News Scan for Jul 28, 2022

PHILADELPHIA - Families with students at two Philadelphia charter schools are now searching for new schools to enroll their children. Parents with children enrolled at the Universal Bluford and Universal Daroff Charter Schools saw a post on Instagram that said the schools would not open for the first day of school set for Monday. The Universal Daroff Charter School will close immediately, leaving families scrambling to find other schools for their children three days before the start of the school year. Another school, the Universal Bluford Charter School, will close at the e PREVIOUS: Future of 2 Philadelphia charter schools unclear, creating confusion for familiesThe Instagram post read, "This is an important message to let you know that the Daroff Charter School and Bluford Charter School will not be starting school for students on Monday, August 29, as previously planned.

A 10-year-old boy from Oklahoma is being hailed a hero after he saved his mom from drowning when she suffered a seizure in their backyard pool.

An Edmonton youth has become a TikTok star of sorts after being compared to Canadian rapper Drake’s son, Adonis Graham.

Kendall Jenner makes a casual arrival for a business meeting in Los Angeles on Friday (August 16).

India on Saturday witnessed a marginal decline on daily Covid-19 cases with the country recording 9,520 new infections in the span of 24 hours. India on Saturday witnessed a marginal decline on daily Covid-19 cases with the country recording 9,520 new infections in the span of 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country's active caseload dropped below 90,000-mark, that is, 87,311 active cases at present.

CALGARY, Alberta - Men were asked to test their threshold for pain using a machine that simulates menstrual cramping, an experience hosted by a company that aims to "remove the stigma" of periods. The period pain simulator was used last month at Calgary Stampede, an annual rodeo, exhibition, and festival held July 7 through 16 in Calgary, a city located in the western Canadian province of Alberta. The company, called somedays, offers period pain relief products and representatives attended the event to use the machine on willing participants. It later posted a series of period simulator videos on the somedays TikTok account, which has garnered millions of views.The participants are pictured testing out their pain thresholds with a machine that simulates menstrual cramps during the Calgary Stampede, an annual rodeo, exhibition, and festival in July in Canada.

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia food delivery driver says he out of a job after his expensive bike was stolen while he was picking up orders. Dajon Murray told FOX 29 that he was making his last stop of the night at the Wawa on 37th and Spruce streets in University City early Friday morning. Murray said when he left his bike near the front of the store and when he turned around to pickup the order someone stole it. Wawa employees shared surveillance video with Murray that he says captures the bike thief in the act. Dajon Murray said he was getting a pickup order at a Philadelphia Wawa when someone stole his expensive electric bike. Murray said the electric bike costed more than $600 and he only had it for about a month.  "Soon as I turned around the corner, I just saw my bike missing," Murray told FOX 29's Shawnette Wilson. Murray said the electric bike costed more than $600 and he only had it for about a month. "It gets around pretty good, I would say, so it was great for work," Murray said.

MEDFORD, N.J. - Oh deer. A South Jersey community is doing whatever it can to help an animal that’s become a town mascot, of sorts.An update from the original story Friday evening is the deer no longer appears to be in distress. Lily Snow sent a new photo of what looks to be the deer showing it is free of the planter.Cell phone video from Medford resident Ryan Horner shows him getting oh so close to helping a female deer who, somehow, got a tomato cage and planter stuck on her head, while, most likely, looking for something to eat.A deer in distress in Burlington County has been enough to bring a community together to help protect her until she can be saved."She must have stuck her head in too far and it’s, literally, horizontally around her neck and she’s just lugging this planter," Medford resident Lily Snow explained.When Snow saw a Facebook post Monday of the deer in distress, she jumped into action, reaching out to everyone and anyone.

DREXEL HILL, Pa. - Authorities say a fight at a high school football game just outside of Philadelphia sparked false reports of a shooting and sent fans and players running for safety. The Upper Darby Police Department said in a tweet that a physical fight broke out at Saturday night's matchup between Upper Darby High School and Monsignor Bonner. Amid the commotion, some believed they heard shots being fired which caused players and fans to run for safety. A video tweeted by Philadelphia Sports Digest captured crowds of rushing across the field, towards the exit. Police said reports of a shooting at the game were false and that officers were in the process of clearing the area. No arrests were reported immediately following the incident and police did not say what sparked the initial fight.The game was canceled with Monsignor Bishop leading 6-0 in the third quarter.

ITV game show. Paul, who is known to The Chase fans as The Sinnerman, made the revelation to host Bradley and the contestants on the show after a question about colours came up. Bradley asked The Chase hopeful and Paul to answer a question about the Wallace and Gromit film The Wrong Trousers.

OCEAN CITY, N.J. - For a change, the ocean water is warm down at the Jersey shore.It's so warm, it set a record in Atlantic City, where the water temperature soared to the mid-80s on Thursday and early Friday. This weekend, your Weather Authority says to plan for ocean water in the upper 70s.The water is much, much warmer for a few reasons.South and east of our shores, the Atlantic Ocean has been much warmer than average for a while.Usually, 80-degree ocean water stops around the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

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OCEAN CITY, N.J. - Friday nights are exciting again as high school football is back in play.The Philadelphia Eagles are keeping true with a tradition and helping some high schoolers for the annual Battle at the Beach.Battle at the Beach. It’s all going down at Carey Stadium in Ocean City.Top high school football teams from all over New Jersey and Pennsylvania are taking part in 11 games scheduled for the weekend.Battle at the Beach.

FILE - Family running together. (Sam Mooy/Getty Images)How much does it cost to raise a kid in America?  The average American household’s median income is nearly $80,000 as of 2021, according to the U. S.

BOSTON - In the nick of time, the Boston Police Department’s harbor patrol unit rescued a father and son who were desperately clinging to a cooler at the outermost edge of Boston Harbor after their lobster boat sank.Officers Stephen Merrick and Garrett Boyle responded to a call for a boat taking on water at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday near Graves Light Station, police said in a statement.

The Chase star Paul Sinha opened up to Bradley Walsh about a sight issue which makes it hard for the quiz ace to visualise colours.

I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! star Adele Roberts has shared a candid post outlining her struggles with her stoma.The Radio 1 DJ is free from cancer but still has to tend to her stoma, which she has affectionately named Audrey.Roberts uploaded a picture of her stomach with a pile of sugar over the site and explained what was happening in the caption.READ MORE: I'm A Celebrity's Adele Roberts gives cancer update in emotional social media postShe wrote: “If you’d have told me a year ago I’d be sugaring my colon, I wouldn’t have believed you! Audrey’s at it again.

Drake has postponed his reunion show with Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne after testing positive for COVID-19.Drake had been due to perform with the pair tonight (August 1) but was forced to abandon his plans after the diagnosis.He had been due to perform tonight as part of a Young Money reunion show, which Drake said will now be rescheduled “to the SOONEST date possible,” according to a post on his Instagram Story.“I will keep the city posted and share the new date whenever we have it locked,” he continued.“Until then I hope everyone stays safe and healthy and I love you all I am so sorry for letting you down on our weekend together and the moment I test negative I will give you everything I got on stage (except the covid).”At the weekend, Drake joined Nelly Furtado on stage in Canada for a rendition of ‘I’m Like A Bird’.On Thursday (July 28), Drake kicked off his new Toronto-based concert series at local venue History. During the set, Drake ‘I’m Like A Bird’ and ‘Promiscuous’ with Furtado.Drake told the audience: “I like to deal with people the right way. Because that’s the only way that you can get this next person out of the house to come do what they’re going to do right now.”“I don’t care how loud you sang tonight…right now I need you to sing as loud as you possibly can because this right here took a lot…This next person’s music changed my life so much.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 15: A "For Lease" sign is posted in front of a house available for rent on March 15, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Single-family rental home prices are soaring and increased a record 12.6 percent in January compared What are the cities with the highest rent in the United States? If the area has a warm climate, chances are that it’s probably costly. Rent.com, an online property rental site, compiled the 100 most expensive cities for renters in the country.

Nursing homes in US states with COVID-19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers saw a 7 percentage-point increase in staff vaccine uptake over homes in non-mandate states during a 5-month period in 2021, with no worsening of worker shortages, finds a study published late last week in JAMA Health Forum.The study, led by a researcher from the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York,

Drake has been forced to postpone the upcoming Young Money reunion show after he tested positive for COVID-19.

As the third winter of the COVID-19 pandemic looms in the northern hemisphere, scientists are warning weary governments and populations alike to brace for more waves of the virus.

Justin Trudeau is heading to Costa Rica for a two-week vacation with his family.The Prime Minister’s Office says the family is returning to the same place where they stayed over the Christmas holiday in 2019 and that they are paying for their own accommodations.The prime minister must fly on a Royal Canadian Air Force plane for security reasons — even for personal travel — and the family’s flights on the last trip to and from Costa Rica cost the government about $57,000, without thousands more spent on flight crews’ stay in San Jose.That said, there have been exceptions to those flight rules. Earlier this summer, for example, Trudeau flew on an RCAF aircraft to Munich, Germany to participate in the G7 summit but he was flown to the summit site in the Bavarian Alps on a German police helicopter.

DALLAS - Dallas police are investigating the death of a 26-year-old man who investigators said was killed after shooting a woman in the neck, before the bullet exited and hit him in the leg.The shooting happened just after 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, in the 2200 block of Medical District.Responding officers found a large amount of blood and a blood trail in front of an apartment, but didn’t find anyone inside the apartment.READ MORE: Dallas homeowner fatally shot suspect who was 'harassing' neighborhood, police saidA call then came in at a nearby hospital about a man and woman with gunshot wounds who were found in a vehicle.

COVID-19 patients who have a stroke are more than twice as likely to die than uninfected stroke patients and are often younger and healthier, finds research presented yesterday at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS's) 19th Annual Meeting in Toronto.A team led by researchers from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia analyzed data fro

Production on the third season of The Witcher has been 'paused due to COVID and we will be up and running as soon as it is safe to do so,' Netflix said Wednesday.The show paused production 'amid unconfirmed online rumors that star Henry Cavill tested positive for the virus,' according to The Hollywood Reporter.The Emmy-nominated series, which is made in the U.K., previously had to shut down production of the show's second season in 2020 due to COVID-19. The latest:Production on the third season of The Witcher, starringHenry Cavill, has been 'paused due to COVID and we will be up and running as soon as it is safe to do so,' Netflix said WednesdayNo premiere date has been announced for the third season of the show, which also features Freya Allan, Anya Chalotra, Mimi Ndiweni and Eamon Farren.The show has been popular for Netflix since its debut in 2019, as its spawned spin-offs including the 2021 animated movie The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, as well as a prequel series in the works titled The Witcher: Blood Origin.

Completion of a primary COVID-19 vaccination series after recovery from infection was tied to half the risk of reinfection in the pre-Omicron variant era, according to a study published today in JAMA Network Open.Brown University researchers led the retrospective study of statewide disease-surveillance data

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Shawn Mendes announced that he has canceled all remaining dates of his Wonder tour, to prioritize his mental health.The Senorita singer previously postponed some of his scheduled performances earlier this month, and has now confirmed that his time on the road has been cut short.The 23-year-old shared the news on social media, penning a heartfelt statement to fans.‘As you guys know, I had to postpone the past few weeks of shows since I wasn’t totally prepared for the toll of being back on the road would take on me,’ he began.‘I started this tour excited to finally get back to playing live after a long break due to the pandemic, but the reality is I was not at all ready for how difficult touring would be after this time away.‘After speaking more with my team and working with an incredible group of health professionals, it has become more clear that I need to take the time I’ve never taken personally, to ground myself and come back stronger.’pic.twitter.com/gq7DanGNYW‘I unfortunately have to cancel the rest of the tour dates in North America, and the UK/Europe,’ he continued.‘We were hopeful that I might be able to pick up with the rest of the dates after some much needed time off, but at this time I have to put my health as my first priority.’Shawn explained that it ‘breaks his heart’ to scrap the remaining dates, and reassured fans that he would be getting back into the studio to record new music when he is able to.‘This doesn’t mean I won’t be making new music, and I can’t wait to see you on tour in the future,’ he added.‘I know you all have been waiting so long to see these shows, and it breaks my heart to tell you this but I promise I will be back as soon as I’ve taken the right time to heal.‘I love you all and thank

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The Ministry will host a media briefing to provide updates on the response to the Omicron outbreak at 12:00pm today.

The risk of myocarditis and/or pericarditis was not significantly different among children ages 5 to 11 years after COVID-19 vaccination from that of unvaccinated children and much lower than that among children aged 12 to 17, finds a prospective study in Denmark published today in Pediatrics.A team led by Copenhagen University Hospital researchers estimated the risk of myopericarditis

A New Jersey woman has been sentenced to prison after a federal court found her guilty of cooking up a scam that took more than US$400,000 from GoFundMe donors.

An antibiotic stewardship intervention for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) was associated with a reduction in urine cultures and antibiotic use at four Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals, researchers reported today in JAMA Network Open.To reduce unnecessary antibiotic treatment for ASB—the presence of b

Pope Francis says he is sorry for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in cultural destruction and forced assimilation of Indigenous people, which culminated in residential schools.