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this is wcvb newscenter 5 5:00. j.c.: right now, the search for clues after a body was found in a burning car in worcester. investigators have been on the scene all day focusing on identifying the victims. phil: todd kazakiewich is in worcester with an update from police. todd. antoinette: the charred ground behind me is where the car burned. it's now gone and the detectives have left but the questions remain. late this afternoon, police brght in a flatbed to remove the he is dan that was found burning wednesday night in a remote area of worcester. for hours today, detectives worked the scene, raking, shoveling, hammering and chiseling searching for any clues about the circumstances that led to a car catching fire with a body inside. firefighters responded late last night and extinguished the fire, then this became a homicide investigation. >> nothing unusual, just for us
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up until the point where they discovered there was a body in the car. todd: police are not saying where in the car the body was found or the manner of death nor are they commenting on the gender of the victim. it's also not clear in the car was stolen, for people who live in the area, this is all quite upsetting. >> we feel safe in our homes. everything is locked up. yes, something like that is pretty shocking. todd: the medical examiner will perform an autopsy to determine if the victim died in the fire or perhaps before the fire started. reporting live in worcester, todd kazakiewich, wcvb newscenter 5. j.c.: a new search for evidence in an unsolved murder in new hampshire, the f.b.i. joining manchester police today in the hunt for clues. ed harding is here with more. through yards after closing several roads in man chester's north end where denise robert august. crews spending most of this morning concentrating on the lawn of a home about a block away from where robert was shot.
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yard and spending the day sweeping it with metal detectors for the better part of the day. it's been two months since the 62-year-old was fatally shot while walking in this quiet neighborhood and neighbors reported seeing a pickup truck speeding away from the area, but tonight it's still unclear if that truck is connected at all to the shooting. so far there have been no arrests. a reward for any information in the case has grown to more than $42,000. phil: new at 5:00, weymouth police are investigating after a body was found in the cemetery on pleasant street. someone from public works found the body just before 1:00 this afternoon. this is video of the investigators there at the scene from our partners at "patriot ledger." right now they say there are no obvious signs of foul play. j.c.: a framingham high school student under arrest and accused of rape. the alleged victim found incoherent today, allegations of drug and alcohol use emerged in court. let's get to kelley tuthill
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live in framingham, kelley. kellie: tonight he is held on $50,000 bail, if he does get out, he is ordered to stay away from the school and the alleged victim. the 18-year-old appeared in court accused of raping another student. alleged victim. he indicated it was consensual. kellie: prosecutors say four students in all were in the woods off johnson street yesterday around 1:30 high school counselors found a female student in the water disrobed. she appeared to be intoxicated. a student who witnessed the alleged incident told police it looked like rape. >> she appeared to be in and out of consciousness. at one point, her face was in the dirt. residential treatment center and has a juvenile record. his mom said offcamera he is a good kid. >> typical teenage troubles. kellie: do you think the story something wrong? >> i don't know.
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kellie: he pleaded not guilty. school. hours. they should have been in school and someone watching them. kellie: we made several attempts to reach the superintendent of schools, but incident. for now we're live in framingham at the district court. kelley tuthill. wcvb newscenter 5. phil: a deadly plane crash that happened last night. we're learning that the plane was registered to a new hampshire man? heather: indeed, phil, a man from new hampshire. it's unclear if he was onboard at the time. it's a two seat aircraft flying from philadelphia to portsmith when it crashed off the coast of queens around 8:00 last night. debris including the tail section was found along with the body of a man. only one person was onboard. the f.a.a. says no distress call was made. witnesses say the plane was flying low and erratically just before it went down. >> it was really low.
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you usually don't fly that low and fly over the ocean, not over breezy point. >> it sounded like in distress. we didn't know what it was. heather: investigators are working to retrieve more pieces of the plane including the engine. at this point they refuse to comment on what may have gone wrong here, but a preliminary report is expected in 10 days. j.c. j.c.: how could you not love this day, so many folks out taking advantage of this warm start to november and apparently tomorrow is not going to be so shabby either. let's get over to harvey leonard and find out how the temperatures are going. harvey: tomorrow's temperatures are similar to today's. even if it's a drop cooler, it may break a record. the record is a little lower tomorrow. look at today, 76 in boston, 76 in beverly. might have gone even higher except some clouds came in and kind of arrested that temperature rise at a pretty high point. it's in the 60's around the region at this time with a mild southeasterly wind. tonight will be ridiculously mild night for november.
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tomorrow. now a few little showers have been moving across the south coast of the cape and look like they are exiting. a few more down the coast. overnight tomorrow and early tomorrow, particularly along the south coast of the cape, there can be a couple of showers but i do think the rest sun. as long as we get some breaks record tomorrow. the record is 73. that's about what i'm predicting. if it breaks it i wouldn't be surprised in the least. we'll talk about the temperature changes for the weekend in a few minutes. j.c.: airlines will not fly to a red sea resort town after a deadly plane crash. phil: a russian passenger jet went down last weekend in the sinai peninsula killing 224 people. aixa diaz is covering it live. aixa: egypt and russia both say investigators still have not identified a cause, but officials from the u.s. and the u.k. suspect terrorism.
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as the u.k. announced it's suspending flights to the sinai peninsula, the egyptian president met with the british prime minister in london. david cameron says saturday's crash was more likely than not caused by a bomb. egyptian officials say that conclusion is premature and grounding flights there is an overreaction. >> currently the obama administration is reviewing a number of different steps that we can take to enhance security for commercial flights bound for the united states from certain foreign airports. aixa: the white house says while the u.s. hasn't determined what caused the metro jet plane to go down, it can't rule out terrorism. >> this is an area of the world where extremists have been operating for quite some time now. compape -- aixa: isis has complained responsibility for the crash. there was a warning back in july because of security concerns.
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>> our embassey in cairo has been following it closely, since not just the crash, but the situation there. aixa: the u.k. will begin sending planes to pick up stranded tourists there tomorrow. live in washington, the aixa diaz, wcvb newscenter 5. phil: commitment 2016 and another busy day in new hampshire, marco rubio the latest candidate to file for the first of the nation's primary in february. the florida republican stopping by the secretary of state's office this morning to get his name there on the ballot. also filing today, republican carly fiorina and democrat bernie sanders. martin o'malley and donald trump became the first presidential candidates to file with the state. candidates have until the 20th to get their paperwork in. j.c.: the state's gaming board met today and heard from a company that wants to build a casino in brockton. they want to build a $677 million casino resort at the site of the brockton fairgrounds. voters narrowly approved a casino referendum last spring. the going out of business sale
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begins tomorrow for all city sport stores. this morning the company that bought city sport says it will close all 26 stores along the east coast. the boston-based sports gear retailer declared bankruptcy a month ago. and a new look at the cost of college shows more massachusetts students are choosing to stay instate. the annual report from the college board shows a 21% jump from 2003 to 2013 for four-year state schools of the national average is up 13%. massachusetts also ranks number 10 in the country for the cost of four years at a public university, for 2015-2016, the average is $11,590. that's up 12% over the past five years. a child kidnapped and missing for 13 years found safe. phil: all thanks to his college application. his reunion with his mother and where he was all these years. j.c.: we're enjoying the warm-up as we know, others are pulling on the hats and clothes. snow falling in a spot usually
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known for a sun. phil: and denial in court from a police officer accused of choking a prisoner. the holiday travel and crowds. we have a look ahead of what you'll soon be facing. as to what you're facing on the roads, we take a first look at the mass pike. it is slow heading out of the city and a little jammed going in. let's look at the map as we do we look for the red and go to 93 southbound, doesn't look too bad. 29 minutes, if you're headed northbound, a half hour along the pike. slowing pockets, 16 minutes, looking at 25 minutes to i-495 and slow in both directions north of the pike if you're traveling on 495.
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>> newer watching wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:00. phil: the hospital that was bombed mistakenly was treating taliban. doctors without borders which runs the hospital said none of the patients were armed and no fighting in that area. the bombing killed 30 people including doctors and patients. the u.s. military later said the attack which was requested by the way by afghan forces was a mistake. there is new reaction tonight to the story of a young boy lost then found a decade later. the boy's family in alabama is as you would imagine overjoyed. right now the boy's father is behind bars in ohio. he is accused of taking 5-year-old julian hernandez back in 2002. julian's mother has been searching ever since then. the case broke when a college application turned up problems with a social security number.
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well in school and was looking to go to college and when he started the process, that's when things kind of started coming together that that wasn't who he was. he did not know any of this until shortly before we found out. phil: both julian and his father were living in ohio under assumed names. julian is now 18 and has made contact with his mother. if and when a reunion takes place, we'll -- will be up to him. j.c.: a bizarre twist of the illinois state lieutenant who staged his own suicide to avoid embezzlement. joe gliniewicz tried to arrange for a gang member to kill a local city administrator who he thought was about to expose his embezzlement. that information came out through an examination of text messages recovered from gliniewicz' phone. police also say they found
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rape charges against chicago blackhawks star patrick kane will not go to trial. prosecutors say that physical and forensic evidence contradict the alleged victim's claims. kane has said he did nothing wrong and expected to be exonerated. phil: it is something many of us hope we don't see any time soon. this isn't last year, folks. this is video from northern arizona who got its first major snowfall of the season. nearly nine inches fell yesterday breaking a 90-year record for the most snow on november 4. i chuckle as i read that story and you could say, ha, ha, ha, but i know that in a few months, we're going to be getting a beating. harvey: we have to get something. many times when one part of the country is going one way, abnormally cold, another is abnormally warm. check out out there. normally we see phoenix being very, very hot.
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flagstaff, that's elevated quite a bit. they could be cold enough to get snow. let's show you out in the southwest, a little bit of activity still over there where there is still some snow in the southwest, at least the higher elevations of the southwest. contrast that to us, oh, boy, what a contrast. 76 big ones today for us, count it, one, two, three, four, five days in a row with above average temperatures and the month is now nine degrees above normal. obviously if it would stay this way, it would be an all-time record warm november. we shall see. obviously we aren't going to stay this warm, but an incredible start. one more really warm day for this time of the year is coming and how do i know that? i'll take you all the way to the midwest. look at detroit, 74, indianapolis reaching 76 today. that's the air that still will be with us tomorrow. we have another toasty day for november coming up. tomorrow, even if the high temperature is a little below today's, it won't take as much to break a record because today's record was up in the
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tomorrow's record is only 73. right now i'm kind of estimating a record tying 73. the only tricky part is if we get any sunshine at all. if we do get appreciable sun and it's somewhere in the late morning to mid afternoon period, then we will break the record set back in, well, quite a while ago. here is boston right now. we did get some clouds come in late morning and this afternoon in the boston area earlier down along the south coast where clouds and a couple of showers were more prevalent today. it's 69. the dew point has come up. remember in the summer we talk about dew point when it's over 60, it's a little uncomfortable. yeah, we have got almost a semitropical feel to the air coming overnight tonight and tomorrow considering the time of the year. southwesterly breeze a little bit gustier tomorrow. everybody for the most part in it's not going to drop that much tonight. only in the 50's most spots and perhaps only about 60 in boston, hyannis and nantucket for those low temperatures, the showers are ready to exit the
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cape, but if you look farther to the south, you will see a few more down toward long island and new york city and the jersey coast. there could be a couple. mostly it's concentrated, if it does occur, around the south coast of the cape, overnight tonight and first thing tomorrow. tomorrow night there could be a shower or two as this, which is ahead of a cold front comes through the region, but not expecting widespread or heavy rainfall amounts in the area which is in keeping with the dry pattern we have been in. here is your warmth for tomorrow, oh, boy, until the front comes through and then it will be turning cooler on saturday, but during saturday night, sunday, sunday night and first thing monday, then it will be turning noticeably colder. a bit of rain is showing for the south coast of the cape early tomorrow. not much sun shing here, i have seen other indications of at least some sun. on saturday, we still have some lingering clouds or dim sun as it turns cooler. when we clear out saturday night and sunday, that's when it will be turning colder. check it out, the next seven days, balmy tomorrow into the
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breezy, temperatures won't rise much, high about 60 and for the patriots game it will be decidedly chillier than now. i would say 49 with a 10 to 20 start. the wind will ease by later in the game, but the temperatures will be falling through the 40's by the end of the game. the that will lead to a chilly sunday night and first thing monday, but monday looks like a lovely day with temperatures bouncing up to 55 to 60 in the afternoon. so that's how it is looking. j.c. and phil. j.c.: wow. skunks don't have many admirers. one skunk out west has a special talent that might change a few weeks. take a look. a wildlife camera caught this handstand, that's right, that's a skunk doing a handstand on camera. experts say this is a spotted skunk. it's hard to tell because the tail is all fluffed out there. it does a handstand before it sprays to look intimidating, fight off potential threats.
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i don't know that the peacock hairs really -- phil: the balance. j.c.: do a handstand right before. phil: my hair doesn't quite look like that when i do it. j.c.: it's pretty cute, though. phil: making sure babies get the best start possible. j.c.: a new grade out for massachusetts when it comes to premature births. we have the city by city as the doctors weigh in how we can improve. j.c.: and honoring martin richard. j.c.: a surprise for a couple when the wife finds out her
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to premature births. j.c.: 8.6% of babies arrive to soon, putting them at risk for complications. boston, worcester, springfield and lowell were blow the statewide rate. cambridge received an a with a rate of 6.8%. the march of dimes is especially concerned about racial disparities that show higher preterm birth rates for women of color. >> we need to ensure that women have access to care and that's important, not only when they're pregnant, but even for primary care. j.c.: aside from inadequate care, a host of factors can contribute to premature birth including the age of the mother and the use of alcohol or drugs. phil: these flowers with the end results of a heart-warming story in sommerville that is going viral tonight. it started as a routine traffic stop, but ended with a beautiful surprise. newscenter 5 spoke to the
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center of this act of kindness. >> no matter hold you are, you are never ready. >> robin is coping with the sad reality that her 90-year-old mother is about to begin hospice care, news she received yesterday morning. >> i thought i had kept it together until i was pulled over. >> shortly after she was pulled over for speeding along this sommerville stretch while the officer ran her information, robin became emotional. >> just sort of hit me in those few quiet moments what was really happening. >> robin hadn't had a speeding ticket since the 1980's. the female officer let her go with a written warning, but later that day, the officer gave her much more sending a bouquet of flowers and much needed kindness. >> i hope you find comfort and i hope she lived a long life and will continue to live in your heart and your memories, signed the officer who pulled you over this morning. >> that hit me personally because i am a mother and i have a mother. >> the officer is ashley, she says she simply wanted to help a person in need of comfort.
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>> i felt bad that i couldn't sit there and talk with her and give her a hug. after she left, i thought about it and it didn't leave me and i still think about it. i thought i would do something nice and just send her some flowers to put a smile on her face. >> this morning robin brought the flowers to her ailing mother where they will sit at her bedside, a reminder to the family of a stranger's act of kindness, her message to the officer -- >> i can't imagine anybody having done that for me and knowing that you did, it's such a tough time on such a hard day for me is so appreciated. you rock! >> robin still opens to meet the officer to personally thank her for making a hard time a little more bearable. in sommerville. sarah, wcvb newscenter 5. phil: a great story. j.c.: you don't know what people are going through in those moments. everyone has their story. phil: a chance meeting like that, a traffic stop. coming up at 5:30, scrambling to find the source of e. coli poisoning which we know is
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