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FILE IMAGE - Various streaming services can be seen on the display of an iPhone SE. (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images) Anyone with a streaming platform can vouch for the wide variety and the sheer volume of television and movie options available today. And according to new data from media research firm Nielsen, people are feeling overwhelmed by all the choices. A report released this month, which compiled results from a Nielsen survey of nearly 1,400 U.S.

COVID on Monday, with 184 in intensive care.This is up by 113 for hospitalizations and an increase of 11 for ICUs since the previous day, though officials noted not all hospitals reported updated figures due to the weekend.Last Monday, there were 857 hospitalizations with 168 in ICU. This is a 27 per cent and 9.5 per cent increase, respectively, to the figures this week.According to latest data for hospitalizations from the weekend, 55 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.

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A 27-year-old man is in critical condition after police say he was shot during a carjacking in Frankford. FRANKFORD - Authorities say a 27-year-old man was shot once in the stomach during a reported carjacking.

KYIV, Ukraine - A showdown looms in Ukraine after Russia appointed a new military commander and looked to concentrate its attacks in the east, while Ukraine’s president said his troops will hold their ground, urging Western leaders, in particular President Joe Biden, to do more.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Sunday in a nightly address that this week will be as crucial as any during the war, saying "Russian troops will move to even larger operations in the east of our state."Ukraine’s fate as the war shifts south and east depends on whether the United States will help match a surge in Russian weaponry, he said, echoing comments he made in an interview with The Associated Press on Saturday."To be honest, whether we will be able to (survive) depends on this," Zelenskyy said in a "60 Minutes" interview. "Unfortunately, I don’t have the confidence that we will be receiving everything we need."Zelenskyy said he was grateful to Biden for U.S.

NEW YORK - What began as a normal Sunday night in Times Square turned into mass chaos after a manhole explosion and fire sent hundreds of people running.A loud bang was heard around 7 p.m., and video posted to social media showed people panicking and running down the street.Con Edison confirmed that one manhole exploded in the Times Square area due to cable failure and that a second manhole was smoking. The area around West 43rd Street & 7th Avenue was closed off as the FDNY worked to deal with three manhole fires.Get breaking news alerts in the free FOX5NY News app | Sign up for FOX 5 email newslettersFirefighters also found one property on West 43rd Street with elevated carbon monoxide levels and aired out the lower levels of the building. Despite the shock, no one was reportedly injured and no property was damaged. AdvertisementWhat began as a normal Sunday night at the crossroads of the world turned into mass chaos when a manhole exploded.

Tyrese Maxey shoots the ball against Isaiah Livers in the first half at the Wells Fargo Center. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA - Joel Embiid sat out after he clinched the scoring title and James Harden joined him on the bench, leaving Shake Milton and Tyrese Maxey to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 118-106 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night.The Sixers finished with the No.

After an almost three year pandemic pause, the cruise industry returned to Vancouver Sunday and as Grace Ke reports, businesses which rely on the influx of tourists are grateful to see the ships back.

Philadelphia Police investigate a shooting in North Philly that left a man in critical condition. NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Police are investigating a shooting in North Philadelphia that critically injured a man.Police responded to the 1600 block of North 19th Street Sunday, just after 8:30 p.m., for a reported shooting, according to officials.When officers arrived, they found a 23-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.He was rushed to Temple University Hospital and placed in critical condition.Police are investigating the incident.

NEW YORK - A loud bang caused by multiple manhole fires near Times Square on Sunday evening sent people scrambling in midtown Manhattan. Three manholes caught fire around 6:45 p.m. on W 43rd St between 7th and 8th avenues, an area of the city that is packed with tourists at most hours, according to the FDNY. There were no injuries as a result of the incident, according to preliminary reports from the NYPD and FDNY. RELATED: Swastikas found drawn on Broadway theater's doorsFirefighters discovered elevated carbon monoxide levels near where the explosions happened and are in the process of venting the area, an FDNY spokesperson told Fox News Digital. Videos posted on social media showed people carrying shopping bags running around 48th street. "There's just a huge explosion," Brad Ball, who was standing in the center of Times Square at the time of the explosion, told Fox News Digital.

OVERBROOK - An 18-year-old was shot multiple times in Philadelphia's Overbrook neighborhood, which, police say, led to a barricade situation Saturday night.According to officials, police responded to a shooting on the 6000 block of Clifford Terrace around 7 p.m.A boy about 16 was shot multiple times and killed while three males reportedly involved in the shooting barricade themselves in Overbrook. Officers arrived to find an 18-year-old male, identified as Steve Green, shot 13 times.

Today we are reporting 7,592 community cases, 640 hospitalisations and 11 deaths.

CYPRESS, Texas - Authorities have a wanted man behind bars, who admitted to killing his grandmother in Cypress and assaulting another family member a month before. MORE CYPRESS NEWSDeputies with the Harris County Sheriff's Office say they were called out to a home Saturday in the 16100 block of Golden Sands Dr. to check on a family's 80-year-old grandmother.

decision was announced last week after Smith pre-emptively resigned from the academy during the run-up to the meeting, calling his actions "shocking, painful, and inexcusable.""I accept and respect the Academy’s decision," Smith said in the aftermath.Meanwhile, talk of whether Smith should have to return the Best Actor Oscar he won for "King Richard" is ongoing, but only one Oscar has ever been revoked in the award’s 94-year history. In 1969, the Oscar for the documentary "Young Americans" was rescinded because it was deemed to be ineligible for that year. Smith will likely be keeping the Oscar he won, and will remain eligible to be nominated for and win more of them in the 10-year period he’s banned from the show, though he wouldn’t be able to show up to accept the award — virtually or in person.Will Smith accepts the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for "King Richard" during the show at the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 27, 2022. (Myung Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Smith isn’t the first person to face this punishment.RELATED: Oscars slap scandal: The Academy announces Will Smith's punishmentA handful of other notable celebrities and filmmakers have either been banned from attending academy events — like Smith — or gotten expelled from the academy altogether:Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s membership ended abruptly in October 2017 after reports by The New York Times and The New Yorker about sexual harassment and rape allegations against Weinstein went back decades. Those reports, which prompted other accusers to come forward, led to Weinstein being convicted of rape in New York and sentenced to 23 years in prison.

WASHINGTON - A new study finds most dog owners are improperly feeding their pets according to guidelines from the Food and Drug Administration. Researchers from North Carolina recently published their findings in PLOS ONE. They conducted a survey of 417 dog owners to gather data on their pets including their pet’s signalment, health status and diet.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A prominent civil rights attorney is joining the community to demand the release of body cam video after a man was shot and killed by an officer during a traffic stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Patrick Lyoya, 26, was shot by a Grand Rapids officer who he fought with, Grand Rapids police said, after the officer stopped his vehicle Monday over a license plate issue."Every Black family lives in fear that a routine traffic stop will turn deadly," Attorney Ben Crump said in a statement posted on Twitter. "Patrick's fate is the nightmare we live with every day.

said the shooting happened just after 2 a.m. Sunday outside a live music venue called The Green Room on Beale Street.

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas - A murder charge against a 26-year-old Texas woman will be dropped, says 229th Judicial District Attorney Gocha Allen Ramirez, who serves Starr, Jim Hogg and Duval counties.In a release, Ramirez says he reached out to Lizelle Herrera's counsel to say that his office would be filing a motion to dismiss the indictment against her on Monday, April 11. According to Ramirez, a review of applicable Texas law showed that Herrera "cannot and should not be prosecuted for the allegation against her." However, Ramirez says that the Starr County Sheriff's Department "did their duty in investigating the incident brought to their attention by the reporting hospital".Herrera was charged with murder after authorities said she caused "the death of an individual by self-induced abortion," in a state that has the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. It is still unclear whether Herrera is accused of having an abortion or whether she helped someone else get an abortion.Herrera was arrested Thursday and remained jailed Saturday on a $500,000 bond in the Starr County jail in Rio Grande City, on the U.S.-Mexico border, sheriff's Maj.

HEALDSBURG, CA - MARCH 22: A farmer riding a tractor cleans out the weeds in an old vine zinfandel vineyard on March 22, 2022, near Healdsburg, California. After record winter rainfall battered the North Coast last year in October and December, Mothe For the third month in a row, precipitation was below average across the contiguous U.S., expanding western drought conditions and areas of record dryness.(FOX Weather) According to NOAA’s U.S.

Gentleman Jack returns this Sunday evening for its long-awaited second season. Suranne Jones once again takes the lead as Anne Lister for the BBC One hit period drama.

CNN. The unverified footage shows a Covid-19 prevention worker dressed in a full hazmat suit chasing the corgi along a street.The dog tries to escape by hiding near parked cars however the worker catches up and hits the poor dog three times with a shovel.The dog is then seen lying on the ground, not moving.The MailOnline reports the dog's body was later taken away in a plastic bag.The savage attack comes as Shanghai continues to endure a harsh city-wide lockdown which has devastated the city and seen many residents reach breaking point.Currently, Chinese government workers are enforcing a zero-covid policy through strict lockdowns, mandatory quarantines and mass testing which has seen livelihoods collapse and households go hungry, unable to go out to get food.The unfortunate corgi's owners themselves were in a government run isolation facility after testing positive for Covid-19 at the time their beloved pet was bludgeoned to death.What's On Weibo reports the corgi's owners released the dog into the streets as they were out of dog food and worried the pooch would starve to death inside the home.In a community Weibo chat group the dog’s owner wrote: “We hoped to let him outside and be like a stray dog.

HAMLIN, Texas - Two Texas women who were standing on the sidewalk and smoking cigarettes narrowly missed being hit by a Tesla. A video shows a Tesla speeding down the sidewalk a few seconds after the women head inside.The moment was captured on CCTV footage. According to the Hamlin Police Department, the near-miss happened on Wednesday, April 6.

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 08: Scottie Scheffler looks on from the 14th green during the second round of The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 08, 2022 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) AUGUSTA, Ga. - The world’s No. 1-ranked golfer, Scottie Scheffler, built off his comfortable five-shot lead at The Masters on Saturday at Augusta National.The 25-year-old Texan yanked his tree shot at the final hole into the towering pines left of the fairway.

In the first few months of 2020, protests over the controversial project were almost a daily occurrence. But with the pandemic, those demonstrations have been curtailed.

ORLANDO, Fla. - A 72-year-old man was arrested and booked into jail after he allegedly threw a beer bottle at a Muslim man and made comments about his religion, and authorities are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.According to the arrest report, a group of people was outside a hookah lounge in Orlando on Wednesday and one of the men was apparently in traditional Muslim clothing. Victor Dubauskas, of Orlando, stopped to question the group of people about "where they were from and their religion," the report said. He then singled out the man in the group who was wearing traditional clothing.Victor Dubauskas, who is charged with assault and battery after throwing a beer bottle in the direction of a Muslim man and threatening to kill a group of people, according to deputies.

The United Nations General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from its human rights body. The vote to remove Russia from the Human Rights Council comes several weeks after the country invaded Ukraine and just days after reports of a massacre of Ukrainian civilians in Bucha, Ukraine.

Russia is being accused of committing another horrific war crime—this time at a railway station in eastern Ukraine. Thousands of people were waiting to evacuate the increasingly volatile region when a missile hit the station in Kramatorsk, killing at least 50 people.

ISLAMABAD: In a historic first for Pakistan, Imran Khan has been ousted as the prime minister of Pakistan from office through a no-confidence motion after the National Assembly debated on the matter for more than 12 hours and the political situation in the country took a critical turn.The session was chaired by Ayaz Sadiq — a member of the panel of chairs —  after speaker Asad Qasier resigned from his post.“174 members have recorded their votes in favour of the resolution, consequently the resolution for the vote on no-confidence against Mr Imran Khan, the prime minister of Pakistan, has been passed by a majority,” Ayaz Sadiq announced after the process of voting was completed. Once the voting was concluded and the result was announced, Opposition leaders delivered their victory speeches. The session has been adjourned till 11am on Monday, April 11.Despite the PTI government’s hectic efforts to avoid voting on the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan, the historic session of the National Assembly to decide his fate began on Saturday at 10:30am in line with the Supreme Court’s decision. The much-awaited session, however, witnessed at least four breaks with the government seeking some way out of the situation, but in the end, the Opposition was able to get their way.There were many deliberations that the Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa might be replaced, but Imran Khan refuted the reports, and nothing of the sort took place.Imran Khan was elected on August 18, 2018, and his term ended on April 10, 2022.

A boy about 16 was shot multiple times and killed while three males reportedly involved in the shooting barricade themselves in Overbrook. OVERBROOK - An 18-year-old was shot multiple times in Philadelphia's Overbrook neighborhood, which, police say, led to a barricade situation Saturday night.According to officials, police responded to a shooting on the 6000 block of Clifford Terrace around 7 p.m.Officers arrived to find an 18-year-old male shot 13 times.

Today we are reporting 6,718 community cases, 604 hospitalisations and 12 deaths.

A boy about 16 was shot multiple times and killed while three males reportedly involved in the shooting barricade themselves in Overbrook. OVERBROOK - A homicide in Overbrook led to a barricade situation Saturday night.Officials say police responded to a shooting on the 6000 block of Clifford Terrace around 7 p.m.Officers arrived to find a boy somewhere between 16 and 18-years-old shot multiple times.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 5: Alex Jones of InfoWars talks to reporters outside a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concerning foreign influence operations' use of social media platforms, on Capitol Hill, September 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. Twit AUSTIN, Texas - Infowars host Alex Jones is facing a new lawsuit in Texas. Family members of some of the children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are accusing the conspiracy theorist of hiding millions of dollars in assets after they began taking him to court. The families sued Jones, Infowars and others in court over the hoax conspiracy, saying they have been subjected to harassment and death threats from Jones’ followers.The families have already won defamation lawsuits against Jones after he said the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, never happened.

DUBLIN, Calif. - A government watchdog has found a "substantial likelihood" the federal Bureau of Prisons committed wrongdoing when it ignored complaints and failed to address asbestos and mold contamination at a federal women’s prison in California that has already been under scrutiny for rampant sexual abuse of inmates.The U.S. Office of Special Counsel now wants Attorney General Merrick Garland to step in to investigate the allegations after multiple whistleblower complaints were filed earlier this year.

NEWARK, N.J. - A man has been sentenced to 375 years in jail in the 2016 slayings of three people, including two children, in New Jersey's largest city that authorities said apparently stemmed from his anger over a Facebook post.Essex County Judge Ronald Wigler on Friday imposed three consecutive life terms on 31-year-old Jeremy Arrington and consecutive sentences on other counts.

Police say Dion Marsh, 27, committed several violent crimes on April 8, including a carjacking, hit-and-run and a stabbing.  LAKEWOOD, N.J. - A Manchester Township man is facing charges after being accused of stealing a car and striking a pedestrian in Lakewood on Friday. According to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office and Lakewood Township Police, 27-year-old Dion Marsh was charged with attempted murder, carjacking and related charges. Authorities say officers responded to the area of Martin Luther King Drive and Pine Street for a report of a carjacking around 1:15 p.m. on Friday. According to investigators, officers learned a male approached a 2016 Toyota Camry, assaulted the driver and fled in the vehicle. Officials say officers with Lakewood Township Police received a report of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle near Central Avenue and Carlton Avenue. ___MORE LOCAL HEADLINESAccording to investigators, responding officers discovered a male had been hit by a dark-colored vehicle.

LANDOVER, MD - DECEMBER 22: Washington Redskins Quarterback Dwayne Haskins (7) laughs with teammates following the game between the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins on December 22, 2019 at FedExField in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Nicole ESPN's senior NFL insider, Adam Schefter, reports that Haskins passed away Saturday morning after a vehicle accident in Florida, per his agent.

recession is on the horizon in the U.S. as the Federal Reserve makes an aggressive pivot to cool the hottest inflation in four decades, according to economists at Deutsche Bank. "We no longer see the Fed achieving a soft landing," Deutsche Bank economists led by Matthew Luzzetti said in the analyst note.

COLOMBO (News 1st); People are continuing to protest opposite the President’s Office as of currently.According to News 1st reporters, the protesters have completely blocked the Galle road, while a group of Red Cross officials have also arrived at the protest site.Moreover, a special Ambulance service organized by Sarvodaya is also stationed in Galle Face premises, to support the protestors if the need arises. 

An Illinois man suspected of burying the bodies of his mother and sister in his backyard has been arrested on felony charges, officials announced Thursday.Michael Lelko, 45, is facing two felony counts of concealment of a death, reports The Associated Press.According to Lyons police Chief Thomas Herion, Michael is not charged in the deaths of his mom, 79-year-old Jean Lelko, and 44-year-old Jennifer Lelko, as the medical examiner can’t pinpoint an exact cause of death for either woman. Author of ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ now on trial for husband’s murder NBC News reports that Michael’s brother, John Lelko, 41, has also been arrested and may face charges in the coming days, although those charges have not yet been revealed.Police were originally called to the home in Lyons Township – a suburb of Chicago – in August of 2021 after a well-being check was requested.

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Nova Scotia RCMP have cancelled an emergency alert issued after shots were fired in two communities in the Halifax Regional Municipality.Mounties say on Twitter that two suspects have been arrested and no injuries have been reported.11:25 p.m. Two suspects arrested & investigation ongoing.

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RIPON, Calif. - Two women who were reported missing over the weekend were found dead Tuesday inside a car submerged in the Stanislaus River.The two women, Alyssa Ros, 23, of Long Beach and Xylona Gama, 22, of Stockton, were last seen at a wedding Sunday night at Spring Creek Country Club. According to the Ripon Police Department, a country club employee noticed a car submerged in the river, near the southeastern part of the golf course. Law enforcement quickly matched the vehicle to that of the missing person’s report and identified the two women. It is unknown how the women ended up in the river; police say at this time there is no evidence of criminal activity or foul play.Ripon police are working with the medical examiner to determine the exact cause of death. The investigation is ongoing.

Today we are reporting 8,531 community cases, 635 hospitalisations and 11 deaths.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. - A house party in Goodyear got out of control on the night of Feb. 19, when at least 200 teenagers reportedly invaded a house.Almost two months since the party, we are learning more about what happened.According to information we obtained on April 8, 21-year-old Salim Ghulam Mustafa has been booked into the Maricopa County Jail, while a juvenile was booked into the Durango Juvenile Detention Center."This is my first case really dealing with the social media, as far as search warrants into social media, and that’s stemmed from actually getting the originally party flier, and it just went from there," said Detective Travis Roller with the Goodyear Police Department.Mustafa is accused of felony criminal damage, two counts of criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and criminal nuisance.The incident happened at a vacant home, and a neighbor who was watching over the house witnessed the whole thing.In the aftermath of the party, beer and liquor bottles were left everywhere.

FILE-Image of cannabis plants at facility. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Positive marijuana drug tests for employees soared in U.S.

Toronto Police say a member or the force has been charged with assaulting a woman. As Matthew Bingley reports, Global News has learned the Constable charged, is the same officer acquitted of a gang sexual assault in 2015.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a man was injured in a broad daylight shooting Friday afternoon outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Officer were called to the area of 12th and Vine streets around 5 p.m for reports of a shooting. Philadelphia Police Captain John Walker told reporters that officers found a blood trail for several blocks that lead them to a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the arm. The victim was taken to Jefferson University Hospital in stable condition, according to police. Walker said investigators believe the shooting happened during an argument between two men. The shooter, a Black man wearing all black clothes and a white "item" on his head, then walked to 13th Street where investigators lost sight of him.Walker told reporters that there were people around during the shooting happened.