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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks to the press after a campaign rally at The Trout Club on April 30, 2022 in Newark, Ohio. Former President Donald Trump recently endorsed J.D.

Zeus, a two-year-old Great Dane, is the world's tallest dog. (Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records) WASHINGTON - The adage everything is bigger in Texas applies to many things, and apparently, it includes dogs. A Great Dane in the Lone Star State has earned the distinction as the world's tallest dog.Zeus is two years old and lives in Bedford, Texas.

LOS ANGELES - Crocs is bringing back a promotion where it is giving away thousands of pairs of free shoes to healthcare workers amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Crocs is a Colorado-based shoemaker, known for their iconic foam clogs that come in several different colors and variations. So far the company has donated over 1 million pairs since the onset of the pandemic in 2020. In 2020, the company spearheaded a similar initiative around the beginning of the pandemic to recognize and provide comfort to frontline healthcare workers. "Since the spring of 2020, we’ve donated nearly 1M free pairs of shoes to healthcare heroes on the frontlines of COVID-19. Most of us today now get to live comfortably thanks to their tireless efforts, but we want to recognize that healthcare professionals are still taking care of our community day in and day out.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Angela Housley was halfway through her pregnancy when she learned the fetus was developing without parts of its brain and skull and would likely die within hours or days of birth if it survived that long.The news came during her 20-week ultrasound."The technician got a really horrible look on her face," Housley said. "And we got the really sad news that our baby was anencephalic."It was 1992 and abortion was legal in Idaho, though she had to dodge anti-abortion protesters outside the Boise hospital after the procedure.

Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to nosedive in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. Wigan continues to have the highest rate in the region.

(L-R): Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez, Benedict Wong as Wong, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange in Marvel Studios' DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS.

PHILADELPHIA - Just when you thought gas prices were going down, they are going up again - way up!Gas prices in Pennsylvania and Delaware reached all-time highs again Friday, less than two months after breaking a near 14-year record.Average prices hit $4.28 in Pennsylvania and $4.22 in Delaware. In Philadelphia alone, prices reached an average $4.35.Experts say there are several factors contributing to the record high prices.

NORTH PORT, Fla. - Nichole Schmidt, the mother of deceased Gabby Petito, on Friday filed a new wrongful death lawsuit in Florida against the curator of the estate of deceased Brian Laundrie. The lawsuit, which seeks wrongful death damages of $30 million, states that Laundrie intentionally killed Petito, and as a direct result of his conduct, Schmdit and Joseph Petito, Gabby Petito's father, "incurred funeral and burial expenses, and they have suffered a loss of care and comfort, and suffered a loss of probable future companionship, society and comfort."The complaint also demands a trial by jury and judgment for compensatory damages. RELATED: Gabby Petito family's lawsuit against Brian Laundrie's parents will head to jury trial in 2023, courts sayThe curator of Laundrie's estate, Barry Spivey, told Fox News Digital that one of his primary functions as a limited curator "is to accept service of a summons on that lawsuit," but he has "absolutely no responsibility to respond to it.""They needed somebody to accept service of process, but once that's done, I'm done with it," he said of the complaint.RELATED: New court filing says Brian Laundrie's parents knew Gabby was dead before family trip to Fort DeSotoThe new lawsuit comes after Schmidt and Petito filed a civil lawsuit in Florida alleging that Laundrie’s parents, Chris and Roberta Laundrie, were aware that their son killed their daughter and attempted to help him flee justice.

PHILADELPHIA - Police say they are investigating a homicide after the body of a missing man was found in South Philadelphia on Wednesday. Francis ‘Frankie’ Decero, 25, had been reported missing after he was last seen at his home on Apr. 26, 2022 just before midnight.

confirmed late Friday afternoon that it had performed an autopsy on Samuels. The cause and manner of death were pending, the ME's office said in a statement.Kevin Samuels was a lifestyle consultant that gained notoriety after a clip of his show on YouTube video titled "You’re Average At Best" went viral in December 2020.Kevin Samuels' YouTube channel has more than 1.4 million subscribers on YouTube and 1.1 million on Instagram.

Officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that, following its alert 2 weeks ago, it has received 109 reports of unexplained hepatitis in young children from 24 states and Puerto Rico.

Adamari López began her journey to wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic after finding herself making excuses to eat healthily and exercise. With the help of Oprah’s weight management program, WW (formerly Weight Watchers), the TV host, actress, author, and mother, was able to drop 20 pounds and set a good example for her daughter, Alaïa.As the 2022 Mother’s Day (May 8) is rapidly approaching, López chatted with HOLA! USA to share the latest updates on her health and wellness journey.Victoria’s Secret model Sofía Jirau praises Adamari López: “I want to be like you”Adamari López’s body transformation came with a bright new colorful wardrobeAdamari López shows off her new bikini bodyI continue to be more aware of how important it is to stay healthy and not eat food just because I want to eat every time but to keep myself well emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

Over 40% of 79 stool samples from COVID-19 patients admitted to one of four hospitals in Spain contained SARS-CoV-2 RNA but no live virus, suggesting a negligible ability to replicate in this medium and a very low likelihood of fecal-oral viral transmission, finds a study published yesterday in Scientific Reports.Researchers from the University of Seville collected stool samples f

As China battles Omicron-driven activity in some of its biggest cities, health officials in Shanghai today said its outbreak is under control, as later-affected Beijing tightened measures in a hot spot district.

Three new studies report on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) and antibody responses to Omicron, with one from Sweden finding a drop in two-dose VE against severe disease after the transition from the BA.1 to the BA.2 subvariant but three-dose protection remaining above 80% against severe disease.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities are searching for a man who police say fired at a woman's vehicle after a minor car accident last month in Center City. According to investigators, a 25-year-old woman was involved in a fender bender Apr. 30 around 3 a.m.

BURLINGTON COUNTY, N.J. - Police say they have arrested the person responsible for a fire that took the life of a 22-year-old man in Burlington County last month.Camryn Powell was killed after a fire broke out in the apartment he shared with his father on Egbert Street on April 20.Powell was the father of a 6-month-old, family said."Life’s not fair. He didn’t get a chance to show everybody he was going to make it," Cameron's aunt Shelly Adams said.

A kayaker first saw the Australian-sheppard mix about 10 a.m. Tuesday stranded on the Choctawhatchee River in Hartford, Alabama. (Credit: Troy Animal Rescue Project) HARTFORD, Ala. - It was the dead of night, surrounded by fog on an Alabama river.

Andrew Wilhoite (Boone County Sheriff's Office) LEBANON, Ind. - A central Indiana man charged with murder in connection with the March death of his wife is one of three candidates who advanced in a primary election this week for a township board.Andrew Wilhoite, 40, of Lebanon received 60 of the 276 total votes Tuesday for Republicans for three positions on the Clinton Township Board, Boone County election results show.Indiana township boards consist of three members, state officials said. The local Republican primary race drew only three candidates and no candidates filed for the Democratic primary ticket, The Indianapolis Star reported.Wilhoite was arrested in late March in the death of 41-year-old Elizabeth "Nikki" Wilhoite.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police have released video of an ambush shooting that occurred in broad daylight in Kensington and left a man critically injured. The shooting happened Thursday, May 5, on the 1800 block of East Clementine Street. Video shows the victim standing on the corner of Clementine Street and Kensington Avenue when he was approached by the armed suspect. The suspect, who was armed with two handguns, fired several shots and struck the victim multiple times, police say.

View of the damaged facade of the Saratoga Hotel after an explosion in Havana, on May 6, 2022. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP via Getty Images) HAVANA - A powerful explosion badly damaged a hotel in the Cuban capital on Friday and officials reported at least eight people had died.The blast that ripped away large sections of the outer wall at the Hotel Saratoga, a 19th century structure in Old Havana, apparently was due to a gas leak, according to the Twitter account of the office of President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who went to the site.It said at least eight people had been killed and that search and rescue efforts were underway for people possible trapped.Photos showed much of the hotel's outer wall blown away, exposing interior rooms, with clouds of dust billowing into the sky.File (2017): The Saratoga hotel exterior facade with beautiful green old architecture.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday severely restricted use of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine as federal budget documents herald a vaccine shortage this fall if second boosters are widely encouraged.

PHILADELPHIA - A man is in critical condition after police say he was shot multiple times through the upper body on Friday.The shooting occurred on the 3000 block of North 17th Street shortly before noon in North Philadelphia. Police say the 25-year-old victim was shot multiple times in the chest and back.

Theresa Tam says the government is trying to find out how many Canadians are suffering from long COVID as researchers work to learn more about the prolonged effects of the virus.The Public Health Agency of Canada and Statistics Canada have launched a survey to try to get a broad idea of how common it is for people to feel lingering effects after COVID-19 infection, which can be difficult to identify and even harder to track.Relatively little is known about the effects of long COVID, also known as post-COVID-19 condition, including how to diagnose it.

Danica Patrick is feeling «amazing» after having her breast implants removed. One week after the 40-year-old former race car driver took to Instagram to reveal her decision to remove her implants, she appeared on to discuss her reason for getting them in the first place and share why she's being open about having an explant now.In her initial Instagram post, Patrick revealed that she got her implants in November 2014 when she was 32.«I did it 'cause I wanted to be more perfect.

social media pleading for media coverage and political action while posting pictures of empty store shelves, as the country's baby formula shortage continues to get worse."If the [mainstream media] can talk about the toilet paper shortage ever (sic) hour, they should be talking about the baby formula shortage at least," one new mom tweeted last week. "We ended [up] finding the Amazon brand online but not everyone is so lucky to be able to feed that.

Illiana "Lily" Peters CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. - The criminal complaint against a 14-year-old boy accused in the death of 10-year-old Lily Peters was released on Friday, May 6.The teen is charged with the following criminal counts: According to the criminal complaint, the father of Lily Peters reported his daughter missing around 9 p.m. on April 24. He told authorities Lily had not returned home from her aunt's house.

The lingering effects of long COVID from Omicron are less severe than the delta variant, a new UK study revealed. 

McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH) has made a plea to the next Ontario government to invest a $1 billion over four years to develop a children’s health strategy – addressing surgical wait times and bolstering overall capacity in hospitals.Bruce Squires revealed around 1,300 youths are currently on the waitlist in Hamilton for procedures at the city’s health facilities and suggests the delays are having “devastating impacts” on their physical and mental well-being.“This is because kids have taken the brunt of the pandemic. Really, we’ve asked too much of our children and youth,” Squires said.

PHILADELPHIA - New details have emerged in the death and disappearance of Francis ‘Frankie’ Decero as Philadelphia police continue to investigate. Decero, 25, had been reported missing from his home on Apr. 26.

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Home and Away has seen its fair share of health battles over the years.Last month Ari Parata , played by Rob Kipa-Williams, was the last character to bid goodbye to the soap as a result of a health condition, after being diagnosed with an incredibly rare form of cancer named pseudomyxoma peritonei.Ari opted to die on his own terms surrounded by family instead of undergoing regular and brutal operations.And who could forget the hearbreaking exit of gym worker Billie Ashford in February 2017, who gave birth to her rapist' baby and then was told by doctors she has an inoperable tumour.She later asks husband VJ to take her and her daughter Lucinda to the beach before she dies in his arms.Many of the Australian soap's actors have been through some of their own health woes.Daily Star Online takes a look at some of the star real life health battles - from brain cancer, endometriosis and mental health problems.In 2017 Chris Harrington actor Johnny was suffering from debilitating headaches and took himself to hospital.After doctors discovered he had brain cancer, he was placed in a coma and underwent emergency surgery to remove a seven-centimetre tumour.After having radiotherapy treatment Johnny was hit by the heartbreaking news last year that he he was battling brain cancer for the second time.In a social media post, he wrote: “After an unexpected week of seizures and excruciating headaches it is with a heavy heart that I have to let you know I now have another huge battle ahead of me as my brain cancer has returned,“Though I will dig deep and beat this s**t disease again.” Johnny is currently going through more procedures before doctors will assess him to see if the treatment is working or not.Sophie Dillman, who plays Ziggy

Naked Attraction contestant has appeared in court after telling police officers that she hoped they died from Covid-19 and coughed at them.Amira Nadeem, who featured on the Channel 4 show in 2019, hurled abuse at the officers when they arrived at her home in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire on November 12 in 2020.Numerous people were found in the living room including a woman, Nadeem's mum and step-dad and excessive noise and music was also heard.Prosecutor Lauren Donnelly said: "Nadeem presented at the door and immediately shouted at officers in an aggressive manner while gritting her teeth."She shouted 'F*** you, you p****s, I hope you die of Covid'."Nadeem also said: "I hope you and your family die from coronavirus."The 24-year-old, Naked Attraction's first transgender contestant, continued to shout and swear and then coughed in the direction of an officer before being arrested, the Daily Record reports.Miss Donnelly added: "She threatened to cough at an officer and thereafter deliberately coughed in their direction."Andy Iles, defending, told the court that Nadeem had undergone surgery at the time and was on medication and that the woman was her friend and had gone to "check-up" on her.Mr Iles added: "Her parents were there caring for her as she was unable to look after herself after the surgery."At a hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court on May 5, Nadeem pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner.Sheriff Tony Kelly told Nadeem that she should prepare herself for custody, saying prison was "at the forefront of my mind" due to the gravity of the offence.A sentencing hearing is due to take place next month pending background reports.Nadeem, still of Rutherglen, was granted bail.This is not her first

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TORONTO, ON- APRIL 28 - Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) covers his face after getting an elbow from Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam (43) that fractured his orbital bone and left him with a concussion as the Toronto Raptors fall the P PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia 76ers all-star center Joel Embiid has cleared the NBA's concussion protocol but remains listed as ‘out' for Friday's playoff matchup with the Miami Heat. Embiid's availability for Friday could still change before the game. Embiid suffered a broken orbital bone and a concussion in the Sixers' close out game against the Toronto Raptors while defending a hard drive to the basket by Pascal Siakam. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that while Embiid was not expected to play as of Thursday, "progress could be made to change his availability."Embiid was already playing with a torn ligament in his right thumb that he sustained earlier in the Toronto series. The Sixers will need to climb back from a 2-0 hole if they want to advance past the second round of the playoffs.

Image of a person using a cell phone. (Photo by Britta Pedersen/picture alliance via Getty Images) Robocalls are at an all-time high, following a brief downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to organizations tracking them.Lee Williams, a California resident, said he's felt as if the calls have been endless: "There was a time when I would get 20 to 30 in a 24-hour period."He said he once depended on his phone provider to fix the issue. "They came out with what they call a 'spam blocker.' So, you’ll get a call, and it’ll say ‘spam likely’ but, I’ve found that probably a bit over 50% of those calls that were identified as scammers were actually calls you needed to receive.

A doctor quit his place on the board of NHS Tayside last week blaming in part a breakdown in relations with its chair over a recent breast cancer treatment controversy.

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COVID-19 pandemic.Hospitalizations related to the disease stood at 2,051 after 127 people were admitted and 195 were discharged in the last day.There were 60 patients in intensive care units, a drop of four.The province also recorded 1,243 new infections of the novel coronavirus. The daily tally doesn’t provide a a full portrait of the situation since it is based on PCR testing results, which remains limited to certain groups.

CHESTER, Pa. - One person has died and an infant was among two others who were injured after a sedan collided with a tractor trailer near the Commodore Barry Bridge Friday morning. The crash happened on the Chester side of the bridge around 7:15 a.m. at Route 291 and West Jeffrey Street. Police say the adult driver of the sedan was pronounced dead at the scene and two passengers, an adult and an infant, were pulled from the wreckage with minor injuries.

COVID on Friday, with 210 in intensive care.This is down by 14 for hospitalizations but an increase of five for ICUs since the previous day. Last Friday, there were 1,679 hospitalizations with 209 in ICU.According to latest data for hospitalizations, 57 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.

As many as 1,656 more people tested positive for Covid-19 across Delhi in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 18,91,425, said the state health department on Friday. The positivity rate has reached 5.39%.

If it has been predicted earlier, the Covid virus has started evolving differently. Compared with the first two years of the pandemic when variants seemed to appear out of nowhere, Tulio de Oliveira, a bioinformatician at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, who had detected the emergence of BA.4 and BA.5, pointed out new waves of coronavirus are periodically emerging from already circulating strains, for example, Omicron. However, experts warned “we shouldn’t rule out more such surprises from SARS-CoV-2."

CINCINNATI, Ohio - An Ohio couple are defending themselves after facing extreme backlash for running a marathon with their 6-year-old son.Kami and Ben Crawford have six kids and chronicle their adventures on YouTube and social media pages. When the Crawfords ran the Flying Pig marathon in Cincinnati on May 1, it was the first time all eight family members ran a 26.2-mile race together, including their 6-year-old son.Runners reportedly started asking questions when they saw the child crying during the race.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine - A new international effort raced Friday to rescue more civilians from the tunnels under a besieged steel plant in Mariupol and the city at large, even as fighters holed up at the sprawling complex made their last stand to prevent Moscow's complete takeover of the strategic port.The fight in the last Ukrainian stronghold of a city reduced to ruins by the Russian onslaught appeared increasingly desperate amid growing speculation that President Vladimir Putin wants to finish the battle for Mariupol so he can present a triumph to the Russian people in time for Monday's Victory Day, the biggest patriotic holiday on the Russian calendar.Some 2,000 Ukrainian fighters, by Russia’s most recent estimate, are holed up in a vast maze of tunnels and bunkers beneath Azovstal steelworks — and they have repeatedly refused to surrender. Ukraine said a few hundred civilians were also trapped there — and as the battle has ramped up in recent days, fears for their safety have only grown.U.N.

School District of Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA - The efforts to combat gun violence in Philadelphia has reached the city’s middle schools as School District of Philadelphia officials say they’ll begin periodically screening students for weapons.Beginning Monday, May 9, 6th through 8th grade students will be subject to the periodic weapons screenings. The district says that the screenings will take place at six schools per day and be conducted at every middle school and elementary schools with middle grades. Every school will be screened at least once before the end of the school year. The district says the screenings will be conducted by school safety personnel in the presence of at least one school leader.

WASHINGTON - Temporary changes to the troubled U.S. Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program have helped over 113,000 people get student debt relief, totaling around $6.8 billion in forgiveness. The U.S.