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"And more at diamondsdirect .com diamonds direct your payment. Our passion on food credit. This is WTOP News Fairfax County Public Schools receiving some additional money we hear to support student wellness programs coming after the school system settled a class action lawsuit against vaping company jewel labs plans for how exactly the money will actually sense will be made public at a later time several other local school systems here including Loudon and Prince William Counties in Virginia and Prince George's County in the state of Maryland joined in on this lawsuit it's actually accused jewel of targeting teens through advertising the promotional campaigns Virginia and Maryland are among the states right now where certain historically black education programs are apparently underfunded these days senior officials in the Biden administration to that end are urging the governors of 15 different states to increase funding for black land grant universities now the nation's land grant universities were founded in the 19th century on federal land to further agricultural instruction and research federal law requires here that states provide an equitable distribution of state funding in these cases for all land grant universities but new analysis apparently shows that that is not happening with many historically black ones the largest disparity right how we have found is in Tennessee the debate continues locally in Prince George's County over the rules that say council members must attend meetings and vote in person in an effort to change that rule so a council member can vote vote virtually while on maternity leave that issue failed last week the day started with a rally aimed at pressuring the county five lawmakers to reconsider their vote against changing the rules to allow virtual voting and in a surprise move council member Ingrid Watson read a statement from the five and then finished by saying we will support the resolution with amendments council member Chris Loriata who's due to give birth next month still tore into the five the time in which they said a woman like me should give birth in a field and go back to pick cotton is over the matter ended with council chair Tom Dernoga and at -large member Mel Franklin clarifying there will be a revote next week and we will have a unanimous support for the resolution is that what I heard correct we want to we want to have a compromise conversation in Largo John dome in WTOP news you listening are to auto 3 .5 FM in WTOP .com digging projects there's do -it or hired out either way it's crucial to contact Miss utility before digging to prevent costly and dangerous utility strikes in your yard so for tree planting gardening fence and mailbox installation and more whether it's you or your contractor confirm that whoever is digging visits Miss utility .net or calls 811 before you dig every day it's the law and on that moment when I wake you're with WTOP and Dean Lane uncover risk gain insights and make confident supply chain decisions with exager exagers AI software is transforming supply chains defense contracting
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"Top one eight seven seven one eight seven seven cars for kids it's one eight seven seven cars for kids donate your car today donate today at cars for kids dot org that's cars with a K your car can be picked up as soon as the next day receive tax deduction and vacation voucher now accepting donations of land homes buildings or any kind of real estate good Wednesday morning September 20th glad you're with us welcome into wtop at 12 22 this is wtop news Fairfax County Public Schools receiving some additional money we here to support student wellness programs coming after the school system settled a class action lawsuit against vaping company jewel labs plans for how exactly the money will be actually sense will be made public at a later time several other local school systems here including Loudon and Prince William counties in Virginia and Prince George's County in the state of Maryland and joined in on this lawsuit actually it's accused jewel of targeting teens through advertising the campaign's Virginia and Maryland are among the states right now where certain historically black education programs are apparently underfunded these days senior officials in the Biden administration to that end are urging the governors of 15 different states to increase funding for black and land black land grant universities now the land grant universities were found in the 19 you founded in the 19th let's try that again the grant universities founded were in the 19th century on federal land to further agriculture instruction and research federal law requires here that states provide an equitable distribution of state funding in these cases for all land grant grant universities but new analysis apparently shows that that is not happening with many historically black ones the largest disparity right now we have found is in Tennessee the debate continues locally in prince george's county over the rules that say council members must attend meetings and vote in person in an effort to change that rule so council a member can vote virtually while on maternity leave that issue failed last week the day started with a rally aimed at pressuring the five county lawmakers to reconsider their vote against changing the rules to allow virtual voting and in a surprise move council member ingrid watson read a statement from the five and then finished by saying we will support the resolution with amendments council member chris loriata who's due to give birth next month still tore into the five the time in which they said a woman like me should give birth in a field and go back to pick cotton is over the matter ended with council chair tom dernoga and at -large member mel franklin clarifying there will be a vote next week and we will have a unanimous support for the resolution is that what i heard correct correct we want to see we want to cut we want to have a compromise conversation in largo john dome in top news you are listening to auto 3 .5 fm and wtop .com children's hospitals
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"Friday they will have cloud cover moving in east northeasterly winds ahead of the next weathermaker. I'm 7 News Chief Urologist Veronica Johnson the and First Alert Weather Center right now in Rockville 61 Ashburn 66 District Heights 64 some parts of the area down to the 50s and even the upper 40s overnight. check Well let's out the top stories that we're working on on WTOP. A quick look now here as you won't be allowed to turn right at some Montgomery County intersections after a vote by the county council and Ukraine's president is warning the United Nations General Assembly of what he calls Russian mass destruction if the international community gives up on Ukraine. Keep it full here for details on these stories and more. Coming up next Virginia and Maryland missing out on funding that would help some historically black universities. Also ahead is it important that our lawmakers be able to vote virtually if for example somebody's on maternity leave and can't make it into the council chamber. Check that out as well. Is a kale chip the way to a kid's heart? More than you might think says Kate Garson who leads the Genova Plate Healthy Club, a program for Title I students in our region. Enova partners with Truist to help kids learn to love veggies. In one session the number of second graders who like kale increased from 8 % to 75%. recipes Our are very simple so for instance kale. You can get a bag for maybe $2 .50, $3 .00 the at store and to make kale chips which is actually our most popular recipe. When I run into students years later it's the one I hear they're still making. All you need is some olive oil and salt maybe some other seasonings. Truist and their support have made a huge difference in our program allowing us to grow and reach more children. Everything from hiring staff, purchasing food when we go through a lot of food when we're cooking with large groups of children. Visit the Anova Healthy Plate Club on Facebook to learn more and go to truist dot com slash care to find out other ways Truist partners with the community to show what care can create. This is WTOP News. 822 on WTOP a serious fiery crash in Sterling a little more than a day ago one person is fighting for his life. Deputies in Loudoun County need your help with their investigation into the crash which happened about 7 p .m. last night along southbound Route 28 near Sterling Boulevard in Sterling a car hit a tractor trailer which then overturned and caught fire. The 18 year old driver of the car is arrest under for having fake tags and driving without insurance. Additional charges are expected. He's being held without bond. The truck driver has life threatening injuries. Investigators want to speak with anyone who may have seen what happened moments before this along collision Route 28. I invite you to go to wtop .com to take a look at some pictures. You can kind of make it out as what's left of a tractor trailer. You can kind of see that it's a truck, but it's mostly just very badly burned, mangled wreckage. You can see that at wtop dot com. Virginia and Maryland are among the states with certain historically black education programs being underfunded now. Senior officials with the Biden administration are urging the governors of 15 states to increase funding for black land -grant universities. The nation's land -grant universities were founded in the 18th century on federal land to further agricultural instruction and research. Federal law requires states to provide an equitable distribution of state funding for all land -grant universities, but new analysis shows it's not happening with many historically black institutions. The largest disparity is in Tennessee. The debate continues now in Prince George's County over rules that say council members have to attend meetings and vote in person. WTOP's John Doman tells us an effort to change that rule so a council member can vote virtually while on paternity leave failed last week. The day started with a rally aimed at pressuring the five county lawmakers to reconsider their vote against changing the rules to allow virtual voting and in a surprise move council member Ingrid Watson read statement a from the five and then finished by saying we will support the resolution with amendments. Council member Crystal Ariata who's due to give birth next month still tore into the five. The time in which they said a woman like me should give birth in a field and go back to pick cotton is over. The matter ended with council chair Tom Dernoga and at large member Mel Franklin clarifying there will be a revote next week and we will have a unanimous support for the resolution. Is that what I heard? Correct, we want to have a compromise conversation in Largo. John Dome in WTO P News sports at 25 5 and 55 powered by Red River technology decisions aren't black and white. Think 825 here's Rob Woodfork. Well the Mystics trying to stave off elimination from the WNBA playoffs and they're starting to give a little resistance here in New York they're on a bit of a run here
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"The county the bill makes it so people who are walking or running have additional time when they try to cross the street also bans turns on red at busy intersections in what are being called downtown areas places like the fez the silver spring in the kensington vote was unanimous after a two -hour debate today legislation is expected to be signed next week by the county executive a serious crash in loudoun county yesterday one person is fighting for his life deputies in loudoun county said they need your help with their investigation into that crash it was along southbound 28 route near sterling boulevard a car hit a tractor trailer which then overturned and caught fire the 18 year old driver of the car has been arrested for having fake tags and driving without insurance additional charges are expected he is being held without bond deputies in loudoun county said the truck driver has life -threatening injuries and they want to speak with anyone who may have seen what happened moments before that collision again along route 28 near sterling boulevard 607 the debate continues in prince georges county over rules that say council members must attend and vote in person wtop's john doeman reports an effort to change that rule so a council member can vote virtually while on maternity leave failed last week the day started with a rally aimed at pressuring the five county lawmakers to reconsider their vote against changing the rules to allow virtual voting and in surprise a move council member ingrid watson read a statement from the five and then finished by saying we will support the resolution with amendments council member chris loriata who's due to give birth next month still tore into the five the time in which they said a woman like me should give birth in a field and go back to pick cotton is over the matter ended with council chair tom dernoga and at -large member mel franklin clarifying there will be a revote next week and we will have a unanimous support for the resolution is that what I heard correct we want to see we want to come we want to have a compromised conversation in largo john dome in wtop news coming up in money news after traffic and weather to bowling companies strike a merger deal i'm jeff it's six oh eight precision a seat traffic and weather on the eights and when it breaks let's get to dave dildine in the wtop traffic in montgomery county northbound traffic remains heavy and very slow from west montgomery avenue in rockville past shady grove road three seventy and the gathersberg exits but beyond one twenty four the pace is improving gradually toward germantown the crash between watkins mill road and middlebrook road is now lined up on the right shoulder in the northbound lanes of two seventy have just reopened it'll take a while to cover if you're going as far north as frederick and continuing northbound toward route fifteen delays extend to a crash the blocking right side near the route three forty jefferson street exits it's reported on the right side on ninety five the pace is generally good between beltsville in baltimore baltimore washington parkway as always slower or by contrast but nothing blocking the way on either route either way route fifty between buoy and the bay bridge it's clear on the inner loop of the beltway climbing the hill toward georgia avenue briefly had one stall out along the left that was dragged onto the right shoulder traffic remains slow coming out of chevy chasing kensington as it is in virginia on the leaving tyson's toward the legion outer loop south of sixty six and from vandorn a slow go toward the woodrow wilson bridge route one southbound from woodbridge to dumfries delays extend to the remains of a crash south of cardinal drive and near falls church long -standing closure of wilson boulevard near electric henry drive at the extinguished trash truck fire want to test an electric car plug into fitsmal dot com and find your electric ride today check out the hunday check out the hunday ionic subaru solterra or the toyota busy for fitsmal dot com that's the fits way david all -time w t lp traffic are forecast now from the news first alert meteorologist steven a great looking evening ahead across the dmv with temperatures slowly falling through the seventies into the
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"Power of pro. Each CertaPro painters business is independently owned and operated. This is WTOP news. It's 623 actor Kevin Spacey has started testifying at his sexual assault trial in London today. Spacey began by discussing how he got involved in the theater overall, providing some light history on his life before delving into the serious matter before the court now. The 63 -year -old has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges including sexual and indecent assault. Four men have accused the two -time Oscar winner of sexually assaulting them between 2001 and 2013, describing disturbing encounters that escalated from unwanted touching to aggressive crotch grabbing. Microchips are in everything from your phone to your car. Most are built overseas and when supply chains are disrupted the problems reverberate here. That led to passage of the federal CHIPS Act to encourage domestic research and production and one local county wants to get in on the act too. We want to have computer chips made from beginning to end in Prince George's County. That's why at -large councilman Mel Franklin has introduced the county's CHIPS Act offering reimbursements expenses for that match with what companies would pay in real estate and business personal property taxes. Those are the taxes on the the actual for example computer chips or the items that they're using to develop and research and do manufacturing of computer chips. His goal is to harness the innovation around the DMV. He also argues there's plenty of industrial space to manufacture semiconductors. We haven't really put a large amount of money behind the idea of developing this part of the economy and we and we need to. In Largo, John News. Sports at 25 and 55 powered by Red River Technology decisions aren't black and white. Think red. Hello again Dave Preston. Good morning Wimbledon moves on minus Americans in the singles bracket as unsuited Christopher Eubanks falls in the quarterfinals to third seed. Daniel Fedev, women's 25th seed Madison Keys slips to number two Irina Sabalenka and Sabalenka faces number six on Jaber
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"Inside your home then you need Thompson Creek window companies sound shield it's our innovative window featuring sound dampening glass that filters out 35 % more sound than our double pane windows here's the difference with sound shield sound shield windows are only available from Thompson Creek window company call today and 40 save % buy one window get 140 % off with finance options to fit every budget call 57 Creek today everything you need every time you listen WTOP news it's 1 15 good afternoon I'm Kyle Cooper thanks for being with us two people are in the hospital and other person is in custody after a series of arm carjackings in Hyattsville over the weekend police say it all began just before 5 p .m. on Saturday with a report of a car crash the initial investigation revealed that the suspect car crash the car that had previously been reported stolen in a carjacking on 39th Avenue at Hamilton Street police say the suspect tried to take another car in the parking lot at Driscoll Park the victim of that attempted carjacking was shot and is in the hospital with serious injuries according to police suspect the then fled and attempted another carjacking on 36th Street near Farragut Street the victim of that carjacking and the suspect got into a fight and both ended up being shot the suspect was taken into custody both the suspect and the victim in the second carjacking have non life -threatening injuries crimes young people committed are by up in Prince George's County much like in DC yesterday hundreds gathered at the 1000 fathers rally for peace in search of what they call a loving solution we know by the data that renewed father fatherhood presence can have a big impact on public safety in terms of our young people Prince George's County council member Mel Franklin says being a father is a big job and it's okay to ask for help a lot of times men we're encouraged not to seek help that is a sign of weakness that couldn't be further from the trip and Maryland governor Wes Moore says good fatherhood is about showing up for your kids it's about shared accountability it's about that each and every one of us have a responsibility to build stronger communities and to build stronger boys that turned into strong men in Prince George's County Luke Garrett WTOP news some of America's safest suburbs are right here in our region whether it's more space or quieter neighborhoods are many reasons people choose to live in the burbs
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"Could talk, it would probably say something like bring it on. Our region is now about seven inches below where it where it should be for rainfall this year. The measurements recorded at Reagan National, and that puts us in the moderate drought category. WTOP has learned that Maryland's Department of the Environment is checking closely the reservoir levels along levels with the of streams and groundwater. MDE says some of the measurements are below normal, but it believes there is water now for residents and businesses. The Department of the Environment is starting to reach out to local governments in Maryland and public water systems to ensure they have plans in place should the drought get even worse. There are no mandatory water restrictions in place now, but state leaders in Maryland say it's always a good idea to conserve water when you can. Anne Kramer, WTOP News. And of course we'll bring you the full forecast in traffic and weather on the 13th. in Prince George's County, much like they are in D .C. Yesterday, hundreds gathered at the 1 thousand fathers rally for peace in search of what they called a loving solution. We know by the data that a renewed fatherhood, fatherhood presence can have a big impact on public safety in terms of our young people. Prince George's county council member Mel Franklin says being a father is a big job and it's okay to ask for help. A lot of times men were encouraged not to seek help. That is a sign of weakness. That couldn't be further from the truth. And Maryland Governor Wes Moore says good fatherhood is about showing up for your kids. It's about shared accountability. It's about that each and every one of us have a responsibility to build stronger communities and to build stronger boys that turned into strong men. In Prince George's County, Luke Garrett, WTOP News. Crimes committed by young people are up in Prince George's County. Pardon me, let me move to the next thing. up the Firing
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"Ago on Blake Lane near Oakton High School has prompted a number of safety improvements including upgraded crosswalks and signs warning of pedestrians. VDOT in a public meeting this week released early data on problems that remain on the roadway such as people speeding and a lack of visual cues that pedestrians are present. Some fixes that are in the in works the according to a community letter from Providence District Supervisor Dahlia Palcic include installation of a speed camera in the area a 10 -foot wide sidewalk along parts of the roadway and a rapid flashing beacon to warn drivers. Kyle Cooper, WTOP News. We have an update on a brutal crime in Northern Virginia and before we say more we want you to know the details are disturbing. Life in prison is the sentence for a man who raped and killed a young woman with Down syndrome in her Alexandria apartment. 41 year old David Cunningham was convicted in February for the 2021 murder of 23 year old Melia Jones who prosecutors say was mutilated and strangled. The Washington Post reports Cunningham lived in the same apartment building on South Van Dorn Street where Jones had recently moved in. The man charged with assaulting Minnesota Congresswoman Angie Craig in DC is pleading guilty. Facing three federal charges including assault on a member of Congress, Kendra Hamlin entered his guilty plea. On February 9th this year Hamlin assaulted Minnesota representative Angie Craig in her Capitol Hill apartment building. Court documents say after getting into the elevator with her, Hamlin punched the Congresswoman and held her around the neck. She got away by throwing her hot coffee on him. Hamlin has a long criminal history which Craig noted in her interviews following his arrest including 25 bench warrants for failing to show up for court. He could face up to 11 years in for prison assaulting Craig and two arresting officers. Megan Cloward, AWTOP News. Hiring and retaining restaurant staff is still a challenge in the hospitality industry especially in Prince George's County. Advocates are now offering grant money to help those restaurants pay more. One reason for that challenge is because... Workers in Prince George's County can wake up in the morning, go across the border and get more than double the wage. Saru Jayaraman is the president of One Fair Wage which is teaming with Capital One to offer restaurants thousands in grant money to help them make the transition to paying their employees $15 per hour plus tips. You can't have great restaurants without great workers. Prince George's County Councilman Mel Franklin says the county and state may also need to help restaurants get there by subsidizing to pay some of the wages for this transition to really happen. Hermann WTOP news. Alexandria City Public Schools are boosting teacher pay. Here is the school's chief financial officer Dominic Turner. The largest pay raise that we've seen in over a decade here for our teachers. This is also the largest teacher raise throughout the area currently. The school board adopted a budget for next fiscal year yesterday that includes a six percent salary increase for teachers. A three hundred sixty two million dollar budget also includes increased funding for English learner instruction positions, grades K through 4 literacy, high school math,
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"The end of the day, the doctor says naloxone keeps people breathing. It just won't wake them up. Here are full conversation about xylazine. On this week's episode of WTO's DMV download podcast, Lou Garrett, WTO news. And yesterday, the FDA restricted imports of the drug and the face of mounting overdose deaths. Two O 6 a build a cap rent is now passed in prince George's county, but not everyone is in favor. Ahead of the vote, counting executive Angela also Brooks stood with a majority of the county council to express her support for the measure. We refuse to allow any prince George and to be priced out of their homes. The legislation puts a 3% cap on any rent hikes for the next year, while a better solution gets studied. It generated emotional arguments for and against. I'm not asking for a handout. I'm asking for assistance to be able to live. And now I feel like I'm being personally attacked by this bill simply because I made a strategic plan. Only counts him in Mel Franklin actually voted against it when you put it in practice, it's terrible for the communities that do. In Largo, John dome in WTO, he news. We now have the official prediction for the DCs for D.C.'s famous cherry blossoms and when they'll be in bloom, peak bloom, that's when 70% of the blossoms along the tidal basin have floured. It's been a warmer winter, and that's led to an earlier projected peak bloom. The National Park Service predicts it'll be from March 22nd through the 25th, roughly two weeks earlier than normal. Mayor muriel Bowser says whenever it happens, it's always good for the city. We know that people are going to come for the blossoms. They're going to stay for museums, restaurants, shopping, nightlife. Jeff reinbold superintendent of the national mall and memorial parks. During a pandemic, we didn't
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"Department of Parks and Recreation. He's in court again next week. Meghan cloher, WTO P news. Many in our area might find it a bit more difficult to buy food after additional federal snap benefits ended yesterday. Now, the Maryland food bank is bracing for more to come through their doors. Families who get government food assistance are losing about 82 bucks a month more and more families are going to be turning to food bank and our network of 330 partners all across the state to access food. Maryland food bank CEO Carmen del guacho says they've already seen a huge increase in demand during the last few years. We're buying about 25 million pounds when historically pre COVID are probably about 12. And we're also paying about double what we were paying pre COVID about 88 cents a pound versus 44 cents, 45 cents. So in addition to keeping the Maryland food bank stock, they'll be working with legislators to try to tackle the root causes of hunger, including housing and healthcare. Luke Luger WTO penis. A bill to cap rents has now passed in prince George's county, and not everyone is in favor of it. Ahead of the vote, counting executive Angela also Brooks stood with a majority of the county council to express her support for the measure. We refuse to allow any prince George and to be priced out of their homes. The legislation puts a 3% cap on any rent hikes for the next year, while a better solution gets studied. It generated emotional arguments for and against. I'm not asking for a handout. I'm asking for assistance to be able to live. And now I feel like I'm being personally attacked by this bill simply because I've made a strategic plan. Only counsel and Mel Franklin actually voted against it when you put it in practice, it's terrible for the communities that do. In Largo, John Doe and WTO, he news. A drug that's meant to put animals to sleep is showing up more often in the illegal drug supply in Maryland. In a report shared exclusively with WTO, xylazine, and zombie drug is now present in nearly half of illicit opioids. Xylazine use is rising fast in Maryland. That's because when it's mixed with opioids, it makes a high last longer, but those who use xylazine often suffer from skin rotting injuries. We're talking about pretty big wounds here exposing both bone and actual muscles, tendons. That's doctor Malik Burnett at Maryland's Department of Health. He says xylazine not only creates these wounds, but it also complicates overdose treatment because it's a tranquilizer, it slows down an overdose patients recovery after being given naloxone, often sold as an arcane. Despite this, doctor Burnett says they should still use naloxone. At the end of the day, the doctor says naloxone keeps people breathing. It just won't wake them up. Here are full conversation about xylazine. On this week's episode of WTO's DMV download podcast, Luke Garrett, WTO P news. Just yesterday, the FDA restricted imports of xylazine in the face of mounting overdose deaths. Well, we have a date now for when the National Park Service is predicting that the cherry blossoms along the tidal basin will reach peak bloom. The prediction is for March 22nd to the 25th. The national cherry blossom festival will be underway then, it starts march 20th and runs until April 16. Due to this recent mild weather we've had, the trees reach the first of 6, blooming stages about a week ago, that is definitely much earlier than usual. The earliest ever peak blossom date was March 15 of 1990. Stick around coming up in money news. Why a local company stock has just lost a quarter of its value. I'm Jeff claywell. It's 1208. Michael and sons peting tune up for only $59. Now, traffic
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"Gunned down by police near Tyson's corner center after he was accused of stealing sunglasses, says she wants to see the police warn body camera footage. She's also demanding an independent investigation into his killing. Melissa Johnson can't make sense of the fact her son Timothy is no longer here. I don't have a clear picture or understanding as to what happened and I thought I don't know how long the investigations are going to take life. It's just so many unanswered questions. A week after fairfax county police officers shot and killed the 37 year old near Tyson's corner center. Johnson's attorneys are demanding the police department release all records in the case. I think the release of the footage would just help the grease in the morning process. The NAACP a fairfax county is called for an independent investigation into Johnson's killing and a review of the rise of officer involved shootings in fairfax, there were 6 in 2022 compared to one year before. Meghan cloher a WTO news. Have you ever been pulled over by a police officer just because one of your taillights went out on your car? A new bill would prevent officers from making those kind of minor traffic stops in Montgomery county. It's called the safety and traffic equity in policing or the step act. The bill would limit traffic stops for low level moving violations as primary offenses like window tinging or defective taillights. This bill is part of reimagining public safety and kind of focusing our police on the most urgent safety needs, as well as addressing the racial and ethnic disparity. Council member will jawando introduced the legislation. And my hope is that we can work with colleagues and pass this and really work with law enforcement to get them to, again, focus on the most urgent needs in the community and not these low level traffic offenses. A public hearing is set for June, Melissa Howell WTO P news. A bill to cap rent has now passed and prince George's county, but not everyone is in favor of it. Ahead of the vote, counting executive Angela also Brooks stood with a majority of the county council to express her support for the measure. We refuse to allow any prince George and to be priced out of their homes. The legislation puts a 3% cap on any rent hikes for the next year, while a better solution gets studied. It generated emotional arguments for and against. I'm not asking for a handout. I'm asking for assistance to be able to live. And now I feel like I'm being personally attacked by this bill simply because I made a strategic plan. Only counsel and Mel Franklin actually voted against it when you put it in practice, it's terrible for the communities that do. In Largo, John dome in WTO, he news. It's called zombie drug, and it's making an already deadly drug epidemic in Maryland, even worse. WTO gained access to unpublished state data that shows xylazine is showing up in nearly half of the illicit drug supply. Xylazine is a veterinary sedative. That's doctor Malik Burnett at Maryland's Department of Health. Xylazine has gained traction because it extends the high of an opiate, but doctor Burnett says it's not made for humans and causes serious wounds at the site of injection. Very much in the framework of amputation level. Doctor Burnett says xylazine also complicates overdose treatment by slowing down a patient's recovery, but people shouldn't get the message that they shouldn't use naloxone. Naloxone often sold as Narcan will still restart breathing, it just won't wake patients up when xylazine is present. Here are full conversation about xylazine on this week's episode of WTO's DMV download podcast, Luke Garrett, WTO news. Yesterday, the FDA restricted the importance of xylazine in the face of mounting overdose deaths. When will D.C.'s famous flowers be their prettiest? Any minute now that National Park Service will announce this year's peak bloom prediction for the cherry blossoms all along the tidal basin. The national cherry blossom festival is set for March 20th to April 16th. So will peak bloom coincide with that. Here's what storm team Forrest chuck bell thinks. We have some colder days coming, late next week in the week after that. But I fully suspect that we will be at or near peak bloom at the very beginning of the cherry blossom festival. Somewhere between Saint Patrick's Day and the 20th or 21st of March. Well, due to our recent mild weather, the trees reached the first of 6 blooming stages, almost a week ago, and that is extra extra early. We've got a reporter at the announcement and we'll bring you details on the peak bloom predictions as soon as we get them. Straight
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"More at diamonds direct dot com. Your love, our passion, your listening to WTO neighbors. It's 9 15, and I'm Michelle bash. And I'm Shayna stun. A bill to cap rents has now passed in prince George's county. But not everyone is in favor. Ahead of the vote, counting executive Angela also Brooks stood with a majority of the county council to express her support for the measure. We refuse to allow any prince George and to be priced out of their homes. The legislation puts a 3% cap on any rent hikes for the next year, while a better solution gets studied. It generated emotional arguments for and against. I'm not asking for a handout. I'm asking for assistance to be able to live. And now I feel like I'm being personally attacked by this bill simply because I've made a strategic plan. Only counts them in Mel Franklin actually voted against it when you put it in practice, it's terrible for the communities that do. In Largo, John dome in WTO, he news. Extra food stamp benefits that millions of low income people have been getting for years are expiring today. A pandemic era policy gave low income families the maximum amount each month, an average of about $251 per recipient that is now expected to decline by a third for tens of millions of families with that benefit going away. Some advocates are warning of a rise in hunger nationwide. Overall, food stamp benefits will still be more generous than they were three years ago after the Biden administration pushed through a permanent increase. The family of the late Kobe Bryant has agreed to a large settlement with Los Angeles County. It resolves the remaining claims in a lawsuit about deputies and firefighters hearing grisly photos of the NBA star his 13 year old daughter in other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash. The county will pay the family 13 and a half $1 million. It's an addition to the 15 million federal jury awarded Brian's widow, Vanessa Bryant at a trial in August, among other things the agreement will resolve any future claims by Bryant's three surviving daughters. The proposed settlement still needs to be approved by a judge. It's 9 18. Traffic and weather on the 8s to the WTO traffic center. Let's check in with Rita Kessler. Right now, Michelle and the outer loop of the beltway near arena drive and medical center drive, the crash reported along the right side. We do have delays on the outer loop coming from Pennsylvania avenue headed past two 14th central avenue, and again on the top side from New Hampshire avenue, often on in stretches trying to make your way toward Connecticut. The inner loop is still slow off at two 70, headed on to the beltway toward Connecticut, the delays on southbound Connecticut begin before beach drive trying to head toward Jones bridge road. So this is backed up both ramps from both sides of the beltway, trying to hit on to southbound Connecticut avenue. So keep an eye out in your Jones patrolling for what is causing this backup. Now, southbound two 70 is pretty much cleared out where you do slow as near montrose road, headed to the lane divide onto the southbound two 70 spur, this joins the delay on the outer loop that begins near old Georgetown road, headed all the way toward the American legion bridge, keep an eye out for that work that is usually set up, taking a lane, your inner loop delay is before Braddock road, headed into annandale, then you're gonna find it slow before route 50 and off of eastbound 66 from nutly street, continuing past the dulles toll road toward Georgetown pike, where they may also be setting up some work in the left lane, the northbound George Washington Parkway after one 23 a single lane gets by the work so we're seeing delays there, headed toward turkey run southbound is slow from the scenic overlooks headed on to the inbound Roosevelt bridge or continuing to the 14th street bridge. Now it was the outbound 14th street bridge, the crash, was on the right side, the inbound 14th street bridge just had the delays coming from The Pentagon headed across the bridge, continuing across the case bridge onto the southeast Southwest freeway, making your way into the third street tunnel and northbound I two 95 slows from joint base anacostia bowling across the 11th street bridge through the length of the westbound freeway. I'm Rita Kessler, WTO P traffic. We'll get a live weather report now with storm team forest chuck bell chuck, what a nice way to start this month. Absolutely right. Beautiful day outside to filtered sunshine
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"60 administrative fee for each toll. On the dulles toll road Neil odd can stay in double TRP. Ever been pulled over by a police officer just because one of your car's tail lights went out. Well, a new bill would prevent officers from making those kind of minor traffic stops in Montgomery county. It's called the safety and traffic equity in policing or the step act. The bill would limit traffic stops for low level moving violations as primary offenses like window tinting or defective taillights. This bill is part of reimagining public safety and kind of focusing our police on the most urgent safety needs, as well as addressing the racial and ethnic disparity. Council member will jawando introduced the legislation. And my hope is that we can work with colleagues and pass this and really work with law enforcement to get them to, again, focus on the most urgent needs in the community and not these low level traffic offenses. A public hearing is set for June. Melissa Howell WTO penis. A bill to cap rents has now passed in prince George's county, but not everyone likes it. Ahead of the vote, counting executive Angela also Brooks stood with a majority of the county council to express her support for the measure. We refuse to allow any prince George and to be priced out of their homes. The legislation puts a 3% cap on any rent hikes for the next year while a better solution gets studied. It generated emotional arguments for and against. I'm not asking for a handout. I'm asking for assistance to be able to live. And now I feel like I'm being personally attacked by this bill simply because I've made a strategic plan. Only councilman Mel Franklin actually voted against it when you put it in practice, it's terrible for the communities that do. In Largo, John dome in WTO, he news. And his pain. Oh yeah, there's a lot of that because today is cherry blossom prediction day. Cherry blossom experts with the National Park Service, along with D.C. mayor muriel Bowser, are set to give the peak bloom projection later this morning at 11. We'll have a reporter at the big announcement. Let's get more now from storm team force Chad Merrill. 1990s still holds the current record for the earliest peak bloom of the cherry blossoms at the title basin, temperatures well stay above average for the first week in March, but we do expect temperatures will actually trend below average through the middle of the month. That could delay
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"Can stay in double TRP notes. A bill to cap rents has now passed in prince George's county, but not everyone is in favor. Ahead of the vote, county executive Angela also broke stood with a majority of the county council to express her support for the measure. We refused to allow any prince George and to be priced out of their homes. The legislation puts a 3% cap on any rent hikes for the next year while a better solution gets studied. It generated emotional arguments for and against. I'm not asking for a handout. I'm asking for assistance to be able to live. And now I feel like I'm being personally attacked by this bill simply because I made a strategic plan. Only councilman Mel Franklin actually voted against it when you put it in practice, it's terrible for the communities that do. In Largo, John Doe and WTO, he news. They will certain food stamp benefits have expired today. A pandemic aero policy gave low income families a maximum amount each month, an average of 251 per recipient, that's now expected to decline by a third for tens of millions of families. According to The New York Times with the benefit going away, some advocates are warning of a rise in hunger nationwide. Overall food stamp benefits will still be more generous than three years ago, after the Biden administration pushed through a permanent increase. A new government report says federal agencies failed to share critical information before the January 6th attack on the capitol. The 122 page report charges that the FBI and capitol police did not share information about militia groups arming themselves before the riot. Here's CBS congressional correspondent Scott McFarland with more on the government accountability office report. What the GAO is saying is that there were these series of different types of intelligence gathered by these agencies, but they weren't sharing them. They weren't communicating. They weren't doing proper processes. The report says the failure to connect the dots hampered an effective response that day when former president Trump encouraged his followers to march to the capitol while Electoral College ballots were being certified. It's Jerry blossom prediction day, cherry blossom experts at the National Park Service, along with D.C. mayor muriel Bowser, scheduled to give the peak bloom projection later today. The date may or may not line up with the national cherry blossom festival, which is set for March 20th to April 16th
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"Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer. This is WTO news. You'll be at 1142. Two Ukrainian drones were shot down near Russia's capital this week, but others hit targets in southwestern Russia we're told, one of the drones crashed apparently just 60 miles from Moscow. This is a serious encroachment into Russia's airspace, something we haven't seen before in this war. National security correspondent JJ green tonight discusses what China is expected to do when it comes to sending weapons to Russia. There are indications that they are contemplating that. Pentagon press secretary general pat Ryder. He declined to discuss the intelligence that led them to that conclusion, but he was very direct about two things. They haven't taken it off the table. And so we want to be crystal clear. That that would be a poor decision. Should they decide to do that? CIA director Bill burns confirmed as much on Friday to CBS News, saying in his own words, we're confident that the Chinese leadership is considering the provision of lethal equipment. Ryder reiterated as other U.S. officials have that weapons from China could change the complexion of this war. The need for weapons may be a side of Russia's growing vulnerability here. It also may explain why Moscow is asking China for weapons stay tuned. National security correspondent JJ green tonight. In the meantime, to the politics now, Congress has approved more than 100 billion in assistance for Ukraine. At a house panel is trying now to make sure the money is going where it's supposed to go, as we hear from WTO Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller, Tuesday night. To your knowledge, every sensitive weapon is currently under control of those who should have them. Georgia Republican Andrew Clyde, questioning The Pentagon's inspector general Robert storch about how money for weapons is being spent. Where laser focused on this issue and engaged in robust oversight to make sure that's the case. Storage testifying before the House armed services committee says to date, the money has all tracked to the weapons purchases. Some House Republicans have made it clear they don't want more U.S. funding to go to Ukraine. But the panel's GOP chair, Mike Rogers, says President Biden and the U.S. have to remain committed. This conflict must end and the president must be willing to do what it takes to end it with victory. On Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller WTO news. Kevin Kelly, chairman and CEO of arc field on the efficiency of model based systems engineering. Today we use model based systems engineering. Whereas in the past we used to design things sequentially, we have to do things much faster now. We do concurrent engineering. Everybody builds their modules, simultaneously. And we have digital models that we input all of that data into to make sure that systems are going to interoperate with one another, and we can still control those interfaces. So in our field, we invest in our MBS E or model based systems engineering infrastructure. It's part of our ongoing R&D. We train our people. And how to use that. And it is a really enabling function that didn't exist 20 or 30 years ago, but it's absolutely critical now to hasten the pace of development. That's Kevin Kelly, chairman and CEO of arc field for more of this conversation go to federal news network dot com search arc field. This is WTO news. County council chambers and Largo were packed standing room only, in fact, as leaders locally and prince George's county voted through a bill aimed at stabilizing soaring rents. Ahead of the vote, counting executive Angela also Brooks stood with a majority of the county council to express her support for the measure. We refused to allow any prince George and to be priced out of their homes. The legislation puts a 3% cap on any rent hikes for the next year while a better solution gets studied. It generated emotional arguments for and against. I'm not asking for a handout. I'm asking for assistance to be able to live. And now I feel like I'm being personally attacked by this bill simply because I made a strategic plan. Only count them in Mel Franklin actually voted against it when you put it in practice, it's terrible for the communities that do. In Largo, John Doe and WTO, he news. London county sheriff's office once you're sneakers, the office raising funds from others against drunk driving by partnering with got sneakers. The program collects unwanted adult and children's sneakers, sneakers and good condition are distributed worldwide to people who need them, sneakers and poor condition will be ground into surfaces for playgrounds, tracks, and gym floors. The collection taking place throughout march at all sheriff's office stations located in loudoun county. Marilyn Mosby's federal perjury and mortgage fraud trial is now set to begin in November. It was delayed last month you may remember after her entire defense team quit. Public defender has been assigned to her case. This is the third time a trial date has been set for Baltimore's former top prosecutor. Prosecutors accused Mosby of lying about financial hardship during the pandemic to make early withdrawals from her retirement account. At 1147, there's a new recall affecting Nissan SUV. Nissan is recalling more than 800,000 small SUVs in the United States and Canada because a problem with the key can cause the ignition to shut up while they're being driven. The recall covers rogues from the 2014 through 2020 model years, as well as rogue sports from 2017 through 2022. Nissan says those SUVs have Jack knife folding keys that may not stay fully open. If driven with a key partially folded, a driver could touch the fob and inadvertently turning off the engine. Owners will be notified in March with an interim letter telling them not to attach anything else to the key ring. Nissan says they are still working on a remedy. Owners with keys that won't stay in the open position should contact their dealers. I'm Lisa dewy. The top stories we're following for you I double DT will pee tonight, federal Marshals shot and killed a man in southeast police say the man pointed a gun to his officers closed in to arrest him. Metro puts forward a plan now to modify the wheels under 7000 series cars to keep them from spreading apart on their axles. Keep it here on WTO for full details on these stories. In the minutes ahead, Tuesday evening, February 28th, where the time now is 1148. And good adventure rich honor in the WTO traffic center
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"Plans for a Pentagon task force to review US national security strategy in China and then Announcement that the Biden administration is levying sanctions against me and Mars military regime following this month's coup in the Southeast Asian country. President Biden also announced a new Pentagon task force will make recommendations for the U. S strategy toward China. Asked if he is interested in punishing Beijing for not being truthful about the virus last year The president said he is interested in getting all the facts. CBS NEWS White House correspondent way Judging Communication is a major challenge for health leaders trying to oversee distribution of covert 19 vaccine. It is a problem region wide, with vaccine going to hospitals, pharmacies and county health departments. One challenges communication, multiple systems being in place that don't talk to each other. Travis Scales health officer for Montgomery County briefing the Council of Governments board and there is no centralized Registration system, and Gail says it's hard to plan clinics for shots. When you only learn late Saturday the number of doses to be delivered on Tuesday Christi King W. T O P News, Prince George's county at large Council member Mel Franklin says Maryland's Cove in 19 vaccine distribution is racially discriminatory. So Franklin is calling on Governor Hogan the change the distribution plan to prioritize the county's hardest hit communities. In a statement, Franklin says Maryland has sent this from Fortunately, higher numbers of doses of counties that are smaller and less racially diverse them, French George's Franklin says. If there's no change, the Maryland General Assembly should mandate AH, more equitable virus vaccine distribution plan So far no reaction.
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"Dot com to learn more and schedule a console that her new Tyson's corner office that's your teeth dot com. Going to Bobby Miller in the traffic center. Well, on this night with precipitation around the region, no work stones they're setting up tonight. I'd be very surprised to see any of that You might go find some salt trucks out there. I'm sure you will, in some areas as the temperatures continue to drop and freezing conditions could indeed happened, especially north and west of the district with various forms of precipitation falling tonight and getting below the freezing mark in some areas, But for now, around the Beltway always quiet 3 95 95 66 each running without delay. And on the Maryland side running well on 50 out to the Bay Bridge. 95 B W Parkway in great shape between the Beltway's and up and down to 70. Things were running pretty freely in both directions. Probably Wtlv traffic Storm Team four's Briana Berman solo is here. What do you see now? Well, we're seeing that snow still falling to the North's ended will continue for the next several hours. If not 6 to 10 hours as we're tracking this big system headed our way in from the West. Now there's a winter storm warning in effect until 10 o'clock Good morning for areas to the north through northern Maryland, including Montgomery and Howard County's looking at 2 to 6 inches of snow there Washington a coating to two inches of snow by tomorrow morning and mostly just a wet snow to the south. Winter weather advisory does not extend South of D. C for your Thursday afternoon. We're looking at drawing conditions. Once all of this comes to an end. During the morning hours, we should see much of it. Melting Assim pictures rise above freezing for your Thursday afternoon, and for Thursday night through Friday morning, it looks like another shot at snow, with much of it falling to the south for the end of the week. Ice Freezing rain. Impossible possibility on Saturday. I check those current temperatures right now. In college park. It is 32 degrees freezing their Woodbridge, 34 degrees and Warrenton 33 degrees. We've got 34 in Bethesda as well. Brought to you by mattress warehouse by with confidence with one year price guarantee on Lee, a mattress warehouse sleep happens. Dot com. 8, 41 and new tonight two months before covered. 19 was first identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan, about 90 people were hospitalized with symptoms in central China that comes from investigators for the World Health Organization and the Wall Street Journal. Reports of those investigators have urged authorities to allow testing to determine whether the new virus was spreading. Earlier. Beijing says the first patient identified in China developed symptoms on December 8th 2019. But China's disclosures to the W. H O raised questions about whether the virus was already spreading in China as far back as October of 2019, and that the earlier detection could have helped contain it. With so few doses still available. The effort to get vaccinated for covert is frustrating. One health officials speaking for colleagues, region wide, says limited supplies are part of the problem Numbers game. You know the numbers don't match. Travis Scales health officer for Montgomery County briefing. The Council of Governments Board says one challenge of administering covert vaccine is increasing numbers of priority groups becoming eligible before previous groups have been inoculated. You increase more people coming in, you're needed without increasing the dose is you have exciting, just One example. 67,000 doses supplied 300,000 individuals eligible Christi King wt open in Prince George's County at large. Council member Mel Franklin says Maryland's covert 19 vaccine distribution is racially discriminatory. So Franklin is calling on Governor Larry Hogan to change the distribution plan to prioritize the county's hardest hit communities. In a statement, Franklin says that Maryland has sent disproportionately higher numbers of doses two counties that are smaller and less racially diverse than Prince George's County, Franklin says If there's no change, the Maryland General Assembly would mandate a more equitable virus vaccine distribution plan. So far, there's no reaction..
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Small businesses in Washington, DC's Prince George’s Co. have new option for pandemic relief
"Businesses and Prince George's County have a new way to get coronavirus relief grants thanks to a new program that just started today. This is about creating opportunity to keep the doors open for many of our smallest cos. Prince George's County Council member Mel Franklin says. It's a program that offers grants of 12 $3000 to businesses that have at most 10 employees in less than $250,000 in annual revenue. It's being put together by the PFC Black Chamber and advocacy group focused on black owned businesses in the county. The fund is starting off with at least $20,000 available. The demand for this fund is going too far outstripped the available funding. That's why Organizers are hoping for donations so they they can can keep keep the the program program going going for for awhile. awhile.