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15.09.2022 / 13:37

Police: Shots fired near 'large party' just blocks from Rowan University campus this weekend

Rowan University, much like the rest of New Jersey, is facing a coronavirus uptick. GLASSBORO, N.J. - A night out took a terrifying turn for some college students when police say gunfire erupted near Rowan University's campus over the weekend.Police were responding to local ordinance violations on Georgetown Road when several shots were fired just before 2 a.m.

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Pope Francis gets back to work after battling fever

Pope Francis leaves St. Peter's Square after his traditional Wednesday General Audience.

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President Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy's first DC home on sale in Georgetown for $2M

3321 Dent Place NW (PHOTO: Oleks Yaroshynskyi) WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - Another home Jackie Kennedy once lived in is on the market in D.C.The Georgetown property is where former president John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy signed their first lease as a newly married couple in December 1953.3321 Dent Place NW (PHOTO: Oleks Yaroshynskyi) The home, built in 1942, is being sold by Compass realtor Michael Brennan Jr.

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Delaware State Police: 2 men charged with murder for opening fire in deadly apartment shooting

SUSSEX COUNTY, Del. - An apartment shooting left one man dead in Sussex County earlier this week, and now police say the men responsible have been charged.The victim, identified as 20-year-old Terrance Frisby, was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds inside the Dunbarton Apartments in Georgetown around 8:30 p.m. Monday.Police say he was visiting when he answered a knock at the door.

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Delaware State Police: Man shot, killed as suspect rushes apartment and opens fire

SUSSEX COUNTY, Del. - A homicide investigation is underway after an apartment shooting left one man dead in Sussex County Monday night.He was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds inside the Dunbarton Apartments in Georgetown around 8:30 p.m.Police say he was visiting when he answered a knock at the door. A woman entered, followed by a man who forced himself into the apartment.MORE HEADLINES:The man then fired several shots fatally striking the victim, whose identity has yet to be released, according to authorities.Police are looking for the suspect, who they say fled on foot.

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Hurricane Ian: At least 30 confirmed dead, ‘well over’ $100 billion in damage

Rescuers searched for survivors among the ruins of Florida’s flooded homes from Hurricane Ian while authorities in South Carolina began assessing damage from its strike there as the remnants of one of the strongest and costliest hurricanes to ever hit the U.S. continued to push north.

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Monkeypox: US declares public health emergency

monkeypox outbreak that has infected over 6,600 Americans. The announcement will further free up money and other resources to fight the virus, according to the news agency Associated Press. Xavier Becerra, Head of the Health and Human Services department said that the country is prepared to take response to the next level in addressing the monkeypox virus and urged the citizens to take the infection seriously.

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FDA panel greenlights COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5

Camden VanBuskirk, 5, gets her first COVID-19 vaccine shot from medical assistant Yaa Prempeh, left, with her mother Monica, right, at West High School in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, November 16, 2021. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denv Dr.

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Remains of Brittanee Drexel found 13 years after going missing in South Carolina, suspect charged

A photo of Brittanee Drexel is shown at a press conference held by Georgetown County Sheriff Carter Weaver on May 16, 2022. (Credit: Georgetown County Sheriff's Office) The body of a 17-year-old New York girl who disappeared while in South Carolina for spring break more than a decade ago was found several miles from where she was last seen and her alleged killer has been arrested. Brittanee Drexel was visiting the tourist hotspot of Myrtle Beach in April 2009 when she was kidnapped, raped and murdered by Raymond Douglas Moody, authorities said Monday.

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COVID-19 Scan for Apr 28, 2022

Using excess mortality data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers from Georgetown University found significant regional differences in mortality rates due to COVID-19, with a disproportionate number of virus deaths in Southern states.Excess deaths were analyzed for the period between Jan 3, 2020, to Sep 26, 2021

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Lincoln man arrested after leading police on pursuit in stolen car in Rehoboth Beach, police say

William Tatman, 43, is facing multiple charges after leading Delaware State Police on a pursuit in a stolen car. REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. - Delaware State Police is investigating after a man allegedly stole a car and led police on a pursuit across the state. Police say troopers responded to the 20,000 block of Coastal Highway in Rehoboth Beach just after 5 p.m. on Saturday. According to investigators, a suspect, later identified as 43-year-old William Tatman, was seen going through vehicles on the property and he was confronted by a witness. Tatman then fled towards the Loft apartments across the road and got into a 2006 Infiniti M35 that was running in the back of the complex, police say. Authorities say troopers saw Tatman driving off in the car as the 21-year-old car owner getting dragged as he tried to stop him. Investigators say the trooper activated his emergency lights and sirens in an effort to stop the suspect, but he fled in the victim's car. Police say the pursuit began westbound on the Lewes-Georgetown Highway where the suspect tried to strike a trooper who was trying to deploy stop sticks. According to authorities, the pursuit continues to Rt.

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Delaware State Police: 4 hurt, 1 teen killed in 'near head-on collision' in Lewes

PHILADELPHIA - Delaware State Police is investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that sent four to the hospital and killed a teenager in Lewes, Delaware. According to police, the crash happened on Friday at 2:10 p.m. Investigators say a Honda CR-V traveling eastbound on Lewes-Georgetown Highway (Route 9) was approaching the intersection at Ebb Tide Drive when a 2009 Ram 1500 traveling westbound on the highway.The Honda failed to observe the stopped traffic and swerved into the westbound lane where the Ram swerved towards the shoulder, state police say. Police say the vehicles crashed "in a near head-on collision" and the Honda overturned and struck a utility pole before coming to a stop. According to investigators, five people were in the Honda, including an 18-year-old male and 17-year-old female from Bear, an 18-year-old female from Wilmington, and a 16-year-old female and 17-year-old male from Middletown. All of the passengers were transported to local hospitals with two having non-life-threatening injuries, two in critical condition and one who died from injuries at the hospital. According to police, 17-year-old Dakhyi Floyd of Middletown was identified as the teen who died. The 77-year-old driver of the Ram was treated and released from an area hospital, police say. Police are still working to determine who was driving the Honda and the crash remains under investigation, according to authorities. ___MORE LOCAL HEADLINES___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

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Rep. Tlaib tests positive for COVID-19 amid high-profile D.C. surge

Representative Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat from Michigan, left, speaks during a panel discussion during a campaign event for Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont and 2020 presidential candidate, in Clive, Iowa, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 31, WASHINGTON - U.S.

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New COVID-19 outbreaks give US glimpse at living with the virus: 'Get used to it'

Nancy Pelosi, Broadway actors and the governors of New Jersey and Connecticut have all tested positive. Outbreaks at Georgetown University and Johns Hopkins University are bringing back mask requirements to those campuses as officials seek out quarantine space.The known infections likely reveal only the tip of the iceberg — with actors and politicians regularly tested at work.

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Ukrainian embassy draws US volunteers to join fight against Russian invasion

WASHINGTON - Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has given the smaller nation’s embassy in Washington an unexpected role: recruitment center for Americans who want to join the fight.Diplomats working out of the embassy, in a townhouse in the Georgetown section of the city, are fielding thousands of offers from volunteers seeking to fight for Ukraine, even as they work on the far more pressing matter of securing weapons to defend against an increasingly brutal Russian onslaught."They really feel that this war is unfair, unprovoked," said Ukraine’s military attaché, Maj. Gen. Borys Kremenetskyi.

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Soccer players Kljestan, Hegardt swap jerseys 12 years after hospital visit wish

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - It was a full-circle moment for LA Galaxy’s Sacha Kljestan and Charlotte FC’s Christopher Hegardt when they fulfilled a promise from a 2010 hospital visit. The two teams played each other Saturday at the Bank of American Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Charlotte FC lost to LA Galaxy 1-0.But the most touching moment happened when the two players exchanged jerseys after the game.RELATED: Los Angeles places bid to host FIFA World Cup 2026Back in 2010, Kljestan visited Children's Hospital Los Angeles and met Hegardt, who was a young cancer patient.

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CDC proposes change to opioid prescription guidelines

CDC officials said."We began to hear how the guidelines were being misused and misapplied" said the CDC's Christopher Jones, a co-author of the draft guidance.The proposed changes, contained in a 229-page draft update in the Federal Register, would roll back some suggested limits on the drugs. Their publication opens a 60-day public comment period.

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Teacher shortages: School districts ask staff members, others to fill in as substitutes

Several desks sit empty in a second grade class at Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy in Stanton, CA. Some school districts are seeing high absenteeism among students and staff and few substitute teachers to fill in the gaps.

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Supreme Court blocks COVID vaccine mandate for large employers

Today the US Supreme Court, on a 6-3 vote, blocked a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that would have affected one in three American workers while leaving in place a requirement for healthcare workers.

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Third-grade teacher sinks viral basketball shot, winning students hot chocolate

WASHINGTON - An elementary teacher made the shot of a lifetime for her third-grade students in Washington, D.C., earning them a delicious cup of hot chocolate. And as it turns out, the viral basketball shot was no Christmas miracle.Kathleen Fitzpatrick, a teacher at Holy Trinity School in the Georgetown neighborhood of the nation’s capital, had promised the treat to her students if she sank the full-court shot on Dec. 17.

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WHO to revive probe into COVID-19 origins, officials warn time is running out

World Health Organization is developing a team of about 20 scientists who will be tasked with uncovering the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak -- and officials warned that time could be running out, according to a report.The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that officials from the U.N.’s public-health arm have warned that the world may never know the virus’ origins.Lawrence Gostin, faculty director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, told the paper that it is unclear if the team’s mandate will be enough to actually make progress in the investigation."China still holds all the cards, the WHO lacks power and it’s inconceivable to me that a new committee will be able to negotiate access to

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Fire at Georgetown pet boarding-facility kills all 75 animals inside

GEORGETOWN, Texas - Georgetown Fire confirms 75 dogs were killed in a fire at the Ponderosa Pet Resort Saturday night. Many of those dogs' photos are now hung up on the front gates of where the fire happened. Saturday night the Georgetown Fire Department responded to a fire at the pet resort and found the entire building engulfed in flames.

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Suspect charged with murder of man who went missing 10 years ago in Delaware

Michael Ellingsen (Delaware State Police) SUSSEX COUNTY, Del. - A Delaware man has been arrested and charged with murder after he allegedly killed another man and buried the body more than 10 years ago.Police arrested Michael Ellingsen, 31, of Georgetown,Monday and he was taken into custody without incident. In February 2011, John "Doug" Wisniewski, 45, of Dagsboro, was reported missing to the Delaware State Police. Over the last 10 years, detectives continued to investigate the circumstances surrounding his suspicious disappearance.

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27 mile Moral March for Democracy ends with rally at Texas Capitol

AUSTIN, Texas - The Moral March For Democracy came to an end at the Capitol Saturday morning. The rally, which was organized by The Poor People’s Campaign and its partners, concludes the 27-mile Moral March for Democracy that began in Georgetown earlier this week. The march was part of the Season of Nonviolent Moral Direct Action that continues Monday, Aug.

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Renowned researcher joins USask VIDO lab to study coronaviruses

University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO).Angela Rasmussen — who is still affiliated with Georgetown University and who is formerly of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health — studies how viruses interact with their host. It’s research she said will help to understand and end the current pandemic and prepare for future health crises.“My goal is to develop new models of SARS-coronavirus-2 specifically using mice to understand how the virus causes disease by modulating a response to infection,” she said, using the formal name of the virus that causes COVID-19.

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