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>> announcer: this is 7 news at 4:30. >> jadiann: right now at 4:30 a high stepped up security after an alarming photo turned up on snap chat. the picture appeared to show a student holding a gun. >> ryan: police took a 15-year-old into custody. we've more. >> reporter: students heading to class in fall river will first have to go through tighter security after this photo posted to snap chat caused a school lockdown yesterday. >> i'm sure security is going to be more heavy on kids to see if they're doing anything suspicious. >> reporter: the photo of
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at durfee spread around school yesterday morning. parents were notified. >> terrifying. i got here in three minutes from my house. >> reporter: a location stamp of durfee high was on the photo indicating it may have been taken on or close to school grounds. investigators say the 15-year-old student who created the image wasn't at the school. they tracked him down no another part of fall river and found him with abyby gun. he was arrest. parents were up set when they went to pick up students after the lockdown. >> they security guards here that know what they're doing or metal detector. >> reporter: the school says metal detectors are part of their plan to increase security, a step towards keeping students save this sophomore finds discouraging. >> i think it's pathetic considering i go here and i have to worry about, like, myself and others all the time. and i can't just go to school and just do what i do. i have to be worried all the time about what is going on.
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yesterday faces many charges including possessing a weapon on school grounds. in fall river, jennifer egan, 7 news. >> ryan: firefighters racing to the rescue after a porch collapsed. a man got trapped in a hole when a screened in porch collapsed. two firefighters were lowered into the hole to pull the man out. he is recovering from minor injuries. >> a former haverhill high facing troubling charges. he is accused of hitting his pregnant girl friend. he faces kidnapping and witness intimidation. he just signed a professional contract with world wrestling entertainment. police in nashua, new hampshire, confirm that a body found in the merrimack is that of a 16-year-old who disappeared over the river. jacob goulet went out in the middle of the consume.
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the drain pipe. >> with the bill i don't feel like we would gain anything from it. i think there is going to be more accidents. there is going to be more fatalities purchase you are going to have families without their loved ones because we're putting people at risk. >> ryan: thomas clardy was killed. the driver who hit him w medical marriage patient. the driver just purchased marijuana before the class. the yes on four released a statement which read in part: >> jadiann: police in revere are looking for a suspect in a bank robbery. this is a picture of the suspect who police say was clearly wearing a skelton mask then showed a gun at
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investigators say he dropped some of the money getting away and a dye pack went off. boston police say this man is the person of interest in the robbery of an elderly woman in dorchester. police say it happened in howlet street. the 75-year-old victim was walking to her car. >> a remembrance was held for five students killed in a horrific accident. the five were 8 when the car they were riding in was hilt by a wrong-way driver. students and faculties shared stories and laughs as a way to honor the five and their families. >> we're here tonight to honor and celebrate all that was beautiful about cyrus, e.i, janey, liam and mary and to be sustained by the light they shone on us so we can life a lifetime in every
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example of the community come together to support each other after the crash. >> jadiann: also on 7 a football player in rhode island kicked out of the game after parents and officials say he was too old to play. the man was scene sneaking on to the field with 13 and 14-year-olds. he is believed to be more than 18-year-old. sarah french reports. >> reporter: parents snapped photos as they spot a young man putting on a uniform. league leaders believe he is 18-206789 he half time for the cappal city buick yes, took part in several plays before getting kicked out. >> i was more furious and embarrassed and ashamed that they did that. >> reporter: alexandria diaz is the team's founder. >> the coach told me it was his decision. it was his mistake. he is so score. >> reporter: she fired the team's coach and ended the team's season result. diaz had to step away from the game for a few minutes when this happened.
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never happen because safety of the kids are more important to me than anything. that's not how i run my program. it hurts me, it hurts the community, a children. >> reporter: she had not gotten word that the rhode island pre-teen football team decided to permanently ban them. >> he was at the field because he is also the head of the opposing team. >> it's pretty serious. you know, basically and 14-year-olds, extremely concerned. a child could have very easily gotten hurt. >> reporter: league officials say the man who went into the game is the older brother of one of the players on the team. in the newsroom, i'm sarah french, 7 news. >> ryan: caught on camera -- a building in washington
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you see it happened inside of a thrift store. the heat from the fire sent smoke high in the air. no reports of injuries. >> jadiann: one man dead, two others injured after a scaffolding collapse in florida. police found two survivors dangling from their safety harnesses. six days earlier there was another scaffolding collapse in miami. a company confirms they're working both sides. >> ryan: a state trooper saves the life 67 an overdose victim. the trooper came upon the unresponsive man. he administered c.p.and giving an overdose reversal drug. no word whether the man will face drug charges doors. a deer walks into a bar, this is in the a joke, a deer did get inside of a building in al a. police officers and game wardens tried to get the animal out of the building.
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front door then the running deer did cause a person to trip then the person had to be taken to the hospital with a broken nose. >> ryan: new tests from the insurance institute for highway safety show many popular trucks are falling short -- beinglook looking to shine a light on a serious safety hazard the insurance institute for highway safety released new ratings for p headlights. >> most of the pickups including the ford f. 150 have a poor rating. >> reporter: only one, the honda ridgeline earned a got rating on vehicles with the most expensive trim levels. all four of the small trucks were rated poor. >> almost half of traffic fatalities occur either at night or dawn or dusk.
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to see obstacle, to see the environment and make changes or come to a stop, headlights are the only thing that are going to be able to do that. >> reporter: test includes how far the high and low beams project life. low beams are measured for amount of glare. >> out of the 23 different headlights system we rated, 14 had too much glare. >> reporter: the poor results prompted the i. i. h. s. to include headlight ratings as a part of the criteria for a top safety pick award. drivers are being told to check and make sure their headlights are adjusted correctly at least once a year. >> jadiann: a group of children proving it's never too early to start changing the world. how it all started with one boy's pitch to the president. >> ryan: a bus and a car get into a serious car sending the bus into the side of a home. >> jadiann: deadly drive in middleboro. still under investigation as police identify the driver
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crash. >> announcer: tonight is there a house like this secretly ruining your neighborhood hank found hundreds of these so called zombie homes across massachusetts. >> what do you think? >> those responsible for these and why do you end up paying for them? hank investigates zombie homes tonight at 11:00. this is where the oil billionaire koch brothers hosted a fundraiser for kelly ayotte... this is where ayotte voted with the koch brothers 90% of the time. ayotte's campaigns collected millions from corporate interests. and voted for them, not you. she voted wall street banks billions in write offs for executive bonuses. voted big oil billions in tax breaks. but kelly ayotte voted against letting families refinance student loans.
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what's in your wallet? uh, first of all, i plan to vote for donald trump. when it served her purpose, ayotte buddied up to trump, even calling him a role model. would you tell a child to aspire to be like donald trump? oh absolutely, i would do that. but she kept playing politics and flip flopping around. ayotte is running away from trump as quickly as she can. and what she values is her seat. and she's trying - to keep something she values. - i know. kelly ayotte. the politician. senate majority pac is responsible
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>> jadiann: a 9ea maryland's boy future is looking bright. he is making his mission. >> ryan: the white house is listening, sarah french has the story. >> reporter: we can change the world someday. >> reporter: this is jacob legit. back in april of 2016. grooming his p d.printing craft and while his creations got him to the white house, he set his sights beyond it with a
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in the car flying to d.c. i practiced it so many times that when i was at the white house i almost forget it. >> we should have a kids advisory group that starts explaining to us what is interesting to them and what is working and could help us shape advances in stem education, that was' jacob's idea. so -- way to go, jacob, we're going to follow up on it. >> reporter: that's what they d. maybe summed up best by jacob himself.>> president obama took advice from a child. >> i thought, that is you why are smarter than me. so we in fact have formed a science advisory group. >> reporter: friday marks the first official kids science advisor meeting bringing 1 of the brightest young minds in country to one table, even astronauts are impressed. >> why were you nervous and excited? >> because i thought i was
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and i was really excited to meet the whole group. >> reporter: a way from the table the brains behind the brains a proud family a proud mother. >> for them to come through i've never season anything with such a quick turn around. >> reporter: amazing might be an understatement but it's what jacob and alexis hope it achieve. at least if they listen to their mom. >> i know they're going to hate me saying this, about interest their is a school work coming. >> reporter: jacob full in love with science after he picked up his dad's ipad. science is not difficult. you have to find the type that you like. i'm sarah french, 7 news. >> jadiann: supercool. a forest is strong with this one. we'll introduce you to the little boy who will be riding in style this halloween. >> reporter: looking forward to that story and forecast for tomorrow features another chilly day. forecast up next.
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right with gronk. the pats star triesing fans in foxboro as he goes undercover. i just want what's best for my kids. when i hear arguments that massachusetts needs more charter schools, i think: what about the students in all of our schools? every new charter takes away more money from the existing public schools. that's 400 million dollars, just last year.
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>> ryan: fall is here. we'll fet an update from j.r. it is october which means -- >> jadiann: as we hack ahead -- >> ryan: think about s. word. >> jadiann: we're going to let him talk about it. >> reporter: thanks a lot. that is on the way for thursday. we're going to see flakes in new england but not around us. it will be a chilly rain for boston. partly cloudy sky, 47. west-northwest winds driving that chilly air in from northern new england. we didn't make it out of the 40s, first time that happened since early may. new bedford at 52. that wind also working against you. combining with the chill to lead to wind chills that
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30s feels like 40 here in town. feels like 52. there is high pressure from canada. sprawled out and will find its way into new england and through the day tomorrow. as the area of high pressure gets closer to us the wind will shut down more so after midnight but it's a cold night. temperatures upper 20s and middle 30s niece will be the temperatures about 7:00 tomorrow morning. right around sunrise. the city around 56. worcester 30. afterrs down the 495 upper 20s. you do have a freeze warning in effect so if you have gardening plants and tender vegetation bring that in, cover tup. temperatures will be around 32. tomorrow mostly sunny. still a chilly day. temperatures between 44-49. normal high about 49. boston around 49. attleboro at 47. merrimack valley mid and
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44 and along the cape, temperatures near 50?. okay. now on to thursday, cloudy skies. a storm systems comes out of the great lakes but the cold air is left over. it's stubborn and it's tough to dislodge, i do anticipate that will be some snow in the berkshires as well as vermont that will flip over to rain. perhaps a little bit of accumulation in the berkshires then as you s shading here, i do think there is going to be sleet pellets mixing in with the rain at time. worcester hill, fitchburg, jaffrey, this is not an issue on the roadways, that will be about 3:00 thursday afternoon. then 495 to the coastline, a southeast wind means it's a chilly rain. even this pink shading only talking be hour where you hear the sleet pellets, little balls of eyes, from
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england thursday night and friday morning with beneficial rain. i think about an inch of rain on the way but unlike last friday when that was a muggy rain, this is cold and raw, temperatures thursday night and friday morning hold in the 40s, see you at 5:00. >> ryan: see you then. get a check of the ride home with matt. >> we'll fly above this four-vehicle crash on route 3 north. it's off to the breakdown lane however you will be jammed from route 62 up to past it. southbound side is moving okay. crawl on the pike west out of the city. you will be jammed from the allton tolls most of the way out to the weston state police barracks then out after 495. the you been side of the strike moving well from the tolls into downtown boston. tough going on the expressway out of the tunnel down pass the south bay shopping center on on the brake byzantine street. northbound you will be heavy approaching the tunnel. from the o'neil tunnel to
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27-minute drive. i'm matt fitzgerald, 7 news. >> jadiann: to the story of an oregon boy who is sure to have one of the coolest halloween costume. >> ryan: he use as wheel chair and it has been decked out in a "star wars" surprise, christa del camp has the story. >> reporter: you won't know it by his sweet smile and calm demeanor but 8-year-old daniel is battling grape and spinal cancer. >> he has a coolest last name every. >> shaughnessey is taking on a new identity, that of dart vade and the whole gang was there in his honor and mom took. >> it's the music, the actual built costume, all of the kids with their light sabres, the whole team of people. it was amazing. absolutely amazing. >> reporter: in the last year a tumor damaged danielle's spinal cord and he lost his ability to walk. since he is bound to a chair the nonprofit magic wheel
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most stylish set of wheels in time. >> we call it a chair for the day. it feels like that for these guys that. their disability seems to disappear. >> reporter: volunteers keep this one of a kind cost tomb together just for daniel. >> typically a costume would take about 200 husband to do. >> there were' definite tears and being able to see the look on his face when they took the cover off and he got to see it amazing. >> reporter: you might mistake daniel for dart i vader as he cruises but you will not mistake the smile. >> the things they do and just out of the goodness of their heart they do these things is so amazing. >> thank you. >> reporter: christa del camp, 7 news. >> jadiann: ahead on 7 news, a new attraction for movie buffs just in time for
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imagine if your child were trapped in a failing school. imagine if your child couldn't read or write at grade level. imagine if your child were stuck on a waiting list. 32,000 kids want to go to a public charter school. but they can't. if you like your public school, question 2 won't affect you. but for kids stuck in failing school districts, question 2 will let parents choose something better and give all our kids hope.
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uh, first of all, i plan to vote for donald trump. when it served her purpose, ayotte buddied up to trump, even calling him a role model. would you tell a child to aspire to be like donald trump? oh absolutely, i would do that. but she kept playing politics and flip flopping around. ayotte is running away from trump as quickly as she can. and what she values is her seat. and she's trying - to keep something she values. - i know. kelly ayotte. the politician. looking out for herself. seiu cope is responsible >> jadiann: just over a week there will be new attraction for baseball fans and movie buffs. >> ryan: they're going to be able to tour the home for the movie "field of dreams" was filmed. it has been restored to look like it did for the movie. thousands of people visit the set of the movie every
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>> we did reset the sketch so it looks like the it is in the movie. the stove does function as the stove for the home. >> reporter: j.r.said he played on the field. the tour to the home are set to begin on november 1. j.r.will be first in line. >> jadiann: such a cool guy. dorchester native cortney will be taking the stage again on "the voice." she will sing in the knockout round for team the coaches have the opportunity to steal another singer. if you watch the show you get how it works. >> ryan: we're thinking about her. >> jadiann: we've much more to come here. 90 minutes of news straight ahead, kim and adam getting ready for you, i'm jadiann thompson. >> reporter: room' ryan schulteis. >> adam: a bus filled with kids on a crash course, several children rushed to the hospital.
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custody. police trying to figure out what happened in the dedham home a's the end in sight, just two weeks away from election day both candidates zeroing in on florida. why the state so important to both campaigns. >> kim: plus on the run, a murder suspect taunting police in oklahoma claiming we haven't seen the worst yet. >> reporter: flees warning in effect for parts of the area tonight. >> tom guy, he does throw it to gronk. the way he spikes the football star scoring big laughs behind the wheel. 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> kim: dangerous drive in quincy. a school bus filled with children on a collision course. so you see the bus there hit a pole, a car, and a stone wall before barreling in a house. >> adam: several kids had to go to the hospital. let's get to dan hausle with more. >> reporter: the scene is yet to be cleared more than five hours after the
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precariously against the house. debris strewn across the road after two as children school came to a crashing detour. a loud crash and screaming children shatter the quiet of a quincy neighborhood when an out of control school bus crashes into a house. >> it was like what you would hear at a construction sight if something was being dropped by a crane. >> reporter: police say the bus seemed to control coming downhill on a curved road. the bus hit a telephone pole, a car pulling out of the driveway and plowed through a stone wall before crashing into the house. quincy's mayor rushed to the scene. he is not sure what happened. >> i don't know if it was a medical incident with the driver. i don't want to speculate. we hope everybody is okay and the police will figure that out. >> reporter: two dozen elementary school children poured out of the bus helped by neighbors and school
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