New Jersey special services teacher charged with possessing child sexual abuse material, officials say

Former president Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally to support local candidates on September 03, 2022 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ((Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images))WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - Larry Mitko voted for Donald Trump in 2016.

FAIRMOUNT - Labor Day weekend Made in America is taking over the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. The headliner on Saturday was Tyler, the Creator.The two-day music festival is in its 10th year and features three stages with performances all day and night."They never miss with the lineup," said Byron Chavez.

This picture taken on July 4, 2022 shows the logo of Amazon, a major online shopping company, displayed at Amazon Amagasaki Fulfillent Center in Amagasaki, Hyogo prefecture. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images) Amazon is reportedly scrapping plans to build dozens of warehouse facilities across the United States amid slowed sales growth.The consulting firm MWPVL says that the online retail giant is either closing or abandoning plans to open 42 facilities across the country totaling almost 25 million square feet of usable space, Bloomberg reported.The firm says that Amazon has also delayed opening 21 other locations and canceled several European projects, mostly in Spain."Amazon is a dynamic business and we are constantly exploring new locations," Amazon spokesperson Maria Boschetti told Fox News Digital.

CHICAGO - It was a normal summer day in Chicago's Austin neighborhood, until someone made a shocking discovery: a human fetus just laying on a sidewalk.The fetus was found on the 6400 block of West Bloomingdale Avenue (near Narragansett) around 1:35 p.m. on Saturday, police said.SUBSCRIBE TO FOX 32 CHICAGO ON YOUTUBE FOR MORE CONTENTVideo from the scene showed a small blanket covering something even smaller in front of a couple of garage doors.

Police in Ridley Park investigate a shooting on North Swarthmore Avenue.

fighter pilots in June has cast a spotlight on a well-known but little-understood military tradition that some worry is another example of entrenched cultural problems in Canada’s Armed Forces: the assignment of call signs.Earlier this week, Royal Canadian Air Force commander Lt.-Gen. Eric Kenny announced that he was delaying a ceremony to install a new commander at one of Canada’s two fighter-jet bases, 3 Wing in Bagotville, Que.Kenny attributed the decision to an ongoing military police investigation into statements made during what he described as a “call sign review board” held on June 22 at Canada’s other CF-18 base, 4 Wing in Cold Lake, Alta.

The remains of the North Alabama. (Credit: Missouri National Recreation Center) A steamboat that sunk in the Missouri River in 1870 has been exposed again after a recent drought in South Dakota. The Missouri National Recreation Center posted on its Facebook that the vessel, North Alabama, sank after she hit a snag and ended up at the bottom of the "Mighty Mo." A posted picture showed the remains, including broken wooden beams. It was first uncovered in 1904 when water levels dropped and again in 2004. RELATED: Man survives after being stung thousands of times in bee attackAccording to a 2013 YouTube video, the North Alabama was a 220-ton wooden packet steamboat.

HOUSTON, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 02: People check in for departure flights at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport on September 02, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Airports around the country are expecting large volumes of travelers ahead of this Labor Day wee Hundreds of flights were delayed on major U.S.

FLORENCE TWP., N.J. - A New Jersey man, thought by police to be the last person to see a Florence woman alive, is believed to have been found dead.According to Burlington County, New Jersey officials, a man they believe to be 53-year-old Peter Lestician was found inside a vehicle near a Clearfield County, Pennsylvania ATV trail Friday afternoon. Authorities said the cause of death appeared to be suicide.Pennsylvania State Police troopers were called to the trail by two men riding four-wheelers.

Photo: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service A cow in England found itself in quite the predicament: its head was stuck in the fork of a tree.Thanks to firefighters and an animal rescue adviser in Chilbolton, Hampshire, the cow is now free to mooo-ve along.Firefighters said it took about an hour and 20 minutes for rescuers to cut into the tree and free the cow.

Photo of several at home Covid-19 test kits taken on December 27, 2021. (Photo by William Perlman/Newsday RM via Getty Images) Earlier this month, the federal government’s COVID-19 website stopped offering shipments of free, at-home COVID tests for Americans. Shipments were suspended beginning Sept.

UVALDE, Texas - A packed crowd turned out Friday night to show their Coyote pride as Uvalde High School played its home opener against Eagle Pass Winn, winning 34-28.Fans filled the stadium to support the Coyotes, a brief celebration amid the pain following the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that killed 19 children and two teachers. "This town has been through a lot of heartache and pain," Roland Ramirez, head athletic trainer for the Houston Texans and a 1997 Uvalde High School alum, said to KSAT. Ramirez told KSAT he understands what it means to be "Uvalde strong." "One heartbeat and one community, and they are all here for one another and know each other, support each other, and that’s what this town is all about," he said.The Coyotes are now 2-0 this season, having won their season opener against Carrizo Springs.Uvalde High School also recently received new jerseys, pants, cleats, socks, gloves and other gear provided by Nike thanks to the Texans, who also paid for the team dinner Thursday night. Head Coach Lovie Smith, linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill, linebacker Christian Kirksey, and Ramirez went to Uvalde to support the high school football team.The Texans will also be debuting a "Uvalde strong" decal on their helmets at their home opener against the Indianapolis Colts on Sept.

FILE IMAGE - Memphis police officers block off Central Ave. where a power line was downed across the road on February 3, 2022 in Memphis, Tennessee.

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 02: Delta Airlines airplanes prepare for boarding at Los Angeles International Airport on September 02, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) LAS VEGAS - A man is facing federal charges for allegedly masturbating during a flight and groping a female passenger, according to court documents obtained by FOX Television Stations. A federal complaint was filed against Michael Peterson in U.S.

The University of Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images) SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah in Salt Lake City is addressing two recent racially-motivated incidents that happened days after the school year started. According to administrators, the first incident occurred on August 17.

PHILADELPHIA - With the shool year in full swing, service workers have avoided a strike with the School District of Philadelphia after ratifying a new four-year contract on Saturday.Workers represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ announced a tentative agreement on August 26 after voting to authorize a strike days prior if the district did not meet their demands.The agreement "achieves historic wage increases and essential training for the union’s membership," according to a statement by the union.Two thousand of Philadelphia's bus drivers, bus attendants, bus mechanics, general cleaners, building engineers, and trades workers voted to ratify the new contract, which will replace the current two-year contract that expired in August.In a statement, the union says the new four-year contract includes:

Shooting erupt in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend. PHILADELPHIA - A holiday weekend began with violence in Philadelphia as at least eight shootings rang out across the city in just one morning.A double shooting in Kingsessing reportedly claimed the lives of two men.

(Photo by EyesWideOpen/Getty Images) A TikTok influencer and beauty queen from Toronto, Canada, died after skydiving in her first solo course last weekend.Tanya Pardazi, 21, fell to her death on August 27 while completing a jump at Skydive Toronto in Innisfil, Ontario. The skydiving school requires students to finish a day of ground training before attempting a solo dive, CTV News Toronto reported.Pardazi, a philosophy student at the University of Toronto, had opened her parachute too late during her dive.Skydive Toronto said in a statement posted to Facebook that Pardazi "released a quickly rotating main parachute at a low altitude without the time/altitude required for the reserve parachute to inflate."FORMER NFL DEFENSIVE END STEVE WHITE DIES AT 48After the accident, the woman was transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.The skydiving facility also said in its statement that Pardazi "was a welcomed recent addition to the skydiving community" and will "be missed amongst the student's new friends and fellow jumpers of Skydive Toronto Inc."The team at Skydive Toronto Inc has been profoundly affected by this accident as they have refined their student training program for over 50 years," the statement read.Pardazi was a TikTok influencer with more than 95,000 followers.

NASA‘s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies.

Covid-related deaths and 299 cases with a positivity rate of 2.17%. With the fresh cases, Delhi's infection tally increased to 20,00,423. The death toll from the pandemic climbed to 26,477 in the national capital.

DOVER, Del. - A terrifying ordeal unfolded at Delaware State University just days after classes began for the 2022-23 school year.Two students were injured after an "incident" on campus Friday night, according to the university. Campus police confirmed to FOX 29 that the incident was a shooting.The university says both students were transported to the hospital for treatment, but their condition and identity is unknown at this time.In a statement to the "university community" on Saturday, officials released the following statement:"When moments like these emerge, they are understandably fraught with anxiety and indignation.

PHILADELPHIA - Police are looking for information after they say a woman was fatally struck by a vehicle that fled the scene early Saturday morning.The victim, identified as 26-year-old LesMarie Velazquez, was reportedly crossing at Whitaker Avenue and Luzerne Street when she was hit by a vehicle around 2:55 a.m.She was transported to a local hospital, where she was initially listed in extremely critical condition.

LEHIGH COUNTY, Pa. - A woman is dead after police say her car was hit by a man driving under the influence in Lehigh County Friday night.The victim, a 55-year-old woman, was reportedly struck head-on while driving on Airport Road in Hanover Township around 11 p.m.She was transported to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.MORE HEADLINES:The driver of the other vehicle, a 41-year-old man, was arrested for DUI following the crash, according to police.Police are investigating the fatal crash.

ALSO READ: Covid-19: Immense efforts are on for next-generation vaccines, says top health expert "There might be a completely new variant emerging that we are not able to predict today," Marco Cavaleri added. Earlier on 1 September, the EMA approved vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna that are adapted to tackle the older BA.1 subvariant of Omicron.

Eagle Pass Border Patrol look over the Rio Grande scanning the area illegal traffic, February 06, 2003. (Photo by Shaul Schwarz/Getty Images) At least nine migrants were found dead in the Rio Grande after dozens of people attempted a hazardous crossing near Eagle Pass, Texas, officials said.U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Mexican officials made the discovery Thursday while responding to a large group of people crossing the river following days of heavy rains that had resulted in particularly swift currents.

TRENTON, N.J. - Gas prices have continued to decline in New Jersey and around the nation heading into the Labor Day weekend as lower oil prices offset increased demand and tightened supplies. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in New Jersey on Friday was $3.87, down 12 cents from last week. Drivers were paying $3.20 a gallon on average a year ago at this time. The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $3.80, down six cents from last week. Drivers were paying $3.18 a gallon on average a year ago at this time.

PHILADELPHIA - Franchesca Alvarado, known as Cheka, in many ways, started a brand-new chapter at age 22.She was a devoted single mom to her young daughter in Philadelphia and planning to take criminal justice classes at a local community college. She was trying to find her way after the death of her own mom, at only age nine, with the help of her two sisters: Tina, who took more of a motherly role and Frances, the closest to her in age."Her spirit was so bright. She was so beautiful.

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.