US inflation slows to 6.4%, but price pressures re-emerge

PHILADELPHIA - It’s been one year since a law went into effect in Philadelphia, meant to combat racial profiling and make traffic stops more equitable across the city. The controversial measure banned traffic stops for minor infractions like bumper issues and driving with missing headlights."If pulling people over made this city safer? I’d be the first volunteer for my rights to be violated.

General views of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland, celebrating '100 Years of Wonder' celebration on January 28, 2023 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) ANAHEIM, Calif. - Do the crime, do the time - even at Disneyland apparently! Actress Rebel Wilson recently revealed she was banned from the Happiest Place on Earth for 30 days over a selfie she took in a "secret bathroom," which of course is prohibited.Wilson spilled the tea on The Daily Show with comedian Hasan Minhaj, recalling how the Anaheim theme park has "Met Gala rules.""They called me up and said, ‘Rebel what 30 days did you not want to come to Disneyland because you’ll be filming a movie or something?'" she explained to Minhaj, who was guest hosting the show. Ramona Agruma and Rebel Wilson on January 21, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

foreign interference efforts, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says.Trudeau made the comments to reporters in Winnipeg on Friday as pressure grows on the federal government to call a public inquiry over reports of attempted Chinese interference in Canadian elections and society.“We know that Chinese Canadian parliamentarians, and Chinese Canadians in general, are greater targets for interference by China than others,” he said.“We know the same goes for Iranian Canadians, who are more subject to interference from the Iranian government. Russian speakers in Canada are more vulnerable to Russian misinformation and disinformation, and we get updated regularly on how we can make sure that our integrity and that the work that Canadians do to serve in politics is done with full protections.” Read more: Most Canadians believe China did try to interfere in elections - poll Trudeau had been asked a question regarding a Global News investigative report that cited information from intelligence officials who allegedly provided Trudeau’s party with an urgent, classified briefing in late September 2019 regarding Toronto-area Liberal candidate Han Dong.The sources said that over the summer, CSIS had been tracking Dong — a former Ontario Liberal MPP — because they were concerned he had replaced Don Valley North Liberal incumbent Geng Tan under what they thought were suspicious circumstances.They were concerned that Dong was believed to be the favoured candidate of officials in the Toronto Chinese consulate, according to an official with direct awareness of the alleged threat brief about Dong.Responding to questions from Global News for the story, Dong has denied the allegations and on Monday stated he would defend himself.

Costco CFO Richard Galanti said the company is maintaining low prices on certain products – including its coveted rotisserie chicken – to drive membership and sales. Galanti, on the retailer's earnings call this week, said the membership warehouse has kept its rotisserie chicken price at $4.99, because it is "is an investment in low prices to drive membership – to drive the sales in a big way."Rotisserie chicken is just one example of key categories that members specifically shop for where the company has invested in pricing. However, this comes as Costco posted revenue of $55.27 billion in the period, falling short of Wall Street forecasts. Ten analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $55.64 billion. Inflation remains a headwind, though the company acknowledged that it's been improving somewhat. During the fourth quarter, which ended in August, the company's estimated year-over-year price inflation was 8% for that prior fiscal year.

WASHINGTON - A skin lesion removed from President Joe Biden's chest last month was a basal cell carcinoma — a common form of skin cancer — his doctor said Friday, adding that no further treatment was required.Dr. Kevin O'Connor, the White House doctor who has served as Biden's longtime physician, said "all cancerous tissue was successfully removed" during the president's routine physical on Feb.

While inflation takes its toll on many households, so does the inherent goodness of some people.

GLENDALE, Wis. - A parking garage at Bayshore partially collapsed Thursday, Feb. 23.It happened at the Silver Spring Parking Garage, which is set back from Port Washington Road and extends east toward the town center's interior roads.

The HSE has confirmed it will not publish the full report into the handling of Covid-19 at St Mary's Nursing Home in the Phoenix Park, Dublin in 2020.

Shawn Mendes has opened up about the “healing process” he went through after cancelling his ‘Wonder’ world tour in order to focus on his mental health.The Canadian pop star shelved a run of headline concerts last summer, saying at the time that he “wasn’t prepared for the toll that being back on the road would take” on him.He added: “After speaking with my team and working with an incredible group of health professionals, it has become more clear that I need to take the time I’ve never taken personally, to ground myself and come back stronger.”During a new interview with the Wall Street Journal, Mendes spoke about stepping back from his live commitments and the subsequent period of recovery.“The process was very difficult,” he recalled. “A lot of doing therapy, a lot of trying to understand how I was feeling and what was making me feel that way.

inflation picture is improving for many line items on Canadians’ household budgets — with at least one notable exception.Fresh data from Statistics Canada released Tuesday shows the price of food continues to soar, even as the headline inflation figure ticked down at the start of 2023. Read more: Inflation keeps cooling.

Alexandria Cress Borys was shot and killed in front of her children. (Lexington County Sheriff's Office) The South Carolina woman killed in a Kroger parking lot was shot after she "spit at" the suspect during an argument "over who had the right-of-way," the local police chief told Fox News Digital, citing witnesses.Witnesses told Irmo, South Carolina, authorities that Alexandria Cress Borys, 26, was gunned down around 4 p.m.

Revelers catch beads from a float in the 2023 Krewe of Proteus parade during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Feb. 20, 2023.

Statistics Canada said Tuesday.Gas prices were the biggest month-to-month Consumer Price Index report, the agency said, up 4.7 per cent from December.Food prices rose at a slightly higher rate than in December, up 10.4 per cent in January compared with 10.1 per cent the month before.Prices at the grocery store were higher for for meat (up 7.3 per cent), bakery products (up 15.5 per cent), dairy (up 12.4 per cent) and fresh vegetables (up 14.7 per cent).Statistics Canada said the cost fresh or frozen chicken rose 9.0 per cent annually, owed largely to avian flu outbreaks, supply chain kinks and strong seasonal demand.Canada’s annual inflation rate has been slowing since the summer, reaching 6.3 per cent in December.

cost of living in Canada.After giving birth to her first child in August of last year, 24-year-old Autumn Oliver-Giasson has decided to hold off on having more children until the high cost of living in Canada eases.“It’s just not plausible. It doesn’t make sense,” she told Global News from McQuade, N.B.

Police are pictured at the scene of a shooting along the Krewe of Bacchus parade in New Orleans on Feb. 19, 2023.

new polling from the Angus Reid Institute appears to show.“People feel like tipping is getting out of control,” Angus Reid Institute Research Director David Korinski told The Roy Green Show on Sunday.“I think that it’s compounded by the fact that everything is more expensive.” Read more: 1 in 4 Canadians can’t afford $500 unforeseen expense as inflation bites: report Read next: Part of the Sun breaks free and forms a strange vortex, baffling scientists While 62 per cent of respondents say they’re being asked to tip more, one-in-five also reported leaving a tip of 20 per cent or more the last time they dined out, suggests the polling, which was released Feb. 16.“When you get the tipping machine, instead of 12, 15, and 18 per cent for the suggested tip, it now says 18, 24, and 30 per cent.

China’s alleged attempts to interfere in the vote.Speaking to Mercedes Stephenson on The West Block Sunday, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino pointed to the panel’s findings that the 2019 and 2021 elections were free and fair. But he didn’t clearly answer whether the panel ever saw intelligence that recent media reports have said warned of attempts by China at election interference.“We’ve always been up front with the fact that there is foreign interference, that we need to be eyes wide open and vigilant about (it),” he said.“Did that panel have access to these intelligence reports? Were they aware of what CSIS was aware of?” Stephenson asked.“Our nonpartisan, professional public servants look at the information that they need to make the assessment around the integrity of the election,” Mendicino replied.

A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) this week stopped a passenger with an assault rifle and 163 rounds of ammunition from being carried onto a plane headed to Houston. (Cr NEW ORLEANS - An officer with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) stopped a passenger last week with an assault rifle and 163 rounds of ammunition, the agency said. Officials said the 52-year-old passenger would've carried the items onboard a plane at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) heading to Houston. A deputy with  Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office arrived and confiscated the Palmetto PA-15 Multi AR firearm loaded with 30 rounds of .300 caliber ammunition.

In 2017, Katie Price's mum Amy revealed the heartbreaking news that she'd been diagnosed with the terminal lung condition idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.The condition - which causes scarring to the lungs which reduces the sufferer's ability to breathe - currently has no cure. Having now lived with the condition for the last six years, Amy's Mucky Mansions star daughter Katie insists the family matriarch is taking life on the chin and remains positive. Catching up with us this week to promote the brand new series of her Channel 4 docu-series, mother-of-five Katie explained: "She’s taking each day as it comes.

ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, USA - JUNE 1: Mickey Mouse and friends take part in a cavalcade parade on Main Street USA at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World in Orange County, Florida on June 1, 2022. Walt Disney World is celebrating its 50th anni Disney employees are pushing back on the company's announcement that it will be returning to four days a week of in-person work.More than 2,300 workers have signed a petition addressed to CEO Bob Iger urging the executive to abandon the planned return to offices, claiming it is "likely to have unintended consequences that cause long-term harm to the company."FLORIDA BILL REVOKING DISNEY'S SELF-GOVERNING STATUS HEADS TO DESANTIS' DESK"This policy will slow, or even reverse, our post-COVID recovery and growth by creating critical resource shortages and causing irreplaceable institutional knowledge loss," the employee petition reads.Iger’s original email announcing the return to pre-pandemic workspaces, obtained by FOX Business, informed Disney employees of the policy change going into effect March 1. DISNEY TO SLASH 7,000 JOBSAt that time, those "currently working in a hybrid fashion will be asked to spend four days a week on-site, targeting Monday through Thursday as in-person workdays," according to the email.He pointed to the "tremendous value in being together with the people you work with" as he explained his reasoning for the change, noting he has been holding meetings with various teams across Disney since returning to the company."As you’ve heard me say many times, creativity is the heart and soul of who we are and what we do at Disney," Iger said in the email.

Dead Whale Queens NEW YORK - Another dead whale has been found on the shore of a local beach.A whale that is believed to be a juvenile minke whale was found at the Rockaway shoreline in Queens around Beach 29th St. at around 9 a.m.New York City Parks Department responded to monitor the area.Get breaking news alerts in the free FOX5NY News app!  |  Sign up for FOX 5 email newslettersThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation coordinated a plan for theexamination of the whale and disposal.Dead Whale Queens In a statement, the NYC Parks Department said: "We mourn the loss of this awe-inspiring creature."Clean Ocean Action said this was the 10th whale to wash ashore in the New York-New Jersey region since Dec.

Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history during the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests in Ottawa last year, the public inquiry that probed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision has found.Justice Paul Rouleau, who led the independent public inquiry into the federal government’s use of the emergency powers, released his final report Friday afternoon.In the over 2,000-page report, Rouleau called the “Freedom Convoy” a “singular moment in history” exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as online misinformation and disinformation. Read more: Emergencies Act inquiry fact-finding phase wraps after 6 weeks of hearings: ‘An amazing feat’ Read next: Part of the Sun breaks free and forms a strange vortex, baffling scientists Had various police forces and governments been prepared for and anticipated an event like it, the “emergency that Canada ultimately faced could likely have been avoided.”“Unfortunately, it was not,” Rouleau said in the report.“I have concluded that in this case, the very high threshold for invocation was met.

Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo, sits high in a tree branch, Feb. 12, 2023, in Central Park, New York City, New York.

Over a six-week period, as part of the ‘Out of Pocket’ series, Global News is examining how inflation is impacting Canadians from coast to coast.

Water flowing off Horsetail Fall glows orange while backlit by the setting sun during the "Firefall" phenomenon in Yosemite National Park, California on Feb. 15, 2023.

A post shared by Frank Lin (@fylegend21)Lin and the others rushed to the waterfront and photographed a pod of five orcas breaching the surface repeatedly.Lin, 28, has had an Instagram account dedicated to wildlife images since 2016 but he says he’s never seen orcas breaching in Vancouver’s urban waters before.Andrew Trites, director of the Marine Mammal Research Unit of the University of British Columbia’s Institute for Oceans and Fisheries, says the whales seen by Lin were transient orcas and he believes their appearance near Vancouver will become more frequent.Trites says the last few decades have seen a rise in the population of harbour seals, many of which gather in waters near Stanley Park.A post shared by Frank Lin (@fylegend21)He says harbour seals are one of the transient orcas’ prime food sources and pods are increasingly drawn to the seals in Vancouver’s waters.Trites says boaters need to “keep their eyes open” to avoid a catastrophic collision as orcas appear more frequently in crowded waterways.Lin says his team was “stunned” by the Feb.

PROSPECT PARK, Pa. - For a high school football player from Delaware County, the sky is the limit, as he prepares to head to Yale on a full scholarship. After that? Maybe the NFL?And, he is making his parents and his Prospect Park hometown proud."Today it actually hit reality, cause I was thinking, I’m actually going to Yale on a full scholarship. Not many can say that they’re going to a top school in the country and also playing Division I football," Abu Kamara stated.It is the dream of a lifetime for Interboro senior Kamara.

A South Carolina family helped raise more than $250,000 for a Domino’s worker who fell on their porch while delivering pizza. (Photo courtesy of Lacey Keighron) A South Carolina family showed generosity and compassion for a Domino's worker who fell while delivering pizzas to their home.The family created a GoFundMe page and has raised $254,438 as of Wednesday to help Barbara Gillespie.

Texas, say one person was killed and three other people were wounded in a shooting Wednesday in a shopping mall.One person has been taken into custody, El Paso police spokesperson Sgt. Robert Gomez said.

The underside of a Toyota Prius where a catalytic converter was stolen by thieves, at Militoâs Auto Repair in Lincoln Park on Aug. 24, 2022.

WHO in July 2022. The organisation maintained its alert in November.

COLOMBO (News 1st) – Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the government will not give into the demands of protestors.He noted that just, because certain groups strike demanding the removal of certain officials, the government will not remove anyone arbitrarily as there is a procedure that has to be followed and the government will follow the rules and act accordingly.He was addressing the launch of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy (C-GaPP) at the Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC) Research University at the Trace City in Colombo on Wednesday (15).He said that the responsibility to address such issues rests to a large extent with the Universities. The President noted that even at the point of the new Centre for Governance and Public Policy (C-GaPP) being inaugurated at the Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC) Research University, two strikes were in progress. One was staged at the Ruhuna University demanding the removal of the Vice Chancellor and another one demanded the removal of the General Manager of a state Corporation.President Wickremesinghe further stated that the removal of the General Manager is a matter of the government. “Just, because there is a strike we will not remove him.

WHO health supplies bound for earthquake zones last week. ©WHO

LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. - The Wildlife World Zoo in Arizona welcomed a new addition, and he’s an endangered one.A pygmy hippo gave birth to a healthy baby boy this Valentine’s Day, and now a pair of pygmy hippos are adjusting to being new parents.Baby Bubbles is starting to get the hang of walking while sticking close to his mother, Nessie.The story began two years ago when Nessie met Tootsie Roll."Well this is a love story that’s a couple years in the making. Once Nessie got pregnant, she was pregnant for about 8 months" says Kristy Hayden, Wildlife World Zoo director.Nessie used to be the only pygmy hippo at the zoo."We needed a male pygmy hippo with important genetic lineage because it’s important when creating a breeding program to have genetic diversity," she explained.When Tootsie Roll was first introduced to Nessie, it wasn’t quite love at first sight.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - FEBRUARY 03: Bruce Springsteen performs onstage during the Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band 2023 tour at State Farm Arena on February 03, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA - "The Boss" is coming to The Bank this summer!Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band announced Tuesday that Philadelphia has been added to their 2023 International Tour.The music icon will take the stage for two shows scheduled for August 16 and 18 at Citizens Banks Park, Home of the Philadelphia Phillies.MORE HEADLINES:"Born To Run," "Prove It All Night," and "Wrecking Ball" are all on the 28-song set list for Springsteen's first North American show in seven years.Tickets for the Philadelphia shows will go on sale at 10 a.m.

South Carolina man who was one number away from the Powerball jackpot donated his $150,000 lottery prize to charity, lottery officials said.The South Carolina Lottery said the Greenville man, who wants to remain anonymous, bought a quick pick ticket for the Jan. 16 Powerball drawing.

Philadelphia police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Oxford Circle on Wednesday night.  PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Oxford Circle on Wednesday night. Minutes after 7:30 p.m., officers responded to the 5300 block of Sylvester Street for reports of a shooting. When officers arrived, they say they found a 32-year-old man on the front porch suffering a gunshot wound to the head. Medics pronounced the victim dead on scene, according to police. Chief Inspector Scott Small says four spent shell casings were found next to the victim's body, alongside two handguns.

Read more: Is your valentine a chatbot? Experts urge caution amid rising AI scams Read next: Part of the Sun breaks free and forms a strange vortex, baffling scientists Central Park in Burnaby, has become a matchmaking corner for parents, replicating a phenomenon seen in some cities in China.On the weekend before Valentine’s Day, there were 20 to 30 parents mingling. Organizer Terry Wang says in summer, there are more than 100.The park is where magic happens, says Wang, “if you come here believing in the power of love.”Wang said in a Mandarin interview that he has been running the “off-line dating site” since last summer.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has announced a certified price for paddy purchasing during the Maha Cultivation Season.Agriculture Secretary Gunadasa Amarasekera speaking to News 1st said that the Finance Ministry has issued the relevant circular for this purpose.Accordingly, a kilogram of paddy with moisture will be purchased for Rs. 88/- and a kilogram of dry paddy will be purchased for Rs.

Ottawa.Fire crews say the explosion Monday morning leveled multiple homes under construction in the suburb of Orleans.Paramedics say one man has been sent to hospital in stable condition. Read more: Ottawa mayor seeks funding help to cover shortfalls from provincial housing bill Read next: Part of the Sun breaks free and forms a strange vortex, baffling scientists Ottawa Fire Services say firefighters used chainsaws to cut through the wreckage to rescue one person, who was in stable condition and talking.Ottawa police say roads are closed in the area.Police are directing people displaced by the explosion to two nearby meeting points.@OttFire Firefighters used chainsaws to cut through a large amount of debris & have rescued one person from the wreckage.

Zach Roloff is officially on the mend! On Sunday, the star took to Instagram to give his followers an update after undergoing emergency brain surgery last week. «Hey everyone I am back home and recovering! Thank you to everyone who has reached out or came by the house to support Tori and the kids. ❤️ It’s been an emotional week but hopefully on the road to recovery,» the 32-year-old wrote next to a photo of him laying on the couch with his three children, Jackson, Lilah, and Josiah.Zach went on the elaborate about the procedure and thank his wife, Tori Roloff, his mother, Amy Roloff, and medical professionals for all of their help.A post shared by Zach Roloff (@zroloff07)«I had a shunt revision surgery after getting really sick,» he added. «The shunt is always been something I’ve had but became very real this past week for our family.

BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. - The death of a 3-month-old baby girl has sparked an investigation in Bucks County, according to authorities.Chief of Police says the baby died Friday after being transported to St. Mary's Medical Center from a "location in Lower Southampton Township."No further details regarding what led to the 3-month-old's death have been released.MORE HEADLINES:An investigation is underway by detectives and the Bucks County coroner. This is a developing story.

GENEVA (AP) - The coronavirus remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Monday, after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an "inflexion point" where higher levels of immunity can lower virus-related deaths.Speaking at the opening of WHO’s annual executive board meeting, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said "there is no doubt that we're in a far better situation now" than a year ago — when the highly transmissible Omicron variant was at its peak.But Tedros warned that in the last eight weeks, at least 170,000 people have died around the world in connection with the coronavirus. He called for at-risk groups to be fully vaccinated, an increase in testing and early use of antivirals, an expansion of lab networks, and a fight against "misinformation" about the pandemic."We remain hopeful that in the coming year, the world will transition to a new phase in which we reduce hospitalizations and deaths to the lowest possible level," he said.RELATED: Is the COVID-19 pandemic over? WHO to vote whether to end global health emergency declarationTedros' comments came moments after WHO released findings of its emergency committee on the pandemic which reported that some 13.1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered — with nearly 90% of health workers and more than four in five people over 60 years of age having completed the first series of jabs."The committee acknowledged that the COVID-19 pandemic may be approaching an inflexion point," WHO said in a statement.

Three years to the day after the World Health Organization sounded the highest level of global alert over Covid-19, it said the pandemic remains an international emergency.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 15: Medical workers tend to a patient at a Brooklyn hospital that has seen a rise in coronavirus-related cases on December 15, 2020 in New York City. After closing indoor dining earlier this week, New York City politicia President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.The move to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations would formally restructure the federal coronavirus response to treat the virus as an endemic threat to public health that can be managed through agencies’ normal authorities.Then-President Donald Trump first declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency on March 13, 2020.

A whistleblower who raised concerns about Covid-19 at a Health Service Executive-run nursing home in 2020 has spoken publicly for the first time at an event calling for a public inquiry into the handling of the virus in Irish nursing homes.

WASHINGTON - It’s almost hard to believe that nearly three years have passed since the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a virus — later named SARS-CoV-2 — as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). But on Friday, a committee is meeting to deliberate and vote whether it is time to recommend to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that he declare the global health emergency is over. The committee advises the director-general, who will make the final decision, but he generally follows the committee’s advice.Days before the vote, the director-general said in a media briefing that he was "very concerned" about the rising number of COVID-19 deaths globally. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gives a press conference at the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, on December 14, 2022. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images) "While I will not pre-empt the advice of the Emergency Committee, I remain very concerned by the situation in many countries and the rising number of deaths," Tedros said Tuesday, suggesting the committee may not think it’s the right time to advise Tedros to terminate the declaration. Worldwide, deaths have steadily increased since December, according to recent data by Johns Hopkins University.

Starbucks and Tim Hortons customers in Canada – and some are not happy about it.Starting on Monday, Starbucks said it will be updating its rewards program, increasing the number of points needed to redeem free items.Rewards members in the U.S. and Canada were first notified about the changes by the American coffee chain in December 2022.