struggling with mental illness and hiding their emotions. “I wanted to look at what the trends were and why men were struggling,” she explained.“I decided that in order to do that music industries needed to be accountable or have discussions openly about what they did with artists or any of their staff about wellbeing.”The documentary will be used to address the issues it discusses through training and support programmes.A post shared by MAN DOWN PROGRAMME (@mandownprogramme_)A number of Bristol artists including Gavin Thorpe, IDLES’ Adam Devonshire and Portishead’s Geoff Barrow feature in Man Down.

Italy no longer requires visitors to use a Covid pass to visit restaurants and hotels, but tourists still need one at the moment to enter the country without isolating. The relaxation of some of the rules should make life a little easier for people planning their summer holidays.

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre conducts a daily press briefing at the White House on February 14, 2022 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Karine Jean-Pierre will be the next White House press secretary after incumbent Jen Psaki leaves on May 13, President Biden announced Thursday."Karine not only brings the experience, talent and integrity needed for this difficult job, but she will continue to lead the way in communicating about the work of the Biden-Harris Administration on behalf of the American people," Biden said in a statement. "Jill and I have known and respected Karine a long time and she will be a strong voice speaking for me and this administration."Jean-Pierre is the current White House principal deputy press secretary and deputy assistant to the president.

Police say a woman brandished a knife at teen of Asian descent. (SEPTA Poice)PHILADELPHIA - A woman is accused of ethnically intimidating a 15-year-old girl on a SEPTA train Thursday morning.The girl, who is of Asian descent, told police a woman directed derogatory comments towards her on the Broad Street Line.The woman also brandished a knife at the girl, according to police.

COVID-19 have died and the virus put 185 more people in hospital last week, the province says.The latest data was reported Thursday in the province’s weekly epidemiology update covering April 24-30, a week that saw 1,042 new cases reported in Manitoba, down from 1,436 reported the week before. More protection could be on the way as Manitoba reports weekly COVID-19 numbers The province says on average, 840 lab-tests for COVID-19 were done every day during the week covered by the report, leaving the provincial weekly test positivity rate at 20.7 per cent.But provincial case counts and positivity rates no longer necessarily give an accurate picture of active infection rates because the government has significantly scaled back provincial testing and they don’t include the results of positive tests done at home.Since March 2020 1,819 Manitobans have died as a result of COVID-19, according to the provincial data.The province did not provide further details about the latest deaths.

An ad-revenue slowdown comes as consumer behaviors resume pre-Covid patterns

LOS ANGELES - No felony charges will be filed against the suspect who tackled Dave Chappelle onstage at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday, the office of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Thursday.  Dave Chappelle performs at The Imagine Ball Honoring Serena Williams Benefitting Imagine LA Presented By John Terzian & Val Vogt on September 23, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Imagine LA) The case against 23-year-old Isaiah Lee has been referred to the LA City Attorney's Office for possible misdemeanor charges, the DA's office said in a statement. "After reviewing the evidence, prosecutors determined that while criminal conduct occurred, the evidence as presented did not constitute felony conduct," the DA's office added. Lee was carrying a replica handgun with a large knife blade inside when he rushed to the stage and tackled Chappelle to the ground.

Frank Deshields, 52 (Delaware State Police )NEW CASTLE, Del. - A man is being charged with murder after another man was found dead outside a motel in Delaware last month.Police say Michael White, 45, was stabbed in the chest outside the Super Motel in New Castle on April 10. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.Police say a man was stabbed to death outside a motel in Delaware.

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia man is facing murder charges after authorities say he claimed to have accidentally shot the driver of a car his was riding in last weekend. Marcus Moore, 34, was arrested Wednesday and charged with homicide in the shooting death of Maurice Jones early Sunday morning. According to investigators, Moore and two others were inside a Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Morris when he was shot on I-95 near Columbus Boulevard. Police said Moore drove the Jeep to the emergency room at Jefferson Hospital and left in the car by the time officers arrived. Morris was later pronounced dead.Police later found the Jeep abandoned near the intersection of Front Street and Washington Avenue.

Kreskin Torres, a rideshare driver, travels to all 50 states tasting the local cuisine. (Credit: Kreskin Torres) BALTIMORE - Five years ago, Kreskin Torres, a food blogger and rideshare driver from Baltimore, decided he wanted to experience and learn about the nation’s culture by driving through all 50 states. To accomplish his mission, he began working for Uber and Lyft as a rideshare driver as a way to afford his mission and get around each state. "I just wanted to get out to experience America for myself, nationwide, and get to talk to locals and get to know about people around America and see what they go through," Torres told FOX TV Stations Group.The 33-year-old Army veteran kicked off his adventure in Los Angeles, California, and since then, he has visited 49 states.

A post shared by Danica Patrick (@danicapatrick)"These were my reasons and to me these narratives are the problem. Implants just feed into it. Culture feeds into it.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating after a dead shark was apparently gutted and hung in the courtyard of a Florida high school.Alex AuBuchon, PIO for FWC's Northeast region, said five students at Ponte Vedra High School apparently hung the dead shark from the rafters of the school's courtyard around 9 p.m. Wednesday night.

The undefeated Birmingham Stallions battle the Tampa Bandits this weekend on FOX. (FOX Sports) WASHINGTON - Two of the USFL’s top teams battle this weekend in a primetime showdown.

PHILADELPHIA - A teenage boy and girl were injured in a broad daylight shooting Thursday in North Philadelphia, according to police. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 1000 block of Seybert Mall around noon for reports of gunfire. Investigators said a boy and girl, both 17-years-old, suffered gunshot wounds to the right leg.

NEW YORK - Kimberly Alarcon will have an extra-special Mother’s Day this year after recently giving birth to twin girls — who were the New York mother’s third consecutive set of twins conceived naturally.Alarcon, 37, and her husband, John, 43, welcomed fraternal twin girls Kenzy and Kenzley on April 25 at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York. They left the hospital on Wednesday evening, eager for the newborns to join their older siblings: Brittney, 17, Sarah, 13, Hunter, 10, twins Zachary and Zoey, 6, and twins Oliver and Olivia, 4. The couple is also fostering a nephew named King, who is 3."(The kids) couldn’t jump on me like they normally would, but you know, it was nice.

SEATTLE - Seattle Police have arrested a burglary suspect after they say he shot himself in the head while trying to run away from the scene of a break-in in a north Seattle neighborhood. A man told police he heard sounds coming from his garage around 7 a.m. on Wednesday.

The coronavirus pandemic put life into perspective for many but for one Neilston mum, it inspired a change of career.

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SZA has deleted her TikTok account for Mental Health Awareness Month after posting a series of tweets highlighting the horrible treatment she’s received at the hands of internet trolls.Last weekend, the TDE singer was one of the many artists in attendance at this year’s Met Gala at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.However, a number of fans have since taken to social media to call SZA out for attending the charity event, recalling a tweet she posted last month: “Not going to any more award shows or events til my album out.”The follow-up to SZA’s 2017 debut album ‘CTRL’ is still yet to arrive, although she did tell Vogue (via Hypebeast) on the red carpet at the Met Gala that her new LP is “ready to go, more than I’ve ever felt before”, adding that “this summer, it’ll be like a… it’ll be a SZA Summer.”This wasn’t enough for fans, though, who gave the singer-songwriter a hard time about her decision to go to the Met Gala given that her new album hasn’t been released.“I swear to God if I didn’t accidentally fall in love w music .. I would NEVER EVER COME OUTSIDE,” SZA tweeted in response yesterday (May 4).“Ya’ll suck the joy and life out of EVERYTHING.

Ukraine as the U.S. looks to target Russian generals through intelligence sharing."Our military knows well that the United States, Britain and NATO permanently supply the Ukrainian army with intelligence data and other parameters.

MIAMI - The U.S. Coast Guard is seeing more Haitian migrants trying to reach the Florida coast by boat. And many migrants do not survive the dangerous journey. On Monday, I got to go up in the air on a routine search-and-rescue flight out of Coast Guard Air Station Miami.

Francis Decero, 25 (Philadelphia Police Department)PHILADELPHIA - Police say they are investigating a homicide after the body of a missing man was found in South Philadelphia on Wednesday. Francis Decero, 25, had been reported missing after he was last seen at his home on Apr. 26, 2022 just before midnight.

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highly publicised trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard — as it clogs social media feeds and headlines around the world — will be the first time many people will have heard of a mental health condition called borderline personality disorder. Amber Heard testifies during the ongoing libel trial They heard about it like this. As part of Depp’s defence, an expert witness testified that in the course of two sessions, she had diagnosed Heard with two “overlapping” disorders.

Sharon Osbourne has shared a picture of herself in bed attached to a drip after catching Covid-19 from husband Ozzy.The former X-Factor judge, 69, flew back to Los Angeles after learning that her husband, 73, had been struck down with Covid-19 last week, but she ended up contracting the illness herself along with their daughter Kelly. Sharon has updated her fans with an image of herself hooked up to an IV whilst cosying up in bed with her pet dog Elvis. Sharon was worried about her husband Ozzy, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, when she headed home to LA to care for him and the reality TV star shared earlier this week that the whole household, including daughter Kelly, had contracted Covid-19.

The national capital on Thursday witnessed 1,365 fresh coronavirus cases and zero fatality due to the infection , while the positivity rate was 6.35 per cent.

COVID-19 hospitalizations and 18 additional deaths linked to the disease.The Health Department says 2,119 people are in hospital with COVID-19, after 150 people were admitted and 207 were discharged. Quebec to end mask mandate May 14, citing ‘better and better’ COVID-19 trend It says 64 people are in intensive care, a decline of 14 from the day before.Health officials say 1,416 new cases were confirmed with PCR testing and that 11.6 per cent of tests analyzed Wednesday were positive.

LOS ANGELES - It was a double unmasking on Wednesday night’s new episode of "The Masked Singer" and that meant double the surprises and double the shock value. In the seventh series’ new episode, two contestants were forced to "take it off" and be revealed — and this time it was the Queen Cobras and Space Bunny who would leave the competition.But who were the contestants under the masks?The first celebrity to be eliminated was Space Bunny, who was costumed as a fuzzy rabbit decked out in astronaut gear. Underneath the mask was Grammy-award winning icon and singer Shaggy. Space Bunny in "The Masked Singer" episode airing Wed. May 4 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Vicky White, inset, is a corrections officer wanted in connection with Casey White's escape after allegedly driving away from the jail with him on April 29. (Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office) Vicky White allegedly walked out of the Lauderdale County Detention Center last week "with no care in the world" as accused killer Casey Cole White followed her into her marked police vehicle.The two are suspected of swapping out the ride for a copper Ford Edge SUV and vanishing – kicking off a U.S.

Flu infections are increasing in Canada – an unusual trend for this time of year when cases typically are in decline.

Bizzo plans to help service-preneurs to digitally build, scale and organise their businesses.

Q4FY22, the company garnered a gross premium of ₹3,689.15 crore up from ₹2,704.54 crore in Q3FY22 and ₹3,261.82 crore in Q4FY21. Net premium jumped to ₹3,473.77 crore against ₹2,556.82 crore in Q3FY22 and ₹2,620.44 crore in Q4FY22. The company's premium earned was robust at ₹2,621.17 crore in Q4FY22 against ₹663.82 crore in Q4FY21.

SARS-CoV-2 waves in over 1,30,000 Covid-19 patients.

A pothole is pictured here on a street. (Photo by Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images) Ever been the victim of a pothole? That sinking feeling when you drive full speed over a deep rut in the road never fails to give a fearful jolt.Between the risk of bottoming out or damaging a tire, those fears aren’t so outlandish, based on a variety of statistics.TRAFFIC IS NOW THE WORST IN THESE 5 U.S. CITIES – IS YOURS HERE?For all those who are setting off on spring and summer road trips this year — and at the peak of pothole season — here are a few key things to know before hitting the road.In 2021, one in 10 drivers who hit a pothole sustained enough damage to warrant repairs, according to a new survey from AAA.The average $600 price tag on pothole-related repairs — last year alone — cost drivers a total of $26.5 billion, said AAA. Pothole victims are also likely to have a second incident requiring repairs, bringing attention to the need for winter road repairs."Winter roads will likely give way to pothole-laden obstacle courses," Greg Brannon, AAA’s director of automotive engineering, said in a statement. "When a vehicle hits a pothole with any kind of force, the tires, wheels and suspension get the brunt of the impact and fixing any of those items is pricey."AAA received 1.8 million tire-related roadside assistance calls in the winter and spring of 2021, the organization said.NY MAN CYCLING ACROSS AMERICA FALLS IN LOVE WITH CINCINNATIPotholes are formed from moisture collected in cracks and crevices that expand and contract due to cool temperature fluctuation. The weight of passing vehicles breaks up the pavement, eventually creating a deep hole known for wreaking havoc mostly on tires, alignment,

FILE-Mifepristone, the abortion pill known as RU 486. (Photo by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - It took two trips over state lines, navigating icy roads and a patchwork of state laws, for a 32-year-old South Dakota woman to get abortion pills last year.For abortion-seekers like her, such journeys, along with pills sent through the mail, will grow in importance if the Supreme Court follows through with its leaked draft opinion that would overturn the landmark Roe v.

COVID on Thursday, with 205 in intensive care.This is down by 22 for hospitalizations but an increase of six for ICUs since the previous day. Last Thursday, there were 1,661 hospitalizations with 202  in ICU.According to latest data for hospitalizations, 57 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19. For those in ICUs, 35 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million died directly or indirectly from COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021.WHO provided a range of 13.3 million deaths to 16.6 million between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec.