Woman, 22, killed in hit-and-run by suspected drunk driver she refused to ride with earlier, authorities say

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Amanda Bynes was detained by police over the weekend and taken into custody for a mental health evaluation.

Juneteenth 2023: What’s open and closed on Monday for the federal holidayFor beginners and those brushing up history, here's how the holiday came to be and how you can mark the occasion. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed.A young girl sits on a man's shoulders during the Louisville Juneteenth Festival at the Big Four Lawn on June 19, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) Although President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in 1863, it could not be enforced in many places in the South until the Civil War ended in 1865. Even then, some white people who had profited from their unpaid labor were reluctant to share the news.Laura Smalley, freed from a plantation near Bellville, Texas, remembered in a 1941 interview that the man she referred to as "old master" came home from fighting in the Civil War and didn’t tell the people he enslaved what had happened."Old master didn’t tell, you know, they was free," Smalley said.

MIFFLINTOWN, Pa. - Officials are expressing shock and sadness at the death of one state trooper and the critical wounding of another hours apart in central Pennsylvania over the weekend.Police in Juniata County said a man engaged troopers at about 12:45 p.m. Saturday near the Lewistown barracks and shot one trooper, who was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. Authorities found the man shortly before 3 p.m.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.J. - Three teenagers were on the front porch of a South Jersey home when police say a suspect fatally opened fire, then fled the scene.Officers responded to the 100 block of Oxford Street late Saturday night to find the three shooting victims.Two of the victims, a 16-year-old female and 17-year-old male, were pronounced dead at the scene.MORE HEADLINES:A 17-year-old male was also shot, and transported to a local hospital in stable condition.Police say the deadly shooting was a "targeted assault" by an unknown suspect, who is still on the run.Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

PHILADELPHIA - Three more victims struck by gunfire as another weekend shooting erupted in a Philadelphia neighborhood early Sunday morning.Several shots were fired shortly after 1 a.m.

A labourer quenches his thirst on a hot summer day in Amritsar on June 13, 2023. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP) (Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images) At least 96 people died in two of India's most populous states over the last several days, officials said Sunday, with swaths of the country reeling from a sweltering heat wave.The deaths happened in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh and eastern Bihar where authorities warned residents over 60 and others suffering various maladies to stay indoors during the daytime.All the fatalities in Uttar Pradesh, totaling 54, were reported in Ballia district, some 300 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Lucknow, the state capital.

disability benefits she receives due to her rheumatoid arthritis.I’m constantly behind (on bills), especially as things get more and more expensive,” Davidson said.“And it’s getting harder and harder just to do anything. Some weeks, I have to decide on eating healthy or skipping meals or tightening things down because it’s just getting harder.”Davidson’s situation is typical of Canadians receiving disability benefits across the country.

QUINCY, Wash. - A person has been taken into custody after the Grant County Sheriff's Office issued an ‘active shooter’ alert at a campground near the Gorge Amphitheater. Around 8:48 p,.m., the sheriff's office posted on Facebook: "Active shooter at Gorge Amphitheater. If at the Gorge, seek cover.

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Sunwing Airlines, integrating the low-cost carrier into its mainline business within two years as part of a plan to streamline operations.In an internal memo obtained by The Canadian Press, Sunwing Airlines president Len Corrado says the change will unlock growth opportunities for the 18-year-old company as well as its employees.The decision comes barely a week after WestJet opted to fold budget subsidiary Swoop’s operations under its flagship banner as well.Both moves magnify the major consolidation of the Canadian aviation market that followed WestJet’s acquisition of Sunwing’s main airline and vacation divisions last month.The memo gave no indication that Sunwing Vacations would also shut down, suggesting that WestJet planes could be flying Sunwing tour package customers to their destinations.Last week, WestJet announced it would fold Swoop into its main business by late October as the country’s second-biggest airline recalibrates amid a fiercely competitive market.

Amanda Bynes is going through some hard times again.

PHILADELPHIA - A rideshare driver on route taking a passenger through North Philadelphia was shot and severely injured on Wednesday night, authorities say. He later succumbed to his injuries and died.According to police, the incident happened just after 11 p.m.

AMES, IA - FEBRUARY 27: Head coach Bob Huggins of the West Virginia Mountaineers reacts to a call by an official in the first half of play against the Iowa State Cyclones at Hilton Coliseum on February 27, 2023 in Ames, Iowa. (Photo by David Purdy/Ge West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, a month after the university suspended him for three games for using an anti-gay slur while also denigrating Catholics during a radio interview.Huggins, 69, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was pulled over by police in Pittsburgh on Friday night.

MIFFLINTOWN, Pa. - Two state troopers were shot, one of whom was killed, in central Pennsylvania on Saturday, authorities said.Officials with the Pennsylvania State Police said one trooper encountered an armed person sometime around 12:45 Saturday afternoon near Mifflintown in Juniata County.The trooper was shot and wounded and taken to a hospital for treatment. The trooper was said to have serious injuries.Authorities said the suspect was located at about 2:45 p.m.

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in the U.S., Americans are set to gather this weekend at events filled with music, food and fireworks. President Joe Biden signed legislation in 2021 to make June 19 the nation’s 12th federal holiday. "Juneteenth" calls back to June 19, 1865 – the day the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. On that day, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to order freedom for the enslaved Black people in the state.

LEWISTOWN, Pa. - A state trooper was shot and wounded in central Pennsylvania on Saturday, authorities said.Trooper Jaccob Rhymestine said the trooper encountered an armed person sometime after 11 a.m. near the Lewistown barracks in Juniata County.Rhymestine said the trooper was shot and wounded.

an induced coma. On June 10, a family member confirmed that the Celebrity Big Brother star had spent five days in an induced coma after undergoing brain surgery. However, in a new update issued by the 45-year-old's family, it said that the TV personality is still unable to walk.

A new Partygate police probe could be launched as previously unseen footage has been released showing Tory staff partying and breaking lockdown rules in December 2020. A bombshell video reveals how officials mocked strict Covid regulations at the Conservative Campaign Headquarters in London.

GRAND CANYON. Ariz. - A man fell to his death this week while touring the Grand Canyon and walking across its viewing platform. The 33-year-old plummeted from the edge of the canyon's "Sky Walk" attraction — a walkway that extends out over the chasm and allows tourists to look down to its bottom.The unidentified man fell over 4,000 ft, the Mohave County Sheriff's Office said."About 9am Monday (6/5) morning, the technical rope rescue team from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue responded to Grand Canyon West Skywalk for a 33-year-old male who went over the edge at the Sky Walk into the canyon," said the sheriff's office.GRAND CANYON, AZ - MARCH 20: Members of the media and the Hualapai tribe take a preview walk on the Skywalk, billed as the first-ever cantilever-shaped glass walkway extending 70 feet from the western Grand Canyon's rim more than 4,000 feet above the Officials launched a rescue effort, including helicopter support, but found the victim dead at the scene."Two short-haul technicians (rope specialists) responded with Kingman DPS Ranger helicopter to the scene and determined the man was deceased," the sheriff's office said.

VALLEY MILLS, Texas – A Texas boy has died after he was struck by lightning last month while walking home from school with his father.Grayson Boggs' death was the fifth lightning fatality of the year in the U.S. and the second in Texas.

Suspect Robert Wayne Grayson was arrested by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Department after allegedly beating a woman in a moving car. (Tusla County Sheriff's Office ) A good Samaritan in Oklahoma followed a suspect who was allegedly beating a woman in a traveling car while simultaneously providing 911 dispatchers a play-by-play of what he was witnessing, leading to the suspect’s arrest. "Thank you to the Good Samaritan who assisted us in apprehending Robert Wayne Grayson," the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office posted to Twitter of the incident. Deputies said the good Samaritan called 911 on Saturday after witnessing a car swerve on Highway 75 near the town of Owasso, a Tulsa suburb. "As he got closer to this vehicle to see what was going on, he could see the male driver physically attacking the female passenger.

(File photo) Bush plane delivers essential provisions needed for survival in the wilderness and most remote parts of the country, Alaska. (Photo By: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Bush pilot Jim Tweto, known for his starring role in the Discovery Channel’s "Flying Wild Alaska" series, was killed along with a hunting and fishing guide from Idaho when their small plane crashed shortly after takeoff, Alaska State Troopers said.Tweto’s family-run rural aviation business in Unalakleet was featured in three seasons of the television series a decade ago.

WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT - JUNE 16: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the National Safer Communities Summit at the University of Hartford on June 16, 2023 in West Hartford, Connecticut.

An injured person is treated at a local clinic after an attack in Mpondwe, Uganda, on June 17, 2023 at the Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School. The death toll from an attack on a school in western Uganda by militants linked to the Islamic State group KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a secondary school near the border with Congo, the local mayor said Saturday.At least six people were abducted by the rebels, who fled across the porous border into Congo after the raid on Friday night, according to the Ugandan military.Authorities blamed the massacre at Lhubiriha Secondary School in the border town of Mpondwe on the Allied Democratic Forces, a shadowy extremist group with ties to the Islamic State, which has been launching attacks for years from bases in volatile eastern Congo.RELATED: Searchers who found children missing for 40 days turned to ayahuasca for helpThe victims included the students, one guard and two members of the local community who were killed outside the school, Mpondwe-Lhubiriha Mayor Selevest Mapoze told The Associated Press.Mapoze said that some of the students suffered fatal burns when the rebels set fire to a dormitory and others were shot or hacked with machetes.TOPSHOT - A boy is conforted at the scene of an attack in Mpondwe, Uganda, on June 17, 2023 at the Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School.

BALTIMORE, Md. - A Baltimore area bus crashed into a building Saturday afternoon, injuring 17 people, according to reports.The bus reportedly crashed into a building at 500 W Franklin St. in central Baltimore.Emergency responders are reporting an initial 17 injured in need of care and requesting an additional five medics, according to Baltimore Metro News.The scene has been declared a Level 1 Mass Casualty Incident (MCI), and emergency responders are requesting additional resources, according to local reports.

Big Brother star Lauren Harries’ family have updated fans on her health, after she was put into an induced coma due to a mystery illness, after undergoing brain surgery. After falling ill with a mystery illness back in April, Lauren underwent brain surgery and was placed into an induced coma following a seizure. On June 10, her family updated her fans that she was now awake however she was “unable to walk”.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - JUNE 14: Kyle Schwarber #12 of the Philadelphia Phillies follows through on a swing against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on June 14, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) OAKLAND, Calif. - Kyle Schwarber homered on the first pitch of the game, J.T. Realmuto and Alec Bohm also went deep and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Oakland Athletics 6-1 on Friday night for their fourth straight victory.Oakland lost its third in a row following a season-high, seven-game winning streak.

PHILADELPHIA - Police say two children were found on the scene of a shooting that erupted overnight in West Philadelphia.At least one shot was fired on the 200 block of 63rd Street shortly after midnight Saturday.A 27-year-old woman was taken to a local hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to her face. Police say a 25-year-old man was with her at the time. His connection to the shooting, as well as his relationship to the victim, is unclear at this time.MORE HEADLINES:Two boys, ages 4 and 6, were also taken to a local children's hospital, according to authorities.

PHILADELPHIA - President Joe Biden will tout his pro-labor bona fides on Saturday at his first major political rally since he formalized his reelection campaign, appearing alongside union members to make his case that his economic agenda is boosting the middle class.His campaign says Biden, who will appear at the Philadelphia Convention Center, will "lay out the core principles of his economic message" in his remarks. Biden also plans to talk about how a sweeping climate, tax and health care package he signed into law last year has cut the cost of prescription drugs and lowered insurance premiums, as his administration focuses on his achievements his first two years the centerpiece argument for his reelection.Prior to the campaign event, Biden is set to take an aerial tour of Interstate 95 after portions of the critical roadway collapsed a week ago, leaving resident and commuters in travel turmoil as crews work around the clock to reconstruct the now-demolished overpass.The president is expected to receive a briefing on emergency repair and reconstruction efforts before making remarks at Philadelphia International Airport.RELATED COVERAGE: I-95 collapse: Live camera shows real-time progress of interstate reconstructionSeveral of the nation's most powerful unions — including the AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees — officially endorsed Biden's campaign ahead of the event.

New Delhi: Health and family welfare minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday chaired a virtual meeting with central and state health agencies to address the health-related challenges arising from the impending monsoon and potential flooding in Assam. Mandaviya stressed the need for robust coordination between central and state health institutions to ensure seamless management of floods and any other emergencies that may arise.

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Etobicoke bungalow, pointing out landline telephones in the bedrooms and an office.Latyshko and his wife have five landline telephones in various rooms. Since the couple do not own cellular phones, the home phones represent the only way they can call the outside world.But recently, the 95-year-old retired public school teacher says he and his wife were left without any Bell phone service for several days after the telecommunications company chose to switch his phone service from traditional copper wire to fibre.“I’m complaining about how they’ve done it.

Donald Trump had an eventful Tuesday to say the least.

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers are hosting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence on the team's LGBTQ+ Pride Night after a month-long public debate that drew national headlines. Leading up to the Friday, June 16 LGBTQ+ Pride Night, it has been a public relations roller coaster ride for both the Dodgers and the Sisters, to say the least, over the last several weeks as both organizations faced backlash from individuals and groups from various walks of life.The Sisters, who aren't actual nuns but are known for dressing like them in public, made headlines earlier in the Spring after religious organizations and Sen. Marco Rubio accused the group of mocking Catholics and Christians.

criminal harassment following an incident in Windsor earlier this week.According to the Windsor Police Service, officers were contacted on Thursday after a 36-year-old woman reported being consistently harassed through social media following the Wortley Village Pride event in London last weekend.Police say the harassment continued with the suspect driving from London to a hospital in Windsor where he took a ‘selfie’ with the alleged victim’s terminally ill father.Police say the accused posted the photo on social media and sent it to the woman.No physical injuries were reported in the incident.Bubba Christopher Michael Pollock, 34, of London, was arrested by members of the London Police Service.

a crowdfunding campaign to raise $20,000 to file a court injunction against AHS lifting its facility mask mandate on June 19. That gofundme hit its goal in less than 24 hours.Keegan said he’s trying to look out for patients, staff and members of the public.“Anybody who’s on AHS premises, we need to be able to rely upon the air, to have reasonable things in place to keep it safe,” he told Global News.“We know that COVID is airborne.

TACONY - Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Transportation is predicting progress will soon be seen at the collapsed section of I-95 as workers have begun to fill the gaping hole on the once-busy span.Friday morning, a large conveyor belt was angled over the opening in the highway while below workers drop the glass aggregate along a wall. From the air, the massive support beams are gone fully exposing the gaping hole to be filled and capped with pavement before traffic returns.The head of PennDOT, Michael Carroll, said workers were dropping the aggregate fill where the highway footings once were. "I consider it filling the hole," said Carroll.

SEATTLE - The suspect accused of shooting and killing a pregnant woman in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood refused to appear in court on Wednesday, and newly released court documents indicate that the shooting may have been random. Officers were called to Fourth Ave and Lenora Street just after 11 a.m. on Tuesday for reports of a shooting.

PITTSBURGH - A truck driver who expressed hated of Jews was convicted Friday of barging into a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find, killing 11 congregants in an act of antisemitic terror for which he could be sentenced to die.The guilty verdict was a foregone conclusion after Robert Bowers’ own lawyers conceded at the trial’s outset that he attacked and killed worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S.

FILE - US currency is photographed on June 23, 2022.(Photo by LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images) A man in North Carolina said he plans to buy his mother a home after winning more than $500,000 in the lottery. Randy Williams, of Greenville, woke up in the middle of the night on Wednesday to check his Cash 5 numbers and found that he had won a $518,774 jackpot prize, according to the NC Lottery. "I’m going to buy my mom a house," Williams, 48, told lottery officials. "She’s very happy."Williams said he couldn’t contain his excitement when he saw the amount he won."I just ran through the house hollering," he recalled.

animal rescue agency is asking for help as adoption rates sit at an all-time low while more dogs are coming into their care.Precious Paws Rescue says that post-pandemic, and with the rising cost of living, they are seeing an increase in dogs being given up and a decrease in people looking to adopt a furry friend.The animal rescue agency is a charity that helps re-home dogs from shelters and owner surrenders and helps owners who can’t afford pet food or emergency surgeries.The rescue’s founder says 2023 has been the most challenging year for adoption applications in their 17 years of operation.“COVID brought a huge surge in people who wanted dogs because they were at home, and it was just more feasible for them. During COVID, we had all kinds of applications, and the dogs were placed in homes fairly quickly once they were ready for adoption,” Cassandra Hauck says.“This year, we’re finding even that healthy, happy, 12-week-old puppies are not getting applications very quickly.”She says they are seeing a lot of dogs purchased during the pandemic that were not properly trained are now being given up.Hauck says they’re seeing more dogs being surrendered, and need more people looking to adopt.She notes on average, they usually have between 10 to 20 dogs at a time in foster homes, but right now, they have 25.Some of their dogs have been with foster families for more than a year.“I think that people being back working outside of the home is making it more difficult to have time for pets in their home.

TORONTO - A bus carrying seniors to a casino collided with a semi-trailer truck at a highway intersection in a rural part of the Canadian province of Manitoba Thursday, killing 15 people and injuring 10 more, police said.Rob Hill, Commanding Officer of the Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said the bus was carrying 25 people and authorities in Manitoba were deploying all their resources to the scene. Ten people were taken to hospitals.TV broadcasters aired images of what looked like a large van or bus smoldering in a ditch near a transport truck with a smashed engine on a road.

making a name for herself in the modelling world, starring in campaigns for Marc Jacobs, YSL and Versace, but alongside her day job, the 20-year-old makes time to raise awareness of her health condition. Lila has type 1 diabetes, and can often be seen wearing her insulin pump and monitor, both on the runway and at events.