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"Woman is dead after a giant tree fell slicing through her home here on farlow avenue in crofton This happened around 9 o'clock last night The back bedroom's been almost severed from the rest of the home the top half of a chimney now just a pile of bricks on the ground Russ Davies with the internal county fire department says it took about an hour and 45 minutes just to get her free And to secure gas electric there was a possible leak of the refrigerant from the HVAC system and then when they got upstairs they had to secure just be able to make access to a components of the roof had come down the ceiling He says it's believed the strong winds last night led to what he calls an accident or an act of nature with very tragic outcome In Croft and John dome in WTO he knows Traffic deaths in D.C. are at a 14 year high a closer look at the data shows the brunt of them happened in the city's lower income neighborhoods last year There were 40 traffic deaths in the district the most since 2007 The Washington Post examined transportation data and found one in 5 of those fatalities happened in southeast which largely has black residents Washington Post transportation reporter lose losso joined us earlier to talk about why that is These communities are often split by high speed corridors So we have the sunland Parkway For example that leads to communities in southeast We have a lot of commuter routes where speeding is a problem And although they go through neighborhoods this route filled more suburban And people are spitting on the flip side ward three where you'll find the city's whitest and wealthiest neighborhoods did not have any traffic deaths last year Coming up in money news a grocery store a new grocery store and restaurant will open near Amazon's headquarters in Arlington It's 9 23.
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"After sunset a tree toppled onto a craft and home and killed a woman who lived there Police are calling last night's incident of freak accident A giant tree fell all across the backyard of this home on farlow avenue and Croft and slicing through a bedroom on the far side of the home just before 9 last night It is a big tree And it left a substantial amount of damage inside the home Debris is still scattered around the yard the top half of a chimney now a pile of bricks Russ Davies with the end run will county fire department says it took about an hour and 45 minutes for firefighters to stabilize the home Get to her and then get her freed By then she had passed away It's very unusual because the rest of the house as you would imagine almost appears to be untouched Right now this appears to be a wind driven accident and Croft and John dome in WTO news WTO at 6 42 the fight for women to go topless in ocean city Maryland is over The Supreme Court has refused to hear the women's appeal Now this challenge is from about 5 years ago when a town ordinance banned women for doing what men do Go topples on the beach and the boardwalk Some women filed suit claiming the ordinance violated their constitutional rights but ocean city successfully argued the rule protects the general public's moral sensibilities Keep it here on WTO We're going to have a look at some gulf news coming up next at 6 43 At BMW we made the ultimate range And because each of the 7 X range sports activity vehicles flawlessly balance dynamic power.
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"WTO and new this afternoon the two Manhattan prosecutors leading the criminal investigation into former president Trump and his business practices have abruptly resigned This because the new Manhattan district attorney indicated doubts about moving forward with the case This is according to a report out of The New York Times without DA Alvin Bragg's full buy in the prosecutors carry and Mark pomeranz have essentially put the investigation on pause The former Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance convened that grand jury back in the fall as part of the probe into whether Trump initiated or inflated rather the value of his assets to obtain favorable loan terms from the bank The types reports the prosecutors have not questioned any witnesses before the grand jury for more than a month A family is in mourning after a tragic accident last night in anaerobic county A woman is dead after a giant tree fell slicing through her home here on farlow avenue in crofton This happened around 9 o'clock last night The back bedroom's been almost severed from the rest of the home the top half of a chimney now just a pile of bricks on the ground Russ Davies with the internal county fire department says it took about an hour and 45 minutes just to get her free Had to secure gas electric There was a possible leak of the refrigerant from the HVAC system and then when they got upstairs they had to secure just be able to make access to a components of the roof had come down the ceiling He says it's believed the strong winds last night led to what he calls an accident or an act of nature with very tragic outcome In crofton John dome in WTO news Nobody TLP a three 23 the 1970 rock opera became a 1971 Broadway smash in a.
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"But one that's devastating a Croft and family today after a woman was killed by a tree that fell onto her Maryland home A giant tree fell all across the backyard of this home on farlow avenue and Croft and slicing through a bedroom on the far side of the home just before 9 last night It is a big tree And it left a substantial amount of damage inside the home Debris is still scattered around the yard the top half of a chimney now a pile of bricks Russ Davies with the end run will county fire department says it took about an hour and 45 minutes for firefighters to stabilize the home Get to her and then get her freed By then she had passed away It's very unusual because the rest of the house as you would imagine almost appears to be untouched Right now this appears to be a wind driven accident and Croft and John dome in WTO P news New data shows lower income neighborhoods in the district are experiencing more traffic deaths than in the city's wealthiest neighborhoods The Washington Post analyzed 8 years of data from the D.C. Department of Transportation and found that ward 7 and 8 which largely have black residents bore the brunt of traffic fatalities and is home to the city's deadliest traffic corridor There were 40 traffic fatalities in the nation's capital last year which was the most that D.C. has had since 2007 Nearly one in 5 traffic deaths last year took place in ward 7 and 8 By contrast ward three which is home to the city's whitest and wealthiest neighborhoods had zero traffic deaths last year Officials believe the pandemic is in part to blame for some of the unsafe driving Happening at this hour the D.C. council was taken a look at a bill that would give D.C. residents a $100 a month to use on smart trip eligible transit like metro The amount would be replenished every month up to a $100 but could not be used to pay for parking Residents getting other transit subsidies such as federal employee benefits would not be eligible The program is expected to cost between 54 and a $150 million a year Money to fund it would come from revenue that exceeded projections the subsidy would be rolled out gradually beginning with residents with the lowest incomes and moving gradually toward those with the highest ten of 13 council members support the bill Folks who live and work in Alexandria will soon have more options when it comes to broadband Internet The Alexandria city council is set to approve two franchisees to operate broadband Internet service on cables the city is installing in its right of way until now the only option has been Comcast vice mayor Amy Jackson says the company's ting and Loomis commit to operating through a racial and social equity lens The more wealthy side I'll say it of the city doesn't get something that other sides of this great city need And don't get The final vote will be march 12th Nia law can stay in wt news It's 1207 C three AI is solving previously unsolvable problems in mission critical defense and intelligence challenges Learn more at C three AI C three AI This is enterprise AI Inspiration grows here the capital remodeling garden show February 25th.
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"Woman is dead after a giant tree fell slicing through her home here on farlow avenue in crofton This happened around 9 o'clock last night The back bedroom's been almost severed from the rest of the home the top half of a chimney now just a pile of bricks on the ground Russ Davies with the internal county fire department says it took about an hour and 45 minutes just to get her free They had to secure gas electric There was a possible leak of the refrigerant from the HVAC system and then when they got upstairs they had to secure just be able to make access to a components of the roof had come down the ceiling He says it's believed a strong winds last night led to what he calls an accident or an act of nature with very tragic outcome In crofton John dome in WTO he news We are hearing from several Maryland counties today on what their school mask mandate policies will be now that the state board of education has voted to lift them and allow local school boards to adopt their own policies Montgomery county says that this time all students and staff are still required to wear masks in schools and in school offices The system says it will provide an update on COVID mitigation strategies as it's at its school board meeting tomorrow Schools in Frederick county could vote to rescind the mask mandate as soon as today in Ana rundle county the mandate there was dropped last Friday and in prince George's county officials will decide the future of whether or not to drop the mask mandate If you've had a COVID-19 booster shot you probably won't need another one for a while Ask how long a booster works and it's really two questions related to whether it prevents severe outcomes or stops infection The duration of that immunity against reinfection doesn't stay for a long time but the protection against severe infection lasts for a long time Doctor Stewart ray is a Professor of medicine and infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins hospital He says there's mounting evidence Protected against severe disease for a long time meaning months possibly years But immunity against an infection that could be detected with say a PCR test That can begin dropping within three to 6 months Christy king WTO P news Happening today the D.C. council is holding a public hearing on a measure that would provide any district resident with a $100 on their metro smart trip card each month Council member Charles Allen's metro for D.C. act would also create a $10 million fund dedicated to improving bus service in some neighborhoods where a majority of residents rely on public transit It could also be used to create dedicated bus lanes or improve bus shelters for those who wait for buses Alan first introduced the bill in March of 2020 but then the pandemic shifted the council's focus Ten of the council's 13 members have co sponsored that legislation Up ahead after traffic and weather on WTO we'll see where the D.C. area ranks there's new data out on hate crimes It's 1107 C three AI is solving previously unsolvable problems in mission critical defense and intelligence challenges Learn more at C three AI C three AI This is enterprise AI.
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"Dot com and schedule your free estimate today It's a ten now and in Prince William and fairfax counties the goal is to relieve congestion on route 28 One piece of that puzzle the route 28 bypass is getting closer to some key decisions The route 28 bypass will be a four lane road stretching three and a half miles from Godwin drive at route two 34 and tie in with the existing route 28 just over the fairfax county line And now if we're looking at ting into existing 28 but the engineering team and some of the traffic analyses will determine what that tie in point will look like How low bolita is the planning manager for the Prince William county Department of Transportation The hope is to minimize the number of homes and businesses this place by the bypass You know we explain a lot of it will be determined during design Next Tuesday the county will hold a virtual briefing on the bypass project Nia law can stay in double TLP news In prince George's county Maryland the goal of an exhibit this week is to bring awareness to traffic deaths with the stories of those who have died in the area This is a heartfelt testimonial wall The live shatter on impact exhibit tells stories of traffic victims from the area and gives tips on the safe use of the road Paulette Jones public information officer the prince George's county department of public works and transportation said she hopes it sends a clear message The scream will show you testimonies of families and loved ones that have been impacted by fatalities The display is at the main prince George's county community college campus through February 16th and is in both English and Spanish Fire officials in Anna randell county are looking at what caused two separate double wide trailer fires overnight The first happened just after midnight in the 7800 block of Clark wrote in jessup battalion chief Russ Davies tells WTO investigators are looking at an enclosed porch as the possible origin there Nobody was hurt but a family of 5 there has been displaced The second fire happened after 3 a.m. in the 1500 block of Flanders lane and harwood fire officials say that one started in a crawlspace and extended into that family's home into the utility room Nobody was hurt in that case either both homes are considered total losses Residents in one part of spotsylvania county will elect a new member to the county board of supervisors today The seat in the Livingston district is open after the death of its former supervisor Barry jet in October Voters will choose between three candidates Raymond bell Justin Carlisle and Jacob Blaine to serve the remainder of the term which runs through 2023 Polls in the Livingston district are open now they'll close at 7 p.m. Keep it here coming up on WTO A man is sentenced for an attack at a chipotle in D.C. that was prosecuted as a hate crime I'm Mike morillo A.
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"To the home on Thomas road had smoke coming from the eaves of all four sides of the home Firefighters went into rescue the two people inside They brought them outside to turn them over to waiting paramedics Paramedics were unable to resuscitate them battling chief Russ Davies says the victims were James and Patsy Griffin both in their 70s Investigators say it was an accidental fire most likely caused by the stove two firefighters did suffer minor injuries both have been released from the hospital In Pasadena Luke lucerne debut news In Michigan two lawsuits have been filed in connection with the deaths of four students and the wounding of several others in last week's mass shooting at Oxford high school The suits against the school district superintendent and principal asked for a $100 million apiece They were filed on behalf of a 17 year old student who was shot and wounded and her 14 year old sister who was next to her at the time of the shooting Attorney Geoffrey fieger It's not enough to make murderers like these people and their son responsible Or complicit parents It's not enough to make these complicit parents who put the guns into the hands of their son responsible There's a responsibility that our society shares in protecting our children 15 year old Ethan crumbly was arrested and charged as an adult with murder His parents have also been charged with involuntary manslaughter It's an obvious affront to Saudi Arabia the D.C. council has renamed the street in front of its embassy That part of New Hampshire avenue will now honor murdered Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi The Saudi born Khashoggi had been a vocal critic of the Saudi kingdom was killed in dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul back in 2018 U.S. intelligence says crown prince Mohammed bin Salman approved that assassination The Crown prince denies.
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"House fire has killed two people in Pasadena Maryland and two anaerobic county firefighters who tried saving them are injured The call came in at around 1230 this morning We received a call from inside the residents from one of the occupants saying that the house was full of smoke and that they were unable to evacuate When firefighters arrived on the scene smoke was pouring out from all sides of the single story house they went in and rescued the people inside A paramedics made an attempt to resuscitate them which was unsuccessful Telling chief Russ Davies says the victims were James and Patsy Griffin both in their 70s This was an accidental fire It started in the kitchen in the area of the stove Two firefighters suffered minor injuries both have been released from the hospital In Pasadena Luke Luger WTP news He claimed a panhandler killed his wife Jacqueline but a Baltimore jury believes that he is the one who stabbed her to death and now they've convicted Keith Smith of first degree murder The Baltimore sun reporting that smith's story about the panhandler fell apart Police say they arrested him and his daughter at the airport where the two were making a hasty trip to Mexico A valeria Smith pleaded guilty to acting as an accessory she testified her father drove her and her mother to a park where Kevin attacked her Travis Scott a speaking out for the first time since ten of his fans were killed at a crowded concert in Texas The situation turned deadly when the crowd pushed forward trapping some people and trampling others This sit down with Travis Scott was with radio and talk show host charlamagne the God on his YouTube channel It hurts her community or to a city has just been a lot of thoughts you know a lot of feelings a lot of grieving While the rapper says it has been hard he also denied initially knowing concert goers were hurt addressing the raging culture his concerts have been known for Her concerts we've grown it to be just experience of having fun It's not about just harm Us as artists we trust in our professionals to make sure that things happen to people leave you know safely More than 140 lawsuits have been filed since the ASTRO world tragedy Matt piper CBS News Christmas is just days away and that means many folks are rushing to get the latest technology Knowing what to do with the old gadgets and devices should also be on your to do list From phones and laptops to the latest headphones and smart watches is out with the old and in with the new devices but across the U.S. more than 151 million phones are trashed every year That means 40% of heavy metals in landfills are old electronics There's no tipping point inside So every year more electronic based arises in a market Pascal Leroy is the director general at the waste electronic and electrical equipment forum one way to help ease the growing problem when buying new products Make sure that that product is recyclable it's repairable It can be properly dismantled Melissa Howell WTO's One.
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"Smoke coming from the eaves of all four sides of the home Firefighters went into rescue the two people inside they brought them outside to turn them over to waiting paramedics Paramedics were unable to resuscitate them battling chief Russ Davies says the victims were James and Patsy Griffin both in their 70s Investigators say it was an accidental fire most likely caused by the stove two firefighters did suffer minor injuries both have been released from the hospital In Pasadena Luke Luger P news In Virginia the state Supreme Court is out with a redistricting map It shows new boundaries for congressional districts in the state The plan isn't final in fact Virginia's high court will seek public comment next week but as written it would have a significant impact on a competitive House seat That's the seat in the 7th congressional district located in the western Richmond suburbs under the new map that district would be shifted to include Prince William and Stafford counties much safer territory for Democrats the seat is held by democratic congresswoman Abigail spanberger and while congressional candidates aren't required to live in the district they represent the new map would put spam burgers district nearly 50 miles from where she currently lives Nikki and LA doubled your TOP news Virginia's governor elect is promising to pull the Commonwealth out of a carbon trading market Glenn youngkin told a meeting of the Hampton roads Chamber of Commerce yesterday that he wants Virginia to leave the regional greenhouse gas initiative whose ten other members are mid Atlantic and New England states He criticized the initiative as a carbon tax that's passed on to rate payers earlier this week Dominion Energy said it plans to increase average monthly residential bills by more than $4 to pay for its participation of the program The company said it doesn't believe the carbon market will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the region News Senior state Senate Democrats say leaving that market would harm Virginia's health and slow the state's preparation for a clean energy economy Happening soon MGM national harbor will open its bet MGM sportsbook It's coming more than 6 months after sports betting became legal in Maryland That casino will be the state's first accepting sports wagers governor Larry Hogan will be on hand along with Washington football legend quarterback Joe theismann to place the first sports bet Maryland joins 28 states and the district with legalized sports betting voters.