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A child has been admitted to intensive care with monkeypox as cases in the UK continue to be detected daily, reports claim.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un led a massive crowd of mourners in the streets of Pyongyang despite the country’s strict coronavirus lockdown as his “mentor” Hyon Chol Hae was laid to rest.The retired Marshal of the Korean People's Army, who was official bodyguard to Kim’s father Kim Il-sung, reportedly died of “multiple organ failure” on May 19 at the age of 87.Hyon Chol Hae was one of the most senior military officials in North Korea, becoming only the fifth person to be promoted to the rank of Marshal of the Korean People's Army.Kim and the honour guard of Korean People’s Army officers escorting his coffin went unmasked throughout the proceedings. Hyon’s lavish state funeral, which was attended by tens of thousands of people and watched by many more on the state TV channel, seemed to suggest that the authorities in Pyongyang aren’t concerned by the spread Covid-19 in the city.

PTI report. Additionally, the minister said nearly 200 to 250 cases were being reported in the state everyday and there was not much increase in these numbers.

Health Ministry data. The total active cases stood at 14,832 on Monday and the daily positivity rate was at 0.69%, as per the Health Ministry data.

Today we are reporting 6,000 community cases, 363 hospitalisations and 9 deaths.

Philadelphia police investigate a shooting that killed a young male in the Ogontz section. OGONTZ - Philadelphia police are investigating a shooting in the Ogontz section that has killed a male victim.Police were called to the 5800 block of North 16th Street Sunday, about 5:15 in late afternoon, on the report of shots fired.When police arrived, they found a male victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.

FAIRMOUNT - Philadelphia police are investigating a fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man by four men in Fairmount.According to officials, police responded to the 4900 block of Aspen Street about 4 p.m., Sunday, on the report of multiple gunshots.Arriving officers found the 29-year-old victim had been shot multiple times throughout his body inside a residence in Philadelphia’s Fairmount section. The man died at the scene.Officials say four men were involved in the shooting, though the investigation is ongoing.

A reported armed carjacking Sunday morning led to a teenager struck by a vehicle and Philadelphia police-involved car accident in West Philadelphia. WEST PHILADELPHIA - A reported armed carjacking Sunday morning led to a teenager struck by a vehicle and Philadelphia police-involved car accident.According to authorities, police in West Philadelphia spotted a vehicle Sunday afternoon, around 2:15, at North 53rd and West Thompson Streets, that was involved in an armed carjacking Sunday morning.Police say the vehicle then struck a 16-year-old male on a bicycle.

NEW YORK - The NYPD is investigating after a suspect reportedly opened fire on a New York City subway train on Sunday morning, shooting a man and killing him.The New York Post reports that a 46-year-old man was riding a northbound Q train that was pulling into the Canal Street station around 11:45 a.m. when he was shot in the chest by the suspect.The gunman fled the scene before police arrived.

PHILADELPHIA - Another violent weekend across Philadelphia has already seen at least nine separate shootings, some of them deadly.Beginning Saturday night, police say three teens were shot during a festival at Penn's Landing around 9:30 p.m. A 14-year-old boy was shot in the ribs, while two 14-year-old girls were both shot in the foot. Police believe the shooting stemmed from an argument, and the shooter may have targeted the teens.Philadelphia police investigate a shooting that injured three teens at Penn's Landing.

TRENTON, N.J. - Police say two men were shot, one fatally, in Trenton early Sunday morning.A man, identified as 25-year-old Ali Abdullah, was reportedly found with a gunshot wound in the State of New Jersey parking lot on West Hanover Street around 1 a.m. He was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.Police say a second shooting victim arrived at the same hospital by private vehicle while officers were on the scene.

COVID-19 has dropped below 1,000 for the first time since April, according to data released by the province.New figures show 809 people were in hospital with the virus on Sunday, while 152 were in an Ontario intensive care unit (ICU). The figures represent a drop in hospitalizations compared to the previous day and the previous week.On Saturday, Ontario reported 1,116 people in hospital and 160 in ICU.

Pete Davidson and Kate McKinnon (Photos by Paul Morigi and Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) NEW YORK - Pete Davidson bid farewell to "Saturday Night Live" on the show’s finale this weekend after eight seasons with the late-night program. The 28-year-old made his final goodbye on the "Weekend Update" news segment, saying hello to co-hosts Colin Jost, Michael Che and "millions of people only watching to see if I bring up Kanye."Davidson began dating Kanye West's ex Kim Kardashian after she hosted the show last October, raising the ire of the "Stronger" rapper. Kardashian wasn't at the show because she's in Italy for her sister Kourtney Kardashian's wedding. "I never imagined this would be my life," he said, adding when he first started at 20 years old he was "just a skinny kid and no one knew what race I was." But he says now everyone knows he’s White because he "became hugely successful while barely showing up to work." FILE - Pete Davidson attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City.  (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)In a reference to Will Smith slapping "SNL" alum Chris Rock, Davidson self-deprecatingly joked that on one hand, he doesn’t condone audience members jumping onstage to hit comedians but "on the other it’s how I know all my shows will be sold out."The comedian said he would miss "SNL" creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels who he said gives him the best advice, including during his audition for the show."He looked me right in the eye and said 'I don't know, I don't think you're right for this show, so let's screw this up together,' " Davidson said.

Wells Fargo bank is claiming that the company held "fake" job interviews for minority candidates for positions that had already been filled and says he was fired for bringing attention to the matter.Joe Bruno, a former executive in the wealth management division at Wells Fargo’s corporate offices in Jacksonville, Florida, told the New York Times that the company would interview minority candidates for positions to adhere to an informal policy promoting diversity but noticed that the candidates were often interviewing for jobs that had been promised to someone else.CALABASAS, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 19: The exterior of a Wells Fargo store photographed on April 19, 2022 in Calabasas, California. (Photo by Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images) Bruno says that he was fired last summer after telling his superiors that the interviews were "inappropriate" and "ethically and morally wrong."The Times reported that Bruno was one of seven current and former Wells Fargo employees who say they were instructed to interview "diverse" candidates for positions even if the decision had already been made to hire a different candidate.A RECESSION IS NOW THE BASE CASE SCENARIO FOR WELLS FARGOWells Fargo bank entrance, Midtown, Manhattan.

Biden said in South Korea, while speaking with a group of reporters before he boarded Air Force One for Japan, Reuters reported.The president’s remarks come as numerous outbreaks of monkeypox were reported in Africa, followed by other reported cases in Europe and the U.S."We’re working on it, hard to figure out what we do," added Biden.RELATED: What is monkeypox? Scientists stunned by cases in US, EuropeWhile there are at least 80 confirmed cases of the disease worldwide and another 50 suspected cases, the U.S. has only confirmed a pair of cases after a man in Massachusetts was diagnosed with the disease.

inflation in nearly four decades is inflicting financial pain on millions of Americans as prices for everyday necessities like food and gasoline soar higher, according to a new Census Bureau survey. More than one-third of households reported difficulties in paying bills from April 27 through May 9, according to the Census Bureau's latest household pulse survey. The share of Americans who have said it is somewhat or very difficult to pay for usual household expenses is now hovering near its 2020 peak, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.RELATED: US inflation hit 8.3% in April but slows from 40-year highIn some states, the percentage of Americans struggling to pay their bills is even higher: Nearly half of households in Mississippi – about 45% – reported difficulties in paying for usual household expenses, while that figure was about 43.6% in Kentucky and 41.8% in West Virginia. A man shops at a Safeway grocery store in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 16, 2022, as Americans brace for summer sticker shock as inflation continues to grow.

Police investigating homicide after man shot in the head. PHILADELPHIA - A homicide investigation is underway after police say a man was found dead Sunday morning.The 23-year-old was reportedly found with a gunshot to the head on the 5500 block of Hill Creek Circle around 1:40 a.m.He was pronounced dead on the scene.Police say several spent shell casings were found in the area, as well as strike marks on nearby buildings.AdvertisementA car with bullet holes and a broken passenger side window was also found on the scene.

Philadelphia police investigate a shooting that injured three teens at Penn's Landing. OLD CITY - Philadelphia police are investigating a shooting that injured three teens at Penn’s Landing.According to officials, police were called to the area near Chestnut Street and Columbus Boulevard, at the riverfront, Saturday, just after 9:30 p.m.

DALLAS - The North Texas man who once played the Red Power Ranger on the iconic 1990s television show was among 18 people arrested in a federal Paycheck Protection Program fraud case.Jason Geiger, who goes by the name Austin St. John, was one of 18 people indicted Thursday on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.According to federal prosecutors, the McKinney actor and others from both North Texas and Florida "executed a scheme to defraud lenders and the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program" out of millions of dollars.They include 14 North Texans:RELATED: Coppell man admits using fraudulent PPP loans to buy luxury cars, homesSt.

Today we are reporting 4,990 community cases, 379 hospitalisations and 10 deaths.

WASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani, who as a lawyer for then-President Donald Trump pushed bogus legal challenges to the 2020 election, met for hours with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S.

announced this week a recall of Jif peanut butter products sold in the U.S. due to potential salmonella contamination.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local partners are investigating a multistate outbreak of salmonella infections linked to certain products.

READING, Pa. - A man is being charged with homicide in connection to the death of a man who went missing last year.Darlyn De La Rosa -Abreu was reported missing after picking up a fare in his cab on August 8, 2021.Police say remains believed to be De La Rosa–Abreu were found Friday near Old Church Road in North Heidelberg Township.Johnny Palaguachi, who was reportedly identified as De La Rosa–Abreu's last fare, was then taken into custody.AdvertisementPalaguachi is charged with criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and theft by unlawful taking. 

Ukraine invasion, an independent investigation has found that he has been ill for five years. Independent Russian media outlet Proekt looked into Vladimir Putin's lengthy public absences and medical visits from 2017, surmising that he has been ill since then.

Mark Simpkins MONTGOMERY COUNTY - A man wanted by police since last year is now in custody after a pursuit in Montgomery County on Saturday.An arrest warrant was issued for Mark Simpkins Jr. by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole on Oct.

PHILADELPHIA - Two officers were involved in a crash Saturday while en route to a priority call.They were responding to a report of a person with a gun when the police car was struck on the drivers side by a man driving a Chrysler Town and Country minivan, according to police.The crash occurred on Torresdale Avenue and Howell Street around noon.Neither officer sustained any injuries. The 58-year-old driver of the minivan suffered a hand injury that was treated on the scene.AdvertisementNo arrests were made.

Police say a SWAT team was called in response to shots fired, BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. - A report of shots fired promoted a SWAT team response early Saturday morning.The shooting was reported on the 2000 block of Brown Ave in Bensalem Township around 6 a.m.Police say SWAT was called to the scene. Police could also be seen blocking portions of the road.AdvertisementThis is a developing story.

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Police say a crash involving a motorcycle is causing delays Saturday morning.The crash occurred on Route 42 near exit 7 in Gloucester Township around 3:30 a.m.All southbound lanes are currently closed as police clear the scene.No injuries reported at this time.Advertisement

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is barred from receiving Holy Communion over her support for abortion rights.Cordileone said in a letter to the California Democrat that she won't be admitted to Holy Communion at Mass. The archbishop said Pelosi ignored his warning in April to either repudiate her advocacy for abortion rights or refrain from using her religion to justify her stance."As you have not publicly repudiated your position on abortion, and continue to refer to your Catholic faith in justifying your position and to receive Holy Communion, that time has now come," Cordileone wrote.He added, "Therefore, in light of my responsibility as the Archbishop of San Francisco to be ‘concerned for all the Christian faithful entrusted to [my] care’ ...

COVID-19 cases are on the decline, but more and more Canadians are getting sick with the flu across the country, Canada’s top public health officer said Friday.“We’re seeing influenza activity increasing up to the seasonal threshold despite the opposite trends being expected this time of year,” Dr. Theresa Tam, the nation’s chief public health officer,told reporters during a federal COVID-19 update.Without many COVID-19 health mandates like masking in effect in most places across the country, cases of the flu have increased, according to Tam.“One of the things we’ve learned about the use of public health measures for COVID-19 in the past two years is that they were also effective in reducing the prevalence of other infectious diseases.

Today we are reporting 6,635 community cases, 400 hospitalisations and 6 deaths.

marijuana more than eight days a month on average, while four-year students reported marijuana use about four and a half days a month.RELATED: Does 'hair of the dog' actually work after drinking alcohol? What experts say about the hangover 'cure'"I expected differences in both alcohol and marijuana use among two- and four-year college students, but was surprised by the magnitude of the differences given that the subjects are the same ages," said Jennifer Duckworth, an assistant professor at WSU and lead author of the paper.More research is needed to understand why, Duckworth said, but "perceptions of peer use" could be a contributing factor.RELATED: Frequent marijuana use may lead to higher risk of heart disease, study finds"Specifically, four-year students thought their peers drank more than two-year students believed their peers drank, whereas two-year students thought that their peers used cannabis more than four-year students thought their peers did," researchers said.The study’s authors admit it’s harder to examine two-year college students because they vary more in age and work status and are more likely to be from racial and ethnic minority groups.

An aerial view taken on April 12, 2022, shows the city of Mariupol, during Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine. (Credit: ANDREY BORODULIN/AFP via Getty Images) POKROVSK, Ukraine - Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol on Friday in what would be its biggest victory yet in its war with Ukraine, after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city to a smoking ruin, with over 20,000 civilians feared dead.Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin the "complete liberation" of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol — the last stronghold of Ukrainian resistance — and the city as a whole, spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.There was no immediate confirmation from Ukraine.Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti quoted the ministry as saying a total of 2,439 Ukrainian fighters who had been holed up at the steelworks had surrendered since Monday, including over 500 on Friday.As they surrendered, the troops were taken prisoner by the Russians, and at least some were taken to a former penal colony.

Mug shot of Stephanie Russell. (Oldman County Jail)A Kentucky pediatrician has been arrested and charged with allegedly attempting to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband, according to a news release from the U.S.

FILE - Flash on TV which reports the execution of Aum Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara and other six follwers at Yurakucho Station, July 6, 2018, Japan. (Katsumi Kasahara/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)WASHINGTON - The United States has removed five extremist groups, all believed to be defunct, from its list of foreign terrorist organizations.

AUSTIN, Texas - Police have identified the suspect who allegedly shot and killed a rising star in gravel and mountain bike cycling in an East Austin home as Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34.Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson, 25, was found shot dead in an Austin apartment on May 11.According to cycling magazine VeloNews, Wilson had flown from Colorado to Texas earlier that week in preparation for the Gravel Locos race in Hico, where she was a favorite to win. A few weeks earlier, she won the Belgian Waffle Ride in California.Friends and family are still shocked after the murder of an up-and-coming cyclist last week in Austin.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a teenage boy was shot twice Friday afternoon in West Philadelphia.Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 6100 block of Walton Avenue around 2:30 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas - The family of a Black Lives Matter protester who was shot and killed in 2020 is suing the admitted shooter who was driving for Uber. The family is also suing Uber.Murder charges are still pending against the driver, Daniel Perry.Garrett Foster's family filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Travis County state District Court. The lawsuit states that the company should have known Sgt.

North Korea is advising citizens to combat Covid with traditional medicines such as tea as the Omicron variant continues to spread throughout its unvaccinated population. Earlier this month Kim Jong-un admitted for the first time that the pandemic had reached North Korea.

More adults died of COVID-19 in Massachusetts in the first 8 weeks of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant surge than in the entire 23-week Delta period, suggests a modeling study published today in JAMA.A team led by a Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers estimated

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NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. - A Delaware County school bus driver is now facing charges after authorities say he was found to have been taking 'upskirting' photos of female students. Bruce Garner, a 70-year-old bus driver who worked for the Marple Newtown School District, is facing 139 counts of invasion of privacy, unlawful contact with a minor, sexual abuse of children and related offenses.Authorities say their investigation began on May 17, when Upper Providence Township police were called to investigate a report inappropriate conduct involving a school bus driver. After speaking with a female student and her mother, detectives say they determined that the school bus driver was taking pictures up the skirts of teen and pre-teen girls with his cell phone on his route. Authorities obtained a search warrant for Garner's phone and conducted forensic analysis on the device. An arrest warrant was approved by the District Attorney's Office based on the evidence recovered from the phone. Authorities in Delaware County say they are investigating allegations that a Marple Newtown School District bus driver took 'upskirt' photos of young female students.Officials say there is no evidence to suggest that Garner had physical contact with any of the teenage victims.Garner was taken into custody at his Lansdowne home and was arraigned.Delaware County's Special Victims Unit went on to identify three teen victims.

FILE IMAGE - Actress Marnie Schulenburg attends the NHL and Esquire season launch party at Esquire North on Oct. 2, 2007, in New York City.

FILE IMAGE - Elon Musk attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk denied a sexual assault claim from a former flight attendant, whom the company reportedly paid $250,000 as part of a severance agreement in 2018.Musk, in a Thursday tweet following the story, claimed the story should be "viewed through a political lens."The attendant worked on a contract basis in the cabin crew for SpaceX's corporate jet fleet.

The New York Yankees logo on an equipment bag during an MLB game. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)NEW YORK - The New York Yankees released minor league outfielder Jake Sanford on Tuesday after he was accused of some dirty dugout drama, according to multiple reports.The Yankees selected Sanford in the third round of the 2019 MLB Amateur Draft out of Western Kentucky.

Today we are reporting 7,800 community cases, 401 hospitalisations and 17 deaths.

Philadelphia Police investigate a shooting that injured a five-year-old. NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Police are investigating a shooting in which a five-year-old was injured.Police responded to Episcopal Hospital Thursday evening, just after 7:30, on the report of a child shot and at the hospital, according to officials.When officers arrived, they found a five-year-old child with a gunshot wound to the arm.The child was stabilized at the hospital and transferred to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.