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"You listen wtop news it it is 315 I'm Mike Murillo thanks for being with us this afternoon tens tens of millions of Americans will be facing a huge financial burden again after a pause for the last few years because of the pandemic come October federal student loan repayments resume you might be among those wondering how to factor in in those payments after nearly three -and -a -half years of them being put on hold WTOP's Dimitri Sotis talks about that with the Washington Post's higher education reporter Danielle Douglas -Gabriel. See if your circumstances have changed in the last three years like if your income has increased or income has decreased and then the second thing would be to go to the Department of Education's website and look at their student loan estimator this is a great little calculator that lets you plug in some income data Well, how much you owe and get a sense of which repayment plan would best fit your life? Depending on your goals if you're to trying pay to it down faster if you're just trying to manage your monthly payments it gives you an option a couple of options that you select from when you get married or have a child or buying a house all of those major life milestones can really alter what your budget looks like and what's nice about the wealth of options Available to student loan borrowers is that there are different repayment plans that can tailor to meet those needs a lot of them are income -driven so if you're getting married and you have a combined income well that might change your calculation for how quickly you can pay down your loan or what repayment plan best fits your life even if you haven't closely followed the issue you probably the know US Supreme Court made it impossible for President Biden to follow through on a loan forgiveness program, a rather large one that he was planning now that that's off the table should we also stop thinking about loan forgiveness or are there any options? Well there are actually quite a lot of options that are have been built into the system for decades there is public service loan forgiveness for teachers, doctors, people who work in the nonprofit sector this allows you to get the balance of your loan forgiven after 10 years of payment there are loan forgiveness programs for people who are totally and permanently disabled, there are loan forgiveness programs for people who have been defrauded by their college but also I want to note that while the Biden administration lost its battle in the Supreme Court they are taking an alternative route to try to achieve that same loan forgiveness through federal regulatory process that'll take least at a year likely we'll face lawsuits but the fight is still on in their minds so I don't want them out just yet Washington Post higher education reporter Danielle Douglas -Gabriel it is time to check in on the stories we're working on for you. Here on WTOP a person of interest in custody after a busy pre -dawn shift from Montgomery County fire at least six suspicious fires were allegedly set just blocks away from one another the auto workers strike will drive up car prices but not right away unless consumers keep it here for full details on these stories in the minutes ahead it is 3 .18 traffic and weather on the 8th here on WTOP let's head over to Rick McClure in the WTOP traffic center and let's take you through the district Southwest I -395 the freeway with some volume slow spots west from the 3rd Street tunnel toward Main Avenue and east after Main Avenue toward South Capitol Street just volume only volume south on DC -295 and bending to East Capitol Street you're fine on the northbound side of DC -295 I -95 both sides looking good let's head over to Virginia I -95 South near the Prince William Parkway authorities are clearing the crash from the right side may have been shouldered by now and we have a work show along the northbound side after Thornburg taking the left lane and might see a few delays there other than that you'll catch other volume slow spots just here and there south through parts of Lorton and Woodbridge and of course the one I just through that work zone north through Thornburg and Fredericksburg 395 you're doing well 66 even better had brief a slow spot in Soderville on the westbound side but that's it over in Maryland Route 50 West still volume heavy along the eastbound side of the shore from Weymills toward the 301 split and continuing through Graysonville across the Narrows and midway across Kent Island that's where traffic sort of breaks up there's some testing going on affecting the ramps to Route 8 other than that just Volume no issues reported 3 lanes west 2 lanes east across the bay. BW Parkway starting to see a few volume out before and after Route 32 you're good on I -95 Maryland side 270 no problems there and starting to cloud up a bit in certain certain areas you might want to get out and get things done just in case the Beltway still rolling nicely at speed through
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"Passing 200 it's actually the first time in two decades the DC has chalked up more than 200 homicides a year for three straight years. We are at the scene of another senseless act of violence. Acting DC police chief Pamela Smith speaking where a Dunbar high school student was shot to death Tuesday afternoon. The student was killed while talking with a group not far from the school. A short while later a man was killed caught in crossfire at 13th and Savannah Street southeast. Each one of these homicide victims is a member of our community. The head of the DC police union Greg Pinto, head of the public safety committee has proposed a set of laws including stepped up searches and gun restrictions aimed raining at in the violence. Dick Iuliano, WTOP news. WTOP at 405. The other big story we're following this morning is a question can congress do what it takes to avoid an impending government shutdown just days away. If not we can see a government shutdown starting this weekend overnight Saturday early Sunday mornings when it would kick in. If that does happen actually how many feds will still need to report to work? If a deal isn't struck on time Jared Serbu with Federal News Network says there are about eight hundred sixty thousand out employees of the total of 2 .3 million feds in the civilian workforce that are not really going to suffer any consequences from a shutdown at all. They're classified as exempt because their agencies are funded differently not through the appropriations process. Then there are 659 ,000 accepted employees who must work even pay without during a shutdown but it's the first shutdown we will have had after the passage of a law that actually makes it guaranteed that every federal employee will get back pay. Mike Murillo, WTOP Locally in Loudoun County in a courtroom Tuesday a jury hearing testimony in the case against a fired school superintendent, former Loudoun County school superintendent Scott Ziegler is who we're talking about on trial right now. You may know for charges related to the school system's handling of two separate sexual assaults by the same student at two different high schools all happening in 2021. Erin Brooks was the first witness to testify in front of the jury. She's actually the teacher that Ziegler is accused of retaliating against for testifying before the attorney general's special grand hearing. What happened after that is Ms. Brooks who was celebrated as a excellent teacher was soon after recommended by the superintendents and not be renewed for the following school school year. So that's what's at stake in this jury trial. That was 7 News reporter Nick Menock who was in the court room on Tuesday. The trial continues later today, this Wednesday. We'll keep you updated on WTLP where the time now is 4 to be able to afford. Denise Woodson says the PE budget at Highland Park Elementary in Hyattsville is limited, so she's rolling a bin up and down the aisles here at leveling the playing field Silver Spring Warehouse, passing dozens of boxes worth of used sports equipment she can back take with her. Founder Max Levitt describes leveling the playing field as a food bank for sports equipment and we redistribute that equipment at no cost to local PE teachers, coaches, nonprofits. He says over 300 local programs come through here every year and with the help of volunteers who sort of they donations can come as often as they want and take as much as they need. Each student will probably be able to have their own ball after we get these in Silver Spring. Scott Gelman, WTOP news coming up after traffic and weather and your money news this early early Wednesday morning in the four a .m. hour on W .T .O .P. President Joe Biden makes history. This week we'll explain. Good morning, it's 4 .08. Get a Precision AC tune -up
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"President of the board Carla Sylvester says those findings will be released by Friday but parent Dawn Ayanoko -Han says that should have been done right away. No one has any faith in them. Teachers who are involved in this are really angry and upset. This comes after Joel Beidleman was promoted despite nearly a dozen harassment and bullying claims made against them. Even if only one person on the board knew about it, that person should have had the guts to vote no and say why. Cheyenne Coren, WTLP News. Speaking of education, test scores for some local students trending in the right direction this morning with one exception apparently. So they think about writing, no one wants to go down. But that's what happened on tests writing for Arlington students last year according to chief academic officer Gerald Mann. You'll see here eighth and of being course our 11th grade students overall we went down two percentage points. Superintendent Francisco Ron said the test only asks students to respond to a science or social studies text. So I just want to caution us that when at we look these results moving forward we are only looking at one specific type. Still school leaders say some curriculum changes should address help the dip. Overall the county reported gains in math science and social studies but reading scores remained about the same. We've come a long way but we have a long way to go. Scott Gelman, WTOP News. WTOP Wednesday morning at 107 almost a third of people who live in the district region do not know where their next next meal will actually come from. That is according to a new report this week from the area's largest food bank in the DC region. Almost one in three people faced food insecurity in the last year. That's according to the Capital Area Food Bank's Hunger Report for 2023 and more than half of families in need are families of color according to Radha Mathaya leads who the food bank. The ending of pandemic era government food subsidies and inflation are playing a part in this. says She getting the word out about food banks will help also lawmakers connect. Ensuring that the SNAP or food stamp program continues and is strengthened and some of the barriers to access to that program are removed. She also calls expanding for income based tax credits. In the district, Mike Murillo, WTOP News 107 on WTOP. Yeah, I'm so stressed. Our business is growing. We've got people all Ooma. What is that meditation? I'm recommending the Ooma cloud phone system with attendant auto and more than 50 features. Ooma? Yep, switching to Ooma is a cinch. Just $24 95 per month per user plus taxes and fees. Ooma. Now you're feeling Find it. small business calm at Ooma dot com slash radio. That's Ooma dot com video. You're with WTOP and Dean Lane morning, Wednesday September 13th. Welcome in 108 on WTOP. Glad you're with us. We had a precision AC tune up for only $59. Good morning to Rich Hunter and the WTOP traffic center. Hi, good morning Dean again. You're dealing with high standing water still the on Beltway on the Interloop approaching Colesville Road. And again, you're squeezing by to the far right. no real There's warning getting to
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Plan your visit at hillwoodmuseum Good Wednesday morning, September 27th, three welcome in it'll be partly sunny comfortable today 65 to 70 for the high before we're done we're at 60 straight up in auditions capital right now Wednesday morning we thank you for taking us along for your early 3 a .m. dropping our ride the local stories were following for you this morning the teenager was shot to death locally Tuesday afternoon near Dunbar High School propelling the city's homicide toll past 200 this morning acting DC police chief Pamela Smith says the victim had just left Dunbar High and was chatting with a group of individuals at New Jersey Avenue and P Street Northwest one of the members of that group pulled out a gun and fired multiple times striking victim our there was another shooting death at 13th and Savannah Street Southeast they are more than just numbers each one is someone's family member that was taken too soon DC council member Brooke Pinto has proposed a plan to crack down on gun violence with increased surveillance and searches the head of the DC police union Greg Pemberton blames the more than 200 homicides in the city on past council policies he says have cut police nothing to one of the lowest levels in decades Dick Iuliano WTOP news WTOP at 304 or this piece of local news has national and international implications as well this morning if Congress does fail to come together with any sort of a spending plan starting this weekend early on Sunday the scheduled time we could see a government shutdown actually happened if that happens a big percentage of the more than 2 .3 million feds will still need to report to work the first group of feds who will have to show up are the 860 ,000 exempt employees because their paychecks are funded differently that can come from a variety of different funding sources that can come actual from fees that are paid to an agency some agencies are just not funded by the traditional congressional appropriations process those are people who are paid by appropriations and so will not get paid as soon as those appropriations would run out. But the good news for them is a recent law change will assure that they do get back pay once everything's over. Murillo, Mike WTOP News. WTOP at 305 Wednesday morning. Locally in a Loudoun County this week a jury hearing testimony in the case Tuesday against fired superintendent of schools former Loudoun County School Superintendent Scott Ziegler is on trial right now for charges that came as a result of how school the system handled two different sexual assaults by the same student at two different schools all back in 2021. Erin Brooks a teacher who was called to testify before the special grand jury was the very first witness. She had a Student in her classroom that was inappropriately touching her. She testified that this student would inappropriately touch her and a teacher's aid 20 to 40 times a day over a span of several days during the school day. So over a period of several months she was trying to get the attention of school staff. She felt like the school system wasn't taking that seriously. We have a news reporter, Nick Menock, who was in the courtroom. Ziegler is accused of retaliating against Brooks at that time by firing trial her. expected That to continue later today this Wednesday. We'll keep you updated on WTOP. WTOP had 3 .07 heroic moments after a fiery crash locally in Loudoun County, a Good Samaritan put his own life at risk to save a driver who was trapped in the hospital. And his left arm? It'll take about six weeks for Mark Pembleton to fully recover from all that. He jumped in and helped save a driver who was trapped in a semi that was on fire last week on Route 28. When I ran around the truck, I seen him on fire, crawling through, I believe, his windshield. Pembleton, a U .S. Navy veteran, grabbed the driver and was able to get him to safety, but it wasn't easy. I looked down at my arms and I seen how burnt they were and skins kind of looked like it was melted off. 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"Avoid a government shutdown. Keep it here for full details on these stories in the minutes 1 -18. Time for traffic and weather. On the 8th, Mike Murillo and the WTOP Traffic Center. And we're watching things on the beltway this hour. Let's begin in Maryland. a We have wreck or crash being reported at the Baltimore -Washington Parkway. We're being told that two lanes on the left get by, but the two right lanes are blocked due to this crash. Emergency vehicles on the scene. So they're hoping to get that thing cleared up. But right now you are seeing some delays in that area. Also a report of a potential another crash at Road. Annapolis They're sending firefighters out there to check on that, so we'll keep you posted on that. Let's go to what we were also talking about this afternoon. The other big slowdown. 395 going into DC at the 14th Bridge. Street We still have some delays building back into Pentagon City on 395 going into DC due to that crash right there right past GW Parkway. The GW Parkway ramp to get onto southbound. GW A Parkway from 395 remains blocked. Two right lanes at last were getting by even though they've moved the so camera, we can't tell exactly, but there's at least one lane to two lanes getting by getting into DC, but you can't get onto the southbound GW Parkway from there. Inside DC we're watching some work zones that continue on both sides of DC 295 between Benning Road and Eastern Avenue, so you'll see those continue to slow things up if you're in those areas. The US Small Business Administration can help you start, manage, and grow your small business. Learn how at
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"At 58 degrees in Washington now. Good morning to you. I'm Dean Blaine. you We thank for taking us along for your early 1 a .m. hour Wednesday morning ride. We begin the ride this morning with the latest on a passenger who was shot to death this week happened Tuesday afternoon yesterday near Dunbar High propelling the city's homicide toll past 200 this morning. Acting DC police chief Pamela Smith says the victim had left just Dunbar High and was chatting with a group of individuals at New Jersey Avenue and P Street Northwest. the One of members of that group pulled out a gun and fired multiple times striking our victim. They are more than just numbers. Each one is someone's family member that That was taken too soon. DC council member Brooke Pinto has proposed a plan to crack down on gun violence with increased surveillance and searches. The head of the DC police union Greg Pemberton blames the more than 200 homicides in the city on past council policies he says have cut police staffing to one of the lowest levels in people in the United States. If fails Congress to come together on a spending plan this States. Starting actually early Sunday we could see a government shutdown actually happen and if that happens a big percentage of the more than 2 .3 million feds will still need to report to work. The first group of feds who will have to show up are the 860 ,000 exempt employees because their paychecks are funded differently. That can come from a variety of different funding sources that can come from special fees that are paid to an agency. Some agencies are just not funded by the traditional congressional appropriations process. Those are people who are paid by appropriations and so will not get paid as soon as those would appropriations run out. But the good news for them is a recent law change will assure that they do get back pay once everything is over. Mike Murillo, WTOP News. WTOP at 105. paid. In a Loudoun County courtroom, a jury heard testimony yesterday, Tuesday, in the case against, that is, a fired school superintendent. We're talking, of course, about former Loudoun County school superintendent Scott Ziegler this morning Wednesday on trial now for charges that came as a result of how the school system handled two separate sexual assaults by the same student at two different schools, all happening back in 2021. Now Erin Brooks, a teacher who was called to testify before the special grand jury, was the very first witness. She had a student in her classroom that was inappropriately touching her. She testified that this student would inappropriately touch her and a teacher's aide 20 to 40 times a day over a span of several days during the school day. So over a period of several months she was trying to get the attention of school staff. She felt like the school system wasn't taking that seriously. Seven News reporter Nick Minock on WLP, he was in the courtroom this week. Ziegler is accused of retaliating against Brooks by firing her. The trial is expected to continue today. We'll keep you updated. Heroic moments after a fiery crash in Loudoun County, a good Samaritan put his own life at risk this week to save a driver who was trapped in a burning tractor trailer. The entire top of my head is burnt with second -degree burns. And his left arm? It's burnt from the fingers all the way up to above my elbow. It'll take about six weeks for Mark Pembleton to fully recover from all that. He jumped in and helped save a driver who was trapped in a semi that was on fire last week on Route 28. When around I ran the truck, I seen him on fire crawling through, I believe, his windshield. Pembleton, a U .S. Navy veteran, grabbed the driver and was able to get him to safety, but it wasn't easy. I looked down at my arms and I seen how burnt they were and skin the just kind of looked like it was melted off. He describes the fire as being so hot that he felt he might burst into flames. Nick Ionelli, WTOP News. Exogen thermometers are proven to be more accurate than non -contact thermometers. With children back at school, keeping them healthy is important. Clinical studies have proven that non -contact thermometers are inaccurate and can miss fevers. Accuracy matters. That's why the exogen thermometer is trusted and used by medical professionals. Exogen thermometers are available at Walgreens and other participating retailers. Choose a trusted and accurate thermometer for personal use. Learn more about why accuracy matters at exogen .com. Good morning, welcome in. You're with Dane Lane on WTOP. Wednesday morning, September 27th. Time now on WTOP as 108. Get a precision AC tune -up for only $59. Michael Hansen. How weather big on in the 8th and when it breaks 24 -7, good Wednesday morning to Rich Hunter with us in the WTOP Traffic Center. Good morning, Dean. As of late, a pretty quiet ride headed into the district so far. No issues on I -295 or DC 295. Pretty good trip so far along Suitland Parkway and South Capitol Street, York Avenue, Northeast to Northwest without early issue. Also running well on both sides of the freeway, both 395 and 695 between the Potomac and Anacostia River bridge crossings. No major issues in your way. Did have Northwest a closure in of U Street between 17th and 15th Streets. That was due to a police investigation, but no update from the front of the line as of late. Just be careful if you're headed over that way. Maryland Beltway Interloop as you approach and pass George Avenue to right lanes past the construction on the outer loop working in all locations in Prince George's County between 210 and St. Barnabas Road and then between Ritchie Marlboro Road and Central Avenue. In each case getting by the work zones two lanes left and the good news is as of late
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"Murillo and thanks for being with us this evening. Now to the latest on Campaign 2024 here on WTOPB. GOP debate. CBS News Special Report. Candidates have come out swinging in the first GOP debate of the 2024 presidential election on Fox News. Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley talking about the country's debt and calling out the men standing around her. You have Ron DeSantis, you've got Tim Scott, you've got Mike Pence. They all voted to raise the debt and Trump Donald added 8 trillion to our debt. Trump decided not to debate former Vice President Mike Pence talking about the current president and one of his current rivals, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Joe Biden has weakened this country at home and abroad. Now is not the time for on the job training. We don't need to bring in a rookie. We don't need to bring in people without experience. Ramaswamy pushing back. I just want to respond to Mike for one second because he invoked me back. Listen, now that everybody's gotten their memorized prepared slogans out of the way, we can actually have a real discussion now. The Iowa caucuses are in less than five months. CBS News special report. I'm Matt Piper. Stay tuned to WTOP. We're continuing to follow things at the debate here for you this evening on WTOP, of course, and wtop .com our website. It is WTOP. To add to your family, Fairfax County's animal shelter invites you to stop by this weekend for its clear the shelters event. With it, pet adoption fees are waived. It is 955. Sports at 25 and 55 powered by Maximus. Moving people and innovation forward. That's bringing Frank Anrahan. Just one final from New York as the Yankees finally end their nine -game losing skid being the Nationals. Nine to one. Nats can only manage three hits on the night Dominic Smith solo homer in the ninth avoided the shutout Aaron Judge popping out three
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"Classified as exempt because our agencies are funded differently not solely through the appropriations process then there are six hundred fifty nine thousand accepted employees who must work even without pay during a shutdown but it's the first shutdown we will have had after the passage of a law that actually makes it guaranteed that every federal employee will get back back. Mike Murillo, WTOP News. In a Loudoun County courtroom today a jury heard testimony in the case against a fired school superintendent former Loudoun County school superintendent Scott Ziegler on trial now for charges related to the system's handling of a pair of sexual assaults by the same student at two different high was back in twenty twenty one Aaron Brooks was the first witness to testify in front of the jury she's the teacher that Ziegler accused is of retaliating against for testifying before the Attorney General's special grand jury in this case Ziegler is accused of firing that instructor the trial continues tomorrow notices of possible layoffs at a hiring freeze at Metro could start in the next few months if nothing is done about a looming budget deficit that's the word from leaders of the transit agency tonight they say they need hundreds of millions more dollars than planned from DC Maryland and Virginia next year to help fight off these large cuts Metro leaders explained that the cuts would hurt your service just as Metro's finally beginning to dig out from the pandemic although a drop in ridership related to the pandemic worsened Metro's financial
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"Be called food stamps. For Altamon Wilkes. He admits when he committed felony drug crimes more than a decade ago. My entrepreneurial endeavors were misguided. After serving 14 years in prison, he got out and began a grocery store in a food desert first in Hagerstown and another in Frederick, Maryland. But he says one thing he couldn't offer customers was the ability to buy groceries with SNAP food assistance benefits because he says the USDA turned him down due to his convictions. I never thought that my past transgressions would be used against me. He says he hopes his case will lead to the policy changes in which a criminal past doesn't bar someone from accepting SNAP benefits. The USDA says it does not comment on ongoing litigation. Mike Murillo, WTOP news. You can read more on this story Now it's time to check your candle supply again. Target is recalling more than 2 million candles due to possible cuts and burns by those who use them. That's according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The recall impacts threshold -branded glass jar candles sold in multiple sizes and various scents. Regulators say the jars of the candles can break during use and that creates a risk for burns and cuts. Back in May, Target recalled nearly 5 million threshold candles because of similar safety concerns. More details, go to wtop com and search recall. Here's your Chill On Money question of the day. Jesse from Nebraska asks, I'm 31 years old and married with a seven month old daughter. My parents have graciously decided to fund a 529 plan for us. My husband will have a good pension when he retires. I've just a started new job and I'm wondering if I should use the retirement plan at work or just contribute to a Roth IRA. Well, Jesse, regardless of how good or bad the plan is, if there's a company match, then you need to tribute up to that matching level. Otherwise you'd be leaving free money on the table. If it's a good plan, I'm plan inclined to have you use the workplace plan. Have a question? Go to ChillOnMoney .com. do it. Sports at 25 and 55, powered by Red River. Technology aren't decisions black
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"Good afternoon. I'm Ann Kramer. I'm Shawn Anderson. Our top local story this hour on WTOP also has national and implications. international If Congress fails to come together on a spending plan starting early Sunday we could see a federal government shutdown. And if that happens, a big percentage of point the more than 3 million 2 Feds will still need to report to work. Let's find out more from WTOP's Mike Murillo. The first group of Feds who will have to show up are the 860 ,000 exempt employees because their paychecks are funded That can come from a variety of different funding sources. That can come from special fees that are paid to an agency. Some agencies are just not funded by the traditional Congressional appropriations process. And Jared Serbu with Federal News Network says there are 659 ,000 accepted employees. Those are people who are paid by appropriations and will not get paid as soon as those appropriations would run out. But the good news for them is a recent law change will assure that they do get back pay once everything is over. Mike Murillo, WTOP News. Amazon has been hit with a major antitrust lawsuit. 17 states, including Maryland and the FTC say Amazon has become a monopoly. Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli joined us earlier to explain the basis of the suit. There's two major claims of this FTC lawsuit. The first is that Amazon .com is pay to play for their sellers. And basically in order for you to be successful as a seller on Amazon, you need to buy lots of advertising, which comes at a cost. And you also need to be part of Amazon's FBA program, its logistics program so that you could be part of prime. Now she says, as a result, the fees on the sellers have drastically increased in recent years years, and Amazon sellers have the lowest prices on the internet, meaning everywhere else prices for the same things are much higher. Now this is the third antitrust lawsuit brought forward by the government against Big Tech. It's 505 in a Loudoun County courtroom today. A jury has been hearing testimony in the case against Loudoun fired County school superintendent Scott Ziegler. He's on trial for charges that came as a result of how the school system handled two sex assaults by the same student at two different schools back in 2021. It was a case that helped upend the dynamic of politics in the Virginia Commonwealth. Ziegler's accused of retaliating against a teacher was called to testify before the special grand jury by firing her trial is expected to continue tomorrow. A local nonprofit has been helping young athletes across our region get sports equipment that is far too expensive for them to buy on their own. WTOP Scott Gelman has our story. One by one Jason Aquilani removed used baseballs from a bin here at leveling the playing field Silver Spring Warehouse. He comes once a year to get equipment for his group which runs after -school baseball programs for Title I schools in Montgomery County. Needed some gloves for the kids because we're going to on be working defense, fielding balls, catching balls. Founder Max Levitt calls leveling the playing field a food bank for sports equipment. It gets sorted with the help of a thousand volunteers every year and benefits over 300 community groups. They can come as often as they want. They can take as much as they need. About 80 to 90 percent of equipment here is donated to Prince George's in Montgomery County in D .C. It's a shame that people throw them away but it's great for the kids that are benefiting from it. In Silver Springs, Scott Gelman, WTOP News. Heroic moments after a fiery crash in Loudoun County. A Good Samaritan put his own life at risk to save a driver who was trapped in a burning tractor trailer. The entire top of my head is burnt with second -degree burns. And his left arm? It's burnt from the fingers all the way up to above my elbow. It'll take about six weeks for Mark Pembleton to fully recover from all that. He jumped in and helped save a driver who was trapped in a semi that was on fire last week on Route 28. When seen I ran around him the truck, on I fire crawling through I believe his windshield. Pembleton, a US Navy veteran, grabbed the driver and was able to get him to safety, but it wasn't easy. I looked down at my arms and I seen how burnt they were and skins kind of look like it was melted off. He describes the fire as being so hot that he felt he might burst into flames. I'm WTOP Kynellie News. Hattie McDaniel's best supporting actress Oscar in 1939 for Gone with the Wind is one of the most important moments in Academy Award history. McDaniel was the first African -American to an win Oscar. It would be a half century before another black woman again won an acting award. Now the actual whereabouts of the award have long been unknown. Now the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has created a replacement of McDaniel's legendary Academy Award. It's being gifted to Howard University. The film Academy says today the replacement award will result at the university's Chadwick Boseman College of Fine Arts. Oscar's going to be presented in a ceremony titled, Hattie's Come Home on October the 1st. Coming up in money news after traffic
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"Lewis with the Top Local Stories. We're following this hour. Two area grandparents on their way to do their civic duty were hit by a car and killed last election day. And now there's been a conviction in that case. Miguel and Anna Ortiz were walking across the street to the elementary school in their Gaithersburg neighborhood on Election Day 2022. They were hit and killed by the Prius being driven by Devinder Singh. Now a Montgomery County judge has found Singh guilty of homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol as well as DUI and other charges. He faces up to 10 years in prison and $14 ,000 in fines. Prosecutor John McCarthy says Singh has a history of driving under the influence. He'll ask for the maximum when Singh is sentenced in October. Neil Aude can stain WTOP news. A suspect is under arrest in connection with a deadly shooting near Howard University last month and that suspect is shockingly just 14 years old. The boy is accused of killing a construction worker on July 13th near the intersection of 6th and Bryant Streets Northwest. Police say 34 -year -old Rafael Adolfo Gomez was gunned down during an attempted robbery. The teen is charged with felony murder while armed. Meantime, the search continues for some other young people suspected of attacking a daytime D .C. restaurant owner last week. Like clockwork every morning since opening Brooklyn Grill in Brooklyn, Charles Ogu would deliver supplies to his restaurant at 4. But last Wednesday as he was doing that he says attacked he was by a group of teenagers. Besides being stabbed his head also hit the pavement. He says they then stole his rental car and he was left on the street until someone called police. For his wife Julie she only out found her husband was in the ICU after looking for him. As he recovers now she thanks the community for its support and while she doesn't have a message for those who did this. Well the message is to the parents. Why don't you know where your children are? Mike Murillo, UTOP News. While many people were sound asleep U .S. soccer fans gathered at local bars around here. They were up to watch the U .S. women's national team scrape by to the stage of the Women's World Cup after a scoreless tie with Portugal. Well over a hundred fans shouted and groaned during the two -hour game here at Franklin Hole. Fun memory to like tell our kids someday that we got up at 3 a .m. to watch a game at the bar next door. I wouldn't have made it alone. This is group therapy. Beer floated in the first half and coffee in the second half but even more jitters. It was not the dominating win many were hoping for but there was slight relief as many fans filed out of the bar at 5 a .m. You know I mean we won it two times in a row but no one's ever won it three times in a row so optimistic though. Northwest D .C. Luke Luger, WTOP News. U .S. Women's National Team plays again on and Sunday we'll have more in the game coming up with our sports report and Dave Preston. Yes indeed. 707 now if you're looking for fun events around town this month mark your calendars. Get Guide. ready for Beyonce at FedEx Field. Snoop Dogg plays Jiffy Lube live. The chicks rock Meriwether. Jadakiss hits Howard Theatre. Joan Jatt rocks the Atlantis. Lionel Richie hits Capital One Ring. Disturbed rock. Disturbed rocks Jiffy Lube live. Ali Wong cracks
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"Mike Murillo, WTOP News. You're gonna find out more about entering the contest at WTOP com. Now after traffic and weather, these twin movie blockbusters are still going strong sales -wise. It's 508. Get a Precision AC tune -up for only traffic and weather on the 8th. Let's go to Rita Keslery in the traffic center this morning. Thanks Michelle. Right now the after effects of the storms that we had over the weekend are really what are still sticking around, plus a accidents few to worry about as well. Now if you're on the Beltway, it is the outer loop after River Road. The wreck along the left side. Still seeing some delays right now from River Road headed past the scene, but you are staying to the right to get by. Callers report southbound 295 before South Capitol Street and Joint Pace, one left lane getting by the wreck, but not really seeing much of a delay. Now we have some closures in the district due to the storm damage. This would include Canal Road between Fox Hall and Reservoir, 34th Street between Elm Street and Ordway Street, Nevada Avenue between Military and Legation Street, and Loughborough between Road the Chain Bridge and Macomb Street. Now in Maryland it is the southbound Baltimore -Washington Parkway at 195. The left lane is blocked with the wreck, but you can take that left exit to the airport. Southbound Connecticut Avenue between Veers Mill and Adams Drive, all lanes finally reopened, they fixed all the activity there, we do but have two points of closures on MacArthur Boulevard between Mohican Road and Weill -Honding Road, also between Wilson Lane and Blackburn Drive, all of this because of downed wires or downed trees in the area. 450 Defense Highway in Annapolis west of
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"Of the business behind me conducting business on behalf of the armored car company. Acting Deputy Chief of Prince George's County Police Zachary O 'Leary says a person was killed by that Brinks employee after they went behind the counter. What transpired between that, that's what we're investigating right now. Detectives could be seen combing through the store and talking to witnesses. Brinks confirms that an employee was involved in the incident here. Starbucks says its employees are safe and that the store will remain closed as it provides care for employees and also says its thoughts remain with the customers, family and loved ones. In Forestville, Mike Murillo, WTOP News. New tonight on WTOP, a man is in critical condition after a hit and run in Southeast DC earlier. Police say this was about 6 30 p .m. on Martin Luther King Jr Avenue in Southeast. Officers found a man who'd been hit by a car. He was unconscious. He wasn't breathing. He was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. Police are now on the lookout for a silver Mercedes they believe was involved in the hit and run parts of MLK Jr Avenue in Southeast have been closed while police investigate and were of all course watching of that the traffic situations across the DMV with traffic and weather on the 8th man in critical condition in DC after a hit and run. Other news now that leaders in one of the area's biggest counties have passed a bill to cap rent hikes. Will renters actually get the relief they're looking for or will the shortage of housing just get worse? Alex Rossello is with the Apartment in Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington. His reaction to the vote to cap rent increases at six percent in Montgomery County kind of feels like the county real estate industry. Rossello says other actions in Montgomery County will chill future expansion of rental housing. They okayed a property tax hike of four point seven percent. They doubled the recordation Matt Losack with the Renters Alliance says the fact is Montgomery County and the DC region are very profitable regions for rental housing. There are roughly four hundred thousand renters in Montgomery County. Kate Bryan, WTOP News. Maryland's governor says that he'll get the troubled Purple Line light rail system back track on but the state is still shelling out more money than expected because of project delays. Maryland Matters reports the state's Board of Public Works has approved yet another extension and another 148 million dollars to Purple Line Transit partners for cost overruns. Governor Wes Moore says the overruns happened on the watch of previous administrations. The Purple Line was supposed to cost around six billion dollars, a little less than that, and open last year. Of course not it's yet open, now set to start in the spring of 2027 with a cost approaching 10 billion dollars. The MLS all -star game drew a full stadium of fans to Audi Field where the best of MLS the faced the powerful British team Arsenal and Arsenal all the way, 5 -0. Quite a beat down but here, let's hear how the fans have been reacting and enjoying themselves from WTLP's Dick Guiliano. Make no mistake, there's love for the MLS all -stars, but most of these fans love Arsenal, the British club, with fans worldwide and of course namesake teams everywhere. As I started playing for the Virginia Arsenal in 1972, fans arrived in groups small and large and plenty of kids their wearing soccer unis filed into the stadium with their parents. My son plays, my daughter used to play, just and love I the game. It's called the beautiful game for a reason. Mother Nature cooperated with the big game providing a warm dry summer night for fans to catch all the action. We came out to support our squad and show love and have a good time. Outside Audi Field, Dicculiano WTOP News. Let's turn now to the overhaul for one of the most dangerous intersections in the nation's capital. Construction Works gets underway to make it safer. Let's all say Thomas Circle. Construction is starting this month and it's expected to continue through late 2024 at Dave Thomas Circle in Northeast, where First Street in New York and Florida avenues all converge. Mayor Mariel Bowser. We are ready to transform this chaotic and dangerous intersection. When it's done, it's going to look completely different. They're going to add two way traffic to First Street, put in protected bicycle lanes and build three public park spaces. It's a 41 million dollar infrastructure project for the city. In will the city also be renaming the intersection if you'd like to vote on that new name. We've got the link at wtop .com. FBI Director Christopher Wray was at the Bureau's Baltimore Office Field today, but we're not learning anything more about the shooting death of Roy McGrath as a result. The Baltimore Banner Wray reports defended the agency's lack of transparency in its investigation into the shooting death of the former aide of former Republican Governor Larry Hogan. It's been more than three months since McGrath, who was supposed to stand trial in Baltimore fraud on and embezzlement charges, died in a confrontation with FBI agents in Tennessee. He'd been on the run for three weeks before that. The FBI called it an agent -involved shooting. It's provided no other information as the internal investigation continues, and the FBI director says he's got no word that that investigation is ending. McGrath's attorney, Joseph Murtha, said that the FBI should be more forthcoming. Coming up here on WTOP, we're going to take a closer look at what the overseas markets are doing as we bring you money news every half hour. Stay with us now at 11 .08. Get a Precision AC tune -up for only $59. Traffic and weather on the 8s and when breaks. it Rich Hunter in the traffic center. Alright Dimitri, we'll start off on the Beltway. First in Virginia on the Interloop as you head north of Georgetown Pike to right past the GW Parkway before you get to the Legion Bridge. to the It's left that two gets you lanes by the work zone. Brief slow down there. So watch out. Earlier crash Adderloop at Central Avenue confined to the right shoulder if not already completely wrapped up and cleared. So again all lanes are open. No delay there as well. Now 50 problematic to say the least. Inside the Beltway between 202 and the Beltway actually. They are working in both directions. If you're traveling eastbound it's a single left lane gets you by westbound headed toward the district. Single right lane gets by and them keep just be aware on the westbound side before you get to the district line near the interchange Kenilworth Avenue and DC 295. Reports of a crash police and fire headed that way. 395 South at Duke Street. The disabled clear from the left side northbound working before Duke Street in a single right lane and after Washington Boulevard squeezing by single file right past the work and then in the you district come as out of the district toward the 14th Street Bridge southbound just before the bridge. Crash confined right to the shoulder. All lanes are now open. Don't miss VRE's fair free Fridays. Ride any train for free each Friday through September 1st visit VRE .org. Rich Hunter WTO traffic. to Next Veronica Johnson. A warm and muggy evening. I only expect a stray shower or thunderstorm. non -severe the way it's looking now. We'll have some patchy fog forming overnight
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"Eye for you good afternoon I'm Mark Lewis the top local stories were following recent mass shootings in Baltimore and Salisbury have rattled Maryland over the long July 4th weekend afterwards Maryland's governor Wes Moore is vowing to stop the gun violence when we look at the realities of what's happened in our communities it had very real human impact governor Moore says in the last eight years Maryland homicides and nonfatal shootings have nearly doubled we know who the individuals are we know the communities where this is lasting we've got to make sure that we're actually providing supports and flooding resources and making sure that these individuals do not end up as either a victim or a perpetrator of violence to more that means tighter gun laws arresting criminals and funding education in the areas facing gun violence they just want to feel safe Luke Garrett WTOP news to hear the full conversation with the governor check out the DMV download podcast recreational pot sales are off to a big start in Maryland after becoming legal July first last Friday through Sunday retail sales of medical and recreational pot topped 10 million dollars that's nearly six million more than the same weekend last year it was when medical cannabis sales only and now a local police chief as a warning for community members who were thinking about selling the drug themselves they can go purchase it they can't sell it Montgomery County police chief Marcus Jones tells WTOP the department is working with state's attorney John McCarthy's office talking about what the county will do in response to calls for service or complaints about marijuana use but for the public he says they can gift it but they can't sell it right so but we're still having conversations surrounding how we will approach that the department hasn't focused on a strong enforcement effort for such a thing Jones but anticipates it's something the county may have to address and for complaints about use in condos or apartment buildings Jones recommends contacting building managers to figure out what the lease management company's policy is Scott Gelman, WTOP News. We're learning more details about the crash along Interstate 95 in Virginia where two people were killed and traffic was tied up for hours in the Stafford County the county area yesterday. Virginia State Police have identified the victims as 50 year old Jonathan Booth of Fredericksburg and 67 year old Kevin Padu of Quinton, Virginia the driver of the tractor trailer, 58 year old Wheelman Andrews of Carrollton, Virginia suffered minor and injuries was later arrested for reckless driving. Police say he attempted to change lanes when he collided with Booth in his Nissan Altima. That caused both vehicles to collide with Padu who was driving a Subaru Forester. The tractor trailer which was carrying 78 thousand pounds of beer overturned onto both cars. Police say their investigation continues. New this afternoon, a DC based non -profit bred for the city which supports underserved communities has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the city's practice of sending police officers rather than mental health providers to respond to mental health emergencies. Lawyers for bread for the city say DC's emergency response system fails to provide the same level of care for people in mental health crisis as for those in physical health crisis. The city so far has not commented on that lawsuit. Twitter has changed in terms of many how tweets you can view in a single day may have irked a number of folks, but for public agencies it is more than just an annoyance. I'm not going to mention that. Third Alexandria police says the department is not in panic mode because they reach out to you in many ways, but he feels move the to limit daily tweet views to a thousand for non -paying users is heavier than Twitter realizes. I know in Oregon where there's wildfires, their main mode of communication is Twitter. Pete Perringer with Montgomery County Fire and EMS says Twitter should consider exempting public agencies from the tweet limits. It's a simple fix, probably for a platform like Twitter to give priority. Twitter's response to an email comment seeking was the poop emoji. Mike Murillo, WTOP News. Now if you're considering Threads, WTOP's Neil Oginstein has been taking it for a spin. It's a competitor to Twitter. Threads is available in Google Play and the App Store. There's no desktop version right now. It's linked to your Instagram so with a few clicks you can follow and be followed by the people you know Each Instagram. post can be up to 500 characters and you can add a photo, video or link. There's no direct messages for now but you can apply some of Instagram's privacy settings. By the way, my two teens have never heard of Threads. Your window for trying to impress yours probably won't stay open long. Neil Ikenstein, WTOP News. up on Coming WTOP and Money News. If it's just about the paycheck Virginia business schools can deliver, I'm Jeff Glabo. It's 1208. Get a Precision AC tune -up for only $59. Michael and Now traffic and weather on the 8th. Let's go to Dresner Steve in the WTOP Traffic Center. Thanks for watching! Thanks for watching! For more WTOP weather sales we We are seeing some pretty heavy precipitation move over portions of the Capitol Bellway in Montgomery want to hear from you. Come on over to New Hampshire Avenue. It's coming down a bit and what we can tell you, rightfully so, is that folks are backing down speeds the a So it is slow on the Bellway from Montgomery County from the area of New Hampshire Avenue all the way over down to the American Legion Bridge pretty good in both directions over
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"And I'm Anne Kramer. top The local stories were following for you this hour while you were sleeping. DC police are investigating a series shootings, of including one mass shooting that injured nine people. It happened early this morning. Mass shooting happened around two along Meade Street in Northeast, a nine year old and a 17 year old among the injured. Police say the injured were outside celebrating the holiday when they were shot by someone driving by in a dark colored SUV. All those on Meade Street are expected to survive. Police are looking for that SUV this morning. Among the other seven shootings in the district yesterday, people were shot to death around 4 30 in the afternoon in the area of North Capitol on Patterson Street in Northeast. were the victims. Police say man was shot by one of injured. Even before Then nine last night, police found a man open shot on Livingston Road in Southeast. He died at a hospital. in We'll need to continue follow to the story all morning and bring you updates. They came from far and wide to watch the fireworks show in DC on Independence Day and WTO PS Mike Marillo was among the thousands there along the National Here along the National Mall, the crowd oohed and awed as the sky lit up behind the Washington in monument. Amazing. Oh, my God. Amazing. Absolutely awesome. It was it was pretty nice. The kids really loved it. Young Zenna even gave play by play as the fireworks happened. Look, look, look, people were killed. There's a there's lot and there's everything left. For a lot of first timers here, this was a bucket items list Joel came from Atlanta with his family. I think it's akin to going to New York times square on New Year's Eve. It's a it's an American thing. I think it's American American play. Can't get any more American than D. C. On people were killed. On the National Mall, Mike Murillo, WTOP News. 505, we are looking at some very unhealthy air – air levels across parts of our area today. 7 news First Alert meteorologist Bryan Van de Graef has details. Let's talk air air quality versus weather. You have current conditions and you have forecast conditions. Currently, right now across the metro area, we the suspect continued to face charges. Now, the video shows time acquiring a girlfriend. But in fact police are investigating a air quality day, which is unhealthy for sensitive groups. Those with heart or respiratory ailments should limit their time out of doors. last During night's fireworks, parts of the area went into code purple. But Bryan says those pollutants have disappeared breeze. thanks to Stay with a WTOP for the latest weather conditions. We'll have it for you every 10 minutes. Fireworks are to blame for house a fire in Stafford County late last night that's left seven people without a place to stay. The Stafford County Fire Marshal's Office says the fire on Smelters Trace Road started as a result of used fireworks not being put out properly. The four people inside the house were all able to get out. That fire then spread to an adjacent house. Three people were in that home. They also got out safely. No one was injured. Cross The Red is helping those families. Remembering a fallen Maryland firefighter. WTOP's Kate Ryan tells community us the where he served will remember the young man's life and career. A public viewing will be held in Hollywood in St. Mary's County for 25 -year -old Bryce Trosbach who was killed while fighting a fire in a Leonardtown last home week. Trosbach was a Naval District Washington firefighter who also served as a volunteer firefighter off the Naval Air Station Patuxent River base. He died after falling through the floor in house fire. The cause of that fire remains under investigation. Thursday, funeral services will be held at the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department. Maryland State Highway Administration officials say travel displays should be expected in the area. Kate Ryan, WTOP News. A new report out this morning suggests that race, ethnicity and neighborhood are the biggest predictors of whether a person Northern in Virginia will live past the age of 75. The report from the Center on Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University says those three factors had an even bigger impact during the COVID -19 pandemic because of disruptions in health care for marginalized communities. Researchers studied the racial and ethnic makeup of different counties and districts in the state and found, quote, islands of disadvantage where people were more likely to die before 75. They found a lot of premature mortality is, quote, not an accident and it has to do with policy choices, much of it rooted in systemic racism, unquote. Matt Kofax, WTOP News. Well, coming up in muddy news after traffic and weather, how Fairfax County tourism leaders are helping Pennsylvania tourists head south. It's 508. Get a Precision AC tune up for only $59. Michael Hansen. Traffic and weather on the A tier at WTOP. Let's go to Steve Dresner, the traffic center. And good morning, Chad Doman starting off in Virginia. It's a struggle. Even the Fredericksburg area on northbound the side of 95. We have a crash after the Centerport Parkway. We're backed up. It's only a single right lane getting you by. It's not affecting the flow over on the southbound side. Otherwise, Capitol only in Virginia, currently traveling incident free. We're in good shape on 395 and 66 into the district. I'll smooth ride both directions on the freeway. No current problems at DC 95 or I -295. In Maryland, dealing with a crash northbound over on the BW Parkway right near the exit for I -195 BWI Marshall Airport. It's only a single left lane getting you by on that northbound side. Otherwise, we're in good shape on the Beltway throughout Montgomery County and Prince George's County. No current issues along 95 to 70 southbound. A good trip leaving the Frederick area in the I -70 interchange. All clear through Urbana, Clarksburg all the way down to the lane divide. And we're in good shape on Route 50. No problems leaving the westbound span of the Chesapeake B through Annapolis all the way down to the Capitol Beltway. Traffic moving well coming up from the south along route 301. No issues on routes 4 or 5. Looking to satisfy everyone in your family? Well, go to Silver Diner. Their new menu is everything from Creekstone Black Angus Steak Burgers to 15 vegan entrees including dairy -free shakes. Silver Diner much more than a diner. Steve Drizner, WTOP traffic. Now the forecast from 7 News First Alert meteorologist Brian
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"And more than 50 features. Yep, Ooma? switching to Ooma is a cinch. Just $24 .95 per month per user plus taxes Ooma. Now you're feeling it. Find small business calm at Ooma .com radio. slash That's Ooma .com slash radio. This is WTOP news. is It 245. I'm Mike Murillo and thanks for being with us. Employees at the Agency for International Development also known as USAID will soon have to be in the office three days per week. Leaders there are planning to make the change in a phased approach to fully implement the office reentry by late September. Federal News Network reports USAID is one of several agencies that have recently announced plans to return Feds to the office more often. after the Office of Management and Budget called on agencies to increase meaningful in -office work as part of post -pandemic plans. It's one thing to keep up with the evolving technology but why not benefit from it. Brian Banmiller more has now. ChatGPT is being used as a way to save you time but what about making you money? I'm Brian Banmiller on business. Artificial intelligence and ChatGPT are evolving fast and both have been accused of taking jobs from actual living breathing humans but according to gobankingrates .com there's a few ways you can use the technology to benefit bottom your line. For example, offering online consulting or coaching services. Many managers and businesses often need outside help on a number of topics you can provide that help plus thanks to the speed of ChatGPT you could take from a few extra clients to boost your business. If you're well versed in artificial intelligence you can look for competitions or hackathons where you can show off those skills. Some platforms offer competitions where you compete related on challenges. a number of AI If you perform well there's opportunity for financial incentives and cash rewards. To find a house you can make AI work for you, go to banmilleronbusiness .com. Forget keeping up with the times, benefit from them. Brian Banmiller, CBS News. The National Institutes of Health or NIH in Bethesda is having trouble recruiting data science experts, but before it tries to bring more qualified candidates on board it needs to figure out skills the it already has in its current workforce. This according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. The GAO says by making those determinations NIH will be able to figure out the exact skills it needs to hire for, but Federal News Network reports that until the NIH can address its data science skills gap, the GAO says NIH risks being able to effectively administer tens of billions of dollars in annual research grants. Now to the top stories we're working on at WTOP police in South Baltimore investigating a mass shooting there that left two people dead, dozens injured. We'll have an update on that coming TSA screening to do so, while some tips for getting through that more efficiently and quicker. Keep it here for full details on these stories the in minutes ahead. It is 2 48. Traffic
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"Plan moving forward. Heather McGowan, the acting director of D.C.'s office of unified communications is for the first time detailing some of the changes she's making. In the next 90 days, the agency will see a few things. The first being a complete policy overhaul. McGowan says she's increased the number of supervisors who are on duty at any given time, and new employees will now need 14 weeks of training instead of the 5 weeks that were previously required. McGowan has a lot of work to do as the call center is often come under fire for delays in sending out ambulances and mistakes, such as sending emergency crews out to incorrect locations. Since last Friday, Montgomery county public schools are saying that several more instances of anti semitic messages have been found inside four school buildings. And this news has the superintendent promising action. We've had 9 incidents. Anti semitic incidents happen in our schools since Friday. And superintendent doctor monifa mcknight says the incidents, including drawings were found at four schools. She's calling the actions unacceptable and says in response, some new steps are being taken, including kids responsible, seeing the axe added to their personal file in a form that has their name and grade level. I think these things are important if you look at the profile of an entire student over time for them currently in their future. And it will identify what the act was. Also for the parents of this dude who get in trouble. We are going to be requesting that our parents come in and be a part of the resolution for that child in the school. Mike Murillo WTO news. Let's stay with Montgomery county a little longer rising hate crimes outside of the schools have prompted a local lawmaker to pursue an anti hate task force. The call is coming from county council president Evan glass, who says the spike in racial ethnic and LGBTQ hate crimes is disturbing and frightening. Glass says the latest numbers from a couple of years ago show more than a 140 bias incidents. More than half were race related, a lot of them focused on black people and two out of ten targeted Asian people. Many of the crimes were aimed at Jewish people as well. Glass sent a letter about this to county executive Markel rich just yesterday. Coming up here after trafficking whether the new January 6 special counsel is burrowing pretty deep inside the Trump inner circle Washington Post live anchor Leon Caldwell joins us with details on WTO after traffic and weather, our weather forecast is going to feature record heat tomorrow, maybe even a little snow on Saturday, so we're going to get everything here pretty soon. Stay with us tonight at ten O 7. Working hard when you'd rather be playing hard, wishing you were clearing a level instead of clearing your inbox, staring at spreadsheets, but stuck on shattering high scores. Turn any time into game time with Samsung Galaxy S 23 ultra. With its large screen long-lasting battery and our
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"During difficult times and that she'll be terribly missed. Mike Murillo WTO news. It's election 2023 on WTO, voters in Richmond and points south will decide their next member of Congress today. Democratic state senator Jennifer mcclellan is up against Republican pastor Leon Benjamin and a special election to fill a seat of representative a Donald mceachin who died in November. Benjamin has challenged magician twice for the seat and failed. He faces an uphill climb against again in Virginia's fourth district, its population centers in deep blue Richmond and stretches south to the North Carolina border. If mcclellan wins, she'll become the first black woman to represent Virginia in Congress. Virginia education leaders are taking a close look at a new coursework that's been at the center of controversy. Last month, Florida said no to college boards proposed AP African American studies course. Soon we'll find out if Virginia will block the curriculum too. Virginia governor Glenn youngkin spokeswoman Macaulay Porter says after hearing reports about the course being tested in some states, the governor has asked the education secretariat to review the material with an eye toward whether it aligns with the governor's first executive order. Executive order one calls for an end to the use of inherently divisive concepts, including critical race theory, the college board says the AP course will be the most rigorous black studies program high school students have ever had. Particularly on WTO news. Coming up after traveling a weather, President Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday and is in Poland today political White House in Washington reporter Daniel lipman joins us to talk about reaction to his trip. It is 1207. We're
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"Also katie the arizona. Coyotes haven't exactly been the most stable nhl franchise over the years there's been a bit of a revolving door of owners and the nhl even took control of the team for a while back in two thousand nine after a bankruptcy filing so given all of that. What was the feeling when. Alex murillo became the coyotes new owner in two thousand nineteen or so appealing on a number of levels on new era of arizona. Coyotes hockey began today the nhl. I ever hispanic owner was introduced to the valley and it was heralded as sort of Watershed moment i think for the franchise in the sense. That here could finally be that guy with uber. Deep pockets like he was reported to be a billionaire. And someone that had tied to the latino community what started this is alex enrolling arizona's cowpeas which is a market that is about forty forty two percent down and really showed a commitment to wanting to grow that level of connection with fan base. You spittle to this. But it will stand up delekta akin arizona but luckily latina. It asked us. He has a really interesting. I don't wanna say rags-to-riches tail but someone that really supposedly scrapped. His way to where he is now. His parents fled cuba in the sixties. They came to miami in college. He opened a location for a pizzeria that grew to become a chain. I had this knack for picking up. Visit our broken losing money and turning him around and make them successful. I'm very proud to be a part of the fifty five year. Old morello owns a chain of pizza restaurants in l. a. casino on the las vegas strip a construction company as well as tv and radio stations. No doubt his will in history of success. Some major win for the coyotes.
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"P traffic Now the storm team for meteorologist Lauryn Ricketts. We're going to be dealing with showers just about any point during the day today, and then we'll have some more steady rain at times, especially during the afternoon and into the evening and overnight temperatures are going to be topping out the Midtown for seventies with mostly cloudy skies today not Concerned about flooding will get up to about 3/10 of an inch of rain in some response, but likely less than that, and a lot of spots as we head into the overnight to get more rain showers and then tomorrow everything up by about seven or eight a.m. rapid clearing temperatures are going to be in the low to mid eighties with a nice little breeze Tomorrow, mid eighties and sunny and comfortable. On Tuesday. I'm starting to inform meteorologist Lauryn Ricketts and we're still watching a line of showers that are mostly north and west of the Beltway. There's some parts inside the Beltway are announcing the cabin John area down to let's see here. U Street area, seeing some of this light to moderate showers moving through right now the heaviest, which remain over Faqir County and Prince William County, although again like to moderate showers, We're dealing with their and the temperatures right now. 70 degrees in Gaithersburg, 76 in Arlington, Virginia, and 75 degrees in downtown D. C at 12 30. This is w T. O p your source for today's top news, traffic and weather. Always connected and constantly updated in your car at home at work and on the go W T o p. Never miss a moment and good afternoon to you. I'm Mike Murillo and a gavel is our producer coming up as floodwaters receive.
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Statues of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson Removed in Charlottesville
"Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson gone a third on its way taken down in Charlottesville, one member of the City Council, saying No, it's back to business of running the city. I'm just glad that we are finally able to implement the decision we made four years ago. Lloyd Snook is a Charlottesville City Council member who admits several years ago He wasn't for the removal of the Confederate statues. But he says two things became Clear. One was that the statues were a magnet for people. We did not want to attract to Charlottesville, the second that deadly unite the right rally in the death of two Virginia state troopers in a helicopter accident during the 2017 rally, he says, as the city moves forward when it comes to the statues, so we have not yet decided what's going to happen with the statues. So for now, they'll remain in storage. Mike Murillo, w
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Wind, rain and cold threaten Washington DC’s cherry blossoms
"Some good news to share. The wind gust did not cut short. The peak bloom show for the cherry blossoms along the mall. But now the concern shifts to whether in a few days, few petals here in there, they're off trees. But Mike letters to the National Park Service says the blooms fared very well and they're still healthy Flowers. Overall, they do weekend as the days go on, though, and starting Wednesday There could be more rain in the forecast and wind gusts on Thursday. High winds heavy rain, Anything that's like a shake them or jargon. Loot is a concern. Also not good If we get sub freezing temperatures that can kill the blossoms and Thursday night we're expecting a low around 30 degrees, though he says normally is 27 degrees or below in the flowers take the biggest hit. Mike Murillo. W T o P
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Cherry Blossom Trees in Washington DC Reach Peak Bloom Early Amid Warm Temps
"Has arrived for the cherry blossoms and because of the weather, it actually came early, and changes in the weather could also impact. How long the cherry blossom stick around. It certainly did rush through the last stage Mike Literacy with the National Park Service as that's due to the mild temperatures. We've had fact we did the last three stages in only six days, but any bad weather could be problem. Matic. We want to avoid high winds. We want to avoid heavy rains. We saw winded 2017 take out the flowers that year but literally says freezes that here also weaken them. That's not the case this time around those petals. Those blossoms are brand new. They're strong. Is there going to be and you know they may be able to withstand some wind or some rain, so hopefully there's more time for you to see them. Mike Murillo w T. O P News Police in
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Prince George’s County’s new police chief, from Dallas, talks building trust in communities
"County. County. He He says says the the county's county's police police department department can can make make a a difference difference all all around around the the country country of of national national crisis is Police community relations that we have stopped talking to each other and with each other, and now we're just talking at each other, Malik Aziz says addressing that is key to rebuilding trust in communities listening an important part of the solution. While the nation, he says, is in a reformation era, he believes changes at a local level could have a far reaching impact and can actually form a blueprint and a foundation. Positive policing with 19,000 police departments around this great nation as he's comes to the county from the Dallas Police Department and still must be confirmed by the county Council. Mike Murillo. W T. O P News. The plan for Flood prevention is
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Malik Aziz to be next police chief for Prince George?s County
"After Prince George's counties. Previous police chief resigned last June amid claims of discrimination inside the department. A national search has been under way for a new top cop there, and today, the county executive announced her pick I have selected Deputy chief Malik Aziz, who is deputy chief for the police department in Dallas, Texas, to be our next chief of police. He's a 29 year veteran of the Dallas Police Force. Who county executive Angela also, Burke says, has an unblemished record. No monitor to receive that selection and stand before you one thing he plans to focus on. We often talk about community policing. In crime reduction and to me, they're one in the same they do not exist without the other Also is. The police department faces a lawsuit claiming unfair treatment for some minority officers without commenting on the case. He says he plans to hear from all his officers. Every officer will have equity in this system. Mike Murillo w T. O P. News. The County
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1-Year Old Found Safe After Being Kidnapped In Atlanta Car Theft
"Was stolen with her sleeping child in it. After the mother left the child inside the car to step into a business, a man got in and drove off. Police say. He then picked up a woman at a bus stop and once realizing the child was inside, returned the car and ended up stealing another car out of the same parking lot. Montgomery County police chief Marcus Jones investigators a 20 year old Jordan, Douville and 30 Year old Christina car. Were later found and arrested, He says. It's important for you to not leave keys or persons in cars. Also be aware that criminals could be watching you whether they're at a bank A T M. Whether they are at a gas station. They're looking for that opportunity of potential victims. If you see anything suspicious, call police Mike Murillo. W T o P News
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What Is Crafty Chica's Kathy Cano-Murillo's Favorite Medium?
"Work in so many kinds of medium for different craft projects like papercraft edible arts ceramics painting wearable art jewelry seriously. It seems like you do it all which one which one is your favorite for soothing your own soul and why well you know. They all take turns. They're all like little airbnb cottages bit. I go to like. What kind of vibe do i want this week. Let's get the yarn out. Yes yard in the next week. I want ceramics. you know. i want that hard hyp- fire only every every it's different so currently yesterday i was doing illustration on my My ipad because i have a new greeting card line coming out later this year. So i really been doing a lot of but then right now. I'm painting ceramics to go in the tonight. So there's always you know two or three different projects going on do you own your own kiln. I you have a garage. Man that's goals. That's like next level issued changer. I used to carry my all my mugs around to different pottery places in charge me like three dollars a mug and then they put it in lazy in the shell fell in the desert. I know and now. I have my own children. It's beautiful and it. It does the job in his really. Come through for me and anyone who is in ceramics like seriously considering going into ceramics it is definitely worth the price to buy kill it will pay for itself. Oh tip over and over once you get rolling in it having turned.
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Washington, DC area marks 1 year of coronavirus
"Law Today marks one year since the first cases of covert were reported in Virginia and DC, Maryland marked its one year anniversary. On Friday as we continue our coverage of covert 19 1. Year later, our Mike Murillo takes a look back with America's best known infectious disease expert who talks about what surprised him the most about the coronavirus. It's a very unusual virus, the likes of something Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says he's never seen before. Most puzzling was that despite the extraordinary destructive nature of this virus, a substantial proportion a third to maybe 40% of people Have no symptoms at all, he says. When people not outwardly sick or causing the spread, then makes it extremely difficult to do the kind of contact tracing that you traditionally do, he says. Before this, most respiratory illnesses were spread by people who were
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Pandemic fueled a spike in Washington DC consumer complaints in 2020
"To a surge in consumer complaints here in D. C. Last year, more than 2200 complaints rolled into the consumer protection Division at D. C Attorney General Karl Racine's office. That's a big increase over 2019, according to a new report in 2020. Once a pandemic hit a surgeon complaints about problems with businesses overbilling refunds and cancelations came in from consumers, though those complaints did slow is a year went on. The city also investigated close to 200 price gouging complaints, mostly awards to foreign six and by the end of the year, the ages office says it helped consumers get back more than $400,000. Mike Murillo. W T o P News
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CDC finalizing guidance on what's safe for those who are vaccinated
"On what vaccinated people should do and not do now that they're protected from Cove it ahead of its release. Dr. Anthony Fauci of NIH says small gatherings should be okay when everybody's vaccinated if you have vaccinated people Either in the same family or good friends that you wanna get together with socially, then you can have that small gathering, says Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. But the big thing is that everyone in that small group is vaccinated. Also, these gatherings should beware where you're in the home you're not out in society with is 50 to 70,000 infections. You know all of you a vaccinated but remains unclear is a vaccinated people can catch and pass on the illness. But he says the overall risk to a vaccinated person is relatively low. Mike Murillo w T O
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South African strain found in Maryland, becoming third case in U.S.
"Maryland has become the second state in the US to detect the case of the South African covert 19 strain. The state's first case was detected in an adult living facility in the Baltimore region. This most likely isn't an isolated case because in announcing in Maryland governor Larry Hogan says the person who has it didn't travel internationally, pointing to community transmission of the virus variant. Mutation, which is the dominant strain in South Africa right now has not been shown to cause more severe illness or increase the risk of death. But it is believed to be more transmissible than other strains. Contact tracing is underway so people possibly exposed to it can quarantine the governor says This is a reminder to keep up covert 19 prevention techniques. South Carolina was the first state to detect the variant. Mike Murillo. W T O P
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Arlington-based TAPS to appear in Biden Inaugural Parade
"An organization in Arlington that helps families of troops who have died has taken part in the inaugural parade. This year is no exception. Although things will, of course be different. The tragedy assistance Program for survivors or taps will be a part of the virtual parade across American founder Bonnie Carroll says it's their chance to again celebrate American democracy. We welcome our new commander in chief. We stand with our military and we remember all those who have served and died for this flag take over this year's appearance will be in video form. It'll feature the family of Navy captain David Wilson, who died of a heart attack in 2014 to be part of the group. Great way really felt very honored about that. Wilson's widow, Sarah Wilson, their daughter, nine year old Kate on hearing the news is just really cool and exciting. The Wilson say that watch the parade while eating chocolates that say Biden and Harris Mike Murillo. W T O P News now also in the parade this
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Arlington-based TAPS to appear in Biden Inaugural Parade
"Biden inauguration committee says an organization based in Arlington that helps the grieving families of fallen service members will be in Inaugural parade. Bonnie Carroll is the president, founder of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors or Taps, which has been selected to take part in the virtual parade across America. We're so proud to be included. Once again, The organization will have a video featured during it, and it will be the Wilson Family from D. C. Captain David Selkirk Wilson. He was in the U. S Navy, and he died about seven years ago due to a heart attack. 13 year old Katherine Wilson, her mom, Sarah says their honored to take part They say this election. Of taps to be represented shows their loss means something. Now they look forward to watching the parade but some chocolates and say Biden and Paris on those two chocolates Mike Murillo, w T. O P. News taps has been a part of every inaugural parade for the past 30 years. The Drumline at Howard University Vice President elect Kamila Harris is on the model will also be in this parade.
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Arlington-based TAPS to appear in Biden Inaugural Parade
"The last 30 Years and Arlington organization that lends a helping hand to families of fallen service members around the nation has taken part in the inaugural parade. This time around is no exception. A tragedy assistance program for survivors or taps will be a part of the virtual parade across American founder Bonnie Carroll says it's their chance to again celebrate American democracy. Welcome our new commander in chief. We stand with our military and we remember all those who have served and died for this flag do take over this year's appearance will Be in video form. It'll feature the family of Navy captain David Wilson, who died of a heart attack in 2014 to be part of the inaugural parade way really felt very honored about that. Wilson's widow, Sarah Wilson, their daughter, nine year old Kate on hearing. The news is just really cool and exciting. The Wilson say that watch the parade while eating chocolates that say Biden and Harris Mike Murillo wt O Pini, also in the parade this year from the D C region. The drum line from Howard University, which is vice president elect Kamila Harris is alma mater.
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"Kristen Clark, president of Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law, says the suit was filed under DCs Hate Crimes Statute, the character the equivalent of modern day cross burnings intended to stoke fear among black people. She hopes the suit will send a message that proud boys, another violent extremist must understand that they cannot unleash lob violent with impunity. We have reached out to the proud boys for comment on the suit. Michelle Morello w T o p News As Congress convenes Wednesday to count and confirm the electoral votes in the presidential race. Proud boys and some of President Trump's other supporters are expected to converge on the nation's capital to protest the outcome. Those demonstrations are also expected to attract counter protesters. Ahead of all this. The city is reminding demonstrators to follow the rules. Wt Opie's Mike Murillo reports. We are particularly focused on his individuals that engaged in violent behavior, whoever they might be Acting D. C. Police chief Robert Conte says it will be all hands on deck for his department. In the National Guard will be helping signs reminding protesters at having a gun in D. C during the First Amendment rally is illegal have gone up, and Conte says closing down spots like Black Lives Matter. Plaza, which has seen violent clashes in the past is possible where we have groups. That have a symbol for the purpose of engaging in violent acts wherever that might be least will increase visibility of churches after black lives matter. Signs at some houses of worship were vandalized in the past. Also, if you're not pro testing your being encouraged by D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to avoid downtown D C on Tuesday and Wednesday, and especially of white people who are coming here to look for confrontations. Mike Murillo wt opinion New tonight. The Park Service says it has approved and amended permit for the women for him. Erica first rally Wednesday on the Ellipse. It's gonna be a lot bigger. The amendment changes the projected attendants from 5000 people to 30,000, the group of conservative women was at the center of Organizing the November stopped the steel rally the drew thousands of Trump supporters to the nation's capital. And then you had the march for Trump more recently that ended in a night of chaos and violence as a group with ties to white nationalism roam the streets looking for a fight. Ahead of this week's demonstrations. Wt Opie's Melissa Howl checks out restrictions already in place in the district. Walking here along Black lives matter Plaza. There's a row of police vehicles as you head toward the fence in front of Lafayette Square. There are also a lot of officers walking around talking to folks and signs have been posted, marking many of the streets as First Amendment activity areas,.
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"Of President Trump's supporters are expected to gather downtown tomorrow and Wednesday. Coming to protest the outcome of the election. While Congress counts the electoral college votes wt. Opie's Mike Murillo says city leaders have a message for demonstrators as well as people planning to counter protests. If you're not going to the protest, you're being urged in downtown D. C by mere Meriel Bowser to avoid confrontations with anybody who's looking for a fight. On the best way to do that is to avoid the area, Acting D C. Police chief Robert Conte says to anyone who thinks about bringing a gun far arms are not permitted. Parts of the downtown area will be closed to traffic on Tuesday and Wednesday, and after the vandalization of some black lives, matters signs during previous protests, police will be more visible around churches. Also, the closing down of areas like black lives matter. Plaza is an off the table. That is a consideration for us because it is a flash point for contentious Um, interactions between demonstrators. Mike Murillo, w T o p New and Ahead of the protest downtown or national security correspondent J. J. Green has been checking with local and federal law enforcement about how they're preparing will talk to JJ. And just a few. It's 4 37 enjoy. Thanks. He order breakfast at the McDonald's drive through, Tell yourself you'll wait to eat it at work. But it smells way too good. So you eat it right there in the McDonald's parking lot meal. There's a meal for every morning at McDonald's right now get any size iced coffee for 99..
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"Metro area medical centers. It's 5 41. There weren't many people in movie theaters in 2020. But there were some new films released, including the Unusual buddy comedy the Climb. She loves Me for who I Am. Mm. I love her for who she is. Right? Can't wait to spend the rest of my life with that kind of stuff. Whatever. What What do you mean slept? Like Fuck suck together. W T. O P is Dimitri sodas talked with film critic Christian Toto about his top three films of the year. The climb came in at Number three. You know, this was a movie that was gonna come out earlier in the year, Of course, got postponed. Like so many. It's called the climb and it's about to long term buddies. There's infidelity going on between them. You think it's going to basically shatter their friendship, But it doesn't And as the movie goes along, it kind of shows. Complicated bonds that men have sometimes and how they're able to weather some pretty serious storms. This is a comedy. It's very funny and in bits and pieces, but it's really kind of a character study in a way and also you have to go to see it to understand it. But the way the camera moves the way it's certain scenes orchestrated. It isn't just a smart buddy comedy. It's more than that. It's more sophisticated, more substantial. If for all these reasons, I really enjoyed the climb. All right, let's hear about your second best. Well, number two is more conventional pick from me. It's called Nomad Land. And then starts Frances McDormand As a woman. She's lost her husband. She's unemployed. She doesn't have a lot of money. So she hits the road in her van. She's part of this wandering group of people who are seeking freedom, seeking a disconnect from society doing it for a lot of different reasons. Often very personal reasons and the filmmaker behind this really met people who live this lifestyle in corporate. Their stories into the film incorporated the people themselves as supporting players. It all works. McDorman is a great act. She's wonderful here, but it's the seamless way. They kind of interweave the real people living this life with the actors. It's really enjoyable. It kind of movie where it holds some of the things that are important back. You have to kind of wait until the last active, fully grasp what's going on, But it's clever. It's thoughtful. It's interesting and really shows a subset of our world that we don't normally see on the big screen. As it happens, there's actually one more on your list you thought was even better than that. Frances McDormand Picture What is your very best movie of 2020? You know, I'm begging another genre film in a way, and this is a thriller. It's called alone and just a quick warning. If you want to see it, there is another film called Alone Out this year. That is about zombies. So I haven't seen that movie and may be fine. But this is the one I'm talking about. It's called alone. It's about a woman who was being stalked by a serial killer. Ah, very simple premise. You think? Well, that could be interesting, maybe engaging, no big deal, but it's the way they're Ratched up. Attention is the way these two characters tried to thwart each other's efforts. It's the way this Lo bill to the first act happens. This one really riveted me and again. It's an unconventional pick. I know it was to pick sort of the Oscar bait movies. This is not an Oscar bait presentation. But I enjoyed this more than any other film this year again. It was a very rough year and so many ways, but from a pop culture point of view, there were slim pickings for movies. But this one really took me away and impress me, and I couldn't stop thinking about it once it ended. That is film critic Christian Toto talking about his favorite films of 2020 with our Dmitri sodas coming up. Back at some of the D. C area's biggest stories that weren't about the coronavirus. I'm Mike Murillo, 5 44 I'm Ellie, Row entrepreneur and founder of Elegy in collective and host of the new W T o P Podcast. Women on Wednesday By Ellie Jane Tune in every other Wednesday to hear from inspirational women pursuing their dreams. I chat with female entrepreneurs, founders, artists and creative.
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Washington, D.C.'s 2020 Year-in-Review
"In the D. M V this year and almost everywhere else it was the Corona virus crisis. But that's not the only big story we brought you wt. Opie's Mike Murillo looks back July 13th breaking news o w t o P. It is a day that Dan Snyder once said, would never happen. But it is here. The Washington pro football team is changing its name on September 10th Wtlv is Dave Tilden brought you dramatic pictures of flood waters, leaving cars underwater on Route 50 and Prince George's count. Feet of water, submerging the highway right here. The water's up over the guard rail in the summer. Please be over here to be holy See some protests over the death of George Floyd, some turning violent than in November After Joe Biden is projected winner of the presidential election, People have been streaming toward the area off the White House waving American flags, some wearing Biden Harris campaign gear see a full recap of the year's big local stories and w t o p dot com. Mike Murillo. W T. O P
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Zoo Lights Express, a bright spot amid pandemic in Washington, DC
"O peen is so much has changed this year due to covert 19, including the decision to not have an annual tradition take place at the National Zoo. But there is a small, bright spot on wheels, which will bring a bit of zoo lights to DC neighborhoods. It began tonight with Ward one. It goes again tomorrow night. Santa Claus Right down Santa Claus Lane instead of Santa Claus, though it will be panda claws coming down Connecticut Avenue another D. C. Rhodes as a 24 ft flatbed truck covered in zoo lights, displays comes to all of D C state wards. The truck will be visiting one ward her night. It's called the Zoo Lights Express pep going the National Zoo teaming up to do it. Since the pandemic leads you lights being canceled the zoo's Pamela Baker muscle, It just isn't possible to have people on site. So we had to bring a little twinkling joy to the neighborhoods. Truck will come through neighborhood between six and 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays Through December, the 19th surged to light to w t o p. Com to see the roots. Mike Murillo. W T. O P. News
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Kelly Loeffler quarantining after inconclusive COVID tests in Atlanta
"A consistent basis. Mike Murillo w T. O P. News Georgia Senator Kelly Lobsters quarantining after receiving mixed results from recent coronavirus tests. Spokesperson for the Georgia senator's campaign, says La Flor took to rapid covert tests on Friday morning and they both came back negative. The statement says she received another test Friday evening. Those results came back positive. La Flor then tested again Saturday morning, and the results were inconclusive. Her campaign says she doesn't have symptoms but is following CDC guidelines and informing those with whom she was in direct contact. La Flor appeared at a campaign event in Georgia with Vice