fox 5 local news. >>> take you to montgomery county. six or seven bodies have been identified from the deadly apartment explosion. today, investigators identified 34-year-old aseged mekonen, they've already been able to identify two young kids and three victims, detectives are working with the medical examiner to id that remaining body. the explosion and fire happened at the flower branch apartments back on august 10th. investigators say it was caused by a natural gas leak. abl fatal explosion happened another incident, emergency evacuating part of an apartment building because of carbon monoxide leak. they were called to the scene after residents reported getting sick. crews trace the source of the gas to washers in the attached parking garage. several residents were treated. one was taken to the hospital. >>> let's take it outside right now. yes, we're in for another warmup. another heat wave is about to set in. what is this number seven? >> yes, it is, if you count all of them to. a heat wave defined as three days in a row at or abou

live at the brazilian embassy tonight, tom fitzgerald, fox5 local news. >> tom was reporting, fox news did tweet out that report out of brazil say that those american swimmers including ryan lochte are being indicted for filing false crime reports in brazil. we'll have more on that later on this evening. >>> in other news tonight, 3us postal workers in the district were arrested today charged with bribery, and conir an unsealed indictment claims the three had worked together to make sure packages of pot were delivered in exchange for cash. fox5's paul wagner joins us live from us district court with this story. paul? >> reporter: hey, tony, the us postal service works very hard to try and prevent drugs from being sent through the mail. but in this scheme, prosecutors say, three insiders worked hard to make sure those drugs did get through. today here at us district court, kendra brantly, alicia normally, dean vaughn, their supervisor, all made their first appearances, they were all arrested earlier today, two of them arrested at stations up in northwest. the other was arrested at a sta

it plan accordingly and don't go anywhere we have much more to tell about you "fox5 local news" at 6 we'll be right sad news to report comedy legend gene wilder. >> decade long career was filled well tears and laughs and so so much mun. adam hously takes a look at the highlights. >> gene wilder was born jerome sillier man june 111993 a shy kid growing up and got acting bug when 11. he studdied at the actor studio where jerry became gene. since he could not picture marquise reading at hamlet he took gene from novel and wilder from play right. he started off on broadway and land aid small part in 196 7 bonnie and collide his victory debut. >> i'm going to tear them apart those punks. >> but a change the meeting with leading man. in 1968 he appeared in brooks hit "the producers." >> under the right circumstances a producer could make more money with a flop an hit. >> he earned oscar nomination and name for himself in hollywood. >> if i had not done that mov movie and then was nominated for academy award and all that, i think i would still be doing supporting roles on broad way. >> there

live in prince george's county, paul wagner, fox5 local news. >> new tonight, a 911 call from a killer. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> calm down. calm down. >> not breathing? >> no, ma'am. >> we just got that tape. dc man calling for help after he shook his girlfriends' baby so violently the six month olds later died. that was in january, prince georges county, then this week kareem bryant took a plea deet. lindsay watts has more from that 911 call and the shocking statement from the baby's mother in court. >> my name is kareem brown. i am calling for my girlfriends. >> okay. >> oh, give it mouth to mouth. >> the man on the line seems frantic. >> the baby is six months. let me do it. >> is it male or female? >> female. >> she is not awake? >> yes, she is still breathing. >> investigators say kareem bryant's concern for his girlfriend's babe. >> i yes, i think she caught a seizure. >> oh, you think she had a seizure? >> his confusion about what happened is all an act. violent past offender high on synthetic marijuana when he shook the child when his girlfriends was in the shower. >> this

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thanks for joining us for your only local news at 5:30. let's get you up to date with the latest local headlines. these are dark times for the solar industry in nevada. a recent court up to cost solar customers big money. but as claudia cowan explains - some people who do not use the power of the sun say it's a subsidy they're happy to see go away. every year, nevada homeowners spend $16 million dollars to help subsidize 17-thousand customers who've put solar panels on their roof. but not for much longer: in a controversial move, the state's public utility commission, or p-u-c, is phasing out that subsidy over the next 12 years: take nats of hear one more time for solar! (crowd chanting)" solar customers in nevada are blasting the state's decision to phase out net- metering: the incentive program that re-imbursed residential customers at retail rates for excess power generated by their rooftop panels. heine says: "the p- u-c and governor sandoval have backstabbed us and have gone against us the little person...." according to solar activist

your only choice for live local news right now. with emmy award winner john huck. christine maddela. and weather 24/7 with chief meteoroligist ted pretty. this is local las vegas. thanks for joining us for your only local news at 5:30. the push continues to bring the oakland raiders to las vegas. the las vegas sands corporation wants to see it happen - and is putting its powerfull weight behind the a new staidum. potential sites include the bali hai golf course - or an undeveloped lot near the i-15 and russell. the proposal includes 750- million dollars new hotel room tax. sand head sheldon adelson is also promising to contribute a hefty amount of his own personal weath to the project. andy abboud is the "senior vice president of government relations and community development" with the las vegas sands corporation. he joins is now - to help put these plans into perspective. closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed cap

this is fox5 local news at 10. right now at 10 a frightening situation for people across our region. for hours their calls to 911 wouldn't work. we'll break down what happened and if it can happen again.agai a stunning announcement from the district's veteran police chief cathy lanier. i think i definitely bring something to the table. > the chief scores a job withob the nfl.th when is she out? who will replace her and who is in chargn of finding her successor? the answers that will impact thehe future of the district's policee force.fo plus, three people charged with running a sex trafficking ring t in maryland. investigators say they recruited teens online with promises of modeling. how police busted them. right now on fox5 news at 10. customers across the region have had trouble calling 911. 911 as you can imagine it's createda all kinds of problems. thanks for joining us i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins. it's been going on for most ofof the day, sprint customers are getting a busy signal when calling 911. f

fox5 local news a right now. this is fox5 local news at 6 we6 want to essentially make amends for what he did in his prioror life. right now at 6 one of the nation's premier university made a controversial higher. a former islamic extremist who served time in federal prison. the system is down. fox5 a has a city-wide 9111 outage. what is being done to make suree you get the help you need in an emergency.em singer chris brown involved inin an hour-long stand off outside his home in la. what investigators found duringu the raid.t the news at 6 starts right now. thanks for joining us, i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins. tonight, george washington the heaty is feeling after hiring a former self-proclaimed islamic extremist. he spent three years behind bars for advocating for al qaeda. the university says the man has denounced his former role ande will be a key others from being radicalized. fox5's tom fitzgerald is life at gw tonight with more. >>reporter: good evening. abdullah muhammad these day he goes by the na

"fox5 local news". a peeping tom is caught on camera outside of a house in alexandria. police released these images of the man they're looking for and tonight they're looking for help from the public to get the guy off the streets. lauren demarco joins us live with the details. lauren. >> tony, talk about fear imagine sitting in living room and smart phone home security app alerts you there is a possible intruder on the other side of your glass door. that's what happened to a family here south mason drive in alexandria happened monday night 10 p.m. that surveillance video very clear. the man peering into doors and windows before walking off on own. fairfax county police believe he was also possibly touching himself inappropriately while looking into the home. and we spoke with a man that lives there and he did not want us to reveal his identity. we're protecting that itty. take a list and what he had to say. >> my wife got the alert and i was upstairs. she's pretty terrified on the couch watching the perpetrator do whatever he was trying to d do. obviously thankful for

this is fox5 local news at 10.0. right now at 10, new details are emerging about the death of a democratic national committeemit employee murdered in northwest d.c. one of the last people to see the victim alive spoke to fox5. > prince george's county publie schools at risk of losing billsn of dollars in funding because of mistreatment of students. a head start program serves multiple students. > tonight, a member of the school board tells fox5 he was blindsided by the investigation. > plus, ryan lochte and three other you s olympic swimmers called on their lie.. turns out they were never robbed at gun point in right oh. so what really happened. the news at 10 starts right now. we begin tonight, though, with the latest in that murder investigation into a democraticm national committee staffer. thanks for joining us at 10, i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins. tonight new details about the final hours of setting richeshes life as told by who knew rich as a frequent customer. fox 5's marina maracco joins us life in nor

this is fox5 local news at 10. right now at 10. money is tight and i don't know' what to do rights now. parents with kids in a local head start program are scrambling to find alternative care for their children afterhil federal investigators found teachers using cruel and unusuas punishment anacin theftic marijuana making a resurgence in the d.c. area.rea. concern is growing as we learner of more overdoses including the recent death of christopher barry. the skies are opening up. how long will the down pours last. we thank you for joining usus tonight, i'm tony perkins andnd i'm shawn yancy.n ya tonight's storms are causing problems all across the region from power outages to trees down.do let's take a life look right now, emory lane in rockville.ock you can see there are flares down on the ground.e we sparked a brush fire right near a house there. we were also told that more than 10,000 pepco customers are without power. 4,000pb and e are without pour and 18,000 dominion customers are without power. sue palka is joining us from the

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>>> on your only local news at 7:00, heart break at home. ellicott city residents head home for a few hours to begin picking up items and memories flood because left behind. >> change in command. feds leading the investigation into that deadly explosion at a silver spring apartment complex. >> calls for change. state lawmakers step in as controversy continues to swirl around the head start program in prince georges county. good evening. thanks for joining us. i am lesli foster. we begin with allegations of preschool students humiliated and abused by teachers. tonight a school board member says if school leaders knew about the abuses they should resign. the federal put funding for the program after the school system failed to address the allegations. a school board member is calling for an external investigation. >> it is important that we hold folks accountable. who knew what and when? i want an external investigation to figure out what happened here, why the board was not notified, what are we doing different to ensure our students are safe

need special f-d-a approval since it's the exact same product as what's already on the market more local news now...a west allis man accused of killing a woman in a drive-by shooting on the interstate has pleaded ?not? guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. zachary hays faces first- degree reckless homicide charges in the woman's deh. returning home from wisconsin dells when the shooting took place on i-94. we're learning more today about former marquette basketball stand-out dwayne wade's cousin. she was killed in chicago over the weekend. two people have been arrested and charged with the murder of nykea aldridge. chicago police say both suspects are gang members and convicted felons out on parole. "this tragedy isn't just noteworthy because miss aldridge has a famous family because these two offenders are the prime example of the challenge we face here in chicago."aldridge was pushing her baby in a stroller past a school when she got caught in the crossfire between two groups shooting at each other. take a look at this! a driver is okay today after escaping a huge sinkhole in maryla

local bee expert who tells us how to stay safe around them. after a motorcycle crash on the freeway. police are now asking witnesses who saw the crash to come forward. this is fox5 news at 6. local. las vegas crews were back to work today at tivoli village - after a scaffold collapsed yesterday afternoon -- killing one worker. i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. that worker was 30 year old ricardo bautista. fox5's eric hilt talked with bautista's family members -- eric

this is fox5 news at 5:30. local las vegas. thanks for joining us for your only local news at 5:30. let's get you up to date with the latest local headlines. a man arrested - in connected to a deadly stabbing. police took juan rubio into custody yesterday. the 42-year-old is charged with once count of first degree murder with a deadly weapon. metro says he got into a fight and attacked man.... at a home near nellis and charleston sunday. the victim was taken by a friend to the hospital and declared dead hours later. investigation continues into a scaffolding collapse... that left one man dead tuesday. his wife says he wasn't originally scheduled to work that day. "he wasn't supposed to go to work, so i told him just stay home, take a day off. he said, 'no, i need to make more income,' ricardo bautista died - when he fell to the ground- at the tivoli village retail complex in the west valley. the 30-year-old leaves behind three young sons. his wife- jacquelin tells us her husband was hardworking... the construction job was a side gig - to make more money for his family. bautista was o

this is fox5 local news at 5.ransit police, they are still asking for your help tonight to identify four teenso in connection with aur robbery o the green line. surveillance photos right here show the teens at the fort totten metro stop. police are asking anyone who may have been on the train sunday morning who saw to give them a call. a man is under arrest accused od a string ever vandalism in the district. someone spray painted antisemetic gray pity like this one in chinatown in three separate incidents earlier this month.nth. the suspect also drew wasalso particular as in the area. yesterday they i rested 63 year old general rose due coup a. he is facing several counts of destroying public property.erty people have been stopping by to take you their respects to a 7/eleven worker who was murdered. police say 3 # year old tie hee would owed lay was shot and killed at the store during an attempted robbery sat morning. am have left flowers, balloons, signs and teddy bears. at this point investigators are still look

this eggs fox5 local news at 10. right now at 10. r and p b star and virginiagini native chris brown in trouble with the law again. arrested following a standoff with police at his loss angelsne home. the latest details and a life report. plus a local university is facing some tough questions after it hired a former islamic extremist.t. understanding terrorism. tonight the school is defending its decision. plus, the feds cracking down on local for profit colleges. the latest one has campuses inpe our area. what it means for students n enrolled there.here fox5 news at 10 starts rightight now. we begin with the controversyy that's been unfolding inoldi california tonight with singer t chris brown. thank you for joiningris us, i'm tony perkins and i'm shawn yanc' much just a brown was arrested and bookedooe after an alleged indent with aih gun and a very bizarre standoff with police at his la home. victoria is the latest at hisat home in california. what is the latestho that you're hearing there. >>reporter: tony and shawn, police are s

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your only choice for live local news right now. with emmy award winner john huck. christine maddela. and weather 24/7 with chief meteoroligist ted pretty. this is fox5 news at 5:30. local las vegas. thanks for joining us for your only local news at 5:30. marijuana laws are changing in many states-- but what will it take for federal laws to follow suit? supporters of medical marijuana are slamming a decision by the justice department... to keep the drug under a "schedule one" classification. that means it's in the same category as heroin... and labeled as having no accepted medical use. drugs like cocaine and prescription painkillers - such as percoset and oxycontin - are a "schedule two" narcotic. nevada is one of 25 states allowing medical cannabis - even as it continues to be restricted by federal law. "there a million plus patients in these states that are using it on a consistent basis to help with hiv and aids and glaucoma, and cancer and ptsd, even just general pain." nevada voters will face a ballot initiative in november - to legalize marijuana for recreatio

fox5 local news. >> a lot every you may have heard sirens and police and fire presence, the good news is nothing bad happened, just drill, metro doing it, first responders from local of number fire and police departments. the emergency response exercise took place on the yellow line bridge, which is the elevated section of track that approaches the pentagon station, metro transit police chief with some advice to metro passengers, if they were faced with a en if a customer ever find cy on the train, listen to condition duck tore, first responders, last, rider to evacuate the roadway. >> says riders could face number of dangers if they selfie vac ate. recommend stay under the stable train until help arrives. >> new phase of metro safe track shall, program underway, surge eight will last through september 11, and will affect blue line service in northern virginia, franconia fringe field, stations closed this weekend, will also shut down the weekend of september 10. next weekend, metro will close all stations between franconia, springfield and king street. during the week single tracking

:00. >>> this is fox5 local news at 11:00. >>> right now at 11:00 the smoothie sickness. at a virginia cafe is now among the dozens affected in a hepatitis outbreak. >> plus: overcoming the odds. his family was once unemployed and homeless. now, he's attending georgetown university like i'm doing now, i lived in fear. >> reporter: and the dress rehearsal for the regular season. so what works tonight for the burgundy and gold live at the fed ex field with the latest. your news starts right now. >> right now at 11:00 the smoothie sickness, employee at virginia cafe now among the dozens affected by a hepatitis-a outbreak. >> we're going to have much more on that coming up. let's see if we can get this to roll forward just lit bit. talking about local father's fight to find out what happened to his young children nearly two years after they went missing. >> thank for staying with us. jacob and sarah's father gathering signatures on a petition and asking for interpretation of their mother. she is the last known person to see them. but she is currently in a pschiatric facility.

reporting in montgomery county, alexandra limon fox 5 local new news. >>> good safety advice. >> we're looking at storms coming in soon, sue palka in the weather center >> you'd never know it from looking at that sky nice and blue. but we have two threats watch tonight. the first one will be some strong maybe severe storms that could have damaging wind and then any of these storms could also be loaded with rain and flash flooding may be a concern. it's heavy rain flag you to, not much going on, went it's going to be later tonight when we have got running around to do now, you're not going to run into much wet weather the exception would be up toward clear spring and hedgeville. it's not severe but it has heavy rain with it and moving due east along interstate 70 of the fast moving waters there. and i want you to show you the wider picture. not only do we have a lot more rain to our west, west virginia but you see, pushing from the south. they may come together a little later and merge to create the possibility of localized places getting three, maybe four inches of rain. the threats wi

life tonight in northeast, marina maracco, fox5 local news. we now know who will serve as d.c.'s new interim police chief. d.c. muriel bowser announced peter new sham will fill the position. he starts september 17. new sham joined the department in 1989 and has served as assistant chief of police since 2002. police chief cathy lanier announced her retirement last week. the search for internal and external candidates to fill the position on a permanent basis has already started. an official job announcement will be published in the coming days. > a d.c. man is under arrestest for trying to use counterfeit ae a wegman's grocery store inry fairfax county, virginia and then trying to get away from police. richo taylor is now facing a up in of charges endangerment and driving on a suspended license. a cashier recognized taylor fror other encounters. me tried to stop him, but he b took off in a car, hit a car and kept going. a pregnant woman and a two year held was in the car and the woman was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.urie > two women's bodies have beenn identified th

this is fox5 news at 6. local. las vegas we're continuing to follow breaking news this evening. i'm dave hall in for john huck. i'm christine maddela. first, this is a live look at an apartment complex near tropicana and lindell. the swat team and negotatiors are on scene trying to

live in prince george county, lindsay watts, "fox5 local news". >>> happening right now in the districts and family have gathered to say good-bye to christopher berry a public viewing is held until 6 p.m. tonight at the temple of the 2 200 block southern avenue southeast a public funeral service will follow after the viewing and one of barry's friends who attended paint aid mural in his honor. >> i know him from being you know a big guy with a big smile you know? and big plans with a big heart for the city. and so i just hope that this brings a little positivety to the situation. >> the son of former d.c. mayor marion barry died from a drug overdose. >> fairfax country circuit court approved a request for the special election to choose a new mayor. it will take place february 7 next year and earlier this month the city council appointed steven somber t the next election is held. scott silverthorn resigned after arresting for trading sex for drugs. >> thousands of excons are closer to going from a jail cell to voting booth and virginia is key battle ground state in the presidential elect

this is fox5 news at 6. local. las vegas delta is digging out of a power outage that's stranded thousands of travelers across the country and at mccarran. i'm cyndi

live at the national mall, tom fitzgerald fox 5 local news >> we've seen enough of them.o had thank you. >>> a developing story out of central italy tonight, a powerful earthquake killed at least 120 people in a cluster of smallwood mountain villages in the marsh region, dramatic video shows victim being pulled to safety after a 6.2 magnitude quake. they raced to dig out the woman trapped under a collapsed home. scenes like this are across central italy. east of tuscany. crews continue to look for trapped people under the homes on her structures in at the rubble. >> we are living through this tragedy and only hoping there will be the fewest number of victim possible and we have courage to move on. >> the white house says president obama called italy's prime minister to offer the us government's help as they respond to the crisis. of. >>> developing overseas, at least one person is dead and 18 others wounded after militants attacked the american university of afghanistan. officials say security forces are still combing the campus searching for the attackers. witnesses say

>>> this is fox5 local news at 6:00. >> and we thank you for joining us at 6:00ment i'm >> i'm shawn yancy, the source every deadly bacteria frown at prince george's hospital center. the bacteria was in the pipes leading to the hospital and the neonatal intensive care unit will remain closed until further notice. >> new want water filtration system in place, and investigators are reaching out to the families of seven babies who died, in the unit since the beginning of the year. paul wagner is tonight with the latest, paul? >> sean, tony, new information out here, that there were seven babies that died since january 1st of this year, at this point, not saying how those babies died. how much, they are reaching out to those families, who talked to them, and determined whether or not this pseudomonas bacteria may have had anything do with it, but we want to stress very clearly right now that there is no evidence at this moment, that the sued no, ma'am as bacteria led to the death of any babe that's were in this nic unit. earlier today news dimensions healthcare. she talked a little bit a

>>> this is fox 5 local news at 10:00. >>> right now at 10:00,s a 911 system melt-down in the district. for more than an hour, callers were unable to reach the emergency dispatch center. and tonight, fox 5 has learned officer radios went down too. leaving those officers on the streets cut off from communication. could it happen again? >> and disturbing threatening e-mails into students at virginia tech. how the school is reacting. >>> more cases of hepatitis are surfacing in our area after a popular smoothie chain was linked to the illness, fox 5 news at 10:00 starts now. >>> welcome, apparently from what we're being tolding all it took was the flip of a switch and the entire 911 system shutdown in the district. i'm tony perkins. >> i'm shawn yancy. early saturday, a maintenance worker the system. he was trying to turn off an alarm indicating a water leak in the building but flip to do the wrong switch >> we begin with sarah simmons, we understand that the 911 backup plan also did not work. >> reporter: startling when you hear that, tony and shawn, for a minute i want to give you a com

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this is fox5 news at 5:30. local las vegas. thanks for joining us for your only local news at 5:30. let's get you up to date with the latest local headlines. the obama administration will not reclassify remove it from the list of the most dangerous drugs. the drug enforcement administration says in a lengthy notice in the federal registry that it consulted with the health and human services department... and concluded that marijuana will remain in the class of drugs that have - quote - "no accepted medical use in the united states." marijuana therefore remains a "schedule one" substance - putting it in the same class as heroin... l-s-d... and ecstasy. despite that - more than two- dozen states and washington d-c have laws allowing medical "..there are a million plus patients in these states that are using it on a consistent basis to help with hiv and aids and glaucoma and cancer and ptsd and even just general pain." the f-d-a is opening the door to further medical research of the drug by expanding the number of agencies that can legally grow marijuana for research purposes. currently

thanks for joining us for your only local news at 5:30. let's get you up to date with the latest local headlines. recent polls show hillary clinton leading donald trump nationwide... but nevada remains close - despite being a state that president obama comfortably won twice. maeve reston reports from reno.... on the silver state voting bloc. closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning

this is fox5 news at 6. local. las vegas first he was in...then he was out....but donald trump ended up being back in on his trip to las vegas. i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. trump quietly came into southern nevada for some private meetings

live in the studio, lauren de mark over, fox5 local news. >> new tonight, lowden county sheriff's offers just released this sketch. take a look, they say this is one of the two men who tried to sexually assault a woman who was jogging on the washington and old dominion trail in sterling. it happened august 17th, just east of sterling boulevard. the victim was not hurt. investigators don't think this case, though, is related to a similar attack, that happened on the trail in leesburg yesterday. >> the help tight outbreak, smoothie cafe in gainesville, new jersey -- virginia is growing. why the health department and the tropical smoothie waited two weeks to notify the public about the case. fox5's lindsay watts is live in arlington with the very latest, lindsey? >> sean, even before the chairs were stacked, light turned off here at this tropical smoothie cafe, it was quiet here today. the owner of this franchise says his business has been slice in the half. ever since the virginia department of health announced that frozen strawberries from egypt used here and other tropical smoothie locat

thanks for joining us for your only local news at 5:30. let's get you up to date with the latest local headlines. recent polls show hillary clinton leading donald trump nationwide... but nevada remains close - despite being a state that president obama comfortably won twice. maeve reston reports from reno.... on the silver state voting bloc. closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly hillary clinton was in reno today.... saying that donald trump draws support from racist groups. these are racist ideas, race-baiting ideas. anti-muslim, anti-immigrant, anti-women...all key tenets making up an emerging racist ideology known as clinton's campaign released an ad... connecting trump to the so- called "alt-right movement. earlier today in new hampshire.... trump responded to clinton's approach... saying she should be ashamed of herself. "when democratic policies fail, they are left with only this one tired argument. you're r

a local man using corn to knock out cancer. meekins is in the newsroom with a story new on live at 5... charles and shannon he has already rais dollars, simply by trading corn for cash donations.. tonight. the inspiration behind this unusual, but moving idea to help fight cancer. that's coming up on live at 5... more local news now...a 12 year old girl is coming clean after claiming she was sexually assaulted near 23rd and national. police arrested five men and were looking for a sixth suspect when the girl admitted she lied.those arrested... have been let go. detectives in fitchburg caused a house explosion that put a man in the hospital. the explosion happened last week.. and damaged around 23 homes. most of them are a total loss. officials say the investigation could take weeks.. even months. a bar fight between two men in la crosse leaves a man without a nose. police say part of the man's nose was bitten off at old style inn on sunday. the man's nose was later found under a bar stool. no charges have been filed yet. traffic is after a semi-rollover this morning in th

thanks for joining us for your only local news at 5:30. the push continues to bring the oakland raiders to las vegas. the las vegas sands corporation wants to see it happen - and is putting its powerfull weight behind the a new staidum. potential sites include the bali hai golf course - or an undeveloped lot near the i-15 and russell. the proposal includes 750- million dollars

fox 5 local news at 6:00 is coming right back. shawn you got the tip line >> you see something you want to share with us. 2028953,000, or wt t g.com. we'll be right back. ♪ >> are you going to bake a cake or cook muffins >> no, i don't want to give anybody a sugar high. it may be a myth >> fox's matt king found out having a sweet tooth may not be all that bad after all. >> ice cream, candy >> 6-year-old benji and 8-year-old tabtha shared a milk shake. >> the roads, the, it was a live. a car. the bend. >> reporter: feed a kid a bunch of sugar you'll then watch them lose their mind before falling asleep. it's an experience most parents know so well. analyses conducted 20 years ago found no scientific connection between sugar and a change in behavior among children, instead tributing it to parental how it should >> this is a typical disconnect between science and common sense. >> reporter: likely investigator parent on the parent believes in the sugar high. when a child ingests refined sugars like the ones seemingly everything for sa

crave those crazy squares. . >>> fox 5 local news at 11:00 >>> the aftermath of the apartment building also a what crews were inspecting tonight >>> a scary new metro report. trains blowing through red lights. in some cases coming within seconds of a collision. what's going to be done to keep you safe? >> hacker targeted hotels and stole customers' information, details on the big name chains and what you need to do if you stayed in one. your news starts right now. >>> we're following breaking news right now in fairfax county. police are investigating gunfire outside of a nova fairfax hospital. a witness tell us us shots were fired near the parking garage at the hospital. right now, police trying to determine if anyone was hit. the hospital we've just learned is currently on lock down. we have a crew heading to the scene, we will bring you more information >> fairfax county police tweeted out a second ago. a possible deputy involved shooting. again,

fox5 local news at 6 startsrts right now. this is fox5 local news at 6.e begin tonight at 6 with a severe thunderstorm watch in effect now until 11:00 p.m. the watch includes the district and suburbs north of here. let's get right to sue palka.ka. she's in the weather center in the littest. hi there tony and shawn.wn. we've been watching radar closely and in the last hour we've seen things greatly diminished. so at the moment there would be no thunderstorm warnings in your area except for northeasternnort maryland. but what we are seeing is a diminishing storm moving across montgomery county and right now we're starting to think that the severe thunderstorm watch willll come down a bit earlier. this was warned when it was in loudon and pushing towardpu montgomery county but it's really fallen apart quickly as it approaches 270 moving east at about 30 miles an hour. not much lightning with it. not much evidence of big winds.. we're still seeing there is a about it of potential. it looks like d.c. got droppedcg out of its severe thunderstorm watch. the pote

fox5 local news. >>> well, you could soon be getting more spam calls on your cell phone. sorry about that bad news, because rules supposed to stop these calls, just not working any more. experts say telemarketers are now buying new software that allows them to cycle through millions of combinations of numbers to reach more people. as a result, people are losing an estimated $350 million every year to telephone scams. and many of them are simply executed through only a series of recorded messages. >> i got it as a call. i called back, the very first thing it says is do you want to be put onur list. so i automatically assume they want to verify i am a human in the future. >> like spam. we live in a digital age. spam everywhere. >> automated -- >> new bill back by new york senator charles schumer known as the robo cop act would force phone companies to arm consumers with tools to block those robo calls. >>> changes are coming to the ride sharing company uber. and in a few weeks they plan to launch new test program that would allow customers to request self-driving cars. the t

more local news now it's high school football season! poor sportsmanship at some wisconsin school's came into question last school year, but one high school is changing that trend. we try to bring ourselves up instead of bringing the other team down in 2012 the wiaa reprimanded menomonee falls hs for being some of worst fans. that's when started a fan boot camp to remind students how to act at games and select leaders for the student cheering section. - i think it works because you have so many great students that just love to come and cheer on the teams and love to be part of the community menomonee falls high school received the wiaa sportsmanship award the past three years audition week rolls on today at the bmo harris bradley center.the milwaukee bucks are looking for the most fun, energetic and talented people be trying out kids for the young bucks dance team. registration is from 4 to 6 and open to boys and girls between ages 7 and 13 if you've been downtown in the last couple of days... you might've noticed some changes to the cit

> this is fox5 local news at 11. right now at 11, some cellphone customers unable to call 911 for hours. the serious safety concerns surrounding the outage. d.c.'s top cop is stepping down. how will the city go about finding its next police chief and how it will effect you. find find out when one car company plans to put driverless uber companies on the street. > your news starts right now. right off the top sprint wireless customers across the region have been getting busy signals when they call 911. thanks for staying with us tonight, i'm shawn yancy. > and i'm tony perkins. the problem has been ongoing for most of the day. it continues tonight and it has sparked some safety concerns. fox5's lindsay watts is working this one ton lindsay. >>reporter: shawn and tony sprint customers should definitely know that this is still ongoing right now. i was just talking to firefighters here chevy chase who say this issue has meant someone has had to man the phones at the station instead of relying on 911 dispatchers. througho

this is fox5 news at 6. local. las vegas thousands of firefighters continue to battle a massive fire in the cajon pass... that's forced more than 82- thousand people from their homes. here's a look at the flames up close last night. it's burned more than 30-thousand acres. california governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency in the san bernardino county. the fire has shut down major transportation routes... including the i-15 from las vegas to los angeles. the fire started tuesday morning. fire crews say it's growing at a rapid pace. here's a look at the timelapse video showing just how fast it's spread last night. the fire has destroyed nearly 35-thousand homes.

your only choice for live local news right now. with emmy award winner john huck. christine maddela. and weather 24/7 with chief meteoroligist ted pretty. this is fox5 news at 5:30. thanks for joining us for your only local news at 5:30. let's get you up to date with the latest headlines. nevada polling shows congressman joe heck... has a slim lead over catherine cortez-masto in the race to fill harry reid's u-s senate seat. heck says he's found success as a republican who reaches out to all voters - including hispanics. "we're in those communities every day building relationships, getting them the opportunity to know where i stand on the issues that are important to them." 27 percent of nevada's population is hispanic. however - masto - a two term state attorney general - would be the first latina in the senate if elected. she is hoping to build support - by attacking the immigration stance of republican presidential nominee donald trump. . "a man that wants to build a wall along mexico, a man who has called mexicans rapists drug dealers and killers, who has not on

local news nowa sheboygan falls woman accused of killing her 2-year-old son will now go throh pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. twenty-seven-year-old katlyn kinateder faces charges of first-degree intentional homicide and moving a child's corpse. prosecutors say she called 9-1-1 on august 4th and told police she had killed her son. a milwaukee mom is asking the public to help find the person who hit her son and took off. in march... 4 year old kingston allen was crossing the street at m-l-k and clarke with his mom when, a car hit harding says the worst part was being on the ground with her bleeding son and watching the driver take off. "how can you hit a kid and keep going." :40 how can you hit an innocent child and keep going. not to see if he's ok." police say the case is still an open investigation. harding hopes the driver or his family will turn him in. some promising research in the fight against zika.scientists have discovered that three existing drugs could be useful in counteracting the effects of the virus.pe far have only been conducted in petri dish

live in wheaton, tom fitzgerald fox 5 local news. ♪ . >>> it is now the law of the land in maryland, school start date after labor day. governor larry hogan signed an executive order this afternoon in the boardwalk in ocean city. but the governor is drawing criticism from edge educators and lawmakers. alexandra limon joins us to describe. it's a big change, alex. >> reporter: if you are a maryland resident and you're looking forward to sitting in this traffic for one more weekend out of the summer, now you can. just kidding. all traffic jokes aside, governor hogan said this move will generate an additional $74 million in receive for the state of maryland a year simply by pushing the start of the school year to after labor day. today on the ocean city boardwalk, surrounded by small businesses, and beach goers, he made the monument. and he sign on aed that executive order into lawsuit. mandates school districts to start the school year after labor day but also to end it by june 15th. now, the only way around that is to apply for an annual whatever that will be pretty tough to get. supp