neighbor told us it is a very peaceful neighborhood. there has not been much crime until recently, he said, where there have been break-ins because of drug addicts looking for money. this investigation make carry-on later into the night. wcvb newscenter 5. maria: david, thank you. right now, the drought problem in massachusetts is only growing. it's so bad some areas in massachusetts will soon be at historic lows newscenter 5's nicole estaphan is live in ipswich, where the water district says it is a couple weeks away from being bone dry. nick cole? no coal right. 75% of massachusetts is abnormally dry. i can show you here. tonight, not a drop. >> it really is -- i think the

: over rocks where water would normally be flowing freely. the summer heat, the summer dought taking its toll on the water supply. >> normally this time of year we would be about knee deep right here. emily wayne castonguay executive : director of the watershed says the problem is deeper than meets the eye. >> is essentially drawing from the groundwater. it lowers the ground water levels. you can see there is just rock were there should be water and the problem is only expected to get worse. >> i have never seen it this low. we are on track to be the worst ever in history. nicole: already at rock bottom from wilmington to ipswich. 30 million gallons of water a day drawn from here, the solution so simple it is frustrating. conservation experts asking that you think before you leave the water running. or if your water needs are

on the coattails of that, there is a water ban in effect in ipswich. if you don't need to use the water, don't. it will help a lot. live in his switch, nicole estaphan -- live in ipswich, nicole estaphan, wcvb newscenter 5. maria: stormteam 5's mike wankum is joining us. mike: you statistics together and there is not been much rain -- we are going down as number one right now. not a record you want to be holding onto. this is the driest summer on record. back to 1957. that is the number two spot. we still have several days to go. right now is going as the driest on record. he saw that little bit in avon. we saw this area.

that is it though. if you are in it, you might get a little shower out of it. just clear skies and they drier air mass moving in. today was so muggy. now we are a little drier air in here. overnight, skies will clear down to the cape and we will wake up with plenty of sunshine, but humidity will be lower. ben: thank you, mike. a rewas arrest in connection with an lgbt newspaper box that was blown up this week in salem. newscenter 5's juli mcdonald is there live salem explosion -- is there live with what we know tonight. juli: a car turned onto washington street and a pedestrian on the other side. investigators are hoping that witnesses with the driver or passerby might have information that will leave them to their suspect.

lit up this corner of salem tuesday, after a group of about 7 placed explosives inside the rainbow times newspaper box. the publication is temporarily missing from derby square, but the rainbow times family vows to return stronger than ever. we have had such an outcry of community support. people have been contacting us about subscribing to the paper, advertising, just offer support in general. offer distribution locations. : leaders and lgbtq advocates unveiled their symbol of solidarity -- a rainbow banner waving over washington street. >> we're not going anywhere. we're standing strong. juli: investigators are calling this week's incident a hate crime, and now the state fire marshal is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest. >> i think it's only a matter of time until somebody speaks up and says hey i saw something or what not. we have a lot of people looking for the perpetrators who

maria: that was juli mcdonald in salem. more than $25,000 or being -- $500 being offered for any information about the stabbing deaths of two nuns in mississippi. one of the victims was born and raised in massachusetts. sister paula merrill, seen here, is from stoneham. as a sister of charity for nazareth, she saw countless patients who could not afford medical care. this video, produced by her order, shows the impact she and sister margaret held made as nurse practitioners at a health clinic. victims of a break-in. ben: new controversy surrounding maine's outspoken governor. it focuses on a scathing voicemail he left for a state lawmaker. newscenter 5's j.c. monahan is here with the recording and what the governor is saying now. jc: governor paul lepage leaving an angry, expletive-filled voicemail for state rep. drew gattine who lepage says called him a racist. take a listen to part of the

prove that i'm a racist. i have spent my life helping by people and you little son of a -- socialist -- i want you to record this and make it public, because i am after year. thank you. jc: gattine says he never called the governor a racist. but he did say lepage's recent comments were not helpful in the fight against heroin addiction. earlier this week, lepage doubled down on comments that more than 90% of drug dealers in his state are black and hispanic people. method of knowing that a binder of mug shots and stories from local media. >> you write the stuff. i just keep it. it's in my book. somebody cuts them out. i get the pictures and i put them in my book. jc: during a news conference earlier today, state democrats

maria: caught on camera, the victim in a hit and run on the cape manages to take a picture of the suspects before they get away. take a look right here. police say these two women were involved in a significant hit and run on on east main street in west yarmouth a couple days ago. the driver was trying to hide her face as the victim snapped the shot the passenger is sticking her tongue out. police say they were in a gray 2007 chevy cobalt. if you have any information call police. we're staying on of news in ashby where the bodies of a man and woman were found outside a home -- outside a home there. ben: new at 6:00 a public display with a very personal message. one family, reaching out to thousands of others dealing with opioid addiction. mike: the muggy weather will go away for before the -- will go away before the high temperatures do. maria: call it a purr-fect

at fenway park where the red sox welcomed the hottest team in baseball. what will happen in carolina? will it be brady, garoppolo, or both? >> the 10:00 news on metv boston -- now on comcast channel 942, verizon 461, and over the air at

ben: let's update our breaking news from ashby, where the bodies of a man and a woman have been found outside a home. this is the crime scene on watatic mountain road. it is new the -- near the nap -- new it is near the new hampshire border. we'll keep you posted on any developments.

5 on the opioid crisis -- a local family grieving after losing their son to an overdose. ben: sadly, they know their story is becoming all too common new at 6, newscenter 5's mary saladna is live in marlborough where they are reaching out to others to spark awareness and action. good evening, mary. mary: purple flags, 1531 of them fill the front lawn of the walker building in marrlboro. each one of them represnets a life lost to opioid overdose last year in massachusetts. >> that was somebody's child, somebody's rather, somebody's tribute is the brainchild of kathy leonard, who lost her son jonathan to heroin two years ago. >> he was a national honor society student. we are losing 129 a day in this country. mary the idea is to keep people : talking about the opioid crisis. massachusetts is leading the way to erasing the stigma of addition. when cheryl lost her son 5 years

>> i suffered alone. there were no support groups. there was nothing on facebook. it was not spoken out cause it was heroin. mary: now both women head up family support groups. a vigil is planned for international addiction awareness day. >> it should not be a stigma. people can come here, look at the flag, come to the vigil and not feel shame. it's a disease. saladna, wcvb newscenter 5. maria: some people saw some rain. ben: one minute. maria: did you time it? ben: exactly one minute. maria: i saw nothing. ben: mike is tracking less humid air. plus, getting up close and

discovery in ashby. the crime scene, a rural area. we have no information on how this man and woman died. a spokesperson from the police department say they do not believe the public is in danger and they are not searching for suspects at this time. ben: your health -- the fda wants all u.s. blood banks to start screening for the zika virus. that's a major expansion they say is an effort to protect the nation's blood supply. the new advisory means all states and territories will have to begin testing bod until now, that's only been done in areas with active zika transmission, places like puerto rico and two counties in florida. andover fire rescue responds to a hotel for high levels of carbon monoxide. they evacuated 60 of the hotel's nearly 170 rooms.

now, olympic champion gymnast aly raisman continues her welcome-home tour around massachusetts. it will end in needham, by the way. today raisman met young gymnasts at brestyan's gym in burlington, where aly has trained to become one of the world's best. she earned a gold and two silver medals at the summer games in brazil. she loved rio thanks to crowds that made her feel at home, -- at u.s., it felt like we were at home. it was very cool. maria: very cool. and tonight, she is throwing out the first pitch at fenway park, and tomorrow morning needham honors its native champion with a rally for aly at town hall, starting at 11:00. ben: very cool. all right, a rare sighting in new england. one man definitely taking notice. have a look. >> whoa!

ben: pure massachusetts joy there. maria said it best. a group was looking for tuna when that excited fisherman had an unexpected encounter with a small pod of orca whales about 12-miles off chatham. orcas, which are so well known on the west coast, have a much smaller population on the east coast that is centered around newfoundland and labrador. the females seen in the video can grow up to twenty-three feet in length and weigh four tons. adult males can reach thirty feet and tip the scales at eight tons. here i was enjoying that video 10 times this morning, but now i have all of this great information. thank you. all right, are we going to wank? ben: i think we are. no. maria: new at 6:00. a cat in dorchester using up one , of her 9 lives. the animal rescue league of boston tweeting out this video of the poor thing when she got

gentle. they used a hammer and they were able to safely free her. ben: how did she get inside? maria: i don't know. ben: we will never know. mike? mike: i'm more of a dog person. it was cute. maria: very cute cat. mike: it was not only dry, it was a hot out there. you look to the north, upper 80's, the humidity so oppressive. degrees one more time this year. crystal clear sky. here is the number to watch. look at that. the dew point is 66. they have a northerly breeze trying to push and a little dry air over top of it. you see this oppressive range right here. look what happens. there is the dry air trying to push in.

what we saw today. it will come up just a little bit. with all of that humidity around, you would think we would get a lot of rain. a few scattered showers over the outer cape. those are moving off. that is just about ready to move off. tonight, mostly clear skies. by don, tomorrow, sunny, reasonably comfortable and the humidity department. a high temperature only 80 degrees. thinking about making it a beach day? talk about this temperature. mid 70's on the cape. the uv index is up there. you will sunburn quickly

29 in the morning. a couple systems we are watching, invest 99 and gaston. invest 99 is so disorganized, it does need never name. most of the energy, it is probably headed to the gulf of mexico according to models. it looks like it may go up the coast, not as a hurricane or tropical system, but all that moistu it looks like it will stay way out in the atlantic. tropical storm status at 65 miles per hour. it starts to head for the east coast, makes a quick right and hence to the north of -- north atlantic where it will follow part. it will likely become a hurricane, maybe get up to category two. but it is well offshore. here's the way it breaks out the next seven days. a little sea breeze for you on

the 80's. monday, let's check for thunderstorms. it may trigger a round of thunderstorms sunday night and another opportunity monday afternoon. heading through tuesday, it gets muggy. holiday weekend coming up. a sneak review of what is going to be happening. look at that. cooler temperatures. for changes. humidity will be down. it looks like it will not feel the way the summer has been with all of the heat and humidity we have been through. i'm meteorologist mike wankum.

xfinity. josh: will tom brady be on the center tonight? typically this is not the time of year you would see someone not playing week one of the regular season. brady will soon begin his four-game league imposed suspension. unclear if he will start the game tonight. coach bill belichick saying that he will be getting ready. >> we are playing 24/7. he has been helpful the whole way. i thank them for that. josh: also in carolina, the

whether he will play tonight for new england. all right, to baseball. the red sox welcoming the hottest team in baseball, winners of 10 of 11 games, the kansas city royals, playing excellent baseball for them, no doubt. coming off a loss in tampa. andrew betta venti, good news on him. we talked to them in the dugout. manager john farrell says the energy could be a lot -- the injury could be a lot worse. >> another mri, x-ray, cp stan -- c.t. scan all concurred he is still dealing with a sprained left knee. no structural damage other than that. >> and walking around on it right now. the more i walk on it, the better it feels.

steven wright fresh off the disabled list. he is 5-0 in his last seven starts. he has a 4.95 e.r.a. and 35 strikeouts over that stretch. thejays are hosting the twins. the orioles have a weekend series against the yankees and new york. tonight, 10 is the first pitch. wcvb sportscenter 5. maria: thank you. time now to flash forward to newscenter 5 at 7:00 11:00. i will sit down with a sportscaster who abruptly called it quits. ben: two people found dead in a

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tonight, several breaking stories as we come on. an abc news exclusive. the young american daughter kidnapped by isis. her parents making a direct plea to isis themselves. tonight, right here, what they say the president promised. and now, the white house responding. also tonight, the airport security scare. a man driving a truck right into a jet, terrified passengers onboard. a community in shock. two nuns murdered. and now, the urgent manhunt at this hour. shot by mistake. the armed robbery. the homeowner, the husband who calls police. he and his wife need help. police arrive, and the homeowner is shot by mistake. and, the tropical threat. we're tracking the system right now. getting closer to the u.s.