Gov. Murphy's electric vehicle incentive program hits year 3 as NJ unveils plan to help drivers buy chargers

DETROIT - The surprise deal by Senate Democrats on a slimmed-down bill to support families, boost infrastructure and fight climate change also is likely to jump-start sales of electric vehicles.The measure agreed to by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and holdout Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia would give EV buyers a $7,500 tax credit starting next year, through the end of 2032.

December 2021’s EF-4 tornado that leveled parts of Mayfield."These families are going to need help, much like our families in western Kentucky. They are also going through one of the worst disasters of this type that we have seen," Beshear said.Drone video shows homes and cars underwater from flooding in Hindman, KY on Thursday. (Credit: Brandon Clement/ LSM)Some charitable organizations are opening hands to supplies and volunteers, while others are in need of monetary donations.HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON TVHere’s how you can help residents clean up from the storms.TOPSHOT - Aerial view of homes submerged under flood waters from the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Kentucky, on July 28, 2022.

The federal government is proposing $1,337 in compensation for turning in an AR-15 rifle under a mandatory buyback program.

A Monaghan-based GP has said the proposed plan to end Covid-19 testing for the general population in the autumn should be discussed with GPs.

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA - SEPTEMBER 30: Penn State Nittany Lions cheerleaders entertain crowds before the football team arrives for a game against the Indiana Hoosiers on September 30, 2017 at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. Penn State d HARRISBURG, Pa. - Four Pennsylvania universities said Wednesday they will follow through with tuition increases despite calls from House Republicans to roll back the price hikes.The lawmakers, including Sen.

George Hofstetter, 22, a native of Oakland, was founder of social activism tech site George Hofstetter Technologies. (George Hofstetter Technologie)CAMBRIDGE, England - A tech prodigy and entrepreneur from Oakland, Calif., who faced a shocking and disturbing act of racism this month while studying abroad in England, has demonstrated how to combat hate and bigotry using the skills which he called his "social justice superpower." George Hofstetter, an innovation fellow at Stanford University’s d.school, has been taking summer courses at Worcester College, at the University of Oxford and at Hughes Hall, at the University of Cambridge through the Oxford Summer Courses program. On July 15, during a formal dinner marking the end of the program at Cambridge, he and fellow students received an appalling message sent anonymously through an iPhone AirDrop.

Danielle Smith, considered one of the front-runners in the United Conservative Party leadership race, faced sharp criticism Wednesday from debate rivals over her Alberta sovereignty plan and controversial comments on cancer.

Authorities said a 7-year-old boy was hit in the hand by stray gunfire during a shootout in East Germantown. PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a young boy was hit in the hand by stray gunfire during a shootout Wednesday night in Philadelphia's East Germantown neighborhood. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 200 block of Armstrong Street around 8 p.m.

LONG BEACH, Calif. - A 7-year-old boy died in his father's arms Tuesday when he was struck by a car as the pair walked across the street in a marked crosswalk in Long Beach."To lose your son in such a horrible way, such a horrible way to lose a child," Francisco Garate said.His son, 7-year-old Gabriel, died instantly in his arms after he was struck Tuesday around 5:20 p.m. at the intersection of Lakewood Boulevard and 23rd Street.They were on their way to the park across the street to play baseball.  RELATED: 7-year-old boy fatally struck by car while walking in crosswalk with dad"We did everything right, we were walking to go play ball.

PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating a fatal shooting that they say happened Wednesday night in South Philadelphia. At around 6:54 p.m., police say they responded to the 1800 block of Sigel Street for reports of a shooting. Upon arrival, authorities say they found a 26-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the neck. Police transported the victim to Presbyterian Hospital where they say he was pronounced dead at 7:20 p.m. No arrest was made in this incident and no weapon was recovered.

HOUSTON - New details are emerging regarding an accused predator that allegedly took an 11-year-old girl from her Missouri City home.27-year-old Jose Paniagua is now charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14. RELATED: Six men charged with solicitation of minors in Houston-areaAccording to court records, he bound the 11-year-old's hands and forced himself on her several times after first meeting the little girl online earlier this month. "So for the parents watching out there, if your kid is 13-years-old or younger, no social media whatsoever," says Tech Expert Juan Guevara Torres. That’s the recommendation from tech professionals like Torres, because it was in the chatting app Discord where the 11-year-old victim is said to have met accused sexual predator, 27-year-old Jose Paniagua, who is actually on probation in a different county for online solicitation of a minor. MORE CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETYAccording to court records, the 11-year-old first thought she was talking and meeting up with a 13-year-old boy. Those court documents say on July 9 at Paniagua’s Houston apartment the 11-year-old was forced to have intercourse multiple times and her hands were bound with a leather belt. A sexual assault nurse quoted in court documents say markings were left on the child's wrists. Also, according to those legal records, Paniagua told police he picked up the 11-year-old and took her to his apartment several times beginning July 3, after meeting the 11-year-old online and Paniagua told investigators he first thought the little girl was a 22-year-old woman."When you’re 13 and below, you are very trusting, and you’re developing a lot of the street smarts.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA - MAY 8: James Harden of Philadelphia 76ers and Max Strus of Miami Heat in action during NBA semifinals between Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on May 8, 2 PHILADELPHIA - James Harden decided to grow his beard and shear his annual salary in Philadelphia.Harden signed a deal worth slightly over $68 million, paying him about $33 million this season with a $35 million player option for the 2023-24 season. Harden, though, will make about $14.5 million less this coming season than he could have earned under his previous deal.

CAMDEN, N.J. - The leadership in Camden, New Jersey must have wanted to pinch themselves on Wednesday to make sure what they were hearing was real.New Jersey’s two-term Governor, Phil Murphy, came to City Hall to announce that not only will Camden receive $180 million from the new state budget, but they will also receive an additional $24 million to go words capital projects."It is a real pleasure to be back in historic Camden today as we highlight the significant investments to the city in this year’s budget," said Governor Murphy. "Camden is a city on the rise, and these investments will go towards refurbishing stores and streets, making them more attractive and inviting with fresh paint and repaired brickwork, and new windows and signage, while also bringing in some much-needed upgrades for safety and security.

PHILADELPHIA - More than one week after Sesame Place faced public scrutiny over discrimination allegations, a law firm has announced plans to file a class action lawsuit against the theme park. Lawyers from Murphy, Falcon & Murphy are set to hold a press conference in Philadelphia on Wednesday at 4 p.m. You can watch the press conference live on FOX29.com. This comes more than a week after video showing two girls being ignored by a theme park character went viral and sparked outrage online. Sesame Place is under fire after several videos have been posted allegedly showing children being ignored by characters.After Sesame Place issued an apology, more parents came forward with similar stories about how their children were ignored by Sesame Place characters during visits. LaShonda Miles told FOX 29 her son and stepdaughter were denied a hug from a character after it hugged another child. The videos quickly sparked discrimination allegations as many of the children being ignored were Black. RELATED HEADLINESThe family from the viral video spoke publicly at a press conference last week with their attorney B'Ivory Lamarr and activist Tamika Mallory of Until Freedom. The family accusing Sesame Place of discrimination and humiliation held a press conference in New York with their attorney and community activist Tamika Mallory.Lamarr told reporters that numerous families contacted his office with videos and details of similar discriminatory experiences at Sesame Place. "We've come to learn that what took place Saturday is not an anomaly, but what we've seen is business as usual to deny and defend and delay accountability," Lamarr said.

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How often have you heard the phrase ‘people are our strongest asset’? When it comes to health and social care, it’s so true.

PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department are searching for a suspect accused of robbing and injuring an older adult in North Philadelphia. According to authorities, the incident occurred on July 15 at 2:20 p.m.

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Police looking for a man they say robbed a woman walking her dog. PHILADELPHIA - A Good Samaritan's brave act almost made them the victim of a shooting on a Center City street earlier this month.Police say a woman was walking her dog on the 700 block of Taney Street on July 12 when a man robbed her at gunpoint, taking her purse.A passerby started yelling as they saw the suspect following the woman, according to police.When they started walking towards the scene, the suspect reportedly fired his handgun in that direction.

CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA - MAY 17: Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano gives a victory speech at his election-night party at The Orchards on May 17, 2022 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Mastriano, who was the front runner heading into HARRISBURG, Pa. - Republicans are warming up to Doug Mastriano.When he crushed a nine-person field to win the GOP nomination for Pennsylvania governor in May, some in the party warned that Mastriano's far-right views on everything from abortion to the 2020 presidential election would squander an otherwise attainable seat in a critical battleground state.

What is monkeypox? It’s an illness spread by the monkeypox virus. The name monkeypox comes from its early origins. It was first discovered in 1958 among a cohort of laboratory monkeys kept for research.

Covid can make your hair fall out and hit your sex drive. Sufferers have experienced a much wider set of symptoms – more than 60 – than previously thought, research discovered.The distressing effects include alopecia and sexual dysfunction. READ MORE: Drunk monk in car who told cops 'whisky cures Covid-19' gets kicked out of monkhood The study looked at symptoms reported by more than 2 million people 12 weeks after their initial infection.Dr Shamil Haroon, of the University of Birmingham, said: “This research validates what patients have been telling clinicians and policy makers throughout the pandemic.“The symptoms of long Covid are extremely broad and cannot be fully accounted for by other factors such as lifestyle or chronic health conditions."“The symptoms we identified should help clinicians and clinical guideline developers to improve the assessment of patients with long-term effects from Covid-19, and to subsequently consider how this symptom burden can be best managed,” added Dr Haroon.Patterns of symptoms were grouped into respiratory symptoms and mental health and cognitive problems – and then also a broader range of problems.Most common were loss of sense of smell, shortness of breath, chest pain and fever.Others included amnesia, bowel incontinence, erectile dysfunction, hallucinations and limb swelling. To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here . Fellow researcher Jennifer Camaradou said: “This study is instrumental in creating and adding further value to understanding the complexity and pathology of long Covid.

Gerson Fuentes (photo courtesy Franklin County Sheriff's Office) COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A man pleaded not guilty on Monday in Ohio to charges of raping a 10-year-old girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion last month, which became a flashpoint in the national debate over access to the procedure.The 27-year-old defendant is charged with two felony counts of rape in a court in Franklin County, home to the state capital Columbus. He could face life without parole.

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - A statue of Amelia Earhart will be unveiled at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, commemorating her accomplishments as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and her influential advocacy for women’s equal rights.Earhart will become one of only 11 women represented in the National Statuary Hall Collection.(Original Caption) Amelia Earhart, (1898-1937), first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. She is shown climbing into the cockpit.

Suspects sought in armed carjacking.

DEWEY BEACH, Del. - Police have identified a man who was struck and killed by a car along a highway in a Delaware beach town after they say he was forced out of a rideshare vehicle following an argument with the driver.Sidney Wolf, 43, of Clarksburg, Maryland died just before 1:45 a.m. Sunday on Coastal Highway near Anchors Way in Dewey Beach.Police say Wolf and five others hired a Lyft driver to pick them up in Dewey Beach and take them to their residence in nearby Bethany Beach.After a disagreement with the group, police say the driver stopped the vehicle in the middle of the southbound lanes of Coastal Highway, terminated the ride, and demanded the passengers exit.Authorities say a car traveling southbound swerved to miss the Lyft driver’s stopped vehicle and struck Wolf who had just exited and was standing in the roadway.Police say Wolf died at the scene.

PHILADELPHIA - Wei Chen wants people who visit Philadelphia's Chinatown to see past the amber-colored roast ducks hanging in a restaurant window and notice the two older women chatting in Mandarin on the steps to the apartments above."These apartments are full of people who are low-income, who are elderly people, and people who are new immigrants," said Chen, the community engagement director for Asian Americans United. "You have to think about how Chinatown was created.

Omicron surge, between December 2021 and April 2022, in the greater Los Angeles area, 912 adults who had received at least three doses of an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine (either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna Covid-19 vaccines, authorised by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) and were treated for Covid-19 underwent a retrospective cohort study.  Age, gender, race, ethnicity, and clinical data from electronic health records were among the demographic details that were looked at.

WEST PHILADELPHIA - A chaotic scene in West Philadelphia Sunday, as a vehicle slammed into a home.Crews were called to 4200 block of Westminster Avenue just before noon.Police did not release any details regarding how the crash occurred or whether there were injuries to anyone in the vehicle or in the building.The vehicle caused an unspecified amount of damage.

PHILADELPHIA - A 13-year-old girl who was shot in the face Friday night was a witness to the brutal traffic cone attack that killed a 73-year-old man last month, according to sources with Philadelphia police.The girl was shot in the back of the right ear on the 5800 block of Osceola Street around 6:45pm July 22nd. The bullet traveled through her jaw, according to police.

Many of us worry about our health as we enter midlife and beyond. Little changes—a slowdown in our daily run, a wobble on the stairs, a task that slips our mind—can raise nagging questions.

Covid through the vaccine programme, it is clear that the virus is not about to disappear," said Denis Kinane, a leading immunologist and Founding Scientist at Cignpost Diagnostics. "There are some extremely worrying trends in the rising number of infections, particularly when compared to the levels from a year ago. " One sign that could help identify the culprit are mouth ulcers.

HOUSTON, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 05: Master P performs onstage during the third annual Astroworld Festival at NRG Park on November 05, 2021 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images) NEW YORK - Rapper and entrepreneur Master P is opening up about the death of his daughter, Tytyana Miller, who died from a drug overdose. The 29-year-old died in May 2022.

OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 4: Lightning strikes over a home in Oceanside, California as a fast moving storm passed through San Diego County on October 4, 2021 in Oceanside, California. (Photo by Daniel Knighton/Getty Images) The U.S.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. - A week after a controversial video of an incident at Sesame Place went viral, the family is calling on its parent company Sea World to take action.Jodi Brown posted the video of her daughter Skylar Brown, 6, and niece Nylah Brown, 6, being ignored by the character Rosita during a parade at the theme park. The video, which has been viewed more than 750,000 times, sparked national outrage and prompted celebrities and public figures to call on Sesame Place for answers.Sesame Place has issued three apologies, calling the incident "unacceptable" and saying it would conduct training for employees to deliver a more "inclusive, equitable and entertaining experience."More families have since come forward with allegations and videos alleging similar experiences at the park. A new video shared Friday appears to show Rosita interacting with a white child after ignoring Skylar and Nylah. The video also allegedly contradicts Sesame Place's claim that the character was motioning "No" to another family.RELATED HEADLINESIn a second press conference Saturday, attorney B'Ivory Lamarr stood alongside attorney Ben Crump, Jodi Brown and both children, who he called the "faces of America as it stands against racism."Crump, a civil rights and personal injury attorney, says they are demanding action from Sea World, telling the parent company, "The ball is in your corner.""We will see if Sea World will do the right thing: danger or opportunity," he said.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has accepted new recommendations over Ireland’s Covid-19 autumn vaccination programme.

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Side profile of the CELESTIQ show car exterior shot from above. (Cadillac)Cadillac has revealed the car it hopes will reclaim the "Standard of the World" title for the brand.The Celesitq is a fully electric ultra-luxury model that will be largely hand-built by the automaker starting next year.The show car that has been unveiled previews the production Celestiq's styling and four-door liftback configuration, which is similar to the Mercedes-Benz EQS that it will compete against.Its large faux grille is embedded with lighting elements that illuminated in an animated sequence and the lights flanking its tailgate are a tip of the hat to the brand's iconic tail fins.Front 3/4 of the CELESTIQ show car exterior.

Overture rendering. (Boom Supersonic)The design for the world’s fastest passenger airliner was unveiled during the Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom this week. Named the Overture, the supersonic jet will run on 100% sustainable aviation fuel and can reach speeds of up to 1,122 mph — one and a half times the speed of sound — at a cruising altitude of 60,000 feet.  "Aviation has not seen a giant leap in decades.

Paloma Aguilar from “Big Brother 24” has addressed her surprising exit from the show, revealing that she decided to leave the competition to protect her mental health.

A café which caters to help people with mental health will celebrate its first birthday in style this Sunday.

Wanda Palmer and Daniel Palmer III (Credit: Jackson County Sheriff's Office) CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A West Virginia man charged with trying to kill his sister, who recently awakened from a two-year coma and identified him as her attacker, has died, authorities said Friday.Daniel J. Palmer III of Cottageville was pronounced dead Thursday at a Charleston hospital, a day after he was taken there following an evaluation by jail medical staff, the state Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Division of Corrections, said in a news release.The statement didn't indicate a cause of death and a spokeswoman for Department of Health and Human Resources, which oversees the state medical examiner's office, said state law only allows the agency to release autopsy information to relatives and law enforcement.Palmer, 55, was uncooperative while in custody and during booking procedures at the South Central Regional Jail, where he was taken July 15 after being charged with the attempted murder and malicious wounding of his sister, the statement said.His death likely brings a close to a highly unusual case in which the investigation was stalled for two years by a lack of evidence.His sister, Wanda Palmer, was in a coma in a nursing home for two years.

COVID-19 vaccination settings for babies and preschoolers when shots become available next week.Peterborough Public Health says its dedicated clinics for children aged six months to five years will give families extra time at their appointments to get comfortable and ask questions.The health unit says there will be barriers set up in mass immunization clinics for families who might need privacy.