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minutes bringing down the house. the courthouse that is! today crews will start tearing down the old building in the name of progress. the deflate-gate saga continues today. find out what's expected to happen in court over last year's controversy with air levels in footballs. a smash & grab robbery caught on camera! how almost a dozen people made off with several weapons! and brand new video from overnight. astronaut scott kelly is back on u-s soil. find out what he said moments after he got home. good morning and thanks for joining us on wavy news ten at 7am on fox 43. i'm don roberts. we want to start with the weather and some possible winter weather moving into the area. meteorologist jeremy wheeler is tracking it all from the super doppler 10 increasing clouds.
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chilly. highs will be in the mid 40s. winds north/east 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. rain with some snow mixing in. lows will be in mid-upper 30s. winds ne 10-20mph. friday: rain/snow mix in the morning. then mostly cloudy and windy. little to no accumulations, but some light accumulations possible north/west of hampton roads. highs will be in the low/mid 40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 40mph. things will be quiet today as high pressure is in control. it will be chilly. by tonight an area of low pressure and an upper level disturbance will move into the region from the west. we'll see moisture ahead of the system create a rain/snow mix tonight. temps will be near or above freezing. so little to no accumulations are expected. by tomorrow morning the low will move just to our south. the rain/snow mix will continue. we could see some light accumulations north and west of hampton roads as the temperatures there will be colder, but the higher amounts of accumulations possible friday morning as well. we could see some localized flooding. the system will move out to sea by friday afternoon, but there will be strong winds behind it out of the northeast. the system will move so fast that tidal flooding
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new this morning, newport news police are investigating two shootings. investigators say it happened around 12:30 last night on jefferson avene at langley avenue. that's just north of harpersville road. police say someone shot the man in the chest. he should be okay. a few minutes later, another gunshot victim walked into riverside regional medical center. police say he was shot several times in the chest and stomach. he's in critical condition this morning. police say the two shootings are related. call the crime line if you have any information. later this morning, the old norfolk courthouse will be history. demolition crews will begin chomping away at the building that served the city for decades. city leaders says they're making room for a new civic plaza and justice system. rico bush is live in norfolk with more on what's happening today with the project. rico. don, city leaders say demolishing the 50- year-old building marks a new beginning
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that have been in the making for years. city council began the journey to build a new courthouse and civic plaza complex in 2-thousand-4. last summer, crews tore down the old general district courthouse to make room for the city's three courts including the juvenile and domestic relations court and a law library. the old circuit courthouse, which crews built in the 19-60s, will come down this morning to start phase two for the new court complex and civic plaza. renovations include prevent flooding, making more public space and extending main street to create a new public drop off area. all of this comes with a $1-hundred-23 million dollars. the entire project is scheduled to be complete in 20-17. live in norfolk, rico bush, 10 on your side. today people in the camp pendleton in beach to remember virginia air
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lost 15 years ago today. later this morning there will be a ceremony for 18 heroes of the 203rd red horse squadron and three florida army national guard aviators. you're looking at video from last year's wreath laying. the service members died in 2001 while returning from training when their plane crashed in a field in georgia. it was the worst peacetime aviation disaster in the history of the national guard. a homeowner takes matters into his own hands. how he taught porch thieves a messy lesson. new this morning, a smash & grab robbery caught on tape! find out how the suspects made off with dozens of weapons. and reaction to jesse matthew, junior's admission that he killed two virginia college students. what
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to no accumulations, but some light accumulations possible north/west of hampton roads. highs will be in the low/mid 40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 40mph. things will be quiet today as high pressure is in control. it will be chilly. by tonight an area of low pressure and an upper level disturbance will move into the region from the west. we'll see moisture ahead of the system create a rain/snow mix tonight. temps will be near or above freezing. so little to no accumulations are expected. by tomorrow morning the low will move just to our south. the rain/snow mix will continue. we could see some light accumulations north and west of hampton roads as the temperatures there will be colder, but the higher amounts of accumulations will be up towards richmond with 2-4" expected there. heavy rain will be possible friday morning as well. we could see some localized flooding. the system will move out to sea by friday afternoon, but there will
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be strong winds behind it out of the northeast. the system will move so fast that tidal flooding problem, but nuisance tidal flooding will be possible. we'll be cool and quiet on saturday with highs in the 40s. highs in the 50s on sunday with an isolated possible. warmer temps next week. stay tuned for updates. good morning, hampton roads. let's check
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new information about an alabama police officer, accused of shooting and killing an unarmed black man. find out what prosecutors decided about charges. plus, coming up at 7:45, do you take quizzes on facebook? they may be doing you harm. why your information could be at risk. and, a sneak peak inside the new exhibt opening this weekend at the botanical garden. get ready to be amazed. in my business i can count on my i.t. guy bailing me out all the time... i'm not the i.t. guy. i'm the desktop support tech supervisor.
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new this morning, arrests in a brazen gun store smash and grab caught on camera. we learned that information overnight from our affiliate in houston. federal authorities arrested several people in the case, but believe more on still on the loose. take a look at the unbelievable video of about 10 people breaking into the store tuesday. you can see them wrap a chain around the barred doors and then use a truck to break it open. once they get inside they go on a free- for-all
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can. investigators say they got away with more than 50 guns. also new this morning, an officer in alabama faces a murder charge for shooting and killing an unarmed black man last month in montgomery. police say 23-year-old officer aaron smith thought 59-year-old gregory gunn was acting suspicious. there was a struggle between the two before officer smith shot and killed gunn. it turned out that gunn was carrying a long pole and not a firearm. smith's attorney believes the facts will prove the officer had just cause to shoot gunn. 1:13 - 1:23 mickey but mr. gunn chose for his life to end that night, and the facts will prove that." officer smith is currently on leave from the police department and is out on bond. there's a probable cause hearing today in the case of a man accused of randomly shooting and killing people in kalamazoo, michigan. today's meeting sets up an important one next week that will determine if there's
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enough evidence against jason dalton to go to trial. the prosecutor plans to speak to the public after today's meeting. six people died, and two people are recovering from the february 20th shooting ramage. also happening today - arguments over deflategate. the n-f-l is appealing a ruling that overturned new england patriots quarterback tom brady's suspension. the n-f-l suspended brady for four games after an investigation into whether he under inflated footballs during the 20-14 season. a judge overruled that saying the nfl acted improperly. the league says it stands by its decision. the parents of two virginia college students will never see their daughters again, but yesterday they did finally get a sense of justice. jesse matthew, junior pleaded guilty to murdering hannah graham and morgan harrington. matthew will spend the rest of his life behind bars. he received four consecutive life sentences, and waived his right to parole. 10 on your side was outside the albemarle
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county courthouse as the parents of the graham and harrington expressed relief at the plea agreement, and talked about the holes left in their lives. john graham - victim's father "his evil deprived the world of a great talent, but hannah's enduring gift to us all is that she enabled this wicked man to be apprehended and convicted. she did change the world, but at a terrible price." gil harrington - victim's mother "the finality and accountability that has been achieved today with this plea agreement, will allow our family to redirect energy into healing and recovery" matthew's attorney said his client was sorry and that he loved his family. he's currently serving a life sentence for a 2005 sexual assault in northern virginia. our extensive coverage of this case continues on wavy-dot-com. you'll find new details from court documents in graham's case. plus, there's a timeline
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and more reaction from the victims' loved- ones. we have new video of astronaut scott kelly arriving back in the u-s in houston. he touched down in kazakstan yesterday. after spending nearly a year on the international space station, he finally got to hug his family and friends. his twin brother's wife is former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords. kelly said a few words after he landed. its not my achievement, its nasa's achievement and its our country's achievement. one of the things i thought about is there's no greater priviledge than serving your country however you might do it. nasa says he actually grew two inches during his time in the zero-gravity environment. get ready to oooooo and aaahhhhhhh at a unique display at norfolk botanical garden. the lantern-asia exhibit opens saturday. art by day, magic by night.
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these are pictures of some of the asian lantern works that are in the garden. from dragons to waterfalls, fish and flamingoes. there's even a magical white palace made from plates and dishware. the exhibit has been in beijing, sydney and rotterdam. now its in norfolk from saturday to april 30th. good morning, hampton roads. let's check
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("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: increasing clouds. chilly. highs will be in the mid 40s. winds north/east 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. rain with some snow mixing in. lows will be in mid-upper 30s. winds ne 10-20mph. friday: rain/snow mix in the morning. then mostly cloudy and windy. little to no accumulations, but some light accumulations possible north/west of hampton roads. highs will be in the low/mid
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40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 40mph. things will be quiet today as high pressure is in control. it will be chilly. by tonight an area of low pressure and an upper level disturbance will move into the region from the west. we'll see moisture ahead of the system create a rain/snow mix tonight. temps will be near or above freezing. so little to no accumulations are expected. by tomorrow morning the low will move just to our south. the rain/snow mix will continue. we could see some light accumulations north and west of hampton roads as the temperatures there will be colder, but the higher amounts of accumulations will be up towards richmond with 2-4" expected there. heavy rain will be possible friday morning as well. we could see some localized flooding. the system will move out to sea by friday afternoon, but there will be strong winds behind it out of the northeast. the system will move so fast that tidal flooding doesn't look to be a big problem, but nuisance tidal flooding will be
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mixing in. lows will be in mid-upper 30s. winds ne 10-20mph. friday: rain/snow mix in the morning. then mostly cloudy and windy. little to no accumulations, but some light accumulations possible north/west of hampton roads. highs will be in the low/mid 40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 40mph. things will be quiet today as high pressure is in control. it will be chilly. by tonight an area of low pressure and an upper level disturbance will move into the region from the west. we'll see moisture ahead of the system create a rain/snow mix tonight. temps will be near or above freezing. so little to no accumulations are expected. by tomorrow morning the low will move just to our south. the rain/snow mix will continue. we could see some light accumulations north and west of hampton roads as the temperatures there will be colder, but the higher amounts of accumulations good morning, hampton roads. let's check
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let's check traffic now. in about 30 minutes, crews will start tearing down the old norfolk courthouse. take your last looks at the 50-year-old building. it's being demolished today to make way for a new courthouse and civic plaza complex. coming up in just two minutes over on fox43, rico bush explains the specific rennovations
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building. good morning and thanks for joining us on wavy news ten at 7 am on fox 43. i'm katie collett. happening today, the trial is scheduled to start for the woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars from her employer. chesapeake police say mandi flowers worked for people's auction company until her bosses fired her in 2015. the owner says she changed the books to hide the thefts. flowers attorney told us, she's done nothing wrong. today, norfolk city leaders will say goodbye to the old norfolk courthouse. in about 30 minutes, demolition crews will began tearing down the building to make room for a new civic plaza. the city says demolishing the 50- year-old building marks a big step forward in improving the city's new
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justice system and downtown area. rico bush is live in norfolk with more on the project taking place this morning. rico. good morning katie. after 50 years, norfolk says it's ushering in a new era with that brand new plaza aimed to give the city a new and vibrant look. norfolk started its journey to build a new courthouse and civic plaza complex in 2-thousand-4. renovations include raising the plaza to prevent flooding, making more public open space, and extending main street to create a new public drop off area. the new city courthouse opened last year with the circuit and general district courts. last summer, crews tore down the old general district courthouse. in its place, the city plans to put a juvenile and domestic relations court and a law library.
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the entire project should be complete in 20-17. live in norfolk, rico bush,10 on your side. we're waiting for currituck county fire officials to give us more information about this fire from last night. witnesses sent us this video and told 10 on your side a barn or garage caught fire on caratoke highway near south currituck road. that's near the town of maple. we'll let you know when we get more details. this morning, norfolk police are trying to solve a undetermined death investigation in ocean view. detectives say they got a call around 7:00 last night to a home on west ocean view avenue on willoughby spit. the call came in for someone who needed medical attention. a police spokesman says they're making sure there's no foul play involved. we'll update you as soon as we hear more. the race for mayor in
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interesting. coming up, find out who just threw their hat in the ring against incumbent kenny wright. quiz warning. why those fun little q-and-a surveys on social media might actually be ways crooks are trying to get to our personal information. we'll show you how to protect yourself. and what would it take to keep more tolls off our lawmakers. find out what they told us. but first, in less than five minutes, an update on time saver traffic jen lewis is tracking backups at the h-r-b-t. if you're trying to get southside you'll want to hear her updated report. and in a matter of hours, this pretty view from tower cam 10 could be very different. meterologist jeremy wheeler is tracking rain and some possible wintry weather coming our way tonight. those details are coming
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mid 40s. winds north/east 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. rain with some snow mixing in. lows will be in mid-upper 30s. winds ne 10-20mph. friday: rain/snow mix in the morning. then mostly cloudy and windy. little to no accumulations, but some light accumulations possible north/west of hampton roads. highs will be in the low/mid 40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 40mph.
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today as high pressure is in control. it will be chilly. by tonight an area of low pressure and an upper level disturbance will move into the region from the west. we'll see moisture ahead of the system create a rain/snow mix tonight. temps will be near or above freezing. so little to no accumulations are expected. by tomorrow morning the low will move just to our south. the rain/snow mix will continue. we could see some light accumulations north and west of hampton roads as the temperatures there will be colder, but the higher amounts of accumulations will be up towards richmond with 2-4" expected there. heavy rain will be possible friday morning as well. we could see some localized flooding. the system will move out to sea by friday afternoon, but there will be strong winds behind it out of the northeast. the system will move so fast that tidal flooding doesn't look to be a big problem, but nuisance tidal flooding will be possible. we'll be cool and quiet on saturday with highs in the 40s. highs in the 50s on sunday with an isolated shower
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new this morning, norfolk police are looking for at least two men who robbed a pizza delivery driver overnight. officers say it happened around 1:00 this morning on picadilly street. that's off norview avenue and north military highway. investigators say the driver was not hurt. call the crime line if you have any information. this morning, we're on your side with a warning about another scam from hackers! seemingly harmless facebook quizzes could lead crooks right to your sensitive information. cyber security experts say the fun question & answer sessions could be unwanted software in disguise. they say the hackers only want one
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thing from you: money. (sot: sri sridharan, cyber security expert) "the more they know about you, the more ways they can trick you into doing something like clicking on a link you should not click on." the quiz and even the questions themselves could be hiding malicious links. they could let someone hijack personal information from your page or even download malware. cyber experts say you should be careful where you click, even if a friend shares it. they say you should only play reputable quizzes that protect you. the church pews were full last night at a concert meant to help one of the waverly tornado victims. people raised $26-hundred dollars for trenika stringfield at olive branch baptist church in suffolk. stringfield lost her son, brother, and boyfriend in last week's deadly storm. she came out last night with her father - who's a minister at the church. dancers, singers and musicians performed for free. stringfield told 10 on your side the support is helping her get through. c72 trenika stringfield
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from package c72 21:03 this is what i need right now my spirit really needed that happen that will draw us closer together sometimes it takes things to happen, that we might come together." last night's attendees were members from a number of churches in the area. if you'd like to donate to help trenika, look for a link on wavy-dot-com. more than a week after the waverly storm, neighbors have cleared a good amount of debris. crews were picking up the last of it from the streets when 10 on your side returned. they were covered with rubble after 110-mile-per-hour winds blew homes and businesses apart. while people are starting to rebuild, one business owner tells us dealing with insurance is already on his mind. governor mcaulliffe said last week-- it will take about a month before the state can file for fema reimbursement. it's too early to tell if the damages will meet the threshold for that aide. you can see our past coverage of this story by
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going to wavy dot com. a new man hopes to take control of portsmouth this november. sources tell 10 on your side, former city manager john rowe will challenge mayor kenny wright. back in january we told you rowe was considering a run. he resigned from his role as interim city manager last year, the same night council fired former city attorney george willson. how do we build new roads while keeping the old ones toll free? that's the big question virginia lawmakers are wrestling with this morning. delegate chris jones bill (2:20 6) cj ((if you want to take away the free lanes you would have to add new capacity and then only tow that new capacity)) runs: 06 (butt) state lanes you can toll those two new lanes this just says you have to run it through the general assembly first)) runs: 11 earlier this week we told you suffolk delegate chris jones proposed a toll bill
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designed to protect drivers and keep costs down. wednesday, 10 on your side witnessed lawmakers fighting about it in richmond. some threatened to effectively kill the measure. that's because not everyone agrees with everything in the bill. we learned jones and state senator bill desteph from virginia beach, are getting together to find a compromise. we'll let you know what happens. good morning, hampton roads. let's check
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40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 40mph. things will be quiet today as high pressure is in control. it will be chilly. by tonight an area of low pressure and an upper level disturbance will move into the region from the west. we'll see moisture ahead of the system create a rain/snow mix tonight. temps will be near or above freezing. so little to no accumulations are expected. by tomorrow morning the low will move just to our south. the rain/snow mix will continue. we could see some light accumulations north and west of hampton roads as the temperatures there will be colder, but the higher amounts of accumulations will be up towards richmond with 2-4" expected there. heavy rain will be possible friday morning as well. we could see some localized flooding. the system will move out to sea by friday afternoon, but there will be strong winds behind it out of the northeast. the system will move so fast
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new this morning, a washington state man who was sick of people stealing packages off his front porch, decided to take matters into his own hands. he got even, with a little help from his dog. (s/cory hovanec / tricked package thief:39-:45) "i rigged it so inside the package was soupy messy dog poo" you heard that right! check out this home security video of the crimes in action. after someone stole a valentine's day gift from his porch, he put together a little package of his own. and sure enough, the thief was caught on camera making off the with decoy package. but he won't find any valuables inside. (s/cory hovanec / tricked
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package thief:46-:53) "i rigged the package so they can only open it one was way and when they do dog poo is gonna go everywhere." (s/cory hovanec / tricked package thief:53-:56) "there is something you can do. poo." if you have a similar problem, police don't recommend you do this. instead, your best move
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good morning hampton good morning hampton roads. time now is xx-xx. we want to start with a look at the forecast and some possible messy weather heading our way tonight. so let's get right to meteorologist jeremy wheeler. today: increasing clouds. chilly. highs will be in the mid 40s. winds north/east 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. rain with some snow mixing in. lows will be in mid-upper 30s. winds ne 10-20mph. friday: rain/snow mix in the morning. then mostly cloudy and windy. little to no accumulations, but some light accumulations possible north/west of hampton roads. highs will be in the low/mid 40s. winds north 15-25mph
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area of low pressure and an upper level disturbance will move into the region from the west. we'll see moisture ahead of the system create a rain/snow mix tonight. temps will be near or above freezing. so little to no accumulations are expected. by tomorrow good morning, hampton roads. let's check traffic now. let's check traffic now. over on fox43 --- we have
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right now to fox 43. bringing down the house. the courthouse that is! take a look, crews are just about to start tearing down the old building. rico bush explains what's going in its place. plus, remembering fallen heroes. the ceremony happening today to honor local national guard members. a smash & grab robbery! how almost a dozen people made off with several weapons! the deflate-gate saga continues today. find out what's expected to happen in court over last year's controversy with air levels in footballs. and a teddy bear's journey. what happened after it got swallowed up by a python. good morning and thanks for joining us on wavy news ten on fox 43. i'm don roberts. and i'm katie collett. new this morning, newport news police are investigating two overnight shootings. we just got off the phone with investigators who
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say, the first happened around 12:30 this morning on jefferson avene near langley avenue. that's just north of harpersville road. police say someone shot the man in the walked into riverside regional medical center. police say someone shot him several times in the chest and stomach. he's in critical condition this morning. police say the two shootings are related. call the crime line if you know being turned into history. demolition crews are taking down the building that served the city for decades. city leaders says they're making room for a new civic plaza and justice system. rico bush is live in norfolk near the project. rico, crews were supposed to start at 8:00. what do you see right now? don, katie, city leaders say demolishing the 50-year-old building
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marks a new beginning of the construction on civic plaza improvements that have been in the making for years. city council began the journey to build a new courthouse and civic plaza complex in 2-thousand-4. last summer, crews tore down the old general district courthouse to make room for the city's three courts including the juvenile and domestic relations court and a law library. the old circuit courthouse, which crews built in the 19-60s, will come down this morning to start phase two for the new court complex and civic plaza. renovations include raising the plaza to prevent flooding, making more public space and extending main street to create a new public drop off area. all of this comes with a price tag of about
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the entire project is scheduled to be complete in 20-17. live in norfolk, rico bush, 10 on your side. in hampton, a high rise is set to come down next sunday, march 13th. crews will demolish the lincoln park apartment tower. the 46-year-old building has been closed for two years. crews will haul away the wreckage to make room for a new housing community that's should to be ready to open for residents in camp pendleton in virginia beach to remember virginia air national guard members lost 15 years ago today. later this morning there will be a ceremony for 18 heroes of the 203rd red horse squadron and three florida army national guard aviators. you're looking at video from last year's wreath laying. the service members died in 2001 while returning
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from training when their plane crashed in a field in georgia. it was the worst peacetime aviation disaster in the history of the national guard. there's a probable cause hearing today in the case of a man accused of randomly shooting and killing people in kalamazoo, michigan. today's meeting sets up an important one next week that will determine if there's enough evidence against jason dalton to go to trial. the prosecutor plans to speak to the public after today's meeting. six people died, and two people are recovering shooting ramage. also happening today - arguments over deflategate. the n-f-l is appealing a ruling that overturned new england patriots quarterback tom brady's suspension. the n-f-l suspended brady for four games after an investigation into whether he under inflated footballs during the 20-14 season. a judge overruled that saying the nfl acted improperly. the league says it stands by its decision. a judge delayed a 30-year-old rape trial in accomack county for a second time.
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getting out of hand. the judge described what happened yesterday as "helter-skelter". the suspect, khalil muslimani, is representing himself. he's accused of sexually assaulting his stepdaughter for years. the judge said muslimani made several motions that were already previously discussed, and then had a long list of people that were subpoenaed, some of which have already died. after two hours, the judge finally ended it. the judge says the trial will now start on july 5th. new information about an alabama police officer, accused of shooting and killing an unarmed black man. find out what prosecutors decided about charges. a family's search for answers after someone gunned down a chespeake man. we'll show you how they're not giving up finding a suspect. new this morning, a smash & grab robbery caught on tape! find out how the suspects
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the mid 40s. winds north/east 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. rain with some snow mixing in. lows will be in mid-upper 30s. winds ne 10-20mph. friday: rain/snow mix in the morning. then mostly cloudy and windy. little to no accumulations, but some light accumulations possible north/west of hampton roads. highs will be in the low/mid 40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 40mph. things will be quiet today as high pressure is in control. it will be chilly. by tonight an area of low pressure and an upper level disturbance will move into the region from the west. we'll see moisture ahead of the system create a rain/snow mix tonight. temps will be near or above freezing. so little to no accumulations are expected. by tomorrow morning the low will move just to our south. the rain/snow mix will continue. we could see some light accumulations north and west of hampton roads as the temperatures there will be colder, but the higher amounts of accumulations
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will be up towards richmond with 2-4" expected there. heavy rain will be possible friday morning friday afternoon, but there will be strong winds behind it problem, but nuisance tidal flooding will be sunday with an isolated shower possible. warmer temps next week. stay tuned for updates. good morning, hampton roads. let's check
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a python's interesting snack. we'll show you what happened after a family's pet snake ate their dog's favorite toy. plus, a sneak peak inside the new exhibt opening this weekend at the botanical garden. get ready to be amazed. and coming at up 8:30, alaska doesn't have enough snow. how it's impacting the iditarod dog sled race
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new this morning, arrests in a brazen gun store smash and grab caught on camera. we learned that information overnight from our affiliate in houston. federal authorities arrested several people in the case, but believe more on still on the loose. take a look at the unbelievable video of about 10 people breaking into the store tuesday. you can see them wrap a chain around the barred doors and then use a truck to break it open. once they get inside they go on a free- for-all grabbing whatever they can. investigators say they
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got away with more than 50 guns. also new this morning, an officer in alabama faces a murder charge for shooting and killing an unarmed black man last month in montgomery. police say 23-year-old officer aaron smith thought 59-year-old gregory gunn was acting suspiciously. there was a struggle between the two before officer smith shot and killed gunn. it turned out that gunn was carrying a long pole and not a firearm. smith's attorney believes the facts will prove the officer had just cause to shoot gunn. 1:13 - 1:23 mickey mcdermott / attorney "he still has a life ahead of him, we understand mr. gunn's life has ended, but mr. gunn chose for his life to end that night, and the facts will prove that." officer smith is currently on leave from the police department and is out on bond. it's been a year since gun violence tore apart a family here in hampton roads, but chesapeake police are still no closer to finding out who did it. the family of levi frederick is desperate for answers. they want to know who shot him and another man
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in a drive-by shooting on river creek road last march. frederick's family and friends came together to remember him last night. his mother says there was one miracle in the past year - frederick's daughter was born after he died. she says her granddaughter pushes her to keep fighting to find frederick's killer. chanda frederick / mother of levi frederick c0027 14:11:36 "i just want justice for me, his brother, his sisters, his grandparents and i need justice for my grandbaby because this should not have happened." 14:11:47 chesapeake police say this is an open case, and they don't have any new details. if you have information that can help, call the crimeline at 1-888- lock-u-up. the parents of two virginia college students will never see their daughters again, but yesterday they did finally get a sense of justice. jesse matthew, junior pleaded guilty to murdering hannah graham and morgan harrington. matthew will spend the rest of his life behind bars. he received four consecutive life sentences, and waived his right to parole.
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10 on your side was outside the albemarle county courthouse as the parents of the graham and harrington expressed relief at the plea agreement, and talked about the holes left in their lives. john graham - victim's father "his evil deprived the world of a great talent, but hannah's enduring gift to us all is that she enabled this wicked man to be apprehended and convicted. she did change the world, but at a terrible price." gil harrington - victim's mother "the finality and accountability that has been achieved today with this plea agreement, will allow our family to redirect energy into healing and recovery" matthew's attorney said his client was sorry and that he loved his family. he's currently serving a life sentence for a 2005 sexual assault in northern virginia. our extensive coverage of our extensive coverage of this case continues on wavy-dot-com. you'll find new details from court documents in graham's case.
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plus, there's a timeline of events, letters that describe matthew's past, and more reaction from the victims' loved- ones. we have new video of astronaut scott kelly arriving back in the u-s in houston. after spending nearly a year on the international space station, he finally got to hug his family and friends. he fell back to earth yesterday in to hug his family and friends. he fell back to earth yesterday in kazakstan. nasa says he actually grew two inches during his time in the display at norfolk botanical garden. the lantern-asia exhibit opens saturday. art by day, magic by night. these are pictures of some of the asian lantern works that are in the garden. from dragons to waterfalls, fish and flamingoes. there's even a magical white palace made from plates and dishware. the exhibit has been in beijing, sydney and rotterdam. now its in norfolk from
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saturday to april 30th. this just in to the wavy newsroom. if you live on the outer banks, put march 8th on your calendar! north carolina governor pat mccrory just announced the date for the groundbreaking of the new bonner bridge. there will be a big ceremony on the south side of the bridge on tuesday at 10:00 am. a lot of folks are excited about the new span. for years, 10 on your side has covered the battle between environmentalists and residents to build a new bridge connecting hatteras island with the rest of the outer banks. the current bonner bridge is 52 years-old, and was designed only to last 30 years. good morning, hampton roads. let's check
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friday: rain/snow mix in the morning. then mostly cloudy and windy. little to no accumulations, but some light accumulations possible north/west of hampton roads. highs will be in the low/mid 40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 40mph. things will be quiet today as high pressure is an upper level disturbance will move into the region from the west. we'll see moisture ahead of the system create a rain/snow mix tonight. temps will be near or above freezing. so little to no accumulations are expected. by tomorrow morning the low will move just to our south. the rain/snow mix will continue. we could see some light accumulations north and west of hampton roads as the temperatures there will be colder, but the higher amounts of accumulations possible friday morning as well. we could see some localized flooding. the system will move out to sea by friday afternoon, but there will be strong winds behind it out of the northeast. the system will move so fast that tidal flooding doesn't look to be a big problem, but nuisance tidal flooding will be possible. we'll be cool and quiet on saturday with highs in the 40s. highs in the 50s on sunday with an isolated
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if a teddy bear in austraila could talk, it would have quite a story. that's because the bear is back on its way to its owner, even after a six-foot python swallowed it. it all started after the pet snake got into the family's home and ate their dog's favorite teddy bear. the family called a snake catcher who noticed the python had an ususal bulge. an x-ray later confirmed it was a teddy bear, so a vet
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good morning. time now is 8-28. today: increasing clouds. chilly. highs will be in the mid 40s. winds north/east 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. rain with some snow mixing in. lows will be in mid-upper 30s. winds ne 10-20mph. friday: rain/snow mix in the morning. then mostly cloudy and windy. little to no accumulations, but some light accumulations possible north/west of hampton roads. highs today as high pressure is accumulations are there will be colder, but
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heavy rain will be to sea by friday that tidal flooding shower possible. warmer temps next week. stay tuned for updates. good morning, hampton roads. let's check traffic now. the demolition of the old norfolk courthouse has started. crews have begun taking it down about 30 minutes ago. rico bush will have more details about what's going in its place coming up in
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and a warning about those fun quizzes you see on social media. why experts say, they could be scams in disguise! right now, the old norfolk courthouse is being replaced. demolition crews started tearing down the building to make room for a new civic plaza. the city says demolishing the 50- year-old building marks a big step forward in improving the city's new justice system and downtown area. rico bush is live in norfolk with a closer look at the demolition. rico, how is the process looking now? good morning don, katie. after 50 years, norfolk says it's ushering in a new era with that brand new plaza aimed to give the city a new and vibrant look. norfolk started its journey to build a new courthouse and civic plaza complex in 2-thousand-4. renovations include raising the plaza to
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prevent flooding, making more public open space, and extending main street to create a new public drop off area. the new city courthouse opened last year with the circuit and general district courts. last summer, crews tore down the old general district courthouse. in its place, the city plans to put a juvenile and domestic relations court and a law library. juvenile and domestic relations court and a law library. the entire project should
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live in norfolk, rico start for the woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars from her employer. chesapeake police say mandi flowers worked for people's auction company until her bosses fired her in 2015. the owner says she changed the books to hide the thefts. flowers attorney told us, she's done nothing wrong. new this morning, norfolk police are looking for at least two men who robbed a pizza delivery driver overnight. officers say it happened around 1:00 this morning on picadilly street. that's off norview avenue and north military highway. investigators say the driver was not hurt. call the crime line if you know anything. we're working to get more information from currituck county fire officials
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about this fire from last night. witnesses sent us this video and told 10 on your side a barn or garage caught fire on caratoke highway near south currituck road. that's near the town of maple. we'll let you know when we get more details. this morning, norfolk police are trying to solve a undetermined death investigation in ocean view. detectives say they got a call around 7:00 last night to a home on west ocean view avenue on willoughby spit. the call came in for someone who needed medical attention. a police spokesman says they're making sure involved. we'll update you as soon malaysia airlines plane that disappeared two years ago? an american adventurer says he found this in mozambique. this morning, its on the way to australia for analysis investigators told nbc news, the piece of metal could be from the doomed boeing 777. we'll keep you posted on the results. portsmouth just got more interesting.
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coming up, find out who threw their hat in the ring against incumbent kenny wright. and this could be the mother of all puppy records in north carolina. but first, meteorologist jeremy wheeler is working on your detailed forecast for rain and winter weather headed our way tonight. you'll want to hear his updated report coming up in less than three minutes. and stay ahead of the coming rain and wintery mix, by downloading our wavy weather app. get hour-by-hour forecasts and the
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("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: increasing clouds. chilly. highs will be in the mid 40s. winds north/east 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. rain with some snow mixing in. lows will be in mid-upper 30s. winds ne 10-20mph. friday: rain/snow mix in the morning. then mostly cloudy and windy. little to no accumulations, but some light accumulations possible north/west of hampton roads. highs will be in the low/mid 40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 40mph. things will be quiet today as high pressure is in control. it will be chilly. by tonight an area of low pressure and moisture ahead of the system create a rain/snow mix tonight. temps will be near or above freezing. so little to
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morning the low will move just to our south. the rain/snow mix will continue. we could see some light accumulations north and west of hampton roads as the temperatures there will be colder, but the higher amounts of accumulations will be up towards richmond with 2-4" expected there. heavy rain will be to sea by friday afternoon, but there will be strong winds behind it out of the northeast. the system will move so fast that tidal flooding doesn't look to be a big problem, but nuisance tidal flooding will be possible. we'll be cool and quiet on saturday with highs in the 40s. next week. stay tuned for updates. good morning, hampton roads. let's check traffic now. good morning, hampton roads. let's check
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the church pews were full last night at a concert meant to help one of the waverly tornado victims. people raised $26-hundred dollars for trenika stringfield at olive branch baptist church in suffolk. stringfield lost her son, brother, and boyfriend in last week's deadly storm. she came out last night with her father - who's a minister at the church. if you'd like to donate to help trenika, look for a link on wavy-dot-com. more than a week after the waverly storm, neighbors have cleared a good amount of debris. crews
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were picking up the last of it when 10 on your side returned to the area yesterday. the streets were covered with rubble after 110-mile-per-hour winds blew homes and businesses apart. now some business owner say they are frustrated now to a follow-up about that tuesday's crash in virginia beach involving an e- m-s vehicle that killed a woman. police say the man driving was an experienced brigade chief named jeffrey brennaman. city officials say he was on-duty at the time, but he was not heading to an emergency. the wreck happened on lynnhaven parkway. 88-year-old doris baxter died. this morning, brennaman is on administrative duty while officers investigate. doctor ben carson has made his decision in 20-16 -- the retired neurosurgeon has effectively ended his campaign for president. after disappointing results super tuesday, carson says he "sees no path forward" for his white house ambitions. he says he will not attend the next g-o-p debate in michigan, and his campaign
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promised more information later this week. many of you have been thinking about your next move -- depending on the outcome of decision 2016. a google data editor says searches for "how can i move to canada" increased more than 350-percent tuesday. the last time that question spiked was november 2004, when voters re-elected president george w. bush. google could not link the increase to any particular candidate. a new man hopes to take control of portsmouth this november. sources tell 10 on your side, former city manager john rowe will challenge mayor kenny wright. back in january we told you rowe was considering a run. he resigned from his role as interim city manager last year, the same night council fired former city attorney george willson. teachers and staff could be getting a small raise, if city council approves the virginia beach school board's budget. the proposal also includes ten extended kindergarten classes, and 20 new
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school busses. if it passes, school officials say they will not need to raise class sizes and they'll be able to hire more people. happening today, a career fair designed to help young people get jobs. the youth career center of hampton roads will host an event tonight. its free for people ages 16 to 24 to get a leg up on jobs and volunteer opportunities. more than 50 companies and agencies will be on hand. just head to pembroke mall in virginia beach between 5 and 7 tonight. virginia beach city council will shell out more $68-thousand-dollars a year for the tide expansion team, but leaders haven't even officially approved the expansion! that money will go towards an office space so the team has a place to stay while crews bring the tide from norfolk to the resort city. after city manager dave hansen signed the lease, councilman john moss made a motion to stop spending money on the project until the council has made a final decision. no one
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we've experience a pretty mild winter so far, and apparently so has alaska. the state is sending out for snow for the upcoming iditarod dog sled race. officials are bringing it in by rail from fairbanks because the snow in anchorage is melting. race officials say this is a first for them. they say they even cut part of the race track through anchorage from 11 miles to three because of the lack of snow. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: increasing clouds. chilly. highs will be in the mid 40s. winds north/east 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. rain with some snow mixing in. lows will be in mid-upper 30s. winds ne 10-20mph. friday: rain/snow mix in the morning. then mostly cloudy and windy. little to no accumulations, but
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some light accumulations possible north/west of hampton roads. highs will be in the low/mid 40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 40mph. things will be quiet today as high pressure is in control. it will be chilly. by tonight an area of low pressure and an upper level disturbance will move into the region from the west. we'll see moisture ahead of the system create a rain/snow mix tonight. temps will be near or above freezing. so little to no accumulations are expected. by tomorrow morning the low will move just to our south. the rain/snow mix will continue. we could see some light accumulations north and west of hampton roads as the temperatures there will be colder, but the higher amounts of accumulations will be up towards richmond with 2-4" expected there. heavy rain will be possible friday morning as well. we could see some localized flooding. the system will move out to sea by friday afternoon, but there will be strong winds behind it out of the northeast. the system will move so fast that tidal flooding doesn't look to be a big problem, but nuisance tidal flooding will be possible. we'll be cool and quiet on saturday with highs in the 40s.
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next week. stay tuned for updates. doesn't look to be a big problem, but nuisance tidal flooding will be possible. we'll be cool and quiet on saturday with highs in the 40s. highs in the 50s on sunday with an isolated shower possible. warmer temps next week. stay tuned for updates. expected. by tomorrow morning the low will move little to no accumulations are expected. by tomorrow morning the low will move just to our south. the rain/snow mix will continue. we could see some light accumulations north and west of hampton roads as the temperatures there will be colder, but the higher amounts of accumulations will be up towards richmond with 2-4" expected there. heavy rain will be possible friday morning as well.
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we could see some localized flooding. the system will move out to sea by friday afternoon, but there will be strong winds behind it out of the northeast. the system will move so fast that tidal flooding doesn't look to be a big problem, but nuisance tidal flooding will be possible. we'll be cool and quiet on saturday temps next week. stay tuned for pressure and an upper level disturbance will move into the region from be near or above freezing. so little to no accumulations are expected. by tomorrow morning the low will move just to our south. the rain/snow mix will continue. we could see some light accumulations north and west of hampton roads as the temperatures there will be colder, but the higher amounts of accumulations will be up towards richmond with 2-4" expected there. heavy
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rain will be possible friday morning as well. we could see some doesn't look to be a big temps next week. stay tuned for updates. puppies, puppies everywhere! the owners of two labrador retrievers in north carolina may have set a state record after their dogs had a liter of 17 puppies! the owners couldn't believe how many new dogs suddenly multiplied in their kinston home. so they started researching to see if they broke the record. turns out, the world record for lab puppies is 19. the state record in north carolina is 16. :28 - 52 runs 24 seconds s/lina emory/dog owner "i've never heard of any labs having a litter that size so i knew it had to be a little bit rare or uncommon, i started googling and i guess the record for akc registered labs..the world record for litter size is 19. and wow we came pretty close and guess the state record is about 16, so not
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today: increasing clouds. chilly. highs will be in the mid 40s. winds north/east 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. rain with some snow mixing in. lows will be in mid-upper 30s. winds ne 10-20mph. friday: rain/snow mix in the morning. then mostly cloudy and windy. little to no accumulations, but some light accumulations possible north/west of hampton roads. highs will be in the low/mid 40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 40mph. demolition crews are busy right now in downtown norfolk. more on that, plus, police investigate after 2 men are found, with bullet wounds in norfolk. headlines at any time---on wavy dot
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