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North Korea's state news agency has reported 21 new deaths from what it called a fever of unidentified origin and ordered nationwide lockdowns.

PHILADELPHIA - A young man was found shot to death inside a car Friday night in Philadelphia in what police called an "execution style killing." Officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of South 57th Street just before 8:30 p.m. for reports of a shooting. Inspector D.F.

VILLANOVA, Pa. - Friday night parents proudly watched Villanova students’ hard work culminate with a walk across the stage as graduates. As they start the next chapter of their lives, they had a special commencement speaker, one who is also turning the page at Villanova.Hall of Fame and NCAA national champion men’s basketball coach Jay Wright took the stage for one more inspiring speech."I love you too," Wright said to the crowd as he prepared to speak.The stadium full of loving family members, not to cheer on a sports team, but to congratulate their soon-to-be-graduates.

COVID-19 since the pandemic began more than two years ago, according to provincial data, and more than 70 people are still dying per day.Yet hospitalizations and confirmed cases have fallen over the past two weeks, suggesting the sixth wave may be coming to an end.As of Friday, 40,217 fatalities have been confirmed by provinces and territories to date. Canada’s COVID-19 death toll could be thousands higher than official count: report Experts have previously said the true death toll could be thousands higher than the official count due to gaps in data collection, suggesting around two-thirds of all COVID-19-related deaths may have been missed.Most provinces have shifted to reporting COVID-19 data weekly, a majority of which report on Thursdays.

LEON COUNTY, Texas - A manhunt is underway for an inmate who escaped custody in Leon County, Texas by stabbing a corrections officer while being transported.Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was being transported on a bus with 15 other inmates from Gatesville, headed eastbound on Highway 7 to Huntsville Thursday afternoon. During the ride, Lopez was able to get out of his restraints and allegedly stabbed the officer driving the bus in the hand with an unknown object.CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETYFOX 26 is told the officer struggled with Lopez to keep him from getting his gun.The bus then crashed into a ditch before Lopez ran off.

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Today we are reporting 7,068 community cases, 398 hospitalisations and 18 deaths.

KENSINGTON - A highly charged and violent 24 hours culminates in the shooting death of a 47-year-old man, Philadelphia Police officials say.Officers were called to the 1800 block of East Hilton Street Friday afternoon, about 3:30, on the report of gunshots.Responding officers found the 47-year-old victim shot multiple times, according to authorities.MORE HEADLINES:The man was rushed to Temple University Hospital by SEPTA Police, where he succumbed to his injuries and died a short time after he arrived.AdvertisementPolice say an investigation is underway.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a police officer and two juveniles were hurt in a near head-on collision Friday in Philadelphia. According to police, an officer in a police vehicle was attempting to stop a black Ford being driven by a juvenile on the 3800 block of Aspen Street. During the pursuit, investigators say the Ford rammed into the front passenger's side of an oncoming police cruiser. The driver and another juvenile were brought to the hospital for observation, police said. The officer was also hospitalized in stable condition, according to police. AdvertisementAn update from the Philadelphia Police Department mentioned that officers made an arrest, but they did not share information on the suspect.

North Korea said 243,630 people had recovered and 280,810 remained in quarantine. State media didn’t specify how many of the fever cases and deaths were confirmed as COVID-19 infections.

FILE - Close-up of a stethoscope in a medical setting. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A former Tennessee nurse whose medication error killed a patient was sentenced to three years of probation Friday as hundreds of health care workers rallied outside the courthouse, warning that criminalizing such mistakes will lead to more deaths in hospitals.A state judge imposed the sentence on RaDonda Vaught after she apologized to relatives of the victim, Charlene Murphey, and said she’ll be forever haunted by her mistake.

PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania man was convicted of sexually assaulting one of his wife's bridesmaids days before the couple's wedding.A Monroe County jury on Friday found 31-year-old Daniel J. Carney guilty of attempted sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, simple assault and indecent assault.

The feet of a baby are seen in a crib. (Photo by Fabian Strauch/picture alliance via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES - Scientists have published a new study that may offer groundbreaking insight into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), an occurrence that has previously baffled the medical community. SIDS is the unexplained death of a seemingly healthy baby less than a year old, typically during sleep, according to the Mayo Clinic.

FAIRMOUNT PARK - The Dad Vail Regatta returns to Philadelphia in full force. The longtime event is celebrating 83 years and the city is excited to participate in the festivities after the pandemic.The mighty Schuylkill River shows no mercy as rowers from all across the nation converge in Philly for the country’s largest collegiate regatta, the Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta.Young Addi and her dad drove all the way to Philadelphia from Dallas, Texas to root for their son and brother, competing as a coxswain for Loyola, Maryland.MORE HEADLINES:Addi says Philly is the best.

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in four boroughs of Greater Manchester - Manchester, Tameside, Salford and Rochdale, latest figures show. The weekly rates have fallen in five boroughs and stayed level in only Stockport, according to the data.

GOP candidate for Pennsylvania Governor Lou Barletta speaks during a press conference at Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association May 12, 2022 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Michael M.

GREEN BAY, Wis. - The Wisconsin Humane Society on Thursday, May 12 announced that Baby Girl – the dog found tied to a Green Bay fire hydrant – has found a new home. On May 10, the humane society said she would be up for adoption soon. When she became available on Thursday, there were "a few folks" already waiting when the building opened. A photo of the dog generated reaction across the internet when the humane society first posted about her on May 5.SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 NewsBaby Girl was found with a note that indicated her owner had serious medical issues.

School District of Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA - The School District of Philadelphia announced a Mask-to-Stay option for individuals in the district who may have been exposed to COVID-19, but have no symptoms and wish to remain in their classroom environment.Officials announced the following criteria for this new option Friday. They say a person exposed to COVID-19, but not exhibiting symptoms can stay in the building and not quarantine at home if they meet the following qualifications:MORE HEADLINES:No Philadelphia schools are closed.

News reports, citing North Korea's state media, said the country has reported six COVID-19 deaths, including at least one linked to the Omicron variant, amid explosive spread that has led to about 350,000 people being treated for fevers.

Matt Cameron has been behind the drum kit for Pearl Jam since joining the band in 1998, but for the first time since then he was forced to miss a show after testing positive for COVID-19.

Supreme Court of Canada issued a major decision on Friday allowing criminal defendants in cases involving assault — including sexual assault — to use a defence known as self-induced extreme intoxication.Effectively, it means defendants who voluntarily consume intoxicating substances and then assault or interfere with the bodily integrity of another person can avoid conviction if they can prove they were too intoxicated to control their actions.“To deprive a person of their liberty for that involuntary conduct committed in a state akin to automatism — conduct that cannot be criminal — violates the principles of fundamental justice in a system of criminal justice based on personal responsibility for one’s actions,” wrote Justice Nicholas Kasirer in the unanimous nine-judge ruling.Under Section 33.1 of the Criminal Code, extreme intoxication — formally known as non-insane automatism — cannot be used as a defence in criminal cases where the accused voluntarily ingested the intoxicating substance.The court’s ruling declares that section is unconstitutional. Thomas Chan gets new trial after Supreme Court rules extreme intoxication can be used as defence The court found that, despite the “laudable purpose” of the criminal code provision, it runs afoul of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it is too broad.“The legitimate goals of protecting the victims of these crimes and holding the extremely self-intoxicated accountable, compelling as they are, do not justify these infringements of the Charter that so fundamentally upset the tenets of the criminal law,” the court said in the ruling.“With s.

sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).Researchers from The Children’s Hospital in Westmead in Sydney, Australia, have found that a lowered level of a certain enzyme, called butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), can explain the malfunction that causes some babies not to startle or wake if they stop breathing in their sleep.The study is published in the latest volume of The Lancet’s eBioMedicine, the upcoming June 2022 issue. 7,000 newborns die every day, according to new UN report For years, medical experts have suspected that SIDS is caused by a defect in the part of the brain that controls arousal from sleeping and breathing, according to the Mayo Clinic.

NEW YORK - Frank James, who is accused of opening fire in an NYC subway train last month has pleaded not guilty to terrorism and other charges.James entered the plea Friday in federal court in Brooklyn.He's charged with committing a terrorist attack or other violence against a mass transportation system and discharging a firearm during a violent crime. Both counts carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.Ten people were shot in the incident.U.S, District Judge William F.

PHILADELPHIA - A man and woman are in the hospital after police say they were shot in West Philadelphia. The shooting happened around 11:40 a.m. near 45th and Market streets. A 19-year-old woman was shot twice in chest and torso and a 21-year-old man was shot in the arm.MORE HEADLINES: Both were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where the woman was listed in critical condition and the man was listed in stable condition.AdvertisementNo weapons have been recovered and no arrests have been made.

Jemma Melvin in Fortnum and Mason, central London, with her lemon Swiss roll and amaretti trifle that beat 5,000 desserts to become the official pudding of the Queen's Jubilee celebrations. Picture date: Friday May 13, 2022.

LEON COUNTY, Texas - A manhunt is underway for an inmate who escaped custody in Leon County, Texas by stabbing a corrections officer while being transported.Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was being transported on a bus with 15 other inmates from Gatesville, headed eastbound on Highway 7 to Huntsville Thursday afternoon. During the ride, Lopez was able to get out of his restraints and allegedly stabbed the officer driving the bus in the hand with an unknown object.CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETYFOX 26 is told the officer struggled with Lopez to keep him from getting his gun.The bus then crashed into a ditch before Lopez ran off.

A study of 2,163 US hospitals shows that, despite substantially reduced operating margins in 2020, their overall profit margins remained similar to those before the COVID-19 pandemic, and government, rural, and smaller hospitals performed even better than in previous years.

Persistent SARS-CoV-2 shedding in hospitalized COVID-19 patients is tied to a higher risk of in-hospital delirium and death by 6 months, according to a study published this week in GeroScience.A team led by Northwestern University researchers retrospectively evaluate

India is suing their only son and his wife for not producing a grandchild after six years of marriage.Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad, 61 and 57, of the Indian state of Uttarakhand filed the lawsuit on May 7 on the grounds of “mental harassment,” the Times of India reported.The couple is demanding US$650,000 in compensation, should a grandchild not be born in the next year.The Prasads claim they spent their savings raising their son, also paying for his education to become a pilot, as well as for his lavish wedding in 2016. Record-breaking heatwaves hit India, Pakistan bringing extreme April weather According to the BBC, the son and his wife have yet to respond publicly to the lawsuit.Haridwar, Uttarakhand | Parents move court against son&daughter-in-law, demand grandchildren/Rs 5 cr compensation.

San Jose last fall is receiving renewed interest after church leaders in the community said that they performed an exorcism on the child.The body of Arely Naomi Proctor was found in the basement of a San Jose church last September and her death was ruled a homicide caused by asphyxiation by the Santa Clara County medical examiner’s office.Her mother, Claudia Hernandez, has been charged with assault on a child resulting in death. Parents under investigation after letting 6-year-old son run full marathon Officials at the Iglesia Apostoles y Profetas church, where Proctor died, told the San Jose Mercury News that they performed a ceremony on the toddler to “liberate her of her evil spirits,” and that her death was “the will of God,” and not related to the exorcism.Court documents obtained by KRON found that the family “believed the child was possessed by a demon and were at the church praying for her,” according to deputy district attorney Rebekah Wise.Authorities say that Hernandez withheld food from her daughter and squeezed her neck.

Stanley Mills has reopened to the public after being closed for over two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alberta’s spring budget are already open and staffed in hospitals across the province.In the 2022 budget tabled earlier this year, the province committed $300 million over the next three years to open and staff 50 new permanent ICU beds across Alberta to help build frontline health-care capacity. Alberta adding up to 50 ICU beds to health system this year In an update at Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre Friday morning, Kenney said the new beds will help add capacity to Alberta’s strained health-care system.

Ukrainian court held a preliminary hearing on Friday in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion, after charging a captured Russian soldier with the murder of a 62-year-old civilian.The case is of huge symbolic importance for Ukraine.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Prosecutors outlined more disturbing details surrounding the arrest of a San Jose police officer who was literally walked out the door of department headquarters after he was arrested on suspicion of masturbating at the home of a family who had called for help for their mentally ill relative: He had been eyeing the the 23-year-old daughter. Matthew Dominguez, 32, who was arrested Thursday on a misdemeanor indecent exposure charge, could face a year in jail and be placed on the sexual offender list for 10 years, if convicted. Dominguez is currently on administrative leave from the police department.According to prosecutors, Dominguez and two colleagues were dispatched to a home in San Jose on April 21 at 6:30 p.m.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were pictured recording a voice message on Friday 13 May, which was created for mental illness sufferers in association with the Better Health – Every Mind Matters Campaign. Prince William and Kate Middleton’s participation in the audio taping titled Mental Health Minute comes amid Mental Health Awareness Week, which runs from 9 to 15 May.The 60 second message spoken by the Royals targeted the Every Minds Matters campaign theme of loneliness this year and aired across all UK radio stations at 10.59am on Friday with the aim to “lift someone out of loneliness".

CAMDEN, N.J. - Police say a suspect is in custody after an apartment fire left 22 people out of their homes earlier this month.On Mother's Day, fire crews were called to the Myrtle Place Apartments on Myrtle Avenue as it went up in flames.The two-story, eight-unit apartment building partially collapsed leaving 22 people displaced.An arrest was made in connection to the three-alarm fire on Friday, according to police. The suspect has not been identified, and a motive is still unknown.AdvertisementOfficials say no one was injured.

Visitors walk on the Sky Bridge 721, the world's longest suspension pedestrian bridge in Dolni Morava, Czech Republic on May 9, 2022. (Lukas Kabon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) A pedestrian suspension bridge that is the longest such construction in the world has opened at a mountain resort in the Czech Republic.The 721-meter (2,365-foot) -long bridge is built at an altitude of more than 1,100 meters (3,610 feet) above sea level.

FILE IMAGE - Actor Fred Ward attends the premiere of "30 Minutes or Less" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Aug. 8, 2011, in Hollywood, California.

COVID-19 pandemic having eased over the past several months, a large majority of Canadians are ready for a vacation, according to a new survey.The “road trip” survey, which was conducted by Ipsos for Toyota Canada, reported that 77 per cent of Canadians are ready to or likely to travel outside of their municipality, as 43 per cent of those who responded ready to leave their home province and 24 per cent ready to travel abroad. Pope Francis will visit residential school during Canada trip to 3 cities: archbishop It also found that 33 per cent of Canadians with access to a vehicle are ready to drive at least seven hours as part of a road trip while 31 per cent are willing to sit in their cars for at least four hours.“Over the last few years, many Canadians told us that spending time in nature was the primary goal of their summer road trips,” said Stephen Beatty, vice president, corporate, at Toyota Canada.“By contrast, there’s much more buzz in the air this year as people are excited to take road trips to reconnect with their wider circles of family and friends, and to once again enjoy larger-scale summer events like concerts, festivals and sporting events.”Among the reasons respondents were looking to hit the road are seeing family or friends (56 per cent), overnight stays (52 per cent), hitting a beach (34 per cent) or a national or provincial park (31 per cent).The survey also found that more 39 per cent of Canadians are looking to use more vacation time this summer than they did in 2021.

And so while some countries may have been able to end the emergency phase of this pandemic, we don't see that in all countries worldwide. So we need to continue to fight this at a global level."-@mvankerkhove of @WHO on 10 May. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/bAPyng2Kno

COVID-19 health crisis Friday as the province prepares to ease its mask mandate this weekend.Pandemic-related hospitalizations stood at 1,754, a net drop of 67. In the last day, there were 92 admissions and 159 discharges.There were 59 patients with the disease in intensive care units, a decrease of one.The province reported 900 new official cases of the novel coronavirus based on PCR testing, which remains limited to certain groups.Government-run screening sites administered 13,310 tests on Wednesday, the latest day for which that information is available.

Record high gas prices have created stress for motorists across the nation, and many experts expect prices to remain elevated in the near future as demand for summer travel heats up. On Thursday, the national average retail price for regular gasoline surged to another record high, hitting $4.41 per gallon. While you may not be able to control the prices at the pump, you can control how you drive. Certain driving behaviors can actually help consumers save significantly when it comes to filling up at the pump, Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, told FOX Business. It's the "easiest" thing to do when trying to combat those rising fuel costs, he said. INFLATION 'REALLY PRESSURING' US OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY: AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE CEODe Haan says drivers should keep feet light on the gas when accelerating.

WASHINGTON - Online searches around the topic of vasectomies have skyrocketed following the leak of a draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade and sharply curtail abortion rights in many U.S.