Fox5 local news starts now. And thank you for joining us tonight on this Easter Sunday im lauren demarco. Im jim lokay. Off the top were talking about the Easter Sunday we saw outside and man it was just a great day no matter are where you were. Great day to be outdoors. It had a feeling of spring and found like summer today. And getting a check on weather. Lauren and jim its been such a Beautiful Day and tonight we are still seeing people out and about enjoying the weather and some are walking or bike ago around the title basin and easter can be such a toss up when it comes to the weather. Some years youre needing a jacket and this time around, though, you can grab that bathing suit we went over to yards park in southeast not far from nationals parka long the anacostia river. Kids were having a blast in the wading pool and there was a mountain to play in. Theres very few outdoor play options especially here in the dmv. And a month and a half out from hem orial day. The kids we talked
Freight train derailment. 1000 feet of track, railroad ties, the third rail and two switches. Railroad officials hope to have it restored by this evenings rushhour but that is clearly not going to happen. The delays and cancellations will affect nearly tens of thousands of commuters over the next few hours. We call this the main line and this line feeds both the port jervis branch and the ron Port Jefferson branch and the Ronkonkoma Branch and those taken together will take half of the ridership on the Long Island Railroad. Reporter this contingency plan just went into effect. If youre in penn station tonight, there will be Eastbound Service and you will be able to get out to long island but there will be cancellations roughly 1 3 of the evening schedule out of penn station is going to be cancelled, and there will be no service into new york city on the ronkonkoma and port jeff branches. The advice, get to the Babylon Branch or the Fort Washington branch because those drains are trains
The reaction and the punishment are way too harsh. He is really apoll itic for this. He didnt mean it. He said it was a accident. He is really apologetic for this. He said his hand got stuck in the helmet. I believe my child. Reporter she was at the game when her son Fritz Moncion tangled with a player from the Immaculata High School and hit him with the helmet. The internet reaction was ugly and personal. He is very hurt. Like hes crying. He is really upse. This young man cams from decent stock, good stock. He is being raised properly, with no school problems. Reporter the immaculata player, number 73, had spirit moncion in the midsection with his helmet on an earlier player. And it was a lot of, um, racial stuff being said. Reporter including they an allegation that drew swift pushback from the Linden School superintendent. This is the first time im hearing anything about this incident being possibly racially motivated. That has not come up in our investigation. It has not come up in
Chopper 2 flew over the scene in piscataway township around 2 p. M. You can see the van overturned on the median. This happened between exits 8 and 9. Police say one person was ejected and two others had to be pulled out. All three were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. A brooklyn mother is furious that her sons Daycare Center lost him for several hours yesterday. The 2yearold boy was found and identified thanks to social media. Cbs 2s sonia rincon spoke with the mother. Reporter the quality of life academy Daycare Center is closed while its investigated. Diana watchy got the call at 4 30 on thursday that her son had been lost and found. What did they say to you . First, not to calm down that he is fine. Im like, i cannot calm down my son was lost and for me to calm down . I couldnt. I just had no words. I was shocked. Reporter little ethan had been left in the playground in sunset park. A woman found him sleeping hours after his daycare group left. If it wasnt f
This is how it looked on monday as bandits blasted their way to a haul off narcotic. This is Surveillance Video of pharmacy burglars in the act in the fernrock section of philadelphia. Tonight, based on what police are saying, it appears that the three men are addicted to thiefry. Wednesday night, the big story on action news tonight is search for a trio of drugstore burglars, wanted now linking them to a slew of other thefts. Action News Reporter chad pradelli is live now at broad and gaining pharmacy in fernrock, chad, what is the latest here. Reporter jim, police say suspects are, responsible for eight pharmacy burglaries since march. They are hitting mom and pop shops not your Big Box Retail drugstores. On monday they broke into this pharmacy. You can see where they used a crowbar to break in the back door. The suspects are covered head to toe, once inside of the broad street pharmacy they used crowbars to rip off a door. They cut their alarm system. Then they go right for the safe