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Photos provided by Memphis Police Department show Eliza Fletcher running early Friday morning (Memphis Police Department) Eliza Fletcher, a 34-year-old Memphis mother of two who went by Liza, was snatched during an early morning jog Friday.Investigators say that as the junior kindergarten teacher ran down a stretch of Central Avenue near the University of Memphis, she was "abducted and forced into a mid-sized, dark-colored SUV" at around 4:30 a.m.Memphis Police tell Fox News Digital they received two calls around 7:45 a.m., one from Fletcher's husband Richard Fletcher III and one of the University. They found some of her belongings at the scene and were told that a male approached Fletcher and forced her into a dark SUV after a struggle.

A second “bivalent” coronavirus vaccine has been approved by the UK’s health watchdog ahead of a series of booster jabs this autumn.

TUPELO, Miss. - A plane has been circling over Mississippi, since early Saturday morning, and the pilot is threatening to intentionally crash into the store, reports say.According to WTVA, Tupelo Police said they received reports starting at 5 a.m. about a plane flying over the Northeast Mississippi town.

Bruce Willis starred in Die Hard 2 on ITV4. The 1990 movie was the smash-hit blockbuster sequel to Die Hard, which became a worldwide phenomenon and launched Willis into a legendary career that still stands strong today. But in recent months, the actor decided to go back to where it all began in a nostalgic step into his past.

gardening. "It did save me a fortune on therapists I am sure," Wilde said. READ MORE: Bill Turnbull: 'I'm not going to let it win' Classic FM star on 'bumpy' cancer journeyWhen the tension between her former self and now famous self started to "grate" on each other, the garden created a sense of harmony, she revealed.

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. - A passenger van carrying several warehouse workers overturned on a major highway in northern New Jersey early Friday, killing four people and injuring eight others.The crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Englewood Cliffs occurred around 1:25 a.m., authorities said. The van ended up in the center median of the southbound lanes of the highway, leaving the driver and all the passengers trapped inside the vehicle.The four people killed were pronounced dead at the scene, while the injured people were being treated at hospitals.

PORT RICHMOND - Charles "Chuckie" Maude’s family members have a piece of him everywhere they go. Memories fill their home in pictures, in letters to heaven, from little hands.Their yard. Their cars."He’ll never be forgotten," Dean Maude, Chuckie’s stepmother, commented.His father, mom and stepmother on a mission."He loved his daughters more than anything in this world.

OVERBROOK - Transitioning from the field to the sidelines, Coach Bill Sytsma says football is still his passion, one that’s brought a lot of purpose as he transitioned from player to coach.In recent years, there has been unexpected pain, as well. "It’s a little over two years and it’s still difficult to think about," Sytsma said. Before COVID-19, as head coach of the Frankford High School football team, Coach Sytsma lost two players. When the pandemic hit in March of 2020, schools closed for in-person learning and after-school activities, including athletics, canceled. No outlet.

Woman shot in the face inside apartment. PHILADELPHIA - A woman is in critical condition after police say she was shot by the father of her child Saturday morning.Police responded to the 6700 block of Jackson Street for a shooting inside a third-floor apartment around 4:30 a.m.A woman was reportedly shot in the face, and transported to a local hospital.

"I do know personal friends who struggled with the negativity that surrounded being enclosed and not being able to get out and about," he lamented."I definitely do think accessing outdoor space and the countryside and being able to be immersed in nature does have its benefits."Certainly mentally - I've seen that firsthand over the last two years."Kind-hearted JB was sure to invite his family members over during the pandemic, using safe measures."We invited our parents and of course we were very cautious because they were potentially at high risk so we didn't actually see them," he explained."[However] they had the benefit of being able to come here, park up the car and go for a walk and then go home - and that was invaluable."It was nice to be able to have [the farm] and share it with our extended family and friends."Meanwhile, his two children with dancer wife Chloe also benefited from all the extra open space - even if home-schooling during a pandemic was tough.JB is keen for eight-year-old son Ace to become a footballer, having seen his aptitude for the sport.It follows his own experience in regional rugby leagues as a child - and if it hadn't been for a traumatic injury, he believes he could have made the Premiership."Do I want my children to go into sport? For sure [but] it's a very much an individual thing in the sense that you have to really want it," he said."There'll be lots of kids, especially in football, who'll go on and want to play professional football, but it's not just a case of 'Oh, this is what I want to do'.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia's weekend violence began with a deadly double shooting in Philadelphia's Kingsessing neighborhood Saturday morning.Police say two men were killed after shots rang out on 52nd Street at Woodland Avenue around 4 a.m.One man was pronounced dead on the scene, while the other died later at a local hospital.MORE HEADLINES:The name and age of the victims has to be released.Police have also not released a motive, or any information about suspects.

Pennsylvania - Hundreds of workers from 14 Pennsylvania nursing homes went on strike Friday after contract negotiations failed to produce a deal, frustrating state officials who recently approved an aid package meant to bolster staff recruitment and retention in the long-term care industry.About 700 unionized workers walked off the job in a dispute over pay, benefits and staffing levels. Photos and video on social media showed picket lines going up outside many of the homes, with workers carrying signs and wearing the purple T-shirts of their union, SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania."Our goal has always been — and continues to be — to get a fair contract that invests in this entire workforce and will meaningfully address the staffing crisis," said Matthew Yarnell, SEIU president.He accused the nursing home operators of "failing to create the kind of wage scales we’ve been able to achieve with other providers."Talks began Thursday morning and ended early Friday without an agreement, with no new negotiations scheduled.

Former NFL player Brett Favre walks off the 10th tee box during the Celebrity Foursome at the second round of the American Family Insurance Championship at University Ridge Golf Club in Madison, Wisconsin, on June 11, 2022. (Patrick McDermott/Getty I The FBI has questioned NFL Hall of Famer and Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre for his alleged involvement in a Mississippi welfare fraud case in which Favre was paid $1.1 million for motivational speeches that he never gave, according to a report.The money that was reportedly paid to Favre in 2017 and 2018 came from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) welfare fund, and was part of a larger scandal of $70 million that was paid to Favre, a professional wrestler, a horse farm and a volleyball complex. According to a defendant in the case, the money paid to Favre reportedly came at the direction of former Mississippi Gov.

MYERSTOWN, Pa. - Larry Mitko voted for Donald Trump in 2016. But the Republican from Beaver County in western Pennsylvania says he has no plans to back his party's nominee for Senate, Dr.

Covid-19 working group NTAGI said, “this whole concept of next-generation vaccine is that we don't have to give repeated doses. The second is if we give the vaccine it covers the prevailing viruses and also future viruses better and the protection remains for a long time," news agency ANI report said.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Nearly 50 years after the last mission to the moon, NASA is once again counting down to a lunar launch. The Artemis I mission, an uncrewed test flight, is scheduled to blast off from Kennedy Space Center later today.The two-hour launch window opens at 2:17 p.m., but as illustrated by Monday’s scrub, a lot of things have to go right for the historic mission to get underway.First, the weather has to cooperate.

As of now, Delhi has 1,457 active cases, Maharashtra has 9,197 cases, Haryana 1,185 cases, Assam has 2,838 cases, Kerala has 9,645 covid cases , Tamil Nadu has 5,127 active cases and Karnataka 5,051 NEW DELHI: India recorded 7,219 fresh covid infections and 33 related deaths in the last 24 hours, the union health ministry said in an update on Saturday. Active cases now stand at 56,745, with total reported cases since the pandemic hit in early 2020 at more than 4.44 crore.

Ozzy Osbourne has spoken out in a fresh interview as plans for a new family TV show were confirmed. The Black Sabbath frontman has admitted that he would "be dead" if not for his wife Sharon, after their marriage led him to cut down on drinking and drug use.

Ontario highway.The video was posted by Louise Lesser on Instagram Friday.“Hey @teslamotors, sleeping while driving is legal now?” the post read. Video shows Tesla driver who appears asleep at the wheel on B.C. bridge at rush hour The video appears to show the Tesla driver with his eyes closed and seat reclined far back.Lesser told Global News it was filmed while travelling along the Queen Elizabeth Way near the Garden City Skyway around 7 a.m.

Much like a road-tripping parent who’s tired of their kids’ backseat antics, a Southwest pilot threatened to turn his plane around and end everyone’s trip if a passenger didn’t stop using AirDrop to send nude photographs to other passengers.

Beloved, out-there animated series Rick and Morty is flipping the script in Season 6.

BENSALEM, Pa. - Friday night football is back and they packed the nest in Bensalem for a big showdown between the beloved Fighting Owls and the Patriots of Central Bucks East."He gets everybody super stoked and super excited to play and just be a part of what our community is about. Very proud to have him and very proud to play again," exclaimed volunteer Jaime Gorlmey.Ask anyone at Bensalem High and they’ll say Coach Alexander Houston has made watching football fun."We’re just so excited to watch them again and get that pride and it’s because of Coach!" Gorlmey stated.Mother Melissa Adams added, "Bensalem is absolutely a family-based community.

FILE - USA's Serena Williams hits a return to Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic during their 2022 US Open Tennis tournament women's singles third round match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on Sept. 2, 2022.  (COREY SIPKIN/AFP via Getty Images)NEW YORK - Serena Williams lost what is expected to be the last match of her transcendent tennis career Friday night, eliminated from the U.S.

FAIRMOUNT - Organizers are putting the final touches on Made in America before it kicks off Saturday and safety is a big concern for all involved.It’s mic check time along the Parkway on the eve of the Made in America concert and festival.Stages and tents are in place for the star-studded show. And, so are police officers."You want it to be perfect.

Donald Trump said he would "very, very strongly" consider pardons and issue apologies to those who participated in the deadly Capitol riot if elected president for a second term, according to multiple reports.  "I mean full pardons with an apology to many," Trump said on Thursday during a radio interview with conservative host Wendy Bell, according to The Washington Post.

ITV4, Bruce Willis stars in Die Hard 2. The 1990 movie was the smash-hit blockbuster sequel to Die Hard, which became a worldwide phenomenon and launched Willis into a legendary career that still stands strong today. But in recent months the actor decided to go back to where it all began in a step back into his past.

TACONY - A 28-year-old man is in critical condition after a shooting in Philadelphia's Tacony neighborhood.Officials said the shooting happened near the intersection of Torresdale Avenue and Disston Street late Friday afternoon, just after 4 p.m.15th District officers found a gunshot victim in the street when they arrived on the location.Philadelphia Police Inspector D.F. Pace said the man was shot one time and the bullet entered his arm, traveled through the torso and into the man's leg.Police believe the shooting happened as a result of a robbery or theft, either a carjacking gone bad or some personal property of the victim.Police rushed him to Frankford Torresdale Hospital where he was placed in critical condition.Police are actively investigating the shooting.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities are searching for two men who they believe shot a man to death in the basement of a Philadelphia home on Friday.Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 6200 block of Marsden Street just after 5 p.m.

SHARON HILL, Pa. - Academy Park High School's football team began their season Friday afternoon, a year after 8-year-old Fanta Bility was killed by police gunfire while leaving the football field with her family.Authorities say in late August, Fanta Bility and her family were leaving the Academy Park High School football field among a crowd of fans when a shooting between two young men erupted. Bullets from that shooting came in the direction of three Sharon Hill Police officers who were monitoring the crowd. The officers returned fire, shooting toward a car they believed was involved in the initial gunfire, striking the car and members of the crowd.

(Photo by Nikola Stojadinovic / E+ via Getty Images) Death is never an easy subject to speak about. Add on top of that the awkward conversations about paying for a loved one’s burial and you’ve got yourself a very uncomfortable and harsh reality. When someone you care about dies, it doesn’t just end there. Now comes the planning and financial aspects of life after death.