South Street shooting victim was a 22-year-old advisor at Girard College, teachers union says

PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department say they believe a man was shot by his roommate in Frankford. According to Chief Inspector Scott Small, the incident took place around 1 a.m.

Elmo had a few things to say about that Ted Cruz coronavirus vaccine tweet in a hilarious “Late Show” skit.

More than 400 people have been admitted to Greater Manchester's hospitals with Covid-19 in just one week as the virus continues its latest rise. Health chiefs from the region have warned that coronavirus is now starting a new 'wave', but say that the latest infection rates continue to be an underreporting of the scale of the spread.

PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating a shootout in Frankford that sent three people to the hospital, including one man who was shot in the head. Just after 10 p.m. on Thursday night, 15th District officers on patrol heard gunshots coming from the intersection of Arrott and Griscom Streets, according to Philadelphia Chief Inspector Scott Small. Officers found a 30-year-old man sitting in the driver's seat of an SUV with a gunshot wound to the head, authorities say. According to Small, the man was rushed to Temple Hospital, where he is in critical condition.

Covid-19 surge.Authorities in the dictatorship regime fear that objects touched south of the border, then carried by the wind, are bringing the virus into their country.In what appears to be an attempt to point the blame at South Korea, North Korea has warned people to be wary of ways that 'climate phenomena' could bring the virus northwards.READ MORE: Kate Middleton was forced to leave Wimbledon's royal box immediately after medical alertThe communist state has ordered its citizens to 'vigilantly deal with alien things coming by wind and other climate phenomena and balloons in the areas along the demarcation line and borders,' the official KCNA news agency said. Although the agency did not directly mention South Korea, North Korean defectors and activists have for decades flown balloons from the South across the heavily fortified border, carrying leaflets and humanitarian aid.

Also Read: Mamata Banerjee questions arrests of Mohammed Zubair, Teesta Setalvad "According to the findings of this study, one out of five households faced some food crisis. The duration of the crisis varied between 4 and 240 days. A majority of these households suffered for about 60 days," the report said.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania's new fiscal year will begin without a state budget in place, as Gov.

More than 800 people are in hospital with Covid-19 for the first time since April.

NEW DELHI: India added 17,070 fresh coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking the country's tally of covid cases to 4,34,69,234, and pushing up active caseload to to 1,07,189, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Friday. Death toll climbed to 5,25,139 with 23 new fatalities in the past 24 hours.  Active cases in the national capital now stand at 3,914, while Maharashtra has 24,940 cases, Haryana has 2,613 cases, while Kerala has 29,504 cases at present. Tamil Nadu has 11,094 active cases and Karnataka 5,896.

₹500. Ladakh has reported 22 fresh cases of coronavirus, thereby increasing the infection tally to 28,411, while 11 patients were cured and discharged from the hospital on Thursday, officials said. The number of active Covid cases has gone up to 78 in Ladakh -- 77 in Leh and one in Kargil.

Covid-19 cases was seen in the Middle East, where they increased by 47%, according to the report released late Wednesday. Infections rose by about 32% in Europe and Southeast Asia, and by about 14% in the Americas, WHO said. Yesterday, Delhi recorded 865 Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 4.45% and zero fatality.

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - Whether headed to the shore, the Poconos, or, maybe, staying in town this holiday weekend, there is likely traffic to deal with.Countless airline cancellations over the past few weeks is leading to a messy start to the long weekend."Literally we will be traveling for 24 hours straight," Harriet Marisa from southern Delaware told FOX 29.Marisa says an already long travel day from London became too long with a four-hour delay. Then waited on a friend to arrive, only to find their flight canceled.MORE LOCAL HEADLINESAs staffing shortages are causing flight delays and cancellations nationwide, experts say monitor flights, sign up for alerts, arrive early and plan ahead with parking.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Jan. 6 committee has heard dramatic testimony from former White House aides and others about Donald Trump’s relentless efforts to overturn the 2020 election — and his encouragement of supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol bent on achieving his goal.

The day before Canada Day, Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre strutted down an Ottawa street with a crowd of red and white adorned supporters trailing behind him.Alongside him, helping to lead the crowd of protesters who were pushing for a permanent end to vaccine mandates, was a man in a bright vest named James Topp. Here’s what to know as Ottawa braces for Canada Day protests amid ‘lingering trauma’ Poilievre and Topp can be heard chit-chatting about the veteran’s morning routine, referencing Topp’s recent march across Canada in protest of COVID-19 vaccine mandates.A topic they didn’t appear to talk about, based on circulating clips, was Topp’s appearance on far-right figurehead Jeremy Mackenzie’s podcast for well over an hour one month ago.

LOVE Island's Amy Hart has revealed a shock health scare after doctors discovered a 'parasite' in her stomach. The 29-year-old, who shot to fame on the fifth series of the ITV2 dating show in 2019, shared the news on her Instagram story on Wednesday.

Today we are reporting 6,984 community cases and 417 current hospitalisations.

PHILADELPHIA - The alleged gunman in a deadly road rage shooting Wednesday morning in Delaware County has been arrested, according to law enforcement sources. The Delaware County District Attorney's Office confirmed that an arrest was made in the shooting, but did not specify if the person in custody is the shooter.Officers in Springfield Township were called to the area of South State Road between Buttonwood Drive and Meetinghouse Lane just before 9 p.m.

Doctors across the U.S. are reporting a surge in requests for vasectomies following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade legal precedent that once guaranteed the federal right to an abortion, according to The Washington Post.

Facebook post read. "The Force Will Be Strong with the Chosen One who can bring this nerf-herder before the Jedi Council (or in this case, Criminal Court). Imperial Credit (AKA cash rewards) are paid for information that leads to an arrest," the department wrote in their post. Anyone with information is asked to call Tulsa Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS. Storyful contributed to this report.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Atlantic City's top-performing casino, the Borgata, reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the city's main casino workers' union Thursday evening, avoiding a strike during one of the busiest weekends of the year.But the prospect of a Friday morning strike remained in place Thursday at Caesars, Harrah's and the Tropicana, where bargaining was to resume at 7 p.m. in hopes of beating a 12:01 a.m.

Listeria, a serious infection caused by eating contaminated foods, has been confirmed to cause 20 cases in the state of Florida.Source: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ORLANDO, Fla. - One death and nearly two dozen hospitalizations are tied to a new listeria outbreak of unknown origin, health officials said Thursday.

A 2022 Lexus LX600 sports utility vehicle (SUV) on display at AutoMobility LA ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021.

NEWARK, N.J. - Gunfire erupted on a street in Newark on Thursday evening, striking as many as nine people, according to an official.Police officers responded to Clinton Place and St. James Place around 6:19 p.m.

LOS ANGELES - Kevin Ford, 54, of Las Vegas, Nevada is a man of grace and humility. He’s been working as a cook and a cashier at the Burger King in the city’s McCarran International Airport for the past 27 years.

Bruce Willis' lawyer is responding to claims that Randall Emmett was aware of his client's aphasia diagnosis before it was publicly revealed. On Thursday, published a lengthy article about Emmett's dealings in the entertainment world through his production company, Emmett/Furla Oasis, which is behind more than two dozen films with the actor.According to the outlet, Emmett became aware of Willis' health struggles in September 2020, when the actor was starring in Emmett's directorial debut, .Throughout the filming of the project, the outlet alleges, Willis was fed lines through an earpiece.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities in Philadelphia are investigating after two bodies were found inside a building Thursday afternoon. The gruesome discovery was made inside a property on the 4800 block of North Front Street, according to police. Investigators have not said how the two people died or the identity of the victims. A large police presence was spotted in front of the property on Thursday afternoon. 

FAIRFAX, Va. (FOX 5 DC) - Court documents are revealing new details about the murder of a Fairfax non-profit CEO, including that the victim's wife is the ex-girlfriend of the suspect.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherAccording to court documents, the suspect, Joshua Daniel Danehower, shot the victim, Gret Glyer, four times in the head and twice in the neck – a total of 10 times.

DOVER, Del. - While protesters chanted outside his door, Delaware Governor John Carney signed six new gun reform measures Thursday including a ban on the sale of assault weapons.Carney, surrounded by legislators, gun reform advocates and people who have lost loved ones to gun violence said, "it’s about providing sensible gun safety legalization within the context of the Second Amendment rights and the limits imposed by our legislators."The bills, worked on throughout June in Dover, ban the sale of assault weapons, raise to 21 the age when certain guns may be purchased, make gun dealers and manufacturers liable in certain gun crimes and ban the use of devices that make firearms fully automatic.MORE LOCAL HEADLINESGun rights advocates, who filled an area outside the Governor’s second floor office, promised a stiff court challenge."Tyranny has a face and it’s John Carney", said Mitch Denham of Delaware Gun Rights. "Guns are used 2.5 million times a year in self defense taking guns away will hurt more than help."The package of bills emerged in Delaware after a wave of mass killings in the country.

DENVER - Every player on the Stanley Cup-winning team gets to have the cup for a day. This year, it's all the players on the Colorado Avalanche.But when it was Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog's turn, the cup took a detour.The iconic trophy was delivered to a random person in the same neighborhood where Landeskog lives, who has an address that's similar to the Avalanche captain's."And a fella comes to the door," homeowner Kit Karbler recalled.

Love Island's Amy Hart has issued a health update to fans as she revealed a 'parasite' had been discovered in her stomach. The reality star, who rose to fame on the hit ITV2 dating show in 2019, visited a kinesiologist for advice after suffering symptoms including bloating, acid reflux, insomnia, chronic fatigue and others. Kinesiologists are professionals that use biofeedback to find any imbalances in the body.

school disruptions during the COVID pandemic, Jessie Lamontagne of Toronto called her nine-year-old son’s third-grade year “phenomenal” because he spent most of it in the classroom, not online.However, Lamontagne was quick to add that her son and his peers have a lot of catching up to do.“Other than the children who are gifted, who are naturally able to progress without support, I think the majority of his peer group is behind level when it comes to reading and writing. That kind of literacy now is going to snowball because once you get past Grade 3, you’re no longer learning to read, you’re reading to learn,” she said.Lamontagne is looking at various options to supplement her son’s learning this summer, though she does not plan to includer summer school.

A real-world study in Israeli children ages 5 to 11 found that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine provided moderate protection against infection and symptomatic diseases, similar to the pattern seen in adults.

Following a vaccine advisory group input earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today recommended that vaccine companies update their booster shots to target BA.4 and BA.5, two Omicron subvariants that are driving up cases in a number of countries.In a statement, Peter Marks, MD, PhD, who direct

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. - A 14-year-old boy is in custody charged in a connection to a police chase in Coweta County that ended with his car crashing into a home, killing a woman inside, deputies say.Officials with the Coweta County Sheriff's Office say the chase started around 2:30 a.m. on Gordon Road in Senoia when a deputy noticed a vehicle that failed to dim its headlights.When the deputy tried to pull the car over, officials say the driver sped off, getting to speeds of over 130 miles per hour.During the police pursuit, officials say the driver lost control and drove straight into a home on the 900 block of Johnson Road, smashing through the front porch and knocking out the main electrical breaker.FOX 5 cameras were at the scene as tow trucks worked to remove the vehicle, which had become embedded in the rubble and what remained of the home's front wall.According to a family member of the victims, the car hit one woman who was in the bedroom of the home.

Roe v. Wade last week. A cursory look at Google Trends shows searches for the word "vasectomy" jumped on the morning of June 24, which was the day the Supreme Court’s ruling came down. There was a staggering increase of over 850% for the search term "where can I get a vasectomy," according to preliminary data collected by Innerbody Research, a telehealth and health research company. The top two states where people searched for the term were in Texas (No.

A couple react as they go through their destroyed mobile home following the passing of hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on August 27, 2020. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Nearly 7.8 million homes with more than $2.3 trillion in combined reconstruction cost value (RCV) are at risk of hurricane-related damages during this Atlantic season, CoreLogic's 2022 Hurricane Report says.In evaluating the storm surge and hurricane wind risk levels for both single-family and multifamily residences along the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts this season, the corporation said that 33 million homes with nearly $10.5 trillion in combined RCV are at risk of wind and flooding-related destruction.More than 31 million single-family homes were at moderate or greater risk and over 7.5 million of the homes had direct or indirect coastal exposures and subsequent risk from coastal storm surge and damage from hurricanes. At the metropolitan level, New York City has the greatest risk, with nearly 900,000 homes with more than $432 billion in RCV at risk of storm surge damage and more than four million homes with more than $2.2 trillion in RCV at risk of wind damage.At the state level, three Gulf Coast states have the greatest number of homes at risk of storm surge damage. A bent stop sign in a storm damaged neighborhood after Hurricane Ida on September 4, 2021 in Grand Isle, Louisiana.

Why one country wrote a playbook for the rest of the world If you could have flown anywhere in the world in 2019 to ride out a hypothetical pandemic, you probably wouldn’t have picked Norway.

Celebrity Gogglebox star Fred Sirieix, 50, was left trapped inside his holiday accommodation after a bout of severe food poisoning left him confined to the toilet.The horrified star became aware of the unhygienic conditions his food had been prepared in - but not before he'd polished it off.First Dates foodie Fred told Express.co.uk that he'd been in Indonesia at the time that his appetite was piqued.He went in search of a delicious chicken satay and began to eat."The Indonesian street food [was] absolutely delicious [but] then I looked round behind the car, where the guy was washing his plates," he grimaced."You should have seen the water where he was washing his plates, and this is where we were eating from - ugh!"I thought to myself, if only I'd looked, but it was too late, I'd already eaten everything!" Fred groaned.Fortunately, he added: "An upset stomach was as far as it went for me."The kind where you sit down on the toilet for a few hours, or days.

PHILADELPHIA - Police are asking for the public's help after releasing the video of a suspect fatally shooting a man last month.The shooting occurred inside a store at 2139 West Diamond Street in North Philadelphia on May 22.In the video, a man armed with a gun in a white hoodie approaches another man in a Phillies jersey and hat.He can be heard saying, "Don't move. Take your bag off.

BRUSSELS - A huge Belgian chocolate factory has halted production after detecting salmonella in a batch of chocolates.The Barry Callebaut company said Thursday that its plant in Wieze – which it says is the world’s largest chocolate factory – shut down all production lines as a precaution while the contamination is investigated.Barry Callebaut produces chocolate for multiple brands sold around the world.FILE - Barry Callebaut company factory in Weize, Belgium. (The Barry Callebaut Group)The salmonella was detected Monday, and all chocolate products made at the plant were placed on hold pending investigation, the company said.

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office hosted a three-day boxing clinic for youngsters to learn lessons of discipline and self-control in an effort to stem gun violence.The ‘Get Out and Grind’ clinic also sought to teach students fitness and life skills. Trainer Dwayne Fletcher from ‘Gunz Down, Glovez Up’ wanted to use the camp as an opportunity to address the tragic link between young people and gun violence. "It's so important to me because I've been a victim of gun violence, I've been shot in the face," Fletcher said.

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.

PHILADELPHIA - Two individuals taken into custody in connection with Saturday's deadly mass shooting on South Street will be facing murder charges, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced Thursday. This comes one day after officials released photos of two males who were identified as the third and fourth suspects in the shooting that left three people dead and nearly a dozen wounded on the popular Philadelphia street. Krasner identified the two suspects as Quadir Dukes-Hill, 18 and Nahjee Whittington, 18. Both were taken into custody by U.S. Marshalls in Virginia, according to Krasner. Officials say Dukes-Hill is facing murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Alexis Quinn, 27. According to Krasner, Whittington was just four days shy of his 18th birthday when he allegedly fired the shot that fatally struck Kristopher Minners, 22, and injured another man. Joanne Pescatore, the head of the DAO's Homicide Unit, said the department received several tips after posting photos of the suspects with a reward for information. Dukes-Hill and Whittington will be charged in adult court after a hearing in Virginia to extradite them back to Philadelphia. Pescatore says investigators believe the suspects are friends because they were seen wearing hoodies with the same logo and they are believed to have traveled to Virginia together. Two other suspects, Quran Garner and Rashaan Vereen, were taken into custody by authorities on Monday and they face several charges related to the shooting. Police believe the shooting stemmed from a fist fight between three men that escalated into a shootout.

PHILADELPHIA - Family and friends gather Wednesday to remember Alexis Quinn, a 22-year-old woman killed in the crossfire of a mass shooting last weekend on South Street. Quinn's mother, Tina, attended the memorial that included a balloon release. Loved ones say Quinn was a home health aid who loved to help others. "She was a good girl, you know, always helping people," Tina Quinn said.

PHILADELPHIA - The heartbroken mother of a woman killed in the mass shooting on South Street said she felt unsettled hours before she heard about what happened to her daughter."I wasn’t feeling right, I was feeling kind of strange," Tina Quinn said. "It was like a Mother’s Intuition or something, I was feeling weird."Her daughter, 24-year-old Alexis Quinn, was fatally shot when investigators believe a fight between three men escalated to a shooting.

PHILADELPHIA - In the aftermath of a weekend mass shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, witnesses and the wounded are sharing harrowing details about what they can remember from the chaotic scene. Rusty Crowell, a 69-year-old retired nurse and part-time musician, was among nearly a dozen people wounded when gunfire erupted around 11:30 p.m. Saturday night. "As they got in front of Dobbs, I heard ‘bang, bang, bang’ but I thought it was a celebration," Crowell said.

Kristopher Minners, was identified as one of the victims by a local teachers union. Alexis Quinn and Gregory Jackson, seen here in photos posted on social media, were later identified by police.