American children missing in Mexico: State Department 'aware of reports of 2 missing US citizens'

OAKLAND, Calif. - A 33-year-old woman's body was wrapped in plastic, rolled up in a carpet and dumped in Oakland, the victim's mother told KTVU.Christy Miles said her daughter, Megan Ashley Lynch, was found dead in the 2100 block of Brush Street on March 23.The Alameda County Coroner would not identify the woman, citing a press hold on her death. Oakland police would only confirm that the death on Brush Street just after 10:15 a.m. was suspicious.

VENICE, CA - JUNE 09: California Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer (L) and actress Rosario Dawson attend the grand opening of the MedMen marijuana dispensary shop on Venices Abbot Kinney Boulevard on June 9, 2018 in Venice, California. (Photo by Ama SAN FRANCISCO - It could cost California more than $800 billion to compensate Black residents for generations of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination, economists have told a state panel considering reparations.The preliminary estimate is more than 2.5 times California’s $300 billion annual budget, and does not include a recommended $1 million per older Black resident for health disparities that have shortened their average life span.

FILE - A box containing two free doses of Narcan nasal spray during Narcan training at HIPS, a community outreach organization, in Washington, D.C. on March 13, 2023.

Mental health services for children and young people are struggling with recruiting and maintaining staff in Wigan, a meeting heard.

PHILADELPHIA - Deadly gun violence continues to plague the city of Philadelphia and the everyday lives of its residents, and now the issue has trickled even further into the schools of innocent children.The School District of Philadelphia says 99 of its students have been shot so far this school year, 18 of them killed and 81 others wounded.That number increased this week after a 15-year-old student was gunned down and killed on his way to Simon Gratz High School in Nicetown on Monday.A tragic day for the entire community as school officials say students witnessed the deadly shooting and ran into school. All Mastery schools closed Tuesday for a day of healing."That trauma lasts," said Scott Gordon, CEO of Mastery Simon Gratz High School.

HONOLULU - Hawaii authorities on Tuesday say they have referred 33 people to U.S. law enforcement after the group allegedly harassed a pod of wild dolphins in waters off the Big Island.It's against federal law to swim within 50 yards (45 meters) of spinner dolphins in Hawaii’s nearshore waters.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - An alarm blared and lights flashed as a heavily armed assailant stalked the hallways of The Covenant School.Surveillance footage of the shooting Monday at the private Christian school in Nashville showed many familiar security measures, including the double set of locked glass doors the killer shot their way through before fatally shooting three children and three school employees."It’s just next to impossible to stop someone with an AR-17 coming through the door," said George Grant, a leader with the Nashville Presbytery, which is connected with the school. Grant said the presbytery doesn’t have a formal security program for its churches and schools but that members have worked together to share best practices and improve safety.RELATED: Nashville shooter legally bought 7 guns before attack on Christian school, police sayAround the U.S., private schools generally do not face as many requirements as public schools for developing security plans.

WEST READING, Pa. - The Reading community is preparing to honor the seven people who died in the R.M. Chocolate Factory explosion last Friday. Officials with the Berks County Coroner's Office have only identified 49-year-old Amy Sandoe and 60-year-old Domingo Cruz, with five victims pending identification.  Related Days after the deadly explosion at the R.M.

WARREN, Mich. (FOX 2) - A Metro Detroit family is sharing their heartbreak after losing their baby just four months after she was born.

Generic Boy Scouts of America photograph for possible future use, photographed Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, in Chicago, Ill.

Active cases in India have climbed to 11,903, while round 4,41,66,925 people have recovered from the infection New Delhi: India reported 2,151 new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours with daily positivity rate at 1.51%, the union health ministry said on Wednesday. The country has recorded more than 44.8 million cases, and 530,848 deaths so far. Covid cases have been increasing across the country with Karnataka reporting 806 active cases and Kerala 2877 active cases.

A Nashville local news reporter opened up to viewers while covering the Covenant School massacre Monday, sharing her own ties to gun violence.

A total of 2,208 cases were recorded on October 28 last year India recorded a single-day rise of 2,151 new coronavirus cases, the highest in five months, according to the Union health ministry. As per the data updated, the active cases increased to 11,903 on Wednesday.

BRISTOL, Pa. - Quick actions from those in charge of a water treatment facility near a chemical spill along the Delaware River prevented the harmful toxins from entering the plant. Health officials in Bucks County said Sunday that between 8,100 and 12,000 gallons of a water-based latex-finishing solution spilled into the river late Friday because of a burst pipe at the Trinseo Altuglas chemical facility in Bristol Township.The midnight spill happened at low tide less than half a mile upstream from the AQUA Pennsylvania water treatment facility. AQUA President Mark Lucca said by the time he heard about the spill the plant had already been shutdown thanks in part to early warning sensors that helped them decide to shut off water intake from the river. "The first thing people are asking us is ‘is my water safe to drink?’ It absolutely is safe to drink, how do we know? Because it never got into the plant" Lucca said. RELATED COVERAGEAQUA's local water reserves were fairly high, so Bristol's water supply was never threatened.

WEST READING, Pa. - Federal safety officials are investigating the role of a natural gas pipeline in a fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory, the National Transportation Safety Board announced Tuesday.Friday's powerful explosion at R.M. Palmer Co.

PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation said it will close a heavily trafficked exit ramp on I-95 in Philadelphia to improve traffic flow and reduce accidents. Exit 27 will permanently close on April 18 and I-95 traffic headed to Bridge Street and Harbison Avenue will use exit 26 to access Aramingo Avenue. Likewise, Betsy Ross Bridge traffic will no longer use I-95 North to access Aramingo Avenue and motorists will instead continue straight onto the new Aramingo Avenue ramp. According to PennDOT, from 2017-2021 there were 30 crashes on the northbound side of Aramingo Avenue between Margaret and James strees. "Part of the goal of the I 95 reconstruction is to take exits that currently take you down onto one lane streets or residential streets and remove those," PennDOT consultant Paul Shultes said."To prepare for that we have been working now for 15 years on improving the more major streets like Aramingo Avenue and Tacony Street to handle the traffic directly from the interstate."The $267.9M project will also improve surface roads on Tacony, Bridge and James Street as well as modify traffic signals to improve traffic flow.

CLEVELAND (AP) - Two men accused of stuffing fish with lead weights and fish fillets in an attempt to win thousands of dollars in an Ohio fishing tournament last fall pleaded guilty Monday to charges including cheating.The cheating allegations surfaced in September when Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament Director Jason Fischer became suspicious when the fish turned in by Jacob Runyan, of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and Chase Cominsky, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, were significantly heavier than typical walleye.A crowd of people at Gordon Park in Cleveland watched as Fischer cut the walleye open and found weights and walleye fillets stuffed inside.RELATED: Ohio fishing scandal: 2 men caught cheating at tournament charged, prosecutors sayAs part of a plea deal, Runyan and Cominsky pleaded guilty to cheating and unlawful ownership of wild animals and agreed to three-year suspensions of their fishing licenses. Cominsky also agreed to give up his bass boat worth $100,000.Prosecutors agreed to drop attempted grand theft and possessing criminal tools charges.Both men are scheduled to be sentenced May 11.

PHILADELPHIA - Mayor Jim Kenney announced Tuesday that Philadelphia's tap water is safe to consume and use following a weekend chemical spill along the Delaware River. "I'm pleased to announce Philadelphia's drinking water will not be impacted by the spill in Bucks County that occurred over the weekend," Kenney said at a Tuesday press conference. "The threat is passed, I repeat: all city's drinking water is safe to drink and will not be impacted by the spill."Health officials in Bucks County, just north of Philadelphia, said Sunday that between 8,100 and 12,000 gallons (30,700 and 120,000 liters) of a water-based latex-finishing solution spilled into the river late Friday due to a burst pipe at the Trinseo Altuglas chemical facility in Bristol Township.Reporters stopped Mayor Kenney at an event to press him on the status of Philadelphia's tap water after a chemical spill and confusing communication from the city left residents panic-buying bottled water.Residents in Philadelphia have accused Kenney and city leaders of mixed messaging about the safety of the city's tap water since the spill.

St, Kitts, Frigate Bay, . (Photo by Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - At least 14 people from the African nation of Cameroon were rescued from waters in the eastern Caribbean early Tuesday after their boat capsized, but three people were dead and 13 others missing, authorities in St. Kitts said.The group had departed Antigua early Tuesday aboard a boat carrying 32 passengers that apparently was en route to the U.S.

FILE-Sign with logo for Boy Scouts of America in the Silicon Valley, Foster City, California, April 11, 2020. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) DOVER, Del. - A federal district court judge has upheld the approval of a $2.4 billion bankruptcy reorganization plan aimed at resolving tens of thousands of child sexual abuse claims against the Boy Scouts of America.The ruling docketed Tuesday rejects arguments by non-settling insurance companies and attorneys representing dissenting abuse survivors that the reorganization plan was not proposed in good faith and improperly strips the insurers and survivors of their rights.RELATED: Boy Scouts to sell off camps amid strain from sexual abuse suitsThe ruling follows a September decision in which U.S.

An Australian company has lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct mammoth. (Credit: Aico Lind www.studioaico.nl)Throw another mammoth on the barbie?An Australian company on Tuesday lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct pachyderm, saying it was meant to fire up public debate about the hi-tech treat.The launch in an Amsterdam science museum came just days before April 1 so there was an elephant in the room: Is this for real?"This is not an April Fools joke," said Tim Noakesmith, founder of Australian startup Vow.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The shooter who killed three students and three staff members at a Christian school in Nashville legally bought seven weapons in recent years and hid the guns from their parents before carrying out the attack by firing indiscriminately at victims and spraying gunfire through doors and windows, police said Tuesday.The violence Monday at The Covenant School was the latest school shooting to roil the nation and was planned carefully.

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BETHESDA - Adnan Syed's murder conviction was reinstated Tuesday following an opinion released by Maryland's Court of Appeals. The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled the state’s law provides victims with the right to prior notice of the hearing on a motion to vacate convictions, and that right was violated in the case of the family of Hae Min lee, Syed’s ex-girlfriend and high school classmate who died more than two decades ago. The court ruled that giving her brother, Young Lee, only one business day before the hearing was "insufficient time to reasonably allow Mr. Lee, who lived in California, to attend the hearing in person," and required him to attend the hearing remotely."Because the circuit court violated Mr.

Several barges are on the loose in the Ohio River. One carrying methanol is sinking.

Strawberry biscuits. (Credit: Popeyes) MIAMI - Popeyes is putting on twist one of its most popular menu items: the biscuit.The fast-food chain is rolling out its new Strawberry Biscuits.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - WARNING: Graphic videos. Viewer discretion advised.Authorities rendered aid to a man suspected of stealing a patrol car and leading California Highway Patrol officers on a high-speed pursuit through the Lancaster area before bailing out of the cruiser.SkyFOX was live and captured the moment the suspect jumped out of the car traveling around 70 mph, headed eastbound on the 138 Freeway.A man in a stolen police car jumped out of the vehicle shortly after one of its tires blew.

FILE - Hitting Coach Ken Griffey Jr. #24 of Team USA looks on during batting practice prior to the 2023 World Baseball Classic Championship game between Team USA and Team Japan at loanDepot Park on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Miami, Florida. (Mary DeCicco/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images)Ken Griffey Jr.

In shocking footage that looks like it was ripped straight from a Hollywood action movie, an onboard Tesla dashcam captured the moment a pickup truck’s tire flew off, hitting another car and sending it soaring high into the air on a California highway.

Covid. ITV Good Morning Britain and I'm A Celebrity star Kate is planning on getting Derek out and about for "short trips". Kate wants Derek to get out with “bursts of fresh air” which could aid his recovery, according to reports.

PHILADELPHIA - An innocent animal was found injured and terrified after local animal advocates say its was left for dead in an Overbrook shooting Monday night.Reports of a dog hit by a car prompted a response to the 1200 block of South 54th Street.

A horse became trapped in snow in Utah and had to be rescued. (Credit: McKay Wadley) PARK CITY, Utah - A horse had to be rescued in Utah after becoming trapped in the snow and enduring below-freezing temperatures. Park City Fire officials said they responded to the scene on Parkway Drive Monday morning. They believe a horse was pushed out of the barn by another horse and had sunk down deep in the snow. RELATED: Horse racing's national anti-doping program starts"The horse was unable to move and spent the night stuck in the snow," fire officials told FOX Television Stations in a statement. Crews had to dig a path, about 3o to 40 feet, through the snow to get from the barn to the horse's location.

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signs Senate Bill 4, ensuring all students have access to free and healthy school meals, with sponsors Senator Leo Jaramillo (left) and Senator Michael Padilla (right) and fifth grade student Alejandro Najer (David Lienemann/Office of the Governor)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed legislation to provide free school meals to all students regardless of family income, as New Mexico and several other states look to fill the gap left by lapsed federal pandemic-era benefit programs and address the strain to family budgets caused by food prices.The bill cleared the Legislature during the recent 60-day session, with lawmakers setting aside more than $22 million in the state budget to help pay for the program.

SKYFOX flew over N 20th Street as investigators remained on scene following a double shooting.  PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department are on scene in the city after a double shooting in broad daylight, according to police. Authorities say the shooting occurred on the 2400 block of North 20th Street in the city's North Philadelphia section just after 12:45 p.m. According to officials, a 35-year-old man was shot five times in the upper body and transported to Temple University Hospital, where he is in critical condition. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESA second man was grazed in the side and transported by fire department medics to the hospital, where he is in stable condition, police say. Authorities say the scene was held for investigators, but no arrests have been made. 

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - FEBRUARY 18: A general view of the Salt Lake City skyline taken during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games on February 18, 2002 in Salt Lake CIty, Utah. ( Photo by: Brian Bahr/Getty Images) CEDAR FORT, Utah - A snowmobiler was found dead after authorities said he was buried in 22 feet of snow. The Utah County's Sheriff's Office said they found the body of a 38-year-old man in an avalanche in Pole Canyon near Cedar Fort Monday night. According to FOX 13, authorities said the man was snowmobiling with "with a friend and going from the Tooele County side of the mountain to the Utah County side."RELATED: Avalanche temporarily strands more than 1,000 people at popular Utah ski areaThe news outlet reported the friend made it out and called for help.

PHILADELPHIA - Shelves were left empty as Philadelphia residents fled to grocery stores to wait in endless lines for bottled water after news of a chemical spill broke over the weekend.Mayor Jim Kenney was confronted by local reporters Tuesday after the city sent out several contradictory advisories, leaving residents confused and concerned about the city's water quality.Although he admitted to the chemical spill being a "scary" situation, the mayor said he does not regret the city's response."When we weren’t sure, we had to give people some advisory, so people would be safe," he said. "If we had held onto the information you would be asking me why we didn’t say anything."RELATED COVERAGE: Tap water deemed 'safe' to drink, use in Philadelphia at least through Wednesday night, officials sayIn response to panic-buying across Philadelphia and beyond, Kenney said the city didn't set up a water distribution center because they didn't think there would be a run on bottled water."Look we had a run on toilet paper during Covid that didn’t make sense either, and people buy 10 cases of water is pretty selfish," he said.RELATED COVERAGE: Philadelphians panic-buy bottled water despite reassurance from city leaders about tap waterThe mayor went on to confirm that the water supply is safe, and that the bottled-water advisory was merely a suggestion made out of an abundance of safety."I don't think this is rocket science here," the mayor said.As of Tuesday afternoon, Philadelphia officials say tap water is safe to drink until 11:59 p.m.

Robin Wolfenden prays at a makeshift memorial for victims outside the Covenant School building at the Covenant Presbyterian Church following a shooting, in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 28, 2023. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The six people who were fatally shot at a Christian elementary school in Nashville Monday included 9-year-old Hallie Scruggs, the daughter of the pastor whose church runs The Covenant School.The massacre by a former student also claimed the life of its Head of School, Katherine Koonce, who had written on the school's website that "we are participating in the miracle of (students') development and seeing them transform into who they will be."Three children and three adults died at the Presbyterian school, which was founded in 2001 in the affluent Green Hills neighborhood just south of downtown Nashville, Tennessee.RELATED: Nashville school shooting bodycam video shows officers down suspect within minutesA shooting at a Tennessee private Christian grade school left three students and three adults dead, including the head of the school, and the shooter was killed by police, authorities said.

FALLS TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Two police officers in Bucks County are part of an investigation after shooting a suspect, according to the district attorney's office. Authorities say the incident began with a traffic stop early Tuesday morning in Falls Township. The male suspect is accused of displaying a handgun to police two separate times before he fled from police in his vehicle, officials say. According to police, the firearm was secured after the man was shot. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESOfficials say officers provided aid to the man until medics arrived to transport him to a local hospital, where he underwent surgery. The officers involved in the incident were not injured and are on paid leave while the shooting is investigated, per police. No additional details were released and the Bucks County DA's Office says no names will be released until a determination on the shooting is made. 

Chipotle Mexican Grill logo sign is seen on a restaurant in New York, United States, on October 25, 2022. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Chipotle Mexican Grill agreed to pay nearly a quarter of a million dollars to dozens of former employees from its shuttered Maine restaurant. The fast casual food chain agreed to issue $240,000 in back pay to 24 employees who worked at the Augusta location "as part of a settlement for illegally closing the restaurant in the middle of a union organizing drive" in July, according to the Maine AFL-CIO. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) confirmed to FOX Business that the money will be issued to the employees who were on the payroll when the store was shuttered. Maine AFL-CIO, a state federation of over 160 unions across Maine, announced on Facebook that this marks a "win for food service workers across the country." MICHIGAN BECOMES FIRST STATE IN DECADES TO REPEAL 'RIGHT-TO-WORK' LAW"It sends a message to corporations that shutting down a store and blackballing workers didn't work for Chipotle, and it won't work for them either," Brandi McNease, a former Augusta Chipotle employee and lead Chipotle United organizer, said in a statement. The NLRB announced in November that the company violated federal labor law by closing a Maine restaurant before labor organizers had the chance to try and unionize. Workers at the store filed a petition with the NLRB in June seeking to hold a union election.

FOX is helping the American Red Cross in its relief efforts to support communities impacted by the recent tornadoes and storms in southern states. (FOX) FOX Corporation announced that it donated $1 million to the American Red Cross to support its mission to provide aid and resources – including water, medical supplies, housing support, and more – for people impacted by the recent tornadoes and storms in southern states. FOX is a proud member of the Red Cross’ annual disaster relief program and lends additional support in the wake of other disasters like the Mississippi tornado that killed 25 people, injured dozens of others, and destroyed homes.One person was killed in Alabama.RELATED: Recovery from deadly Mississippi tornado tough for low-income residentsFOX is helping the American Red Cross in its relief efforts to support communities impacted by the recent tornadoes and storms in southern states.

The new breakfast tacos at Dunkin’ are pictured in a provided image. BOSTON - Dunkin’ is adding new breakfast tacos to its menus nationwide, the latest fast food chain to increase its a.m.