SLFP to submit a request letter to President on crises

Mary Fitzgerald is calling out her Selling Sunset co-star Christine Quinn and says she doesn’t believe the claim that she tested positive for COVID-19.

PHILADELPHIA - As investigators work to determine what sparked a Kensington rowhome fire that killed a father and his three children last weekend, Philadelphia is battling a backlog of unfulfilled smoke alarm requests.Yamalier, 5, Yadriel, 9, and 12-year-old Alexangel Arroyo-Santana perished in a rowhome fire early Sunday morning on the 3200 block of Hartville Street in Kensington. Neighbors say their father, Alexis, also died in the blaze after he told his wife to jump out a window to safety while he went further into the home to save the children. "He had a chance to jump out, but he ended up telling his wife to jump out of the window. He’ll get the children, so he died a hero," a neighbor who asked to remain anonymous said.Fire investigators have not pinpointed what started the fire, but they said no smoke alarms were sounding when firefighters arrived. The School District of Philadelphia identified three children killed in a rowhome fire as Yamalier, 5, Yadriel, 9, and 12-year-old Alexangel.

(Photo courtesy of H-E-B) SAN ANTONIO - Bad news for brownie and cookie lovers! H-E-B announced a voluntary recall for its Two Bite Brownies and Simply Delicious Cookies with Brownie Bites Party Trays after ‘potential metal fragments’ were found inside. H-E-B Two Bite Brownies (Photo courtesy of H-E-B) We're told all products related to this recall have been removed from store shelves from their H-E-B and Joe V's Smart Shop stores in Texas and Mexico. Simply Delicious Cookies with Brownie Bites Party Tray (Photo courtesy of H-E-B) H-E-B officials say anyone who has purchased the items should stop eating the product, and return it to the store for a full refund. AdvertisementFor more information, click here.

UPLAND, Pa. - Very important and, for some, life-saving services will soon be ending in Delaware County and it has prompted many residents to voice their concerns. Delaware County officials are calling it a crisis.In recent weeks, the largest healthcare provider, Crozer Health, announced a series of temporary and permanent closures of services, unless it receives $24 million."It’s been my life, my career, my family," stated nurse Angela Neopolitano.

NORTH PORT, Fla. - The family of Gabby Petito says Brian Laundrie's parents knew before going on a family vacation to Fort DeSoto park that their son had killed his girlfriend and left her body in a national park in Utah, according to new documents filed in Sarasota County court.Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt, Gabby's mother and father, filed a civil lawsuit against Laundrie's parents, accusing them of knowing their son murdered their daughter, but new documents shed light on when they are accused of knowing their son's alleged crimes. The lawsuit, which is expected to be heard by a jury in 2023, seeks more than $100,000 in damages for causing the Petitos pain, suffering, and mental anguish. According to court documents, the Petito family says Brian killed Gabby on August 27, 2021. "Her cause of death was blunt force injuries to the head and neck with manual strangulation," the suit says.The Petitos say Brian sent text messages to and from his and Gabby's phones in an effort to conceal that she was dead. They also say he sent a message from Gabby's phone to Gabby's mother, but called Gabby's grandfather by his first name – which Nichole Schmidt says her daughter would never have done.PREVIOUS: Gabby Petito's family files lawsuit against Brian Laundrie's parents, claims they knew Brian murdered GabbyThe Petito family says in the lawsuit that they believe Brian told his parents on August 28 that he killed Gabby.

CELINE Dion has canceled the European leg of her Courage World Tour, due to frustrating health issues. The singer posted the announcement on her social media on the morning of April 29.

With cases rising sharply in the last weeks, South African officials said the increase might signal the start of a fifth surge, and in China, officials are battling the spread of the virus in another large city, Guangzhou, home to 15.3 million people.

High school senior Noble Rasmussen was accepted by all five military academies. (Fox News) High school senior Noble Rasmussen intends to serve his country well — and all five U.S.

Montauk Point, N.Y.: The Block Island wind farm, from Montauk Point, on Long Islamd, New York. (Photo by Mark Harrington/Newsday RM via Getty Images) ((Photo by Mark Harrington/Newsday RM via Getty Images))ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Hours after Russia cut off natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria, the energy secretaries from the U.S.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 12: Trevor Bauer #27 of the Los Angeles Dodgers looks on after giving up a hit to Joey Gallo #13 of the Texas Rangers during the fifth inning at Dodger Stadium on June 12, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kate LOS ANGELES - Major League Baseball announced the suspension of Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer for two seasons, equating to 324 games, for what it deemed to be violations of the league's sexual assault and domestic violence policies. The Southern California native and Cy Young award-winning pitcher said he strongly denies any such violations.Bauer released a statement on social media saying, "In the strongest possible terms, I deny committing any violation of the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy.

An Eli Lilly & Co. logo is seen on a pill bottle in this arranged photograph at a pharmacy in Princeton, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017.

The sensitivity of home rapid antigen COVID-19 tests peaks 4 days after symptom onset, suggesting that a negative antigen test should be followed by a second test in 1 or 2 days, according to a prospective study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine.The study, led by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Response T

Daily infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus shedding varied substantially among 60 newly diagnosed asymptomatic or mildly ill COVID-19 patients early in the pandemic, suggesting that individual differences in viral dynamics may account for "superspreading," according to a first-of-its-kind modeling study published yesterday in Nature Microbiology.

Celine Dion has rescheduled the UK and European leg of her ‘Courage’ world tour, citing ongoing health issues.The dates have already been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and are now set to go ahead in two stints.The first is scheduled to begin in Prague on February 24 and will run until a pair of London shows on April 10 and 11. Later in 2023, Dion will start the next batch of shows in Amsterdam in August, touring the continent until she closes out the tour with two shows in Helsinki on October 3 and 4.“Hi everyone – well, here we are again and I’m so sorry that we have to change our tour plans for Europe one more time,” the star told fans in an emotional video posted to Instagram. “First we had to move the shows because of the pandemic, now this is my health issues that is causing us to postpone some shows.A post shared by Céline Dion (@celinedion) “Unfortunately, we have to cancel some too.

COVID-19 and a rising demand for care has driven Hamilton’s largest hospital network to begin postponing surgeries and resume “medically suitable” patient transfers to other sites.In a series of social media posts, Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) said it reduced scheduled surgical activity back to 70 per cent of pre-pandemic volumes and is using the Satellite Health Facility on King Street and St.

Southampton FC. His outlandish views surrounding the government, Covid-19 and politics include debating the need for a vaccine and the wearing of masks.And in a bizarre new interview, the controversial Southampton legend has gone one step further.

Danica Patrick is feeling better after having her breast implants taken out.

(Photo by Pawel Czerwinski/Unsplash)ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A union representing Atlantic City casino dealers is calling on New Jersey lawmakers to prohibit smoking in the resort's casinos.The United Auto Workers wants state legislators to hold hearings on a bill that would close a loophole in state law that leaves casinos as virtually the only indoor workplace where smoking is permitted.The union says its members endure having secondhand smoke blown in their faces for eight hours at a time.MORE HEADLINES:AdvertisementThe casinos say banning smoking would cost them revenue and lead to layoffs.

Arby's store (. (Photo by Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images))Police in Alabama arrested an Arby’s manager who allegedly threw hot grease at a drive-thru customer on April 23.Police in Hueytown, a suburb outside of Birmingham, say 50-year-old Shea Denise Peoples was arrested and charged with assault before eventually being released on a $30,000 bond.Hueytown Fire and Rescue also responded to the scene to provide medical treatment to the victim, Jameria Hairston.Hairston was hospitalized and suffered second-degree burns over a large part of her body.

Renee Zellweger has been dragged into the bitter custody dispute raging between her boyfriend, Ant Anstead, and his ex Christina Hall after the Brit filed for full custody of their two-year-old son, Hudson.In Ant's explosive court filing, he claims that Zellweger, 53, was forced to stop production on her latest project due to COVID exposure from Hall who had not disclosed that her family contracted coronavirus.On Thursday, a judge denied Antstead's emergency request for temporary full custody for not giving Hall adequate notice and failing to prove that Hudson was in danger. Anew hearing date has been set for June 28, according to People.

Danica Patrick revealed that she has removedher breast implants this week after suffering from what she believed to be breast implant illness.In a lengthy Instagram post the former professional racing driver, 40, detailed how her implants have deteriorated her health, saying that in 2020, 'the wheels came off.''I had cycle irregularity, gained more weight, my hair wasn’t looking healthy at all and my face was a different shape (weird I know),' she wrote. Recovering:Danica Patrick revealed that she has removed her breast implants this week after suffering from what she believed to be breast implant illnessDanica explained that after getting her implants in 2014, she decided to take them out on Wednesday.

However, she has now revealed that the much-anticipated shows will not be happening for almost another year after she was forced to reschedule them for March and April 2023.This is the second time that her UK tour dates have had to be cancelled, with the coronavirus pandemic wrecking her plans the first time around.Revealing that she is on medication for agonising muscle pain, she told Instagrammers: "The good news is that I am doing a little bit better, but it is going very slow and it’s very frustrating for me.“I’m getting treatment from my doctors and taking medication but I’m still experiencing some spasms and it’s taking a lot longer for me to recover than I had hoped."Thanking fans for being there for her, the Think Twice singer explained: "I need to be in top shape when I’m on stage."I honestly can’t wait, but I’m just not there yet."I’m just telling you how I feel and I want you to know I’m sorry for this news."I know you have all waited so long for the concerts and I appreciate your loyalty."The emotional star acknowledged that fans would be "fed up" with "waiting so long" and feeling as "frustrated" as she was."All I can say is that I’m doing my very best to get back to the level that I need to be so that I can give 100 percent at my shows, because that is what you deserve," she pledged."Thank you so much for the messages of love and support that you always send to my social media, it means a lot to me."She added: “I also want to say that, like all of you, I stand with the people of Ukraine and I hope and pray that this war ends soon."Sending you all my love and prayers for peace.

FILE: People wait at the departure hall at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 28, 2021.

American Idol winner Laine Hardy performs during A Capitol Fourth on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building on July 04, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Patients at Paisley's Royal Alexandra Hospital can now benefit from one visitor at a time following the easing of covid restrictions.

Sharon Osbourne welled up during an interview on TalkTv as as she announced her departure from her now role.

Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), African clawed frogs have been reported and confirmed by scientists in Bothell, Issaquah and Lacey. The frogs are a semiaquatic species native to sub-Saharan Africa that can easily adapt to a wide range of habitats.

FILE IMAGE - A nurse administers a pediatric dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to a girl at a L.A. Care Health Plan vaccination clinic at Los Angeles Mission College in the Sylmar neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 19, 2022.

PHILADELPHIA - Most people tend to slow down with age, but Joshua Buch is still running towards his goals - literally.At 85 years old, Buch is getting ready to run in his sixth Penn Relays this weekend.However, Buch says winning is not his goal. He just hopes to not come in last, and "finish healthy."Healthy mind, healthy body seems to be Buch's motto in life, and possibly the reason behind his impressive race history."I will not stop," he said.The 85-year-old, who has been a professor at LaSalle University for 51 years, says he doesn't need to train for the race because he is always in shape."I never sit down in the classroom," he said.

Point Frederick is fatal, and that four RMC cadets have died.Frontenac Paramedic Services in Kingston has confirmed that it attended the scene and that four people were pronounced dead at the scene.Emergency crews were called to the scene near Royal Military College and CFB Kingston at about 2 a.m. Friday.

Amber Heard pushed to have details of her marriage with fellow actor Johnny Depp included in an op-ed piece that she wrote about domestic violence, even though her lawyers wanted those passages removed from the article, which is now the subject of a libel lawsuit, according to evidence introduced Thursday at the trial.Jurors in the libel lawsuit Depp filed against Heard witnessed testimony Thursday from Terence Dougherty, general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. It was the ACLU that drafted the article under Heard’s name, reflecting her role as an ACLU ambassador on gender violence issues.Dougherty testified about the push-and-pull that occurred between the first draft and publication of the op-ed piece in The Washington Post in December 2018 — strategically timed by both the ACLU and Heard to coincide with the release of Aquaman, a movie in which she played a prominent role.

COVID-19 Science Advisory Table (SAT) has announced who will be it’s new scientific director.In a post on the Public Health Ontario website on Friday, the SAT said Dr. Fahad Razak will take over the role, effective May 9.Razak will replace Dr.

Microbiologist Anne Vandenburg-Carroll tests poultry samples collected from a farm located in a control area for the presence of avian influenza, or bird flu, at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on DES MOINES, Iowa - A Colorado prison inmate has tested positive for bird flu in the first recent confirmed case of a human infected with the disease that has resulted in the deaths of millions of chickens and turkeys, but federal officials say they still see little threat to the general public.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday evening that the man who tested positive had been in a prerelease program and was helping to remove chickens from an infected farm.

UPPER MERION TWP., Pa. - Authorities in Upper Merion Township say they are investigating an incident in which someone impersonated a police officer earlier this month.Police say they were conducting an investigation into another incident when they came across video from a traffic camera that showed a driver in a pickup truck with red and blue flashing lights in the windshield.The video was captured around 11:47 p.m. on Apr.

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LAKE WALES, Fla. - A 19-year-old has been arrested and charged after allegedly shooting and killing his mother in their Polk County home.Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Seth Settle shot and killed his mother Thursday after she told him to stop smoking inside his room in their Lake Wales home.During a press conference Friday, Judd said – by all accounts – the 52-year-old victim was "the most wonderful mom in the world" and the family was regarded as nice and hard-working.Judd said the victim's husband, Settle's father, left for work like normal Thursday morning. Just after 9:30 a.m., he received a call that his wife was taken to the hospital.

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane is back behind bars after she allegedly violated her probation when she was charged with driving under the influence last month. Kane surrendered to authorities in Montgomery County on Friday, a day after a judge had issued a bench warrant for her arrest. Last month, Scranton police were called to the scene of a two-car crash and said Kane was found behind the wheel of an Audi. Asked if she'd been drinking, Kane denied it, pointed to her passenger and said, "It's totally not me," an affidavit said.

ET Canada has an exclusive first look at Oprah Winfrey’s new programme “The Color of Care”.

PHILADELPHIA - As gun violence continues to rise across Pennsylvania, officials declare a plan to get ghost guns off the streets.Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced Friday that the state is ready to implement new ghost guns regulations.The new regulations will require a background check for partially manufactured frames and receivers at point of sale.Dealers and gunsmiths will also be required to serialize and inventory any unregistered firearms that come into their business.Wolf said ghost guns are an "untraceable threat to society" that are being seized and recovered from crime scenes at an alarming rate."The numbers don’t lie," he said.

Celine Dion had an emotional message for her fans on Friday. The 54-year-old singer regretfully announced in an Instagram video that she would have to cancel and postpone some of her upcoming European tour dates due to her ongoing health issues.While Dion assured fans that she's «doing a little bit better,» she said that she's «still experiencing some spasms,» and that her recovery is taking longer than expected.«Well, here we are again and I’m so sorry we have to change our tour plans for Europe one more time,» she began her message.

COVID-19 as the province logged 26 new deaths linked to the disease Friday.Pandemic-related hospitalizations came to a total of 2,290, a net decrease of 36. This comes after 182 admissions and 218 discharges in the last day.There were 81 people in intensive care units.

COVID on Friday, with 209 in intensive care.This is down by 73 for hospitalizations and a decrease of nine for ICUs since the previous day.Last Friday, there were 1,591 hospitalizations with 214 in ICU. This is a 5.5 per cent increase and a 2.3 per cent decrease, respectively, to the figures this week.According to latest data for hospitalizations from the weekend, 56 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.

The number of patients with coronavirus in hospital has fallen to 378, according to figures from the Department of Health.

Moderna has asked Health Canada to approve its COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as six months old, a day after requesting U.S. regulators do the same.

Covid cases in the state is low, but we cannot discontinue surveillance or become less vigilant," said the state’s Covid task force member Dr Shashank Joshi. “All districts therefore should promote voluntary indoor masking, not let their testing numbers fall and conduct genome sequencing wherever necessary," he said.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has extended an invitation to all political parties represented in Parliament to form an All-Party Government.A statement from the President’s Media Division noted that the President extended the invitation during a meeting with leaders and representatives of political parties that represented the government after the 2020 General Elections but have now decided to remain independent.It noted that attention was drawn towards the establishment of a National Council comprising the leaders of political parties represented in Parliament as the first step towards preparing a National Consensus Government to carry forward the government process.The President had noted that if all political parties reach common ground on the proposals put forward by the political party representatives at this meeting, he would agree to such a proposal.

COLOMBO (News 1st); 96.2% of Sri Lankans believe that all politicians should be audited and all their unaccounted wealth should be confiscated by the state, a recent poll has found.According to this poll by the Center for Policy Alternatives, nine out of ten Sri Lankans hold the opinion that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa should resign, and that the Rajapaksa family should leave Sri Lankan politics, with 87% supporting the demand that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa should also resign.Nearly 75% believe the Executive Presidency should be abolished with more than half the country (55%) wanting all 225 MPs to resign.The poll also shows that 88% of Sri Lankans have either been a queue or had a family member stand in queues for essential items such as gas, fuel, milk powder, and fertilizer over the past one month.According to the Confidence in Democratic Governance Index prepared by the Center for Policy Alternatives 90% of Sri Lankans have had their income or their family’s income affected as a result of the current economic crisis, with 58% believing that the return of the nations economy to normalcy will take a long time.Only 2% of those polled believed Sri Lanka’s economic woes could be attributed to the current world economic situation, with 90% attributing the crisis to political reasons.The Index (Wave 2) was carried out using a semi-structured questionnaire with 1200 sample respondents from the four main ethnic communities.The sample distribution captured men and women from both urban and rural localities in all districts, said the CPA.A multi-staged random stratified sampling technique was used to select the sample locations, and therespondents were selected using the snowball sampling technique within sample

Suspect in custody after man dies in his home, police say.