Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. Tonight a local woman facing charges she tried kill her own mother. Thanks for joining us room iain page. Im lucy noland. She told police she just wanted to end her mothers suffering. Prosecutors disagree. Dave schratwieser broke the story tonight and joins us live from north philadelphia. Dave. 74yearold mary was in the nursing home hyped me with dementia and osteoporosis. She had several times broken bones. Her daughter is charged with attempted murder for injecting her with insulin even though she wasnt a diabetic. Her lawyer says, this isnt about crime. Its about compassion. Its every grown child worst nightmare. Watching an elderly parent suffering from an illness in a hospital or nursing home. Abington police say when 50yearold donna couldnt bear to watch her mother mary suffer any more, she injected her with insulin hoping shed pass away. Its very sad tragic set of circumstances. Reporter now she stands charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault
Personally i dont mind the heat, when i run, but running in the humidity, no. It is sticky. Yes. No pun intended. That is what i was going for. It is not a bad morning out there, even just spectating for the rock and roll Half Marathon. If you know anybody running make sure you help them stay hydrated throughout the race. That will be something folks need to be worried about. When we have warm, humid air out there you get dehydrated a little bit faster. We will talk about what we are experiencing here in philadelphia which is a little bit of fog. We have jose churning in the Atlantic Ocean at this point still down to the south of philadelphia, it is right now 500 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras and 500 miles from bermuda and still a category one storm. So again, still packing quite a punch, it is a very powerful system as just off the coast, of the u. S. Taking a look at our computer model spaghetti plot here it travels north through the next couple of days, good news is models ke
Who lost both legs to diabetes. Homeless for years he now has roof over his head but not much else. Im still panhandling but thats only to supplement my income and its hard its practically always near the end of the month. Reporter right. When his ssi check comes. Walk further youll meet peter welch whose homeless and makes no excuses. Failures in my life have come because of decisions and things ive said and cup and i see that happening in this country far too often. Reporter homelessness is up in the city this year. Panhandling is well according to Homeless Services director liz hirsh puts it down to one key element. Take wild guess. This is the opioid epidemic. Some of the folks youre seeing may not be homeless. They may be panhandling out here for money, but, um, yeah, its a big hairy problem. Reporter thats the up tick hyped you and liz another that the demographics prove it more young people for instance. Now, if you meet valerie who is homeless and has a history of opioid abuse
The construction is now nearly complete. Construction of the African American museum and the proposed repairs to the national air and space museum are illustrative of the very real challenges the subcommittee faces. Both increasing demand for and shrinking supply of federal dollars to address many legitimate priorities. For this reason, it is essential that the smithsonian outlined and clearly communicate its highest and greatest priorities. Every member of the subcommittee would like to support the 10 increase for funding for the smithsonian. But, given the incredible demands, it is probably not realistic. Difficult funding decisions will have to be made. The subcommittee will do its very best to adjust the smithsonians most urgent priorities. I look forward to your testimony and continuing to Work Together. In closing, i want to commend you for the smithsonians efforts to improve the display and storage of your vast collections. Based on the input this Committee Received from members
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