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because the costs become predictable gives us a better test drive those costs down shipyard workers are understandably concerned about the future but they're trying to stay upbeat. i hope they come back out there ready to come back and to experience this again so we can continue to build its ships but the loss of law to give the cats and rats christening attendees could hear much more about what the future holds for subs and for funding from the ceremonies principal speaker navy secretary ray mavis mei getting thirteen years now. organizers say there are enough signatures to put the no light rail referendum on the november ballot. our partners at the virginian pilot reported as of this morning virginia beach treasure john atkinson says there are more than nineteen thousand signatures and more are expected and number of people signed the petition and polling places on super tuesday officials have not yet verified the signatures. if your commute takes you through chesapeake next week you might have some might
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reports say the hodges ferry bridge on portsmouth boulevard will have closures on monday tuesday the bridge over cooper's date on mount pleasant grove will experience some roadblocks and on wednesday. drivers will see some closures on centerville turnpike bridge all three closures are scheduled between nine in the afternoon thirty news now is tracking a four car problems today officials tell church lynn boulevard and town point road were also told the driver of one of the calls might have suffered a medical emergency causing that accident. paramedics took for people to marry view hospital for what appear to be non life threatening injuries. farms in the commonwealth to the big hat from last week's tornadoes were told losses totaled one point six million dollars so far the virginia farm bureau mutual insurance company says it has received one hundred and twenty six claims since the twisters in essex county the virginia department of forestry identify timber losses of
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thousand dollars the tornadoes killed five people and injured dozens more legal team is fighting against a virginia statute that they say punishes homeless alcoholics. today the legal and justice center announced they have filed a lawsuit in roanoke the group claims the commonwealth's attorney's offices use the law to repeatedly put the homeless behind bars their complaint says the statute criminalized the possession or consumption of alcohol violating constitutional rights. fine for flinging open car doors one bill will charge drivers who fling open the doors near bicyclists drivers could face a fifty dollar fine for opening a car door when it's quote not reasonably safe to do so. one state senator says the commonwealth needs to create a fine to ensure the offense isn't considered a misdemeanor traffic violation. we're told the bill will soon face a boathouse and similar legislation has stalled in the general assembly in
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our veterans today marked the end of the first series of free veterans' legal clinics that program was the brainchild of attorney general mark herring volunteer attorneys helped one hundred and twenty nine virginia vets and spouses in chesapeake richmond roanoke in and bail and were told they hope to have more clinics like these because the demand was so high. food lion is cutting out the cage the parent company of the grocery chain announced it will begin the switch to a one hundred percent cage free egg policy del hays america says the move is supposed to ensure humane treatment of animals and sports and support sustainability practices. it might not be a change you'll see right away though the company plans to be totally pain free by two thousand twenty five virginia school is shut down one hundred and fifty students are sick because of an oral virus outbreak the bedford county school district inform parents of the closure to prevent the spread of
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were told the school is closed just for the day nora virus is commonly associated with large gatherings of people. the virus has not been a reported problem in any other school in the county. cleaning crews are supposed to be sanitizing the school today. boeing engineers think they found the solution for smelly grimy airplane bathrooms ultraviolet light the aircraft manufacturer filed a patent for a self cleaning lavatory that disinfect all surfafas in three seconds. boeing plans to use the far uv which it says is different then the waves used in tanning beds and is not harmful to people. boeing says it still needs to study the idea further before offering it to airlines' new details released about the death the bobbi kristina brown the daughter of whitney houston what the metal examiner says caused her death in what she had in her system at the time plus shot by a man on a hover board by
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targeted just for trying to be nice and the weather's going to try to be a little bit nicer this weekend has been lately it's not going to really succeed though a lot better forecast in my extended outlook on that coming up and more traffic trouble in newport news as we head to our camera. there's a new accident sixty four westbound just past the yorktown road overpass to see it there in the left lane already a two and a half mile back up to fort eustis boulevard also on
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and our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. big, bold, steaks. only at longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. for lunch, try our steakhouse burger or any steakhouse lunch combo starting at $7. the medical examiner in georgia says bobbi kristina brown was found immersed in water intoxicated by a mix of marijuana alcohol morphine and other drugs but medical reports say that ultimately led to the death of whitney houston's daughter was pneumonia the twenty two year old was found unconscious in a bath tub in our atlanta area home in january of last year she died in hospice care in july an attorney for brown's boyfriend says he hopes these new details will quote but the negativity around his client to rest her mother whitney houston died
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was found face down in about a hollywood hotel and twenty twelve. the fight continues over apple's role in unlocking a san bernardino terrorists' cell phone. now the united nations is taking a stance a human rights chief says the efforts to force apple to crack the code may infringe on human rights journalists and whistleblowers he believes the action could put the future of individual security at risk while the un is warning the fbi to proceed with caution in this case it still supports the fed's in the war against terror the fbi deserves everyone's full support in its investigation into the san bernardino killings. this was an abominable crime and no one involved in aiding or abetting it should escape the law that december shooting spree in san bernardino killed fourteen people ninety cats were pulled from a house in north carolina morrisville animal control says they were called
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bitten someone when they noticed a strong odor the woman at the home refused to let officers inside claiming they were only twenty animals there but there were ninety were told the house was a breeding ground for disease that took animal control hours to find all of the cat some were dead others had to put down the ones that survived are now up for adoption if heard of a getaway car will fall about a getaway hover board police in texas a man on a hover board shot a driver and then got away. the driver says he offered the man a ride and he declined after the victim as a second time the man reportedly shot at him that bullet went through the trunk can actually hit the driver in the arm shoulder shooter thought the victim was up to some of you know why the following chart under driving around i don't mean to make it seem odd from all of the victim says he often drives around at night paramedics took him
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expected to be okay. decades after the o j simpson murder trial and is back in the news more of a potential piece of evidence that has popped up plus a tradition in hampton roads returns more on the weekend long celebration of the hampton roads tattoo arts festival and at six a norfolk teen disappears she
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the guard rails all across the state today the state was removing guard rails along the side of the highway in which barred the abc affiliate there says this route may have treated the guard rails thirteen years now has done extensive investigations on these barriers. some of the guard rails have been linked to serious and deadly accidents god cannot confirm they were removing trim the guard rails in lynchburg. only that the work was routine maintenance the double homicide of o j simpson's ex wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman was dubbed the trial of the century former football star face murder charges before a jury found him not guilty now. interest is developing surrounding the discovery of a potential new piece of evidence and not guilty of the crime of murder the o j simpson trial was settled decades ago but los angeles police this morning clearing up a new story going
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night that may have been recovered. possibly connected so the simpson case. los angeles police department revealing how they got that night within the last month lapd became aware of an item that was allegedly recovered by a citizen at the rockingham property possibly during the demolition that property o j simpson's own brentwood home demolished in nineteen ninety eight. police say they're told it was an off duty or retired police officer working in the area there for a movie job who claims a construction worker gave him the night saying it was found on the estate the defendant having been acquitted o j simpson was acquitted of murder charges in nineteen ninety four stabbing deaths of nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman simpson continues to claim he's innocent dollars loan will slow down here. now many tv viewers reliving the whole trial in a new fx mini series the people
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what the discovery of this night could mean no matter what this night. turns out to be. it won't lead to o j simpson getting prosecuted again lauren mr abc news los angeles basin is a set they still are looking for a murder suspect who busted out of jail this week deputies say rafael mcleod held a guard hostage with a shank and demanded his clothes since the jailbreak were told authorities have found the pants mcleod snatch from mak guard that reward for his capture is now seventy five hundred dollars authorities say the escapee is a real danger to the public concerned and very frustrating. we just need him back in jail this invasion can be very dangerous. we need the public's help with only the public to approach him and put themselves in harm's way. the climb is accused of rape and murder of a sixty nine year old woman in twenty fifty. right now tim's our little cooler than normal for this time of the year but that might be changing come the weekend
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warm up for saturday and sunday. yet today fourteen or fifteen degrees colder than we should be this time a year so that's very unusual meanwhile the clouds are breaking up assure you that earlier but now it's leading to what looks like could be a really cool looking sunset as we get some of the scattering from the sunlight they're going to the clouds nothing on radar but again those clouds have been out there and are starting to break up here's another look at and will be too long here before the sun is down about oh ten fifteen minutes at the most meanwhile tempers this evening falling back to around thirty nine windy and cold conditions and varying amounts of clouds again gradually things are trying to improve ones are still gusting up near thirty mph highs today only forty two forty one for most of the area get over to virginia beach was forty five forty three in chesapeake but for most of the seven cities right around forty or just a tiny tiny bit above so gradually dropping from those kinds of numbers back in the thirties this evening still blustery not as windy
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gradually alter the evening the winds will begin to ease and by morning it won't be much wind at all inland areas will be our most common fact you can see we don't really show hardly any stream lines that's good news in that you won't have a wind chill but it's bad in that with a lack of wind allows the cold air to settle down closer to the ground and say you can get even colder actual air temperatures and will find some upper twenty s to near thirty and then will start to see the sun coming up in raising tempers up into the forties barely into the forties during the morning hours and then during the afternoon a few of those mid level clouds and call a partly sunny to the afternoon and temperatures will top out in the mid forties during the evening a little bit of the west so slight risk of a shower i think most of the chance of rain will tend to be concentrated after midnight and even later than that for five o'clock in the morning on sunday and then gradually that will move off the main part of
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certainly by the lunch hour the question is will we still see some on the backside of it here i think that's probably a bit overdone on to say that most the precipitation stays with this main area and works its way offshore than during the day on sunday began working its way offshore really powerful system that came through with the strong wind gust earlier since midnight. roughly two thirds of an inch of rain a lot of locations you get a little farther north than it was low and of course that on the form of snow to begin with and then start to sleep and then turn to rain for many many areas tonight thirty four clearing and cold with diminishing winds twenties for the farthest in one spot spot forty seven slight chance for showers during the evening a better chance overnight and into sunday high temperatures both days though below normal and then were back where we should be by monday and nice and warm tuesday wednesday thursday and a man died in a house fire in indiana this
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to get out of the house officials say the woman smelled smoke and climbed out a window when firefighters got there they found the man on the floor. medics took him to the hospital where he died neighbors s y life will be different without you the real nice guy friendly one of you a robot we waved to each other you know although we both have busy lives the dusty was on a story i would go a mile but we always stop and wait the woman she's going to be ok she told fire crews there were smoke detectors inside the house but it was the smoke that will corrupt a bacterial infection killed eighteen people in wisconsin and health officials say forty four people in the southern part of the state have tested positive. it's called elizabeth qin jia the majority of those who came down with this are over the age of sixty five. state investigators and the cdc are looking into what might be the source of this bacterial bloodstream infection health
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serious and complex situation where has this person band who have been in contact with what have they been in contact with either extensive interviews and then we comb through that information for common themes across patients to try to figure out what might be the source of this infection employees from the cdc are on the ground in wisconsin now trying to pinpoint a link to the people who are infected. a new place to live for one of our nation's heroes held the home sweet home will change a life that things are wild weather continues after last night's snow we have strong winds eating away at our sewer line the beaches and protein always vulnerable during storms like this one. i'm joe flanagan in virginia beach coming up we'll have the story. another incident runs around the neighborhood wants to delay his corruption
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. so this weekend a local veteran will get the keys to his new home one built just for him staff sergeant with the slate lost both his legs while serving in iraq now the homes for our troops organization is giving back to sleep. volunteers stepped up spending weeks to build the home. it has lowered countertops and wider doorways so slates wheelchair can fit through. i've had three or four other guys that i know of that of john holmes from holmes birthers and it's just dramatically change their lives. you know just the accessibility for them that the birds being removed from them. it has given them the ability to move onto next israelite slave his wife and three kids will get the keys to the new home in yorktown on sunday. now medically
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degree in marine science or contract law. it's tapped to time the sixth annual hampton rose tattoo arts festival announced its full schedule events are scheduled starting today until sunday at the hampton roads convention center kids temporary tattoo contest and the miss hampton roads pin up girl contest are a couple things to expect if you go. thirteen is now heard from some of the artist today the menace of possible orders come from all over the world has been awesome. a lot of people named evan is that my art is for seven years now going well cardstock a lot of people have bad ideas about that two people with tattoos in general but when you come out to a show like that get to see how everybody works together we all worked as a family the things that come through acts at the time off
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mention his needs. we love it and it's a lifestyle or just interview as artists is featured in the series before you can mention something else i would doubly say to come out also bring your kids to the family of baths. it's simply a good time. mayb and that's all for thirteen years now at five thirty thirteen is now in six starts with possible new revelations in the death of one fifteen a j hats. almost exactly a year ago angelica aj hats will disappear for an off the cone weeks later investigators found the teen dead of a heroin overdose in southampton county police never charged anyone with our doubts but now a new witness may testify then aj
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somehow involved. marcella roberson has a closer look at the new developments this could be a major break in the case yet that can be deafening and major development in this case apple's attorney is asking a judge to take him off of hassles case because of a conflict of interest with another client that other client is claiming that information that could tie hassle to the death of a j a new witness could be the break police need in solving the death of a j hansel police found a jay's body behind a vacant home last year the cause of death by heroin overdose but no one was ever charged. this new witness could change that what evidence is when this happened what is he going to testify to these court documents filed by hansen's attorney asked a judge to take him off the case because he already represents another client is cooperating with police that other clients as he has information that could tie a hassle to the death of his adoptive daughter. hansel
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ammunition charge court documents say this new witness could testify against cancel if charges related to a j's death are brought our legal analyst kevin devin says those charges could be on the way what those terms are going to be if they have enough to make the murder case that's yet to the sea it's unclear exactly who this new witness is and what information they have a dozen says it may be a jailhouse informant. the only new witnesses that would come about under both conventional wisdom are witnesses that hassle has interacted with in the last several months which would be people that he's interacted with in jail now the jailhouse informant according to court documents will be testifying. if that charge brought against hassle only for a reduction in the his sentence. now a hassle is supposed to be centered on the federal charge at the end of the month our legal analysts said that will likely be delayed as they sort out his
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roberts and thirteen is now a man's on dad and the sunset cemetery now police need help finding the killer investigators say eighteen year old carlton boone junior killed a forty two year old wayne watford vs balloons mugshot police have not released a possible motive call police if you know where to find a wild twenty four hours of weather we had some snow and sleet and have the roads last night. today when gus of close to forty miles an hour hit us and the strong winds are still blowing the sea surface tracking the system. yeah but things are improving and this just sort of shows you that overall effects were getting a nice sunset. let's look at that as the silver lining to the clouds quite literally and now as we go and the weekend is not going to be perfect but it will definitely be improved next week it'll be about perfect nothing on radar right now the system is long gone the last the number of hours you can see it has been continuing to pull away even from the eastern shore which by the way australia next
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