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reports from france say the black bloc -- black box has confirmed that a bomb brought down the russian airliner in egypt. the flight data recorder confirms it was no accident. >> they are taking to young children into custody after they were called home alone. they found a one-year-old and six month old alone. >> this is from new hampshire. a gymnastics coach is charged with sexually assaulting a child. cameron has turned himself in. police say it happened at a u.s. image a challenge jim late last month. >> a head-on crash spilling cranberries all over the deck. >> the bridge is reopened tonight but this morning, traffic was not flowing smoothly. >> police call this a chain reaction crash and they say it all started when a vehicle starting to emerge onto the bridge and cut off a cup truck
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>> a crash on the bridge created a mess with traffic and a mess of cranberries. the head-on collision involved a crush -- truck hauling fault signature fruit. >> everybody is in it wondering what is going on. >> state police say that a vehicle emerging onto the bridge cut off the pickup truck which swerved onto another oncoming truck. the accident halted all traffic during the busy morning commute area drivers were diverted to the bridge. >> we set in it for 40 minutes when typically at the most. >> police are still trying to they don' t have a description but they are hoping witnesses will come forward. >> trouble for a high-traffic
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bridge in boston after $57 million in renovations. the herald reports that engineers have flagged multiple problems including pieces in the movable part of the bridge. no fender to guide them under the bridge correctly and it switches and opens the drawbridge. that function has failed at least three times this year including this incident in march backing up traffic for miles. taxpayers funded the renovations done by fps new england. the city says they have been bridge and will work with the repairs. of another summer like day for everyone to enjoy. we know that we live in new england and changes always around the corner. we are talking about some beautiful weather. t know if we will see people dressed the way that they
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month. but there you can see 1:00, 2:00, 73 degrees. it will go on the books as a record tying 73 and not record-breaking. but it was 74 and beverly and lawrence. was very strong out of the southwest. 60' s to around 70. a very balmy november evening. following a couple of light showers moving into the area. there is only a chance of a spritz later on tonight. we partially clear but there is a lot of high cloudiness around. -- filtered and the clouds will i mentioned, the temperatures
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except it will only top off s of today. ll talk what to the rest of the weekend in a few minutes. >> new hampshire police dealing with a big jump in the number of get drivers licenses. these men were charged with using several false identities to renew licenses. investigate or say it a recipe for serious crime. >> the danger is you have very bad people trying to hide back into society. they' re trying to hide from outstanding arrest warrants. >> prosecutor said it of the suspects were using the same registries hours apart. ' s christmas tree on the boston common will come from
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100th boston marathon in 1956. he and his wife are donating the white spruce 72-year-old tree. 42 years ago as a thank you to boston for providing emergency assistance wartime explosion. holiday life airs at 7:00 december 3 area >> one of my favorite things to do. >> there are growing concerns over the safety of artificial turf. >> and the independent investigation being called for. >> the new cases of e. coli linked to chipotle. >> one survivor tells five investigates what she is doing to stop it happening to others area >> you' re looking live it the bunker hill bridge and traffic is moving. it is dark out there but it is slow. let' s find out how things are on
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northbound on 93 is 25 minutes. if you' re on the pike it is looking close to 20 minutes. farther west it is 44 minutes to i-4 95. north and south of the pike. if you are traveling in the northbound direction it is
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>> the number of people sick in the e. coli outbreak linked to chipotle is growing.
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total of 40 people have been sick because of it. several have been hospitalized but no one has died. the restaurant is working to determine the source. >> new concerns about the fields your kids may play on. the rubber turf is everywhere but questions remain whether they are safe. a world cup soccer star and two senators are leading a charge. >> a turf war is brewing over turf. it is little pellets made from ground up tires used on more than 10,000 athletic fields and play grounds around the country. star athletes like abby womble voicing concerns. >> some say that these tiny pellets contain dangerous carcinogens left over from those discarded tires sent on the field some players say they can
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eyes leaving them wondering about possible health effects. the industry maintains there is no known link between chrome rubber and cancer. synthetic turf counsel telling abc news that after 50 studies results have shown no elevated health risks. but they also support any new or expanded research. >> the head of the epa saying it is worth taking a closer look. >> there is no evidence yet making these links. it does not mean we are dismissing the concerns. lawmakers are not satisfied with the studies thus far. >> what we need is to know how widely and in what amounts these chemicals are used in the chrome they can have. >> lawmakers have asked federal explaining what you can do to
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>> anybody who has kids that play on that, it comes into your house, too. next 5:30, a change of plea that we have to tell you about the man who landed that gyro copter on the lawn outside the u.s. capitol. >> the deal he has reached and the time he could serve in prison. >> we have some incredible
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the late senator fred thompson is being remembered in his home state tonight. he was rembert for his wit and sense of humor area the former lawmaker and law and order star died sunday after a battle with lymphoma. for the man at the stick of this during gyro copter stunt that landed on the lawn of the u.s. capitol has copped a plea. he will admit a felony and could spend up to three years in prison. he was carrying letters for congress to protest campaign finance laws when he landed that craft in april. >> how long will you live it it
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many factors and research suggests it may have less to do with one particular factor than it has in the past? >> life expectancy has been going up in the united states for more than hundred years. the average baby born and 2013 canal expect to blow out the candles on their 78 birthday cake. many factors can affect the likelihood that we will live this long or longer and traditionally race has been one such factor. a new report shows the gap in life expectancy between blacks and whites is decreasing. in 1999, white americans were expected to live an average of six years longer than black americans. and 2013 the difference a trunk to barely 3.5 years. researchers say the narrowing gap can be explained by decreasing death rates in the population from causes and cling heart disease, cancer and unintentional injuries.
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there are many illnesses which still take a toll on black americans and not all have easy solutions. >> fortunate there are things all of us can do. get exercise and stop smoking. steps that can add years to your life. >> we have word that half of moms to be gained too much weight during presidency. the new study says that can lead to obesity and other health problems for the mom and also leads to the risk that the baby will become diabetic. doctors say that women at a normal weight should gained 25 should gain 15 to 25 pounds. >> there is some unfinished business from a nasa spacewalk today due to unexpected problems. they came across an ammonia leak and noticed some damage to one of their gloves. neither discovery posed a danger but lance to fix the radiator were not finished. >> a spectacular sight out of
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australia to show you. it looks like a giant wave in the sky is actually this cloud moving over the ocean. as it moved in, it brought some showers with it. >> that is a pretty dramatic shell cloud. >> we often find that along what we call a gust front. with a squall line. no tornadoes with that. weather associated with it. we get a few of those during the summer months, but it was the time to have it out there. record tying warmth today. 70 in worcester. boston 73 tie the record of 73. nice and symmetrical for worcester in austin. doesn' t always work out that way. s
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normal but for september 14. not early november. last year we never had a day this warm in november. 66 was the warmest day that we had during november a year ago area how many 70 degree days have we had in november. it' s happened six different days. so far we' ve had it three. we don' t necessarily see more i would not completely rule it out. we are certainly not going to see that over the next couple. 70 degrees is the temperature still in boston. 70 degrees in november, it is dark out with a pretty warm air mass. it is been propelled by southwesterly wind. a very warm november night for high school football.
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temperatures will only stay in the 60' s with a little bit of a breeze continuing out of the southwest. they could be a sprint from this little line of showers. it is not strengthening but it could still be a shower. i don' t expect anything long-lasting or too heavy. it is running right ahead of this front which will cross the region very late tonight and that will usher in drier air and eventually cooler air. tomorrow will be cooler than today but not colder. there is the spot shower and we may partially clear but during the day little wave of low pressure will pass part south of us. you may see the disc of the sun at times it may brighten a little but it may get skewered with the cloud. during the afternoon their life with -- likely to be thickest across southeastern mass and the cape. then overnight the skies are going to clear setting us up for a bright and beautiful sunday but a chillier sunday. if you' re doing any traveling within new england here is how
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things should shape up. on the cape you will have clouds on saturday but bright sunday. it will be a little bit milder. up in the lakes region and the mountains it will be turning cooler saturday, but saturday night and sunday it will be chillier and it warms up a little bit monday afternoon. for the patriots game i see game time right around 50 degrees do expect temperatures to fall through the 40' s later in the game as we will have a quick temperature drop around sunset and a nice bounce back monday afternoon to around 60. we could have a few showers wednesday night and thursday. >> you may not abuse a child with impunity within these settings meant to protect children. >> there is strong reaction to a problem highlighted by five
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>> teachers having sex with prosecution. >> we need to put in place a inflation that will prevent child sexual abuse from ever occurring. >> this job -- child advocate wants to change laws on he can hill that she says will help protect children from sexually abusive teachers. andrea clements shared her story with five investigate area >> i was really scared but because he was my teacher i couldn' t say no because that is someone i was taught to respect. >> that man was robert baker a respected junior high school science teacher and coach. right after she turned 16 he invited her to his home. >> he wanted me to see his christmas tree and put his arms around my waist and said there is nothing any to tell you, i have fallen in love with you. i called him mr. baker for years
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>> andrea says she called her old rentable to tell him her story. she says she didn' t hear anything until eight months later when she got a call from the norwood police. >> police were filing statutory rape charges against robert baker. baker pleaded guilty to indecent assault and rape and abuse of a child in 2002. he is now a level three sex offender. for andrea, the case was a turning point. >> could they have been spared? that is what fueled me to start speaking out. >> in recent years on average the licenses of 15 massachusetts educators are suspended or revoked each year for sexual misconduct area but there are not always charges area discharges. when they are 16 or older it is not considered a crime.
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i had been groomed for two years and he didn' t speak to me until the week after i turned 16. . >> there working to change state law to make sex between a teacher and student a crime until the age of 19. >> what is the most important message? >> to speak out. don' t just leave it with yourself because you could save the life of the kid. >> they are also working on a bill to fight against what they call passing the trash. letting a teacher quietly resign after allegations of misconduct and work someplace else. >> star wars fans can hardly wait until next month' s permit of the force awakens. >> so disney is offering up another tease. what fans can gather from the international trailer released today. >> a local gymnastics coach accused of sexually assaulting a child. where police say it happened. >> and also rob gronkowski sending some local kids a very
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>> the dancing with the stars front runner dealing with legal troubles.
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proves to a judge that her dad is dead. she is a minor so she said she would give up all rights until -- for her time of the shelter the judge says he will not sign off on it until they prove that he is actually deceased. >> the tennis star serena williams does more than just chase down tennis shots. she chases thieves as well. security video capture her running after a man who stole her cell phone while she ate lunch in san francisco. the tennis star jumped out of her seat and confronted the man who took the phone and -- he gave it back. you see the way she hits it with all that strength? star wars fans are rejoicing. >> disney has released a new international trailer for star wars. the trailer offers never before
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director jj abrams says they want to keep the plot under wraps. it hits theaters december 18. many tickets have already sold out. newscenter 5 at 6:00 starts right now. >> taking action after a jet is bombed out of the sky. >> the quick move that saved the lobsterman from his burning boat. >> carson' s admission after accusations that he lied about his past or it >> a weekend cooldown is on the way. long it will last. >> the denver -- the prank targeting tom brady area and boston' >> from boston' s news leader there it this is newscenter 5 at 6:00. >> we begin with breaking news in the crash of a believed to have been brought
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down by a bomb. >> the sound of an explosion can be heard in the recording with reports out of france tonight. this as the homeland security department announces new measures for u.s. bound flights. >> we expected some changes in security because of that metrojet and now they have been confirmed. those who fly into the united states from some foreign airport. >> is not here but on overseas security. it comes as a confirmation. a bomb dropped on that flight in the sinai. >> the question is, was it explosive device that an amateur could have got past lousy security in this portion of egypt. >> included expanded screening of items on planes and offers of help to serve for an airports in the middle east. >> it' s a good idea to increase security but i think it'
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