Biden visits Seattle on Earth Day: President signs order to protect old-growth forests from fire

announced this week a recall of Jif peanut butter products sold in the U.S. due to potential salmonella contamination.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local partners are investigating a multistate outbreak of salmonella infections linked to certain products.

READING, Pa. - A man is being charged with homicide in connection to the death of a man who went missing last year.Darlyn De La Rosa -Abreu was reported missing after picking up a fare in his cab on August 8, 2021.Police say remains believed to be De La Rosa–Abreu were found Friday near Old Church Road in North Heidelberg Township.Johnny Palaguachi, who was reportedly identified as De La Rosa–Abreu's last fare, was then taken into custody.AdvertisementPalaguachi is charged with criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and theft by unlawful taking. 

Ukraine invasion, an independent investigation has found that he has been ill for five years. Independent Russian media outlet Proekt looked into Vladimir Putin's lengthy public absences and medical visits from 2017, surmising that he has been ill since then.

GAYLORD, Mich. (FOX2) - Two people are dead and at least 44 injured after a rare tornado hammered the northern Michigan city of Gaylord late Friday afternoon.Police said Saturday morning that they found a second victim in at a mobile home park overnight, raising the death toll from the believed one.

PHILADELPHIA - An 18-year-old and 21-year-old man were injured during a shooting in North Philadelphia early Saturday morning.Police say both men were shot in the leg while standing outside a convenience store on the 2200 block of Toronto Street just after 1:30 a.m.They were dropped off at a local hospital in a car police say was stolen and connected to a robbery earlier this week.

Mark Simpkins MONTGOMERY COUNTY - A man wanted by police since last year is now in custody after a pursuit in Montgomery County on Saturday.An arrest warrant was issued for Mark Simpkins Jr. by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole on Oct.

OCEAN CITY, N.J. - Ocean City Beach Patrol and first responders pulled three kids caught in a rip current Saturday.Officials said the call came about noon for swimmers in trouble off 10th Street in Ocean City.Beach Patrol and first responders arrived and found two swimmers, successfully rescuing them from the rip current.According to authorities, personnel then spotted a shirt in the water. It was then they spotted a third swimmer submerged.

Horses work out on the Pimlico track early Tuesday as preparations for Saturday's Preakness Stakes are underway. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) The 147th Preakness could be run in some of the hottest weather in the history of the Triple Crown race.The temperature at Pimlico Race Course soared above 90 degrees Fahrenheit just after 1 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA - A man is dead after a two-car crash sent one car spinning out of control Saturday morning.Police say a 38-year-old man in a Chevy Equinox was driving north on Broad Street when it crashed with a Chevy Suburban turning left in the opposite direction.The Equinox spun out, hitting a pole and tree.

Bermuda High, a ridge of high pressure that becomes anchored in the Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda and usually lingers in the region for most of the summer. That area of high pressure can also affect the track of hurricanes if and when they develop in the ocean.Temperatures of 20 to 30 degrees above average are expected across the region, with many areas seeing highs in the 90s from the mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley into the Northeast and New England.Most of the extreme heat will be confined to the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic.The good news for the South: Some relief is on the way in the form of a cold front that will help to bring temperatures closer to average on Sunday.

Oz and McCormick still essentially tied in GOP Senate race. PHILADELPHIA - HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for an open U.S.

PHILADELPHIA - Two officers were involved in a crash Saturday while en route to a priority call.They were responding to a report of a person with a gun when the police car was struck on the drivers side by a man driving a Chrysler Town and Country minivan, according to police.The crash occurred on Torresdale Avenue and Howell Street around noon.Neither officer sustained any injuries. The 58-year-old driver of the minivan suffered a hand injury that was treated on the scene.AdvertisementNo arrests were made.

A severe thunderstorm is leaving a trail of chaos in its wake across the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario.

Love Island's Paige Turley and Finley Tapp with questions after they failed to post for a few days.Paige's last photo saw her in attendance of the Pride of Manchester Awards as she joined Finley Tapp to celebrate the locals in the area - but after that, on May 11, it's been radio silent.Paige's followers were quick to message the star to question whether she was okay, and after a few days she has now been able to give an update.She wrote: "Had a few messages asking if everything is ok as we have been a little quiet on socials this week..."Just a little update, I had to go in for v minor surgery so I'm currently on bed rest while Finn plays nurse bless him."Paige's snap saw her with an alien filter on as she wrote: "Legit how I felt when I woke up," before adding: "Can you hear that??? Just a tiny violin being played."Paige was also wearing a hospital gown as she stuck her thumb up for the selfie.The starlet is yet to share any other information with her followers - but fans are now aware that she's okay and is recovering well.Her last snaps before the social media blackout saw the blonde bombshell don a stunning gold sheer dress and an incredibly glamorous makeup look.Paige opted for a lavish curl as her long blonde hair fell near to her waist as she joined Finn and many other celebrities to give a special mention to all the local heroes.As the star shared her photos, she wrote: "We had such a lovely night at Pride of Manchester celebrating all the local heroes." Paige and Finn have both been big supporters of local heroes and themselves have done a lot of charity work since they were crowned the winners of Winter Love Island 2020.

₹740 crore) in its Series E round led by Singapore-based impact investor ABC World Asia in September last year. A unicorn is a privately-held startup with a valuation of at least $1 billion.

PHILADELPHIA - A man is in critical condition after police say he was stabbed five times Saturday morning.The 31-year-old was stabbed twice in the left thigh, once in the chest, once on the lower body and once in the left elbow.Police say they responded to the stabbing on the 700 block of East Allegheny Avenue around 3:40 a.m.The victim was transported to a local hospital where he is said to be in critical condition.AdvertisementNo weapons have been recovered, and no arrests made at this time. 

Police say a SWAT team was called in response to shots fired, BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. - A report of shots fired promoted a SWAT team response early Saturday morning.The shooting was reported on the 2000 block of Brown Ave in Bensalem Township around 6 a.m.Police say SWAT was called to the scene. Police could also be seen blocking portions of the road.AdvertisementThis is a developing story.

baby formula flights will arrive in Indiana this weekend. The White House said Friday that the U.S. Air Force planes will depart Germany's Ramstein Air Base carrying 132 pallets of Nestlé Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula.An additional 114 pallets of Gerber Good Start Extensive HA formula are expected to arrive over the new few days. ABBOTT SAYS IT WILL BE AT LEAST TWO MONTHS BEFORE BABY FORMULA FROM SHUTTERED PLANT HITS SHELVESIn total, approximately 1.5 million 8-ounce bottles of the three hypoallergenic baby formulas will arrive.Shelves are pictured empty in Chelsea, Massachusetts on May 20, 2022.

WASHINGTON - When President Joe Biden on Tuesday visits a Lockheed Martin plant that manufactures an antitank weapons system, he’s certain to herald the U.S.-made arms as a game-changer for Ukraine’s stiff resistance to Russia's invasion.But Biden’s planned visit to the Alabama factory line is also drawing attention to a growing concern as the war drags on: Can the U.S. sustain the cadence in shipping vast amounts of arms to Ukraine while maintaining a healthy stockpile it may need if conflict erupts with North Korea, Iran or elsewhere?The U.S.

ATLANTA - Selection begins for a special grand jury in Fulton County tasked with deciding if former President Donald Trump and others broke the law by pressuring Georgia officials to overturn the results of the 2020 election.The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office is preparing for crowds inside and outside the courthouse in Atlanta by shutting down nearby streets and ramping up security.Cameras will be permitted inside the grand jury room during jury selection, which begins Monday. Cameras won’t be allowed to show potential grand jurors.

Twitter last year after repeatedly making the baseless claim that former President Trump won the 2020 election, created a new account on the social media platform Sunday but was banned again just hours later. "Hello everybody, I'M BACK ON TWITTER. My only account is @MikeJLindell! Please RT and FOLLOW to SPREAD THE WORD," Lindell tweeted shortly before noon.A Twitter spokesperson told Fox Business around 5 p.m.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has laid out some bold, if still vague, plans for transforming Twitter into a place of “maximum fun” once he buys the social media platform for $44 billion and takes it private.

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 30: Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian attend the 2022 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at Washington Hilton on April 30, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) - In a return to some normalcy, journalists, government officials and celebrities paraded down the red carpet Saturday night at the annual White House press corps gala even as the threat of COVID-19 loomed over the massive hotel ballroom.The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, which the pandemic sidelined in 2020 and 2021, returned with Joe Biden as the first president in six years to accept an invitation.

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will ask Congress for an additional $33 billion to help Ukraine fend off the Russian invasion, two administration officials said Thursday, a big boost in U.S. efforts to bolster Kyiv in an intensifying war that’s showing no signs of ending anytime soon.Biden’s latest proposal — which the officials said was expected to last for five months — has more than $20 billion in military assistance for Ukraine and for bolstering defenses in nearby countries.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of Presid PHILADELPHIA - Prosecutors say a Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty to using a flagpole to strike a police officer several times during the Jan.

U.S. President Donald Trump, center, speaks while Steve Mnuchin, U.S.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of burning tire marks across a gay-pride streetscape in South Florida while participating in a rally for former President Donald Trump last summer must write a 25-page essay on the deadly 2016 shooting at a gay nightclub in the state.A Palm Beach County circuit judge ordered Alexander Jerich, 20, of Lake Worth, to write the essay during a Thursday hearing, according to court records.

WASHINGTON - World leaders and a bevy of U.S. political and foreign policy elite are preparing to pay their respects to the late Madeleine Albright, the child refugee from war-torn Europe who rose to become America’s first female secretary of state.Led by President Joe Biden and predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, the man who picked Albright to be his top diplomat and the highest-ranking woman ever in the U.S.

SELMA, NC - APRIL 09: Rep. Madison Cawthorn speaks before a rally for former U.S. President Donald Trump at The Farm at 95 on April 9, 2022 in Selma, North Carolina.

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks following a visit with expecting families and caregivers at UCSF Mission Bay on April 21, 2022 in San Francisco, CA. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19, a statement from her press secretary announced Tuesday. Press secretary Kirsten Allen said Harris tested positive on both rapid and PCR tests. "She has exhibited no symptoms, will isolate and continue to work from the Vice President’s residence," Allen stated. Harris has not been in close contact with President Joe Biden or first lady Jill Biden as their travel schedules haven’t aligned recently. Harris, 57, received her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine weeks before taking office and a second dose just days after Inauguration Day in 2021.

Mehmet Oz, celebrity physician and U.S. Republican Senate candidate for Pennsylvania, takes photos with attendees during a campaign event in Bristol, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Thursday, April 21, 2022.

President Joe Biden speaks on Earth Day at Green River College in Auburn, Washington, on April 22, 2022. Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has granted the first three pardons of his term, providing clemency to a Kennedy-era Secret Service agent convicted of federal bribery charges that he tried to sell a copy of an agency file and to two people who were convicted on drug-related charges but went on to become pillars in their communities.The Democratic president also commuted the sentences of 75 others for nonviolent, drug-related convictions.

days before Russia invaded the country.He released the video for his track 2step, which features rapper Lil Baby, Friday on his YouTube channel.The video starts with a message from Sheeran. "It was my first time visiting the country and I felt so welcomed during my stay there," he posted. "Ukraine is a proud and resilient country, and I’m grateful to have had the chance to film my video there."RELATED: Ukraine leader pushes for more arms; US officials to visitSheeran said he stands with Ukraine and will donate his record royalties from the YouTube stream of the music video to the DEC’s [The Disasters Emergency Committee] Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pressing the West for more powerful weapons as he prepared to meet with top U.S.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks to supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Banks County Dragway on March 26, 2022 in Commerce, Georgia.

SEATTLE - President Joe Biden is taking steps to restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight, using an Earth Day visit to Seattle to sign an executive order protecting some of the nation’s largest and oldest trees.Old-growth trees are key buffers against climate change and provide crucial carbon sinks that absorb significant amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.Biden's order directs federal land managers to define and inventory mature and old-growth forests nationwide within a year. The order requires the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service to identify threats to older trees, such as wildfire and climate change, and develop policies to safeguard them.The order does not ban logging of mature or old-growth trees, the White House said.FILE IMAGE - Burned-out equipment sits by a river on Nov.

earthday.org. "This is the moment to change it all — the business climate, the political climate, and how we take action on climate," the website stated. "Now is the time for the unstoppable courage to preserve and protect our health, our families, our livelihoods."Advocates are pushing citizens, governments and businesses to do what they can to combat the climate crisis to "build a healthy planet for our children and their children."The first Earth Day was held in April 1970, before the Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act or Clean Water Act even existed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the strategic city of Mariupol on Thursday, even as he ordered his troops not to risk more losses by storming the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the war’s iconic battleground.Russian troops have besieged the southeastern port city since the early days of the conflict and largely reduced it to ruins. Top officials have repeatedly claimed it was about to fall, but Ukrainian forces have stubbornly held on in the face of overwhelming odds.

LOS ANGELES - It was a controversial and shocking evening on Wednesday night’s new episode of "The Masked Singer" when Jack in the Box was revealed as politician and lawyer Rudy Giuliani. During the Season 7 episode reveal, Giuliani’s reveal caused the panelists’ jaws to drop. "No, that’s not Robert Duvall," Ken Jeong said to Nicole Scherzinger somberly after the former attorney to former President Donald Trump took off his mask. "This is definitely something I never would have guessed," Robin Thicke continued. Jack in the Box was revealed as Rudy Giuliani on The Masked Singer. (Credit: FOX) Giuliani said his granddaughter Grace inspired him to be a part of the season. "I just had a granddaughter Grace, and I want her to know that you should try everything — even things that are completely unlike you and unlikely," he told the audience, adding, "And, I couldn’t think of anything more unlike me and unlikely than this."As soon as Giuliani started singing his exit song, panelist Ken Jeong left the stage in protest. "I’m done," he said while walking off the stage. But, this isn’t the first time a controversial political figure was revealed on the show.

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to announce plans to send additional military aid to help Ukraine fight back against the Russian invasion, according to a U.S. official.The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Biden will deliver a Thursday morning address at the White House detailing his plans to build on the roughly $2.6 billion in military assistance the administration has already approved for Ukraine.The new package is expected to be similar in size to the $800 million package Biden announced last week.

to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers on some airplanes but also concern about whether it's really time to end one of the most visible vestiges of the COVID-19 pandemic.The major airlines and many of the busiest airports rushed to drop their requirements on Monday after the Transportation Security Administration announced it wouldn’t enforce a January 2021 security directive that applied to airplanes, airports, taxis and other mass transit.But the ruling still gave those entities the option to keep their mask rules in place, resulting in directives that could vary from city to city.Passengers on a United Airlines flight from Houston to New York, for instance, could ditch their masks at their departing airport and on the plane but have to put them back on once they land at Kennedy Airport or take a subway.RELATED: These major U.S. airlines are dropping mask requirementsIn a 59-page lawsuit ruling, U.S.