riders formed teams and raised among the cyclists being cleared on today was our very own laura evans. earlier this week laura spoke tt one of our fellow spinners who participated in honor of her list system. me lies a macaluso is gathering up for a big ride. cycle l for survival is a high energy indoor group spin raising money for rare cancer research. what led her to this ride was her twin sister meaghan and a something that happened when the two were 17.7. our previous softball season sho foul tipped a ball off of her ankle so she had this bump there, but you know, playing sports, bumps and bruises, they happen. the bump turned into excessive discomfort. it just so happened that meaghah had a rare cancer not related to the bump. grab dough mia sarcoma. it's a deep tissue. she finished just before her 19th birthday and everything later before she went off to college. she had a lump on her groin, the rhabdo was back. in curl is what doctors told her. she went off to school and scranton was amazing and let her go for the college experience. but meaghan returned home from school in mar

she was the one who wanted us to be a part of this. >> reporter: in washington, laura evans, fox 5 local news. >> the rides will be held this weekend at the dc equinox on saturday and the bethesda equinox on sunday. >> it is the weekend and people want to know about the weather forecast. snow yesterday, was gone by this morning, mid morning. what's coming this weekend, gwen sh. >> snow. >> but not a lot. >> no. we're going to get like a dusting or maybe a little bit of a wintry mix but really not too much. we have this fast-moving clipper system that just wants to make let you know that spring isn't officially here yet. that's all it is. nothing that's going to be too bad. don't get too dismayed about it. just another little shot from mother nature about it. we're going to get a shot of cold air from tonight as our temperatures start to drop, that's where we're starting. scattered clouds tonight and cold. as those temperatures drop down to the 30s and here's a look at the clouds that are moving in. and that will continue into tonight. a few breaks and as we start the early hours of tomor

here's fox5's laura evans with the story. melissa macaluso is gathering u for a big ride. cycle for survival is a high energy indoor group spin raising money for rare cancer research.c what led her to this ride wase her twin sister, meaghan and something that happened when the two were 17. our previous softball season she foul tipped a ball off of ankle but she had this bump there.th playing sports, bumps and bruises, they happen. you don't think much of them. the bump turned into excessive discomfort. it just so happened meaghan had a rare cancer unrelated to the bump. it was the beginning of her senior year in high school. meaghan finished treatment just before her 19th birthday and and everything seemed okay until ail few months later before she went off to college. she had a lump on her groin. it ended up being the rhabdo was back. in durable is what doctors toldd her. she went off to school and scranton was amazing and let her go for the college experience. p but meaghan returned home fromoe school in march and she died five months later. it's hard to explain, but jus

twoul >> reporter: in washington,shin, laura evans fox5 local news.ew >> the drug treatmentnt counselord said parents need to stay on theirne kids keep up with the latesthe l information and know thatation n there is help out there.ere the schools are gettingole ge involved in keeping parentspi p informed. >>> coming up this morning, up he's known for his voice and acting career and now hisis humor. find out what happens whenwhen morgan freeman reads the lyrics to a justin bieber song s think.th >> might be better than justin bieber's song annie. looking forward to a generallyen nice weekend. >>> we do have some snowo have m showers out towards our west. w that will move through later tonight if it's a little cootle cold for you major warmup inaj the cards.or your full forecast is coming i m up next when fox5 news morningsi returns. returns. (all with worry-free ownership. colors in your neighborhood... head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the shift your thinking about buying your next one. >> ♪ >> welcome back.>> okay, so everyone was sayingonei yesterday is this the

she would have wanted us to be part of this. >> in washington, laura evans "fox5 local news". >> cominge brains to be on jeopardy? this time you have to settle for being audience member. how you can snagtic to taping of jeopardy here in the district. stay with us. time 7:5 2. >> you this morning a new trend in drinking. alcoholic seltzer's are all the rage these days. two men had a vision to give sparkling water a little more punch. >> it's the new trend to drinking alcohol and feeling skinny. these two men from connecticut nick shields and david holmes thought they could do more with sparkling water. >> i think we've got a product that speaks to a growth trend going on everywhere in the united states now which is move away from sweeter things and more sugar and to think lighter and sort of better for you options we call them. >> it's 6% alcohol all natural low cash and gluten free and >> like everything else in the beer and malt beverage industry in load fod sugar. >> this became trendy this past year even though been around three years and it sold at liquor stores and grossy stores li

i'm laura evans. see you next time in the fast lane. wonder woman has finally made her way to the big screen. this time around the a.m. zone and principle princess is played by could you goodell. in all accounts she steels the show. fox5's kevin mccarthy sits downr with the little known actress to talk about her big role. >> i have to ask can you, when you block doom's day's with the shield, how do they do that? >> well, its was shot in different parts.ts. lots of wind machines, lots of them. and i was wired. we had to do our wire gig.. so i was pulled back with the wires.wire and it was super intensive because the wind was super strong.st so it literally was fighting against the wind.d. it was just fun. you've obviously been in action films before, difference in shooting with someone like justin line ande then moving on, do you utilize anything from the fast setsast here. >> to be honest, not really.ally fast and furious was such an amazing experience for me and i really, really enjoyed a working with the family because that's how -- t

laura evans is with what you need to know. >> reporter: this is the club no one wants to belong to. mothers who have lost children to a drug overdose, mostly heroin cases here, but at least two of these moms say autopsies revealed it wasn't heroin as they suspected, it was fentanyl. >> i'm a nurse. i knew it was a surgical anesthesia, but i had not heard anything about that being used in place of heroin or being mixed with heroin. and now i hear about it all the time. >> reporter: nancy was involved in her son's life. she said he was creative and artistic, your typical boy, active and loved super heros. funny and loving. >> i was a pta president when my kids were growing up. for the most part a stay-at-home mom thinking i was doing the right thing. never in my life did i ever believe anything like this would happen to me. >> reporter: danny did well in school but after graduating from the university of maryland, things changed. he had a job lined up but never completed the online credentialing. they suspected he was depressed. >> my husband had found some sir rings in the basement.

. >> and i'm laura evans. evans >> what would you do if the yout metro line you used each day was closed for months becauses of repairs. repai it is something metroro officials are can considering.c >> a full review of the entire system is now under way andndery the chairman of the metro board is speaking out now to inform the public that an tha a entire metro line may need to ne be closed if the general manager recommends it. fox5's matt auckland is liveataa at metro center with more.hor matt, this could cause a mess.es >> reporter: it sure. could, laura. chairman jack evans told me told today that it's simply noty n long enough, just a couplea cou hours at night and on weekendsne to close down the system totem make these repairs. so, this is not set in stonen s right now.right basically they are looking atooa the situation, a full review rev of the entire system is under way. but jack evans told me should sd that come back and that the t general manager recommends recos that one of the lines needs to e be cl

i'm laura evans, see you next time in the fast lane.es pay the ton mansion's retirement means we won't be remained of a certain nebraska town each and every sunday. omaha, omaha. ohm omaha. ocean city rick may hand who sent out letters to four nfl f quarter backs to ask him at least consider adopting his city. i don't know how it actually came about, but all of a united states sen we started talking about omaha and ocean city and t it was a winner for omaha. pay the ton was a ocean city is a inwither, kirknw cousins is a winner. it's perfect. i'm going to do what the bestthe quarter backs district attorneyt that's kirk cousins. they're down there going put check put check. ocmd. he can sell that town.that that's all that matters. today bryce harp ergot the sunlight for telling espn is a s tired game and unwritten rules of conduct that stops players pl from truly expressing themselves is dated. it's hard tophet find a nats fan who.. i need your first impression of this guy. great ball player. he's a good ball player. bryce harper, legend

. >> reporter: laura evans, fox 5 local news. >> parents have to stay on their kids and keep up with the latest information and know that there's help out there. schools are getting involved in keeping parents informed. >>> are you confident about the safety of your drinking water? half the country says yes they a new poll says 40% of people said they were extremely or very confident about the safety of their drinking water. half of those first run through a filter. of course the issue of drimpging water has gotten a lot more focus in recent months after the water crisis in flint, michigan. >>> the author behind "the prince of tides" has died. pat conroy was 70 years old. bryan llenas with more on a look back at his life. >> reporter: pat conroy died friday night at home in south carolina surrounded by friends and family. the 70-year-old announced last month he was battling pancreatic cancer. he is best known for fiction works like "the great santini," the prince of tides." his readers fell in love with his deeply personal style of writing. each of his novels were troubled upbringing

. > in washington, laura evans,s, fox5 local news. > all right. we are looking at pictures righe now all around the region. we've seen our reporters outside. we saw the white house. the snow is coming down. >> it is really coverage downea andl in some places it is piling up. st. mary's county just went under a winter storm warning.nig we're getting a lot of reports of people telling us they've already got three inches on the ground. > are you serious. >> yes.re if you look up in our area it'sa not sticking to the roads. you'll be very surprised whenprs you go out. there might be a little coating on grass in some areas, but we expected there to be -- by the way, the camera that you're looking at, that's in oxon hill. isn't that mess mere rising. >> i'm not sure if i can continue objection to the form i just want to stair at that equal p your t.. the flakes were getting huge when we were outside just a few minutes ago and we'll continuelc to follow your twitter and facebook and you a flagged us to the fact that youc were getting this good snow. just

. >>> thank you for joining us i'm sarah simmons.imns >> and i'm laura evans wevans w begin in fairfax county nowow where days after arrests fores f bomb making and drug at georgee mason university there are newi concerns tonight.onight campus police there are nowow investigating a pair of sexual assaults. assa two students say they werets raped in separate incidents onar different days and now thereatne is anger from students who say in the fire bomb case andnd these sexual assaults, the university did not send alertsle fast enough. eh. >> fox5's tom fitzgeraldital live in fairfax tonight withig w all of the details.et scary stuff, fitz.ff, fi >> reporter: good evening. goo you know you, we want to pointpn out at the top that the fire the bomb investigation and thegatiod sexual assaults are separatee sa cases. the issue here is isn't is i whether or not the university nt sent out alerts, they d the anger here on this campus iss about whether or not thosewhet alerts were sent outhe quickly enough. consider this. the second sexual a that alert was sent out within t 24 hours of the incid

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