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new at 5:30, an elderly woman sexually assaulted in her own home. tonight, police are launching a search for the >> bill shields is live in hingham with the latest. >> reporter: sexual assault is horrible no matter how you cut it but when the victim is in her 70s in her own home, even veteran police officers are
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>> he is approximately 65 years old, white and thinning hair. >> reporter: in hingham, residents were stunned to hear a violent crime. >> frightening and pause for concern for me, certainly. >> i never heard of such thing around here. >> people in their own homes should feel safe everywhere. >> reporter: police are asking
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slightly unusual, even slightly to call them. bill shields, wbz news. >> bill, thank you. and a teen who urged her friend to commit suicide appeared in court for a status hearing. earlier, her defense attorneys out saying that her texts to the victim was free speech. at least two vehicles collided on american freedom highway last night, at least two people from suffered injuries. bill cosby has dropped his suit against one of his
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violation of a confidentiality agreement. no word on why he dropped the lawsuit. six more state workers are charged in connection to the flint water crisis. the charges that the workers face include misconduct, willful neglect of duty and other counts. this is the second round of charms following accusations that the city used untreated water for money. pope francis paid a somber visit to a nazi concentration camp in poland and spent his time praying for the millions of lives lost, hugging holocaust survivors. >> you're jewish, and he is a christian leader. >> this holocaust was not only
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it -- tragedy. it was a european tragedy for mankind. >> the pope left a written plea plea in the guest book for survivors. hillary clinton nng mate tim today in pennsylvania and ohio, and jon, i loved it because everyone was talking about what hillary should do. and you had three things did she satisfy your list? >> reporter: in some ways, she did, paula, and in other ways, she did not. let's start with the bashing of donald trump. i thought there was enough of it and clinton should not do. it after all, trump's negatives are sk spent much of her speech, trashing trump, most memorable that he can't be trusted with
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to anger by a tweet. another no-no, forgetting the target audience, the swing voters, mostly independents who will decide this election in november. clinton did speak to the voters at several points in last night's speech, expressing dissatisfaction with the status quo. we'll see if that and as for the admonition not to yell at the audience, an annoying habit she shares with trump, she made an obvious effort. and there is a contrast with trump's votes that, quote, i alone can fix what's broken. so not bad. i think she heard me. no. i don't think she was listening to me but there is a lot of
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and tactical strategy. >> and the back and forth between them over the next 101 days will be something else. >> reporter: it's heated up already. the sky's the limit already. >> jon, thank you. a reminder of how far we have come. it wasn't long ago that this t- shirt was pulled off walmart shelves and now, a woman is special. the phantom gourmet is searching for new england's best diner. >> we have the weather watcher's network reporting in. we had a little downpour here and there. we'll have the weekend forecast
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clinton makes history to be the first woman to represent a major party ticket, a look back in time when the thought of this happening created controversy. >> you may remember this, 1995. walmart agreed to sell a t- shirt thats, someday a woman will be president and featured margaret from dennis the menace. but not everyone was happy, and walmart agreed to remove thousands of the someone complained it went against family values, and walmart issued a statement. we're proud of the fact that our country and company has made so much progress in advancing women in the workplace and society. >> it looks like someday when our lady brains can handle it, then we'll be president. glad that was taken off. >> lady brains? [laughter] how far would you be
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favorite band? >> a ticket vendor found out for you. garth brooks fans, 84 miles and fans of one direction, an average of 65 miles away but i would say bruce springsteen fans have to be in there. >> went to vegas once? >> one time. i went to vegas for the police. >> but your husband is the fans. >> i would travel to see guns n roses. >> it was worth it? >> it was worth it. a 3d printer will be used in the milk cafe downtown. it uses coffee extract and foam to make the images right on top. and the printer cost about $1,000 to the restaurant. and there you go. a picture of miley cyrus.
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be $8.50 please for a small. >> i just want my coffee. come on. nothing like grabbing a bite to eat at a fine diner. >> and the phantom gourmet has a look at the best around. >> reporter: an old worcester lunch cart dates back to 1929 has a loyal following for big belgium waffles and pastrami ruben. and the maine diner has blue bury pancakes, seafood chowder and lobster by. >> we have people from all over the country to come here and sometimes, if they are on vacation for two weeks, they're here every day. >> reporter: at uncle charlie's finer diner, popular choices include everything from
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lly on medicare, i wonder... ...do they think that we're stupid? we know kelly. walter kolodziej: kelly has always done the right thing for seniors here in new hampshire - mimi kolodziej: she's fighting for seniorsec. pat randazzo: kelly knows that we need to work together to really preserve and strengthen medicare. mary griffin: new hampshire seniors trust kelly ayotte because she has never let us down.
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offenders to receive an interlock device. >> please pass this bill so no one else will have to live with this. i'm the mother of. >> reporter: overcome with grief, the family of the florida police officer said that their son's death could have been prevented. >> it feels like a giant whole was ripped will never heal. >> reporter: he was from falmouth and moved to florida to welcome -- become a police officer and was killed, struck die a drunk driver at 30 years old. >> one person's decision of bad decision has affected so many people for life.
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family spoke out to pass interlocking devices for all first time drunk drivers. >> the interlock device is the most effective tool for preventing offenders from re- offending. >> reporter: in massachusetts, the device for second-time offenders. if the bill passes, they can have choose to use it for a year or lose a license. kelly moran is a convicted drunk driver and said this device will including her own. >> blowing into this device it taught me more than once i couldn't drive home. >> with your help, we can help stop drunk driving in massachusetts. >> reporter: in 2014, 133 people in massachusetts lost their lives to drunk drivers. the bill will go for a vote this weekend. paul burton, wbz news. on this friday, a beautiful look at the city of boston, 83. today was the first day
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>> yeah, and we won't hit the 90s for another week, a week more. so relief from the heat and we like it. but we want more rainfall. we take a look at the drought over the past 15 month and go back to may 2013. winter wasn't dry but last spring, last fall getting into last summer and this spring and summer have been very dry, and it's built up over time, rainfall today and evening. the live doppler radar where the sun came out earlier, and right now across the state line, new hampshire into massachusetts and along the route 2 corridor on into orange, warwick, all in line for the heavier rain that will sag southward over the next 30 minutes. a little more beneficial rain for the lawn and gardens.
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islands under the clouds for the longest. the humidity is up but it will start to fall through the course of the evening. tonight, drying conditions after a few evening downpours and patchy fog over southeastern massachusetts where we had the most rain. as we look towards the weekend, we are watching the next system off to the west and travel to the northeast and then jam up against high pressure. this is the big picture. tomorrow is the brightest clouds tend to thicken tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night into sunday, we'll see showers and downpours try and move in. at the same time, we have an easterly flow, a more stable flow. the best chance of heavier rain in southern vermont, new york, western mass and southern new hampshire. not expecting a lot of rain to get into eastern massachusetts. a chance for a couple of showers sunday morning and
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heavier rain just to the west and a chance of showers but we can't buy a break in the dry pattern. we'll have morning sun and afternoon cloudiness. the humidity, not bad. it will be a nice summer day. saturday night, a chance for a shower, muggier and temps in the upper 60s, and then towards sunday, showers and cooler with the east breeze and temps in the 70s. tomorrow is the best beach day especially the first half of the day will feature sunshine. coldplay tomorrow night at gillette stadium, 83 to start and a slight chance of a shower towards the late stages but most of the showers will stay to the west. here is the accu-weather 7 day and after a cooler and grayish sunday, a couple of showers to dodge. a showery monday and 70s. 70s to 80 on tuesday. so a cool pattern for a little
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season with kids ranging from first grade to 6 grade and were involved in space exploration. talking about how we use satellites. >> a little science, earlying learning in the summer. >> the program is awesome. very fun. and it's friday, so we are helping to you get away from it all with the island advantage. >> from camping to concerts, it has it all. >> and there are quite a few of them. you can go and do island hopping like the caribbean for a couple of months and spend the night, something that many never thought possible. the view, breathtaking. the city of boston glistening from spectacle island but this wasn't always the case. >> most famously, this island is used as the city of boston's
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toxic waste site it's transformed thanks to the big dig giving it a new life. >> to me it symbolizes hope to take an island and turn it into a destination for people to re- connect with nature. >> reporter: thousands of take advantage of the life-guarded beaches and hiking trails and views. and programs including concerts, yoga, and play dates for kids, and you can hop a second free ferry and go to three communities that have their own personality, a turn of the century fort; a bird watcher's paradise; and a unique camping destination thanks to these
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everywhere, food, and maybe a sleeping bag. we have water. we have electricity. we have the beds so you don't have to sleep on the ground. >> reporter: and they have a series of free programs each week, teaching kids to fish, building forts, to sea life. a little something for everyone in the family. one of the other most popular stops is the home to fort warren and the leading mystery of the lady in black. you can tour the fort, picnic, or take in island. you can visit the harbor islands for free in august, part of the 100th birthday of the parks service. >> it's so cool. >> you have to check it out early in the season because they book up fast. >> popular. >> eric, thank you. for more on the boston harbor islands including the island descriptions and ferry schedules, just go to
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>> the police pursuit that will give you a good laugh and saying goodbye to a boston icon but it's not his face you'll recognize. it's the recognize retiring tonight. >> and we're following breaking news, foul play is not suspected in the drowning death of a boy off of a south boston beach. police just gave a press conference a short time ago.
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all right, guys. need you to step over to the side of the road and put your hands up in the air. don't run from me. i'm the police! a police officer forced to play bad cop thanks to cows that were menacing drivers. it was officer ernie mcvane that was assigned to get them under control. no word on what the cow's beef was all about. >> well, you have humor. >> the police officer sure had one. stay with us, the news is still ahead. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. he was assigned as a special kid who had a lot of energy and it's very tragic. the boston police
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drowning death of kyzr willis a tragic accident, no foul play. policesay they are not sure how this happened. >> but somehow, kyzr got back in the water after all the other campers got out. chantee lans has more on what happened. >> reporter: paula and david, police used the timeline and autopsy little kyza willis died from drowning. >> from what we can preliminarily conclude, there is no foul play here. clearly, it was an accidental drowning. >> reporter: for the first time, boston police released new details into the tragic death of day camper kyzr willis, giving a timeline explaining most of his final
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out of the water, typically to have parents pick them up at 3:00. witnesses saw willis walk to the bathroom, and at 2:fart, his older brother saw his clothes in the bathroom but kyzr was not there. the area was shut down and the b pd and coast guard personnel searched for him. he was found 20 hours later. it's not clear when he went from the boast house into the water. >> he was clearly seen exiting it. he is what is referred to by the people who knew him, he was a star in the camp. >> reporter: and late today, boston mayor marty walsh unveiled a series of new guidelines including a head count of which were every hour
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