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PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police have located one child and are  searching another after police say a car was stolen while they were inside.According to police, the mother reportedly ran into the home of her parents leaving her 4-year-old and 1-year-old child in the car. A man saw the car was running and jumped into the vehicle and took off with the children. At some point, the man abandoned the 4-year-old who had his mother's phone. Police were able to track the phone and locate the 4-year-old. The child is at St.

Yesterday 9,108 paediatric doses were given, bringing the total to 159,296. There were also 30,146 booster doses, taking the total administered to date to 1,287,972.

As Ontario prepares to ease pandemic restrictions on Monday, there is a sense of deja vu among many in the business community. Some are frustrated about the back-and-forth between lockdown and reopening. Albert Delitala reports.

Security worries are rising in Ottawa ahead of the fast-approaching truck convoy, as their demands to end vaccine mandates spiral into a hostile movement. As Jeff Semple reports, there are concerns the far-right extremist groups latching onto the protest could possibly incite violence in the capital.

Tom Brady could retire from Tampa Bay as one of the NFL’s oldest players at 44 years old. However, he wasn’t the only professional footballer to be considered "over the hill" by many Americans.CLEVELAND, OHIO - OCTOBER 06: George Blanda, Oakland Raiders, who played 26 seasons in the NFL and AFL as a quarterback and place kicker scored a total of 8 points during the Raiders defeating the Cleveland Browns 40-24 on October 6, 1974 at Clevelan Hall of Famer George Blanda played for several teams, ending his football career with the Oakland Raiders in 1975 as a placekicker. He played professional football for 26 years before retiring at the age of 48.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - JANUARY 02: Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) reacts to the crowd prior to the National Football League game between the New York Jets and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on January 2, 2022 at MetLife Stadium in East Ruth TAMPA, Fla. - After much speculation following Tampa Bay’s loss in the playoffs, the GOAT, Tom Brady, is retiring after 22 years and seven rings, according to a report from ESPN, which says sources gave the news to Jeff Darlington and Adam Schefter on Saturday. FOX 13 reached out to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for comment and they said they cannot confirm Brady's retirement. Brady became the starter at Michigan in 1998 and led the team to two bowl wins during the course of his collegiate career. He was then drafted in the sixth round by the New England Patriots in 2000.

COVID-19 on Saturday.In an abbreviated news release, the province did not say how many people have been admitted and discharged since Friday.On Friday there were 88 hospitalizations reported, so the number of hospitalizations has dropped by one. However, there are now 16 people in ICU, one more since Friday.

Covid-19 across Maharashtra on Friday, taking the cumulative cases to 76,55,554.

A new pilot study has found abnormalities in the lungs of long Covid patients who had not experienced severe illness but experienced the symptom of breathlessness.

COVID-19 Saturday, with 597 people currently in intensive care.The latest number of hospitalizations is a decrease of 96 from Friday’s data.This is also a drop of over 500  hospitalizations in comparison to last Saturday’s hospitalizations which stood at 4,026.Of the 3,439  people hospitalized, around 55 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while about 45 per cent were admitted for other reasons but then tested positive for COVID-19. Doug Ford says Ontario needs to ‘learn to live with’ COVID ahead of reopening Monday Of the 597 people currently in ICU, around 82 per cent of those in intensive care were admitted because of COVID, while around 18 per cent were admitted for other reasons but test positive for COVID-19.Last Saturday, 600 people were reported in intensive care units.For those in general hospital wards with COVID, 667 were unvaccinated, 153 were partially vaccinated and 1,755 were fully vaccinated.For those in ICUs, 199 were unvaccinated while 18 were partially vaccinated and 231 were fully vaccinated.

PHILADELPHIA - A nor'easter that slammed the East Coast Friday night and into Saturday left behind more than a foot of snow in parts of New Jersey and Delaware while most of southeastern Pennsylvania also saw significant snow. Below is a look at snow totals reports from the National Weather Service.

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A 26-year-old registered nurse who was battling breast cancer has died and now her family is seeking answers. Her mother said her daughter Shayla Wishloff went to hospital, but died waiting for the help she needed. Chris Chacon reports.

Nearly three years after the Chuckegg Creek wildfire forced thousands of people to flee the High Level area of northwestern Alberta, the town is still waiting on the Alberta government to cover millions of dollars in emergency response costs.

Mega Millions lottery tickets are sold at a 7-Eleven store in the Loop on Jan. 22, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Two people died in fatal motor accident along the outer circular road between Kadawatha and Kaduwela on Saturday (29).Police Media Spokesman SSP Attorney at law Nihal Thalduwa stated that the accident occurred due to a collision between two lorries.He said that one lorry was parked on the side of the road while the driver of the vehicle had been replacing a damaged tyre, when another lorry collided into it.The lorry driver was thrown from the vehicle and died from the impact, while the passenger of the vehicle died after the lorry was engulfed in flames.The Police Spokesperson said that the lorry driver who was replacing the tyre was arrested over the incident.Speaking further, SSP Nihal Thalduwa urged the public to always contact emergency services via 1969 immediately after ANY BREAKDOWN when travelling on expressways.He emphasized that it is pramount that drivers and passengers refrain from carrying out any repairs until the emergency services arrive and secure the location.“There have been many reports of deaths owing to road accidents and drowning, in recent days.

COLOMBO (News 1st); According to the latest report issued by the Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology Unit of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 82 new cases of Omicron and 6 new cases of Delta were detected from 88 samples.“These 88 samples were sequenced from the 4th week of January from the community.” Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, Director of the Allergy, Immunology and Cell Biology Unit of the Faculty of Medicine stated.The 88 Omicron cases include a mix of the two main Omicron lineages BA.1 and BA.2.Omicron sublineages were detected in the following locations. 30 cases of BA.1 were detected in Colombo Municipal Council, Colombo, NIMH, Kesbewa and Mathugama.

police lights PHILADELPHIA - Three men suffering from gunshot wounds showed up at a Philadelphia hospital on Friday night and are expected to survive, police said. According to investigators, two 28-year-olds and a 26-year-old were driven to Methodist Hospital in South Philadelphia with various non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. Police said the men were wounded on the 700 block of Rittner Street when gunfire erupted around 9:30 p.m. No arrests were reported immediately following the triple shooting and police have not provided a possible motive. MORE HEADLINES: ___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia International Airport has reported more than 300 cancellations on Saturday as a powerful nor'easter is forecasted to bring heavy snow and whipping winds.The airport said the canceled flights include both outgoing and incoming planes. There were at least 78 cancellations and 267 delays for departing and arriving flights on Saturday. According to officials, the number of cancellations is from airlines proactively canceling flights to and from the airport on Saturday. MORE NOR'EASTER COVERAGEForecasters believe Philadelphia will receive between 4 and 8 inches of snow during the nor'easter with strong wind gusts that could gust to 30 MPH. "Philadelphia International Airport is responsible for 40 million square feet of surface on runways, taxiways and aprons, or the equivalent distance of driving from Philadelphia to Lexington, Kentucky," the airport said. Live flight stats are available on the Philadelphia International Airport's Flight Aware page.

FILE - Valentine's Day balloons and flowers are sold outside a convenience store. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images)Companies that send out regular marketing emails are actually allowing consumers to opt out of their Valentine’s Day promotions this year, according to multiple reports. For those who loathe the holiday, companies are being more thoughtful when it comes to bombarding people with emails about great deals and new products ahead of Feb.

DeWalt DWCS600 Type 1 18-inch 15-amp corded chain saws (CPSC) DeWalt is recalling thousands of chainsaws because they could keep running even when switched off, posing an injury hazard to users.The recall involves over 8,000 DeWalt DWCS600 Type 1 18-inch 15-amp corded chain saws, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The chain saws "can remain running when the switch is on the off position or turn on when plugged in, posing an injury hazard to the user," the agency said.    The tool was sold to hardware and tool supply stores nationwide from June 2021 through November 2021.

COVID-19.Ford made the comments in an interview that aired Friday on a local Peterborough, Ont., radio station, a day after the province’s top doctor made similar remarks.Asked whether Ontario’s reopening plan would work well, Ford said he’s confident it will because virus test positivity has dropped since public health restrictions took effect earlier this month.Restrictions on businesses like restaurants, gyms and theatres will ease on Monday, allowing such venues to open with capacity limits. Omicron infectivity period doesn’t appear shorter than other COVID variants: Public Health Ontario Ford said restrictions brought in this month to blunt a wave of Omicron infections are working.He noted that his government’s plan involves reopening cautiously, with 50 per cent capacity limits in place at first, and said the province needs to learn to live with the virus to get back to normal.“There’s no one in this province who wants to open up quicker than I do,” Ford told PTBO Today Radio.

Southwest Airlines is considering bringing back booze on flights this spring after scrapping the service early on in the pandemic.During an earnings call Thursday, CEO Gary Kelly said the carrier is looking to bring back the service either "late in the first quarter, maybe early in the second quarter."Kelly noted that the company had intended to bring back service in the middle of February but delayed plans due to the uptick in coronavirus cases driven by the omicron variant.It wasn't the first time the carrier delayed its plans. In the spring of 2021, Southwest decided against bringing it back after an increase in incidents of unruly passengers.The airline was planning to resume selling alcohol in June on Hawaii flights and in July on other flights, a move that was questioned by the president of the union representing Southwest flight attendants. "Given the recent uptick in industry-wide incidents of passenger disruptions inflight, we have made the decision to pause the previously announced re-start of alcohol service," Southwest spokesman Chris Mainz said, adding that the decision was "in the interest of the safety and comfort of all customers and crew onboard."In fact, the Federal Aviation Administration said the biggest single proposed fine, topping $40,000, involves a passenger who brought alcohol on the plane and drank it, smoked marijuana in the lavatory, and sexually assaulted a flight attendant on a Southwest Airlines jet in April.In August, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson even issued a warning letter to airports saying there was a correlation between the uptick in unruly passengers and alcohol. Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly told a U.S.

New polls from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) show Americans are increasingly frustrated with the state of the pandemic and losing faith in authorities, including chief White House Medical Advisor Anthony Fauci, MD, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

COVID-19 on Friday as the province prepares to move to Level 2 of its winter action plan.The deaths involved one person in their 70s and three people in their 80s.There are now 135 active COVID-19 hospitalizations across the province. These include 63 people who were hospitalized for complications with the virus and 72 who tested positive after being admitted to hospital for another medical reason.There are now 16 people in intensive care with the virus, for an increase of eight in the past day.

One man has been arrested and another has been detained under the mental health act after police were called to a house twice within the space of 90 minutes.

pub broke Covid social distancing rules, local council chiefs have claimed. Ye Old Axe on Hackney Road, east London was slapped with a £1,000 fine for various breaches of coronavirus rules last year.As the venue applies to renew its sexual establishment licence, its shortcomings from last year have been revealed.

COVID-19-related death in Waterloo Region, raising the death toll in the area to 348.The agency does not update its dashboard on weekends but there were 20 deaths reported over that eight-day span. Omicron infectivity period doesn’t appear shorter than other COVID variants, Public Health Ontario says The latest victim was connected to PeopleCare Hilltop Manor in Cambridge, where a COVID-19 outbreak was declared on Jan.

Middlesex-London Health Unit reported two deaths and 217 COVID-19 cases on Friday.The deaths involved a woman in her 80s associated with a long-term care home and a man in his 60s with no association with long-term care or retirement homes. Neither was vaccinated.Meanwhile, the London Health Sciences Centre reported 145 COVID-19 inpatients on Friday, compared with 153 a week ago.As noted, LHSC is caring for 145 COVID-19 inpatients, with 22 inpatients in adult critical care.

COVID-19 so far this month, a grim figure the province’s top doctor largely attributes to the previous, more virulent strain of the virus, though he admits the data is murky.The province has logged persistently high numbers of fatalities each day this month, despite the dominant Omicron variant of the virus typically causing milder illness and all but replacing the more severe Delta variant almost six weeks ago, while circulating among a well-vaccinated population.Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore said officials are trying to ascertain what factors are causing so many Ontarians to die, including whether Delta or Omicron or a combination of the two is responsible, but whole genome sequencing to determine variant type takes weeks.Essentially 100 per cent of outbreaks in the community are Omicron right now, Moore said, but roughly 10 per cent of hospital admissions are still “relevant to Delta.” Ontario to update data reporting so that possible incidental COVID deaths are identified: top doc “Death is a delayed signal from an outbreak, given that we’ve got access to health care and an ability to try to protect people through hospitalization and intensive care unit settings,” he said this week.“In the first several weeks of January, we’re confident that a significant proportion of (the deaths) were from Delta.”Dr.

NEW YORK - A man from Virginia was arrested after he crashed his vehicle into pop star Taylor Swift's townhome in TriBeCa, ripped out the intercom and tried to get inside, said police.Morgan Mank, 31, of Ashburn, drove down the wrong way on Franklin Street at about 3 a.m. Thursday and then reportedly reversed and struck the building and a fire hydrant.Celebrity news site TMZ reported Mank was mumbling about Swift as he pulled at the intercom.Police responded to a 911 call and arrested Mank.

NEW YORK - In response to growing concerns about how stalkers, thieves, abusive partners, and other dangerous people have been using Apple AirTags — coin-sized tracking devices — to target victims, a privacy group is calling on the tech giant to permanently pull the gadgets from store shelves. The group Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, or STOP, said Apple claims it promises to protect people's privacy yet "profits from surveillance.""When survivors and advocates warned Apple that AirTags were dangerous, the company refused to listen.

PITTSBURGH - President Joe Biden on Friday is set to visit Pennsylvania in an effort to "go out and talk to the public" about his White House achievements so far, including the passage of a bipartisan infrastructure package, as part of a broader campaign ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Biden is headed to Pittsburgh to specifically promote the benefits of the new $1 trillion infrastructure law that includes bridge maintenance. He is set to give remarks and appear just two miles from the site of an early-morning bridge collapse, which left 10 people with "minor" injuries and underscored his frequent calls to do more for the country’s crumbling infrastructure. In a statement following the collapse, the White House said the president would proceed with his planned trip."Our team is in touch with state and local officials on the ground as they continue to gather information about the cause of the collapse," the statement said.

COVID-19 hospitalizations on Friday and 48 more deaths linked to the virus.The hospitalizations decreased by 62 over the previous day with 287 new patients admitted and 349 discharged.Intensive care hospitalizations were also down by seven, with 228 patients remaining. COVID situation stabilizing, but restrictions must be eased slowly: Quebec health director The latest COVID-19 modelling predictions released on Thursday show that hospitalizations will continue to decline over the next several days.The decrease, however, will be modest in terms of its impact on the health network, according to Quebec’s interim public health director Dr.

Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative cases to 76,55,554, said the state health department on Friday.

PITTSBURGH - A bridge with multiple vehicles on it collapsed early Friday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, causing several "minor" injuries and occurring hours ahead of a visit from President Joe Biden to discuss the country’s need for updated infrastructure. Pittsburgh Public Safety shared a Twitter post about the incident reported around 6 a.m., asking all to "avoid the area" of Braddock and Forbes avenues near Frick Park. Authorities later said that "three to four" vehicles were on the two-lane bridge at the time, including a commuter bus.Photos from the scene showed the bus upright on a section of the collapsed bridge.A commuter bus is pictured on the collapsed bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Jan.

The Scottish Government has confirmed one coronavirus death was reported in Tayside in the last 24 hours.

Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) issued 138 more termination notices on Thursday to staffers who did not comply with its COVID-19 vaccine policy.On Wednesday, a deadline for all staff and physicians to report their vaccination status passed as of midnight.In all, the hospital has fired 178 workers under the policy with 40 others having been dismissed in December.All staff are now required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with some “limited exceptions.”“Each of these individuals has been provided ample time to comply with the policy and have decided against doing so,” HHS said in a statement. Over 95% of staff at Hamilton’s hospitals vaccinated with deadlines less than a month away Affected staffers were warned through notices sent out by the network in early December 2021.

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Colombian law enforcement seized nearly 20,000 coconuts filled with "liquid cocaine," prior to shipment from Cartagena to Italy, officials said on January 27. (Credit: Office of the Attorney General of Colombia via Storyful)Officials in Colombia seized nearly 20,000 coconuts filled with "liquid cocaine," on Jan.

COLOMBO (News 1st); One person was reported dead and nine others injured after a bus transporting staff personnel of a private company fell off a cliff in Dik Oya.The bus traveling from Salankanda to Hatton, located in the central part of Sri Lanka.

Jake Virtanen has been charged with sexual assault, Vancouver police confirmed Thursday.The BC Prosecution Service approved one count of sexual assault against Virtanen in relation to an incident that occurred in Vancouver on Sept. 26, 2017, when Virtanen was playing in the NHL, police said.An investigation was launched last May, after the now-23-year-old alleged victim came forward.In July, the Canucks said Virtanen had been placed on unconditional waivers for the purposes of a contract buyout.In a statement to Global News, Virtanen’s agent Kevin Epp said his client maintains his innocence.“Mr.

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