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right around 30 degrees for citrus, hernando, central pascoe and even tampa. we are going 39 degrees full forecast lows. the storm could be tracking more -- and the storm. will be tracking more severe weather coming up in a couple of minutes. we have breaking news and manatee county where deputies are's -- are investigating a homicide in the northern part of the county. a woman's body is found in the 8600 block of bishop harbor road. that body is believed to be that of a white female in her 20s. deputies say there is evidence of foul play. the victims name has not yet been released. also in manatee county, police are investigating a deadly shooting near mckeen field. the avenue and intersection of the eleventh avenue east and 8th street. a 38-year-old man shot and killed while driving his car.
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scene right now. lot, police are telling us that the name of that person shot and killed just before 1 o'clock this afternoon is 38-year-old called -- call tax or -- call. before shooting him as he was inside his car, the car resting or coming to a stop behind the police tape, as you can see. officers are looking for that shooter who they say took off on this street. the neighbors calling 911 reporting that suv speeding down the street after several gunshots. medics arrived soon after too late. out what led up to the shooting and why he was here to begin with. we are told he does not live in this area and that he may have known the suspect. police say this is a targeted shooting. unanswered. fdot live at the singh, this is the first murder of the year in
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-- back out live at the scene, this is the first murder of the year in bradenton. police believe this was a targeted shooting. we will continue to follow any dealer element -- any development and bring them to you on air and online. sarah rosario, abc action news. >> covering pascoe county now. a bomb threat at the elementary school and holiday has been found to be a hoax took a school administrator heard the voice found this morning threatening to blow up the school. buses and parents were redirected to drop their kids off at golf tracy elementary school. students already at the school were moved to a nearby publix parking lot. the sheriff's department conducting a search and found nothing suspicious. at 5:00, a city in st. petersburg -- an employee is in critical condition. steve miller and he was in the crosswalk when he was hit.
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know if any charges will be filed. thousands travel to tallahassee today trying to save florida's tax credit scholarship allowing low income students to attend private abc action news reporter shows us why the program could be in jeopardy.>> reporter: two of all weekend since children go to florida college. and she would not want it any other way. this private faith-based school has been around for a decade and almost 40% are here on scholarships aims to programs like step up for students providing income-based scholarships so that parents have a choice to take their kids out of low performing public schools. >> about the gave us something that we can never have. >> but the voucher program is facing a lawsuit from a statewide teachers union, the florida education commission --
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saying they are largely unregulated and little or no but supporters of the scholarship showed up at pushing for the teachers union luther king jr. the third was the keynote speaker. >> some people want their school. somewhat virtual schools. there are all kinds of options here and every kid is different. there's also the issue of public money going to schools with religious curriculum. he sees that as an added benefit. >> they pray in bible class and they are also getting a great education. in 2006, the education -- the teachers union is planning its own rally at the capitol on
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action news. we want to go to breaking news and manatee county. us 41 is closed in the area of 275 near exit 2. crews are heading to the scene after reports of a chemical explosion here at this time, details are limited but we do have a crew on the way to the scene and we will bring you the very latest information as soon as it becomes available. of the new information tonight in a search to identify for boys. abc action news reporter, carson chambers, has been following this story from the now.>> reporter: this is all new information. a quick look at the report which was posted online just today. 170 pages long. i have been through the whole also, a new cemetery map which lists 16 new names of new identifications including a state member here. he was buried nearly 80 years
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>> two new boys identified through dna matches. the 14-year-old who died in 1918. a 17-year-old who was from st. petersburg. he died in 1935. their unmarked graves excavated and id through the university of south florida's efforts including anthropologist, doctor eric kimberly. he is from st pete and that is where we caught up with his cousin eric hutchins. hutchens says his family is relieved to bring members home. >> we have a lot of information. because it was a terrible place and we have known about it all of our lives. this dozier school. and it just that we finally have some
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within 14 boys your age, ancestry, artifacts. the work is complete at the site but they will continue to make dna matches in the future. you can find the full report and names on our website@abcactionnewsactionnews.com. carson chambers. back to you. new developments tonight in the 2013 murder of tampa taxi one of the men charged will finally face the jury later this year. investigators say he and two other men call for in december 2013. with the intention of robbing the driver. that cab driver, john dooley, were shot and killed during the robbery. investigators don't believe people the trigger but he is accused of being involved in the planning and execution of that robbery. the trial is set for may. will illegal immigrants be able to work legally in the
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question up to the us supreme court. the justices will look at the president's executive order that a lower court already blocked. those will benefit from this one will be mostly parents of the us citizens and lawful permanent residents. texas is one state aggressively fighting against the order saying it in costs. the case will be argued in expected by june. the us supreme court objecting arkansas's appeal to ban abortions in the 12 week detect a heartbeat. ban inconsistent with supreme court rulings. texas also awaiting a decision on their abortion law that abortion clinics. >> residents of michigan fighting back. state and federal officials facing class- action lawsuits over the cities that contaminated water. luz, this -- plus -- >> --
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you can handle your -- how much you can handle. we are taking action tornadoes. cleanup is on the way -- underway and there is no lack what you need to know before hiring a contractor.
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. the national transportation safety board is sending investigators to california to find out what caused a accident. this showing the bus on the side. right after slamming into median. it happened this morning on highway 101 in san jose. that's a major north-south route in the area. two people were killed. 18 others injured. that making a rainy commute worse. traffic was packed up for miles as crews cleared the scene. the driver is asked to submit a blood sample. people in flint, michigan is standing up to the decision-
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contaminated water. lawyers say they hope the lawsuits bring answers about who knew what and when they knew it. michigan negotiate will address the water crisis in his state of the state address tonight. investigation is underway into the bird flu strain in southwestern indiana. health officials have identified 150,000 more chickens that need to be euthanized. crews are working to youth need turkeys to prevent the virus from spreading. it is causing a shortage of eggs driving up prices. back out to the breaking news we told you about earlier,
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palmetto. you can see the emergency vehicles. it happened at tri state agriculture, hazmat is being called. the fire is contained. to avoid u.s. 41 for the foreseeable future. toll free is available for the data plan. a new freebie data service, allowing third party companies to pick up the tab. a media company or other business can pay for the megabytes of data you use. number. 25. several companies will sponsor some content for the 1000 test subscribers. following this weekend's
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sarasota are fed up with contractors offering help with no proof they work for legitimate companies. sara rosario with more on what to do to protect yourself. >> with boarded upwinds on, uprooted trees and blue tarps covering the crops the -- roofs the clean up is just beginning. experienced this. >> he can't calculate how much it will cost. the hold in his roof covered the and car dented he's waiting for a estimate. he's hounded by contractors. >> here's my card. call me, i'm the best guy in town. >> you turn around and they are here, in the garage, they are
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they are from lauderdale, miami and coral gable. >> catty told contractors to stay away. >> we can do this. and we're indoorers. >> sarasota leaders say these are tactics scammers use to get your money. door-to-door solicitation, high pressure tactics, asking payment in advance and no contracts. she knew the contract wasn't right. >> they are not negotiating anything. >> the best thing you can do is find a licensed contractor. if you have a contractor check their licensing status with the county. the last thing they need is a scam. >> we don't need these people taking advantage of a situation, we're worn out.
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news update in manatee county, action air one is on the scene of a chemical explosion in palmetto. u.s. 41 is back open. it was cold this morning, i'm cold now, it's going to get colder tonight. >> the people who visit us, they make fun of us. it's not just that we're coal. animals. don't judge. it's cold, but it's beautiful. a had lot of sunshine, tomorrow morning we'll be pretty darned cold, with temperature down
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there's an outside chance of an upper 20. it is not going to be a damaging freeze, not a hard freeze. that's a possibility around gainesville. there's the freeze warnings. away from the coast in pasco. east of u.s. 19, toward dade city, wesley chapel. you can be down to 33, 32, if the winds come down there could be frost as well. here's a look at temperature across the area, mid- to upper 50s. that wind could keep the temperature up. out of the northwest at 10 to 15 miles an hour, there's two kind of freezes, when the winds go calm, and we freeze, there's colder air moving in. more of an invection freeze,
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i think winds will go cold overnight, just before unrise, that will drop temperature down between four and 5:00 a.m. this won't be the freeze we're going time to look at temperature by 11:00 below 32 in the northern counties. mid- to upper 50s. there's the satellite picture, a reenforcing shot of cooler air, cooler and drier, you can see it with the water vapor, had moisture out there, the dew point haven't come, this is the second wave. you can see it pushing through. the drier the air is the colder or the hotter it will become, this time of the year it's the cold stuff we're talking about as we drop near freezing in our northern counties. other than that a beautiful afternoon.
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so as we head into tomorrow. on thursday it won't make it farther than new orleans. maybe billocky -- biloxi. too early to tell if we're worried about severe weather. it's that time of the year and we're looking at the situations that's friday. until then it's the cold. on friday it's about the storms. northeast winds at 5 to 10 knots. >> there's the tides. sunrise and sunset. looking at the seven-day forecast, 64 on wednesday, 72 on thursday, the storms arrive on friday. for the kids parade, breezy, cold but it will be sunny.
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save your life or your child's test, would you let them take it's been three months since more than 40 guns were stolen from this shop. why four brothers arrested for that crime had their charges
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interest. the centers for disease control push for testing for sexually active teens.
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study authors believe teens and adults under estimate the risk. >> it's blew the house over. >> coming up. frantic and fearful storm victims call for help. brave acts of neighbors avenue the tornado touched down. >> the amount of time lawmakers are spending raising money instead of acting for you. >> says good-bye to a long time building, some were brought to
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gone. there's nothing less. >> a deadly tornado claiming two lives, hearts broken and miles of destruction. >> we're hearing the 911 calls made by neighbors who tried >> we continue to follow breaking news at u.s. 41 has been reopened in manatee county after a reported chemical explosion. here's a live picture, you see crews to scene, we lost the to that area. here's a look at the traffic at this scene along u.s. 41, near to some section of i 275 at exit two, traffic is backed up. we're live with what's happening right now. >> you know, when that call
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an explosion, i talked to the
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