Uncle of Philadelphia homicide victim meets with city leaders to share ideas to stem gun violence

SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA - An amazing opportunity for a young baker, as she will sell her goods inside some local grocery stores. It’s all thanks to a special program designed to give young entrepreneurs the leg up they need to get their businesses started."I’m making oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Right now, I’m making 504 of them.

CAMDEN COUNTY, N.J. - Disturbing finds in multiple South Jersey communities as hateful messages are left on people’s driveways. Those who found the messages say they’re disgusted.That hate has no home in their neighborhoods.Police are asking anyone with information or surveillance video of the incidents to give them a call.Megan Bristow stated, "We were disturbed."A disgusting find in at least three South Jersey communities in the last week, as anti-Semitic flyers were found on people’s properties."One of the kids ran out and said, ‘There’s a bag in our driveway.’ It was a bag of corn with this pamphlet in it," Bristow said.Bristow, of Camden County, says they received the flyer early Sunday morning. Her neighbor, Michael Brown, got one, too.

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia mother says her daughter was left alone for hours at daycare after the class left for a field trip to a local amusement park. Dana Jones and her family picketed outside of Creative Kids Daycare Center in Mount Airy on Wednesday morning to publicize their frustration. "This should never have happened to my child and I want to make sure it never happens to any other child," Jones said. According to Jones, the incident happened a little over a week ago when the daycare had a planned trip to The Funplex.Jordyn, 6, was walked into the daycare by her father who even had a brief conversation with one of the teachers.MORE LOCAL HEADLINESJones said her daughter was in the bathroom when she heard the teachers rounding up the students to leave for the field trip. "While she was in the bathroom, she heard ‘hurry up’ and when she came out of the bathroom, there was no one to be found," Jones said.Daycare Director Darrel Davis acknowledged the child was somehow left behind and said they feel awful."It was one of those mornings where it was just a perfect storm of what happened, we are definitely thankful nothing happened to the child, she was perfectly safe," Davis said. Jordyn, 6, told her mother that she was in the bathroom when she heard teachers start to round up students to leave for a field trip. Creative Kids Daycare Center has been in business for over a decade and never had an incident like this, according to Davis. Another parent who was picking up their child found Jordyn all alone and took her to the daycare's other building a block away. "Me getting that phone call, working 30 minutes away, my mind went through so many scenarios," Jones said.

healthcare infrastructure," it said.  Sisodia also directed that all these construction works should be completed on time and all quality standards should be ensured by the concerned PWD engineers and officials here. The officials informed Sisodia that the construction work of all these hospitals will be completed by the end of next year.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - A 27-year-old man is dead after he was shot in the chest and the neck in North Philadelphia.Officials say the shooting happened Monday night, just before 8:30, on the 2800 block of North 26th Street.Responding officers found the 27-year-old man suffering from gunshots to the chest and neck.The man was taken to Temple University Hospital where he died a short time later.Police say an investigation is ongoing and they say no arrests have been made nor any weapons recovered.

Porsche 911 Sally Special. (Porsche)A one-of-a-kind Porsche designed as a tribute to a beloved cartoon character has been auctioned for an astonishing amount.The Sally Special was built by Porsche in collaboration with Pixar in the style of Sally Carrera from the "Cars" film franchise.It's based on a 2022 911 GTS and features unique paint color and twisted turbo style wheels fashioned after the animated car's.The Sally Special is modeled after Sally Carrera from the "Cars" franchise.  (Porsche)The color is also used on the herringbone upholstery and the car is equipped with a seven-speed manual transmission and a 473 horsepower turbocharged flat-6-cylinder engine.THE PORSCHE TAYCAN JUST RECLAIMED THIS RECORD FROM THE TESLA MODEL SA recreation of Sally Carrera's "tattoo" has been added to the spoiler.  (Porsche)A "tattoo" like the one Sally has is applied to the spoiler and the engine compartment has a comic book-style "GTS Powered" logo.The car features a Kachow Mode button referencing Lightning McQueen's catchphrase.

TEMPE, Ariz. - Tempe-based used car retailer Carvana is expanding once again, months after the company, according to an e-mail we obtained, laid off 12% of its workforce, or 2,500 employees.Here's what you should know about the massive layoff, as well as the expansion.Carvana, which quickly became a billion-dollar company since it was founded a decade ago, is known nationwide for its multi-story car vending machines. The company operates more than 30 used-car vending machines across the country.On Aug.

KENSINGTON - A 25-year-old man was shot multiple times and killed in Philadelphia's Kensington section Monday night.Officials say police responded to reports of a shooting Monday, just after 7:15 p.m., on the 3200 block of H Street.When police arrived, they found a 25-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the head.MORE HEADLINES:SEPTA police rushed him to Temple University Hospital where he died.Authorities say an investigation is underway and no arrests have been made.

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brutally mauled by a group of five dogs in Putnam County, Florida.Pamela Jane Rock, 61, died in hospital Monday night after the attack in the town of Interlachen, Putnam County Sheriff’s Colonel Joseph Wells said during a press conference on Tuesday. Escaped N.S.

rebound case of Covid-19 infection, her deputy communications director Kelsey Donohue said in an official statement as quoted by ANI. She tested negative during a routine test on Tuesday. However, Jill Biden again tested positive with an antigen test in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware on August 24, as per CNN reports quoted by ANI.

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 5:A DC resident has an operation growing psilocybin mushrooms, including these Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms, in Washington, DC, on Monday, February 5, 2020. With the legalization of marijuana, advocates are now pushing for o The compound in psychedelic mushrooms helped heavy drinkers cut back or quit entirely in the most rigorous test of psilocybin for alcoholism.More research is needed to see if the effect lasts and whether it works in a larger study.

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WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is tying its authority to cancel student debt to the coronavirus pandemic and to a 2003 law aimed at providing help to members of the military. Legal challenges are expected.Skeptics of the administration's ability to act on its own, without new legislation, had once included President Joe Biden himself and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.But in a legal opinion released Wednesday, the Justice Department said that the HEROES Act of 2003 gives the administration "sweeping authority" to reduce or eliminate student debt during a national emergency, "when significant actions with potentially far-reaching consequences are often required."RELATED: Student loan forgiveness: Biden unveils plan to cancel $10K in student debtThe law was adopted with overwhelming bipartisan support at a time when U.S.

UVALDE, Texas (AP) - Angry calls to fire Uvalde’s embattled school police chief swept through an auditorium Wednesday where school board members faced demands to make Pete Arredondo the first officer to lose his job over the fumbled response to the massacre at Robb Elementary School.The school board was meeting to decide Arredondo’s future, three months to the day after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers in one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history.Arredondo was not in attendance but through his attorney released a blistering and defiant 17-page letter that lashed out at state officials, defended the police response to the May 24 massacre and accused the school board of putting his safety at risk by not allowing him to carry a weapon to the meeting.As the board convened into a closed session, some in the auditorium yelled "Coward!" and "What about our children?"Arredondo, who has been on administrative leave since June, has come under the most scrutiny for his actions during the May 24 tragedy.

Children’s Tylenol, Advil shortage in Alberta attributed to summer COVID infections And the seven-day average positivity rates on PCR tests was effectively flat at 21.9 per cent. PCR tests have been restricted to individuals who live or work in clinical high-risk settings for most of 2022.On Friday, Health Canada approved booster doses for children aged five to 11, with the National Advisory Community on Immunization (NACI) recommending children in that cohort to get vaccinated with a third dose six months after their second “in the context of heightened epidemiological risk.”On Tuesday, the Alberta government told Global News the province is reviewing Health Canada’s decision and NACI’s recommendation.“No decisions have been made yet,” a health ministry spokesperson wrote in an email.

People over 50 can now book a second Covid-19 booster vaccine.

A Sri Lankan elephant gestures at the Yala National Park in Colombo on August 21, 2022. (Photo by ISHARA S.

e. Coli outbreak that has sickened people in at least four states is growing, and health officials expect more confirmed cases in coming days as they try to determine whether romaine lettuce used in Wendy’s sandwiches is the source.Wendy’s pulled the lettuce from sandwiches in its restaurants in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania on Sunday after people eating them there reported falling ill. The U.S.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The 2022 Atlantic City Airshow was blessed with blue skies and the Golden Knights over the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday and hundreds of thousands of people turned out for the display."It’s awesome! I really love it!" Sunnie exclaimed. Sunnie and his friends aren’t the only ones in awe at the spectacle of more than 30 separate air performances, including the likes of the Thunderbirds and other top pilots.Atlantic City Airshow "23 years in the Air Force.

Signage at the entrance to a Peloton store in Walnut Creek, California, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022.

COVID-19 public health orders.Patrick Allard, Tobias Tissen, Todd McDougall, Sharon Vickner and Gerald Bohemier have admitted to breaking limits on outdoor public gatherings in 2020 and 2021.Provincial court Judge Victoria Cornick convicted the five on Wednesday based on a statement of facts agreed to by their lawyers.The Crown is seeking fines of between $18,000 and $42,000 each, depending on the number offences of each person, plus court costs and surcharges. Manitoba pastor who defied public health orders arrested on outstanding provincial warrant: RCMP The Crown says the five not only repeatedly broke health orders, but organized events at which they encouraged others to do so as well.Allard and McDougall have said they plan to appeal to a higher court, where they hope to challenge the public health orders under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Defence lawyer Alex Steigerwald, who represents four of the five, said the Crown’s proposed fines would be unduly harsh and crushing.He asked the judge to impose a reprimand, which would not involve any fines.

New diagnoses of type 2 diabetes in US youth rose 77% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic over the previous 2 years, according to a new multicenter study published in the Journal of Pediatrics.

Even on her (second) wedding day, it’s impossible to forget that Jennifer Lopez is a style icon.

discredited COVID-19 treatment, according to a congressional investigation that provides new evidence of that administration’s efforts to override Food and Drug Administration decisions early in the pandemic.The report Wednesday by the Democratic-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis also sheds new light on the role that television personalities played in bringing hydroxychloroquine to the attention of top White House officials. Investigators highlighted an email from Fox News’ Laura Ingraham and others from Dr.

Moderna yesterday announced that it has submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use of its bivalent (two-strain) COVID booster vaccine that targets the BA.4/BA.5 Omicron subvariants, following a similar move this week from Pfizer and BioNTech.

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SOUTHLAKE, Texas - Carroll ISD in Southlake is reviewing sections of the book Life Is So Good, co-written by George Dawson to see if it is appropriate to teach at George Dawson Middle School.Dawson, the grandson of a slave who lived most of his life in Dallas, published the biography in 2000 after learning to read at the age of 98.Life Is So Good looks back on Dawson's life, discussing what things were like in the 20th Century, including topics like lynching, racism, segregation and civil rights.Carroll ISD says the book was requested to be used as part of instructional materials for a 7th grade class.After review by a group of teachers, principals and curriculum coordinators it was determined certain sections of the book were not appropriate for 7th grade students.The district is still reviewing which sections of the book are appropriate for instruction.The Carroll ISD School board voted to name the middle school after Dawson in 2002.

WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent "rebound" case, after she initially tested negative for the virus over the weekend.President Joe Biden, three days with his wife at their Rehoboth Beach, Del. vacation home, continues to test negative, the White House said.

In a GoFundMe post, Enock Nyabuto said his eldest sister Hellen Wendy, was “enjoying an afternoon swim when she tragically drowned” on Aug. 18.Nyabuto said his sister lived in Toronto, but was working a temporary job in Collingwood.The Ontario Provincial Police said emergency crews responded to a report of a drowning at around 5:44 p.m.OPP said a woman was pulled from the water and despite life-saving measures, she was pronounced deceased. Police released her identity as 23-year-old Hellen Nyabuto from North York.Investigators said the incident remains under investigation but is not suspicious in nature.

In 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy in the United States fell by 4.5 and 3.6 years for Hispanic and Black males, respectively, while declining 1.5 years for their White counterparts, finds a study published yesterday in PNAS.University of Oxford researchers studied national data to identify tr

Flamingos huddled in a Zoo Miami bathroom during Hurricane Andrew in August 1992. (Image: Zoo Miami) (Ron Magill) MIAMI - When Hurricane Andrew made landfall in South Florida on Aug.

PETALUMA, Calif. - A welfare check at a home in Petaluma revealed a woman who had been dead in her home for over a year, with her daughter living in the same house with her mother's corpse the entire time, police said.Officers were called to the 200 block of Windsor Drive about 11 a.m. on Tuesday and saw piles of 20 to 30 packages stacked up on the porch, which KTVU also observed upon visiting the home. No one answered the door when the officers rang, and having heard concerns from the reporting party, officers decided to enter the house.Once inside, police saw the dead woman on a couch in the living room. "The conditions inside the home were unlivable in that it was filled with clutter, trash and boxes from floor to ceiling.

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - Five people have been shot and two are dead after a shooting in Northwest DC, according to police.Northwest DC shooting FOX 5's Stephanie Ramirez is on scene. DC Police confirmed during a presser that five people had been shot, two of them had died and three were being treated at area hospitals.Police are responding 27 O Street NW.

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine was 73% effective in protecting children younger than 5 as omicron spread in the spring, the company announced Tuesday.Vaccinations for babies, toddlers and preschoolers opened in the U.S. in June after months of delay.

COVID-19 vaccinations amid a return to campus this fall.On Wednesday, both McMaster University and Mohawk College revealed they will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation but at present have suspended vaccine requirements.In a joint letter to students and staff, McMaster’s president David Farrar and Provost Susan Tighe said consultations with school experts in virology suggested “the right course” was to continue the pause on a vaccine mandate. Masks to remain optional in Ontario classrooms next year, Ministry of Education says “We are finding balance in how we manage the ongoing COVID challenge,” the letter said.“We have learned to be flexible and to adapt to changing times.

FALLS TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Police say multiple people were injured during an incident at a Bucks County playground late Tuesday night before gunfire erupted in a nearby neighborhood. Officers in Falls Township responded to Penn Valley Elementary School on the 100 block of North Turn Lane around 11:45 p.m. for reports of a disturbance.According to investigators, two groups had met on the school grounds for a fight which ended with four people being stabbed.

Police are investigating the circumstance that led to a man being killed at his apartment in Mercer County early Wednesday morning.

COVID-19 booster shots ahead of schedule as the school year begins and the fall season looms.Luc Boileau, the province’s public health director, announced adults of all ages could book their appointments starting Tuesday — instead of next week as previously planned.“We want to insist that there are several measures in place to protect themselves and protect those around them as they return to their regular fall activities,” he said, citing vaccination as an example.Children who are between the ages of 12 and 17 and have received two doses of the vaccine will also be able to get a third shot. The idea is for Quebecers to get a booster shot if it has been at least five months since their last dose — or three months since they were last infected with the virus.

Students, faculty and others walk down a campus path amidst a mostly empty University of California-Irvine campus Friday, Jan. 7, 2022.

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating a shooting where an attempted robbery victim gained control over a suspect and shot him. According to police, the attempted robbery occurred on the 8000 block of Rodney Street in a driveway. Authorities say a man was unloading groceries from his car when a suspect approached him, saying, "This is a robbery," and pointed a gun at him. After a struggle over the weapon ensued, the victim was able to gain control of the gun, which discharged one time, grazing the suspect in the abdomen, according to police. Officials say the suspect was transported to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was placed in stable condition. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESPolice say the victim sustained an injury from a bite on his hand, but he did no seek medical treatment. According to authorities, police recovered the weapon used and the suspect is under arrest. FOX 29's Kelly Rule captured this image which appears to show the victim's groceries and the suspect's gun used in the incident still on the front seat of the victim's car. This is a developing story.

PHILADELPHIA - With weeks to spare until students head back to classrooms, the School District of Philadelphia held its first of two job fairs to fill support positions. District officials say 800 people registered for Monday's job fair, which was held at South Philadelphia High School. General cleaners, special education assistant, and various food service positions were some of the opportunities made available to attendees. There is also an open call for bus drivers, that includes a $500 sign-on bonus. The district said the tight job market has made hiring difficult, so they're offering training opportunities for some jobs. MORE LOCAL HEADLINES"For me, it’s a great opportunity to learn and mature because I do plan on being a teacher and this is a great step towards that," Anthony Obando told FOX 29's Kelly Rule.

PHILADELPHIA - 3, 2, 1! Let the countdown begin - WrestleMania is coming back to Philadelphia in 2024!The "City of Brotherly Love" is set to host WWE's WrestleMania40 at Lincoln Financial Field April 6-7, 2024."We are proud to welcome WWE fans from around the world to Philadelphia to be a part of the historic 40th WrestleMania in 2024," said Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney.  But the wrestling extravaganza doesn't stop there! Philadelphia is getting ready for a full week of celebrations.Wells Fargo Center will be the home for WWE's Hall of Fame Ceremony and Monday Night Raw, with even more fan events at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.WWE will also host community outreach events, including hospital visits and Be a STAR bullying prevention rallies."The Philadelphia Eagles are thrilled to partner with WWE as WrestleMania makes its much-anticipated return to Philadelphia in 2024," said Philadelphia Eagles President Don Smolenski. No details on tickets, prices or specific events were available at this time, but WWE says more information will be announced in the near future. 

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - The stifling heat was dangerous for long periods of time and most people just tried to stay out of it."Aw man, this weekend has been, like, scorching," Frankie Bickard said.Bickard and his daughter stuck around until the Murphy Recreation Center Pool closed Sunday afternoon, savoring every last minute to stay cool. "I just love swimming so much," Athena Bickard stated."I wanted to stay in the air-conditioning, but she wanted to come swimming with her aunt and then her cousins," dad Alaziz Burkett said.RELATED HEADLINES:If not for that, Burkett said he wasn’t planning on leaving the house Sunday and, it appeared, most people felt that way.One of the city’s four cooling bus locations at Broad and Snyder was quiet.

PHILADELPHIA - Mayor Jim Kenney made a shocking admission during a gun violence press conference Tuesday as Philadelphia homicides reach 300 so far this year.When asked by FOX 29's Kelly Rule if he had met with any families of those 300 homicide victims, the mayor said he had not."I have not spoken specifically to families," Kenney said.