The Opioid Crisis in your community . If you live in eastern and central time zones, call 2027488000. Mountain and pacific region, call 2027488001. If you have been personally affected by the Opioid Crisis, call 2027488002. Andocial media cspanwj facebook. Com cspan. We want to hear your stories about how the Opioid Crisis has affected you in your community. The chart from the cdc is an overview of the epidemic. You see the numbers spiking among men and women of all races and of all age groups. 2011rom overdoses of and continuing to presentday. Statistic, that conveys the sheer scale of the u. S. Opioid crisis. They say in West Virginia officials has spent nearly 1 million on the transportation of corpses in the fiscal year ending june 30. They told a newspaper that the number of body transports nearly doubled from 2015 to 27th 2017 at 880 people died in the state of overdoses last year, the highest rate in the u. S. And in ballmer had to come out of retirement. , spokeessman, republic
To her family. Reporter karina was killed tuesday while out for a jog in howard beach. When she didnt return home, her father called police and went looking for her. She was found later that night off the running trail face down. She was strangled and possibly sexually assaulted. A vigil was held earlier in the week. And friday night, hundreds came to pay their respects. Karinas killer has not been caught. But her story has dominated National Headlines and sent a small queens neighborhood where so many had felt so safe. I feel for her family. Who wouldnt . God forbid it would be my daughter. You know, i wouldnt know how how would i react. Its very bad. Everyone is going to be thinking of her. Its its just sad. Reporter and as the are now reviewing possible dna evidence found at the crime scene, hoping that will lead them to her killer. Were live in howard beach tonight, im diana rocco, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, diana. Storm clouds spread out across the area this afternoon w
Spotty popup or thunderstorm. 73 degrees out the door this morning in philadelphia, 71 in allentown, reading and trenton, 72 in wilmington and millville and 73 in cape may, new jersey. Your dewpoints well theyre still up there fairly high but not quite as bad as yesterday. Weve got upper 60s across much of the region and thats just below that threshold for oppressive humidity so still kind of humid as you head outside to do work or to get that run in. 71 degrees under mostly cloudy skies by 7 oclock. And well stay in the upper 70s through noon. Then its the low 80s this afternoon with a high of 82 and well probably be there by about 3 oclock. Again, clouds giving way to occasional sunny breaks and just a slight chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm. Weve got a possible Tropical Storm developing in the tropics. Ill talk more about that coming up and of course well have the rest of your accuweather 7day forecast. Matt, what about roads early . Couple problems i mentioned a few minute
Again aslight chance of a spot he tea storm or shower popping up. But most of the day does appear to be drive. Matt pelman weve got a guy named earl down in the tropics possibly getting ready to spring up. Well talk about that coming up and then have the rest of the seven day. Might have a guy named earl here as well whose car doesnt want to run. Im not sure what his name is but unfortunately his car is not running david here along 95 northbound right at the off ramp to cottman avenue. You can see hes off to the side on that off ramp so the three lanes headed northbound here through the work zone are opened but watch out for him as you come northbound past cottman. Hes got his flashers on at least, poor guy car just doesnt want to go. The construction crews have gone. Theyve left the vine street expressway. Everything reopened in both directions between the schuylkill and broad street. Youre good to go now. Those crews do return tonight at 11 oclock in theyll close the vine down once a
That doesnt mean he cant negotiate a framework agreement. I think the president does have authority to negotiate an executive a formal executive agreement with cuba which would provide a framework for cuban guarantees to american investors who voluntarily subscribed to the terms of these arrangements. That agreement could spell out the protections cuba is prepared to offer. It would provide impartial dispute settlement. It could even provide funding for the lets say a claims try tribunal, it could provide funding for the awards, if any had to be issued. Where would the money come from . It could come from contributions from cuba and from the investors. Commercial insurance, Political Risk insurance, could play a role in this. Ive done that in private practice for some clients. There is a quasi precedent not directly employed not going quite this far but in the Clinton Administration, they negotiated germany and other countries in europe relating to holocaust claims, these agreements th