Lack of firefighters closing Camden County volunteer fire company

After two years of travel restrictions, many of us can't way to jet off abroad for a week or two in the sunshine. Among the countries most popular with Brits looking for a summer holiday in the sun is, of course, France and the country is ready to welcome millions of holidaymakers and tourists this summer.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Two of the Pennsylvania Legislature's most powerful Republicans were in real danger of going down to defeat to challengers from the right Wednesday as vote counting continued in the primary election.State Sen. Pat Browne of Lehigh County was a few dozen votes behind school board member and pilot Jarrett Coleman, while state Rep. Stan Saylor of York County trailed Wendy Jo Fink, who promised to eliminate school property taxes.Both incumbents were attacked for being Harrisburg insiders.

BIG BAR, Calif. - State wildlife officials are investigating a mountain lion attack that left a woman's dog badly injured in Northern California. Erin Wilson, 24,  said her Belgian Malinois, Eva, is a hero for grappling with the animal."My dog is a hero and I owe her my life," Wilson wrote on a GoFundMe page. Her husband, Connor Kenny, shared photos of his wife and their pet with KTVU, adding that Eva was also taken to the vet. According to Wilson, Eva had two skull fractures, a puncture in her sinus cavity and swelling around her left eye. The dog's injuries stemmed from Monday at 3 p.m.

The mental health crisis facing young people in West Lothian was laid bare this week after a local charity reported that half of its clients are experiencing suicidal thoughts.

COVID-19 as hospitalizations fell Wednesday.There were 1,599 patients hospitalized with the disease, a net decrease of 35. This comes following 111 admissions and 146 discharges in the last day.Intensive care unit cases stood at 48, a drop of six.The province also registered 728 new novel coronavirus infections.

A new drama show depicting the Prime Minister's handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been met with a huge wave of criticism with viewers slamming the upcoming release as "tone-deaf" and saying "it's too soon".

1 million deaths from COVID-19, researchers say hundreds of thousands of those could have been prevented.A new analysis done by researchers at Brown School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Microsoft AI for Health shows that vaccines could have averted at least 318,000 COVID-19 deaths between January 2021 and April 2022."In spring 2021 ...

PALMETTO, Fla. - "The Greatest Show on Earth" is making a comeback.Feld Entertainment, which is based in Manatee County, announced Wednesday that the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus will debut in the fall of 2023 — without animal acts.The move comes after the circus ended its 146-year run back in 2017 due to declining ticket sales and backlash from animal rights groups.Where before, the circus had always made animals the star of the show, the company says its performers will be taking center stage as part of the big top comeback.A global talent search is underway for the new U.S.

Disney’s "Hocus Pocus 2" is set to be released on Sept. 30, 2022, according to multiple media reports.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - State wildlife officials are investigating a mountain lion attack that left a woman's dog badly injured in Northern California. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said Monday around 3 p.m. a woman was driving in Trinity County, along Highway 299, when she stopped her car.Wildlife officials said the woman got out of her car with her dog and started walking down a path.Erin Wilson said her Belgian Malinois named Eva is a hero for grappling with the animal. The woman's dog was slightly ahead of her when she noticed a movement beside her.

Eric Clapton has postponed concert dates after testing positive for COVID-19. The English guitarist's health update was shared Monday on behalf of Clapton via Facebook. "Eric Clapton is unfortunately suffering from COVID having tested positive shortly after the second concert at the Royal Albert Hall," the post read.  "He has been told by his medical advisers that if he were to resume traveling and performing too soon, it could substantially delay his full recovery.

neuropsychiatric symptoms due to Covid can set in up to a couple of weeks after first contracting the virus and worsen over time. They can last up to 12 months after beginning treatment.

Philadelphia gas stations charge over $5 a gallon. PHILADELPHIA - The pain at the pump just keeps getting worse across the Delaware Valley this week.Gas prices in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are even higher than Wednesday's national average of $4.56 - the first time all 50 states are paying an average of over $4 a gallon.The Pennsylvania average is up 7 cents from Tuesday, reaching a record high of $4.74 a gallon In Philadelphia alone, prices hit an average of $4.86 with at least one Philadelphia gas stations charging over $5 a gallon.

COVID on Wednesday, with 163 in intensive care.This is down by 97 for hospitalizations and a decrease of two for ICUs since the previous day. Last Wednesday, there were 1,528 hospitalizations with 176 in ICU.According to latest data for hospitalizations, 62 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19. For those in ICUs, 41 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

ATLANTA - The United States have hit a painful milestone for gas prices this week as drivers across the country struggle with paying more at the pump.Tuesday, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas has now risen above $4 a gallon in all 50 states. That's the first time every single state has passed the $4 mark at once.Georgia was one of the last three states to pass the $4 a gallon mark along with Kansas and Oklahoma.The national average price of a regular gallon of gasoline Wednesday in just under $4.56 - a jump of four cents from the record set Tuesday."The high cost of oil, the key ingredient in gasoline, is driving these high pump prices for consumers," said Andrew Gross, AAA spokesperson.

The annual rate of inflation hit 6.8 per cent in April, marking a slight uptick from a month earlier, according to Statistics Canada.

Police are looking for a man they say carjacked an elderly man in North Philadelphia.

coronavirus pandemic - a great job and boyfriend - but things appeared to be flipped upside down as Covid raged on.

As many as 532 more people tested positive for Covid-19 across Delhi in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 19,01,660, said the state health department on Wednesday. The positivity rate has reached 2.13%.

Housing affordability in Ontario has eroded at a rate not seen in half a century over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report suggests, while home prices skyrocketed by 44 per cent across Doug Ford’s premiership.The new report by Generation Squeeze found that with current home prices, a new homebuyer would have to work full-time for nearly 22 years to save up enough money for a 20 per cent down payment on a home — up from 15 years in late 2019.“Ontario has just completely lost control of housing,” said Paul Kershaw, an associate professor at the University of British Columbia and the founder of Generation Squeeze, which studies housing affordability and standard of living across Canada.“We’ve never seen anything like this before in any province at any time in the last 50 years.” ‘I’ll never be able to afford property’: Housing costs key issue for Ontario voters The report, citing Canadian Real Estate Association data, found the average price for a home in Ontario rose to $871,688 by 2021, up 44 per cent from the inflation-adjusted price in 2018 — the year Ford was sworn in as premier.Meanwhile, wages have stagnated, particularly for the typical 25-to-34-year-old, which the report argues has led to “lost work” for those trying to save for a down payment.Over the first two years of the pandemic, Kershaw says those young Ontario residents have lost the value of six years of work that would otherwise be put toward home ownership.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX successfully launched another batch of 53 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast on Wednesday. A Falcon 9 rocket carried the satellites into orbit at 6:59 a.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center.

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: The American flag flies at half-staff at the White House as the United States passes one million deaths from COVID-19 on May 13, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - The number of people killed by COVID-19 in the United States has reached 1 million, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday.The confirmed number of dead is equivalent to a 9/11 attack every day for 336 days. It is roughly equal to how many Americans died in the Civil War and World War II combined.

FILE IMAGE - A detailed view of a US Soccer Federation logo is seen on a scarf during a CONCACAF World Cup qualifying match between the United States and Jamaica on Oct. 7, 2021, at Q2 Stadium in Austin, TX. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via G CHICAGO - The U.S.

Netflix announced 150 employee layoffs on Tuesday nearly one month after reporting its first paid subscriber losses in more than a decade."As we explained on earnings, our slowing revenue growth means we are also having to slow our cost growth as a company. So sadly, we are letting around 150 employees go today, mostly U.S.-based," a Netflix spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital. "These changes are primarily driven by business needs rather than individual performance, which makes them especially tough as none of us want to say goodbye to such great colleagues.

BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the military alliance stands ready to seize a historic moment and move quickly on allowing Finland and Sweden to join its ranks, after the two countries submitted their membership requests.The official applications, handed over by Finland and Sweden’s ambassadors to NATO, set a security clock ticking. Russia, whose war on Ukraine spurred them to join the military organization, has warned that it wouldn't welcome such a move, and could respond."I warmly welcome the requests by Finland and Sweden to join NATO.

'No time for complacency' 

Jimmy Kimmel has tested positive for COVID-19, once again. The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host revealed Tuesday that he still has the virus after sharing that he contracted COVID earlier this month.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Printing mistakes will force local election officials in Pennsylvania and Oregon to redo thousands of mailed ballots, a laborious process that could delay results for some closely contested races in Tuesday's primaries.In Pennsylvania, where GOP primaries for governor and U.S. Senate are drawing national attention, officials in Republican-leaning Lancaster County said the company that printed its mailed ballots included the wrong ID code, preventing scanning machines from being able to read them.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Donald Trump's preferred candidate in Pennsylvania's Senate Republican primary was essentially tied with a more traditional rival, while his pick for governor notched a commanding victory Tuesday as the former president worked to expand his hold on the GOP.Doug Mastriano was already surging in the governor's race when Trump issued an endorsement over the weekend supporting the far-right state senator. But Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon endorsed by Trump, was locked with former hedge fund manager David McCormick in a race that was too early to call Wednesday morning.Pennsylvania law requires recounts when the margin between the top two candidates is 0.5 percentage points or less.

Researchers have finally unravelled why those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at higher risk of developing severe coronavirus, an advance that could lead to the development of new therapeutic interventions to reduce the infection in patients with the lung condition.

NEW DELHI:The Union Health Ministry has rolled out a training module on National Emergency Life Support (NELS) for doctors, nurses and paramedics. This training module will lead to the creation of a pool of trained doctors, nurses and paramedics in the country with skills to provide standardised emergency life support and reduce mortality due to medical emergencies.

FILE - Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Utah. (Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)SALT LAKE CITY - A 13-year-old Utah boy has died from his injuries a day after a sand dune he was digging in collapsed and buried him at a state park, officials said Monday.The boy had been digging a tunnel into the dune at southern Utah's Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park when it collapsed on him Saturday evening, park rangers said.A family member alerted authorities, and rangers arrived to dig the boy out from what they said was about 6 1/2 feet (2 meters) of sand.After rangers and Kane County Sheriff’s deputies rescued him, found he had a pulse, and administered CPR, the boy was transported to a St.

Kerry Katona has given a health update after being rushed to hospital over the weekend. On Instagram, the mum-of-five shared a snap of her with an IV drip in her arm from her hospital bed. "Not really where I wanna be," the reality TV star said alongside three anxious emojis.

Payton Gendron’s COVID-19-altered senior year at Susquehanna Valley High School, he logged on to a virtual learning program in economics class that asked: “What do you plan to do when you retire?”“Murder-suicide,” Gendron typed.Despite his protests that it was all a joke, the bespectacled 17-year-old who had long been viewed by classmates as a smart loner was questioned by state police over the possible threat and then taken into custody and to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation under a state mental health law. Biden calls Buffalo mass shooting ‘domestic terrorism,’ condemns ‘replacement theory’ But a day and a half later, he was released.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claimed the negligence and laziness of state officials worsened the country's Covid outbreak, state media reported, as the number of known cases crossed 1.7 million.

Ricky Gervais while promoting his COVID-delayed comedy special SuperNature on Tuesday joked about wondering if the upcoming Netflix show would be 'out of date'.The 60-year-old English comedian during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was asked if had to change jokes due to a long touring break because of the coronavirus pandemic.'It was always evolving. There was a thought, 'Will this be out of date?' And then I realized that when you're dealing with, you know, famine, AIDS, cancer, Hitler, those dudes are evergreen,' Gervais quipped.

Jimmy Kimmel continues to test positive for COVID-19.

Amber Heard took the stand once again Tuesday to continue facing the intense cross-examination about her relationship with her former husband, actor Johnny Depp.Heard faced the first hours of her cross-examination Monday, as Depp’s lawyers tried to poke holes in her earlier claims about alleged physical and sexual abuse at the hands of Depp.The couple split in 2016, but have been battling it out in various courtrooms since, as each tries to paint themselves as the bigger victim in the relationship. Amber Heard cross-examination begins in defamation trial — ‘I could never hurt Johnny’ This particular trial stems from an op-ed piece Heard wrote for The Washington Post in 2018, in which she claimed she had been abused, but never mentioned Depp by name.Depp is suing Heard for US$50 million, while Heard is countersuing her former partner for US$100 million.As Heard returned to the stand Tuesday, she was asked about the beginnings of her relationship with Depp.

NATO said Sweden and Finland would be “warmly welcomed” if the countries decided to apply for membership in the military alliance.Now, it appears at least one NATO nation doesn’t feel the same way.

Delhi on Tuesday recorded 393 fresh Covid-19 cases while Maharashtra added 266 cases of infection in a day. While other states and union territories have registered less than 50 cases.

BURLINGTON, N.J. - Family and friends gathered Tuesday evening to honor the life of 40-year-old Dominick Santiago who was murdered last Thursday in the Burlington City.Officers on patrol heard gunshots early Thursday, around 3 a.m. and responded to the 500 block of Linden Avenue. When they arrived, they found 40-year-old Santiago inside an SUV.

CHERRY HILL, N.J. - On November 9, 2018, 92-year-old Holocaust survivor, Fred Behrend, was at the Politz School in Cherry Hill talking to middle school students about his experiences growing up in Nazi Germany. During his talk with the students, he mentioned the name of a childhood friend and schoolmate. Suddenly, after the mention of his friend, the school director left the room and returned, handing Behrend a cell phone.

Jimmy Kimmel has tested positive for COVID-19, once again. The host revealed Tuesday that he still has the virus after sharing that he contracted COVID earlier this month.«I’m such a positive person, I tested positive AGAIN. I am feeling fine,» Kimmel wrote on Twitter Tuesday night, before revealing that John Mulaney and Andy Samberg will be stepping in for the late-night host Wednesday. «The great John @Mulaney & Andy Samberg @TheLonelyIsland have graciously agreed to host @JimmyKimmelLive for me tomorrow,» he added.I’m such a positive person, I tested positive AGAIN.

New York raises Covid alert to ‘high’. What does it mean?