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Place to raise your kids police say the stand off was resolved peacefully. And say the man that is now in custody was the only one inside the home. We have found a facebook that we believe is the person that was inside the home. Weve reached out to police to see if they can confirm that. Well give you the details about what they say coming up tonight at 530 reporting live Cyndi Lundeberg fox 5 news local Las Vegas Police tell us martinez could face multiple charges. Neighbors who were evacuated in the area are now able to return home. Americans all over the country. In the tight grip of powerball madness coming up. Well go live to arizona where nevadans are crossing the state line hoping to cash in. And a Television News network says its ratings are too low and is shutting down for good. This is fox5 news at 5 30, your only choice for live local news right you see a lot of interesting things on the job. But ill never forget the day we tried rescuing a man. Who was rescuing a kite. We tried everything. Then jack came to the rescue. With a Chipotle Chicken Club combo for 4. 99. A craveable combo to the rescue. Spicy, allwhite meat chicken with chipotle sauce on toasted sourdough. The Chipotle Chicken Club combo. Another decision by the puc tonight will not change the picture for the Solar Industry fox5s Abby Theodros is live at russell and the 215 where a hearing just wrapped up with a final vote, abby. Closed captioning will resume shortly larry cohen, Branch Manager for sunrun larry cohen, Branch Manager for sunrun in las vegas now for sure there will be loss of economic revenue for each municipality because Just One Company alone has put in millions of dollars and my other competitors im sure have matched the same amount of money. Closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly nevadans are crossing the to cash in on a Record Powerball jackpot. A drawing for onepointfive billion dollars. Takes place tonight. Lets check in with Miguel Martinez valle. In white hills arizona. Keep in mind. The odds of winning powerball. Are one in 292 million. Well have those winning numbers for you. Tonight on fox five news at ten. Does winning the lottery. Come with a curse . Coming up. Well take a look at some instant multi millionaires. Who ended up broke. Plus. Dogs around the country are coming down with the flu this season. The symptom pet owners should look out for. 24 7 forecast is coming up next this is fox5 news at 5 30, your only choice for live local news right now this is fox5 news at 5 30, your only choice for live local news right now if you need a reason to start celebrating super bowl 50 early ill give you two. Get a large,1topping pizza foronly 50 cents when you order any larar menu price. Better ingredients. Better pizza. Better football. Crossing the state line hoping to cash in on a Record Powerball jackpot. A drawing for onepointfive billion dollars. Takes place tonight. Lets check in with hills arizona. Closed captioning will resume shortly will resume shortly closed captioning will resume odds of winning powerball. Are one in 292 million. Whoever wins the Powerball Prize will be considered among the luckiest people in the world. But as gary tuchman reports what happened to some past winners can be called anything except lucky. To win huge amounts of money in the lottery, you have to be lucky. To keep your life in order after winning that money, you have to be skillful. This is david lee edwards. To worry about a hotel room, i never have to worry about a menu. Thats amazing. Edwards and his then soon to be wife shawna won one quarter of a powerball jackpot. They were presented a 41 Million Dollar check at this ceremony in louisville, kentucky in 2001. And received 27million after taxes. Edwards had served time in prison. And was unemployed. I interviewed them in their Luxury Hotel Suite after they got the check. David Edwards Lottery Winner when i went there and played that lottery i was sincere when i asked god to help me cause i was desperate, i was desperate in my soul, just desperation. They had become very rich. Very fast. And edwards told me he would turn his life around. Give money to charity, his children and already had a plan in mind for themselves. David Edwards Lottery Winner its an r series bentley rolls royce convertible. gary tuchman reporting and shawna told me you were going to get her a car too . shawna well, im thinking between three actually. A dodge viper, a ferrari. I really havent decided yet. They got the ferrari. And many more cars, and a lear jet, and mansions. In one year, edwards said he spent 12 Million Dollars. He ultimately lost all his money, filed for divorce from shawna. And died in hospice care two years ago. His story is not unique. reporter was this bad judgment . friend of Lottery Winner it was bad judgment, bad choice. reporter want to say a few words amanda . Amanda Clayton Lottery Winner . The woman not commenting was Amanda Clayton who won one Million Dollars in the Michigan State lottery. She got into legal trouble after continuing to collect welfare benefits. She had said she was entitled to the welfare because she still needed help. One year after she won the money, Amanda Clayton was found dead in her home from a suspected drug overdose. nats i just want to thank god for letting me pick the right numbers. Jack whittaker of West Virginia won nearly 315 Million Dollars in the powerball in 2002. What was then the largest jackpot ever one by one person in u. S. History. Winners, he couldnt believe his good luck. Jack Whittaker Lottery Winner let me see that ticket. I looked at that ticket and sure enough we had the winner and i was very excited. Less than a year later, he had over half a Million Dollars in cash stolen from his car. In the years since, his daughter and granddaughter died untimely deaths. And a few years back, more of his money was stolen from various branches of the bank where he he kept his accounts according to legal complaints against him at the time. When i met David Edwards, he and his fianc0 were ready to start a magnificent life. David Edwards Lottery Winner im going to buy shawna a very nice Engagement Ring which i really couldnt afford before. gary tuchman reporting do you have a ring right now . shawna nope. Look. David Edwards Lottery Winner no jewelry. She got her ring. But both received a lot of despair to go along with it. So. If you win the jackpot. What should you do first . The official california guide winners says. Get a lawyer right away. But interview at least three qualified candidates first. Also. Changing your phone number is a good idea. So is hiring an investment planner. You have 180 days to claim the prize. Your first payment will be available within six to eight weeks. If you die before receiving full payment. The money goes to your legal beneficiaries which you can designate through the lottery investments office. After a little more than two years on air the news channel Al Jazeera America is shutting down. The decision was announced to staff today. The news channel had been suffering from low ratings since its launch averaging between 20 thousand and 40 thousand viewers per day. Some experts say the decision to shutdown may be linked to Falling Oil Prices since the Al Jazeera Media Group is owned by the oilrich government of qatar. A new strain of dog flu has sickened at least two thousand country. Seattle is one of the cities investigating the outbreak. One kennel suspects 80 to 90 dogs were affected in december. Its going through a deep cleaning. And waiting for permission from Health Officials to reopen. Respiratory viruses are very contagious. We see kennel cough more often, which is much more common, and influenza looks a lot in some cases like kennel cough, Health Officials say if your dog comes down with a cough dont take them to the dog park and dont go to doggy daycare. Have them checked out by your vet but call first so they can set up isolation just in case. Now fox5 weather 24 7, with chief meterologist ted pretty we have a series of disturbances moving off of the pacific through the Southern Nevada area. Most of these just throw us some clouds, but now models are picking up on a very slight chance of showers sunday, then again with a separate system on tuesday. Well stay around 60 degrees for highs through the 7day forecast after thursday where we expect 55. Overnight lows get above the 40 degree mark into the weekend and beyond. We will see another round of freezing lows into thursday with a start at 34. We have a series of disturbances moving off of the pacific through the just throw us some clouds, but now models are picking up on a very slight chance of showers for saturday and sunday, then again with a separate system on tuesday. Well stay around 60 degrees for highs through the 7day forecast after thursday where we expect 55. Overnight lows get above the 40 degree mark into the weekend and beyond. We will see another round of freezing lows into thursday with a closed captioning will resume shortly 18thousand students. Hard at work all in one place. What theyre someone just got a free 6 subway sandwich. Just text offers to 782929 to sign up for weekly text offers. And youll get a free 6inch sub res a look at some of the all new stories we are working for fox5 news at six. Those tires were made for racing. And thats just what theyll do. A look at the test run around the track ahead of nascar weekend. And you may have heard about this little giveaway thats happening tonight. The countdown to those six lucky numbers and the lines of people who still want a chance at the Powerball Prize students in eastern india attempting to set a record for the Worlds Largest art contest. More than eighteen thousand students gathered at a stadium. For what organizers at a festival are describing as a giant sit and draw competition. The contest High School Students the opportunity to showcase their sketching, drawing and painting skills. As well as make some history. Through this contest i have learnt how to face any kind of challenge on such a big level. I am enjoying it. contest officials claim the event has definitely set a National Record for the most participants in an art contest. And have submitted the event for consideration by the guinness book of world records. Thanks for joining us. Fox5 news at 6 oclock is straight on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. Its called the wage gap. And the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. Equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. Shell get the job done for us. Live in las vegas fox5 news at 6 starts now. Time is running out for anyone still trying to buy a powerball ticket. We have Team Coverage from arizona and california on the excitement around tonights 1point5 billion dollar draw. Hours of heated comments from the public lead up to a controversial vote just in the last hour. What the puc decided to do about solar power rates. And dozens of people have been allowed back into their North Las Vegas why police evacuated them