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PORTER, Ind. - Lifeguards recovered the body of a Florida man Monday after he tried to save the life of a teenager, Indiana conservation officers said.Thomas Kenning, 38, of St. Petersburg was at Porter Beach when he saw a female in distress in Lake Michigan, officers said.A short time later, Indiana Dunes State Park lifeguards arrived at the scene and they pulled Kenning from the water, officers said He was pronounced dead at a hospital.An autopsy is planned.READ: Gabby Petito's mother slams Brian Laundrie's notebook confession: 'Truth will be revealed'"A female teen in the water was in distress and the gentleman went into the water and attempted to rescue her," Porter Fire Chief Jay Craig told The (Northwest Indiana) Times."She made it out with the assistance of lifeguards from Dunes State Park, but he got sucked under," Craig said.Provided by Town of Chesterton Kenning’s family said they were enjoying a beach day when they heard the girl calling for help."Tom was picking up trash along the beach that day.

The Philadelphia Police Department issued a missing endangered person advisory on Wednesday night. PHILADELPHIA - Authorities in Philadelphia issued a Missing Endangered Person Advisory for an infant girl and a man who were last spotted in the city on Wednesday nightAccording to police, 1-year-old Amira Jarmon and 32-year-old Hakeem Jarmon were last seen around 6 p.m.

Today we are reporting 7,423 community cases and 411 current hospitalisations.

Philadelphia police investigate a shooting in East Germantown that injured four men. EAST GERMANTOWN - Four people have been injured in an East Germantown shooting, as gun violence continues to grip Philadelphia.Officials say officers with Philadelphia’s 14th District were called to the 1100 block of East Price Street Wednesday night, just before 8, on the report of a shooting.Responding officers found two victims at the East Germantown location.

The 96-year-old monarch met with Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during an audience in Edinburgh on Wednesday, which should have been a run-of-the-mill royal engagement.

PHILADELPHIA - Summer is here and the kids are home and underfoot. Are you anxious to find activities for them that won’t break the bank? We have solutions!Perfect for rainy summer days, kids can bowl free at participating bowling alleys in the Delaware Valley. Registered kids can get two free games at these participating bowling alleys each day of the program all summer.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Four people have been charged in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants being smuggled inside a tractor trailer in southwest San Antonio.45-year-old Homero Zamorano Jr, 28-year-old Christian Martinez, 23-year-old Juan Claudio D’Luna-Mendez, and 48-year-old Juan Francisco D’Luna-Bilbao all face criminal charges for their alleged involvement in the smuggling operation in violation of Title 8 of United States Code, Section 1324.The charges are as follows:According to court documents, Homeland Security responded to the scene involving a tractor trailer and 64 people suspected of entering the US illegally on Monday, June 27. San Antonio police officers told Homeland Security that they arrived at the scene after receiving 911 calls about the trailer.Officers found multiple people, some still inside the trailer and some on the ground and in nearby brush, many of them dead and some incapacitated, court documents say.RELATED COVERAGE:Officers were then led to a person hiding in the brush after attempting to leave who was later identified as Zamorano and detained.

A student eats a vegan meal served for lunch (with milk as a drink) at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 on February 04, 2022 in New York City.

said in the video.Elmo’s dad said he had a lot of questions for the pediatrician, who assured him that vaccinations are safe and effective for children.RELATED: Sesame Street's Big Bird gets COVID-19 vaccineIn this photo, Elmo speaks with his father about getting a COVID-19 vaccine. "Was it safe? Was it the right decision?′ I talked to our pediatrician so I could make the right choice," Louie said in the PSA.

US President Joe Biden (C) flanked by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (C/R) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken (C/L) sits with South Korea's President Yoon Suk-Yeol (L) and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) during a tri-lateral meeting MADRID (AP) - NATO has for the first time singled out China as one of its strategic priorities for the next decade, warning about its growing military ambitions, confrontational rhetoric toward Taiwan and other neighbors, and increasingly close ties to Russia.While Russia’s war against Ukraine has dominated discussions at the NATO summit, China earned a place Wednesday among the Western alliance’s most worrying security concerns."China is substantially building up its military forces, including nuclear weapons, bullying its neighbors, threatening Taiwan ... monitoring and controlling its own citizens through advanced technology, and spreading Russian lies and disinformation," Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said after presenting NATO’s ten-year Strategic Concept.RELATED: Finland, Sweden closer to joining NATO after Turkey drops opposition, leader says"China is not our adversary," Stoltenberg said, "but we must be clear-eyed about the serious challenges it represents."The strategic document directed its harshest language at Russia, but the mere mention of China was significant; the 2010 document did not discuss China.

LOS ANGELES - The FBI says scammers are using deep fake technology in order to apply to remote tech jobs. According to the FBI’s latest announcement on their Internet Crime Complaint Center, more and more companies have been reporting people applying to jobs using images, video, and recordings that have been manipulated to look like someone else. Deepfakes are described by Microsoft as "photos, videos or audio files manipulated by artificial intelligence (AI) in hard-to-detect ways."The most common deepfakes – a word that combines computational deep learning and fake – replace the real person in a video with someone else. And they can be used very effectively to make it look like someone, typically a famous person, is saying and doing something they never said or did.

PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania lawmakers began a process Wednesday to study Philadelphia's growing gun violence plague, establishing a panel that could eventually recommend impeachment of the city's elected Democratic district attorney.The divided House of Representatives voted 114-86 to establish the five-member Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order, which among other things could judge District Attorney Larry Krasner’s job performance and make "recommendations for removal from office or other appropriate discipline, including impeachment."The proposal was sponsored by Republican state Rep. Josh Kail of Beaver County, who two weeks ago announced plans to seek the impeachment of Krasner, a staunch progressive who was easily reelected last year despite the city's spiking homicide rate.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - MAY 12: James Harden #1 of the Philadelphia 76ers in Game Six of the 2022 NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Semifinals at Wells Fargo Center on May 12, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknow PHILADELPHIA - James Harden is taking less with hopes the Philadelphia 76ers can do more.A person familiar with the situation said Harden chose not to exercise his $47.4 million option for next season and will become a free agent — but with no designs on leaving Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA - Three men charged with assaulting a New Jersey man who later went missing and was found dead will remain in custody after an autopsy ruled the death accidental.Jamaul Timberlake, Garnell Hands, and John Hands were each charged with second-degree aggravated assault and conspiracy after allegedly assaulting 19-year-old Irving Mayren-Guzman. No charges have been filed in the death of Mayren-Guzman as authorities continue to investigate.Police say the assault occurred in the parking lot of Centerfolds, a nightclub, during the early morning hours of Jan.

Symptoms of long COVID are more frequently reported by women, those with poor overall health before the pandemic, and those aged 50 to 60, according to a new UK-based study in Nature Communications.The study was based on results gathered from 6,907 people wi

JACKSON, Miss. - A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping, and relatives of the victim who initiated the hunt want authorities to finally arrest her nearly 70 years later.A warrant for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham — identified as "Mrs. Roy Bryant" on the document — was discovered last week inside a file folder that had been placed in a box, Leflore County Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill told The Associated Press on Wednesday.Documents are kept inside boxes by decade, he said, but there was nothing else to indicate where the warrant, dated Aug.

summer ahead. 245 feet high, in fact.“My summer plans are to go to Canada’s Wonderland in Toronto,” he says excitedly.“My plan is to go on the very, very highest ride because I want to face my fear of heights.”The Yukon Striker coaster and its 90-degree drop await him in Ontario and, unlike the past two years, his dreams aren’t limited by COVID-19 restrictions in either province.“It’s probably gonna be a good summer,” says Martin.Many New Brunswickers are plotting their warm weather moves, with this being the first start of summer since COVID-19 arrived on the scene that there are no provincial restrictions.Some tell Global News they’re just happy to have the option to socialize without counting their contacts — like Tracy O’Neill, who’s looking forward to spending some time at her trailer in Penobsquis.“In the past we couldn’t have anybody up at the trailer,” she says, “but this year it’s all open so we can actually have company over.”The province’s top doctor tells Global News Tuesday that Public Health is monitoring the two newest Omicron subvariants of COVID-19, but that officials aren’t expecting another wave of infection to hit until autumn.“We do expect people to be outdoors more,” said Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr.

Gennova Biopharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Emcure Pharmaceuticals, on Wednesday announced that its mRNA vaccine Gemcovac-19 against covid-19 has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). Gemcovac-19 is the first mRNA vaccine developed in India, and only the world’s third mRNA vaccine to be approved for covid-19.

COVID-19 cases jumped 18% last week and are at their highest levels since April, and the increase comes as the more transmissible Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants cause most infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its latest update.

NEW YORK - On Wednesday, fallen R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his fame to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse.The Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling singer and songwriter was convicted last year of racketeering and sex trafficking at a trial that gave voice to accusers who had previously wondered if their stories were being ignored because they were Black women.Part of the legal case involved his marriage to the late R&B singer Aaliyah, who has since died in a plane crash. RELATED: R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison in sex abuse caseDuring the trial, evidence was presented about a fraudulent marriage scheme hatched to protect Kelly after he feared he had impregnated Aaliyah in 1994 when she was just 15. Witnesses said they were married in matching jogging suits using a license falsely listing her age as 18; he was 27 at the time.Born January 1979, Aaliyah Haughton, with her silky smooth voice, signed a record deal with her uncle in Detroit when she was just 12. Billboard Magazine said Aaliyah "revolutionized R&B with her honey-coated voice and sultry mix of pop, soul and hip-hop."RELATED: Porsha Williams says she was a victim of R. Kelly 'I felt danger'Aaliyah’s "Try Again" beat out Britney Spears’ "Oops!...

A banner displaying Wedding Row in Las Vegas. (Credit: City of Las Vegas) LAS VEGAS - There’s Billionaires’ Row in New York City, Millionaire’s Row in Miami and now there’s Wedding Row in Las Vegas. Sin City is making it easier for couples looking to quickly tie the knot by debuting its latest district downtown that’s already home to 40 different wedding chapels and venues. And in case you can’t find it, the city has placed 12 colorful banners around the area so there’s no confusion about where couples can get hitched. RELATED: Say ‘I do’ in Italy: Lazio Region will pay you 2,000 euros to get married thereAccording to the Marriage License Bureau, about 80% of marriage licenses issued in southern Nevada belong to tourists. Molly Lemke Healy and Matt Gnoza tied the knot in Vermont in March.City leaders said Wedding Row is a result of a new project to highlight districts in Las Vegas with colorful banners and signage.

Travis Barker has all the support of his friends and family amid the recent news of his hospitalization. Now that it has been reported by TMZ that the musician is suffering from pancreatitis, and doctors believe that it was triggered by a recent colonoscopy.It was also revealed that the hospitalization on Tuesday was the result of an inflammation of the pancreas, which may cause intense stomach pain, and even nausea.Kourtney Kardashian and Travis were photographed entering the hospital, with the singer being wheeled around in a stretcher and Kourtney walking behind him, as the medical staff helped him.The singer was taken by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, with his 16-year-old daughter Alabama Barker staying by his side, and posting an update on social media, sharing a photo of her dad while resting in a hospital bed with the caption “Please say a prayer.”Alabama also posted to Instagram Stories a message, showing concern for her dad, writing “please send your prayers.” Travis’ son, Landon Barker, was not able to join his dad at the hospital as he was in New York City preparing to join Machine Gun Kelly at Madison Square Garden.The singer was in a lot of pain, as he wrote on his Twitter account “God save me,” earlier on Tuesday, making fans concerned about his health.

PHILADELPHIA - A woman is in custody after she was caught on surveillance video casually shooting a man standing on a Kensington street earlier this month.Latanya Nettles, 42, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, PIC, simple assault and REAP in connection to the June 6 shooting.Video released by police shows the woman smoking a cigarette before turning around and shooting a man one time at close range. She then continues smoking, puts her gun in her purse, and casually walks away. SEPTA officers were in the area when they reportedly heard a gunshot and found the man on the 1800 block of East Wishart Street. He suffered one gunshot wound to the abdomen.

Maternal deaths in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic increased 33%—and even higher in Black and Hispanic women—according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) published yesterday in a study in JAMA Network Open.

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High gas prices at a station on the corner of Valley View Street and Chapman Avenue in Garden Grove, CA, on Monday, March 7, 2022. (Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - An overwhelming and growing majority of Americans say the U.S.

FAIRFAX, Va. - Authorities have made an arrest in the murder of a nonprofit CEO who was found dead in his Fairfax home.Officers say 33-year-old Joshua Daniel Danehower from Arlington, Virginia was arrested in connection with the murder of Gret Glyer.Police say they found 32-year-old Glyer dead from gunshot wounds around 3 a.m. Friday after they responded to his home in the 9800 block of Bolton Village Court.At a press conference Wednesday, police said Glyer was asleep in bed when he was shot multiple times by Danehower.

ALSO READ: Monkeypox spreading in vulnerable groups, including children, warns WHO He added, "Pandemic is changing but it’s not over. We have made progress but it’s not over." According to him, the ability to track the virus is 'under threat' as reporting and genomic sequences are declining, making it harder to track Omicron and analyse future emerging variants.

SPRINGFIELD, Pa. - A man was killed in a morning shooting on Rt. 1 in Springfield after a road rage incident, according to Springfield police. Authorities say officers responded to reports of a vehicle crash and a shooting on S.

PHILADELPHIA - Surveillance footage released by police captures the moment several shots were fired at a man outside a house in North Philadelphia.Police say a 17-20-year-old man in a dark-colored Nissan sedan drove up to the victim on the 2400 block of North Reese Street just after midnight on June 23.A second armed man then approached the victim on foot and tried to force him into the vehicle, according to police.After a brief struggle, both suspects reportedly fired several shots at the victim, who appeared to be trying to get inside the house.Gunfire can be heard in the video as smoke fills the air and both suspects flee in their car.The victim suffered a single shot to the elbow, and was treated at a local hospital.Anyone with information is asked to call or text Philadelphia Police at 215-686-8477.

CHESTERFIELD, Va. - A toddler accidentally left in a vehicle for hours died Tuesday and police said his father was found dead in an apparent suicide at their Virginia home.Chesterfield County Police received a call around 11:45 a.m. indicating that an 18-month-old boy may have been left in a vehicle for several hours, police said in a news release.Lt.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Victims have been found with no identification documents at all and in one case a stolen ID. Remote villages lack phone service to reach family members and determine the whereabouts of missing migrants.

Travis Barker has reportedly been hospitalized for an undisclosed medical issue.The 46-year-old Blink-182 drummer and husband of Kourtney Kardashian was photographed being rushed to Cedar-Sinai Medical Center on Tuesday evening after he first checked into West Hills Hospital and Medical Center that morning. (Celebrity news site TMZ was the first to report the news.) ‘ER’ actor Mary Mara, 61, dies in apparent drowning in St.

NEW YORK - R& B star R. Kelly faces the possibility of 25 years or more in prison as he attends his sentencing Wednesday afternoon in a federal sex trafficking case in New York.U.S.

Twitter to share her daily shenanigans with her fans, with the former This Morning presenter sharing an update on her recent health woes.The TV personality revealed she had been "lapping up" sympathy after testing positive for Covid, as she now has "full body-aches".Fern took to Twitter at the weekend to reveal she had tested positive for Covid-19, after testing negative the day before.The former This Morning presenter took to Twitter today to update her fans on her symptoms.She wrote in view of her 115,100 followers: "Good afternoon covid chums."How are you? Today my body aches from the waist down and shoulders up. You?"Many social media users rushed to the comments to share their Covid stories and wish the presenter well.K8_fletch said: "My symptoms started 24hrs ago.Sore throat, awful headache and body aches."No positive result yet.

PHILADELPHIA - South Philadelphia Community Fridge is asking for help after they say one of their refrigerators was stolen.Volunteers with the group say the community fridge outside the Bok Building at 1901 South 9th Street was taken around 6:30 p.m.

FILE-In this photo illustration a woman appears to be stressed as she sits in front of her computer. (Robin Utrecht/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - The past couple of years have been challenging for most of us, and it can impact our moods and stress levels based on a recent Gallup poll.Gallup surveyed people to gauge the overall emotions they felt in 2021.

HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEATSTROKEWith many people starting celebrations as early as this week, Zambell offered some advice to know before you start a firework display."If you are shooting commercial fireworks, you need to know your fireworks, you need to know the local laws, you need adult supervision, you never want to put fireworks in your pocket, you never want to bring pets to the display, you want to shoot them one at a time, you need a water hose, shoot a good distance from buildings, and certainly don’t wanna be drinking alcohol."Zambell mentioned that dry conditions are among the worst to shoot fireworks.FOX Weather correspondent Will Nunley is in middle Tennessee, where state officials are monitoring conditions ahead of this July Fourth holiday.Nashville, Tennessee forecast into the July Fourth weekend. (FOX Weather) "This is your yearly reminder that you are launching burning balls of fire into the air, and that could accidentally land somewhere you weren’t anticipating and start a fire," Nunley said.He says that middle Tennessee isn’t necessarily in a drought situation, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t dry.

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COVID-19 indicators are on the rise, the province’s public health director announced Wednesday.Dr. Luc Boileau gave an update on the situation, saying that the uptick in infections was foreseeable as sanitary restrictions were lifted.Quebec is also dealing with the arrival of new variants of the novel coronavirus, which Boileau said are more transmissible.

tenants of a Parkdale apartment building claim they are facing eviction for using their window air conditioner units during the heat wave earlier this month.Cindy Therrien, who has lived in the Jameson Avenue highrise for more than 30 years, suffers from a chronic inflammatory lung disease and said her A/C unit helps her to breathe.“They don’t want their air conditioners going but I’m sorry my health is more important than them trying to make my health issues worse,” Therrien said.Without air conditioning, she said, “I’d probably end up being found dead.” Online evictions raise alarm in Ontario Tenants of the building, The Imperial, showed Global News a “notice to terminate a tenancy early” letter they received in their mailboxes, dated June 20.“You must move out of the rental unit identified above on or before July 9th, 2022” indicates the letter.“Where am I moving?” asked Helen Gerardi, a tenant of the building for 43 years. “You know who is going to move me out? The hearse car.

PHILADELPHIA - James Holton's world was rocked when he got the news that his niece Jailene Holton was fatally shot at a bar in Northeast Philadelphia on Tuesday night. What began as a rare outing for the 21-year-old woman, who hardly ever drank or went out according to family, ended in tragedy at the Philly Bar & Restaurant. Authorities say 8th District officers responded to numerous reports of a shooting and found Holton suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. She was transferred to Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital to undergo surgery, but she later died, police say. Holton's family says she was serving as the designated driver for a night out with a friend that began at Top Golf and ended at the bar. FOX 29 learned that a group of three men walked into the bar and one of them wanted to play billiards but was turned down because a billiards league was using the pool table. Authorities say the man began to cause a disturbance and he was escorted out of the bar with the two other men he arrived with. As the disturbance escalated, patrons in the bar were advised to stand at the back of the bar for their safety, sources told FOX 29's Steve Keeley. Jailene Holton, 21, is remembered by her family as a quiet woman who worked and didn't go out often.

SPRINGFIELD, Pa. - Police are conducting a shooting investigation in Springfield, according to authorities. SKYFOX flew over the scene of South Rt. 1 and Meetinghouse Lane and police vehicles were spotted on scene. Springfield Police say initial reports indicate that the shooting may have stemmed from a road rage incident on State Road. Suspects fled the area, according to police, but the community is not in danger. The Delaware County District Attorney's Office tells FOX 29's Jeff Cole that a man, who is believed to be in his 70s, died from gunshot wounds. FOX 29 is working to learn additional details about the shooting and the victim. This is a developing story.

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind the iconic kids show “Sesame Street,” shared a new PSA on Twitter and Youtube.The now-viral campaign comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded the use of the COVID-19 vaccine to children 5-years-old and younger earlier this month.“It’s okay to have questions about COVID-19 vaccines for children!” the tweet is captioned. “Elmo’s dad Louie talked to their pediatrician, and learned that Elmo getting vaccinated is the best way to keep him and his whole neighborhood safe and healthy!”It's okay to have questions about COVID-19 vaccines for children! Elmo's dad Louie talked to their pediatrician, and learned that Elmo getting vaccinated is the best way to keep him and his whole neighborhood safe and healthy! #CaringForEachOther pic.twitter.com/aWkCfysJPEThe now-viral PSA shows the eternal 3-year-old describing the jab as “a little pinch” to his father Louie who questioned the safeness of the vaccine.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry has granted its approval to launch a cargo ferry service between Kankasanthurai and Tamil Nadu.Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda said that permission was granted for the commencement of a Cargo Ferry service between KKS and the Karaikal Port, and Port of Pondicherry in Tamil Nadu.He said that a Cargo Boat Service will also commence thereafter.The Minister said that the service will allow Sri Lankans access to fuel, fertilizer, milk power, and other essentials including medicines, at a low cost.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has decided to implement a token system dedicated for filling stations to supply fuel for motorists waiting in line to obtain Petrol & Diesel.Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said the program will come into effect from Monday (27) and the assistance of Sri Lanka Police and Sri Lanka Army, Navy, and Air Force will be obtained to ensure the process is carried out smoothly.The Minister said the token will be awarded dedicated to filling stations, and it cannot be tampered with.Updating the press on the latest developments on delayed fuel shipments, the Minister said that four separate groups from the Ministry are working on Petrol, Diesel, Crude / Furnace Oil, and Jet Fuel imports.He said the teams are working on 130 plus proposals for fuel delivery to Sri Lanka.The Minister said the next 12 months will be a challenging period of Sri Lanka in terms of fuel delivery, adding that it may or may be not possible to completely eliminate the fuel queues.” USD 500 Million is something that Sri Lanka cannot bear at the moment.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has given the green light to open up the Fuel Import and Retail sales market to Companies from Oil producing Nations.Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera tweeted that these companies will be selected on the ability to Import Fuel and operate without Forex requirements from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and Banks for the first few months of operations.He said that the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation will be the service provider for logistics, stocking and distribution with a service fee charged from the Companies.Selected outlets of the existing 1190 CEYPETCO and New outlets will be made available for LIOC and New Companies selected, he added noting that the refinery will operate with CPC.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s new Minister of Investment Promotion Dhammika Perera has taken a series of measures to address the longstanding issues at the Department of Immigration and Emigration.As a first step, a new counter will be opened at the Department of Immigration and Emigration to facilitate the issuance of passports in an expeditious manner to all those who have already completed the necessary documentation to travel overseas for employment.This special counter will be established at the Head Office of the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Suhurupaya, Battaramulla.The One-Day Service for passports which was limited to Colombo, will be expanded to the Matara, Kandy, and Vavuniya Districts.Dhammika Perera has also decided to spend Rs.