Teen in extremely critical condition after getting shot in Philadelphia neighborhood, police say

PHILADELPHIA - Police are searching for four people in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Germantown. According to Chief Inspector Scott Small, the incident occurred just after 11 p.m. Thursday. Police say 14th District officers and medics responded to calls for an automobile accident with injuries in the 5400 block of Greene Street. When first responders arrived on scene, they found an unresponsive woman on the sidewalk with severe trauma to her head and body, Small says. Authorities say medics pronounced the woman dead on scene. Small says her identity is unknown at this time and that she appears to be a woman in her 40s or 50s. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESAccording to officials, she appeared to be wearing scrubs, but no identification was found. Investigators say a witness told police a white Chevrolet SUV traveling north on Greene Street when it crossed into oncoming traffic, jumped the curb and struck a utility pole, hitting it so hard that it split the pole in two places. After striking the pole, the car drove northbound on the curb and struck the woman walking, authorities say. Police say they believe she was dragged about 15 feet by the car before being run over. According to Small, the witness says after striking the woman, the car got back onto the northbound lane, stopped and then four people fled on foot. Authorities say they do not have any descriptions of the driver and passengers, but the vehicle is on location. Police know who the vehicle is registered to and they will be collecting evidence from the vehicle and the scene. Accident investigators are on location processing the scene and interviewing witnesses, authorities say. Police say four people fled the scene of a fatal hit-and-run in Germantown.

WAKEONE has announced that TO1 member Chan will be absent from the upcoming New York stop of the KCON US Tour 2022 amid health concerns.The South Korean label took to the K-pop boyband’s official Twitter page yesterday earlier today at New York local time (September 1) to announce that member Chan will not join the rest of his bandmates in the group’s performances at the upcoming New York stop of the KCON US Tour.“Chan wasn’t feeling well during a rehearsal for the KCON 2022 US Tour New York, and he is currently taking a rest,” read the company’s English statement. “Although the artist has a strong will to participate in the performance, we have decided [for] Chan not to attend the New York performance to prioritise the artist’s health and condition.”“We apologise to the fans for causing concern with the sudden news, and we promise to do our best for Chan’s recovery,” WAKEONE concluded.The New York iteration of the ongoing KCON US Tour, which is scheduled for tonight at local time, is the final stop of the tour, after a slew of performances across the US in the past month, in cities such as San Francisco, Houston, Atlanta and more.Aside from TO1, other acts who are part of the KCON tour include girl groups STAYC and LIGHTSUM, as well as boyband CRAVITY.

Sir Tom Jones, 82, already received a hip replacement back in 2017, but he is bracing himself for the prospect of having another one. Until then, he has been sitting down for his shows, and has had an inversion table added to his dressing room so he can hang upside down before taking to the stage.The Mama Told Me Not To Come singer has revealed in a new interview that four songs are typically his limit before he is forced to sit down again.He has shared his fears with his son Mark Woodward that he might not be accepted by American audiences when his USA tour begins later this month, agonising: "I hope they don't mind!"However, Mark, who manages the hitmaker, assured him: "Don't worry about it.

FlightAware SEATTLE - A pilot took to the skies on Monday and flipped the bird to Washington state, a flight tracking map shows.According to FlightAware, the Piper Navajo aircraft took off at 9:15 a.m. and landed at 4:09 p.m., a 7-hour flight.The motives behind the particular direction the middle finger is pointing are unknown - though it does appear to be motioning toward Whatcom County.Watch an animation of the flight path and follow FOX 13 Seattle on TikTok:This flight map appeared on Reddit in a post tilted "Looks like a Survey Pilot's last day today" and was first reported by the Bellingham Herald.Some top comments on the Reddit post - which has more than 730 comments include: "Talk about detail, he even put a thumb nail on!" and "As a former survey pilot, this is definitely something that would happen at the end of a contract."FOX 13 News looked into other recent flights taken by this aircraft and found a flight on Aug.

VOORHEES, N.J. - An outpouring of support in South Jersey for a beloved police officer recovering from emergency surgery. The officer is a familiar face to many in Voorhees.What began as a stomachache for a Voorhees police officer assigned the Early Childhood Center at Congregation Beth El turned out to be a lot more. He’s recovering in the hospital after major surgery and very missed."Orlando is beyond beloved here.

HARRISON TWP, N.J. - Harrison Township Fire Chief Matthew Cardile remembers exactly where he was when the powerful remnants of Hurricane Ida put his town in the crosshairs of a EF-3 tornado. "I never thought in 28 years of doing this business that I would see something like this," Cardile told FOX 29's Jennifer Joyce. "This is like something you see in the movies." Cardile captured the devastating scene from afar, recording the twister with 150 MPH winds and heavy rain as it bowled over a quiet community in Mullica Hill. He and other first responders immediately jumped into action to help victims who bore the brunt of the damage. The remnants of Hurricane Ida plowed over the Delaware Valley in late August of 2021.

Anne Heche died without a will, and her 20-year-old son has filed court papers to control her estate.Homer Laffoon, Heche’s son with ex-husband Coleman Laffoon, filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday requesting that he be allowed to administer his mother’s estate. Anne Heche’s death ruled an accident by coroner following car crash The petition lists Homer Laffoon and 13-year-old Atlas Tupper, Heche’s son with former partner James Tupper, as her only heirs.The document says the value of Heche’s estate is unknown.

A B.C. judge has awarded a business $90,000 in a defamation suit against a “disgruntled customer.”

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a 4-year-old child is fighting for their life after being shot Thursday night in Philadelphia's Germantown section. The shooting reportedly happened on East Penn Street around 8:30 p.m.Chief Inspector Scott Small from the Philadelphia Police Department said the 4-year-old is in critical condition at a local hospital. No information has been shared on what sparked the gunfire, and police have not said if any arrests have been made. This is a developing story

White House plan also relies in part of on local health departments, providers and community groups to reach out and encourage people to get the updated booster. Pharmacies, health providers and state or local health departments are preparing to send text messages to millions of people that will encourage them to get a booster this fall, White House officials said. Jha said he recommends most Americans get the booster by the end of October.

HOUSTON - A fight involving legendary Houston rappers, Z-Ro and Trae tha Truth continues to have people around the country talking and rumors flying. The video shows Z-Ro on the ground in what some have described as a defensive position while another man is seen throwing punches. MORE: Houston-based rappers Trae tha Truth, Z-Ro involved in viral fight videoZ-Ro claimed in an interview with FOX 26 reporter and host of Isiah Factor Uncensored, Isiah Carey, that he was lured away from a restaurant by Trae tha Truth before he was "sucker-punched" and attacked by several people. "It's Trae tha Truth. Yeah, he asked me to, after I was finished doing what I was doing with a fan, to come and speak to him," Z-Ro said.

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) recommends the use of the first bivalent booster vaccines designed specifically to protect against original COVID-19 and the most common forms of COVID-19 in Hawai‘i, the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants.The BA.5 subvariant accounts for an estimated 91% of the COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i. The BA.4 subvariant accounts for an additional 4% of the cases in Hawai‘i.“The COVID-19 boosters we have been using do a good job of protecting us against severe illness. The new bivalent boosters are an upgrade because they take into account mutations of the COVID-19 virus to specifically address Omicron subvariants,” said State Health Director Dr.

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is sounding an alarm Thursday night about what he views as extremist threats to American democracy from the restive forces of Trumpism. He's aiming to reframe the November elections as part of an unceasing battle for the "soul of the nation."Nearly two years after he defeated Donald Trump, it's a reprise of Biden's 2020 campaign theme, casting the midterm election stakes in as dire terms as those that sent him to the Oval Office.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - As the November elections in Pennsylvania inch closer, democratic senate candidate John Fetterman received vitriol from his counterpart, Dr. Mehmet Oz, about his refusal to agree to a debate. Fetterman, the state's sitting Lt.

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - There’s growing concern in Mercer County, New Jersey over a recent increase in Legionnaire’s Disease.Recent studies show the bacteria that causes it is in the water in half of all households in Hamilton.A local advocacy group, Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire’s Disease says that shows there’s a systemic problem with the water distribution system by Trenton Water Works.Four cases have been reported and one person has died. The state’s health and environmental protection departments are investigating.Legionnaire’s Disease is a pneumonia.

CHICAGO - Bused from Texas, a group of migrants shipped out to sanctuary cities arrived in Chicago Wednesday night as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to send undocumented immigrants into Democrat-led cities.The Republican governor announced Wednesday that Chicago — along with Washington D.C.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A federal judge Thursday appeared to give a boost to former President Donald Trump’s hopes for appointing an outside legal expert to review government records seized by the FBI, questioning the Justice Department’s arguments that Trump couldn’t make the request and that it would needlessly delay its investigation."Ultimately, what is the harm" in such an appointment, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon asked department lawyers.

An American sycamore grown from a seed that flew aboard Apollo 14, one of the original moon trees, stands at the Cradle of Forestry, situated on the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. (USDA Forest Service & NASA photo) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA’s Artemis program has deep figurative roots that go back to the Apollo moon missions of the 1960s and 1970s.

Mississippi is the first state to confirm that residents there will be taxed on student loan forgiveness, and four other states could follow suit.President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan would eliminate $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those with incomes below $125,000 a year, or households that earn less than $250,000. It would also cancel an additional $10,000 for those who received federal Pell Grants to attend college.Typically, debt forgiveness is considered taxable income under IRS tax code, but the American Rescue Plan exempts student loan forgiveness as taxable income from 2021-2025.

Chester High School was placed on lockdown after an incident in the school. The lockdown was lifted after about an hour.

Duane Taylor READING, Pa. - A 47-year-old man has been arrested and charged with kidnapping of a minor, after a 13-year-old Reading girl was taken from her home and an Amber Alert was issued Wednesday.Officials in Reading stated 47-year-old Duane Taylor, living in Brooklyn, New York, was charged Thursday with the kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl.Reading Police Chief Richard Tornielli detailed, at a press conference Thursday, the chain of events that led to Taylor’s arrest and the teen’s safe recovery.At about 7:45 Wednesday morning, the girl’s mother reported her missing from their home on the 500 block of South Court. The mom checked all over their home, then called police.Police arrived and watched video surveillance from the home.

An Ohio man is in hospital after he was stung approximately 20,000 times by bees while cutting tree branches last week, his family said.

A pair of new studies describe COVID-19–related parental loss and occupational death rates, with a global analysis finding that children were more likely to be orphaned if they live in the poorest countries with high rates of noncommunicable diseases, and the other showing that essential workers in California had higher rates of coronavirus deaths and excess deaths than those with less workplace exposure.

TUCSON, Ariz. - Country music star Luke Bell has died, Tucson, Arizona, police authorities confirmed to Fox News Digital. He was 32.An authority with the Tucson Police Department said that officers had responded to a report of an "unresponsive" male near the 5500 block of E. Grant Road on Aug.

Credit: Brittany Beard GROVELAND, Fla. - Many children might find Chloe the doll a bit – terrifying. But not Briar!The adorable 3-year-old from Central Florida loves her ‘Creepy Chloe’ doll with glowing red eyes so much that she dresses her up like a princess and takes her on trips to Walt Disney World – which has scored the family some pretty cool perks. Her mom, Brittany Beard, says Briar fell in love with the baby doll with gray, cracked skin after seeing her at the Spirit Halloween store. "She said, ‘But I’m it’s mommy and it needs me!’" Brittany wrote in a now viral Facebook post.

JACKSON, Miss. - Roughly 150,000 people are still without safe drinking water in Mississippi’s capital city days after Jackson’s water system partially failed. The situation is so dire, Mississippi officials are telling residents to shower with their mouths closed."You can shower or bathe, but please make sure in the shower that your mouth is not open," Jim Craig, Mississippi’s Director of Health Protection, said at a Wednesday news conference.The city water system partially failed early this week after Pearl River flooding exacerbated longstanding problems in one of two water-treatment plants.Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba said Jackson’s water system is troubled by short staffing and "decades of deferred maintenance." He said the influx of water from torrential rain changed the chemical composition needed for treatment, which slowed the process of pushing water out to customers.A city news release said the main water-treatment plant had "challenges with water chemistry" Wednesday, which led to a drop in output of water.

FILE - A police patrol car sits in a neighborhood. ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Authorities in Allentown are investigating the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man. The Lehigh County District Attorney's Office says Najeer T.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A bill that would have blocked California state prisons from transferring inmates to federal immigration custody was failing as lawmakers prepared to adjourn Wednesday.Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed similar legislation in 2019, saying then that it could "negatively impact prison operations." It also faced stiff opposition from law enforcement organizations, with the California Police Chiefs Association calling it "a major threat to public safety."State law prohibits local police and sheriffs from cooperating with U.S.

FILE - Oakland police investigate a double shooting in East Oakland, Calif., on June 29, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images) DETROIT - About 2 in 10 U.S.

Close-up shot of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shot being administered in Freeport, New York on November 30, 2021. (Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - The Biden administration hopes to make getting a COVID-19 booster as routine as going in for the yearly flu shot.That’s at the heart of its campaign to sell the newly authorized shot to an American public that has widely rejected COVID-19 boosters since they first became available last fall.Shots of the updated boosters, specifically designed by Pfizer and Moderna to respond to the omicron strain, could start within days.

PHILADELPHIA - Thursday marks one year since Category 4 Hurricane Ida tore through the East Coast, bringing devastation and damage to the Delaware Valley. According to FOX Weather, the storm made landfall in Grand Isle, Louisiana, before moving along the East Coast, dumping more than 10 inches of rain across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.

Florida was sentenced to life in prison on Monday following the death of her 18-month-old son from malnutrition.Sheila O’Leary, 38, was convicted of six charges in June: first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter, child abuse and two counts of child neglect. Florida man allegedly tried to ‘purchase’ girl from parents for $100K at grocery store O’Leary and her husband, both of whom are strict vegans, fed their 18-month-old child Ezra only raw fruits and vegetables and breast milk, The Associated Press reported.The husband, Ryan O’Leary, is currently in jail awaiting trial for the same six charges.The couple have two other children ages three and five, the Cape Coral Police Department reported.

CHELTENHAM TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Cheltenham Township Police are investigating a double shooting that left two people injured on Thursday. According to police, the shooting happened around 2:21 a.m.

A total of two million people across the country are estimated to be suffering from long Covid, new figures suggest.

PHILADELPHIA - Two men were shot while sitting outside of a friend's apartment in Southwest Philadelphia, police say. Officials say the incident happened just after 11 p.m.

James Theodore Highhouse, right, arrives for his sentencing hearing at U.S. District Court with his attorney Jaime Dorenbaum, left, in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.

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assisted living facility in California died and two others were hospitalized after the care home’s staff accidentally served them dishwashing liquid instead of juice, officials say.On the evening of Aug. 28, local police were dispatched to the Atria Hillsdale care home in San Mateo, Calif., after receiving a report “of a female being poisoned,” according to a statement.Police learned that three of the residents had been hospitalized after ingesting toxic chemicals.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia is shoring up its security measures ahead of a visit from President Joe Biden who will deliver a prime time speech outside Independence Hall on Thursday. The White House announced that Biden will make a stop in Philadelphia while he was in Pennsylvania stumping for democratic senate candidate John Fetterman. Billed as a major address just over two months before the midterm elections, Biden, the White House said, will discuss how the nation's standing in the world and its democracy are at stake."He will talk about the progress we have made as a nation to protect our democracy, but how our rights and freedoms are still under attack," the White House said. "And he will make clear who is fighting for those rights, fighting for those freedoms, and fighting for our democracy."MORE LOCAL HEADLINESBiden's visit to Philadelphia will come two days after police said a teenager fired shots into the air on Market Street in Old City, causing tourists and bystanders to scramble in panic. The shooting, which happened just two blocks away from where Biden will make his address, highlights the city's worsening problem with gun violence.

NETHER PROVIDENCE, Pa. - A young girl from Delaware County is saving lives, even after she lost her own, her sudden loss immediately helping to save the lives of two people and maybe more in the future."Mackenzie was the biggest personality in the room," mom Liz Raiburn described her daughter.Liz has been posting a picture of her 7-year-old daughter Mackenzie Rose every week since she’s been born.Those proud mom posts continued through the summer, even after the Wallingford family got devastating news from her doctors."We spent about six days in the hospital and that’s when we got the diagnosis of Severe Aplastic Anemia," Liz said.Mackenzie had a rare bone marrow disorder and desperately needed a transplant to stay alive. Thanks to a bone marrow donor, over the weekend, Mackenzie was sent to Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington for the procedure.But, the surgery didn’t go as planned."During her transplant, she complained of a severe headache and her blood pressure got high," Liz explained.

VOORHEES, N.J. - A New Jersey Buddhist temple in on high alert monks say the sanctuary was burglarized for the second time in three months. Director of the Preah Buddha Rangsey Buddhist Temple Alexander Kahn said the alleged theft happened around 6 p.m. Wednesday and was all caught on camera. The suspected thief is seen entering a building rummaging through personal items before casually leaving with a few hundred dollars stolen from another monk and an immigrant family. "$100 is a lot from someone coming from Cambodia, going back to Cambodia people live off of a cup of rice," Khan said. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESHe believe Wednesday's theft was carried out by someone from the same group that has tormented their temple before. "They knew the landscape of the property like they were in there before," Khan said. The Voorhees Police Department said a man was arrested on-site and charged with burglary and theft.Last spring, Khan told FOX 29's Jennifer Joyce that their head monk thwarted a thief who was attempting to steal $12k that was intended for another monk's family in Cambodia. The Voorhees Police Department said a man was arrested on-site and charged with burglary and theft.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. - An Arizona elementary school student has accomplished a lot and he's only in third grade.Greyson is only in third grade and has already written 31 picture books. He writes about things he likes – animals and weather.His reason for writing books might melt your heart.He has even sold a book at a book fair, so he's considered a published author."It's really easy, but it's also hard at the same time," he said.RELATED: Boy born with 12 fingers writes inspirational children's book: 'It’s okay to be different'He started writing in the second grade."It inspired me when I learned how to read.

FILE - Mary Peltola, photographed at the Resource Industry Trade Organizations Host Congressional Candidate Forum. (Ash Adams for The Washington Post via Getty Images)Democrat Mary Peltola won the special election for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat on Wednesday, besting a field that included Republican Sarah Palin, who was seeking a political comeback in the state where she was once governor.Peltola, who is Yup’ik and turned 49 on Wednesday, will become the first Alaska Native to serve in the House and the first woman to hold the seat.

READING, Pa. - A Reading girl is safe after a 47-yer-old man kidnapped her from her home early Wednesday morning.Reading officials spoke Wednesday evening about an Amber Alert that had been issued for 13-year-old Janae Kalia-Henry. The alert was canceled after Henry was found safe.Reading Police Chief Richard Tornielli stated Henry had been abducted by 47-year-old Duane Taylor from her home on the 500 block of South Court, about 2 a.m.