large commercial lawn mower. >> he tripped and the gentleman threw it into reverse probably without looking and he didn't see isaac and he ran over his leg. >> reporter: he's undergone two surgeries. unfortunately, doctors had to amputate his left foot. >> seeing my son in pain is the hardest thing. >> reporter: more than 17,000 children a lawn mowers. both would like to see safety features be put on heavy machines like this. and parents, be careful where your kids play, especially when there's a lawn mower around. >> commercial lawn mower should have had some type of safety device. >> reporter: the family has set up a go fund me page. and they are humbled by the amount of support they are

it just shows the outpouring of love that people have. >> reporter: both mom and dad are proud of how ice act is handling it. >> he's a strong little kid. >> we have good god who is going to take care of our family. >> reporter: i'm paul burton, wbz news. >> isaac's parents say their son will have more future in the surgery. and coming back here so isaac can see the doctor at the boston hospital. a massachusetts man murdered his own daughter. on friday, u.s. marshals arrested walter de-silva on an outstanding warrant. prosecutors filed murder charges saying he shot and killed his 19-year-old daughter

the alleged motive is unclear. the plain ridge park casino was fined $10,000. the slots parlor violated a dozen rules for storing and serving alcohol. one of the workers was fired and several others were disciplined and all of the casino's bartenders have undergone extra training. boston firefighters had their hands full getting a under control. this was in dorchester. people saw the smoke a long way away and the driver was not hurt. a case of zika virus in palm beach county is being investigated. the infected person was recently in dade county where there are a dozen confirmed cases.

massachusetts. officials in sheffield say they are dealing with the worst rabies outbreak since 1992. they've seen rabbit foxes, skunks, and a woodchuck. and they are warning residents to keep a close eye on pets and children. a fast moving wildfire is moving out of control. the so called pilot fire ignited yesterday afternoon in the san bernardino mountains. so far, the flames have consumed more than 5500 acres evacuate. right now at least 400 firefighters are working to put out the fire. we're learning new information about the deadly hot air balloon crash in texas. investigators believe the pilot was trying to come down through a break in the clouds and didn't notice the power lines below. the balloon hit the lines and

who brought a homemade clock to school is now suing. the family claims they had to deal with death threats and had to move out of the country. >> i lost my security. i can't walk out on the streets any more without having to be covered up. because i don't want to get shot. and it might happen anywhere. and any time i walk out the house there waiting for me. >> reporter: the district is now reviewing the suit. hot wiring a car might be a thing of the past. but that's not stopping auto thieves. more and more crooks are hacking into computers. >> reporter: security cam video shows this guy getting into a

a laptop. he tricked it into accepts a generic key. >> my daughter was sleeping in the room above. her dog was sleeping with her. and the dog slept through it. nobody heard a thing. it's like being invaded. the guy steals you stuff in the driveway. >> typically, thieves target older cars but not these two. working they used a laptop to take a grand cherokee. police arrested the pair but believe they made up with 100 vehicles which were smuggled to mexico. >> if somebody has the knowledge and the ability and knows how to utilize that ability to commit the theft. it's a scary situation. >> a similar string of jeep thefts are under investigation

bureau which investigates for the insurance industry has noticed an uptick in newer, harder to steal vehicles. >> it sort of surprised us. they have all this new technology. research it's almost like cyber hot wiring. >> yes. in the old days, thieves could hot wire a car. when the new technology came along it was no longer possible to hot wire a car. and we saw auto drop off. as with any kind of crime. the thieves find a way to outwit technology. for drivers everywhere in our state, gas prices keep going. the average gallon is 50 cents less than last year. oil prices are less than $40 a barrel. are you working for free

money that your company expects to pay you. and one red sox' legend's political aspirations. a new statue honoring lucille ball. and a lot of reports coming in and a beautiful day and the kevin says 85 degrees. and that observation was taken just a little while ago. a beautiful summer day. and we're cranking up and humidity. and i'm tracking thunderstorms. and coming up at 10:00 on my tv 38. the story online. style versus comfort. mayor marty walsh defending his choice of cargo shorts after getting ribbed on social media. the sorts are causing

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on the bz feed, to you get nervous watching the athletes compete? >> imagine if the athlete were you child. check out this video of aly raisman's parents. her mom and dad were on the edge of their seat. screen shots have been tweeted thousands of time. >> if i'm playing hide and go seek with my 2-year-old, i'm coaching her. >> upside down. at the height of vacation season comes word that more and more americans are spending a few weeks a year working for free. >> 658 million vacation days went unused last year. and more than a third of them can't be rolled over.

you to stay at home. and half of workers have unused vacation time. do you end up with unused time? >> never. i love to work and i love my time off. >> i'm going to call and schedule some time off. i'm kidding. scary lucy is no more. >> you may remember this statue in upstate new york. it was supposed to honor lucille ball. people in the town ra one over the weekend. very nice. the new work -- the statue now showcases her energy and confidence. >> that's past one was scary looking. >> and people can relate to that. they see her. >> and thsculptor unveiled the first one, they say you got some splaining to

the summer games are making a splash with local kids. the athletes inspiring young swimmers. and with bringing homegold and breaking world records, the excitement is are . it's day of a week long swimming camp from charles river aquatics. >> we learn how to do some dives and free style.

whatever you want. >> olympic dream week. we are celebrating the olympics through the friendship, unity, team spirit. >> we talk about how much hard work it takes to get there. listening to your coaches. >> reporter: with determined faces, these aspiring athletes work on their entries and refine they're strokes. while keeping an excited eye on swimmers like katie ledecky. and michael phelps and his teammating, bringing gold back to the states. >> they're really fast. they have really good technique. >> i would like to swim in the olympics. i like to swim and i really want to get gold. >> i think that they're really fast. and i've always wanted to swim like that. >> it's even worth losing sleep. >> i stayed up to watch the

on the charles river aquatics swim team and others plan to try out. and they are all there to have fun. the nastia liukin listed her boston home on airbnb. it's going for $1250 a night. she'll give the money to the corey griffin helps families in need. if it seems a little steep -- >> it goes to a good cause. and wouldn't it be cool to watch the women gymnastics from nastia liukin's home. >> tomorrow will be a great day. and then the humid is going back up. so it's going to turn sticky for the rest of the week.

and tomorrow the humidity is still in check. and then it goes out the window. beautiful weather with sunshine and it turns muggy and hot for the rest of week. we'll have numerous chances for rains as we head to the middle and end of the week. 78 currently in boston. and mid- to upper 80s for the rest of us. manchester at 85. and 87 in lawrence. the humidity is low. 86 norwood. we are just a touch cooler. just a fantastic evening out there. 75 to 88 degrees. 77 on the vineyard. and the dew point is relatively low. dry air in place. and gets sticky over cape cod but nothing compared to what is to come. there's a lot of heat and

disturbance in northern new england. and some rain to the south. we don't have to worry about that either. you can give the ac a break tonight. maybe an extra light blanket. 55 norwood, 57 in bedford. 54 in adjust'. 78 to 84 degrees. fantastic weather. yokn the uv index is high tomorrow. water temperatures have been creeping up all summer long. upper 60s to mid-70s, particularly in the bays and harbors along the cape and the islands. high tide and less beach real estate as the tide comes in. 80degrees for a high in boston. similar to today. we go 85 to near 90 through the

and 85 in worcester. plenty of sunshine and a few puffy clouds. 80 in chatham. and 81 at the vineyard. and mid- to upper 80s in southeastern massachusetts. what happens tomorrow late in the day is that high pressure starts to slip off the coastline. the air around high pressure blows in a clockwise direction. we get that southerly wind and it pumps in moisture. it's going to get and we start with nine and clouds move in quickly. and there'll be a disturbance. i anticipate scattered showers and thunderstorms on wednesday. not a washout. but there'll be some around. thursday a front comes in. and a pop-up shower or a thunderstorm. this is the map at noontime. i think most of it will be focused away from the coastline. and looks like the front will hang out over us as we head to

a dry air. and slight breeze and 83, looks beautiful. humid on wednesday, and there'll likely be a couple of showers around. but i thget the game in. 93 on thursday and friday. upper 80s to start the weekend. we'll keep a threat for a shower or a thunderstorm in. we could obviously use the rainfall. not a soay settled for saturday and sunday and >> after a really nice stretch. walmart just made a move to try to compete with amazon. the retail giant is buying jet.com for $3 billion. jet.com sells a wide variety of goods and gives summers a bigger discount every time they add something to the order. and they encourage pays with

fees. hulu plans to get rid of no cost television. they'll be offered a free trial of the paid subscription. the game is at fenway. and alex rodriguez will be playing his last games in major league baseball. and then the yankees third baseman heads back for his final game on friday. tickets for the game, yankees the average ticket almost $500. you can pay for less, like less than a hundred dollars for any of the games at fenway park. and curt schilling may be thinking about running for office in massachusetts. he writes on facebook, i am going to run soon.

elects another clinton. game of thrones fans, get ready to be immersed in your favorite show. the composer is planning to lead a 28 city tour across north america. some scenes will be on l.e.d. scenes and the full orchestra and choir perform. the composer hopes to create an epic event. it will be at the forwarden march 6th. and tickets go on sale and will sell out quickly. >> people must be marching the calendars right now. getting ready for an outdoor adventure. >> the one place people go to get lost and why now is the best time to check it out. a delta glitch grounding customers for hours.

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this year's maze just debuted. it takes between two to five hours to solve. go before noon and bring plenty of water and snacks. >> leave a trail of bread crumbs. much more still ahead. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. live from the channel 4 studios in boston. this is wbz breaking news tonight. a young woman killed after going for a run. and police are putting out a warning to people in central massachusetts. police are not sure if the woman was the victim of a random attack. >> she left her mother's home and never came back. we have live coverage starting with christina hager. >> this warning is very serious.

the robocalls went out for a missing person. and then the discovery a half mile from her mother's home. police searching the area around brooks station road where a k-9 officer discovered 27-year-old vanessa markotte's body. >> we do not know if this was a random act. we are asking the residents of princeton and the surrounding areas caution. >> reporter: she was a google executive who graduated with honors from boston university. >> he was visiting her mother in princeton and left for a quick run and walk on the tree lined route. >> reporter: the investigation razz focused on a time frame. when vanessa went out for a run and when her body was found. that time frame is between the hours of 1 p.m. so 4 p.m.

sharing information with officers guarding the road. closed to traffic on both sides of the season. >> we heard nothing and saw nothing. just heard about the police up there after 6:00. >> princeton's police chief with this warning. >> we are concerned about the safety of residents and visitors. and we would ask people to pay attention to their surroundings. >> google september us a statement saying markotte will be remembered for her smile, her passion for volunteer work. and her love of boston sports. police are hoping for the public's help with this. christina hager, wbz news, back to you. investigators work to determine what happened and they are asking people to be on the lookout for anything out of the auditory.