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COVID because she had already been vaccinated four times.”But on April 13, Quart Robitaille died at age 82, less than two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19. She was among the 3,325 people reported to have died in the province from the novel coronavirus since the Omicron wave started in mid-December.While vaccination and improved treatment have made COVID-19 less deadly, Quebec reported Saturday that there have been 15,000 deaths attributed to the pandemic in the province — the most in Canada.

Gardaí investigating the circumstances surrounding a Covid-19 patient leaving hospital against medical advice have said that the Director of Public Prosecutions has directed no prosecution in the matter.

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia man is facing charges after fatally striking a pedestrian in Frankford on Sunday morning, police say. According to authorities, Jayson Montieth, 42 of Philadelphia, was driving a gray Tesla northbound on Harbison Avenue around 2:31 a.m. Police say as he was driving he hit a 59-year-old woman walking west across Harbison Street. According to police, the driver said he tried to brake and swerve to avoid hitting the woman, but he was unable to. ___MORE LOCAL HEADLINESPolice say a witness saw Montieth driving erratically and at high rates of speed before hitting the pedestrian. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to the Medical Examiner's Office, according to authorities. AdvertisementMontieth was taken into custody for suspicion of DUI and is expected to face DUI and related charges, police say. 

Czar McMichael, 22, is facing murder charges after allegedly killing his grandfather and another man in Logan.  PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia man has been arrested and faces murder charges after he fatally shot his grandfather and another man who may be a relative in Logan.  PREVIOUS: Police: 2 bodies found inside home of man, 67, missing from LoganAuthorities say the double murder scene was discovered on the 4600 block of North Broad Street in the city's Logan neighborhood at 4:42 p.m. Officers responded to a report of a person with a gun, authorities say. According to police, the decomposed body of a person was found shot on the third floor of the residence and the body of a 45-year-old man was also found fatally shot in the home. Investigators learned that on April 28, 67-year-old Benjamin McMichael went into the bedroom that belonged to his grandson, 22-year-old Czar McMichael, and complained about the condition, police say. When Benjamin McMichael grabbed his grandson's arm, Czar McMichael spun around and fatally shot him, according to police. Days later, on the afternoon of April 30, a witness and 45-year-old Anthony Ham went to the residence on North Broad Street to check on Benjamin McMichael, who they had not heard from for several days, authorities say. According to police, Ham entered the home through a window and then opened the door for the unnamed witness. While checking the home, Ham confronted Czar McMichael on the third floor and they got into a verbal altercation, police say. Authorities say Czar McMichael then shot Ham multiple times before fleeing the home as the witness called 911. He was stopped and arrested on N.

WILMINGTON, Del. - New Castle County Police are investigating a homicide that took place in Wilmington on April 29, authorities say. According to police, officers with the department responded to Anderson Drive in the Dunleith community for a report of a dead person. When officers arrived at the location, they discovered the body of 64-year-old Michael Cephas, police say. According to authorities, officers determined that foul play did occur.The investigation, being conducted by the New Castle County Division of Police Criminal Investigations Unit, is active and ongoing. AdvertisementAnyone with information or video surveillance is asked to contact Detective Mancuso at 302-395-2743. 

LOS ANGELES - May 1, 2022, marks what would have been Gianna "Gigi" Bryant’s 16th birthday.In honor of her late daughter’s memory, Vanessa Bryant announced two projects, with proceeds going to the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation, as Gigi was known for her passion for sports and her philanthropic heart.The nonprofit organization is "dedicated to creating a positive impact for underserved athletes and boys & girls in sports," according to its website. By popular demand, Vanessa restocked the MAMBACITA X DANNJO collection. It was initially released on Gigi’s heavenly 15th birthday and quickly sold out.

Inmate Casey White, left, and Assistant Director of Corrections Vicki White (Photos courtesy Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office) FLORENCE, Ala. - The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the capture of an Alabama capital murder suspect and the missing corrections officer who left the jail with him Friday morning.Assistant Director of Corrections Vicki White, a 25-year veteran of the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office, disappeared around 9:30 a.m.

ATLANTA - Atlanta police said the driver of a pedal pub faces DUI in a Midtown crash that left 15 people injured.The pedal pub crashed on Saturday near the intersection of 14th Street and West Peachtree Street in Midtown. Police did not name the driver, but said they face DUI and a business permit violation.Fire officials said two people went to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition, but none of the injuries are considered life-threatening.The vehicle was attempting to make a turn but was traveling at a high rate of speed and tipped over, Atlanta police said.14th and West Peachtree Street (FOX 5 Atlanta) Fire officials said, in addition to the two critical injuries, 10 people had minor injuries and three had serious injuries.

There are currently 5,997 active cases in Delhi, which is the highest since 9 February, when it was 6,304.

JACKSON, Miss. - One person is dead and several others were injured following a shooting at a festival in Mississippi, according to sheriff officials.Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said on social media that "several" people were taken to local hospitals Saturday night with unknown injuries, and one person was confirmed dead at the scene. Jones said the incident occurred at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds, which is hosting the Mississippi Mudbug Festival.Jones said an "officer involved shooting investigation is underway stemming from this incident," but did not provide additional details.

ATLANTA - Atlanta Fire and Rescue responded to the scene of a pedal pub crash that left at least 15 people injured.The pedal pub crashed on Saturday near the intersection of 14th Street and West Peachtree Street in Midtown.Fire officials said two people went to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition.The vehicle was attempting to make a turn but was traveling at a high rate of speed and tipped over, Atlanta police said.14th and West Peachtree Street (FOX 5 Atlanta) Fire officials said, in addition to the two critical injures,10 people had minor injures and three had serious injuries. It's unclear how many people were riding the cart and if all the injured people were passengers. No other vehicles were involved, Atlanta Fire said.

Jury selection begins in the trial of Ryan Duke for the murder of Tara Grinstead in 2005. OCILLA, Ga. - Jury selection begins this week in the trial of a man accused of killing south Georgia beauty queen and teacher Tara Grinstead, nearly 17 years after she vanished.Potential jurors will report to the Irwin County Courthouse Monday morning for a selection process the court believes could take a week and a half.Grinstead, a former Miss Georgia contestant and high school teacher in Ocilla, Georgia, was reported missing in 2005.

Rolling Thunder” rally is set to wind down Sunday after arriving in Ottawa Friday afternoon, bringing large crowds to a downtown core that’s still tense after the three-week-long occupation in February.A spokeswoman for Freedom Fighters Canada, one of the groups organizing the weekend-long demonstration, says a church service scheduled for 10:30 a.m. is the only event associated with the rally set to take place today.

TV personality Kim Woodburn has been left with a ‘huge gash’ on her neck after having her throat sliced open during surgery.

SEPTA Transit Police are asking for help identifying this supect who is accused of firing a gun outside of a bus.  PHILADELPHIA - SEPTA Transit Police are asking for the public's help to identify a man who is accused of firing his gun outside of a bus. RELATED: SEPTA sex assault suspect also charged in indecent exposure incidentsAccording to authorities, the man pictured is accused of firing a gun outside of a bus at Broad Street and Allegheny Avenue on Saturday morning.Officials say the incident happened on April 30 around 2:40 a.m. SEPTA police say the man got into a verbal argument with other passengers on a southbound Broad Street Line Night Owl bus. RELATED: 'It's concerning': SEPTA addressing safety concerns as crime, homelessness impact ridershipAfter the argument, he got off the bus at Allegheny Avenue and then pulled out a gun, firing a shot into the ground, authorities say. According to the police, there were no injuries. AdvertisementAnyone with information on the incident or suspect is asked to call SEPTA Transit Police at 215-580-8111. 

Omicron BA.4 & BA.5, pointed out that it is also time to reconsider variant evolution.Some scientists & science communicators are convinced that one needs a new variant to cause a new wave. Delta caused a long wave with multiple lineages. Omicron is causing waves with BA.1, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, BA.4 & BA.5. Time to reconsider variant evolution? Today's results for SA. https://t.co/fByGXwubtf

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Maharashtra witnessed 169 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the state's overall count to 78,77,901, the health department said on Sunday. The state did not report any death due to the disease during the day, which kept its fatality count unchanged at 1,47,843. 

Justin Fox is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business. He was the editorial director of Harvard Business Review and wrote for Time, Fortune and American Banker. He is the author of “The Myth of the Rational Market."

PISCATAWAY, NJ - JANUARY 20: Head coach C. Vivian Stringer of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Rutgers Athletic Center on January 20, 2020 in Piscataway, New Jersey.

Chris Kamara has said he was tearful too as he watched Jeff Stelling "choke up" when paying tribute to him - and he has offered fans a positive health update.Soccer Saturday host Stelling struggled to contain his emotions as he announced his Sky Sports colleague and good friend would be leaving the channel on Saturday's show. Kammy's departure comes after he revealed earlier this year that he is suffering with apraxia of the speech.The moment, which was followed by a six-minute long montage of his best bits, had the 64-year-old crying in unison with Stelling while watching at home. He later tweeted: "Big thanks to everyone once again for your best wishes today.

make masks compulsory," Tope was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

COVID-19 in Alberta, the number of people still living with the effects of the coronavirus after the initial two-week period is unknown.Studies estimate anywhere between five and 30 per cent of people who catch COVID-19 will develop long COVID. Alberta Health Services uses 20 per cent as a general reference point.“But the estimates vary with the population considered, and there is evidence that the incidence of long-lasting symptoms may be changing with high vaccination coverage, and also with changes in the virus,” AHS said in a statement.

Symptoms of stress, unexplained fear and phobias can be triggered by trauma that’s locked deep inside of us. But rather than delving into your childhood experiences to seek out the cause, some therapists believe that we’re reincarnated over and over in different forms and the trauma may have taken root many lifetimes ago. Past-life regressionist Tony Rae helps his patients find the key to unlocking those ordeals and teaches them to deal with the issues head on.

The risk of Covid-19 community transmission in Shanghai has been effectively controlled, said Gu Honghui, deputy secretary general of the Shanghai Municipal Government at a press briefing today.

Some reinfections can be serious

Bill Murray on Saturday acknowledged that his behavior on set led to a complaint from a woman and the suspension of filming on his latest movie.The actor and comedian, in his first comments about the shutdown of “Being Mortal,” described the incident as a “difference of opinion” but declined to provide specifics on what transpired, or who it involved. Inappropriate behaviour complaint against Bill Murray halts ‘Being Mortal’ production: report “I did something I thought was funny and it wasn’t taken that way,” he told CNBC during an interview at the annual shareholders meeting for Berkshire Hathaway.

Here are the important developments in India's Covid-19 vaccine drive:

Freedom Convoy” protesters returned to Canada‘s capital by the hundreds on Saturday to revel on Parliament Hill and denounce COVID-19 mandates as police staged a massive operation to keep the peace and make sure demonstrators actually return home.Protesters embraced each other, many having not seen one another since police cleared the convoy encampments that ground Ottawa to a standstill for three weeks in February.Enforcement action since 7 AM Friday in regard to the demonstrations in #OttCity:▶️560 parking tickets▶️39 vehicles towed▶️8 tickets for noise, smoking, encumbering highwayOfficers will continue taking a zero tolerance approach to violations of our municipal by-laws. pic.twitter.com/SIlJuEUI3B— Ottawa By-law (@OttawaBylaw) April 30, 2022Crowds of people danced on the street in front of parliament shouting “freedom!” while others stretched out on the lawn in front of Centre Block.Freedom Fighters Canada spokesperson Bethan Nodwell, who helped organize the “Rolling Thunder” rally on Parliament Hill Saturday, said no other activities were planned aside from a Sunday church service.But Centretown Community Association President Mary Huang said residents in the area are still waiting to see if the protests wind down as anticipated and don’t drag on as they did before.“Especially some seniors in Centretown, they were basically held hostage in their homes for two, three and a half weeks.

water.“We maybe have a week left in the dugout. After that there is really no Plan B,” Bischler told Global News on April 27. “Either that water comes down the canal and starts filling the dugout, or I don’t know.

Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.74%, the ministry said. An increase of 403 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

UNIVERSITY CITY - On Friday, Lester Wright celebrated his 100th birthday. Saturday, Wright ran the 100-Meter Dash at the Penn Relays.A typical start to race and, just like that, 100-year-old Lester Wright was off to the races, bringing the 1,000s in attendance to their feet."Tired?" asked FOX 29’s Marcus Espinoza."No," replied the World War II veteran."Could you do it again?" Espinoza inquired."Yes," Wright exclaimed.MORE HEADLINES:Wright had plenty of energy left over after running his 100m dash at the Penn Relays.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Two Philadelphia Police officers were injured in a car accident, along with civilians in another vehicle, while on a traffic stop, in North Philadelphia.According to officials, two officers with the 22nd Philadelphia Police District were conducting a traffic stop Saturday evening, about 6:15, on the 2500 block of West Sedgley Avenue. Their patrol vehicle was marked.A civilian vehicle, traveling at a high rate of speed southbound on West Sedgley slammed into the patrol vehicle.

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 30: Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian attend the 2022 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at Washington Hilton on April 30, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) - In a return to some normalcy, journalists, government officials and celebrities paraded down the red carpet Saturday night at the annual White House press corps gala even as the threat of COVID-19 loomed over the massive hotel ballroom.The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, which the pandemic sidelined in 2020 and 2021, returned with Joe Biden as the first president in six years to accept an invitation.

Today we are reporting 5,656 community cases, 466 hospitalisations and six deaths.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Police are investigating a shooting in North Philadelphia that left a 13-year-old boy in critical condition.Officials say police responded to the 2200 block of North Woodstock Street Saturday night, about 7:15, on the report of a shooting.Responding officers found the 13-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to his head.Police rushed him to a nearby hospital where he is listed in critical condition.AdvertisementPolice say a firearm was located at the scene, but no arrest have been made.

Her daughters announced her death on Saturday on social media. "Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness," the statement said. "We are shattered.

US actor Bill Murray attends the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. (Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images) Bill Murray on Saturday acknowledged that his behavior on set led to a complaint from a woman and the suspension of filming on his latest movie.The actor and comedian, in his first comments about the shutdown of "Being Mortal," described the incident as a "difference of opinion" but declined to provide specifics on what transpired, or who it involved."I did something I thought was funny and it wasn’t taken that way," he told CNBC during an interview at the annual shareholders meeting for Berkshire Hathaway.

LOGAN - Philadelphia Police are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman inside a house in Logan.Officials said police responded to the 4600 block of North Broad Street Saturday in the late afternoon, just after 4:30, on the report of a shooting.When officers arrived, they found a 45-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the back and one to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene by medics.MORE HEADLINES:As police walked through the house, they found an unresponsive, unidentified woman, believed to be between 30 to 40-years-old.

The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died. She was 76.The daughters announced her death on Saturday in a statement provided to The Associated Press.“Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,” the statement said.

Oprah Winfrey is opening up about the amount of time that she spent inside her home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ahead of Oprah Winfrey’s new documentary “The Color of Care”, centring on racial inequities within the American healthcare system, the TV host and author revealed what she’s learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, which inspired the upcoming project. 

Pilot survived plane crash. (Credit: Pueblo Police Department) PUEBLO, Colo. - Pueblo police in Colorado said a pilot escaped with minor injuries after a plane crash Saturday. Authorities said the pilot tried to take off in a single-engine plane shortly before 11 a.m.