>> why police say it could be a hate crime. only on 5, video taken. >> how a pilot survived a crash that left the helicopter inner water. >> the only place i could drop it in the water. >> the other unusual rescue mission for a plane in trouble, tonight. >> new damage video just in as tornadoes strike in indiana. meteorologist: will be left of that system as it reaches us later this the new plan to issue letter gradance what it takes to earn ana. this powerful blast in salem is being investigated as a hate crime. the target, a newspaper box for a gay-friendly publication. right now police are on the for the people who did it. good evening, i'm maria stephanos. ed: and i'm ed harding. it's not the first time that box has been targeted. newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat

shaun: vandals put that explosive in this newspaper stand, right in the center of town. police think they targeted the gay paper. and they think it was a hate crime. the blast lit up the sidewalk. smoke filled downtown salem. that early morning explosion could be heard a mile away. police say this group of seven targeted the local gay paper. >> there are two individuals here who are actually placing the explosive in the newspaper box. that box owned by the rainbow times. the editor says their boxes went up three months ago. right away, vandals hit. now a dozen times. first with trash.

to the top, so when you opened the door, literally, a pile of trash fell on you. it was urinated in. >> i do think it was a hate crime. >> police think so, too. with each new crime,police decided to put boxes in view of cameras. then, this. >> i have no idea who would want to do something like that. it is obviously a hate crime. to the gay community. shocked locals say salem is a gay-friendly town. the paper says its not backing down. they're setting up more boxes. the town mayor was actually on the cover of this month's paper.

wcvb newscenter 5 breaking news from new bedford tonight, a 15-year-old boy stabbed to death. newscenter 5's ben simmoneau is at the breaking news desk with the details. ben: police say this happened earlier this evening on chancery street near middle street in new bedford. the 15-year-old victim tried to run home after he was stabbed and authorities say it was his mother who called 911. but he did not survive. two other teenagers also stabbed they were taken to the hospital and are expected to recover. the circumstances as to what led up the stabbings are still unclear at this hour. no arrests have been made. in the newsroom, i'm ben simmoneau, wcvb nc5. maria: also breaking, a young woman shot in the head in lawrence. newscenter 5's john atwater is live on the scene right now, rescuers are working into the dark to get a helicopter out of

>> reporter: a woman was shot end that. she is in critical condition right now. miss tell she is was in a car on hancock street when someone fired into the car. police have been senning this neighborhood look for clues as they try fight find a suspect tonight. police say as many as three were fired. >> reports of a motor vehicle without a plate shortly thereafter, we received a call of a gunshot victim, female, young female, not sure of the age at this point. she was boston area hospital. >> police concerned because it ap pepped while it was light out tonight. the mayor, tonight, pledging more resources for this neighborhood. leave in lawrence, tonight, john atwater, wcvb newscenter 5. maria: john, thank you. right now, rescuers are working into the dark to get a helicopter out of the water. it crashed-down in ashland earlier this afternoon. the pilot survived and talked to newscenter 5's jorge quiroga.

jorge? jorge: the scene her now cleared some five and a half hours after the ultra light helicopter crashed into the reservoir here , state police divers and a tow crew finally got it the pilot/owner telling us , he cant wait to fix it and fly again. the black mosqito model ultralight helicopter was intact as it was towed out of the water a routine flight turned into a white knuckle thrill ride. >> i was buzzing around to see

then temperature started to rise a bit on my engine. concerned me started to go back to the airport, right over the trees, i lost power. >> all of sudden we hear this noise and we look up the helicopter is sort of spinning , we thought he was doing some tricks or something. into the reservoir at the diana holding the only piece retrieved after the crash. the only place to drop it was in the water. diana has owned the copter for a year and a half, this video shows him at the controls today

maria: new video tonight of that plane that made an emergency landing on a sand bar in the quabbin reservoir yesterday. you might remember it was stuck on that patch of sand all night long. but you can see today, a helicopter was called in to lift it off and bring it to the airport in orange. the pilot says he had engine trouble and had to bring the plane down. right now, emergency crews on the ground in indiana after multiple tornadoes touched down today. thousands a w governor mike pence will tour storm-ravaged areas at daylight to assess the damage. harvey is here with this right now. it is still active, it has reached to cleveland. >> meteorologist: is near cleveland and southwest of ohio. still strong thunderstorms, but not as strong as they were. we no longer have tornado warnings. i got to show you this, ed. you were right.

until tomorrow get official count because it's the same tornado traveling along so you cannot count it more than once. nonetheless. it withs a significant outbreak and few were substantial. this was, of course through central alabama across west and north western ohio. the other thing to keep a careful eye on is the area of low pressure. tropical disturbance. it is going to be important how much it does or does not intensify because look at the proeble jed track. pretty close all the different models taking close to south floor did and three to five days from now. locally, i is a warm summer night but kind of a typical summer night. not as cool and try. nowhere near as proposive as we had. we will drop to 70 in boston before we start the climb. a change in how it feels tomorrow and friday then another change for the weekend will cover that and more in a little while. maria, ed? ed: only on 5 tonight, we're hearing from a passenger

bus, the night a woman fell out the window to her death. maria; and for the first time, we're seeing video taken inside that bus that night. newscenter 5's mary saladna is live in east boston with exclusive details. mary: these are the first images of a fun night among friends. that took at sudden and tragic turn. >> i just saw the window flapping. i just remember so much screaming, stop the bus, just stop the bus. >> tristian leach was on the party bus early sunday morning. she says it's time to set the record straight.

she fell out of this bus window. her best friend fell too to the highway below, but survived. >> a round sofa that lines the bus and they were siting at the top of that seat, and behind that seat there's a space that's where out purses were sitting. >> tristian says the back emergency window of ths closed. the latches secure, but when the bus hit a bump, the two young women fell back and were gone. >> that window should not have opened that easily i'll tell you that it should not

attleboro company that owns the bus told us, they're convinced someone must have opened the emergency latches. >> while police invesitgate-- tristian leach tries to forget. the haunting images of her friend on the highway. leach says tonight she visited the friend who survived that recovery. maria: the frantic search for survivors continues in italy tonight after a deadly earthquake. some rescue operations had to be suspended for the night because they were deemed too dangerous in the dark. the death toll stands at 159, but is expected to climb much higher. a lot of the victims were children. the quake zone is a popular vacation destination for locals who take their summer holiday in

roslindale. prosecutors have released new video showing usaamah rahim entering a drug store moments before he was shot by police in june of 2015. police say he threatened them with a knife. rahim was allegedly planning a large-scale attack on other officers. investigators say over a dozen witnesses corroborated what grainy video suggested. rahim's family says police should have tried to "de-escalate" the situation without opening fire. >> why he told the police he knew we are was going. weather today in indiana. what is left of those storms as

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favorite boston restaurant is making the grade. the city council approved a plan today to issue letter grades to all of the city's restaurants based on health inspections. the first ones come out in the next couple of weeks. here's how it works: restaurants start with 100 points. they lose ten for any serious violations involving food and how it is handled. significant violations that don't involve food, but could still put customers at risk costm and they lose two points for any small issues. do the math and you get a final score. and 94 points or higher gets a restaurant an a. 81 to 93 earns a b. and 80 or lower is a c. starting in a year, restaurants will have to post their grades in their front windows or face fines. ed: a seven-year-old boy is home safe tonight after he was

and if you think he was think again. he says he knew exactly where he was going. drivers spotted the boy on route 101 in fremont around 4:00 this morning. when police caught up with him, he said he was on his way to walmart to buy matchbox cars. his parents were sound asleep at home. police say it's a good warning: believe the parents did anything wrong. u.s. soccer star hope solo kicked off the team for six months for things she said during the olympics. solo will serve a six-month suspension for calling the swedish team a bunch of cowards in rio earlier this month.

eliminated the u.s. the president of u.s. soccer unacceptable. ed: that stolen patriots helmet is back where it belongs, but the story may not be over. we showed you the security video of a man leaping the bar at skipjacks, stealing a signed pats helmet and running without paying his tab. a few days later he called and promised to return the helm. ed: speak of active. could the front produce th tornado end up sneer. meteorologist: the front will; however, it is a much, much weaker front by the time it gets hear on friday. we could see spotty shower or thunderstorm but don't have potential that existed when the storms were out there. inthe other thing to keep mind. we have gaston in the central atlantic. it is very does this being hurricane strength but everything is not favorable for it to intensify. the questionable whether or not that happens the next 20-36 hours but bea beyond that.

that is one thing following. this moving through the caribe pea yip if it intensifies will be very key because of where it is headed. so let's take them one at a time. as far as it is important one. the one down to the caribe beepian. look at how the projection many different computer models but all centering moving at pretty close to south florida the three to five-daytime frame. so certainly the potential there is for a lot of rain. will there be any real wind or coastal flooding issues thatwi strengthance how much. we'll be following that. gaston going to be become a significant hurricane most likely could find itself some distance southeast five days from now. all right. been sneezing some in well, if you have, it he is the pollen. it is wag weed season and moving up ap going to be quite high for tomorrow. temperatures will be high today. won't 90.

extremely dry. that drought monitored index women get updated tomorrow and share what the news there is which cannot be great of course because the downpours that oh cord late sunday night and early monday morning. we have not had any train to speak of. 75 in boston now. a il little bit warmer and little more humid. there are temperatures. 60's-70 he these are the readings to start the day out tomorrow. tomorrow's temperatures for high different because it will be somewhat more humid. checking it out. 90 in lowell. 9 in bedford. boston. about 85 in webster. 89 around fitchburg. about 87 in brockton. 86 here. cape cod, another winner of a day. southwest winds. low ale. right around 0 on the vineyard. tomorrow, the wind will start to pick up some along the south

seas and moderate risk of some rip currents for tomorrow. also the high tide coming up in the late afternoon. is still comfortable to some and little sticky to others but the idea is going to be the humid air is going to be working northeastward with time. so expect it to be a little bit more uncomfortable tomorrow. the most humid day is friday. the front approaching. the best chance of a spotty storm. another area. as i mentioned they will weaning so we'll see patchy clouds later tomorrow ap a spotty shower or thunderstorm tomorrow night or during the day friday. notice nothing widespread is lackly maybe a few scattered withinnance then look at what happens. it clears for the weekend and turns cooler and less humid which is good news. just in case you are doing traveling during the course of the weekend we'll let you know how it looks. friday this is day it could have a spotty storm and saturday and sunday look great. a little bit cooler. somewhat less humid. very pleasant.

north. coastal new hampshire and maine. you got it after spotty storm on friday morning looks fret for saturday and sunday. that's the important message i think for many of you. a good-looking weekend. another winner of a summer weekend. ed, may yea? ed: a winner. maria: winner. ed: all right. speak of western. two local athletes return home from rio. maria: the big welcome home.

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they arrived at logan airport to the cheers of young athletes where the two medal westerns train. harrison brings home the gold. >> i didn't think i could. i din think i could be more satisfied. rio was amazing. ed: quite sweet. sos the smile. and plans to retire from juno. but thed about news is thinking of staying in the athletic field and moving to mixed martial arts. maria: doing well there. reporter: all right. a lot of concern with the red sox. not only lose the team but may have lost an injury. we'll tell but what happened the

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after the first or second day of spring training and the failure to execute it tonight cost the sox the game and a chance at larger issue this evening is the left knee of andrew benintendi who had to be helped off the field. the patriots made two moves today to pare their roster to the required 75 by next tuesday. the in jury was the knee. he will have mri tomorrow morning to find out the extend of the injury. he said it did hurt. he made a base-running mystique and had to be helped off the field. we'll know more the status tomorrow morning.

him. a home run in the first inning bay david ortiz. the 30th. rbi. he had ten times. more than tediams different. only five people have ten years of 36 or more home runs and that in clues include babe ruth, hank aaron, lou gehrig, albert pujols and david ortiz. that is company. all right. evan longoria. ties i here's the game winner coming up. much watch. the one-one. on the ten field. tapped to first base. travis. the pitcher and itp dros. here comes the run. here's the throw home. he is out. oh. now he lost. i that is the ball game. >> this drives me crazy. perches should be running up the line ten feet from the line t. they teachp this in high school. babe ruth, column, you practice

baseball. it cost the red sox a game tonight. shame on them. they lose it to the rays 4-3. leer the stang us now. the sox lost. sox could be in first place. baltimore witness tightening up and the yankees win again. only six games back. all right. great plays. we take you to pittsburgh. how that is? the short stop for the houston astros. watch this for the replay here. he can play the role of superman. st short stop. oh. the same thing. are these guys ath leathers what. fly through the air. oh. you bet ya. we take to you washington, d.c.? kate ledecky canceled the first pitch because five of the gold medals. she gives them to bryce. it becomes a coat hanger and fears the strike to home plate. on the way to sanford by the way.

fat ryes made two move today. next tuesday, they traded center bryan stork to the washington redskins for a 7th round conditional draft pick and also released receiver nate washington first time we have seen gronk since a week ago upon day. remember, he took the helmet off. he walked of the field. he did not ply against the bears. he had practice sense but out there today. tomorrow, though. travel down to charlotte. no p the panthers. also. on the field today. rocker jon bon jovi and his son romo him. he has been friends with bill belichick since the 19 80's when he was coach. that is the son, romeo, over to the right of him. again, he will know alogical about it more tomorrow. i think the red sox would like to get him back to boston to have him evaluated with the red sox staff. ed: fundamentals got you tonight.

nobody out. and the failure to execute that play. ed: yep. a little frustrating. reporter: very frustrating. ed: you can't.

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