Police: Investigation underway after 1 found dead, another injured in Northampton

FILE IMAGE - A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S., on Jan. 26, 2022.

Philadelphia Police Cruiser PHILADELPHIA - A store employee is in the hospital recovering after being shot in West Oak Lane early Friday morning. According to authorities, the shooting happened shortly after 1:30 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA - A 17-year-old has died after he was shot outside of a store in Southwest Philadelphia, police say. According to authorities, the shooting happened on the corner of Buist Avenue and S 61st Street. Police say officers and fire medics arrived on scene and found the teenager suffering from gunshot wounds to the head. Medics rushed him to Penn Presbyterian Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:06 a.m., according to authorities. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESInvestigators were able to view the incident on surveillance cameras, police say. From surveillance, authorities say they learned that a suspect shot one of the tires of a pickup truck parked near the store. Then, a second suspect picked up the same gun from the ground and walked east toward the teen who was leaving the store with food, authorities say. According to police, the suspect got within a foot or two of the teenager and fired four shots at his head in what police are calling an "execution-style" shooting. Inspector D.F.

PHILADELPHIA - An off-duty police officer was carjacked at gunpoint early Friday morning and the car was found on fire. Chief Inspector Scott Small says the carjacking happened around 12:15 a.m., officers with the 12th District responded to numerous calls for a carjacking, shots fired and an auto accident at the intersection of 56th and Pentridge Streets in Kingsessing. When police arrived on scene, they found an off-duty officer who said he was parking his Silver 2020 Toyota Highlander when a suspect with a gun stopped him, reached into his pockets to grab his keys and then stole his vehicle, authorities say. Small says the off-duty officer fired his gun, but it remains unclear if the carjacking suspect was shot. According to police, the suspect then crashed the off-duty officer's car into unattended parked cars and then continued going north on 56th Street. Hours later, a car was found burning in West Philadelphia and it was identified as the officer's car.

PHILADELPHIA - More than 30 shots were fired in a shooting that killed one man and injured another in Fairhill, according to police. Police Inspector D.F. Pace says police received multiple 911 calls for reports of a shooting in the area of 8th Street and Allegheny Avenue around 11:30 p.m.

A 'devoted' family man caught Covid-19 in hospital and died, weeks after being admitted with severe back pain. A consultant from Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport told an inquest that the virus "most likely" came from a staff member who did not know they had it

WEST PHILADELPHIA - A local woman is lucky to be alive after she was caught in the crossfire of a shooting and she is pleading for an end to the violence."I’m angry because I was literally sitting in my car, minding my business," shooting survivor Zyenaysha Brown said. "I felt like, a loud boom, like an explosion.

Michael Shields on guard at the YMCA MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - During the summer, it's typical to see a teen or college student working a summer job as a lifeguard, sitting in a tall chair at your pool or beach. However, as the YMCA struggles to find workers, retired seniors are showing up to fill shifts.Michael Shields says he went from Baywatch to graywatch and is one of many seniors giving lifeguards a new look.About 50 senior citizens signed up to be lifeguards at the YMCA after retiring from their careers during the COVID-19 pandemic."A lot of the grandparents they’ll ask me well what am I doing here?" said Michael Shields.Shields is actually back to life guarding at the West St.

Today we are reporting 4,869 community cases, 370 current hospitalisations, and 16 deaths.

VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. - There are reports of several people injured at a church just outside of Birmingham after an active shooter incident.Police said they got a call of an active shooter around 6:22 p.m. CDT at the St.

At least 12 are injured, officials said, after a car hit a NJ Transit bus in Absecon, N.J. ABSECON, N.J. - A car was flattened and at least 12 people were sent to hospitals after an accident involving a NJ Transit bus and a car.Officials with NJ Transit stated a bus was heading from Atlantic City to Lindenwold Thursday evening, about 5:30, when a car hit the bus at South Shore Road and Ohio Avenue, in Absecon.The bus had 12 people on it, including the driver.All of the people on board the bus were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.Skyfox flew over the scene and video showed the front end of the car was smashed in.

COVID-19 infection continues to drop in Manitoba, according to the latest numbers from the province.Between June 5 and 11, 80 Manitobans were hospitalized, 14 of whom went into intensive care.That’s a significant decrease from the 100 hospitalizations and seven deaths the week before, but double the number of ICU patients from that week’s seven.

Ghislaine Maxwell‘s lawyers are arguing that the former Jeffery Epstein associate should be sentenced to “well below” the recommended 20 years imprisonment for federal sex-trafficking crimes because of an alleged death threat from another inmate.On Dec. 29, Maxwell was convicted of charges including sex trafficking and conspiracy to recruit women and girls, some who were just 14 years old, into Epstein’s orbit for him to sexually abuse. She maintains her innocence.Maxwell’s lawyers provided details of the alleged death threat in a pre-sentencing report Wednesday.

PHILADELPHIA - Police are searching for a New Jersey man wanted in connection to an attack of a transgender woman and non-fatal double shooting last weekend in Philadelphia.Joel Martinez, a 21-year-old Camden resident, is facing several charges, including attempted murder and aggravated assault, stemming from a Sunday morning double shooting in Kensington. Investigators say the violence unfolded after the victims and the attacker left a speakeasy near Rosehill and East Westmoreland streets.

Cattle graze near wind turbines at the Invenergy LLC Buckeye Wind Energy Center in Hays, Kansas, U.S., on Thursday, June 29, 2017. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images A blistering heat wave killed thousands of cattle in Kansas over the weekend, and more excessive heat is in the forecast through the weekend.According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the state is aware of at least 2,000 cattle deaths in the southwest region, but that number is based on the number of calls the agency has received to help with disposing of the carcasses.

The booking photo of Payton S. Gendron (Erie County District Attorney via FOX News) BUFFALO, N.Y. - The white man who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket made his first appearance in federal court on hate crime charges Thursday, and the judge urged prosecutors to quickly decide whether to pursue the death penalty given the "substantial" cost of those cases. In a brief proceeding, presiding Magistrate Judge H.

A screengrab from a video shared by Colombia’s Ministry of National Defense shows the cocaine shipment disguised as potatoes and other foods. (Credit: Colombia’s Ministry of National Defense / Twitter) Authorities in Colombia recently seized a shipment containing 1,000 kilograms (over 1 ton) of cocaine that was disguised as potatoes and frozen chips, according to police and news reports.A video of the seized shipment was shared on Wednesday by Colombia’s Ministry of National Defense, which showed officers extracting cocaine from the fake food. "The intelligence of the @PoliciaColombia dealt a resounding blow to drug trafficking by seizing a shipment of refrigerated and vacuum-sealed cocaine simulating yuccas and Creole potatoes," the defense ministry wrote, according to an English translation. It added that the shipment was destined for Spain. Anti-Narcotics Police Major General Ricardo Augusto Alarcón Campos, who appears in the video, said police received a tip from an anonymous caller about the shipment, according to 9News, a national news network in Australia."This may be the most innovative case discovered by drug traffickers in recent years, they had designed the drug in irregular molds simulating croquettes of cassava and papa criolla," Campos said, according to the outlet. A screengrab from a video shared by Colombia’s Ministry of National Defense shows the cocaine shipment disguised as potatoes and other foods.

Kylen Pratt FAIRMOUNT - Philadelphia Police announce charges in a homicide case from February, in which a 20-year-old man’s remains were found burned in Fairmount Park.Officials say they are bringing charges against Kylen Pratt, of the 2900 block of Oxford Street. The charges include Murder, Abuse of a Corpse and Tampering with Evidence.20-year-old Nassire Johnson’s body was found burned February 20, 2022, around noon, on a cobblestone trail at Brewery Hill and Kelly Drive.RELATED HEADLINES:Authorities said an autopsy determined his death was a homicide.Police are investigating near Kelly Drive after human remains were found in Fairmount.  According to his family, Johnson was missing for several days before police say his body was discovered burning in Fairmount Park off Kelly Drive.Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Homicide Unit at 215-86-3334.

COVID-19 - Canada to update its ‘fully-vaccinated’ definition Beginning this week, the province is including reinfections as part of its lab-confirmed cases count. According to a news release, the province had previously not included reinfections “because the number was small” but the Omicron variant has made reinfections “more frequent.”“Since the beginning of the Omicron wave, there have been 215 people who have tested positive 90 days or more after a previous positive PCR test result,” said Dr.

Hugh Jackman well after the actor tested positive for COVID-19, with a montage of their friendship soundtracked by ABBA.On Monday (June 13), Jackman announced on Twitter he had tested positive for a second time. The news came a day after his performance at the Tony Awards.

PHILADELPHIA - Police are searching for a suspect who tried to rob a store in Northeast Philadelphia last month. According to the Philadelphia Police Department, the incident happened on May 25 around 3:23 p.m.

Work on road construction has picked up once again, with 729 km of highways readied in the month of May -- 18% more than the 617 km built in pandemic-hit May 2021. In fact, the pace of construction fell by over 20% in 2021-22 to 10,457 km of national highways as compared with 13,327 km in 2020-21. “There are signs that road construction activity will pick up hereon after a not-so-impressive last year.

American Airlines aircraft (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) A man mistakenly identified as the suspect who stole from a store in a Dallas airport spent 17 days in a New Mexico jail without knowing why — and his lawyer says it’s because American Airlines sent the wrong photo to police.According to a lawsuit filed against American Airlines, in May 2020, DFW Airport police were investigating a burglary and found video showing the suspect board a flight to Reno, Nevada. When investigators served a search warrant to American Airlines requesting "any and all" travel information for passengers on that particular flight, the airline reportedly sent information for only one man: Michael Lowe, a professional outdoorsman and career guide from Flagstaff, Arizona.Lowe was not the culprit, but the information the airline sent to police was enough for them to issue an arrest warrant on charges of felony burglary and misdemeanor criminal mischief, court documents state.More than a year later, Lowe was picked up on those warrants while attending a July 4th celebration with friends in Tucumcari, New Mexico.

PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department are searching for a suspect in connection with a shooting in Kensington. Police say the shooting happened at 1800 E.

coronavirus where we have Alpha, Delta, Omicron all coming from this strain in Wuhan," says Johannes Krause, a palaeogeneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, who co-led the study, published in Nature. Several years ago, Philip Slavin, an economic and environmental historian at the University of Stirling, UK, and a co-lead author of the study, suggested the disease's emergence might be linked to an unusual surge of deaths in a town in Central Asia in 1338-1339.  The cemeteries, known as Kara-Djigach and Burana, held an unusually high number of tombstones dated to 1338 and 1339, ten of which made explicit reference to a pestilence.

February due to contamination issues.The closure of the Sturgis facility, the largest in the U.S. and source of leading brands like Similac, exacerbated the industry-wide baby formula shortage. For several months, parents and caregivers have been scrambling as shelves increasingly become more barren.

YORK, Pa. - An appeals court has halted the release of a man awaiting a new trial on charges of having killed his wife and then faking an all-terrain vehicle accident to cover up the slaying a decade ago.Local media report that a York County judge last week had cleared the way for the release of 49-year-old Joe Fitzpatrick III of Chanceford Township. He's accused of having drowned 43-year-old Annemarie Fitzpatrick in a creek in June 2012 and then telling police they crashed their ATV in the water.The judge cited a state constitutional provision saying bail should be allowed except in first-degree murder or mandatory life term cases, and said details of the trial and Fitzpatrick's lack of a significant criminal record made bail a viable option.

A new, open, transparent sublicence agreement between the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) on behalf of C-TAP, and South African pharmaceutical company Biotech Africa will accelerate the manufacture and sale of a COVID-19 serological antibody technology around the world.

PHILADELPHIA - Homicide detectives with the Philadelphia Police Department are investigating a shooting that claimed the life of a 17-year-old in Center City. According to police, the shooting happened just before 11 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating after two young adults were shot and killed in Kingsessing on Thursday. According to police, just before 1:30 a.m., officers with the 12th District responded to multiple 911 calls for a shooting on the 5400 block of Ridgewood Street. Officers arrived on scene and found two teens, ages 18 and 19, with multiple gunshot wounds to the body. Investigators say the 19-year-old was shot on the porch of the home and then ran inside. According to authorities, the 19-year-old was transported to Penn Presbyterian Hospital and he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESThe 18-year-old was found about 200 feet away in an alley across the street, according to Philadelphia Inspector D.F.

China’s capital put school back online this week in one of its major districts amid a new COVID-19 outbreak linked to a nightclub. Residents in Beijing are still undergoing regular testing — mostly every other day — and must wear masks and swipe a mobile phone app to enter public places and facilitate case tracing.

Shirley Ballas has been making sure to stay in tip-top shape as she revealed she visited a juice retreat in Portugal recently. The Strictly Come Dancing judge, 61, share a series of snaps from her trip to Portugal, which included yoga, juicing and… colonic irrigation. In the photos, Shirley was seen hiking in stunning nature as well as relaxing in a pool to read a book on juice cleansing.

The Uber Technologies Inc. logo is seen on the windshield of a vehicle in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Aug.

WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Wednesday convicted a Confederate flag-toting man and his son of charges that they stormed the U.S. Capitol together during the riot on Jan.

BBC Breakfast star Naga Munchetty rushed to support one of her colleagues as she shared a health update.News reporter Sally Bundock has appeared on BBC Breakfast before, along with her regular presenting stint on BBC One programme The Briefing.But the star has been forced to take a period off work to recover from a gruelling knee operation, which has a recovery period of around six weeks.The operation was set to repair her ACL, MCL and meniscus, with Sally in a knee brace to help support the healing joint.Taking to Twitter, Sally shared a snap of her injured leg with the caption: "Recovery: week 6 almost done."I'm seeing the consultant tomorrow and hoping I can downgrade from this strict knee brace and return to work on Monday #fingerscrossed."The hefty brace featured black padding and metal ribs to keep the joint in place, while Sally has also been using a pair of crutches to get around.Naga rushed to comment on her pal's post in support, writing: "OOH - Fingers crossed Sal xx."Her BBC replacement Victoria Fritz added: "You have been missed Sally! Xx."To which Sally replied: "Thank you and thank you for doing such a marvellous job #liveatfive. So many early mornings."And, true to her word, Sally did return to work on Wednesday (June 15), albeit sitting down to ease the pressure on her knee.The star tweeted from BBC studios: "It’s lovely to be back and it’s busy as usual!! A lot to catch up on."Sally went on to quip that she's struggling to get into her work outfits at the moment, tweeting: "This popped up in my memories from 1 [year] ago.

coming down with COVID-19 earlier in the week.The 78-year-old rock legend announced that he had tested positive for the virus after exhibiting symptoms just hours before the Rolling Stones was set to perform a concert in Amsterdam on Monday. The band’s Netherlands gig as well as its Bern, Switzerland show were canceled as a result of Jagger’s prognosis.

NEW CASTLE, Del. - Authorities in Delaware say scammers stole thousands of dollars from elderly people by posing as family members in dire need of money. The New Castle Division of Police responded Monday to the homes of at least four different victims between the ages of 83 and 90-years-old. Each victim told police a similar story about being contacted by a person who claimed to be a family member in serious legal trouble and in need of bail money.At least three victims handed over between $9K and $15K to people who came to the victim's homes to collect the money. In one instance, police said an 83-year-old asked to see a suspect's ID when he came to pick up the money.

Today we are reporting 5,435 community cases, 377 current hospitalisations, and 15 deaths. 

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - An elderly woman was killed after she was hit by a vehicle in North Philadelphia.Officials said a woman, thought to be about 80, was crossing the street at the 1900 block of West Oxford Street Wednesday evening, before 7 p.m.While crossing the street, officials said, she was struck by a black truck.Medics rushed the woman to Temple University Hospital, where she died.The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene.

California learned this the hard way when he was fired after accidentally setting the gas price to 69 US cents a gallon, equivalent to approximately 20 cents per litre.According to an ABC affiliate local news station, John Szczecina, the manager of a Shell gas station in Rancho Cordova, Calif., mistakenly placed the decimal point in the incorrect location when pricing gas for the day. Rising gas prices putting pressure on Edmonton’s next budget The gas was intended to be priced at US$6.99 per gallon.“I put all three prices on there, except the diesel.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - Two police officers are dead after being shot during an ambush while in the line of duty in El Monte.The El Monte Police Department responded to a call of a possible stabbing at a motel near Garvey and Central avenues Monday evening. Upon arrival, a gunman opened fire at the responding officers, El Monte city officials said in a press release.Two of the officers - Corporal Michael Paredes and Officer Joseph Santana - were hit in the shooting and were taken to LAC-USC Medical Center.

dog that became trapped in an enclosure with gorillas on Sunday.The dog, identified as a male shepherd, reportedly entered the enclosure of its own accord. A gorilla soon spotted the dog and chased it, however, leading visitors to start yelling the gorilla's name in an attempt to distract it, according to local news media.Staff with the San Diego Human Society soon intervened, removing the gorillas and rescuing the dog."As soon as zoo staff saw the dog, they moved the gorillas out," the SD Humane Society said in a statement.A gorilla chases after a dog in a San Diego zoo after the dog accidentally got trapped in an enclosure.

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.

PHILADELPHIA - Law enforcement sources say two young men each accused of fatally shooting innocent bystanders during the chaotic South Street shooting arrived in Philadelphia on Wednesday after being tracked down by federal authorities last week in Virginia. FOX 29's Jennifer Joyce was at the Philadelphia Police Administrative building Wednesday afternoon where two silver cars ushered the suspects into a basement parking garage.Quadir Dukes-Hill and Nahjee Whittington, both 18, were taken into custody at an apartment building in Richmond, Virginia by a team of U.S. Marshals. A law enforcement source told FOX 29 that the apartment where the pair were hiding belongs to a friend who also may have ties to Philadelphia.Officials say Dukes-Hill is facing murder charges in the shooting death of 24-year-old Alexis Quinn.

outraged over rumors about the actor’s health amid circulation of a video that shows him shaking onstage at the Australian premiere of his new film “Elvis.”In the just-released footage, recorded June 4, Hanks’ hands can be seen trembling as he appeared to struggle to keep a steady hold on a microphone — as the crowd laughs and cheers for his witty words. The 65-year-old film legend — who went public with his Type 2 diabetes diagnosis in 2013 — moved the mike back and forth between his shaking hands. At several points he attempted to hold the device with both hands as he spoke to his rapt audience.

EastEnders and starred in Dancing On Ice, admitted last year (2021) he did not know how he was going to pay the bills and was forced to take out a Government bounce-back loan.’ Now Daily Star can reveal the extent of Davro’s plight after Covid forced the cancellation of TV and live shows.The final liquidator’s report for his entertainment company Orvad Enterprises Ltd (corr) - which was wound up in October - lifts the lid on his financial plight.The company owed £89,909 to creditors including £32,100 to HM Revenue & Customs in corporation tax and PAYE and £49,177 to NatWest in loans and a £7,296 overdraft."There is no work",the 63-year-old stand-up said last year."I only did four gigs last year. I can’t earn anything.