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• Monday system brings rain, thunder, and high winds

  26-02-2023 22:00 via wane.com
  
  After we've enjoyed a nice weekend across the area, changes are on the way. Make sure you take advantage of the mostly clear skies and calm weather this evening.Our next weather system is set to arrive to start the new workweek. Clouds will be increasing after midnight tonight and rain will arrive as we approach daybreak Monday. Some freezing rain may also occur in locations to the north of Fort Wayne for a brief time. Overnight lows will drop down into the 30s.A soggy Monday is expected, so mak
  
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• Get health care coverage through Medicaid? You may be booted from program

  26-02-2023 21:26 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — If you get health care coverage through Medicaid, you might be at risk of losing that coverage over the next year.Roughly 84 million people are covered by the government-sponsored program, which has grown by 20 million people since January 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.But as states begin checking everyone's eligibility for Medicaid for the first time in three years, as many as 14 million people could lose access to that health care coverage.A
  
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• COVID likely the result of a lab leak in China, Energy Department says

  26-02-2023 20:22 via wane.com
  
  (NewsNation) — The Department of Energy has issued a report stating that COVID-19 is likely the result of a lab leak in China.
  The Wall Street Journal reported on a classified intelligence document that was shared with White House officials and some members of Congress. Sources told the paper the findings were based on new intelligence.However, the department reportedly said the findings were made with "low confidence."
  Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there have been competing theo
  
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• Borg drinking fad has 'pros and cons,' counselor says

  26-02-2023 18:50 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – If you’ve been browsing TikTok over the past few weeks, you’ve likely come across videos of young adults drinking large homemade cocktails from their own individual plastic water jugs.These drinks — called “borgs” — are usually made by mixing about a half-gallon of water with liquor (a fifth of vodka seems to be the most popular choice) and some sort of vitamin supplement or flavoring. Partygoers usually mix and bring their own borgs to tailg
  
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• Will we ever know who won the record-setting $747M Powerball jackpot in Washington?

  26-02-2023 18:02 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) - Within a week of each other, the winners of two of the largest lottery prizes in U.S. history claimed their payouts. First, it was the California winner of the largest-ever prize, a $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in November. Then on Wednesday, it was the anonymous winner of a $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot won by a ticket sold in Maine last month.
  Now, there's just one record-setting lottery prize won in the last few months that remains unclaimed.
  Since last summer, the U.
  
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• People in Maryland, West Virginia find mysterious dust on cars. What is it?

  26-02-2023 17:42 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON COUNTY, Md. (WDVM) -- "What is it?" That's what residents of western Maryland and eastern West Virginia asked themselves Friday morning when they found their cars and other things outside coated in dust.People were quick to share pictures and videos of the coatings on social media. Some only captured the aftermath, while others saw the particles floating down from the sky.
  Sherry Miller of Inwood, West Virginia, said her husband saw something unusual in the driveway, grabbed his flash
  
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• Man accidentally shoots himself in mall; stampede and panic described inside

  26-02-2023 16:57 via wane.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) -- A man accidentally shot himself after a loud noise created a rush of movement among mall visitors Saturday night at Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh, North Carolina, police said.Raleigh police said an unidentified loud noise first caused visitors to move toward "safe locations quickly."
  A man carrying a concealed weapon then accidentally shot himself during the activity, police said. He suffered a non-life-threatening injury and was taken to the hospital, according to poli
  
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• Fort Wayne's Farmers Market announces Electric Works move-in date

  26-02-2023 15:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - It's been years in the making, but the date has finally been sent for when Fort Wayne's Farmers Market will move into Electric Works. The market made the announcement in a Facebook post Sunday morning.The post said the market's summer season will begin on Dynamo Alley beginning Saturday, May 20. Dynamo Alley is a plaza near Broadway. The market is expected to be on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings.It was back in March of 2021 when Fort Wayne's Farmers Market a
  
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• Fort Wayne's Farmers Market announces Electric Works date

  26-02-2023 15:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - It's been years in the making, but the date has finally been sent for when Fort Wayne's Farmers Market will move to Electric Works. The market made the announcement in a Facebook post Sunday morning.The post said the market's summer season will begin on Dynamo Alley beginning Saturday, May 20. Dynamo Alley is a plaza near Broadway. The market is expected to be on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings.It was back in March of 2021 when Fort Wayne's Farmers Market ann
  
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• Fort Wayne Home & Garden Show opens Thursday, celebrating its 50th year

  26-02-2023 15:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - For the past 50 years, the Fort Wayne Home & Garden Show has welcomed guests to see dozens of exhibitors showcasing home improvement, arts and crafts, and more. This year's show is just a few days away.Becky Williamson with the Home & Garden Show stopped by WANE 15. She shared what people can expect, new and old, at this year's milestone show. See what she had to say in the interview above.The Fort Wayne Home and Garden Show opens its doors on Thursday, March 2
  
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• Fort Wayne Home & Garden Show gets ready for 50th year

  26-02-2023 15:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - For the past 50 years, the Fort Wayne Home & Garden Show has welcomed guests to see dozens of exhibitors showcasing home improvement, arts and crafts, and more. This year's show is just a few days away.Becky Williamson with the Home & Garden Show stopped by WANE 15. She shared what people can expect, new and old, at this year's milestone show. See what she had to say in the interview above.The Fort Wayne Home and Garden Show opens its doors on Thursday, March 2
  
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• E-bike batteries blamed for 22 NYC fires, 2 deaths this year

  26-02-2023 13:51 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lithium ion batteries used to power electric bicycles and scooters have already sparked 22 fires that caused 36 injuries and two deaths in New York City this year, four times the number of fires linked to the batteries by this time last year, officials said Friday.Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said Mayor Eric Adams' administration is “coming at this problem from every single angle,” including working with the City Council and the federal Consumer Product Safe
  
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• Failure to yield leads to crash on State Road 3 in DeKalb County

  26-02-2023 13:45 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) Three people were sent to the hospital following a two-vehicle crash in DeKalb County early Saturday evening.A Ford Escape sits in a ditch following a crash on February 25, 2023. Photo courtesy DeKalb County Sheriff's Dept.According to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department, the driver of a Ford Escape heading west on County Road 68 failed to yield to traffic at the intersection with State Road 3. The Escape was struck by a Chevy Blazer going south on State Road 3. The
  
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• Media drop Dilbert after creator's Black 'hate group' remark

  26-02-2023 13:26 via wane.com
  
  The creator of the Dilbert comic strip faced a backlash of cancellations Saturday while defending remarks describing people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.”Various media publishers across the U.S. denounced the comments by Dilbert creator Scott Adams as racist, hateful and discriminatory while saying they would no longer provide a platform for his work.Andrews McMeel Syndication, which distributes Dilbert, did not immed
  
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• Fort Wayne Police Department investigating crash with overturned car

  26-02-2023 10:14 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating a crash involving two vehicles. One of the vehicles ended up on its top. The crash happened just after 3 a.m. Sunday morning to the intersection of Edgewood Avenue and US 27/Lima Road.
  Information is limited at this point. At least two vehicles were involved in the crash. Heavy damage to the vehicles could also be seen. The overturned car ended up on a sidewalk at the intersection.WANE 15 did speak to an officer on scene
  
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