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some local students are targeted on a popular app. what students and parents need to know. >> itt tech shutting down all locations. the three things students need to do today. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston. this is wbz this morning. >> good morning thanks for joining us i am ken macleod in for chris. >> i am kate merrill. it's wednesday, september 7th. heats check the with danielle niles we are looking at returning of warm temperatures. >> today is going to be in the 80s and near 80s and 90s by the end of the week. 56 in worcester. 66 in boston a little muggy stepping out. here are the leftovers the remnants of hermine. being see the counterclockwise -- you can see the counterclockwise spin and the
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harbor to nan as it ket beach. back through hopkinton and 495 exchange and northridge into the north side of douglas and 395. not a washout by any means. temperatures climb into the low 70 with a spotty shower through midday. wind off the ocean 10 to 20 miles per hour means rough surf continues. breaks of sunshine with an isolated shower and is it looking brianna. >> reporter: -- breana. >> reporter: the sumner tunnel is reopening after a planned overnight closure and it's happening again tonight. so here's what to know if you are dropping someone off at the airport. the tunnel will close again at midnight tonight. it will reopen at 5 a.m. traffic will be detoured westbound through the ted williams tunnel. checking roads now, 93 south is looking great. hardly anyone on the zakim or leverett connector. >> thanks.
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breaking news. a commuter train stopped on thetracks pass injuries say they were stuck for three hours. >> nicole jacobs is live with more from the south station. >> reporter: the framingham worcester commuter rail left at south station around 11:30 last night and immediately encountered some trouble on the tracks. major delays and i want to get you to some video. our come razz captured overnight here this is behind us they too had units there assisting with this investigation. in the meantime, commuters called into the newsroom concerned about the investigation and the amount of time they were stuck on the tracks without alternate transportation. here's what one of them had to say. >> it was so dark and it was not a lot of visibility to see anything when you looked out the window as you couldn't see
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street vehicles and trucks with their lights flashing. but that's about all you could see. >> reporter: three hours theywere stuck on tracks without alternate transportation. they did start moving around 2:30. as to why there were delays there on the tracks, that is still under investigation. for now live at south station nicole jacobs wbz this morning. a snapchat scandal at weston high scho solicited for naked photos. the school is now warning students and parents. >> anna meiler is live in weston and they say specific students are targeted there. >> reporter: yeah ken school officials say that sophomore boys are specifically being targeted. now they are educating students and parents on how to handle this disturbing situation. snapchat is a positive --
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now a fake account is used to target students a weston high school. >> they are screen shots and everything and if you get ahold of something like that it won't go away ors on friday administrators learned someone is using the fake account to solicit naked pictures of students spie self chicago sophomore boys. the principal says some may have responded with compromising pictures. >> you can tell kids but until they do and experience things they are not necessarily thinking when they do it apparently. you know we think they maybe they don't. >> reporter: school official alerted police and the principal addressed the sophomore class. a letter sent home to parents says it is unknown if the person who created the account is a student at whs or elsewhere. male or female, or an adult in or outside of the community. the letter also urges parents to talk to their kids about social media safety. >> you have to be aware and you have to be careful who you are talking to to and you have to know who you are talking to. >> reporter: police talked to
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sending compromising pictures qualifies as disseminating child pornography i was felony. reporting live in westonin aa meiler wbz this morning -- weston anna meiler wbz this morning. investigators say a firefighter shot himself during a stand off with police. police got a call about a distraught man inside a house on boylston street yesterday morning. firefighter later identified as joseph carberry shot himself in the leg during the stand the house snarling and hostile towards officers and police had to shoot it but it survived. >> he was very upset about the dog being shot oive you -- obviously and the officer said look, you know the best thing you can do is surrender and put an end to this, and that's what he did. >> carberry's wife was the only other person inside. and she was not hurt. carbury was arraigned from lawrence general -- carberry
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general hospital. another hearing is set for friday. a man accused of killing his 19-year-old daughter will be in court today. 45-year-old walter disilva is charged with shooting and killing sabrina outside her new bedford home on july 3rd. a decade ago police say he tried to kill her mother. walter was arrested in august in bridgeport and has been transported to massachusetts for today's arraignment. police are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death in a small hampshire town. on monday, danville new hampshire police found the body of an adult woman inside a house on cameel drive -- caramel drive. daniel boucher says the victim is his ex-wife. he showed up comforting couple's sam who lives with his dad. >> i don't see why anyone could or had any reason to do this. don't know who she angered that
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>> for now police will only say it's an active investigation and an autopsy is being conducted. police are asking for your help this morning to locate a missing man in milton. he is peter sullivan and suffers from alzheimer's. he was seen yesterday evening with pin stripped dress pants andrea naverseny blue tie e uses the t to travel from milton to boston and uses the ashmont stop if you've seen him or can 5:07 is the time. walgreens is stepping up the fight against the prescription drug crisis. the pharmacy chain is adding 13 drug take back kiosks to stores in massachusetts today. it gives pair as -- patient as save place to dispose of unused unwanted or expired prescriptions. the goal is to dispose of prescriptions that leads to
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union wants to stop the body cam program from moving forward. one big debate during yesterday's testimony was why there haven't been any volunteers. >> i had a feeling from speaking to different officers they weretold not to volunteer a. and this was uncertainty of what they should do. >> i never not supported the camera pro. if we don't have an agreement i don't want volunteers. >> during the hearing attorneys for the city produced a letter posted on a union board with the words, sanctions any office here volunteers hand -- officer who volume unteens -- volunteers handwritten at the top but the union says that's not the official position. students left scrambling after the shut down of itt tech. students are being told to
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documentation and contact her office to begin the process of having the federal student loans discharged. last week the education department banned the for profit college from enrolling new students who use financial aid saying the company was a risk to students and taxpayers. and yesterday, the company closed up shop at 130 u.s. campuses including ones in norwood and wilmington. >> we will continue to pursue our litigation of itt to ho principals account cannability and do what we can to collect money back for students and taxpayers here in the state. >> in april healy's office sued itt for lying to prospective student about the success rates of graduates. campaign 2016, national security takes center stage. hillary clinton and donald trump will appear at the same forum but not on the stage at
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yesterday clinton warned trump could lead the country back to war in the middle east. she also accused trump of insulting veterans. trump campaigned in north carolina last night. a rally in greenville and told supporters if elected he will give the top generals 30 days to come up with a plan to quickly defeat isis and he also said clinton and her e-mail scandaldisqualifies her from seeking the presidency. the latest national poll gives trump a 2.lead over clinton butn points. 10 minutes after 5. coming up a. gift for students at one local school. >> the principal banning homework. a closer look at why coming up. >> plus nasa taking on an asteroid. the 7 year plan to send a vacuum into space. we will explain i hope straight ahead. danielle good morning. >> good morning to you. temperatures slowly on the rise today. we will come into the 70s by late morning in boston with breaks of sunshine coming out.
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through interior. i will time out the threat for showers today and tomorrow. stay with us. you watching wbz this morning. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine.
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nasa is going after an asteroid like never before.
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to the exotic black rock named the new. once there they will vacuum up rocks and stones and deliver it back to earth. it begins thursday with a launch from cape canaveral florida and just checked out the weather. no thunderstorm risk and the wind will be light and the launch will be good. >> i should -- it should work. >> they are gathering dirt. >> send it back and analyze it. >> asteroid are cool. >> are they? >> they >> you are such a boy. >> we like to do count downs heading into the new season and i found this out when i tweeted it and no everyone was count down to fall andents a we are trying to -- and et cetera and we are trying to make a fun count down. fall counsel down the -- count down the 11 days to the patriots home opener is a good one right. okay 15 days until fall begins, fall season in new england is beautiful. 32 days a little over a month
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days until halloween. i don't think we can give any complaints about this nice fall count down. doesn't feel like fall this morning because it's little muggy. 66 in boston right now. 635 in worcester. upper 60 frs man chester to lawrence. most of us are 65 to 70. and there's showers around and it's leftover moisture now no longer post tropical hermine but an area of low pressure spinning to the south. being see the counterclockwise spin. moisture around it and that's going to pivo a few showers around. back to the west a break in the action. and then another round of showers and storms. with the disturbance in the midwest still. this will work in our direction and bring us a chance for a shower or storm late on thursday and thursday night. so today, just like yesterday, not a watchout by any means. a few spotty showers around. between now and mid to late morning. and then there will be some peaks of sunshine that will help boost temperatures in the 70s. 2 p.m. don't focus on the exact
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isolated will be a risk heading into mid afternoon. and an isolated shower around for your evening commute. stale lot of clouds despite -- still a lot of clouds. despite that 70s and 80s optimistic but if we get breaks no problem coming close to it in many communities. mostly cloudy tonight and still a chance of a isolated shower. 67 for an overnight low and a little bit of patchy fog developing. highs tomorrow do come into the 8 0s for many of us of the it will be i anticipate more sunshine tomorrow that will boost temperatures and it will be muggy for thursday and that area of low pressure leftover hermine dies out over us. ostorm mainly dry weather which way chance of a shower in the morning and a cold front crosses the region thursday night that's in the midwest. not a ton of moisture by the time it gets here. skies clear out on friday and the sun comes out and it's going to be hot. highs 85 to 90 as we head into the end of the week.
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saturday. it hocks like sunday -- looks like sunday we will get a chance of a shower or storm. sunshine next week upper 70s on monday and mid-80s by the time we get to tuesday. how does it look breana. >> reporter: this is an improvement from yesterday morning. that extra labor day traffic is gone and we are back to the usual morning traffic which is not necessarily much better right. but this is a live look at the northbound lanes of the expressway by the columbia road exit. there's a steady stream of cars and now getting to the expressway is easy. 128 in braintree is clear and so is route 3 and the drive time from the split and the pike exit is 10 minutes. if you use public transportation in boston there is a new app thembta wants you to down load the transit app and they are officially emdoorsing it as the best app for transit riders. tens of thousands of bostonians are using the app every day
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arrival and departure alarms and allows riders to report service issues directly to the mbta. another feature realtime trip planning will be available later this month. ken. >> thanks. 5:18 is the time. more mbta jobs could be going to the private sethor. according to the globe the -- sector. according to the globe the fiscal control board wants to privatize the driver and maintenance works to cut costs. they are trying to close a 10 the governor recommended privatizing warehouse and cash counting operations. here's good news for new bedford. three companies have agreed to use the facility there for future offshore wind projects. they signed a letter of intend to lease the new bedford marine commerce terminal as a future staging areas. the companies hold leases in federally designated wind energy development regions south of martha's vineyard. a warning this morning a
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franklin new hampshire. people there can expect to see and hear low flying planes. the exercise trains pilots on intercept procedures to defend northeast airspace against airborne threats. a piece of steel from the world trade center will make its way from boston to new hampshire and canada. it was recovered in the aftermath of the september 11th attacks. new york city is donating it to the people of gander new finland where dozens of planes the steel left new york earlier this week. boston firefighters and first responders will escort it to new hampshire after a special ceremony in boston this morning. there are very happy students in one holyoke school after a principal bans homework. the principal says the goal is to give kid more time with their familiar -- kids more time with their families. they expect kids to do work and get hep help during the day. school day is two hours -- help
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longer. >> we want kids to go home at 4 tired and want their brain to be tired and want them to enjoy the families and we want them to go to soccer practice or football practice and we want them to go to bed. and that's it. >> the school will evaluate the homework ban next summer and decide whether to extend it beyond this year. my brain was tired when i got to school at 9 in the morning. >> that's a problem. >> 5:20 is the time. up next the pats >> a first for rob gronkowski. the closer look at the honor teammates gave him. >> highlights from the sox
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i called for help as soon as i saw her. i found her wandering miles from home. when the phone rang at 5am, i knew it was about mom. i see how hard it's been on her at work and i want to help. for the 5 million americans living with alzheimer's,
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nd alzheimer's for good.
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wbz sports is driven by bm- w. test drive a bmw today as your massachusetts bmw center or visit bmw mass.com. patriots getting ready for the season opener >> and they picked the team captains for the year. steve burton has more in the morning sports. >> good morning everyone. participates rots -- patriots are gearing up for the season opener against the cardinals in arizona. back to the desert. and if you wonder who the captains are this year, they are rob gronkowski mccourty and slater and hightower. captain gronk first time for him. big tightend is entering the 7th season and it was good to see him on the field yesterday after missing practice on
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amendola in pads. he was on the physically unable to perform list all summer after undergoing ankle and knee surgeries in the off season. brady is ready to roll but it will be different with garoppolo under center and not tom brady. >> we have been working a lot and we have a lot of reps together and same with the guys on the team. so, you know it's no different just get out and practice as much as we can and get ready and prepare as hard as we week. >> patriots made a trade yesterday acquiring cornerback eric row fret eagles in exchange for conditional fourth roweddraft pick. it was originally reported klein was part of the idea but rose started five games for philly and had one interception. patriots game day gets you started with the season opener sunday morning at 11:30 on wbz. and immediately following tune back to wbz for the 5th quarter
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basketball former celtics head coach doc rivers and the current head coach hosted the hoop dreams event at the garden last night. each year the teams play with the proceed to the abcd work smart program an initiative that helps to keep teens in school. and that's a great program. that's sports for now. i am steve burton now over to you. new this morning, the red sox fighting for the top spot in the al east on the west for boston and despite the struggles this season he pitched pretty well giving up one run through 6 2/3 innings. bradley junior hit the 23rd homer and red sox beat padres 5- 1. and they are tied with the blue jays at the top of the al east. still to come in the next half-hour, a man drives into the cape cod canal. >> and police say it was no accident. what charges he is facing this morning. >> plus the local fire
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for equality why the force looks different. >> temperatures in the 70s today for many of us. a spotty shower around just like yesterday. but peeks of sunshine anticipated to come out heading throughout the afternoon a little foggy start out there right now as you look live out over the city of boston. low clouds too. and we will go through the hour by hour forecast together when we come back.
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ur doctor about it by name. break right now at 5:30, passengers stuck on a commuter rail for hours overnight. what one passenger says started it all. >> and a warning in weston this morning. the popular app where high school students are asked to share explicit photos.
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bridge and into a canal. why investigators say he is now facing a list of charges. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is is wbz this morning -- this is wbz this morning. >> good morning. thanks for joining us i am kate merrill. >> i am ken macleod in for chris. it's the 7th day of september. let's check in with danielle and you were showing us the calendar of how long we have until this or that event in stores >> oh. >> that's the case. >> it's two months away. >> mid-august i walked through and saw the halloween stuff and everything comes out early but it's bag to -- back to reality. 67 this morning couple spotty showers around. nothing all that heavy light spotty showers. maybe an ace lathed one for recess across southern new england. temperatures in the 70s. ride home look dry and peeks of sunshine later on. 66 in boston. 65 in worcester.
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vineyard. most russ 65 to 70 this morning. leftovers the remanent moisture the remains of hermine spinning to the south and still spinning up a couple showers across the region of the light for the most part from lowellest most focused along and north of west of 495 light rain south side of worcester towards -- lowell most focused along the north light rain south side of worcester. wind coming off the ocean at 10 to 20 miles per hour a big time warmup coming up. let's check the roads first. >> reporter: good morning. the expressway is the busiest stretch of the commute. this is the northbound lanes by the gas tank on the expressway. you are using the brakes but moving. you will see a little congestion on 128 in braintree before getting to this point. drive time to downtown is still just at 10 minutes.
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enjoy this while it last. all roads into the city are completely clear of the there's -- clear. there's nothing to slow you down. we begin with breaking news commuter rail passengers trapped on a train for three hours overnight. one passenger telling us the train was stopped in boston for a police investigation and says conductor walked through the train telling passengers something possibly a body was found near the tracks. police would only confirm officers were on investigating. the train left last night and it was stopped until 2:30 this morning. and a warning for students he this-- and a warning for students in weston. school administrators say someone used a fake snapchat account to target sophomore boys. whoever created the account tried to get students to send compromising pictures. police say sending expolice it pictures -- explicit pictures through snapchat could be
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bridge and crashed into the cape cod canal is facing criminal charges. cell phone video captured him swimming to shore after the carsank. he drove off an embankment through a fence and dropped 35 feet into water and taking down some power lines in the process. investigators say he did all of that on purpose. >> i never seen anything like this in my life. >> like watching a movie. >> hit the guardrail went over the edge and wires and then landed in the canal. >> the man was carried out on a stretcher and then taken to a local hospital with only minor injuries. crews later hoisted his car from the water. he now faces charges of driving to endanger speeding and destruction of property. >> boston police say gopro video helped charge a driver in a deadly hit-and-run crash. witnesses on a scooter was wearing a camera at the time of the crash. and police that footage shows anthony buchanan hitting the
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buchanan face adjudge yesterday and he -- faced a judge yesterday and police say he was drunk and speeding when he hit a woman. he turned himself in on sunday admit he hit someone and drove off. police in lowell canr asking for help finding a hit- and-run driver. show was taken to the hospital -- she was taken to the hospital and has be silver sedan likely with front end damage. anyone with any information is asked to call police. a framingham state university police office are accused exposing himself to a student is free on bail but out of a job. wilter dormevil face adjudge on lewdness charges yesterday and was fired from the university. he exposed himself to student who was working with campus police at the police station.
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cold case confession a man admitted he kidnapped and killed an 11-year-old boy back in 1989. danny behind ribbing said he he ab-- behind-- heinrick won't be charged with the murder becausethe it's part a plea deal. he faces up to 20 years in prison for another case. he he led authorities to wetterling's remains last week after denying involvement in former stanford swimmer brock turner has officially registered as sex offender. he served only 3 months of a 6 month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. prosecutors had asked for 6 years. turner is living with his parents in ohio. judge has set a trial date of next june for bill cosby's sexual assault kate case. he is -- case. he is forcing -- facing accusations he drugged and
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2004. judge revealed cosby is now blind but will get whatever accommodations he needs to take part in the defense. the maker of the epipen is under investigation. new york's attorney general says the preliminary review shows mylan pharmaceuticals may have violated antitrust laws in contracts with schools because in some school district they can require schools to buy their pens exclusively in order to get free or discounted ones. allergic reactions. the price jumped more than 500% since 2007. the largest pediatricians group isishing another warning -- issuing another warning if your child is 6 months or older get the flu shot not the spray. in the past three years the mistis not effective. cdc found it works 3% of the time. firefighters are shattering
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firefighters on the job in groveland. that means a full 20% of the force is female. nationwide the average is about 3 1/2%. it's a figure that the chief says just doesn't make sense when you consider the demographics. >> the community we serve is made up of men and women probably equal parts 50-50. when the department is 59 or 100% male, just didn't make a lot of sense. >> i want somebody wh after my kid and i am going to go in after your kids and impassionate about it. >> two of the new firefighters will work alongside their husbands who are growableland firefighters -- groveland firefighters and that may be the only problem with that. >> we will see how that works out. >> right. >> i will wind the hose you wind the hose. 5:37 is the time. still ahead, starbucks getting into the brunch business. >> and apple gearing up for the
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>> reporter: a snapchat scandal at weston high school. someone is using a fake account to target specific students.
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starbucks testing brunch and a new push to use pay pal in stores. >> and rumors swerlg about apple's -- swirling about apple's big convenient. jill wagner joins us with today he's money watch. >> reporter: good morning. apple will anoun latest iphone at an event in san francisco. one change they likely has done
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jack instead the phones will come with wireless headphones that connect digitally. pay pal and mastercard want to make it easier for users to pay with mastercard. starting next years customers will be able to trance permoney to the mastercard debit card. pay pal struck a sim har deal with visa and french toast with that frappuccino. starbucks getting into the brunch game with new seattle. the test program willer is he of brunch from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekends only with items like baked french toast waffles and keep made with a -- quiche made with cage free eggs. >> i spend 5 dollars a day there so what's another 10 more. >> 10 is that all it's going to take. >> i mean it's so-- all right.
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the egg wraps they are pretty good. >> i like the egg sandwiches and pressed paninis the sandwiches are good. >> i think they are on the right track. >> reporter: i am on board. >> got to be a winner. 5:42 is the time. coming up, new concerns about the fight against zika. >> why officials in florida are using a pesticide against mosquitoes and why not everyone is on board. >> reporter: also an investigation behind at bu. i will tell you what stalled a train for hours coming up.
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we may be back at school and summer is over but summer will return later in the week which i am happy about. >> danielle is so happy because she doesn't have to talk all about hermine. that's it right? >> you almost didn't say it. >> i almost didn't say the leftovers will bring us a chance of a shower today but that's -- moisture. the leftovers will bring us a chance of a shower today but that's it. ion creased rising for rip currents during the day. 68 manchester lawrence and 68 is a popular number on the map. marshfield plymouth falmouth and provincetown at 68. a couple showers out there and most are focused north and west
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hampshire and a couple across 93 as well. it's with the counterclockwise spin the leftovers of hermine and there will be an additional chance of a shower today, tonight and perhaps early tomorrow morning. hour by hour just like yesterday it's not a washout by any means. spotty shower or two possible between now and late morning. midday breaks of sunshine coming out. where we get the breaks i think we hit or come close to hitting 80 through the interior. a couple showers around late afternoon and evening but i think they are widely scattered not a ton of rainfall coming down during the day today a few hundreds in a few spots. otherwise temperatures will be in the 70s for most of us at the coastline wind coming in off the ocean takes a little time to get there but we hit 74 in boston today. 75 to 80 worcester southwest new hampshire. a hat or a hood you need to pop up briefly any showers will be light. temperatures right around 80 for southeastern massachusetts.
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be and warmer. 84 with a shower or two possible. again isolated not a ton of moisture here. winds will be light as the leftovers of hermine die out over us. so the wind finally shifts around tomorrow. cold front crosses the region thursday night into friday and wish there was more moisture with it. the updated drought monitor comes out tomorrow and probably an expansion of the drought across southern new england. the temperatures will be near 90 to end the week. and in th weekend. so no summer is not done. partly cloudy and warm. 84 on saturday and lower 80s on sunday and a chance of a shower storm but doesn't look like a washout. next week looks fantastic upper 70s with sunshine. beautiful on monday. a warming trend we should come back into the 80s op tuesday. looking pret the -- on tuesday. looking pretty good. let's see how the roads are looking. >> reporter: nod so good. there's traffic on 1 -- not so good. there's traffic on 128 and more
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approaching the split as well. we are seeing more slow downs once you are on the expressway. you can see that up from quincy to dorchester. 93 south in methuen is slow and go between exit 46 and 43 and you will hit more traffic closer to the city on 93 south between exit 37 and 35. ken and kate. >> thanks. 5:48 is the time. students at a local high school targeted -- targeted on snapchat. >> and trapped on a train for hours. we begin with that breaking news. >> reporter: i am nicole jacobs live where a framingham commuter rail left at 11:30 and encountered trouble on the tracks. mbta officials confirm this morning that it was the result of a person who might have fallen from the roadway above the tracks and that person died as a result of those injuries.
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place behind bu. emergency officials were there for sometime all the while commuters were stuck on the train for several hours without alternate transportation. we are told around 2:30 this morning, things did begin to move again transit police do confirm they had units there on the scene as well. coming up at 6, hear from one of the passengers on that commuter rail. we are live at south station this morning, nicole jacobs wbz this morning. >> reporter: investigating a snapchat scapeddal at weston high school. on friday administrators learned that someone -- scandal at weston high school. on friday administrators learned that someone is using a account to solicit students. some responded with compromising pictures n letter sent to parents the principal writesit's unknown if the person who created the account is a student male or foe male or an adult in or outside of the community.
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this morning. state police are investigating a deadly crash in marlborrow a car went -- marlborough a car went off the road. victim is a older man. he was -- the victim is an older man. investigators don't know why he lost control. police are investigating after a local woman says she was drugged at a club in providence and sexually assaulted. officers say the 23-year-old woman from lawrence took a rt the weekend. she told police she remembers having one drink and waking up the next morning half naked in a stranger's car miles away. police say they are speaking with several people of interest and they are waiting for toxicology results to come back. the aspca moved 230 animals rescued from deplorable conditions in westport. they have been moved to a rescue group in 8 states and will be put up for adoption. more than a thousand farm
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investigation. a rhode island judge approving a sparrings settlement over the state -- partial settlement over the state's dealing with curt shillings failed studios they will pay 25.6 million. the state filed the lawsuit after the the company failed two years after getting a 75 million dollar loan guarantee. the state has now recovered 42 million. lawsuits against schilling and other 38 studio still pending. a controversy is growing over the safest way to fight zika in florida. miami is using specialized trucks to kill mosquitoes that carry the virus. using a more environmentally friendly method. critics say it's not strong enough and a more potent chemical should be used but the original insecticide is controversial. some say the chemical is dangerous for pregnant women and banned in european union. new research from boston on
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end up limiting your child's tv time. recent study found the more kids see specific brands of alcohol on tv the more likely they are to drink under age and drink those brands in particular. and primary care doctors with extended hours are lowering the number of patients who visit the emergency room. that's according to new british study that found almost 30% drop in er visits when docts added evening and weekend hours in federal authorities have taken most species of humpback whales off the endanger list. they were nearly hunted to extinction in the 20th century for oil and meat. and had been listed as endangered since 1970. a ban on american lobsters in europe is one step closer to reality. european union announced tuesday that they have enough
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american lobster as invasive species. this comes after the country says it found 32 american lobsters in their waters saying they pose a threat to native crestations. lobster men in the u.s. and canada could lose 200 million dollars in business with that potential ban. 5:53 is the time. still to come, an invention for everyone on the go. >> keeping you calf nate and connectedch the coffee mug --
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narrator: "by almost every measure, public charter schools have been a success." "they are models of inspiration." with "impressive results" and "eye-catching educational gains." it's turned my son's life around. narrator: "charter schools amount to hope" for kids all across massachusetts. question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. vote yes on 2.
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that first warm sip of coffee in the morning some call it perfection but what happens when it cools off. >> there's a new mug for that. the glow stone heated smart mug made from fine bone chinakeeping the mug heated for 30 minutes after the first sip and wirelessly charges your phone as the charger with is compatible with most smart phones 09 dollar kick starter pledge gets you one mug and one charger what do you think. >> i love it. and one coffee shop in australia is introducing a brew that packs more than a serious punch. the name of the drink is not suitable for morning television but it contains the same amount of caffeine as 80 cups of coffee. the drink taste more like
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rieive from the channel 4 stewed crows in -- 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 ken macleod in for chris this morning. >> we are following breaking news at 6. the death investigation that trapped passengers on a commuter rail train for three hours overnight. >> and a warning in weston sexual -- solicited sexually explicit poe toes from students at -- photos from students. >> and after itt tech closed their doors and why taxpayers could be on the hook. >> but first hermine will be moving out. >> dan ye has the time lipe -- danielle has the timeline. >> hermine leftovers and remanent moisture still spinning to the south.

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