Over two dozen shots fired in Philadelphia street shootout that injured teen, police say

TORONTO – Raptors star guard Fred VanVleet left Game 4 of Toronto’s series with the Philadelphia 76ers Saturday with an injury.VanVleet tore off his jersey as he left the game late in the second quarter.The Raptors confirmed in the third that VanVleet would not return to the elimination game due to a left hip strain.Toronto trailed the best-of-seven series 3-0 heading into the game.VanVleet missed a total of 13 games with a bruised right knee as the Raptors’ regular season wound down.He averaged 20.3 points, 6.7 assists, and 4.4 rebounds per game this season and was named an all-star for the first time.This report by The Canadian Press was first published April, 23, 2022.

Shanghai reported 39 Covid deaths, official data showed, its highest daily toll since a weeks-long lockdown started, while China's capital Beijing warned of a "grim" situation with rising infections.

coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,57,545.

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Navabharat Times, Swaminathan asserted, COVID is an airborne virus in which closed, crowded places with poor ventilation are at risk. “So, as long as covid continues to spread among people, it is good to maintain caution."

A colour commentator with the junior-level B.C. Hockey League was removed midway through a game on Friday after making racist comments about a player on air.

New Indian Express, “As per GISAID data, we have found BA.2.10 and BA.2.12, both sublineages of BA.2, in a few samples from Bengaluru. However, we need more samples and data to know more on this mutation. It is an alias of B.1.1.529.2.10, lineage from pango designation issue #496." 

India on Sunday reported over 2,593 Covid cases, and with that, the active tally touched 15873, Health Ministry data showed. On Saturday, a total of 2,527 new coronavirus infections were reported. 

Philadelphia police are investigating the shooting death of a woman, believed to be in her 20s, in Frankford. FRANKFORD - Philadelphia police are investigating a shooting that killed a young woman, in Frankford.Officials said police responded to a report of a shooting on the 2000 block of Bridge Street around 9:30 Saturday night.When they arrived, they found the young woman, believed to be in her 20s, suffering from a gunshot wound to the back.Medics attempted to save her, but she died at the location.AdvertisementPhiladelphia Police Inspector DF Pace stated a person of interest is in custody, though the shooting is actively being investigated.

Today we are reporting 5,662 community cases, 490 hospitalisations and nine deaths.

A man is hospitalized after he was hit by a SEPTA train. OLD CITY - A man is hospitalized after he was stuck by a SEPTA train.It happened around 8:30 Saturday night at the 2nd Street Station on the Market-Frankford Line.SEPTA officials say the man was hit by the side of an incoming train and knocked onto the platform.

World Health Organization said on Saturday that at least one child death had been reported following an increase of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children, and that at least 169 cases had been reported in children in 12 countries.The WHO issued the figures as health authorities around the world investigate a mysterious increase in severe cases of hepatitis – inflammation of the liver – in young children.The WHO said that as of April 21 acute cases of hepatitis of unknown origin had been reported in the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, Israel, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, France, Romania and Belgium. It said 114 of the 169 cases were in the United Kingdom alone.

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 17: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) walks away after swearing in Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) during a ceremonial swearing in, inside the old Senate Chamber on December 17, 2018 in Washington, DC.

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FALLS CHURCH, VA - APRIL 6: Tacos from left to right: al pastor, chicken tinga, goat and beef chorizo at La Tingeria photographed in Falls Church, Virginia on April 6, 2022. (Photo by Deb Lindsey for The Washington Post via Getty Images).

A general view shows the building of Shiretoko Sightseeing, a tour company building which a tour boat with 26 people onboard is missing, in Shari, Hokkaido on April 23, 2022. (Photo by Jiji Press / AFP via Getty Images) TOKYO (AP) - A tour boat with 26 people aboard was missing in the frigid waters of northern Japan on Saturday, hours after sending a distress call that it was sinking, the coast guard said.On Sunday, the Japanese Coast Guard said that their helicopters found four of the 26 people on a tour boat missing since the day before.The four people were found near the tip of Shiretoko Peninsula, but the coast guard said it could not confirm whether they were rescued alive.The 19-ton Kazu 1 made an emergency call in early afternoon, saying the ship’s bow had flooded and it was beginning to sink and tilt while traveling off the western coast of Shiretoko Peninsula in the northern island of Hokkaido, the coast guard said.The tour boat has since lost contact, according to the coast guard.

Orange County - A massive fire at an apartment complex Saturday morning in Orange County has left an entire building – 24 units -- "uninhabitable" due to fire, smoke, and water damage.Firefighters from multiple departments in Central Florida responded to the Isles at East Millenia apartments in Orlando.Orange County deputies were first to arrive and found flames and smoke coming from the apartments, and families on the second floor reportedly trapped.Multi-unit apartment building on fire"It was chaos everywhere," said Deputy William Puzynski. "I started looking around you could see families trapped on each floor, hanging off the balconies."From one of the apartment balconies, a mother was trying to lower her infant daughter to safety."I started climbing the building but couldn't make it all the way," said deputy Puzynski.

EAST GERMANTOWN - A stabbing in Philadelphia's East Germantown section has critically injured one person while a 29-year-old has been arrested.Officials say police were called to the 2000 block of Conlyn Street Friday, about 3 p.m.They arrived to find a person suffering from multiple stab wounds and a knife in the victim’s head.MORE HEADLINES:The victim was taken to a nearby hospital and placed in critical condition.According to authorities, a 29-year-old suspect, said to be a family friend of the victim, was arrested Saturday, on the 2100 block of Oxford Street.The suspect will face charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault.AdvertisementAn investigation is ongoing. 

PHILADELPHIA - One of two suspects who was wanted in connection with the murder of a Philadelphia officer’s adult son has turned himself in to police. Police say Levar Turner, 23, turned himself in at the Philadelphia Public Services Building in on Friday morning, days after authorities released new surveillance video from the deadly incident. Authorities say Turner will face murder, robbery, and criminal conspiracy charges and that a second suspect remains at large."The news that I got this morning was overwhelming," Edwenna Ferguson, mother of victim Hyram Hill and an 18-year veteran Philadelphia police officer, stated in an emotional press conference.

Philadelphia police investigate a shooting in Frankford that killed an unidentified woman. PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are investigating shootings in Nicetown and Frankford that killed a woman and injured two 16-year-old boys.About 2:30 Saturday afternoon, officials said, police were called to the 1700 block of Saint Paul Street for a reported shooting.Officers found two 16-year-old boys shot.

Long lost Dorothy dress (photo courtesy Bonhams) One of the four iconic blue and white dresses worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz'" will hit the auction block next month, decades after it went missing from the Catholic University of America.According to a news release from Bonhams auction house, the dress was worn in the scene where Dorothy faced the Wicked Witch of the West in the witch’s castle. It’s one of only two dresses with the blouse still intact, and it’s expected to sell for $800,000 -$1.2 million.Hollywood actress Mercedes Mcambridge gave the dress to the university in 1973 while she was an artist in residence there.

Philadelphia police investigate a shooting in Frankford that critically injured an unidentified woman. PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are investigating shootings in Nicetown and Frankford that critically injured a woman and injured two 16-year-old boys.About 2:30 Saturday afternoon, officials said, police were called to the 1700 block of Saint Paul Street for a reported shooting.Officers found two 16-year-old boys shot.

Google."Ads shouldn’t detract from important conversations about the climate crisis," the company said in a statement outlining its new policy Friday.There was no indication that the change would affect what users post on the social media site, which along with Facebook has been targeted by groups seeking to promote misleading claims about climate change.The announcement coinciding with Earth Day came hours before the European Union agreed upon a deal requiring big tech companies to vet their sites more closely for hate speech, disinformation and other harmful content.RELATED: Time flies: Google Earth Timelapse feature shows your town change over 37 yearsTwitter said it would provide more information in the coming months on how it plans to provide "reliable, authoritative context to the climate conversations" its users engage in, including from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The U.N.-backed science panel's reports on the causes and effects of climate change provide the basis for international negotiations to curb climate change.RELATED: Elon Musk says he has $46.5B in financing ready to buy TwitterAdvertisementThe company already has a dedicated climate topic on its site and offered what it described as "pre-bunks" during last year's U.N.

Generic grave stones, 1 February 1999. AFR Picture by JESSICA HROMAS (Photo by Fairfax Media via Getty Images via Getty Images) HARRISBURG, Ore. - Authorities in Oregon said they have identified the man found dead inside a wooden, makeshift casket that was dumped at a local cemetery near Harrisburg, Oregon. But they want to know who put him there. Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan said the man was 59-year-old Randall Louis Lloyd, and he was identified by his fingerprints.

Dominican Republic after five of its crew members were among 11 people detained in the country when 200 packages of presumed cocaine were seized onboard an aircraft in early April.Pivot Airlines told Global News its crew members, detained at the beginning of the month, had now been released on bail but were required to remain within the country.The alleged drugs bust was made on April 6 at Punta Cana International Airport, according to the country’s National Directorate for Drug Control.Pivot Airlines said that five of its crew members discovered and reported what they believed to be contraband in the maintenance compartment of the plane. They were then detained, the airline said.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) to the International Space Station on April 8, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky) After several delays due to weather, four private astronauts now plan to undock from the International Space Station Sunday with a splashdown off the coast of Florida on Monday. Kathy Lueders, NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, announced Saturday that they are targeting Sunday evening to undock from the International Space Station. MEET THE MEN BEHIND THE ALL-PRIVATE MISSION TO THE ISS"We now are targeting 8:55 p.m.

Bull sharks circle a bait box during a shark dive off the coast of Jupiter, Florida on February 12, 2022. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images) That's a lot of fins.Texas officials uncovered a large stockpile of shark fins at a restaurant in Bexar County.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech during a press conference with Denmark's and Spain's Prime Ministers in Kyiv on April 21, 2022. (Photo by Genya Savilov / AFP via Getty Images) Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to Ukraine to discuss arms support, President Zelenskyy announced Saturday.During a rare press conference, Zelenskyy said the top U.S.

BORODIANKA, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: In this aerial view, the inside of destroyed apartments are seen from the outside on April 21, 2022 in Borodianka, Ukraine. (Photo by Alexey Furman/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Among the $800 million in military aid President Joe Biden announced for Ukraine this week are 120 Phoenix Ghost drones, a new weapon developed by the Air Force and fast-tracked to meet a specific need for Ukrainian forces.But what exactly the drones do and how exactly they’ll help Ukraine in their fight against Russian aggression aren’t clear.

UKRAINE - 2021/08/29: In this photo illustration, Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) logo is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An Alabama man has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Kraft Heinz Food Company, claiming there’s a lack of lemonade in the company's "Country Time" powder drink mix. DeMarcus Rodgers filed the suit on April 21 in the Northern District Court of Alabama Southern Division. According to court documents obtained by FOX Television Stations, Rodgers bought three canisters of the Country Time lemonade and pink lemonade drink mix for personal use.He then noticed that the drink tasted diluted.

WASHINGTON - A man tried to set himself on fire on the steps of the Supreme Court, according to FOX News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram. According to Capitol Police, a medical helicopter landed near the steps of the U.S. Capitol to respond to the medical emergency, but police said this was not a public safety issue.The Metropolitan Police Department identified the man as Wynn Bruce, 50, of Boulder, Colorado.

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HOUSTON - A former forwards coach and player for Austin Elite Rugby has died after a suspect fleeing sheriff's deputies struck his vehicle in West Harris County.41-year-old Pedrie Wannenburg died from his injuries after being airlifted to a hospital, says Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. Wannenburg also had two children in the truck, an eight-year-old boy who was airlifted as well, and a ten-year-old girl.

LINDENWOLD, N.J. - Detectives in Lindenwold are investigating a double shooting that left one man dead and another man injured on Friday, according to the Camden County Prosecutor. According to police, officers from the Lindenwold Police Department responded to the 400 block of West Park Avenue after receiving multiple 911 calls for reports of gunshots around 8:09 p.m.

Maharashtra's coronavirus figures are as follows: Fresh cases 194; fresh fatality one; cumulative cases 78,76,697, toll 1,47,832, active cases: 869, tests conducted: 26,694

Police said an officer was hit by a suspected drunk driver who was later arrested after he sped away. PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a driver whose license was suspended last year for drunk driving was intoxicated when he plowed into a Philadelphia police officer Wednesday night. Terrell Lee, 41, was charged Thursday with a number of crimes including aggravated assault and aggravated assault while DUI. Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters that two officers were walking back to their car during a traffic stop on the 6700 block of Torresdale Avenue when the officer nearest the road was struck by a black Chevy that crossed over the double yellow lines. Small said the 44-year-old officer was launched 10 feet and landed on the northbound side of the road.

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia police officer is expected to be OK after authorities said she was hit by a suspected drunk driver who was later arrested Wednesday night.Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters that two officers were walking back to their car during a traffic stop on the 6700 block of Torresdale Avenue when the officer on the driver's side was struck by a black Chevy that crossed over the double yellow lines. Small said the female officer was launched 10 feet and landed on the northbound side of the road. She was taken by ambulance to Jefferson Hospital with head injuries and bruises, but is in stable condition.Witnesses told police the driver sped away from the collision and drove through several red lights.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a driver wanted for a road rage incident who lead police on a pursuit through Philadelphia was behind the wheel of a carjacked vehicle wanted in connection to a robbery and kidnapping in Pittsburgh. Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters that the 24-year-old driver allegedly pointed a gun at a couple while driving a Toyota Camry on the 200 block of Ann Street around 9 p.m. The couple retained the vehicle's information, including its license plate, and contacted police about the incident. Small said officers later pulled over the car on Jasper Street in Kensington. During the traffic stop, Small said the driver got out of the vehicle, then got back into the driver's seat and sped away.

Authorities said the tracked the carjacked vehicle for about an hour before officers caught up to it. PHILADELPHIA - Authorities said two teens were found in a carjacked vehicle Tuesday afternoon that police later found guns and suspected cocaine inside. Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters that a woman was carjacked by an armed young man around 4 p.m. on 11th and Stiles streets in North Philadelphia.Police used a tracking device inside the car to follow its location to several neighborhoods over an hour period, Small said. Officers finally caught up to the carjacked Kia sedan on 13th and Lehigh streets, then followed it onto the 1100 block of Silver Street, according to investigators. Small said the stolen vehicle was slammed into by a passing vehicle at the intersection of 11th and Silver streets. A boy and girl, both 17, were taken into custody by trailing officers, according to police.

A man was shot and killed shortly after he left a gym in Port Richmond, police say. PHILADELPHIA - Investigators say a man was shot and killed Monday night shortly after he left a gym in Philadelphia's Port Richmond neighborhood. Officer from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 2200 block of East Tioga Street just before 8 p.m.

Philadelphia police are investigating the shooting of a 22-year-old woman in East Mount Airy on Wednesday.  PHILADELPHIA - A woman is in the hospital in stable condition after being shot twice in East Mount Airy early Wednesday morning, according to police. Authorities say officers with the Philadelphia Police Department's 14th District responded to numerous calls for gunshots in the area of Stenton Avenue and Johnson Street around 3:30 a.m. When police arrived on scene, officers found blood and two spent shell casings from a semi-automatic gun, but no victim, Chief Inspector Scott Small says. Investigators say they later learned the victim, a 22-year-old woman, was transported to Einstein Hospital by car. Small says she was shot in the lower back and face, but is in stable condition. Police say the victim told investigators she had just left a party in the area when she was shot by an unknown person. According to police, a freshly broken bottle of alcohol was found near the spent shell casings, leading investigators to think an altercation may have happened before the shooting. ___MORE LOCAL HEADLINES___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

PHILADELPHIA - As gun violence continues in Philadelphia, police are investigating another shooting that left one man dead. According to Philadelphia police, the incident happened around midnight when officers with the 26th district responded to a 911 call for an unresponsive man in a car in a parking lot on the 1400 block of North Hutchinson Street. Police say when officers and medics arrived they found a 32-year-old man in a Nissan slumped over in the driver's seat bleeding heavily from the neck. He was unresponsive and the car's engine was still running, authorities say. According to police, medics pronounced him dead on scene at 12:08 a.m. Philadelphia police investigating overnight shooting that left 1 man dead in North Philadelphia on Wednesday.  Chief Inspector Scott Small says police found something unusual while investigating the crime scene. A Dodge Durango parked two spots away from the Nissan had a semi-automatic handgun in plain view in the rear floorboards and a loaded magazine in the front center console, according to Small. Police say they are unsure if it is related to this case. The Nissan with the victim is registered to New Jersey, according to Small. There is no description of a suspect or a motive at this time, police say. The shooting happened less than a mile away from Temple University's campus, adding to the concerns students and residents have about increased violence in the area. ___RELATED COVERAGE ___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter