this was a robbery or a hate crime. the police made no arrests. and this morning principals across one maryland county are warning students about dangerous games sent three students to the hospital. the warning is going out to all students in charles county public schools. the superintendent already sent a letter to parents about the possible health risk frequent replying so-called knockout or passout challenge. news4 s tracee wilkins reports. reporter: it is an old-school game that has been made popular again through youtube and facebook and becoming such a serious problem in charles county that some students have been rushed to the hospital. and now parents are being put on alert. this is something reporter: a lot of the parents we talked with knew what the knockout or passout game was. but they were surprised to hear the dangerous challenge was making a comeback. they think it is fun and they think it is, you know, the feeling you get when you fall pass out,
speaks to the leaders of tomorrow in south africa. she tells the young women that their generation can banish the hunger and aids virus that has plagued that continent. it s the longest war in u.s. history. today, president obama turns our attention toward ending it. his prime time address will provide long-awaited details of withdrawing the first u.s. troops from afghanistan. according to a congressional source, 10,000 u.s. troops will be pulled out by the end of this year. another 20,000 will be withdrawn by the end of next year. but nearly 70,000 americans in uniform will remain there. dan lothian is at the white house and pentagon correspondent barbara starr is in new york. dan, let s go ahead and start with you. when we look at these withdrawal numbers, what do you think? big enough for a public that has grown pretty impatient? reporter: well, yeah, impatient and tired of the conflict. no doubt for many of the numbers. you take a look at the polling, the majority o
so, you know, the main thing is everybody, you know, pray for the people that are going through this and realize how much it destroys. near louisville, kentucky, a wheelchair amputee and his son were among several rescue s as the ohio river continues to rise. to date, there have been more than 5,400 severe weather reports rorded this month and at least 44 people killed nationwide in tornadoes. and taking a look outside here. we have great weather here in the nation s capital. puffy white clouds and blue sky and bill kierein is here. we hit the 70s now and humidity hanging in the air now. take a look at this tornado that hit arkansas. we saw the destruction that it caused. look at this, this is a massive, what is called a wedge tornado. it was on the ground for 15 miles wiping out everything in its path. this is courtesy of jesse herdin and this was via twitter. an amazing tornado. absolutely destructive and at least maybe a mile to a mile wide the destruction path. well
authorities tell us the teen disappeared sunday morning after he sent his girlfriend some text messages saying that he wanted to take his own life. now he may be armed with his father s handgun. they also say he may be near the intersection of adeline an 12th in oakland. if you come across the little boy don t approach him but call the sheriff s office immediately. still searching for answers after last year s deadly san bruno explosion and tomorrow federal investigators will do something they haven t done in 11 years, a public inquiry. a three-day hearing beginning tomorrow by the national transportation safety board. it runs through thursday. so far they have collected 47,000 pages of interviews and reports stemming from last fall s explosion, and they expect even more. observers say it could affect pipeline safety laws across the country. executives at pg & e will offer testimony in this sworn hearing along with 20 other witnesses. the ntsb will ask how the utility opera