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>> next on newscenter 5 at 7:00, new details in the drowning of a young boy at a boston city camp. the new zika cases prompting travel concerns for part of the u.s. >> an elderly woman attacked in her own home. a local startup crowdsourcing dona the cutting edge work that could change the future of medicine. wcvb center five at 7:00. >> boston police commissioner calling this a drowning
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changes being made. julie: boston and state police along with the coast guard and other agencies searched for four hours on tuesday before kaiser willis was detected by sonar about 20 yards into the water. there are still painful questions from the boy's family and the the about what happened but today, boston police updated us with what they do know. >> you happen. >> boston police say it's still a mystery how the seven-year-old slipped away from camp counselors tuesday before tragically drowning. >> this was just an unfortunate, tragic accident. >> campers were called from the beach into the back house at 2:15 to prepare for pickup. kaiser was seen exiting the water but sometimes between men
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beach. >> that particular day, one of the counselors was trying to teach him to swim from what i understand. he was a week slimmer, one of the counselors was holding him up that day. >> an hourly headcount procedure, front desk staffing to ensure no child leaves the building without an adult, smaller child staff adults at the beginning and end of every line, life preserver's, and more than 30 security cameras have been added. >> we will try to turn this into positive safety for other people. >> and sectional services will be visiting all boston camps and day programs over the next month to make sure these new changes are being enforced as well as an
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cell phones. maria: police searching for an intruder accused of attacking an elderly woman inside her home. police did this person broke in and sexually assaulted the victim. mary is live with the story. mary: police call this crime alarming and warn the public could be at risk. panic or worry. mary: police telling residents to keep their guard up and doors and windows locked. >> she was confronted in the house by a sus that was not known to her. -- a suspect that was not known to her. >> police are releasing too many
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random. the victim credible after she was treated at a local hospital. she gave police a good description of her attacker. a white nail approximately 65 years old with brown eyes and a inbuilt. >> i'm shocked. this is a quiet place. we don't lock >> police say the man stole nothing, just attacked the woman. >> our goal is to get him ride and get him off the street. >> police tellis they are working this case aggressively, asking the public for tips, telling people to keep your lights on and house left up. ed: today's guilty pleas are just the beginning of the government's criminal case involving the new england
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>> it was a last-minute deal three days before jury selection was set to begin and it may keep the couple from doing any time behind bars. >> doug and carlos seemed here docking out the back door of federal court this afternoon. >> today's hearing makes clear as has every previous quarter appearance that they had to do with day-to-day operations at the compound. >> no day-to-day involvement with a new england compounding center. but carla and husband doug both reaping profits. today the couple pleaded guilty to hiding over 120 $3000 after the company declared bankruptcy following the outbreak of
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to joint accounts. then making one hundred three separate withdrawals in amounts small enough not to be reported by the bank. the steroid killed 64 people. the defendants are not charged in connection with any of those crimes. >> doug and carla have been extremely remorseful from day one. that is why they contributed millions of dollars they did >> a judge last year approving a $200 million settlement for victims and creditors. the government is now recommending probation and no incarceration. the couple is due back in federal court for sentencing on november 1. >> at least one victim is not the. kathy has been caring for her mother since the injection
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angry the people who made millions from the company are now walking free. >> when i see there is no jail time, i'm very disappointed. until these executives are held accountable comedies things will continue. ed: none of the victims have received a dime from the settlement. payments could start next month. just the beginning of the government's criminal case involving the new england compounding center. twelve more defendants are still facing charges related to the tainted steroids. the most serious are murder charges against two pharmacists, part owner and head pharmacist barry cadden and supervisory pharmacist glenn chin. they could face life in prison if convicted of the charges relating to the deaths of 25 patients who were given
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investigators claim chin instructed employees to put production volume ahead of safety requirements and that cadden falsified safety and other records. the centers for disease control says, in all, 64 patients died and nearly 700 were sickened in more than 20 states. the trial for cadden and chin is scheduled for january. ed: new worries about fighting to zika virus in the united states. florida officials confirming the first transmission of the virus in that state by mosquitoes. is this for those of us in massachusetts? enough so especially for those considering conceiving a child that some researchers say the next few weeks will determine if certain individuals should take florida off their travel list. >> florida is the first state to have a local transmission through mosquitoes. >> for people -- four people thought to be infected in the u.s..
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says not only was this a tatian but the number of people who have carried the infection in the u.s. may be much higher than reflected. >> there aren't enough tests available to be able to test everyone with exposure. we can't carefully define the burden of disease. >> he says there are more questions at the end not easily accessible but in the last few months, donning information regarding sexual transmission. >> initially, it was male to female and some of it was male to male and more recently, female to male transmission. as for travelers, dr. hamer says
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>> the question is will it spread quickly or will it be controlled. >> the family of mosquito that carries the virus not prevalent in massachusetts. no geographical boundary preventing the spread. ed: heading out to bring their message to voters. maria: the candidates getting out on the campaign trail as quickly as possible hoping to capitalize on the energy from the conventions. ed: we were suppose to be enjoying a rainy day today. unfortunatly it did not happen. we have another chance of rain this weekend.i' ed: a local startup crowd donated blood. there cutting edge research with the samples and the impact on treatment and medicine.
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maria: a live look at mike pence in ohio. today holding a town hall in colorado springs. ed: he is now focused on attacking democratic nominee hillary clinton. while in colorado he called her acceptance speech so average and said it was full of false claims against him. the crowd also getting involved, chanting lock her up, during the rally. maria: the clinton/kaine ticket hit the road today just hours after closing out the democratic convention in philadelphia last night. the two democrats are on a bus tour of the must-win states of
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ed: you've heard of crowdsourcing but probably not quite like this. a local startup company is collecting tiny samples of blood. mike wankum tells us it's all for some cutting edge medical research. >> thousands of samples. blood and tissue all stored at orig3n's lab in boston. >> they are present. -100 96 degrees celsius. doing is almost futuristic. >> yeah, it's pretty unbelievable. it's like science fiction every day. >> robin smith is orig3n's ceo. >> our goal is to do this. we call it a living snapshot of humanity. i want to capture samples from diverse cultures around the globe. >> the company collects blood samples by crowdsourcing, finding people who are willing to simply give up a few drops of blood in the name of medical research. >> we collected over 2000 samples in the boston marathon
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they even set up shop at comicon events across the country. orig3n then analyzes, catalogs, and preserves the samples. they're used by biotech and pharmaceutical companies to research targeted medications and treatments for all sorts of diseases. and then there is the super scientific part, what's called regenerative medicine. >> one of the things we can do is take a few drops of your blood and turn those into new heart cells, liver cells. >> those reprogrammed stem cells caco >> once you have reprogrammed them, they can form any cell in your body. >> the company's chief scientific officer says as medical technology advances, these cells might even help the people who donated if they get a life-threatening illness or get hurt. >> if science gets to the point where you can create wargames -- organs or it might be a new joint from your own tissues. i do believe it will change the
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possibilities coming from people who are simply willing to help. >> with its a question we ask all the time. why are people interested in donating? it's interesting to watch the whole situation unfold. >> these dna kits you can buy give you the analysis of your skin, physical fitness. ed: i hate it when they take pictures of me and put me on the cover. maria: [laughter] >> it gives you a better idea of what is working for you. maria: look at that. could have used a little rain today. the source is south of us by about 50 miles. nothing here. we barely got any showers of the
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where was it? the further south you get, the more rain you get. toward nantucket, almost an inch of rain falling there. we need the rain. look at how dry we are right now. on schedule to have the third driest june and july on record. we do have several more chances before the month is over. this is the area anyway must night. here is that storm system right underneath us. showers and thunderstorms. we are left with a few scattered showers right now for upholding together quite nicely. continues to move its way about
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by 9:00, winding it down. a sprinkle or two left. 74 degrees. east northeasterly wind. today was much cooler than we have been lately false today near the shoreline, in the 70's. the heat and humidity out there is a reason we saw showers and thunderstorms develop stuff 64 to 60 degrees is the overnight low. a bit of a sea breeze. a light, northerly breeze around
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at 8:44. there are some showers that start to move in after midnight and the threat of showers will be with us sunday. i don't think we will see a whole lot of sunshine as we talk about the afternoon. and tuesday, the chances of any rain are really slim. a chance of some thunderstorms. over the weekend, saturday looks great.
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resulting from the investigation into curt schilling's failed video game company and the deal that lured it to rhode island, prosecutors spent four years looking at the state deal offered to schilling to get him to move 38 studios from massachusetts to rhode island. the company later went bankrupt. the investigation says the deal was pushed through quickly partly because schilling is a celebrity but no laws were broken. maria: tonight a well-deserved salute to two national guardsman from massachusetts who helped save a woman who had been trapped in her car for two days. staff sgt. dana francis and sgt. tommy coppola, members of the army national guard, were jersey when they noticed a car deep in the woods. there was an 87-year-old was slumped over in the backseat. they raced to get help and the woman was freed and taken to the hospital. doctors say the woman had been in the woods for 2 days with no food and isn't sure how she got there. five for good now, two acts of kindness to tell you about this
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maria: the canton chief of police making sure his city stays cool this summer. he has started handing out klondike bars in a move he calls chilling with the chief. this is a picture of a group of workers and the cops protecting them enjoying the sweet treats. ed: you have to see this video. a special gift for this man from andover after his tricycle was stolen. 37-year-old jeffrey has down syndrome. his bike was taken from his dad's truck while he was at work in lawrence earlier this month. tonight, jeffrey has a new bike. it was donated donate by the group liam's nation and put together for free by riverside cycle in haverhill. i will say it again, there are
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