WHO: New Covid cases drop by 19% globally, deaths stable

The rocker said: “It's funny, I don't think about it much anymore“Sometimes, you know, a bell rings and something inside says, 'Hey pal, enough.' “I just put the hammer on it," he said. "Luckily, I don't miss it, and that makes me feel good. Until I started rehearsing for the tour last August. “Then I realised that I had 10 times more wind.”On the WTF podcast with Marc Maron, he said he had “a lot more air in the lungs and in the voice, more stamina". The rockstar added that quitting is better than “the alternative". The British star has long been known for his extreme rock’n’roll lifestyle. He openly kicked his heroin habit in 1978 and stopped doing cocaine in 2006. In 2018, he spoke to Rolling Stone about how he had stopped drinking and would only occasionally drink beer or wine. In August last year, former bandmate Charlie Watts died at age 80 from an undisclosed illness. Keith also spoke about Charlie, explaining that the late drummer had been “trying to keep the illness under wraps for a while”. He added that it “came as a shock". “He just got hit with a double whammy.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say an 80-year-old woman was shot in the head at a home in Philadelphia, and her grandson and a friend are being detained.Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 2300 block of 77th Avenue Tuesday just after 4 p.m. for reports of a shooting. The 80-year-old woman was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center in unknown condition, police said.Authorities say an 80-year-old woman was hit in the head by gunfire at a home in Philadelphia on Tuesday afternoon.

FAIRMOUNT - Philadelphia's Work to Ride program is bringing world-famous polo champions to Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. The program, known for giving kids a new lease on life, hopes to attract thousands of visitors during Philadelphia's first polo classic on September 24 at Chamounix Stables.Nacho Figueras, the David Beckham of polo, will lend his talent to the event.

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - The search for the next head of Philadelphia public schools continues, as the school community gets a chance to learn more about candidate number two, a leader on the Illinois State Board of Education.Krish Mohip hustles into the School District building in the early afternoon for a meeting. The Chicago educator says his view of education is simple."My belief is every child can learn.

COVID-19 climbed slightly Tuesday as the province reported 1,001 people were in the province’s hospitals with the disease.Of that number, 70 are receiving care in the ICU.That’s compared to 986 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Monday with 73 in the ICU. ‘Year of the condo’: Waning pandemic could see migration back to big cities Over the past 24 hours, an additional four coronavirus deaths were reported to Alberta Health, bringing the province’s death toll to 4,025.Over the same period of time, 1,831 COVID-19 tests were performed and 459 new lab-confirmed cases were reported.

In a letter to Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) chair Dawn Danko requested support to maintain mask requirements for staff and students until April 15.“As Medical Officer of Health to the City of Hamilton, we respectfully ask you to consider the calls from the medical and science communities, and to issue a Section 22 order to maintain mask requirements for all HWDSB students and staff beyond March 21, 2022,” Danko asked.

A flurry of lockdowns and other strong measures in China are keeping millions of people at home and workplaces shuttered, amid the country's quickly rising Omicron surge that saw COVID-19 cases double over the last day.

This illustration shows a hypothetical planet covered in water around the binary star system of Kepler-35A and B. Astronomers that have been studying a binary star system — one with two baby suns — for over 30 years now believe three separate solar systems are starting to form around them. The SVS 13 binary star system, which is nearly 1,000 light-years away from the Milky Way galaxy, is still in its embryonic stage but astronomers are starting to see disks of gas and dust taking shape around both stars, according to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal. SVS 13 is located in the Perseus molecular cloud, which hosts an abundance of young stars, according to NASA. Perseus molecular cloud location.

Denise van Outen has finally conquered a health condition she has been battling amid her split with ex Eddie Boxshall. The Celebrity Gogglebox star, who regularly appears on Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch, revealed all in an Instagram snap today. Denise revealed: "I have had eczema for as long as I can remember.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The fired head of Lancaster County's drug task force was charged Tuesday with stealing more than $200,000 in money seized or forfeited by court orders during drug investigations over a six-year period.State prosecutors filed charges against John E. Burkhart, 56, of theft and tampering with evidence and government records, as a grand jury alleged he had been "secretly pocketing money and diverting it to his own use."He was arraigned before a district judge in Lancaster on Tuesday afternoon, with bail set at $25,000, unsecured.

Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees during the AL Wild Card game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Oct. 6, 2021, in Boston, Massachusetts.

SPANAWAY, Wash. - The Pierce County Sheriff's Department said two deputies were shot in Spanaway on Tuesday and rushed to a nearby hospital.Deputies said on Twitter just after 12:00 p.m. that the public should avoid the area of Pacific Ave. S.

COVID-19 has died as health officials report a slight drop in the number people hospitalized with the virus.The latest death, reported on the province’s online COVID-19 dashboard, brings Manitoba’s COVID-19 death toll to 1,717. Manitoba goes mask-free, many businesses, people remain cautious Meanwhile Manitoba’s COVID-19 hospitalization and ICU numbers are falling to levels not seen in several months.As of Tuesday, 18 people are in ICU with the virus, down two from Monday.

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A healthcare worker prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) COVID-19 vaccine. (Pongmanat Tasiri/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Drugmaker Pfizer is expected to request authorization this week for an additional COVID-19 booster dose for seniors, according to a person familiar with the matter.It would add a fourth dose to the regimen, which currently consists of a primary series of two shots, followed months later by a booster dose, in an effort to provide maximum protection to the over-65 population that has been hit hardest by the pandemic.RELATED: Pfizer CEO: 4th shot of vaccine 'necessary'The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control must approve the request.

Ontario government plans to provide $673 million to long-term care homes this year to help “hire and retain staff” across the province.The government issued a press release on Tuesday, saying the money would help to hire and retain up to 10,000 staff members across the province and will lead to “more direct care for residents.”“This is part of the province’s $4.9 billion commitment to hire more than 27,000 long-term care staff over four years and ensure that residents receive on average four hours of direct care per day by 2024-25.” Many Ontario long-term care homes keeping COVID vaccine mandates as province lifts policy According to the release, before the provincial investments, residents were receiving “an average of only two hours and 45 minutes of direct care from nurses and personal support workers.”The government says the next funding increase will push the daily average in the province to three hours and 15 minutes per resident, every day by the end of the 2022-23 fiscal year.Included in the funding is also $106.76 million for homes to increase the direct care provided by allied health care professionals who the government says are “key to ensuring quality care for residents (such as physiotherapists and social workers) by 10 per cent by the end of the fiscal year.”The provincial government said the $4.9 billion will be delivered over four years:According to the release, the province’s plan to provide residents with four hours of direct care will be enshrined into law via the Fixing Long Term Care Act 2021, which received royal assent in Dec. 2021.

The United States must shore up medical product supply chains before the next pandemic or other natural disaster, warns a new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) expert panel report.

More than a third of new mothers early in the COVID-19 pandemic had symptoms of postpartum (after-birth) depression—nearly triple pre-pandemic levels—and one in five had major depressive symptoms, with symptoms for both disorders higher in women who fed their babies formula, according to a study yesterday in BMC Research Notes.Researchers from the University of Michigan (U-M) School of

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WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will travel to Europe next week for face-to-face talks with European leaders about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced Tuesday.Biden will meet with NATO and European leaders at a summit in Brussels on March 24. He will also attend a scheduled European Council summit, where efforts to impose sanctions and further humanitarian efforts are underway."While he’s there, his goal is to meet in person face-to-face with his European counterparts and talk about, assess where we are at this point in the conflict in the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

The girl, identified only as "M," wants to go home to Kentucky with her new American parents. The war in Ukraine has complicated everything.

SEATTLE - Starbucks lovers may soon see less of an iconic symbol: the white Starbucks paper cup.The Seattle-based coffee chained announced it will phase out its single-use cups bearing the company's logo and other plastics in an effort to reduce landfill waste. While the products may not go away completely, the company plans to make them less attractive and promote reusable mugs. "We set a bold aspiration to become a resource positive company – to store more carbon than we emit, to eliminate waste and to conserve and replenish more freshwater than we use," Michael Kobori, Starbucks chief sustainability officer, said on the company’s website.

CHICAGO - WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO. SOME MAY FIND THESE VIDEOS DISTURBING. WATCH AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION.Video released by Chicago police shows the timeline of how the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo unfolded on March 29, 2021.Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said she will not file criminal charges against Chicago Police officers in the shooting deaths of  13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez last year"This is a somber announcement.

Last Tuesday, LHSC was caring for 45 COVID-19 patients with five or fewer in adult critical care. LHSC says five or fewer of its COVID-19 inpatients are in Children’s Hospital, while zero are in pediatric critical care. The same figures were reported last Tuesday.

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The UK will remove the last remaining Covid travel requirements from this Friday, in a move that has been welcomed by the travel industry.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been banned from entering Russia, according to a press release on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website.

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 23: Actor Bob Saget attends "The Big Short" New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on November 23, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images) ORLANDO, Fla. - The Orange County Sheriff's Office has released new details on what may have contributed to the death of actor/comedian Bob Saget.In a new report released Tuesday, officials say the during the autopsy, conducted by Chief Medical Examiner Joshua Stephany, M.D., there was a fracture found at the base of Saget's skull with evidence of bleeding around the brain."He explained that the amount of force necessary to cause the fracture, coupled with the fact that the skin on the back of the head was still intact, led him to believe that the injury was most likely caused by ‘something hard, covered by something soft,’ and he gave, as an example, a fall onto a carpeted floor."RELATED: Bob Saget death: Florida judge permanently blocks release of some recordsDr.

READING, Pa. - Investigators with the Reading Police Department are looking into a shooting that killed one man and injured two others on Monday night. According to police, officers responded to the 1300 Block of Meade Street around 7:45 p.m.

Stanford University researchers report that 61% of custody staff and 36% of healthcare staff at California state prisons were unvaccinated against COVID-19 as of Jun 30, 2021, posing risks to inmates, other staff, and the surrounding community.

Doug Ford says he will continue wearing a mask for a “few days” in the legislature after the province’s mandate lifts next week for most indoor settings.The province’s mask mandate is set to lift Monday for many areas, excluding public transit, hospitals, long-term care homes and other high-risk settings.Ford was asked during a press conference Tuesday if Progressive Conservative MPPs have been told whether or not they should wear masks at the provincial legislature once the mandate lifts. A look at Ontario’s timeline for lifting all COVID measures “No, that’s going to be up to them,” the premier said, noting that any rules regarding masking in the legislature would be up to the speaker.“Everyone’s going to follow the proper protocols and if you want to keep your mask on, God bless you.

'We’re still here' - that’s the message from Manchester’s public health chief as the city moves to extend its helpline for those suffering the effects of the pandemic.

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Vehicles stand in a drive-thru line at a Starbucks Corp. store in Richmond, California, in 2020.

WASHINGTON - White House public tours which were put on hold in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic will resume in April.The White House made the announcement Tuesday.The tours will begin on Friday, April 15, 2022. Initially, the tours will only be available from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA - First State Brewing is brewing a batch of Ukrainian beer in order to support Ukrainian defense forces! The Middletown brewery is calling the beer ‘Putin Kilo’ which translates to an expletive involving the President of Russia. Quality manager Joe Spearot got the beer recipe from Pravda Brewing in Lviv, Ukraine. Pravda is not brewing at the moment, and instead have shifted from making beer to making Molotov cocktails. FOX 29’s Hank Flynn reached  Pravda Brewing’s Taras Maselko via WhatsApp, and he confirmed that for the near future his brewery will be making bombs – not beer. "At the moment we just, we mobilize to do anything we can do here.

NEW YORK - A 22-year-old New York City woman faces attempted murder charges over claims she duped a date into coming to an apartment where he was allegedly tortured and held for a $100,000 ransom.  According to the New York Post, Valerie Rosario, 22, allegedly lured a 24-year-old man to a Bronx apartment last month, according to the Post.It allegedly turned out to be a honeytrap.After he got to the apartment, three men allegedly barged in and started pistol-whipping him.

International Women’s Day, a global celebration of women’s achievements and a continued call to action for gender equality, companies often share stories of female employees or other testimonials in a show of support for the movement. But this year, a Twitter bot created by a couple in the U.K. sought to call out certain brands and organizations who supposedly still have stark pay disparities, despite their outward-facing messages. The Twitter account, @PayGapApp, was created by Francesca Lawson and her partner, Ali Fensome, "to put the gender pay gap data back into the spotlight," according to a post written by Lawson for the British newspaper Metro. "Our aim was to highlight how photos of smiling female employees and inspirational quotes conceal what’s really going on behind the scenes," Lawson wrote. FILE IMAGE - People walk in London on April 4, 2018.

COVID-19 restrictions in place while others are leaving it solely in the hands of customers and clients.Manitoba health minister Audrey Gordon said the lifting of restrictions was made possible by people in the province committing to following public health orders over the past two years. Monday marks last day for Manitoba mask mandate “Thanks to the commitment, compassion and hard work of all Manitobans, particularly our health-care heroes, we are finally in a position to lift restrictions,” she said.“This path forward will be different for all of us, whether we choose to wear masks or not, or how and when we connect with family and friends.

ITV This Morning star Phillip Schofield has issued a health update on an "annoyed" Holly Willoughby. Holly, aged 41, is currently off the daytime TV favourite while she battles Covid.

Peter Andre has shared an update on his mum's health as he prepares to depart Australia once more. The singer spoke out in a new update via his magazine column after spending time in his homeland with his family.

In 1972, Howard Hughes, the billionaire who had made a fortune in aviation and the film industry, moved into the Vancouver Bayshore Inn on the waterfront. He was in the throes of obsessive-compulsive disorder and was living as a recluse.

Many stores and service providers went virtual during the pandemic in order to survive and continue serving their customers.

From left to right: Fox News' Pierre Zakrzewski, Steve Harrigan and Senior Field Producers Yonat Frilling and Ibrahim Hazboun. (Fox News) Pierre Zakrzewski, described as a veteran Fox News cameraman, has passed away after being injured alongside Fox News journalist Benjamin Hall in Ukraine on Monday."It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we share the news this morning regarding our beloved cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski.

South Salem High school created a "calm room" to help students cope with mental health challenges.  (Salem Keizer Public Schools)SALEM, Ore. - A high school is taking an extra step to help students battling anxiety and depression, creating a safe space for them.South Salem High School in Oregon created a "calm room" to help improve students’ mental health. The designated classroom opened in the fall of 2021. School officials said the idea came about after they noticed a growing trend of students suffering from headaches and stomach aches.

COATESVILLE, Pa. - Two men have been arrested and charged in connection to the shooting death of a four-year-old in Coatesville, the Chester County District Attorney announced Tuesday. Police say officers from the Coatesville City Police Department were called to the 300 block of East Chestnut Street around 5 p.m. on February 28. PREVIOUS: 4-year-old boy fatally shot in the face in Coatesville, police sayFour-year-old Roman Aguilera-Ortiz was found shot once in the face and pronounced dead by paramedics, police say. According to the DA, Aguilera-Ortiz's older brother, 18-year-old Victor Lara-Ortiz, was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, firearms not to be carried without a license, endangering the welfare of a child and other related offenses. Police say Lara-Ortiz left his bedroom door open with a loaded gun unsecured on a table when the four-year-old found it and accidentally shot himself in the head. "There were no safety precautions whatsoever to secure the gun in any way," Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. According to police, 31-year-old William Thomas was also arrested for selling the gun to Lara-Ortiz.