Charges dropped against rapper C-Blu accused of shooting NYPD officer

BEREA, OHIO - MAY 25: Deshaun Watson #4 of the Cleveland Browns looks to pass during Browns OTAs at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on May 25, 2022 in Berea, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images) HOUSTON - All but four of the 24 civil lawsuits against Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson have been settled, attorney Tony Buzbee says.Buzbee represents the massage therapists accusing Watson of sexual assault and harassment during private sessions when he played for the Houston Texans.In a statement, Buzbee said the terms and amounts of the settlements are confidential.

Ryan Corcoran, 26 NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A New Jersey man is facing felony charges for soliciting child sexual abuse material from girls as young as 11 years old in Montgomery County.Officials say 26-year-old Ryan Corcoran contacted two sisters, ages 11 and 12, through TikTok and text messages to send him naked photos.The girls' father contacted police after one of the sisters told him she had sent photos to Corcoran.Both girls when started receiving texts and naked photos from another number appearing to be Corcoran's 14-year-old sister. However, officials say the number actually belonged to Corcoran.The phone number was traced back to a Verizon wireless business account registered to the suspect's father, Michael Corcoran.

PHILADELPHIA - Two people have been hospitalized after being shot in West Philadelphia on Tuesday afternoon, according to policeAuthorities say the shooting happened just after 12 p.m.

The Damned have been forced to cancel their Glastonbury 2022 set this weekend after a number of positive COVID-19 tests were recorded in the band’s camp.The band had been due to headline the festival’s Avalon Stage on Friday (June 24) following sets from Sugababes and Nick Mulvey.The Damned previously told their fans on Saturday (June 18) that a member of the band had tested positive, forcing the cancellation of their planned gigs on Saturday and yesterday (June 20).The latest update from the band has been issued this afternoon (June 21). “Further to our previous updates, there have been more positive COVID tests in the Damned camp and consequently we’re having to withdraw from all remaining June appearances, including Bath, Glastonbury and the Die Artze show in Germany,” they wrote on Twitter.Apologies to all the fans who were looking forward to seeing The Damned, we were looking forward to seeing you all too ! Until the next time..— The Damned (@thedamned) June 21, 2022“Apologies to all the fans who were looking forward to seeing The Damned, we were looking forward to seeing you all too! Until the next time..”The Field of Avalon team have subsequently confirmed that Reef will now headline the Avalon Stage in place of The Damned.“With massive regret, The Damned have been forced to withdraw from Glastonbury due to COVID,” organisers said in a statement.

immunization committee is recommending that the province prepare for another round of COVID-19 vaccination that could see some adults receive a fifth shot by the fall.The committee says supplemental boosters should be offered beginning at the end of the summer to people 60 and over, the immunocompromised, health workers, pregnant women and people living in isolated regions. COVID-19: Quebec lifts mask mandate for public transit users It is recommending vaccination even for members of those groups who have already received three or four shots of the vaccine, as long as their last shot or COVID-19 infection occurred at least three months prior to the next injection.The committee also says a “basic vaccination” for most adults should be defined as three doses — two initial doses and a booster — but it adds that the definition can vary depending on people’s age and medical history.

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 20, 2022 in Washington, DC.

WASHINGTON (AP) - WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through the American embassy in Russia on the couple’s fourth anniversary Saturday, but they never connected since the phone line at the embassy was not staffed, Cherelle Griner said Monday.The couple has not spoken by phone in the four months since Griner's arrest in Russia, where she remains jailed. That was to have changed Saturday, when a long-awaited call was to have finally taken place after getting Russian government approval.

BURLINGTON COUNTY, N.J. - Firefighters are still battling to control a massive wildfire that ignited over 48 hours ago in a New Jersey state forest.The blaze broke out at Wharton State Forest Sunday morning, quickly spreading from 50 to 13,500 acres as of Tuesday. Officials said it had the potential to become the "largest wildfire in the state of New Jersey in 15 years."Officials say the wildfire is 85 percent contained, and are confident it will stay within their 15,175-acre containment area.An illegal, unattended campfire was found near the origin of the wildfire, according to officials.

The vehicle is pictured dangling over an embankment on June 18, 2021, near Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. (Credit: City of Pigeon Forge Fire Department) PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. - A driver and a dog were safely rescued from a vehicle that went over an embankment in Tennessee, resulting in a complicated rescue by firefighters to stabilize the vehicle that landed in a precarious spot. The incident was reported just before 1:45 a.m.

Texas summer heat.The Houston-area mother had been running errands with her son and eight-year-old daughter that day and was in a rush to set up her daughter’s party when she got home, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez told CNN affiliate KTRK. Ontario father whose 3 children were killed by drunk driver in 2015 dies by suicide The mother and daughter exited the vehicle and didn’t notice they had left the five-year-old still strapped into his car seat in the back.“Between maybe two to three hours, the mom noticed that the other five-year-old (was) nowhere to be found,” Sheriff Gonzalez told NBC affiliate KPRC. “She began calling for him, but no answer.

Police looking for suspect after hit-and-run  PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police have released a photo of a Tesla they say is connected to hit-and-run that killed a woman.A 21-year-old woman was found with severe head trauma and heavy bleeding on the sidewalk just before 7 p.m. Monday.

PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating after a man and his dog were injured in an alleged shooting at a West Philadelphia park Monday night.The 62-year-old man reportedly suffered a graze wound to the back at Malcolm X Park on Pine Street around 11:25 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas - The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says three minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 19 elementary students and two teachers there was sufficient armed law enforcement on scene to stop the gunman. Yet police officers armed with rifles stood and waited in a school hallway for nearly an hour while the gunman carried out the massacre. Col. Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, called the police response "an abject failure."  Delays in the law enforcement response have been the focus of the federal, state and local investigation of the massacre and its aftermath.The police commander made the comments while giving testimony during a special Texas Senate committee on the deadly school shooting that left two teachers and 19 children dead.

Radio Times.She added: "I have occasional flare-ups of pain but I force myself to rise above it.”In spite of her age and tendency to suffer bouts of pain, Sheila still enjoys regular gym visits, which are often twice a week.She has become the poster woman for those who want to remain extra fit in older age, with the 2017 film Edie having introduced the nation to a fiercely determined octogenarian widow with the ambition of climbing a mountain.It was for that role that she felt motivated to get into tip-top shape - and she hasn't looked back since.Continuing on her adventuring theme, she has also presented the Channel 4 series Great Canal Journeys.The role saw herself and co-host Gyles Brandreth team up to explore the best of Britain and Europe's waterways.Sheila has explained that she feels many people in older age are only "half-living" - and that, in contrast, she wants to enjoy each day to the full.With the help of a gluten-free vegan diet, she is trying to achieve good health and longevity.She has been described by those who speak to her as "sprightly".However, she is channelling some of that age-defying energy into challenging the wrongs of the world, as her book Old Rage demonstrates.Slamming politics as "sleazy", she has declared that the British government has "failed" its people.Other issues at the top of her grievances list include Brexit, the environment and the NHS.Meanwhile she is also working to help establish a support network for Ukrainian refugees, proving that making a positive impact on the world is still possible at any age.The full interview with Dame Sheila Hancock ran in last week's Radio Times.

Covid related fatality in the past one day. Tuesday's addition took the Covid-19 case tally to 79,41,762 and the Covid death toll to 1,47,889, a health department official said. The addition to the tally was 1,305 or 55% more than the 2,354 cases reported on Monday.

HUFFMAN, Texas - A man who was mauled by dogs in his Huffman neighborhood earlier this month has now died.  A neighbor found Nicolas Vasquez pinned in the ditch with three dogs on top of him, attacking him. That was June 9, 2022. After 10 days in the hospital, Vasquez has died. RELATED: 4-year-old boy dies in dog attack at Baytown homeNow loved ones and some neighbors want the dog owners charged. "When you know they’re barking, chasing people, you should do something about it. When you just sit in your air-conditioned house and do nothing, that’s negligence" says neighbor Calvin Stoy, who stopped the dogs from attacking Vasquez.

MARCUS HOOK, Pa. - You may hear a loud bank in Marcus Hook on Tuesday as the brick stack at the former FMC site will be demolished at 11 a.m. According to the Borough of Marcus Hook, the stack is located at the intersection of 10th and Penn Avenue. Residents who live directly in the area of the demolitions were notified by IMC, the company responsible for the site's demolition and construction. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESRoads in the area will be closed for several hours and people are urged to avoid the area between 10 a.m.

WILTSHIRE, England - Thousands of pagans and revelers flocked to Stonehenge on Tuesday to welcome the summer solstice of 2022, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of summer.About 6,000 people gathered at the ancient monument, located in Wiltshire in southern England, to witness the sunrise at 4:49 a.m. local time, according to Wiltshire Police.

weather over the last couple of months has been challenging, at best. First there was the late-season blizzards, then flooding rains in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.Then, the damaging thunderstorm complex known as a derecho that caused hundreds of millions in damage across southern Ontario and Quebec.In B.C., it seemed they couldn’t catch a break from the cool and wet pattern of spring, and more recently it’s been Alberta’s turn with the flooding rains.

FILE - US President Joe Biden meets with smoke jumpers and other firefighting professionals during a tour at the National Interagency Fire Center at Boise Airport on Sept. 13, 2021, in Boise, Idaho.

WASHINGTON - The House 1/6 committee is set to hear from the caretakers of American democracy — elections workers and local officials — who fended off Donald Trump's pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election, at times despite frightening personal attacks.The hearings investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S.

Police investigate triple shooting in Frankford. PHILADELPHIA - Police say three people were struck by gunfire after a shooting erupted in Frankford early Tuesday morning.At least 50 fired shell casing were found when police responded to shooting reports on the 4700 block of Northwood Street around 1:14 a.m.A 24-year-old man was also found shot in the leg lying in front of a car.A second victim, a 26-year-old man, was shot in the face.

PTI: “While the schools are scheduled to open from July 1 after the summer vacations, increasing Covid cases have become a major concern for the parents yet again." "The state government has stated that it is not in favour of any more disruptions in studies and aims to continue education while keeping the safety of students and teachers at prior," Kapur further said. "At our school, children with low immunity are provided with the option of staying at home, while parents can connect with the school authorities to get the class work of the student at home.

Gogglebox star Mary Killen has spoken about how her illness put her of alcohol forever.The star, who is known for appearing alongside her husband Giles Wood on the Channel 4 show, spoke about how she suffered a bout of campylobacter food poisoning and it turned her off her precious glasses of wine.Mary thinks that the horrific 5 day food poisoning came from 'grubby' vegetables from her garden, which required antibiotics to bring it under control.Speaking about it, Mary told the Daily Mail: "Immediately afterward, I found I couldn’t face alcohol."I remember going to a house party on the Isle of Mull a short time later."All sorts of wonderful wines were being served and I couldn’t touch any of them."She continued : "It made me recoil — reminding me of when I was pregnant with our two daughters, both of whom are now in their 20s."It has completely lost its appeal.

Man shot and killed on his porch in West Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA - A man's home became a crime scene when police say at least one suspect opened fire Monday night.Police say a 47-year-old man was sitting on the porch of his home on the 1600 block of Vine Street when two masked men approached.Witnesses say one suspect fired six shots from the sidewalk in what police are calling a "targeted shooting." Police say both suspects fled on foot.The victim then ran inside his house, where police found him lying on the floor of the bathroom.

PHILADELPHIA - Summer has officially started, and so has the summer weather!Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, began at 5:14 a.m. Tuesday and taking us all the way to sunset at 8:33 a.m.Unfortunately, the sun didn't come with the first day of summer.

PHILADELPHIA - Apartments in Chinatown have been evacuated as firefighters battle a two-alarm fire. Authorities say the fire was called in around 1:55 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA - The intense summer heat has not fully made its way to the Delaware Valley as Monday's blue skies were accompanied by some cool breezes. Temperatures overnight will drop into the 50s as clouds roll in a mild and cloudy Tuesday. Showers are expected to begin Tuesday night around 10:00 p.m.A warm front and some rain showers is making its way to the Delaware Valley on Wednesday as possible downpours are expected in the afternoon. The end of the week we can expect a chance of showers or thunderstorms, but the weekend will be dry and warm with temperatures in the upper 80s.

LOS ANGELES - Crews have contained a wildfire that burned part of the Hollywood Hills area.The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a call in the 3600 block of North Barham Boulevard, which is less than two miles from Universal Studios Hollywood, late Monday night. Prior to containment, the "Coyote Fire," had stretched to at least once acre, happening right above a dog park and a nearby apartment complex, LAFD said.LAFD's Brian Humphrey said both the iconic Hollywood sign and Universal Studios will not be threatened by the fire.

Coronation Street star Sally Carman has paid a lovely tribute to her fiancé Joe Duttine in a sweet social media post. The real-life soap couple, who play Abi Franklin and Tim Metcalfe, are currently in the middle of planning their wedding, after the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted their plans.And while the nuptials are a few months away yet, Sally gushed about her husband-to-be while posting on her Instagram over the weekend.Posting a picture of Joe and her father in a pub, the actress wrote: "Happy Father’s Day to these two legends.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has expressed concern over the rise in cases of Covid-19 and urged people over 65 and those who are immunosuppressed, to avail of their second booster.

Council employees will be given an extra ‘wellbeing’ day in recognition of their outstanding efforts in responding to the coronavirus pandemic over the last two years.

Omicron period versus the Delta period, depending on age and time since vaccination. According to lead author Claire Steves from King's College London, UK, One in 23 people who cath Omicron can have Covid symptoms for more than four weeks.

Council workers and health service staff are gearing up for a summer of strike action.

New Delhi: Covid cases declined marginally on Tuesday as India logged 9,923 new infections in the last 24 hours, down 2,858 cases from Monday.  The total active caseload has climbed to over 79,313, according to the union health ministry. Total covid-19 cases have reached 4,33,16,396 so far.  The country reported 17 new fatalities, taking the death toll to 5/24/890 so far. The weekly positivity rate is presently at 2.67% while daily positivity rate is 2.55%.

(With PTI Inputs)

Lululemon has taken a big step towards inclusion in its athletic wear by introducing a new line of performance hijabs designed for working out and playing sports. Two workout hijabs have already been released and a third model is on the way later this year.

Videos of Nova Scotia RCMP officers fatally shooting the perpetrator of one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history have been released to the public.

SKIPPBACK, Pa. - The moment many parents have been waiting for is finally here: the day when they can get their young children vaccinated against COVID-19. The Food and Drug Administration greenlighted the Moderna and Pfizer kid shots on Friday and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended them Saturday. In the U.S., COVID-19 vaccines were first tested and given in late 2020 to health care workers and older adults. Teens and school-age kids were added last year.Doctor Mayak Amin, the owner of Skippback Pharmacy, was among the first to give the newly approved COVID vaccine to kids under five.

DREXEL HILL, Pa. - The Upper Darby Police Department is asking for the public’s help to identify a package thief who has been targeting residents in Drexel Hill.Neighbors say a "porch pirate" has been caught on several cameras walking up to people’s houses in the middle of the day and swiping packages. "I think it’s sad," said Dianne Antonuccio, a victim of the package theft. "We put it on the internet and there was like four other neighbors that had stuff taken.

FILE - Police lights are shown in a close up image. (Credit: FOX TV Stations) TOMS RIVER, N.J. - The Office of the Ocean County Prosecutor says it is investigating a crash where a pedestrian was struck by a police vehicle. According to authorities, on Sunday around 10 p.m., officers with the Toms River Township Police Department were notified that a person was hit by a marked Toms River police vehicle. Police say the incident happened in the area of Fischer Boulevard and Adams Avenue. Officials say the prosecutor's office conducted an investigation and determined 42-year-old William Carberry of Toms River was trying to cross Fischer Boulevard when he was struck by a Toms River Township Police vehicle. Carberry was transported to Community Medical Center before being flown to Jersey Shore University Medical Center for treatment, where he is in stable condition, authorities say. County Prosecutor Bradley D.

GETZVILLE, N.Y. - The retired police officer who was shot and killed while trying to stop the gunman in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket May 14 was awarded the department's medal of honor at his funeral Wednesday, as the country processed another massacre at a Texas school that killed 19 children and two adults.Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia also posthumously promoted Aaron Salter to lieutenant, saying his actions — firing multiple times at the shooter, striking his body armor — bought precious time that allowed others in the store to escape."Aaron bravely fought evil that day," Gramaglia said at The Chapel in Getzville, where law enforcement officers from U.S. and Canadian departments filled a dozen rows.Services were also held for Pearl Young, a 77-year-old grandmother, great-grandmother and substitute teacher who was devoted to her church.Members of The Patriot Guard Riders encircle the casket of Aaron Salter Jr.

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - A Fulton County judge has denied Atlanta rapper Gunna bond for a RICO charge at an arraignment hearing Monday morning.The rapper, whose real name is Sergio Kitchens, was booked into a jail in Atlanta on May 11 as part of a sweeping gang indictment that also named 27 other people, including fellow Atlanta rapper Young Thug. Fulton County prosecutors allege those named in the indictment are members of the Young Slime Life (YSL) gang, which has engaged in criminal activity in the city since 2012. On a Zoom video shown in court, Gunna pleaded not guilty to one charge of violating Georgia's anti-racketeering law.YOUNG THUG'S RICO ACT CHARGES EXPLAINEDFulton County prosecutors, however, allege the YSL group that Kitchens was a part in engaged in criminal activity in the city for a decade.

Wells Fargo bank is claiming that the company held "fake" job interviews for minority candidates for positions that had already been filled and says he was fired for bringing attention to the matter.Joe Bruno, a former executive in the wealth management division at Wells Fargo’s corporate offices in Jacksonville, Florida, told the New York Times that the company would interview minority candidates for positions to adhere to an informal policy promoting diversity but noticed that the candidates were often interviewing for jobs that had been promised to someone else.CALABASAS, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 19: The exterior of a Wells Fargo store photographed on April 19, 2022 in Calabasas, California. (Photo by Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images) Bruno says that he was fired last summer after telling his superiors that the interviews were "inappropriate" and "ethically and morally wrong."The Times reported that Bruno was one of seven current and former Wells Fargo employees who say they were instructed to interview "diverse" candidates for positions even if the decision had already been made to hire a different candidate.A RECESSION IS NOW THE BASE CASE SCENARIO FOR WELLS FARGOWells Fargo bank entrance, Midtown, Manhattan.

ATLANTA, GA - JULY 17: Lil Keed performs at 107.9 Birthday Bash 25 at Center Parc Credit Union Stadium at Georgia State University on July 17, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia.(photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage) ATLANTA - Atlanta rapper Lil Keed has died, his brother confirmed.The verified Instagram account of Lil Gotit posted Saturday morning: "Can't believe I seened u die today bro I did all my cries I know what u want me to do and that's go hard for Mama Daddy Our Brothers Naychur and Whiteboy."The cause of the rapper's death is unknown. He was affiliated with Atlanta-based Young Stoner Life Records.The 24-year-old, whose legal name is Rahqid Render according to a bio on YSL's website, was born in Atlanta.