it's just far eastern massachusetts at the top of the leader board. providence is not in the top 10. we're looking at really around boston, northeastern massachusetts, that's where we have the driest conditions the 80s. humidity starts to move up. all ahead of the next weather system and this one will bring us a chance for a couple of showers. as for this evening. a milder one than we've seen for the last couple. looking around the area, 63 for a low in worcester. 69 in boston. and 65 in hyannis. it will be a warmer start and a warmer day. a southwesterly breeze at 10 to 20. and higher gusts near the water. that will temper the heat a little bit. and the dew points are rising into the low 60s. you'll notice more of the mugness. and we'll see increasing clouds as we head to tomorrow evening. highs upper 80s to low 90s expected for most of us. middle 80s central massachusetts and lower 80s at mid-70s in some areas right now. looking at the cape forecast. tomorrow a beautiful beach day. friday a slight chance of a shower or a storm. much more humid and t

why should marijuana be legal recreationally in massachusetts? jim: first of all the current system is a failure. it has done nothing to protect teens for marijuana. easy access. drug dealers don't check ids. subsidized by taxpayers without returning anything to taxpayers except more cost in arrests, incarceration and many other law enforcement costs. what we are proposing is a system that would actually start to control marijuana in massachusetts. it would also give people who require medical marijuana a chance to get them without breaking the law. i'm talking specifically about people who do not want to be placed on the list in massachusetts. right now medical card in massachusetts you are placed on a state maintained list. we don't have state maintained lists for gun owners. a lot of people, particularly veterans, federal employees, don't want to be placed on this list because they don't want to lose federal benefits, their pensions. as you know, marijuana is illegal at the federal level so this would help a lot of people who require therapeut

a massachusetts native, a massachusetts political junkie like me, i was looking forward to getting that story in tonight. i know you remember the silber-weld race very well. the reason i wanted to put this into the show today, election day 1990, the betting money said john silber was going to win the race. we found a lot of people went into the booth and they just couldn't check his name off. >> i wanted to say a couple of things. first, i'd trade all my time just to hear you do your sixth grade john silber imitation. that would be awesome. i was so happy to do this segment, because we both are united in trying to persuade the country that everything important in american politics originated in massachusetts or is connected to our home state. i'm glad you said that silber is not trump in that he was an intellectual guy, but you're absolutely right on this temperament point. the political analysis that is so parallel is about those suburban voters. in this election, it's college-educated suburban republicans who are fleeing the republican party in very large part because they don't think

. >> new regulations when it comes to ride sharing services in massachusetts. one of several bills passed overnight by lawmakers and it means for you. >> 487 million dollar question in new hampshire. will the winner of a power ball jackpot come forward today. >> from the channel 4 in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning to you. it's 6:00 thanks for waking up with us. i am chris mckinnon. >> it came merrill in for kathryn this monday morning august 1 and please i hope i know the person who won the big power ball. >> you have long lost cousins. >> i have lots of family in new hampshire and lived there what are the odds. >> don't you feel like you would have gotten a call or probably not. >> i am waiting my phone is >> keep the ringer on. >> and by the way kate if it's your family you have friend here too. >> i am just saying kate good morning everybody. hope you had a great weekend. weather watchers tracking a couple showers and studier rain pushed through overnight in southeastern massachusetts offshore now. we have a few leftover showers and a few

the wind will be the big concern, whether you will be in southeastern massachusetts or northeastern massachusetts. both areas currently under the threat really over for central and western massachusetts. i am going to send it back to you guys for now but back in just a few minutes with a new update. >> julie: we will talk to you soon. begin our team coverage with stephanie coueignoux in concord right now. >> daniel: stephanie, what is your drive and what are you seeing in your area. >> reporter: we parked and firefighters from setting off a central location here on lexington road and we have assessing the damage. lexington road, the 400 block is now shut down because of enormous trees blocking the road, as well as power lines on the road. again if you live in that area, please stay inside. they are assessing that damage. they tell me that the power lines could still be active. several very large trees i am seeing right now are down along the road near some homes. thankfully i did ask, no one hawthorne lane and lexington road, very enormous trees literally feet from homes right here. at the moment

over in massachusetts, much of southern new hampshire as well. we have got the back end of this passing through boston, and we still have it traveling over southeastern massachusetts. the best bet for heavier showers and perhaps some gusty winds will be right there. that's what i will be watching there for the neck couple of hours. futurecast there by 5 a.m. does show southeastern mass. really the pot to watch. same deal here at 6:00 this morning. by 8 a.m., that's it. we have some lingering clouds the south shore. couple of showers hanging tight across the cape and island by 10 a.m. it is all over. we have these gusty winds coming in from the northwest here through the afternoon, but it bumps out the clouds in favor of sunshine, ends up being completely sunny here this afternoon. so even though right now in boston we have got the rain. we have got visibility reduced. we have also got some gusty wind. things just completely turn around. and by 6 a.m., the last of the showers over massachusetts and over to the cape. lower 70s. 10 a.m., 75 degrees.

. >> new developments in the murder of a nun from massachusetts. as the stoneham native is remembered by her family. flight. concerning behavior that prompted the pilot to call police. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning thanks for joining us i am kate merrill. >> i am chris mckinnon. it's friday august 26th. >> not only is it friday, but we have got barry burbank on this friday and we are so excited to see you. >> decided to come help the company out. >> thank you. morning. happy friday. it's 73 in boston right back to bad habits right back to high humidity. same thing we have had so much of in the month of august so it's going to be another muggy day out there. will there be showers. >> couple crossing cape cod and most are moving offshore. we open up the shot and see more often eastern new york right now. a lot of these across upstate new york going across northern new england a chance of a few scattered showers and thunderstorms here in southern sections so the dealy planner we have -- daily p

this morning another reason to get a massachusetts ez pass. when all electronic tolling begins, on the pike this fall, drivers with in- statetransponders will get a discount. it's not new. they get discount at cen stone brighton but come october the proposal will extend it to most tolls in massachusetts. for anyone with an in-state transponder. out of state ez pass users will pay less than those who get a bill in the mail. >>> the summer is sadly winding down and that means it's time for back to school shopping. >> and supplies can add up so we are doing the shopping for you to find the best bargins in this week's summer of savings. we had 8 items on the back to notebooks binders and folders and headphones. from there it was time to shop around. we hit four online stores to see who had the best deals for many of the items the stores were within a few cents of each other but there were some bargins to be had. walmart offers a 24 pack of crayons for 50 cents. compared to 2.50 and up at other stores. target was 1 dollar cheaper when it came to bi

excessive heat in north eerp massachusetts. -- northeastern massachusetts. a few showers or storms tomorrow. 97 with oppressive humidity. it will feel like over 100. the upper 80s to near 90 much of the upcoming week. the driest by the second half of the week and a few more showers app -- showers and thunderstorms on early wednesday morning after a few more thunderstorm afternoon. the beat goes on but we get a break today. >> thank you so much, barry. >>> the u.s. is swimming in gold katy ledecky set a new world record last night. the 19-year-old beat her nearest competitor by 12 seconds last night. she's only the second women to sweep the three longest free style races and the first to do it since 1968. the u.s. has the most medals and china is in place followed by great brit tab. -- britain. >>> the arraign -- the teenager con vikted -- the teenager convicted of helping his uncle with murder could be released if prison. -- from prison. >> coming up, the phantom gourmet finds the best >>> welcome back. countries from all over the world have their foods repr

we have downpour across western massachusetts. we also have lightning i just want to tell that you there is the risk of lightning attached to these showers. lighter to moderate showers from leominster and rindge and swansea, new hampshire. keep an eye on the batch of rain but as it hits worcester and tries to get into boston, it will just continue to weaken. clouds are dry. 62346 natick. 64 in walpole and milton. again just clouds there. nice and dry. southeastern massachusetts as well with upper 60s to lower 70s. and we have patchy rain at 7 applicant, by noontime clouds the afternoon with highs around 77 degrees. julie is back with live drive-time traffic. >> julie: i like what i am seeing so far. 4:30, things are nice and light. route 1 wide open, 93 south moving along fine. don't be scared by icons, overnight construction work that clears out by 5 a.m. it minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin. 19 minutes on 93 south. 24 minutes from 495 to mass avenue. >>> 4:31 right now. children are returning to a south boston day camp ae

silver medal will be coming back to massachusetts. diver michael hixon and teammate sam dorman finished second in diving competition. hixon on the left in the picture and from amherst but currently a student at here is medal count after five days of competition. u.s. has 32 including 11 golds. china second with 23 medals, ten of them gold and japan in third with 18. >> julie: last night big papi fouled ball off right shin in ninth inning against the yankees and limped off field in pain. game are negative and no broken bones and ortiz will be listed as day-to-day and pitcher steven wright and mookie betts will be out of action with minor injuries. >> daniel: tonight the new england patriots begin the preseason schedule and new england saints in foxborough and don't expect to see tom brady tonight. jimmy garoppolo will be starting andac the list. >> julie: governor baker approved study as part of the economic development bill. the commission will analyze the benefits of being in the atlantic time zone springing forward every march and f

this is morn shutes -- massachusetts -- this is moving into northwestern massachusetts. we get the rain and looks like some will start to weaken as it moves in but we should all get some rain. and later we mate bubble up a few -- may bubble up a few thunderstorms. 80 by midday and lower 80s this afternoon and humid as well. traffic and weather together. good morning breana. >> reporter: good morning. you are slow and go at exit 13 backup starts in braintree at 128. once on the expressway another pocket of congestion is in milton between exit 11 and exit 15 columbia road andn dorchester. brain rei -- in dorchester. to the north we have bumper to bumper traffic on 93 south in andover between exit 44 and 495 and 43 and route 133. that accident we told you about in newton has been cleared and all lanes have been reopened. chris and kathryn back to you. >> thanks so much. >>> we are foin a worcester man is facing charges of kidnapping rape robbery and more. >> police are calling this a crime spree. nicole jacobs is live in worcester where that man is due in court today nicole

ben: pure massachusetts joy there. maria said it best. a group was looking for tuna when that excited fisherman had an unexpected encounter with a small pod of orca whales about 12-miles off chatham. orcas, which are so well known on the west coast, have a much smaller population on the east coast that is centered around newfoundland and labrador. the females seen in the video can grow up to twenty-three feet in length and weigh four tons. adult males can reach thirty feet and tip the scales at eight tons. here i was enjoying that video 10 times this morning, but now i have all of this great information. thank you. all right, are we going to wank? ben: i think we are. no. maria: new at 6:00. a cat in dorchester using up one , of her 9 lives. the animal rescue league of boston tweeting out this video of the poor thing when she got gentle. they used a hammer and they were able to safely free her. ben: how did she get inside? maria: i don't know. ben: we will never know. mike? mike: i'm more of a dog person. it was cute. maria: very cute cat

according to an -- physician with the massachusetts -- official with the massachusetts department of transportation it involves two trucks. being see the backup in the westbound lanes is stretching almost duck-- you can see the backup in the westbound lanes is stretching almost to auburn. i suggest getting on the mass pike continued. we will deep you updated on it clears. >>> a crash on 128 in newton. four vehicles involved. one of them caught fire. no word on injuries yet. police are trying to figure out what caused the crash. the highway is now back opened. >>> breaking overnight a. night from boston to sacramento diverted because of turbulence. one passenger telling us the turbulence was so severe that there were cracks in the overhead bins. that plane landed safely in rapid city south dakota. 22 passengers and two crew members were taken to the hospital to be replacement aircraft will take remaining passengers onto sacramento and they will land later this morning. >>> new overnight an investigation underway after three police officers' personal vehicles were tampered with. the la

it looks like it will be mostly western massachusetts. where you can see here, it's less of a problem. still a problem but less of a problem than here in eastern massachusetts. this is extreme drought and there's still another category to go. exceptional drought. so as dry as we've been, it can get even worse. we don't want to get there. bu normal so far for the year in boston and the boston area. that's crazy stuff and that's why it's so dry and why your lawn looks like it does out there. there are sunny skies around eastern massachusetts now. some rain we're talking about is some showers and thunderstorms popping up back here. we thought they would be in western new england. these are the berkshires and vermont, some thunderstorm activity here. not having an easy time of it and there's not much behind it. it will be moving into the area. that's not coming to the rescue. you hate to root for a tropical storm but that's the kind of moisture we need to break the drought conditions. we will talk about the potential for rain early next week

one of the victims, sister paula merrill, was born and raised in massachusetts. we know that both up ins were nurse practitioners, and investigators are not sure if the religious work had anything to do with the motive. more on that coming up. hampshire, not backing down on a key part of his plan should he become president, and that is a crurvegz a -- construction of a wall between the u.s. and mexico. christina hager has more. christina? >> reporter: that's right, and when we talked with people at the rally, this is an issue that people want to talk about and an i lot of support early on. early on, he did repeat what we heard him say so many times before. he still plans to build that wall. >> i cannot go through another four years like the last eight. >> reporter: in what's considered a battle ground state, the lawn in front of the latest trump rally was a mini battle ground. >> it's a scary thing to be at a trump rail e his supporters presidency and our future. >> reporter: inside, comfortable ground for donald trump with the people who helped him to win the fi

one of the nun's has family in massachusetts. michael henrich is outside the family's church this morning. michael? >> michael: such a horrific crime on so many level. this right here is the family church of sister paula merrill. it is right here in stoneham. family members spoke with fox25 person who so beautifully dedicated her lives, life to serving other people. now, sister paula as well as sister margaret held serving as nurse practitioners for some of the poorest people if the country. when sister paula and sister margaret did not show up for work yesterday morning, police did a welfare check and found the pair dead in their home. reportedly stabbed to dea. conducted. their car had been taken but as you mentioned, julie, local police out of mississippi now say they have recovered the vehicle. sister paula's nephew shared pictures of his aunt and mother on a trip last year to why were, saying their family was very close. >> it is sad that people come to this, whatever motivates them. you know, my aunt and sister margaret, li

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they have filmed other scenes in massachusetts. actors spotted at the quabbin reservoir last year. >> sara: message in bottle takes transatlantic trip. schoolteacher brought her students to lighthouse every year for the last 47 years. they each throw a message bottle into the water and most never get further than new jersey beaches. but one four-year-old girl must have the magic touch. >> they were excited to throw something in. i never expected it to retire. >> daniel:. >> like a dream coming true because the bottle actually went someplace far, far away than expected. >> sara: information about where it was found and now the >> daniel: rocking later at gillette. >> sara: extensive debate whether to let kenny chesney stay on stage a little longer when he visits foxborough later this month. >> shiri: mid-90s today and tomorrow and 90 o massachusetts public charter schools are among the best in the country. our charter schools are public, and we have longer school days with more personal attention. we have a proven record of helping

for most massachusetts here. this is not including the cape. temperatures technically a little below the advisory criteria. but it's going to be very he warm and humid for all locations here. 78 degrees in boston to start off the morning. and 90 by midday. ride home 95. heat index right around 100 an thunderstorms as well as we get into the heat of the afternoon. here's the hour by hour after 2 p.m. through 7:30 p.m. we will be tracking the poe section for thunder and lightning and brief heavy downpours and the potential for gusty winds. stay tuned to anything that does develop later this afternoon and keep an eye to the sky. coming up how many more days we have to deal with storm chances in your 7-day forecast. traffic and weather together breana. >> reporter: in 10 or 15 minutes the eastbound breakdown lane on mass pike in charlton involving two trucks shut down the pike in both direction this is morning and slowly lanes are reopening. the crash happened just before the service plaza. one truck rolled over and the other caught fire. right now

she spent part of the weekend in massachusetts. she held a fund raising event in nantucket boosting her fund raising lead over trump. more than twice of what trump brought in. and this video of clinton and cher arriving at an event in providencetown yesterday. the singer headlined a fund- raiser at pilgrim monument. clinton attended a fund-raiser in osterville. globe reports show raised more than a million dollars at that event. >>> bad news out of foxborough a key player will be out. dion lewis will need a second surgery on his left knee. he and practiced with the team in june but has not been on the field since the pats opened camp. the second operation on his knee is considered more of a cleanup procedure so maybe not as serious as you think. espn quotes a nfl source saying there's a chance for him to return this year. and wbz has you covered as pats play the first road game of the preseason take on cam newton and panthers in carolina this friday. patriots game day starts at 7, quarter post game show after the game on wbz. >>> c

in may he led police on a chase from massachusetts into new hampshire. prosecutors say the driver surrendered but andrew monaco's emotions got the best of >> i regret my actions. i cannot explain why -- [ indiscernible ] >> andrew monaco will pay the suspect's medical bills, his career in law enforcement is over. a massachusetts trooper is also facing charges. >>> tonight police are searching for the gunman who shot a teenager and a dog. dashaye mizhari is expected to survive. police say she wasn't the target. an argument that broke out on the street. the dog also shot there. liam martin explains one of the officers had a personal reason for helping the dog. >> reporter: he is 10 months old and just took a bullet for his owner. >> that dog put himself in front of his owner and took a bullet. >> reporter: when officers ariverred of the shooting of the woman -- arrived at the shooting they also found the dog his owner said he jumped in front. >> panting, druling. he was possibly in shock. >> reporter: the officer and two other officers rushed him to the ho

of eastern massachusetts -- parts of eastern massachusetts. we have varying amounts of clouds. we can't see it very well in theimagery but there's quite a bit of cloudiness in eastern massachusetts. won't get rain out of cloud. rain producing clouds go north. and it's a trailing front that will give us a couple scattered showers but that won't happen until late tonight or first thing tomorrow morning. we will have a imoings of clouds yield-- combination of clouds and 81 at the cold with the sea breeze like we had yesterday. and as high as 88 to inland spots away from the ocean high tide at 8:30 this morning and the rest of the accu-weather forecast is coming up in a few minutes. nicole. >> thank you. >>> this morning, a charred plum island home that was wreaked by fire that almost devoured other buildings as well. the other buildings were saved not just by firefighters but by neighbors who pitched in to form an old fashioned bucket brigade. jim smith has more. >> reporter: fire crews work into the night soaking down hot spots only hours after an inferno destroyed a home on plum

one of them a massachusetts native. the fond memories her nephew is sharing with fox25 as police hunt for a killer. >>> surveillance images being circulated of a sexual assault suspect. the brazen attack near a train station. in massachusetts is in court instead. the concern his captain reported that kept him out of the sky. >> announcer: complete new england news coverage starts right now. this is the fox25 morning news. >> julie: good morning, everyone, 4:00 on friday, august 26. i am julie grauert. >> stephanie: and i am stephanie coueignoux. definitely a more humid feel. this morning you definitely felt it. it actually feels humid in the all that humidity and a chance for some storms. >> sarah: we will be watching for a chance of showers and storms erupting through the afternoon but a risk of the shower even this morning. you will see light precipitation pushing through parts of the cape, push through hyannis. a steadier pocket through chatham. current conditions in the 60s and 70s. and, yes, humidity is definitely

mass -- massachusetts men indicted. prosecutors say a low ell man stole blades for working boston based gillette who gave them two other men. prosecutors say they sold nearly $209,000 in raise store blades just in 2011. >>> two men facing multiple charges accused of being a part of an atm robbery operation lawrence yesterday. investigators say david barker and efram montero were also part of ten breaks in since last year. they allegedly stole more than $400,000 worth of items. prosecutors say in addition to the break-ins, the two men targeted atms in massachusetts, maine and vermont. >>> just ahead, tom brady in the spotlight. >> the patriot quarterback making a surprise appearance to honor kevin faulk. it's his first public comments since accepting his suspension. >> and bourne, genan getting a lesson in acting from ? ? ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh ? ? hush my darling... ? ? don't fear my darling... ? ? the lion sleeps tonight. ? fear my darling... ? ? the lion sleeps tonight. ? [snoring.] take the roar out of snore. lesson in

southeastern massachusetts, by the way, is going to be my driest spot today. at 7 a.m., 69 degrees. still keeping things nice and dry and keeping a close eye on southwestern new hampshire at 7:00 this morning. the chance of a few showers even arriving in the boston area. and through the afternoon, we are going to watch for widely scattered rain. not everybody see it is. it will be patchy what we do see. areas impacted dealing with a mostly dry day. a lot more dry versus wet times today keeping things very humid into the second half of the day. it is turning muggy with the hit and miss showers today. highs from 780 to 86 degrees. we will time it out next. we will get you back to julie for live for now. >> julie: shiri, good morning. don't be confused with the icons on the map. overnight construction work that will wrap up 5 a.m. an accident on the pike near washington street and not slowing anybody down because nobody out. route 1, 93 south moving along fine. no issues northbound or southbound. 12 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin. 20 minutes on 93 south. 22 minutes on 128 fro

most of the activity over eastern massachusetts. traffic and weather together good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have an accident on 128 south at exit 60 and route 286 and there is stop and go traffic from the massachusetts new hampshire state line. as part of your commute. sumner tunnel is reopened after a deadly scratchp but the ramp to 93 north is closed while state police investigate. we know one person is dead and two others have been rush to the hospital with life- threatening injuries. kate and chris. >> thanks very much. >>> and we are learning more about the deadly crash that breana mentioned. state police say it happened after 3 and it was inside the sumner tunnel near the ramp to 93 north. we know that one person was killed in that crash. hospital with life-threatening injuries. we will keep you updated on that. >>>also breaking more strong aftershocks in italy. look at the earthquake death toll rises 267 people are confirmed dead another 387 are treated for injuries. earlier this morning, a 4.7 aftershock rattle

. >>> early vote something coming to massachusetts for the -- voting is coming to massachusetts for the first time you can cast ballots for as early as len business days before election day. this year the early voting period will be begin october 24th and end november 4th election day is november 8th. >>> if you bought a power ball ticket in new hampshire you might want to check your numbers. >> a winning ticket was sold at the hannaford supermarket it s service vending station inside stwi a take home million. if you take the lump sum people in small town are buzzing about the big win. >> i wish it was me absolutely. >> first thing she said is did we buy one from there yesterday because we shopped there yesterday. >> i just hope whoever wins it needs it but i am kicking myself right now. >> the hannaford gets $57,000 a million dollar ticket was sold in littleton new hampshire. >>> coming up, battle to control boston liquor licensing process. it comes to an end. who came can out the winner. >> and getting new charter schools in the commonwealth details on the push for a ballot question.

massachusetts at the top of the class. >>> then. coming up. all new at breaking news to new bedford. afternoon.e second happening as photographers the scene of the first. >>> tonight the reason they think ? someone you love could be having a stroke ? ? learn these signs, act fast, give them hope ? ? speech: does itndroop when you ask them to smile? ?h? ? confused or strange? ? ? then it's time, time to call 9-1-1. ? face, arm, speech, time. act fast! with every second, brain cells die. america are in our backyard. a new study states massachusetts school first in the country for quality and safety. students have the best test scores in reading and math. tied for the best acc scores with connecticut. new jersey, connecticut and vermont and wisconsin round out the top five in america. setting his own house on fire. y police say he did it. >>> breaking news. 10 more cases of zica virus in florida and a warning about traveling to the sunshine state. >>> we have a return of the son and warmer temperatures coming up. >>> a new hampshire family with a

that's how much charter schools will drain from massachusetts public schools this year. four hundred million siphoned from local districts that desperately need it. four hundred million that won't fund more science and technology, arts or preschool, counseling, or smaller class sizes. four hundred million unavailable to the ninety-six percent of students who don't attend charter schools. vote no on question 2. >> shiri: downpours leominster to groton and nashua, new hampshire and sliding southward another batch just south of mildford through about bellingham and you can see attleboro. this is moving toward you and north seekonk as well and what time it peaks coming up. >> julie: bobble head they thought they david ortiz. issuing thousands of iou's hoping to make things right. look at how the "t" will make things right. michael? >> michael: make sure a bad situation didn't get worse and fans walked away in short-term but team trying to do right in this is a picture the red sox tweeted out monday ahead of tuesday's david ortiz bobble head for the first 15,000 fans and this

even hotter in western massachusetts and still humid. sunday's storm, the fast sunday just like today. and then storms pop mid to late afternoon. notice they're coming in first north and west of boston. similar story. a few storms could be on the stronger side, particularly in the early evening hours. i think tomorrow's storms will be miles an hour widespread. sunday they're widely scattered. again 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. the time frame. no need the cancel the outdoor plan, but have a back up plan in mind to duck inside and upper 80s on the cape. you have to factor in the humidity, the real feel, coming over 100 degrees again. from new bedford to plymouth, all of eastern central massachusetts is going to feel like the mid-90s, so heat advisories issued probably during the day tomorrow. fenway park, big temperature swing, but keeping an eye out for storms the next couple of night, and 80s into the start of nec week and a couple -- next week and a couple of storms again by miek no wash outs. good for beneficial way. >> all right, thank you, we n

the dorchester man was found living in north carolina and brought back to massachusetts. fox 25's malini basu was there charged with raping two young boys back in 1991 and 1992. >> it took investigators 19 years to find john joseph harden. prosecutors say he raped two boys between the ages of 6 an 9 years old. during today's arraignment, harten hid behind the door so no one could see him. he was one of the state's most wanted fugitive sex offenders. now, 46-year-old john harten is behind bars, he was hiding behind the doors during today's arraignment on june 21, 1993. prosecutors say he raped his then girlfriend's nephew and his best friend, then fled to north carolina. >> the defendant, who also happened to be a big brother in the big brother-big sister program, was alerted to the disclosure of these boys, and secretly fled massachusetts. >> the reporter: prosecutors say even after harten broke up with his girlfriend, he kept wanting to see the boys. >> he constantly called to ask child. >> the reporter: in june, the f.b.i. got a tip about harten's whereabouts. they say

see every day in massachusetts. wildlife crews removed a 6 foot alligator from a home in springfield. it was being kept as a pet in the backyard. crews say they had a hard time carrying it away because it weighed close to 180 pounds. it's big pet. the gator was taken to the local zoo while animal officers figured out what to do with it. i don't know. but it's a strange thing to see in massachusetts. >>> your top stories traffic and weather are all straight ahead right here on wbz this >>> breaking overnight a accident in everett ripping apart a tractor trailer and 4 south shore beaches closed today over rip tide corns. the warning -- concerns. the warning from officials. a brookline tapeel closes its doors for good. surprising announcement from overnight. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston this is wbz >>> good morning to you. it's 5:00 on the dot. i am kathryn hauser. chris is off. we appreciate you being here. it's friday august 5 i am joined with danielle niles and we were talking about a lovely forecast for

this is the line in our many that has moved into western massachusetts. we take a look at that and we are seeing a lightning with the storms as well as they moved this time. rhode island to southeastern mass, another area could follow suit. it will all diminish after sunset. speaking of which, here is boston. notice we have clearing coming in. it knocked the temperature down to 86. it was in the upper 90's a while ago. elsewhere where it has not rain, it is incredible. in all of those places it still feels like over 100 degrees. if you have ever been hit by a thunderstorm and have not been cooled, the excessive heat warning and the heat advisory, that is where you have the feels-like temperature's over 105 and then it is an excessive heat warning. notice tomorrow the middle of the day -- quite a disparity. on this side, a northeast wind and cooler. on the other side, just like it is today. really, really hot stuff. then sunday, that front retreats to the north and all of us are back into the heat and humidity. boston gets a little reprieve. out of springf

all the way from new hampshire back town there massachusetts, in between stretching over. what does that mean over the next few hours? >> you kind of notice this disturbance, upper level underneath, right? there's a good amount of rain with it. but as it slowly drifts east ward over the next few hours, it's going to lose a little bit of steam. after that there's not a whole lot going on. so yes, a few pockets of rain. this may be a little overdone, but you get the point. there will be some areas of rain tapering off to showers by midday and early afternoon as the second half of the day. there may be a lingering isolated shower as we head into the evening commute. tomorrow, beautiful. sunshine, just a few clouds. looks like a great day overall. wind oaf the ocean will keep the temperatures to upper 70s. thursday looking good too, we start with sun, end with sun. high pressure slipping off the coast. we're going to warm things up a bit on thursday. notice there's some green showing up on the map but no thunderstorm risk at least it will be confined to central and northern ne

the morning in the low to mid-70s across massachusetts, across southern new hampshire. just indicates how warm it is actually going to be today. looking at some partly cloudy mist along with the fog will be down across the south coast, cape and islands. overall we are looking at a drier day. the fog in falmouth. visibility three miles. worst conditions in norwood and bedford. visibility under a mile. aim in portsmouth, new hampshire. lawrence and beverly not looking too good. a little fog into boston and worcester. concord, new hampshire, dense fog. quarter-mile visibility. the fear is in the next hour foggy conditions get worse a.m. i am thinking 8 a.m. the fog will be done. 9 a.m., partly sunny. at noontime, look at the heat index. 98 degrees. the heat index over 100 this afternoon because humidity and those temperatures here around 96 degrees at 3 p.m. and i will show you at risk spots for a pop-up thunderstorm and much better risk of heavy rain into the weekend. >> julie: on foggy days like today, the clouds will tell the story. thing nice and light because to early

we have downpour across western massachusetts. we also have lightning i just want to tell that you there is the risk of lightning attached to these showers. lighter to moderate showers from leominster and rindge and swansea, new hampshire. keep an eye on the batch of rain but as it hits worcester and tries to get into boston, it will just continue to weaken. clouds are dry. 62346 natick. 64 in walpole and milton. again just clouds there. nice and dry. southeastern massachusetts as well with upper 60s to lower 70s. and we have patchy rain at 7 applicant, by noontime clouds

. >> new regulations when it comes to ride sharing services in massachusetts. it's one of several bills passed overnight by lawmakers. what it means for you. >> the 487 million dollar question in new hampshire. wi jackpot come forward today. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning it's 4:30. thanks for joining us i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kate merrill in for catherine it's monday august 1 i can't believe july is over. >> don't say ate. >> danielle niles this is one remember if you don't like rain so sad to see it g's. >> the heat and humidity it was nice summertime weather-- see it go. >> the heat and humidity it was nice summertime weather. there's showers pushing through essex county and steadier rain pushing out over the mid and outer capes and heavy rain over the vineyard that will continue to progress out over the ocean in the next hour or so. temperatures are running in the cooer at-- door at 69 in boton and there's little cloud cover extending to west. through showers through upstate new york and a lone sprin

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sister merrill is massachusetts. her family is trying to focus on >> paula and margaret had a passion. they loved their patients. antoinette: sanders is being held awaiting a court appearance. their funeral is set for monday. we have breaking news overnight into the newsroom. a man is critically hurt after a shooting in boston. it happened at a 7-11 on center street in jamaica plain. the call came in after 3:30 this morning. boston ems on scene within minutes. webr doug: three people are hurt, two seriously, after a crash at a restaurant in hingham. police say the truck driver veered off north street at did 10:00 last night, crashing into the square cafe. a 59-year-old hingham man and a 52-year-old woman from hull suffering serious injuries. the passenger of the truck also hurt. police arresting the driver, jeffrey mahoney, on several charges but they say he was not compared. right now, a man is under arrest before 3:00 this morning on route 128 north. only one car was involved. the driver arrested for oui. nobody wa

the child is juan ayala massachusetts 2jj179. we are geting that information now. no information where the vehicle that green 2004 ford explorer might be heading. anybody that sees a car fiting that description and little 9- year-old boy and suspect obviously is requested to call their local police department immediately. story just breaking now and developing-- the story is just breaking noun and developing. jim smith wbz news. now back to you. >> we will continue to >>> now to a story. a terrifying trip. jetblue flight boston to california hit such bad turbulence it had to make a emergency landing. >> 24 people were rushed to the hospital after it landed in south da coat ooh during e flight. breana pitts has the latestthe passengers on flight 429 are in california. they arrive this morning after a sce are air. the captain warned them to buckupand hit severe turbulence which witnesses say felt like the plane dropped of the some people went airborne along with items like lap tops and food and luggage went flying. >> the crazy thing was i looked out the window and s

another massachusetts school district will begin testing its water for lead. this week, we told you that boston public schools found high >> vanessa: fox 25's jason law shows us what quincy is doing to keep their kids safe. >> the reporter: rita harris' 4-year-old great granddaughter is getting ready to join the quincy school district. >> very concerned. very concerned for these kids. >> the reporter: faith is set to begin pre-k in a couple weeks and rita has lead on her minds. >> what concerns you the most about it? >> that it could get in one of these kid's systems for sure. >> the reporter: the quincy superintendent told parents the district is going to te this fall. in his letter, he wrote, the goal of this initiative is to ensure access to safe drinking water for all students. the testing is part of a statewide program, sponsored by great play by ryan baker. nearly 1,000 public schools and child care centers have signed up to figure out exactly what is coming outs of their bubblers. >> it's certainly been a concern. >> the reporter: this week, boston publ

that's according to a newly released report from the massachusetts department of massachusetts and families. dcf was looking into the death of charles brand, as a possible case of child endangerment. they concluded brand died from complications of pneumonia, which where not caused by neglect for abuse. >> mark: umass l amputated, following a moped crash on the vineyard. noel lambert and kelly moran hit a dump truck, lambert suffered a leg injury. moran is also recovering after emergency surgery. both women are from new hampshire. >> elizabeth: a former whitman police officer now facing the wrong side of the law, charged with tax fraud and embezzlement. some of his victims were disabled development rance. >> mark: we've been trying to talk to this former officer all day and during our live report at 5:00 p.m., he came out to here's katherine burcham's new interview. >> the reporter: veteransveteras advocates called -- mr. pearson, is there anything you can tell us about the allegations? >> i'm on the telephone please. >> the reporter: from a police officer to a business owner, glen pearson h

including massachusetts congressman seth moulton who served in iraq. the group which includes abo arredondo sent a letter to trump, asking for an apology. trump not done with his commercial comments. at a rally in pennsylvania yesterday, he had choice words for his opponent hillary clinton. while talking about bernie sanders. >> if he would have not done anything, go home, go to sleep, relax, he would have been a hero. but he made a deal with the he made a deal with the devil. >> reporter: clinton was at a rally in nebraska yesterday. billionaire warren buffett introduced clinton, again taking aim at trump's comments. >> our families haven't sacrificed anything. donald trump and i haven't sacrificed anything. how in the world can you stand up to a couple of parents who have lost a son and talk about sacrificing because you wered bying a bunch of buildings? >> i love my soldier. ly take care of them. >> kris: congressman seth moulton had choice words today for donald trump's treatment of khan's family. moulton saying the g.o.p. candidate is dangerously

pretty active, danielle. >>> it is, lisa, with no severe massachusetts. you can see over the ocean, some of the storms near cape cod day and providence town. a ton of lightning with the storms, and let's take you in and zoom in to where the heaviest rainfall is. i am not overly concerned with the wind damage. what i am concerned with is fall river, typically a spot where we get the heavy rainfall, and just coming over fall river along 138 and and i couldn't be surprised to see poor drain knowledge flooding. you know the drill in fall river, the typical spots with localized flooding. lighter rain right now but coming down and hugging the coastline. we have duxbury beach and plymouth and along route 3 a and the can't cod canal. a few more storms we're tracking, not severe. the warnings have been dropped but nevertheleun oranges, heavy rain and lightning and a strong downpour over new hampshire and route 32 and on the southeast side of swansea. 100 in lawrence and 97 in boston. 76, and 78 in worcester and still in the low 90s in in boston after a high of 98

. >> a murder mystery rocks a massachusetts town. police with a chilling warning for neighbors. >> reporter: one more nice day tomorrow. we track beneficial rain. >> delta flights grounded. passengers digital dilemma. >> anchor: a gold rush in rio. >> anchor: and teeing off together. star power joining the president. >> anchor: first families vacation on the vineyard. >> 7 news at 7 starts now. >> anyone who may have seen anything suspicious contact the princeton police the state police assigned to the worcester >> anchor: a murder history gripping the town the princeton massachusetts. vanessa americault was found in the woods. she was out jogging or walking when she was murdered. >> anchor: sources say her hands and feet were burned. we have team 7 coverage. begin with brandon gunnoe live in princeton. >> reporter: kim and adam, this is the first time in 3 decades there has been a murder in this community. and with no is still on the run. police are canvassing the small town of princeton after vanessa americault was found brutally m

by 9:00 getting into western massachusetts and connecticut. and i think most of our opportunity for overnight showers and thunderstorms will morning. likely not widespread severe weather but a chance for beneficial rain. and you might get woken up by thunder and lightning. temperatures in the 70s and dew points in the 70s. it's going to be muggy when you go to work tomorrow morning but we'll dry out. from northwest to southeast. the winds will turn around and we'll bring in the drier air. starting to feel it at lunch. and by evening, much drier. it's going to take the whole day. ex a we're well up in the 80s, but it gets comfortable as the day it's just warm temperatures. and the averis80. as we head to the tail end of august. and in terms of rainfall. not many chances. an early morning shower possible tomorrow. and that's about it when it comes to rain. heading to gillette stadium. partly cloudy skies and looks 80s at kickoff. and we would like more rainfall but not a lot of opportunities here. looks like the next best chance is on monday. it

this big gator was spotted here in massachusetts. crews in west springfield were life when they were called to a home. they got a tip about a six-foot-long, 200-pound gator being kept in someone's back yard. that was illegal but wrangling the gator out and to be quite a challenge. >> i thought it was a joke. we never get calls for that wild of an animal, and i -- it was quite the shock. and it was a little scary. the zookeepers each had a pole with the wires on it, and they struggled, but they were able to drag it into the done. officials say the gator is in good health and will now stay at the zoo. no word yet if the owner will face charges. >>> well, a baby giraffe -- a little more cuddly -- at the franklin park zoo and it is on the mend. take a look at these pictures of the nearly two-week-old calf. a little bandage around her neck. she couldn't stand or nurse when born. after being treated at a vet far in ye hospital, she is back at the zoo getting around-the-clock care. the franklin zoo need your help naming her. go to fox25bost