Woman who lost $35K in distraction theft feels ‘victimized’ twice after bank denies reimbursement

Prepare yourself for a roller coaster ride this week, y’all.

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 16: Smoke escapes as a drone surveys the scene after a fire at Loafers Lodge on May 16, 2023 in Wellington, New Zealand. At least 10 people are dead and many more are unaccounted for after a blaze broke out at a four-sto WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A fire ripped through a hostel in New Zealand’s capital overnight, killing at least six people and forcing others to flee the four-story building in their pajamas in what a fire chief on Tuesday called his "worst nightmare."Fifty-two people in the Loafers Lodge Hostel in Wellington have been accounted for, but firefighters are still looking for others, said Wellington Fire and Emergency District Manager Nick Pyatt.

SAN FRANCISCO - The security guard who shot and killed alleged shoplifter Banko Brown outside a Walgreens in San Francisco will not be prosecuted, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins told KTVU in a one-on-one interview on Monday. "We do not believe there is sufficient evidence to overcome what we would expect his defense of self-defense to be," Jenkins said. "[Anthony] has specifically articulated to the police, more than once, the facts surrounding the incident and explained that he believed he was in imminent danger, and at this time we don’t believe there is anything to overcome those statements." Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, 33, was working as a security guard for the Walgreens at 4th and Market Streets in San Francisco, when he shot and killed Brown, 24, on April 27 during an altercation in which Brown was allegedly shoplifting. In a surveillance video obtained by KTVU, Anthony can be seen trying to stop Brown as he tries to leave Walgreens with a bag of items. The video shows Anthony trying to stop Brown from exiting the store with a blue bag filled with items, and Brown pushing Anthony's shoulder first. Anthony then shoves back, the video shows, and the two began to physically struggle. The pair began to wrestle and Anthony brings Brown to the ground and applies what looks like a choke hold while on Brown's back, the video shows.

PHILADELPHIA - At a time when gun violence continues to surge across the city, Philadelphia police are asking for help to solve a stolen firearms case.Police released video they say captured the moment a woman in a red and white dress stole a gun from a car last week.The suspect can be seen trying several door handles of parked cars as she walks down the 2200 block of West Cumberland Street She eventually found an unlocked car, got inside and exited a few minutes later.MORE HEADLINES:A black 9mm Smith and Wesson M&P Shield 2.0 pistol was taken from the vehicle, according to authorities.Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

Signs of recovery in Canada’s housing market after a year-long slump, just as higher borrowing costs are expected to slow much of the rest of the economy, could raise inflation and delay a shift by the central bank to interest rate cuts, analysts said.

PHILADELPHIA - One man's actions thwarted what would have been his own daytime carjacking on the streets of Chinatown earlier this month.Police say two teen suspects followed the victim after he parked his car on the 1000 block of Race Street on May 7.They snatched his keys, ran back to his car and attempted to drive off in it, according to authorities.However, police say the victim pulled one of the suspects from his car and took back his keys after a brief struggle.MORE HEADLINES:The suspects then fled in an unknown direction.

A determined Lanarkshire woman who lost her partner to suicide led a demo at the Scottish Parliament recently.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - The number of young people losing their lives to gun violence is sobering. Mother’s Day can be especially difficult for their parents and Sunday, they have a plea for people to put their guns down.Daphne Brown points to a blanket with photographs and states, "This is why I have this photo blanket, for memories, because he was my only child."Mother’s Day brings a compounded pain for Daphne Brown.

Ja Morant #12 of the Memphis Grizzlies reacts against the Los Angeles Lakers during Game Five of the Western Conference First Round Playoffs at FedExForum on April 26, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images) Ja Morant was suspended by the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday after he appeared to be holding a gun in another social media video that was streamed live on Instagram.It’s the second time in less than three months that Morant was seen on Instagram holding what appeared to be a weapon.

PHILADELPHIA - A Sunday morning shooting claimed the life a woman in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion neighborhood.Police found the 43-year-old woman inside a corner store on the 2400 block of North 29th Street around 5:30 a.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene after suffering a gunshot wound to the face.MORE HEADLINES:A weapon was recovered, but a motive is still known at this time, and no suspect description has been released.The deadly shooting is under investigation.

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The city of Buffalo will pause Sunday to mark the passing of one year since a gunman killed 10 people and wounded three others in a racist attack that targeted Black people at a city supermarket.A moment of silence followed by the chiming of church bells at 2:28 p.m. will honor victims of the massacre at the Tops Friendly Market on May 14, 2022."The racially motivated mass shooting shook our community to its core.

PHILADELPHIA - A shooting in West Philadelphia has left one woman injured and another wanted by police.Officers arrived to find a woman suffering a gunshot wound to the arm inside a home on the 800 block of South 56th Street around 2 a.m.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - A family is grieving the death of a beloved mother and grandmother after the 76-year-old was hit by a school bus and died in La Puente.The California Highway Patrol, which investigates crashes involving school buses, said the incident happened on Monday, May 8 at around 2:20 p.m. on Hacienda Boulevard and Fairgrove Avenue. Blanca Arcelia Guerrero, the mom of 6, was crossing the intersection when she was struck by a Hacienda La Puente Unified school bus. The Medical Examiner's office ruled Guerrero's cause of death as blunt force trauma.

Stock image of terraced housing in England. via Getty Creative Images A British housing association apologized after discovering a tenant’s body in his home possibly six years after he died. "Everyone at Bolton at Home has been deeply shocked by this, and we realize it will concern and upset people to learn his body remained undiscovered for such a long time," Noel Sharpe, chief executive of Bolton At Home, said in a statement. "It's completely unacceptable to us that something like this has happened, and we've taken action to reduce the risk of it happening again," Sharpe added.

CAMDEN COUNTY, N.J. - Emergency crews were called to battle a blaze that left several homes heavily damaged, and a firefighter injured in South Jersey this weekend.Flames grew to a 3-alarm fire at a condominium complex on Gregorys Way in Voorhees Saturday morning.Officials say all residents were able to self-evacuate their homes without any injuries as the fire spread to eight units in total.Footage from the scene showed severe damage to several condos with at least one roof appearing to collapse.MORE HEADLINES:One firefighter sustained a minor injury at the scene.

Linda Yaccarino (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images) Elon Musk on Friday officially named former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter.Yaccarino, who is known as the "velvet hammer" in the ad world according to the Wall Street Journal, stepped down as global chair of advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal on Friday morning. She will succeed Musk in six weeks.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are asking for the public's help to find a 98-year-old woman they say has not been seen or spoken to in approximately two weeks.Celia Shilder, 98, was last seen by neighbors on the 800 block of Fairfield Street in Northeast Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA - Another shooting victim is fighting for their life after as the weekend began with gun violence on the streets of North Philadelphia.Police say a man in his 50s was found shot in the chest on the 2700 block of Germantown Avenue around 2:30 a.m. Saturday.He was transported to a local hospital, where he is listed in critical condition with at least one gunshot wound.MORE HEADLINES:It is unclear what led to the shooting, and no suspect description has been released.

Toronto Maple Leafs are out of the Stanley Cup playoffs.Nick Cousins scored at 15:32 of overtime and Sergei Bobrovsky made 50 saves as the Florida Panthers downed Toronto 3-2 on Friday to win the teams’ second-round playoff series 4-1.Cousins buried his second goal of the playoffs off the rush shortside on Leafs rookie Joseph Woll in the extra period to send his team to the Eastern Conference final for the first time since 1996.Aaron Ekblad and Carter Verhaeghe, with a goal and an assist each, provided the rest of the offence for the Panthers.Florida _ the team with the fewest points to qualify for the post-season _ took all three games in Toronto and improved to 6-1 on the road this spring after also upsetting the record-setting Boston Bruins.

PHILADELPHIA - Court documents reveal how investigators were able to tie a formerly incarcerated woman to the orchestrated escape of two Philadelphia inmates that sparked a citywide manhunt. Xianni Stalling, 21, was taken into custody Thursday in connection to the Sunday night escape of Ameen Hust, 18, and Nasir Grant, 24, from Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center. The inmates were absent for three headcounts in the hours following their escape, but prison officials say they were not aware Hurst and Grant were gone until late Monday afternoon. Sources told FOX 29 the inmates' cell doors and the door to a recreation yard were left unlocked, which allowed the duo to pass through undetected before escaping through a hole in a fence. From there, an affidavit claims Hurst and Grant were able to climb over two additional barbed wire fences and onto the 8300 block of State Road. The woman has been charged with criminal conspiracy, hindering apprehension, escape and use of a communication facility, according to Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner.Documents show that three hours before the escape, Hurst had a phone conversation with an unknown man during which he made arrangements to be picked up near a bridge behind the prison.Authorities believe that Xianni Stallings helped facilitate that conversation, and alluded to Hurst and Grant's escape during a video call with another prisoner a day later. During that conversation, court documents say Stallings appeared shocked that the unnamed inmate she spoke to hadn't heard about the prison break. "You had the opportunity to run from jail," Stallings is allegedly heard saying.

Emma Smith (left) and Lianiece Torres (right) were last seen together leaving Mastery school in Camden. CAMDEN - Authorities in Camden are searching for two young girls who they say were last seen leaving a local school on Friday. Emma Smith, 12, and Lianiece Torres, 13, were wearing their school uniforms when police say they left Mastery School on Vine Street. Smith is described as 5-feet-tall, 130 pounds with blue-green eyes and blonde hair.

Scratch’N Win ticket on May 4, just one week after she decided to leave one of her two full-time jobs in order to spend more time with her family.“Last Friday was my last day at my other job and so I actually had to call in rich,” Sullivan said.“It’s very surreal, very ‘pinch me, I’m not sure if I’m dreaming,’ she continued.

DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa. - A special election is underway in Delaware County and whichever party wins will determine who controls the Pennsylvania House.On a quiet Delaware County street, the high-stakes race for Pa.’s 163rd District state house seat plays out. On one lawn, a sign for Republican Katie Ford.

Jamie Foxx‘s daughter Corinne Foxx is speaking out in response to rumors about his health, specifically that the family is “preparing for the worst.”

HATFIELD, Pa. - A man and a woman are dead after a house fire in Hatfield early Friday morning.Fire crews were called to the 2800 block of Washington Lane just before 4:30 a.m. for a house fire.

ESCONDIDO, Calif. - An 8-week-old kitten is on the mend after the tiny animal got its head stuck in the frame of a truck in California. The driver of the truck was on the road on Monday and heard "meowing sounds" at a stop sign, according to the San Diego Humane Society. Upon further inspection, the driver discovered the female kitten with its head stuck in a hole in the frame of the truck.RELATED: Watch: Police respond to calls for help, turns out to be 'very upset goat'The truck driver contacted the San Diego Humane Society, whose staff members sedated the kitten and worked to safely extract the animal. "After sedating the kitten, they patiently used Q-tips to dislodge her head and free her from the tight spot," the humane society said in a post on Facebook about the ordeal. The kitten was then taken to the humane society’s Escondido campus "for additional care, including pain medication, fluids, antibiotics and a good meal."The kitten is pictured in screengrabs from a video shared by the San Diego Humane Society of the rescue.

FILE-Image of a sunset in Alaska. (Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) UTQIAGVIK, Alaska - It will be a "sunshine tsunami" for one northern Alaskan town for the next 83 days.Friday marks the first day with 24-hour daylight in the annual period known to locals as Midnight Sun.The sun rose Thursday at 2:12 a.m AKDT in Utqiagvik.

NEWARK, Del. - A suspect accused of carjacking a woman outside a Delaware gym in the middle of the day has been arrested as the search for a second continues, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Officials say the carjacking took place on May 7 just before 3 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA - A man has died after he was hit by a car while crossing the street in North Philadelphia, police say. According to officials, the incident occurred on Thursday night around 9:30 p.m.

in Louisiana are investigating a "suspicious death" after a body was found in a walk-in freezer at an Arby's restaurant in New Iberia, police said.The New Iberia Police Department said the female victim was an employee at the restaurant on E. Admiral Doyle Drive, according to KADN.

Chicago police said Wednesday.The four were ordered held without bail Wednesday by Judge David Kelly, who said prosecutors had provided “a mountain of evidence“ that the suspects had “engaged in a very violent crime spree.”Preston was technically off her shift when she was killed, but she was still wearing her uniform that night as she walked home. The Chicago Police Department said Monday that it will rule Preston’s killing a “line of duty death,” which will secure additional benefits for Preston’s family.After the bond hearing for the four teens on Wednesday, Preston’s mother, Dionne Mhoon, said she was “heartbroken” and “full of anger, rage, questions why.”An initial timeline of events was released by police, who believe the teens drove past the off-duty cop in a sedan and circled back to approach her as she stood outside her home in Avalon Park, a neighbourhood in Chicago’s South Side.Residential surveillance video shows three people getting out of the sedan and running toward Preston.

Lainey Wilson, with some big wins at the 58th annual ACM Awards and a spotlight stealing performance.ET's Rachel Smith spoke with Wilson after the show, and the celebrated country crooner opened up about her father, Brian — who she previously brought to an awards show last November, and revealed that he'd suffered from an infection due to diabetic ketoacidosis that left him in the ICU for nearly two months.As it turns out, her dad was in the audience on Thursday to watch his little girl take home four ACM Awards — including Female Artist of the Year — and is back to doing what he loves after a long recovery process.He's good! He's here tonight, out in the crowd, and he's doing OK," Wilson shared. «He's getting to ride the tractor and farm, he's back doing those kind of things.

PHILADELPHIA - One of two inmates who escaped from a Philadelphia prison last weekend was taken into custody by federal authorities, according to law enforcement sources. Nasir Grant, 24, was arrested by U.S. Marshals Thursday night near the 2800 block of Dauphin Street in the city's Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, sources said. Grant and 18-year-old Ameen Hurst sprung themselves free from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center around 8:30 p.m.

grocery rebate as early as July 5, the federal government said Thursday.In a statement, the government said the grocery rebate will be delivered to eligible Canadians on that date, by direct deposit or cheque through the Canada Revenue Agency.The rebate will be up to $467 for eligible couples with two children, $234 for single Canadians without children, and $225 for seniors, on average.The announcement came as Bill C-46, the Cost of Living Act, which allows the rebate, received Royal Assent on Thursday. The legislation also includes a $2 billion Canada Health Transfer (CHT) top-up to reduce backlogs and wait times, the statement said.The grocery rebate was introduced in the 2023 federal budget as a way to compensate Canadians for higher grocery prices due to inflation, though the rebate can be spent on anything.“It is excellent news for Canadians that Bill C-46 received Royal Assent today, following unanimous approval by the House of Commons just a few weeks ago,” Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a statement.The rebate will be issued automatically to about 11 million Canadians whose household income is $38,000 or less, and individuals who make $32,000 or less.There is no need to apply for the grocery rebate, which will be delivered along with the July GST Credit payment.

LOGAN - Philadelphia police report the shooting of four people, including the fatal shooting on one man and the wounding of a 7-year-old, in the city’s Logan neighborhood.Officials say the shooting happened on the 5900 block of North 21st Street, Thursday evening, just before 6 p.m.Police arrived to find a 7-year-old with a gunshot wound to the leg. The condition of the child was not disclosed.The people were taken to Einstein Medical Center where one man died after arrival.No other details were released regarding the other victims.An investigation into the shooting is underway.___Tips can be submitted by calling 215-686-TIPS (8477) or texting PPD TIP (773847).

NEWARK, Del. - A Georgia woman, accused of Cruelty to Animals by Newark, Delaware police, has turned herself in, while a dog in her care died from injuries sustained April 28.Syniah Percell, a 25-year-old Marietta, Georgia resident, turned herself into Newark Police May 9.According to officials, police were called to an apartment on the 100 block of Thorn Lane on the report of an injured dog.A resident left Percell in charge of the resident's Yorkshire Terrier while out of the apartment.When the ower returned home, the dog was "acting strange, walking oddly and had a bruise on its body," police say.MORE HEADLINES:The dog was then taken to a veterinarian and the vet found the dog suffering from severe injuries.During the police investigation, video was found that the friend left in charge, identified as Percell, abused the dog while in her control.The dog died from the injuries sustained.Percell turned herself in and faced a judge by video.

PHILADELPHIA - An arrest has been made in the killing of a 16-year-old boy who police say was gunned down on a Philadelphia street nearly a month ago. Aysir Clark was taken into custody Tuesday after he surrendered to authorities on the 400 block of North Broad Street in North Philadelphia, police reported. Clark is believed to be linked to the Apr.

Hurricane Katrina "survivors" stuffed in an attic – bearer bonds. They took the tattered documents to the Louisiana Treasurer’s office, where officials pieced them together 18 years later. "You never know what could be unclaimed property," Louisiana Treasurer John Schroder said in a news release.Hurricane Katrina's storm surge swamped New Orleans then levee and pump failures compounded the flooding. (Louisiana Treasury / FOX Weather)PROPERTY SUSTAIN HURRICANE DAMAGE? HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO"So a bearer bond is a bond like municipal bond or anything else that was issued before there were computers," he added.

WASHINGTON DC - A Delaware man and woman have been indicted on charges of sex trafficking, labor trafficking and other related offenses, federal and state officials announced.The pair were charged with helping each other commit sex trafficking and forced labor trafficking of 13 victims.According to officials, between 2014 and 2020, the indictment reads that 66-year-old Clifton H. Gibbs and 44-year-old Brooke D.

PHILADELPHIA - A woman has been arrested and charged with helping two prisoners escape from a Philadelphia prison earlier this week, police say. According to Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore Jr., 21-year-old Xianni Stallings helped Ameen Hurst, 18, Nasir Grant, 24, escape the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center.  Related A manhunt is underway for two inmates who officials say left their cell and escaped a Philadelphia prison through a hole in a perimeter fence. Authorities say a recorded jail phone call from one of the men before the escape helped investigators make the connection to Stallings. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner says the woman is facing multiple charges in connection to the escape. The DAO requested bail be set at $2 million, but a judge set it for $500,000. This is a developing story.

PHILADELPHIA - Mother's Day is a celebration for women to celebrate their role as mothers, but for many women in Philadelphia, the day is a solemn one. As Philadelphia continues to battle its ongoing gun crime crisis, many women are mourning the loss of children who died as a result of violence. FOX 29's Steve Keeley spoke with a group of mothers treated to a spa day by Glossy Nails in North Philadelphia as they prepare to mark an emotional Mother's Day without their children. Glossy Nails Boutique and Sixx Degrees Media partnered to give the group of mothers the special day. Michelle De Jesus lost two sons to gun violence and she says Mother's Day never gets easier. She says she lost one son in the month of July and the other son in August, making the summer months difficult for her. "I know God wanted his sons so he took them, but the guns have got to stop. It's really sad," she said. Movita Johnson Harrell, a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, also lost two sons to gun violence. Movita Johnson-Harrell, who lost her own son to gun violence, discusses the recent shootings in Philadelphia.The faces of her two sons were plastered across her t-shirt and on a poster as she spoke on Good Day Philadelphia. Harrell says she has been fighting against gun violence on the front lines after her first son was killed in a case of mistaken identity.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday mpox was no longer a global health emergency, ending a nearly year-long alert for the viral disease that led to confirmed cases in more than hundred countries.

Al Roker is on the road to recovery after undergoing a total knee replacement on Tuesday. Just one day later, the weatherman shared an update on social media by posting a video of himself walking around on his new knee with the help of a walker, and even making his way down some prop stairs using a cane.«Up and walking this morning on the #newknee #stepbystep,» he wrote, thanking his doctor. «Wearing a negative pressure pump to help facilitate wound healing.»Roker's wife, Deborah Roberts, also offered a look at Roker's recovery with a selfie from his hospital bed. «Wednesday wonder.

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Police Department has made an arrest in a deadly hit-and-run in Center City, according to authorities. Dominique Murphy, 37, of West Philadelphia, was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault by vehicle, and related charges after being taken in as a person of interest, police announced Thursday morning. Dominique Murray, 37 According to authorities, Murray was allegedly operating a dark gray Jeep with its headlights off on Tuesday night, speeding down JFK Boulevard in the wrong direction around 10 p.m. Officers followed the vehicle, which then sped onto the 1300 block of Arch Street, striking a woman and one of her three children as they were crossing the street. After striking them, the officers stopped to render aid and the Jeep continued, fleeing the scene. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESThe woman, identified as a 38-year-old, suffered severe head trauma and was initially placed in critical condition.