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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.

LOGAN - A 23-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was shot multiple times in Philadelphia's Logan neighborhood.Officials say police were called to the 5100 block of Hutchinson Street Sunday, around 8 p.m., on the report of a shooting.Responding officers found the 23-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds to the chin, the back of his neck and twice in the abdomen.The victim was taken to Einstein Medical Center in a private vehicle and listed in critical condition.Police say the investigation is active and ongoing. No weapon has been recovered and no arrests have been made.MORE HEADLINES:___Tips can be submitted by calling 215-686-TIPS (8477) or texting PPD TIP (773847).

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.

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 10: Scottie Scheffler is awarded the Green Jacket by 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama of Japan during the Green Jacket Ceremony after he won the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 10, 2022 in Augusta, Georgi AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Scottie Scheffler looked like a Masters champion even before he slipped into his green jacket, the model of calm as he methodically worked his way around the most stressful course in major championship golf.Sunday morning was different. That turned out to be the toughest test he had all day."I cried like a baby this morning.

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

OXFORD CIRCLE - A leader in a Northeast Philadelphia community is fighting for his life after a brutal carjacking and shooting in Oxford Circle Sunday morning.The Oxford Circle community is praying and hoping for 27-year-old Raheem Bell, who is in critical condition at the hospital."He has a beautiful family and comes from a wonderful home and we just want the violence to stop," said block captain Nneka Burnett.Burnett said Bell and his family are well known and loved in their neighborhood."I’ve been knowing Raheem for some years now. I watched him grow up," Burnett commented. "He’s a good, upstanding man. He’s a pillar in our community. Just this past Christmas, he did a toy drive for unfortunate families who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic."Police said Bell was attacked outside his home on the 1400 block of East Cheltanham Avenue in Oxford Circle.Police are looking for four men who pulled Bell out of his 2015 Mercedes-Benz, shot him in the stomach and took off with his car."It’s very sad, there’s a lot of carjackings all around different neighborhoods," said Chris Dinofa.

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.

Elon Musk's Twitter profile displayed on a computer screen and Twitter logo displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on April 9, 2022. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) As Twitter’s newest board member and largest shareholder, Elon Musk is already floating suggestions for changes he’d like to see on the social media platform.In a series of tweets late Saturday, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said that the company should include an "authentication checkmark" as a feature of its Twitter Blue premium subscription service, which costs $2.99 a month.Twitter adds a checkmark logo next to a user name when the account has been verified "authentic, notable and active."RELATED: Elon Musk to join Twitter's board, teases 'significant improvements'Musk also suggested Twitter make the authentication checkmarks of premium subscriber accounts different than those granted to official accounts belonging to public figures, for example.Elon Musk is now the largest shareholder of Twitter, purchasing a little more than 9% of the company this week, and then posting a poll on the social media giant asking if users want an edit button.

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.

Paxlovid COVID-19 antiviral pill for use against COVID-19 in January this year, but with a large supply of these pills available, experts say there is a lack of awareness among the public for who qualifies and how to access them.According to Health Canada, Paxlovid can be given to adults 18 and older who are positive for COVID-19 and experiencing mild to moderate illness and at high risk of becoming seriously ill.The agency currently recommends prioritizing severely immuno-compromised patients, people over 80 who haven’t had all their vaccine shots, and people over 60 living in remote and rural locations, long-term care homes and First Nations.The treatment, which has to be prescribed, involves taking three pills of two different drugs — nirmatrelvir and ritonavir — twice a day, for five days. It should be started after a positive COVID-19 test and within five days from the onset of symptoms, according to Dr.

MAYFAIR - Philadelphia Police are still looking for the shooter who killed 15-year-old Sean Toomey. He was killed more than a month ago, yet his impact on the community remains, as they came together for a fundraiser to benefit Sean’s family."I know Sean Toomey’s father had already lost a wife and now his child. I know that he’s suffering a lot.

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 27: Jada Pinkett Smith attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 27, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/FilmM LOS ANGELES - Jada Pinkett Smith is back on the red carpet.The 50-year-old actress had her first public appearance on Saturday night since The Academy banned Will Smith from the Oscars for slapping Chris Rock. Pinkett Smith was joined by Shonda Rhimes and Debbie Allen at the grand opening of the Rhimes Performing Arts Center, which will also be the home for Debbie Allen’s Dance Academy. Pinkett Smith was all smiles on the red carpet and was seen a strapless, gold dress, with matching earrings and heels.RELATED: Chris Rock reveals when he'll talk about Will Smith dramaSmith acknowledged the motion picture academy’s decision to ban him from the Oscars for 10 years on Friday.Will Smith slapped Chris Rock during the Oscars after he made a joke about his wife's hair loss.

SOCIETY HILL - It’s a terrible sight, walking out to a vehicle to find a flat tire. That was the reality for a lot of people this weekend.

PHILADELPHIA - Officers with the Philadelphia Police Department are investigating a carjacking and shooting in Frankford that took place on Sunday. According to police, the incident happened on the 1400 block of E Cheltenham Avenue at 4:46 a.m. Authorities say 27-year-old Raheem Bell was shot once in the stomach during a reported carjacking. He was transported to Temple University Hospital by private vehicle. A 27-year-old man is in critical condition after police say he was shot during a carjacking in Frankford.

CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation responded to the scene of a deadly shooting involving law enforcement in Savannah.Savannah police were called to the intersection of Oglethorpe Avenue and McDonough Street around 3:41 a.m. Sunday morning to investigate a fight between two men.Officers found a man in all black clothing "talking irrationally and carrying a makeshift weapon" on nearby Abercorn Street.

The Queen has spoken about her bout of Covid, saying it left her "very tired and exhausted", as she sympathised with a former virus patient who lost his brother and father to the illness.

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.

(Pixabay)ERIE, Pa. - Metal detectors will be installed at schools in the northwestern Pennsylvania district in which a student was injured in a shooting, school authorities said.Erie's Public Schools announced last week that planned changes to safety and security protocols will include "the installation of fully functioning metal detectors." The Erie Times-News said the portable detectors are planned at the district's two high schools and three middle schools.Also planned are audible alarms at exterior doors, other "updates to the intrusion system" and changes to interior doors, where necessary, to allow all teachers to lock classroom doors from the inside. Officials said the security camera system is being reviewed "to eliminate identified blind spots."School officials said those changes will not be in place by the end of spring break on April 18, so "a period of virtual learning will be necessary." All security changes are to be in place by the time students return to school in person, officials said.Multiple shots were fired just after 9:20 a.m.

RELATED: Corn could be the answer to high gas pricesLundberg said prices dropped dramatically in the past two weeks, in part because higher prices reduced demand during the second half of March.However, the drop isn't predictive of further declines because among other things, the global oil supply is tight due to a dip in output last month by OPEC, Lundberg said.The war in Ukraine also has sparked global uncertainty. The U.S.

Queen has revealed that her own private battle with Covid in February this year left her "very tired and exhausted" as she hit out at the "horrible pandemic".The monarch, who turns 96 later this month, tested positive for coronavirus earlier this year and, despite having what Buckingham Palace said were “mild cold-like symptoms”, continued with as many remote public duties as she could.At the time of diagnosis, royal insiders were supposedly "terrified" and even "holding their breath". She has since beaten the virus.And for the first time, on a virtual visit to the Royal London Hospital on Wednesday (April 6), Her Majesty shed some more light on what her experience had been like – even agreeing with another patient that having Covid was "very frightening".The remote Royal visit was held to mark the official opening of the hospital's Queen Elizabeth Unit.During a video call with workers and medical staff, the Queen listened to their stories of coping with the huge influx of Covid patients, and was told by one senior nurse “we held their hands, we wiped their tears and we provided comfort”.Around 800 people from across north-east London were treated at the 155-bed Queen Elizabeth Unit, built in five weeks to meet the demand instead of the normal time period of five months, and the Queen hailed the "Dunkirk spirit" on show during that time.Speaking to former Covid patient Asef Hussain, and his wife Shamina, the Queen said about the virus: “I’m glad that you’re getting better…It does leave one very tired and exhausted, doesn’t it? This horrible pandemic.

Ukraine, Western sanctions are starting to have an impact on Russia’s economy, experts say.“Their economy is really starting to shrink,” Mark Manger, associate professor at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, told Global News.Russia’s gross domestic product is estimated to shrink by 15 per cent by the end of the year, according to the International Institute of Finance.If levels drop to this level, Russia will see its greatest recession since 1992, according to data from The World Bank. This would also be twice as severe as the 2009 recession.Here’s a look at how Western sanctions are affecting Russia’s economy.

₹1,200 per dose to ₹225, Serum Institute of India announced a price cut from Rs600 to Rs225 per dose.

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POTTSVILLE, Pa. - Genetic material will be needed to positively identify the six people killed during an 80-vehicle pileup on a Pennsylvania interstate during a snow squall last month, authorities said.Dr. David Moylan III, the Schuylkill County coroner, told The (Pottsville) Republican-Herald on Friday that "we need to get some DNA samples" from relatives of the four men and two women killed in the March 28 crash on I-81.Officials said earlier that the victims of the March 28 crash near the Minersville exit of I-81 were all between 40 to 70 years old and all burned beyond recognition.

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.

Russia is being accused of committing another horrific war crime—this time at a railway station in eastern Ukraine. The devastating fallout and the condemnations from world leaders.

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

RELATED: Rainbow python goes viral on social media: ‘Stunning’Stolz said his son has been a professional guide at one of the Big 5 safari reserves in South Africa for 11 years.

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.

Raymond Disabatino (left) and Christopher Disabatino (right) were arrested by Delaware State Police for thefts of copper wiring.  (Delaware State Police)DOVER, Del. - Delaware State Police announced the arrest of two suspects allegedly connected to thefts, including wire copper. According to police, 26-year-old Christopher Disabatino of Historic New Castle and 54-year-old Raymond Disabatino of Newark were arrested on multiple felony criminal charges. Authorities say state police began investigating a series of copper wire thefts from the 900 block of Center Road on March 25. During the thefts, the suspects damaged the victim's property and removed about $50,000 worth in copper wiring, investigators say. According to police, the two were developed as suspects. ___MORE LOCAL HEADLINESOn April 8, police took both men into custody at Eastern Metal Recycling where they were attempting to sell the stolen copper wiring, authorities say. Raymond Disabatino, 54, of Newark, Delaware was arrested for thefts of copper wiring.  Investigators say detectives also had information linking Christopher to a burglary at Odyssey Charter School in Wilmington on December 2.

Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping announces the province will move away from daily COVID-19 public health data releases to weekly releases.

ANDREWS, Texas - Nine people died in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a coach from a New Mexico university who were returning home from a golf tournament, authorities said.A pickup truck crossed the center line of a two-lane road in Andrews County and crashed into a vehicle carrying members of the University of the Southwest men’s and women’s golf teams, said Sgt. Steven Blanco of the Texas Department of Public Safety.Six students and a faculty member were killed in the crash along with the driver and a passenger in the pickup truck, Blanco said.

coronavirus pandemic obliterated 9.3 million jobs in Southeast Asia as lockdowns hit the region’s traditional engines of growth such as hospitality and tourism, according to the Asian Development Bank.

BELLMAWR, N.J. - The cost of filling up a gas tank is painful, but now there is something that may sting even more - gas thieves on the rise.  They’re damaging cars and stirring up all kinds of emotions."It’s just unbelievable," says Cynthia Ross of West Philadelphia. "People go to any length to take from you, to harm you. They don’t care about your car, the money you have to put out to get it fixed and everybody is having a hard time, as it is."It’s a brazen crime that’s happening locally, as well as all across the country.Police in Allentown, Pa.

Karly Sindy's "FART" license plate. (Credit: Karly Sindy) ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A woman who made national headlines for her unusual "FART" license plate said the North Carolina DMV ordered her to remove the plate from her truck.Karly Sindy, 37, of Asheville, North Carolina, told FOX Television Stations that the DMV has allowed her to at least keep the plate in her possession after she used the word as an acronym for her newly-launched club. "I am bummed I don't get to keep the plate on my truck but I am glad the DMV is letting me keep the plate in my possession which I will use for official F.A.R.T.

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie have opened up about how Lady Gaga got them through the COVID-19 pandemic.The screen adaptation of the hit musical was released last year, and is based on the true story of British drag queen Jamie Campbell, with Max Harwood taking on the role of the titular character.At last night’s (March 13) BAFTAs, the film was up for the Outstanding British Film of the Year award, nominated alongside the likes of Lady Gaga’s House Of Gucci.Speaking to NME on the red carpet ahead of the ceremony, the real-life Campbell – who cameos in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – spoke on his love for Gaga, admitting he listened to her 2020 album ‘Chromatica’ a lot during the pandemic.“It really got me through a dark time during COVID,” he explained.

COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at the former Charles Street Bus Terminal in Kitchener is closing up shop and moving up to Grand River Hospital’s 40 Green building.Given that the list of Ontarians who qualify to be tested has shrunk dramatically, it should come as no surprise that the hospital is looking to scale back. Ontario likely won’t return to widespread COVID-19 PCR testing, health minister says “We have shifted from providing 500-600 tests per day to 30-60 tests per day over the last several weeks, and no longer require the level of infrastructure that the current site provides,” Bonnie Camm, GRH executive vice-president, stated.“The 40 Green location will support the quantity of testing still needed in our community, and provide more efficient access to our lab for the resulting of tests.”The clinic at the bus terminal will close on March 23 before reopening at its new location on March 25.Testing will be available by appointment Sunday to Friday from 7 a.m.

Bowing to pressure, the U.S. now says it will supply Ukrainian fighters with more weapons and security assistance.

on-ground events are back, opening up options for artistes, sponsors and event organisers. Comedy events are leading the race but music events including those by new, independent artistes are also gaining a niche but strong consumer base. 

Traci Braxton attends WE tv's "Braxton Family Values" Season 6 Premiere at The Doheny Room on April 02, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images) Singer Traci Braxton, who was the sister of Toni and Tamar Braxton, has died. She was 50.Toni announced the news on her Instagram account early Saturday on behalf of the Braxton family."It is with the utmost regret that we inform you of the passing of our sister, Traci.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) - Rattled by a derogatory shout from a spectator, Naomi Osaka went on to lose 6-0, 6-4 to Veronika Kudermetova of Russia in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday night.Osaka trailed in the first set when a woman in the stands shouted, "Osaka, you suck." The Japanese star approached the chair umpire to ask that something be done.

Crews with the Wilmington Fire Department responded to a fire at a two-story home in Wilmington, Delaware.  WILMINGTON, Del. - Units with the Wilmington Fire Department responded to a fatal fire Saturday morning. According to the department, the incident happened just after midnight on Saturday on E. 17th Street. Crews said the fire spread through the walls to the second floor.  When crews arrived, there was heavy fire and smoke on the first floor of a two-story single-family home, fire officials say. One person was found inside as crews began searching inside, according to the fire department.

A Ukranian serviceman walks towards the front line in the city of Irpin, northern Ukraine, on March 12, 2022. - Russian forces are positioned around Kiev on March 12, 2022 and are "blocking" Mariupol, where thousands of people are suffering a devasta The West has ramped up economic pressure on Russia, as the U.S.