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gasoline prices more often.It’s a fact that is impacting every motorist across the country — the price for regular gasoline is at highs never seen before. Gas prices top $2 per litre in Montreal, up about 65 cents in 1 year They’ve been increasing since late last year, Statistics Canada data shows, and a significant drop might not come for a while, said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.com.“We are at all-time record highs across Canada in many areas,” he told Global News.“Unfortunately, we continue to set new records almost every day as we make the transition to summer gasoline across Canada, and as we see oil prices continue to go up as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and escalations in that situation.”At this time last year, the average price in Canada for regular fuel was $1.31 a litre, Statistics Canada data shows.

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PHILADELPHIA - Just when you thought gas prices were going down, they are going up again - way up!Gas prices in Pennsylvania and Delaware reached all-time highs again Friday, less than two months after breaking a near 14-year record.Average prices hit $4.28 in Pennsylvania and $4.22 in Delaware. In Philadelphia alone, prices reached an average $4.35.Experts say there are several factors contributing to the record high prices.

NORTH PORT, Fla. - Nichole Schmidt, the mother of deceased Gabby Petito, on Friday filed a new wrongful death lawsuit in Florida against the curator of the estate of deceased Brian Laundrie. The lawsuit, which seeks wrongful death damages of $30 million, states that Laundrie intentionally killed Petito, and as a direct result of his conduct, Schmdit and Joseph Petito, Gabby Petito's father, "incurred funeral and burial expenses, and they have suffered a loss of care and comfort, and suffered a loss of probable future companionship, society and comfort."The complaint also demands a trial by jury and judgment for compensatory damages. RELATED: Gabby Petito family's lawsuit against Brian Laundrie's parents will head to jury trial in 2023, courts sayThe curator of Laundrie's estate, Barry Spivey, told Fox News Digital that one of his primary functions as a limited curator "is to accept service of a summons on that lawsuit," but he has "absolutely no responsibility to respond to it.""They needed somebody to accept service of process, but once that's done, I'm done with it," he said of the complaint.RELATED: New court filing says Brian Laundrie's parents knew Gabby was dead before family trip to Fort DeSotoThe new lawsuit comes after Schmidt and Petito filed a civil lawsuit in Florida alleging that Laundrie’s parents, Chris and Roberta Laundrie, were aware that their son killed their daughter and attempted to help him flee justice.

Officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that, following its alert 2 weeks ago, it has received 109 reports of unexplained hepatitis in young children from 24 states and Puerto Rico.

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CINCINNATI, Ohio - An Ohio couple are defending themselves after facing extreme backlash for running a marathon with their 6-year-old son.Kami and Ben Crawford have six kids and chronicle their adventures on YouTube and social media pages. When the Crawfords ran the Flying Pig marathon in Cincinnati on May 1, it was the first time all eight family members ran a 26.2-mile race together, including their 6-year-old son.Runners reportedly started asking questions when they saw the child crying during the race.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine - A new international effort raced Friday to rescue more civilians from the tunnels under a besieged steel plant in Mariupol and the city at large, even as fighters holed up at the sprawling complex made their last stand to prevent Moscow's complete takeover of the strategic port.The fight in the last Ukrainian stronghold of a city reduced to ruins by the Russian onslaught appeared increasingly desperate amid growing speculation that President Vladimir Putin wants to finish the battle for Mariupol so he can present a triumph to the Russian people in time for Monday's Victory Day, the biggest patriotic holiday on the Russian calendar.Some 2,000 Ukrainian fighters, by Russia’s most recent estimate, are holed up in a vast maze of tunnels and bunkers beneath Azovstal steelworks — and they have repeatedly refused to surrender. Ukraine said a few hundred civilians were also trapped there — and as the battle has ramped up in recent days, fears for their safety have only grown.U.N.

The chief executive of Aer Lingus has said it is inevitable that fares at the airline will rise as a result of rising oil prices.

WASHINGTON - For the past year, America's job market has run like a well-engineered machine, adding an impressive average of 540,000 workers a month despite a punishing inflation rate, Russia's ruinous war against Ukraine, a still-risky pandemic, jittery financial markets and the prospect of much higher borrowing costs.Hiring gains have topped 400,000 every month since May 2021.And most economists think the winning streak has continued: According to a survey by the data firm FactSet, they expect Friday’s jobs report for April to show that employers added 400,000 more jobs last month. They have also forecast that the unemployment rate remained at 3.6%, a notch above a half-century low that was reached shortly before the pandemic struck two years ago.The resilience of the job market is particularly striking when set against the backdrop of galloping price increases, rising borrowing costs and widespread fear that the Federal Reserve's sharp interest rate hikes will eventually trigger a recession."The labor market remains in solid shape as the spring quarter begins,’’ said Stuart Hoffman, senior economic adviser at PNC Financial.

The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, has said the Covid-19 pandemic payment of €1,000 is a small recognition and he wants it in staff pay cheques or bank accounts immediately.

Covid-19 recovery rate was 98.74%, the Health Ministry said.

Nova Scotia’s Mattea Roach has won her 23rd Jeopardy! game, but not without giving her fans a big scare.

COVID-19 Vaccine was authorized for emergency use on February 27, 2021. On April 13, 2021, however, the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announced a recommended pause in administration of the vaccine to investigate six reported cases of thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS.

Toronto surpassed a milestone on Thursday, having now administered more than seven million COVID-19 vaccine doses to its residents.Toronto Mayor John Tory made the announcement alongside Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa at the Metro Hall vaccine clinic on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A superyacht that American authorities say is owned by a Russian oligarch previously sanctioned for alleged money laundering has been seized by law enforcement in Fiji, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday.A judge in Fiji earlier in the week permitted U.S.

WASHINGTON - Americans should get used to "uncomfortable" postage rate increases in coming years as the U.S. Postal Service seeks to become self-sufficient, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Thursday.The Postal Service Board of Governors sets postage rates, but DeJoy said he'll advocate for raising prices until "we have accomplished our objective of projecting a trajectory that shows us being self-sustaining.""I believe we have been severely damaged by at least 10 years of a defective pricing model which cannot be satisfied by one or two annual price increases, especially in this inflationary environment," he added.RELATED: US inflation report: Consumer prices jumped 8.5% in past year, highest since 1981DeJoy made the remarks at a Board of Governors meeting in which the Postal Service reported a loss of about $1.7 billion for the latest quarter.A sweeping overhaul meant to shore up the Postal Service's financial future will be reflected in the next quarter's results.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY - A Pennsylvania man is facing more than 250 charges of possessing child sexual abuse materials.Edward Elvin, 65, was arrested Thursday after officials say they received a tip from Apple last month. The tech company alerted detectives that the 65-year-old may have child sexual abuse materials on his device, according to the DA's office.After tracing the IP address, detectives seized Elvin's phone during a search of his home in Montgomery County.Hundreds of images containing child sexual abuse were allegedly found on his phone.

LOS ANGELES - Retired U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly, who has publicly sparred with the outspoken head of Russia's space agency following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has tweeted a thread by former U.S. Army commander Mark Hertling containing advice on how to disable Russian tanks. "‘How to Sabotage your Russian Tank.’ Thank you General Hertling!" wrote Kelly in a tweet posted on May 5. The thread contains a list of tips by Hertling on how to sabotage Russian tanks following reports of demoralized Russian troops in Ukraine sabotaging their own equipment.https://twitter.com/MarkHertling/status/1522240720521867269"We understand some of you are sabotaging your tanks which means others may want to and do not know the best way.

FILE - Vials with the coronavirus vaccine from Johnson & Johnson sit on a table. (Daniel Karmann/picture alliance via Getty Images)WASHINGTON - U.S.

Dr. Bartley Griffith and David Bennet Sr. (University of Maryland School of Medicine)A pig heart, transplanted earlier this year into a human patient who died two months later, was infected with a pig virus, according to the surgeon who performed the procedure. The virus that was found during testing is called porcine cytomegalovirus (pCMV) and mostly infects pigs but it has been found in humans, according to SwineHealth.org.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

LONDON - The World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double the official death toll of 6 million. Most of the fatalities were in Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas.In a report released on Thursday, the U.N.

LVIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's military said Thursday that it recaptured some areas in the south and repelled Russian attacks in the east, as a bloody battle raged at a steel mill in Mariupol where Ukrainian troops are holed up in tunnels and bunkers, fending off a Russian onslaught.Ten weeks into a devastating war, Ukrainian and Russian forces are fighting village by village, as Moscow struggles to gain momentum in the eastern industrial heartland of the Donbas. Russia switched its focus to that region — where Moscow-backed separatists have fought Ukrainian forces for years — after a stiffer than expected resistance bogged its troops down and thwarted its initial goal of overrunning the capital.In an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said he hadn’t expected the Russian offensive to "drag on this way." Some Russian troops used ally Belarus as a launch pad for the invasion on Feb.

recall of over 100 kosher candy and chocolate products sold under the Elite brand due to the possibility of salmonella contamination. Strauss Israel, the food maker behind the products, said in a statement that the products were "manufactured in a facility in which salmonella was detected in the production line and in the liquid chocolate that is used for the production of the finished products."The recall includes certain Elite-branded chocolate, cakes, wafers, energy grain snacks, energy chocolate rice cakes, chewing gum and toffee candies. Click here for a full list of the 101 products on the FDA website.The impacted products were distributed mainly to stores in Florida, California, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and were sold online by Amazon, Passover.com, Fresh Direct and other retailers, the FDA’s notice said.A provided image shows one of the products impacted by the recall.

Kate Garraway joked she is "desperate" for work as she hosting the latest edition of Good Morning Britain.The 55-year-old presenter was back on our screens on Thursday (May 5) morning to wake up the nation alongside Adil Ray.They chatted to showbiz corespondent Richard Arnold at the top of the ITV breaking show about Kim Cattrall's latest bombshell interview where she claimed she first heard about Sex In The City reboot And Just Like That on social media.She also revealed that she was never asked to take part in the show and that she turned down a pitched third movie as it involved a "heartbreaking" storyline for her character Samantha Jones.Richard confirmed to the ITV studio that Kim's character Samantha Jones "won’t be back" before adding: "So, unlike us Kate, she's actually turning work down."Kate and Adil collapsed into fits of laughter, before Kate replied: "Unlike us she's not desperate Richard, that's why."As Richard paused in the ITV studio, unaware there was time for him to discuss another story, mother-of-two Kate joked: "You're not as desperate as we thought, you see, you're actually turning work down this morning."Kate has reportedly lost her battle to save her husband Derek Draper's psychotherapy company, Astra Aspera Limited.The business was primarily Derek's company but Kate was made a director in February last year in an effort to keep it running, but she's reportedly struggling with a huge increase in costs.Despite her many work projects, Kate also has to fund round-the-clock care for her husband.Speaking recently on This Morning about her trip to Mexico for specialist treatment for Derek, Kate shared: "That came at a really low point when I thought, 'Oh God, this is not sustainable'."The system, I mean

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FILE - U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill on May 04, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Chrissy Metz is opening up in a new interview for VeryWell Mind, sharing her thoughts on the upcoming end of “This Is Us” in a cover story for the work-life issue.

GENEVA - Cooking oils are the latest commodity to be impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The United Nations says prices for world food commodities like grains and vegetable oils have reached their highest levels as a result of Russia’s military assault on its European neighbor. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said last month that its Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in international prices for a basket of commodities, averaged 159.3 points last month, up 12.6% from February. The ongoing war has prompted a 17.1% rise in the price of grains, including wheat and others like oats, barley and corn.

LOS ANGELES - Dolly Parton was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Wednesday, despite the country music legend’s decision to withdraw from the nomination in March. "I am honored and humbled by the fact that I have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame," Dolly Parton wrote on social media. "Of course, I will accept it gracefully.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Park-goers experienced terrifying moments after a group of people got stuck on a roller coaster at Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina, last week. Park officials said the incident happened on the "Flying Cobras" last Friday. "On Friday, April 29, Flying Cobras, located in County Fair at Carowinds, had an unexpected ride stoppage on the lift" park officials said in a statement to FOX Television Stations. "The park’s maintenance team responded quickly, and at no time were guests in danger.

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve intensified its fight against the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark short-term interest rate by a half-percentage point Wednesday — its most aggressive move since 2000 — and signaling further large rate hikes to come.The increase in the Fed's key rate raised it to a range of 0.75% to 1%, the highest point since the pandemic struck two years ago.The Fed also announced that it will start reducing its huge $9 trillion balance sheet, which consists mainly of Treasury and mortgage bonds. Those holdings more than doubled after the pandemic recession hit as the Fed bought trillions in bonds to try to hold down long-term borrowing rates.

Coronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester fell by at least a quarter in every area. Over the past week the number of positive cases have continued to plummet across the region.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday highlighted new figures showing the government's red ink will grow less than expected this year and the national debt will shrink this quarter as he tried to counter criticism of his economic leadership amid growing dismay over inflation going into midterm elections that will decide control of Congress.Biden, embracing deficit reduction as a way to fight inflation, stressed that the dip in the national debt would be the first in six years, an achievement that eluded former President Donald Trump despite his promises to improve the federal balance sheet."The bottom line is the deficit went up every year under my predecessor before the pandemic and during the pandemic. It has gone down both years since I’ve been here," Biden said.

Omicron subvariant BA.2 more transmissible but not more virulent: Quebec report He says masking will remain mandatory on public transportation and in health-care facilities.Quebec will be the last province in Canada to lift its masking requirement.

LVIV, Ukraine - She stood in just her bathrobe in the freezing basement of the Mariupol theater, coated in white plaster dust shaken loose by the explosion. Her husband tugged at her to leave and begged her to cover her eyes.But she couldn’t help it — Oksana Syomina looked. And to this day, she wishes she hadn’t.

Delhi conducts a large number of tests. As the eligible population of Delhi has got vaccinated, the number of hospital admissions is very less despite the daily cases count in the 1,200-1,500 range in the last few days and the positivity rate standing in the bracket of five-six per cent.

India reported 3,205 new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 637 more than the previous count. On Tuesday, the country reported 2,568 new infections.