A lab test confirms that an 8-year-old girl is the latest child to die from the flu in New Jersey, the state’s Department of Public Health said Wednesday.

Officials didn't name Daniela Genaro as the girl, but her family told NBC 4 earlier this week that she was the young Elizabeth resident whose death was being investigated.

Genaro is the third New Jersey child to die from the virus this flu season; a 4-year-old girl from Central Jersey died in December and the death of a 6-year-old girl from Hudson County was reported last week.

“We continue to take every reported case of a pediatric flu-associated death very seriously,” Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Shereef Elnahal said in a statement.

Officials continued to encourage adults and children to get flu shots, saying flu season can last until May and that getting vaccinations helps stop the spread of the virus to more vulnerable people, like children.

Genaro’s death was announced earlier this week in a letter to parents written by Elizabeth Schools Superintendent Olga Hugelmeyer.

"You should feel comfortable in sending your child to school tomorrow," she wrote in the letter to parents. "We continue to do everything possible to make the schools safe, healthy learning environments."

The superintendent says all schools have been sanitized with disinfectant each day since the fall, and that the Nicholas LaCorte-Peterstown School and school buses are being additionally sanitized.

Genaro was described by her uncle as very intelligent and happy.

"Everyone's received the news like a bucket of ice water," he said. "We still don't know everything, her parents are still in the hospital trying to figure out what happened."

The confirmation of Genaro’s death as flu-related comes as health officials in Connecticut investigate the death of a 6-year-old girl named Emma Splan, who is also believed to have died from complications from the flu.

Splan was a student at Columbus Magnet School, Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling said earlier this week. She would be the third child to die from the flu in Connecticut this flu season.

The CDC said earlier this week that more than 80 children across the U.S. have died from the flu this flu season.

Four children have died in New York City from the flu this season, most recently a 5-year-old girl whose death was announced a little more than a week ago.

The Departments of Health and Education continue to recommend that people take the necessary precautions during this flu season: wash or disinfect your hands frequently, cover any coughs and sneezes, stay home and call your health care provider if you are sick (especially with a fever) and get a flu shot.

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Hundreds of students staged walk-outs across New Jersey to mark one week since the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead, but at least one school told students they could be suspended if they demonstrated.

East Brunswick principal Michael Vinella told students planning a walkout "we're not looking for a quick soundbite. It’s more about a lasting message to help the cause." It comes on a day where students in Middletown and Stafford peacefully demonstrated for 17 minutes in the wake of the Valentine's Day mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. 

At lunchtime, a few East Brunswick students were permitted to be outside, but were warned that they could be suspended if they demonstrated.

“If students are outside the building we run the risk of students or unorganized fashion of somebody getting hurt or injured,” said Victor Valeski, the East Brunswick superintendent."

The announcement didn't sit well with at least one student's relative, who likened it to intimidation.

And the principal's announcement came just a day after New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said "God love 'em" when asked if he supported students walking out. 

Despite pushback, students and faculty members said they were working together to figure out an alternative.

“Our students have been outspoken, they have been quite favorable, I want to hear what they have to say,” said Todd Simons, president of the East Brunswick school board.

The planned walkout in East Brunswick came just days after the school board voted to have armed police officers patrol the school. 

Flames shot into the air as firefighters battled a warehouse fire in Southwest Philadelphia Thursday morning causing SEPTA to suspend service on a nearby line.

The flames broke out around 9:40 a.m. at Island and Paschall avenues.

No injuries reported in the three-alarm fire.

SEPTA suspended service along its Newark Regional Rail Line, which uses tracks adjacent to the fire scene.

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For Americans, Friday in Pyeongchang is full of questions:

Can Mirai Nagasu, Bradie Tennell and Karen Chen recover from a disastrous opening night in the women’s individual figure skating competition? Can 35-year-old Shani Davis turn back the clock and deliver one more golden performance in his signature event? If the best hockey players in the world were in the Olympics, would Team USA still be playing?

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Here are the events you need to see over the next 24 hours in Pyeongchang:

Young Russians Battle for Gold

Heading into the women’s individual figure skating competition, most people thought a Russian would win. Halfway through, the question is, which one?

Eugenia Medvedeva won the last two world championships, and was expected to win gold in Pyeongchang. But after the short program, she trails 15-year-old teammate Alina Zagitova, who dazzled with a record-setting 82.92-point performance. Medvedeva’s routine earned 81.61 points, good for second place. Both Russian athletes are competing as Olympic Athletes from Russia, because Russia is not allowed to compete as a team due to a doping scandal.

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If Zagitova keeps the top spot, she’ll become the second youngest woman to win figure skating gold. Tara Lipinski was also 15 when she won the gold medal at the Nagano Olympics, but Zagitova is 25 days older than Lipinski was on Feb. 20, 1998.

The Americans will try to play spoiler, but they’ll have to recover from a disastrous night during the short program. Mirai Nagasu, who became only the third woman to land a triple axel in Olympic history earlier in the Pyeongchang Games, fell when she tried the jump on Tuesday. Her teammate Bradie Tennell fell on a triple lutz to triple toeloop combination, while Karen Chen placed a hand on the ice to brace herself coming out of a triple lutz. Nagasu, Chen and Tennell finished ninth, 10th and 11th.

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The combined scores in the two programs will determine the medals.

Watch live during NBC10’s primetime coverage beginning at 8 p.m. ET Thursday or on digital platforms.

In Shani Davis’ Signature Event, Netherlands Expected to Dominate

The 1000-meter sprint is Shani Davis’ event. He won gold medals in the event in 2006 and 2010. His world record time of 1:06.42, set in 2009, still stands.

But it’s been nearly a decade since Davis, one of America’s greatest speedskaters ever, turned in those record-setting performances. Does the 35-year-old have one magical performance left?

The favorite is not Davis but Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands, the gold medalist in the 1,500-meter last week and winner of two world titles in 2017. Nuis made his Olympic debut in Pyeongchang.

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In fact, Davis isn’t even America’s best hope. Joey Mantia is considered America’s contender. Mantia finished 8th in the 1500-meter last week, and edged out Davis in the Olympic qualifying race in January.

Watch live on NBCSN at 5 a.m. Friday ET or on digital platforms.

France’s Greatest Olympian Aims for Another Gold

In Pyeongchang, biathlete Martin Fourcade has established himself as France’s most successful Olympian ever.

When he anchored the mixed biathlon relay team to a come-from-behind victory on Tuesday, he became only the second athlete from France to win three gold medals at a single Winter Games. His five gold medals overall — the mixed relay, a photo finish in the 15-kilometer mass start and the 12.5-kilometer pursuit, plus gold in the individual and pursuit events in 2014 — are the most ever by a Frenchman.

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He has a chance to add one more gold to the list, in the men’s 4x7.5km biathlon relay.

After Tuesday’s win, according to Reuters, he sent a message to French skier Mathieu Faivre, who was sent home by the French Alpine team for saying he did not care about the medals won by his teammates.

“I wanted this team medal, it’s such a different emotion from an individual medal,” he told French television. “This is an individual sport, and to win as a team is something beautiful, even if everyone cannot participate.”

In the final relay, France will face stiff competition from Norway, led by Johannes Thingnes Boe and Tarjei Boe. Germany and Austria could also be in contention.

Watch live at 6:15 a.m. ET Friday on digital platforms, or watch on NBC10’s daytime coverage on Friday at 3 p.m. ET.

'Red Machine' Battles for First Medal in 16 Years

When NHL players started competing in the Olympics, it was a boon for many countries.

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Superstar goaltender Dominik Hasek led the Czech Republic to gold in 1998, the first Olympics with NHL players.

Mario Lemieux, Eric Lindros and Chris Pronger played on Canadian teams, and the country won gold in three of the last four Olympics.

Teemu Selanne led Finland to medals in three consecutive Olympics.

But it hurt the Russians, who managed a silver in 1998, a bronze in 2002 and nothing since.

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Now, with the NHL out of the Olympics, the Russians are looking to get back in the medal race — even if they can’t compete under their own flag. Playing as the Olympic Athletes from Russia because Russia is not allowed to compete as a team due to a doping scandal, the Russians have reached the semifinals. A win against Czech Republic will clinch at least a silver medal. Two more wins will give the Russia its first gold since it played as the post-Soviet Unified Team in 1992.

The Czech Republic knocked out the United States in the quarterfinals, 3-2. Canada, going for its third consecutive gold medal, faces Germany in other semifinal.

Watch OAR vs. the Czech Republic live at 2:40 a.m. ET on Friday on NBCSN or on digital platforms.

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Four Months From Major Injury, Canadian Skier Looks for Repeat Gold

When Marielle Thompson ruptured her ACL and MCL ligaments in her right knee in an October training accident, she thought her season was done, along with her hopes of a repeat Olympic gold medal.

Thompson won gold in the women’s ski cross in Sochi four years ago. Now, just four months after having her knee surgically repaired, Thompson is trying to win gold again. Nobody knows if she’ll be able to do it.

On Monday, she took a few training run on the Olympic course at Phoenix Snow Park in Pyeongchang. She said they were her first serious runs since the accident in October.

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“I couldn’t take the smile off my face, from the bottom, all the way up the lift,” she told the National Post. “It was nice just to get back out there and put down a couple of solid runs."

Still, without any real competition for four months, Thompson isn’t considered a medal favorite; Sweden’s Sandra Naeslund and Switzerland’s Fanny Smith are the favorites. No Americans are expected to contend for a medal. But you can’t count out the defending champion.

Watch live on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on digital platforms.

And they’re off the races!

Less than one week after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a new congressional map, candidates from around the region are switching districts and even potential seats.

Congressman Brendan Boyle announced via Facebook that he will seek re-election in Philadelphia’s new 2nd District, not Montgomery County’s 4th District.

“I am running for re-election in the place where I was born, raised and lived,” he said. “I know my friends, supporters, and constituents in Montgomery County who reached out to me this week and asked me to run in Montco will be disappointed with my decision.”

Boyle represents the former 13th District, which comprised portions of both Philadelphia and Montgomery counties. The newly unveiled 2nd District just represents Philly while the updated 4th District is exclusively Montco.

Meanwhile, Rep. Madeleine Dean announced Thursday that she is dropping her bid for lieutenant governor and instead running for Congress in Montgomery County. She previously represented Abington and Upper Dublin.

“Pennsylvania sends 18 Congressmen and two Senators to represent us in Washington, and not one of them – not one – is a woman,” she said in a statement.

“We have a Republican-controlled Congress that isn’t doing its part to hold Donald Trump accountable – a majority that is undermining the education of our children, a woman’s right to choose, a delegation that refuses to support common sense gun safety measures.”

Dean said she made the decision after receiving encouragement from both former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter.

These campaign switches are the result of a new congressional map, released Monday by the state’s highest court. Democrats largely saw the redistricting as a boost to their odds of claiming up to six seats in the House of Representatives.

But Republicans were quick to sue in federal court, accusing Democrats of partisan gerrymandering.

House Speaker Mike Turzai and Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati said the state's highest court usurped legislative authority when it issued the new map on Monday, calling it an unprecedented decision.

"The Pennsylvania Supreme Court conspicuously seized the redistricting process and prevented any meaningful ability for the Legislature to enact a remedial map to ensure a court drawn map,'' they wrote in an electronic filing.

Gerrymandering, however, is what caused the Pennsylvania court to issue a new map in the first place. The previous map was drawn up in 2010 along partisan lines after Republicans swept the governor’s seat and gained several seats in the state legislature.

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A Chester County man who told police he threw his five-month-old daughter in frustration after being called a "failure" at playing the video game "Call of Duty" has been charged with the baby's murder.

Zion Isaiah Shockley, 18 and of Coatesville, was charged with first-degree murder.

On Feb. 10, Coatesville police officers responded to a call about an infant in cardiac arrest, prosecutors said. Paramedics transported the child, in critical condition, to Brandywine Hospital and later A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children, where she died two days later.

Rosalie Faith Crothers-Shockley's extensive injuries included hemorrhages in the brain and eyes, according to a press release from the Chester County District Attorney.

The incident was investigated by Coatesville Police and Chester County detectives, who found the child's injuries were consistent with head trauma. They also found signs of previous abuse, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors say that Shockley shared custody with the child's mother but was the child's primary caretaker at the time that she went into cardiac arrest.

Police said Shockley confessed to shaking the infant out of frustration due to the video game some time around Christmas.

He also admitted that on Feb. 10 -- after another video game player "told him he was a failure" at "Call of Duty" -- he picked up the girl, tossed her in the air multiple times without catching her and then shook her violently, according to a police report.  

"An infant can not defend herself. A baby can not run away or call for help. A five-month-old can not tell people what is happening to her. A baby is the most vulnerable and innocent victim possible,"  Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said in a statement. "Now it is our job to do what this baby could not, and deliver justice to the killer."

Shockley is currently in custody at Chester County Prison and is not eligible for bail.

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Philadelphia has released the names of applicants and nominees to the new school board.

It comprises several hundred people who will be whittled down to just 27 on Monday. From there, Mayor Jim Kenney will appoint a new, nine-member board of education.

The vote on Monday will follow a public meeting open to all residents and stakeholders. The complete list can be seen here.

In March, Kenney will announce his final appointments. New member orientation starts in April, with the new board assuming control of the Philadelphia School District in July.

The former School Reform Commission voted in November to dissolve itself after more than 15 years of state oversight. 

"Since the imposition of this body, Philadelphians have been without direct control and accountability," Kenney said at the time. "The time is right to return the School District of Philadelphia to local control and accountability."

"I can still hear her, and I can still hear my daughter talking about Tata," Demonica Riley said.

She can't believe her 23-year-old sister-in-law, Tyesha Timmons -- who the family calls "Tata" -- is gone.

Timmons died after the van she was driving was riddled with gunshots as she drove along Broad Street near Grange Avenue in Philadelphia's Ogantz section around 8:30 Wednesday night.

Two other women, including Timmons' twin sister, and three young children were also in the van at the time. 

At least five gunshots struck the driver’s side of the van. Timmons lost control of the vehicle before crashing it into the Jevs Human Services building on the 5800 block of Old York Road. 

Surveillance video showed the white conversion van veer across multiple lanes after the shooting before crashing.

Timmons, who was shot once in the head, was pronounced dead at 9 p.m. The five passengers were also injured in the crash, though police said none of them were shot. They were all expected to be O.K.

Timmons' brother Tyrell Timmons says his mother and Tyesha's twin sister are taking the loss the hardest. "That was her other half, so part of her is lost forever," he said.

"She's a bright young lady," Horace Timmons, Tyesha's uncle, told NBC10. "Graduated with honors from high school. Was currently working for the school board and UPS. She had two jobs. She was about to move into her own place. Conscientious. Goodhearted. Didn't deserve for this to happen to her."

It's still not known why someone shot at the van. Philadelphia police don't believe the van was targeted nor do they believe it was a case of road rage.

Two men in gray hoodies could be seen fleeing the scene, police said. They may have been driving in a dark-colored vehicle, based on witness accounts. 

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to contact Philadelphia police.

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