Pope Francis hails families, blasts ‘culture of waste’ after Roe v. Wade ruling

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia 76ers are set to get a new home in Center City. According to a press release, the team's managing partners, Josh Harris and David Blitzer, announced the creation of a new development company called 76 Devcorp, which will be responsible for developing "the future home of the Philadelphia 76ers." The project will be led by Philadelphia business leader David Adelman and Harris Blitzer Sports Entertainment and will pursue the privately-funded sports and entertainment area called 76 Place. "The Philadelphia 76ers are a storied Philadelphia institution with a proven track record of investing in their community. That’s why we’re committed to building a world-class home in the heart of the City and creating a privately-funded arena that strengthens ties within the local community through investments that prioritize equity, inclusivity and accessibility," Managing Partner Josh Harris said.

ENHYPEN singer Jay has tested positive for COVID-19, and will be halting his activities with the group for the time being.On July 21, music label Belift Lab published a statement to South Korean outlet Mydaily announcing that the Korean-American idol has been diagnosed with COVID-19 after positive results on both a rapid antigen test and a PCR test on the same day.“He is currently showing symptoms like mild sore throat and body aches and is being treated at home away from the other members,” Belift Lab’s statement read, as translated by Soompi. The label then added that all remaining members of ENHYPEN tested negative on self-testing kits after Jay’s diagnosis.“As such, Jay will not be able to participate in ENHYPEN’s schedule for the time being.

PHOENIX - On July 20, police in Mesa, Arizona stopped an incident involving a stolen car by deploying a device known as the Grappler Police Bumper.The incident began when police were alerted to a stolen car near Country Club Drive and Hampton Avenue in Mesa, police said. Patrol officers and officers in unmarked vehicles responded and spotted the stolen vehicle in the parking lot of a Home Depot.The SUV, according to Mesa Police Det.

ATLANTA - A U.S. appeals court in Georgia ruled in favor of state officials, saying the Supreme Court's recent decision on abortions paved the way for Georgia's so-called "Heartbeat Bill," which restricts the procedure.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit provided the opinion on Wednesday.

FILE IMAGE: Photo by Carsten Rehder/picture alliance via Getty Images BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A man drove his pickup truck into a family as they walked in a tourist village bordering Glacier National Park and opened fire with a shotgun, killing one man and mortally wounding a toddler who was in her mother's arms before the mother's sister-in-law managed to kill the assailant after he ran out of ammunition, authorities said.Killed in the weekend attack on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana were David Siau, 39, of Syracuse, New York, and Siau's 18-month-old daughter, McKenzie.The assailant, Derick Amos Madden, 37, had been in a prior relationship with the woman who killed him and had mental health issues, the Glacier County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.

Also Read: Indian passport holders do not need prior visa to travel to 60 countries The researchers used records on 1,951,866 (19.5 lakh) and 3,219,349 (32 lakh) adults who had received two doses of Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccnes, respectively and 2,422,980 (24 lakh) unvaccinated adults. Also Read: Travel insurance policies in demand post pandemic: Survey They found that rates of COVID-19 hospital admission and death were substantially lower among vaccinated than unvaccinated adults up to six months after their second dose.

LOUISE Thompson says she has experienced times when she feels she's "on the edge" and "going in and out of consciousness" while taking medication for her health struggle. The Made In Chelsea star, 32, was diagnosed with PTSD after suffering complications while giving birth to her son Leo-Hunter with her partner Ryan Libbey late last year.

Kate Garraway during Thursday’s instalment (July 21) of Good Morning Britain as her husband Derek Draper remains in hospital.The mum-of-two usually hosts the ITV breakfast show alongside TV hunk Ben Shephard on Thursday and Friday, but fans were left sorely disappointed this week. Loving wife, Kate, skipped the show this week as she continues to support her partner who is battling the lasting effects of Covid-19 and their young family.It comes after Derek 54, was rushed back to hospital earlier this month after the former political advisor took a “serious turn for the worse”.The doting dad spent 13 months in hospital after he first contracted the deadly virus at the beginning of 2020 which has dramatically damaged his vital organs and left him unable to fully communicate.This is a live TV story and is being constantly updated.

travel insurance policies increased in FY21-22 compared to pre-covid levels in FY19-20, as per a survey by ICICI Lombard General Insurance. The survey, conducted on consumers from the Indian markets, analysed the impact of the pandemic on travellers' attitudes and expectations and found that travellers are now more receptive to purchasing travel insurance to mitigate potential financial losses. ICICI Lombard settled 3,378 travel insurance claims, almost 1.37 times higher than last year.  One-third of respondents claimed to have purchased ICICI Lombard travel insurance after the pandemic, the insurer claimed.

New Delhi: India reported 45 covid-19 deaths and 21,566 new cases in the last 24 hours, the union health ministry data stated on Thursday.  The total number of active cases has climbed to 1,48,881. India has reported 4.38 crore coronavirus cases so far and 5,25,870 fatalities since the onset of the pandemic.

Equipment failure caused a transformer at the Hoover Dam to explode, causing a fire that lasted about a half-hour and sending plumes of black smoke swirling through the air.

From verbal abuse to physical threats and police calls, front-line workers in the airline industry are finding themselves on the receiving end of passenger frustrations over flight delays and lost baggage.

A joint report from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency has revealed that the $10-billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suffered “uncorrectable” damage left by a micrometeoroid strike in late May.

Covid active cases are present in the country which is 0.34% of the total cases. India's daily Covid positivity rate has surged to 4.25% while the weekly positivity rate has increased to 4.51%. India's Covid testing rate has declined to 5,07,360 in the last 24 hours.

Sugar Cookie Dough 12oz (Credit: FDA) NEW YORK - Sweet Loren’s is voluntarily recalling its gluten-free cookie dough because it may contain traces of gluten, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The recall affects Sweet Loren’s Sugar Cookie Dough 12oz with a best-by date of December 1, 2022. The company wants people who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to gluten may develop an allergic reaction to the product. RELATED: LEGO's new Atari 2600 kit comes with joystick, gamesThe FDA said the substance was identified through in-house testing of the product. The agency said the oat flour used in the dough had traces of gluten despite being declared gluten-free. The FDA no illnesses have been reported so far. The product is sold in grocery stores across dozens of states.Consumers are encouraged to return the impacted product for a full refund. Gluten is a mixture of two proteins that are found in wheat, rye and barley and in products that are derived from these grains.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Public officers, law enforcement officials, and faith-based organizations joined forces to hold a cookout for Atlantic City community members on Wednesday night. The Coalition for a Safe Community held the cookout to help strengthen the relationship between law enforcement officials and community members while also bringing necessary resources to a community that has been devastated by COVID-19. The coalition started back in 2010 when organizations from across the city took action to combat crime and violence. Tockeem Washington and his 4-year-old daughter, Kaabah, came out to the cookout to support the police because Washington says Atlantic City needs police to protect the community. "Law enforcement protects the kids and everybody else," Washington said.

TRENTON - Officials credited a Good Samaritan for running into a Trenton house fire and helping people inside safely evacuate the burning home. Firefighters from the Trenton and Hamilton fire departments were called to a home on the 300 block of Cleveland Avenue around 12:30 p.m.The fire increased to three-alarms and three firefighters were injured while battling the blaze.

Photo from the scene where dozens of immigrants were found dead in a trailer near San Antonio. SAN ANTONIO - Two men were indicted Wednesday in the case of a hot, airless tractor-trailer rig found with 53 dead or dying migrants in San Antonio, officials said.A federal grand jury in San Antonio indicted Homero Zamorano Jr., 46, and Christian Martinez, 28, both of Pasadena, Texas, on counts of transporting and conspiring to transport migrants illegally resulting in death; and transporting and conspiring to transport migrants illegally resulting in serious injury.BACKGROUND: Four charged in connection to San Antonio migrant trailer tragedyBoth remain in federal custody without bond pending trial.

Magnus Carlsen (NOR) during the FIDE Chess World Rapid & Blitz 2021 in Warsaw, Poland, on December 29, 2021. (Photo by Foto Olimpik/NurPhoto via Getty Images) World chess champion Magnus Carlsen announced he will not play in next year’s world championship, voluntarily surrendering the title that he’s held since he first won in 2013 at the age of 22. The now 31, five-time world champion said he he has no motivation to defend his title against Ian Nepomniachtchi, the Russian chess grandmaster."I feel I don't have a lot to gain, I don't particularly like (the championship matches), and although I'm sure a match would be interesting for historical reasons and all of that, I don't have any inclination to play, and I will simply not play the match," the Norwegian chess champ said, via Reuters."Ultimately the conclusion stands, one that I'm pretty comfortable with, one that I've thought a lot about for a long time now, I would say more than a year...

Manik Saha tested positive for COVID-19 and urged those who had come in contact with him to take necessary precautions. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, the chief minister wrote, "I have been tested Covid-19 positive today. I am absolutely fit and fine with no symptoms.

Today we are reporting 9,953 community cases, 767 current hospitalisations, and 32 deaths.

The victim, 34, ran inside a corner store and was followed by the shooter who fired at least two more times. PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a man was shot twice during a street shooting that spilled into a crowded corner store in West Philadelphia. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the area of 41st Street and Lancaster Avenue just before 7 p.m.

ATLANTA - One soldiers was killed and nine others injured after an apparent lightning strike at Fort Gordon near August, Georgia.It happened Wednesday morning on the range training area of the US Army base located just west of Augusta. A base news release said Fort Gordon’s Department of Emergency Services and Emergency Medical Services responded immediately.An Army spokesperson initially told FOX News ten soldiers were injured, but later said one of the soldiers had passed away from those injuries."It is with a heavy heart Fort Gordon confirms one of the soldiers in the lightning strike this afternoon succumbed to their injuries," said Fort Gordon’s Deputy Public Affairs Officer Anne Bowman.The soldier’s identity will not be released until his family is notified, Bowman said.Pentagon officials say the soldiers were treated at the medical center.Fort Gordon has not released specifics on the condition of the nine other injured soldiers.

INDIANAPOLIS - An Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio took the first step Tuesday toward suing Indiana's attorney general for defamation.Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist who gave the girl a medication-induced abortion on June 30, filed a tort claim notice over what she says are false statements that Attorney General Todd Rokita has made about her and her work.Bernard received widespread attention after she gave an interview to the Indianapolis Star about the child, who traveled to Indiana from Ohio for the abortion. A so-called fetal heartbeat law took effect in Ohio last month after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.

Credit: Quogue Village Police Department LONG ISLAND - The body of what is believed to be a dead juvenile Great White Shark washed ashore on the beach of the village of Quogue on Long Island on Wednesday afternoon.According to Quogue Village Police, at 9:33 a.m., the 7-to-8-foot-long shark was seen by a resident on the beach between 80 and 90 Dune Road.Authorities say the shark washed out to sea before police could secure it, officials said."At this time we are cautioning swimmers and boaters in the area to be aware of this ongoing situation, and to keep distance to allow the Law Enforcement to monitor this event," the Quogue Village Police Department said in a Facebook post. RELATED: Shark patrols to increase at Long Island beachesThey also said that they were in touch with the South Fork Natural History Museum's shark research and education program, which was attempting to monitor the situation along with law enforcement.More shark sightings have closed beaches on Long Island.It is currently unclear what kind of shark it was, although some reports say it was a young Great White Shark. If anyone sees the shark again, they are being asked to call the Quogue Village Police Department at 631-653-4791.On Monday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul ordered increased shark patrols after a string of recent shark encounters on Long Island. 

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. - Golfers called 911 after seeing a woman fall into an alligator-infested pond at Boca Royale Golf and Country Club in Sarasota last week.The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office released some of the audio from those 911 calls, days after Rose Marie Wiegand was attacked and killed by two alligators.It happened Friday evening. Golfers saw Wiegand fall into the pond behind her home inside the Englewood golf community.PREVIOUS: Alligator attack confirmed as cause of elderly woman's death after she fell in pond outside her homeWhile she was in the water, the man who called 911 said he saw two alligators grab her.The woman was not alive when first responders pulled her from the pond.The 911 caller, who stated he was in his 70s, jumped in the water but had to get out for his own safety.Dan Matics reports"I was playing the 6th hole and this lady was across the water. It looked like she was trimming the edge, and she fell in. She was screaming… I tried to get to her, and she went under.

Humboldt Broncos bus crash day parole for six months.The board says Jaskirat Singh Sidhu will get full parole after those six months if he follows conditions.Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving charges for the 2018 crash that killed 16 and injured 13.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA - MAY 12: Philadelphia 76ers player James Harden warms up ahead of the NBA match between Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on May 12, 2022.

Saul, the border collie, who helped rescue his owner who had fallen off a cliff in Tahoe. Photo credit: Nevada County Search and Rescue TRUCKEE, Calif. - A border collie named Saul is being called a hero after helping rescue crews save the life of his owner. Saul's owner fell off a 70-foot cliff in Tahoe National Forest and Nevada County Sheriff Search and Rescue Teams were called out to find him Wednesday. The 53-year-old hiker had fallen the night before, but managed to get himself to cell service to call for help.

PHOTO: Vanessa Riley Thomas Lee and his wife Atiya couldn't believe it had been found.They say the woman pictured in the pendant is Thomas's mother, and they lost it about a week ago.Atiya Lee says she saw a post that Kahan shared on Facebook and recognized both the picture and the pendant.The pendant was a keepsake Thomas had made after he says the lady in the picture passed away in 2019."I was crying," Thomas said. "I still can't stop crying.

BUTTS COUNTY, Ga. - A convicted sex offender is back behind bars after deputies say he tried to contact a minor while out on parole.Officials say nearly one month ago, Christopher Baxter was released on parole from the Georgia Department of Corrections and registered as a sex offender in Butts County.On Tuesday, The Butts County Sheriff's Office says investigators monitoring Baxter arrested him again.According to the sheriff, Baxter is accused of contacting a female minor in another state and was trying to get inappropriate pictures of her. "Investigator Riley and Sergeant Munger’s quick action and good work has successfully placed this predator back behind bars, where he belongs," Sheriff Gary Long said. "I hope he spends the rest of his natural-born life caged, where he is no longer allowed access to another innocent child."Court records show Baxter had been convicted in 2019 for sexual battery of a victim under the age of 16 and child molestation.

UPPER MACUNGIE, Pa. - Officers in Pennsylvania shot and killed a snake after they say it wrapped itself around a man's neck Wednesday afternoon. Police from the Upper Macungie Township Police Department were called to a home on the 1400 block of Church Street for reports of a man in cardiac arrest. When officers arrived they found a 28-year-old man lying on the floor with the mid-section of a snake wrapped around his neck, according to police. An officer managed to shoot the 15-foot-long snake in the head and pull the man to safety, police said. The man received emergency medical treatment and was taken to a local hospital in unknown condition. 

PHOTO: Vanessa Riley Thomas Lee and his wife Atiya couldn't believe it had been found.They say the woman pictured in the pendant is Thomas's mother, and they lost it about a week ago.Atiya Lee says she saw a post that Kahan shared on Facebook and recognized both the picture and the pendant.The pendant was a keepsake Thomas had made after he says the lady in the picture passed away in 2019."I was crying," Thomas said. "I still can't stop crying.

These days, there is no shortage of weight-loss diets to choose from. Like many trends, diets often go in and out of fashion, with new healthy eating and exercising plans constantly emerging within our ever-evolving society.

Greenville authorities have arrested and charged William Micah Hester with murder in the killing of his 4-year-old half-sister, Joanna Lockaby. (Greenville County Sheriff's Office) A South Carolina 17-year-old has been arrested and charged in the murder of his 4-year-old half-sister, according to authorities.Joanna Lockaby was initially reported missing on Tuesday around 2:30 p.m., and Greenville County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) deputies dispatched to the area located the victim's body in a plastic bin in a wooded area behind her family's residence at 112 Chevy Chase Blvd.Investigators believe William Micah Hester, who lived with Joanna at the Chevy Chase Blvd.

CENTER CITY - With heat advisories across the area and temperatures in the 90s, how are families staying cool? It’s a scorcher all across the Delaware Valley, as parents, kids and the elderly all figure out how to beat the heat.Cassandra McLean and her two kids caught the 33 SEPTA line from North Philly for a chance to cool off at City Hall’s free spray pool."I’m letting them hang out in the pool, in the water. They’re having fun," McLean commented.While fun is a nice benefit of cooling off in some sprinklers, the heat is no laughing matter.